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“frost” in Latin
gelū̆frost; cold, chillgĕlātĭoa freezinggelicidiumfrostfrīguscold, coldness, coolness, chilliness; the cold of winter; winter; frost; the coldness of death; death
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
frost
gelu (cold, as causing things to freeze, only used in the ablative): gelatio (the frost, inasmuch as it penetrates the soil, etc.): gelicidium (the frost, inasmuch as it turns liquids into ice): frigora, um (frost or frosty weather). To suffer from frost, gelicidio infestari (of plants, etc.): that cannot bear the frost, frigoris impatiens: algoris non patiens: not to be able to bear the frost, frigora non facile tolerare: to be able to bear frost, algoris patientem esse: to be stiff from frost, frigore rigere (of the soil); gelu torpere (to be benumbed, of persons): a severe frost followed, magna gelatio consecuta est: to leave anything exposed to the frost, rem relinquere ad gelicidium retectam (Varr., R.R., 1, 52, 2).
Hoar-frost, Vid: FROST-BITTEN, gelu rigens (Phaedrus, of a snake): praerigens (Tac.): His hands were so frost-bitten, that they actually fell off, ita praeriguere (militis) manus, ut truncis brachiis deciderent (Tac., Ann., 13, 35, 4).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for frost?
- The usual Latin words for “frost” are gelū̆, gĕlātĭo, gelicidium; also frīgus. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.