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“drill” in Latin
terebrōto bore through, pierce, perforateperforōto bore or pierce through; to perforate; to penetrateexerceōto keep busy, keep at work, drive on; occupy, practise, employ, exercise (something in a form of action); to harass, wormodioluscup (small drinking vessel); bucket of a water wheel; hub (of a wheel)
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
drill
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).
drill
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
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for drill?
- The usual Latin words for “drill” are terebrō, perforō, exerceō; also modiolus. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.