exterebro
Latin edit
Etymology edit
ex- + terebrō (“to bore through”)
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ekˈste.re.broː/, [ɛkˈs̠t̪ɛrɛbroː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ekˈste.re.bro/, [ekˈst̪ɛːrebro]
Verb edit
exterebrō (present infinitive exterebrāre, supine exterebrātum); first conjugation, no perfect stem
- (transitive) to extract by boring, to bore out
- (transitive, figuratively) to extort
Conjugation edit
References edit
- “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