gelo

gĕlo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. and n. [gelu].

• Act., to cause to freeze, to congeal.—Pass., to be frozen, to freeze.
• • A In gen.: si gelent frigora, quarto die premendam (olivam), Plin. 15, 6, 6, § 21: fluvius, qui ferrum gelat, Mart. 1, 50, 12.—Pass.: quae (alvearia fictilia) et accenduntur aestatis vaporibus et gelantur hiemis frigoribus (shortly before: nec hieme rigent, nec candent aestate), Col. 9, 6, 2.—Esp. freq. in the part. perf.: amnes gelati lacusque, Plin. 8, 28, 42, § 103: lac, Col. poët. 10, 397: caseus, id. 7, 8, 7: manus Aquilone, Mart. 5, 9, 3.—
  • B In partic., to freeze, chill, stiffen with fright, horror, etc.; in pass., to be frozen, chilled; to be numbed or stiff (cf.: gelu and gelidus): gelat ora pavor, Stat. Th. 4, 497: timent pavidoque gelantur Pectore, Juv. 6, 95: sic fata gelatis Vultibus, Stat. Th. 4, 404: gelato corde attonitus, Luc. 7, 339: gelati orbes (i. e. oculi emortui), id. 6, 541.—
• II Neutr., to freeze: pruinae perniciosior natura, quoniam lapsa persidet gelatque, Plin. 17, 24, 37, § 222: venae, Stat. Th. 4, 727: vultus Perseos, i.e. to be petrified, Luc. 9, 681.—Impers.: non ante demetuntur quam gelaverit, Plin. 14, 3, 4, § 39; Vulg. Sir. 43, 21.

gelo, āvī, ātum, āre (gelu), I) tr. gefrieren machen, A) eig.: alqd, Plin.: dah. gelārī, gefrieren, Col.: gelātus, a, um, gefroren, amnis, Plin. – poet., gelat ora pavor, Stat.: gelantur pavido pectore, erstarren vor Angst, Iuven.: gelātus, a, um, eiskalt vor Schrecken, Furcht usw., Lucan. – B) übtr., verdichten, cum gelaverit se adeps, sich verdickt hat, geronnen ist, Scrib. Larg. 271. – II) intr. gefrieren, marinae aquae tardius gelant, Plin.: vultus gelassent, Lucan.

See: gelare

1 gĕlō, (14) āvī, ātum, āre (gelu), ¶ 1 tr., geler, congeler : amnes gelati Plin. 8, 42, fleuves gelés || [fig.] gelat ora pavor Stat. Th. 4, 404, lʼeffroi glace ses traits ¶ 2 intr., se geler : Plin. 17, 222.

gelo , as, are. act. n.
凍冰。下霜。惶冷。 Gelat ora pavor 惶而臉冷。Gelantur frigoribus 冷而凍。 Gelat 下霜。

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gelō —, —, āre

• gelu, to freeze, congeal.— Fig.: pavido gelantur Pectore, stiffened, Iu.