LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective

frīgorificus

frīgorificus (feminine frīgorifica, neuter frīgorificum)
Classical[friː.ɡɔˈrɪ.fɪ.kʊs]Ecclesiastical[fri.ɡoˈriː.fi.kus]

Meaning

  1. adjectivepost Classicalcooling

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativefrīgorificusfrīgorificafrīgorificum
genitivefrīgorificīfrīgorificaefrīgorificī
dativefrīgorificōfrīgorificaefrīgorificō
accusativefrīgorificumfrīgorificamfrīgorificum
ablativefrīgorificōfrīgorificāfrīgorificō
vocativefrīgorificefrīgorificafrīgorificum
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativefrīgorificīfrīgorificaefrīgorifica
genitivefrīgorificōrumfrīgorificārumfrīgorificōrum
dativefrīgorificīsfrīgorificīsfrīgorificīs
accusativefrīgorificōsfrīgorificāsfrīgorifica
ablativefrīgorificīsfrīgorificīsfrīgorificīs
vocativefrīgorificīfrīgorificaefrīgorifica

frīgŏrĭfĭcus, a, um, adj. frigus+facio,
I. cooling (post-class.): acetum omnium maxime frigorificum est, Gell. 17, 8, 14.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*sríHgos
  2. Proto-Italic*srīgos
  3. Latinfrīgorificus

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁k- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₁kyéti Proto-Italic *θakjō Proto-Italic *fakjō Latin facio Latin frīgorificus From frigus + facio (“do, make”).

In English words that came into English from frīgorificus

  • frigorificfrīgorificus

Quick answers

What does frīgorificus mean in Latin?
frīgorificus, a adjective, means “cooling”.
How do you pronounce frīgorificus?
In classical Latin, [friː.ɡɔˈrɪ.fɪ.kʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [fri.ɡoˈriː.fi.kus].
Where does frīgorificus come from?
Proto-Indo-European *sríHgos → Proto-Italic *srīgos → Latin frīgorificus.