devexus Latin · revision 9976

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Caesar|origins=ine-pro *weǵʰ-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [deːˈwɛk.sʊs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [deˈvɛk.sus]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''dēvexus''' (feminine dēvexa, neuter dēvexum); first/second-declension adjective^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[dēvehō]] “to carry down”, from [[m|la|dē-]] and [[vehō]], formed like [[convexus]].^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan traces ⟨vehō⟩ to [[itc-pro|*weχ-e/o-]], [[ine-pro|*weǵʰ-e/o-|t=to carry]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler's earliest source is Caesar.^(Köbler 2010) Köbler dates Caesar c. 50 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Of places it meant sloping downwards or away, inclining, shelving, as in Cicero and Virgil, and in Virgil moving downhill, descending.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) Lewis & Short compare its synonym [[dēclīvis]].^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ British Medieval Latin used it also as a noun for a slope, and for “brought low”.^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 50 BC – Caesar uses it.^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 70–19 BC – Virgil uses it of sloping and descending.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # [[m|en|sloping|alt=Sloping]] downwards, inclined.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # Moving downhill, descending.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[dēvehō]]

+ * [[vehō]]

+ * [[convexus]]

+ * [[dēclīvis]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}