obrigesco

ob-rĭgesco, găi, 3, v. inch. n., to stiffen, become stiff (class.).

I.

Lit.

a.

With abl.: pars obrigescit frigore, Lucil. ap. Non. 97, 12:

pars (terrae regionum) obriguerit nive, pruināque,

Cic. N. D. 1, 10, 24; and:

e quibus (cingulis) duos obriguisse pruinā vides,

id. Rep. 6, 20, 21.—

b.

Absol.: fructus per pruinam obriguerint, Pac. ap. Varr. L. L. 6, § 6 Müll. (acc. to Trag. Rel. p. 64 Rib.):

cum jam paene obriguisset, vix vivus aufertur,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 40, § 87:

obrigesceret cum gladio,

become stiff with holding, Vulg. 2 Reg. 23, 10.—

II.

Trop., to grow hard, become hardened:

viro non vel obrigescere satius est?

Sen. Ep. 82, 2.