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

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈu̯o.u̯e.oː/, [ˈu̯ou̯eoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈvo.ve.o/, [ˈvɔːveo]

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		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

• dēvoveō
• vōtum
• vōtus

Related terms

• vōtifer
• vōtīvitās
• vōtīvus

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.