devoveo

Latin

Etymology

From dē- +‎ voveō (“vow, promise”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /deːˈu̯o.u̯e.oː/, [d̪eːˈu̯ou̯eoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /deˈvo.ve.o/, [d̪eˈvɔːveo]

Verb

dēvoveō (present infinitive dēvovēre, perfect active dēvōvī, supine dēvōtum); second conjugation

1. (transitive) to vow, offer; promise; devote, dedicate
   • 23 BCE – 13 BCE, Horace, Odes 4.14.17–19:

     Spectandus in certāmine Mārtiō
     dēvōta mortī pectora līberae
     quantīs fatīgāret ruīnīs […]

     In the contests of Mars he was a sight, the breasts vowed to a free death he shook with so many shocks […]

2. (transitive) to mark out, appoint, destine
3. (transitive) (poetic) to bewitch, curse (by devoting to the infernal gods)
   • 9 CE, Ovid, The Ibis 53–54:

     Nunc, quō Battiadēs inimīcum dēvovet Ībin,
         hōc ego dēvoveō tēque tuōsque modō.

     Now, with that metre by which Callimachus curses his enemy Ibis,
         I curse you and your family.

Conjugation

Conjugation of dēvoveō (second conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	dēvoveō	dēvovēs	dēvovet	dēvovēmus	dēvovētis	dēvovent
	imperfect	dēvovēbam	dēvovēbās	dēvovēbat	dēvovēbāmus	dēvovēbātis	dēvovēbant
	future	dēvovēbō	dēvovēbis	dēvovēbit	dēvovēbimus	dēvovēbitis	dēvovēbunt
	perfect	dēvōvī	dēvōvistī	dēvōvit	dēvōvimus	dēvōvistis	dēvōvērunt, dēvōvēre
	pluperfect	dēvōveram	dēvōverās	dēvōverat	dēvōverāmus	dēvōverātis	dēvōverant
	future perfect	dēvōverō	dēvōveris	dēvōverit	dēvōverimus	dēvōveritis	dēvōverint
passive	present	dēvoveor	dēvovēris, dēvovēre	dēvovētur	dēvovēmur	dēvovēminī	dēvoventur
	imperfect	dēvovēbar	dēvovēbāris, dēvovēbāre	dēvovēbātur	dēvovēbāmur	dēvovēbāminī	dēvovēbantur
	future	dēvovēbor	dēvovēberis, dēvovēbere	dēvovēbitur	dēvovēbimur	dēvovēbiminī	dēvovēbuntur
	perfect	dēvōtus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	dēvōtus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	dēvōtus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	dēvoveam	dēvoveās	dēvoveat	dēvoveāmus	dēvoveātis	dēvoveant
	imperfect	dēvovērem	dēvovērēs	dēvovēret	dēvovērēmus	dēvovērētis	dēvovērent
	perfect	dēvōverim	dēvōverīs	dēvōverit	dēvōverīmus	dēvōverītis	dēvōverint
	pluperfect	dēvōvissem	dēvōvissēs	dēvōvisset	dēvōvissēmus	dēvōvissētis	dēvōvissent
passive	present	dēvovear	dēvoveāris, dēvoveāre	dēvoveātur	dēvoveāmur	dēvoveāminī	dēvoveantur
	imperfect	dēvovērer	dēvovērēris, dēvovērēre	dēvovērētur	dēvovērēmur	dēvovērēminī	dēvovērentur
	perfect	dēvōtus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	dēvōtus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	dēvovē	—	—	dēvovēte	—
	future	—	dēvovētō	dēvovētō	—	dēvovētōte	dēvoventō
passive	present	—	dēvovēre	—	—	dēvovēminī	—
	future	—	dēvovētor	dēvovētor	—	—	dēvoventor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		dēvovēre	dēvōvisse	dēvōtūrum esse	dēvovērī	dēvōtum esse	dēvōtum īrī
participles		dēvovēns	—	dēvōtūrus	—	dēvōtus	dēvovendus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		dēvovendī	dēvovendō	dēvovendum	dēvovendō	dēvōtum	dēvōtū

Derived terms

• dēvōtāmentum
• dēvōtātiō
• dēvōtē
• dēvōtiō
• dēvōtō
• dēvōtus

 

Related terms

• voveō

Descendants

• French: dévouer
  • → English: devow
• Spanish: devover

References

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