frost-bitten Copy link Outline 1. praeustus (at the extremities)2. ambustus (frozen all over)3. ădustus (as if singed; nipped)4. expr. by verb, as praeūro, ădūro, and (intrans.) praerĭgesco • frost-bitten: 1. praeustus (at the extremities): f. limbs, pr. artus, Liv. 21, 40: Plin. 2. ambustus (frozen all over): the limbs of many were f. through the intensity of the cold, a. multorum artus vi frigoris, Tac. Ann. 13, 35. Neut. pl. absol., ambusta (frost-bites), Plin. 28, 2, 5, extr. 3. ădustus (as if singed; nipped): lion's fat cures f. limbs, leonis adipes sanant adusta nivibus, Plin. 28, 8, 25. 4. expr. by verb, as praeūro, ădūro, and (intrans.) praerĭgesco: the feet of many were f. by the coldness of the snow, rigor nivis multorum pedes adussit, Curt. 6, 3, med.: a soldier was so f. that his hands adhered to their burden, and came off from his arms, ita miles praeriguit manus, ut oneri adhaerentes, truncis brachiis deciderent, Tac. Ann. 13, 35, med.