rarefacio
Νέος πεφυκὼς πολλὰ χρηστὰ μάνθανε → Dum floret aetas, disce, quod scitum decet → In jungem Alter lerne viel, was brauchbar ist
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
rārē-făcĭo: (written also separately rārē făcĭo), fēci, factum, 3, v. a. rarus,
I to make thin or rare, to rarefy (Lucret.): rarefieri, Lucr. 1, 648: rarefacta, id. 2, 1139; 3, 442: rareque facit, id. 6, 233; 870.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
rārēfăcĭō,¹⁴ fēcī, factum, ĕre (rarus, facio), tr., raréfier : Lucr. 6, 233 || au pass. rarefio, factus : Lucr. 1, 648 ; 2, 1139.
Latin > German (Georges)
rārēfacio, fēcī, factum, ere (rarus u. facio), dünn-, locker machen, verdünnen, auflockern, terram, Lucr. 6, 870: ne (lingua) traducta ab aliquo qui in se esset succo rarefaceret, Theod. Prisc. 4. fol. 316 (b), 60: in der Tmesis, Lucr. 6, 233. – so auch rārēfīo, factus sum, fierī, die Dichte verlieren, locker werden, sich voneinander geben, Lucr. 1, 648 u.a.
Latin > English
rarefacio rarefacere, rarefeci, rarefactus V :: make less solid
