fervefacio

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

fervĕ-făcĭo, fēci, factum, 3 (in tmesi: postea ferve bene facito, Cato R. R. 157, 9), v. a. [ferveo + facio],

to cause to boil , to make hot , to heat , boil , melt : eodem addito et oleum, postea fervefacito, Cato R. R. 156, 5: muriam, Cels. 4, 24: patinae sese fervefaciunt, Plaut. Ps. 3, 2, 44.—In part. perf. : pix fervefacta, melted pitch , Caes. B. G. 7, 22 fin. ; cf.: fervefacta jacula, id. ib. 5, 43, 1: vinum, Plin. 20, 3, 8, § 16.