refrigesco

Latin

Etymology

From re- +‎ frīgēscō (grow cold).

Pronunciation

Verb

refrīgēscō (present infinitive refrīgēscere, perfect active refrīxī); third conjugation, no passive, no supine stem

  1. to cool, or grow cold
  2. to abate or flag

Conjugation

  • A late, vulgar perfect refrīgŭī occurs.

Descendants

  • Galician: arrefecer
  • Portuguese: arrefecer

References

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