ef-fringo, frēgi, fractum, 3, v. a. and n.
I 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. 88; 103; 120; Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 23, 52; cf. valvas, id. ib. 43, 94: 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.—*
II Neutr. , to break out , break forth : (spumeus fluctus) vestras effringet in urbes, Sil. 1, 647.