rub (v.) Copy link Outline 1. frĭco, ui, ātum, and ictum, 12. tĕro, trīvi, tum, 3 (usu. implying also to wear away) • rub (v.): In gen.: 1. frĭco, ui, ātum, and ictum, 1: I r. my body with oil, oleo corpus frico, Mart. 90, 5: r.s his sides against the tree, fricat arbore costas, Virg. Georg. 3, 256. Comps.: (1.) perfrĭco, 1 (to r. all over): to r. the head gently, leniter p. caput, Cels. 1, 4: when Apronius was r.ing his face with ointment, quum A. ... os suum unguento perfricaret, Cic. Verr. 3, 25, 62. (2.) confrĭco, 1 (to r. well): the whole face must be well r.'d with salt, sale confricari totum os conveniet, Col. 7, 10, 3. (3.) affrĭco, 1 (to r. against): (a serpent) r.ing himself against fennel, marathro herbae sese affricans, Plin. 8, 27, 41. (4.) dēfrĭco, 1 (to r. down): the bodies of beasts ought to be r.'d down, pecudum ... corpora defricanda sunt, Col. 6, 30. (5.) infrĭco, 1 (to r. in): Plin. 30, 3, 8, § 26. (6.) circumfrĭco, 1 (to r. all round): to r. round the edges of the casks, labra doliorum c., Cato R. R. 26. 2. tĕro, trīvi, tum, 3 (usu. implying also to wear away): to r. the eyes (to force out a tear), oculos t., Ter. Eun. 1, 1, 23: to r. one piece of wood against another (for fire), lignum ligno t., Plin. Comps.: (1.) attĕro, 3 (to r. against): Hor. Od. 2, 19, 30: (of a dog r.ing his tail against one) Plin. (2.) contĕro, 3 (v. to wear away): iron is r.'d (worn) away: conteritur ferrum, Ov. A. A. 3, 91. (3.) dētĕro, 3 (r. away): the long journey will r. (chafe) his weak feet, deteret via longa pedes, Tib. 1, 10, 16.