per-ferveo

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.

per-ferveo, ēre, sehr heiß sein, fons, ut illa (nox) procedit, ita calidior, rursus cum est media, perfervet, Mela 1, 8, 1 (1. § 39).

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    Fermentum, huius fermenti. Plin. Levain.

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    Iacere in fermento, vel esse, per translationem. Plaut. Estre enflé, despit, et courroucé.

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    In fermentum congerere terram. Colum. Mettre par petits monceaux pour la meurir et yverner.

călĭdus and caldus, a, um, adj. (contr. access. form caldus in the anteAug. per. is freq. only in Cato and Varr.; Lucr. and Cic. use only calidus; acc. to Quint. 1, 6, 19, caldus appears to have been predom. in the Aug. per., though used by Aug. poets only when demanded by the rules of prosody, as comp. caldior, Hor. S. 1, 3, 53) [caleo, like fervidus, frigidus, from ferveo, etc., aridus from areo, etc.], warm, hot.

Lit.:

fons luce diurnă Frigidus, et calidus nocturno tempore,

Lucr. 6, 850; 6, 749; 6, 888:

corpora secreta omnino calidi vaporis,

devoid of warmth, id. 2, 844; 2, 858; 3, 127; 3, 216; 5, 568; 5, 595; 5, 796; 6, 859;

6, 949 al.: fervor,

id. 6, 657; 5, 604:

fornaces,

id. 6, 148:

lavacra,

id. 6, 800:

corpus,

id. 6, 856:

febres,

id. 2, 34.—As epitheton ornans with ignis, Lucr. 1, 648; 1, 1087; 2, 431; 6, 516; 6, 689;

with flamma,

id. 3, 903:

omne quod est calidum et igneum, etc.,

Cic. N. D. 2, 9, 23:

calidior est enim, vel potius ardentior, animus, quam hic aër,

id. Tusc. 1, 18, 42:

calidissimae hiemes,

Vitr. 2, 1:

aestas,

Sen. Hippol. 765:

dies,

Plin. 10, 54, 75, § 152; Quint. 11, 3, 27.—Contr. form in agro caldo, Cato, R. R. 6, 1; 6, 2:

sole caldo,

Varr. R. R. 3, 2, 1:

calda puls,

id. L. L. 5, § 127 Müll.— Comp.:

caldior est,

Hor. S. 1, 3, 53.— Prop. nom.: Călĭdae Ăquae, = /(gdata Therma, Hot Springs, a bathing place in Zeugitana, now Hammam Gurbos, Liv. 30, 24, 9.—

Subst.

călĭda ( calda), ae, f. (sc. aqua), warm water, Cato, R. R. 156, 3; Plin. 25, 7, 38, § 77; Tac. G. 22; cf. Just. 44, 2, 6;

contr. calda,

Col. 6, 13 fin.; 6, 30, 5; Plin. 23, 4, 41, § 83; Sen. Ep. 77, 9; 83, 5; Mart. 1, 12.—

călĭ-dum ( caldum), i, n., = to thermon (sc. hudôr), a hot drink (a mixture of wine and boiling hot water), Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 14:

calix a caldo, quod in eo calda puls apponebatur et caldum eo bibebant,

Varr. L. L. 5, § 127 Müll.—

Trop.

In gen., fiery, rash, eager, spirited, fierce, impassioned, vehement (of living beings, only in the poets):

equus calidus animis,

of a fiery spirit, Verg. G. 3, 119:

redemptor,

eager, active, Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 72:

calidus juventă,

id. C. 3, 14, 27:

caldior est,

id. S. 1, 3, 53:

rixa,

id. C. 3, 27, 70.—

Esp. freq. (also in prose): consilium, of a conclusion made under excitement, inconsiderate, hasty, rash = temerarium, praeceps (v. Ruhnk. ad Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 89; Doed. Syn. II. p. 124; cf. also Lidd. and Scott under thermos):

reperias multos, quibus periculosa et calida consilia quietis et cogitatis et splendidiora et majora videantur,

Cic. Off. 1, 24, 82; Hirt. ap. Cic. Att. 15, 6, 2:

agitabanturque pro ingenio ducis consilia calidiora,

Liv. 22, 24, 2:

consilia calida et audacia primă specie laeta, tractatu dura, eventu tristia esse,

id. 35, 32, 13; Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 89; cf.:

calidoque habitata Gradivo Pectora,

Sil. 15, 337 Drak. ad loc.—Hence,

As a Roman proper name, Caldus ( hot-head):

idcirco aliquem Caldum (al. Calidium) vocari, quod temerario et repentino consilio sit,

Cic. Inv. 2, 9, 28.—So C. Caelius Caldus, Cic. Fam. 2, 19.—

With the prevailing idea of haste, quick, ready, prompt (rare;

perh. only anteclass.): huic homini opus est quadraginta minis celeriter calidis,

quickly procured, Plaut. Ep. 1, 2, 39: pedes, Varr. ap. Non. p. 263, 20.—Esp.: consilium, quick, ready device or plan:

reperiamus aliquid calidi conducibilis consili,

Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 73:

reperi, comminiscere, cedo calidum consilium cito,

id. Mil. 2, 2, 73 Brix. ad loc.; cf.:

calidum hercle audivi esse optumum mendacium,

id. Most. 3, 1, 136.—Hence, * adv.: călĭdē, quickly, promptly, etc.:

calide quicquid acturus,

Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 99.

călĭdus and caldus, a, um, adj. (contr. access. form caldus in the anteAug. per. is freq. only in Cato and Varr.; Lucr. and Cic. use only calidus; acc. to Quint. 1, 6, 19, caldus appears to have been predom. in the Aug. per., though used by Aug. poets only when demanded by the rules of prosody, as comp. caldior, Hor. S. 1, 3, 53) [caleo, like fervidus, frigidus, from ferveo, etc., aridus from areo, etc.], warm, hot.

Lit.:

fons luce diurnă Frigidus, et calidus nocturno tempore,

Lucr. 6, 850; 6, 749; 6, 888:

corpora secreta omnino calidi vaporis,

devoid of warmth, id. 2, 844; 2, 858; 3, 127; 3, 216; 5, 568; 5, 595; 5, 796; 6, 859;

6, 949 al.: fervor,

id. 6, 657; 5, 604:

fornaces,

id. 6, 148:

lavacra,

id. 6, 800:

corpus,

id. 6, 856:

febres,

id. 2, 34.—As epitheton ornans with ignis, Lucr. 1, 648; 1, 1087; 2, 431; 6, 516; 6, 689;

with flamma,

id. 3, 903:

omne quod est calidum et igneum, etc.,

Cic. N. D. 2, 9, 23:

calidior est enim, vel potius ardentior, animus, quam hic aër,

id. Tusc. 1, 18, 42:

calidissimae hiemes,

Vitr. 2, 1:

aestas,

Sen. Hippol. 765:

dies,

Plin. 10, 54, 75, § 152; Quint. 11, 3, 27.—Contr. form in agro caldo, Cato, R. R. 6, 1; 6, 2:

sole caldo,

Varr. R. R. 3, 2, 1:

calda puls,

id. L. L. 5, § 127 Müll.— Comp.:

caldior est,

Hor. S. 1, 3, 53.— Prop. nom.: Călĭdae Ăquae, = /(gdata Therma, Hot Springs, a bathing place in Zeugitana, now Hammam Gurbos, Liv. 30, 24, 9.—

Subst.

călĭda ( calda), ae, f. (sc. aqua), warm water, Cato, R. R. 156, 3; Plin. 25, 7, 38, § 77; Tac. G. 22; cf. Just. 44, 2, 6;

contr. calda,

Col. 6, 13 fin.; 6, 30, 5; Plin. 23, 4, 41, § 83; Sen. Ep. 77, 9; 83, 5; Mart. 1, 12.—

călĭ-dum ( caldum), i, n., = to thermon (sc. hudôr), a hot drink (a mixture of wine and boiling hot water), Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 14:

calix a caldo, quod in eo calda puls apponebatur et caldum eo bibebant,

Varr. L. L. 5, § 127 Müll.—

Trop.

In gen., fiery, rash, eager, spirited, fierce, impassioned, vehement (of living beings, only in the poets):

equus calidus animis,

of a fiery spirit, Verg. G. 3, 119:

redemptor,

eager, active, Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 72:

calidus juventă,

id. C. 3, 14, 27:

caldior est,

id. S. 1, 3, 53:

rixa,

id. C. 3, 27, 70.—

Esp. freq. (also in prose): consilium, of a conclusion made under excitement, inconsiderate, hasty, rash = temerarium, praeceps (v. Ruhnk. ad Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 89; Doed. Syn. II. p. 124; cf. also Lidd. and Scott under thermos):

reperias multos, quibus periculosa et calida consilia quietis et cogitatis et splendidiora et majora videantur,

Cic. Off. 1, 24, 82; Hirt. ap. Cic. Att. 15, 6, 2:

agitabanturque pro ingenio ducis consilia calidiora,

Liv. 22, 24, 2:

consilia calida et audacia primă specie laeta, tractatu dura, eventu tristia esse,

id. 35, 32, 13; Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 89; cf.:

calidoque habitata Gradivo Pectora,

Sil. 15, 337 Drak. ad loc.—Hence,

As a Roman proper name, Caldus ( hot-head):

idcirco aliquem Caldum (al. Calidium) vocari, quod temerario et repentino consilio sit,

Cic. Inv. 2, 9, 28.—So C. Caelius Caldus, Cic. Fam. 2, 19.—

With the prevailing idea of haste, quick, ready, prompt (rare;

perh. only anteclass.): huic homini opus est quadraginta minis celeriter calidis,

quickly procured, Plaut. Ep. 1, 2, 39: pedes, Varr. ap. Non. p. 263, 20.—Esp.: consilium, quick, ready device or plan:

reperiamus aliquid calidi conducibilis consili,

Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 73:

reperi, comminiscere, cedo calidum consilium cito,

id. Mil. 2, 2, 73 Brix. ad loc.; cf.:

calidum hercle audivi esse optumum mendacium,

id. Most. 3, 1, 136.—Hence, * adv.: călĭdē, quickly, promptly, etc.:

calide quicquid acturus,

Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 99.

călĭdus and caldus, a, um, adj. (contr. access. form caldus in the anteAug. per. is freq. only in Cato and Varr.; Lucr. and Cic. use only calidus; acc. to Quint. 1, 6, 19, caldus appears to have been predom. in the Aug. per., though used by Aug. poets only when demanded by the rules of prosody, as comp. caldior, Hor. S. 1, 3, 53) [caleo, like fervidus, frigidus, from ferveo, etc., aridus from areo, etc.], warm, hot.

Lit.:

fons luce diurnă Frigidus, et calidus nocturno tempore,

Lucr. 6, 850; 6, 749; 6, 888:

corpora secreta omnino calidi vaporis,

devoid of warmth, id. 2, 844; 2, 858; 3, 127; 3, 216; 5, 568; 5, 595; 5, 796; 6, 859;

6, 949 al.: fervor,

id. 6, 657; 5, 604:

fornaces,

id. 6, 148:

lavacra,

id. 6, 800:

corpus,

id. 6, 856:

febres,

id. 2, 34.—As epitheton ornans with ignis, Lucr. 1, 648; 1, 1087; 2, 431; 6, 516; 6, 689;

with flamma,

id. 3, 903:

omne quod est calidum et igneum, etc.,

Cic. N. D. 2, 9, 23:

calidior est enim, vel potius ardentior, animus, quam hic aër,

id. Tusc. 1, 18, 42:

calidissimae hiemes,

Vitr. 2, 1:

aestas,

Sen. Hippol. 765:

dies,

Plin. 10, 54, 75, § 152; Quint. 11, 3, 27.—Contr. form in agro caldo, Cato, R. R. 6, 1; 6, 2:

sole caldo,

Varr. R. R. 3, 2, 1:

calda puls,

id. L. L. 5, § 127 Müll.— Comp.:

caldior est,

Hor. S. 1, 3, 53.— Prop. nom.: Călĭdae Ăquae, = /(gdata Therma, Hot Springs, a bathing place in Zeugitana, now Hammam Gurbos, Liv. 30, 24, 9.—

Subst.

călĭda ( calda), ae, f. (sc. aqua), warm water, Cato, R. R. 156, 3; Plin. 25, 7, 38, § 77; Tac. G. 22; cf. Just. 44, 2, 6;

contr. calda,

Col. 6, 13 fin.; 6, 30, 5; Plin. 23, 4, 41, § 83; Sen. Ep. 77, 9; 83, 5; Mart. 1, 12.—

călĭ-dum ( caldum), i, n., = to thermon (sc. hudôr), a hot drink (a mixture of wine and boiling hot water), Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 14:

calix a caldo, quod in eo calda puls apponebatur et caldum eo bibebant,

Varr. L. L. 5, § 127 Müll.—

Trop.

In gen., fiery, rash, eager, spirited, fierce, impassioned, vehement (of living beings, only in the poets):

equus calidus animis,

of a fiery spirit, Verg. G. 3, 119:

redemptor,

eager, active, Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 72:

calidus juventă,

id. C. 3, 14, 27:

caldior est,

id. S. 1, 3, 53:

rixa,

id. C. 3, 27, 70.—

Esp. freq. (also in prose): consilium, of a conclusion made under excitement, inconsiderate, hasty, rash = temerarium, praeceps (v. Ruhnk. ad Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 89; Doed. Syn. II. p. 124; cf. also Lidd. and Scott under thermos):

reperias multos, quibus periculosa et calida consilia quietis et cogitatis et splendidiora et majora videantur,

Cic. Off. 1, 24, 82; Hirt. ap. Cic. Att. 15, 6, 2:

agitabanturque pro ingenio ducis consilia calidiora,

Liv. 22, 24, 2:

consilia calida et audacia primă specie laeta, tractatu dura, eventu tristia esse,

id. 35, 32, 13; Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 89; cf.:

calidoque habitata Gradivo Pectora,

Sil. 15, 337 Drak. ad loc.—Hence,

As a Roman proper name, Caldus ( hot-head):

idcirco aliquem Caldum (al. Calidium) vocari, quod temerario et repentino consilio sit,

Cic. Inv. 2, 9, 28.—So C. Caelius Caldus, Cic. Fam. 2, 19.—

With the prevailing idea of haste, quick, ready, prompt (rare;

perh. only anteclass.): huic homini opus est quadraginta minis celeriter calidis,

quickly procured, Plaut. Ep. 1, 2, 39: pedes, Varr. ap. Non. p. 263, 20.—Esp.: consilium, quick, ready device or plan:

reperiamus aliquid calidi conducibilis consili,

Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 73:

reperi, comminiscere, cedo calidum consilium cito,

id. Mil. 2, 2, 73 Brix. ad loc.; cf.:

calidum hercle audivi esse optumum mendacium,

id. Most. 3, 1, 136.—Hence, * adv.: călĭdē, quickly, promptly, etc.:

calide quicquid acturus,

Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 99.

frĕtum, i, n., and frĕtus, ūs, m. [root phru, to be in uneasy motion, boil, flash; cf. Sanscr. bhur; Lat. ferveo], a strait, sound, channel.

Lit.

In gen.

Form fretum:

fretum dictum a similitudine ferventis aquae, quod in fretum saepe concurrat aestus atque differvescat,

Varr. L. L. 7, § 22; Isid. Orig. 13, 18:

(presteres) freta circum Fervescunt,

Lucr. 6, 427:

quid de fretis aut de marinis aestibus plura dicam?

Cic. Div. 2, 14, 34; cf.:

aestus maritimi, fretorumque angustiae,

id. N. D. 2, 7, 19; id. Mur. 17, 35:

Seston Abydena separat urbe fretum,

Ov. Tr. 1, 10, 28:

fretum Siciliense,

the Sicilian Strait, the Strait of Messina, Cic. N. D. 3, 10, 24;

also called fretum Siciliae,

Caes. B. C. 2, 3, 1; v. infra:

fretum nostri maris et Oceani,

i. e. the Gaditanian Strait, Strait of Gibraltar, Sall. J. 17, 4.—

Form fretus: salis fretus, Lucil. ap. Non. 205, 30; Naev. ib. 27 (Trag. Rel. p. 12 Rib.):

angusto fretu,

Lucr. 1, 720; cf.:

ut perangusto fretu divisa servitutis ac libertatis jura cognosceret,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 66, § 169 (cf. Gell. 13, 20, 15):

in Scyllaeo illo aeris alieni tamquam in fretu,

Cic. Sest. 8, 18: inter Italiam et Siciliam qui est fretus, Varr. ap. Non. 205, 31: a Gaditano fretu, Cic. ap. Charis. p. 103 P.: angustiae fretus, Messala, ib.: salsi fretus, Licin. ib.—

In partic., the Strait, for the Strait of Sicily:

cum se ille septimo die venisse a freto dixisset,

Cic. Att. 2, 1, 5; id. Verr. 2, 1, 59, § 154; 2, 2, 7 fin.; Caes. B. C. 1, 29, 1; Suet. Tib. 2; Flor. 2, 2; Hor. Epod. 9, 7 al.—

Hence, Frĕtensis, e, adj.:

Fretense mare,

i. e. the Strait of Sicily, Cic. Att. 10, 7, 1.—

Poet. transf.

In gen., the sea (syn.: mare, oceanus, pelagus, pontus).— Plur.:

fervet fretis spirantibus aequor,

Verg. G. 1, 327:

in freta dum fluvii current,

id. A. 1, 607; cf. Ov. M. 1, 36:

pastor cum traheret per freta navibus Idaeis Helenen,

Hor. C. 1, 15, 1:

fretis acrior Hadriae,

id. ib. 1, 33, 15.— Sing.:

Euxinum,

Ov. P. 2, 2, 2:

Libycum,

id. F. 3, 568.—

Of the sky: (pulvis) omnem pervolat caeli fretum, Enn. ap. Non. 205, 29 (Trag. v. 31 Vahl.).—

Of the spring, as the period of transition from cold to heat:

fretus ipse anni permiscet frigus et aestum,

Lucr. 6, 364; so,

freta anni,

ib. 374 ex conject. Lachm. v. ej. annot. p. 369.—

A raging, swelling, heat, violence:

aetatis freta,

Lucr. 4, 1030; cf.:

fretum adolescentiae, id est secunda imperii aetas,

Flor. 1, 26:

invidiae atque acerbitatis fretum effervescit,

Gell. 10, 3, 7.