Latin

Etymology

    From dē- (from) + veniō (come).

    Pronunciation

    Verb

    dēveniō (present infinitive dēvenīre, perfect active dēvēnī, supine dēventum); fourth conjugation

    1. to come down, descend; come from or to; arrive at (from somewhere), land at, reach
      • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Vergilius, Aeneis 4.124-125:
        “[...] Spēluncam Dīdō dux et Troiānus eandem / dēvenient. [...].”
        “Dido, [in the] lead, and the Trojan [Aeneas] will arrive at the same cavern.”
        (Note: There is some ambiguity in whether to ascribe the “dux” role to Dido or Aeneas.)

    Conjugation

    Descendants

    References

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