dēvius

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dē-vĭus, a, um, adj. [via], lying off the high-road; out of the way, devious (class.; for syn. cf.: avius, invius).

Lit.:

iter,

a by-way, Cic. Att. 4, 3, 4; 14, 10, 1 (cf. avius); Suet. Galb. 20:

oppidum,

Cic. Pis. 36 fin.:

saltus,

Liv. 41, 19:

calles,

id. 22, 14:

rura,

Ov. M. 1, 676.— Subst.: dēvia, ōrum, n., lonely, unfrequented places:

per aspera ac devia,

Suet. Tib. 60:

in devia terrarum,

Luc. 4, 161.—

Transf., of living beings dwelling in out-of-the-way places, retired, sequestered:

Anagnini, cum essent devii, etc.,

Cic. Phil. 2, 41, 106:

gens,

Liv. 34, 20:

montani,

id. 34, 16:

civitas,

Suet. Vesp. 4: mihi devio nemus Mirari libet, wandering about in unfrequented places: Hor. Od. 3, 25, 12:

uxores (i. e. capellae),

id. ib. 1, 17, 6:

scortum,

i. e. retired, shy, id. ib. 2, 11, 21: avis (i. e. the great owl, which dwells in lonely places), Ov. H. 2, 118:

equus,

leaping aside, Stat. Th. 9, 804.—

Poet., inaccessible:

limina,

Prop. 4 (5), 9, 27.—

Trop., inconstant, erroneous, inconsistent, foolish:

quid potest esse tam flexibile, tam devium, quam animus ejus, qui, etc.,

Cic. Lael. 25, 93: vita, id. Fragm. ap. Lact. 6, 24:

via,

Lact. 3, 11, 4; id. 4, 30, 3:

nihil quasi devium loqui,

i. e. out of the way, impertinent, Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 44: noster Plato nihil ab hac secta vel paululum devius, Ap. Flor. 2, p. 352, 23:

homo in omnibus consiliis praeceps et devius,

Cic. Phil. 5, 13, 37; Ov. Tr. 3, 7, 30.— Poet. with gen.:

devius aequi,

Sil. 1, 57; cf.:

pectora recti,

id. 8, 318: devius promissi es, Mart. Cap. poet. 3 init. — Adv. does not occur.

dē-vĭus, a, um, adj. [via], lying off the high-road; out of the way, devious (class.; for syn. cf.: avius, invius).

Lit.:

iter,

a by-way, Cic. Att. 4, 3, 4; 14, 10, 1 (cf. avius); Suet. Galb. 20:

oppidum,

Cic. Pis. 36 fin.:

saltus,

Liv. 41, 19:

calles,

id. 22, 14:

rura,

Ov. M. 1, 676.— Subst.: dēvia, ōrum, n., lonely, unfrequented places:

per aspera ac devia,

Suet. Tib. 60:

in devia terrarum,

Luc. 4, 161.—

Transf., of living beings dwelling in out-of-the-way places, retired, sequestered:

Anagnini, cum essent devii, etc.,

Cic. Phil. 2, 41, 106:

gens,

Liv. 34, 20:

montani,

id. 34, 16:

civitas,

Suet. Vesp. 4: mihi devio nemus Mirari libet, wandering about in unfrequented places: Hor. Od. 3, 25, 12:

uxores (i. e. capellae),

id. ib. 1, 17, 6:

scortum,

i. e. retired, shy, id. ib. 2, 11, 21: avis (i. e. the great owl, which dwells in lonely places), Ov. H. 2, 118:

equus,

leaping aside, Stat. Th. 9, 804.—

Poet., inaccessible:

limina,

Prop. 4 (5), 9, 27.—

Trop., inconstant, erroneous, inconsistent, foolish:

quid potest esse tam flexibile, tam devium, quam animus ejus, qui, etc.,

Cic. Lael. 25, 93: vita, id. Fragm. ap. Lact. 6, 24:

via,

Lact. 3, 11, 4; id. 4, 30, 3:

nihil quasi devium loqui,

i. e. out of the way, impertinent, Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 44: noster Plato nihil ab hac secta vel paululum devius, Ap. Flor. 2, p. 352, 23:

homo in omnibus consiliis praeceps et devius,

Cic. Phil. 5, 13, 37; Ov. Tr. 3, 7, 30.— Poet. with gen.:

devius aequi,

Sil. 1, 57; cf.:

pectora recti,

id. 8, 318: devius promissi es, Mart. Cap. poet. 3 init. — Adv. does not occur.

ā-vĭus, a, um, adj. [via], that is out of the way, remote, out of the right way; also, untrodden, unfrequented, solitary, lonely, etc. (while devius signifies leading from the right way; and invius, having no way, pathless; in the poets and histt. freq.).

Lit.

Silvani lucus extra murum est avius, Plaut. Aul. 4, 6, 8:

Avia Pieridum peragro loca, nullius ante Trita solo,

Lucr. 1, 926:

nemora avia,

id. 2, 145:

virgulta,

Verg. G. 2, 328:

montes,

Hor. C. 1, 23, 2:

aviis itineribus,

through by-ways, Sall. J. 54, 9:

cujus (Caesaris) sibi species itinere avio occurrisset,

Suet. Aug. 96:

solitudines,

Vell. 2, 55:

avia commeatibus loca,

Liv. 9, 19, 16.—Also,

Subst.: āvĭum, ii, n., a by-way, a desert, wilderness; in a pun with avium, from avis: hunc avium dulcedo ducit ad avium, Auct. ad Her. 4, 21, 29.—More freq. in plur.: āvĭa, ōrum:

avia cursu Dum sequor, et notā excedo regione viarum,

Verg. A. 2, 737:

per avia ac derupta,

Tac. A. 6, 21: per avia, Ov M. 1, 701; 2, 205.—So with gen.: avia [p. 216] vinerum, Vell. 2, 75:

nemorum,

Ov. M. 1, 179:

saltuum,

Tac. A. 2. 68:

Oceani,

id. ib. 2, 15:

Armeniae,

id. ib. 13, 37.—

Poet., of persons, wandering, straying:

Continuo in montes sese avius abdidit altos,

Verg. A. 11, 810.—

Trop.:

Avius a verā longe ratione vagaris,

astray, Lucr. 2, 82; 2, 229; 2, 740;

3, 463: init nunc avia coepto Consilia,

i. e. leading away from the undertaking, Sil. 12, 493.

ā-vĭus, a, um, adj. [via], that is out of the way, remote, out of the right way; also, untrodden, unfrequented, solitary, lonely, etc. (while devius signifies leading from the right way; and invius, having no way, pathless; in the poets and histt. freq.).

Lit.

Silvani lucus extra murum est avius, Plaut. Aul. 4, 6, 8:

Avia Pieridum peragro loca, nullius ante Trita solo,

Lucr. 1, 926:

nemora avia,

id. 2, 145:

virgulta,

Verg. G. 2, 328:

montes,

Hor. C. 1, 23, 2:

aviis itineribus,

through by-ways, Sall. J. 54, 9:

cujus (Caesaris) sibi species itinere avio occurrisset,

Suet. Aug. 96:

solitudines,

Vell. 2, 55:

avia commeatibus loca,

Liv. 9, 19, 16.—Also,

Subst.: āvĭum, ii, n., a by-way, a desert, wilderness; in a pun with avium, from avis: hunc avium dulcedo ducit ad avium, Auct. ad Her. 4, 21, 29.—More freq. in plur.: āvĭa, ōrum:

avia cursu Dum sequor, et notā excedo regione viarum,

Verg. A. 2, 737:

per avia ac derupta,

Tac. A. 6, 21: per avia, Ov M. 1, 701; 2, 205.—So with gen.: avia [p. 216] vinerum, Vell. 2, 75:

nemorum,

Ov. M. 1, 179:

saltuum,

Tac. A. 2. 68:

Oceani,

id. ib. 2, 15:

Armeniae,

id. ib. 13, 37.—

Poet., of persons, wandering, straying:

Continuo in montes sese avius abdidit altos,

Verg. A. 11, 810.—

Trop.:

Avius a verā longe ratione vagaris,

astray, Lucr. 2, 82; 2, 229; 2, 740;

3, 463: init nunc avia coepto Consilia,

i. e. leading away from the undertaking, Sil. 12, 493.

ĭn-accessus, a, um, adj., unapproached, unapproachable, inaccessible (cf.: invius, impervius, devius, avius).

Lit. ( poet. and post-Aug.):

mare scopulis inaccessum,

Plin. 12, 14, 30, § 52:

montes,

id. 6, 28, 32, § 144; 10, 12, 16, § 34; Flor. 3, 1, 14:

aditus,

Sil. 3, 516:

lucus,

Verg. A. 7, 11:

spelunca radiis solis,

id. ib. 8, 195.—

Trop., unattainable:

Pindarus imitationi,

Macr. S. 5, 17, 7:

formositas,

App. M. 4, p. 155.

invĭus, a, um, adj. [2. in-via], without a road, impassable (syn.: inaccessus, devius; not in Cic. or Cæs.).

Lit.:

lustra,

Verg. A. 4, 151:

longa via,

id. ib. 3, 383:

saltus,

Liv. 9, 14:

per invias atque ignotas rupes iter,

id. 38, 2 fin.:

saxa,

Verg. A. 1, 537:

maria Teucris,

Verg. A. 9, 130:

rupibus regio,

Plin. 12, 14, 30, § 52:

virtuti nulla est via,

Ov. M. 14, 113.— Neutr.:

nil virtuti invium,

Tac. Agr. 27.— With inf.:

Acheron invius renavigari,

Sen. Herc. Fur. 715. — Subst.: invĭa, ōrum, n. plur., impassable places:

per invia pleraque et errores,

Liv. 21, 35:

per vias inviaque,

id. 23, 17:

per vias, per invia,

id. 38, 23:

dumosa,

Sil. 4, 305.—

Transf., inaccessible, impenetrable:

regna,

impenetrable, Verg. A. 6, 514: templa, Ov. M. 11, 414:

tot bellis invia tecta,

Sil. 14, 639:

Sarmaticis lorica sagittis,

Mart. 7, 2.

invĭus, a, um, adj. [2. in-via], without a road, impassable (syn.: inaccessus, devius; not in Cic. or Cæs.).

Lit.:

lustra,

Verg. A. 4, 151:

longa via,

id. ib. 3, 383:

saltus,

Liv. 9, 14:

per invias atque ignotas rupes iter,

id. 38, 2 fin.:

saxa,

Verg. A. 1, 537:

maria Teucris,

Verg. A. 9, 130:

rupibus regio,

Plin. 12, 14, 30, § 52:

virtuti nulla est via,

Ov. M. 14, 113.— Neutr.:

nil virtuti invium,

Tac. Agr. 27.— With inf.:

Acheron invius renavigari,

Sen. Herc. Fur. 715. — Subst.: invĭa, ōrum, n. plur., impassable places:

per invia pleraque et errores,

Liv. 21, 35:

per vias inviaque,

id. 23, 17:

per vias, per invia,

id. 38, 23:

dumosa,

Sil. 4, 305.—

Transf., inaccessible, impenetrable:

regna,

impenetrable, Verg. A. 6, 514: templa, Ov. M. 11, 414:

tot bellis invia tecta,

Sil. 14, 639:

Sarmaticis lorica sagittis,

Mart. 7, 2.