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frigeo

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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

  • Vulgar Latin: *frīctiare

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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