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fervĭdus , a, um, adj. fervor,
I.glowing hot, burning, fiery, glowing (class.; syn.: tepidus, calidus, ignĕus).
I. Lit.: “quarta pars mundi (i. e. ignis) tota natura fervida est,” Cic. N. D. 2, 10, 27: “sol,” Lucr. 4, 407; cf.: “ictus (solis),” Hor. C. 2, 15, 9: “ardor,” Lucr. 5, 204: “ventus,” id. 6, 180: “aestus,” sultry, Hor. S. 1, 1, 38: “aequor,” raging, id. C. 1, 9, 10: “Aetna,” id. Epod. 17, 32: “sidus,” id. ib. 1, 27: “vina,” id. S. 2, 8, 38: “herba sapore acri et fervido,” Plin. 20, 11, 44, § 113.—Comp.: “merum,” Hor. Epod. 11, 14.—Sup.: “tempus diei,” Curt. 3, 5.—
II. Trop., glowing, fiery, hot, vehement, impetuous, violent: “florente juventā Fervidus (opp. senex),” Hor. A. P. 116: “juvenes,” id. C. 4, 13, 26: “puer (i. e. Cupido),” id. ib. 1, 30, 5: “fervidus ingenio,” Ov. M. 14, 485; cf.: “mortis fraternae fervidus irā,” Verg. A. 9, 736: “subitā spe fervidus ardet,” id. ib. 12, 325: “fervidus ingenii Masinissa et fervidus aevi,” Sil. 17, 414: “praepropera ac fervida ingenia,” Liv. 27, 33, 10: “fervidi animi vir,” id. 2, 52, 7 Drak. N. cr.: “virtus,” fiery, eager, Cat. 64, 218: “fervidum quoddam et petulans et furiosum genus dicendi,” Cic. Brut. 68, 241; cf.: “fervida oratio,” id. ib. 83, 288: “Appii volubilis et paulo fervidior erat oratio,” id. ib. 28, 108: “dicta,” Verg. A. 12, 894.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (14):
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 14.485
    • Vergil, Aeneid, 9.736
    • Vergil, Aeneid, 12.894
    • Horace, Satires, 2.8.38
    • Horace, Satires, 1.1.38
    • Horace, Ars Poetica, 116
    • Lucretius, De Rerum Natura, 6.180
    • Lucretius, De Rerum Natura, 4.407
    • Lucretius, De Rerum Natura, 5.204
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 2, 52.7
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 27, 33.10
    • Cicero, de Natura Deorum, 2.10
    • Curtius, Historiarum Alexandri Magni, 3.5
    • Cicero, Brutus, 68.241
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