Lewis & Short

Parsing inflected forms may not always work as expected. If the following does not give the correct word, try Latin Words or Perseus.

The word devellere could not be parsed. Trying a normal dictionary lookup:

No entries found. Showing closest matches:

dē-vello, velli, vulsum, (perf. devolsit, Cat. 63, 5), 3, v. a., to pluck down, to pull or tear off (very rare; not in Cic. and Caes.): pennas, Plaut, Poen. 4, 2, 50; cf.: plumam anseribus, Fronto Ep. ad Verr. 1 fin.: plantas de matrum radice, Pall. Mart. 10, 1: effigies (sc. in Tiberim; cf. Suet. Vit. 17, and Juv. 10, 58), Tac. A. 3, 14. In an obscene sense: concubinas (i. e. depilare), Suet. Dom. 22.