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|Text=[[File:woodhouse_1029.jpg|thumb|link={{filepath:woodhouse_1029.jpg}}]]Βέρρης, -ου, ὁ.
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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>Verres</b>: is, m.,<br /><b>I</b> the [[surname]] of the prœtor C. [[Cornelius]], [[notorious]] for his [[bad]] [[government]] of Sicily; [[hence]],<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Verrĭ-us, a, um, adj., of or belonging to [[Verres]], Verrian: lex, [[that]] originated [[with]] him, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 49, § 117.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Subst.: Verrĭa, ōrum, n. (i. e. solennia), a [[festival]] appointed by [[Verres]], Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 21, § 52; 2, 2, 46, § 114; 2, 2, 63, § 154; 2, 4, 10, § 24; 2, 4, 67, § 151.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Verrīnus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to [[Verres]], Verrine: jus Verrinum, i. e. the [[mode]] of administering [[justice]] [[practised]] by [[Verres]] (in a [[sarcastic]] [[pun]] alluding to verrinum jus, [[pork]]-[[broth]]), Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 46, § 121.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Subst.: Verrī-nae, ārum, f. (i. e. actiones); [[among]] grammarians, the orations of [[Cicero]] [[against]] [[Verres]], Prisc. and Non. in mult. locc. (by Cic. [[himself]] called Accusatio).
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=(2) <b>Verrēs</b>,⁸ is, m., C. Cornélius Verrès [propréteur en Sicile, attaqué par Cicéron dans ses Verrines] &#124;&#124; <b>-ĭus</b>, a, um, de Verrès : Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 117 &#124;&#124; <b>Verrĭa</b>, ōrum, n., Verries, fêtes en l’honneur de Verrès : Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 114 ; 4, 24, etc. &#124;&#124; <b>-īnus</b>, a, um, de Verrès, v. [[jus]] : Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 121 ; <b>Verrīnæ</b>, ārum, f., les Verrines : Prisc. Gramm. 6, 8 ; Capel. 5, 491.
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{{Georges
|georg=(2) Verrēs<sup>2</sup>, is, m. (Genet. Verri, Cic. [[nach]] Prob. cath. 28, 20), [[Beiname]] [[des]] C. [[Cornelius]], der, [[schon]] [[durch]] frühere Schlechtigkeiten [[berüchtigt]], [[namentlich]] [[als]] Proprätor [[von]] Sizilien [[Habsucht]], [[Raub]] und [[andere]] [[Verbrechen]] [[sich]] [[zuschulden]] [[kommen]] ließ, s. Orelli Onomast. Tull. 2. p. 641. Vgl. [[über]] den Namen Mommsen Römische Forschungen 1, 51. – Dav.: A) [[Verrius]], a, um, verrisch, [[des]] [[Verres]], [[lex]], Cic. – subst., Verria, ōrum, n. (sc. sollemnia), [[ein]] [[von]] [[Verres]] [[sich]] [[selbst]] zu Ehren angeordnetes [[Fest]], Cic. – B) Verrīnus, a, um, zu [[Verres]] [[gehörig]], verrinisch, [[ius]] – das verrinische [[Recht]] u. = Schweinebrühe, Cic. II Verr. 1, 121: [[cauda]], s. [[caudano]]. II, a. – subst., Verrīnae, ārum, f. (sc. actiones), die gerichtlichen [[Reden]] Ciceros [[gegen]] [[Verres]], Prisc. inst. 6, 8 u. de fig. [[num]]. § 10. Mart. Cap. 5. § 491.
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|lnetxt=Verres Verris N M :: Verres; (Roman gentile name); [C. ~ => of Sicily, prosecuted by Cicero]
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