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.
subverbustus , a, um, adj. perhaps contr. from sub verubus ustus,