verb intransitive

confervesco

3rd PP conferbui

(cf. ferveo, and Prisc. p. 866 P.), 3

to begin to boil, to become heated, grow hot

v. inch. n. [conferveo], to begin to boil, to become heated, grow hot (perh. not ante-Aug.).

in general

Prop.: aër conclusus versando confervescit, Vitr. 5, 3; 2, 6, 4: granum, si… •

Prop.: aër conclusus versando confervescit, Vitr. 5, 3; 2, 6, 4: granum, si tegulis subjaceat, confervescere, Plin. 18, 30, 73, § 302 al.—

figuratively

Trop.: mea cum conferbuit ira, * Hor. S. 1, 2, 71.—

to heal, grow together •

In medic. lang., of broken limbs, to heal, grow together: si quando ossa non conferbuerunt, Cels. 8, 10, 7; cf. id. 8, 10, 1; 8, 8, 7.

Perseus ID: n10097 Key: confervesco