FERMENT Copy link • FERMENT 1. v. fermentari: fermentescere (general term): fervere: effervescere (of wine). To cause to ferment, sinere fermentari or fervere: to make anything ferment by anything, fermentare aliqua re. IMPROPR., Vid: “to be in a FERMENT. 2. s. fermentum (also IMPROP., of a slate of agitation, etc., Plaut.). IMPROPR., motus: impetus: fermentum: effervescentis alicujus rei aestus (Gell.). To be in a ferment, in fermento esse; in fermento totus jacet aliquis (Plaut.); against anybody, turgere alicui (ib.): to be in a state of ferment, moveri (e.g., the slaves are, etc., movetur aliquot locis servitium); mentis habitu moveri (of the blood put into a state of ferment by mental excitement); effervescere (with or without stomacho, iracundia, etc., a favorite word of Cic.’s); aestuare (Cic.): exaestuare (†); tumere (e.g., Galliae, Tac.: negotia, Cic.): to be in a complete state of ferment, ardere (of a country; e.g., of the Gauls): the ferment of men’s minds, tumor rerum (the ferment of men’s minds threatening a revolution; Vid: Cic., Att., 14, 5, 2): to subdue or quell such a ferment, mederi with dative.