dē-fringo — Lewis & Short
dē-fringo, frēgi, fractum, 3,
I v. a., to break off; to break to pieces (rare but class.).
I Lit.:
amphoram defracto collo puram impleto,Cato R. R. 88:
plantas,Varr. R. R. 1, 40, 4; cf. Verg. G. 2, 300:
ramum arboris,Cic. Caecin. 21, 60:
surculum,id. de Or. 3, 28, 110:
ferrum summā ab hasta,Verg. A. 11, 748:
crura aut cervices sibi,Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 126; so,
lumbos,id. Stich. 1, 3, 37: caput ei testatim, Juventius ap. Charis. p. 196 P.; cf.: caput ei hoc patibulo, Titin. ap. Non. 366, 18.—
II Trop.:
id unum bonum est, quod numquam defringitur,is never destroyed, Sen. Ep. 92; Apul. Flor. 3, p. 355, 2.