devito

Latin

Etymology

    From *dēvītus (“avoiding”) + -ō (verbal suffix).[1]

    Pronunciation

    Verb

    dēvītō (present infinitive dēvītāre, perfect active dēvītāvī, supine dēvītātum); first conjugation

    1. 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.
    2. to shun

    Conjugation

    References

    1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “vītō, -āre”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 684
    • “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.