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===verb transitive===

[[assign]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[νέμειν]], [[προσνέμειν]], [[διδόναι]].

[[dedicate]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[καθιεροῦν]], [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[καθοσιοῦσθαι]], [[prose|P.]] [[ἱεροῦν]], [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] and [[prose|P.]] [[καθαγίζειν]]; see [[dedicate]].

[[devote an offering to a deity]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ἀνατιθέναι]] ([[Euripides]], ''Ion'', 1384), [[verse|V.]] [[τιθέναι]] ([[Euripides]], ''[[Phoenissae]]'' 576).

[[devoting my body to death]]: [[verse|V.]] [[Ἅιδῃ προστιθεῖσ' ἐμὸν δέμας]] ([[Euripides]], ''[[Hecuba]]'' 368).

[[I scruple to reproach the goddess to whom your body hath been devoted]]: [[verse|V.]] [[δυσφημεῖν γὰρ ἅζομαι θεὰν ᾗ σὸν κατῆρκται σῶμα]] ([[Euripides]], ''[[Heraclidae]]'' 600).

[[devote attention to]]: [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] and [[prose|P.]] [[νοῦν προσέχειν]] (dat.), [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[νοῦν ἔχειν πρός]] (acc. or dat.).

[[devote oneself to]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ἔχεσθαι]] (gen.), [[ἄπτεσθαι]] (gen.), [[προσκεῖσθαι]] (dat.), [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] and [[prose|P.]] [[προσέχειν]] (dat.), [[prose|P.]] [[σχολάζειν]] (dat.).

[[devoting himself unsparingly to the work]]: [[prose|P.]] [[ἑαυτὸν εἰς τὰ πράγματα ἀφειδῶς διδούς]] ([[Demosthenes|Dem.]] 255).

[[be devoted to]]: see [[love]].

[[their children are devoted to war]]: [[verse|V.]] [[τὰ γὰρ τέκν' αὐτῶν Ἄρεος ἐκκρεμάννυται]] ([[Euripides]], ''[[Electra]]'' 950).
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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>dēvōtē</b>:<br /><b>I</b> adv., [[devotedly]], [[faithfully]], v. [[devoveo]], P. a. fin.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>dēvōtē</b> ([[devotus]]), adv., avec dévouement : Cod. Th. 6, 24, 10 &#124;&#124; dévotement : Aug. Conf. 8, 1 &#124;&#124; devotissime Lact. Inst. 6, 9, 24.||dévotement : Aug. Conf. 8, 1||devotissime Lact. Inst. 6, 9, 24.
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{{Georges
|georg=dēvōtē, Adv. ([[devotus]]), hingebend, a) übh., Cod. Theod. 6, 24, 10. – b) insbes., [[Gott]] [[ergeben]], andächtig, [[fromm]], Superl. b. Lact. 6, 9, 24. Augustin. conf. 8, 1 u.a. Eccl.
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