verro — Lewis & Short
verro, verri, versum (
I perf. versi, Serv. ad Verg. A. 1, 59:
verri,Charis. p. 218; Prisc. p. 900; neither form in use, acc. to Macr. D. Diff. 23, 8), 3, v. a. root var-; cf. vello, to scrape, sweep, brush, scour; to sweep out, sweep up or together, clean out, etc. (syn.: tergo, tergeo).
I Lit.:
nigras favillas,Ov. F. 2, 523:
argentum inter reliqua purgamenta,Petr. 34:
quicquid de Libycis verritur areis,i. e. is collected, Hor. C. 1, 1, 10:
aedes,to sweep out, cleanse by sweeping, Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 63, so, templa, Sen. Fragm. ap. Diom. p. 475 P.:
pavimentum,Juv. 14, 60:
vias,Suet. Calig. 43; id. Vesp. 5.—Absol.:
qui tergunt, qui ungunt, qui verrunt, qui spargunt,Cic. Par 5, 2, 37.—
Stratae passim matres crinibus templa verrentes,Liv. 3, 7, 8:
crinibus passis aras verrentes,id. 26, 9, 7; Sil. 6, 561; Claud. Laud. Seren 225; cf. poet.:
aequora caudis (delphines),Verg. A. 8, 674:
harenas caudā,Ov. M. 10, 701.—Of fishermen:
retibus aequor,Sil. 14, 262 sq.; Manil. 4, 285:
caesariem longa per aequora,Ov. M. 13, 961; so,
canitiem suam concreto in sanguine,dragging, draggling, trailing, id. ib. 13, 492.—
II Transf.
A In gen., to sweep along, drive, impel (poet.);
verrunt (venti) nubila caeli,Lucr. 1, 279:
verrentes aequora venti,id. 5, 266; 5, 388; 6, 624; so,
aequora,Verg. A. 5, 778; Cat. 64, 7: caerula Verg. A. 3, 208:
remis vada,id. ib. 6, 320; Luc. 5, 572; cf. Lucr. 5, 1227: nec nostra Actiacum verreret ossa mare, drive or toss about, Prop. 2, 15 (3, 7), 44 (Müll. verteret).—
B To sweep away, i. e. to drag away, take away, carry off (rare but class.): domi quicquid habet, verritur e)/cw, Plaut. Truc. 2, 7, 7:
quicquid ponitur, hinc et inde verris,Mart. 2, 37, 1. futurum ut omnia verreret Verres, Cic. Fragm. ap. Quint. 6, 3, 55 Spald.:
inter reliqua purgamenta scopis coepit verrere,Petr. 34.—
C To obliterate, cover, hide, conceal (post-Aug. and poët.):
si decet aurata Bacchum vestigia palla Verrere,Stat. Achill. 1, 262; so,
vestigia,Claud. Laud. Stil. 2, 248: undosi verrebant bracchia crines, id. Nupt. Hon. et Mar. 145.