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Latin
Etymology
From dē- + ferveō (“boil, seethe”).
Pronunciation
Verb
dēferveō (present infinitive dēfervēre, perfect active dēferbuī, supine dēfervitum); second conjugation, no passive
- to boil or ferment thoroughly; effervesce
- (figuratively) to subside
Conjugation
See also
References
- “deferveo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- deferveo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- the fires of youth have cooled: adulescentia deferbuit
- the passions have cooled down: cupiditates deferbuerunt (Cael. 18. 43)