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Νέµουσι δ' οἴκους καὶ τὰ ναυστολούµενα ἔσω δόµων σῴζουσιν, οὐδ' ἐρηµίᾳ γυναικὸς οἶκος εὐπινὴς οὐδ' ὄλβιος → They manage households, and save what is brought by sea within the home, and no house deprived of a woman can be tidy and prosperous

Euripides, Melanippe Captiva, Fragment 6.11
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|lshtext=<b>dē-vŏlo</b>: āre,<br /><b>I</b> v. n., to [[fly]] [[down]] or [[away]] ([[very]] [[rare]]).<br /><b>I</b> Lit.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(a)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To [[fly]] [[down]]: devolant angues jubati [[deorsum]] in [[impluvium]], Plaut. Am. 5, 1, 56: [[Iris]] per [[caelum]], Verg. A. 4, 702: sibi de [[caelo]] devolaturam in [[sinum]] victoriam, Liv. 7, 12, 13.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To [[fly]] [[away]]: [[turdus]] devolet [[illuc]], ubi, etc., Hor. S. 2, 5, 11: phoenicem devolavisse in Aegyptum, Plin. 10, 2, 2, § 5.—<br /><b>II</b> Transf., to [[hasten]] [[down]], to [[fly]] or [[hasten]] [[away]]: de tribunali, Liv. 2, 29: in terram, Lucr. 6, 205: praecipites in [[forum]], Liv. 3, 15; cf.: [[raptim]] ad puerum, Petr. 105, 8: ab afflicta [[amicitia]] transfugere [[atque]] ad florentem aliam devolare, * Cic. Quint. 30, 93; cf. absol. Auct. Her. 4, 17, 24.
|lshtext=<b>dē-vŏlo</b>: āre,<br /><b>I</b> v. n., to [[fly]] [[down]] or [[away]] ([[very]] [[rare]]).<br /><b>I</b> Lit.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(a)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To [[fly]] [[down]]: devolant angues jubati [[deorsum]] in [[impluvium]], Plaut. Am. 5, 1, 56: [[Iris]] per [[caelum]], Verg. A. 4, 702: sibi de [[caelo]] devolaturam in [[sinum]] victoriam, Liv. 7, 12, 13.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To [[fly]] [[away]]: [[turdus]] devolet [[illuc]], ubi, etc., Hor. S. 2, 5, 11: phoenicem devolavisse in Aegyptum, Plin. 10, 2, 2, § 5.—<br /><b>II</b> Transf., to [[hasten]] [[down]], to [[fly]] or [[hasten]] [[away]]: de tribunali, Liv. 2, 29: in terram, Lucr. 6, 205: praecipites in [[forum]], Liv. 3, 15; cf.: [[raptim]] ad puerum, Petr. 105, 8: ab afflicta [[amicitia]] transfugere [[atque]] ad florentem aliam devolare, * Cic. Quint. 30, 93; cf. absol. Auct. Her. 4, 17, 24.
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|gf=<b>dēvŏlō</b>,¹³ āvī, ātum, āre, intr., descendre en volant, s’abattre, fondre sur : Ov. M. 3, 420 ; Liv. 7, 12, 13 || [fig.] descendre en hâte, s’élancer de, voler vers : Liv. 2, 29, 3 ; 3, 15, 6 ; Cic. Quinct. 93.
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Revision as of 06:52, 14 August 2017

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

dē-vŏlo: āre,
I v. n., to fly down or away (very rare).
I Lit.
   (a)    To fly down: devolant angues jubati deorsum in impluvium, Plaut. Am. 5, 1, 56: Iris per caelum, Verg. A. 4, 702: sibi de caelo devolaturam in sinum victoriam, Liv. 7, 12, 13.—
   (b)    To fly away: turdus devolet illuc, ubi, etc., Hor. S. 2, 5, 11: phoenicem devolavisse in Aegyptum, Plin. 10, 2, 2, § 5.—
II Transf., to hasten down, to fly or hasten away: de tribunali, Liv. 2, 29: in terram, Lucr. 6, 205: praecipites in forum, Liv. 3, 15; cf.: raptim ad puerum, Petr. 105, 8: ab afflicta amicitia transfugere atque ad florentem aliam devolare, * Cic. Quint. 30, 93; cf. absol. Auct. Her. 4, 17, 24.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

dēvŏlō,¹³ āvī, ātum, āre, intr., descendre en volant, s’abattre, fondre sur : Ov. M. 3, 420 ; Liv. 7, 12, 13