verso Latin · revision 9371

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Ennius|origins=ine-pro *wert-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈwɛr.soː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈvɛr.so]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''versō''' (present infinitive versāre, perfect active versāvī, supine versātum); first conjugation^(Wiktionary)

+ The archaic form ''vorsō'' is used by Plautus, Terence and Sallust.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is the frequentative of [[vertō]] “to turn”, formed with [[-tō]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citation is from Ennius, of whirling something round.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Ennius 204–169 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant to keep turning, spin, whirl, as in Ennius; to turn over earth in ploughing or water in rowing; to stir an urn of lots, as in Ovid; to swing a weapon, ply, or wheel a horse, as in Virgil; to turn one's eyes this way and that in doubt, as in Lucretius; to twist a material into shape, and in rhetoric to vary an expression; and to turn over in the mind, ponder, as in Plautus.^(OLD 2012)

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+ The passive ''versor'' had a middle sense: to move about constantly in a place, spend time, live among people, as in Plautus; of conditions, to obtain, subsist, as in Cicero; and to be involved or busy oneself in something.^(OLD 2012) In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant to change, turn, treat, deliberate.^(Stelten 1995) Its compound [[conversor]] “to live with” is the source of [[en|conversation]].^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 204–169 BC – Ennius uses it.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it of pondering and of living somewhere.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses ''versārī'' of conditions.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To keep turning, spin, [[m|en|whirl]]; to turn over (earth); to stir.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To swing, [[m|en|wield]]; to manoeuvre.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To twist into shape; to vary.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To turn over in the mind, [[m|en|ponder]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # (passive, ''versor'') To move about, live, spend time; to be engaged in.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[adversō]]

+ * [[circumversō]]

+ * [[conversō]]

+ * [[inversō]]

+ * [[reversō]]

+ * [[subversō]]

+ * [[versābilis]]

+ * [[versābundus]]

+ * [[versātilis]]

+ * [[versātiō]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[vertō]]

+ * [[conversor]]

+ * [[en|conversation]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}