frigesco

Latin

Etymology

From frīgeō (“I am cold”) +‎ -scō.

Pronunciation

Verb

frīgēscō (present infinitive frīgēscere, perfect active frīxī); third conjugation, no passive, no supine stem

  1. I grow cold; I am chilled.
  2. (figuratively) I become inactive.
  3. (figuratively, of behavior) I become cold or distant.

Conjugation
  • The perfect form friguī occurs in Late Latin.
   Conjugation of frīgēscō (third conjugation, no supine stem, active only)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present frīgēscō frīgēscis frīgēscit frīgēscimus frīgēscitis frīgēscunt
imperfect frīgēscēbam frīgēscēbās frīgēscēbat frīgēscēbāmus frīgēscēbātis frīgēscēbant
future frīgēscam frīgēscēs frīgēscet frīgēscēmus frīgēscētis frīgēscent
perfect frīxī frīxistī frīxit frīximus frīxistis frīxērunt, frīxēre
pluperfect frīxeram frīxerās frīxerat frīxerāmus frīxerātis frīxerant
future perfect frīxerō frīxeris frīxerit frīxerimus frīxeritis frīxerint
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present frīgēscam frīgēscās frīgēscat frīgēscāmus frīgēscātis frīgēscant
imperfect frīgēscerem frīgēscerēs frīgēsceret frīgēscerēmus frīgēscerētis frīgēscerent
perfect frīxerim frīxerīs frīxerit frīxerīmus frīxerītis frīxerint
pluperfect frīxissem frīxissēs frīxisset frīxissēmus frīxissētis frīxissent
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — frīgēsce — — frīgēscite —
future — frīgēscitō frīgēscitō — frīgēscitōte frīgēscuntō
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives frīgēscere frīxisse — — — —
participles frīgēscēns — — — — —
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
frīgēscendī frīgēscendō frīgēscendum frīgēscendō — —

References
  • frigesco in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • frigesco in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • frigesco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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