confractio
Δυσαμένη δὲ κάρηνα βαθυκνήμιδος ἐρίπνης / Δελφικὸν ἄντρον ἔναιε φόβῳ λυσσώδεος Ἰνοῦς (Nonnus, Dionysiaca 9.273f.) → Having descended from the top of a deep-greaved cliff, she dwelt in a cave in Delphi, because of her fear of raving/raging Ino.
Latin > English
confractio confractionis N F :: breach; rupture; fracture
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
confractĭo: ōnis, f. confringo,
I a breach, rupture, Vulg. Isa. 24, 19; id. Psa. 105, 23 (al. confractura).
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
cōnfrāctĭō, ōnis, f. (confringo), action de briser, de détruire : Aug. Ep. 140, 50 ; Vulg. Is. 24, 19.
Latin > German (Georges)
cōnfrāctio, ōnis, f. (confringo), das Brechen, der Bruch, ossium, Hier. vir. ill. 16: ramorum, Augustin. ep. 140, 50: terrae (das Bersten), Vulg. Isai. 24, 19: panis, Cassiod. in psalt. praef. med. – übtr., die Vernichtung, Vulg. psalm. 105, 23.
