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focillo

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

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