vernilis
vernilis, of a home-born slave, fawning, servile
vernīlis, e, adj. [verna], of or belonging to a home-born slave (verna), slavish, i. e.,
- I Mean, fawning, servile: blanditiae, Tac. H. 2, 59: corpora, Quint. Decl. 9, 12.— *
- II Jesting, pert, waggish: dictum, Tac. H. 3, 32 fin.—Adv.: vernīlĭter, slavishly, servilely: fungi officiis, Hor. S. 2, 6, 108: nimis hoc fit verniliter, i. e. with fawning flattery, cringingly, Caecil. ap. Non. 42, 27: haec ipsa non verniliter, nec eā figurā, quā, etc., jestingly, jokingly, Sen. Ben. 2, 11, 3.
vernīlis, e (verna), I) sklavisch, Ps. Quint. decl. 9, 12. – II) meton.: a) plump, blanditiae, Tac. hist. 2, 59. – b) v. gemeinem Witze, mutwillig, frech, dictum, Tac. hist. 3, 32.
vernīlis, (15) e (verna), dʼesclave né dans la maison, dʼesclave : Ps. Quint. Decl. 9, 12 || [fig.] servile, indigne dʼun homme libre : Tac. H. 2, 59 || bouffon : Tac. H. 3, 32.
vernīlis e, adj.
- verna, of a home-born slave, fawning, servile: blanditiae, Ta.—Jesting, waggish: dictum, Ta.