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

Verb edit

voveō (present infinitive vovēre, perfect active vōvī, supine vōtum); second conjugation

  1. to vow, promise
    Synonyms: dēspondeō, spondeō, ostentō, profiteor, prōmittō, polliceor, stipulor, pangō
  2. to dedicate or devote to a deity
    Synonyms: dēdicō, dicō, addīcō, cōnsecrō, sanciō, sacrō
    Antonym: exaugurō
  3. to wish for, desire
    Synonyms: requīrō, affectō, cupiō, quaerō, studeō, concupiō, indigeō, sitiō, petō, expetō, spectō, aveō, circumspiciō, appetō
    Antonyms: āversor, abhorreō

Conjugation edit

The passive forms in Latin documents are third-person forms only.

   Conjugation of voveō (second conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present voveō vovēs vovet vovēmus vovētis vovent
imperfect vovēbam vovēbās vovēbat vovēbāmus vovēbātis vovēbant
future vovēbō vovēbis vovēbit vovēbimus vovēbitis vovēbunt
perfect vōvī vōvistī vōvit vōvimus vōvistis vōvērunt,
vōvēre
pluperfect vōveram vōverās vōverat vōverāmus vōverātis vōverant
future perfect vōverō vōveris vōverit vōverimus vōveritis vōverint
passive present voveor vovēris,
vovēre
vovētur vovēmur vovēminī voventur
imperfect vovēbar vovēbāris,
vovēbāre
vovēbātur vovēbāmur vovēbāminī vovēbantur
future vovēbor vovēberis,
vovēbere
vovēbitur vovēbimur vovēbiminī vovēbuntur
perfect vōtus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect vōtus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect vōtus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present voveam voveās voveat voveāmus voveātis voveant
imperfect vovērem vovērēs vovēret vovērēmus vovērētis vovērent
perfect vōverim vōverīs vōverit vōverīmus vōverītis vōverint
pluperfect vōvissem vōvissēs vōvisset vōvissēmus vōvissētis vōvissent
passive present vovear voveāris,
voveāre
voveātur voveāmur voveāminī voveantur
imperfect vovērer vovērēris,
vovērēre
vovērētur vovērēmur vovērēminī vovērentur
perfect vōtus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect vōtus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present vovē vovēte
future vovētō vovētō vovētōte voventō
passive present vovēre vovēminī
future vovētor vovētor voventor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives vovēre vōvisse vōtūrum esse vovērī vōtum esse vōtum īrī
participles vovēns vōtūrus vōtus vovendus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
vovendī vovendō vovendum vovendō vōtum vōtū

Derived terms edit

Related terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Catalan: votar
  • French: vouer
  • Italian: votare
  • Portuguese: votar
  • Spanish: votar

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.