verber

verber, ĕris (nom., dat., and acc. sing. do not occur, and the sing. in gen. very rarely; Neue, Formenl. 1, p. 476), n., a lash, whip, scourge, rod (syn.: scutica, flagrum),

I.

Lit. (rare; perh. not in Cic., but cf. in II. B.).

(α).

Plur.: Tr. Quid me fiet nunc jam? Th. Verberibus caedere, lutum, pendens, Plaut. Most. 5, 2, 45:

verberibus caedere,

id. Pers. 2, 3, 17; Ter. And. 1, 2, 28:

adulescentem nudari jubet verberaque adferri,

Liv. 8, 28, 4:

verbera saetosa movebat arator,

Prop. 4 (5), 1, 25; Verg. A. 5, 147; Quint. Decl. 19, 3.—

(β).

Sing.:

illi instant verbere torto,

Verg. G. 3, 106:

Phoebus equos stimuloque domans et verbere Saevit,

Ov. M. 2, 399:

conscendit equos Gradivus et ictu Verberis increpuit,

id. ib. 14, 821:

pecora verbere domantur,

Sen. Const. 12, 3;

of a top: volitans sub verbere turbo,

Verg. A. 7, 378.—

II.

Transf.

A.

Concr., a thong of a sling and other similar missile weapons ( poet.;

syn. lorum),

Verg. G. 1, 309; Sil. 1, 314; Luc. 3, 469.—

B.

Abstr., a lashing, scourging, flogging, etc. (class.; syn. plaga).

1.

Lit.

(α).

Plur.:

dignus es verberibus multis,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 3, 71:

tibi erunt parata verba, huic homini verbera,

Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 115:

mitto vincla, mitto carcerem, mitto verbera, mitto secures,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 24, § 59:

aliquem vinculis ac verberibus atque omni supplicio excruciare,

id. Imp. Pomp. 5, 11; id. Phil. 11, 2, 5; id. Rep. 1, 38, 59; 2, 37, 62; id. Fin. 5, 20, 55; id. Tusc. 3, 27, 64; XII. Tab. ap. Cic. Leg. 3, 3, 6; Quint. 1, 3, 15; 4, 2, 113; 11, 1, 40; 11, 3, 90; 11, 3, 117; Hor. S. 1, 3, 121:

cum positā stares ad verbera veste,

Ov. Am. 1, 6, 19:

saeva,

id. ib. 1, 13, 18:

tergum foedum vestigiis verberum,

Liv. 2, 23, 7:

post verbere,

Stat. Th. 2, 143; 2, 172.—

(β).

Sing.:

percutimur caput conversae verbere virgae,

Ov. M. 14, 300; Sen. Herc. Fur. 801.—

b.

Of inanim. things, a stripe, stroke, blow (mostly [p. 1972] poet. ).

(α).

Plur.:

turgentis caudae,

Hor. S. 2, 7, 49:

ventorum,

Lucr. 5, 957; 6, 115:

radiorum (solis),

id. 5, 485; 5, 1104:

aquarum,

Claud. Laud. Stil. 1, 288.—Of the strokes of oars:

puppis Verberibus senis agitur,

Luc. 3, 536; Sil. 11, 493; cf. Ov. H. 18, 23.—

(β).

Sing.:

remorum in verbere perstant,

Ov. M. 3, 662:

trementes Verbere ripae,

Hor. C. 3, 27, 24:

adverso siderum,

Plin. 2, 8, 6, § 33.—

2.

Trop., plur., lashes, strokes:

contumeliarum verbera subire,

Cic. Rep. 1, 5, 9:

verbera linguae,

i. e. chidings, Hor. C. 3, 12, 3 (cf.:

verberari verbis, convicio, etc., under verbero): fortunae verbera,

the strokes of fate, Gell. 13, 27, 4.