fervĕo — Lewis & Short
fervĕo, bŭi, 2, or fervo, vi, 3 (the latter form ante-and post-class., poet. in class. per., e.g.
Plaut. Pseud. 3, 2, 51; Lucr. 2, 41 al.; Verg. G. 1, 456; id. A. 8, 677; Prop. 2, 8, 32;I
not in Hor.: si quis antiquos secutus fervĕre brevi media syllaba dicat, deprehendatur vitiose loqui, etc.,Quint. 1, 6, 7), v. n. root fru-, to wave, flicker; Sanscr. bhur-, be restless; cf. fre/ar, Germ. Brunnen, Lat. fretum; v. Fick, Vergl. Wört. p. 140; Georg Curtius Gr. Etym. p. 304, to be boiling hot, to boil, ferment, glow (class.; most freq. in poets.; syn.: calere, aestuare, ebullire, ardescere, ignescere; ardere, flagrare, tepere).
I Lit.
(a) Form ferveo:
cum aliqua jam parte mustum excoctum in se fervebit,Col. 12, 19, 5:
quaecumque immundis fervent allata popinis,steam, smoke, Hor. S. 2, 4, 62:
bacas bullire facies: et ubi diu ferbuerint,Pall. Jan. 19:
exemptusque testa, Qua modo ferbuerat Lyaeus,Stat. S. 4, 5, 16:
stomachus domini fervet vino,Juv. 5, 49.—
(b) Form fervo: fervit aqua et fervet: fervit nunc, fervet ad annum, Lucil. ap. Quint. 1, 6, 8: quando (ahenum) fervit, Titin. ap. Non. 503, 5: facite ut ignis fervat, Pomp. ap. Non. 504, 27:
postea ferve bene facito (brassicam): ubi ferverit, in catinum indito,Cato, R. R. 157, 9:
sol fervit,is hot, Gell. 2, 29, 10.—
(g) In an uncertain form;
ferventem,Plin. 32, 5, 18, § 51:
fervere,id. 14, 9, 11, § 83.—
II Poet. transf.
1 To boil up, foam, rage:
omne Excitat (turbo) ingenti sonitu mare, fervĕre cogens,Lucr. 6, 442:
omnia tunc pariter vento nimbisque videbis Ferĕre,Verg. G. 1, 456.—
2 To be in a ferment, to swarm with numbers; to come forth in great numbers, to swarm forth: fervĕre piratis vastarique omnia circum, Varr. ap. Non. 503, 22:
Marte Fervĕre Leucaten,Verg. A. 8, 677; cf.:
opere omnis semita fervet ... Quosque dabas gemitus, cum litora fervĕre late Prospiceres,id. ib. 4, 407 sq.:
fora litibus omnia fervent,Mart. 2, 64, 7:
forte tuas legiones per loca campi fervere cum videas,Lucr. 2, 41:
fervere classem,id. 2, 47; Att. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 78 Müll. (Trag. v. 483 Rib.):
fervent examina putri De bove,Ov. F. 1, 379; Val. Fl. 6, 588; Sil. 6, 317; 9, 243 al.—
III Trop., to burn or glow, to be heated, inflamed or agitated, to rage, rave.
(a) Form ferveo:
usque eo fervet efferturque avaritia, ut, etc.,Cic. Quint. 11, 38; cf.:
fervet avaritiā miseroque cupidine pectus,Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 33:
et fervent multo linguaque corque mero,Ov. F. 2, 732:
animus tumida fervebat ab ira,id. M. 2, 602:
fervet immensusque ruit profundo Pindarus ore,rages, Hor. C. 4, 2, 7: fervet opus redolentque thymo fragrantia mella, glows, i. e. is carried on briskly, Verg. G. 4, 169; Lucil. Aetna, 167:
inter vos libertorumque cohortem Pugna fervet,Juv. 5, 29:
equus cui plurima palma fervet,shines, id. 8, 59.—Poet., with inf.: sceptrumque capessere fervet, burns, i. e. eagerly desires, Claud. ap. Ruf. 2, 295:
stagna secare,id. B. Gild. 350.—
(b) Form fervo: heu cor irā fervit caecum, amentiā rapior ferorque, Att. ap. Non. 503, 7; cf.:
cum fervit maxime,Ter. Ad. 4, 1, 18 (Prisc. p. 866 P.): hoc nunc fervit animus, hoc volo, Afran. ap. Non. 503, 9:
domus haec fervit flagiti,Pomp. ib. 8:
se fervere caede Lacaenae,Val. Fl. 7, 150; cf.:
hostem fervere caede novā,Verg. A. 9, 693.—Pass. impers.: quanta vociferatione fervitur! Afran. ap. Non. 505, 25.— Hence, fervens, entis, P. a., boiling hot, glowing, burning.
A Lit.:
foculi,Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 67:
aqua,Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 26, § 67; cf.:
ferventissima aqua,Col. 12, 50, 21: ferventes fusili ex argilla glandes, * Caes. B. G. 5, 43, 1:
rotae,swift, Sil. 2, 199; cf. Ov. P. 1, 8, 68:
aurum,shining, Mart. 10, 74, 6:
in cinere ferventi leniter decoquere,Plin. 25, 8, 50, § 90:
saxa vapore,Lucr. 1, 491:
cera,Plin. 11, 37, 45, § 127:
dictamnum fervens et acre gustu,id. 25, 8, 53, § 92:
horae diei,id. 17, 22, 35, § 189:
vulnus,smoking, warm, Ov. M. 4, 120:
ferventia caedibus arva,Sil. 9, 483:
(fluvius) Spumeus et fervens,raging, Ov. M. 3, 571:
vultus modesto sanguine,glowing, blushing, Juv. 10, 300.— Subst.:
si ferventia os intus exusserint,Plin. 30, 4, 9, § 27.—
2 Transf., of sound, hissing:
(sono) resultante in duris, fervente in umidis,Plin. 2, 80, 82, § 193.—
B Trop., hot, heated, inflamed, impetuous:
fortis animus et magnus in homine non perfecto nec sapiente ferventior plerumque est,too ardent and impetuous, Cic. Off. 1, 15, 46: ferventes latrones, violent, furious, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 23, 3:
quale fuit Cassi rapido ferventius amni Ingenium,impetuous, Hor. S. 1, 10, 62:
meum Fervens difficili bile tumet jecur,id. C. 1, 13, 4:
fervens ira oculis,sparkling, Ov. M. 8, 466:
mero fervens,drunken, Juv. 3, 283.—Sup.:
in re ferventissima friges,Auct. Her. 4, 15, 21.— Hence, adv.: ferventer, hotly, warmly: ferventer loqui, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 8, 2; cf.:
ferventissime concerpi,id. ib. 8, 6, 5:
ferventius,Aug. de Genes. ad Lit. 2, 5.