voveo

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Latin

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Etymology

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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

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Verb

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voveō (present infinitive vovēre, perfect active vōvī, supine vōtum); second conjugation

  1. to vow, promise
    Synonyms: dēspondeō, spondeō, ostentō, profiteor, prōmittō, polliceor, stipulor, pangō
  2. to dedicate or devote to a deity
    Synonyms: dēdicō, dicō, addīcō, cōnsecrō, sanciō, sacrō
    Antonym: exaugurō
  3. to wish for, desire
    Synonyms: requīrō, affectō, cupiō, quaerō, studeō, concupiō, indigeō, sitiō, petō, expetō, spectō, aveō, circumspiciō, appetō
    Antonyms: āversor, abhorreō

Conjugation

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The passive forms in Latin documents are third-person forms only.

   Conjugation of voveō (second conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present voveō vovēs vovet vovēmus vovētis vovent
imperfect vovēbam vovēbās vovēbat vovēbāmus vovēbātis vovēbant
future vovēbō vovēbis vovēbit vovēbimus vovēbitis vovēbunt
perfect vōvī vōvistī vōvit vōvimus vōvistis vōvērunt,
vōvēre
pluperfect vōveram vōverās vōverat vōverāmus vōverātis vōverant
future perfect vōverō vōveris vōverit vōverimus vōveritis vōverint
passive present voveor vovēris,
vovēre 		vovētur vovēmur vovēminī voventur
imperfect vovēbar vovēbāris,
vovēbāre 		vovēbātur vovēbāmur vovēbāminī vovēbantur
future vovēbor vovēberis,
vovēbere 		vovēbitur vovēbimur vovēbiminī vovēbuntur
perfect vōtus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect vōtus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect vōtus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present voveam voveās voveat voveāmus voveātis voveant
imperfect vovērem vovērēs vovēret vovērēmus vovērētis vovērent
perfect vōverim vōverīs vōverit vōverīmus vōverītis vōverint
pluperfect vōvissem vōvissēs vōvisset vōvissēmus vōvissētis vōvissent
passive present vovear voveāris,
voveāre 		voveātur voveāmur voveāminī voveantur
imperfect vovērer vovērēris,
vovērēre 		vovērētur vovērēmur vovērēminī vovērentur
perfect vōtus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect vōtus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — vovē — — vovēte —
future — vovētō vovētō — vovētōte voventō
passive present — vovēre — — vovēminī —
future — vovētor vovētor — — voventor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives vovēre vōvisse vōtūrum esse vovērī vōtum esse vōtum īrī
participles vovēns — vōtūrus — vōtus vovendus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
vovendī vovendō vovendum vovendō vōtum vōtū

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Catalan: votar
  • French: vouer
  • Italian: votare
  • Portuguese: votar
  • Spanish: votar

References

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  • “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.
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