per-terebrō

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tĕrē̆bro, āvi, ătum, 1, v. a. [terebra], to bore, bore through, perforate (not in Cic.; syn.: foro, perforo)

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. —

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: foramen, Vitr 10, 16, 5. —

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.

per-terebro, āvī, ātum, āre, mit dem Bohrer durchbohren, in etw. ein Loch bohren, columnam auream, Cic. de div. 1, 48: lapis perterebratus, Vitr. 8, 6 (7), 8: aures curvis perterebratae anfractibus, Arnob. 3, 13.

per-fŏro, āvi, ātum, 1 (in tmesi:

perque forare,

Lucr. 5, 126, 8), v. a., to bore through, pierce through, perforate.

Lit. (class.; syn. terebro): navem, Cic. ap. Quint. 8, 6, 47:

perforare ac demergere triremem, Auct. B. Alex. 25: lacernam lanceā,

Vell. 2, 80, 3:

duo pectora uno ictu,

Ov. M. 12, 377:

ense latus,

id. Tr. 3, 9, 26:

gladio latus,

Vulg. Judith, 13, 28:

Stabianum,

to cut through for the sake of a prospect, Cic. Fam. 7, 1, 1:

duo lumina perforata,

perforated, made by boring, id. N. D. 3, 4, 9:

viae ad oculos a sede animae,

id. Tusc. 1, 20, 46:

berulli perforati,

Plin. 37, 5, 20, § 78.—In mal. part., Auct. Priap. 78.—Fig.:

habebit sinum facilem, non perforatum, ex quo multa exeant et nihil excidat,

Sen. Dial. 6, 23, 5.—

Transf., to pierce through, penetrate ( poet.):

sol perforat culmina radiis totis,

Stat. S. 1, 5, 46.