I.a slave born in his master's house, a homeborn slave.
I. Lit.: “vernas alere,” Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 104; id. Am. 1, 1, 24; Just. 38, 6, 7; Val. Max. 3, 4, 3; Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 15, 2; Hor. Epod. 2, 65; id. S. 1, 2, 117; 2, 6, 66.—In gen. fem., Inscr. Orell. 1320.— “Such slaves were trained up as buffoons or jesters,” Mart. 1, 42, 2; cf. Sen. Prov. 1, 6; “and v. vernilitas.—As a term of abuse,” Plaut. Am. 4, 2, 13.—
II. Transf., a native: “de plebe Remi Numaeque verna, Jucundus, etc.,” Mart. 10, 76, 4; cf.: “Romanos vernas appellabant, id est ibidem natos,” Fest. p. 372 Müll.—Hence,
B. Adj.: ver-nus , a, um, native: “apri,” Mart. 1, 50, 24: “lupi,” id. 10, 30, 21: “tuberes,” id. 13, 43, 2: “liber,” i. e. written in Rome, id. 3, 1, 6.
