frīgus — Lewis & Short
frīgus, ŏris, n.Gr. r(i=gos, cold, r(ige/w; the connection with Lat. rĭgeo, rĭgor, is doubtful,
Georg Curtius Gr. Etym. 353; Corss. Ausspr. 1, 451,
I cold, coldness, coolness (for syn. cf.: algor, gelu, rigor, glacies, pruina).
I Lit.
A In gen. (class.):
nec calor (mihi obsistet) nec frigus metuo,Plaut. Merc. 5, 2, 19;
so opp. calor,Lucr. 2, 517; 6, 371; Cic. Univ. 14 med.; id. Rosc. Am. 45, 131; Verg. G. 2, 344; 4, 35:
calidis torrescere flammis aut ... rigere Frigore,Lucr. 3, 892:
cum esset vinctus nudus in aëre, in imbri, in frigore,Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 40, § 87:
vix in ipsis tectis frigus vitatur,id. Fam. 16, 8, 2:
fere matutinis temporibus frigus est,coolness, Cels. 2, 1; cf.:
frigus captabis opacum,Verg. E. 1, 53; Hor. C. 3, 13, 10; Ov. M. 10, 129:
quae frigore sola Dormiat,in the cold night, Tib. 1, 8, 39:
cum Appius senatum coegisset, tantum fuit frigus ut coactus sit nos dimittere,Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 12, 1.—In plur.:
nec frigora quimus usurpare oculis,Lucr. 1, 300:
ut tectis saepti frigora caloresque pellamus,the cold, Cic. N. D. 2, 60, 151; cf.:
ex verna intemperie variante calores frigoraque,Liv. 22, 2, 10:
tecta quibus frigorum vis pellitur,Cic. Off. 2, 4, 13:
propter frigora ... frumenta in agris matura non erant,Caes. B. G. 1, 16, 2:
Alpinae nives et frigora Rheni,Verg. E. 10, 47:
Scythiae,Ov. M. 2, 224:
Peligna,Hor. C. 3, 19, 8:
matutina,id. S. 2, 6, 45:
nocturna,Liv. 40, 22, 7:
intolerabilia,id. 21, 58, 1:
ficum frigoribus ne serito,in cold weather, Col. 5, 10, 9:
quisquam picta colit Spartani frigora saxi,i. e. the variegated cold marble floor, Mart. 1, 56, 5; Tac. Agr. 12; id. G. 16; Suet. Aug. 81.—
B In partic. (poet.).
1 The cold of winter, winter (like calor for summer;
v. calor): lac mihi non aestate novum, non frigore defit,Verg. E. 2, 22:
ante focum, si frigus erit,id. ib. 5, 70:
quae frigore sola dormiat,Tib. 1, 8, 39:
per medium frigus,Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 5.—Plur.:
frigoribus parto agricolae plerumque fruuntur,Verg. G. 1, 300:
frigoribus mediis,id. E. 10, 65.—
2 A chill, fever:
tentatum frigore corpus,Hor. S. 1, 2, 80.—
3 The coldness of death, death:
et gelidos artus in leti frigore linquit,Lucr. 3, 401:
aeternum leti,id. 4, 924:
letale,Ov. M. 2, 611:
supremum animae,Stat. S. 3, 3, 20:
ast illi solvuntur frigore membra Vitaque cum gemitu fugit,Verg. A. 12, 951 (diff. from the foll.).—
4 A cold shudder produced by fear:
extemplo Aeneae solvuntur frigore membra, Ingemit, etc.,Verg. A. 1, 92.—
II Transf., a cold region or place:
frigus non habitabile,Ov. Tr. 3, 4, 51:
et quodcumque jacet sub urbe frigus,Mart. 4, 64, 14.—
III Trop. (cf. frigeo and frigidus, II.; not in Cic.).
A Coldness in action, inactivity: si Parthi vos nihil calfaciunt, nos hic frigore frigescimus, etc., Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 6, 5; Ov. F. 2, 856.—
B A cold or frigid reception of a person or thing, esp. a discourse; coolness, coldness, indifference, disfavor (perh. not ante-Aug.):
majorum ne quis amicus Frigore te feriat,coolness, loss of favor, Hor. S. 2, 1, 62; cf.:
Montanus Julius et amicitia Tiberii notus et frigore,Sen. Ep. 122:
et imperitia et rusticitas et rigor et deformitas afferunt interim frigus,Quint. 6, 1, 37; Plin. Ep. 6, 15, 4; Quint. 5, 7, 31:
illud quaestionum et argumentorum apud corrupta judicia frigus evitant,id. 2, 12, 6.