1. verber — Lewis & Short
verber, ĕris (
nom., dat., andI 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.).
(a) 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.—
(b) 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.
(a) 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.—
(b) Sing.:
percutimur caput conversae verbere virgae,Ov. M. 14, 300; Sen. Herc. Fur. 801.—
b Of inanim. things, a stripe, stroke, blow (mostly poet.).
(a) 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.—
(b) 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.