frangō frēgi, frāctus, ere FRAG-, to break in pieces, dash to pieces, shiver, shatter, fracture: ova: anulus fractus est: navibus fractis, Cs.: navem, suffer shipwreck, T.: Ianua frangatur, H.: corpora Ad saxum, V.: laqueo gulam, strangle, S.: bracchium: Si fractus inlabatur orbis, H.: in arbore cornu, O.: te, tigris ut aspera, tear in pieces, H.: diem mero, shorten, H.

—To break up, grind, bruise, crush: glaebam Bidentibus, V.: fruges saxo, V.

—To break (of waves): tamquam fluctum a saxo frangi: arcus aquarum Frangitur, O.

—Fig., to break down, subdue, overcome, crush, dishearten, weaken, diminish, violate, soften: alqm, ut, etc.: Danaūm fractae vires, V.: quem series inmensa laborum Fregerit, O.: proeliis fracti, Cs.: te ut ulla res frangat?: pudore: alqm patientiā: omnis res mea fracta est, my fortune was lost, H.: res fractae, calamities, V.: Frangimur fatis, V.: frangi aspectu pignorum suorum, Ta.: bellum proeliis: praedonis audaciam: consilium alicuius: doli frangentur inanes, come to naught, V.: foedus: mandata, fail in, H.: dum se calor frangat, subsides.