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