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glăcĭes, ēi, f. [root in Gr. γάλα, γαλακτ-; cf. γλαγάω, to be milky, etc.; Germ. Gletscher; v. gelu], ice (cf.; gelu, pruina).

  1. I. Lit.: sol glaciem dissolvit, Lucr. 6, 963; so ib. 878: ne teneras glacies secet aspera plantas, Verg. E. 10, 49; Hor. C. 2, 9, 5; Ov. M. 2, 808; 13, 795; Plin. 8, 28, 42, § 103: lubrica, slippery ice, Liv. 21, 36, 7: Maeotica, Juv. 4, 42 et saep.
    In plur.: glacies, Verg. G. 4, 517: glacierum, Sid. Ep. 4, 6 fin.; Vulg. Dan. 3, 70.
  2. * II. Transf., hardness: tum glacies aeris flamma devicta liquescit, Lucr. 1, 493.

glăcĭo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. and n. [glacies] (not ante-Aug.).

  1. I. Act., to make or turn into ice; in pass., to freeze, congeal.
    1. A. Lit.: positas ut glaciet nives Puro numine Juppiter, Hor. C. 3, 10, 7: humor glaciatur arescitve in gemmas, Plin. 8, 38, 57, § 137; cf. id. 2, 39, 39, § 105: ruptis vasis (vini) stetere glaciatae moles, id. 14, 21, 27, § 132; 24, 13, 72, § 116.
      1. 2. Transf., to render hard or solid: nec dubium quin fici ramulis glaciatus caseus jucundissime sapiat, Col. 7, 8, 2.
    2. B. Trop.: stupet anxius alto Corda metu glaciante pater, Stat. Th. 10, 622.
  2. II. Neutr., to become hard, to harden: (unguentum) fit hieme, quoniam aestate non glaciat, nisi acceptā cerā, Plin. 29, 3, 13, § 56.