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con-frĭco , āvi, ātum, 1,
I.v. a., to rub vigorously, to rub in (belonging to econom. and medic. lang.).
I. Prop.: “caput atque os suum unguento,” Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 25, § 62: “os sale trito,” Col. 7, 10, 3: “boves,” id. 2, 3, 1: “confricatis dentibus atque gingivis,” Plin. 29, 2, 9, § 31: faciem sibi, * Suet. Claud. 8 fin.: “oculum,” Veg. Art. Vet. 3, 20, 1.—*
II. Meton.: “genua,” i. e. to touch the knees in earnest entreaty, Plaut. As. 3, 3, 80.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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    • Cicero, Against Verres, 2.3.62
    • Plautus, Asinaria, 3.3
    • Suetonius, Divus Claudius, 8
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 29.31
    • Columella, Res Rustica, 2.3.1
    • Columella, Res Rustica, 7.10.3
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