vertē^bra, ae, f. verto, a joint. In gen., Cels. 8, 1, Plin. 11, 46, 106, § 255; Sen. Ep. 78, 8.

—Of insects, Plin. 11, 1, 1, § 1.

— In partic., a joint, vertebra of the spine, Cels. 8, 1.

— In late Lat. collat. form vertē^brum, i, n., = ἰσχίον, the hip-bone, Cael. Aur Acut. 1, 10, 71 al.