The corpus record — Latin

effringo

effringo · v. a

to break off

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Where it lives

Dion 1 · 6.74/10k
Adelphi 3 · 3.03/10k
Phoenissae 1 · 2.45/10k
Ab urbe condita, books 21-25 - 24 3 · 2.12/10k
Hercules 1 · 1.31/10k
Nero 1 · 1.28/10k
Asinaria 1 · 1.24/10k
De Clementia 1 · 1.2/10k
Epitome Rerum Romanorum 3 · 1.14/10k
Amphitruo 1 · 1.02/10k
Epistulae 1 · 1.01/10k
Satyricon 3 · 0.99/10k

Densest 12 of 36 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

ef-fringo — Lewis & Short

ef-fringo, frēgi, fractum, 3, v. a. and n.

I Act., to break off, to break open: effringere quam aperire putant robustius, Quint. 2, 12, 1 (class.): cardines foribus, Plaut. Am. 4, 2, 6; id. As. 2, 3, 8; more freq.: fores, id. Stich. 2, 2, 3; id. Bacch. 4, 2, 4; id. Mil. 4, 6, 35; Ter. Ad. 1, 2, 8; 23; 40; Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 23; cf. valvas, id. ib. 43: januam, id. Mur. 15, 33: tabernas, Suet. Ner. 26: carcerem, Tac. A. 1, 21: cistam, * Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 54; poet.: urbem, to storm, Stat. Th. 9, 556; cf. Vulg. Judith, 2, 3: jugum, Ov. Tr. 5, 2, 40: cerebrum, Verg. A. 5, 480: corpus, Sen. Phoen. 159; cf. poet.: animam, id. Herc. Oet. 1451.—*

II Neutr., to break out, break forth: (spumeus fluctus) vestras effringet in urbes, Sil. 1, 647.

In the wild

effringi Florus, Epitome Rerum Romanorum 2.13.2.21
effractis Livy, Ab urbe condita 1.1.29.2
effregerunt Petronius, Satyricon 78
effringere Lucretius, De Rerum Natura 1.70
effracto Ovid, Tristia 5.2.40
effringerent Seneca, De Clementia 2.5.1

6 of 56 attestations shown.

Where it came from

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