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
- M
Liber I
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...littera finimus. XXV. Quid dicam "vortices" et "vorsus" ceteraque ad eundem modum, quae primus Scipio Africanus..." - G
BELLUM CATILINAE
Gaius Sallustius Crispus (Sallust)
"...iter facere, modo ad urbem, modo in Galliam vorsus castra movere, hostibus occasionem pugnandi non dare. Sperabat propediem..."