adjective
subverbustus
Meaning
- branded under the spear
subverbustus, a, um, adj. perhaps contr. from sub verubus ustus,
I. branded under the spear, an epithet of a male or female slave (ante- and post-class.):
subverbustam veribus ustam significat Plautus cum ait: ulcerosam, compeditam, subverbustam, sordidam, Fest. p. 309 Müll.; Tert. Pall. 4 med.