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devoto

devoto

To dedicate, devote

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Where it lives

Densest 12 of 31 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

dē-vōto — Lewis & Short

dē-vōto, āvi, ātum, 1,

I v. intens. a. [id.].
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.

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission.

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