defervissent
Dictionary entries
- Entry →defervesco, defervescere, defervi, -:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Intransitive
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Science
come to full boil; cease boiling, cool off (fermentation); calm down, subside;
pl. pluperf. act. subj. 3rd
Examples
- M
Liber XII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...viginti natus annos summis audientium clamoribus dixerit, defervisse tempore et annis liquata iam senior idem fatetur. Et hercule..." - G
Liber IX
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger) from EPISTVLARVM LIBRI DECEM
"...novos versiculos tibique iucundissime exigenti ut primum videbuntur defervisse mittemus. Vale. C. PLINIUS GENITORI SUO S. Recepi litteras..."