verb intransitive

dē-vĭo

2nd PP dē-vĭāre · 3rd PP dē-vāvi · conj. 1st

to turn from the straight road, to go aside, to deviate

v. n., to turn from the straight road, to go aside, to deviate (late Lat.; for de via declinare or devertere).

Prop., Macr. Somn. Scip. 1, 22; Aug. Doctr. Christ. 3, 36 fin.—

Prop., Macr. Somn. Scip. 1, 22; Aug. Doctr. Christ. 3, 36 fin.—

figuratively •

Trop., Macr. S. 5, 15; Symm. Ep. 9, 121: a vero, Vulg. Exod. 23, 2.

Perseus ID: n13614 Key: devio