bore (v.) Copy link Outline I. To make a circular hole1. perfŏro, 1 (simple verb foro, rare2. excăvo, 13. tĕrĕbro, 14. exterĕbro, 1 (to b. out)5. pertĕrĕbro, 1 (to b. through)II. To weary by importunity, etc. • bore (v.): I. To make a circular hole: 1. perfŏro, 1 (simple verb foro, rare: Col.: Macr.): to b. a hole through a ship, navem p., Cic.: Col. 2. excăvo, 1: the Gallic gimlet b.s a hole (in a tree) without becoming heated, Gallica terebra ex., nec urit, Plin.: Col. 3. tĕrĕbro, 1: to b. vines, vites t., Col.: to b. the eye with a sharp weapon, lumen telo acuto t., Virg. 4. exterĕbro, 1 (to b. out): the gold had been b.d out, aurum exterebratum erat, Cic. 5. pertĕrĕbro, 1 (to b. through): to b. through a pillar, columnam p., Cic.: Vitr. II. To weary by importunity, etc.: obtundo, tŭdi, tūsum, 3: if I could sleep, I would not b. you with such long letters, ego si somnum capere possem, tam longis te epistolis non obtunderem, Cic. Att. 8. 1. Phr.: to b. any one as he is reading, by gossiping, aliquem legentem impellere quovis sermone molestum, Hor. S. 1, 3, 65: b.d with hoarse-throated Codrus' Theseid, vexatus rauci Theseide Codri, Juv.: you b. me, odiosus mihi es, Pl.: v. to worry, harass.