tueor

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Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *toweōr, from Proto-Indo-European *tewH- (to look favorably, protect, observe).[1]

Pronunciation

Verb

tueor (present infinitive tuērī, perfect active tuitus sum); second conjugation, deponent

  1. to look or gaze at, behold, watch, view
    Synonyms: videō, intueor, vīsō, spectō, īnspectō, speciō, īnspiciō, suspiciō, invīsō
    tueri transversato look sideways, to squint
  2. to care for, guard, defend, protect, support, compensate or make up for
    Synonyms: salvō, tūtor, vindicō, cū̆stōdiō, sospitō, teneō, adimō, tegō, prōtegō, dēfendō, sustineō, adsum, ēripiō, arceō, servō, prohibeō
    Antonyms: immineō, īnstō, obiectō
    te amo, tua tueorI love you and care for you
    • Dum spīrāmus tuēbimur.Whilst we breathe, we shall defend. Motto of the US Army 133rd Field Artillery
    • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 1.563–564:
      “Rēs dūra et rēgnī novitās mē tālia cōgunt
      mōlīrī, et lātē fīnīs cūstōde tuērī.”
      “Difficult circumstances – and the newness of realm – compel me to enact such , and to defend with force its wide frontiers.”
  3. to uphold, keep up, maintain, preserve
    ad omnes repentinos casus turrim tuerito protect the tower in all events

Conjugation

  • The third principal part may also be tūtus sum.

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page t1079
  • tueor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • tueor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • tueor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to look after, guard a person's interests, welfare: commoda alicuius tueri
    • to live up to one's reputation: famam ante collectam tueri, conservare
    • to do one's duty: officium suum facere, servare, colere, tueri, exsequi, praestare
    • to manage one's affairs, household, property well or ill: rem familiarem tueri
    • to defend, strengthen the state: rem publicam tueri, stabilire
    • to guard, maintain one's dignity: dignitatem suam tueri, defendere, retinere, obtinere
  • tuition”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.