Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary/Veru

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Rich, Anthony (1849). The illustrated companion to the Latin dictionary, and Greek lexicon. p. vi. OCLC 894670115. https://archive.org/details/illustratedcompa00rich. 

VER'U (ὀβελός). A spit for roasting meat (Varro, L. L. v. 127.); often made of wood (Plin. H. N. xxx. 37. Virg. Georg. ii. 396. Ov. Fast. ii. 363.), sharpened at the point, so as to be driven through the meat (Sen. Thyest. 1063. Virg. Aen. i. 212.), and placed over the fire (Id., Aen. v. 103.), and probably turned by the hand upon dogs or andirons (varae). Compare VERUCULUM.

2. (σαύνιον). A missile weapon (Virg. Aen. vii. 665. Tibull. i. 6. 49.), adopted from the Samnites into the light infantry of the Romans (Festus, s. Samnites), which had a sharp round iron point, like the spit after which it was named, as exhibited by the annexed example (Veru/2.1), from an original found in Westphalia, and published by Alstorp (de Hast. p. 192.)

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  Veru/2.1