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Latin
Etymology
From earlier Proto-Italic *wogʷeō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁wogʷʰéyeti, a causative verb; ultimately, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁wegʷʰ- (to promise; to praise). Cognates include Ancient Greek εὔχομαι (eúkhomai), Sanskrit वाघत् (vāghát) and Old Armenian գոգեմ (gogem).
Pronunciation
Verb
voveō (present infinitive vovēre, perfect active vōvī, supine vōtum); second conjugation
- to vow, promise
- Synonyms: dēspondeō, spondeō, ostentō, profiteor, prōmittō, polliceor, stipulor, pangō
- to dedicate or devote to a deity
- Synonyms: dēdicō, dicō, addīcō, cōnsecrō, sanciō, sacrō
- Antonym: exaugurō
- to wish for, desire
- Synonyms: requīrō, affectō, cupiō, quaerō, studeō, concupiō, indigeō, sitiō, petō, expetō, spectō, aveō, circumspiciō, appetō
- Antonyms: āversor, abhorreō
Conjugation
The passive forms in Latin documents are third-person forms only.
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- “voveo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “voveo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- voveo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.