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..."- P
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..." - P
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..." - P
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..."