frigeo

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈfriː.ɡe.oː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈfriː.d͡ʒe.o]

Verb

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

to be cold or chilly; freeze
(figuratively) to be inactive, languid or at a standstill; flag, droop
(figuratively) to be coldly received or treated; to be without power
- 161 BCE, Publius Terentius Afer, Eunuchus 732:
  Sine Cerere et Līberō frīget Venus.
  Without Ceres and Liber, Venus grows cold.
  (In other words, without food and wine, love is cold.)

Conjugation

Conjugation of frīgeō (second conjugation, no passive, no supine stem)

indicative		singular				plural
indicative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	frīgeō	frīgēs		frīget	frīgēmus	frīgētis		frīgent
	imperfect	frīgēbam	frīgēbās		frīgēbat	frīgēbāmus	frīgēbātis		frīgēbant
	future	frīgēbō	frīgēbis		frīgēbit	frīgēbimus	frīgēbitis		frīgēbunt
	perfect	frīxī, frīguī	frīxistī, frīguistī		frīxit, frīguit	frīximus, frīguimus	frīxistis, frīguistis		frīxērunt, frīxēre, frīguērunt, frīguēre
	pluperfect	frīxeram, frīgueram	frīxerās, frīguerās		frīxerat, frīguerat	frīxerāmus, frīguerāmus	frīxerātis, frīguerātis		frīxerant, frīguerant
	future perfect	frīxerō, frīguerō	frīxeris, frīgueris		frīxerit, frīguerit	frīxerimus, frīguerimus	frīxeritis, frīgueritis		frīxerint, frīguerint
subjunctive		singular				plural
subjunctive		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	frīgeam	frīgeās		frīgeat	frīgeāmus	frīgeātis		frīgeant
	imperfect	frīgērem	frīgērēs		frīgēret	frīgērēmus	frīgērētis		frīgērent
	perfect	frīxerim, frīguerim	frīxerīs, frīguerīs		frīxerit, frīguerit	frīxerīmus, frīguerīmus	frīxerītis, frīguerītis		frīxerint, frīguerint
	pluperfect	frīxissem, frīguissem	frīxissēs, frīguissēs		frīxisset, frīguisset	frīxissēmus, frīguissēmus	frīxissētis, frīguissētis		frīxissent, frīguissent
imperative		singular				plural
imperative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	—	frīgē		—	—	frīgēte		—
active	future	—	frīgētō		frīgētō	—	frīgētōte		frīgentō
non-finite forms		infinitive				participle
non-finite forms		active		passive		active		passive
present		frīgēre		—		frīgēns		—
perfect		frīxisse, frīguisse		—		—		—
verbal nouns		gerund					supine
		genitive	dative		accusative	ablative	accusative		ablative
		frīgendī	frīgendō		frīgendum	frīgendō	—		—

Derived terms

Descendants

⇒ Vulgar Latin: *frīctiare
- Catalan: frissar, frisar

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.