fermentum, i, n. [contr. for fervimentum, from fervo, ferveo], that which causes fermentation, leaven, yeast, ferment.
I Lit., Plin. 18, 11, 26, § 102; 18, 7, 12, § 68: panis sine fermento, unleavened bread , Cels. 2, 24; 30; Vulg. Levit. 2, 4.—
B Transf.
1 That which loosens the soil , Plin. 17, 21, 35, § 159; cf. Col. 4, 1, 7.—
2 A drink made of fermented barley , malt liquor , beer , Verg. G. 3, 380.—
II Trop., anger , passion (poet. and very rare): (uxor) nunc in fermento tota est, ita turget mihi, Plaut. Cas. 2, 5, 17; id. Merc. 5, 3, 3.—Poet. transf., of the cause of anger or vexation : accipe et istud Fermentum tibi habe, Juv. 3, 188.