foculo

Latin

Etymology 1

From fōculum (“device for warming”) +‎ -ō, -āre (verb-forming suffix). Cf. Latin foveō (“to warm, cherish, relieve”), fōmentum (“soothing application, remedy”).

Alternative forms

• fōculor (deponent, v.l. in Varro)
• fōcilō (post-Classical)
• fōcillō (medieval MSS only, perh. reanalysed as formed from fōcillum)

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈfoː.ku.loː/, [ˈfoːkʊɫ̪oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈfo.ku.lo/, [ˈfɔːkulo]

Verb

fōculō (present infinitive fōculāre, perfect active fōculāvī, supine fōculātum); first conjugation

1. to cherish, resuscitate, refresh, revive

Conjugation

Conjugation of fōculō (first conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	fōculō	fōculās	fōculat	fōculāmus	fōculātis	fōculant
	imperfect	fōculābam	fōculābās	fōculābat	fōculābāmus	fōculābātis	fōculābant
	future	fōculābō	fōculābis	fōculābit	fōculābimus	fōculābitis	fōculābunt
	perfect	fōculāvī	fōculāvistī	fōculāvit	fōculāvimus	fōculāvistis	fōculāvērunt, fōculāvēre
	pluperfect	fōculāveram	fōculāverās	fōculāverat	fōculāverāmus	fōculāverātis	fōculāverant
	future perfect	fōculāverō	fōculāveris	fōculāverit	fōculāverimus	fōculāveritis	fōculāverint
passive	present	fōculor	fōculāris, fōculāre	fōculātur	fōculāmur	fōculāminī	fōculantur
	imperfect	fōculābar	fōculābāris, fōculābāre	fōculābātur	fōculābāmur	fōculābāminī	fōculābantur
	future	fōculābor	fōculāberis, fōculābere	fōculābitur	fōculābimur	fōculābiminī	fōculābuntur
	perfect	fōculātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	fōculātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	fōculātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	fōculem	fōculēs	fōculet	fōculēmus	fōculētis	fōculent
	imperfect	fōculārem	fōculārēs	fōculāret	fōculārēmus	fōculārētis	fōculārent
	perfect	fōculāverim	fōculāverīs	fōculāverit	fōculāverīmus	fōculāverītis	fōculāverint
	pluperfect	fōculāvissem	fōculāvissēs	fōculāvisset	fōculāvissēmus	fōculāvissētis	fōculāvissent
passive	present	fōculer	fōculēris, fōculēre	fōculētur	fōculēmur	fōculēminī	fōculentur
	imperfect	fōculārer	fōculārēris, fōculārēre	fōculārētur	fōculārēmur	fōculārēminī	fōculārentur
	perfect	fōculātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	fōculātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	fōculā	—	—	fōculāte	—
	future	—	fōculātō	fōculātō	—	fōculātōte	fōculantō
passive	present	—	fōculāre	—	—	fōculāminī	—
	future	—	fōculātor	fōculātor	—	—	fōculantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		fōculāre	fōculāvisse	fōculātūrum esse	fōculārī	fōculātum esse	fōculātum īrī
participles		fōculāns	—	fōculātūrus	—	fōculātus	fōculandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		fōculandī	fōculandō	fōculandum	fōculandō	fōculātum	fōculātū

Etymology 2

Noun

foculō

1. dative/ablative singular of foculus

References

• De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “foveō”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 237
• “fōculō” in volume 6, column 1, line 986 in the Thesaurus Linguae Latinae (TLL Open Access), Berlin (formerly Leipzig): De Gruyter (formerly Teubner), 1900–present

Further reading

• “foculo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• foculo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.