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per-frĭco, cui, cātum, and ctum, āre, v. a.

  1. I. Lit., to rub all over, to rub or scratch (class.): caput unguento, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 25, § 62: totam faciem fuligine, Petr. 22; Cels. 3, 14: totum corpus, id. 1, 3; Plin. 28, 12, 51, § 190: perfrictis oculis, App. M. 2, p. 125, 28: dentes, Ov. A. A. 3, 216: caput sinistrā manu perfricans, scratching his head, Cic. Pis. 25, 61.
  2. II. Transf.: frontem, faciem, os, to rub one’s forehead or face, in order to make one’s blushes disappear; hence, to lay aside all sense of shame, to cast off shame, summon one’s assurance, put on a bold face (class.): cum os perfricuisti, Cic. Tusc. 3, 18, 41: vitiosa sunt illa … perfricare faciem et quasi improbam facere, Quint. 11, 3, 160: cum perfricuit frontem posuitque pudorem, Mart. 11, 27, 7: perfrica frontem et dic, Calv. ap. Quint. 9, 2, 25: perfricui faciem, Plin. H. N. praef. § 4.

1. perfrictĭo, ōnis, f. [perfrigesco], a catching cold, a violent cold (post-Aug.), Plin. 20, 14, 55, § 156.
In plur., Plin. 26, 12, 76, § 124 al.; Scrib. Comp. 57, 257.

2. perfrictĭo, ōnis, f. [perfrico], a rubbing, abrasion (post-Aug.), Veg. 1, 35, 1; 1, 38, 3.
Plur.: perfrictionibus cum oleo mederi, Plin. 21, 18, 69, § 116 (but perh. the same word as the preced. in the same meaning).

* perfrictĭuncŭla, ae, f. dim. [1. perfrictio], a slight cold, M. Aur. ap. Front. Ep. ad M. Caes. 4, 6.

perfrictus, a, um, Part., from perfrico.