effractum
Dictionary entries
- Entry →effringo, effringere, effregi, effractus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Lesser
break open; smash; break in;
acc. sg. perf. pass. part.acc. sg. perf. pass. part.acc. sg.nom. sg. perf. pass. part.voc. sg. perf. pass. part.
Examples
- G
SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...spiritu ipsos sciniphes ore tangebat. <. . .> Eumolpus autem, quia effractum ostium cellae neminem poterat excludere, irrumpit perturbatus et: "Mille..." - M
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Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...captivitas tua praestare non potuit? iacta, quantum voles, effractum carcerem, ruptas catenas; vis scire, quid neglegentes fecerit securosque..."