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|lshtext=<b>frango</b>: frēgi, fractum, 3, v. a. [[root]] in Gr. FPAT, [[ῥήγνυμι]], [[ῥῆγμα]], [[ῥωγαλέος]]; Goth. Brikkan; Irish brissim; Germ. brechen; Engl. [[break]]; [[but]] cf. Fick, Vergl. Wörterb. p. 182, and<br /> v. the [[letter]] F,<br /><b>I</b> to [[break]], [[break]] in pieces, [[dash]] to pieces, [[shiver]], [[break]] in [[two]] (cf.: [[rumpo]], [[diffringo]]).<br /><b>I</b> Lit.: hastas frangit quatitque, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 3 (Ann. v. 435 ed. Vahl.); cf.: aes sonit, franguntur hastae, id. Fragm. ap. Non. 504, 33 (Trag. v. 213 ed. Vahl.): [[fraxinus]] frangitur [[atque]] [[abies]] consternitur alta, is [[broken]], felled, id. ap. Macr. S. 6, 2 (Ann. v. 195 ed. Vahl.): simulacra, Lucr. 6, 419: milvo est quoddam [[bellum]] [[quasi]] naturale cum corvo: [[ergo]] [[alter]] alterius [[ubicumque]] [[nactus]] est ova, frangit, Cic. N. D. 2, 49, 125: [[anulus]] [[aureus]] [[fractus]] et comminatus est, id. Verr. 2, 4, 25, § 56: compluribus navibus fractis, dashed to pieces, Caes. B. G. 4, 29, 3: naves, Hor. A. P. 20: navem is fregit [[apud]] Andrum insulam, Ter. And. 1, 3, 17; cf. Auct. Her. 4, 44, 57: [[domus]] fracta conjectu lapidum, Cic. Att. 4, 3, 2: janua frangatur, latret [[canis]], Hor. S. 1, 2, 128: patinam, id. ib. 2, 8, 72: lagenam, id. ib. 81: crystallina, Mart. 14, 111: aulas in [[caput]], Plaut. Capt. 1, 1, 21: corpora ad [[saxum]], Verg. A. 3, 625: vindices rerum capitalium [[laqueo]] gulam fregere, broke his [[neck]], strangled him, Sall. C. 55, 5: cervices civium Romanorum in carcere, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 57, § 147; id. Vatin. 11, 26: [[senile]] [[guttur]] parentis impiā manu, Hor. Epod. 3, 2: [[cerebrum]], Verg. A. 5, 413: brachium, Cic. de Or. 2, 62, 253; cf. coxam, Plin. Ep. 2, 1, 5: [[crus]], Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 59: crura, Cic. Phil. 13, 12, 27; Suet. Aug. 67; id. Tib. 44; Vulg. Johan. 19, 31: [[cornu]] in arbore, Ov. F. 5, 121: non ego te, [[tigris]] ut aspera Gaetulusve leo, frangere [[persequor]], to [[tear]] in pieces, Hor. C. 1, 23, 10; cf.: indomitos ut cum Massyla per arva Armenti reges magno leo fregit hiatu, etc., Stat. Th. 11, 28; Val. Fl. 2, 458; Plin. 8, 40, 61, § 150: [[nubes]] in montem actae non franguntur, sed circumfunduntur, Sen. Q. N. 2, 28, 2.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Transf., in gen., to [[break]] up [[small]], to [[grind]], [[bruise]], [[crush]] (freq. [[since]] the Aug. per.): glebam bidentibus, Verg. G. 2, 400; glebas, id. ib. 3, 161: [[fruges]] robore saxi, Lucr. 1, 882: farra saxo, Val. Fl. 2, 448: [[hordeum]] molis, Plin. 18, 7, 14, § 72: [[granum]] dentibus, id. 18, 24, 54, § 196: fabam, id. 19, 3, 15, § 40: glandem (sues), Verg. G. 2, 72: testes homini, Plin. 11, 49, 110, § 263: toros, to [[press]], [[throw]] one's [[self]] [[upon]], Mart. 2, 59, 3; 4, 8, 6: comam in [[gradus]], to [[twist]], [[braid]], Quint. 1, 6, 44: [[mare]] montis ad ejus Radices frangit [[fluctus]], breaks, Lucr. 6, 695; cf.: [[quam]] (fortunam) [[existimo]] levem et imbecillam ab [[animo]] [[firmo]] et gravi [[tamquam]] fluctum a saxo frangi oportere, Cic. Fam. 9, 16, 6: [[fluctus]] ([[scopulus]]), Luc. 6, 266: undam, Ov. F. 4, 282: aquas, Quint. 9, 4, 7: amnem nando, Luc. 8, 374; cf. Sil. 3, 457; 8, 555: [[iter]], i. e. [[turn]] [[off]] from it, Stat. Th. 12, 232.<br /><b>II</b> Trop., to [[break]] [[down]], [[subdue]], [[weaken]], [[diminish]], [[violate]]; to [[soften]], [[move]], [[touch]]: quem (Viriathum) C. [[Laelius]] [[praetor]] ita fregit et comminuit ferocitatemque ejus ita repressit, ut, etc., broke [[down]], [[subdued]], Cic. Off. 2, 11 fin.; cf.: fractam illam et debilitatam vim suam, etc., id. Fam. 1, 9, 2: quem [[series]] immensa laborum fregerit, Ov. H. 9, 6: nationes frangere domareque, Cic. Prov. Cons. 13, 33: proeliis calamitatibusque fracti, Caes. B. G. 1, 31, 7: victi sumus [[igitur]], aut, si vinci [[dignitas]] non potest, fracti [[certe]] et abjecti, Cic. Fam. 4, 7, 2: te ut ulla res frangat? would [[break]], [[shake]] [[thy]] [[resolution]], id. Cat. 1, 9, 22; cf.: frangi metu, cupiditate, id. Off. 1, 20, 68: [[fractus]] ac debilitatus metu, id. de Or. 1, 26, 121: flecti [[animo]] [[atque]] frangi, id. Sull. 6, 18: frangi [[animo]], id. Phil. 2, 15, 37: dolore, id. Fin. 2, 29, 95: misericordiā, id. Att. 7, 12, 3: pudore, id. Tusc. 2, 21, 48 et simil.; cf. also: aliquem auctoritate, id. ib. 1, 21 fin.: aliquem patientiā, id. Brut. 25, 95: quae (vis) [[summas]] frangit infirmatque [[opes]], Poët. ap. Cic. Rab. Post. 10, 28: debilitatur ac frangitur [[eloquentia]], Tac. Dial. 39: [[mollis]] [[illa]] [[educatio]], [[quam]] indulgentiam vocamus, nervos omnes et mentis et corporis frangit, Quint. 1, 2, 6: frangitur vox, id. 11, 3, 20; cf. id. 12, 11, 2: vox Auditur fractos [[sonitus]] imitata tubarum, Verg. G. 4, 72: et [[illa]] ([[littera]]), quae est sexta nostrarum (i. e. F) quoties [[aliquam]] consonantem frangit, ut in hoc ipso frangit, [[multo]] [[fit]] horridior, i. e. weakens, Quint. 12, 10, 29 Spald. (v. the [[passage]] in its [[connection]]); cf. id. 1, 4, 11: [[primum]] divisit ineleganter: duo [[enim]] genera quae erant, fecit tria: hoc est non dividere, sed frangere, Cic. Fin. 2, 9, 26; cf.: frangas citius [[quam]] corrigas, quae in pravum induruerunt, Quint. 1, 3, 12: [[bellum]] proeliis frangere, Cic. Prov. Cons. 13, 32: dignitatem, id. Fam. 9, 16, 6: hunc ([[pedum]] dolorem) abstinentiā, sanctitate vicit et fregit, Plin. Ep. 1, 12, 5: ut equorum cursum delicati minutis passibus frangunt, Quint. 9, 4, 113: animos frangi et debilitari molestiā, Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 1, § 2: [[ingenium]] ([[mala]]), Ov. Tr. 3, 14, 33: sublimia pectora ([[Venus]] et [[vinum]]), id. F. 1, 301: ego [[unus]] contudi et fregi exsultantis praedonis audaciam, Cic. Phil. 13, 13 fin.; cf. id. Fragm. ap. Non. 301, 8 (id. Rep. 3, 36 ed. Mos.): furorem et petulantiam alicujus, id. Pis. 14, 31: libidines, id. Leg. 3, 13, 31: [[odium]] iramque ([[risus]]), Quint. 6, 3, 9: impetum cogitationis (membranae), id. 10, 3, 31: [[consilium]] alicujus, Cic. Fam. 4, 4, 4; cf.: sententiam alicujus, id. ib. 1, 4, 1: [[foedus]], id. Pis. 12, 28; id. Scaur. 42: fidem, id. Rosc. Com. 6, 16: jura pudicitiae, Prop. 4 (5), 5, 28: mandata, Hor. Ep. 1, 13, 19: fas, Grat. Cyneg. 451: morantem diem mero (= breviorem reddere), to [[shorten]], Hor. C. 2, 7, 6: vina, i. e. to [[weaken]], [[dilute]], Mart. 14, 103; Plin. 14, 22, 28, § 138: cum frangerem jam [[ipse]] me cogeremque [[illa]] ferre [[toleranter]], Cic. Fam. 4, 6, 2: nec [[animus]] tantis se laboribus frangeret, [[neque]], etc., id. Arch. 11, 29: [[ante]] [[quam]] calores aut frigora se fregerunt, diminished, abated, Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 18; cf.: [[Scaevola]] [[paulum]] quiescet, dum se [[calor]] frangat, Cic. de Or. 1, 62, 265: fracti [[aestus]] et [[nondum]] orta frigora, Cels. 7, 7, 4 fin.; cf.: [[fluctus]] se frangit, Sen. Med. 392: [[glacies]] se frangit, id. Q. N. 4, 5, 4.—Hence, [[fractus]], a, um, P. a., weakened, [[weak]], [[feeble]], [[faint]]: jamque [[adeo]] fracta est [[aetas]] effetaque [[tellus]] Vix animalia parva creat, Lucr. 2, 1151: [[quod]] me audis fractiorem esse [[animo]], i. e. [[more]] [[disheartened]], [[less]] [[courageous]], Cic. Att. 11, 12, 4; cf.: [[spes]] amplificandae fortunae fractior, id. Lael. 16, 59: in compositione [[fractus]], [[powerless]], [[feeble]], Quint. 12, 10, 12; cf.: [[quid]] est tam fractum, tam minutum, tam in ipsa concinnitate [[puerile]]? Cic. Brut. 83, 287; and: corruptum et omnibus vitiis fractum dicendi [[genus]], Quint. 10, 1, 125: corrupta [[oratio]] [[maxime]] comprehensione obscura, compositione fracta consistit, id. 8, 3, 57: effeminata et fracta impudicis modis ([[musice]]), id. 1, 10, 31.
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|gf=<b>frangō</b>,⁷ frēgī, frāctum, ĕre, tr.,<br /><b>1</b> briser, rompre, fracasser, mettre en pièces : ova Cic. Nat. 2, 125, briser des œufs ; anulum Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 56, rompre un anneau ; [[domus]] fracta conjectu lapidum Cic. Att. 4, 3, 2, maison fracassée par une grêle de pierres ; compluribus navibus fractis Cæs. G. 4, 29, 3, plusieurs navires étant brisés ; [[laqueo]] gulam frangere Sall. C. 55, 5, briser la gorge avec un lacet, étrangler ; cervices alicujus Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 147, tordre le cou à qqn || glebam Virg. G. 2, 400, briser la terre ; [[fruges]] Lucr. 1, 882, broyer le blé, cf. Virg. G. 1, 267 ; Plin. 18, 72 ; [[glacies]] se frangit Sen. Nat. 4, 5, 4, la glace se brise || [avec retour sur le sujet] : [[brachium]], coxam, se casser le bras, la cuisse, cf. Cic. de Or. 2, 253 ; Plin. Min. Ep. 2, 1, 5 ; navem fregit [[apud]] Andrum Ter. Andr. 222, il a eu son navire brisé près d’[[Andros]]<br /><b>2</b> [métaph.] : <b> a)</b> mettre en pièces : [[hoc]] [[est]] [[non]] dividere, [[sed]] frangere Cic. Fin. 2, 26, ce n’[[est]] pas diviser, c’[[est]] émietter ; fracti [[sonitus]] tubarum Virg. G. 4, 72, les éclats du son des trompettes ; <b> b)</b> affaiblir, atténuer : consonantium nulla [[nisi]] alteram frangit Quint. 1, 4, 11, une consonne n’affaiblit qu’une autre consonne [qui suit], cf. Quint. 12, 10, 29 ; [[calor]] se frangit Cic. de Or. 1, 265, la chaleur s’atténue, cf. [[Varro]] R. 2, 2, 18 ; <b> c)</b> [[iter]] Stat. Th. 10, 183 ; 12, 232, perdre son chemin<br /><b>3</b> [fig.] briser, anéantir : [[bellum]] prœliis Cic. Prov. 32, briser (étouffer) une guerre par des combats ; joint à debilitare, cf. Cic. de Or. 1, 121 ; Fam. 1, 9, 2 ; Q. 1, 1, 2, etc. ; [[consilium]] alicujus Cic. Fam. 4, 4, 4 ; sententiam alicujus Cic. Fam. 1, 4, 1, briser les projets de qqn, démolir la proposition de qqn ; se laboribus Cic. Arch. 29, se briser (se tuer) dans des labeurs ; fœdus Cic. Domo 66, rompre un traité ; fidem Cic. Com. 16, manquer à sa parole || réduire, dompter : nationes Cic. Prov. 33, réduire des nations ; libidines Cic. Leg. 3, 31, réduire les passions, cf. Cic. Pis. 31 ; Fam. 10, 3, 2 || abattre, décourager : [[sin]] te [[mala]] [[rei]] publicæ frangunt Cic. Fam. 4, 8, 1, mais si les maux de la république t’abattent ; frangi [[animo]] Cic. Phil. 2, 37, être abattu || adoucir, fléchir : [[fletus]] fregere virum Liv. 2, 40, 9, les larmes brisèrent son inflexibilité ; te ut ulla [[res]] frangat ! Cic. Cat. 1, 22, l’apparence que [[rien]] vienne à bout de toi !
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