rigeo

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *rigēō, from Proto-Indo-European *Hreyǵ- (“to bind”); see also Middle High German ric (“string, band”) and Old Irish riag (“a type of torture”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈri.ɡe.oː/, [ˈrɪɡeoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈri.d͡ʒe.o/, [ˈriːd͡ʒeo]

Verb

rigeō (present infinitive rigēre); second conjugation, no perfect or supine stem

1. to be stiff or numb; stiffen
2. to stand upright; stand on end
3. to remain unmoved or inert

Conjugation

• No perfect or supine forms.

Conjugation of rigeō (second conjugation, no supine stem, no perfect stem)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	rigeō	rigēs	riget	rigēmus	rigētis	rigent
	imperfect	rigēbam	rigēbās	rigēbat	rigēbāmus	rigēbātis	rigēbant
	future	rigēbō	rigēbis	rigēbit	rigēbimus	rigēbitis	rigēbunt
passive	present	rigeor	rigēris, rigēre	rigētur	rigēmur	rigēminī	rigentur
	imperfect	rigēbar	rigēbāris, rigēbāre	rigēbātur	rigēbāmur	rigēbāminī	rigēbantur
	future	rigēbor	rigēberis, rigēbere	rigēbitur	rigēbimur	rigēbiminī	rigēbuntur
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	rigeam	rigeās	rigeat	rigeāmus	rigeātis	rigeant
	imperfect	rigērem	rigērēs	rigēret	rigērēmus	rigērētis	rigērent
passive	present	rigear	rigeāris, rigeāre	rigeātur	rigeāmur	rigeāminī	rigeantur
	imperfect	rigērer	rigērēris, rigērēre	rigērētur	rigērēmur	rigērēminī	rigērentur
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	rigē	—	—	rigēte	—
	future	—	rigētō	rigētō	—	rigētōte	rigentō
passive	present	—	rigēre	—	—	rigēminī	—
	future	—	rigētor	rigētor	—	—	rigentor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		rigēre	—	—	rigērī	—	—
participles		rigēns	—	—	—	—	rigendus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		rigendī	rigendō	rigendum	rigendō	—	—

Derived terms

• dērigeō
• rigefaciō
• rigēns
• rigēscō
• rigidus
• rigor

Related terms

• rigidē
• rigiditās
• rigidō
• rigōrātus

References

• “rigeo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “rigeo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• rigeo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) to be numb with cold: frigore (gelu) rigere, torpere
    
• “rigid”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.