to go on coldly

coldly, weakly, feebly

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frīgĕo, ēre, v. n. [frigus], to be cold, chilly, to freeze (opp. calere, to be hot, to glow; whereas algere, subject., to feel cold, to freeze, is opp. aestuare, to feel hot; v. caleo and algeo; class.; esp. freq. in the trop. sense).

Lit.:

tange: si non totus friget, me enica,

Ter. Phorm. 5, 8, 5; cf.:

summosque pedes attinge manusque: Non frigent,

Pers. 3, 109:

friget aether,

Auct. Aetn. 331: corpusque lavant frigentis et unguunt, of him who was cold and stiff, i. e. of the dead, Verg. A. 6, 219:

gelidus tardante senecta sanguis hebet, frigentque effetae in corpore vires,

id. ib. 5, 396.—

Trop.

To be inactive or at a standstill, to have nothing to do; to be lifeless, languid, frigid; of things, to flag, droop:

in re frigidissima cales, in ferventissima friges,

Auct. Her. 4, 15, 21; cf.: quod tibi supra scripsi, Curionem valde frigere, jam calet, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 6, 5:

valde metuo, ne frigeas in hibernis: quamobrem camino luculento utendum censeo,

Cic. Fam. 7, 10, 2:

frigens animis,

Sil. 16, 598:

quantum stupere atque frigere... Caecilius visus est!

to be frigid, Gell. 2, 23, 7:

frigere (al. frigida) videntur ista plerisque,

to be dull, frigid, Quint. 4, 2, 59: sermonem quaerere;

ubi friget, huc evasit, etc.,

flags, halts, Ter. Eun. 3, 3, 11 Ruhnk.—Prov.:

Sine Cerere et Libero friget Venus,

Ter. Eun. 4, 5, 6; also ap. Cic. N. D. 2, 23, 60.—

With respect to the estimation or favor in which a person or thing stands, to be coldly received, coldly treated, slighted, disregarded, to be without power:

quare tibicen Antigenidas dixerit discipulo sane frigenti ad populum: Mihi cane et Musis,

Cic. Brut. 50, 187: plane jam, Brute, frigeo; organon enim erat meum senatus;

id jam est dissolutum,

id. Fam. 11, 14, 1:

Nimirum homines frigent,

Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 37; Serv. ad Verg. G. 4, 104:

Memmius quidem friget, Scaurum autem jampridem Pompeius abjecit,

Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 8, 3 (for which:

Memmius mirum in modum jacet, Scaurus refrixerat,

id. ib. 3, 2 fin.:

Memmius plane refrixerat,

id. Att. 4, 18, 3):

jacent beneficia Nuculae, friget patronus Antonius,

id. Phil. 6, 5, 14:

an hoc significas, nihil fieri, frigere te?

id. Fam. 7, 18, 2:

prima contio Pompei frigebat,

remained unnoticed, id. Att. 1, 14, 1:

cum omnia consilia frigerent,

were of no effect, id. Verr. 2, 2, 25, § 60:

sin autem ista frigebunt, recipias te ad nos,

id. Fam. 7, 11 fin.

frīgesco, frixi (frigui, Hier. Ep. 52, no. 2), 3, v. inch. n. [frigeo], to become or grow cold, to be chilled (mostly ante-class. and post-Aug.; perh. not used by Cic.).

Lit.:

eodem addito oleum, postea fervefacito: infundito in catinum, uti frigescat,

Cato, R. R. 1, 156, 6:

frigescit terra,

Lucr. 6, 865:

ubi frigescere pedes manusque intelligit,

Tac. A. 15, 70; cf.: Ulixi cor frixit prae pavore, Liv. Andron. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 1, 92:

(sanguis) cum metu refugit, abit omnis et pallore frigescit,

Quint. 11, 3, 78:

frigescens vulnus,

Curt. 8, 10.—

Trop.

To become inactive, languid, faint: si Parthi vos nihil calfaciunt, nos hic frigore frigescimus, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 6, 5:

frigescit affectus,

Quint. 11, 3, 133:

non patiamur frigescere hoc opus (i. e. miserationem),

id. 6, 1, 29.—

To become cold towards any one:

vide sis, ne majorum tibi forte Limina frigescant,

receive thee coldly, Pers. 1, 109.

gĕlĭdus, a, um (archaic gen. fem. sing. gelidaï

aquaï,

Lucr. 3, 693), adj. [gelu], icy cold, very cold, icy, frosty (a higher degree than frigidus; cf. also: algidus, rigidus, glacialis).

Lit.:

(Fibrenus) statim praecipitat in Lirem... eumque multo gelidiorem facit,

Cic. Leg. 2, 3, 6:

caelum est hieme frigidum et gelidum,

cold and frosty, Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 4:

aqua,

Lucr. 3, 693:

aquam gelidam bibere,

Cic. Cat. 1, 13, 31; cf.:

gelidissimae aquae,

Plin. 31, 2, 6, § 10:

fontium gelidae perennitates,

Cic. N. D. 2, 39, 98:

fluvii,

Lucr. 6, 1172:

nives,

id. 6, 107:

pruina,

id. 2, 431; 515; Verg. G. 2, 263:

loca gelida propinquitate Tauri montis,

Liv. 38, 27, 9:

nemus,

Hor. C. 1, 1, 30:

valles,

Verg. G. 2, 488:

rupes,

id. A. 8, 343:

Haemus,

Hor. C. 1, 12, 6:

Algidus,

id. ib. 1, 21, 6: Scythes, id. ib. 4, 5, 25:

saxum,

Lucr. 3, 892:

umbrae frigoris,

id. 5, 641:

nox,

Verg. G. 1, 287; Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 169:

aether,

Verg. A. 8, 28:

December,

Ov. Tr. 1, 11, 3:

foci,

i. e. never kindled, id. F. 3, 28:

tyrannus (i. e. Boreas),

id. M. 6, 711.—

Subst.: gĕlĭda, ae, f. (sc. aqua), water cold as ice (like frigida; cf.

calida or calda, warm water): foribusque repulsum Perfundit gelida,

Hor. S. 2, 7, 91: calidae gelidaeque minister; Juv. 5, 63.—

In partic., icy cold, cold, stiff with death, old age, or fright ( poet., like frigidus):

(Niobe) corporibus gelidis incumbit,

Ov. M. 6, 277:

artus,

id. ib. 4, 247;

6, 249: vultus,

id. ib. 4, 141:

gelidus tardante senecta Sanguis hebet,

Verg. A. 5, 395:

et gelidum subito frigore pectus erat,

Ov. F. 1, 98; so,

pavidus gelidusque,

id. M. 3, 688; cf. id. ib. 10, 423.—Hence also transf., of death, fright, etc.:

gelidi vestigia leti,

Lucr. 3, 530:

mors,

Hor. C. 2, 8, 11; Ov. M. 15, 153:

metus,

id. H. 11, 82; cf.

formido,

id. M. 2, 200:

horror,

id. H. 16, 67:

terror,

id. M. 3, 100:

tremor,

Verg. A. 2, 120:

pallor,

Ov. Tr. 1, 4, 11.— Adv.: gĕlĭde (like frigide, I.), coldly, faintly, indolently, psuchrôs:

quod res omnes timide gelideque ministrat,

Hor. A. P. 171.

gĕlĭdus, a, um (archaic gen. fem. sing. gelidaï

aquaï,

Lucr. 3, 693), adj. [gelu], icy cold, very cold, icy, frosty (a higher degree than frigidus; cf. also: algidus, rigidus, glacialis).

Lit.:

(Fibrenus) statim praecipitat in Lirem... eumque multo gelidiorem facit,

Cic. Leg. 2, 3, 6:

caelum est hieme frigidum et gelidum,

cold and frosty, Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 4:

aqua,

Lucr. 3, 693:

aquam gelidam bibere,

Cic. Cat. 1, 13, 31; cf.:

gelidissimae aquae,

Plin. 31, 2, 6, § 10:

fontium gelidae perennitates,

Cic. N. D. 2, 39, 98:

fluvii,

Lucr. 6, 1172:

nives,

id. 6, 107:

pruina,

id. 2, 431; 515; Verg. G. 2, 263:

loca gelida propinquitate Tauri montis,

Liv. 38, 27, 9:

nemus,

Hor. C. 1, 1, 30:

valles,

Verg. G. 2, 488:

rupes,

id. A. 8, 343:

Haemus,

Hor. C. 1, 12, 6:

Algidus,

id. ib. 1, 21, 6: Scythes, id. ib. 4, 5, 25:

saxum,

Lucr. 3, 892:

umbrae frigoris,

id. 5, 641:

nox,

Verg. G. 1, 287; Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 169:

aether,

Verg. A. 8, 28:

December,

Ov. Tr. 1, 11, 3:

foci,

i. e. never kindled, id. F. 3, 28:

tyrannus (i. e. Boreas),

id. M. 6, 711.—

Subst.: gĕlĭda, ae, f. (sc. aqua), water cold as ice (like frigida; cf.

calida or calda, warm water): foribusque repulsum Perfundit gelida,

Hor. S. 2, 7, 91: calidae gelidaeque minister; Juv. 5, 63.—

In partic., icy cold, cold, stiff with death, old age, or fright ( poet., like frigidus):

(Niobe) corporibus gelidis incumbit,

Ov. M. 6, 277:

artus,

id. ib. 4, 247;

6, 249: vultus,

id. ib. 4, 141:

gelidus tardante senecta Sanguis hebet,

Verg. A. 5, 395:

et gelidum subito frigore pectus erat,

Ov. F. 1, 98; so,

pavidus gelidusque,

id. M. 3, 688; cf. id. ib. 10, 423.—Hence also transf., of death, fright, etc.:

gelidi vestigia leti,

Lucr. 3, 530:

mors,

Hor. C. 2, 8, 11; Ov. M. 15, 153:

metus,

id. H. 11, 82; cf.

formido,

id. M. 2, 200:

horror,

id. H. 16, 67:

terror,

id. M. 3, 100:

tremor,

Verg. A. 2, 120:

pallor,

Ov. Tr. 1, 4, 11.— Adv.: gĕlĭde (like frigide, I.), coldly, faintly, indolently, psuchrôs:

quod res omnes timide gelideque ministrat,

Hor. A. P. 171.

rē̆-frīgesco, frixi, 3, v. inch. n., to grow cold or cool (class.; most freq. in the trop. sense, and in Cic.).

Lit.:

ubi id vinum refrixerit, in dolium refundito,

Cato, R. R. 105:

cor vulnere laesum refrixit,

Ov. M. 12, 422:

ager,

Col. 2, 15, 2:

plaga per auras,

Lucr. 4, 703:

sanguis vel calescit vel refrigescit,

Cels. 4, 3. —

Trop., to grow cold or remiss; to abate, grow stale, lose interest; to fail, flag in strength or zeal:

illud crimen de nummis caluit re recenti, nunc in causā refrixit,

Cic. Planc. 23, 55:

calor ille cogitationis, qui scribendi morā refrixit, recepit ex integro vires,

Quint. 10, 3, 6:

belli apparatus refrigescent,

Cic. Phil. 5, 11, 30:

res,

Ter. Ad. 2, 2, 25 Ruhnk.; cf.:

res interpellata bello,

Cic. Att. 1, 19, 4:

hasta Caesaris,

to go on coldly, to flag, id. Fam. 9, 10, 3 Manut.;

15, 17, 2: oratio,

Quint. 4, 3, 2; cf.:

imagines mora stili,

id. 10, 7, 14:

sortes plane,

i. e. have gone quite out of use, Cic. Div. 2, 41, 87:

quod de Pompeio Caninius agit, sane quam refrixit,

id. Q. Fr. 2, 6, 5:

cum Romae a judiciis forum refrixerit,

has a cessation from judicial business, id. Att. 1, 1, 2: Domitius cum Messalā certus esse videbatur;

Scaurus refrixerat,

had given up, Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 2, 3; cf.

Memmius,

id. Att. 4, 18, 3:

charitas multorum,

Vulg. Matt. 24, 12.