dē-vĕnĭo, vēni, ventum, 4
* V. n.; orig., to come from somewhere; hence, with predominant reference to the term. ad quem (cf. de, no. II. B.), to go to, arrive at, reach (class.).
* Lit.: quomodo ad hunc devenerim In servitutem ab eo, etc.,Plaut. Mil. 2, 1, 18; cf.: quam quisque in partem ab opere casu devenit,Caes. B. G. 2, 21 fin.: ad alias aedes,Plaut. Most. 4, 2, 52: ad mare, id Poen. 3, 3, 14: ad legionem decimam,Caes. B. G. 2, 21: in insidias,to fall,Plaut. As. 1, 1, 92; cf.: in victoris manus,Cic. Fam. 7, 3, 3: in loca nobis adversa,Lucr. 6, 1132: in eum locum,Liv. 9, 31: in Scythiam,Ov. M. 8, 798: domum alicujus,Nep. Pelop. 2 fin.: quo, *Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 27 et saep.
* Poet. with simple acc.: devenere locos ubi, etc.,Verg. A. 1, 365; so, locos laetos,id. ib. 6, 638: speluncam eandem,id. ib. 4, 125; 166: silvas et amoena piorum,Val. Fl. 1, 84. Cf.: venio, pervenio, and 1. eo.
* Trop., to reach, arrive at, come to: tantum devenisse ad eum mali, *Ter. Heaut. 4, 5, 2: ad juris studium,Cic. Mur. 13, 29; cf. id. Quint. 17, 54: devenit aut potius incidit in istum,id. Pis. 29; cf.: in medium rerum omnium certamen atque discrimen (coupled with incidere),id. de Or. 1, 1, 3: in alicujus tutelam,Suet. Vesp. 5: in quos fines saeculorum,Vulg. 1 Cor. 10, 11.

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