infrendeo

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

in-frendĕo, ēre, and in-frendo, ĕre, v. n.,

I to gnash the teeth (poet. and postclass.): dentibus infrendens gemitu, Verg. A. 3, 664: ac simul infrendens, Stat. Th. 5, 663: infrendite, inspumate, Tert. Apol. 12. —

II To gnash the teeth at , threaten furiously; with dat.: aliis infrendentem, Stat. Th. 8, 580.