obrigesco
Oἱ δὲ Ἀθηναῖοι ἦσαν ἐν μεγάλῳ κινδύνῳ... (adaptation of Herodotus 6.105) → The Athenians were in great danger...
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
ob-rĭgesco: găi, 3,
I v. inch. n., to stiffen, become stiff (class.).
I Lit.
a With abl.: pars obrigescit frigore, Lucil. ap. Non. 97, 12: pars (terrae regionum) obriguerit nive, pruināque, Cic. N. D. 1, 10, 24; and: e quibus (cingulis) duos obriguisse pruinā vides, id. Rep. 6, 20, 21.—
b Absol.: fructus per pruinam obriguerint, Pac. ap. Varr. L. L. 6, § 6 Müll. (acc. to Trag. Rel. p. 64 Rib.): cum jam paene obriguisset, vix vivus aufertur, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 40, § 87: obrigesceret cum gladio, become stiff with holding, Vulg. 2 Reg. 23, 10.—
II Trop., to grow hard, become hardened: viro non vel obrigescere satius est? Sen. Ep. 82, 2.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
obrĭgēscō,¹⁴ rigŭī, ĕre, intr., se durcir : Cic. Nat. 1, 24 ; Rep. 6, 21
