versus

versus (vors-), a, um, Part. of verto.

versus (vors-), adv. and prep., v. verto, P. a. fin.

versus (vors-), ūs (ante-class. collat. form of the plur. versi, Laev. ap. Prisc. p. 712 P.: versorum, Laber. ib.: versis, Val. ib.), m. [verto, a turning round, i. e. of the plough].

• A furrow, Col. 2, 2, 25; Plin. 18, 19, 49, § 177.—
• II Transf., a line, row.
• • A In gen.: in versum distulit ulmos, Verg. G. 4, 144: remorum, Liv. 33, 30, 5; cf. Verg. A. 5, 119: foliorum, Plin. 15, 29, 37, § 122: creber catenarum, Sil. 7, 658.—
  • B In partic., a line of writing; and in poetry, a verse: ut primum versum (legis) attenderet, Cic. Rab. Post. 6, 14: deplorat primis versibus mansionem suam, id. Att. 2, 16, 4; id. de Or. 1, 61, 261: magnum numerum versuum ediscere, Caes. B. G. 6, 14; Nep. Epam. 4, 6; Liv. 41, 24, 13; Quint. 1, 4, 3; 7, 1, 37; 10, 1, 38; 10, 1, 41; Plin. Ep. 4, 11, 16; Ov. Am. 1, 11, 21: si quis minorem gloriae fructum putat ex Graecis versibus percipi quam ex Latinis, vehementer errat, Cic. Arch. 10, 23; id. de Or. 2, 64, 257; 3, 50, 194; id. Or. 20, 67; Quint. 9, 4, 48 sq.; 11, 2, 39; 11, 2, 51; Hor. S. 1, 10, 54; 2, 1, 21; id. Ep. 2, 2, 52; Verg. E. 5, 2.—
  • C The note, song of the nightingale, Plin. 10, 29, 43, § 83.—
• III A land-measure, = Gr. πλέθρον, Varr. R. R. 1, 10, 1.—
• IV A kind of dance, or a turn, step, pas in a dance, Plaut. Stich. 5, 7, 2 (770).

1. versus, a, um, Partic., I) von verro, w.s. – II) von verto, w.s.

2. versus (vorsus), ūs, m. (verto), das Umwenden; dah. meton.: I) als t.t. des Landbaues: 1) (v. Umwenden des Pfluges) die Furche, Colum. u. Plin. – 2) ein Ackermaß, 10 zehnfüßige Ruten od. 100 Fuß im Quadrat (das griech. πλέθρον), Varro r.r. 1, 10 in. Gromat. vet. 30, 9. – II) die Reihe, Linie, 1) im allg.: sedecim versus remorum, Liv.: foliorum, Plin.: in versus distulit ulmos, Verg.: in versum, nach der Reihe, reihenweise, Solin. – 2) in der Schrift: a) in der Prosa, die Zeile, primus (legis), Cic.: primi versus (epistulae), Cic.: secundus versus, Hor.: litterae (Brief) paucorum versuum, Cic.: non paginas tantum sed versus etiam syllabasque numerare, Plin. ep.: vitam alcis separatim multis milibus versuum explicare, Nep.: u. so multis milibus versuum scio apud quosdam esse quaesitum, quomodo inveniremus, utra pars deberet prior dicere, Quint. – b) in der Poesie, der Vers, Plur. die Verse, dah. auch Poesie (Ggstz. soluta oratio, prosa oratio), versus apti, Auson.: versus Fescenninus, Liv.: versus Graeci, Latini, Cic.: versus hexametri, Cic.: versus heroi, Cic.: versus heroicus, Auson.: versus heroici, Amm.: versus inconditi, Liv.: versus longiusculi, Cic.: versus malus, Cic.: trimeter versus, Quint.: etsi (Democriti locutio) absit a versu, Cic.: paucissimos die componere versus, Quint.: fortia illustrium virorum facta heroicis componere versibus, Amm.: elegans in versibus componendis, Hieron.: condere Chalcidico versu carmina, Quint.: explere numeros et conficere versus, Takt halten u. den Vers (des Sängers) einhalten (= den Sänger richtig begleiten), Cic.: nuptias describere aptis versibus et compositione festivā, Auson.: se mente ac voluntate conicere in versum, Sinn u. Gedanken auf eine Versart richten, Cic.: dicere versus, Verg.: versus dicere de libro Enni annali sexto, Quint.: nescis, puto, quid velim tot versibus dicere, Auson.: magnum numerum versuum ediscere, Caes.: facilius versus ediscimus quam prosam orationem, Quint.: eum versum ex oraculo mihi quodam esse effatus videtur, Cic.: facere versum, Cic. u. Quint.: facere versus, Cic.: posse versus facere, Sall.: belle facere ad versum, hübsch in den Vers passen, Sen.: versus hexametros aliosque variis modis atque numeris fundere ex tempore, Cic.: inter se iocularia versibus fundere, Liv.: illa, quae versibus persecutus est Ennius, in V. ausgeführt hat, Cic.: quid pascua versu prosequar? einzeln in V. durchgehen, im Liede nennen, Verg.: semel auditos quamlibet multos versus protinus reddere (aus dem Gedächtnis wiedergeben), Quint.: ii, quos dixi, omnes solutā oratione scripserunt, easdem res etiam quidam versibus, Varro: quamvis esset oratione et versu promptissimus, in Prosa u. Poesie, Spart.: praecepta sapientiae versibus tradere, Quint. – übtr., versus (Plur.), Gesang-, Lied der Nachtigall, Plin. 10, 83. – III) die Wendung im Tanze, der Tanzschritt, Plaut. Stich. 770 u. trin. 707. – ➳ Plur. heteroklit., versī, ōrum, m., Laber. com. 55. Valer. com. u. Laev. b. Prisc. 6, 73.

3. versus (vorsus) od. versum (vorsum), I) Adv. = wärts, gegen... hin, nach... zu, Brundisium versus, Cic. – gew. mit den Praepp. ad u. in u. Akk., auch mit ab u. Abl., in Italiam versus navigaturus, Sulpic. in Cic. ep.: in forum versus, Cic.: fugam ad se vorsum fieri, Sall.: ad Oceanum versus, Caes.: ab occidente versus, Varro: a bruma versus, Varro. – verb. m. deorsum, pone, quoquo, rursum, sursum, undique, utroque, w.s. – II) Praep., nach... hin, nach... zu, m. Acc., dem es gew. nachgestellt wird, Romam versus, Cic.: versum oppidum, Auct. b. Hisp.

1 versus [CL] 1 circular movement. hinc ‥ volucres in summis malis venientes austros suis signantes ~ibus Enc. Emmae I 4. 2 cycle, sequence (also as run through in order). primo decemnovenalis circuli ~u temporum ordo praefigitur Bede TR 47; rune ‥ in iv ~us vel ordines dividuntur. primus ordo continet litteras viij etc. Runica Manuscripta 118. 3 line of verse. b set of verses, verse, poem. a705 octenis syllabis in uno quolibet vorsu compositis (Æthelwald) Ep. Aldh. 2 (7) p. 497; haec metro ac ~ibus constat esse composita Bede HE IV 18 p. 247; caesurae ~uum sunt quattuor, id est pentimimeres, heptimimeres, titos trocheos, tetarte bucolicon Bonif. Met. 110; incipiat conservator ymnum Veni Creator et ad quemlibet ~um incensetur altare ab episcopis Conc. Scot. II 4; iste ~us subscripte sunt ‥ apud oralogium: ‘Isaias ait Jesse virga verbum dabit esse atque vitam populo ‥’ Reg. Whet. II 298.  b illa videns eum venientem ~um sequentem Scotica lingua dixit: ‘Easpoc Ibhair dom chabhair’ etc. (Abbanus 3) VSH I 4. 4 verse of the Bible, (also liturg.) short verse (typically Biblical) sung or said antiphonally, versicle. per sex similitudines sex translationes composuit contra se invicem quomodo quisque unumquemque ~um diceret, ubi discreparent Comm. Cant. I 5; cum ~ibus cantici ‘nunc dimittis’ Lanfr. Const. 96; priore eorum incipiente ~um ‘Deus in adjutorium meum intende’ ter dicant Ib. 159; Zacharias propheta ad commendandum suae prophetiae auctoritatem ‥ per singulos ~us repetit: ‘haec dicit Dominus’ Anselm (Ep. 57) III 171; cum psalmista sepius ad Dominum hunc ~um orando proponere: ’custodi me ‥’ [Psalm. cxl 9] Gir. SD 6; hec ‥ sunt que ‥ reddi et cantari cordetenus sufficere credimus in conventu; ‥ ~us omnium responsoriorum et processionum responsoria ‥ Cust. Cant. 38; in adventu ejus illi hunc ~um psalmi decantantes dixerunt, ‘ecce quam bonum, et quam jocundum habitare fratres in unum’ [Psalm. cxxxii 1] (Brendanus 50) VSH I 126; patet per glossam ‥ super illo ~u ‘in sanguine testamenti eterni’ [Hebr. xiii 20] Ziz. 18.

2 versus, ~um [CL] 1 (w. adv.) in direction (v. et. quaquaversum, quoquoversum, undiqueversum). ab hoc Anglorum cronica sursum ~us usque ad Adam lineam generationis regum texunt W. Malm. GR II 115; tene [crucem] semper recta linea sursum ~us V. Chris. Marky. 41; adversarios ~us deorsum gladiis ‥ jugularunt G. Hen. V 13. 2 (w. acc.) towards, to. b bound or destined for, on the way to. c (w. ref. to communication) to, destined for. Britannia insula in extremo ferme orbis limite circium occidentemque ~us Gildas EB 3; aqua Trentae et fossa et via ~us Eboracum custodiuntur DB I 280ra; 1217 habet litteras de conductu ‥ in eundo ~us partes suas Pat 46; 1235 ascenderunt ~us unum solium et hostium solii fregerunt CurR XV 1438; 1411 predictum manerium de nobis tenetur in capite per servicium portandi ‥ quoddam vexillum album ~us Scociam in guerra FineR 216 m. 8.  b 1235 liberate ‥ domicelle Margarete Biset xl s. ad expensas suas ~us partes suas Liberate (Exch) 1203 m. 1; 1283 R. messor in misericordia quia paciebatur averia pascere in B. ~us nundinas de F. CourtR 209/54 m. 2; 1303 lasta allecii ~us Tamisiam [dabit] x d. item ~us Franciam iiij d. EEC 161; 1328 Johanni de M., pro roba sua ~us Angliam, xxviij s. viij d. ExchScot 118; s1189 multi alii Christiani ~us Terram Sanctam cruce signati sunt Eul. Hist. I 387; 1414 in elemosina data Ysaac presbitero et alteri pauperi ~us curiam Romanam ‥ ij s. Ac. Durh. 139; 1469 deliberatum ‥ Reginaldo G. gardiano Oxon' pro expensis suis versus Romam pro indulgencia adquirenda, xl li. Cant. Coll. Ox. III 109.  c 1291 et interim partes sequantur ~us regem quod faciat PlRCP 91 m. 206d.; 1439 in ij brevibus originalibus ~us W. P. et J. G. ac R. S. Ac. Durh. 73; 1469 item solutum scriptori pro duabus cedulis continentibus supplicacionem prioris ‥ ~us sanctissimum papam, vij s. vj d. Cant. Coll. Ox. III 109. 3 facing, against, adjoining. b in the control of. Hibernia ‥ sicut ~us aquilonem brevior est [sc. Britannia] ita ~us meridiem trans illius fines protenditur Diceto Chr. 10; 1236 feofati assiderent domos suas ~us villam CurR XV 1768; 1243 castrum ‥ situm ~us partes Marche RGasc I 213a; 1430 acre que jacent juxta pratum de Brumptofte ~us occidentem Feod. Durh. 26; 1444 parcella more ‥ jacente sive abuttante ~us orientem Ac. Durh. 144.  b 1321 rotuli vicecomitum demorarunt ~us justiciarios illo die MGL II 296; rotulus ‥ ~us eundem [sc. auditorem] remanebit Reg. Rough 213. 4 (w. ref. to feeling, intent, or sim.) toward, at. 1292 pro affectione quam habuit ~us eam tamquam sororem PlRCP 95 m. 146; populum Israel, qui dure cervicis populus fuit ~us Deum Ockham Dial. 849; 1412 regis ‥ ~us universitatem ‥ graviter accensa indignacio StatOx 210. 5 (w. ref. to act) towards, at, (esp. hostile) against. b (leg.) against, as against (opposing side in case). 1276 accessit ad ‥ ballivum ‥ et tantum fecit ~us ipsum quod idem ballivus permisit ei seisinam ejusdem manerii EE Law Rep. III 122; 1287 recognovit se ‥ concelasse bona Reginaldi ‥ ~us ballivum Law Merch. I 31; 1442 propter retraccionem gladii ~us Johannem MunAcOx 530.  b c1180 nunquam movebimus clamum vel calumpniam ~us predictos monachos Couch. Kirkstall 277; 1203 burgenses Ebor' debent xx m. pro habendo respectu de placitis que sunt ~us eos de pluribus querelis Pipe 214; 1217 si aliquis ~us eum loqui voluerit, stabit recto in curia nostra Pat 64; 1219 Ricardus ‥ petit ~us Reginaldum ‥ septem libratas terre CurR VIII p. x; dies datus est ‥ de audiendo judicio suo de dampnis que petunt ~us ‥ justiciarios State Tri. Ed. I 35; 1297 persequebatur appellum suum ~us eos usque ad quatuor comitatus Eyre Kent I 110; 1372 repertum est in curia quod W. A. recuperet ~us tenentes ville unam garbam sigittarum [sic] Hal. Durh. 113; 1516 manerium ‥ recuperavi ~us ‥ Willelmum ‥ per breve domini regis de ingressu super disseisinam FormA 414. 6 with respect to, towards. 1290 est in gravi forisfactura ~us dominum regem State Tri. Ed. I 41; 1297 ac dominus rex pejoris condicionis ‥ esse non debet, immo condicionis melioris ~us omnes de populo suo propter ejus prerogativam PlRCP 119 m. 148. 7 for the benefit, purpose, or use of, for. juravit ‥ quod tenementum predictum non includet ~us se nec difforciabit E. Ch. S. Paul. 253; 1420 volo quod domina mea ‥ habeat x marcas ad orandum pro anima mea et ut prebeat bonum auxilium ‥ executoribus meis ~us magistrum meum Georgium Reg. Cant. II 185; 1583 quod habeant maeremium ‥ ad et ~us reparaciones domorum Pat 1234 m. 16. 8 in preparation for, against (need, time, event, or sim.). 1496 et sol. pro expensis R. J. ‥ pro signis, ‥ et anguillis ac salmonibus recent. ~us festa Natalis Domini et S. Cuthberti in Marcio, ix s. Ac. Durh. 653.

1 versŭs (11) ou versum ou vors-, adv., dans la direction [de], du côté [de] : a) [complétant in ou ad, ou lʼacc. de nom de ville question quo ] : in forum versus Cic. Læl. 96, dans la direction du forum, en regardant le forum ; in Arvernos versus Cæs. G. 7, 8, 5, dans la direction des Arvernes ; ad Oceanum versus Cæs. G. 6, 33, 1, du côté de lʼOcéan ; verti me a Minturnis Arpinum versus Cic. Att. 16, 10, 1, je me dirigeai de Minturnes dans la direction dʼArpinum, cf. Cic. Fam. 11, 27, 3 ; Verr. 2, 5, 90 ; Cæs. G. 7, 7, 2 ; b) après les adv., deorsum, sursum, quoquo, utroque, undique, v. ces mots.

➳ lʼemploi comme prépos. nʼa aucun fondement.

2 versus, (14) a, um, part. a) de verto ; b) de verro.

3 versŭs, (8) ūs, m. (verto), ¶ 1 sillon : Plin. 18, 177 ¶ 2 ligne, rangée : Virg. G. 4, 144 ; Plin. 15, 122 || rang des rameurs : Virg. En. 5, 119 ; Liv. 33, 30, 5 ¶ 3 [en part.] ligne dʼécriture, ligne : Cic. Rab. Post. 14 ; Att. 2, 16, 4 || vers : versum facere Cic. Pis. 72, faire un vers ; Græci versus Cic. Arch. 23, vers grecs, cf. Cic. de Or. 2, 257 ; Or. 67, etc. ; Cæs. G. 6, 14 || pl., chant du rossignol : Plin. 10, 83 ¶ 4 mesure agraire [cent pieds] : Varro R. 1, 10, 1 ¶ 5 pas de danse : Pl. St. 770 ; Trin. 707.

➳ pl. versi, orum Laber. 55 ; Læv. d. Prisc. Gramm. 6, 75.

versus , us vel i. m.
一行字。詩。歌。耕之槽。量田尺類。次序。轉跳舞。— duri vel confragosi 不順之詩。— concinni vel luculenti vel lepidi vel teretes 巧好詩。— incompti vel inculti vel male nati vel* male tornati 不佳之詩。Operae nimium celeris curaque carentes versus 苟且作之詩。In versum se mente ac voluntate conjicere 專務作詩。

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versus , a, um. part. p. v. verto.
{} Fenestrae in viam versae {}

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versus . praep. acc.
對面。到。向。Cum Brundusium — ires ad Caesarem 汝從補隆都府外過往謁塞撒之時。Sursum versus 往上。Utroque versus 向兩邊。向左右。Deorsum versus 往下。

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versus or vorsus (1)

• P. of verto.

versus or vorsus (2) adv.

• P. of verto, turned in the direction of, towards, facing.—After ad or inand acc: ad Oceanum versus proficisci, Cs.: in Galliam versus, S.: in forum versus: in Arvernos versus, Cs.—After acc.alone (only of towns or small islands): Helorum versus navigabant: Ambraciam versus, Cs.—With quoque or quoquo: dimittit quoque versus legationes, in every direction, Cs.

versus or vorsus (3) ūs, m

• VERT-, a line, row: in versum distulit ulmos, V.: remorum, L.—In writing, a line, verse: versūs plurimi supra tribunal scribebantur: magnum numerum versuum ediscere, Cs.: versūs Enni gravitate minores, H.: dicere versūs, V.