English

Noun

terebra ‎(plural terebras or terebrae)

1. The boring ovipositor of a hymenopterous insect.

Italian

Etymology 1

From Latin terebra.

Noun

terebra f ‎(plural terebre)

1. terebra (the ovopositor of hymenopterous insects)

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.

Noun

terebra

1. an instrument for boring; borer; gimlet

Inflection

First declension.

Descendants

• 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)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “terebra”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: 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