LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbthird conjugation, no passive, no perfect or supine stems

effervō

effervō (present infinitive effervere)

Meaning

  1. to boil over

Conjugation conjugation 3 perfect

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.effervōeffervēbameffervam———
2nd sg.efferviseffervēbāseffervēs———
3rd sg.efferviteffervēbateffervet———
1st pl.effervimuseffervēbāmuseffervēmus———
2nd pl.effervitiseffervēbātiseffervētis———
3rd pl.effervunteffervēbanteffervent———
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.effervamefferverem——
2nd sg.effervāsefferverēs——
3rd sg.effervatefferveret——
1st pl.effervāmusefferverēmus——
2nd pl.effervātisefferverētis——
3rd pl.effervantefferverent——
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.efferve—
pres. 2nd pl.effervite—
fut. 2nd sg.effervitō—
fut. 3rd sg.effervitō—
fut. 2nd pl.effervitōte—
fut. 3rd pl.effervuntō—
infinitives & participles
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitiveeffervere—
perfect infinitiveeffervisse—
present participleeffervēns—
gerundeffervendī, effervendō, effervendum

ef-fervo, ĕre (
I. praes. effervent, Vitr. 2, 6, 5), v. n., to boil up or over (poet. and in post-Aug. prose): in agros Aetna, Verg. G. 1, 471: quatenus in pullos animales vortier ova Cernimus alituum vermesque effervere, qs. to come boiling forth, i. e. to swarm forth, Lucr. 2, 928; cf. Verg. G. 4, 556; id. Dir. 15; Stat. Th. 4, 664.—Hence, effer-vens, entis, P. a., boiling with passion, i. e. fervent, ardent: siquidem laetitia dicitur exsultatio quaedam animi gaudio efferventior eventu rerum expetitarum, Gell. 2, 27, 3.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰs
  2. Proto-Italic*eks
  3. Latineffervō

Latin ex- Latin fervō Latin effervō From ex- (“up, out”) + fervō (“to boil, to burn”).

Quick answers

What does effervō mean in Latin?
effervō, a verb, means “to boil over”.
What are the principal parts of effervō?
effervō, effervere (third conjugation, no passive, no perfect or supine stems).
Where does effervō come from?
Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs → Proto-Italic *eks → Latin effervō.