vernīlis, e, adj. [verna], of or belonging to a home-born slave (verna), slavish, i. e.,
I Mean , fawning , servile : blanditiae, Tac. H. 2, 59: corpora, Quint. Decl. 9, 12.— *
II Jesting , pert , waggish : dictum, Tac. H. 3, 32 fin.—Adv. : vernīlĭter , slavishly , servilely : fungi officiis, Hor. S. 2, 6, 108: nimis hoc fit verniliter, i. e. with fawning flattery , cringingly , Caecil. ap. Non. 42, 27: haec ipsa non verniliter, nec eā figurā, quā, etc., jestingly , jokingly , Sen. Ben. 2, 11, 3.