praefringo
Τὸ νικᾶν αὐτὸν αὑτὸν πασῶν νικῶν πρώτη τε καὶ ἀρίστη. Τὸ δὲ ἡττᾶσθαι αὐτὸν ὑφ' ἑαυτοῦ πάντων αἴσχιστόν τε ἅμα καὶ κάκιστον. → Τo conquer yourself is the first and best victory of all, while to be conquered by yourself is of all the most shameful as well as evil
Latin > English
praefringo praefringere, praefregi, praefractus V :: break off at the end, break off short
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
prae-fringo: frēgi, fractum, 3, v. a. frango,
I to break off before or at the end, to break to pieces, shiver (class.): ne caulis praefringatur, Cato, R. R. 33 (cited by Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 20): hastas, Liv. 8, 10; so, primam aciem telo, to break off the point of the missile, Just. 6, 8, 2: cornu galeae, Liv. 27, 33: praefracto rostro (triremis), Caes. B. C. 2, 6: praefracta strigilis, Lucil. ap. Gell. 3, 14, 10: praefracta ligna, Lucr. 1, 892.—Hence, praefractus, a, um, P. a.
A In rhet., broken, abrupt: Thucydides praefractior, Cic. Or. 13, 40.—
B In character, stern, harsh, inflexible: Aristo Chius, praefractus, ferreus, Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. 155, 14: praefractior atque abscissior justitia, Val. Max. 6, 5 fin.: praefractius perseverantiae exemplum, sterner, firmer, id. 3, 8, ext. 3.—Adv.: praefractē, sternly, inflexibly, resolutely: aerarium defendere, Cic. Off. 3, 22, 88 (Non. 155, 11, reads praefractum).—Comp., Val. Max. 9, 7 fin.>
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
præfringō,¹³ frēgī, frāctum, ĕre (præ, frango), tr., briser par le bout, briser : Cato Agr. 33 ; Cæs. C. 2, 6, 5 ; Liv. 27, 33, 2 || émousser [un trait] : Just. 6, 8, 2.
Latin > German (Georges)
prae-fringo, frēgī, frāctum, ere (prae u. frango), vorn-, oben abbrechen, -zerbrechen, pugno brachium (den Schenkel), Plaut.: arbores, Sen.: hastas, Liv.: cornu galeae, Liv.: praefracto rostro (navis), Caes.: praefracta ligna, Lucr.
Latin > Chinese
praefringo, is, egi, actum, ere. 3. (frango.) :: 先破。破尖子。Hastam praefringo 斷鎗尖。
