effractis
Dictionary entries
- Entry →effringo, effringere, effregi, effractus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Lesser
break open; smash; break in;
abl. pl. perf. pass. part.dat. pl. perf. pass. part.
Examples
Dion
Cornelius Nepos
"...illi ipsi custodes, si prompta fuissent voluntate, foribus effractis servare eum potuissent, quod illi inermes telum foris flagitantes..."
Liber Octavus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...uenerat et misero decus inmortale ferebat, atque illum effracti perfusum tabe cerebri aspicit et uiuo scelerantem sanguine fauces..."Liber I
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...pavor qualis captarum esse urbium solet, cum effractis portis stratisve ariete muris aut arce vi capta clamor hostilis..."