cribro

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

crībro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [cribrum],

to pass through a sieve, to sift (perh. not anteAug.), Col. 12, 51, 1; Plin. 17, 11, 15, § 76 al.