fovens
Dictionary entries
- Entry →foveo, fovere, fovi, fotus:
Verb · 2nd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Frequent
keep warm; favor, cherish, maintain, foster;
acc. sg. pres. act. part.nom. sg. pres. act. part.voc. sg. pres. act. part.
Examples
Liber Tertius
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...ducitque faventes magnanimus Calydone satus, potioribus ille deteriora fovens semperque inversa tueri durus et haud ullis umquam superabilis..."Liber IV
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Georgics
"...tamen et levi rimosa cubilia limo ungue fovens circum et raras superinice frondes. Neu propius tectis taxum sine..."Liber II
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from HISTORIAE
"...nutabat, palam epistulis edictisque Vitellium, occultis nuntiis Vespasianum fovens et haec illave defensurus, prout invaluissent. deprehensi cum litteris..."