converbero

con-verbĕro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to strike severely, to beat, bruise (post-Aug.).

I Lit.: faciem, Plin. 13, 22, 43, § 126: os, Curt. 7, 2, 5.—

II Trop.: vitia, to chastise , Sen. Ep. 121, 4; cf. id. Ira, 3, 20, 1.