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ad Cic. — As these slaves weie born 
and brought up in the house, and there¬ 
fore more easily learned the Roman 
manners, they would naturally become 
bolder and more wanton, and of readi¬ 
er wit than others. Hence, a merry- 
andrew, droll, buffoon, jester, fool. Plant. 
and Martial. -If Aiso, a native. Mar¬ 
tial. Verna de plebe Remi. — And ad- 
jectively, native, home-born, indigenous. 
Martial. Vernas apros. Id. Verna liber, 
h. e. Rom® scriptus.-IT Also, fern. 
in Inscript, y :rn® sute. 
VeRNaCuLOS (verna), a, um, adj.. do¬ 
mestic, native, indigenous, born or produced 
at home, bred in one’s city or country, not 
foreign or exotic, proper and peculiar to 
the country, vernacular, Roman, u'lKoye- 
vns, CTrixtoptos, aVTOx^mv. Parr, vo- 
cabula. Id. volucres. Plin. equi. Id. 
putatio, h. e. qu® in nostris regionibus 
fieri consuevit. Cic. sapor. Id. festi- 
vitas. Id. Crimen domesticum ac ver- 
naculum, h. e. domi ab accusatore con- 
fictnm. Tacit. Vernacula multitudo, 
h. e. qure vernis, libertinis, et simili 
plebe urbana constat. —— IT Also, pert, 
waggish, scurrilous, jesting, witty. — 
Hence, Vernaculus, a buffoon, jester, 
&c. Martial, and Sueton. 
VeRNaLIS (ver), e, adj. of spring, 
3 spring. Manil.. hor®, spring-hours. 
VeRNaLITER (verna), adv. like a slave, 
1 as if he were a slave. Ilorat. Sat. 2, 6, 
103. (where, however, the oldest and 
best Cudd. have verniliter, which has 
been adopted also by later editors). (See 
Verniliter.) — Hence, servilely, fawn- 
ingly, with affected civility. Clecil. ap. 
Mon. (Al. leg. verniliter). 
VeRNaTILIS (verno), e, adj. making ver- 
3 dard or flourishing. Cassiod. aqure. 
VeRNaTIS (verno), onis, f. aserpent’s 
2 renewing himself by casting his slough or 
skin. Plin. Membrana anguium ver- 
natiotie exuta. -IT Also, the slough 
or skin which the snake casts off, XePyp'cg, 
<rv<f>np- Plin. 
VeRNEMETES, is, n. a Celtic word, 
? equivalent to fanum ingens. Vcn. 
Fort. 
VeRNICTSMOS (vermis & coma), a, um, 
3 adj. having green, leaves, or putting forth 
lea pcs in spring t Mart. Capell. 
VeRNIFER (vernum & fero), era, drum, 
3 adj. green or vernal. Mart. Capell. 
eRNILIS (verna), e, adj. of a slave, 
scrijile, oiKCTind;. Quintil. dr.cl. Adhi- 
bere qurestionem vernilibus corpori- 
bus. — Hence, slavish, servile, grovel¬ 
ling, abject, crouching. Tacit. Quamvis 
odium Vitetlius vernilibus blanditiis 
velaret. — Also, low, of low wit, scur¬ 
rilous ; or wanton, waggish, pert; or wan¬ 
tonly witty. Tacit, dictum. 
ERNILiITaS (vernilis), atis, f. the beha¬ 
vior of a verna. IT Hence, servility, af¬ 
fected civility, over-wrought complaisance, 
as when one begs pressingly for what 
lie would rather not have. Senec. 
Hrec sive levitas, sive vernilitas.- 
IT Also, a free and wanton wit, scurrility, 
waggishness, pertness, petulance. Senec. 
and (Quintil. 
VERNILITER (Id.), adv. like a slave, as 
if one were a slave. Ilorat. Sat. 2, 6, 
iOS, where the city mouse performs the 
office of a praigustator (in this passage 
others less correctly read vernaliter ; see 
Vernalitcr). — Hence, servilely, fawn- 
inrrly; with affected wit, with low and 
wanton wit. Senec. and Ciecil. up. Mon. 
(in which last others read vernalitcr). 
VERN5 (verr.um, sc. tempus), as, n. ]. 
to be renewed or renovated in spring, put 
forth, bud or sprout out, spring, became 
verdant, put on its spring dress, &c. 
capital, avaPXaardvo). Ovid. Vernat 
humus, ftoresque, et moltia pabula sur- 
gunt. Flor. Nihil moltius crelo : deni- 
que bis floribus vernat. Martial. Pas- 
sere vernat ager. Plin. Vernantes arbo- 
res. Id. Anguis vernat, renews itself, 
by casting its slough. Id. Crelo semper 
vernante, ft. e. ever mild and grateful like 
spring. Ovid, lndocilique loqtiax gut- 
Jure vernat avis (because the birds be¬ 
gin to sin" in early spring). Colum. 
Apes curnm postulant diligentiorem 
cum vernant. et exundant novis fetibus, 
^ c in early spring, when they renew 
their numbers, begin their labors, &c. — 
Figur. Martial ° Cum tibi vernarent 
lanugine mal®, began to be covered with 
down. Properl. Dum vernat sanguis, 
dum rugis integer annus, ft. e. is fresh, 
lively. Claudian. Senio iterum vernan¬ 
te.-IT Also, to make or bring spring. 
Plin. In Italia mobilior aer semper quo- 
dammodo vernat, vel autumnat. 
VeRNOLa, ®, m. and f. dimin. from 
2 verna. Juvenal. Quern sequitur cus- 
tos angust® vernula cap3®. Hence, 
Juvenal. Tiberinus (sc. lupus, a pike) 
vernula riparum, ft. e. a native of the 
banks, born and bred by the bank. — Also, 
adjectively; as, Pelron. O hominem acu- 
tum, et urbanitatis vernul® foqtem, ft. c. 
witty, waggish, pert. Rutil. Vernula 
avis, ft. e. intra domus septum nata. 
Martial. Prater libellos vernulas nihil 
misi, A. e. domestic, home-bora (contrast¬ 
ed as it seems with Damasccna, in the 
preceding line). 
VeRNCS (ver), a, um, adj. of or pertain¬ 
ing to the spring, vernal, spring —, 
eaptndg. Cic. Verni temporis suavitas, 
of spring-time. Moral, flores. Colum. 
requinoctium. Ilorat. ventus. Ovid. 
Nix verno sole soluta. Id. aura. Plin. 
agni. Id. opera, A. e. qu® vere facien- 
da sunt. — Hence, Vernum (sc. tem¬ 
pus), the spring-time, spring. Pallad. 
Per vernum. Plin. Verno, in spring , 
in the spring -season. 
VkR 5 (verus), as, n. 1. to speak the truth, 
3 say true, aXyScvu). Enn. ap. Gell. 
VERB, onis, m .for Veru. 3 Aar el. Piet. 
(VeRB (verus), [the final o of the conj. ve¬ 
to is also found short in Val. Flacc. and 
Stat.]. I. Adv. in truth, indeed, of a 
truth, truly, certainly, for certain, assur¬ 
edly, pevToi. Cic. Est vero fortunatus 
ille. So ironically, Virg. Egregiam 
vero laudem refortis, in sooth. Cic. AIul- 
tum vero hrec his jura profuerunt. Al¬ 
so with imo and hcrcle, strengthening 
the expression. Terent. Vah, gloriare 
evenisse ex sentential (Syr.) non her- 
cle vero. Id. Imo vero indignum faci- 
nus faxo ex me audias. (See Into.) - 
II Hence, in answers, Vero, yes, yes 
indeed, certainly, ay, by all means, exactly 
so; in which sense it readily holds the 
first place. Cic. Fuisti srepe, credo, in 
scholis philosophorum. (Alt.) Vero, ac- 
lilienter quidem. Id. Sed tu orationes 
nobis veteres explicabis? vero, inquam, 
Brute. Id. Illam autem dixisse, vero, 
mea puella, tibi concedo, &c. Id. Non- 
ne igrtur sapiens, si fame ipse conficin- 
tur, abstulerit cibum alteii liomini ad 
nullam rem utili? minime vero, no cer¬ 
tainly, no indeed. Id. Qurero, num id 
injuste fecerit. Ille vero, inquit Anti- 
pater, yes, indeed he does. So in an an¬ 
swer b-y letter. Cic. Ego vero, Servi, 
vellem, ut scribis, in meo gravissimo 
casu adfuisses, ft. e. yes, indeed I wished 
you had been with me. So likewise, 
Enim vero, yes truly, ay truly. Terent. 
and Cic. IT Aiso, in pressing re¬ 
quests, now, I pray, do, &c. Plant. 
( Mic.) Cape hoc aurum. (Chry.) non 
equidem accipiam. (Mic.) Cape vero: 
odiose facis, yes, Isay, take it. Id. Re¬ 
spice vero, Thesprio. Id. Ostende vero. 
-IT Also, in a climax, to express the 
last degree of a thing , indeed, fully. Sal¬ 
lust. Cal. 61. Sed eonfectopraiio, turn ve¬ 
ro cerneres, &c. then indeed, then fulbj. 
So, Id. Jug. 58. Sin Nurnid® propius ac- 
cessissent, ibi vero virtutem ostendere. 
Cic. Manil. 11. Testis est Africa — testis 
est Gallia—testis est Hispania — tes¬ 
tes vero jam omnes or® atque oin- 
nes ext era gentes, indeed all the 
coasts, See. arc witnesses. (Compare 
Tacit. Hist. 1, 85. Plin. Ep. 8, 4.) — 
IT. Conj. but, not only as a mere adver¬ 
sative, but also expressive of a lively 
transition to something more impor¬ 
tant ; but now. Cws. Tres partes flu- 
men traduxisse, quartatn vero partem 
reliquam esse. Mepos. Inimici vero 
ejus quiescendum deerevernnt, but his 
enemies. Cic. Illucl vero plane non est 
ferendum, ft. e. but. that now is not at oil 
to be borne. Id. Jam vero virtuti Cn. 
Pompeii qu® potest par oratio inveniri ? 
Id. Age vero ceteris in rebus qualis sit 
teniperantia, considerate, but co-me now. 
950 
— As a conjunction, Vero rarely stand’ 
first, but commonly after one or mors 
words. 
VeRoNX, te, f. a city of Italy, in Gallia 
Transpadana, now Verona, the birth¬ 
place of Catullus and the younger Pliny. 
Ovid -11 Hence, Veronensis, e, adj. 
of or pertaining to Verona, Veronese 
Plin. ager. Id. Catullus Veronensis 
and, Tacit. Veronenses, the Veronese. 
VeROSGS (verus), a, um, adj. verus, ve- 
rax. Martian. Capell. 
VeRPX, ®, f. the virile member. 3 Caiull. 
VeRPOS (verpa), i, m. salax homo, quasi 
3 totus penis. Catull -IT Also, a cir¬ 
cumcised man. Juvenal. 
VeRReS (unc.), is, m. a hog not castra- 
2 ted; a boar-pig, boar, xoTpog. Varr. 
and Ilorat. — Figur. of a man. Plant. 
-IT C. Verres, apraiter at Rome, and 
afterwards propraetor in Sicily, in the ad¬ 
ministration of which province he made 
himself infamous by his exceeding avarice, 
sensuality and cruelty. After the term o) 
his government had expired, the Sicilians 
brought him to trial, and committed the 
management of the prosecution to Cicero, 
their former quiestor, who, in a series v) 
orations which bear the name of Verrin®, 
exposed his guilt so clearly, that Verres 
anticipated the issue of the trial by a vol¬ 
untary exile. 
VeRREOS, a, um, adj. of or pertaining to 
Veires. Cic. lex, proceeding from him. 
Hence, Verrea (sc. sollemnia, or festa), 
a festival instituted by Verres in his own 
honor. 
VeRRICOLUM, i, n. a drag-net, sweep- 
3 net., seine, trammel, cayyrri, yayyaprj. 
Val. Max. (in which state it seems to 
come from verro). Vcget. Also, a cer¬ 
tain missile weapon, a kind of spear jor 
javelin. 
VeRRINOS (verres), a, um, adj. of a boar- 
pig, xolptiog. Plin. je'cur. Id. adeps. 
-IT Also, of or pertaining to Ver¬ 
res, Vcrrine. Cic. Negabant, mirandum 
esse, jus tarn nequam esse verrinum 
(where there is a play upon the two 
meanings of .Jus Verrinum, namely Ver- 
rine law and pork-broth). 
VeRRQ (unc.), is, verri, versum, a. 3. 
to sweep, sweep out, sweep together, 
vaipcj. Ovid, favillas pro farre. Moral. 
Quidquid (frumenti) de Libycis verri- 
tur areis (sc. after threshing), for acci- 
pitur, colligitur.— Also, to sweep, sweep 
out, h. e. cleanse by sweeping. Plant,. 
redes. Juvenal, pavimentum. Sueton.' 
vias. Plant. Vorsa (pass, part.) om¬ 
nia. Propert. Versis focis. And 
absoi. Cic. Qui vemint.-IT Hence, 
figur. to sweep, h. e. as it were to sweep, 
or sweep out. Liv. templa, or, aras 
crinibtts. Virg. Delphines ®quora ver- 
rebant caudis. Ovid. Sumra® cauda 
verruntur aren®, arc brushed by their 
tails. -IT Also, to draw along, drag, 
trail, avpoi. Ovid, cresaricm per requo- 
ra. Propert. jVlare verreret ossa, A. e. 
distraheret, agitaret, contincret, hahe- 
ret. Ovid, nablia, A. c. play upon (but 
this is as well referred above, as we 
say sweep the lyre). Hence of persons 
sailing. Ovid, aquas, A. e. to sail, row, 
navigate. So, Virg. Torquent spunias, 
et c®rula verrunt. Id. vada remis, 
Catull. ffiquora abiegnis palmis. Hence, 
Sil. ffiquor retibus, to drag, trail, sweep 
the sea, fish. (In most of these exam¬ 
ples we can say, to sweep, to scour,. and sc 
refer them to the preceding signif.)-- 
IT Also, to cover by drawing along or 
trailing. Stat. Aurata palla vestigia 
pallere. Claudian. Verrebant braebia 
crines.-IT Also, figur. to sweep away, 
sweep out, h. e. take away, take off, take 
■with one. - Plaut. Homi quidquid habef, 
verritur tjeo. Martial. Quidquid poni- 
tur, hinc et hide vends.-‘f Also, to 
raise, stir up, move, set in motion. La- 
crct. Venti nubila verrunt. 
VeRROCX (unc.), re, f. a wart, dspo- 
2%op<!wif. Plin. -IT Figur. on gems. 
Plin. — Also, on a mountain, a height, 
eminence, projection. Cato ap. Gell. — 
Also, a wart, for a small failing, slight 
fault, as opposed to tubera. Herat. 
Sat. 1, 3, 74. 
VeRUuCaIUX (verruca) herba, wartwort, 
h, e. the herb which removes warts T hi* 
