crack (v.) Copy link Outline A. Trans.I. To break partially1. findo, fĭdi, fissum, 32. frango, perfringo (as of cracking nuts, etc.II. Fig.B. Intrans.I. To open in chinks1. fătisco, 32. dissĭlio, ui, 4 (to c. asunder)3. displōdor, plŏsus, 3 (to c. in two with a loud noise4. dĕhisco, 35. rīmas agere, ducereII. To make a sharp sound • crack (v.): A. Trans.: I. To break partially: 1. findo, fĭdi, fissum, 3: the dog-star c.s the gaping soil, hiulca f. Canis arva, Virg. (for which Catull. has hiulcat); to c. statues, statuas f., Hor.: v. to split. (Diffindo is actually to split in two.) 2. frango, perfringo (as of cracking nuts, etc.: cf. Virg. G. 2, 72): v. to break, burst. Phr.: to c. a man's skull, caput alicui infringere, elidere: v. dash, break. II. Fig.: in various uses: to c. a whip, flagello insonare, verbera insonare, Virg.: to c. one's fingers, articulos infringere, Quint.: to c. jokes, jocularia fundere, risum movere: v. joke.: to c. of nothing but furrows and vineyards, sulcos et vineta crepare mera, Hor. B. Intrans.: I. To open in chinks: 1. fătisco, 3: the camel's hoofs c., camelo ungues f., Plin.: lest the threshing floor may c. (open in chinks), area ne f., Virg. 2. dissĭlio, ui, 4 (to c. asunder): rocks c. asunder with glowing heat, d. ferventi saxa vapore, Lucr.: flint c.s with fire, d. silex igni, Plin. 3. displōdor, plŏsus, 3 (to c. in two with a loud noise: esp. in p. part.): dīrumpor: v. to burst. 4. dĕhisco, 3: v. TO GAPE OPEN. 5. rīmas agere, ducere: v. foll. art. II. To make a sharp sound: crĕpo, 1: i. e. to crackle, rattle: q. v. (Perh. aridum sonum, fragorem edere: cf. Virg. G. 1, 357: aridus fragor. "qualis sonus asper et acutus lignorum aridorum quum franguntur," Forbiger, ad l.).
crack (subs.) Copy link Outline I. A chink1. rīma2. fissūraII. A sound • crack (subs.): I. A chink: 1. rīma: to open in c.s, rimas agere, Ov.: Cic.: v. chink. Full of c.s, rīmōsus: a building full of c.s, r. aedificium, Col.: Virg. Dimin.: a little c., rīmŭla, Cels. 2. fissūra: cracks in the lips., labrorum fissurae, Plin. II. A sound: crĕpĭtus, frăgor: v. noise.
CRACK Copy link • CRACK 1. s. The sound of anything cracking, sonitus fragilis (Lucr., 6, 111): crepitus, fragor (the noise produced by fire, thunder, houses, etc., that come down). A chink, rima (general term): fissura (of larger size): little crack, rimula: little cracks, parvulae rimulae (Cels. 8, 4). Full of cracks, rimosus: plenus rimarum (Terentianus; but figuratively): to be full of cracks, fissuris dehiscere: *plurimas rimas egisse or duxisse. 2. INTR. To produce a sound, sonitum fragilem dare (☞ Lucr., 6, 110, sqq.): fragorem dare (of a loud sound): crepare (to rattle). To open in chinks, rimas agere; rimas fieri pati (rimas ducere is poetical): findi (e.g., of the skin, the soil, etc.): se findere: dissilire (to burst asunder); displodi (burst with an explosive sound): rumpi: dirumpi (burst by force): dehiscere: discedere (gape open, of the earth; discedere magnis quibusdam imbribus, Cic., Off. 3, 9): to crack from the effect of frost, rumpi gelu. To boast; Vid. CRACK, TR., findere (e.g., sol findere statuas, arva, etc. also of the skin, and of a bone; opposed to frangere, perfringere, to break it) [diffindere (is to cleave, split; e.g., saxum): displodere (to make it burst with an explosive sound)] : to crack nuts, nuces frangere: to crack a joke, jocularia fundere: ridicula jactitare (both in Liv., 7, 7): to crack dirty jokes, crepare immunda dicta (Hor.): to crack anybody’s skull with a stone, alicujus caput saxo elidere, or (Plaut.) dirumpere: to crack a whip, flagello insonare (Verg.); (equos, boves, etc.) flagello admonere (to crack it for the purpose of urging on one’s team); cracked lips, labrorum fissurae (e.g., efficax asini sevum labrorum fissuris, Plin.).