devoto

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

dē-vōto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. intens. a. [devoveo].

I To dedicate, devote (rare): et me dicabo atque animam devotabo hostibus, Att. ap. Non. 98, 13 (but Cic. Par. 1, 2, 12, read devota vita); and,

II To bewitch, enchant : sortes, Plaut. Cas. 2, 6, 36: devotatus defixusque, Ap. Herb. 7.—

III To invoke with vows : numina, Ap. M. 9, p. 227, 4: asinos cum Iside, Minuc. Fel. Oct. 28, 5. —

IV To curse : se, August. 4 Quaest. in Hept. 40.

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