foculo

Latin

Etymology 1

From fōculum (device for warming) +‎ -ō, -āre (verb-forming suffix). Cf. Latin foveō (to warm, cherish, relieve), fōmentum (soothing application, remedy).

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Verb

fōculō (present infinitive fōculāre, perfect active fōculāvī, supine fōculātum); first conjugation

  1. to cherish, resuscitate, refresh, revive
Conjugation

Etymology 2

Noun

foculō

  1. dative/ablative singular of foculus

References

  • De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “foveō”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 237
  • fōculō” in volume 6, column 1, line 986 in the Thesaurus Linguae Latinae (TLL Open Access), Berlin (formerly Leipzig): De Gruyter (formerly Teubner), 1900–present

Further reading

  • foculo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • foculo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.