perfricuit
Dictionary entries
- Entry →perfrico, perfricare, perfricui, perfricatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
rub all over; rub smooth; [~ os/frontem/facium => wipe off blush/abandon shame];
sg. perf. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
Liber XI
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...allecem, sed quam protinus illa voret; aut cum perfricuit frontem posuitque pudorem, sucida palliolo vellera quinque petit..."- L
Liber IV
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from QUAESTIONES NATURALES
"...adulatio, quo improbior, quo magis frontem suam perfricuit, cecidit alienam, hoc citius expugnat. Eo enim iam dementiae uenimus..." - G
SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...depulsa fuerat ancilla totam faciem eius fuligine longa perfricuit, et non sentientis labra umerosque sopitionibus pinxit..."