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|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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