verb transitive

tĕrē^bro

2nd PP tĕrē^brāre · 3rd PP tĕrē^brāvi · 4th PP tĕrē^brătum · conj. 1st

to bore; bore through; perforate

to bore, bore through, perforate (not in Cic.; syn.: foro, perforo)

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Lit.: terebrā vitem pertundito...artitoque eā quā terebraveris, Cato, R. R. 41, 3: vites Gallicā terebrā, Col. 5, 9, 16: ossa (capitis), Liv. Ep. 52 med.: cavas uteri latebras, Verg. A. 2. 38: telo lumen acuto, id. ib. 3, 635: buxum per rara foramina, Ov. F. 6, 697: gemmā terebratā, Vitr 9, 9: vitem in oblicum, Plin. 17, 18, 25, § 115; Col. 5, 9, 16: gryllus quoniam terram terebret, Plin. 29, 6, 39, § 138. —

to bore out; to bore out •

Transt., to bore out: regustatum digito terebrare salinum Contentus perages, to bore out the salt-dish with the fingers; to hunt out the last grain, Pers. 5, 138. —

To bore; make by boring

To bore, make by boring: foramen, Vitr 10, 16, 5. —

to insinuate one; to coax figuratively

Trop., to insinuate one's self, to coax, Plaut. Bacch. 5, 2, 82; so perh. also, id Fragm. ap. Fest. s. v. subscudes, p. 306 Müll.

Perseus ID: n47842 Key: terebro