adfrico

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

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.—

II.

Trop., to communicate or impart by rubbing:

rubiginem suam alicui,

Sen. Ep. 7.