ferventia
Dictionary entries
- Entry →fervens, (gen.), ferventis:
Adjective · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
red hot, boiling hot; burning; inflamed, impetuous; fervent/zealous (Bee);
acc. pl. (n.)nom. pl. (n.)voc. pl. (n.) - Entry →ferveo, fervere, ferbui, -:
Verb · 2nd conjugation · Intransitive
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
be (very) hot; boil/burn; seethe/surge; swarm; be turbulent/run strongly; froth;; be warm/aroused/inflamed/feverish, reek (w/blood); be active/busy/agitated;
acc. pl. pres. act. part.nom. pl. pres. act. part.voc. pl. pres. act. part. - Entry →fervo, fervere, fervi, -:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Intransitive
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
be (very) hot; boil/burn; seethe/surge; swarm; be turbulent/run strongly; froth;; be warm/aroused/inflamed/feverish, reek (w/blood); be active/busy/agitated;
acc. pl. pres. act. part.nom. pl. pres. act. part.voc. pl. pres. act. part.
Examples
APOCOLOCYNTOSIS
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger)
"...publica esse aliquem qui cum Romulo possit 'ferventia rapa vorare,' censeo uti divus Claudius ex hac die deus..."SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...papavere sparsos. Fuerunt et tomacula supra craticulam argenteam ferventia posita et infra craticulam Syriaca pruna cum granis Punici..."Metamorphoses V
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...altos et olentia sulphure fertur stagna Palicorum rupta ferventia terra et qua Bacchiadae, bimari gens orta Corintho, inter..."