versus
Dictionary entries
- Entry →versus, versus:
Masculine · Noun · 4th declension
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Poetry
line, verse; furrow, ground traversed before turn; row/string, bench (rowers);
acc. pl.gen. sg.nom. pl.nom. sg.voc. pl.voc. sg. - Entry →versus:
Adverb
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
toward, in the direction of; in specified direction; towards quarter named;
- Entry →verro, verrere, verri, versus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Lesser
sweep clean; sweep together; sweep (to the ground); skim, sweep; sweep along;; turn, turn around; change, alter; overthrow, destroy;
nom. sg. perf. pass. part. - Entry →versus:
Preposition
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
toward, in the direction of; (placed after ACC); -ward (after name of town);
Examples
- T
Captivi
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...neque item ut ceterae: neque spurcidici insunt versus, immemorabiles; hic neque periurus leno est nec meretrix mala neque..." - T
Amphitruo
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...BLEPHARO GVBERNATOR BROMIA ANCILLA ARGVMENTVM I In faciem versus Amphitruonis Iuppiter, dum bellum gereret cum Telobois hostibus, Alcmenam..." - A
Capitula
Aulus Gellius
"...perfidia aruspicum Etruscorum; quodque ob eam rem versus hic a pueris Romae urbe tota cantatus est: "Malum consilium..." - A
Praefatio
Aulus Gellius
"...profanum volgus a ludo musico diversum. XXI. Versus legis datae hi sunt: euphemein chre kaxistasthai tois hemeteroisi choroisin..." - A
Liber XX
Aulus Gellius
"...inveniri in carminibus Ennii diceret, tum ego hos versus ex octavo annali absentes dixi - nam forte eos tamquam..." - A
Liber XIII
Aulus Gellius
"...vocant - pluris gignere atque educare catulos dicit. IV. Versus, quibus hoc aperte demonstrat, hi sunt: heistekei..." - A
Liber XII
Aulus Gellius
"...structor' productis, quae corripiebantur, uocalibus dicta sunt. IV Versus accepti ex Q. Ennii septimo annalium, quibus depingitur finiturque..." - T
Trinummus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...comoedia. hic agit magis ex argumento et versus melioris facit. etiam ob stultitiam tuam te ~ curis multabo mina..."
