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fŏrāmen , ĭnis, n. id.,
I.an opening or aperture produced by boring, a hole (rare but class.): neque porta neque ullum foramen erat, qua posset eruptio fieri, outlet, Sisenn. ap. Non. 113, 27: “foramina parietum et fenestrarum,” Col. 9, 15, 10: inventa sunt in eo (scuto) foramina CCXXX., * Caes. B. C. 3, 53, 4: “tibia tenuis simplexque foramine pauco,” Hor. A. P. 203; Ov. M. 4, 122: “alii (scarabei) focos crebris foraminibus excavant,” Plin. 11, 28, 34, § 98: foramina illa, quae patent ad animum a corpore (shortly before, viae quasi quaedam sunt ad oculos, ad aures perforatae; and: quasi fenestrae sint animi), * Cic. Tusc. 1, 20, 47. —
II. Transf. in gen., an opening, hole, cave (late Lat.): “petrae,” Vulg. Exod. 33, 22; id. Jer. 13, 4.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (8):
    • Old Testament, Jeremiah, 13.4
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 4.122
    • Old Testament, Exodus, 33.22
    • Horace, Ars Poetica, 203
    • Caesar, Civil War, 3.53.4
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 11.98
    • Cicero, Tusculanae Disputationes, 1.20
    • Columella, Res Rustica, 9.15.10
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