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VER 
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name was given to the heliotrope or turn¬ 
sole, as producing this effect. Plin. 
ficRRnCoSiJS (Id.), a, mn, adj. full of 
3 warts, warty, dx^coSys; a surname given 
ft. Fabius Max. Cunctator.-IT Fig- 
ur. rough, rugged, uneven, unpolished. 
Pers. Antiopa ( a tragedy). 
VeRRuCOLX. (dimin. from verruca), re, 
2f. a small wart. Cels, and Colum .— 
Figur. on a hill, a hillock, small emi¬ 
nence. .dr nob. 
VeRRuNCS, as, a. and n. 1. same as 
2 Verto, to turn, turn out, rpcnw, irrpcipo], 
Ace. ap. Mon. Te invoco, portenta ut 
populo verruncent bene. Liv. Uti ea 
wihi dii bene verruncent, make to turn 
out, cause to issue. 
VeRSaBILIS (verso), e, adj. that may he 
2 turned or moved, movable, orpsiTTdff. Se- 
nec. Nihil est tarn versabile, quam aer. 
-IT Figur. apt to change, changeable, 
mutable, not always the same, inconstant, 
unstable. Senec. Scito, omnem condi- 
tionem versabilem esse. Ammian. fe- 
mina. Curt, fortuna. 
VkRSaBuNDOS (Id.), a, um, adj. turn- 
51 ing or revolving in a circle. Lucrct. and 
Vitruv. 
VeRSaTILTS (Id.), e, adj. that turns 
2 round or may be turned round, revolving, 
movable, orpcitroi. Lucret. Mundi 
magnum et versatile templum. Senec. 
Versatilia ccenationum laquearia. Plm. 
Mol® versatiles, a kind of handmills. 
Vitruv. maehin®. Liv. Versatile inge- 
nium pariter ad omnia, h. e. apt, adroit, 
versatile. 
VeRSaTIS (Id.), onis, f. a turning, roll- 
2 ing t revolution, rotation, avc\i%is, Sivq- 
<r;j. Vitruv. mundi. — Figur. chang¬ 
ing, shifting, rotation. Senec. In tanta 
rerum sursum ac dborsum euntium ver- 
Satione. 
VeRSaTOS, a, um. See Verso. 
VeRSICOLSR (verto & color), oris, adj. 
1 changing its color. — - IT Hence, colored, 
dyed, as having changed its native col¬ 
or. Liv. e Leg. Oppia. Vestimento ver- 
sicolori uti.——11 Or also, changing 
colors as it is differently presented to the 
light, playing from one color into an¬ 
other, StarroiKthos- Cic. plum®. Fig¬ 
ur. Qiuntil. Translucida et versicolor 
elocutio res ipsas effeminat, qure illo 
verborum habitu vestiuntur (though 
this may come under the next signif.). 
-IT Also, of various colors, of divers 
colors, party-colored. Virg. arma. Ovid, 
f Cultu versicolore decens. Liv. Versi- 
colori veste. Colum. Undiqne versico- 
loribus pomis gravidus autumnus. — 
Figur. Quintil. (see above). 
VERSICOLSRIuS, a, um, adj. same as 
Versicolor. Pandect. 
VeRSICCILoROS, a, um, adj. same as 
Versicolor. Prudent. 
VeRSICOLOS (dimin. from versus), 
i, m. a line, speaking diminishingly, a 
little line, crixiSion. Cic. Tribusne 
versiculis his temporibus Brutus ad me ? 
Id. Nunc venio ad transversum ilium 
extremse epistol® tus versiculum. Id. 
Mil. 26. Ut videret, ne quid respubl. 
detriment caperet: quo uno versiculo 
satis armati semper consules fuerunt, by 
•which one little line. -IT Also, a verse, 
a little verse. Cic. Pis. 30. Uno ver¬ 
siculo. 
FeRSIFICaTIS (versifico), onis, f. the 
- malting of verses. Colum. 
V'kRSIFICaTOR (Id.), oris, m. a versi- 
*fier, maker of verses, good or bad, ciro- 
iroids. Quintil. Cornelius Severus ver- 
sificator, quam poeta, melior.-IT Al¬ 
so, a versifier or poet, but with a degree 
of contempt. Justin. 
VeRSIFIC 5 (versus & facio), as, avi, 
2 atum, n. and a. 1. Intrans. to make 
or write verses, versify, ckottoicoj. Quin- 
til. - If Trans, to put into verse. 
Apul. fatiloquia. Lucid, ap. Mon. Mul- 
ta homines portenta in Homero versifi- 
cata, monstra putant. 
VeRSIFICOS (Id.), a, um, adj. con- 
3 sisting of verses, forming verses, poetic. 
Solin. ordo. 
VeRSIFoRMIS (verto & forma), e, adj. 
3 changing its form, changeable. Tertuli. 
vf.RSILIS (verto), e, adj. that may be 
3 turned, easy to turn. Martian. Cap ell. 
f eRS 15 (Id.), 6nis, f. a turning, turning 
about. Plin. 8, 51. (but Ed. Hard, has 
versatione.) 
VeRSIPeLLIS (verto & pellis), e, adj. 
changing one’s skin; hence, changing 
one’s form or appearance, d\\oirp6<;a\- 
\o$. Plaut. Ita versipellem se facit, 
quando iubet (of Jupiter, when he took 
the form of Amphitryon). Id. Capillns 
versipellis, h. c. qui colorem mutat et 
canescit.—Especially is a man called 
Versipellis, who has, as the vulgar sup¬ 
pose, been changed into a wolf; a wolf- 
man, were-wolf. Plin. -IT Figur. 
changing one’s skin, assuming another 
form, holding out different colors, skilled 
in dissimulation, cunning, sly, crafty, 
wily, subtle, politic. Plaut. Versipel¬ 
lem frugi convenit esse hominem, pec¬ 
tus cui sapit: bonus sit bonis, malus 
sit malis. Pore. Latro. Nihil fuit isto 
rnonstro versipellius, aut mutabilius ho- 
minum memoria. 
VeRSQ (frequentat. from verto), as, 
avi, atum, a. 1. to turn, and especially, 
to turn often, either on one side or about, 
to turn about, roll, irrpt'bo), trepiayio. 
Poeta ap. Cic. Sisyphu’ versat saxum. 
Id. Versabat se in utramque partem 
lion solum mente, verum etiam corpora. 
Id. Verr. 1. 51. Versat se: qurerit, quid 
agat, turns himself, of one, who is anx¬ 
ious, knows not what to do. So, Id. 
Verr. 2, 76. Hserere homo, versari, ru- 
bere. Also, Tibull. Turbinem (a top) 
versat puer, drives or whirls round. 
Horat. turdos in igne, turn about, 
roast. Id. ligonibus glebas, to turn 
up, dig. Propert. Versant rura ju- 
venci, plough. Virg. Moriensque 
suo se in vulnere versat, turns about, 
rolls, wallows. Ovid. Versare grainen, 
to turn the grass (hay). Hence, Ver¬ 
sari, to be turned, to turn round, revolve ; 
as, Cic. Mundus versatur circa axem 
coeli. Ovid. Fuso versato ducere sta¬ 
mina, h. c. to spin. Also, Versare, to 
shake, shake about; as, Ilorat. Versatur 
urna ( abl.) sors exitura. — Because a 
man who turns himself about in any 
place is and is occupied there ; hence, 
Versari means, in the first place, to he 
any where, frequent any place, stay, 
abide, remain, live. Cic. in fundo. Id. 
Nobiscum versari jam diutius non po- 
tes. Id. Non ad solarium, non in con- 
viviis versatus est. Men. Apud pr®- 
fectos regis versabatur, associated with. 
Cic. inter eos, to keep company or hold 
intercourse with. Terent. Nescis, quan- 
tis in malis verser. Cic. IIIi nunc in 
pace versantur. Id. in laude. Id in 
oculis animoque, to float, hover. Id. 
ante oculos, or, ob oculos, to hover be¬ 
fore the eyes. Pandect. Versantureorum 
scripta inter maims hominum, h. c. le- 
guntur. Also, to conduct, behave or ac¬ 
quit one’s self, or live (when it comes to 
the sanie thing); as, Tacit. Integrestre- 
nueque versatus. Quintil. pixeclaris- 
sime in administratione reip. — And 
secondly, to be occupied, busied, exercised 
or employed in a thing; to apply to, pay 
attention to. Cic. Opifices in sordida 
arte versantur. Id. Quae omnes artes 
in veri investigatione versantur. Quin- 
til. Versatur circa res omnes rheto- 
rice, has to do with, is concerned with. 
Id. Dicam, et versabor in re difficili, 
will dwell upon, treat, discuss. Also, to 
consist in, turn, rest or depend upon. Cic. 
in opinione hominum. Id. in perfacili 
cognitione.-IT Also, to turn or drive 
about. Virg. currum in gramine, h. c. 
to drive, ride. Id. Ictibus pulsat ver- 
satque Dareta, h. c. drives Dares about,. 
Id. Versemus oves, drive, pasture, feed. 
-IT Also, figur. to turn, give all manner 
of turns to, bend, shift, exercise, agitate, 
change, alter. Cic. Versafe suam natu- 
ram, et regere ad tempus. Id. Ad omnem 
fraudem versare mentem suam. Cats. 
Fortuna utramque versavit, h. c. played 
a changeful game with both. Tacit. 1 gi- 
tur versare sententias, et hue atque illuc 
torquere, turned in all manner of ways, 
and so rendered them ambiguous and 
perplexed. Liv. Tarquinius versare in 
omnes partes muliebrem animum, 
tried every means to move. Properl. Spes- 
que timorque animum versat utroque, 
agitates, impels. Quintil. consilia in 
senatu, h. c. to hold deliberations. Pro- 
pert. somnia decies, A. e. to interpret, 
expound. - IT Also, to guide, direct, 
rule, govern, control. Ovid, domum. 
Propert. vitam alicujus. - IT Also, 
to disturb, discompose, harass, vex. 
Plant., Senec. and Propert. aliquem. 
Liv. Nunc indignatio, nunc pudor pee- 
tora versare. Propert. Fides, quam 
non injuria versat, A. c. disturbs. - 
IT Also, to turn over in one’s mind, con¬ 
sider, revolve, reflect, on, examine, weigh, 
ponder. Liv. rem secum in animis. 
Plaut. res in corde. Horat. Versate 
din, quid, &c.— Hence, to meditate, 
concoct, forge. Virg. dolos in pectore. 
Id. nova consilia pectore.-IT Also, 
to treat, handle, manage, conduct , carru 
on, be engaged in. Cic. causam in ju- 
diciis. Sueton. pecunias ex fide. Pro¬ 
pert. prnelia-IT Also, to overthrow, 
ruin, destroy. Virg. iomos odiis.- 
IT Versans is also used without an accvs. 
as if a deponent particip. Catull. 64, 
149. Liv. 2, 46. 
VeRSOR, aris. See Verso. 
VeRSoRIOS, or VoRSoRIOS (verto), a, 
um, adj. turning round, useful for turn- 
inground. Hence, Versoria, or Vorso- 
ria, ;c, f. the rope by which the sail, and 
consequently the course of the ship is 
turned. Hence, Versoriain capere, to 
tack about, turn about, return, desist. 
Plant. 
VicRSUM, or VoRSUM, adv. and prep. 
See Versus. 
VeRSuRa (verto), fe, f. a turning, turn¬ 
ing about., orpofyri. Varr. -IT Also, 
the turning about of the ploughman, when 
he has finished the furrow, or the place (or 
end) where he turns, the turning or turn. 
Ctdum. Cum ventum erit ad versu- 
ram. -IT In architecture, the turn 
at the angle of a wall, an angle, cor¬ 
ner, flexure, Kapnr). Vitruv. So, of 
an aqueduct. Vitruv. - IT Also, <i 
change, alteration. Arnob. -IT Also, 
Versuram facere, to borrow money on in¬ 
terest, make a loan, hire money. Cic. Ne- 
gavit, se se omnino versuram uilam fe- 
cisse Romm. Id. Veisuram ab aliquo 
fecisse, to hire money of. Mepos. Quum 
versuram facere publice necesse esset, 
when it was necessary for the state, to bor¬ 
row money, to raise a loan. Cic. Aliquid 
versura solvere, to pay a debt by borrow 
ing money. Id. Pcenam sine mutuatio- 
ne et sine versura dissolvere. Tacit. 
Postreino vetita versura. — Hence, fig¬ 
ur. Senec. Ab Epicuro versura facienda 
est, A. e. I must borrow or draw from 
Epicurus. Id. Domi versuram facere 
(of one who serves himself, or does 
himself a good turn). Terent. Phorm. 
5, 2, 3. Vorsura solvis, Geta, you pay by 
borrowing, you are worse or no better off 
for all that; for, by the money he had 
procured, Geta had freed Plimdria Irom 
all danger of losing his mistress, but 
had brought Antipho into still greater 
danger of losing his wife. — How 
Versuram facere comes to mean to hire 
money, is not quite clear. 
VeRSCS, or V5RS0S (verto, vorto), us, 
m. a turning about. - IT Hence, a 
furrow, because at the end of it the 
plough was turned round. Colum. 
Also, a measure of land, by which they 
reckoned in Campania. Varr. — Hence, 
as resembling a furrow, a line in writ¬ 
ing ; and especially, a poetical line, a 
verse, otix»s, cnos, perpov. Cic. De- 
plorat primis versibus mansionetn su¬ 
am. Plin. F.p. Non paginas tantum epis¬ 
tol®, sed etiam versus, syllabasque nu- 
merabo. Cic. Versus he.vametros fun 
dere ex tempore. Horat. Versus facere. 
Hence, verse, poetry. Cic. In versum 
se conjicere, to set about making verses. 
Also, a song of the nightingale for in¬ 
stance. Plin. — Also, any row, rank , 
series. Virg. In versum distill it ulmos. 
Id. Quam (A. c. navem) triplici versu 
impellunt, a triple row or bank of oars. 
So, Liv. Sexdecim versus remorum. 
Plin. Myrtns exotica senis folioruin 
versibus. Solin. Surculis in versum 
superpositis, A. e. in order or succession. 
- IT Also, a certain dance. Plaut. 
Stick. 5, 7, 2. Si isthoc vorsu me vice- 
ris.-IT We also find an old plural. 
