con-glăcĭo
I.
perf., ātum, 1, v. n. and a. (very rare).
I.
Neutr., to turn entirely to ice, to freeze up.
A.
Prop.: aqua neque conglaciaret frigoribus, neque nive pruinaque concresceret, * Cic. N. D. 2, 10, 26.—
B.
Trop.: Curioni nostro tribunatus conglaciat, is frozen up, i. e. passes inactively, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 6, 3; cf. congelo fin. —
II.
Act., to cause to freeze up: conglaciantur aquae, Albin. 2, 101: conglaciato imbre, Plin. 2, 60, 61, § 152.