defervesco

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Latin

Etymology

From dē- +‎ fervēscō.

Pronunciation

Verb

dēfervēscō (present infinitive dēfervēscere, perfect active dēferbuī or dēfervī); third conjugation, no passive, no supine stem

  1. to cease boiling or raging

Conjugation

Descendants

  • English: defervesce

References

  • defervesco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • defervesco”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • defervesco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • his anger cools: ira defervescit (Tusc. 4. 36. 78)