ῥᾴδιον φθείρειν φαρμακεύσεσιν ἢ ἀποτροπαῖς ἢ καὶ κλοπαῖς → easy to spoil by means of sorcery or diverting or theft
vĕrĭcŭlum: (not vĕrŭcŭlum), i, n.
dim. veru; cf. corniculum, from cornu,
I a small javelin, Plin. 33, 6, 35, § 107; 35, 11, 41, § 149; Veg. Mil. 2, 15.