verro
verro, to sweep, brush, scour, sweep out, sweep together
- 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 (397), 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 ἔξω, Plaut. Truc. 2, 7, 7 (557): 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. Ach. 1, 262; so, vestigia, Claud. Laud. Stil. 2, 248: undosi verrebant bracchia crines, id. Nupt. Hon. et Mar. 145.
➳ pf. versi dʼaprès Serv. En. 1, 59 ; verri dʼaprès Char. 246, 9 ; Prisc. Gramm. 10, 42.
- 1. vegen, schoonvegen [aedes; pavimentum; viam];
- 2. bijeenvegen, op een hoop vegen, ook metaf.;
- 3. strijken, glijden, vegen of rijden over (m. acc.); ➤ humum pallā ~ het gewaad over de grond laten slepen, naar beneden laten golven; aram crinibus ~ het haar over het altaar laten slepen; crinibus templa ~ het haar over de grond v.d. tempel laten slepen; venti terras verrunt scheren over; aquilo arva et aequora verrens die veegt over;
- 4. doorkruisen, doorploegen, doorvaren; ➤ aequora remis ~;
- 5. (poët.; postklass.) (achter zich aan) slepen, sleuren [hastam; caesariem per aequora];
- 6. (poët.) voortslepen, meeslepen [arenas ex imo; canitiem in sanguine].
掃地。拖。翻覆。盖。奪。— aequora vel caerula 渡海。— caerula aequora palmis 搖槳航海。— retibus aequor 漁于海。
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- VAR-, to sweep, brush, scour, sweep out, sweep together: qui tergent, qui verrunt, qui spargunt: matres crinibus templa verrentes, L.: pavimentum, Iu.: Aequora caudis (delphines), V.: Caesariem per aequora, trail, O.—Of grain, to clean up after threshing, collect: nigras pro farre favillas, O.: Quicquid de Libycis verritur areis, i. e. is collected, H.—To sweep, pass over, play upon, traverse: duplici genialia nablia palmā, O.: remis vada, V.
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…quid volt concursus ad amnem Quidve petunt animae, vel quo discrimine ripas hae linquunt, illae remis vada livida verrunt Olli sic breviter fata est longaeva sacerdos Anchisa generate, deum certissima proles, Cocyti stagna alta vides Stygiamque paludem…
Vergil, Aeneid
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…murmure pontus. sunt igitur venti nimirum corpora caeca, quae mare, quae terras, quae denique nubila caeli verrunt ac subito vexantia turbine raptant, nec ratione fluunt alia stragemque propagant et cum mollis aquae fertur natura repente flumine…
Lucretius, De Rerum Natura
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…tenens, mollitque animos et temperat iras. Ni faciat, maria ac terras caelumque profundum quippe ferant rapidi secum verrantque per auras. Sed pater omnipotens speluncis abdidit atris, hoc metuens, molemque et montis insuper altos imposuit ,…
Vergil, Aeneid