frigesco

Latin

Etymology

From frīgeō (I am cold) +‎ -scō.

Pronunciation

Verb

frīgēscō (present infinitive frīgēscere, perfect active frīxī or frīguī); third conjugation, no passive, no supine stem

  1. to grow cold; to be chilled
  2. (figuratively) to become inactive
  3. (figuratively, of behavior) to become cold or distant

Conjugation

References

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