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Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *rigēō, from Proto-Indo-European *Hreyǵ- (“to bind”); see also Middle High German ric (“string, band”) and Old Irish riag (“a type of torture”).
Pronunciation
Verb
rigeō (present infinitive rigēre); second conjugation, no perfect or supine stem
- to be stiff or numb; stiffen
- to stand upright; stand on end
- to remain unmoved or inert
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References
- “rigeo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “rigeo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- rigeo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- (ambiguous) to be numb with cold: frigore (gelu) rigere, torpere
- “rigid”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.