ferveo

Latin

Alternative forms

• fervō

Etymology

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 citing Schrijver.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈfer.u̯e.oː/, [ˈfɛru̯eoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈfer.ve.o/, [ˈfɛrveo]

Verb

ferveō (present infinitive fervēre, perfect active ferbuī or fervī, supine fervitum); second conjugation, impersonal in the passive

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

Conjugation

Conjugation of ferveō (second conjugation, impersonal in passive)
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
passive	present	—	—	fervētur	—	—	—
	imperfect	—	—	fervēbātur	—	—	—
	future	—	—	fervēbitur	—	—	—
	perfect	—	—	fervitum est	—	—	—
	pluperfect	—	—	fervitum erat	—	—	—
	future perfect	—	—	fervitum erit	—	—	—
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
passive	present	—	—	ferveātur	—	—	—
	imperfect	—	—	fervērētur	—	—	—
	perfect	—	—	fervitum sit	—	—	—
	pluperfect	—	—	fervitum esset, fervitum foret	—	—	—
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	fervitūrum esse	fervērī	fervitum esse	—
participles		fervēns	—	fervitūrus	—	fervitum	fervendum
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		fervendī	fervendō	fervendum	fervendō	fervitum	fervitū

Derived terms

• cōnferveō
• dēferveō
• efferveō
• fermentum
• fervefaciō
• ferventer
• fervidus
• fervor
• fervēns
• fervēscō
• fervō
• perferveō
• referveō
• sufferveō
• īnferveō

 

Descendants

• Aromanian: herbu, hjerbu, hearbiri
• Asturian: ferver
• Galician: ferver
• Italian: fervere
• Portuguese: ferver
• Romanian: fierbe, fierbere
• Sicilian: frèviri
• Spanish: hervir

Further reading

• “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.