Gelo

1.

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

I.

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.

2.

Gĕlo or Gĕlon, ōnis, m., = Gelôn, king of Syracuse, son of Hiero II., Liv. 23, 30; 24, 5; Just. 23, 4; Plin. 8, 40, 61, § 144.