conferveo

Latin

Etymology

From con- +‎ ferveō (“boil, seethe”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /konˈfer.u̯e.oː/, [kõːˈfɛru̯eoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /konˈfer.ve.o/, [koɱˈfɛrveo]

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

• cōnferva
• cōnfervefaciō
• cōnfervēscō

Related terms

• dēferveō
• ferveō
• īnferveō
• perferveō
• referveō
• sufferveō

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.