cool (adj.) Copy link Outline I. Pleasantly cold1. frīgĭdus (applicable to all degrees of cold2. alsus (rare and only in compar.)II. Fig.1. lentus2. sēdātus3. immōtus4. impăvĭdusIII. Indifferent • cool (adj.): I. Pleasantly cold: 1. frīgĭdus (applicable to all degrees of cold: q. v.): cf. Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 14: c. Tempe, f. Tempe, Virg. (Not subfrigidus, frigidulus or frigidiusculus, which occur rarely and in diff. sense.) 2. alsus (rare and only in compar.): nothing could be more c. and delightful than Antium, Antio nihil alsius, nihil amoenius, Cic.: v. cold. II. Fig.: deliberate and self-possessed: 1. lentus: a c. and considerate judge, judex l. et consideratus, Cic.: v. infr. (III.). 2. sēdātus: v. calm. 3. immōtus: v. IMMOVABLE. 4. impăvĭdus: v. undismayed. III. Indifferent: lentus: I am thought too patient and c., nimium patiens et l. existimor, Cic.: v. coolly. Phr.: you c. (impudent) fellow, os durum! Ter.: v. impudent.
cool (subs.) Copy link • cool (subs.): frīgus: v. coolness. Phr.: In the c. of the morning, etc.: expr. with frigidus: thus Virg. has, carpamus frigida rura, G. 3, 325 or with verb, *quum calores diurni refrixerint, ubi minus aestuavit: v. foll. art.
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.
COOL Copy link • COOL 1. frigidus (that makes cool): alsus (cool in itself, of houses, rooms, etc.; it so happens that it is found only in the comparative; e.g., nihil alsius): somewhat cool, subfrigidus; frigidiusculus (late): to make or render cool, refrigerare: frigidum facere (frigerare and frigefactare, not used in prose). FIGURATIVELY, Lukewarm, Vid: TEPID. With reference to temperament, tranquillus: quietus: pacatus: sedatus: placidus [SYN. in CALM]: lentus (indifferent): saevus (cool against a lover): cool in danger, impavidus; fortis (despising danger): to be cool, quietum, etc., esse. Impudent, Vid. 2. s. frigus (the being cold, and so refreshing, Hor., Od., 3, 13, 10; frigus amabile): algor (the being felt to be cold): the cool of the evening, *aer vespertirnus: *aura spirans ab occidente. 3. v. TR., refrigerare; frigidum facere; Vid: “to make cool” in COOL: dare alicui frigus (to afford coolness): recreare (to refresh): to cool a person (who is in a perspiration) by fanning him, aestuanti lene frigus ventilare flabello (Martisalis, 3, 82): the winds cool the atmosphere, ventorum flatu nimii temperantur calores: to cool one’s self in the shade, umbris refrigerari. 4. INTR., frigescere: refrigescere: refrigerari (PROP., and figuratively of persons and things): languescere: elanguescere (to grow languid, flag; e.g., industria): defervescere (of the heat, aestus; and IMPROP., of passion, ira): (sensim) residere (to subside; e.g., tumor animi, Cic., ; alicujus impetus, Liv.; or animorum impetus ardorque, Liv.; mentes a superiore certamine, Caes.): remittere animum (opposed to a former state of intense exertion or excitement; ab aliqua re; e.g., a contentione pugnae, Liv.): anybody’s zeal in a cause cools, languidiore studio est in re: to allow one’s zeal to cool, studium rei deponere: to allow one’s intimacy with anybody to cool, amicitiam sensim dissuere (Cic., Lael., 21, 76; where amicitiam eluere is a doubtful reading).