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ef-fervesco, ferbui (so Cic. Cael. 31, 77 al.; ante- and post-class. fervi, Cato R. R. 115, 1; Tac. A. 1, 74), 3
* V. inch. n.
* To boil up or over, to foam up, to effervesce, ferment, to grow violent, rage (class.).
* Lit.: dictum fretum a similitudine ferventis aquae, quod in fretum saepe concurrat aestus atque effervescat,Varr. L. L. 7, § 22 Müll.; cf.: aquae, quae effervescunt subditis ignibus,Cic. N. D. 2, 10, 27: ubi satis efferverit (vinum mustum),Cato R. R. 115, 1; cf. Col. 12, 25, 4: efferbuit coctio ejus,Vulg. Ezech. 24, 5.
* Transf.: sidera coeperunt toto effervescere caelo,to light up, shine out,Ov. M. 1, 71.
* To boil out, i. e. to subside, abate: quoad iracundia effervesceret,Dig. 21, 1, 17, § 4.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary