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verres

verres, a boar, male swine

verres, is (collat. form of the nom. sing. verris, Varr. R. R. 2, 4, 8), m. [Sanscr. root varsh-, to rain, wet; whence vrshabha, bull; cf. ἔρση, dew],
  • a male swine, boar-pig (syn.: aper, porcus), Varr. R. R. 2, 4, 21; Col. 7, 9, 7; Hor. C. 3, 22, 7.— Transf., contemptuously, of a man, Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 67 (1057).

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