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† tĕrĕbinthĭnus (tĕrbentĭnus Veg. Vet. 2, 54, 4), a, um, adj., = τερεβίνθινος, of the terebinth or turpentine-tree: resina, Cels. 5, 6; Plin. 24, 6, 22, § 35 (dub.): tabula, Petr. 33.

† tĕrĕbinthīzūsa, ae, f., = τερεβινθιζουσα, a turpentine-colored precious stone, Plin. 37, 8, 37, § 116.

† tĕrĕbinthus, i, f., = τερέβινθος, the terebinth or turpentine-tree: Pistacia terebinthus, Linn.; Plin. 13, 6, 12, § 54; 24, 6, 18, § 27; Verg. A. 10, 136.

tĕrē̆bra, ae, f. (neutr. collat. form tĕ-rē̆brum, Hier. in Isa. 12, 44, 12 al.) [tero].

  1. I. An instrument for boring, a borer, an auger, gimlet, Cato, R. R. 41, 3; Col. 4, 29, 15 sq.; Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 198; 17, 15, 25, § 116; 37, 13, 76, § 200.
  2. II. As a surgical instrument, a trephine, Cels. 8, 3.
  3. III. A military engine for boring through walls in sieges, Vitr. 10, 13, 7.

* tĕrē̆brāmen, ĭnis, n. [terebro], a hole bored: furfuracea tinearum, Fulg. Myth. 2, 19.

tĕrē̆brātĭo, ōnis, f [id.], a boring.

  1. I. Lit., Col. 4, 29, 13; 5, 11, 12; id. Arb. 26.
  2. II. Transf., concr., a hole bored, a bore, Vitr. 9, 9 med.; 10, 13

* tĕrē̆brātus, ūs, m. [terebro], a boring, Scrib Comp 206.

tĕrē̆bro, āvi, ătum, 1, v. a. [terebra], to bore, bore through, perforate (not in Cic.; syn.: foro, perforo)

  1. 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.
    1. 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.
      1. 2. To bore, make by boring: foramen, Vitr 10, 16, 5.
  2. 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.

tĕrĕbrum, i, v. terebra init.