verb transitive intransitive

glăcĭo

2nd PP glăcĭāre · 3rd PP glăcāvi · 4th PP glăcātum · conj. 1st

glacies (not ante-Aug.).

to make; turn into ice;; to freeze

Act., to make or turn into ice; in pass., to freeze, congeal.

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Lit.: positas ut glaciet nives Puro numine Juppiter, Hor. C. 3, 10, 7: humor glaciatur arescitve in gemmas, Plin. 8, 38, 57, § 137; cf. id. 2, 39, 39, § 105: ruptis vasis (vini) stetere glaciatae moles, id. 14, 21, 27, § 132; 24, 13, 72, § 116.—

to render hard; solid by extension •

Transf., to render hard or solid: nec dubium quin fici ramulis glaciatus caseus jucundissime sapiat, Col. 7, 8, 2.—

figuratively •

Trop.: stupet anxius alto Corda metu glaciante pater, Stat. Th. 10, 622.—

Neutr; to become hard; to harden •

Neutr., to become hard, to harden: (unguentum) fit hieme, quoniam aestate non glaciat, nisi acceptā cerā, Plin. 29, 3, 13, § 56.

Perseus ID: n19598 Key: glacio