terebra

See also: Terebra

English

Etymology

Latin terebra (“a borer”).

Noun

terebra (plural terebras or terebrae)

  1. The boring ovipositor of a hymenopterous insect.
  2. (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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Italian

Etymology 1

From Latin terebra.

Noun

terebra f (plural terebre)

  1. terebra (the ovipositor of hymenopterous insects)

Etymology 2

Verb

terebra

  1. third-person singular present indicative of terebrare
  2. second-person singular imperative of terebrare

Latin

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈte.re.bra/, [ˈtɛ.rɛ.bra]

Etymology 1

From ter(ō) +‎ -bra.

Alternative forms
  • terebrum

Noun

terebra

  1. an instrument for boring; borer; gimlet
Inflection

First declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative terebra terebrae
Genitive terebrae terebrārum
Dative terebrae terebrīs
Accusative terebram terebrās
Ablative terebrā terebrīs
Vocative terebra terebrae
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Galician: tarabela (from a diminutive)
  • Italian: terebra
  • Portuguese: térebra

Etymology 2

Verb

terebrā

  1. first-person singular present active imperative of terebrō

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, 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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