Latin edit

Etymology edit

From dē- +‎ fervēscō.

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

dēfervēscō (present infinitive dēfervēscere, perfect active dēferbuī or dēfervī); third conjugation, no passive, no supine stem

  1. to cease boiling or raging

Conjugation edit

   Conjugation of dēfervēscō (third conjugation, no supine stem, active only)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present dēfervēscō dēfervēscis dēfervēscit dēfervēscimus dēfervēscitis dēfervēscunt
imperfect dēfervēscēbam dēfervēscēbās dēfervēscēbat dēfervēscēbāmus dēfervēscēbātis dēfervēscēbant
future dēfervēscam dēfervēscēs dēfervēscet dēfervēscēmus dēfervēscētis dēfervēscent
perfect dēferbuī,
dēfervī
dēferbuistī,
dēfervistī
dēferbuit,
dēfervit
dēferbuimus,
dēfervimus
dēferbuistis,
dēfervistis
dēferbuērunt,
dēferbuēre,
dēfervērunt,
dēfervēre
pluperfect dēferbueram,
dēferveram
dēferbuerās,
dēferverās
dēferbuerat,
dēferverat
dēferbuerāmus,
dēferverāmus
dēferbuerātis,
dēferverātis
dēferbuerant,
dēferverant
future perfect dēferbuerō,
dēferverō
dēferbueris,
dēferveris
dēferbuerit,
dēferverit
dēferbuerimus,
dēferverimus
dēferbueritis,
dēferveritis
dēferbuerint,
dēferverint
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present dēfervēscam dēfervēscās dēfervēscat dēfervēscāmus dēfervēscātis dēfervēscant
imperfect dēfervēscerem dēfervēscerēs dēfervēsceret dēfervēscerēmus dēfervēscerētis dēfervēscerent
perfect dēferbuerim,
dēferverim
dēferbuerīs,
dēferverīs
dēferbuerit,
dēferverit
dēferbuerīmus,
dēferverīmus
dēferbuerītis,
dēferverītis
dēferbuerint,
dēferverint
pluperfect dēferbuissem,
dēfervissem
dēferbuissēs,
dēfervissēs
dēferbuisset,
dēfervisset
dēferbuissēmus,
dēfervissēmus
dēferbuissētis,
dēfervissētis
dēferbuissent,
dēfervissent
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present dēfervēsce dēfervēscite
future dēfervēscitō dēfervēscitō dēfervēscitōte dēfervēscuntō
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives dēfervēscere dēferbuisse,
dēfervisse
participles dēfervēscēns
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
dēfervēscendī dēfervēscendō dēfervēscendum dēfervēscendō

Descendants edit

  • English: defervesce

References edit

  • defervesco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • defervesco”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • defervesco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • his anger cools: ira defervescit (Tusc. 4. 36. 78)