(verb) : verro, verri, versum (
* Perf. versi, Serv. ad Verg. A. 1, 59: verri,Charis. p. 218; Prisc. p. 900; neither form in use, acc. to Macr. D. Diff. 23, 8), 3, root var-; cf. vello, to scrape, sweep, brush, scour; to sweep out, sweep up or together, clean out, etc. (syn.: tergo, tergeo).
* Lit.: nigras favillas,Ov. F. 2, 523: argentum inter reliqua purgamenta,Petr. 34: quicquid de Libycis verritur areis,i. e. is collected,Hor. C. 1, 1, 10: aedes,to sweep out, cleanse by sweeping,Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 63, so, templa, Sen. Fragm. ap. Diom. p. 475 P.: pavimentum,Juv. 14, 60: vias,Suet. Calig. 43; id. Vesp. 5.—Absol.: qui tergunt, qui ungunt, qui verrunt, qui spargunt,Cic. Par 5, 2, 37.— Stratae passim matres crinibus templa verrentes,Liv. 3, 7, 8: crinibus passis aras verrentes,id. 26, 9, 7; Sil. 6, 561; Claud. Laud. Seren 225; cf. poet.: aequora caudis (delphines),Verg. A. 8, 674: harenas caudā,Ov. M. 10, 701.—Of fishermen: retibus aequor,Sil. 14, 262 sq.; Manil. 4, 285: caesariem longa per aequora,Ov. M. 13, 961; so, canitiem suam concreto in sanguine,dragging, draggling, trailing,id. ib. 13, 492.
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* In gen., to sweep along, drive, impel (poet.); verrunt (venti) nubila caeli,Lucr. 1, 279: verrentes aequora venti,id. 5, 266; 5, 388; 6, 624; so, aequora,Verg. A. 5, 778; Cat. 64, 7: caerula Verg. A. 3, 208: remis vada,id. ib. 6, 320; Luc. 5, 572; cf. Lucr. 5, 1227: nec nostra Actiacum verreret ossa mare, drive or toss about, Prop. 2, 15 (3, 7), 44 (Müll. verteret).
* To sweep away, i. e. to drag away, take away, carry off (rare but class.): domi quicquid habet, verritur ἔξω, Plaut. Truc. 2, 7, 7: quicquid ponitur, hinc et inde verris,Mart. 2, 37, 1. futurum ut omnia verreret Verres, Cic. Fragm. ap. Quint. 6, 3, 55 Spald.: inter reliqua purgamenta scopis coepit verrere,Petr. 34.
* To obliterate, cover, hide, conceal (post-Aug. and poët.): si decet aurata Bacchum vestigia palla Verrere,Stat. Achill. 1, 262; so, vestigia,Claud. Laud. Stil. 2, 248: undosi verrebant bracchia crines, id. Nupt. Hon. et Mar. 145.