terebra
See also: Terebra
English
Etymology
Noun
terebra (plural terebras or terebrae)
- The boring ovipositor of a hymenopterous insect.
- (historical) An Ancient Roman engine for making a breach in a wall.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “terebra”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)
Italian
Etymology 1
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin terebra.
Noun
terebra f (plural terebre)
- terebra (the ovipositor of hymenopterous insects)
Etymology 2
Verb
terebra
- third-person singular present indicative of terebrare
- second-person singular imperative of terebrare
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈte.re.bra/, [ˈt̪ɛrɛbrä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈte.re.bra/, [ˈt̪ɛːrebrä]
Etymology 1
Alternative forms
Noun
terebra f (genitive terebrae); first declension
- an instrument for boring; borer; gimlet
Declension
First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | terebra | terebrae |
Genitive | terebrae | terebrārum |
Dative | terebrae | terebrīs |
Accusative | terebram | terebrās |
Ablative | terebrā | terebrīs |
Vocative | terebra | terebrae |
Derived terms
Descendants
Etymology 2
Verb
(deprecated template usage) terebrā
References
- “terebra”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- terebra in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- terebra in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “terebra”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “terebra”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
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