shivering (subs.) Copy link Outline I. The act of breaking or dashing to piecesII. A trembling or shaking with fear or cold1. horror2. frīgus, ŏris, n. (v. rare in this sense) • shivering (subs.): I. The act of breaking or dashing to pieces: expr. by verb: v. to shiver (A.). II. A trembling or shaking with fear or cold: 1. horror: the s. which attends the tertian and quartan fever, h. tertianae et quartanae, Plin. 22, 25, 72, fin.: Cels.: v. preced. art. 2. frīgus, ŏris, n. (v. rare in this sense): fevers generally begin with s., febres incipiunt fere ab horrore, Cels. 3, 3, init.