verruca

Verruca, ve-rū′ka, n. a wart, a glandular elevation: one of the wart-like sessile apothecia of some lichens.

Verruca (perhaps Dos Trento), near Trient, description of the fort of, iii.

Verruca therefore means primarily a steep cliff, and only secondarily a wart.

Amongst the Verrucid they are known in its one genus, Verruca.

Ex pede Herculem may often prove safe enough, but ex verruca Tullium is liable to mislead a hasty judge of his fellow-men.