fervite
Dictionary entries
- 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;
pl. pres. act. imp. 2nd
Examples
Liber II
Aulus Gellius
"...pabulum volat. Dominus, quos rogaverat, opperitur. Sol fervit, et fit nihil; it dies, et amici nulli eunt..."Liber I
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...curro", "legere" "dicere" "currere": etiamsi est apud Lucilium: "fervit aqua et fervet: fervit nunc, fervet ad annum..."