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dē-vĭo

dē-vĭo

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

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What it meant

dē-vĭo — Lewis & Short

dē-vĭo, āvi, 1,

I v. n., to turn from the straight road, to go aside, to deviate (late Lat.; for de via declinare or devertere).
I Prop., Macr. Somn. Scip. 1, 22; Aug. Doctr. Christ. 3, 36 fin.
II Trop., Macr. S. 5, 15; Symm. Ep. 9, 121: a vero, Vulg. Exod. 23, 2.

Where it came from

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