fractura

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

fractūra, ae, f. [frango],

a breach , fracture , cleft : ad luxum aut ad fracturam alliga, Cato R. R. 160: quo propior fractura capiti (ossis) vel superiori vel inferiori est, eo pejor est, Cels. 8, 10.—In plur., Plin. 29, 6, 39, § 137; 31, 11, 47, § 126 (but id. 33, 4, 21, § 71, the correct read. is fractariis; v. fractaria).