effervesco

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.

I.

To boil up or over, to foam up, to effervesce, ferment, to grow violent, rage (class.).

A.

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.—

B.

Trop. (a favorite expression of Cic.):

illae undae comitiorum, ut mare profundum et immensum, sic efervescunt quodam quasi aestu,

Cic. Planc 6, 15; cf.:

Pontum armatum, effervescentem in Asiam atque erumpentem,

id. Prov. Cons. 4, 6:

luxuriae effervescentis aestus,

Gell. 2, 24 fin.:

verbis effervescentibus et paulo nimium redundantibus,

Cic. de Or. 2, 21:

si cui nimium efferbuisse videtur hujus vis,

id. Cael. 31 fin.; cf. Lucr. 5, 1335; and Tac. Or. 10:

iracundaque mens facile effervescit in ira,

Lucr. 3, 295; cf. Cic. Brut. 70, 246;

so of an ebullition of anger,

Tac. A. 1, 74 fin.; Gell. 1, 26, 8; cf.:

interiora mea efferbuerunt,

Vulg. Job, 30, 27.—

II.

Transf.:

sidera coeperunt toto effervescere caelo,

to light up, shine out, Ov. M. 1, 71.—

III.

To boil out, i. e. to subside, abate:

quoad iracundia effervesceret,

Dig. 21, 1, 17, § 4.