devius

An Elementary Latin Dictionary

dēvius adj.

de + via, off the road, out of the way, devious : iter, a by-way : oppidum: calles, L.: rura, O.— Retired, sequestered : Anagnini: gens, L.: mihi devio libet, etc., wandering in byways , H.: avis, i. e. the solitary owl , O.—Plur n . as subst, by-ways , Tb.—Fig., inconstant, erroneous, inconsistent, foolish : quid tam devium, quam animus eius, qui, etc.: in consiliis.

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