devexus

Latin

Etymology

Derived from dēvehō (“I carry away, descend”), compare convexus (“vaulted”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /deːˈu̯ek.sus/, [d̪eːˈu̯ɛks̠ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /deˈvek.sus/, [d̪eˈvɛksus]

Adjective

dēvexus (feminine dēvexa, neuter dēvexum); first/second-declension adjective

1. sloping or inclining downwards
2. downhill
3. steep

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	dēvexus	dēvexa	dēvexum		dēvexī	dēvexae	dēvexa
genitive	dēvexī	dēvexae	dēvexī		dēvexōrum	dēvexārum	dēvexōrum
dative	dēvexō	dēvexae	dēvexō		dēvexīs
accusative	dēvexum	dēvexam	dēvexum		dēvexōs	dēvexās	dēvexa
ablative	dēvexō	dēvexā	dēvexō		dēvexīs
vocative	dēvexe	dēvexa	dēvexum		dēvexī	dēvexae	dēvexa

References

• “devexus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “devexus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• devexus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.