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Etymology

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From con- +‎ foveō (keep warm; nurture; support).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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cōnfoveō (present infinitive cōnfovēre, perfect active cōnfōvī, supine cōnfōtum); second conjugation

  1. to nurture, cherish, foster, care for

Conjugation

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   Conjugation of cōnfoveō (second conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present cōnfoveō cōnfovēs cōnfovet cōnfovēmus cōnfovētis cōnfovent
imperfect cōnfovēbam cōnfovēbās cōnfovēbat cōnfovēbāmus cōnfovēbātis cōnfovēbant
future cōnfovēbō cōnfovēbis cōnfovēbit cōnfovēbimus cōnfovēbitis cōnfovēbunt
perfect cōnfōvī cōnfōvistī cōnfōvit cōnfōvimus cōnfōvistis cōnfōvērunt,
cōnfōvēre
pluperfect cōnfōveram cōnfōverās cōnfōverat cōnfōverāmus cōnfōverātis cōnfōverant
future perfect cōnfōverō cōnfōveris cōnfōverit cōnfōverimus cōnfōveritis cōnfōverint
passive present cōnfoveor cōnfovēris,
cōnfovēre
cōnfovētur cōnfovēmur cōnfovēminī cōnfoventur
imperfect cōnfovēbar cōnfovēbāris,
cōnfovēbāre
cōnfovēbātur cōnfovēbāmur cōnfovēbāminī cōnfovēbantur
future cōnfovēbor cōnfovēberis,
cōnfovēbere
cōnfovēbitur cōnfovēbimur cōnfovēbiminī cōnfovēbuntur
perfect cōnfōtus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect cōnfōtus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect cōnfōtus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present cōnfoveam cōnfoveās cōnfoveat cōnfoveāmus cōnfoveātis cōnfoveant
imperfect cōnfovērem cōnfovērēs cōnfovēret cōnfovērēmus cōnfovērētis cōnfovērent
perfect cōnfōverim cōnfōverīs cōnfōverit cōnfōverīmus cōnfōverītis cōnfōverint
pluperfect cōnfōvissem cōnfōvissēs cōnfōvisset cōnfōvissēmus cōnfōvissētis cōnfōvissent
passive present cōnfovear cōnfoveāris,
cōnfoveāre
cōnfoveātur cōnfoveāmur cōnfoveāminī cōnfoveantur
imperfect cōnfovērer cōnfovērēris,
cōnfovērēre
cōnfovērētur cōnfovērēmur cōnfovērēminī cōnfovērentur
perfect cōnfōtus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect cōnfōtus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present cōnfovē cōnfovēte
future cōnfovētō cōnfovētō cōnfovētōte cōnfoventō
passive present cōnfovēre cōnfovēminī
future cōnfovētor cōnfovētor cōnfoventor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives cōnfovēre cōnfōvisse cōnfōtūrum esse cōnfovērī cōnfōtum esse cōnfōtum īrī
participles cōnfovēns cōnfōtūrus cōnfōtus cōnfovendus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
cōnfovendī cōnfovendō cōnfovendum cōnfovendō cōnfōtum cōnfōtū
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References

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  • confoveo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • confoveo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.