Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, tĕrē^bro

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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; so perh. also, id Fragm. ap. Fest. s. v. subscudes, p. 306 Müll.

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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