foveo

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *foɣʷeō, from earlier *θoɣʷejō, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰogʷʰ-éye-, causative verb from *dʰegʷʰ-.

Pronunciation

Verb

foveō (present infinitive fovēre, perfect active fōvī, supine fōtum); second conjugation

  1. to warm, keep warm
  2. to nurture, cherish, foster
    Synonyms: nūtriō, sagīnō, pāscor, pāscō, sustentō, alō
    • 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 1.443:
      quae facitis nīdōs et plūmīs ōva fovētis
      [You birds], who build nests, and with soft feathers nurture your eggs
  3. (medicine, of a wound) to foment, bathe
  4. to favor, encourage, comfort
    Synonym: cōnsōlō
  5. to support, assist
    Synonyms: adiūtō, iuvō, adiuvō, assistō, succurrō, sublevō, prōficiō, prōsum, faveō, adsum
    Antonym: officiō

Conjugation
   Conjugation of foveō (second conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present foveō fovēs fovet fovēmus fovētis fovent
imperfect fovēbam fovēbās fovēbat fovēbāmus fovēbātis fovēbant
future fovēbō fovēbis fovēbit fovēbimus fovēbitis fovēbunt
perfect fōvī fōvistī fōvit fōvimus fōvistis fōvērunt,
fōvēre
pluperfect fōveram fōverās fōverat fōverāmus fōverātis fōverant
future perfect fōverō fōveris fōverit fōverimus fōveritis fōverint
passive present foveor fovēris,
fovēre		 fovētur fovēmur fovēminī foventur
imperfect fovēbar fovēbāris,
fovēbāre		 fovēbātur fovēbāmur fovēbāminī fovēbantur
future fovēbor fovēberis,
fovēbere		 fovēbitur fovēbimur fovēbiminī fovēbuntur
perfect fōtus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect fōtus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect fōtus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present foveam foveās foveat foveāmus foveātis foveant
imperfect fovērem fovērēs fovēret fovērēmus fovērētis fovērent
perfect fōverim fōverīs fōverit fōverīmus fōverītis fōverint
pluperfect fōvissem fōvissēs fōvisset fōvissēmus fōvissētis fōvissent
passive present fovear foveāris,
foveāre		 foveātur foveāmur foveāminī foveantur
imperfect fovērer fovērēris,
fovērēre		 fovērētur fovērēmur fovērēminī fovērentur
perfect fōtus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect fōtus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — fovē — — fovēte —
future — fovētō fovētō — fovētōte foventō
passive present — fovēre — — fovēminī —
future — fovētor fovētor — — foventor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives fovēre fōvisse fōtūrum esse fovērī fōtum esse fōtum īrī
participles fovēns — fōtūrus — fōtus fovendus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
fovendī fovendō fovendum fovendō fōtum fōtū

Derived terms

References
  • “foveo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “foveo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • foveo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Sihler, Andrew L. (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN
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