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verna

verna, a home-born slave, house-servant, family slave

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uerna Noun: feminine nominative singular, Noun: masculine nominative singular, Noun: masculine ablative singular, Noun: masculine vocative singular, Noun: feminine ablative singular, Noun: feminine vocative singular of verna

uerna Noun: neuter accusative plural, Noun: neuter vocative plural, Noun: neuter nominative plural of vernum

uerna Verb: present active imperative 2nd singular of verno

uerna Adjective: feminine ablative singular, Adjective: feminine nominative singular, Adjective: neuter nominative plural, Adjective: feminine vocative singular, Adjective: neuter accusative plural, Adjective: neuter vocative plural of vernus

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verna, ae, comm. [root vas, to dwell; Sanscr. vāstu, house; Gr. ἄστυ, city], a slave born in his master's house, a homeborn slave.
  • I Lit.: vernas alere, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 104 (699); id. Am. 1, 1, 24 (176); Just. 38, 6, 7; Val. Max. 3, 4, 3; Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 15, 2; Hor. Epod. 2, 65; id. S. 1, 2, 117; 2, 6, 66.—In gen. fem., Inscr. Orell. 1320.— Such slaves were trained up as buffoons or jesters, Mart. 1, 42, 2; cf. Sen. Prov. 1, 6; and v. vernilitas.—As a term of abuse, Plaut. Am. 4, 2, 13 (1033).—
  • II Transf., a native: de plebe Remi Numaeque verna, Jucundus, etc., Mart. 10, 76, 4; cf.: Romanos vernas appellabant, id est ibidem natos, Fest. p. 372 Müll.—Hence,
    • B Adj.: ver-nus, a, um, native: apri, Mart. 1, 50, 24: lupi, id. 10, 30, 21: tuberes, id. 13, 43, 2: liber, i.e. written in Rome, id. 3, 1, 6.

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