contueor

Latin

Alternative forms

• contuō
• contuor

Etymology

From con- +‎ tueor (“look at; guard”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /konˈtu.e.or/, [kɔn̪ˈt̪ueɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /konˈtu.e.or/, [kon̪ˈt̪uːeor]

Verb

contueor (present infinitive contuērī, perfect active contuitus sum); second conjugation, deponent

1. to look or gaze upon, behold, see, view, survey
2. to ponder, weigh, contemplate
3. to preserve (carefully), take care of, see to, tend, look after

Conjugation

   Conjugation of contueor (second conjugation, deponent)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	contueor		contuēris, contuēre		contuētur		contuēmur		contuēminī		contuentur
	imperfect	contuēbar		contuēbāris, contuēbāre		contuēbātur		contuēbāmur		contuēbāminī		contuēbantur
	future	contuēbor		contuēberis, contuēbere		contuēbitur		contuēbimur		contuēbiminī		contuēbuntur
	perfect	contuitus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	contuitus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	contuitus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	contuear		contueāris, contueāre		contueātur		contueāmur		contueāminī		contueantur
	imperfect	contuērer		contuērēris, contuērēre		contuērētur		contuērēmur		contuērēminī		contuērentur
	perfect	contuitus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	contuitus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		contuēre		—		—		contuēminī		—
	future	—		contuētor		contuētor		—		—		contuentor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		contuērī			—			contuēns			—
future		contuitūrum esse			—			contuitūrus			contuendus
perfect		contuitum esse			—			contuitus			—
future perfect		contuitum fore			—			—			—
perfect potential		contuitūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		contuendī		contuendō		contuendum		contuendō		contuitum		contuitū

Derived terms

• contuitus / contūtus

Related terms

• circumtueor
• intueor
• obtueor
• tueor

References

• “contueor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “contueor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• contueor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.