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  • 1 circum

    circum [properly acc. from circus = kirkos], adv. and prep., designates either an entire encompassing or surrounding of an object, or a proximity only partially em. bracing or comprehending it, around, about, all around, peri, amphi
    I.
    Adv.
    A.
    Around, round about, all around, etc., perix:

    furcas circum offigito,

    Cato, R. R. 48, 2; Varr. R. R. 3, 14, 1;

    Verg A 3, 230: quia (locus) vastis circum saltibus claudebatur,

    Tac. A. 4, 25:

    molli circum est ansas amplexus acantho,

    Verg. E. 3, 45:

    age tu interim Da cito ab Delphio Cantharum circum,

    Plaut. Most. 1, 4, 33:

    quae circum essent opera tueri,

    Caes. B. C 2, 10:

    interea Rutuli portis circum omnibus instant,

    Verg. A. 10, 118 (i. e. circumcirca fusi:

    nam modo circum adverbium loci est, Serv.): omnem, quae nuno.umida circum Caligat, nu. bem eripiam,

    id. ib. 2, 605; Tib. 1, 3, 77; 1, 5, 11. sed circum tutae sub moenibus urbis aquantur, round about under the walls, Verg. G 4, 193. faciundum haras quadratas circum binos pedes, all around, i. e. on every side, two feet, Varr. R. R. 3, 10, 3 Schneid.—
    b.
    Strengthened with undique (in later Latin also sometimes written as one word, circumundique), from everywhere around, around on all sides:

    circum Undique convenere,

    Verg. A. 4, 416; Lucr. 3, 404:

    clausis circum undique portis,

    Stat. S. 2, 5, 13; 5, 1, 155; id. Th. 2, 228:

    oppositu circumundique aliarum aedium,

    Gell. 4, 5, 3; 13, 24, 1; 14, 2, 9;

    so with totus and omnis,

    Varr. R. R. 3, 14, 1; Verg. A. 10, 118.—
    B.
    Of an incomplete circuit, esp. of the part that meets the view, lies on the hither side, etc. (v. under II.):

    hostilibus circum litoribus,

    Tac. A. 2, 24:

    aestas... aperto circum pelago peramoena,

    id. ib. 4, 67:

    gentibus innumeris circum infraque relictis,

    Ov. M. 4, 668; Stat. Achill. 1, 56:

    corpus servans circumque supraque vertitur,

    id. Th. 9, 114; Albin. Carm. ap. Maecen. 46.
    II.
    Prep. with acc.
    A.
    Around, abow (implying a complete circuit):

    armillas quattuor facito, quas circum orbem indas,

    Cato, R. R. 21, 4:

    terra circum axem se summā celeritate convertit,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 39, 123; Quint. 2, 17, 19 Zumpt N. cr.:

    ligato circum collum sudario,

    Suet. Ner. 51:

    terque novas circum felix eat hostia fruges,

    Verg. G. 1, 345:

    at genitor circum caput omne micantes Deposuit radios,

    Ov. M. 2, 40.—
    B.
    As in adv. B., of an incomplete circuit, about, upon, around, near:

    capillus sparsus, promissus, circum caput Rejectus neglegenter,

    Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 49:

    flexo circum cava tempora cornu,

    Ov. M. 7, 313; 10, 116; 11, 159:

    tum Salii ad cantus incensa altaria circum adsunt,

    Verg. A. 8, 285:

    varios hic flumina circum Fundit humus flores,

    on the borders of the rivulets, id. E. 9, 40:

    urgeris turbā circum te stante,

    Hor. S. 1, 3, 135; cf. id. C. 2, 16, 33:

    circum renidentes Lares,

    id. Epod. 2, 66; Verg. G. 2, 484; cf. Luc. 2, 557:

    illi indignantes Circum claustra fremunt,

    Verg. A. 1, 56:

    oras et litora circum errantem,

    id. ib. 3, 75.—
    C.
    Circum very freq. expresses, not a relative motion around a given central point, but an absol. circular movement, in which several objects named form separate points of a periphery, in, into, among... around, to... around, etc.:

    te adloquor, Quae circum vicinos vages,

    Plaut. Mil. 2, 5, 14: ego Arpini volo esse pridie Cal., deinde circum villulas nostras errare, not round about our villas, but in our villas around, Cic. Att. 8, 9, 3; cf Hor. S. 1, 6, 58:

    tum Naevius pueros circum amicos dimittit,

    to friends around, Cic. Quint. 6, 25; Suet. Ner. 47:

    cum praetorem circum omnia fora sectaretur,

    Cic. Verr 2, 2, 70, § 169:

    Apronius ducebat eos circum civitates,

    id. ib. 2, 3, 26, §

    65: ille circum hospites cursabat,

    id. ib. 2, 4, 19, §

    41: lenonem quondam Lentuli concursare circum tabernas,

    id. Cat. 4, 8, 17:

    dimissis circum municipia litteris,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 22:

    circum oram maritimam misit, ut, etc.,

    Liv. 29, 24, 9:

    legatio sub idem tempus in Asiam et circum insulas missa,

    id. 42, 45, 1; Suet. Aug. 64; id. Caes. 41; id. Calig. 28; 41; Hor. S. 2, 3, 281; id. Ep 1, 1, 49: et te circum omnes alias irata puellas Differet, to or among all the other maidens around, Prop. 1, 4, 21—
    D.
    With the prevailing idea of neighborhood, vicinity, in the environs of, in the vicinity of, at, near:

    circum haec loca commorabor,

    Cic. Att. 3, 17, 2; Pompei ib. 8, 12, C, 1 exercitu in foro et in omnibus templis, quae circum forum sunt, conlocato, Cic. Opt. Gen. 4, 10:

    urbes, quae circum Capuam sunt,

    id. Agr. 1, 7, 20:

    cum tot essent circum hastam illam,

    id. Phil. 2, 26, 64 Wernsd. N. cr.:

    non succurrit tibi, quamdiu circum Bactra haereas?

    Curt. 7, 8, 21, Tac. A. 4, 74. —
    E.
    Of persons who surround one (as attendants, friends, etc.); in Gr.peri or amphi tina:

    paucae, quae circum illam essent,

    Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 33; Cic. Att. 9, 9, 4:

    omnium flagitiorum atque facinorum circum se tamquam stipatorum catervas habebat,

    Sall. C. 14, 1; cf. id. ib. 26, 4:

    Hectora circum,

    Verg. A. 6, 166.—Circum pedes for ad pedes, of servants in attendance, is rare, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 36, § 92;

    v ad, I. D. 3. b.—

    ► Circum is sometimes placed after its subst.
    ,

     Varr. L. L. 5, § 31 Müll., Lucr 1, 937; 4, 220; 6, 427; Cic. N. D. 2, 41, 105; Verg. E. 8, 12; 8, 74; 9, 40; id. A. 1, 32; 2, 515; 2, 564; 3, 75: 6, 166; 6, 329; 9, 440; Tib. 1, 1, 23; 1, 5, 51; Stat. Th. 3, 395.—
    III.
    In composition the m remains unchanged before consonants; before vowels it was, acc. to Prisc. p. 567 P., and Cassiod. p. 2294 ib., written in like manner, but (except before j and v) not pronounced. Yet in the best MSS. we find the orthography circuitio, circuitus, and even circueo together with circumeo; cf. Neue, Formenl. 2, p. 736 sq. —Signif.,
    a.
    Acc. to II. A.: circumcido, circumcludo, circumculco, circumfluo, circumfodio, circumfundo, etc.—
    b.
    Acc. to II. B.: circumcolo, circumflecto, circumjaceo, circumicio.—
    c.
    Acc. to II. C.: circumcellio, circumcurso, circumduco, circumfero, circumforaneus.—In many compounds, circum has sometimes one and sometimes another signif., as in circumdo, circumeo, circumsisto, etc.; v. h. vv.—
    ► With verbs compounded with circum, this preposition is never repeated before the following [p.
    336] object; e. g. circumcursare circum aliquid and similar phrases are not found.

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  • 2 circum

        circum    [acc. of circus], adv. and praep.    I. Adv, around, round about, all around: Arboribus clausi circum, V.: quae circum essent opera, Cs.: portis circum omnibus instant, V.: circum tutae sub moenibus urbis, round about under the walls, V.: Gentibus circumque infraque relictis, O.: circum Undique convenere, on all sides, V.—    II. Praep. with acc. (sometimes following its case), around, about, all around: terra circum axem se convertit: novas circum felix eat hostia fruges, V.: circum caput Deposuit radios, O. — About, upon, around, near: capillus circum caput Reiectus, T.: flexo circum tempora cornu, O.: flumina circum, on the borders of the rivulets, V.: turbā circum te stante, H.: Circum claustra fremunt, V. — Among, around, through, to: circum villulas nostras errare, in our villas around: circum Me vectari rura caballo, H.: pueros circum amicos dimittit, to friends around: ducebat eos circum civitates: dimissis circum municipia litteris, Cs.: circum oram maritimam misit, ut, etc., L.: oras et litora circum Errans, V.—In the neighborhood of, around, about, at, near by: templa circum forum: urbes, quae circum Capuam sunt.—Of attendants, with, attending, accompanying: paucae, quae circum illam essent, T.: Hectora circum, V.: Circum pedes homines habere, i. e. slaves.—    III. In composition, the m before vowels was not pronounced, and is often omitted; circum with many verbs forms a loose compound, and tmesis is frequent in poetry (see circumago, circumdo, etc.). Some edd. have circum verto, circum volito, etc.
    * * *
    I
    about, around; round about, near; in a circle; in attendance; on both sides
    II
    around, about, among, near (space/time), in neighborhood of; in circle around

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  • 3 circum verto

    circum-verto or circum verto ( - vorto), ĕre, v. a., to turn around (rare;

    not in Cic.): citius quam rotula circumvortitur,

    Plaut. Pers. 3, 3, 39; cf.: rota circumvertitur axem, turns or is turned around on its axis, Ov. M. 15, 522 (Merkel, circumvolvitur):

    ubi circumvortor, cado,

    turn myself around, Plaut. Ps. 5, 1, 32; cf.: circumvertens se, turning one ' s self to the right side, * Suet. Vit. 2;

    v. the commentt. in h. l.: mancipium,

    to declare free, Quint. Decl. 342; v. circumago, I. B. (in Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 127, perh. a false reading for intervortant, which Fleck. adopts; cf. Lorenz ad loc.).

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  • 4 circum-vertō

        circum-vertō —, —, ere,    to turn around, revolve on: rota circumvertitur axem, O.

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  • 5 circum-volvō

        circum-volvō —, —, ere,    to roll around, revolve through: magnum sol circumvolvitur annum, V.: rota perpetuum circumvolvitur axem, O.

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  • 6 axis

    axis, is, m. [kindred with Gr. axôn; Sanscr. akshas = axle, wheel; old Germ. Ahsa; mod. Germ. Achse; Engl. axle, Bopp, Gloss. p. 2, a; cf. Aufrecht, Zeitschr. für vergl. Sprachf. 8, p. 71].
    I.
    Lit., an axletree, about which a round body, e.g. a wheel, turns:

    faginus axis,

    Verg. G. 3, 172:

    axes aerii,

    Vulg. 3 Reg. 7, 30;

    7, 33: axis versatilis,

    ib. Eccli. 33, 5 al. — Meton. (pars pro toto), a chariot, car, wagon, Ov. M. 2, 59; id. H. 4, 160; Sen. Herc. Oet. 1442; Sil. 16, 360 al.— Plur., Ov. M. 2, 148; 4, 634.—
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    The axle of a water-clock, Vitr. 9, 6.—
    B.
    The axis of the earth: mundum versari circum axem caeli, Cic. N. D. 1, 20, 52; so id. Ac. 2, 39, 123; id. Tim. 10; Lucr. 6, 1107.—Hence, meton.
    a.
    The pole, Luc. 7, 422:

    axis inocciduus,

    id. 8, 175:

    meridianus,

    Vitr. 6, 1.—
    b.
    Esp., the north pole, Lucr. 6, 720; Cic. Tusc. 1, 28, 68; Verg. G. 2, 271; 3, 351; Ov. P. 4, 7, 2; Manil. 4, 589.—
    c.
    The whole heavens:

    maximus Atlas Axem umero torquet stellis ardentibus aptum,

    Verg. A. 4, 482; 6, 536; Ov. M. 1, 255; 2, 75; 2, 297; 6, 175; id. Tr. 1, 2, 46; Stat. Th. 5, 86; id. S. 3, 3, 76 al.—Hence, sub axe, under the open heaven, Verg. A. 2, 512; 8, 28.—
    d.
    A region of the heavens, a clime:

    boreus,

    the north, Ov. Tr. 4, 8, 41:

    hesperius,

    the west, id. M. 4, 214; Luc. 3, 359.—
    C.
    A pin or hook on which a hinge turns, Stat. Th. 1, 346.—
    D.
    The valve of a pipe, Vitr. 10, 12.—
    E.
    Axes volutarum, in archit., the axes of a volute, Vitr. 3, 3.—
    F.
    A board, plank, Caes. B. C. 2, 9; Vitr. 4, 2; 7, 1; Col. 6, 30, 2; Plin. 36, 25, 62, § 187; Luc. 3, 455; Gell. 2, 12 al.—
    G.
    An unknown wild animal in India, Plin. 8, 21, 31, § 76.

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  • 7 torqueo

    torquĕo, torsi, tortum, 2 (archaic inf. torquerier, Hor. S. 2, 8, 67), v. a. [Gr. trepô, to turn; cf. atrekês; also Sanscr. tarkus; Gr. atraktos, a spindle; and strephô, to twist], to turn, turn about or away; to twist, bend, wind (class.; syn. converto).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.:

    cervices oculosque,

    Cic. Leg. 2, 15, 39:

    oculum,

    to roll, distort, id. Ac. 2, 25, 80:

    ora,

    to twist awry, id. Off. 1, 36, 131:

    ab obscenis sermonibus aurem,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 127:

    oculos ad moenia,

    Verg. A. 4, 220:

    ad sonitum vocis vestigia,

    id. ib. 3, 669:

    serpens squamosos orbes Torquet,

    Ov. M. 3, 42; cf.

    anguis,

    Verg. G. 3, 38:

    capillos ferro,

    i. e. to curl, frizzle, Ov. A. A. 1, 505:

    stamina pollice,

    id. M. 12, 475:

    remis aquas,

    id. F. 5, 644:

    spumas,

    Verg. A. 3, 208:

    taxos in arcus,

    to bend, id. G. 2, 448:

    tegumen torquens immane leonis,

    winding about him, id. A. 7, 666:

    cum terra circum axem se convertat et torqueat,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 39, 123:

    torta circum bracchia vestis,

    Tac. H. 5, 22.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    To whirl around, to whirl in the act of throwing, to wield, brandish, to fling with force, to hurl (mostly poet.):

    torquet nunc lapidem, nunc ingens machina tignum,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 73:

    amnis torquet sonantia saxa,

    Verg. A. 6, 551:

    stuppea torquentem Balearis verbera fundae,

    id. G. 1, 309:

    jaculum in hostem,

    id. A. 10, 585; Ov. M. 12, 323: hastam in hunc, id. ib 5, 137;

    for which: hastam alicui,

    Val. Fl. 3, 193:

    telum aurata ad tempora,

    Verg. A. 12, 536:

    tela manu,

    Ov. M. 12, 99:

    valido pila lacerto,

    id. F. 2, 11:

    glebas, ramos,

    id. M. 11, 30:

    cum fulmina torquet (Juppiter),

    Verg. A. 4, 208;

    and trop.: cum Juppiter horridus austris Torquet aquosam hiemem,

    id. ib. 9, 671; cf.:

    Eurus nubes in occiduum orbem,

    Luc. 4, 63.—In prose:

    torquere amentatas hastas lacertis,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 57, 242.—
    2.
    To twist awry, misplace, turn aside, distort:

    negat sibi umquam, cum oculum torsisset, duas ex lucernā flammulas esse visas,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 25, 80:

    ora Tristia temptantum sensu (sapor) torquebit amaro,

    Verg. G. 2, 247.—
    3.
    To wrench the limbs upon the rack, to put to the rack or to the torture, to rack, torture (class.):

    ita te nervo torquebo, itidem uti catapultae solent,

    Plaut. Curc. 5, 3, 12:

    eculeo torqueri,

    Cic. Fin. 3, 13, 42:

    aliquem servilem in modum,

    Suet. Aug. 27; cf.:

    ira torquentium,

    Tac. A. 15, 57:

    servum in caput domini,

    against his master, Dig. 48, 18, 1: vinctus tortusve, [p. 1880] Suet. Aug. 40 fin. —
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    In gen., to twist, wrest, distort, turn, bend, direct (a favorite expression of Cicero):

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

    Cic. Cael. 6, 13:

    torquere et flectere imbecillitatem animorum,

    id. Leg. 1, 10, 29:

    oratio ita flexibilis, ut sequatur, quocumque torqueas,

    id. Or. 16, 52:

    omnia ad suae causae commodum,

    id. Inv. 2, 14, 46:

    verbo ac litterā jus omne torqueri,

    wrested, perverted, id. Caecin. 27, 77:

    sonum,

    to inflect, Auct. Her. 3, 14, 25:

    cuncta tuo qui bella, pater, sub numine torques,

    Verg. A. 12, 180:

    versare sententias, et huc atque illuc torquere,

    Tac. H. 1, 85.—
    B.
    In partic. (acc. to A. 2.), to rack, torment, torture (syn.:

    ango, crucio): tuae libidines te torquent,

    Cic. Par. 2, 18:

    mitto aurum coronarium, quod te diutissime torsit,

    id. Pis. 37, 90: acriter nos tuae supplicationes torserunt, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 11, 1:

    equidem dies noctesque torqueor,

    Cic. Att. 7, 9, 4:

    verbi controversia jam diu torquet Graeculos homines,

    id. de Or. 1, 11, 47; 3, 9, 33:

    stulti malorum memoriā torquentur,

    id. Fin. 1, 17, 57:

    sollicitudine, poenitentia, etc., torquetur mens,

    Quint. 12, 1, 7:

    invidiā vel amore vigil torquebere,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 37; Ov. H. 20, 123:

    torqueor, infesto ne vir ab hoste cadat,

    id. ib. 9, 36; cf. Hor. S. 2, 8, 67:

    Aeacus torquet umbras,

    holds inquisition over, Juv. 1, 9.— Transf.: (reges) dicuntur torquere mero, quem perspexisse laborant, qs. to rack with wine, i. e. to try or test with wine, Hor. A. P. 435; so,

    vino tortus et irā,

    id. Ep. 1, 18, 38.—
    C.
    To hurl, fling (of language):

    curvum sermone rotato enthymema,

    Juv. 6, 449.—Hence, tortus, a, um, P. a., twisted, crooked, contorted, distorted.
    A.
    Lit.:

    via (labyrinthi),

    Prop. 4 (5), 4, 42:

    quercus,

    i. e. a twisted oakgarland, Verg. G. 1, 349.—Hence,
    2.
    Subst.: torta, ae, f., a twisted loaf, a twist, Vulg. 1 Par. 16, 3. —
    * B.
    Trop.:

    condiciones,

    confused, complicated, Plaut. Men. 4, 2, 25. — Adv.: tortē, awry, crookedly:

    torte penitusque remota,

    Lucr. 4, 305 (329).

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  • 8 torqueō

        torqueō (old inf. torquērier, H., Pr.), torsī, tortus, ēre    [TARC-], to turn, turn about, turn away, twist, bend, wind: cervices oculosque: ab obscenis sermonibus aurem, H.: ad sonitum vocis vestigia, V.: ferro capillos, i. e. curl, O.: stamina pollice, spin, O.: tenui praegnatem pollice fusum, Iu.: taxos in arcūs, bend, V.: tegumen torquens inmane leonis, wrapping about him, V.: cum terra circum axem se torqueat.—Poet.: torquet medios nox umida cursūs, i. e. has half-finished, V. — To whirl around, whirl, wield, brandish, fling with force, hurl: hastas lacertis: lapidem, H.: amnis torquet sonantia saxa, V.: in hunc hastam, O.: telum aurata ad tempora, V.: sibila, i. e. hiss, Pr.— To twist awry, misplace, turn aside, distort: quae (festinationes) cum fiant... ora torquentur: ora Tristia temptantum sensu (sapor) torquebit amaro, V.— To wrench on the rack, put to the rack, rack, torture: eculeo torqueri.—Fig., to twist, wrest, distort, turn, bend, direct: suam naturam huc et illuc: oratio ita flexibilis, ut sequatur, quocumque torqueas: verbo ac litterā ius omne.— To rack, torment, torture: te libidines torquent: mitto aurum coronarium, quod te diutissime torsit: equidem dies noctīsque torqueor: Torqueor, infesto ne vir ab hoste cadat, O.: Aeacus torquet umbras, examines, Iu.— To ply, put to the test: (reges) dicuntur torquere mero, quem perspexisse laborant, H.—Of speech, to hurl, fling: curvum sermone rotato enthymema, Iu.
    * * *
    torquere, torsi, tortus V
    turn, twist; hurl; torture; torment; bend, distort; spin, whirl; wind (round)

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  • 9 verso

    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).
    I.
    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.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    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.—
    2.
    In partic. (rare in Cic.).
    a.
    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.—
    b.
    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.—
    II.
    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.
    A.
    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.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    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.—
    2.
    In partic., to occupy or busy one's self with any action, to be engaged in any thing.
    a.
    Of persons.
    (α).
    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.—
    (β).
    With circa and acc. (post-Aug.):

    circa mensuras ac numeros non versabitur (orator)?

    Quint. 2, 21, 19.—
    (γ).
    With inter:

    inter arma ac studia versatus,

    Vell. 1, 13, 3.—
    b.
    Of abstract subjects.
    (α).
    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.—
    (β).
    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.—
    (γ).
    With abl.:

    itaque (finitio) pluribus legibus isdem quibus conjectura versatur,

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

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  • 10 vorsor

    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).
    I.
    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.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    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.—
    2.
    In partic. (rare in Cic.).
    a.
    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.—
    b.
    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.—
    II.
    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.
    A.
    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.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    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.—
    2.
    In partic., to occupy or busy one's self with any action, to be engaged in any thing.
    a.
    Of persons.
    (α).
    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.—
    (β).
    With circa and acc. (post-Aug.):

    circa mensuras ac numeros non versabitur (orator)?

    Quint. 2, 21, 19.—
    (γ).
    With inter:

    inter arma ac studia versatus,

    Vell. 1, 13, 3.—
    b.
    Of abstract subjects.
    (α).
    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.—
    (β).
    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.—
    (γ).
    With abl.:

    itaque (finitio) pluribus legibus isdem quibus conjectura versatur,

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

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  • 11 circumverto

    circum-verto or circum verto ( - vorto), ĕre, v. a., to turn around (rare;

    not in Cic.): citius quam rotula circumvortitur,

    Plaut. Pers. 3, 3, 39; cf.: rota circumvertitur axem, turns or is turned around on its axis, Ov. M. 15, 522 (Merkel, circumvolvitur):

    ubi circumvortor, cado,

    turn myself around, Plaut. Ps. 5, 1, 32; cf.: circumvertens se, turning one ' s self to the right side, * Suet. Vit. 2;

    v. the commentt. in h. l.: mancipium,

    to declare free, Quint. Decl. 342; v. circumago, I. B. (in Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 127, perh. a false reading for intervortant, which Fleck. adopts; cf. Lorenz ad loc.).

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  • 12 circumvorto

    circum-verto or circum verto ( - vorto), ĕre, v. a., to turn around (rare;

    not in Cic.): citius quam rotula circumvortitur,

    Plaut. Pers. 3, 3, 39; cf.: rota circumvertitur axem, turns or is turned around on its axis, Ov. M. 15, 522 (Merkel, circumvolvitur):

    ubi circumvortor, cado,

    turn myself around, Plaut. Ps. 5, 1, 32; cf.: circumvertens se, turning one ' s self to the right side, * Suet. Vit. 2;

    v. the commentt. in h. l.: mancipium,

    to declare free, Quint. Decl. 342; v. circumago, I. B. (in Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 127, perh. a false reading for intervortant, which Fleck. adopts; cf. Lorenz ad loc.).

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  • 13 circumvolvo

    circum-volvo, no perf., vŏlūtum, 3, v. a., only with se or mid., to roll one ' s self around, to roll round, revolve, wind, or twine around (prob. not ante-Aug.):

    aliquid or alicui rei: magnum sol circumvolvitur annum,

    Verg. A. 3, 284:

    rota perpetuum circumvolvitur axem,

    Ov. M. 15, 522 Merkel:

    herba arboribus circumvolvens se,

    Plin. 16, 44, 92, § 244:

    serpentes circumvolutae sibi ipsae,

    id. 10, 62, 82, § 169; 11, 37, 88, § 217; Vitr. 10, 6, 2; Gell. 11, 9, 1.

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