I.to strike upon or against something, to break against, break in pieces (very rare, perh. only in Statius): “duris adfrangunt postibus ungues,” Stat. Th. 10, 47: “plenis parvos uberibus,” id. ib. 5, 150: “hiemes bustis,” id. S. 5, 1, 36.
af-frango (better adf- ), ĕre (or adfringo , ĕre), v. a.,