Latin

Noun

frīgus n ‎(genitive frīgoris); third declension

1. cold, coldness, coolness, chilliness
2. the cold of winter; winter; frost
3. the coldness of death; death
4. a chill, fever
5. a cold shudder which is produced by fear
6. a cold region, place, area or spot
7. (figuratively) inactivity, indolence, slowness
8. (figuratively) a cold reception, indifference

Inflection

Third declension neuter.

Derived terms

• frīgeō
• frīgerō
• frīgorificus
• frīgorō
• frīgorōsus
• frīgusculum

Related terms

Descendants

• Aromanian: frig
• Romanian: frig

References

• frigus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• frigus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• FRIGUS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “frigus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • temperate climate: aer calore et frigore temperatus
    
  • the frost set in so severely that..: tanta vis frigoris insecuta est, ut
    
  • to be numb with cold: frigore (gelu) rigere, torpere
    
  • to freeze to death: frigore confici
    
  • to be able to bear heat and cold: aestus et frigoris patientem esse
    

1. ↑ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill