tueor

Latin

Alternative forms

• tueō
• tuor

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *toweōr, from Proto-Indo-European *tewH- (“to look favorably, protect, observe”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈtu.e.or/, [ˈt̪ueɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈtu.e.or/, [ˈt̪uːeor]

Verb

tueor (present infinitive tuērī, perfect active tuitus sum); second conjugation, deponent

1. to look or gaze at, behold, watch, view

   Synonyms: videō, intueor, vīsō, spectō, īnspectō, speciō, īnspiciō, suspiciō, invīsō

   tueri transversa ― to look sideways, to squint

2. to care for, guard, defend, protect, support, compensate or make up for

   Synonyms: salvō, tūtor, vindicō, cū̆stōdiō, sospitō, teneō, adimō, tegō, prōtegō, dēfendō, sustineō, adsum, ēripiō, arceō, servō, prohibeō

   Antonyms: immineō, īnstō, obiectō

   te amo, tua tueor ― I love you and care for you

   • Dum spīrāmus tuēbimur. ― Whilst we breathe, we shall defend. Motto of the US Army 133rd Field Artillery
   • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 1.563–564:

     “Rēs dūra et rēgnī novitās mē tālia cōgunt
     mōlīrī, et lātē fīnīs cūstōde tuērī.”

     “Difficult circumstances – and the newness of [my] realm – compel me to enact such [safeguards], and to defend with force its wide frontiers.”

3. to uphold, keep up, maintain, preserve

   ad omnes repentinos casus turrim tueri ― to protect the tower in all events

Conjugation

• The third principal part may also be tūtus sum.

Conjugation of tueor (second conjugation, deponent)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	tueor	tuēris, tuēre	tuētur	tuēmur	tuēminī	tuentur
	imperfect	tuēbar	tuēbāris, tuēbāre	tuēbātur	tuēbāmur	tuēbāminī	tuēbantur
	future	tuēbor	tuēberis, tuēbere	tuēbitur	tuēbimur	tuēbiminī	tuēbuntur
	perfect	tuitus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	tuitus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	tuitus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	tuear	tueāris, tueāre	tueātur	tueāmur	tueāminī	tueantur
	imperfect	tuērer	tuērēris, tuērēre	tuērētur	tuērēmur	tuērēminī	tuērentur
	perfect	tuitus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	tuitus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	tuēre	—	—	tuēminī	—
	future	—	tuētor	tuētor	—	—	tuentor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		tuērī	tuitum esse	tuitūrum esse	—	—	—
participles		tuēns	tuitus	tuitūrus	—	—	tuendus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		tuendī	tuendō	tuendum	tuendō	tuitum	tuitū

Derived terms

• circumtueor
• contueor
• intueor
• tuitiō
• tūtē
• tūtō
• tūtor
• tūtus
• obtueor

References

• “tueor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “tueor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• tueor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to look after, guard a person's interests, welfare: commoda alicuius tueri
    
  • to live up to one's reputation: famam ante collectam tueri, conservare
    
  • to do one's duty: officium suum facere, servare, colere, tueri, exsequi, praestare
    
  • to manage one's affairs, household, property well or ill: rem familiarem tueri
    
  • to defend, strengthen the state: rem publicam tueri, stabilire
    
  • to guard, maintain one's dignity: dignitatem suam tueri, defendere, retinere, obtinere
    
• “tuition”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.