fricatio
σιγᾶν ἄμεινον ἢ λαλεῖν ἃ μὴ πρέπει → it's better to keep silence than to say what's not appropriate (Menander)
Latin > English
fricatio fricationis N F :: rubbing; friction
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
frĭcātĭo: ōnis, f. id.,
I a rubbing, rubbing down, friction (post-Aug.): omnibus vertebris utilis est, Cels. 4, 3: assidua, Col. 6, 12, 1: vehemens, Plin. 28, 4, 14, § 53: diligens tectoriorum, Vitr. 7, 6.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
frĭcātĭō, ōnis, f. (frico), friction : Cels. Med. 4, 3 || polissage des murs] : Vitr. Arch. 7, 6.
Latin > German (Georges)
fricātio, ōnis, f. (frico), das Reiben, Abreiben, der Haut usw., das Frottieren, assidua, Col. 6, 12, 1 (wo cod. Sang. frictio): vehemens, Plin. 28, 53: capitis, Cael. Aur. de morb. chron. 1, 3, 59: fricationem adhibere, ibid. 3, 7, 92 u. 95: Plur., certo numero uti fricationum, Cael. Aur. de morb. chron. 3, 8, 146. – / Bei Cels. jetzt überall frictio (w. vgl.); Vitr. 7, 6, 2 unecht.
