vervex

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

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
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈwer.weːks/, [ˈwɛr.weːks]

Noun

vervēx n (genitive vervēcis); third declension

  1. a wether; a castrated ram
  2. (derogatory) blockhead, dolt

Inflection

Third declension neuter.

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

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Occitan: berbitz
  • Romanian: berbec
  • Romansh: barbeisch
  • Sardinian: berbeche, verveche, brebei
  • Walloon: berbis

References
  • 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
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