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1. verres, is (collat. form of the 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.

2. Verres, is, m., the surname of the prœtor C. Cornelius, notorious for his bad government of Sicily; hence,

  1. A. Verrĭ-us, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Verres, Verrian: lex, that originated with him, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 49, § 117.
    1. 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.
  2. 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.
    1. 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).