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Latin
Etymology
rigeō (“to be stiff”) + -scō
Pronunciation
Verb
rigēscō (present infinitive rigēscere, perfect active riguī); third conjugation, no passive, no supine stem
- to stiffen, harden
- to grow numb
Conjugation
Derived terms
References
- “rigesco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “rigesco”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- rigesco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.