it is winter weather

hĭĕmo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. n. and a. [hiems].

Of persons, to pass the winter, to winter; of soldiers, to keep in winter-quarters:

ubi piratae quotannis hiemare soleant,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 47, § 104:

naviget ac mediis hiemet mercator in undis,

Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 71:

assidue in Urbe,

Suet. Aug. 72:

tres (legiones), quae circum Aquileiam hiemabant, ex hibernis educit,

Caes. B. G. 1, 10, 3:

legionem hiemandi causa collocaret,

id. ib. 3, 1:

cupio scire quid agas et ubi sis hiematurus,

Cic. Fam. 7, 9, 1:

facies me certiorem, quomodo hiemaris,

id. Att. 6, 1 fin. —

Of things, to be wintry, frozen, cold, stormy (freq. since the Aug. per.; not in Cic.): hiemantes aquae, Sall. Fragm. ap. Sen. Ep. 114:

atrum Defendens pisces hiemat mare,

storms, Hor. S. 2, 2, 17; Plin. 2, 47, 47, § 125; cf.: repente hiemavit tempestas... totus hiemavit annus... hiemante Aquilone, Arrunt. ap. Sen. Ep. 114:

delphini vespertino occasu continui dies hiemant Italiae,

Plin. 18, 26, 64, § 235.—

Impers., hiemat, it is winter weather, wintry, cold, frosty (post-Aug.):

decimo sexto Cal. Febr. Cancer desinit occidere: hiemat,

Col. 11, 2, 4:

vehementer hiemat,

id. ib. 20:

hiemat cum frigore et gelicidiis,

id. ib. 78; Plin. 18, 35, 79, § 348.—

Act., to congeal, freeze, turn to ice (post-Aug.):

decoquunt alii aquas, mox et illas hiemant,

Plin. 19, 4, 19, § 55 (for which:

decoquere aquam vitroque demissam in nives refrigerare,

id. 31, 3, 23, § 40):

hiemato lacu,

id. 9, 22, 38, § 75.

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hĭems or hiemps, ĕmis, f. [Gr. chiôn, cheima; Sanscr. himas, snow], the winter, winter time, rainy season (cf.: bruma, solstitium).

Lit.: aestatem autumnus sequitur, post acer hiemps fit, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 647 P. (Ann. v. 406 Vahl.):

solvitur acris hiems grata vice veris et Favoni,

Hor. C. 1, 4, 1: crudelis, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 891 P. (Ann. v. 482 Vahl.);

opp. to aestas,

Dig. 43, 20, 1, §§

31 and 32: dies primus est veris in Aquario, aestatis in Tauro, autumni in Leone, hiemis in Scorpione,

Varr. R. R. 1, 28, 1; cf. id. ap. Col. 11, 2, 84; Plin. 2, 47, 47, § 125; 18, 25, 60, § 224 sq.: prodit hiems, sequitur crepitans hanc dentibus algor. Lucr. 5, 747:

hanc vim frigorum hiememque, quam nos vix hujus urbis tectis sustinemus, excipere,

Cic. Rab. Post. 15, 42:

summa,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 40, § 86; id. de Imp. Pomp. 12, 32:

gravissimā hieme,

Caes. B. C. 3, 8 fin.:

jamque hiems appropinquabat,

id. ib. 3, 9, 8:

initā hieme,

id. B. G. 3, 7, 1:

jam prope hieme confectā,

id. ib. 7, 32, 2: ante exactam hiemem, id. ib. 6, 1, 4:

hiems jam praecipitaverat,

id. B. C. 3, 25, 1:

modestia hiemis,

Tac. A. 12, 43:

bellum difficillimum gessit hieme anni,

in winter time, Suet. Caes. 35:

stridebat deformis hiems,

Juv. 4, 58: Arabes campos et montes hieme et aestate peragrantes, winter and summer, i. e. in all seasons, Cic. Div. 1, 42, 94.—In plur.:

confligunt hiemes aestatibus acres,

Lucr. 6, 373:

est ubi plus tepeant hiemes?

Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 15:

informīs hiemes reducit Juppiter, idem Summovet,

id. C. 2, 10, 15; 3, 1, 32:

in his locis maturae sunt hiemes,

Caes. B. G. 4, 20, 1; Cic. N. D. 2, 19, 49:

seu plures hiemes, seu tribuit Juppiter ultimam,

years, Hor. C. 1, 11, 4:

post certas hiemes,

id. ib. 1, 15, 35; cf.:

sic multas hiemes atque octogensima vidit solstitia,

Juv. 4, 92.—Personified: Hiems, Ov. M. 2, 30; 15, 212; 4, 436; Verg. A. 3, 120.—

Transf. (mostly poet.).

Rainy, stormy weather, a storm, tempest:

imber Noctem hiememque ferens,

Verg. A. 5, 11; cf.:

non tam creber agens hiemem ruit aequore turbo,

id. G. 3, 470:

Juppiter horridus austris Torquet aquosam hiemem,

id. A. 9, 671; id. G. 1, 321; Hor. Epod. 2, 52; Ov. M. 11, 490; 521; 13, 709 al.—In plur., Val. Fl. 2, 22; Stat. S. 5, 1, 36.—In prose:

maritimos cursus praecludebat hiemis magnitudo,

Cic. Planc. 40 fin.:

qui (gubernator) navem ex hieme marique scopuloso servat,

Nep. Att. 10 fin. —

In gen., cold, chill; tempest, violence ( poet.):

sic letalis hiems paulatim in pectora venit,

a deadly chill, Ov. M. 2, 827; cf. Mart. 2, 46, 7:

Vesuvinus apex et flammea diri Montis hiems,

the fiery tempest, Stat. S. 3, 5, 72;

so of Vesuvius: vix dum ignea montem Torsit hiems,

Val. Fl. 4, 508:

instamus jactu telorum et ferrea nimbis Certat hiems,

the iron storm, shower of weapons, Stat. Th. 5, 386.—

Trop.

Cold, storm ( poet.):

ab illa Pessima (die) mutati coepit amoris hiems,

cold, Ov. H. 5, 34:

hiems rerum,

the storm of war, disturbance of war, Claud. B. Get. 151.—

Trouble, distress:

suae senectuti acriorem hiemem parat, quom illam inportunam tempestatem conciet,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 3, 7.

hĭems or hiemps, ĕmis, f. [Gr. chiôn, cheima; Sanscr. himas, snow], the winter, winter time, rainy season (cf.: bruma, solstitium).

Lit.: aestatem autumnus sequitur, post acer hiemps fit, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 647 P. (Ann. v. 406 Vahl.):

solvitur acris hiems grata vice veris et Favoni,

Hor. C. 1, 4, 1: crudelis, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 891 P. (Ann. v. 482 Vahl.);

opp. to aestas,

Dig. 43, 20, 1, §§

31 and 32: dies primus est veris in Aquario, aestatis in Tauro, autumni in Leone, hiemis in Scorpione,

Varr. R. R. 1, 28, 1; cf. id. ap. Col. 11, 2, 84; Plin. 2, 47, 47, § 125; 18, 25, 60, § 224 sq.: prodit hiems, sequitur crepitans hanc dentibus algor. Lucr. 5, 747:

hanc vim frigorum hiememque, quam nos vix hujus urbis tectis sustinemus, excipere,

Cic. Rab. Post. 15, 42:

summa,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 40, § 86; id. de Imp. Pomp. 12, 32:

gravissimā hieme,

Caes. B. C. 3, 8 fin.:

jamque hiems appropinquabat,

id. ib. 3, 9, 8:

initā hieme,

id. B. G. 3, 7, 1:

jam prope hieme confectā,

id. ib. 7, 32, 2: ante exactam hiemem, id. ib. 6, 1, 4:

hiems jam praecipitaverat,

id. B. C. 3, 25, 1:

modestia hiemis,

Tac. A. 12, 43:

bellum difficillimum gessit hieme anni,

in winter time, Suet. Caes. 35:

stridebat deformis hiems,

Juv. 4, 58: Arabes campos et montes hieme et aestate peragrantes, winter and summer, i. e. in all seasons, Cic. Div. 1, 42, 94.—In plur.:

confligunt hiemes aestatibus acres,

Lucr. 6, 373:

est ubi plus tepeant hiemes?

Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 15:

informīs hiemes reducit Juppiter, idem Summovet,

id. C. 2, 10, 15; 3, 1, 32:

in his locis maturae sunt hiemes,

Caes. B. G. 4, 20, 1; Cic. N. D. 2, 19, 49:

seu plures hiemes, seu tribuit Juppiter ultimam,

years, Hor. C. 1, 11, 4:

post certas hiemes,

id. ib. 1, 15, 35; cf.:

sic multas hiemes atque octogensima vidit solstitia,

Juv. 4, 92.—Personified: Hiems, Ov. M. 2, 30; 15, 212; 4, 436; Verg. A. 3, 120.—

Transf. (mostly poet.).

Rainy, stormy weather, a storm, tempest:

imber Noctem hiememque ferens,

Verg. A. 5, 11; cf.:

non tam creber agens hiemem ruit aequore turbo,

id. G. 3, 470:

Juppiter horridus austris Torquet aquosam hiemem,

id. A. 9, 671; id. G. 1, 321; Hor. Epod. 2, 52; Ov. M. 11, 490; 521; 13, 709 al.—In plur., Val. Fl. 2, 22; Stat. S. 5, 1, 36.—In prose:

maritimos cursus praecludebat hiemis magnitudo,

Cic. Planc. 40 fin.:

qui (gubernator) navem ex hieme marique scopuloso servat,

Nep. Att. 10 fin. —

In gen., cold, chill; tempest, violence ( poet.):

sic letalis hiems paulatim in pectora venit,

a deadly chill, Ov. M. 2, 827; cf. Mart. 2, 46, 7:

Vesuvinus apex et flammea diri Montis hiems,

the fiery tempest, Stat. S. 3, 5, 72;

so of Vesuvius: vix dum ignea montem Torsit hiems,

Val. Fl. 4, 508:

instamus jactu telorum et ferrea nimbis Certat hiems,

the iron storm, shower of weapons, Stat. Th. 5, 386.—

Trop.

Cold, storm ( poet.):

ab illa Pessima (die) mutati coepit amoris hiems,

cold, Ov. H. 5, 34:

hiems rerum,

the storm of war, disturbance of war, Claud. B. Get. 151.—

Trouble, distress:

suae senectuti acriorem hiemem parat, quom illam inportunam tempestatem conciet,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 3, 7.

hĭems or hiemps, ĕmis, f. [Gr. chiôn, cheima; Sanscr. himas, snow], the winter, winter time, rainy season (cf.: bruma, solstitium).

Lit.: aestatem autumnus sequitur, post acer hiemps fit, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 647 P. (Ann. v. 406 Vahl.):

solvitur acris hiems grata vice veris et Favoni,

Hor. C. 1, 4, 1: crudelis, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 891 P. (Ann. v. 482 Vahl.);

opp. to aestas,

Dig. 43, 20, 1, §§

31 and 32: dies primus est veris in Aquario, aestatis in Tauro, autumni in Leone, hiemis in Scorpione,

Varr. R. R. 1, 28, 1; cf. id. ap. Col. 11, 2, 84; Plin. 2, 47, 47, § 125; 18, 25, 60, § 224 sq.: prodit hiems, sequitur crepitans hanc dentibus algor. Lucr. 5, 747:

hanc vim frigorum hiememque, quam nos vix hujus urbis tectis sustinemus, excipere,

Cic. Rab. Post. 15, 42:

summa,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 40, § 86; id. de Imp. Pomp. 12, 32:

gravissimā hieme,

Caes. B. C. 3, 8 fin.:

jamque hiems appropinquabat,

id. ib. 3, 9, 8:

initā hieme,

id. B. G. 3, 7, 1:

jam prope hieme confectā,

id. ib. 7, 32, 2: ante exactam hiemem, id. ib. 6, 1, 4:

hiems jam praecipitaverat,

id. B. C. 3, 25, 1:

modestia hiemis,

Tac. A. 12, 43:

bellum difficillimum gessit hieme anni,

in winter time, Suet. Caes. 35:

stridebat deformis hiems,

Juv. 4, 58: Arabes campos et montes hieme et aestate peragrantes, winter and summer, i. e. in all seasons, Cic. Div. 1, 42, 94.—In plur.:

confligunt hiemes aestatibus acres,

Lucr. 6, 373:

est ubi plus tepeant hiemes?

Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 15:

informīs hiemes reducit Juppiter, idem Summovet,

id. C. 2, 10, 15; 3, 1, 32:

in his locis maturae sunt hiemes,

Caes. B. G. 4, 20, 1; Cic. N. D. 2, 19, 49:

seu plures hiemes, seu tribuit Juppiter ultimam,

years, Hor. C. 1, 11, 4:

post certas hiemes,

id. ib. 1, 15, 35; cf.:

sic multas hiemes atque octogensima vidit solstitia,

Juv. 4, 92.—Personified: Hiems, Ov. M. 2, 30; 15, 212; 4, 436; Verg. A. 3, 120.—

Transf. (mostly poet.).

Rainy, stormy weather, a storm, tempest:

imber Noctem hiememque ferens,

Verg. A. 5, 11; cf.:

non tam creber agens hiemem ruit aequore turbo,

id. G. 3, 470:

Juppiter horridus austris Torquet aquosam hiemem,

id. A. 9, 671; id. G. 1, 321; Hor. Epod. 2, 52; Ov. M. 11, 490; 521; 13, 709 al.—In plur., Val. Fl. 2, 22; Stat. S. 5, 1, 36.—In prose:

maritimos cursus praecludebat hiemis magnitudo,

Cic. Planc. 40 fin.:

qui (gubernator) navem ex hieme marique scopuloso servat,

Nep. Att. 10 fin. —

In gen., cold, chill; tempest, violence ( poet.):

sic letalis hiems paulatim in pectora venit,

a deadly chill, Ov. M. 2, 827; cf. Mart. 2, 46, 7:

Vesuvinus apex et flammea diri Montis hiems,

the fiery tempest, Stat. S. 3, 5, 72;

so of Vesuvius: vix dum ignea montem Torsit hiems,

Val. Fl. 4, 508:

instamus jactu telorum et ferrea nimbis Certat hiems,

the iron storm, shower of weapons, Stat. Th. 5, 386.—

Trop.

Cold, storm ( poet.):

ab illa Pessima (die) mutati coepit amoris hiems,

cold, Ov. H. 5, 34:

hiems rerum,

the storm of war, disturbance of war, Claud. B. Get. 151.—

Trouble, distress:

suae senectuti acriorem hiemem parat, quom illam inportunam tempestatem conciet,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 3, 7.

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frīgus, ŏris, n. [Gr. rhigos, cold, pigeô;

the connection with Lat. rĭgeo, rĭgor, is doubtful,

Curt. Gr. Etym. 353; Corss. Ausspr. 1, 451], cold, coldness, coolness (for syn. cf.: algor, gelu, rigor, glacies, pruina).

Lit.

In gen. (class.):

nec calor (mihi obsistet) nec frigus metuo,

Plaut. Merc. 5, 2, 19;

so opp. calor,

Lucr. 2, 517; 6, 371; Cic. Univ. 14 med.; id. Rosc. Am. 45, 131; Verg. G. 2, 344; 4, 35:

calidis torrescere flammis aut... rigere Frigore,

Lucr. 3, 892:

cum esset vinctus nudus in aëre, in imbri, in frigore,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 40, § 87:

vix in ipsis tectis frigus vitatur,

id. Fam. 16, 8, 2:

fere matutinis temporibus frigus est,

coolness, Cels. 2, 1; cf.:

frigus captabis opacum,

Verg. E. 1, 53; Hor. C. 3, 13, 10; Ov. M. 10, 129:

quae frigore sola Dormiat,

in the cold night, Tib. 1, 8, 39:

cum Appius senatum coegisset, tantum fuit frigus ut coactus sit nos dimittere,

Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 12, 1.—In plur.:

nec frigora quimus usurpare oculis,

Lucr. 1, 300:

ut tectis saepti frigora caloresque pellamus,

the cold, Cic. N. D. 2, 60, 151; cf.:

ex verna intemperie variante calores frigoraque,

Liv. 22, 2, 10:

tecta quibus frigorum vis pellitur,

Cic. Off. 2, 4, 13:

propter frigora... frumenta in agris matura non erant,

Caes. B. G. 1, 16, 2:

Alpinae nives et frigora Rheni,

Verg. E. 10, 47:

Scythiae,

Ov. M. 2, 224:

Peligna,

Hor. C. 3, 19, 8:

matutina,

id. S. 2, 6, 45:

nocturna,

Liv. 40, 22, 7:

intolerabilia,

id. 21, 58, 1:

ficum frigoribus ne serito,

in cold weather, Col. 5, 10, 9:

quisquam picta colit Spartani frigora saxi,

i. e. the variegated cold marble floor, Mart. 1, 56, 5; Tac. Agr. 12; id. G. 16; Suet. Aug. 81.—

In partic. ( poet.).

The cold of winter, winter (like calor for summer;

v. calor): lac mihi non aestate novum, non frigore defit,

Verg. E. 2, 22:

ante focum, si frigus erit,

id. ib. 5, 70:

quae frigore sola dormiat,

Tib. 1, 8, 39:

per medium frigus,

Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 5.— Plur.:

frigoribus parto agricolae plerumque fruuntur,

Verg. G. 1, 300:

frigoribus mediis,

id. E. 10, 65.—

A chill, fever:

tentatum frigore corpus,

Hor. S. 1, 2, 80.—

The coldness of death, death:

et gelidos artus in leti frigore linquit,

Lucr. 3, 401:

aeternum leti,

id. 4, 924:

letale,

Ov. M. 2, 611:

supremum animae,

Stat. S. 3, 3, 20:

ast illi solvuntur frigore membra Vitaque cum gemitu fugit,

Verg. A. 12, 951 (diff. from the foll.).—

A cold shudder produced by fear:

extemplo Aeneae solvuntur frigore membra, Ingemit, etc.,

Verg. A. 1, 92.—

Transf., a cold region or place:

frigus non habitabile,

Ov. Tr. 3, 4, 51:

et quodcumque jacet sub urbe frigus,

Mart. 4, 64, 14.—

Trop. (cf. frigeo and frigidus, II.; not in Cic.).

Coldness in action, inactivity: si Parthi vos nihil calfaciunt, nos hic frigore frigescimus, etc., Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 6, 5; Ov. F. 2, 856.—

A cold or frigid reception of a person or thing, esp. a discourse; coolness, coldness, indifference, disfavor (perh. not ante-Aug.):

majorum ne quis amicus Frigore te feriat,

coolness, loss of favor, Hor. S. 2, 1, 62; cf.:

Montanus Julius et amicitia Tiberii notus et frigore,

Sen. Ep. 122:

et imperitia et rusticitas et rigor et deformitas afferunt interim frigus,

Quint. 6, 1, 37; Plin. Ep. 6, 15, 4; Quint. 5, 7, 31:

illud quaestionum et argumentorum apud corrupta judicia frigus evitant,

id. 2, 12, 6.