verberō āvī, ātus, āre verber, to beat, strike, lash, knock: tormentis Mutinam: aquila aethera verberat alis, V.: sidera (unda), V.: navem (Auster), H.

—To punish by striking, lash, scourge, whip, flog, beat, drub: homines: virgis oculos: laterum costas ense, O.

—Fig., to attack, lash, chastise, plague, torment, harass: os tuum senatūs convicio verberari noluisti: sermonibus aures, Ta.