pierce Copy link Outline I. To bore through1. perfŏro, 1 (to make a hole through)2. perfŏdio, fōdi, ssum, 3 (to dig through; to stab)3. pungo, 34. tĕrebro, pertĕrebro, 1II. To wound, transfixIII. To affect keenly • pierce: I. To bore through: 1. perfŏro, 1 (to make a hole through): to p. a ship, navem p., Cic. in Quint. 8, 6, 47: to p. any one's side with a sword, latus ense p., Ov. Tr. 3, 9, 26: lights (passages for light) p.d from the soul to the eyes, lumina ab animo ad oculos perforata, Cic. N. D. 3, 4, 9. (Less freq., effŏro, 1, Col. 9, 1, ad init.; and simple verb, fŏro, 1, id. 5, 10, ad fin.: Macr.) 2. perfŏdio, fōdi, ssum, 3 (to dig through; to stab): Cic.: Virg. 3. pungo, 3: v. to prick, puncture. 4. tĕrebro, pertĕrebro, 1: v. to bore. Phr the shield was found p.d with 120 holes, inventa sunt in scuto foramina cxx., Caes. B. C. 3, 53: v. hole. II. To wound, transfix: confŏdio, transfŏdio, trājĭcio, etc.: v. to stab, transfix. III. To affect keenly: Phr.: a guilty conscience, p.s [stings], mens sibi conscia stimulos adhibet, Lucr. 3, 1032: that remark p.d his heart, descendit hoc verbum in pectus ejus, cf. Sall. Jug. 11: to be p.d with especial grief, praecipuo dolore angi, Cic. Fam. 4, 3 they were p.d (pricked) to the heart, compuncti sunt corde, Vulg. Act. ii. 37.