verbĕrātĭo (noun F) : id.
* A striking, beating.
* Lit.: flagellorum castigatio, vinculorum verberatio,Dig. 48, 19, 7; 47, 10, 5, § 1.
* Trop., chastisement, punishment: mirificam mi verberationem cessationis epistulā dedisti, i. e. satisfaction, amends (with reference to an expression previously used: verberavi te cogitationis tacito convicio), Q. Cic. ap. Cic. Fam. 16, 27, 1 Orell. N. cr.; cf. id. ib. 16, 26, 1.