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                    "description": "(v. a.P. a.) : dē -vŏvĕo, vōvi, vōtum, 2, v. a.\n* To vow, devote (usually to a deity).\n* Prop. (class.): Marti ea, quae bello ceperint,Caes. B. G. 6, 17, 3; so, Dianae pulcherrimum,Cic. Off. 3, 25, 95: gnatam pro muta agna,Hor. S. 2, 3, 219 et saep.; esp. freq.: se diis, or simply se,to devote one's self to death, to sacrifice one's self,Cic. N. D. 2, 3 fin.; id. Fin. 2, 19, 61: se pro aere alieno, in jesting allusion to the death of the Decii,id. Phil. 11, 6, 13: se pro patria Quiritibusque Romanis,Liv. 5, 41, 3; id. 8, 9; 9, 4; Verg. A. 12, 234: devota vita,Cic. Par. 1, 2, 12; cf.: devotis corporibus in hostem ruentes,Liv. 9, 17: ancipiti deum irae devotus,id. 10, 39: hinc Remus auspicio se devovet, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 48, 107: devota morti pectora,Hor. Od. 4, 14, 18; cf. without morti: stabat devota juventus,Luc. 4, 533: caput pro salute alicujus,Val. Max. 6, 2, extr. 2 et saep.\n* Qs. to devote to the infernal gods, i. e. to curse, to execrate (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose—for syn. cf. detestor): aliquem,Nep. Alcib. 4, 5: natum suum (Theseus),Ov. F. 6, 738: se ipse,Quint. 5, 6, 2: scelerata arma,Ov. M. 5, 102: suas artes,id. ib. 8, 234: devota arbos,Hor. Od. 3, 4, 27: devoti sanguinis aetas,id. Epod. 16, 9 et saep.; v. such a form of imprecation in Macr. S. 3, 9.\n* To bewitch by conjurations (poet.): aliquem carminibus, pollentibus herbis,Tib. 1, 8, 18: aliquem trajectis lanis,Ov. Am. 3, 7, 80; cf.: devota veneno corpora,id. ib. 3, 7, 27. —Hence, dēvōtus, a, um, P. a. (acc. to no. I. B.).\n* To mark out, destine, appoint: exspectatione omnium T. Annio devota et constituta ista hostia esse videtur,Cic. Harusp. Resp. 3, 6.\n* Devoted to any one, i. e. attached, faithful (post-Aug.): ni tibi deditus essem Devotusque cliens,Juv. 9, 72; so with deditus,Sen. Ben. 3, 5: devotissimus alicui,Suet. Caes. 67 fin.; cf. Sen. Ben. 5, 17; and: DEVOTISSIMVS NVMINI MAIESTATIQVE EIVS,Inscr. Orell. 859; and so in comp., Claud. B. Gild. 289: animus alicui devotus, Tiber. ap. Suet. Tib. 67: equester ordo scenae harenaeque devotus,id. Calig. 30.—Poet.: devotae in externa proelia dextrae,ready for,Luc. 3, 311.—Subst.: cum DC devotis, quos illi Soldurios appellant,with six hundred faithful followers,Caes. B. G. 3, 22, 1.\n* In Christian authors, pious, devout: Roma Deo,Prud. adv. Symm. 2 fin.: filia Christo,Hier. Ep. 108, 2: jejunia,Aus. Idyll. 1, 2; so, obedient to authority, Cassiod. Varr. 2, 16.\n* Like deditus, given to, abandoned to a habit or thing (rare): vino,Phaedr. 4, 5, 6.—Adv.: dēvōtē, devotedly, faithfully: devote ac strenue, Cod. Th. 6, 24, 10.—Sup.: Deo devotissime serviamus,Lact. 6, 9 fin.; Aug. Ep. 86 fin."
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