verb intransitive

perfrīgesco

2nd PP per-frīgescere · 3rd PP perfrixi · conj. 3rd

to grow very cold; to catch cold •

Lit., to grow very cold, to catch cold: ne canes perfrigescant, Varr. R. R. 2, 9, 13; Plin. 31, 6, 33, § 66: ei, qui perfrixit, opus est in laconico sedere, donec insudet, Cels. 1, 3: si perfrixit, cantat bene, Juv. 7, 194. —

(post-class.), M. Aur. ap. Front. Ep. ad M. Caes. 4, 5. figuratively

Trop. (post-class.), M. Aur. ap. Front. Ep. ad M. Caes. 4, 5.

Perseus ID: n34964 Key: perfrigesco