fŏro
āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.
root bhar-, Zend. bar-, cut, bore; Gr. φαρ-, φάρος, plough; cf. φάραγξ, φάρυγξ; Germ. bohren; Angl.-Sax. borian; Engl. bore
I.
to bore, pierce (mostly post-Aug. and very rare).
I.
Lit.: forata arbos, Col. 5, 10, 20: bene foratas habere aures, Macr. S. 7, 3; Cels. 7, 29; Sid. Ep. 9, 13.—Comically: o carnificum cribrum, quod credo fore: Ita te forabunt patibulatum per vias Stimulis, Plaut. Most. 1, 1, 53.—
II.
Trop.: forati animi, full of holes, i. e. that retain nothing, Sen. Brev. Vit. 10.