devius

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /deˈvius/
• Rhymes: -ius
• Syllabification: de‧vi‧us

Verb

devius

1. conditional of devii

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *de

Proto-Indo-European *-h₁

Proto-Indo-European *déh₁

Proto-Italic *dē

Latin dē

Latin dē-

Proto-Indo-European *weyh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *wih₁éh₂

Proto-Italic *wiā

Latin via

Latin -us/-ius

Latin dēvius

From dē- (“off”) + via (“road, street, path; way, method”) + -us/-ius.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈdeː.wi.ʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈdɛː.vi.us]
• Hyphenation: dē‧vi‧us

Adjective

dēvius (feminine dēvia, neuter dēvium); first/second-declension adjective

1. out of the way
2. devious
3. inconstant, erroneous, inconsistent, foolish

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	dēvius	dēvia	dēvium		dēviī	dēviae	dēvia
genitive	dēviī	dēviae	dēviī		dēviōrum	dēviārum	dēviōrum
dative	dēviō	dēviae	dēviō		dēviīs
accusative	dēvium	dēviam	dēvium		dēviōs	dēviās	dēvia
ablative	dēviō	dēviā	dēviō		dēviīs
vocative	dēvie	dēvia	dēvium		dēviī	dēviae	dēvia

References

• “devius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “devius”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “devius”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.