I.praes. effervent, Vitr. 2, 6, 5), v. n., to boil up or over (poet. and in post-Aug. prose): “in agros Aetna,” Verg. G. 1, 471: “quatenus in pullos animales vortier ova Cernimus alituum vermesque effervere, qs. to come boiling forth,” i. e. to swarm forth, Lucr. 2, 928; cf. Verg. G. 4, 556; id. Dir. 15; Stat. Th. 4, 664.—Hence, effer-vens , entis, P. a., boiling with passion, i. e. fervent, ardent: “siquidem laetitia dicitur exsultatio quaedam animi gaudio efferventior eventu rerum expetitarum,” Gell. 2, 27, 3.
ef-fervo , ĕre (
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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