verb intransitive

dē-fervesco

2nd PP dē-fervescere · 3rd PP dēfervi / dēferbui · conj. 3rd

(defervi, Ter. Ad. 1, 2, 72; Cic. Clu. 39, 108; id. Or. 30, 107; Cato R. R. 96, 1; Plin. Ep. 9, 16, 2 al.:

to cease boiling, leave off raging •

deferbui, Cic. Cael. 18, 43; 31, 77; Col. 12, 20, 2 et saep.), 3, v. n. (post-Aug.), to cease boiling, leave off raging.

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Lit.: ubi lupinus deferverit, Cato R. R. 96: aestus, Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 11: dum musteus fructus defervescat, Col. 9, 15 fin.; cf.: deferbuit mustum, id. 12, 38, 3; 12, 20, 2: ubi caelum enituit et deferbuit mare, Gell. 19, 1, 7.—

figuratively

to cease raging, to cool down, to be allayed, assuaged ••

Of the fire of passion, to cease raging, to cool down, to be allayed, assuaged (a favorite expression of Cic.; elsewh. rare): ut ulciscendi vim differant in tempus aliud, dum defervescat ira: defervescere autem certe significat ardorem animi invita ratione excitatum, Cic. Tusc. 4, 36 fin.: sperabam jam defervisse adolescentiam, Ter. Ad. 1, 2, 72; cf.: cum adolescentiae cupiditates defervissent, Cic. Cael. 18, 43; id. Or. 30, 107: quasi deferverat oratio, id. Brut. 91 fin.: hominum studia defervisse, id. Clu. 39: dum defervescat haec gratulatio, id. Fam. 9, 2, 4; Plin. Ep. 9, 13, 4: regis indignatio deferbuerat, Vulg. Esth. 2, 1.—

To become clarified, clear •

(Fig. from the fermenting of wine.) To become clarified, clear: novi versiculi ut primum videbuntur defervisse, Plin. Ep. 9, 16 fin.

Perseus ID: n12681 Key: defervesco