vervex

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Latin

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *wr̥h₁ḗn (lamb, acc. *wr̥h₁énm̥, gen. *wr̥h₁nós). Cognates include Sanskrit उरण (úraṇa), Old Armenian գառն (gaṙn) and Ancient Greek ἀρήν (arḗn, lamb).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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vervēx m (genitive vervēcis); third declension

  1. wether (castrated ram)
  2. (derogatory) blockhead, dolt
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:homo stultus

Declension

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Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative vervēx vervēcēs
Genitive vervēcis vervēcum
Dative vervēcī vervēcibus
Accusative vervēcem vervēcēs
Ablative vervēce vervēcibus
Vocative vervēx vervēcēs

Derived terms

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Descendants

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References

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  • vervex”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • vervex”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • vervex in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.