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Gallia est omnis dīvīsa in partēs trēs, quārum ūnam incolunt Belgae.

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S&H Smith & Hall (2)
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Digitized by Distributed Proofreaders from William Smith and Theophilus D. Hall, A Copious and Critical English-Latin Dictionary (1871), and generously placed into the public domain.
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• ferment (subs.):
    1. 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.
    2. II. Fig.: a stir, excitement:
      1. 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. 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.
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• ferment (v.):
  1. A. Trans.: fermento, 1: barley bread was f.'d with ergot meal, panis hordeaceus ervi farina fermentabatur, Plin. 18, 11, 26: Col.
  2. B. Intrans.:
      1. 1. ferveo, bui, 2; also 3: the wine is kept from f ing; so the transition from must to wine is called, fervere prohibetur vinum; ita appellant musti in vinum transitum, Plin. 14, 9, 11.
      2. 2. fermentor, 1 (as refl.): the green fig is preserved in jars and allowed to f. there, ficus viridis in amphoras conditur et ibi sinitur f., Col. 12, 17, ad init.
      3. 3. fermentesco, 3 (?): Plin. 17, 2, 15.
      4. 4. dēfervesco, bui, 3 (inceptive: to begin and go through the process of fermentation): Col. 9, 15, fin.
R&A Riddle & Arnold (1)
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J. E. Riddle and T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English-Latin Lexicon. Data retrieved from FergusJPWalsh/riddle-arnold under a CC BY-SA 4.0 license.
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• 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.
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  • 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.