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..."- P
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..." - P
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..."