Lemma 1vērbŭm

nounneuter

word; proverb; [verba dare alicui => cheat/deceive someone]

Morphology3 analyses

nominative pluraluerb + a · regular

vocative pluraluerb + a · regular

accusative pluraluerb + a · regular

Lewis & Short

key · uerbumFull entry

verbum, i, n. [from the root er; Gr., whence and, what is spoken or said; cf. Goth. vaurd; Germ. Wort; Engl. word]

I.gen. plur. verbūm, a word; plur., words, expressions, language, discourse, conversation, etc. (cf.: vox, vocabulum).

II.In gen.; si pudor, si modestia, si pudicitia, si uno verbo temperantia (literally, in one word; B. 2. infra). — Plur.: contumelia verborum, insulting or abusive language: et saep.; accusabat Canutius Scamandrum verbis tribus, venenum esse deprehensum (literally, in three words; B. 2. b. infra). — Prov.: verba facit emortuo, he talks to the dead, i. e. in vain.

B.Adverbial phrases.

1.Ad verbum, verbum e (de, pro), verbo, or simply verbum verbo, to a word, word for word, exactly, literally (Cic. uses verbum e or ex verbo where the exact equivalent of a single word is given; verbum pro verbo of the literal translation of a passage; infra); quae Graeci appellant: istam, quam, ut dixi, verbum e verbo exprimentes, comprehensionem dicemus; ea sine scripto eisdem verbis reddebat, quibus cogitaverat.

2.Verbi causā or gratiā, for the sake of example, for example, for instance: M. Quid dicis igitur! A. Miserum esse verbi causā M. Crassum.

3.Uno verbo, or tribus verbis, or paucis verbis, in one word, in a word, briefly.

a.Quin tu uno verbo dic, quid est quod me velis.

b.Pa. Brevin' an longinquo sermoni? Mi. Tribus verbis.

c.Sed paucis verbis te volo; also paucus, II. B.

4.Verbo.

a.Orally, by word of mouth (opp. scripturā): C. Furnio plura verbo quam scripturā mandata dedimus, Planc. ap.

b.Briefly, in a word: Weissenb. ad loc.; also: rogatus a me etiamne majus quam dedecus, verbo de sententiā destitisti, at a word from me, Ernest. ad loc.

5.Meis, tuis, suis verbis, in my, thy, or his name; for me, thee, or him.

III.In partic.

A.Verbum, in the sing.

1.Of an entire clause, a saying, expression, phrase, sentence (mostly anteclass.; sententia, dictum): Me. Plus plusque istuc sospitent quod nunc habes. Eu. Illud mihi verbum non placet.

2.Of a proverb.

B.Pregn., mere talk, mere words opp. to deed, fact, reality, etc.; res: dolor est malum, ut disputas. — Hence, verba dare (alicui), to give empty words, i. e. to deceive, cheat, A: descendit atque Gallis verba dedit, i. e. eluded, escaped from them, Quadrig. ap.

C.In gram., a verb: Müll.

D.In eccl. Lat. as a translation of, the second person of the Trinity.