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* algensis, e, adj. [alga], that supports itself on sea-weed, lives upon it, Plin. 9, 37, 91, § 131.

algeo, alsi, 2, v. n. [acc. to Fest. from ἀλγέω = to feel pain; cf. ἄλγος, algor, and algus], to be cold, to feel cold; cf. Consent. 2051 P. (opp. aestuare; accordingly a subjective coldness; while frigere, opp. calere, is objective, Doed. Syn. 3, 89): si algebis, tremes, Naev. ap. Cic. de Or. 2, 71, 286: erudiunt juventutem, algendo, aestuando, Cic. Tusc. 2, 14, 34: sudavit et alsit, Hor. A. P. 413: algentis manus est calfacienda sinu, Ov. A. A. 2, 214.
Poet.: algentes togae, i. e. so torn to pieces, that those who wear them must suffer from cold, Mart. 12, 36.
Trop.: probitas laudatur et alget, virtue is praised, and yet freezes, i. e. is not cherished, is neglected, Juv. 1, 74.
Hence, algens, P. a., in the post-Aug. per., = algidus and frigidus, cold: pruinae, Stat. Th. 3, 469: loca, Plin. 14, 2, 4, § 27; 16, 10, 19, § 46.

algesco, alsi, 3, v. inch. n. [algeo].

  1. I. To catch cold: ne ille alserit, Ter. Ad. 1, 1, 11 (cf.: frigus colligere, Hor. Ep. 1, 11, 13, and perfrigescere, Juv. 7, 194).
      1. 2. Post-Aug. (cf. algens) of things, to become cold: (vites) aegrotant et, cum alsere, laesis uredine attonsarum oculis, Plin. 17, 24, 37, § 226: rabies flammarum, Prud. Apoth. 142.