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fervĕo, bŭi, 2, or fervo, vi, 3 (the latter form ante-and post-class., Plaut. Pseud. 3, 2, 51; Lucr. 2, 41 al.; poet. in class. per., e.g. Verg. G. 1, 456; id. A. 8, 677; Prop. 2, 8, 32;

not in Hor.: si quis antiquos secutus fervĕre brevi media syllaba dicat, deprehendatur vitiose loqui, etc.,

Quint. 1, 6, 7), v. n. [root phru-, to wave, flicker; Sanscr. bhur-, be restless; cf. phrear, Germ. Brunnen, Lat. fretum; v. Fick, Vergl. Wört. p. 140; Curt. Gr. Etym. p. 304], to be boiling hot, to boil, ferment, glow (class.; most freq. in poets.; syn.: calere, aestuare, ebullire, ardescere, ignescere; ardere, flagrare, tepere).

Lit.

Form ferveo:

cum aliqua jam parte mustum excoctum in se fervebit,

Col. 12, 19, 5:

quaecumque immundis fervent allata popinis,

steam, smoke, Hor. S. 2, 4, 62:

bacas bullire facies: et ubi diu ferbuerint,

Pall. Jan. 19:

exemptusque testa, Qua modo ferbuerat Lyaeus,

Stat. S. 4, 5, 16:

stomachus domini fervet vino,

Juv. 5, 49.—

Form fervo: fervit aqua et fervet: fervit nunc, fervet ad annum, Lucil. ap. Quint. 1, 6, 8: quando (ahenum) fervit, Titin. ap. Non. 503, 5: facite ut ignis fervat, Pomp. ap. Non. 504, 27:

postea ferve bene facito (brassicam): ubi ferverit, in catinum indito,

Cato, R. R. 157, 9:

sol fervit,

is hot, Gell. 2, 29, 10.—

In an uncertain form;

ferventem,

Plin. 32, 5, 18, § 51:

fervere,

id. 14, 9, 11, § 83.—

Poet. transf.

To boil up, foam, rage:

omne Excitat (turbo) ingenti sonitu mare, fervĕre cogens,

Lucr. 6, 442:

omnia tunc pariter vento nimbisque videbis Ferĕre,

Verg. G. 1, 456.—

To be in a ferment, to swarm with numbers; to come forth in great numbers, to swarm forth: fervĕre piratis vastarique omnia circum, Varr. ap. Non. 503, 22:

Marte Fervĕre Leucaten,

Verg. A. 8, 677; cf.:

opere omnis semita fervet... Quosque dabas gemitus, cum litora fervĕre late Prospiceres,

id. ib. 4, 407 sq.:

fora litibus omnia fervent,

Mart. 2, 64, 7:

forte tuas legiones per loca campi fervere cum videas,

Lucr. 2, 41:

fervere classem,

id. 2, 47; Att. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 78 Müll. (Trag. v. 483 Rib.):

fervent examina putri De bove,

Ov. F. 1, 379; Val. Fl. 6, 588; Sil. 6, 317; 9, 243 al.—

Trop., to burn or glow, to be heated, inflamed or agitated, to rage, rave.

Form ferveo:

usque eo fervet efferturque avaritia, ut, etc.,

Cic. Quint. 11, 38; cf.:

fervet avaritiā miseroque cupidine pectus,

Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 33:

et fervent multo linguaque corque mero,

Ov. F. 2, 732:

animus tumida fervebat ab ira,

id. M. 2, 602:

fervet immensusque ruit profundo Pindarus ore,

rages, Hor. C. 4, 2, 7: fervet opus redolentque thymo fragrantia mella, glows, i. e. is carried on briskly, Verg. G. 4, 169; Lucil. Aetna, 167:

inter vos libertorumque cohortem Pugna fervet,

Juv. 5, 29:

equus cui plurima palma fervet,

shines, id. 8, 59.— Poet., with inf.: sceptrumque capessere fervet, burns, i. e. eagerly desires, Claud. ap. Ruf. 2, 295:

stagna secare,

id. B. Gild. 350.—

Form fervo: heu cor irā fervit caecum, amentiā rapior ferorque, Att. ap. Non. 503, 7; cf.:

cum fervit maxime,

Ter. Ad. 4, 1, 18 (Prisc. p. 866 P.): hoc nunc fervit animus, hoc volo, Afran. ap. Non. 503, 9:

domus haec fervit flagiti,

Pomp. ib. 8:

se fervere caede Lacaenae,

Val. Fl. 7, 150; cf.:

hostem fervere caede novā,

Verg. A. 9, 693.— Pass. impers.: quanta vociferatione fervitur! Afran. ap. Non. 505, 25.— Hence, fervens, entis, P. a., boiling hot, glowing, burning.

Lit.:

foculi,

Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 67:

aqua,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 26, § 67; cf.:

ferventissima aqua,

Col. 12, 50, 21: ferventes fusili ex argilla glandes, * Caes. B. G. 5, 43, 1:

rotae,

swift, Sil. 2, 199; cf. Ov. P. 1, 8, 68:

aurum,

shining, Mart. 10, 74, 6:

in cinere ferventi leniter decoquere,

Plin. 25, 8, 50, § 90:

saxa vapore,

Lucr. 1, 491:

cera,

Plin. 11, 37, 45, § 127:

dictamnum fervens et acre gustu,

id. 25, 8, 53, § 92:

horae diei,

id. 17, 22, 35, § 189:

vulnus,

smoking, warm, Ov. M. 4, 120:

ferventia caedibus arva,

Sil. 9, 483:

(fluvius) Spumeus et fervens,

raging, Ov. M. 3, 571:

vultus modesto sanguine,

glowing, blushing, Juv. 10, 300.— Subst.:

si ferventia os intus exusserint,

Plin. 30, 4, 9, § 27.—

Transf., of sound, hissing:

(sono) resultante in duris, fervente in umidis,

Plin. 2, 80, 82, § 193.—

Trop., hot, heated, inflamed, impetuous:

fortis animus et magnus in homine non perfecto nec sapiente ferventior plerumque est,

too ardent and impetuous, Cic. Off. 1, 15, 46: ferventes latrones, violent, furious, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 23, 3:

quale fuit Cassi rapido ferventius amni Ingenium,

impetuous, Hor. S. 1, 10, 62:

meum Fervens difficili bile tumet jecur,

id. C. 1, 13, 4:

fervens ira oculis,

sparkling, Ov. M. 8, 466:

mero fervens,

drunken, Juv. 3, 283.— Sup.:

in re ferventissima friges,

Auct. Her. 4, 15, 21.— Hence, adv.: ferventer, hotly, warmly: ferventer loqui, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 8, 2; cf.:

ferventissime concerpi,

id. ib. 8, 6, 5:

ferventius,

Aug. de Genes. ad Lit. 2, 5.