voveo
Latin
Etymology
From earlier Proto-Italic *wogʷeō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁wegʷʰ-. Cognates include Ancient Greek εὔχομαι (eúkhomai), Sanskrit वाघत् (vāghát) and Old Armenian գոգեմ (gogem).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈwo.we.oː/, [ˈwɔ.we.oː]
Verb
voveō (present infinitive vovēre, perfect active vōvī, supine vōtum); second conjugation
- I vow, promise; dedicate or devote to a deity.
- I wish for, desire.
Inflection
The passive forms in Latin documents are third-person forms only.
| Conjugation of voveo (second conjugation) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indicative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | voveō | vovēs | vovet | vovēmus | vovētis | vovent |
| imperfect | vovēbam | vovēbās | vovēbat | vovēbāmus | vovēbātis | vovēbant | |
| future | vovēbō | vovēbis | vovēbit | vovēbimus | vovēbitis | vovēbunt | |
| perfect | vōvī | vōvistī | vōvit | vōvimus | vōvistis | vōvērunt, vōvēre | |
| pluperfect | vōveram | vōverās | vōverat | vōverāmus | vōverātis | vōverant | |
| future perfect | vōverō | vōveris | vōverit | vōverimus | vōveritis | vōverint | |
| passive | present | voveor | vovēris, vovēre | vovētur | vovēmur | vovēminī | voventur |
| imperfect | vovēbar | vovēbāris, vovēbāre | vovēbātur | vovēbāmur | vovēbāminī | vovēbantur | |
| future | vovēbor | vovēberis, vovēbere | vovēbitur | vovēbimur | vovēbiminī | vovēbuntur | |
| perfect | vōtus + present active indicative of sum | ||||||
| pluperfect | vōtus + imperfect active indicative of sum | ||||||
| future perfect | vōtus + future active indicative of sum | ||||||
| subjunctive | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | voveam | voveās | voveat | voveāmus | voveātis | voveant |
| imperfect | vovērem | vovērēs | vovēret | vovērēmus | vovērētis | vovērent | |
| perfect | vōverim | vōverīs | vōverit | vōverimus | vōveritis | vōverint | |
| pluperfect | vōvissem | vōvissēs | vōvisset | vōvissēmus | vōvissētis | vōvissent | |
| passive | present | vovear | voveāris, voveāre | voveātur | voveāmur | voveāminī | voveantur |
| imperfect | vovērer | vovērēris, vovērēre | vovērētur | vovērēmur | vovērēminī | vovērentur | |
| perfect | vōtus + present active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
| pluperfect | vōtus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
| imperative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | — | vovē | — | — | vovēte | — |
| future | — | vovētō | vovētō | — | vovētōte | voventō | |
| passive | present | — | vovēre | — | — | vovēminī | — |
| future | — | vovētor | vovētor | — | — | voventor | |
| non-finite forms | active | passive | |||||
| present | perfect | future | present | perfect | future | ||
| infinitives | vovēre | vōvisse | vōtūrus esse | vovērī | vōtus esse | vōtum īrī | |
| participles | vovēns | — | vōtūrus | — | vōtus | vovendus | |
| verbal nouns | gerund | supine | |||||
| nominative | genitive | dative/ablative | accusative | accusative | ablative | ||
| vovēre | vovendī | vovendō | vovendum | vōtum | vōtū | ||
Derived terms
- dēvoveō
- vōtum
- vōtus
Related terms
- vōtifer
- vōtīvitās
- vōtīvus
References
- voveo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- voveo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- voveo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette