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ᾗ μήτε χλαῖνα μήτε σισύρα συμφέρει → content neither with cloak nor rug, be never satisfied, can't get no satisfaction, be hard to please

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Latin > English

verna vernae N C :: slave born in the master's household; house servant, family slave

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

verna: ae, comm. root vas, to dwell; Sanscr. vāstu, house; Gr. ἄστυ, city,
I a slave born in his master's house, a homeborn slave.
I 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.—
II 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,
   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.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

verna,¹² æ, m., qqf. f.,
1 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 || bouffon : Mart. 1, 42, 2 ; Pl. Amph. 1033
2 [fig.] indigène, né dans le pays : Mart. 10, 76, 4 || adjt, Mart. 1, 49, 24 ; verna liber Mart. 3, 1, 6, livre écrit à Rome.

Latin > German (Georges)

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.

Latin > Chinese

verna, ae. f. :: 家中生之奴。本鄉之婢。Servi vernae 家中生之奴。Vernae apri 本地之野猪。Vernae tuberes 本地之芋頭。Verna liber 本國之書。v. vernus.