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af-frango (better adf-), ĕre (or adfringo, ĕre), v. a., 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.

affrĭcātĭo (adf-), ōnis, f. [affrico], a rubbing on or against a thing, Cael. Aur. Morb. Acut. praef. n. 131; id. ib. 1, 14, 106.

af-frĭco (better adf-), āre, ui, ātum, v. a., to rub on or against a thing: alicui (only in post-Aug. prose).

  1. 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.
  2. II. Trop., to communicate or impart by rubbing: rubiginem suam alicui, Sen. Ep. 7.

* affrictus (adf-), ūs, m. [affrico], a rubbing on or against: Spuma aquae adfrictu verrucas tollit, Plin. 31, 6, 38, § 72.

* af-frĭo (better adf-), āre, v. a., to rub or crumble to pieces, or to crumble over: alius aliud adfriat aut adspergit, ut Chalcidicam aut Caricam cretam, Varr. R. R. 1, 57.