freeze Copy link Outline I. Trans.1. gĕlo, 12. congĕlo3. glăcio, 14. conglăcio, 1 (rare)5. ūro, ussi, ustum, 3 (to bite with frostII. Impers. and intrans., it freezesIII. Also intrans.1. gĕlo, 12. congĕlo, 13. rĭgesco, rĭgui, 34. conglăcio, 1 (to f. up completely)5. consisto, stĭti, stĭtum, 3 (lit. to become motionless and solid6. concresco, ēvi, ētum, 3 (to curdle together; become solid) • freeze: I. Trans.: 1. gĕlo, 1: earthenware hives are frozen by the colds of winter, alvearia fictilia gelantur hiemis frigoribus, Col.: frozen rivers, amnes gelati, Plin. Fig. they fear and are frozen with panic-struck breast, timent pavidoque gelantur pectore, Juv.: Lucan. 2. congĕlo: to f. milk, oil, lac, oleum, cong., Col Plin. Fig., of feeling, Mart. 14, 147. 3. glăcio, 1: Jupiter f.s the snows, J. nives gl., Hor.: moisture is frozen, humor glaciatur, Plin. Fig.: fear f.ing the heart, corda metu glaciante, Stat. 4. conglăcio, 1 (rare): used by Cic. as intr. (v. infr. 4): the waters are frozen, conglaciantur aquae, Albin. 5. ūro, ussi, ustum, 3 (to bite with frost: from the similarity of the effects of heat and cold, this verb and its compounds amburo, aduro, praeuro, are used of both burning and freezing): v. to nip. II. Impers. and intrans., it freezes: gĕlăt, 1: they are not gathered till it has begun to f., non ante demetuntur quam gelaverit, Plin. 14, 3, 4 § 7. III. Also intrans.: to become frozen: 1. gĕlo, 1: hail when it has fallen, remains and f.s, grando lapsa persidet g.que, Plin. Incept., gĕlasco, 3: it is not the nature of wine to f., vini natura non gelascit, Plin. 14, 21, 27. 2. congĕlo, 1: the Danube f.s, Ister c., Ov. Fig.: to be frozen up (with torpor), congelasse, Cic. Fam. 2, 13, 3. 3. rĭgesco, rĭgui, 3: clothes f. on the wearer, vestes r. indutae, Virg. G. 3, 363: water f.s into hail, aquae in grandines r., Plin. 4. conglăcio, 1 (to f. up completely): water would not f. with cold, aqua non conglaciaret frigoribus, Cic. N. D. 2, 10, 26. 5. consisto, stĭti, stĭtum, 3 (lit. to become motionless and solid: usu. with frigore, gelu: esp. poet.): the Danube has been thrice frozen over, ter frigore constitit Ister, Ov. Trist. 5, 10, 1: cf. Hor. Od. 1, 9, 4. 6. concresco, ēvi, ētum, 3 (to curdle together; become solid): Ov. Met. 9, 220.