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vŏvĕo , vōvi, vōtum, 2, v. a. and n. etym. dub.,
I.to vow, i. e. to promise solemnly or sacredly; to devote, dedicate, consecrate something to a deity (syn.: promitto, recipio, dico, dedico).
II. Transf. (from the wish implied in every vow), to wish, wish for a thing (in the verb. finit. rare, and only poet.; “syn. opto): elige, quid voveas,Ov. M. 12, 200: “quae modo voverat, odit,id. ib. 11, 128: “quid voveat dulci nutricula majus alumno?Hor. Ep. 1, 4, 8.— With ut: “ut tua sim voveo,Ov. M. 14, 35: “quae voveam, duo sunt: minimo ut relevere labore, etc.,id. ib. 9, 675.
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    • Caesar, Gallic War, 6.16
    • Cicero, Against Verres, 2.4.123
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 5, 21.2
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 11.128
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 12.200
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 14.35
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 9.675
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 9.794
    • Plautus, Amphitruo, 3.2
    • Plautus, Curculio, 1.1
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 23, 19
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 4, 12.2
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 5, 19.6
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 42, 28
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 31, 9
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 1, 27.7
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 5, 22.7
    • Cicero, de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum, 5.22
    • Cicero, de Natura Deorum, 3.17
    • Cicero, de Natura Deorum, 3.36
    • Cicero, De Divinatione, 1.17
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 11, 3.100
    • Ovid, Fasti, 4
    • Cicero, De Inventione, 2.31
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