ef-fervesco — Lewis & Short
ef-fervesco, ferbui (so
Cic. Cael. 31, 77 al.; ante- and post-class. fervi, Cato R. R. 115, 1; Tac. A. 1, 74), 3,I v. inch. n.
I To boil up or over, to foam up, to effervesce, ferment, to grow violent, rage (class.).
A Lit.:
dictum fretum a similitudine ferventis aquae, quod in fretum saepe concurrat aestus atque effervescat,Varr. L. L. 7, § 22 Müll.; cf.:
aquae, quae effervescunt subditis ignibus,Cic. N. D. 2, 10, 27:
ubi satis efferverit (vinum mustum),Cato R. R. 115, 1; cf. Col. 12, 25, 4:
efferbuit coctio ejus,Vulg. Ezech. 24, 5.—
B Trop. (a favorite expression of Cic.):
illae undae comitiorum, ut mare profundum et immensum, sic efervescunt quodam quasi aestu,Cic. Planc 6, 15; cf.:
Pontum armatum, effervescentem in Asiam atque erumpentem,id. Prov. Cons. 4, 6:
luxuriae effervescentis aestus,Gell. 2, 24 fin.:
verbis effervescentibus et paulo nimium redundantibus,Cic. de Or. 2, 21:
si cui nimium efferbuisse videtur hujus vis,id. Cael. 31 fin.; cf. Lucr. 5, 1335; and Tac. Or. 10:
iracundaque mens facile effervescit in ira,Lucr. 3, 295; cf. Cic. Brut. 70, 246;
so of an ebullition of anger,Tac. A. 1, 74 fin.; Gell. 1, 26, 8; cf.:
interiora mea efferbuerunt,Vulg. Job, 30, 27.—
II Transf.:
sidera coeperunt toto effervescere caelo,to light up, shine out, Ov. M. 1, 71.—
III To boil out, i. e. to subside, abate:
quoad iracundia effervesceret,Dig. 21, 1, 17, § 4.