• algeo,
alsi, 2,
v. n. [acc. to Fest. from ἀλγέω = to feel pain; cf. ἄλγος, algor, and algus],
to be cold,
to feel cold; cf. Consent. 2051 P. (
opp. aestuare; accordingly a subjective coldness; while
frigere,
opp. calere, is objective, Doed. Syn. 3, 89): si algebis, tremes, Naev.
ap. Cic. de Or. 2, 71, 286:
erudiunt juventutem, algendo, aestuando, Cic. Tusc. 2, 14, 34:
sudavit et alsit, Hor. A. P. 413:
algentis manus est calfacienda sinu, Ov. A. A. 2, 214.—
Poet.:
algentes togae, i. e. so torn to pieces, that those who wear them must suffer from cold, Mart. 12, 36.—
Trop.: probitas laudatur et alget,
virtue is praised,
and yet freezes,
i. e. is not cherished,
is neglected,
Juv. 1, 74.—Hence,
algens,
P. a., in the post-Aug.
per., = algidus and frigidus,
cold:
pruinae, Stat. Th. 3, 469:
loca, Plin. 14, 2, 4, § 27;
16, 10, 19, § 46.