tueor

Latin

From Proto-Italic *toweōr, from Proto-Indo-European *tewH- (“to look favorably, protect, observe”).

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

to look or gaze at, behold, watch, view
Synonyms: videō, intueor, vīsō, spectō, īnspectō, speciō, īnspiciō, suspiciō, invīsō

tueri transversa ― to look sideways, to squint
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 tueor ― I 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.”
to uphold, keep up, maintain, preserve
ad omnes repentinos casus turrim tueri ― to protect the tower in all events

Conjugation of tueor (second conjugation, deponent)

indicative		singular				plural
indicative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	tueor	tuēris, tuēre		tuētur	tuēmur	tuēminī		tuentur
	imperfect	tuēbar	tuēbāris, tuēbāre		tuēbātur	tuēbāmur	tuēbāminī		tuēbantur
	future	tuēbor	tuēberis, tuēbere		tuēbitur	tuēbimur	tuēbiminī		tuēbuntur
	perfect	tuitus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	tuitus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	tuitus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular				plural
subjunctive		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	tuear	tueāris, tueāre		tueātur	tueāmur	tueāminī		tueantur
	imperfect	tuērer	tuērēris, tuērēre		tuērētur	tuērēmur	tuērēminī		tuērentur
	perfect	tuitus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	tuitus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular				plural
imperative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	—	tuēre		—	—	tuēminī		—
active	future	—	tuētor		tuētor	—	—		tuentor
non-finite forms		infinitive				participle
non-finite forms		active		passive		active		passive
present		tuērī		—		tuēns		—
future		tuitūrum esse		—		tuitūrus		tuendus
perfect		tuitum esse		—		tuitus		—
future perfect		tuitum fore		—		—		—
perfect potential		tuitūrum fuisse		—		—		—
verbal nouns		gerund					supine
		genitive	dative		accusative	ablative	accusative		ablative
		tuendī	tuendō		tuendum	tuendō	tuitum		tuitū

“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
William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E Smith, editors (1911), “tuition”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.