focilo

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.