confoveo

Latin

Etymology

From con- +‎ foveō (“keep warm; nurture; support”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /konˈfo.u̯e.oː/, [kõːˈfou̯eoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /konˈfo.ve.o/, [koɱˈfɔːveo]

Verb

cōnfoveō (present infinitive cōnfovēre, perfect active cōnfōvī, supine cōnfōtum); second conjugation

1. to nurture, cherish, foster, care for

Conjugation

   Conjugation of cōnfoveō (second conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	cōnfoveō		cōnfovēs		cōnfovet		cōnfovēmus		cōnfovētis		cōnfovent
	imperfect	cōnfovēbam		cōnfovēbās		cōnfovēbat		cōnfovēbāmus		cōnfovēbātis		cōnfovēbant
	future	cōnfovēbō		cōnfovēbis		cōnfovēbit		cōnfovēbimus		cōnfovēbitis		cōnfovēbunt
	perfect	cōnfōvī		cōnfōvistī		cōnfōvit		cōnfōvimus		cōnfōvistis		cōnfōvērunt, cōnfōvēre
	pluperfect	cōnfōveram		cōnfōverās		cōnfōverat		cōnfōverāmus		cōnfōverātis		cōnfōverant
	future perfect	cōnfōverō		cōnfōveris		cōnfōverit		cōnfōverimus		cōnfōveritis		cōnfōverint
passive	present	cōnfoveor		cōnfovēris, cōnfovēre		cōnfovētur		cōnfovēmur		cōnfovēminī		cōnfoventur
	imperfect	cōnfovēbar		cōnfovēbāris, cōnfovēbāre		cōnfovēbātur		cōnfovēbāmur		cōnfovēbāminī		cōnfovēbantur
	future	cōnfovēbor		cōnfovēberis, cōnfovēbere		cōnfovēbitur		cōnfovēbimur		cōnfovēbiminī		cōnfovēbuntur
	perfect	cōnfōtus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	cōnfōtus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	cōnfōtus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	cōnfoveam		cōnfoveās		cōnfoveat		cōnfoveāmus		cōnfoveātis		cōnfoveant
	imperfect	cōnfovērem		cōnfovērēs		cōnfovēret		cōnfovērēmus		cōnfovērētis		cōnfovērent
	perfect	cōnfōverim		cōnfōverīs		cōnfōverit		cōnfōverīmus		cōnfōverītis		cōnfōverint
	pluperfect	cōnfōvissem		cōnfōvissēs		cōnfōvisset		cōnfōvissēmus		cōnfōvissētis		cōnfōvissent
passive	present	cōnfovear		cōnfoveāris, cōnfoveāre		cōnfoveātur		cōnfoveāmur		cōnfoveāminī		cōnfoveantur
	imperfect	cōnfovērer		cōnfovērēris, cōnfovērēre		cōnfovērētur		cōnfovērēmur		cōnfovērēminī		cōnfovērentur
	perfect	cōnfōtus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	cōnfōtus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		cōnfovē		—		—		cōnfovēte		—
	future	—		cōnfovētō		cōnfovētō		—		cōnfovētōte		cōnfoventō
passive	present	—		cōnfovēre		—		—		cōnfovēminī		—
	future	—		cōnfovētor		cōnfovētor		—		—		cōnfoventor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		cōnfovēre			cōnfovērī			cōnfovēns			—
future		cōnfōtūrum esse			cōnfōtum īrī			cōnfōtūrus			cōnfovendus
perfect		cōnfōvisse			cōnfōtum esse			—			cōnfōtus
future perfect		—			cōnfōtum fore			—			—
perfect potential		cōnfōtūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		cōnfovendī		cōnfovendō		cōnfovendum		cōnfovendō		cōnfōtum		cōnfōtū

Related terms

• effoveō
• foveō
• perfoveō
• refoveō

References

• “confoveo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• confoveo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.