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φρι?κ-η , ἡ,
A.shuddering, shivering, Hp.Aph.5.61; a mild form of ῥῖγος, Id.Morb.1.24, al.: cold fit before fever, Pl.Phdr.251a (metaph.,Id.R.387c), Thphr.Ign. 74, Nic.Th.721; “φρ（ε）ίκη καὶ πυρετός” IG3.1424.19 (Tab.Defix.), Sor. 1.27: pl., Arist.Pr.863b21.
2. shivering fear, shuddering, esp. from religious awe, “φρίκης αὐτὸν ὑπελθούσης” Hdt.6.134; “τοίαν φ. παρέχεις μοι” S.OT1306 (anap.); “ὀρθόκερως φ.” Id.Fr.875, cf. X.Cyr.4.2.15: generally, shivering fear of any kind, horror, “φρίκᾳ τρομερὰν φρένα” E.Ph.1284 (lyr.); “ἐκπληχθεῖσα φρίκᾳ” Id.Tr.183 (lyr.); “φρίκᾳ ματρός” Id.Ion898 (lyr.); “μεγάλην ἐμποιεῖ φ.” Phld.Ir.p.19 W.; “ἀγωνία καὶ φ.” Plu.Mar.43; “φ. καὶ φόβος” Id.Pel.27; “φ. καὶ δέος” Jul.ad Them. 253b; “φρίκῃ καὶ σιωπῇ κατεχόμενον τὸ θέατρον” Plu.Marc.20.
3. = φρίξ 1, “ἀκύματος πορθμὸς ἐν φρίκῃ γελᾷ” Trag.Adesp.336; “ἐν γαλήνῃ φρίκης ὑποτρεχούσης” Plu.2.921f; “τὴν θάλατταν φ. κατέχει” Alciphr.1.10; “ἐπ᾽ ἄκρᾳ τῇ φ. τῆς θαλάττης” Ael.NA16.19.
II. frost, chill, “φ. περὶ τὸν ὄρθρον γέγονε” Gell.17.8.7.
Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. A Greek-English Lexicon. revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones. with the assistance of. Roderick McKenzie. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1940.

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