tueor
Latin
Alternative forms
- tueō
- tuor
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *toweōr, from Proto-Indo-European *tewH- (“to look favorably, protect, observe”).[1]
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈtu.e.or/, [ˈt̪ueɔr]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈtu.e.or/, [ˈt̪uːeor]
Verb
tueor (present infinitive tuērī, perfect active tuitus sum); second conjugation, deponent
- I look or gaze at, behold, watch, view.
- Synonyms: videō, intueor, vīsō, spectō, īnspectō, speciō, īnspiciō, suspiciō, invīsō
- tueri transversa ― to look sideways, to squint
- I care for, guard, defend, protect, support, compensate or make up for.
- Synonyms: salvō, tūtor, vindicō, cū̆stōdiō, sospitō, teneō, adimō, tegō, prōtegō, dēfendō, sustineō, adsum, ēripiō, arceō, servō, prohibeō
- Antonyms: immineō, īnstō, obiectō
- te amo, tua tueor ― I love you and care for you
- Dum spīrāmus tuēbimur. ― Whilst we breathe, we shall defend. Motto of the US Army 133rd Field Artillery.
- I uphold, keep up, maintain, preserve.
- ad omnes repentinos casus turrim tueri ― to protect the tower in all events
Conjugation
- The third principal part may also be tūtus sum.
| Conjugation of tueor (second conjugation, deponent) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indicative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | tueor | tuēris, tuēre | tuētur | tuēmur | tuēminī | tuentur |
| imperfect | tuēbar | tuēbāris, tuēbāre | tuēbātur | tuēbāmur | tuēbāminī | tuēbantur | |
| future | tuēbor | tuēberis, tuēbere | tuēbitur | tuēbimur | tuēbiminī | tuēbuntur | |
| perfect | tuitus + present active indicative of sum | ||||||
| pluperfect | tuitus + imperfect active indicative of sum | ||||||
| future perfect | tuitus + future active indicative of sum | ||||||
| subjunctive | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | tuear | tueāris, tueāre | tueātur | tueāmur | tueāminī | tueantur |
| imperfect | tuērer | tuērēris, tuērēre | tuērētur | tuērēmur | tuērēminī | tuērentur | |
| perfect | tuitus + present active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
| pluperfect | tuitus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
| imperative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | — | tuēre | — | — | tuēminī | — |
| future | — | tuētor | tuētor | — | — | tuentor | |
| non-finite forms | active | passive | |||||
| present | perfect | future | present | perfect | future | ||
| infinitives | tuērī | tuitum esse | tuitūrum esse | — | — | — | |
| participles | tuēns | tuitus | tuitūrus | — | — | tuendus | |
| verbal nouns | gerund | supine | |||||
| genitive | dative | accusative | ablative | accusative | ablative | ||
| tuendī | tuendō | tuendum | tuendō | tuitum | tuitū | ||
Derived terms
- circumtueor
- contueor
- intueor
- tuitiō
- tūtē
- tūtō
- tūtor
- tūtus
- obtueor
References
- Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page t1079
- “tueor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “tueor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- tueor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to look after, guard a person's interests, welfare: commoda alicuius tueri
- to live up to one's reputation: famam ante collectam tueri, conservare
- to do one's duty: officium suum facere, servare, colere, tueri, exsequi, praestare
- to manage one's affairs, household, property well or ill: rem familiarem tueri
- to defend, strengthen the state: rem publicam tueri, stabilire
- to guard, maintain one's dignity: dignitatem suam tueri, defendere, retinere, obtinere
- to look after, guard a person's interests, welfare: commoda alicuius tueri
- tuition in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911