ferveo

Latin

Alternative forms

• fervō

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *bʰrewh₁- (“to be hot, boil”). Cognates include Ancient Greek φρέαρ (phréar), Old Armenian բորբ (borb), Welsh berw (“to boil”), English burn, brew, per De Vaan citing Schrijver.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈfer.we.oː/, [ˈfɛr.we.oː]

Verb

ferveō (present infinitive fervēre, perfect active ferbuī, supine fervitum); second conjugation

1. I am hot.
2. I burn.
3. I boil; seethe, foam.
4. (figuratively) I come or swarm forth in great numbers.
5. (figuratively) I am inflamed, agitated or fired up.

Inflection

• This verb has only limited passive conjugation; only third-person passive forms are attested in surviving sources.

Conjugation of ferveo (second conjugation, active only)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	ferveō	fervēs	fervet	fervēmus	fervētis	fervent
	imperfect	fervēbam	fervēbās	fervēbat	fervēbāmus	fervēbātis	fervēbant
	future	fervēbō	fervēbis	fervēbit	fervēbimus	fervēbitis	fervēbunt
	perfect	ferbuī	ferbuistī	ferbuit	ferbuimus	ferbuistis	ferbuērunt, ferbuēre
	pluperfect	ferbueram	ferbuerās	ferbuerat	ferbuerāmus	ferbuerātis	ferbuerant
	future perfect	ferbuerō	ferbueris	ferbuerit	ferbuerimus	ferbueritis	ferbuerint
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	ferveam	ferveās	ferveat	ferveāmus	ferveātis	ferveant
	imperfect	fervērem	fervērēs	fervēret	fervērēmus	fervērētis	fervērent
	perfect	ferbuerim	ferbuerīs	ferbuerit	ferbuerīmus	ferbuerītis	ferbuerint
	pluperfect	ferbuissem	ferbuissēs	ferbuisset	ferbuissēmus	ferbuissētis	ferbuissent
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	fervē	—	—	fervēte	—
	future	—	fervētō	fervētō	—	fervētōte	ferventō
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		fervēre	ferbuisse	fervitūrus esse	—	—	—
participles		fervēns	—	fervitūrus	—	—	—
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		nominative	genitive	dative/ablative	accusative	accusative	ablative
		fervēre	fervendī	fervendō	fervendum	fervitum	fervitū

Derived terms

• cōnferveō
• dēferveō
• fermentum
• fervefaciō
• fervēns
• ferventer

• fervēscō
• fervor
• īnferveō
• perferveō
• referveō
• sufferveō

Related terms

• fervidus

Descendants

• Aromanian: herbu, hjerbu, hearbiri
• Asturian: ferver
• Galician: ferver
• Italian: fervere

• Portuguese: ferver
• Romanian: fierbe, fierbere
• Spanish: hervir

References

• 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 Félix Gaffiot’s Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette (1934)
• fever in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911