verb intransitive

dērĭgesco

2nd PP dē-rĭgescere · 3rd PP dē-rĭgescgŭi · conj. 3rd

(occurring only in the perf.)

to become stiff; rigid; to curdle poetic ••

to become stiff or rigid; to curdle (a poet. word): formidine sanguis deriguit, Verg. A. 3, 260: deriguere oculi, were fixed, id. ib. 7, 447; so, oculi, Ov. M. 14, 754: hirsutae comae, id. F. 3, 332: manus, Luc. 3, 613: cervix, Ov. M. 5, 233: Niobe malis, id. ib. 6, 303 (al. diriguit).

Perseus ID: n13302 Key: derigesco