LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbthird conjugation, no supine stem

cōnfervēscō

cōnfervēscō (present infinitive cōnfervēscere, perfect active cōnferbuī)
Classical[kõː.fɛrˈweːs.koː]Ecclesiastical[koɱ.ferˈvɛs.ko]

Meaning

  1. intransitiveto begin to boil, grow hot
  2. intransitiveto heal

Conjugation conjugation 3 no-supine

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.cōnfervēscōcōnfervēscēbamcōnfervēscamcōnferbuīcōnferbueramcōnferbuerō
2nd sg.cōnfervēsciscōnfervēscēbāscōnfervēscēscōnferbuistīcōnferbuerāscōnferbueris
3rd sg.cōnfervēscitcōnfervēscēbatcōnfervēscetcōnferbuitcōnferbueratcōnferbuerit
1st pl.cōnfervēscimuscōnfervēscēbāmuscōnfervēscēmuscōnferbuimuscōnferbuerāmuscōnferbuerimus
2nd pl.cōnfervēscitiscōnfervēscēbātiscōnfervēscētiscōnferbuistiscōnferbuerātiscōnferbueritis
3rd pl.cōnfervēscuntcōnfervēscēbantcōnfervēscentcōnferbuērunt
cōnferbuēre		cōnferbuerantcōnferbuerint
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.cōnfervēscamcōnfervēsceremcōnferbuerimcōnferbuissem
2nd sg.cōnfervēscāscōnfervēscerēscōnferbuerīscōnferbuissēs
3rd sg.cōnfervēscatcōnfervēsceretcōnferbueritcōnferbuisset
1st pl.cōnfervēscāmuscōnfervēscerēmuscōnferbuerīmuscōnferbuissēmus
2nd pl.cōnfervēscātiscōnfervēscerētiscōnferbuerītiscōnferbuissētis
3rd pl.cōnfervēscantcōnfervēscerentcōnferbuerintcōnferbuissent
passive indicative
passive indicative
formpresentimperfectfuture
1st sg.cōnfervēscorcōnfervēscēbarcōnfervēscar
2nd sg.cōnfervēsceris
cōnfervēscere		cōnfervēscēbāris
cōnfervēscēbāre		cōnfervēscēris
cōnfervēscēre
3rd sg.cōnfervēsciturcōnfervēscēbāturcōnfervēscētur
1st pl.cōnfervēscimurcōnfervēscēbāmurcōnfervēscēmur
2nd pl.cōnfervēsciminīcōnfervēscēbāminīcōnfervēscēminī
3rd pl.cōnfervēscunturcōnfervēscēbanturcōnfervēscentur
passive subjunctive
passive subjunctive
formpresentimperfect
1st sg.cōnfervēscarcōnfervēscerer
2nd sg.cōnfervēscāris
cōnfervēscāre		cōnfervēscerēris
cōnfervēscerēre
3rd sg.cōnfervēscāturcōnfervēscerētur
1st pl.cōnfervēscāmurcōnfervēscerēmur
2nd pl.cōnfervēscāminīcōnfervēscerēminī
3rd pl.cōnfervēscanturcōnfervēscerentur
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.cōnfervēscecōnfervēscere
pres. 2nd pl.cōnfervēscitecōnfervēsciminī
fut. 2nd sg.cōnfervēscitōcōnfervēscitor
fut. 3rd sg.cōnfervēscitōcōnfervēscitor
fut. 2nd pl.cōnfervēscitōte—
fut. 3rd pl.cōnfervēscuntōcōnfervēscuntor
infinitives & participles
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitivecōnfervēscerecōnfervēscī
perfect infinitivecōnferbuisse—
present participlecōnfervēscēns—
future participle—cōnfervēscendus
cōnfervēscundus
gerundcōnfervēscendī, cōnfervēscendō, cōnfervēscendum

confervesco, ferbui (cf. ferveo, and Prisc. p. 866 P.), 3,
I. v. inch. n. [conferveo], to begin to boil, to become heated, grow hot (perh. not ante-Aug.).
I. In gen.
A. Prop.: aër conclusus versando confervescit, Vitr. 5, 3; 2, 6, 4: granum, si tegulis subjaceat, confervescere, Plin. 18, 30, 73, § 302 al.—
B. Trop.: mea cum conferbuit ira, * Hor. S. 1, 2, 71.—
II. In medic. lang., of broken limbs, to heal, grow together: si quando ossa non conferbuerunt, Cels. 8, 10, 7; cf. id. 8, 10, 1; 8, 8, 7.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  3. Proto-Italic*kom
  4. Proto-Italic*kom-
  5. Latincōnfervēscō

Latin ferveō Proto-Indo-European *-sḱéti Proto-Italic *-skō Latin -scō Latin cōnfervēscō From con- + ferveō (“to be hot, boil”) + -scō.

Quick answers

What does cōnfervēscō mean in Latin?
cōnfervēscō, a verb, means “to begin to boil, grow hot; to heal”.
What are the principal parts of cōnfervēscō?
cōnfervēscō, cōnfervēscere, cōnferbuī (third conjugation, no supine stem).
How do you pronounce cōnfervēscō?
In classical Latin, [kõː.fɛrˈweːs.koː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [koɱ.ferˈvɛs.ko].
Where does cōnfervēscō come from?
Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? → Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm → Proto-Italic *kom → Proto-Italic *kom- → Latin cōnfervēscō.