RUB Copy link • RUB 1. v. fricare (to clean or smooth by rubbing, also to wear): confricare (to wear away): terere, atterere, usu deterere (to wear). To rub in or into, infricare: to rub one’s self, fricari: to rub round, circumfricare: to rub the eyes (so as to bring tears), oculos terere: to rub down, defricare. To rub out, eradere (to scratch out): inducere (to erase by rubbing the inverted style over). To rub up or over [Vid: SETOUCH]. To rub anything (metallic) bright, detersum aliquid nitidare, atque rubigine liberare (Col., 12, 3). 2. s. Act of rubbing, tritus: attritus (so as to wear): fricatio: fricatus (of the body). Difficulty, Vid.