Lewis Short
(verb) : rē-frīgĕro, āvi, ātum, 1
* To make cool or cold; to cool off, cool (class.).
* Lit.: ignis in aquam conjectus continuo restinguitur et refrigeratur,Cic. Rosc. Com. 6, 17; cf.: refrigerato et exstincto calore,id. N. D. 2, 9, 23: calorem,Quint. 9, 4, 113: quod me frigus Dalmaticum, quod illinc ejecit, etiam hic refrigeravit,Cic. Fam. 5, 10, a, 1: membra partim ardentia partim refrigerata,id. N. D. 1, 10, 24: aquam,Plin. 31, 3, 23, § 38: frumentum,Cato, R. R. 92; cf. panem,Plin. 22, 21, 28, § 56: unguentum,id. 13, 1, 2, § 13: plumbum,id. 34, 18, 50, § 170: stomachum,id. 25, 13, 95, § 153: granaria (ventus),Varr. R. R. 1, 57 fin.: quoad refrigeratur aër,id. ib. 2, 2, 11: Neronianas thermas,Mart. 3, 25, 4; Plin. 20, 3, 8, § 17.— Absol., Cic. N. D. 2, 46, 119: novum (vinum) refrigerare, vetus calefacere, Varr. ap. Gell. 13, 30, 14; cf.: refrigerant olera, coriandrum, cucumis, etc.,Cels. 2, 27: aceto summa vis est in refrigerando,Plin. 23, 1, 27, § 54.
* To relieve, refresh: membra refrigerat unda. Ov. M. 13, 903: podagras,Plin. 20, 3, 8, § 17; cf.: ubi enim potest illa aetas aut calescere vel apricatione melius vel igni aut vicissim umbris aquisve refrigerari salubrius?Cic. Sen. 16, 57: refrigerandi sui causā, Suet. Vit. Luc.
* Trop., to cool off, to deprive of warmth or zeal; hence, pass., to be cooled, wearied, exhausted; to grow cool or languid (cf. defervesco): defessā ac refrigeratā accusatione,Cic. Verr. 1, 10, 31: refrigerato jam levissimo sermone hominum provincialium,id. Fam. 3, 8, 1: refrigerato inventionis amore,Quint. Ep. ad Tryph. 2: cum Antonii librarius . . . refrigeratus, ab Antonio transfugit ad Caesarem,his zeal having cooled,Vell. 2, 83, 2: prudens (testis) aliquo urbane dicto refrigerandus est, qs. to throw cold water upon, i. e. to intimidate, check, Quint. 5, 7, 26; cf.: aegre perlegit, refrigeratus saepe a semetipso,i. e. being often stopped, interrupted,Suet. Claud. 41. —Esp. in late Lat.: alicui,to refresh, comfort, assist,Tert. Anim. 51 fin.; id. ad Scap. 4 med.: me refrigeravit,Vulg. 2 Tim. 1, 16; id. Exod. 23, 12.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary