effervesco Latin · revision 33026

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=234–149 BC, Cato|origins=ine-pro *bhreu-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ɛf.fɛrˈweːs.koː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [ef.ferˈvɛs.ko]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''effervēscō''' (present infinitive effervēscere, perfect active efferbuī or effervī); third conjugation, no passive, no supine stem^(Wiktionary)

+ The perfect is ''efferbuī'' or ''effervī''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(TLL)

+ Manuscripts of Cicero sometimes spell it ''ecf-''.^(TLL)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|ex-|fervēscō|t2=to begin to boil]], an inchoative of [[m|la|ferveō|t=to boil]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(TLL) Etymonline traces that verb to [[ine-pro|*bhreu-|t=to boil, bubble]].^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Cato uses it of new wine that has fermented enough.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is to boil up or over, of liquids heated, as Cicero's water boiling over fires, or to be violently agitated without heat.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Of wine it is to ferment, and in medicine, in Scribonius Largus, eruptions of the skin break out.^(OLD 2012) Figuratively it is to grow excited or rage: Lucretius has boars seen raging in action.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Cicero's perfect is ''efferbuī'', while Cato and Tacitus have ''effervī''.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Church Latin glosses it boil up, rage.^(Stelten 1995) English ''effervesce'' dates from 1702.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 234–149 BC – Cato of wine fermenting.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ * 96–55 BC – Lucretius of raging boars.^(OLD 2012)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of boiling water.^(OLD 2012)

+ * 1702 – English ''effervesce''.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To [[m|en|boil]] up or over; to be violently agitated.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # Of wine, to [[m|en|ferment]]; of eruptions, to break out.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To grow excited, [[m|en|rage]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[ferveo|alt=ferveō]]

+ * [[en|effervesce]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}