confringo

Latin

Etymology

From con- +‎ frangō (“I break”).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /konˈfrin.ɡoː/, [kõːˈfrɪŋɡoː]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /konˈfrin.ɡo/, [koɱˈfriŋɡo]

Verb

cōnfringō (present infinitive cōnfringere, perfect active cōnfrēgī, supine cōnfrāctum); third conjugation

to break into pieces
to destroy

Conjugation

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Descendants

Vulgar Latin: *cōnfrangere
- Portuguese: confranger
- >? Romanian: cufrânge

References

“confringo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“confringo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
confringo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette

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