verbero

verberō (1) āvī, ātus, āre

verber, to beat, strike, lash, knock : tormentis Mutinam: aquila aethera verberat alis, V.: sidera (unda), V.: navem (Auster), H.— To punish by striking, lash, scourge, whip, flog, beat, drub : homines: virgis oculos: laterum costas ense, O.—Fig., to attack, lash, chastise, plague, torment, harass : os tuum senatūs convicio verberari noluisti: sermonibus aures, Ta.