scourge (v.) Copy link Outline 1. verbĕro, 12. expr. by verbĕra, virgae (esp. in phr. virgis caedere) • scourge (v.): 1. verbĕro, 1: to s. a Roman citizen, civem Romanum v., Cic. Rep. 2, 31, fin. 2. expr. by verbĕra, virgae (esp. in phr. virgis caedere): v. to flog. (Vapulare is rather to be beaten, as a lighter punishment than to be scourged: v. to beat, A. 6.)