voveo

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

    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

    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 infinitive participle
    active passive active passive
    present vovēre vovērī vovēns —
    future vōtūrum esse vōtum īrī vōtūrus vovendus
    perfect vōvisse vōtum esse — vōtus
    future perfect — vōtum fore — —
    perfect potential vōtūrum fuisse — — —
    verbal nouns gerund supine
    genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
    vovendī vovendō vovendum vovendō vōtum vōtū

    Derived terms

    Descendants

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

    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.
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