foveō, fovēre, fōvī, fōtum

Definitions for fovēre

Wheelock's Latin

Verb

1
to comfort, nurture, cherish
English derivatives:
foment

Oxford Latin Dictionary

Verb

1
To make or keep warm, heat; esp. (b) to make warm and snug, protect from the cold; (often of incubating birds). (c) (poet.) to keep (a place) warm by close contact; (transf.) to make (cold weather) warm.
2
To give physical ease or comfort to, refresh, soothe, relieve, etc.; (in bad sense) to pamper, indulge.
3
(med.) To treat (parts of the body wounds, etc.) with soothing application (originally warm, later also cold), bathe foment, or sim. (b) to chafe, massage. (c) (app.) to make sweet, freshen (the breath or sim.).
4
To fondle, caress. (b) to 'hug', 'nurse' (one's wounds or sim.); (transf., one's sorrows).
5
To watch over the growth or development of, foster, nurture (persons or their faculties, organizations); (also, plants). (b) to minister to the needs of, tend (the sick, infirm, etc.). (c) to keep alive, feed (a fire).

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Sentences with fovēre

Latin to English

Infelix est Mucius, quod dextra ignes hostium premit et ipse a se exigit errores sui poenas? Quod regem, quem armata manu non potuit, exusta fugat? Quid ergo? Felicior esset, si in sinu amicae foveret manum?Compare Is Mucius unfortunate because he grasps the flames of the enemy with his right hand and forces himself to pay the penalty of his mistake? Because with his charred hand he routs the king whom his armed hand he could not rout? Tell me, then, would he be happier if he were warming his hand in his mistress's bosom?

Munera ne poscas: det munera canus amator, ut foveat molli frigida membra sinu. Carior est auro iuvenis, cui levia fulgent ora nec amplexus aspera barba terit.Compare Never ask for gifts: let a white-haired lover offer them in order to warm his cold limbs against a soft bosom. More precious than gold is a young man: his face is shiny smooth with no beard to scratch in embrace.

Conjugation table for fovēre

Cactus2000

ACTIVE
Indicative present	Indicative imperfect
foveō fovēs fovet fovēmus fovētis fovent	fovēbam fovēbās fovēbat fovēbāmus fovēbātis fovēbant
Indicative perfect	Indicative pluperfect
fōvī fōvistī fōvit fōvimus fōvistis fōvērunt / fōvēre	fōveram fōverās fōverat fōverāmus fōverātis fōverant
Indicative future	Indicative future perfect
fovēbō fovēbis fovēbit fovēbimus fovēbitis fovēbunt	fōverō fōveris fōverit fōverimus fōveritis fōverint
Subjunctive present	Subjunctive imperfect
foveam foveās foveat foveāmus foveātis foveant	fovērem fovērēs fovēret fovērēmus fovērētis fovērent
Subjunctive perfect	Subjunctive pluperfect
fōverim fōveris fōverit fōverimus fōveritis fōverint	fōvissem fōvissēs fōvisset fōvissēmus fōvissētis fōvissent
Infinitive present fovēre Infinitive perfect fōvisse Infinitive future fōtūrum esse	Imperative present fovē fovēte Imperative future fovētō fovētō fovētōte foventō

PASSIVE
Indicative present	Indicative imperfect
foveor fovēris fovētur fovēmur fovēminī foventur	fovēbar fovēbāris / fovēbāre fovēbātur fovēbāmur fovēbāminī fovēbantur
Indicative perfect	Indicative pluperfect
fōtus sum fōtus es fōtus est fōtī sumus fōtī estis fōtī sunt	fōtus eram fōtus erās fōtus erat fōtī erāmus fōtī erātis fōtī erant
Indicative future	Indicative future perfect
fovēbor fovēberis / fovēbere fovēbitur fovēbimur fovēbiminī fovēbuntur	fōtus erō fōtus eris fōtus erit fōtī erimus fōtī eritis fōtī erunt
Subjunctive present	Subjunctive imperfect
fovear foveāris / foveāre foveātur foveāmur foveāminī foveantur	fovērer fovērēris / fovērēre fovērētur fovērēmur fovērēminī fovērentur
Subjunctive perfect	Subjunctive pluperfect
fōtus sim fōtus sīs fōtus sit fōtī sīmus fōtī sītis fōtī sint	fōtus essem fōtus essēs fōtus esset fōtī essēmus fōtī essētis fōtī essent
Infinitive present fovērī Infinitive perfect fōtum esse Infinitive future fōtum īrī	Imperative present fovēre fovēminī Imperative future fovētor fovētor - foventor

	PARTICIPLE
	Participle present active
Nom.	fovēns	foventēs
Gen.	foventis	foventium
Dat.	foventī	foventibus
Acc.	foventem	foventēs
Abl.	fovente	foventibus
	Participle future active
Nom.	fōtūrus	fōtūrī
Gen.	fōtūrī	fōtūrōrum
Dat.	fōtūrō	fōtūrīs
Acc.	fōtūrum	fōtūrōs
Abl.	fōtūrō	fōtūrīs
	Participle perfect passive
Nom.	fōtus	fōtī
Gen.	fōtī	fōtōrum
Dat.	fōtō	fōtīs
Acc.	fōtum	fōtōs
Abl.	fōtō	fōtīs
	Gerundive
Nom.	fovendus	fovendī
Gen.	fovendī	fovendōrum
Dat.	fovendō	fovendīs
Acc.	fovendum	fovendōs
Abl.	fovendō	fovendīs
	Gerund	Supine
Nom.	fovēre	fōtum
Gen.	fovendī	fōtū
Dat.	fovendō
Acc.	fovendum
Abl.	fovendō

Data sources

Notes

Definitions
Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 248.
P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 729.
Word frequencies
Paul B. Diederich, The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings, PhD diss., (Columbia University, 1939).

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Citation

Chicago (17th ed.)

Allo Contributors. "foveō, fovēre, fōvī, fōtum (v.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified August 3, 2023. Accessed November 22, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/foveo-fovere-fovi-fotum.