frendite
Dictionary entries
- Entry →frendo, frendere, frendui, fresus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Lesser
gnash the teeth, grind up small;
pl. pres. act. imp. 2nd
Examples
Truculentus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...traxit ex intimo ventre suspiritum. hoc vide, dentibus frendit, icit femur; num obsecro nam hariolust, qui ipsus..."
Liber Sextus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...ambas consumit sine lege manus atque inrita frendit insurgens seque ipse premit. sed prouidus astu et patria uigil..."