diffracto
Dictionary entries
- Entry →diffringo, diffringare, diffregi, diffractus:
Verb · 1st conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Lesser
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
shatter; break up/apart/in pieces;
abl. sg. perf. pass. part.abl. sg. perf. pass. part.dat. sg. perf. pass. part.dat. sg. perf. pass. part.
Examples
Stichus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...egomet cenem foris.' ei hercle ego verbo lumbos diffractos velim, ni vere perierit, si cenassit domi. haec verba..."Divus Iulius
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (Suetonius) from DE VITIS CAESARUM
"...Velabrum praetervehens paene curru excussus est axe diffracto ascenditque Capitolium ad lumina quadraginta elephantis dextra sinistraque lychnuchos gestantibus..."