contueor

Latin

Alternative forms

• contuō
• contuor

Etymology

From con- +‎ tueor (“look at; guard”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /konˈtu.e.or/, [kɔn̪ˈt̪ueɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /konˈtu.e.or/, [kon̪ˈt̪uːeor]

Verb

contueor (present infinitive contuērī, perfect active contuitus sum); second conjugation, deponent

1. to look or gaze upon, behold, see, view, survey
2. to ponder, weigh, contemplate
3. to preserve (carefully), take care of, see to, tend, look after

Conjugation

Conjugation of contueor (second conjugation, deponent)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	contueor	contuēris, contuēre	contuētur	contuēmur	contuēminī	contuentur
	imperfect	contuēbar	contuēbāris, contuēbāre	contuēbātur	contuēbāmur	contuēbāminī	contuēbantur
	future	contuēbor	contuēberis, contuēbere	contuēbitur	contuēbimur	contuēbiminī	contuēbuntur
	perfect	contuitus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	contuitus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	contuitus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	contuear	contueāris, contueāre	contueātur	contueāmur	contueāminī	contueantur
	imperfect	contuērer	contuērēris, contuērēre	contuērētur	contuērēmur	contuērēminī	contuērentur
	perfect	contuitus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	contuitus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	contuēre	—	—	contuēminī	—
	future	—	contuētor	contuētor	—	—	contuentor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		contuērī	contuitum esse	contuitūrum esse	—	—	—
participles		contuēns	contuitus	contuitūrus	—	—	contuendus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		contuendī	contuendō	contuendum	contuendō	contuitum	contuitū

Derived terms

• contuitus / contūtus

Related terms

• circumtueor
• intueor
• obtueor
• tueor

References

• “contueor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “contueor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• contueor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.