fricdus ,frigdus ( Vulgar or Late Latin, Appendix Probi ) fridus ( Vulgar or Late Latin, Pompeian inscriptions ) Fromfrīgeō ( “ to be cold ” ) +-idus .
frīgidus (feminine frīgida ,neuter frīgidum ,comparative frīgidior ,superlative frīgidissimus ,adverb frīgidē ) ;first /second-declension adjective
cold ,cool ,chilling ,frigid Synonyms: algidus ,gelidus Antonym: calidus 8CE ,
Ovid ,
Fasti 4.683–684 :
frīgida Carseolīs nec olīvīs apta ferendīs terrā, sed ad segetēs ingeniōsus ager[It was]cold in the land of Carseoli, not even fit for growing olives, but with soil well-adapted for grain crops. (SeeCarsoli .)( figuratively ) indifferent ,feeble ( figuratively ) dull ,flat ,insipid ,trivial ,vain 61CE –c. 112CE ,
Pliny the Younger ,
Epistles 1.9:
Quot dies quamfrigidis rebus absumpsi How many days have I wasted throughvapid things? First /second-declension adjective.
Italo-Dalmatian: Rhaeto-Romance:Friulian:frêt ,frêd ( alternative orthography ) ,frêd Ladin:frëit Romansch:fraid ,fred ( Sutsilvan ) ,freid ( Sursilvan , Surmiran ) ,freid ,fraid ( Rumantsch Grischun , Puter , Vallader ) ,fred ( Sutsilvan ) Gallo-Italic: Gallo-Romance: Ibero-Romance: Insular Romance: Borrowings: “frigidus ”, inCharlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879 ),A Latin Dictionary , Oxford: Clarendon Press “frigidus ”, inCharlton T. Lewis (1891 ),An Elementary Latin Dictionary , New York: Harper & Brothers "frigidus ", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’sGlossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “frigidus ”, inGaffiot, Félix (1934 ),Dictionnaire illustré latin-français , Hachette.