I.perf., ātum, 1, v. a., to extract by boring, to bore out (very rare).
I. Lit.: “ex eo auro, quod exterebratum esset,” Cic. Div. 1, 24, 48.—
II. Trop., to extort, obtain by force: “numquam hercle istuc exterebrabis tu, ut, etc.,” Plaut. Pers. 2, 2, 55.