arefacio
Latin > English
arefacio arefacere, arefeci, arefactus V TRANS :: dry up, wither up, break down; make dry, dry
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
ārĕ-făcĭo: (contr. arfăcĭo, Cato, R. R. 69;
I 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.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
ārĕfăcĭō,¹⁴ fēcī, factum, ĕre (areo, facio), tr., faire sécher, dessécher : Varro L. 5, 38 ; Plin. 18, 116 ; terram sol facit are Lucr. 6, 962, le soleil dessèche la terre || tarir : Gell. 12, 1, 8 || [fig.] flétrir, briser : Vulg. Sir. 10, 18.
Latin > German (Georges)
ārefacio, fēcī, factum, ere, im Passiv ārefīo, factus sum, fierī (areo u. facio), trocknen, amurcam, Cato: luteas glebas, Vitr.: fontem aref. et exstinguere, Gell.: virgas (lini), Plin.: paludes, Tert.: quod qui arefacit ardor est solis, Varr. LL.: in fumo arefieri, Plin.: ramus exilis et cito arefactus, Suet.: polium arefactum, Cels.: ranarum sanguis arefactus, Plin.: arefactae messes, Arnob. – / a) arfacio, Cato r. r. 69 u. 125 (arfacito). – b) facit are = arefacit, Lucr. 6, 962.
