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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>fermento</b>: āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. id.,<br /><b>I</b> to [[cause]] to [[rise]] or [[ferment]]; in [[pass]]., to [[rise]], [[ferment]].<br /><b>I</b> Lit.: [[panis]] [[hordeaceus]] ervi aut cicerculae [[farina]] fermentabatur, Plin. 18, 11, 26, § 103; cf.: fermentato [[pane]] ali, [[with]] fermented, leavened, or [[light]] [[bread]], id. ib.: [[fermentatus]] [[panis]], Cels. 2, 25 and 29: [[ficus]] sinitur fermentari, Col. 12, 17, 1; Vulg. Matt. 13, 33.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Transf., to [[cause]] to [[swell]] or [[rise]] up, to [[break]] up, [[loosen]]: terram, Varr. R. R. 1, 38, 1; Col. 2, 14, 1; 11, 3, 13.—*<br /><b>II</b> Trop., to [[sour]], [[spoil]], Paul. Nol. Carm. 10, 263.—Hence, fermentātus, a, um, P. a.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Lit. (acc. to I. B.), [[loose]], [[soft]]: si deprimatur [[scobis]] in regesto, [[quod]] est fermentatum [[plus]] dipondio semisse, Col. 4, 1, 3: (optimi [[canes]]) debent esse pedibus magnis ... [[solo]] fermentato ac molli, Varr. R. R. 2, 9, 4.—*<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Trop. (acc. to II.), [[corrupted]], spoiled: [[mores]], Prud. Apoth. 354.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>fermentō</b>, āvī, ātum, āre ([[fermentum]]), tr.,<br /><b>1</b> faire fermenter, faire entrer en fermentation : Col. Rust. 2, 14, 1 &#124;&#124; au passif : lever, fermenter : Plin. 18, 103<br /><b>2</b> amollir [la terre] : [[Varro]] R. 1, 38, 1<br /><b>3</b> [fig.] aigrir : P. Nol. 10, 263.||au passif : lever, fermenter : Plin. 18, 103<br /><b>2</b> amollir [la terre] : [[Varro]] R. 1, 38, 1<br /><b>3</b> [fig.] aigrir : P. Nol. 10, 263.
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