frangas
Dictionary entries
- Entry →frango, frangere, fregi, fractus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
break, shatter, crush; dishearten, subdue, weaken; move, discourage;
sg. pres. act. subj. 2nd
Examples
- T
Amphitruo
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...Iuppiter dique omnes irati certo sunt, qui sic frangas fores. AMPH. Quo modo? MERC. Eo modo, ut profecto..." - M
Liber I
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...simulandi nescia est et praecipientibus facillime cedit; frangas enim citius quam corrigas quae in pravum induruerunt. XIII. Protinus..."