praefractam
Dictionary entries
- Entry →praefractus, praefracta, praefractum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
- Dictionary:
- Lewis & Short
broken; abrupt; stern (of character);; broken off before end;
acc. sg. (f.) - Entry →praefringo, praefringere, praefregi, praefractus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Lesser
break off at the end, break off short;
acc. sg. perf. pass. part.
Examples
Liber III
Aulus Gellius
"...quidni? et scruta quidem ut vendat, scrutarius laudat, praefractam strigilem, soleam inprobus dimidiatam. Iam in vicesimo manifestius "dimidiam..."Liber XIX
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...genera tibi in hac dabo quibus peccetur? Quidam praefractam et asperam probant; disturbant de industria si quid placidius..."Metamorphoses XII
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...pinum magno molimine temptat; quod quia non potuit, praefractam misit in hostem, sed procul a telo Theseus veniente..."