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F / fŏcillo
verb transitive

fŏcillo

2nd PP fŏcillāre · 3rd PP fŏcillāvi · 4th PP fŏcillātum · conj. 1st
(), , , and , , focus
to revive; refresh; to resuscitate •
to revive or refresh by warmth, to resuscitate one who is faint or nearly dead: ipse paucis diebus aegre focilatus decessit, Plin. Ep. 3, 14, 4; 3, 16, 12.—
to cherish; deponent; foster figuratively •
Trop., to cherish (very rare): pudet me sic tecum loqui et tam levibus remediis te focillare, Sen. Ep. 13 fin.: societatem, Suet. Aug. 17.—In the deponent form: suum quisque diversi commodum focillantur, foster, cherish, Varr. ap. Non. 481, 15.
Perseus ID: n18475 Key: focillo