verbĕrĕus — Lewis & Short
verbĕrĕus, a, um, adj.verber,
I worthy of stripes (Plautinian):
caput = 2. verbero,scoundrel, Plaut. Pers. 2, 2, 2;
also called statua,id. Capt. 5, 1, 31; id. Ps. 4, 1, 7.