LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbsecond conjugation

cōnfoveō

cōnfoveō (present infinitive cōnfovēre, perfect active cōnfōvī, supine cōnfōtum)
Classical[kõːˈfɔ.we.oː]Ecclesiastical[koɱˈfɔː.ve.o]

Meaning

  1. to nurture, cherish, foster, care for

Conjugation conjugation 2

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.cōnfoveōcōnfovēbamcōnfovēbōcōnfōvīcōnfōveramcōnfōverō
2nd sg.cōnfovēscōnfovēbāscōnfovēbiscōnfōvistīcōnfōverāscōnfōveris
3rd sg.cōnfovetcōnfovēbatcōnfovēbitcōnfōvitcōnfōveratcōnfōverit
1st pl.cōnfovēmuscōnfovēbāmuscōnfovēbimuscōnfōvimuscōnfōverāmuscōnfōverimus
2nd pl.cōnfovētiscōnfovēbātiscōnfovēbitiscōnfōvistiscōnfōverātiscōnfōveritis
3rd pl.cōnfoventcōnfovēbantcōnfovēbuntcōnfōvērunt
cōnfōvēre
cōnfōverantcōnfōverint
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.cōnfoveamcōnfovēremcōnfōverimcōnfōvissem
2nd sg.cōnfoveāscōnfovērēscōnfōverīscōnfōvissēs
3rd sg.cōnfoveatcōnfovēretcōnfōveritcōnfōvisset
1st pl.cōnfoveāmuscōnfovērēmuscōnfōverīmuscōnfōvissēmus
2nd pl.cōnfoveātiscōnfovērētiscōnfōverītiscōnfōvissētis
3rd pl.cōnfoveantcōnfovērentcōnfōverintcōnfōvissent
passive indicative
passive indicative
formpresentimperfectfuture
1st sg.cōnfoveorcōnfovēbarcōnfovēbor
2nd sg.cōnfovēris
cōnfovēre
cōnfovēbāris
cōnfovēbāre
cōnfovēberis
cōnfovēbere
3rd sg.cōnfovēturcōnfovēbāturcōnfovēbitur
1st pl.cōnfovēmurcōnfovēbāmurcōnfovēbimur
2nd pl.cōnfovēminīcōnfovēbāminīcōnfovēbiminī
3rd pl.cōnfoventurcōnfovēbanturcōnfovēbuntur
passive subjunctive
passive subjunctive
formpresentimperfect
1st sg.cōnfovearcōnfovērer
2nd sg.cōnfoveāris
cōnfoveāre
cōnfovērēris
cōnfovērēre
3rd sg.cōnfoveāturcōnfovērētur
1st pl.cōnfoveāmurcōnfovērēmur
2nd pl.cōnfoveāminīcōnfovērēminī
3rd pl.cōnfoveanturcōnfovērentur
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.cōnfovēcōnfovēre
pres. 2nd pl.cōnfovētecōnfovēminī
fut. 2nd sg.cōnfovētōcōnfovētor
fut. 3rd sg.cōnfovētōcōnfovētor
fut. 2nd pl.cōnfovētōte—
fut. 3rd pl.cōnfoventōcōnfoventor
infinitives & participles
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitivecōnfovērecōnfovērī
perfect infinitivecōnfōvissecōnfōtum esse
future infinitivecōnfōtūrum essecōnfōtum īrī
present participlecōnfovēns—
perfect participle—cōnfōtus
cōnfōta, cōnfōtā, cōnfōtae, cōnfōtam, cōnfōtārum, cōnfōtās, cōnfōte, cōnfōtī, cōnfōtīs, cōnfōtō, cōnfōtōrum, cōnfōtōs
future participlecōnfōtūrus
cōnfōtūra, cōnfōtūrā, cōnfōtūrae, cōnfōtūram, cōnfōtūrārum, cōnfōtūrās, cōnfōtūre, cōnfōtūrī, cōnfōtūrīs, cōnfōtūrō, cōnfōtūrōrum, cōnfōtūrōs, cōnfōtūrum
cōnfovendus
cōnfovenda, cōnfovendā, cōnfovendae, cōnfovendam, cōnfovendārum, cōnfovendās, cōnfovende, cōnfovendīs, cōnfovendōrum, cōnfovendōs
gerundcōnfovendī, cōnfovendō, cōnfovendumsupinecōnfōtum, cōnfōtū

con-fŏvĕo, ēre,
I. v. a., to warm, foster, cherish assiduously (ante- and post-class.): hominem, Afran. ap. Non. p. 523, 17: membra cibo, App. M. 8, p. 204, 20: semina gremio suo (terra), Hier. adv. Rufin. 8.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  3. Proto-Italic*kom
  4. Proto-Italic*kom-
  5. Latincōnfoveō

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

Quick answers

What does cōnfoveō mean in Latin?
cōnfoveō, a verb, means “to nurture, cherish, foster, care for”.
What are the principal parts of cōnfoveō?
cōnfoveō, cōnfovēre, cōnfōvī, cōnfōtum (second conjugation).
How do you pronounce cōnfoveō?
In classical Latin, [kõːˈfɔ.we.oː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [koɱˈfɔː.ve.o].
Where does cōnfoveō come from?
Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? → Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm → Proto-Italic *kom → Proto-Italic *kom- → Latin cōnfoveō.