exterebro

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

ex-tĕrĕbro, no 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.

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