verse
verse
subs.
Metre: Ar. and P. μέτρον, τό.
Line of poetry: Ar. and P. στί̆χος, ὁ, ἔπος, τό.
In verse, adj.: P. ἔμμετρος.
Verses: P. μέτρα, τά (Plat. Lys. 205a).
Hexameter verses: P. ἔπη ἑξάμετρα (Plat. Legg. 810e).
subs.
Metre: Ar. and P. μέτρον, τό.
Line of poetry: Ar. and P. στί̆χος, ὁ, ἔπος, τό.
In verse, adj.: P. ἔμμετρος.
Verses: P. μέτρα, τά (Plat. Lys. 205a).
Hexameter verses: P. ἔπη ἑξάμετρα (Plat. Legg. 810e).
VERSE
line of poetry versus -ūs (distichon tristichon tetrastichon etc. a set of two three four etc. verses). Beautiful verses versus ornati luculenti (Cic.): very good bad verses versus optimi mali: better and smoother verses versus magis facti et mollius euntes (Hor. Sat. 1 10 58): to write verses versus facere scribere: to write excellent verses on any subject optimis versibus de aliqua re scribere; ornatissimis atque optimis versibus de aliqua re dicere (Cic.).
Poetry numeri (plur.): versus. To write in verse sententias claudere numeris; verba includere versu (Cic.).
A small section membrum: articulus.
line of poetry versus -ūs (distichon tristichon tetrastichon etc. a set of two three four etc. verses). Beautiful verses versus ornati luculenti (Cic.): very good bad verses versus optimi mali: better and smoother verses versus magis facti et mollius euntes (Hor. Sat. 1 10 58): to write verses versus facere scribere: to write excellent verses on any subject optimis versibus de aliqua re scribere; ornatissimis atque optimis versibus de aliqua re dicere (Cic.).
Poetry numeri (plur.): versus. To write in verse sententias claudere numeris; verba includere versu (Cic.).
A small section membrum: articulus.
verse:
I. A metrical line:
1. versus, ûs (prop. any line): all his v.s are beautiful and polished, omnes apud hunc ornati elaboratique sunt v., Cic. Or. 11, 36: more than four heroic v.s, plus quatuor herois v., id. Leg. 2, 27, 68: I said that his v.s ran rudely, incomposito dixi pede currere versus, Hor. S. 1, 10, 1.
2. versĭcŭlus: more polished and smoother v.s, v. magis facti et mollius euntes, Hor. S. 1, 10, 58: Cic.: a set of two, four, verses. distĭchon, tetrastĭchon: Mart.: Quint. Phr.: contented with merely writing v.s which can be scanned, pedibus quid claudere senis, hoc tantum contentus, Hor. S. 1, 10, 59: v.TO VERSIFY .
II. Poetry:
1. versus: when he had betaken himself to v., quum se mente ac voluntate conjecisset in v., Cic. de Or. 3, 50, 194: in pl., from Greek v., ex v. Graecis, id. Arch. 10, 23.
2. nŭmĕrus (in pl.): I delight in writing v., numeris nectere verba juvat, Ov. Pont. 4, 2, 30.
3. carmen (esp. lyric or epic verse): you delight in v., c. tu gaudes, Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 59: to write v., c. condere, id. S. 2, 1, 82.
III. A short section: perh. membrum: v.CLAUSE , SECTION .
I. A metrical line:
1. versus, ûs (prop. any line): all his v.s are beautiful and polished, omnes apud hunc ornati elaboratique sunt v., Cic. Or. 11, 36: more than four heroic v.s, plus quatuor herois v., id. Leg. 2, 27, 68: I said that his v.s ran rudely, incomposito dixi pede currere versus, Hor. S. 1, 10, 1.
2. versĭcŭlus: more polished and smoother v.s, v. magis facti et mollius euntes, Hor. S. 1, 10, 58: Cic.: a set of two, four, verses. distĭchon, tetrastĭchon: Mart.: Quint. Phr.: contented with merely writing v.s which can be scanned, pedibus quid claudere senis, hoc tantum contentus, Hor. S. 1, 10, 59: v.
II. Poetry:
1. versus: when he had betaken himself to v., quum se mente ac voluntate conjecisset in v., Cic. de Or. 3, 50, 194: in pl., from Greek v., ex v. Graecis, id. Arch. 10, 23.
2. nŭmĕrus (in pl.): I delight in writing v., numeris nectere verba juvat, Ov. Pont. 4, 2, 30.
3. carmen (esp. lyric or epic verse): you delight in v., c. tu gaudes, Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 59: to write v., c. condere, id. S. 2, 1, 82.
III. A short section: perh. membrum: v.