fovent
Dictionary entries
- Entry →foveo, fovere, fovi, fotus:
Verb · 2nd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Frequent
keep warm; favor, cherish, maintain, foster;
pl. pres. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
Liber II
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...receperunt, rursus arida et corripi facilia scintillam quoque fovent usque in incendium. Ita est, mi Lucili: ingentis irae..."Liber IV
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Georgics
"...leves. Hinc nescio qua dulcedine laetae progeniem nidosque fovent, hinc arte recentes excudunt ceras et mella tenacia fingunt..."