"Ferveant opera" is the motto of the small town of Armadale in West Lothian. According to the Armadale website it means: "May their works flourish". The dictionary gives ferveo, fervere, ferbui to boil, burn; fig. to rage, bustle, be agitated. Personally, I would have thought that "May their works flourish" would translate to something like: "floreant opera". floreo, florere, florui means among other things to blossom, flower and figuratively to flourish.
Both ferveo and floreo are second conjugation verbs, hence the present subjunctives with the vowel "a" inserted.
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