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verb intransitive

per-frīgesco

2nd PP per-frīgescere · 3rd PP perfrixi · conj. 3rd
v. inch. n.
v. inch. n.
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. —
figuratively
Trop. (post-class.), M. Aur. ap. Front. Ep. ad M. Caes. 4, 5.
Perseus ID: n34964 Key: perfrigesco