veru

verū, ūs, n.: a spit, 1.212; a slender, tapering lance; spit-dart, 7.665.

vĕru, ūs (collat. form of the nom. sing. vĕrum, Plaut. Rud. 5, 2, 15 (1302) and 17; masc. collat. form of the plur. vĕrōnes plumbei, Aur. Vict. Caes. 17; abl. verubus, Ov. M. 6, 646; Juv. 15, 82 al.: veribus, Charis. pp. 50 and 112; Prisc. p. 672; Verg. G. 2, 396; id. A. 1, 212; Plin. 30, 10, 27, § 88 al.), n. [perh. for sveru; Sanscr. svarn, a stake].

• • • 1 A spit, broach, esp. for roasting upon, Varr. L. L. 5, § 127 Müll.; Verg. A. 1, 212; 5, 103; id. G. 2, 396; Ov. M. 6, 646; id. F. 2, 363; Plin. 30, 10, 27, § 88.—
    • 2 A dart, javelin, Verg. A. 7, 665; Tib. 1, 6, 49; Sid. Carm. 5, 413.—
    • 3 Plur., a paling or railing round an altar or a tomb, Inscr. Orell. 736.—
    • 4 A critical sign on the margin of a book, = obelus, Hier. Ep. 106, 7.

veru, ūs, n. (zu griech. βαρύες δένδρα), der Spieß, I) eig.: a) der Bratspieß, Verg. u. Plin. – b) der Wurfspieß, Verg. u.a. – II) übtr.: a) der kritische Spieß (sonst obelus), als Zeichen am Rande einer Schrift, daß ein Wort unecht sei, Hieron. epist. 135, 10. – b) Plur., Spieße als Umzäunung von Altären, Corp. inscr. Lat. 6, 826. – ➳ Dat. u. Abl. Plur. veribus u. verubus, s. Neue-Wagener Formenl.³ 1, 554 u. 555. – Nbf. verum, ī, n., Plaut. rud. 1302 u. 1304, s. Georges Lexik. der lat. Wortformen 725.

veru [CL] 1 spit, pointed instrument for roasting meat. b spear-head, point. c (transf.) mark or symbol in the shape of a spit. feribus, snasum GlH F 230; carnes ejus, aut elixas in lebetibus aut assas in ~ubus, essent comesuri Lanfr. Corp. & Sang. 422B; summarii eorum [militum] ‥ non hastis sed ~ubus onerantur P. Blois Ep. 94. 296A; in veribus vertit membra veruta foco Garl. Tri. Eccl. 111; ‘totum sola comedisti, non restat nisi ~u’ id est spite ‥ et verberavit eam egregie ipse ~u spice Spec. Laic. 10 (= Latin Stories 35); c1340 item ij olle nove enee et j minor et j ~u Ac. Durh. 203; ~u, broche ‥ spytt ‥ indeclinabile, a spete WW; cecidit super ~u ferreum acutum ex igne calidum Canon. S. Osm. 59; 1454 ij ~ua ferrea cum j parvo ~u pro anguillis assandis Test. Ebor. II 194.  b 1219 per serganteriam faciendi ~ua ad hastas dignarii domini regis Fees 253.  c est enim obelus ~u vel sagitta R. Melun Sent. I 190; et virgulis, id est obelo in modum ~u formato designans que ex superfluo videbantur apposita S. Langton Chron. 65. 2 kind of comet (cf. Matuta 2). stelle cum caudis sunt novem: ~u prima Gros. 37n; ~u est horribilis aspectu et vadit prope solem ‥ . signat ‥ ~u vero corruptionem fructuum vel minutionem et insuper mortalitates regum et divitum Ps.-Gros. Summa 586.

vĕru, (12) ūs, n. , broche : Varro L. 5, 127 ; Plin. 30, 88 ; Virg. En. 1, 212, etc. || dard, petite pique : Virg. En. 7, 665 ; Tib. 1, 6, 49 || signe critique, c. obelus : Hier. Ep. 106, 7 || pl., piques formant clôture : CIL 6, 826, 3.

➳ dat. abl. pl. veribus ou verubus.

veru . n. indecl. *verua, uum. plur. dat. veribus vel verubus.
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verū ūs, n

• a spit, broach: Subiciunt veribus prunas, V., O.—A dart, javelin (poet.), V.

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Veru

(1) ὀβελός. A spit used for roasting meat (Varro, L. L. v. 127). It was often made of wood (Plin. H. N. xxx. 37; Verg. Georg. ii. 396; Ovid, Fast. ii. 363), sharpened at the point, so as to be driven through the meat (Sen. Thyest. 1063; Verg. Aen. i. 212), and placed over the fire (id. Aen. v. 103), and probably turned by the hand upon fire-dogs or andirons (varae). See vara.

(2) (σαύνιον.) A missile weapon (Verg. Aen. vii. 665), adopted from the Samnites by the light infantry of the Romans. It had a sharp, round, iron point, like the spit after which it was named (Festus, s. v. “Samnites”).