- vepres
- vē̆pres ( vē̆pris, vĕper ), is, and more usu. in the plur.: vĕpres, ium ( poet. veprum, Stat. S. 5, 2, 44), m. ( fem., Lucr. 4, 62; v. Neue, Formenl. 1, pp. 460, 678), a thorn-bush, brier-bush, bramble-bush (class.).(α).Plur.: ARBORES, VITES, VEPRES, SENTES, S. C. ap. Front. Aquaed. 129:(β).
sepulcrum septum undique et vestitum vepribus et dumetis,
Cic. Tusc. 5, 23, 64; cf. Cato, R. R. 2, 4; Lucr. 4, 62; Verg. G. 1, 271; 3, 444; id. A. 8, 645; * Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 9.— Gen. veprum, Stat. S. 5, 2, 44; Suet. Tib. 60; Col. 11, 3, 3.—Prov.:inter vepres rosae nascuntur,
Amm. 16, 7, 4.—Sing. nom. vepres, Prisc. p. 613 P.— Acc. hunc veprem, Col. 11, 3, 7; Plin. 13, 21, 37, § 116:veprem et spinam vorabit,
Vulg. Isa. 9, 18; 27, 4.— Abl. vepre, Ov. M. 5, 628.
Lewis & Short Latin Dictionary, 1879. - Revised, Enlarged, and in Great Part Rewritten. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and Charles Short. 2011.