LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbsecond conjugation

admoveō

admoveō (present infinitive admovēre, perfect active admōvī, supine admōtum)
Classical[adˈmɔ.we.oː]Ecclesiastical[adˈmɔː.ve.o]

Meaning

  1. to move, bring, conduct, lead or carry someone or something to or toward; apply to
    “Quid ergō? Omnēs servōs admovēbō mēnsae meae?” Nōn magis quam omnēs līberōs.“So what? I will bring all my slaves to my table?” No more than all free people. (Seneca imagines a criticism and offers a reply.)c. 4 BCE – 65 CE, Seneca Minor, Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium 47.15
  2. to move or bring someone or something near to another; reconcile
  3. to move or bring up or forward, call upon
  4. figurativelyto apply, attend or direct to or toward
  5. to lend an ear to
  6. to put one's hand to an undertaking
  7. to lay violent hands upon; attack, assault

Conjugation conjugation 2

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.admoveōadmovēbamadmovēbōadmōvīadmōveram
admōram
admōverō
admōrō
2nd sg.admovēsadmovēbāsadmovēbisadmōvistī
admōstī
admōverās
admōrās
admōveris
admōris
3rd sg.admovetadmovēbatadmovēbitadmōvit
admōt
admōverat
admōrat
admōverit
admōrit
1st pl.admovēmusadmovēbāmusadmovēbimusadmōvimus
admōmus
admōverāmus
admōrāmus
admōverimus
admōrimus
2nd pl.admovētisadmovēbātisadmovēbitisadmōvistis
admōstis
admōverātis
admōrātis
admōveritis
admōritis
3rd pl.admoventadmovēbantadmovēbuntadmōvērunt
admōrunt, admōvēre
admōverant
admōrant
admōverint
admōrint
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.admoveamadmovēremadmōverim
admōrim
admōvissem
admōssem
2nd sg.admoveāsadmovērēsadmōverīs
admōrīs
admōvissēs
admōssēs
3rd sg.admoveatadmovēretadmōverit
admōrit
admōvisset
admōsset
1st pl.admoveāmusadmovērēmusadmōverīmus
admōrīmus
admōvissēmus
admōssēmus
2nd pl.admoveātisadmovērētisadmōverītis
admōrītis
admōvissētis
admōssētis
3rd pl.admoveantadmovērentadmōverint
admōrint
admōvissent
admōssent
passive indicative
passive indicative
formpresentimperfectfuture
1st sg.admoveoradmovēbaradmovēbor
2nd sg.admovēris
admovēre
admovēbāris
admovēbāre
admovēberis
admovēbere
3rd sg.admovēturadmovēbāturadmovēbitur
1st pl.admovēmuradmovēbāmuradmovēbimur
2nd pl.admovēminīadmovēbāminīadmovēbiminī
3rd pl.admoventuradmovēbanturadmovēbuntur
passive subjunctive
passive subjunctive
formpresentimperfect
1st sg.admovearadmovērer
2nd sg.admoveāris
admoveāre
admovērēris
admovērēre
3rd sg.admoveāturadmovērētur
1st pl.admoveāmuradmovērēmur
2nd pl.admoveāminīadmovērēminī
3rd pl.admoveanturadmovērentur
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.admovēadmovēre
pres. 2nd pl.admovēteadmovēminī
fut. 2nd sg.admovētōadmovētor
fut. 3rd sg.admovētōadmovētor
fut. 2nd pl.admovētōte—
fut. 3rd pl.admoventōadmoventor
infinitives & participles
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitiveadmovēreadmovērī
perfect infinitiveadmōvisse
admōsse
admōtum esse
future infinitiveadmōtūrum esseadmōtum īrī
present participleadmovēns—
perfect participle—admōtus
admōta, admōtā, admōtae, admōtam, admōtārum, admōtās, admōte, admōtī, admōtīs, admōtō, admōtōrum, admōtōs
future participleadmōtūrus
admōtūra, admōtūrā, admōtūrae, admōtūram, admōtūrārum, admōtūrās, admōtūre, admōtūrī, admōtūrīs, admōtūrō, admōtūrōrum, admōtūrōs, admōtūrum
admovendus
gerundadmovendī, admovendō, admovendumsupineadmōtum, admōtū

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

alicui admovere tormenta
to have a person tortured.
scalas admovere (B. C. 3. 63)
to apply scaling-ladders.
exercitum admovere, adducere ad...
to advance on...
calcaria alicui adhibere, admovere; stimulos alicui admovere
to spur, urge a person on.

ad-mŏvĕo, mōvi, mōtum, 2, v. a. (admōram, admōrim, etc., sync. for admoveram, admoverim, etc., Verg. A. 4, 367; Ov. P. 3, 7, 36),
I. to move a person or thing; to bring, conduct, lead, carry, etc., to or toward a place (syn.: adduco, adicio, adhibeo, appello).
I. Lit.
A. In gen., constr. with ad or with dat. (in the histt., of an army, implements for besieging, etc.; class. at all periods): dum ne exercitum propius urbem Romam CC milia admoveret, Cic. Phil. 6, 3, 5: copias in locum, Liv. 42, 57: signa Achradinae, id. 25, 24 ext.; so Flor. 1, 24, 3, 23: castra, Sil. 1, 296.—Hence, also, sometimes absol., to draw near, to approach, to bring near: jam admovebat rex, Curt. 9, 4: jam opera admoventi deditio est facta, Liv. 32, 32: scalas moenibus, Tac. A. 13, 39. —Trop.: quot admovi illi fabricas! quot fallacias! Plaut. Cist. 2, 2, 5 (where formerly admoenivi was erroneously read): tamquam aliquā machinā admotā, capere Asinii adulescentiam, Cic. Clu. 13; so also: ignes ardentesque laminae ceterique cruciatus admovebantur (sc. civi Romano), Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 63: dolorum faces, id. Off. 2, 10, 37: cumque quasi faces ei doloris admoverentur, id. Tusc. 2, 25, 61: fasciculum ad nares, id. ib. 3, 18 fin.: pecus flagrantibus aris, Verg. A. 12, 171: admotae hostiae (sc. aris), Tac. A. 2, 69; so Suet. Calig. 32; Luc. 7, 165: Hannibalem admotum, i. e. adductum altaribus, led or conducted to, Liv. 21, 1: labra poculis, Verg. E. 3, 43: ignes templis, Tib. 3, 5, 11: exercitum Ariminum, Liv. 28, 46: vultum ad auditores, Auct. Her. 3, 15: animam admotis fugientem sustinet herbis, Ov. M. 10, 188: (opes) Stygiis admoverat umbris, id. ib. 1, 139: manus operi, to apply, id. ib. 10, 254: capiti diadema, Suet. Caes. 79: digitum scripturae, id. Aug. 80: oscula, to give a kiss, Ov. M. 10, 644: aliquem ad munera publica, to promote, advance, Suet. Tib. 10: infantes papillae, to put to, id. Tib. 44 al.: gressum, to approach nearer, Stat. Th. 11, 560 (cf.: addere gressum).—
B. Esp.
1. To bring one thing near to another, and in the pass. poet. of places, to lie or be situated near: nocturna ad lumina linum nuper ubi extinctum admoveas, Lucr. 6, 901: quae nisi admoto igne ignem concipere possit, Cic. de Or. 2, 45 fin.: culina ut sit admota, i. e. near or close by, Varr. R. R. 1, 13, 2: genus admotum Superis, nearly related, Sil. 8, 295: admota Nilo Africa, Juv. 10, 149.—Hence, aliquem alicui, to bring one near another, i. e. to make friends, to reconcile: mors Agrippae admovit propius Neronem Caesari, Vell. 2, 96.—
2. With the access. idea of regard to an object to be attained, to move, bring, or apply a thing to; e. g. admovere aures (or aurem), to lend an ear to: manus (or manum) operi, to put one's hand to a work, etc.: accessi, adstiti, animam (my breath) compressi, aurem admovi, Ter. Phorm. 5, 6, 28: admovere aures et subauscultando excipere voces, Cic. de Or. 2, 36 (cf.: aures adhibere, id. Arch. 3: praebere aures, Ov. Tr. 3, 7, 25; and: tenere aures, id. ib. 4, 10, 49); and aures, poet. for auditores: cum tibi sol tepidus plures admoverit aures, Hor. Ep. 1, 20, 19: admovent manus vectigalibus populi Rom., Cic. Agr. 1, 4; Ov. M. 15, 218; Liv. 5, 22, 4: in marmoribus, quibus Nicias manum admovisset, which he had put his hand to, Plin. 35, 11, 40, § 133; Curt. 6, 7: ruderibus purgandis manus primus admovit, Suet. Vesp. 8. But sometimes manus admovere signif., to lay violent hands on, to attack or assault: numquam deos ipsos admovere nocentibus manus, Liv. 5, 11 fin. al.—
II. Fig., of mental objects, to put, apply, or direct to any thing: quid praedicem ... quot stimulos admoverit homini, put the goad to, Cic. Sest. 5, 12: mulier saevissima est, Cum stimulos odio pudor admovet, Juv. 10, 328: num admoveri possit oratio ad sensus animorum inflammandos, Cic. de Or. 1, 14, 60: animis judicum admovere orationem, tamquam fidibus manum, id. Brut. 54, 200: sed alia quaedam sit ad eum admovenda curatio (just before: adhibenda oratio; cf. adhibeo), id. Tusc. 4, 28, 61: mentem ad voces alicujus, to direct to, attend to, Auct. Harusp. Resp. 10: serus enim Graecis admovit acumina chartis, not until late did (the Roman) apply his wits to Greek literature, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 161: terrorem, to strike with terror, Liv. 6, 10; 41, 17: spes est admota, Ov. M. 11, 454: spes cupiditati admota occaecavit animum, Liv. 43, 10; id. 27, 43: desiderium patriae, to instil or infuse, Curt. 6, 2 al.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éd
  2. Proto-Italic*ad
  3. Proto-Italic*ad-
  4. Latinadmoveō

Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *m(y)owh₁éyeti Proto-Italic *moweō Latin moveō Latin admoveō From ad- + moveō (“move”).

Descendants
  • Englishadmove

Quick answers

What does admoveō mean in Latin?
admoveō, a verb, means “to move, bring, conduct, lead or carry someone or something to or toward; apply to; to move or bring someone or something near to another”.
What are the principal parts of admoveō?
admoveō, admovēre, admōvī, admōtum (second conjugation).
How do you pronounce admoveō?
In classical Latin, [adˈmɔ.we.oː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [adˈmɔː.ve.o].
Where does admoveō come from?
Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd → Proto-Italic *ad → Proto-Italic *ad- → Latin admoveō.