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

• fōculor (deponent, v.l. in Varro)
• fōcilō (post-Classical)
• fōcillō (medieval MSS only, perh. reanalysed as formed from fōcillum)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈfoː.kʊ.ɫoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈfɔː.ku.lo]

Verb

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

1. to cherish, resuscitate, refresh, revive

Conjugation

   Conjugation of fōculō (first conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	fōculō		fōculās		fōculat		fōculāmus		fōculātis		fōculant
	imperfect	fōculābam		fōculābās		fōculābat		fōculābāmus		fōculābātis		fōculābant
	future	fōculābō		fōculābis		fōculābit		fōculābimus		fōculābitis		fōculābunt
	perfect	fōculāvī		fōculāvistī		fōculāvit		fōculāvimus		fōculāvistis		fōculāvērunt, fōculāvēre
	pluperfect	fōculāveram		fōculāverās		fōculāverat		fōculāverāmus		fōculāverātis		fōculāverant
	future perfect	fōculāverō		fōculāveris		fōculāverit		fōculāverimus		fōculāveritis		fōculāverint
passive	present	fōculor		fōculāris, fōculāre		fōculātur		fōculāmur		fōculāminī		fōculantur
	imperfect	fōculābar		fōculābāris, fōculābāre		fōculābātur		fōculābāmur		fōculābāminī		fōculābantur
	future	fōculābor		fōculāberis, fōculābere		fōculābitur		fōculābimur		fōculābiminī		fōculābuntur
	perfect	fōculātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	fōculātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	fōculātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	fōculem		fōculēs		fōculet		fōculēmus		fōculētis		fōculent
	imperfect	fōculārem		fōculārēs		fōculāret		fōculārēmus		fōculārētis		fōculārent
	perfect	fōculāverim		fōculāverīs		fōculāverit		fōculāverīmus		fōculāverītis		fōculāverint
	pluperfect	fōculāvissem		fōculāvissēs		fōculāvisset		fōculāvissēmus		fōculāvissētis		fōculāvissent
passive	present	fōculer		fōculēris, fōculēre		fōculētur		fōculēmur		fōculēminī		fōculentur
	imperfect	fōculārer		fōculārēris, fōculārēre		fōculārētur		fōculārēmur		fōculārēminī		fōculārentur
	perfect	fōculātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	fōculātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		fōculā		—		—		fōculāte		—
	future	—		fōculātō		fōculātō		—		fōculātōte		fōculantō
passive	present	—		fōculāre		—		—		fōculāminī		—
	future	—		fōculātor		fōculātor		—		—		fōculantor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		fōculāre			fōculārī			fōculāns			—
future		fōculātūrum esse			fōculātum īrī			fōculātūrus			fōculandus
perfect		fōculāvisse			fōculātum esse			—			fōculātus
future perfect		—			fōculātum fore			—			—
perfect potential		fōculātūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		fōculandī		fōculandō		fōculandum		fōculandō		fōculātum		fōculātū

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.