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..."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..."