The corpus record — Latin

affrico

affrico · v. a

to rub on

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Res Rustica, Books I-IX 1 · 0.13/10k
Naturalis Historia 3 · 0.08/10k
Ad Lucilium Epistulae Morales 1 · 0.08/10k

What it meant

af-frĭco — Lewis & Short

af-frĭco (better adf-), āre, ui, ātum, v. a.,

I to rub on or against a thing: alicui (only in post-Aug. prose).

I Lit.: herbae se adfricans, Plin. 8, 27, 41, § 99; so id. 29, 6, 38, § 122: unguedine diu palmulis suis adfricata, App. M. 3, 138 Elm.—

II Trop., to communicate or impart by rubbing: rubiginem suam alicui, Sen. Ep. 7.

Where it came from

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