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F / fermentesco
verb intransitive

fermentesco

2nd PP fermentescĕre · conj. 3rd
to swell; rise; become loose •
v. inch. n. [fermentum] (lit., to ferment, to rise in fermenting; transf., of the earth), to swell, rise, become loose (Plinian): tellus quoque illo modo (i. e. ab nive diutius sedente) fermentescit, Plin. 17, 2, 2, § 15; 28, 8, 28, § 109.
Perseus ID: n17961 Key: fermentesco