fovebam
Dictionary entries
- Entry →foveo, fovere, fovi, fotus:
Verb · 2nd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Frequent
keep warm; favor, cherish, maintain, foster;
sg. imperf. act. ind. 1st
Examples
Liber Primus
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...bellis ausa manus. sic fata locos, sic ipse fovebam. accelerat sed summa dies Asiamque labantem linquimus et poscunt..."- P
Metamorphoses VII
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...sperare fatebar; sperabam tamen atque animo mea vota fovebam. nox subit, et curis exercita corpora somnus occupat: ante..."