fŏcillo

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.