vervex

Latin

Alternative forms

berbēx
verbēx

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *wr̥h₁ḗn (“lamb”, acc. *wr̥h₁énm̥, gen. *wr̥h₁nós). Cognates include Sanskrit उरण (úraṇa), Old Armenian գառն (gaṙn) and Ancient Greek ἀρήν (arḗn, “lamb”).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈu̯er.u̯eːks/, [ˈu̯ɛru̯eːks̠]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈver.veks/, [ˈvɛrveks]

Noun

vervēx m (genitive vervēcis); third declension

wether (castrated ram)
(derogatory) blockhead, dolt
Synonyms: see Thesaurus:homo stultus

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	vervēx	vervēcēs
Genitive	vervēcis	vervēcum
Dative	vervēcī	vervēcibus
Accusative	vervēcem	vervēcēs
Ablative	vervēce	vervēcibus
Vocative	vervēx	vervēcēs

Derived terms

vervēceus
vervēcīnus
vervēlla

Descendants

Aromanian: birbec, birbecu, birbeatsi, birbeatse, bãrbets
French: brebis
Italian: berbice
Norman: brébis (Jersey)
Occitan: berbitz
Romanian: berbec
Romansch: barbeisch
Sardinian: berbeche, verveche, brebei
Walloon: berbis

References

“vervex”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“vervex”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
vervex in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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