vernācŭlus — Lewis & Short
vernācŭlus, a, um, adj.verna.
I (Acc. to verna, I.) Of or belonging to homeborn slaves.
A Adj.:
multitudo,the rabble of slaves, Tac. A. 1, 31; so,
plebs,Tert. Apol. 35.—
B Substt.: vernācŭli, ōrum, m. (acc. to verna, I.), buffoons, jesters (postAug. and rare), Mart. 10, 3, 1; Suet. Vit. 14.—
2 vernācŭla, ae, f., a female household slave (late Lat.), Mart. Cap. 8, § 804:
filius quem susceperat ex vernaculā,Ambros. Abrah. 1, 7, 65.—
II (Acc. to verna, II.) Native, domestic, indigenous, vernacular, i. e. Roman (the class. signif. of the word):
aquatilium vocabula partim sunt vernacula partim peregrina,Varr. L. L. 5, § 77 Müll.:
volucres,id. R. R. 3, 5, 7:
equi,Plin. 37, 13, 77, § 202:
vites (with peculiares),id. 14, 2, 4, § 24:
putatio,id. 17, 23, 35, § 208:
gallinae,Col. 8, 2, 5:
pecus,id. 7, 3, 13:
imago antiquae et vernaculae festivitatis,Cic. Fam. 9, 15, 2:
sapor,inborn, innate, id. Brut. 46, 172:
crimen domesticum ac vernaculum,invented by the accuser himself, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 61, § 141; cf.
consilium,Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 105.—
B Natural, common (late Lat.):
paupertas olim philosophiae vernacula est,App. Mag. 18, p. 285, 13.