Varus

1.

vārus, a, um, adj. [perh. root kar, kvar; whence Sanscr. kakras, wheel; Lat. circus, curvus, and vārus, for cvarus; cf. Corss. Ausspr. 1, 412], bent, stretched, or grown inwards, or awry.

I.

Lit.:

(canes) debent esse cruribus rectis et potius varis quam vatiis,

Varr. R. R. 2, 9, 4; hence of persons with legs bent inwards, knock-kneed (cf. valgus): hunc varum distortis cruribus;

illum Balbutit scaurum pravis fultum male talis,

Hor. S. 1, 3, 47 (cf. Orelli et Dillenb. ad loc.); Lucil. ap. Non. 26, 12; Plaut. Merc. 3, 4, 54; Dig. 21, 1, 10 fin.:

manus,

i. e. bent, crooked, Ov. M. 9, 33:

bracchia,

Mart. 7, 32, 9; Stat. Th. 6, 850:

cornua,

Ov. M. 12, 382; id. Am. 1, 3, 24:

talea,

Col. 5, 9, 2.—

II.

Trop., diverse, different ( poet. ); absol.:

geminos, Horoscope, varo Producis genio,

Pers. 6, 18.—With dat.:

alterum (genus hominum) et huic varum et nihilo sapientius,

different from this, Hor. S. 2, 3, 56.

2.

vărus, i, m., an eruption on the face, a blotch, pimple, Gr. ionthos, Cels. 6, 5; Plin. 22, 25, 73, § 151; 23, 1, 14, § 19; 23, 4, 42, § 85; 23, 4, 45, § 89.

3.

Vārus, i, m., a surname, esp. in the gens Quintilia;

e. g. P. Quintilius Varus,

defeated by Arminius, Vell. 2, 117; Suet. Aug. 23; id. Tib. 17; Tac. A. 1, 3; 1, 43; 1, 55; 1, 60 al.—Hence, Vārĭānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to a Varus, Varian:

clades,

Suet. Aug. 23; 49; id. Tib. 17; 18; id. Calig. 3; 31.