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verber (noun N) : (nom., dat., and
* Acc. sing. do not occur, and the sing. in gen. very rarely; Neue, Formenl. 1, p. 476), n., a lash, whip, scourge, rod (syn.: scutica, flagrum)
* Lit. (rare; perh. not in Cic., but cf. in II. B.).
* Plur.: Tr. Quid me fiet nunc jam? Th. Verberibus caedere, lutum, pendens, Plaut. Most. 5, 2, 45: verberibus caedere,id. Pers. 2, 3, 17; Ter. And. 1, 2, 28: adulescentem nudari jubet verberaque adferri,Liv. 8, 28, 4: verbera saetosa movebat arator,Prop. 4 (5), 1, 25. Verg. A. 5, 147; Quint. Decl. 19, 3.
* Transf.
* Concr., a thong of a sling and other similar missile weapons (poet.; syn. lorum),Verg. G. 1, 309; Sil. 1, 314; Luc. 3, 469.
* Abstr., a lashing, scourging, flogging, etc. (class.; syn. plaga).
* Lit.
* Plur.: dignus es verberibus multis,Plaut. Mil. 2, 3, 71: tibi erunt parata verba, huic homini verbera,Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 115: mitto vincla, mitto carcerem, mitto verbera, mitto secures,Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 24, § 59: aliquem vinculis ac verberibus atque omni supplicio excruciare,id. Imp. Pomp. 5, 11; id. Phil. 11, 2, 5; id. Rep. 1, 38, 59; 2, 37, 62; id. Fin. 5, 20, 55; id. Tusc. 3, 27, 64; XII. Tab. ap. Cic. Leg. 3, 3, 6; Quint. 1, 3, 15; 4, 2, 113; 11, 1, 40; 11, 3, 90; 11, 3, 117; Hor. S. 1, 3, 121: cum positā stares ad verbera veste,Ov. Am. 1, 6, 19: saeva,id. ib. 1, 13, 18: tergum foedum vestigiis verberum,Liv. 2, 23, 7: post verbere,Stat. Th. 2, 143; 2, 172.
* Trop., plur., lashes, strokes: contumeliarum verbera subire,Cic. Rep. 1, 5, 9: verbera linguae,i. e. chidings,Hor. C. 3, 12, 3 (cf.: verberari verbis, convicio, etc., under verbero): fortunae verbera,the strokes of fate,Gell. 13, 27, 4.
* Of inanim. things, a stripe, stroke, blow (mostly poet.).
* Plur.: turgentis caudae,Hor. S. 2, 7, 49: ventorum,Lucr. 5, 957; 6, 115: radiorum (solis),id. 5, 485; 5, 1104: aquarum,Claud. Laud. Stil. 1, 288.—Of the strokes of oars: puppis Verberibus senis agitur,Luc. 3, 536; Sil. 11, 493; cf. Ov. H. 18, 23.
* Sing.: remorum in verbere perstant,Ov. M. 3, 662: trementes Verbere ripae,Hor. C. 3, 27, 24: adverso siderum,Plin. 2, 8, 6, § 33.
* Acc. sing. do not occur, and the sing. in gen. very rarely; Neue, Formenl. 1, p. 476), n., a lash, whip, scourge, rod (syn.: scutica, flagrum)
* Lit. (rare; perh. not in Cic., but cf. in II. B.).
* Plur.: Tr. Quid me fiet nunc jam? Th. Verberibus caedere, lutum, pendens, Plaut. Most. 5, 2, 45: verberibus caedere,id. Pers. 2, 3, 17; Ter. And. 1, 2, 28: adulescentem nudari jubet verberaque adferri,Liv. 8, 28, 4: verbera saetosa movebat arator,Prop. 4 (5), 1, 25. Verg. A. 5, 147; Quint. Decl. 19, 3.
* Transf.
* Concr., a thong of a sling and other similar missile weapons (poet.; syn. lorum),Verg. G. 1, 309; Sil. 1, 314; Luc. 3, 469.
* Abstr., a lashing, scourging, flogging, etc. (class.; syn. plaga).
* Lit.
* Plur.: dignus es verberibus multis,Plaut. Mil. 2, 3, 71: tibi erunt parata verba, huic homini verbera,Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 115: mitto vincla, mitto carcerem, mitto verbera, mitto secures,Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 24, § 59: aliquem vinculis ac verberibus atque omni supplicio excruciare,id. Imp. Pomp. 5, 11; id. Phil. 11, 2, 5; id. Rep. 1, 38, 59; 2, 37, 62; id. Fin. 5, 20, 55; id. Tusc. 3, 27, 64; XII. Tab. ap. Cic. Leg. 3, 3, 6; Quint. 1, 3, 15; 4, 2, 113; 11, 1, 40; 11, 3, 90; 11, 3, 117; Hor. S. 1, 3, 121: cum positā stares ad verbera veste,Ov. Am. 1, 6, 19: saeva,id. ib. 1, 13, 18: tergum foedum vestigiis verberum,Liv. 2, 23, 7: post verbere,Stat. Th. 2, 143; 2, 172.
* Trop., plur., lashes, strokes: contumeliarum verbera subire,Cic. Rep. 1, 5, 9: verbera linguae,i. e. chidings,Hor. C. 3, 12, 3 (cf.: verberari verbis, convicio, etc., under verbero): fortunae verbera,the strokes of fate,Gell. 13, 27, 4.
* Of inanim. things, a stripe, stroke, blow (mostly poet.).
* Plur.: turgentis caudae,Hor. S. 2, 7, 49: ventorum,Lucr. 5, 957; 6, 115: radiorum (solis),id. 5, 485; 5, 1104: aquarum,Claud. Laud. Stil. 1, 288.—Of the strokes of oars: puppis Verberibus senis agitur,Luc. 3, 536; Sil. 11, 493; cf. Ov. H. 18, 23.
* Sing.: remorum in verbere perstant,Ov. M. 3, 662: trementes Verbere ripae,Hor. C. 3, 27, 24: adverso siderum,Plin. 2, 8, 6, § 33.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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