rigescere
Dictionary entries
- Entry →rigesco, rigescere, rigui, -:
Verb · 3rd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Lesser
grow stiff or numb; stiffen harden;
sg. pres. pass. imp. 2ndsg. fut. pass. ind. 2ndsg. pres. pass. ind. 2ndpres. act. infin.
Examples
Metamorphoses XIII
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...ratis viderunt fragmina laetis vultibus et laetis videre rigescere puppim vultibus Alcinoi saxumque increscere ligno. Spes erat..."Metamorphoses IX
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...namque hoc avus Eurytus illi addiderat nomen) materna rigescere sentit ubera; nec sequitur ducentem lacteus umor. spectatrix aderam..."
