tĕrē^bro — Lewis & Short
tĕrē^bro, āvi, ătum, 1, v. a.terebra,
I to bore, bore through, perforate (not in Cic.; syn.: foro, perforo)
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.