rē^-frīgĕro — Lewis & Short
rē^-frīgĕro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.,
I to make cool or cold; to cool off, cool (class.).
I Lit.:
ignis in aquam conjectus continuo restinguitur et refrigeratur,Cic. Rosc. Com. 6, 17; cf.:
refrigerato et exstincto calore,id. N. D. 2, 9, 23:
calorem,Quint. 9, 4, 113:
quod me frigus Dalmaticum, quod illinc ejecit, etiam hic refrigeravit,Cic. Fam. 5, 10, a, 1:
membra partim ardentia partim refrigerata,id. N. D. 1, 10, 24:
aquam,Plin. 31, 3, 23, § 38:
frumentum,Cato, R. R. 92; cf.
panem,Plin. 22, 21, 28, § 56:
unguentum,id. 13, 1, 2, § 13:
plumbum,id. 34, 18, 50, § 170:
stomachum,id. 25, 13, 95, § 153:
granaria (ventus),Varr. R. R. 1, 57 fin.:
quoad refrigeratur aër,id. ib. 2, 2, 11:
Neronianas thermas,Mart. 3, 25, 4; Plin. 20, 3, 8, § 17.— Absol., Cic. N. D. 2, 46, 119: novum (vinum) refrigerare, vetus calefacere, Varr. ap. Gell. 13, 30, 14; cf.:
refrigerant olera, coriandrum, cucumis, etc.,Cels. 2, 27:
aceto summa vis est in refrigerando,Plin. 23, 1, 27, § 54.—
B To relieve, refresh: membra refrigerat unda. Ov. M. 13, 903:
podagras,Plin. 20, 3, 8, § 17; cf.:
ubi enim potest illa aetas aut calescere vel apricatione melius vel igni aut vicissim umbris aquisve refrigerari salubrius?Cic. Sen. 16, 57: refrigerandi sui causā, Suet. Vit. Luc. —
II Trop., to cool off, to deprive of warmth or zeal; hence, pass., to be cooled, wearied, exhausted; to grow cool or languid (cf. defervesco):
defessā ac refrigeratā accusatione,Cic. Verr. 1, 10, 31:
refrigerato jam levissimo sermone hominum provincialium,id. Fam. 3, 8, 1:
refrigerato inventionis amore,Quint. Ep. ad Tryph. 2:
cum Antonii librarius . . . refrigeratus, ab Antonio transfugit ad Caesarem,his zeal having cooled, Vell. 2, 83, 2: prudens (testis) aliquo urbane dicto refrigerandus est, qs. to throw cold water upon, i. e. to intimidate, check, Quint. 5, 7, 26; cf.:
aegre perlegit, refrigeratus saepe a semetipso,i. e. being often stopped, interrupted, Suet. Claud. 41. —Esp. in late Lat.:
alicui,to refresh, comfort, assist, Tert. Anim. 51 fin.; id. ad Scap. 4 med.:
me refrigeravit,Vulg. 2 Tim. 1, 16; id. Exod. 23, 12.