I.to break off, to break, bruise, crack.
I. Lit.: “infractis omnibus hastis,” Liv. 40, 40, 7: “ut si quis violas riguove papavera in horto Liliaque infringat,” Ov. M. 10, 191: “genibusque tumens infringitur unda,” Val. Fl. 5, 412: manus, to snap or crack one's fingers, Petr. 17: “articulos,” Quint. 11, 3, 158: latus liminibus, to bruise one's side by lying on the threshold, Hor. Epod. 11, 22: infractus remus, appearing broken, in consequence of the refraction of the rays in the water, Cic. Ac. 2, 25; cf.: “infracti radii resiliunt,” Plin. 2, 38, 38, § 103: “ossa infracta extrahere,” id. 23, 7, 63, § 119.—
B. Transf., to strike one thing against another: digitos citharae, to strike or play upon the lute, Stat. Ach. 1, 575: “alicui colaphum,” to give one a box on the ear, Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 46; Plin. 8, 36, 54, § 130: “linguam (metu),” to stammer, Lucr. 3, 155.—
II. Trop., to break, check, weaken, lessen, diminish, mitigate, assuage: “ut primus incursus et vis militum infringeretur,” Caes. B. C. 3, 92: “conatus adversariorum,” id. ib. 2, 21: “florem dignitatis,” Cic. Balb. 6, 15: “militum gloriam,” id. Mil. 2, 5: “animos hostium,” Liv. 38, 16: “spem,” Cic. Or. 2, 6: “tribunatum alicujus,” id. de Or. 1, 7, 24: “vehementius esse quiddam suspicor, quod te infringat,” id. Att. 7, 2, 2: “continuam laudem humanitatis,” Plin. Ep. 7, 31, 3: “res Samnitium,” Liv. 8, 39, 10: “difficultatem,” to overcome, Col. 2, 4, 10: “jus consulis,” Dig. 34, 9, 5 fin.: “fortia facta suis modis,” to weaken, Ov. Tr. 2, 412: “deos precatu,” to appease by entreaties, Stat. Ach. 1, 144: “infringitur ille quasi verborum ambitus,” Cic. de Or. 3, 48, 186: “infringendis concidendisque numeris,” id. Or. 69, 230: “vocem de industria,” purposely to make plaintive, Sen. Contr. 3, 19.—
B. To destroy, make void, break: “quoniam haec gloriatio non infringetur in me,” Vulg. 2 Cor. 11, 10: “legem,” ib. 1 Macc. 1, 66. — Hence, infractus , a, um, P. a., broken, bent.
1. Lit.: “mares caprarum longis auribus infractisque probant,” Plin. 8, 50, 76, § 202.—
2. Trop., broken, exhausted, weakened, subdued.
a. In gen.: “infractos animos gerere,” Liv. 7, 31, 6: “nihil infractus Appii animus,” id. 2, 59, 4: “oratio submissa et infracta,” id. 38, 14: “infractae ad proelia vires,” Verg. A. 9, 499: “veritas,” falsified, Tac. H. 1, 1: “fides metu infracta,” shaken, id. ib. 3, 42: “tributa,” diminished, id. ib. 4, 57: “potentia matris,” id. A. 13, 12: “fama,” injured reputation, Verg. A. 7, 332; Tac. H. 2, 22: “Latini,” broken, Verg. A. 12, 1.—
b. Diluted: “fel aqua infractum,” Plin. 28, 12, 50, § 186.—