veru
Dictionary entries
- Entry →veru, verus:
Neuter · Noun · 4th declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
spit (for roasting meat); point of javelin/weapon; spiked railing (pl.);
abl. sg.acc. sg.dat. sg.nom. sg.voc. sg.
Examples
Rudens
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...hinc aut ignem aut vascula aut cultrum aut veru aut aulam extarem, aut aliquid—quid verbis opust? Veneri..."Eunuchus
Publius Terentius Afer (Terence)
"...nova figura oris. PA. papae. CH. color veru', corpu' solidum et suci plenum. PA. anni? CH. anni? sedecim..."SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...nocte. Interim coctores insulariique mulcant exclusum, et alius veru extis stridentibus plenum in oculos eius intentat, alius furca..."
