contueor
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
From con- + tueor (“look at; guard”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /konˈtu.e.or/, [kɔn̪ˈt̪ueɔr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /konˈtu.e.or/, [kon̪ˈt̪uːeor]
Verb
contueor (present infinitive contuērī, perfect active contuitus sum); second conjugation, deponent
- I look or gaze upon, behold, see, view, survey.
- I ponder, weigh, contemplate.
- I preserve (carefully), take care of, see to, tend, look after.
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References
- “contueor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “contueor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- contueor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.