verb intransitive

dēvĕnĭo

2nd PP dē-vĕnīre · 3rd PP dēvēni · 4th PP dēventum · conj. 4th

to come from; to go to, arrive at, reach

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.).

quomodo ad hunc devenerim In servitutem ab eo, etc., Plaut. Mil. 2, 1, 18; cf.:… literal ••

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… poetic ••

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.—

to come; to go to by extension •

Transf., in vulg. lang., like our to come, instead of to go to a place: deveniam ad lenonem domum egomet solus, Plaut. Epid. 3, 2, 28: post ad furem ego devenio, id. Rud. 4, 3, 17; id. Ps. 1, 3, 53.—

to reach, arrive at, come to figuratively ••

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.

Perseus ID: n13586 Key: devenio