voveo

Latin

Etymology

From earlier Proto-Italic *wogʷeō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁wegʷʰ-. Cognates include Ancient Greek εὔχομαι (eúkhomai), Sanskrit वाघत् (vāghát) and Old Armenian գոգեմ (gogem).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈwo.we.oː/, [ˈwɔ.we.oː]

Verb

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

  1. I vow, promise; dedicate or devote to a deity.
  2. I wish for, desire.

Inflection

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

   Conjugation of voveo (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 vōverimus vōveritis 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 vōtūrus esse vovērī vōtus esse vōtum īrī
participles vovēns — vōtūrus — vōtus vovendus
verbal nouns gerund supine
nominative genitive dative/ablative accusative accusative ablative
vovēre vovendī vovendō vovendum vōtum vōtū

Derived terms

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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