foveo
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *foɣʷeō, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰogʷʰ-éye-, causative verb from *dʰegʷʰ-.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈfo.we.oː/, [ˈfɔ.we.oː]
Verb
foveō (present infinitive fovēre, perfect active fōvī, supine fōtum); second conjugation
- I warm, keep warm
- I nurture, cherish, foster.
- (medicine, of a wound) I foment, bathe.
- I support, favor, encourage, comfort, assist.
Inflection
| Conjugation of foveo (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 | fōverimus | fōveritis | 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 | fōtūrus esse | fovērī | fōtus esse | fōtum īrī | |
| participles | fovēns | — | fōtūrus | — | fōtus | fovendus | |
| verbal nouns | gerund | supine | |||||
| nominative | genitive | dative/ablative | accusative | accusative | ablative | ||
| fovēre | fovendī | fovendō | fovendum | fōtum | fōtū | ||
Derived terms
- cōnfoveō
- effoveō
- fōmentum
- fōtus
- fovēla
- perfoveō
- refoveō
Related terms
- fōmes
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