hole Copy link Outline I. An aperture1. fŏrāmen, ĭnis, n. (a h. pierced)2. căvum, căvus3. lăcūna (a cavity)II. The abode of mice, etc.1. căvum, căvus2. cŭbīle, is, n.3. fŏveaIII. A wretched abode • hole: I. An aperture: 1. fŏrāmen, ĭnis, n. (a h. pierced): the h. of a flute, tibiae f., Hor. A. P. 203: falling into a gully-h., prolapsus in f. cloacae, Suet. Gr. 2. 2. căvum, căvus: he made a number of h.s in the wall, murum crebris c. aperuit, Liv. 24, 34, med.: stop up the h. you have made, cavum quem feceris obturato, Col. 12, 8, init. 3. lăcūna (a cavity): Varr.: Lucr. Phr.: to make a h. (or h.s) in anything, pertundo, tŭdi, tūsum, 3 (v. to bore): to make a h. through the bottom of a cup, p. calicem per fundum, Cato, R. R. 52: a vessel with h.s in it, pertusum dolium, Pl. Ps. 1, 3, 150: Lucr. Phr.: to dig a h. in a wall, parietem perfodere, Pl.: a garment full of h.s, vestimentum lacerum (v. ragged). II. The abode of mice, etc.: 1. căvum, căvus: to make their h.s (of mice), c. facere, Cato, R. R. 128: cf. supr. (2). 2. cŭbīle, is, n.: to dig their h.s (of moles), c. fodere, Virg. G. 1, 183. 3. fŏvea: Vulg. Luc. ix. 58: not class. in this sense, v. pitfall. III. A wretched abode: v. hovel.
HOLE Copy link • HOLEforamen (any larger or smaller opening bored with a round instrument tapering to a point): cavum (a hole hollowed out in the ground, in a wall, etc.; e.g., a mouse-hole, lion’s den, etc.): rima (a chink): fissura (a cleft, greater crack or chink, perhaps also for a hole in a garment, for which Juv., 3, 150, poetically uses vulnus): lacuna (a gap, space not filled up; e.g., in a pavement): lumen (the opening of a window, of a door, as opposed to the drapery): fenestra (the opening of a window, as opposed to a window-shutter): vulnus (a wound): gurgustium (a wretched dwelling). That has a hole, perforatus (bored through); fissus (cleft, slit up): full of holes, laceratus (tattered, of garments, etc.); foraminosus (full of bored openings; late); rimosus (full of chinks); cribratus (full of holes like a sieve); rarus (porous, like a sponge). To bore a hole, forare (general term, to make a hole in anything): perforare (to make a hole through anything, to bore through): terebrare (to bore with a gimlet or other such instrument): to bore a hole, foramen terebrare or terebra cavare. Hole to creep out of (IMPROP.), rima aliqua (e.g., rimam aliquam reperire, Plaut.). Vid: EXCUSE.