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devenio

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Latin

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Etymology

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From dē- (from) +‎ veniō (come).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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dēveniō (present infinitive dēvenīre, perfect active dēvēnī, supine dēventum); fourth conjugation

  1. to come down, descend; come from or to; arrive at (from somewhere), land at, reach
    • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Vergilius, Aeneid 4.124-125:
      “[...] Spēluncam Dīdō dux et Troiānus eandem / dēvenient. [...].”
      “Dido, [in the] lead, and the Trojan [Aeneas] will arrive at the same cavern.”
      (Note: There is some ambiguity in whether to ascribe the “dux” role to Dido or Aeneas.)

Conjugation

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Descendants

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References

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