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LNS

vernula, vernulae

verna, [verna]

noun (c., 1^st declension)

comm. dim
a little or young home-born slave
Jocular, pert, coarse
Native, indigenous

Abbreviations

vernula, ae, comm. dim. [verna], a little or young home-born slave (post-Aug.). Lit., Juv. 10, 117; Sen. Prov. 1, 6; Plin. 22, 17, 20, § 44; App. M. 4, p. 153, 25 al.

— Transf., adj.: = vernaculus. Jocular, pert, coarse: urbanitas, Petr. 24 (al. vernacula).

— Native, indigenous: lupus Tiberinus, Juv. 5, 105: libelli, Mart. 5, 18, 4.