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terebro

terebro, to bore, bore through, perforate

Frieze-Dennison Vergil

terebrō, āvī, ātus, 1, a.: to bore through; pierce, penetrate, 2.38; take out by boring, bore out, 3.635. (terebra, an instrument for boring)

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terebraret Verb: imperfect active subjunctive 3rd singular of terebro

See terebraret in Morpho

tĕrē̆bro, āvi, ătum, 1, v. a. [terebra], to bore, bore through, perforate (not in Cic.; syn.: foro, perforo)
  • I 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. —
    • B 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. —
      • 2 To bore, make by boring: foramen, Vitr. 10, 16, 5. —
  • II Trop., to insinuate one’s self, to coax, Plaut. Bacch. 5, 2, 82 (1201); so perh. also, id. Fragm. ap. Fest. s. v. subscudes, p. 306 Müll.

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