devexus

== Latin == === Etymology === Derived from dēvehō (“to carry away, descend”), compare convexus (“vaulted”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [deːˈwɛk.sʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [deˈvɛk.sus] === Adjective === dēvexus (feminine dēvexa, neuter dēvexum); first/second-declension adjective sloping or inclining downwards downhill steep ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. === 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.