perfringunt
Dictionary entries
- Entry →perfringo, perfringere, perfregi, perfractus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Lesser
break through;
pl. pres. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
Liber Quintus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...mirantia ferro pectora congestisque auidae simul undique dextris perfringunt, ac dulce nefas in sanguine uiuo coniurant, matremque recens..."Liber XII
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...quoque peditum ad munia accingit. tunc dato signo perfringunt aggerem suisque claustris impeditos turbant. atque illi conscientia rebellionis..."Liber IV
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from HISTORIAE
"...tergaque ac latus tuti; sic tenuem nostrorum aciem perfringunt. cedentibus Belgis pellitur legio, et vallum portasque trepidi petebant..."Liber V
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger) from EPISTVLARVM LIBRI DECEM
"...quos non nisi, ingentes boves et fortissima aratra perfringunt: tantis glaebis tenacissimum solum cum primum prosecatur assurgit..."