ferment (subs.) Copy link Outline I. Lit.II. Fig.1. tŭmor, ōris, m.2. aestus, ūs (of that which surges like the tide) • ferment (subs.): I. Lit.: fermentum: bread made without a f., (i. e. unleavened), sine f. panis, Cels.: Plin. Fig.: to be in a f. of passion, in fermento esse, Pl. Cas. 2, 5, 17: v. passion. II. Fig.: a stir, excitement: 1. tŭmor, ōris, m.: f. of mind, t. animi, Cic. Tusc. 3, 12, 26: f. of affairs, t. rerum, Cic. Att. 14, 5: Sen. 2. aestus, ūs (of that which surges like the tide): f. of the breast (love), a. pectoris, Ov. Her. 6., 25: Lucr.: v. commotion. Phr.: to be in a f.: (1). ferveo, bui, 2; also 3 (lit. to boil): the whole path is in a f. with the work, opere omnis semita f., Virg. Aen. 4, 407: you will see everything in a f., omnia videbis fervĕre, Virg. G. 1, 456. Fig. of passion, Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 32. (2). tŭmeo, 2 (to swell; be in a state of inflation): the wise man's mind is never excited, never in a f., sapientis animus nunquam turgescit, nunquam t., Cic. Tusc. 3, 9, 19: to be in a f. of wild fury, rabie fera t., Virg.: v. to swell.