pierce
pierce
v. trans.
Bare: P. and V. τετραίνειν, τρῡπᾶν (Soph. Frag.), Ar. διατετραίνεσθαι.
Wound: P. and V. τιτρώσκειν, τραυμᾰτίζειν ; see wound.
Prick: P. and V. κεντεῖν, V. χρί̄ειν.
Go through: V. διᾰπερᾶν, διέρχεσθαι (acc. or gen.); of an arrow, V. διαρροιζεῖν (gen.) (Soph. Trach. 558).
Enter: P. and V. εἰσέρχεσθαι (εἰς, acc., or acc. alone in V.), εἰσδύ̄εσθαι (εἰς, acc., or acc. alone in V.).
Break: P. and V. ῥηγνύναι (in P. usually compounded), διαρρηγνύναι.
Strike: P. and V. βάλλειν ; see strike.
Piercing his ankles through with iron points: V. σφυρῶν σιδηρᾶ κέντρα διαπείρας μέσον (Eur. Phoen. 26).
Met., see through: P. and V. γιγνώσκειν, μανθά̆νειν, αἰσθά̆νεσθαι (acc. or gen.).
Sting, pain: P. and V. λῡπεῖν, δάκνειν.
Pierced with: V. πεπληγμένος (dat.), P. and V. ἐκπεπληγμένος (dat.), ἐκπλᾰγείς (dat.).
v. trans.
Bare: P. and V. τετραίνειν, τρῡπᾶν (Soph. Frag.), Ar. διατετραίνεσθαι.
Wound: P. and V. τιτρώσκειν, τραυμᾰτίζειν ; see wound.
Prick: P. and V. κεντεῖν, V. χρί̄ειν.
Go through: V. διᾰπερᾶν, διέρχεσθαι (acc. or gen.); of an arrow, V. διαρροιζεῖν (gen.) (Soph. Trach. 558).
Enter: P. and V. εἰσέρχεσθαι (εἰς, acc., or acc. alone in V.), εἰσδύ̄εσθαι (εἰς, acc., or acc. alone in V.).
Break: P. and V. ῥηγνύναι (in P. usually compounded), διαρρηγνύναι.
Strike: P. and V. βάλλειν ; see strike.
Piercing his ankles through with iron points: V. σφυρῶν σιδηρᾶ κέντρα διαπείρας μέσον (Eur. Phoen. 26).
Met., see through: P. and V. γιγνώσκειν, μανθά̆νειν, αἰσθά̆νεσθαι (acc. or gen.).
Sting, pain: P. and V. λῡπεῖν, δάκνειν.
Pierced with: V. πεπληγμένος (dat.), P. and V. ἐκπεπληγμένος (dat.), ἐκπλᾰγείς (dat.).
PIERCE
To bore through perforare (general term to make a hole through pectora latus ense etc.; also to pierce [= make] windows lumina Cic.): forare (post-Augustan very rare): efforare (only Col. truncum): terebrare (with a borer or otherwise): perterebrare (with a borer).
To stick anything through trajicere transfodere confodere configere transverberare (e.g. venabulo): percutere. To pierce anybody with a sword alicui latus transfodere gladio; aliquem gladio transfigere (poetically alicujus pectus gladio or ferro haurire): with a dagger aliquem sica conncere aliquem pugione percutere (for which Tac. has fodere only): one’s heart with a knife cultrum in corde alicujus defigere.
ImPROP. to wound deeply (e.g. the heart) percutere vulnerare.
To bore through perforare (general term to make a hole through pectora latus ense etc.; also to pierce [= make] windows lumina Cic.): forare (post-Augustan very rare): efforare (only Col. truncum): terebrare (with a borer or otherwise): perterebrare (with a borer).
To stick anything through trajicere transfodere confodere configere transverberare (e.g. venabulo): percutere. To pierce anybody with a sword alicui latus transfodere gladio; aliquem gladio transfigere (poetically alicujus pectus gladio or ferro haurire): with a dagger aliquem sica conncere aliquem pugione percutere (for which Tac. has fodere only): one’s heart with a knife cultrum in corde alicujus defigere.
ImPROP. to wound deeply (e.g. the heart) percutere vulnerare.
pierce:
I. To bore through:
1. perfŏro, 1 (to make a hole through): to p. a ship, navem p., Cic. in Quint. 8, 6, 47: to p. any one's side with a sword, latus ense p., Ov. Tr. 3, 9, 26: lights (passages for light) p.d from the soul to the eyes, lumina ab animo ad oculos perforata, Cic. N. D. 3, 4, 9. (Less freq., effŏro, 1, Col. 9, 1, ad init.; and simple verb, fŏro, 1, id. 5, 10, ad fin.: Macr.)
2. perfŏdio, fōdi, ssum, 3 (to dig through; to stab): Cic. Virg.
3. pungo, 3: v.TO PRICK , PUNCTURE .
4. tĕrebro, pertĕrebro, 1 v.TO BORE . Phr the shield was found p.d with 120 holes, inventa sunt in scuto foramina cxx., Caes. B. C. 3, 53: v. HOLE .
II. To wound, transfix: confŏdio, transfŏdio, trājĭcio, etc. v.TO STAB , TRANSFIX .
III. To affect keenly: Phr. a guilty conscience, p.s [stings], mens sibi conscia stimulos adhibet, Lucr. 3, 1032: that remark p.d his heart, descendit hoc verbum in pectus ejus, cf. Sall. Jug. 11 to be p.d with especial grief, praecipuo dolore angi, Cic. Fam. 4, 3 they were p.d (pricked) to the heart, compuncti sunt corde, Vulg. Act. ii. 37.
I. To bore through:
1. perfŏro, 1 (to make a hole through): to p. a ship, navem p., Cic. in Quint. 8, 6, 47: to p. any one's side with a sword, latus ense p., Ov. Tr. 3, 9, 26: lights (passages for light) p.d from the soul to the eyes, lumina ab animo ad oculos perforata, Cic. N. D. 3, 4, 9. (Less freq., effŏro, 1, Col. 9, 1, ad init.; and simple verb, fŏro, 1, id. 5, 10, ad fin.: Macr.)
2. perfŏdio, fōdi, ssum, 3 (to dig through; to stab): Cic. Virg.
3. pungo, 3: v.
4. tĕrebro, pertĕrebro, 1 v.
II. To wound, transfix: confŏdio, transfŏdio, trājĭcio, etc. v.
III. To affect keenly: Phr. a guilty conscience, p.s [stings], mens sibi conscia stimulos adhibet, Lucr. 3, 1032: that remark p.d his heart, descendit hoc verbum in pectus ejus, cf. Sall. Jug. 11 to be p.d with especial grief, praecipuo dolore angi, Cic. Fam. 4, 3 they were p.d (pricked) to the heart, compuncti sunt corde, Vulg. Act. ii. 37.
νύσσω
to touch with a sharp point, to prick, spur, pierce
strike through, pierce
διατρυπάω
bore through, pierce
εἰστιτρώσκω
perforate, pierce
παρακεντέω
pierce
περικεντέω
pierce on all sides
περονάω
to pierce, pin
σουβλίζω
pierce
συνεκκεντέω
pierce
συντορέω
pierce, transfix
τερέω
bore through, pierce
τετραίνω
to bore through, pierce, perforate
τορέω
to bore through, pierce; proclaim in shrill tones
ἐπιτιτράω
pierce, cut holes in
ἐπιτρυπάω
bore, pierce
to touch with a sharp point, to prick, spur, pierce
appearing fewer than 50 times
διατορέωstrike through, pierce
διατρυπάω
bore through, pierce
εἰστιτρώσκω
perforate, pierce
παρακεντέω
pierce
περικεντέω
pierce on all sides
περονάω
to pierce, pin
σουβλίζω
pierce
συνεκκεντέω
pierce
συντορέω
pierce, transfix
τερέω
bore through, pierce
τετραίνω
to bore through, pierce, perforate
τορέω
to bore through, pierce; proclaim in shrill tones
ἐπιτιτράω
pierce, cut holes in
ἐπιτρυπάω
bore, pierce