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
- T
Rudens
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...hinc aut ignem aut vascula aut cultrum aut veru aut aulam extarem, aut aliquid—quid verbis opust? Veneri..." - P
Eunuchus
Publius Terentius Afer (Terence)
"...nova figura oris. PA. papae. CH. color veru', corpu' solidum et suci plenum. PA. anni? CH. anni? sedecim..." - G
SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...nocte. Interim coctores insulariique mulcant exclusum, et alius veru extis stridentibus plenum in oculos eius intentat, alius furca..."