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verrinus1

verrinus1 · adj

of a boar-pig

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Where it lives

Dialogus de Oratoribus 1 · 1.08/10k
In C. Verrem 2 · 0.2/10k
Naturalis Historia 7 · 0.18/10k
Res Gestae 1 · 0.08/10k

What it meant

1. verrīnus — Lewis & Short

verrīnus, a, um, adj.1. verres,

I of a boar-pig, boar-, hog-, pork-: jecur, Plin. 28, 10, 42, § 152: fel, id. ib.: adeps, id. 28, 9, 37, § 140: sincipita, id. 8, 51, 77, § 209.— In a punning lusus verbb.: jus, v. 2, Verres, B.

2. Verrīnus — Lewis & Short

Verrīnus, a, um, v. 2. Verres, B.

In the wild

verrinum Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 28.15.p2
verrinum Tacitus, Dialogus de Oratoribus 23.1
Verrini Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae 15.3.3
verrini Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 28.15.p1
verrino Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 28.9.p5
verrinum Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 28.11.p3

6 of 11 attestations shown.

Where it came from

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