LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · masculinesecond declension

verpus1

verpus m (genitive verpī)
Classical[ˈwɛr.pʊs]Ecclesiastical[ˈvɛr.pus]

Meaning

  1. masculinevulgarThe active partner in a sexual act, especially a homosexual one
  2. figurativelymasculinevulgarsynonym of digitus verpus (“the middle finger”)
  3. masculinevulgarA circumcised person
    Quaesītum ad fontem sōlōs dēdūcere verpōs.To guide only the circumcised to the spring they thirst for.c. 100 CE – c. 130 CE, Juvenalis, Saturae 5.14.104

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeverpusverpī
genitiveverpīverpōrum
dativeverpōverpīs
accusativeverpumverpōs
ablativeverpōverpīs
vocativeverpeverpī

verpus, i, m.,
I. a circumcised man, Cat. 47, 4; Juv. 14, 104; Mart. 7, 82, 6; 11, 94, 2.

Origins

From verpa (“penis”).

adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective
verpus2
verpus (feminine verpa, neuter verpum)
Classical[ˈwɛr.pʊs]Ecclesiastical[ˈvɛr.pus]

Meaning

  1. adjectivevulgarerect, having a hard-on with the foreskin drawn back as a result
  2. adjectivebroadlyvulgarhorny (ready for a sexual act)
  3. adjectivevulgarcircumcised

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativeverpusverpaverpum
genitiveverpīverpaeverpī
dativeverpōverpaeverpō
accusativeverpumverpamverpum
ablativeverpōverpāverpō
vocativeverpeverpaverpum
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativeverpīverpaeverpa
genitiveverpōrumverpārumverpōrum
dativeverpīsverpīsverpīs
accusativeverpōsverpāsverpa
ablativeverpīsverpīsverpīs
vocativeverpīverpaeverpa

Origins

From verpa (“penis”).

Quick answers

What does verpus mean in Latin?
verpus, a noun, means “The active partner in a sexual act, especially a homosexual one; synonym of digitus verpus (“the middle finger”); A circumcised person”.
What is the genitive of verpus?
The genitive singular is verpī. verpus is masculine, second declension.
How do you pronounce verpus?
In classical Latin, [ˈwɛr.pʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈvɛr.pus].