devoveo

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Latin

Etymology

From dē- +‎ voveō (“vow, promise”).

Pronunciation

Verb

dēvoveō (present infinitive dēvovēre, perfect active dēvōvī, supine dēvōtum); second conjugation

  1. (transitive) to vow, offer; promise; devote, dedicate
    • 23 BCE – 13 BCE, Horace, Odes 4.14.17–19:
      Spectandus in certāmine Mārtiō
      dēvōta mortī pectora līberae
      quantīs fatīgāret ruīnīs
      In the contests of Mars he was a sight, the breasts vowed to a free death he shook with so many shocks
  2. (transitive) to mark out, appoint, destine
  3. (transitive) (poetic) to bewitch, curse (by devoting to the infernal gods)
    • 9 CE, Ovid, The Ibis 53–54:
      Nunc, quō Battiadēs inimīcum dēvovet Ībin,
          hōc ego dēvoveō tēque tuōsque modō.
      Now, with that metre by which Callimachus curses his enemy Ibis,
          I curse you and your family.

Conjugation

   Conjugation of dēvoveō (second conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present dēvoveō dēvovēs dēvovet dēvovēmus dēvovētis dēvovent
imperfect dēvovēbam dēvovēbās dēvovēbat dēvovēbāmus dēvovēbātis dēvovēbant
future dēvovēbō dēvovēbis dēvovēbit dēvovēbimus dēvovēbitis dēvovēbunt
perfect dēvōvī dēvōvistī dēvōvit dēvōvimus dēvōvistis dēvōvērunt,
dēvōvēre
pluperfect dēvōveram dēvōverās dēvōverat dēvōverāmus dēvōverātis dēvōverant
future perfect dēvōverō dēvōveris dēvōverit dēvōverimus dēvōveritis dēvōverint
passive present dēvoveor dēvovēris,
dēvovēre 		dēvovētur dēvovēmur dēvovēminī dēvoventur
imperfect dēvovēbar dēvovēbāris,
dēvovēbāre 		dēvovēbātur dēvovēbāmur dēvovēbāminī dēvovēbantur
future dēvovēbor dēvovēberis,
dēvovēbere 		dēvovēbitur dēvovēbimur dēvovēbiminī dēvovēbuntur
perfect dēvōtus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect dēvōtus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect dēvōtus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present dēvoveam dēvoveās dēvoveat dēvoveāmus dēvoveātis dēvoveant
imperfect dēvovērem dēvovērēs dēvovēret dēvovērēmus dēvovērētis dēvovērent
perfect dēvōverim dēvōverīs dēvōverit dēvōverīmus dēvōverītis dēvōverint
pluperfect dēvōvissem dēvōvissēs dēvōvisset dēvōvissēmus dēvōvissētis dēvōvissent
passive present dēvovear dēvoveāris,
dēvoveāre 		dēvoveātur dēvoveāmur dēvoveāminī dēvoveantur
imperfect dēvovērer dēvovērēris,
dēvovērēre 		dēvovērētur dēvovērēmur dēvovērēminī dēvovērentur
perfect dēvōtus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect dēvōtus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — dēvovē — — dēvovēte —
future — dēvovētō dēvovētō — dēvovētōte dēvoventō
passive present — dēvovēre — — dēvovēminī —
future — dēvovētor dēvovētor — — dēvoventor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives dēvovēre dēvōvisse dēvōtūrum esse dēvovērī dēvōtum esse dēvōtum īrī
participles dēvovēns — dēvōtūrus — dēvōtus dēvovendus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
dēvovendī dēvovendō dēvovendum dēvovendō dēvōtum dēvōtū

Derived terms

Descendants

  • French: dévouer
  • Spanish: devover

References

  • “devoveo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “devoveo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • devoveo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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