dē-vĭo, āvi, 1, v. n., to turn from the straight road, to go aside, to deviate (late Lat.; for de via declinare or devertere).
- I. Prop., Macr. Somn. Scip. 1, 22; Aug. Doctr. Christ. 3, 36 fin.
- II. Trop., Macr. S. 5, 15; Symm. Ep. 9, 121: a vero, Vulg. Exod. 23, 2.