voveo
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From earlier Proto-Italic *wogʷeō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁wogʷʰéyeti, a causative verb; ultimately, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁wegʷʰ- (to promise; to praise). Cognates include Ancient Greek εὔχομαι (eúkhomai), Sanskrit वाघत् (vāghát) and Old Armenian գոգեմ (gogem).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈu̯o.u̯e.oː/, [ˈu̯ou̯eoː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈvo.ve.o/, [ˈvɔːveo]
Verb edit
voveō (present infinitive vovēre, perfect active vōvī, supine vōtum); second conjugation
Conjugation edit
The passive forms in Latin documents are third-person forms only.
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References edit
- “voveo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “voveo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- voveo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.