devoveo

An Elementary Latin Dictionary

dē-voveō vōvī, vōtus, ēre,

to vow, devote, offer, sacrifice: Marti ea, quae bello ceperint, Cs.: Dianae alqd pulcherrimum: gnatam pro mutā agnā, H.: se ipsos dis pro re p.: se pro patriā, L.: se aris, V.: auspicio se: devota morti pectora, H.—Fig., to devote, give up, attach: vobis animam hanc, V.: suos annos soli tibi, O.: se amicitiae alicuius, Cs.—To mark out, destine, appoint, doom: Annio hostiam: pesti devota futurae Phoenissa, V.—To curse, execrate: se, N.: natum suum, O.: suas artīs, O.—To bewitch (poet.): aliquem traiectis lanis, O.

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