(verb) : ef-fringo, frēgi, fractum, 3, and n.
* Act., to break off, to break open: effringere quam aperire putant robustius,Quint. 2, 12, 1 (class.): cardines foribus,Plaut. Am. 4, 2, 6; id. As. 2, 3, 8; more freq.: fores,id. Stich. 2, 2, 3; id. Bacch. 4, 2, 4; id. Mil. 4, 6, 35; Ter. Ad. 1, 2, 8; 23; 40; Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 23; cf. valvas,id. ib. 43: januam,id. Mur. 15, 33: tabernas,Suet. Ner. 26: carcerem,Tac. A. 1, 21: cistam, * Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 54; poet.: urbem,to storm,Stat. Th. 9, 556; cf. Vulg. Judith, 2, 3: jugum,Ov. Tr. 5, 2, 40: cerebrum,Verg. A. 5, 480: corpus,Sen. Phoen. 159; cf. poet.: animam,id. Herc. Oet. 1451.—*
* Neutr., to break out, break forth: (spumeus fluctus) vestras effringet in urbes,Sil. 1, 647.

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