vernilis
Οὔτ' ἐν φθιμένοις οὔτ' ἐν ζωοῖσιν ἀριθμουμένη, χωρὶς δή τινα τῶνδ' ἔχουσα μοῖραν → Neither among the dead nor the living do I count myself, having a lot apart from these
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
vernīlis: e, adj. verna,
I of or belonging to a home-born slave (verna), slavish, i. e.,
I Mean, fawning, servile: blanditiae, Tac. H. 2, 59: corpora, Quint. Decl. 9, 12.— *
II Jesting, pert, waggish: dictum, Tac. H. 3, 32 fin.—Adv.: vernīlĭter, slavishly, servilely: fungi officiis, Hor. S. 2, 6, 108: nimis hoc fit verniliter, i. e. with fawning flattery, cringingly, Caecil. ap. Non. 42, 27: haec ipsa non verniliter, nec eā figurā, quā, etc., jestingly, jokingly, Sen. Ben. 2, 11, 3.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
vernīlis,¹⁵ e (verna), d’esclave né dans la maison, d’esclave : Ps. Quint. Decl. 9, 12 || [fig.] servile, indigne d’un homme libre : Tac. H. 2, 59 || bouffon : Tac. H. 3, 32.
