Latin edit

Etymology edit

From re- +‎ frīgēscō (grow cold).

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

refrīgēscō (present infinitive refrīgēscere, perfect active refrīxī); third conjugation, no passive, no supine stem

  1. to cool, or grow cold
  2. to abate or flag

Conjugation edit

   Conjugation of refrīgēscō (third conjugation, no supine stem, active only)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present refrīgēscō refrīgēscis refrīgēscit refrīgēscimus refrīgēscitis refrīgēscunt
imperfect refrīgēscēbam refrīgēscēbās refrīgēscēbat refrīgēscēbāmus refrīgēscēbātis refrīgēscēbant
future refrīgēscam refrīgēscēs refrīgēscet refrīgēscēmus refrīgēscētis refrīgēscent
perfect refrīxī refrīxistī refrīxit refrīximus refrīxistis refrīxērunt,
refrīxēre
pluperfect refrīxeram refrīxerās refrīxerat refrīxerāmus refrīxerātis refrīxerant
future perfect refrīxerō refrīxeris refrīxerit refrīxerimus refrīxeritis refrīxerint
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present refrīgēscam refrīgēscās refrīgēscat refrīgēscāmus refrīgēscātis refrīgēscant
imperfect refrīgēscerem refrīgēscerēs refrīgēsceret refrīgēscerēmus refrīgēscerētis refrīgēscerent
perfect refrīxerim refrīxerīs refrīxerit refrīxerīmus refrīxerītis refrīxerint
pluperfect refrīxissem refrīxissēs refrīxisset refrīxissēmus refrīxissētis refrīxissent
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present refrīgēsce refrīgēscite
future refrīgēscitō refrīgēscitō refrīgēscitōte refrīgēscuntō
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives refrīgēscere refrīxisse
participles refrīgēscēns
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
refrīgēscendī refrīgēscendō refrīgēscendum refrīgēscendō

Descendants edit

  • Galician: arrefecer
  • Portuguese: arrefecer

References edit

  • refrigesco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • refrigesco”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • refrigesco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.