frīgĭdus — Lewis & Short
frīgĭdus, a, um, adj.frigeo,
I cold, cool, chill, chilling (opp. calidus; syn.: gelidus, algidus, glacialis; corresp. in most of its senses to the Gr. yuxro/s).
I Lit.:
calida et frigida, et amara et dulcia,Cic. Rep. 3, 8 fin.:
fons luce diurnā Frigidus, et calidus nocturno tempore,Lucr. 6, 849:
fons,id. ib. 6, 873; 879; cf.:
frigidior umor,id. 6, 840; 844:
nec ullum hoc frigidius flumen attigi,Cic. Leg. 2, 3, 6:
ut nec frigidior Thracam ambiat Hebrus,Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 13:
loca frigidissima,Caes. B. G. 4, 1 fin.:
rura,Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 9:
Praeneste,id. C. 3, 4, 22:
Tempe,Verg. G. 2, 469:
aquilo,id. ib. 2, 404:
aura,Ov. Am. 2, 16, 36; cf.:
manet sub Jove frigido Venator,Hor. C. 1, 1, 25:
umbra noctis,Verg. E. 8, 14:
caelum est hieme frigidum et gelidum,cold and frosty, Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 4:
frigidus aëra vesper Temperat,Verg. G. 3, 336:
frigidus latet anguis in herba,id. E. 3, 93:
anguis,id. ib. 8, 71 (cf. yuxro\n o)/fin, Theogn. 602;
Theocr. 15, 58): pellis duraque,Lucr. 6, 1194:
febris,an ague, Plin. 26, 11, 71, § 289; so,
quartana,Hor. S. 2, 3, 290:
fomenta,id. Ep. 1, 3, 26.— Poet.:
ille frigidas Noctes non sine multis Insomnis lacrimis agit,i. e. without a bedfellow, lonely, Hor. C. 3, 7, 6:
frigidus annus,winter, Verg. A. 6, 311; Tib. 4, 8, 4 Huschke (al. amnis).—Prov.: aquam frigidam suffundere, to pour cold water over for to slander, Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 37; v. suffundo.—
2 As subst.
a frīgĭdum, i, n., the cold: obaequalitas ferventis ac frigidi, Apul. Dog. Plat. 1, p. 11, 24.—Plur.:
frigida (opp. calida),Ov. M. 1, 19.—
b frī-gĭda, ae, f. (sc. aqua), cold water (like calida or calda, ae, warm water):
frigida lavare lubenter,Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 1:
frigidam bibere,Cels. 1, 5:
frigidam aegro dare,Suet. Claud. 40:
frigidā lavari,Plin. Ep. 3, 5, 11:
noxia ut frigidam febri,Quint. 5, 11, 31.—
c In a contracted form: FRIDVM, i, n.: DA FRIDVM PVSILLVM, i. e. a little ice-water, Inscr. Pompej. in Mus. Borbon. IV. p. 5 (cf.:
solve nives,Mart. 5, 64).—
B In partic., cold, chilled, of a dead person, or one stiffened with fright (for the latter cf.:
est et frigida multa, comes formidinis aura,Lucr. 3, 290; poet.):
illa (Eurydice) Stygiā nabat jam frigida cymbā,Verg. G. 4, 506; Ov. M. 7, 136; also,
transf.: Eurydicen vox ipsa et frigida lingua, Ah, miseram Eurydicen! anima fugiente vocabat,Verg. G. 4, 525:
membra nati,Ov. M. 14, 743:
mors,Verg. A. 4, 385; Val. Fl. 5, 26; cf.:
pausa vitaï,Lucr. 3, 930:
stricto Aesonides stans frigidus ense,stiffened with fright, Val. Fl. 7, 530:
miles nec frigidus aspicit hostem,i. e. fearless, Sil. 9, 49; cf.:
formidine turpi Frigida corda tremunt,id. 2, 339:
frigida mens criminibus,Juv. 1, 166:
mihi frigidus horror Membra quatit,Verg. A. 3, 29.
II Trop.
A Without ardor or encrgy, cold, frigid, indifferent, inactive, remiss, indolent, feeble:
nimis lentus in dicendo et paene frigidus,Cic. Brut. 48, 178:
accusatoribus frigidissimis utitur,lukewarm, indolent, id. Q. Fr. 3, 3, 3:
non frigida virgo,i. e. glowing with love, Ov. Am. 2, 1, 5; cf.:
frigidus aevo Laomedontiades,Juv. 6, 325: (equus) Frigidus in Venerem senior, Verg. G. 3, 97:
(Empedocles) ardentem Frigidus Aetnam Insiluit,in cold blood, Hor. A. P. 465:
in re frigidissima cales, in ferventissima friges,Auct. Her. 4, 15, 21:
frigidae litterae,cold, frigid, Cic. Fam. 10, 16, 1:
solacia,Ov. P. 4, 2, 45; cf.
cura,Lucr. 4, 1060 (with which cf.:
curarum frigus,Ov. P. 3, 9, 25):
frigida bello Dextera,feeble, Verg. A. 11, 338:
ensis,inactive, idle, Luc. 5, 245; 7, 502:
(apes) Contemnuntque favos et frigida tecta relinquunt,i. e. not animated by labor, Verg. G. 4, 104 (cf. opp. fervet opus, id. ib. 169).—
B Without force or point, flat, insipid, dull, trivial, frigid, vain (syn.: jejunus, inanis;
opp. salsus, facetus, esp. in post-Aug. prose): cave in ista tam frigida, tam jejuna calumnia delitescas,Cic. Caecin. 21, 61; cf.:
haec aut frigida sunt, aut tum salsa, cum aliud est exspectatum,id. de Or. 2, 64, 260:
(sententias) dicere leves, frigidas ineptas,Quint. 8, 5, 30:
verba frigidiora vitare,Cic. de Or. 2, 63, 256; cf. id. Or. 26, 89:
frigidi et arcessiti joci,Suet. Claud. 21; cf. Quint. 9, 3, 69:
illud frigidum et inane,id. 10, 2, 17:
illud apud Euripidem frigidum sane, quod, etc.,id. 5, 10, 31:
frigida et puerilis affectatio,id. 4, 1, 77:
frigida et inanis affectatio,id. 7, 3, 74:
genus acuminis in reprehendendis verbis, nonnumquam frigidum, interdum etiam facetum,Cic. Brut. 67, 236:
in salibus aliquando frigidus,Quint. 12, 10, 12:
dies frigidis rebus absumere,Plin. Ep. 1, 9, 3:
negotia,id. ib. 9, 2, 1; cf.:
omnia ista frigida et inania videntur,id. ib. 4, 17, 4; Sen. de Ira, 2, 11.— With a subject-clause:
leve ac frigidum sit his addere, quo propinquos amicosque pacto tractaverit,Suet. Calig. 26.—*
C With active meaning, causing cold or fright, frightening:
frigidus a rostris manat per compita rumor,Hor. S. 2, 6, 50.—Hence, adv.: frīgĭde (only acc. to II. and very rare; not in Cic.).
1 Inactively, slowly, feebly: quae cupiunt, tamen ita frigide agunt, ut nolle existimentur, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 10, 3.—
2 Flatly, trivially, insipidly, frigidly:
verbis inepte et frigide uti,Gell. 13, 24, 7;
so with inaniter,id. 7, 3, 43;
with exigue, opp. graviter,id. 19, 3, 1; cf.
also: quae sunt dicta frigidius,Quint. 6, 3, 4:
transire in diversa subsellia, parum verecundum est ... Et si aliquando concitate itur, numquam non frigide reditur,i. e. in a silly, ridiculous manner, id. 11, 3, 133:
tum ille infantem suam frigidissime reportavit,id. 6, 1, 39.