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frigeo
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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
Conjugation
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.
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