frīgesco — Lewis & Short
frīgesco, frixi (frigui,
Hier. Ep. 52,I no. 2), 3, v. inch. n. [frigeo], to become or grow cold, to be chilled (mostly ante-class. and post-Aug.; perh. not used by Cic.).
I Lit.:
eodem addito oleum, postea fervefacito: infundito in catinum, uti frigescat,Cato, R. R. 1, 156, 6:
frigescit terra,Lucr. 6, 865:
ubi frigescere pedes manusque intelligit,Tac. A. 15, 70; cf.: Ulixi cor frixit prae pavore, Liv. Andron. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 1, 92:
(sanguis) cum metu refugit, abit omnis et pallore frigescit,Quint. 11, 3, 78:
frigescens vulnus,Curt. 8, 10.—
II Trop.
A To become inactive, languid, faint: si Parthi vos nihil calfaciunt, nos hic frigore frigescimus, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 6, 5:
frigescit affectus,Quint. 11, 3, 133:
non patiamur frigescere hoc opus (i. e. miserationem),id. 6, 1, 29.—*
B To become cold towards any one:
vide sis, ne majorum tibi forte Limina frigescant,receive thee coldly, Pers. 1, 109.