voveo

== Latin == === Etymology === From earlier Proto-Italic *woɣʷeō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁wogʷʰéyeti, an iterative 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): [ˈwɔ.we.oː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈvɔː.ve.o] === Verb === voveō (present infinitive vovēre, perfect active vōvī, supine vōtum); second conjugation to vow, promise Synonyms: dēspondeō, spondeō, ostentō, profiteor, prōmittō, polliceor, stipulor, pangō to dedicate or devote to a deity Synonyms: dēdicō, dicō, addīcō, cōnsecrō, sanciō, sacrō Antonym: exaugurō 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. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== vōtifer vōtīvitās vōtīvus ==== Descendants ==== Catalan: votar English: vote, vow, vum 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.