flogging (subs.) Copy link Outline 1. verbĕrātio2. verbĕra, um, n. (stripes, blows) • flogging (subs.): 1. verbĕrātio: to give any one a marvellous f. (fig.), alicui mirificam v. dare, Cic. Fam. 16, 27, init.: Dig. 2. verbĕra, um, n. (stripes, blows): you deserve a good f., dignus es multis v.: Pl.: Cic.: v. beating (II.). Fond of f., plāgosus (of the schoolmaster Orbilius): Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 70.