frigus

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *sriHgos. Cognate with Ancient Greek ῥῖγος (rhîgos).[1]

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈfriː.ɡus/, [ˈfriː.ɡʊs]

Noun

frīgus n (genitive frīgoris); third declension

  1. cold, coldness, coolness, chilliness
  2. the cold of winter; winter; frost
  3. the coldness of death; death
  4. a chill, fever
  5. a cold shudder which is produced by fear
  6. a cold region, place, area or spot
  7. (figuratively) inactivity, indolence, slowness
  8. (figuratively) a cold reception, indifference

Declension

Third declension neuter.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative frīgus frīgora
Genitive frīgoris frīgorum
Dative frīgorī frīgoribus
Accusative frīgus frīgora
Ablative frīgore frīgoribus
Vocative frīgus frīgora

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Eastern Romance:
  • ⇒ Vulgar Latin: *frīgulō

References
  • frigus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • frigus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • frigus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • frigus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • temperate climate: aer calore et frigore temperatus
    • the frost set in so severely that..: tanta vis frigoris insecuta est, ut
    • to be numb with cold: frigore (gelu) rigere, torpere
    • to freeze to death: frigore confici
    • to be able to bear heat and cold: aestus et frigoris patientem esse
  1. De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill
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