fovi
Dictionary entries
- Entry →foveo, fovere, fovi, fotus:
Verb · 2nd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Frequent
keep warm; favor, cherish, maintain, foster;
sg. perf. act. ind. 1st
Examples
Liber Quintus
Publius Papinius Statius from SILVAE
"...ille, meus. tellure cadentemaspexi atque unctum genitali carmine fovi, 70poscentemque novas tremulis ululatibus aurasinserui vitae. quid plus tribuere..."- P
Metamorphoses XV
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...tuam? vidi quoque luce carentia regna et lacerum fovi Phlegethontide corpus in unda, nec nisi Apollineae valido medicamine..."