af-frango — Lewis & Short
af-frango (better adf-), ĕre (or adfringo,v. a.,
ĕre),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.