fotus
From LSJ
καὶ νῦν περὶ ἀρετῆς ὃ ἔστιν ἐγὼ μὲν οὐκ οἶδα, σὺ μέντοι ἴσως πρότερον μὲν ᾔδησθα πρὶν ἐμοῦ ἅψασθαι, νῦν μέντοι ὅμοιος εἶ οὐκ εἰδότι → so now I do not know what virtue is; perhaps you knew before you contacted me, but now you are certainly like one who does not know
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
fōtus: a, um, Part., from foveo.
fōtus: ūs, m. foveo,
I a warming, fomenting (post-Aug., rare except in abl.).
I Lit., Amm. 21, 2, 3: solis, Lact. 1, 12, 7: decoctum eorum coeliacos juvat et potione et fotu, Plin. 23, 1, 10, § 14; 23, 9, 82, § 164: fotus ex aqua calida, Cael. Aur. Tard. 2, 7, 97.—In plur., Mart. Cap. 1, § 35: blandis, Prud. Ham. 304.—
II Trop.: queis gloria fotibus aucta Sic cluat, Prud. cont. Symm. 2, 584.
