confervesco

Latin

Etymology

con- +‎ ferveō (to be hot, boil) +‎ -scō

Pronunciation

Verb

cōnfervēscō (present infinitive cōnfervēscere, perfect active cōnferbuī); third conjugation, no supine stem

  1. (intransitive) to begin to boil, grow hot
  2. (medicine, intransitive, of a broken limb) to heal

Conjugation

References

  • confervesco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • confervesco”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers