verso — Lewis & Short
verso (vorso), āvi, ātum, 1 (
I 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.
(a) 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.—
(b) With circa and acc. (post-Aug.):
circa mensuras ac numeros non versabitur (orator)?Quint. 2, 21, 19.—
(g) With inter:
inter arma ac studia versatus,Vell. 1, 13, 3.—
b Of abstract subjects.
(a) 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.—
(b) 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.—
(g) 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.