Argentiexterebronides

Argentiextĕrĕbrŏnĭdes, ae, m.,

• a word formed by Plautus in jest, as the name of one who is skilled in extorting money [argentum-exterebro], a sponger, Plaut. Pers. 4, 6, 21 (703) (cf. id. Capt. 2, 2, 35 (285)).