voveo

Latin

Etymology

From earlier Proto-Italic *wogʷeō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁wogʷʰéyeti, a causative verb; ultimately, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁wegʷʰ- (to promise; to praise). Cognates include Ancient Greek εὔχομαι (eúkhomai), Sanskrit वाघत् (vāghát) and Old Armenian գոգեմ (gogem).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈu̯o.u̯e.oː/, [ˈu̯ou̯eoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈvo.ve.o/, [ˈvɔːveo]

Verb

voveō (present infinitive vovēre, perfect active vōvī, supine vōtum); second conjugation

1. to vow, promise

   Synonyms: dēspondeō, spondeō, ostentō, profiteor, prōmittō, polliceor, stipulor, pangō

2. to dedicate or devote to a deity

   Synonyms: dēdicō, dicō, addīcō, cōnsecrō, sanciō, sacrō

   Antonym: exaugurō

3. to wish for, desire

   Synonyms: requīrō, affectō, cupiō, quaerō, studeō, concupiō, indigeō, sitiō, petō, expetō, spectō, aveō, circumspiciō, appetō

   Antonyms: āversor, abhorreō

Conjugation

The passive forms in Latin documents are third-person forms only.

   Conjugation of voveō (second conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	voveō		vovēs		vovet		vovēmus		vovētis		vovent
	imperfect	vovēbam		vovēbās		vovēbat		vovēbāmus		vovēbātis		vovēbant
	future	vovēbō		vovēbis		vovēbit		vovēbimus		vovēbitis		vovēbunt
	perfect	vōvī		vōvistī		vōvit		vōvimus		vōvistis		vōvēre, vōvērunt
	pluperfect	vōveram		vōverās		vōverat		vōverāmus		vōverātis		vōverant
	future perfect	vōverō		vōveris		vōverit		vōverimus		vōveritis		vōverint
passive	present	voveor		vovēre, vovēris		vovētur		vovēmur		vovēminī		voventur
	imperfect	vovēbar		vovēbāre, vovēbāris		vovēbātur		vovēbāmur		vovēbāminī		vovēbantur
	future	vovēbor		vovēbere, vovēberis		vovēbitur		vovēbimur		vovēbiminī		vovēbuntur
	perfect	vōtus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	vōtus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	vōtus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	voveam		voveās		voveat		voveāmus		voveātis		voveant
	imperfect	vovērem		vovērēs		vovēret		vovērēmus		vovērētis		vovērent
	perfect	vōverim		vōverīs		vōverit		vōverīmus		vōverītis		vōverint
	pluperfect	vōvissem		vōvissēs		vōvisset		vōvissēmus		vōvissētis		vōvissent
passive	present	vovear		voveāre, voveāris		voveātur		voveāmur		voveāminī		voveantur
	imperfect	vovērer		vovērēre, vovērēris		vovērētur		vovērēmur		vovērēminī		vovērentur
	perfect	vōtus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	vōtus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		vovē		—		—		vovēte		—
	future	—		vovētō		vovētō		—		vovētōte		voventō
passive	present	—		vovēre		—		—		vovēminī		—
	future	—		vovētor		vovētor		—		—		voventor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		vovēre			vovērī			vovēns			—
future		vōtūrum esse			vōtum īrī			vōtūrus			vovendus
perfect		vōvisse			vōtum esse			—			vōtus
future perfect		—			vōtum fore			—			—
perfect potential		vōtūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		vovendī		vovendō		vovendum		vovendō		vōtum		vōtū

Derived terms

• dēvoveō
• vōtum
• vōtus

Related terms

• vōtifer
• vōtīvitās
• vōtīvus

Descendants

• Catalan: votar
• French: vouer
• Italian: votare
• Portuguese: votar
• Spanish: votar

References

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