frango
Dictionary entries
- Entry →frango, frangere, fregi, fractus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
break, shatter, crush; dishearten, subdue, weaken; move, discourage;
sg. pres. act. ind. 1st
Examples
Liber I
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...spondeo" spopondi", "pingo" "pinxi","lego" "legi", "pono" "posui", "frango" "fregi", "laudo laudavi". XVI. Non enim, cum primum fingerentur..."
Liber Octavus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...utrumque tenebo Tyndariden. cur autem auidis Ixiona frango uerticibus? cur non expectant Tantalon undae? anne profanatum totiens Chaos..."