perfrictio

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

perfrictĭo, ōnis, f. [perfrigesco],

a catching cold , a violent cold (post-Aug.), Plin. 20, 14, 55, § 156.—In plur., Plin. 26, 12, 76, § 124 al.; Scrib. Comp. 57, 257.