The corpus record — Latin

veretrum

veretrum · n

the private parts

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Where it lives

Tiberius 1 · 1.1/10k
Fabulae Aesopiae 1 · 0.91/10k

What it meant

1. vĕrētrum — Lewis & Short

vĕrētrum, i, n.vereor; cf. verendus, 2.,

I the private parts, Phaedr. 4, 14, 1; Suet. Tib. 62; Arn. 5, 165: muliebre, Cael. Aur. Tard. 5, 10, 16; Scrib. Comp. 234; App. Herb. 201.

2. veretrum — Walde–Hofmann

veretrum (-é-, Buecheler ALL. 1,101, Kl. Schr. IH 52, vgl. fulgétrum oben I 511) „männliches oder weibliches Schamglied" (seit Phaedr., Cael, Aur. usw.), veretillum, -? „kleines Schamglied* (Apul): zu vereor (s. d.). — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. veretrum, p. 1666]

In the wild

ueretris Suetonius, Tiberius 62.2
veretri Phaedrus, Fabulae Aesopiae 4.14.2

Where it came from

Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. ueretrum (scan p. 747; entry #12485).
Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. veretrum (scan p. 1666; entry #3197).

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