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foveo

foveo

Latin

Verb

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

  1. I warm, keep warm
  2. I nurture, cherish, foster.
  3. (medicine, of a wound) I foment, bathe.
  4. I support, favor, encourage, comfort, assist.

Inflection

   Conjugation of foveo (second conjugation)
indicative singular plural
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
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
first second third first second third
active present — fovē — — fovēte —
future — fovētō fovētō — fovētōte foventō
passive present — fovēre — — fovēminī —
future — fovētor fovētor — — foventor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives fovēre fōvisse fōtūrus esse fovērī fōtus esse fōtum īrī
participles fovēns — fōtūrus — fōtus fovendus
verbal nouns gerund supine
nominative genitive dative/ablative accusative accusative ablative
fovēre fovendī fovendō fovendum fōtum fōtū

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Etymology

From Proto-Italic *foɣʷeō, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰogʷʰ-éye-, causative verb from *dʰegʷʰ-.

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