I.to bore, pierce (mostly post-Aug. and very rare).
I. Lit.: “forata arbos,” Col. 5, 10, 20: “bene foratas habere aures,” Macr. S. 7, 3; Cels. 7, 29; Sid. Ep. 9, 13.—Comically: “o carnificum cribrum, quod credo fore: Ita te forabunt patibulatum per vias Stimulis,” Plaut. Most. 1, 1, 53.—
II. Trop.: forati animi, full of holes, i. e. that retain nothing, Sen. Brev. Vit. 10.