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dē-vĕho , xi, ctum, 3,
I.v. a., to carry down, to carry, convey, take away.
I. Prop. (class.; “most freq. in the histt.): has (carinas) carris junctis devehit noctu milia passuum a castris XXII.,” Caes. B. C. 1, 54, 3: “legionem equis,” id. B. G. 1, 43, 2: maximos commeatus (Tiberis), Liv. 4, 52: “id simulacrum Syracusis,” Curt. 4, 3: devecta cremato Sarmenta, *Verg. G. 2, 408 et saep.—Designating the term. ad quem: “aliquem in Anactorium,” Plaut. Poen. prol. 87: “quod (frumentum) eo tolerandae hiemis causa devexerat,” Caes. B. G. 5, 47, 2; cf. Liv. 5, 54: “tritici decies centum milia ad mare,” id. 43, 6: “frumentum in Graeciam,” id. 36, 2: “saucios in oppidum,” id. 40, 33 et saep.—
B. Pass. in middle sense, to go away, to go down, descend: Veliam devectus Brutum vidi, *Cic. Phil. 1, 4: “Tiberi devectus,” Tac. A. 3, 9; cf. “Rheno,” id. ib. 4, 73: “Arare flumine,” id. H. 2, 59: “Misenum usque devectus,” Suet. Tib. 72 et saep.—
II. Trop.: “nunc ad tua devehar astra,” Prop. 4 (5), 1, 119.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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