frigus
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *sriHgos. Cognate with Ancient Greek ῥῖγος (rhîgos).[1]
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈfriː.ɡus/, [ˈfriːɡʊs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈfri.ɡus/, [ˈfriːɡus]
Noun
frīgus n (genitive frīgoris); third declension
- cold, coldness, coolness, chilliness
- Caesar, de Bello Gallico VII, 24:
- Frigore et assiduis imbribus tardarentur
- Retarded by the cold and the continuous rains
- Frigore et assiduis imbribus tardarentur
- the cold of winter; winter; frost
- the coldness of death; death
- a chill, fever
- a cold shudder which is produced by fear
- a cold region, place, area or spot
- (figuratively) inactivity, indolence, slowness
- (figuratively) a cold reception, indifference
Declension
Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | frīgus | frīgora |
Genitive | frīgoris | frīgorum |
Dative | frīgorī | frīgoribus |
Accusative | frīgus | frīgora |
Ablative | frīgore | frīgoribus |
Vocative | frīgus | frīgora |
Derived terms
- frīgeō
- frīgerō
- frīgorificus
- frīgorō
- frīgorōsus
- frīgusculum
Related terms
- frīgēdō
- frīgefactō
- frīgeō
- frīgēscō
- frīgidārius
- frīgidātiō
- frīgidē
- frīgiditās
- frīgidiusculus
- frīgidō
- frīgidulus
- frīgidus
- frīgor
Descendants
- Aromanian: frig
- Megleno-Romanian: 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 with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- frigus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (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
- temperate climate: aer calore et frigore temperatus
- De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
Sardinian
Etymology
From Latin frīgus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfriɡus/, [ˈfɾiː.ɣu.zŭ]
Noun
frigus m (uncountable)
- cold, coldness
Derived terms
- frighidu, frittu