foveo

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *dʰegʷʰ-

Proto-Indo-European *dʰogʷʰéyeti

Proto-Italic *θoɣʷejō

Proto-Italic *foɣʷeō

Latin foveō

Inherited from Proto-Italic *foɣʷeō, from earlier *θoɣʷejō, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰogʷʰéyeti, from *dʰegʷʰ- (“to warm”). The perfect form may have evolved from earlier *fowe-wai.^[1] The perfect participle probably reflects earlier *fovitos, which would have undergo syncope in all the case forms except for the nominative singular and the old genitive plural in *-om.^[2]

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈfɔ.we.oː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈfɔː.ve.o]

Verb

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

to warm, keep warm
to nurture, cherish, foster
Synonyms: nūtriō, sagīnō, pāscor, pāscō, sustentō, alō
- 8 CE, Ovidius, Fasti 1.443:
  quae facitis nīdōs et plūmīs ōva fovētis
  [You birds], who build nests, and with soft feathers nurture your eggs
(medicine, of a wound) to foment, bathe
to favor, encourage, comfort
Synonym: cōnsōlō
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
indicative		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
subjunctive		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
imperative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	—	fovē		—	—	fovēte		—
active	future	—	fovētō		fovētō	—	fovētōte		foventō
passive	present	—	fovēre		—	—	fovēminī		—
passive	future	—	fovētor		fovētor	—	—		foventor
non-finite forms		infinitive				participle
non-finite forms		active		passive		active		passive
present		fovēre		fovērī		fovēns		—
future		fōtūrum esse		fōtum īrī		fōtūrus		fovendus
perfect		fōvisse		fōtum esse		—		fōtus
future perfect		—		fōtum fore		—		—
perfect potential		fōtūrum fuisse		—		—		—
verbal nouns		gerund					supine
		genitive	dative		accusative	ablative	accusative		ablative
		fovendī	fovendō		fovendum	fovendō	fōtum		fōtū

Derived terms

Related terms

fōmes

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 238
^ Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1991), The Reflexes of the Proto-Indo-European Laryngeals in Latin (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 2), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, →ISBN, pages 277-278

“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.

[1] 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 238

[2] Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1991), The Reflexes of the Proto-Indo-European Laryngeals in Latin (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 2), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, →ISBN, pages 277-278

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