algesco, alsi, 3, v. inch. n. [algeo].
I To catch cold : ne ille alserit, Ter. Ad. 36 (cf.: frigus colligere, Hor. Ep. 1, 11, 13, and perfrigescere, Juv. 7, 194).—
2 Post-Aug. (cf. algens) of things, to become cold : (vites) aegrotant et, cum alsere, laesis uredine attonsarum oculis, Plin. 17, 24, 37, § 226: rabies flammarum, Prud. Apoth. 142.