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..."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..."SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...depulsa fuerat ancilla totam faciem eius fuligine longa perfricuit, et non sentientis labra umerosque sopitionibus pinxit..."