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LNS

affricō, affricāre, affricuī, affricātus

adfricō, adfricāre, adfricuī, adfricātus

ad, frico

verb (1^st conjugation)

to rub on or against
to communicate or impart by rubbing

Abbreviations

af-frico (better adf-), āre, ui, ātum, v. a., to rub on or against a thing: alicui (only in post-Aug. prose). Lit.: herbae se adfricans, Plin. 8, 27, 41, § 99; so id. 29, 6, 38, § 122: unguedine diu palmulis suis adfricata, App. M. 3, 138 Elm.

— Trop., to communicate or impart by rubbing: rubiginem suam alicui, Sen. Ep. 7.