conferveo

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Latin

Etymology

From con- +‎ ferveō (“boil, seethe”).

Pronunciation

Verb

cōnferveō (present infinitive cōnfervēre, perfect active cōnferbuī); second conjugation, no supine stem, impersonal in the passive

  1. to boil or seethe together
  2. (of broken limbs) to heal or grow together

Conjugation

  • This verb has only limited passive conjugation; only third-person passive forms are attested in surviving sources.
   Conjugation of cōnferveō (second conjugation, no supine stem, impersonal in passive)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present cōnferveō cōnfervēs cōnfervet cōnfervēmus cōnfervētis cōnfervent
imperfect cōnfervēbam cōnfervēbās cōnfervēbat cōnfervēbāmus cōnfervēbātis cōnfervēbant
future cōnfervēbō cōnfervēbis cōnfervēbit cōnfervēbimus cōnfervēbitis cōnfervēbunt
perfect cōnferbuī cōnferbuistī cōnferbuit cōnferbuimus cōnferbuistis cōnferbuērunt,
cōnferbuēre
pluperfect cōnferbueram cōnferbuerās cōnferbuerat cōnferbuerāmus cōnferbuerātis cōnferbuerant
future perfect cōnferbuerō cōnferbueris cōnferbuerit cōnferbuerimus cōnferbueritis cōnferbuerint
passive present — — cōnfervētur — — —
imperfect — — cōnfervēbātur — — —
future — — cōnfervēbitur — — —
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present cōnferveam cōnferveās cōnferveat cōnferveāmus cōnferveātis cōnferveant
imperfect cōnfervērem cōnfervērēs cōnfervēret cōnfervērēmus cōnfervērētis cōnfervērent
perfect cōnferbuerim cōnferbuerīs cōnferbuerit cōnferbuerīmus cōnferbuerītis cōnferbuerint
pluperfect cōnferbuissem cōnferbuissēs cōnferbuisset cōnferbuissēmus cōnferbuissētis cōnferbuissent
passive present — — cōnferveātur — — —
imperfect — — cōnfervērētur — — —
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — cōnfervē — — cōnfervēte —
future — cōnfervētō cōnfervētō — cōnfervētōte cōnferventō
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives cōnfervēre cōnferbuisse — cōnfervērī — —
participles cōnfervēns — — — — cōnfervendum
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
cōnfervendī cōnfervendō cōnfervendum cōnfervendō — —

Derived terms

References

  • “conferveo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • conferveo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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