exterebro

Latin

Etymology

ex- +‎ terebrō (to bore through)

Pronunciation

Verb

exterebrō (present infinitive exterebrāre, supine exterebrātum); first conjugation, no perfect stem

  1. (transitive) to extract by boring, to bore out
  2. (transitive, figuratively) to extort

Conjugation

References

  • exterebro”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • exterebro”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers