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rĭgesco , gui, 3,
I.v. inch. n. [rigeo], to grow stiff or numb; to stiffen, harden (poet.).
I. Lit.
1. With cold: “vestes indutae,” Verg. G. 3, 363: “aquae in grandines,” Plin. 2, 63, 63, § 155.—
2. From other causes: “oratori eloquentissimo, dum ad dicendum componitur, summa riguerunt,” Sen. Ira, 2, 3, 3: “stillata sole rigescunt electra,” Ov. M. 2, 364: “ubera,” id. ib. 9, 357: “lacerti,” id. ib. 4, 554: “Gorgone corpora visā,” id. ib. 5, 209 et saep.: si Parthi vos nihil calficiunt, nos non nihil frigore rigescimus, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 6, 4.—
II. Transf., to stand erect, stand up, to bristle up: “sensi metu riguisse capillos,” Ov. F. 1, 97.—
III. Trop.: numquam corrupta rigescent Saecula? i. e. will grow serious or manly, Claud. in Eutr. 2, 113.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (8):
    • Cicero, Letters to his Friends, 8.6.4
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 4.554
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 2.364
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 5.209
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 9.357
    • Vergil, Georgics, 3.363
    • Seneca, de Ira, 2.3.3
    • Ovid, Fasti, 1
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