conferveo

Latin

Etymology

From con- +‎ ferveō (boil, seethe).

Pronunciation

Verb

cōnferveō (present infinitive cōnfervēre, perfect active cōnferbuī); second conjugation, no supine stem, impersonal in the passive

  1. to boil or seethe together
  2. (of broken limbs) to heal or grow together

Conjugation

  • This verb has only limited passive conjugation; only third-person passive forms are attested in surviving sources.

Derived terms

References

  • conferveo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • conferveo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.