alsius

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

alsĭus or alsus, a, um, adj. [algeo],

chilly , cold , cool (only once in Lucr. and twice in Cic.): alsia corpora, cold bodies , Lucr. 5, 1015.—The form alsus only in the comp. neutr. : Antio nihil quietius, nihil alsius, nihil amoenius, Cic. Att. 4, 8: Jam ἀποδυτηρίῳ nihil alsius, nihil muscosius, id. Q. Fr. 3, 1; cf Rudd. I. p. 179, n. 52.

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