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versus verse
versus is a Latin Noun that primarily means verse.
Definitions for versus
Wheelock's Latin
Noun
- 1
line of verse
English derivatives:
versify versification
Oxford Latin Dictionary
Noun
- 1
(prob.) A circular movement or twirl (in a dance).
- 2
The ground traversed by a plough before it is turned round, a furrow. (b) a measure of land, typically 10,000 Roman square feet, but varying locally.
- 3
A row, line, or string (usu. of concrete objects). (b) (applied to a bench of rowers).
Adverb
- 1
In a specified direction, towards the quarter named: (a) placed after local advs., esp. sursum, deorsum, where strictly pleon.; see also cpd s. 'INTROVERSVS, QVOQVOVERSVS, VNDIQVERVERSUM, VTROQUEVEVERSUS, etc.).
- 2
(w. prepositional force, placed after an acc.) In the direction of, towards: (a) (following the names of towns). (b) (following other geographical names, name of cardinal ooints; also rarely preceding.
Sentences with versus
Latin to English
Itaque mīlle versūs manibus suīs scrīpsērunt.Compare And so they have written a thousand verses with their own hands.
Hī centum versūs nōbīs grātiās magnās agunt.Compare These one hundred verses give great thanks to us.
Quid tibi praecipiam teneros quoque mittere versus?Compare Shall I bid you send tender verses also?
Nunc cōnspicit poētam versūs recitantem.Compare Now she catches sight of a poet reciting verses.
Declension table for versus
Cactus2000
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nom. | versus | versūs |
| Gen. | versūs | versuum |
| Dat. | versuī | versibus |
| Acc. | versum | versūs |
| Abl. | versū | versibus |
Data sources
Notes
- Definitions
- Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 131.
- P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 2041.
- Word frequencies
- Paul B. Diederich, The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings, PhD diss., (Columbia University, 1939).
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Citation
Chicago (17th ed.)
Allo Contributors. "versus, versūs (n.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified . Accessed November 25, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/versus-versus.
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Wheelock's Latin
Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 131.versus, versūs on page 131
