vacerra

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

văcerra, ae, f., a log, stock, post.

I Lit., Col. 9, 1, 3; 9, 1, 9; 6, 19, 2.—

II Transf., like stipes, and our stock , block , as a term of abuse applied to a stupid person: vecorde et malefica vacerra, Liy. Andron. ap. Fest. p. 375 Müll. (Com. Fragm. v. 7 Rib.).