in-fringo

dē-fringo, frēgi, fractum, 3, v. a., to break off; to break to pieces (rare but class.).

Lit.:

amphoram defracto collo puram impleto,

Cato R. R. 88:

plantas,

Varr. R. R. 1, 40, 4; cf. Verg. G. 2, 300:

ramum arboris,

Cic. Caecin. 21, 60:

surculum,

id. de Or. 3, 28, 110:

ferrum summā ab hasta,

Verg. A. 11, 748:

crura aut cervices sibi,

Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 126; so,

lumbos,

id. Stich. 1, 3, 37: caput ei testatim, Juventius ap. Charis. p. 196 P.; cf.: caput ei hoc patibulo, Titin. ap. Non. 366, 18.—

Trop.:

id unum bonum est, quod numquam defringitur,

is never destroyed, Sen. Ep. 92; Apul. Flor. 3, p. 355, 2.

ef-fringo, frēgi, fractum, 3, v. a. and n.

Act., to break off, to break open:

effringere quam aperire putant robustius,

Quint. 2, 12, 1 (class.):

cardines foribus,

Plaut. Am. 4, 2, 6; id. As. 2, 3, 8;

more freq.: fores,

id. Stich. 2, 2, 3; id. Bacch. 4, 2, 4; id. Mil. 4, 6, 35; Ter. Ad. 1, 2, 8; 23; 40; Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 23; cf.

valvas,

id. ib. 43:

januam,

id. Mur. 15, 33:

tabernas,

Suet. Ner. 26:

carcerem,

Tac. A. 1, 21: cistam, * Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 54; poet.:

urbem,

to storm, Stat. Th. 9, 556; cf. Vulg. Judith, 2, 3:

jugum,

Ov. Tr. 5, 2, 40:

cerebrum,

Verg. A. 5, 480:

corpus,

Sen. Phoen. 159; cf. poet.:

animam,

id. Herc. Oet. 1451.—

Neutr., to break out, break forth:

(spumeus fluctus) vestras effringet in urbes,

Sil. 1, 647.

in-fringo, frēgi, fractum, 3, v. a. [infrango], to break off, to break, bruise, crack.

Lit.:

infractis omnibus hastis,

Liv. 40, 40, 7:

ut si quis violas riguove papavera in horto Liliaque infringat,

Ov. M. 10, 191:

genibusque tumens infringitur unda,

Val. Fl. 5, 412: manus, to snap or crack one ' s fingers, Petr. 17:

articulos,

Quint. 11, 3, 158: latus liminibus, to bruise one ' s side by lying on the threshold, Hor. Epod. 11, 22: infractus remus, appearing broken, in consequence of the refraction of the rays in the water, Cic. Ac. 2, 25; cf.:

infracti radii resiliunt,

Plin. 2, 38, 38, § 103:

ossa infracta extrahere,

id. 23, 7, 63, § 119.—

Transf., to strike one thing against another: digitos citharae, to strike or play upon the lute, Stat. Ach. 1, 575:

alicui colaphum,

to give one a box on the ear, Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 46; Plin. 8, 36, 54, § 130:

linguam (metu),

to stammer, Lucr. 3, 155.—

Trop., to break, check, weaken, lessen, diminish, mitigate, assuage:

ut primus incursus et vis militum infringeretur,

Caes. B. C. 3, 92:

conatus adversariorum,

id. ib. 2, 21:

florem dignitatis,

Cic. Balb. 6, 15:

militum gloriam,

id. Mil. 2, 5:

animos hostium,

Liv. 38, 16:

spem,

Cic. Or. 2, 6:

tribunatum alicujus,

id. de Or. 1, 7, 24:

vehementius esse quiddam suspicor, quod te infringat,

id. Att. 7, 2, 2:

continuam laudem humanitatis,

Plin. Ep. 7, 31, 3:

res Samnitium,

Liv. 8, 39, 10:

difficultatem,

to overcome, Col. 2, 4, 10:

jus consulis,

Dig. 34, 9, 5 fin.:

fortia facta suis modis,

to weaken, Ov. Tr. 2, 412:

deos precatu,

to appease by entreaties, Stat. Ach. 1, 144:

infringitur ille quasi verborum ambitus,

Cic. de Or. 3, 48, 186:

infringendis concidendisque numeris,

id. Or. 69, 230:

vocem de industria,

purposely to make plaintive, Sen. Contr. 3, 19.—

To destroy, make void, break:

quoniam haec gloriatio non infringetur in me,

Vulg. 2 Cor. 11, 10:

legem,

ib. 1 Macc. 1, 66. — Hence, infractus, a, um, P. a., broken, bent.

Lit.:

mares caprarum longis auribus infractisque probant,

Plin. 8, 50, 76, § 202.—

Trop., broken, exhausted, weakened, subdued.

In gen.:

infractos animos gerere,

Liv. 7, 31, 6:

nihil infractus Appii animus,

id. 2, 59, 4:

oratio submissa et infracta,

id. 38, 14:

infractae ad proelia vires,

Verg. A. 9, 499:

veritas,

falsified, Tac. H. 1, 1:

fides metu infracta,

shaken, id. ib. 3, 42:

tributa,

diminished, id. ib. 4, 57:

potentia matris,

id. A. 13, 12:

fama,

injured reputation, Verg. A. 7, 332; Tac. H. 2, 22:

Latini,

broken, Verg. A. 12, 1.—

Diluted:

fel aqua infractum,

Plin. 28, 12, 50, § 186.—

In partic., of speech, broken off:

infracta et amputata loqui,

broken, unconnected, Cic. Or. 51, 170:

infracta loquela,

broken talk, baby - talk, Lucr. 5, 230:

cum vocem ejus (delicati) infractam videret,

effeminate, Gell. 3, 5, 2:

vocibus delinitus infractis,

Arn. 4, 141.

prae-fringo, frēgi, fractum, 3, v. a. [frango], to break off before or at the end, to break to pieces, shiver (class.):

ne caulis praefringatur,

Cato, R. R. 33 (cited by Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 20):

hastas,

Liv. 8, 10; so,

primam aciem telo,

to break off the point of the missile, Just. 6, 8, 2:

cornu galeae,

Liv. 27, 33:

praefracto rostro (triremis),

Caes. B. C. 2, 6: praefracta strigilis, Lucil. ap. Gell. 3, 14, 10:

praefracta ligna,

Lucr. 1, 892.—Hence, praefractus, a, um, P. a.

In rhet., broken, abrupt:

Thucydides praefractior,

Cic. Or. 13, 40.—

In character, stern, harsh, inflexible: Aristo Chius, praefractus, ferreus, Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. 155, 14:

praefractior atque abscissior justitia,

Val. Max. 6, 5 fin.:

praefractius perseverantiae exemplum,

sterner, firmer, id. 3, 8, ext. 3.— Adv.: praefractē, sternly, inflexibly, resolutely:

aerarium defendere,

Cic. Off. 3, 22, 88 (Non. 155, 11, reads praefractum).— Comp., Val. Max. 9, 7 fin.

rē̆-fringo, frēgi, fractum, 3, v. a. [frango], to break up, break open (class.; syn.: perfringo, dissicio).

Lit.:

cellas,

Plaut. Capt. 4, 4, 10: postes portasque, Enn. ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 7, 622, and ap. Hor. S. 1, 4, 61 (Ann. v. 271 Vahl.); Caes. B. G. 2, 33; Liv. 10, 43; 24, 30; 25, 9 et saep. al.:

januam,

Tac. A. 14, 8:

palatii fores,

id. H. 1, 35:

claustra,

Cic. Mur. 8, 17; Val. Fl. 1, 595:

carcerem,

Liv. 34, 44 fin.:

glaebam et revolvere in pulverem,

Col. 11, 2, 60:

totas refringere vestes,

to tear open, Ov. M. 9, 208:

radium solis refringi,

is refracted, Plin. 2, 59, 60, § 150.—

In gen., to break, break in pieces, break off ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

quae demersa liquore obeunt, refracta videntur Omnia convorti sursumque supina revorti,

Lucr. 4, 440:

refringit virgulta pede vago,

Cat. 63, 86: ramum, to break off, * Verg. A. 6, 210; so,

mucronem,

Plin. 8, 15, 17, § 41; cf.

aculeos,

Plin. Ep. 3, 15, 3:

silvas (Hyleus),

Stat. Th. 4, 139. —

Trop., to break, break in pieces, check, weaken, destroy, etc.:

vim fluminis,

Caes. B. G. 7, 56; cf. Liv. 5, 37:

impotentem dominationem,

Nep. Lys. 1, 4; cf.:

Teutonicas opes, Frop. 3, 3 (4, 2), 44: nec Priami domus Achivos refringit,

Hor. C. 3, 3, 28:

ingeniorum impetus,

Plin. Ep. 9, 26, 7:

claustra pudoris et reverentiae,

id. ib. 2, 14, 4: verba, to mutilate or mangle speech, like children, Stat. S. 2, 1, 123.