everbero

ē-verbĕro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to strike violently, to beat (rare and not ante-Aug.).

I.

Lit.:

os oculosque hostis,

Quint. 2, 4, 18; cf.

pectus suis armis,

Val. Fl. 6, 737:

clipeum alis,

Verg. A. 12, 866; cf.:

cineres alis,

Ov. M. 14, 578:

mare, fluctus remis,

Curt. 4, 3, 18; 9, 4, 13:

spiritum cursu parum libero,

Sen. Q. N. 5, 12.—

II.

Trop.:

cum haec taliaque sollicitas ejus aures everberarent,

kept striking, besieged, Amm. 14, 11, 4:

animum alicujus ad inquirendum,

i. e. to stimulate, excite, Gell. 1, 23, 7 (also ap. Macr. S. 1, 6, § 20).