shiver (subs.) Copy link Outline I. A small piece broken offII. A shuddering sensation • shiver (subs.): I. A small piece broken off: fragmentum or fragmen, frustum: v. fragment, bit. Phr.: to break anything all to s.s, confringere, comminuere: v. to shiver (A.). II. A shuddering sensation: horror: a cold s. shakes my limbs, mihi frigidus h. membra quatit, Virg. Aen. 3, 29: I call it a s. when the whole body trembles, h. voco, ubi totum corpus intremit, Cels. 3, 3, init.: Cic.: v. shudder. Esp. in expr. cold s.s: horror: Cic. Att. 12, 6, fin.: or expr. by frigus et febris: cf. Cic. Cat. 1, 13, 31 (aestu febrique jactari): to be attacked with cold s.s, frigore tentari, Hor. S. 1, 1, 80: cf. foll. art. (II.).