ad-verto

rĕ-verto ( - vort-) and rĕ-vertor ( - vort-), versus (-vors-) ( inf. paragog. revertier, Phaedr. 4, 18, 14), 3 (the authors of the ante-Aug. per. make the perfect forms, with the exception of the part. reversus, only from the active root, reverti, reverteram, revertisse, etc., Plaut. Am. 3, 2, 28: [p. 1590] Cic. Fam. 10, 28, 1; id. Att. 8, 3, 7; id. Phil. 2, 24, 59; id. Div. 1, 15, 27; id. Phil. 8, 10, 28; id. Tusc. 5, 37, 107; Caes. B. G. 1, 8; 1, 31, 2, 29; 2, 14; Sall. C. 37, 11 et saep.:

reversus,

Cic. Phil. 6, 4, 10; Caes. B. G. 6, 42; Sall. H. 4, 4 Dietsch;

but cf.: reversus sum, etc.,

Vell. 2, 42, 3; Quint. 7, 8, 2; 11, 2, 17; Tac. A. 12, 21; Front. Strat. 4, 2, 8; 4, 5, 17; Val. Max. 5, 1, 1; Nep. Them. 5, 2. But in the present tenses the active form is rare:

revortit,

Lucr. 3, 1061; 5, 1153, and Pompon. ap. Non. 476, 2;

or Com. Rel. p. 201 Rib.: revertebant,

Amm. 19, 5, 2; cf. Neue, Formenl. 2, p. 345 sq.; Zumpt, Gram. § 209 fin.) [verto], to turn back, turn about; to come back, return (syn.: redeo, revenio).

Lit.:

clamitant me ut revertar,

Plaut. Ps. 5, 1, 30:

(Deiotarus) cum ex itinere revertisset... persaepe revertit ex itinere,

Cic. Div. 1, 15, 26 sq.; cf. id. ib. 2, 8, 20:

eodem (vultu) semper se vidisse exeuntem illum domo et revertentem,

id. Tusc. 3, 15, 31:

ita maestus rediit, ut retractus, non reversus videretur,

id. Phil. 6, 4, 10:

reversus ille, etc.,

Caes. B. G. 6, 42:

(mulier) per propinquos rogata, ut rediret, non est reversa,

Quint. 7, 8, 2 et saep.:

cum ego a foro revortor,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 30:

a Fabricio ponte,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 36:

a Scythiā,

Just. 9, 3, 1; 22, 3, 6:

reverti ab exsilio,

Tac. H. 1, 77; 2, 92; Suet. Calig. 59:

a bello,

Cic. Ac. 2, 1, 3; Sen. Suas. 2, 8; for which poet.:

silvā,

Ov. M. 5, 585:

jam ad te revortar,

Plaut. Aul. 2, 2, 26:

ad aliquem,

id. Ep. 3, 3, 43; id. Ps. 4, 7, 62; Caes. B. G. 2, 14 et saep.:

nisi domum revorteris,

Plaut. Men. 2, 1, 31; so,

domum,

Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 16 (opp. egredior); 70; 2, 3, 99; Cic. Tusc. 5, 37, 107 (opp. egressi); Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 24 al.:

Formias,

Cic. Att. 8, 3, 7:

Ameriam,

id. Rosc. Am. 9, 26:

Epheso Laodiceam,

id. Fam. 3, 10, 3:

hunc in locum,

id. Rep. 6, 25, 29:

in castra,

Sall. J. 58, 7:

ad assuetas sibi sedes,

Quint. 11, 2, 6:

huc,

Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 57; 3, 2, 28; Ter. Ad. 4, 1, 9; Cic. Rep. 6, 13, 13 (opp. hinc profecti). — With double nom.:

consules praedā ingenti partā victores reverterunt,

Liv. 7, 17. —

Of things:

sol inde (sc. a brumalibus flexibus) revortens,

Lucr. 5, 616:

revertitur idem sol sub terras,

id. 5, 658:

revertitur luna ad signum quodque,

id. 5, 635:

multa videbis retro repulsa revorti,

id. 2, 130:

retroque a terrā cunctā revorti,

id. 1, 785:

quis neget... Tiberim reverti,

Hor. C. 1, 29, 12:

sol reversus,

Manil. 5, 464. —

Trop.

In gen., to return:

nescit vox missa reverti,

Hor. A. P. 390; cf. Quint. 10, 7, 14:

leti jam limine ab ipso Ad vitam possint revorti,

Lucr. 2, 961:

ad superiorem consuetudinem,

Cic. Fam. 9, 24, 2:

ad illum animum meum pristinum,

id. ib. 10, 28, 1:

ad sanitatem,

Caes. B. G. 1, 42:

ad corporis commodum,

Cic. Inv. 2, 56, 168:

haec ad easdem particulas,

Quint. 3, 6, 65:

ad Musas,

Ov. Tr. 3, 7, 9:

ad bonam vitae consuetudinem,

Dig. 34, 4, 30:

ut reverteretur in gratiam mecum,

Petr. 87:

poena in caput tuum,

Ov. A. A. 1, 340; cf. Tac. H. 3, 31. —

In partic., in speech (after a digression), to return, revert to a theme, etc.:

scribam tibi tres libros, ad quos revertare,

Varr. R. R. 1, 1, 4:

discedo parumper a somniis, ad quae mox revertar,

Cic. Div. 1, 23, 47:

sed, ut ad propositum revertamur, etc.,

id. Fin. 2, 32, 104:

ut ad me revertar,

id. Cael. 3, 6:

ad illam puellam exposititiam,

Plaut. Cas. prol. 79:

proinde ad id revertar,

Curt. 7, 1, 26:

illuc,

Nep. Dion, 4. —

In a comic equivoque: revortor rursus denuo Carthaginem, Si quid mandare voltis aut curarier,

Plaut. Poen. prol. 79.

rĕ-verto ( - vort-) and rĕ-vertor ( - vort-), versus (-vors-) ( inf. paragog. revertier, Phaedr. 4, 18, 14), 3 (the authors of the ante-Aug. per. make the perfect forms, with the exception of the part. reversus, only from the active root, reverti, reverteram, revertisse, etc., Plaut. Am. 3, 2, 28: [p. 1590] Cic. Fam. 10, 28, 1; id. Att. 8, 3, 7; id. Phil. 2, 24, 59; id. Div. 1, 15, 27; id. Phil. 8, 10, 28; id. Tusc. 5, 37, 107; Caes. B. G. 1, 8; 1, 31, 2, 29; 2, 14; Sall. C. 37, 11 et saep.:

reversus,

Cic. Phil. 6, 4, 10; Caes. B. G. 6, 42; Sall. H. 4, 4 Dietsch;

but cf.: reversus sum, etc.,

Vell. 2, 42, 3; Quint. 7, 8, 2; 11, 2, 17; Tac. A. 12, 21; Front. Strat. 4, 2, 8; 4, 5, 17; Val. Max. 5, 1, 1; Nep. Them. 5, 2. But in the present tenses the active form is rare:

revortit,

Lucr. 3, 1061; 5, 1153, and Pompon. ap. Non. 476, 2;

or Com. Rel. p. 201 Rib.: revertebant,

Amm. 19, 5, 2; cf. Neue, Formenl. 2, p. 345 sq.; Zumpt, Gram. § 209 fin.) [verto], to turn back, turn about; to come back, return (syn.: redeo, revenio).

Lit.:

clamitant me ut revertar,

Plaut. Ps. 5, 1, 30:

(Deiotarus) cum ex itinere revertisset... persaepe revertit ex itinere,

Cic. Div. 1, 15, 26 sq.; cf. id. ib. 2, 8, 20:

eodem (vultu) semper se vidisse exeuntem illum domo et revertentem,

id. Tusc. 3, 15, 31:

ita maestus rediit, ut retractus, non reversus videretur,

id. Phil. 6, 4, 10:

reversus ille, etc.,

Caes. B. G. 6, 42:

(mulier) per propinquos rogata, ut rediret, non est reversa,

Quint. 7, 8, 2 et saep.:

cum ego a foro revortor,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 30:

a Fabricio ponte,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 36:

a Scythiā,

Just. 9, 3, 1; 22, 3, 6:

reverti ab exsilio,

Tac. H. 1, 77; 2, 92; Suet. Calig. 59:

a bello,

Cic. Ac. 2, 1, 3; Sen. Suas. 2, 8; for which poet.:

silvā,

Ov. M. 5, 585:

jam ad te revortar,

Plaut. Aul. 2, 2, 26:

ad aliquem,

id. Ep. 3, 3, 43; id. Ps. 4, 7, 62; Caes. B. G. 2, 14 et saep.:

nisi domum revorteris,

Plaut. Men. 2, 1, 31; so,

domum,

Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 16 (opp. egredior); 70; 2, 3, 99; Cic. Tusc. 5, 37, 107 (opp. egressi); Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 24 al.:

Formias,

Cic. Att. 8, 3, 7:

Ameriam,

id. Rosc. Am. 9, 26:

Epheso Laodiceam,

id. Fam. 3, 10, 3:

hunc in locum,

id. Rep. 6, 25, 29:

in castra,

Sall. J. 58, 7:

ad assuetas sibi sedes,

Quint. 11, 2, 6:

huc,

Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 57; 3, 2, 28; Ter. Ad. 4, 1, 9; Cic. Rep. 6, 13, 13 (opp. hinc profecti). — With double nom.:

consules praedā ingenti partā victores reverterunt,

Liv. 7, 17. —

Of things:

sol inde (sc. a brumalibus flexibus) revortens,

Lucr. 5, 616:

revertitur idem sol sub terras,

id. 5, 658:

revertitur luna ad signum quodque,

id. 5, 635:

multa videbis retro repulsa revorti,

id. 2, 130:

retroque a terrā cunctā revorti,

id. 1, 785:

quis neget... Tiberim reverti,

Hor. C. 1, 29, 12:

sol reversus,

Manil. 5, 464. —

Trop.

In gen., to return:

nescit vox missa reverti,

Hor. A. P. 390; cf. Quint. 10, 7, 14:

leti jam limine ab ipso Ad vitam possint revorti,

Lucr. 2, 961:

ad superiorem consuetudinem,

Cic. Fam. 9, 24, 2:

ad illum animum meum pristinum,

id. ib. 10, 28, 1:

ad sanitatem,

Caes. B. G. 1, 42:

ad corporis commodum,

Cic. Inv. 2, 56, 168:

haec ad easdem particulas,

Quint. 3, 6, 65:

ad Musas,

Ov. Tr. 3, 7, 9:

ad bonam vitae consuetudinem,

Dig. 34, 4, 30:

ut reverteretur in gratiam mecum,

Petr. 87:

poena in caput tuum,

Ov. A. A. 1, 340; cf. Tac. H. 3, 31. —

In partic., in speech (after a digression), to return, revert to a theme, etc.:

scribam tibi tres libros, ad quos revertare,

Varr. R. R. 1, 1, 4:

discedo parumper a somniis, ad quae mox revertar,

Cic. Div. 1, 23, 47:

sed, ut ad propositum revertamur, etc.,

id. Fin. 2, 32, 104:

ut ad me revertar,

id. Cael. 3, 6:

ad illam puellam exposititiam,

Plaut. Cas. prol. 79:

proinde ad id revertar,

Curt. 7, 1, 26:

illuc,

Nep. Dion, 4. —

In a comic equivoque: revortor rursus denuo Carthaginem, Si quid mandare voltis aut curarier,

Plaut. Poen. prol. 79.

rĕ-verto ( - vort-) and rĕ-vertor ( - vort-), versus (-vors-) ( inf. paragog. revertier, Phaedr. 4, 18, 14), 3 (the authors of the ante-Aug. per. make the perfect forms, with the exception of the part. reversus, only from the active root, reverti, reverteram, revertisse, etc., Plaut. Am. 3, 2, 28: [p. 1590] Cic. Fam. 10, 28, 1; id. Att. 8, 3, 7; id. Phil. 2, 24, 59; id. Div. 1, 15, 27; id. Phil. 8, 10, 28; id. Tusc. 5, 37, 107; Caes. B. G. 1, 8; 1, 31, 2, 29; 2, 14; Sall. C. 37, 11 et saep.:

reversus,

Cic. Phil. 6, 4, 10; Caes. B. G. 6, 42; Sall. H. 4, 4 Dietsch;

but cf.: reversus sum, etc.,

Vell. 2, 42, 3; Quint. 7, 8, 2; 11, 2, 17; Tac. A. 12, 21; Front. Strat. 4, 2, 8; 4, 5, 17; Val. Max. 5, 1, 1; Nep. Them. 5, 2. But in the present tenses the active form is rare:

revortit,

Lucr. 3, 1061; 5, 1153, and Pompon. ap. Non. 476, 2;

or Com. Rel. p. 201 Rib.: revertebant,

Amm. 19, 5, 2; cf. Neue, Formenl. 2, p. 345 sq.; Zumpt, Gram. § 209 fin.) [verto], to turn back, turn about; to come back, return (syn.: redeo, revenio).

Lit.:

clamitant me ut revertar,

Plaut. Ps. 5, 1, 30:

(Deiotarus) cum ex itinere revertisset... persaepe revertit ex itinere,

Cic. Div. 1, 15, 26 sq.; cf. id. ib. 2, 8, 20:

eodem (vultu) semper se vidisse exeuntem illum domo et revertentem,

id. Tusc. 3, 15, 31:

ita maestus rediit, ut retractus, non reversus videretur,

id. Phil. 6, 4, 10:

reversus ille, etc.,

Caes. B. G. 6, 42:

(mulier) per propinquos rogata, ut rediret, non est reversa,

Quint. 7, 8, 2 et saep.:

cum ego a foro revortor,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 30:

a Fabricio ponte,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 36:

a Scythiā,

Just. 9, 3, 1; 22, 3, 6:

reverti ab exsilio,

Tac. H. 1, 77; 2, 92; Suet. Calig. 59:

a bello,

Cic. Ac. 2, 1, 3; Sen. Suas. 2, 8; for which poet.:

silvā,

Ov. M. 5, 585:

jam ad te revortar,

Plaut. Aul. 2, 2, 26:

ad aliquem,

id. Ep. 3, 3, 43; id. Ps. 4, 7, 62; Caes. B. G. 2, 14 et saep.:

nisi domum revorteris,

Plaut. Men. 2, 1, 31; so,

domum,

Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 16 (opp. egredior); 70; 2, 3, 99; Cic. Tusc. 5, 37, 107 (opp. egressi); Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 24 al.:

Formias,

Cic. Att. 8, 3, 7:

Ameriam,

id. Rosc. Am. 9, 26:

Epheso Laodiceam,

id. Fam. 3, 10, 3:

hunc in locum,

id. Rep. 6, 25, 29:

in castra,

Sall. J. 58, 7:

ad assuetas sibi sedes,

Quint. 11, 2, 6:

huc,

Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 57; 3, 2, 28; Ter. Ad. 4, 1, 9; Cic. Rep. 6, 13, 13 (opp. hinc profecti). — With double nom.:

consules praedā ingenti partā victores reverterunt,

Liv. 7, 17. —

Of things:

sol inde (sc. a brumalibus flexibus) revortens,

Lucr. 5, 616:

revertitur idem sol sub terras,

id. 5, 658:

revertitur luna ad signum quodque,

id. 5, 635:

multa videbis retro repulsa revorti,

id. 2, 130:

retroque a terrā cunctā revorti,

id. 1, 785:

quis neget... Tiberim reverti,

Hor. C. 1, 29, 12:

sol reversus,

Manil. 5, 464. —

Trop.

In gen., to return:

nescit vox missa reverti,

Hor. A. P. 390; cf. Quint. 10, 7, 14:

leti jam limine ab ipso Ad vitam possint revorti,

Lucr. 2, 961:

ad superiorem consuetudinem,

Cic. Fam. 9, 24, 2:

ad illum animum meum pristinum,

id. ib. 10, 28, 1:

ad sanitatem,

Caes. B. G. 1, 42:

ad corporis commodum,

Cic. Inv. 2, 56, 168:

haec ad easdem particulas,

Quint. 3, 6, 65:

ad Musas,

Ov. Tr. 3, 7, 9:

ad bonam vitae consuetudinem,

Dig. 34, 4, 30:

ut reverteretur in gratiam mecum,

Petr. 87:

poena in caput tuum,

Ov. A. A. 1, 340; cf. Tac. H. 3, 31. —

In partic., in speech (after a digression), to return, revert to a theme, etc.:

scribam tibi tres libros, ad quos revertare,

Varr. R. R. 1, 1, 4:

discedo parumper a somniis, ad quae mox revertar,

Cic. Div. 1, 23, 47:

sed, ut ad propositum revertamur, etc.,

id. Fin. 2, 32, 104:

ut ad me revertar,

id. Cael. 3, 6:

ad illam puellam exposititiam,

Plaut. Cas. prol. 79:

proinde ad id revertar,

Curt. 7, 1, 26:

illuc,

Nep. Dion, 4. —

In a comic equivoque: revortor rursus denuo Carthaginem, Si quid mandare voltis aut curarier,

Plaut. Poen. prol. 79.

verso ( vorso), āvi, ātum, 1 ( inf. vorsarier, Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 53), v. freq. a. [verto], to turn, wind, twist, or whirl about often or violently (freq. and class.; syn.: verto, contorqueo).

Lit.: qui caelum versat stellis fulgentibus aptum, Enn. ap. Macr. 6, 1 (Ann. v. 30 Vahl.): Sisyphus versat Saxum, Poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 5, 10:

turbinem puer,

Tib. 1, 5, 4:

turdos in igni,

Hor. S. 1, 5, 72:

ova non acri favillā,

Ov. M. 8, 667:

cum versati appositi essent pisces,

Quint. 6, 3, 90:

vinclorum inmensa volumina,

Verg. A. 5, 408:

manum,

Ov. M. 12, 493:

lumina,

id. ib. 5, 134; 6, 247;

7, 579: cardinem,

id. ib. 4, 93:

fusum,

id. ib. 4, 221;

6, 22: corpus,

id. Am. 1, 2, 4:

sortem urnā,

to shake, Hor. C. 2, 3, 26:

ligonibus glaebas,

to turn up, hoe, id. ib. 3, 6, 39; so,

rura (juvenci),

Prop. 4 (5), 1, 129:

terram,

Ov. R. Am. 173:

desectum gramen,

hay, id. M. 14, 646:

currum in gramine,

i. e. to wheel about, Verg. A. 12, 664:

oves,

to drive about, pasture, id. E. 10, 68:

pulsat versatque Dareta,

id. A. 5, 460:

me versant in litore venti,

id. ib. 6, 362: vos exemplaria Graeca Nocturnā versate manu, versate diurnā, turn them over, i. e. read, study them, Hor. A. P. 269:

et nummulario non ex fide versanti pecunias manus amputavit,

handling, accounting for, Suet. Galb. 9.—With se, or mid., to turn one's self often, to turn, revolve, etc.: versabat se in utramque partem, non solum mente, verum etiam corpore, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 30, § 74.—Prov.:

satis diu jam hoc saxum vorso,

I have wasted time enough with this man, Ter. Eun. 5, 8, 55.—Mid.:

mundum versari circum axem caeli,

Cic. N. D. 1, 20, 52:

qui (orbes) versantur retro,

id. Rep. 6, 17, 17:

pars superior mundi non versatur in turbinem,

Sen. Ira, 3, 6, 1:

suāpte naturā et cylindrum volvi et versari turbinem putat,

Cic. Fat. 18, 42:

ne versari aves possent,

Col. 8, 7, 1.—

Trop.

In gen., to turn, twist, bend:

versare suam naturam et regere ad tempus atque huc et illuc torquere et flectere,

Cic. Cael. 6, 13:

ad omnem malitiam et fraudem versare mentem suam coepit,

id. Clu. 26, 70:

eadem multis modis,

id. Or. 40, 137:

causas,

i. e. to treat, manage, id. ib. 9, 31; Quint. 10, 5, 9; cf. absol.:

non mille figuris variet ac verset (orator)?

id. 5, 14, 32:

verba,

to pervert, alter, Cic. Fin. 4, 20, 56:

fors omnia versat,

turns, changes, Verg. E. 9, 5;

so mid.: versatur celeri Fors levis orbe rotae,

Tib. 1, 5, 70:

huc et illuc, Torquate, vos versetis licet, etc.,

Cic. Fin. 2, 31, 99:

in quo, utrum respondebo, verses te huc atque illuc necesse est,

id. ib. 5, 28, 86:

versabat se ad omnis cogitationes,

Curt. 6, 6, 27.—

In partic. (rare in Cic.).

Qs. to turn upside down, i. e. to discompose, disturb, vex, agitate:

versabo ego illum hodie, si vivo, probe,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 5, 6; id. Pers. 5, 2, 17:

haerere homo, versari, rubere,

to be disturbed, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 76, § 187: si quid te adjuero curamve levasso Quae nunc te coquit et versat in pectore fixa, Enn. ap. Cic. Sen. 1, 1 (Ann. v. 340 Vahl.):

miserum toto cubili,

Prop. 1, 14, 21:

illum toto versant suspiria lecto,

id. 2, 22, 47 (3, 16, 5):

odiis domos,

to overthrow, ruin, subvert, Verg. A. 7, 336:

ille placet, versatque domum, neque verbera sentit,

i. e. disturbs without being punished, Ov. Am. 2, 2, 29:

sic fortuna in contentione et certamine utrumque versavit, ut alter alteri inimicus auxilio salutique esset,

alternated with, treated each in turn, Caes. B. G. 5, 44 fin.:

pectora,

id. ib. 2, 45:

muliebrem animum in omnes partes,

Liv. 1, 58, 3:

patrum animos,

id. 1, 17, 1:

pectora (nunc indignatio nunc pudor),

id. 2, 45, 5; cf.:

spesque timorque animum versat utroque modo,

Prop. 3, 17 (4, 16), 12.—

To turn over a thing in the mind, to think over, meditate, or reflect upon, revolve, consider; to transact, carry on (cf.:

volvo, agito): multas res simitu in meo corde vorso,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 1, 1:

versarent in animis secum unamquamque rem,

Liv. 3, 34, 4:

illa dolos dirumque nefas in pectere versat, Certa mori,

Verg. A. 4, 563; so,

dolos,

id. ib. 2, 62:

versate diu, quid ferre recusent, Quid valeant umeri,

Hor. A. P. 39:

ubi maxima rerum momenta versantur,

Quint. 8, 3, 13:

versenturque omni modo numeri,

examined, considered, id. 10, 3, 5; 10, 5, 9:

somnia decies,

to interpret, Prop. 2, 4, 16:

multum igitur domi ante versandi sunt (testes), variis percontationibus, etc.,

examined, practised, Quint. 5, 7, 11.—

Transf., in the mid. form, versor ( vor-sor), ātus, 1, prop. to move about in a place, i. e. to dwell, live, remain, stay, abide, be in a place or among certain persons; constr. most freq. with in aliquā re; also with inter, intra, apud, and cum.

Lit.:

vorsari crebro hic cum viderent me domi,

Plaut. Am. prol. 128:

in medio pariete,

id. Cas. 1, 52:

non ad solarium, non in campo, non in conviviis versatus est,

Cic. Quint. 18, 59:

in fundo,

id. Mil. 20, 53:

in castris,

Caes. B. G. 2, 24:

inter aciem,

id. ib. 1, 52; cf.:

nec versari inter eos sine dedecore potero,

Cic. Att. 10, 8, 3:

intra vallum,

Caes. B. C. 3, 96:

alicui inter femina,

Suet. Tib. 44:

nobiscum versari jam diutius non potes,

Cic. Cat. 1, 5, 10;

apud praefectos regis,

Nep. Con. 2, 4.—

Trop.

In gen., to be; to be circumstanced or situated:

nescis, quantis in malis vorser miser,

Ter. And. 4, 1, 25:

certe ego te in medio versantem turbine leti Eripui,

Cat. 64, 149:

ergo illi nunc in pace versantur,

Cic. Phil. 8, 2, 6:

in clarissimā luce,

id. Off. 2, 13, 44:

Minturnenses aeternā in laude versantur,

id. Planc. 10, 26:

in simili culpā,

Caes. B. C. 3, 110:

mihi ante oculos dies noctesque versaris,

Cic. Fam. 14, 2, 3:

nec versantur omnino scripta eorum inter manus hominum,

i. e. are read, Dig. 1, 2, 2.—Of abstract subjects: numquam tibi populi Romani dignitas, numquam species ipsa hujusmodi multitudinis in oculis animoque versata est? Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 55, § 144:

mors, exsilium mihi ob oculos versabantur,

id. Sest. 21, 47:

haec omnia in eodem errore versantur,

id. N. D. 3, 10, 25; id. Tusc. 1, 44, 107:

aliquid in dubitatione versatur,

id. Rep. 2, 15, 29:

Mithridaticum bellum, in multā varietate versatum,

waged with many vicissitudes, id. Arch. 9, 21.—

In partic., to occupy or busy one's self with any action, to be engaged in any thing.

Of persons.

With in and abl. (class.):

opifices omnes in sordidā arte versantur,

Cic. Off. 1, 42, 150:

in omnibus ingenuis artibus,

id. Fam. 4, 3, 4:

versabor in re difficili,

id. Leg. 3, 15, 33:

in re publicā atque in his vitae periculis laboribusque,

id. Arch. 12, 30;

ullā in cogitatione acrius ac diligentius versari,

id. Rep. 1, 22, 35:

si diutius in hoc genere verser,

id. ib. 1, 46, 70:

multum in imperiis,

Nep. Milt. 8, 2.—

With circa and acc. (post-Aug.):

circa mensuras ac numeros non versabitur (orator)?

Quint. 2, 21, 19.—

With inter:

inter arma ac studia versatus,

Vell. 1, 13, 3.—

Of abstract subjects.

With in and abl. (class.):

haec omnia in eodem quo illa Zenonis errore versantur,

depend on, Cic. N. D. 3, 10, 25:

dicendi omnis ratio in hominum more et sermone versatur,

is occupied with, concerns, Cic. de Or. 1, 3, 12:

ejus omnis oratio versata est in eo, ut, etc.,

id. ib. 1, 57, 244; cf.:

imitatio est posita fere in eludendo, sed versatur etiam in factis,

Quint. 9, 2, 58: ipsae res in perfacili cognitione versantur Cic. Or. 35, 122;

quae omnes artes in veri investigatione versantur,

id. Off. 1, 6, 19:

omnia quae in causā versarentur,

Quint. 7, 1, 4:

epilogi omnes in eādem fere materiā versari solent,

id. 7, 4, 19; 2, 4, 1:

praejudiciorum vis omnis tribus in generibus versatur,

id. 5, 2, 1.—

With circa and acc. (post-Aug.):

haec pars (tragoedia) circa iram, odium, metum, miserationem fere tota versatur,

Quint. 6, 2, 20:

circa quae versari videatur omnis quaestio,

id. 3, 6, 23:

quidam circa res omnes, quidam circa civiles modo versari rhetoricen putaverunt,

id. 2, 15, 15.—

With abl.:

itaque (finitio) pluribus legibus isdem quibus conjectura versatur,

Quint. 7, 3, 1 (dub.; Halm, ex conj. in isdem).—

Part. perf.:

homo in aliis causis exercitatus et in hac multum et saepe versatus,

Cic. Quint. 1, 3:

viri in rerum publicarum varietate versati,

id. Rep. 3, 3, 4:

semper inter arma ac studia versatus,

Vell. 1, 13, 3.— Absol.:

is missum ad dilectus agendos Agricolam integreque ac strenue versatum praeposuit, etc.,

Tac. Agr. 7.

verso ( vorso), āvi, ātum, 1 ( inf. vorsarier, Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 53), v. freq. a. [verto], to turn, wind, twist, or whirl about often or violently (freq. and class.; syn.: verto, contorqueo).

Lit.: qui caelum versat stellis fulgentibus aptum, Enn. ap. Macr. 6, 1 (Ann. v. 30 Vahl.): Sisyphus versat Saxum, Poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 5, 10:

turbinem puer,

Tib. 1, 5, 4:

turdos in igni,

Hor. S. 1, 5, 72:

ova non acri favillā,

Ov. M. 8, 667:

cum versati appositi essent pisces,

Quint. 6, 3, 90:

vinclorum inmensa volumina,

Verg. A. 5, 408:

manum,

Ov. M. 12, 493:

lumina,

id. ib. 5, 134; 6, 247;

7, 579: cardinem,

id. ib. 4, 93:

fusum,

id. ib. 4, 221;

6, 22: corpus,

id. Am. 1, 2, 4:

sortem urnā,

to shake, Hor. C. 2, 3, 26:

ligonibus glaebas,

to turn up, hoe, id. ib. 3, 6, 39; so,

rura (juvenci),

Prop. 4 (5), 1, 129:

terram,

Ov. R. Am. 173:

desectum gramen,

hay, id. M. 14, 646:

currum in gramine,

i. e. to wheel about, Verg. A. 12, 664:

oves,

to drive about, pasture, id. E. 10, 68:

pulsat versatque Dareta,

id. A. 5, 460:

me versant in litore venti,

id. ib. 6, 362: vos exemplaria Graeca Nocturnā versate manu, versate diurnā, turn them over, i. e. read, study them, Hor. A. P. 269:

et nummulario non ex fide versanti pecunias manus amputavit,

handling, accounting for, Suet. Galb. 9.—With se, or mid., to turn one's self often, to turn, revolve, etc.: versabat se in utramque partem, non solum mente, verum etiam corpore, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 30, § 74.—Prov.:

satis diu jam hoc saxum vorso,

I have wasted time enough with this man, Ter. Eun. 5, 8, 55.—Mid.:

mundum versari circum axem caeli,

Cic. N. D. 1, 20, 52:

qui (orbes) versantur retro,

id. Rep. 6, 17, 17:

pars superior mundi non versatur in turbinem,

Sen. Ira, 3, 6, 1:

suāpte naturā et cylindrum volvi et versari turbinem putat,

Cic. Fat. 18, 42:

ne versari aves possent,

Col. 8, 7, 1.—

Trop.

In gen., to turn, twist, bend:

versare suam naturam et regere ad tempus atque huc et illuc torquere et flectere,

Cic. Cael. 6, 13:

ad omnem malitiam et fraudem versare mentem suam coepit,

id. Clu. 26, 70:

eadem multis modis,

id. Or. 40, 137:

causas,

i. e. to treat, manage, id. ib. 9, 31; Quint. 10, 5, 9; cf. absol.:

non mille figuris variet ac verset (orator)?

id. 5, 14, 32:

verba,

to pervert, alter, Cic. Fin. 4, 20, 56:

fors omnia versat,

turns, changes, Verg. E. 9, 5;

so mid.: versatur celeri Fors levis orbe rotae,

Tib. 1, 5, 70:

huc et illuc, Torquate, vos versetis licet, etc.,

Cic. Fin. 2, 31, 99:

in quo, utrum respondebo, verses te huc atque illuc necesse est,

id. ib. 5, 28, 86:

versabat se ad omnis cogitationes,

Curt. 6, 6, 27.—

In partic. (rare in Cic.).

Qs. to turn upside down, i. e. to discompose, disturb, vex, agitate:

versabo ego illum hodie, si vivo, probe,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 5, 6; id. Pers. 5, 2, 17:

haerere homo, versari, rubere,

to be disturbed, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 76, § 187: si quid te adjuero curamve levasso Quae nunc te coquit et versat in pectore fixa, Enn. ap. Cic. Sen. 1, 1 (Ann. v. 340 Vahl.):

miserum toto cubili,

Prop. 1, 14, 21:

illum toto versant suspiria lecto,

id. 2, 22, 47 (3, 16, 5):

odiis domos,

to overthrow, ruin, subvert, Verg. A. 7, 336:

ille placet, versatque domum, neque verbera sentit,

i. e. disturbs without being punished, Ov. Am. 2, 2, 29:

sic fortuna in contentione et certamine utrumque versavit, ut alter alteri inimicus auxilio salutique esset,

alternated with, treated each in turn, Caes. B. G. 5, 44 fin.:

pectora,

id. ib. 2, 45:

muliebrem animum in omnes partes,

Liv. 1, 58, 3:

patrum animos,

id. 1, 17, 1:

pectora (nunc indignatio nunc pudor),

id. 2, 45, 5; cf.:

spesque timorque animum versat utroque modo,

Prop. 3, 17 (4, 16), 12.—

To turn over a thing in the mind, to think over, meditate, or reflect upon, revolve, consider; to transact, carry on (cf.:

volvo, agito): multas res simitu in meo corde vorso,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 1, 1:

versarent in animis secum unamquamque rem,

Liv. 3, 34, 4:

illa dolos dirumque nefas in pectere versat, Certa mori,

Verg. A. 4, 563; so,

dolos,

id. ib. 2, 62:

versate diu, quid ferre recusent, Quid valeant umeri,

Hor. A. P. 39:

ubi maxima rerum momenta versantur,

Quint. 8, 3, 13:

versenturque omni modo numeri,

examined, considered, id. 10, 3, 5; 10, 5, 9:

somnia decies,

to interpret, Prop. 2, 4, 16:

multum igitur domi ante versandi sunt (testes), variis percontationibus, etc.,

examined, practised, Quint. 5, 7, 11.—

Transf., in the mid. form, versor ( vor-sor), ātus, 1, prop. to move about in a place, i. e. to dwell, live, remain, stay, abide, be in a place or among certain persons; constr. most freq. with in aliquā re; also with inter, intra, apud, and cum.

Lit.:

vorsari crebro hic cum viderent me domi,

Plaut. Am. prol. 128:

in medio pariete,

id. Cas. 1, 52:

non ad solarium, non in campo, non in conviviis versatus est,

Cic. Quint. 18, 59:

in fundo,

id. Mil. 20, 53:

in castris,

Caes. B. G. 2, 24:

inter aciem,

id. ib. 1, 52; cf.:

nec versari inter eos sine dedecore potero,

Cic. Att. 10, 8, 3:

intra vallum,

Caes. B. C. 3, 96:

alicui inter femina,

Suet. Tib. 44:

nobiscum versari jam diutius non potes,

Cic. Cat. 1, 5, 10;

apud praefectos regis,

Nep. Con. 2, 4.—

Trop.

In gen., to be; to be circumstanced or situated:

nescis, quantis in malis vorser miser,

Ter. And. 4, 1, 25:

certe ego te in medio versantem turbine leti Eripui,

Cat. 64, 149:

ergo illi nunc in pace versantur,

Cic. Phil. 8, 2, 6:

in clarissimā luce,

id. Off. 2, 13, 44:

Minturnenses aeternā in laude versantur,

id. Planc. 10, 26:

in simili culpā,

Caes. B. C. 3, 110:

mihi ante oculos dies noctesque versaris,

Cic. Fam. 14, 2, 3:

nec versantur omnino scripta eorum inter manus hominum,

i. e. are read, Dig. 1, 2, 2.—Of abstract subjects: numquam tibi populi Romani dignitas, numquam species ipsa hujusmodi multitudinis in oculis animoque versata est? Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 55, § 144:

mors, exsilium mihi ob oculos versabantur,

id. Sest. 21, 47:

haec omnia in eodem errore versantur,

id. N. D. 3, 10, 25; id. Tusc. 1, 44, 107:

aliquid in dubitatione versatur,

id. Rep. 2, 15, 29:

Mithridaticum bellum, in multā varietate versatum,

waged with many vicissitudes, id. Arch. 9, 21.—

In partic., to occupy or busy one's self with any action, to be engaged in any thing.

Of persons.

With in and abl. (class.):

opifices omnes in sordidā arte versantur,

Cic. Off. 1, 42, 150:

in omnibus ingenuis artibus,

id. Fam. 4, 3, 4:

versabor in re difficili,

id. Leg. 3, 15, 33:

in re publicā atque in his vitae periculis laboribusque,

id. Arch. 12, 30;

ullā in cogitatione acrius ac diligentius versari,

id. Rep. 1, 22, 35:

si diutius in hoc genere verser,

id. ib. 1, 46, 70:

multum in imperiis,

Nep. Milt. 8, 2.—

With circa and acc. (post-Aug.):

circa mensuras ac numeros non versabitur (orator)?

Quint. 2, 21, 19.—

With inter:

inter arma ac studia versatus,

Vell. 1, 13, 3.—

Of abstract subjects.

With in and abl. (class.):

haec omnia in eodem quo illa Zenonis errore versantur,

depend on, Cic. N. D. 3, 10, 25:

dicendi omnis ratio in hominum more et sermone versatur,

is occupied with, concerns, Cic. de Or. 1, 3, 12:

ejus omnis oratio versata est in eo, ut, etc.,

id. ib. 1, 57, 244; cf.:

imitatio est posita fere in eludendo, sed versatur etiam in factis,

Quint. 9, 2, 58: ipsae res in perfacili cognitione versantur Cic. Or. 35, 122;

quae omnes artes in veri investigatione versantur,

id. Off. 1, 6, 19:

omnia quae in causā versarentur,

Quint. 7, 1, 4:

epilogi omnes in eādem fere materiā versari solent,

id. 7, 4, 19; 2, 4, 1:

praejudiciorum vis omnis tribus in generibus versatur,

id. 5, 2, 1.—

With circa and acc. (post-Aug.):

haec pars (tragoedia) circa iram, odium, metum, miserationem fere tota versatur,

Quint. 6, 2, 20:

circa quae versari videatur omnis quaestio,

id. 3, 6, 23:

quidam circa res omnes, quidam circa civiles modo versari rhetoricen putaverunt,

id. 2, 15, 15.—

With abl.:

itaque (finitio) pluribus legibus isdem quibus conjectura versatur,

Quint. 7, 3, 1 (dub.; Halm, ex conj. in isdem).—

Part. perf.:

homo in aliis causis exercitatus et in hac multum et saepe versatus,

Cic. Quint. 1, 3:

viri in rerum publicarum varietate versati,

id. Rep. 3, 3, 4:

semper inter arma ac studia versatus,

Vell. 1, 13, 3.— Absol.:

is missum ad dilectus agendos Agricolam integreque ac strenue versatum praeposuit, etc.,

Tac. Agr. 7.

1) обращать, поворачивать (classem in portum L; a. oculos QC, PJ и a. oculos alicui rei Sil); направлять ( agmen urbi V)

animum a. (см. тж. animadverto) Ter, C etc. — замечать, воспринимать, тж. узнавать (aliquem, aliquid C, Cs etc.)

2) делать замечание, упрекать T; наказывать

3) указывать (non docet admonitio, sed advertit Sen)

4) обращать ( на себя), привлекать ( к себе)

1) становиться впереди, выходить вперёд, опережать

2) преобладать (maerores mi antevortunt gaudiis.Pl)

3) предупреждать, предотвращать (a. supplicium voluntaria morte CJ)

4) предпочитать, ставить выше

1) отворачивать, поворачивать, направлять в другую сторону (iter Cs, L); отводить ( flumen C); отклонять ( aliquem Italiā V); отворачиваться, поворачиваться

2) привлекать ( omnium in se oculos L)

3) переносить, откладывать ( certamen L)

4) отражать ( hostes a castris L); обращать ( classem in fugam L)

5) красть, похищать, растрачивать ( pecuniam publicam C); увозить ( auratam pellem Ctl); угонять ( tauros V)

6) скрывать ( causam doloris L)

7) отклонять ( a scelere C); отговаривать (aliquem ab incepto L); предотвращать ( bellum L); отводить, отвращать (quod omen dii avertant C; periculum Su)

8) взваливать ( causam in aliquem C)

9) отвлекать ( animum alicujus ab aliquā re L)

10) отгонять, удалять ( curas dictis V)

1) вращать

2) обманывать ( aliquem aliquā re Pl)

1) обратное движение ( aquae Dig)

2) спор, прения (non de re, sed de verbo controversiam movere CC); тема для споров (c. scholastica Q; aliquam controversiam declamare Sen, Pt)

1) поворачивать, оборачивать, вращать (manum Q; cuspidem V)

2)

а) менять направление, поворачивать, сворачивать

б) направлять (naves in eam partem, quo ventus fert Cs)

3)

а) обращать, устремлять (oculos V etc.)

c. animos hominum in aliquem (in se) C etc., тж. omnium oculos ad и in se c. Nep, QC — обращать внимание людей на кого-л. (на себя)

б) обращать ( aliquem ad fidem Christi Hier)

4) превращать ( Hecūba in canem conversa C)

5) переводить (orationes e Graeco C; aliquid in Latinum C)

6) перемещать

7)

а) изменять ( animum vultumque T)

б) переменять ( odium in amorem VM); перестраивать ( rem publicam C)

8) возвращаться (eodem Lcr; in regnum suum Sl)

9) превращаться (num in vitium virtus possit c.? C); обращаться ( ad pedites Sl)

10) меняться, кончаться, заканчиваться ( imperium regium — v. l. se — convertit in superbiam Sl)

11) ритор. переставлять ( verba C)

12) завивать ( crines calamistro Pt)

1) сворачивать, поворачивать в сторону ( aliquam rem)

2) отговорить, разубедить ( aliquem Lcn)

3) med.-pass. deverti завернуть, заехать (deverti ad aliquem in hospitium Pl; apud aliquem Pl, L; in и ad villam C)

4) уклоняться (от главн. предмета), удаляться (redeamus ad illud, unde devertimus C)

5) обращаться (d. ad artes magicas O)

1)

а) расходиться, направляться в другую сторону

б) разводиться ( ab aliquo Dig)

2) отличаться, различаться ( divortunt mores longe Pl)

3) уносить ( aliquid ad se Vlg)

1) опрокидывать, переворачивать (navem C; currum QC); валить ( arborem V); выворачивать ( cervicem Ter)

2)

а) свергать ( aliquem C)

б) ниспровергать ( fundĭtus civitates C); разрушать ( Troja eversa Man); отменять, упразднять (leges, testamenta C); расстраивать, расторгать ( amicitiam C)

3) вздымать, волновать (aequor ventis V; mare evertitur Sen); взрывать, вспахивать ( campum VF)

4) разорять, разрушать (urbem C; castellum H); губить ( aliquem J); уничтожать (spem O; simul parta ac sperata decora L)

5) выгонять, изгонять ( aliquem agro Pl)

6) расточать, растрачивать ( patrimonium Dig)

1) сдвигать, отодвигать в сторону ( aliquid in extremis partibus Vtr)

2) отводить (незаконно) ( aquae ductum Dig)

3) менять, переделывать, pass. меняться к худшему, портиться ( ingenia interversa Sen)

4) похищать, присваивать ( pecuniam alicujus Pt); утаивать ( vectigalia Su)

5) расточать, мотать (noviens milliens sestertium T)

6) обманывать, надувать ( aliquem aliquā re AG)

7) подавлять, скрывать ( veritas olim interversa nunc se effert Ap)

8) лишать, отнимать ( publica jura Dig)

1) поворачивать ( anulum in locum C); опрокидывать ( alveos navium Sl); осушать ( vinaria H)

2) вывихнуть ( talum Ap)

3) переворачивать, разворотить

4) извращать, превратно толковать ( virtutes H)

5) выражать(ся) иначе

6) красить ( lanas Sil)

1) обращать, поворачивать, направлять (arcūs in aliquem O; proras pelago — dat. V)

2)

а) med.-pass. obverti поворачиваться ( in hostem L); обращаться ( ad aliquem T)

б) обратиться, заняться, предаться (o. ad sanguinem et caedes T); склониться (на сторону) ( alicui T)

3) med.-pass. противостоять, быть противником

1) опрокидывать, переворачивать, обрушивать, валить, низвергать (arbusta, tecta C)

2) перен. ниспровергать, разрушать (regnum, jura C); расстраивать ( amicitiam C); портить, губить (mores Nep; liberos alicujus T)

3) совершенно изменять ( figuram Pt). — см. тж. perversus