perfringō frēgī, frāctus, ere
per+frango,
to break through, break in pieces, shiver, shatter
: iumenta nivem perfringebant,
broke through
, L.: saxo perfracto capite,
his skull fractured
, L.: perfracto saxo sortes erupisse:
tabulationem, Cs.: naves perfregerant proras
litori inlisas,
had been wrecked
, L.: domūs,
break into
, Ta.—Fig.,
to break through, violate, infringe
: decreta senatūs: leges: omnia repagula iuris:
animos suavitate,
affect powerfully.—To force a way, invade violently
: haec (eloquentia) modo perfringit, modo inrepit in
sensūs.
