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dēfrĭcātē, adv., v. defrico fin.
dē-frĭco, cui, cātum and ctum (the former Catull. 37, 20; Col. 11, 2, 70; Plin. 28, 12, 50, § 188; the latter in Col. 6, 13, 1; 7, 5, 8; Sen. Ep. 87, 10), 1, v. a., to rub off, rub down; to rub hard, to rub (rare; mostly technical; not in Cic. and Caes.).
- I. Prop.: dentem, Catull. 37, 20; Ov. A. A. 3, 216: radicem, Col. 12, 56, 1: dolia, id. 11, 2, 70: lichenes pumice, Plin. 26, 4, 10, § 21: papulam saliva, Cels. 5, 28, 18; cf. vulnera, Col. 6, 7, 4: corpora pecudum quotidie, id. 6, 30, 1: fauces ceteraque membra, Suet. Dom. 20 et saep.: vas aeneum defricabitur, shall be scoured, Vulg. Lev. 6, 28: defricari, mid., to rub one’s self, as in a bath, Auct. Her. 4, 10, 14.
- II. Trop.: urbem sale multo, to lash well, Hor. S. 1, 10, 4.
Hence, *dēfrĭcātē, adv. (acc. to no. II.), with biting sarcasm: facete et defricate, Naev. ap. Charis. p. 178 P.
dēfrĭcātio, ōnis, f. [defrico], a rubbing, Coel. Aur. Acut. 1, 11 fin.; 2, 18; 19 al.
dēfrictus, a, um, Part., from defrico.
dē-frīgesco, frixi, 3, v. inch. n., to cool off, grow cold (very rare): coctura, Col. 12, 20, 4; 12, 21, 1.
dē-fringo, frēgi, fractum, 3, 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.