(verb) : gĕlo, āvi, ātum, 1, and n. gelu.
* Act., to cause to freeze, to congeal.—Pass., to be frozen, to freeze.
* 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.
* 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.

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