vertebra Copy link Outline 1. vertebra (gen. a joint, Plin.2. spondy̆lus (sphond.) (= σπόνδυλος) • vertebra: 1. vertebra (gen. a joint, Plin.: Sen.): the spine is composed of four and twenty v.s, spina constat ex v. quatuor et viginti, Cels. 8, 1. 2. spondy̆lus (sphond.) (= σπόνδυλος): Plin. 29, 4, 20.