to grow cold

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.

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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.

rĭgesco, gui, 3, v. inch. n. [rigeo], to grow stiff or numb; to stiffen, harden ( poet.).

Lit.

With cold:

vestes indutae,

Verg. G. 3, 363:

aquae in grandines,

Plin. 2, 63, 63, § 155.—

From other causes:

oratori eloquentissimo, dum ad dicendum componitur, summa riguerunt,

Sen. Ira, 2, 3, 3:

stillata sole rigescunt electra,

Ov. M. 2, 364:

ubera,

id. ib. 9, 357:

lacerti,

id. ib. 4, 554:

Gorgone corpora visā,

id. ib. 5, 209 et saep.: si Parthi vos nihil calficiunt, nos non nihil frigore rigescimus, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 6, 4.—

Transf., to stand erect, stand up, to bristle up:

sensi metu riguisse capillos,

Ov. F. 1, 97.—

Trop.: numquam corrupta rigescent Saecula? i. e. will grow serious or manly, Claud. in Eutr. 2, 113.

per-frīgesco, frixi, 3, v. inch. n.

Lit., to grow very cold, to catch cold:

ne canes perfrigescant,

Varr. R. R. 2, 9, 13; Plin. 31, 6, 33, § 66:

ei, qui perfrixit, opus est in laconico sedere, donec insudet,

Cels. 1, 3:

si perfrixit, cantat bene,

Juv. 7, 194. —

Trop. (post-class.), M. Aur. ap. Front. Ep. ad M. Caes. 4, 5.

rē̆-frīgĕro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to make cool or cold; to cool off, cool (class.).

Lit.:

ignis in aquam conjectus continuo restinguitur et refrigeratur,

Cic. Rosc. Com. 6, 17; cf.:

refrigerato et exstincto calore,

id. N. D. 2, 9, 23:

calorem,

Quint. 9, 4, 113:

quod me frigus Dalmaticum, quod illinc ejecit, etiam hic refrigeravit,

Cic. Fam. 5, 10, a, 1:

membra partim ardentia partim refrigerata,

id. N. D. 1, 10, 24:

aquam,

Plin. 31, 3, 23, § 38:

frumentum,

Cato, R. R. 92; cf.

panem,

Plin. 22, 21, 28, § 56:

unguentum,

id. 13, 1, 2, § 13:

plumbum,

id. 34, 18, 50, § 170:

stomachum,

id. 25, 13, 95, § 153:

granaria (ventus),

Varr. R. R. 1, 57 fin.:

quoad refrigeratur aër,

id. ib. 2, 2, 11:

Neronianas thermas,

Mart. 3, 25, 4; Plin. 20, 3, 8, § 17.— Absol., Cic. N. D. 2, 46, 119: novum (vinum) refrigerare, vetus calefacere, Varr. ap. Gell. 13, 30, 14; cf.:

refrigerant olera, coriandrum, cucumis, etc.,

Cels. 2, 27:

aceto summa vis est in refrigerando,

Plin. 23, 1, 27, § 54.—

To relieve, refresh: membra refrigerat unda. Ov. M. 13, 903:

podagras,

Plin. 20, 3, 8, § 17; cf.:

ubi enim potest illa aetas aut calescere vel apricatione melius vel igni aut vicissim umbris aquisve refrigerari salubrius?

Cic. Sen. 16, 57: refrigerandi sui causā, Suet. Vit. Luc. —

Trop., to cool off, to deprive of warmth or zeal; hence, pass., to be cooled, wearied, exhausted; to grow cool or languid (cf. defervesco):

defessā ac refrigeratā accusatione,

Cic. Verr. 1, 10, 31:

refrigerato jam levissimo sermone hominum provincialium,

id. Fam. 3, 8, 1:

refrigerato inventionis amore,

Quint. Ep. ad Tryph. 2:

cum Antonii librarius... refrigeratus, ab Antonio transfugit ad Caesarem,

his zeal having cooled, Vell. 2, 83, 2: prudens (testis) aliquo urbane dicto refrigerandus est, qs. to throw cold water upon, i. e. to intimidate, check, Quint. 5, 7, 26; cf.:

aegre perlegit, refrigeratus saepe a semetipso,

i. e. being often stopped, interrupted, Suet. Claud. 41. —Esp. in late Lat.:

alicui,

to refresh, comfort, assist, Tert. Anim. 51 fin.; id. ad Scap. 4 med.:

me refrigeravit,

Vulg. 2 Tim. 1, 16; id. Exod. 23, 12.