derigesco

Latin

Etymology

dē- +‎ rigēscō (to stiffen)

Pronunciation

Verb

dērigēscō (present infinitive dērigēscere, perfect active dēriguī); third conjugation, no supine stem

  1. (intransitive) to become rigid, stiffen
    • 8 CE, Ovid, Metamorphoses II.346-9:
      [] ē quīs Phaethūsa, sorōrum
      maxima, cum vellet terrā prōcumbere, questa est
      dēriguisse pedēs; ad quam cōnāta venīre
      candida Lampetiē subitā rādīce retenta est;
      [] Out of them Phaethüsa, the eldest of the sisters, when she went to prostrate herself on the ground, complained that her feet had stiffened; beautiful Lampetia, when she tried to come to her, was held fast by a sudden root;
  2. (intransitive) to curdle

Usage notes

Attested in perfect tenses only in Classical Latin.

Conjugation

References

  • derigesco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • derigesco”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers