per-fŏro, āvi, ātum, 1 (in tmesi: perque forare, Lucr. 5, 126, 8), v. a., to bore through, pierce through, perforate.
I Lit. (class.; syn. terebro): navem, Cic. ap. Quint. 8, 6, 47: perforare ac demergere triremem, Auct. B. Alex. 25: lacernam lanceā, Vell. 2, 80, 3: duo pectora uno ictu, Ov. M. 12, 377: ense latus, id. Tr. 3, 9, 26: gladio latus, Vulg. Judith, 13, 28: Stabianum, to cut through for the sake of a prospect , Cic. Fam. 7, 1, 1: duo lumina perforata, perforated , made by boring , id. N. D. 3, 4, 9: viae ad oculos a sede animae, id. Tusc. 1, 20, 46: berulli perforati, Plin. 37, 5, 20, § 78.—In mal. part., Auct. Priap. 78.—Fig.: habebit sinum facilem, non perforatum, ex quo multa exeant et nihil excidat, Sen. Dial. 6, 23, 5.—
II Transf., to pierce through , penetrate (poet.): sol perforat culmina radiis totis, Stat. S. 1, 5, 46.