frigeo

frigeo

Latin

Etymology

    From frīgus (cold, coldness) +‎ -eō, from Proto-Indo-European *sriges-, *sriHges-.

    Pronunciation

    Verb

    frīgeō (present infinitive frīgēre, perfect active frīxī or frīguī); second conjugation, no passive, no supine stem

    1. to be cold or chilly; freeze
    2. (figuratively) to be inactive, languid or at a standstill; flag, droop
    3. (figuratively) to be coldly received or treated; to be without power

    Conjugation

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    • Italo-Romance:
      • Italian: friggere (dialectal, Garfagnana)
    • Gallo-Italic:
      • Old Lombard: strafrisser (Pavia)
    • Gallo-Romance:

    References

    • frigeo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • frigeo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • frigeo”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.