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effervesco

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Latin

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Etymology

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ex- +‎ fervēscō

Pronunciation

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Verb

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effervēscō (present infinitive effervēscere, perfect active efferbuī or effervī); third conjugation, no passive, no supine stem

  1. to boil up or over
  2. to seethe
  3. to foam or effervesce

Conjugation

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Descendants

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  • English: effervesce
  • Spanish: effervecer
  • Portuguese: effervecer

References

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  • effervesco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • effervesco”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • effervesco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to be transported with passion: iracundia exardescere, effervescere