drill (v.) Copy link Outline I. To pierce with a small holeII. To train and exercise troops1. exerceo, 22. exercĭto, 13. instĭtuo, i, ūtum, 3 • drill (v.): I. To pierce with a small hole: fŏro, tĕrebro, 1: v. to bore. II. To train and exercise troops: 1. exerceo, 2: to assemble troops and d. them, copias cogere, ex., Caes.: Veg. 2. exercĭto, 1: Veg.: v. to discipline. 3. instĭtuo, i, ūtum, 3: to d. recruits, tirones ins., Veg.: v. to train.
drill (subs.) Copy link Outline I. For boringII. The exercise of troops1. exercĭtium2. exercĭtātio3. (campestris) mĕdĭtātio • drill (subs.): I. For boring: tĕrebra: v. gimlet. II. The exercise of troops: 1. exercĭtium: daily practice and d., quotidianus usus ex. que, Veg.: regular d., assidua ex., Veg.: Tac.: v. exercise. 2. exercĭtātio: Veg. 3. (campestris) mĕdĭtātio: Veg. Phr.: d.-sergeant, perh. campidoctor, armidoctor: see Stewech. ad Veg. 1, 13. (Perh. exercitiorum magister.) A d.-master of gladiators, lanista, Cic.
DRILL Copy link • DRILL 1. To perforate, terebrare (to make a hole with a drill or gimlet): perterebrare (quite through): perforare (general term for piercing holes). [Vid: To PERFORATE.] To entice, allure, Vid: To exercise troops, *milites in armis tractandis exercere: exercere: to be well drilled, *armorum usum habere; *armorum usu praestare: to drill the troops well after the Roman fashion, milites perpetuis exercitiis ad Romanae disciplinae formam redigere (i. e., to introduce the Roman tactics): milites frequentibus exercitiis ad proelia praeparare (to fit them for battle). 2. A boring tool, terebra (τρίπαναν, τρυπάνιον): modiolus (χοινίκιον; a bore with indented edge; Vid: Cels., 8, 3, in.). A baboon, *simia pavianus (Linn.). Drill sergeants, milites ad tradendam disciplinam immixti manipulis (general term, Agr., 28, 2): armorum doctores (those who superintend the drilling): campi doctores (with reference to military evolutions; Vid: Salmas., ael. Lampr., vol. i., p. 1012, Haack.). DRILL-PLOUGH or