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
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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..." - G
SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...papavere sparsos. Fuerunt et tomacula supra craticulam argenteam ferventia posita et infra craticulam Syriaca pruna cum granis Punici..." - P
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..."