noun · masculinethird declension
fervor
fervor m (genitive fervōris)
Classical[ˈfɛr.wɔr]Ecclesiastical[ˈfɛr.vor]
Meaning
- masculineboiling heat
- masculinefermenting
- masculineardour, passion, fury
- masculineintoxication
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | fervor | fervōrēs |
| genitive | fervōris | fervōrum |
| dative | fervōrī | fervōribus |
| accusative | fervōrem | fervōrēs |
| ablative | fervōre | fervōribus |
| vocative | fervor | fervōrēs |
fervor, ōris, m. ferveo,
I. a boiling or raging heat, a violent heat, a raging, boiling, fermenting (class.; syn.: ardor, tepor, calor, aestus).
I. Lit.:
pollens fervore corusco, Lucr. 6, 237; cf. id. 6, 856: mundi ille fervor purior, perlucidior mobiliorque multo quam hic noster calor, Cic. N. D. 2, 11, 30: accepit calido febrim fervore coörtam, Lucr. 6, 656: febris, Plin. 31, 9, 45, § 104; cf.: caput incensum fervore gerebant, a raging heat, fever heat, Lucr. 6, 1145; Plin. 14, 20, 25, § 124: vis venti fervorem mirum concinnat in undis, Lucr. 6, 437; Luc. 4, 461.—In plur.: solis, Lucr. 5, 215; cf. ib. 605; 611: medii, i. e. noontide heat, Verg. G. 3, 154: capitis, Plin. 15, 4, 5, § 19.— II. Trop., heat, vehemence, ardor, passion:
cum hic fervor concitatioque animi inveteraverit, Cic. Tusc. 4, 10, 24; cf.: fervor mentis, id. de Or. 1, 51, 220: pectoris, Hor. C. 1, 16, 24: erat quidam fervor aetatis, Cic. de Sen. 13, 45: fervore carentes anni (i. e. senectus), Sil. 7, 25: ut semel icto Accessit fervor capiti, i. e. intoxication, Hor. S. 2, 1, 25: maris, an excited, i. e. disturbed, unsafe condition of the sea (caused by pirates), Cic. Prov. Cons. 12, 31.—In plur.: pro vitiorum fervoribus, Gell. 20, 1, 22.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
fervor ōris, m
FVR-, a boiling heat, violent heat, raging, boiling, fermenting : mundi: maris: mediis fervoribus, in noontide heat , V.—Fig., heat, vehemence, ardor, fury : pectoris, H.: aetatis: oceani: fervore furentes, V.: icto Accessit fervor capiti, i. e. intoxication , H.
Origins
Proto-Indo-European *bʰrewh₁-der. Proto-Italic *ferwejō Proto-Italic *ferweō Latin ferveō Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *-ōs Proto-Italic *-ōs Latin -or Latin fervor From ferveō + -or.
Descendants
- Catalanfervor
- Frenchferveur
- Italianfervore
- Occitanfervor
- Portuguesefervor
- Spanishfervor
- Galicianfervor
In English words that came into English from fervor
- fervorfervor