vorsus:
Adverb · comparison: positive
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Age:
- Early
toward, in the direction of; in specified direction; towards quarter named;
Inflections
positive
vorsus
Examples
Liber I
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...littera finimus. XXV. Quid dicam "vortices" et "vorsus" ceteraque ad eundem modum, quae primus Scipio Africanus..."BELLUM CATILINAE
Gaius Sallustius Crispus (Sallust)
"...iter facere, modo ad urbem, modo in Galliam vorsus castra movere, hostibus occasionem pugnandi non dare. Sperabat propediem..."