Dictionary entry

G05425

An Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon Keyed to Strong's Numbers

φρίσσω

I. "to be rough or uneven on the surface, to bristle", Lat. horrere, of a corn-field, Il., Eur.; of a line of battle, Il.; of hair or bristles, "to bristle up, stand on end", Hes., Theocr.;—c. acc. cogn., φρίσσειν λοφιήν "to set up his bristly" mane, Od.; φρ. νῶτον Il.; χαίτην Ar.

2. φρίσσοντες ὄμβροι, like Virgil's "horrida grando", Pind.

3. ἄσθματι φρίσσων πνοάς "ruckling" in his throat, of one just dying, id=Pind.

II. of a feeling of chill, when one's skin contracts and forms what we call "goose-skin", or when the hair stands up on end:

1. of the effect of cold, "to shiver", Hes.

2. of the effect of fear, "to shiver, shudder", Aesch., Soph.: c. acc. "to shudder at" one, Il., Soph.; πέφρικα Ἐρινὺν τελέσαι "I tremble" at the thought of her accomplishing, Aesch.;—so c. dat., ἐρετμοῖς φρίξουσιν they "shall shudder" at the oars, Orac. ap. Hdt.:—also c. part., πέφρικα λεύσσων "I shudder at" seeing, Aesch.; and c. inf. "to fear to" do, Dem.

3. "to thrill" with passionate joy, Soph.