dē-verro

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verro, verri, versum ( perf. versi, Serv. ad Verg. A. 1, 59:

verri,

Charis. p. 218; Prisc. p. 900; neither form in use, acc. to Macr. D. Diff. 23, 8), 3, v. a. [root var-; cf. vello], to scrape, sweep, brush, scour; to sweep out, sweep up or together, clean out, etc. (syn.: tergo, tergeo).

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, 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.—

Transf.

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).—

To sweep away, i. e. to drag away, take away, carry off (rare but class.): domi quicquid habet, verritur exô, Plaut. Truc. 2, 7, 7:

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.—

To obliterate, cover, hide, conceal (post-Aug. and poët.):

si decet aurata Bacchum vestigia palla Verrere,

Stat. Achill. 1, 262; so,

vestigia,

Claud. Laud. Stil. 2, 248: undosi verrebant bracchia crines, id. Nupt. Hon. et Mar. 145.

ē-verro, verri, versum, 3, v. a., to sweep out (class.).

Lit.:

stercus ex aede Vestae,

Varr. L. L. 6, § 32 Müll.; cf.:

purgamenta salsamentorum officinis,

Col. 8, 17, 12: aedes, Titin. ap. Non. 192, 11:

solum stabuli,

Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 7:

everrere et purgare stabula,

Col. 7, 4, 5:

domum,

Vulg. Luc. 15, 8.— Poet.:

aequor retibus,

Manil. 4, 285, v. verro.—

Transf., of cleansing a wound:

egestis vel eversis omnibus, quae tumorem moverant,

Veg. Vet. 3, 30 fin. —

Trop., to clean out, plunder completely, Plaut. Truc. prol. 21;

so in a sarcastic pun applied to Verres: o Verria praeclara!... quod fanum non eversum atque extersum reliqueris?

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 21 fin.; cf. everriculum, II.

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con-verro (or - vorro), verri, versum, 3, v. a., to sweep or brush together, to sweep, clear away (mostly ante- and post-class.).

Lit., Cato, R. R. 143, 2:

hoc egomet, tu hoc convorre,

Plaut. Stich. 2, 2, 27:

capiam scopas atque hoc convorram,

id. ib. 2, 2, 51; 2, 2, 64; Publ. Syr. ap. Prisc. p. 900 P.:

stabulum,

Col. 7, 6, 6:

locum,

id. 8, 6, 6:

limina templorum osculis,

Arn. 1, p. 36 al. —

Meton.: hereditates omnium, to scrape [p. 464] together, * Cic. Off. 3, 19, 78 (al. convertere). —Humorously: aliquem totum cum pulvisculo, to sweep thoroughly, to beat the dust out, i. e. to beat soundly, Plaut. Rud. 3, 6, 6.

con-verro (or - vorro), verri, versum, 3, v. a., to sweep or brush together, to sweep, clear away (mostly ante- and post-class.).

Lit., Cato, R. R. 143, 2:

hoc egomet, tu hoc convorre,

Plaut. Stich. 2, 2, 27:

capiam scopas atque hoc convorram,

id. ib. 2, 2, 51; 2, 2, 64; Publ. Syr. ap. Prisc. p. 900 P.:

stabulum,

Col. 7, 6, 6:

locum,

id. 8, 6, 6:

limina templorum osculis,

Arn. 1, p. 36 al. —

Meton.: hereditates omnium, to scrape [p. 464] together, * Cic. Off. 3, 19, 78 (al. convertere). —Humorously: aliquem totum cum pulvisculo, to sweep thoroughly, to beat the dust out, i. e. to beat soundly, Plaut. Rud. 3, 6, 6.

tergeo or less freq. tergo, si, sum, 2 or 3 (v. Neue, Formenl. 2, 423 sq.; part. perf. tertus, Varr. ap. Non. 179, 7 and 8), v. a. [for stergo; akin to stringo; Gr. strangeuô, to twist], to rub off, wipe off, wipe dry, wipe clean, cleanse.

Lit. (class.;

syn. verro): numquam concessavimus Lavari aut fricari aut tergeri aut ornari,

Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 10: mantelium, ubi manus terguntur, Varr L. L. 6, § 85 Müll.; so,

frontem sudario,

Quint. 6, 3, 60:

nares in adversum,

id. 11, 3, 121:

fossas,

to dry, Cato, R. R. 2, 4; Col. 2, 21, 3:

aequatam (mensam) mentae tersere virentes,

Ov. M. 8, 663:

pars leves clipeos et spicula lucida tergent,

rub off, polish, burnish, Verg. A. 7, 626:

arma,

Liv. 26, 51, 4:

leve argentum, vasa aspera,

Juv. 14, 62:

manuque simul velut lacrimantia tersit Lumina,

Ov. M. 13, 132:

oculos pedibus,

Plin. 11, 48, 108, § 258. — Poet.:

aridus unde aures terget sonus ille,

grates upon, Lucr. 6, 119:

nubila caeli (Aurora),

to scatter, Sil. 16, 136:

tergere palatum,

to tickle the palate, Hor. S. 2, 2, 24. — Absol.: qui tractant ista, qui tergunt, qui ungunt, qui verrunt, * Cic. Par. 5, 2, 37:

si QVIS TERGERE ORNARE REFICERR VOLET (sc. aram),

Inscr. Orell. 2489.—

Trop. (very rare):

librum,

i. e. to improve, amend, Mart. 6, 1, 3:

scelus,

to expiate, Sen. Herc. Oet. 907.—Hence, tersus, a, um, P. a., wiped off, i. e. clean, neat (not in Cic.).

Lit.:

(mulier) lauta, tersa, ornata, etc.,

Plaut. Stich. 5, 5, 4; cf id. Pa. 1, 2, 31; cf.: alii sunt circumtonsi et tersi atque unctuli, Varr. ap Non. 179, 8:

plantae,

Ov. M. 2, 736:

tersum diem pro sereno dictum ab antiquis,

Fest. p. 363 Müll. —

Trop., pure, correct, nice, neat, terse: judicium acre tersumque. Quint. 12, 10, 20:

tersum ac limatum esse oportet quod libris dedicatur,

id. 12, 10, 50:

elegiae tersus atque elegans auctor,

id. 10, 1, 93; of in comp.:

multo est tersior ac purus magis (Horatius),

id. 10, 1, 94:

opus tersum, molle, jucundum,

Plin. Ep. 9, 22, 2; so,

praefationes tersae, graciles, dulces,

id. ib. 2, 3, 1.— Sup.:

vir in judicio litterarum tersissimus,

Stat. S. 2 praef. —No adv.