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|lshtext=<b>versus</b>: (vors-), a, um, Part. of [[verto]].<br /><b>versus</b>: (vors-), adv. and prep., v. [[verto]],<br /><b>I</b> P. a. fin.<br /><b>versus</b>: (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]].<br /><b>I</b> A [[furrow]], Col. 2, 2, 25; Plin. 18, 19, 49, § 177.—<br /><b>II</b> Transf., a [[line]], [[row]].<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>C</b> The [[note]], [[song]] of the [[nightingale]], Plin. 10, 29, 43, § 83.—<br /><b>III</b> A [[land]]-[[measure]], = Gr. [[πλέθρον]], Varr. R. R. 1, 10, 1.—<br /> A [[kind]] of [[dance]], or a [[turn]], [[step]], pas in a [[dance]], Plaut. Stich. 5, 7, 2.