verb transitive

con-frĭco

2nd PP con-frĭcāre · 3rd PP con-frĭcāvi · 4th PP con-frĭcātum · conj. 1st

to rub vigorously, to rub in

v. a., to rub vigorously, to rub in (belonging to econom. and medic. lang.).

Prop.: caput atque os suum unguento, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 25, § 62: os sale trito,… ••

Prop.: caput atque os suum unguento, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 25, § 62: os sale trito, Col. 7, 10, 3: boves, id. 2, 3, 1: confricatis dentibus atque gingivis, Plin. 29, 2, 9, § 31: faciem sibi, * Suet. Claud. 8 fin.: oculum, Veg. Art. Vet. 3, 20, 1.—*

by metonymy •

Meton.: genua, i. e. to touch the knees in earnest entreaty, Plaut. As. 3, 3, 80.

Perseus ID: n10207 Key: confrico