dē-vello
dē-vello, velli, vulsum, (perf. devolsit, Cat. 63, 5), 3, v. a., to pluck down, to pull or tear off (very rare; not in Cic. and Caes.): pennas, Plaut, Poen. 4, 2, 50; cf.: plumam anseribus, Fronto Ep. ad Verr. 1 fin.: plantas de matrum radice, Pall. Mart. 10, 1: effigies (sc. in Tiberim; cf. Suet. Vit. 17, and Juv. 10, 58), Tac. A. 3, 14. In an obscene sense: concubinas (i. e. depilare), Suet. Dom. 22.
No short def.
Headword (normalized):
dē-vello
Headword (normalized/stripped):
de-vello
Intro Text:
dē-vello, velli, vulsum, (perf. devolsit, Cat. 63, 5), 3, v. a., to pluck down, to pull or tear off (very rare; not in Cic. and Caes.): pennas, Plaut, Poen. 4, 2, 50; cf.: plumam anseribus, Fronto Ep. ad Verr. 1 fin.: plantas de matrum radice, Pall. Mart. 10, 1: effigies (sc. in Tiberim; cf. Suet. Vit. 17, and Juv. 10, 58), Tac. A. 3, 14. In an obscene sense: concubinas (i. e. depilare), Suet. Dom. 22.
URN:
urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:lat.ls.perseus-eng2-n13583
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