wandering about in unfrequented places

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.