adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective
dēvexus
dēvexus (feminine dēvexa, neuter dēvexum)
Classical[deːˈwɛk.sʊs]Ecclesiastical[deˈvɛk.sus]
Meaning
- adjectivesloping or inclining downwards
- adjectivedownhill
- adjectivesteep
In the readers how our graded readers gloss it
sloping down
dēvexus -a -um — in De Bello Gallico III
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | dēvexus | dēvexa | dēvexum |
| genitive | dēvexī | dēvexae | dēvexī |
| dative | dēvexō | dēvexae | dēvexō |
| accusative | dēvexum | dēvexam | dēvexum |
| ablative | dēvexō | dēvexā | dēvexō |
| vocative | dēvexe | dēvexa | dēvexum |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | dēvexī | dēvexae | dēvexa |
| genitive | dēvexōrum | dēvexārum | dēvexōrum |
| dative | dēvexīs | dēvexīs | dēvexīs |
| accusative | dēvexōs | dēvexās | dēvexa |
| ablative | dēvexīs | dēvexīs | dēvexīs |
| vocative | dēvexī | dēvexae | dēvexa |
dēvexus, a, um, adj. deveho, of places,
I. inclining downwards, sloping, shelving, steep (class.—for syn. v. declivis).
I. Lit.:
lucus Vestae, qui a Palatii radice in novam viam devexus est, Cic. Div. 1, 45; cf. Liv. 44, 35: mundus in Austros, Verg. G. 1, 241; and: devexus in planum, Plin. Pan. 7, 1, 1: ut de locis superioribus haec declivia et devexa cernebantur, * Caes. B. G. 7, 88: arva, Ov. M. 8, 330: margo (lacus), id. ib. 9, 334 (with acclivus): Orion, i. e. towards his setting, Hor. Od. 1, 28, 21; cf.: sol paulum a meridie, Cic. Fragm. ap. Macr. S. 6, 4; and dies devexior, Claud. Cons. Mall. Theod. 57: globus devexior, Mart. Cap. 6, § 593.—Hence, subst.: dēvexum, i, n., an inclined surface, a slope: aqua in devexo fluit, in plano continetur et stagnat, Sen. Q. N. 3, 3.—II. Transf., inclining, declining:
aetas jam a diuturnis laboribus devexa ad otium, Cic. Att. 9, 10, 3: aetas, Sen. Ep. 12: devexa et molliter desinens compositio, id. ib. 114, 15.—Absol.: per devexum ire, i. e. easily, Sen. Vit. Beat. 25 fin.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
dēvexus adj.
deveho, inclining, sloping, shelving, steep : lucus a Palati radice in novam viam: mundus in Austros, V.: amnis, V.: haec declivia et devexa, Cs.: arva, O.: Orion, i. e. towards his setting , H.: raeda, on its way down , Iu.— Poet.: fluit devexo pondere cervix, bent under the load , V.—Fig., inclined, prone : aetas a laboribus ad otium.
Origins
Derived from dēvehō (“to carry away, descend”), compare convexus (“vaulted”).