devito
Latin
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [deːˈwiː.toː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [d̪eˈviː.t̪o]
Verb
dēvītō (present infinitive dēvītāre, perfect active dēvītāvī, supine dēvītātum); first conjugation
- to avoid
- 166 BCE, Publius Terentius Afer, Andria 611:
- DĀVUS: Posthāc, incolumem sat sciō fore mē, nunc sī hoc dēvītō malum.
- DAVUS: After this, I know well enough that I’ll be safe, if I avoid this trouble now.
- DĀVUS: Posthāc, incolumem sat sciō fore mē, nunc sī hoc dēvītō malum.
- to shun
Conjugation
Conjugation of dēvītō (first conjugation)
References
- “devito”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “devito”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- devito in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.