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..."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..."