I.to be rough or uneven on the surface, to bristle, Lat. horrere, of a corn-field, Il., Eur.; of a line of battle, Il.; of hair or bristles, to bristle up, stand on end, Hes., Theocr.;—c. acc. cogn., φρίσσειν λοφιήν to set up his bristly mane, Od.; φρ. νῶτον Il.; χαίτην Ar.
2.φρίσσοντες ὄμβροι, like Virgil's horrida grando, Pind.
II.of a feeling of chill, when one's skin contracts and forms what we call goose-skin, or when the hair stands up on end:
1.of the effect of cold, to shiver, Hes.
2.of the effect of fear, to shiver, shudder, Aesch., Soph.: c. acc. to shudder at one, Il., Soph.; πέφρικα Ἐρινὺν τελέσαι I tremble at the thought of her accomplishing, Aesch.;—so c. dat., ἐρετμοῖς φρίξουσιν they shall shudder at the oars, Orac. ap. Hdt.:—also c. part., πέφρικα λεύσσων I shudder at seeing, Aesch.; and c. inf. to fear to do, Dem.
3.to thrill with passionate joy, Soph.
