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* vernĭ-cŏmus, a, um, adj. [vernuscoma], having young leaves: oliva, Mart. Cap. 6, § 570.

* vernĭfer, fĕra, fĕrum, adj. [vernusfero], flowering in spring, spring-blooming, = ἐαροτρεφής: comere verniferis florentia limina sertis (sc. coronis), Mart. Cap. 1, § 1.

vernīlis, e, adj. [verna], of or belonging to a home-born slave (verna), slavish, i. e.,

  1. I. Mean, fawning, servile: blanditiae, Tac. H. 2, 59: corpora, Quint. Decl. 9, 12.
  2. * II. Jesting, pert, waggish: dictum, Tac. H. 3, 32 fin.
    Adv.:     vernīlĭter, slavishly, servilely: fungi officiis, Hor. S. 2, 6, 108: nimis hoc fit verniliter, i. e. with fawning flattery, cringingly, Caecil. ap. Non. 42, 27: haec ipsa non verniliter, nec eā figurā, quā, etc., jestingly, jokingly, Sen. Ben. 2, 11, 3.

vernīlĭtas, ātis, f. [vernilis] (mostly post-Aug.).

  1. I. Cringing obsequiousness, servility, Sen. Ep. 95, 2.
  2. II. Coarse, pert, jesting, pertness, Plaut. Fragm. ap. Non. 342, 17; Quint. 1, 11, 2; Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 79.

vernīlĭter, adv., v. vernilis fin.

‡ vernisera, mensalia auguria, Fest. p. 379 Müll. [perh. from ver-sero, auguries belonging to sowing in the spring].