I.trifles, stuff, nonsense: gerrae crates vimineae. Athenienses cum Syracusas obsiderent et crebro gerras poscerent, irridentes Siculi gerras clamitabant. Unde factum est, ut gerrae pro nugis et contemptu dicantur, Paul. ex Fest. s. h. v. p. 94; cf. id. s. v. cerrones, p. 40 Müll. N. cr.: “tuae blanditiae mihi sunt, quod dici solet, Gerrae germanae atque edepol liroe liroe,” Plaut. Poen. 1, 1, 9: “maximae,” id. Ep. 2, 2, 49; cf. Aus. ldyll. 11 praef.—As an interject.: “gerrae! nae tu illud verbum actutum inveneris,” Plaut. Trin. 3, 3, 31; id. As. 3, 3, 10.
gerrae , ārum, f., = γέρρα, orig. wattled twigs; hence, transf.,
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.
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