effringo

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.