frigo

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

frīgo, xi (acc. to Diom. p. 369 P.), ctum (frixum, Sid. Ep. 8, 14), 3, v. a. [cf. φρύγω],

I to roast , parch , fry (syn.: torreo, coquo): sesquilibram salis frigito, Cato R. R. 106, 1: frictae nuces, Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 113: frigunt hordeum, deinde molis frangunt, Plin. 18, 7, 14, § 72: fabas, Ov. Med. 70: triticum frictum, Varr. R. R. 2, 4, 21: frictum panicum, milium, Cels. 2, 30: frictum cicer, nux, Hor. A. P. 249: fricta faba, Plin. 22, 25, 69, § 140: ova fricta ex oleo, id. 29, 3, 11, § 44: simila frixa in sartagine, Sid. Ep. 8, 14; Vulg. Lev. 6, 21 al.—

II Trop.: Tam frictum ego illum reddam, quam frictumst cicer, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 5, 7; cf. Hor. A. P. 249 supra.

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