glăcĭo — Lewis & Short
glăcĭo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. and n.glacies (not ante-Aug.).
I Act., to make or turn into ice; in pass., to freeze, congeal.
A Lit.: positas ut glaciet nives Puro numine Juppiter, Hor. C. 3, 10, 7:
humor glaciatur arescitve in gemmas,Plin. 8, 38, 57, § 137; cf. id. 2, 39, 39, § 105:
ruptis vasis (vini) stetere glaciatae moles,id. 14, 21, 27, § 132; 24, 13, 72, § 116.—
2 Transf., to render hard or solid:
nec dubium quin fici ramulis glaciatus caseus jucundissime sapiat,Col. 7, 8, 2.—
B Trop.:
stupet anxius alto Corda metu glaciante pater,Stat. Th. 10, 622.—
II Neutr., to become hard, to harden:
(unguentum) fit hieme, quoniam aestate non glaciat, nisi acceptā cerā,Plin. 29, 3, 13, § 56.