LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · masculinethird declension

verrēs

verrēs m (genitive verris)
Classical[ˈwɛr.reːs]Ecclesiastical[ˈvɛr.res]

Meaning

  1. boar, male swine

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeverrēsverrēs
genitiveverrisverrium
dativeverrīverribus
accusativeverremverrēs
verrīs
ablativeverreverribus
vocativeverrēsverrēs

verres, is (collat. form of the
I. nom. sing. verris, Varr. R. R. 2, 4, 8), m. Sanscr. root varsh-, to rain, wet; whence vrshabha, bull; cf. ἔρση, dew, a male swine, boar-pig (syn.: aper, porcus), Varr. R. R. 2, 4, 21; Col. 7, 9, 7; Hor. C. 3, 22, 7.— Transf., contemptuously, of a man, Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 67.
Verres, is, m.,
I. the surname of the prœtor C. Cornelius, notorious for his bad government of Sicily; hence,
A. Verrĭ-us, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Verres, Verrian: lex, that originated with him, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 49, § 117.—
2. Subst.: Verrĭa, ōrum, n. (i. e. solennia), a festival appointed by Verres, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 21, § 52; 2, 2, 46, § 114; 2, 2, 63, § 154; 2, 4, 10, § 24; 2, 4, 67, § 151.—
B. Verrīnus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Verres, Verrine: jus Verrinum, i. e. the mode of administering justice practised by Verres (in a sarcastic pun alluding to verrinum jus, pork-broth), Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 46, § 121.—
2. Subst.: Verrī-nae, ārum, f. (i. e. actiones); among grammarians, the orations of Cicero against Verres, Prisc. and Non. in mult. locc. (by Cic. himself called Accusatio).

Origins

From Proto-Italic *wersēn, from Proto-Indo-European *wérsēn (“male animal”). The nominative singular and the i-stem declension pattern are analogous; a more logical development would have been verrēn as the form used in the nominative and vocative singular cases with the base being verrin-. Cognates include Sanskrit वृषन् (vṛ́ṣan), वृष (vṛṣa), Ancient Greek ἄρσην (ársēn) and Lithuanian ver̃šis.

Descendants
  • Frenchverratfrom Old French ver
  • Romanianvier
  • Sardinianberre
  • Sardinianberri
  • Sardinianerri
  • Sardinianerre
  • Sardinianverre
  • Spanishverracofrom Vulgar Latin *verrācus
  • Spanishbirriafrom Vulgar Latin *verrea
  • Portuguesebarrãofrom Vulgar Latin *verrōne(m)

Quick answers

What does verrēs mean in Latin?
verrēs, a noun, means “boar, male swine”.
What is the genitive of verrēs?
The genitive singular is verris. verrēs is masculine, third declension.
How do you pronounce verrēs?
In classical Latin, [ˈwɛr.reːs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈvɛr.res].