adfrangeres
Dictionary entries
- Entry →adfrango, adfrangere, -, -:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
cause to be broken against, crush/strike/break against; break in pieces;
sg. imperf. act. subj. 2nd
Examples
Liber Quintus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...animus solare domos iuuenumque senumque praecipitare colos plenisque adfrangere paruos uberibus ferroque omnes exire per annos. tunc uiridi..."Liber Quintus
Publius Papinius Statius from SILVAE
"...maestideficient rores aut exsatiata fatiscet 35mater Achilleis hiemes adfrangere bustis.macte animi! notat ista deus qui flectit habenasorbis..."