(adjective) : dēvexus, a, um, deveho, of places
* Inclining downwards, sloping, shelving, steep (class.—for syn. v. declivis).
* Lit.: lucus Vestae, qui a Palatii radice in novam viam devexus est,Cic. Div. 1, 45; cf. Liv. 44, 35: mundus in Austros,Verg. G. 1, 241; and: devexus in planum,Plin. Pan. 7, 1, 1: ut de locis superioribus haec declivia et devexa cernebantur, * Caes. B. G. 7, 88: arva,Ov. M. 8, 330: margo (lacus),id. ib. 9, 334 (with acclivus): Orion,i. e. towards his setting,Hor. Od. 1, 28, 21; cf.: sol paulum a meridie, Cic. Fragm. ap. Macr. S. 6, 4; and dies devexior,Claud. Cons. Mall. Theod. 57: globus devexior,Mart. Cap. 6, § 593.—Hence, subst.: dēvexum, i, n., an inclined surface, a slope: aqua in devexo fluit, in plano continetur et stagnat,Sen. Q. N. 3, 3.
* Transf., inclining, declining: aetas jam a diuturnis laboribus devexa ad otium,Cic. Att. 9, 10, 3: aetas,Sen. Ep. 12: devexa et molliter desinens compositio,id. ib. 114, 15.—Absol.: per devexum ire,i. e. easily,Sen. Vit. Beat. 25 fin.

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