deriguere
Dictionary entries
- Entry →derigesco, derigescere, derigui, -:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Intransitive
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
freeze, become/grow stiff/rigid (through fear); grow quite/very still;
pl. perf. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
Liber Quintus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...alto ignis et ingentes patuere in fulmine nautae, deriguere animi, manibusque horrore remissis arma aliena cadunt, rediit..."Aeneid VII
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...iras. at iuveni oranti subitus tremor occupat artus, deriguere oculi: tot Erinys sibilat hydris tantaque se facies aperit..."Metamorphoses XIII
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...sublime fenestris vixque bene inpositum lecto prospexerat Iphin: deriguere oculi, calidusque e corpore sanguis inducto pallore fugit, conataque..."Metamorphoses VII
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...solum pede pulsavere bisulco fumificisque locum mugitibus inpleverunt. deriguere metu Minyae; subit ille nec ignes sentit anhelatos (tantum..."