devito
Latin
Etymology
From *dēvītus (“avoiding”) + -ō (verbal suffix).[1]
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [deːˈwiː.toː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [deˈviː.to]
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
- ^ 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.
Categories:
- Latin terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European word *déh₁
- Latin terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *weyh₁-
- Latin terms suffixed with -o (denominative)
- Latin terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European word *de
- Latin 3-syllable words
- Latin terms with IPA pronunciation
- Latin lemmas
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- Latin terms with quotations
- Latin first conjugation verbs
- Latin first conjugation verbs with perfect in -āv-