arfacio

ārĕ-făcĭo (contr. arfăcĭo, Cato, R. R. 69;

per anastrophen, facio are,

Lucr. 6, 962; cf. Rudd. II. p. 392), fēci, factum, 3, v. a. [areo], to make dry, to dry up (anteclass. and post-Aug.;

syn.: sicco, exsicco, coquo, uro),

Cato, R. R. 69: principio terram sol excoquit et facit are, * Lucr. 6, 962; Varr. L. L. 5, § 38 Müll.; Vitr. 2, 1; Vulg. Job, 15, 30; ib. Jac. 1, 11.— Pass.:

arefieri in furno,

Plin. 32, 7, 26, § 32:

caulis arefactus,

id. 13, 22, 43, § 125; so id. 34, 13, 35, § 133; Cels. 5, 27, n. 7; * Suet. Vesp. 5:

arefacta est terra,

Vulg. Gen. 8, 14:

ficulnea,

ib. Matt. 21, 19.—

II.

Trop. (eccl. Lat.), to wither up, break down:

gentem superbam arefecit Deus,

Vulg. Eccli. 10, 18:

arefacient animam suam,

ib. ib. 14, 9.