The corpus record — Latin

vervex

vervex · m

a wether

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Where it lives

Mercator 1 · 1.17/10k
Satyricon 1 · 0.33/10k

What it meant

1. vervex — Lewis & Short

vervex (berbex and verbex), ēcis, m.,

I a wether.

I Lit., Varr. L. L. 5, § 98 Müll.; id. ap. Non. 189, 30; Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 40; Cic. Leg. 2, 22, 55.—

II Transf., a name for a stupid fellow, qs. mutton-head, Plaut. Merc. 3, 3, 6; Auct. ap. Sen. Const. 17, 1; Juv. 10, 50.

2. vervéx — Walde–Hofmann

vervéx, -écis (verbex, berbex, berbiz Gl., Fest. p. 46) m. „Hammel, Schóps* (seit Plaut, rom.); vervecinus, -a, -um „vom Hammel“ (verbe- Gl.) (seit Arnob., verväcina [caro] ,Hammelfleisch* seit Plt. [Pelagon. ber-, Heraeus Kl. Schr. 147], rom.); vgl. auch vervälla (Exc. Char. 1553, 28, Gl), rom. *vervecäle (*berbäcäle), *vervecarius (*berbecärius), *vereEeile (*berbécile): nach Schulze Qu. ep. 119 M auch Solmsen … — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. vervéx, p. 1675]

In the wild

vervex Petronius, Satyricon 57
vervex Plautus, Mercator 3.3

Where it came from

Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. ueruex (scan p. 751; entry #12549).
Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. vervéx (scan pp. 1675-1676; entry #3214). Root candidates: *ber-.

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