rĭgĭdus — Lewis & Short
rĭgĭdus, a, um, adj.rigeo,
I stiff, hard, inflexible, rigid (mostly poet. and in postAug. prose; cf. durus).
I Lit.:
pruinae,Lucr. 2, 521; cf.:
rigidum permanat frigus ad ossa,id. 1, 355:
tellus,Verg. G. 2, 316:
aqua,Ov. Tr. 3, 10, 48:
umbrae,Lucr. 5, 764:
frigus,id. 1, 356:
cervicem rectam oportet esse non rigidam aut supinam,Quint. 11, 3, 82; cf. id. 11, 3, 160; so,
cervix,Liv. 35, 11; Suet. Tib. 68; Ov. Tr. 1, 4, 14:
artus morte,Lucr. 6, 1196:
crura,Cic. N. D. 1, 36, 101:
rostrum,Ov. M. 5, 673:
cornu,id. ib. 9, 85:
setae,id. ib. 8, 428:
capilli,id. ib. 10, 425:
oculi (with extenti),Quint. 11, 3, 76 et saep.:
quercus,Verg. E. 6, 28; cf.
columnae,Ov. F. 3, 529:
malus,id. H. 5, 53.—
In mal. part.: illud,Petr. 134, 11; cf. Mart. 6, 49, 2.—
Hence: custos ruris,i. e. Priapus, Ov. F. 1, 391; Auct. Priap. 46; and absol.: rĭgĭda, f., Cat. 56, 7:
silices,hard, Ov. M. 9, 613; 225:
saxum,id. ib. 4, 517:
mons,hard, rocky, id. ib. 8, 797:
Niphates,Hor. C. 2, 9, 20:
ferrum,Ov. R. Am. 19:
serae,id. F. 1, 124:
ensis,Verg. A. 12, 304; Ov. M. 3, 118:
hasta,Verg. A. 10, 346:
unguis,Ov. Am. 2, 6, 4 et saep.—
II Trop., stiff, hard, inflexible, rigid; hardy, stern, rough (syn.:
tristis, severus): vox,hard, harsh, Quint. 11, 3, 32:
Sabini,rough, rude, unpolished, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 25; Ov. M. 14, 797:
Getae,Hor. C. 3, 24, 11; Ov. Tr. 5, 1, 46:
fossor,hardy, Mart. 7, 71, 4; cf.
manus,Ov. M. 14, 647:
virtutis verae custos rigidusque satelles,stern, inflexible, Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 17; so,
censor,Ov. A. A. 2, 664:
parens,id. M. 2, 813:
senes,id. F. 4, 310:
mens,id. H. 3, 96:
vultus,id. ib. 4, 73:
rigidi et tristes satellites,Tac. A. 16, 22:
(Cato) rigidae innocentiae,Liv. 39, 40, 10; cf.
of the younger Cato: rigidi servator honesti,Luc. 2, 389; so,
mores,Ov. R. Am. 762:
rigida duraque sententia Macri,Plin. Ep. 4, 9, 19; Sen. Ep. 11, 10; 21, 3; 81, 4:
Mars,rough, fierce, Ov. M. 8, 20:
leo,Mart. 10, 65, 13.— Comp.:
quis non intellegit Canachi signa rigidiora esse quam ut imitentur veritatem?too stiff, hard, harsh, Cic. Brut. 18, 70:
similis in statuariis differentia ... jam minus rigida Calamis fecit,Quint. 12, 10, 7.— Sup.:
Abdera fatua et stoliditatis rigidissimae,Arn. 5, 164.—Hence, adv.: rĭgĭdē.
a Inflexibly; in a straight line, Vitr. 2, 3, 2; Sen. Ben. 2, 17, 4.—
b Rigorously, severely, Ov. Tr. 2, 251.— Comp.:
disciplinam militarem rigidius adstringere,Val. Max. 9, 7 fin.