conglacio

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

con-glăcĭo, no perf., ātum, 1, v. n. and a. (very rare).

I Neutr., to turn entirely to ice, to freeze up .

A Prop.: aqua neque conglaciaret frigoribus, neque nive pruinaque concresceret, * Cic. N. D. 2, 10, 26.—

B Trop.: Curioni nostro tribunatus conglaciat, is frozen up , i. e. passes inactively , Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 6, 3; cf. congelo fin.

II Act., to cause to freeze up : conglaciantur aquae, Albin. 2, 101: conglaciato imbre, Plin. 2, 60, 61, § 152.

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