fractor

fractor, ōris, m. [frango],

• a breaker, breaker in pieces (post-class.): ferularum, Sid. Ep. 3, 13.

frāctor, ōris, m. (frango), der Zerbrecher, fr. ligni, Augustin. c. Secund. 19: fractores ferularum, v. Parasiten, an denen die ferulae zerschlagen werden, Sidon. epist. 3, 13, 4.

1 fractor v. fartor

2 fractor [LL] 1 breaker, one who smashes or shatters. b (~or quarrerae) quarry-man. c destroyer. 1284 pro stip’ j haken’ deferentis utensilia quorundam cementariorum et ~orum lapidum KR Ac 351/9/m. 8; pontes fregisti, pontes juris repulisti, / es pontis fractor Pol. Poems I 29.  b 1276 ~or quarrere IMisc 34/60.  c 1482 W. R. et J. S. sunt communes ~ores sepium ad commune nocumentum CourtR Carshalton 76. 2 a one who breaks into buildings, burglar. b one who breaks out, gaol-breaker. a c1245 incendiarios et ecclesiarum ~ores (Canones Synodi Dubliniensis 31) Archivum Hibernicum XI 51; 12‥ manifesti violatores vel ~ores ecclesiarum Conc. Scot. II 18.  b de evasionibus latronum et gaolarum ~oribus Fleta 24; 1306 ~or prisone castri nostri de S. (Swansea) BBC 192. 3 a breaker of agreement or secret. b rulebreaker. a a700 (11c) si quis ‥ pertinacium contra hanc donationem ~oris animo venire temptaverit ‥ CS 76; transgressor essem tunc divine gracie et ~or celestis secreti et occulte revelacionis Bacon V 41; Aristoteles dicit ‥ quod esset ~or sigilli celestis si communicaret secreta nature et artis Id. NM 543.  b 1246 ~ores assise SelPlMan 8.

frāctŏr, ōris, m. (frango), celui qui brise : Aug. Imp. Jul. 19.