ferveo
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Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Italic *ferweō, from earlier *ferwejō, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrewh₁- (“to be hot, boil”). Cognate with Ancient Greek φρέαρ (phréar), Old Armenian բորբ (borb), Welsh berw (“to boil”), English burn, brew, per De Vaan[1] citing Schrijver.[2]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈfer.u̯e.oː/, [ˈfɛru̯eoː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈfer.ve.o/, [ˈfɛrveo]
Verb[edit]
ferveō (present infinitive fervēre, perfect active ferbuī or fervī, supine fervitum); second conjugation, impersonal in the passive
- to be hot
- to burn
- to boil; seethe, foam
- (figuratively) to come or swarm forth in great numbers
- (figuratively) to be inflamed, agitated or fired up
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References[edit]
- ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 165
- ^ Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1991) The reflexes of the Proto-Indo-European laryngeals in Latin (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 2), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, →ISBN
Further reading[edit]
- “ferveo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ferveo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ferveo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “fever”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
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