focillo

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

fŏcillo (fŏcĭlo), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., and fŏcillor, ātus, 1, v. dep. [focus],

I 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.—

II 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.