cool (v.) Copy link Outline I. Trans.II. Intrans.1. refrīgĕror, 1 (pass. or refl.)2. refrĭgesco, frixi, 33. dēfervesco, fervi and (later) ferbui, 3 (esp. after boiling)4. languesco, ēlanguesco, 35. dēflāgro, 1 (rare, and implying a previous heat of conflagration • cool (v.): I. Trans.: refrīgĕro, 1 (both lit. and fig.): fire, thrown into water, is immediately put out and c.'d, ignis, in aquam conjectus, continuo restinguitur et refrigeratur, Cic.: to c. bread, panem r., Plin.: to c. oneself with shades and waters, umbris aquisve refrigerari, Cic.: v. infr. Phr.: to c. the heat (of the temperature), calores temperare, Cic.: to c. cups of glowing Falernian wine with water, (pocula ardentis Falerni lympha restinguere, Hor.: to c. men's zeal or ardour, studia hominum tardare, restinguere, Cic.: v. to extinguish, calm. II. Intrans.: 1. refrīgĕror, 1 (pass. or refl.): the heat c.ing and being extinguished, refrigerato et extincto calore, Cic. Fig.: Antony's secretary having c.'d (in his zeal), deserted to Caesar, Antonii librarius refrigeratus ab Antonio transfugit ad Caesarem, Cic. 2. refrĭgesco, frixi, 3: when the wine has c.'d, ubi id vinum refrixerit, Cato. Esp. fig.; to lose interest or ardour: the ardour of thought c.'d, calor ille cogitationis refrixit, Quint.: Cic.: v. to flag. 3. dēfervesco, fervi and (later) ferbui, 3 (esp. after boiling): the new wine has c.'d down, deferbuit mustum, Col. Fig.: I hoped that his youth had already c.'d down, sperabam jam defervisse adolescentiam, Ter.: simly. with cupiditates, Cic. 4. languesco, ēlanguesco, 3: v. to droop, flag. 5. dēflāgro, 1 (rare, and implying a previous heat of conflagration: in this sense fig.): resentment c.s, irae d., Liv.: v. subside.