Lewis & Short

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vertē̆bra, ae, f. [verto], a joint.

  1. I. In gen., Cels. 8, 1, Plin. 11, 46, 106, § 255; Sen. Ep. 78, 8.
    Of insects, Plin. 11, 1, 1, § 1.
  2. II. In partic., a joint, vertebra of the spine, Cels. 8, 1.
  3. III. In late Lat. collat. form vertē̆brum, i, n., = ἰσχίον, the hip-bone, Cael. Aur Acut. 1, 10, 71 al.

vertebrātus, a, um, adj. [vertebra], jointed, articulated, vertebrated: ossa, Plin. 11, 37, 67, § 177: dens, id. 34, 8, 19, § 75.