devasto

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

dē-vasto, no perf., ātum, 1, v. a.,

I to lay waste, devastate (rare, and perh. not anteAug.): fines, Liv. 4, 59: Marsos, id. 22, 9: agmina ferro, Ov. M. 13, 255.—

II Trop.: fortitudinem, Vulg. Isa. 23, 14: ecclesiam, id. Act. 8, 3.

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