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From verpa (“penis”).

(vulgar) verpus (feminine verpa, neuter verpum); first/second-declension adjective

(of a penis or its owner) erect, having a hard-on with the foreskin drawn back as a result
1. (by extension) horny (ready for a sexual act)
(of a penis or its owner) circumcised

	masculine	feminine	neuter	masculine	feminine	neuter
	singular			plural
nominative	verpus	verpa	verpum	verpī	verpae	verpa
genitive	verpī	verpae	verpī	verpōrum	verpārum	verpōrum
dative	verpō	verpae	verpō	verpīs
accusative	verpum	verpam	verpum	verpōs	verpās	verpa
ablative	verpō	verpā	verpō	verpīs
vocative	verpe	verpa	verpum	verpī	verpae	verpa

(vulgar) verpus m (genitive verpī); second declension

(transferred) The active partner in a sexual act, especially a homosexual one
Synonyms: pēdīcātor, irrumātor
(figurative) Synonym of digitus verpus (“the middle finger”)
A circumcised person
- Quaesitum ad fontem solos deducere verpos - Juvenal
- To guide only the circumcised [i.e. Jews] to the fountain that they seek.

Adams, James Noel (1982) The Latin sexual vocabulary‎^[1], Baltimore, Maryland: Johns Hopkins University Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 13

“verpus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“verpus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
verpus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
verpus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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+# {{lb|la|of a penis or its owner}} [[erect]], having a [[hard-on]] with the foreskin drawn back as a result
 ## {{lb|la|hence}} [[horny]] {{gl|ready for a sexual act}}
 # {{lb|la|of a penis or its owner}} [[circumcised]]