confoveo

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /konˈfo.u̯e.oː/, [kõːˈfou̯eoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /konˈfo.ve.o/, [koɱˈfɔːveo]

Verb

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

1. to nurture, cherish, foster, care for

Conjugation

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

Related terms

• effoveō
• foveō
• perfoveō
• refoveō

References

• “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.