Verruca, verrúcæ pe. p. Cato. An hillocke: a knap of an hil. Verruca. Pli. A warte: a knap of flesh rysing in the bodie.Maculæ & verrucæ gemmarum. Pli.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
verrūca, ae, f., a steep place, height.I.Lit., Cato ap. Gell. 3, 7, 6; 3, 7, 13 (cf. also Quint. 8, 3, 48; 8, 6, 14).—II. Transf 1.A wart on the human body, Plin. 20, 12, 48, 123; 22, 21, 29, 59; 33, 4, 25, 85.— 2.An excrescence on precious stones, Plin. 37, 12, 74, 195.— B.Trop., a slight fault, small failing, opp. to tuber, Hor. S. 1, 3, 74.