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		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		dēvovēre			dēvovērī			dēvovēns			—
future		dēvōtūrum esse			dēvōtum īrī			dēvōtūrus			dēvovendus
perfect		dēvōvisse			dēvōtum esse			—			dēvōtus
future perfect		—			dēvōtum fore			—			—
perfect potential		dēvōtūrum fuisse			—			—			—
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
• Italian: divovere
• 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.