foveo

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *foɣʷeō, from earlier *θoɣʷejō, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰogʷʰ-éye-, causative verb from *dʰegʷʰ-.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈfo.u̯e.oː/, [ˈfou̯eoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈfo.ve.o/, [ˈfɔːveo]

Verb

foveō (present infinitive fovēre, perfect active fōvī, supine fōtum); second conjugation

1. to warm, keep warm
2. to nurture, cherish, foster

   Synonyms: nūtriō, sagīnō, pāscor, pāscō, sustentō, alō

   • 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 1.443:

     quae facitis nīdōs et plūmīs ōva fovētis

     [You birds], who build nests, and with soft feathers nurture your eggs

3. (medicine, of a wound) to foment, bathe
4. to favor, encourage, comfort

   Synonym: cōnsōlō

5. to support, assist

   Synonyms: adiūtō, iuvō, adiuvō, assistō, succurrō, sublevō, prōficiō, prōsum, faveō, adsum

   Antonym: officiō

Conjugation

Conjugation of foveō (second conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	foveō	fovēs	fovet	fovēmus	fovētis	fovent
	imperfect	fovēbam	fovēbās	fovēbat	fovēbāmus	fovēbātis	fovēbant
	future	fovēbō	fovēbis	fovēbit	fovēbimus	fovēbitis	fovēbunt
	perfect	fōvī	fōvistī	fōvit	fōvimus	fōvistis	fōvērunt, fōvēre
	pluperfect	fōveram	fōverās	fōverat	fōverāmus	fōverātis	fōverant
	future perfect	fōverō	fōveris	fōverit	fōverimus	fōveritis	fōverint
passive	present	foveor	fovēris, fovēre	fovētur	fovēmur	fovēminī	foventur
	imperfect	fovēbar	fovēbāris, fovēbāre	fovēbātur	fovēbāmur	fovēbāminī	fovēbantur
	future	fovēbor	fovēberis, fovēbere	fovēbitur	fovēbimur	fovēbiminī	fovēbuntur
	perfect	fōtus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	fōtus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	fōtus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	foveam	foveās	foveat	foveāmus	foveātis	foveant
	imperfect	fovērem	fovērēs	fovēret	fovērēmus	fovērētis	fovērent
	perfect	fōverim	fōverīs	fōverit	fōverīmus	fōverītis	fōverint
	pluperfect	fōvissem	fōvissēs	fōvisset	fōvissēmus	fōvissētis	fōvissent
passive	present	fovear	foveāris, foveāre	foveātur	foveāmur	foveāminī	foveantur
	imperfect	fovērer	fovērēris, fovērēre	fovērētur	fovērēmur	fovērēminī	fovērentur
	perfect	fōtus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	fōtus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	fovē	—	—	fovēte	—
	future	—	fovētō	fovētō	—	fovētōte	foventō
passive	present	—	fovēre	—	—	fovēminī	—
	future	—	fovētor	fovētor	—	—	foventor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		fovēre	fōvisse	fōtūrum esse	fovērī	fōtum esse	fōtum īrī
participles		fovēns	—	fōtūrus	—	fōtus	fovendus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		fovendī	fovendō	fovendum	fovendō	fōtum	fōtū

Derived terms

• cōnfoveō
• effoveō
• fōmentum
• fōtus
• fovēla
• perfoveō
• refoveō

Related terms

• fōmes

References

• “foveo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “foveo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• foveo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Sihler, Andrew L. (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN