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Immodicus, in gerendis verecundissi- 
mus. Cic. Interiores litter®, quibus 
s®pe verecundiorem me in loquendo 
facia. Ovid. Verecundus rubor, h. e. 
a blush. So, Ilorat. color. Qiiinlil. Hoc 
dicere est mihi verecundum, I feel mod¬ 
esty or shame. - IT Also, venerable, 
awful. Ammian. nomen populi R.- 
IT Partes verecundiores, h. e. verenda. 
Arnob. 
VERkDaRIBS (veredus), ii, m. a courier, 
3 postboy. Sidon. 
VEReDBS (unc.), i, m. a horse; or, a 
3 swift, fleet horse. Martial. — Conse¬ 
quently, also, a post-horse, courier-horse, 
'imros raxvApopo;. Pandect. 
VEReNDOS, a, um, particip. from ve- 
2 reor.-IT Adj. venerable, deserving of 
reverence or respect, aiisoipos, ev\a/3r]- 
rcof. Ovid, majestas. Id. Curia cum 
Patribus fuerit stipata verendis. - 
IT Also, to be feared,fearful, terrible. Lu¬ 
can. —— IT Plin. Ep. Verenda, sc. 
membra ; or, Plin. and Veget. Partes 
verend®, the privy parts. 
VERENTER (vereor, verens), adv. with 
3 awe, with reverence and respect, reverent¬ 
ly, respectfully. Scdul. 
VEREOR (unc.), eris, Itus sum, dep. 2. to 
fear, be afraid of. — First, to fear with 
reverential awe, look up to with reverence 
or respect, reverence, respect, revere, fear, 
stand in awe of, evXaptopai, aiStopai. 
Cic. Metuebant eum servi, verebantur 
liberi. Id. Quid? veteranos non vere- 
mur ? nam timeri se ne ipsi quidem vo- 
iunt. Liv. Veremur quidem vos, Ro¬ 
mani, et, si ita vultis, etiain timemus. 
Sed plus veremur, et timemus deos im- 
rnortales. Also, with genit.; as, Pe¬ 
rmit. Neque hujus sis veritus femin® 
primari®. Cic. tui testimonii. Also, 
passively. Afran. ap. Mon. Malunt rae- 
tui quam vereri se ab suis. And, im- 
pers. with accus. and genit. like pudet. 
Pacuv. ap. Mon. Nihilne te populi vere- 
tur ? — Also, to fear, be afraid of. Cic. 
Vereor Gallica beila. Also, with infin. 
to fear, be afraid; be backward; as, Pe¬ 
rmit. Hei mihi! vereor dicere. Cic. 
Vereor committere, ut non ponantur. 
So, also, impers. Cic. Cyrenaici, quos 
non est veritum in voluptate summum 
bonum ponere, li. c. who have not been 
afraid to set, &c. - IT Also, to fear, 
apprehend. Cic. De Carthagine non 
ante vereri desinam, quam illam ex- 
cisamesse cognovero. Cws. periculum. 
And. ad Her. supplicium ab aliquo. 
Also, with the dative of the thing we 
wish safe, to fear for something, be ap¬ 
prehensive for. Cic. Eo minus veritus 
navibus, quod, &c. — Especially fol¬ 
lowed by ne (that) ; or by ne non, or ut, 
in the sense of that not; as, Cic. Veri¬ 
tus es, ne operam perdidisses. Cws. 
Vereri se, ne circumveniretur. Cic. 
Quis Sullam verebatur, ne quid per 
vim ageretur? Id. Non vereor, ne 
quid stulte facias, I have no fear, I am 
not at all afraid of your doing, &c. Id. 
111a duo, vereor, u’t tibi possim conce- 
dere, I fear I cannot grant you, &c. Id. 
Te vereri, ne superiores (litter®) mihi 
reddit® non essent. Id. Non vereor, 
ne non Scribendo te expleam, I have no 
fear of not. See. But ne is found for ne 
von, in Cic. ad Div. 6, 1. (Ed. Orwv.) 
Vereor, ne consolatio ulla possit reperiri 
(but Ed. Em. has nulla). And ut, for 
ne, in Ilorat. Sat. 1, 3, 120. (Compare 
Me.) Also, followed by accusat. and 
infin. in Odd. Her. 16, 75. -IT Also, 
implying doubt mingled with fear, to 
fear, to expect with fear or be in doubt, 
look with anxious eyes, anticipate with 
fear. Sallust. Neque jam, quid existi- 
snetis de ilio, vereoir. Cic. Vereor quid 
sit. Cod. ad Cic. Hoc quomodo accipe- 
rent homines)- vereor etiain nunc. Pe¬ 
rmit. Heri semper lenitas, verebar,quor- 
sum evaderet. Pandect. Vereor, num 
hie atiud sit dicendum.- IT Also, 
absol. h. c. verecundiani habere. Plant. 
Baccli. Hie vereri perdidit, lost all shame 
and modesty. -IT Verens is found also 
with a genit.; as, Colum. Verentes 
plagarum. -IT See, also, Verendus, 
«, uni. 
yERETILLX (dimin. from veretrum), ®, 
d (. the privy member. Apul. Apolog. (by 
which at the same time a fish, perhaps 
a shell-fish, seems to be denoted). Some 
read veretillum. 
VERETRUM (vereor), i, n. the privy mem- 
2 her. Sueton. and Cal. Aurel. 
VeRGILIA? (perhaps from virga (twig), 
as being a tuft or cluster of stars!, 
arum, f. the Pleiades or seven stars. Cic. 
in Aral. 
VeRGS (unc.), is, si, a. and n. 3. Trans. 
to incline or direct or turn a thing any 
whither. Lucret. Solis ardor in terras 
vergitur, h. e. vergit se.-IT Hence, 
to pour, pour out, pour in. Lucret. vene- 
na sibi. Ovid. In'gelidos versitamoma 
sinus. Stat. Spumantesque mero pa¬ 
ter® vgrguntur. - II. Intrans. to 
incline or turn itself any whither. Cic. 
Bruti auxilium ad Italiam vergere. 
Plin. A3gri vergentes in lethargum. Id. 
Colore languido in candidum vergente, 
inclining to white. Id. AEs ad jocineris 
imaginem vergens. — Hence, of situa¬ 
tion, position, to incline towards, lie or 
look towards, run, tend, border upon. 
Cws. Eorum niia pars vergit ad sep- 
temtriones. Liv. Portus, qui in meri¬ 
diem vergit. Cic. Omnibus terr® par- 
tibus in medium vergentibus. Virg. ad 
solem cadentem. — Also, to incline to 
its end, draw to a close, wane, incline to 
old age, decline. Pacit. Vergente au- 
tumno. Sueton. Vergente die ingres- 
sus senatum, towards evening. Curt. 
Nox vergit ad lucent, draws near to day. 
Pacit. Suam ®tatem vergere, was on the 
decline, approached to old age. Id. Ver¬ 
gens annis femina, advanced in years, of 
advanced age. Sueton. Anni vergentes 
in senium. 
VeRGSBRETOS (a Celtic word, Fear- 
go-breith, from fear, h. e. vir, go, h. e. 
ad, & breith, h. e. judicium, so that 
according to this derivation it denotes 
judge), i, m. a name of the chief magis¬ 
trate (or magistracy) among the JEdui. 
Cws. B. O. 1, 16. (The Greek trans¬ 
lator of Coesar has epsilon in the pe¬ 
nult.) 
VeRICSLX. (verus & colo), ®, m. and f. 
3 honoring or regarding the truth. Per- 
tu.Il. lex. 
VERICOLaTOS, or VEROCBLaTBS (ve- 
3 riculum, or veruculum), a, um, adj. h. e. 
parvo veru (ferreo vel ligneo) instructus. 
Colum. falx. 
VERICOLUM, i, n. See Veruculum. 
VERIDICe (veridicus), adv. speaking tru- 
3 ly, truly. Ammian. 
VeRIDIUOS (verus & dico), a, um, adj. 
speaking truth, veridical, dXpfevwv. 
Lucret. Veridico ex ore. Martial, so- 
rores. Liv. interpres deorum. Plin. 
exitus, h. e. which proved a prediction to 
be true. - It Also, truly said, true, 
veritable. Cic. caus® inimicitiarum. So, 
Plin. exitus (see above). 
VeRILSQUIUM (verus &. loquor), ii, n. 
1 a speaking truly; hence, etymology, as a 
translation of the Greek irvpuXoyia. 
Cic. Pop. 8. 
VeRILSQUBS (Id.), a, um, adj. speaking 
3 truly. Hieronym. Non poterant audire 
linguam veriloquam. 
VERiSrMrLrS, e, adj. or VER? SIMILrs, 
e, like the truth, having the semblance-of 
truth, likely, probable,invalids, eiKtos. Cic. 
Narrationem jubent verisimilem esse. 
Id. Verisimiilimum mihi videtur, quo- 
dam tempore, &c. Plin. Quod est ve- 
risimilius, quam quod, &c. Cic. Non 
verisimile est, quam sit in utroque gene- 
re et creber, et distinctus Cato, you can¬ 
not believe how. Sic., it is incredible, Sic. 
Pcrent. Mihi quidem non sit verisimile, 
I cannot believe it. Also followed by ut, 
instead of the accus. and infin. Cic. 
Non est verisimile, ut Chrysogonus 
adamarit, &c. - IT Also, in an in¬ 
verted order ; or with a word between 
its parts. Cic. See Similis. 
VeRTSIMILITER (verisimilis), adv. prob¬ 
ably, KiSavwf. Apul. Verisimililer fin- 
gere. Id. Verisimilius confingere. 
VeRISIMILITuDS (Id.), Inis, f. likeness 
to the truth or to reality; of statues for 
instance, likeness to the original. Plin. 
— Hence, probability, likelihood, resem¬ 
blance of truth, verisimilitude. Cic. Sine 
assensioneipsam verisimilitudinem non 
impeditam sequi. Senec. Ea ire, qua 
ducit verisimilitudo. - IT Also, Si- 
militudo veri. Cic. 
VeRITaS (verus), atis, f. truth (properly 
in the abstract), verily, aXySeia. Cic. 
O magna vis veritatis. Id. litterarum. 
Id. Simplex ratio veritatis. Id. Nihil 
loqui ad veritatem. Id. Vulgus ex veri- 
tate pauca ®stimat. Qell. Veritates 
fortiter dicere. - IT Also, necessi¬ 
ty, necessary or natural agreement or 
concord. Cic. Omnes habet numeros 
veritatis. - U Also, justice, equity, 
fairness. Cic. In tuam fidem, verita¬ 
tem confugit. Id. judiciorum. - 
li Also, the true, real nature of a thing, 
reality. Cic. Quam veritas et ratio 
prascribit. Id. Vincit imitationem ve¬ 
ritas. Id. Veritas reclamat, h. e. reality 
or the thing itself. Id. Veritatem mn- 
tum in simulacrum ex animali exem- 
plo veritatem transferre. Aucl. ad Her. 
In veritate dicere, to speak upon some¬ 
thing real, to plead a true cause (and not 
a supposed one, merely for exercise). 
— Hence, certainty, sureness. Cic. Non 
solum opinione, sed etiam ad veritatem. 
So, also, Id. Ista veritas, etiamsi jucun- 
da non est, mihi tamen grata est.- 
IT Also, truth-telling, sincerity, honesty, 
frankness, integrity, plain-dealiiig. Pc¬ 
rent. Veritas odium parit. Martial. 
Rnstica veritas. 
VERITVS, a, um. See Vereor. 
VeRIVeRBIUM (verus & verbum), ii, n. 
3 a telling of the truth, veracity, tiXySo- 
Xoyia. Plant. 
VeRMICBLaTe (vermiculatus), adv. in 
3 a tessellated manner, checkeredly, in mar¬ 
quetry. Quintil. See Vermiculatus. 
VeRMICBLaTIS (vermiculor), onis, f. 
the being infested with worms, worm-caten- 
ness, oKo>\f]Koicis. Plin. 
VeRMICSLaTBS (vermiculus), a, um, 
adj. checkered, marqueted, tessellated, va¬ 
riegated, like a chess-board, perhaps so 
called as bearing some resemblance to 
worms. Plin. Vermiculatis ad effigies 
rerum et animaliurn crustis. Lucil. ap. 
Cic. emblema. 
VeRMIOoLSR (vermiculus), aris, dep. 1. 
2 to breed worms, be infested with worms, 
TCoqSoi/i<;opai,cKU)Xrixovpai. Plin. Ver- 
miculautur mag is minut® qu®dam ar- 
bores. 
VkRMICBLoSBS (Id.), a, um, adj. full 
3 of worms, aKokr/KibSys. Pallad. poma. 
VeRMiCuLCS (dimin. from vermis), i, 
2 m. a little or not very large worm, grub, 
such, for instance, as is found in pu¬ 
trefied substances, amoXfiKiov. Lucret. 
and Plin. — Also, the worm which is 
said to drive dogs mad. Plin. -IT Al- 
60 , for opus vermiculatum. Inscript. 
Vermiculnm sternere. 
VeRWIFEBBS (vermis & fluo), a, um, 
3 adj. flowing and swarming with worms. 
Paulin. Molan. 
VERMINA, um, n. plur. piercing pains 
3 in the intestines; a griping of the guts, 
as if a man had worms, arpbifioi. (This 
is the interpretation of Fxstus, who ac¬ 
cordingly seems to derive it from ver¬ 
mes ; which etymology is favored by the 
signification of the derived word ver- 
niinosus ; but it is perhaps better to de¬ 
rive it from verto, like the Greek arpv- 
<l>o(, from orpcipoi.) 
VeRMINaTIo (vermino) , onis, f. a being 
2 diseased with worms ; of beasts of bur¬ 
den, for instance, the hots, oKcoXyKtaots. 
Plin. -IT Also, generally, acute or pier¬ 
cing pain, anguish, torture, pain. Sencc. 
VeRMINS (vermina, or vermis), as, n. 
2 and a. I. Intrans. to have worms, be 
infested with worms, breed or produce 
worms, cKioXyKiaio. Senec. — Hence, 
to itch, smart, ache, give pain. Martial. 
Si tibi morosa prurigine verminat au- 
ris. Also, as a depon. Senec. Si podr 
gra verminatur.-IT Trans, to pair, 
torture, afflict with bodily pains. Hence, 
Pompon, ap. Mon. Verininari,_ to have 
pains in the body. 
VERMIN5S0S (vermina), a, um adj. 
2 full of or having worms, crKioXtisJodru. 
Plin. ulcera. 
VERMIS (unc.), is, m. a worm, grub 
2 (jKOiXnf Lucret. 
VERNA (unc.), ®, m. a slave born in the 
2 house of his master ; a home-born slave., j 
oiKorpiib. oiuuToaipfi;. Plant, and Ca d A 
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