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ef-fringo , frēgi, fractum, 3, v. a. and n.
I. Act., to break off, to break open: “effringere quam aperire putant robustius,” Quint. 2, 12, 1 (class.): “cardines foribus,” Plaut. Am. 4, 2, 6; id. As. 2, 3, 8; “more freq.: fores,” id. Stich. 2, 2, 3; id. Bacch. 4, 2, 4; id. Mil. 4, 6, 35; Ter. Ad. 1, 2, 8; 23; 40; Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 23; cf. “valvas,” id. ib. 43: “januam,” id. Mur. 15, 33: “tabernas,” Suet. Ner. 26: “carcerem,” Tac. A. 1, 21: cistam, * Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 54; poet.: “urbem,” to storm, Stat. Th. 9, 556; cf. Vulg. Judith, 2, 3: “jugum,” Ov. Tr. 5, 2, 40: “cerebrum,” Verg. A. 5, 480: “corpus,” Sen. Phoen. 159; cf. poet.: “animam,” id. Herc. Oet. 1451.—*
II. Neutr., to break out, break forth: “(spumeus fluctus) vestras effringet in urbes,” Sil. 1, 647.
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, 2.4.50
    • Cicero, For Lucius Murena, 15.33
    • Plautus, Stichus, 2.2
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    • Tacitus, Annales, 1.21
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    • Seneca, Hercules Oetaeus, 1451
    • Seneca, Phoenissae, 159
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 2, 12.1
    • Ovid, Tristia, 5.2
    • Statius, Thebias, 9
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