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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>verna</b>: ae, comm. [[root]] vas, to [[dwell]]; Sanscr. vāstu, [[house]]; Gr. [[ἄστυ]], [[city]],<br /><b>I</b> a [[slave]] [[born]] in his [[master]]'s [[house]], a homeborn [[slave]].<br /><b>I</b> Lit.: vernas alere, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 104; id. Am. 1, 1, 24; 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.—<br /><b>II</b> 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,<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</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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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>verna</b>,¹² æ, m., qqf. f.,<br /><b>1</b> esclave né dans la maison du maître, esclave de naissance : Pl. Mil. 698 ; Cæl. d. Cic. Fam. 8, 15, 2 ; Hor. S. 1, 2, 117 ; 2, 6, 66 &#124;&#124; bouffon : Mart. 1, 42, 2 ; Pl. Amph. 1033<br /><b>2</b> [fig.] indigène, né dans le pays : Mart. 10, 76, 4 &#124;&#124; adj<sup>t</sup>, Mart. 1, 49, 24 ; [[verna]] [[liber]] Mart. 3, 1, 6, livre écrit à Rome.
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{{Georges
|georg=verna, ae, c., der im Hause seines Herrn [[von]] [[einer]] [[Sklavin]] geborene [[Sklave]], Haussklave, I) eig., Plaut., Cael. in Cic. ep., Hor. u.a.: [[als]] fem., Corp. inscr. Lat. 6, 8958. – [[sie]] waren [[als]] niedrige Kriecher, gemeine (plumpe) Witzbolde u. freche Burschen [[berüchtigt]], Mart. 1, 41, 2. Plaut. Amph. 1033. – II) übtr., der Inländer, de plebe [[Remi]] Numaeque [[verna]], Mart. 10, 76, 4. – u. adi., [[inländisch]], [[aper]], Mart.: [[liber]], in Rom geschrieben, Mart.
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{{LaEn
|lnetxt=verna vernae N C :: slave born in the master's household; house servant, family slave
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