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verres
verres
See also: vèrres
Latin
verrēs (a boar)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *wers-, *wr̥s- (“male”). Cognates include Sanskrit वृषन् (vṛ́ṣan), वृष (vṛṣa), Ancient Greek ἄρσην (ársēn) and Lithuanian ver̃šis.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈwer.reːs/, [ˈwɛr.reːs]
Noun
verrēs m (genitive verris); third declension
Inflection
Third declension i-stem.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | verrēs | verrēs |
| genitive | verris | verrium |
| dative | verrī | verribus |
| accusative | verrem | verrēs |
| ablative | verre | verribus |
| vocative | verrēs | verrēs |
Derived terms
- verrīnus
Related terms
Descendants
References
- verres in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- verres in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- VERRES in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “verres”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- verres in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers