verna | ver-nus, a, um (noun Comm) : root vas, to dwell; Sanscr. vāstu, house; Gr. ἄστυ, city
* A slave born in his master's house, a homeborn slave.
* Lit.: vernas alere,Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 104; id. Am. 1, 1, 24; Just. 38, 6, 7; Val. Max. 3, 4, 3; Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 15, 2; Hor. Epod. 2, 65; id. S. 1, 2, 117; 2, 6, 66.—In gen. fem., Inscr. Orell. 1320.— Such slaves were trained up as buffoons or jesters,Mart. 1, 42, 2; cf. Sen. Prov. 1, 6; and v. vernilitas.—As a term of abuse,Plaut. Am. 4, 2, 13.
* Transf., a native: de plebe Remi Numaeque verna, Jucundus, etc.,Mart. 10, 76, 4; cf.: Romanos vernas appellabant, id est ibidem natos,Fest. p. 372 Müll.—Hence
* Adj.: , , native: apri,Mart. 1, 50, 24: lupi,id. 10, 30, 21: tuberes,id. 13, 43, 2: liber,i. e. written in Rome,id. 3, 1, 6.