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Versi, drum, is, as from Versus, i. Lev. 
ap. Prise. &c. 
VkR SuS, a, um, particip. from verro. 
-IT Also, particip. from verto. 
Vf.RSCS, or VoRSoS, and VeRSUM, or 
VoRSlTM (from versus, a, um), ex¬ 
pressive of direction.— I. Adv. not so 
much towards, as ward or wards (as in 
the expression to us ward, h. e. toward 
us). It seems to be always joined with 
another particle. — Frequently with ad 
or in i as, Snip, ad Cic. In Italiam ver¬ 
sus navigations. Ces. Labienum ad 
Oceanum versus proficisci jubet. Sal¬ 
lust. Ad urbem inodo, modo in Galliam 
versus castra movere. Id. Fugarn ad 
se vorsum fieri. Cic. In forum versus. 
— Also, with a. Varr. Ut ridica vitis ab 
septentrione versus tegatur. — Also, 
with several other adverbs; as, Deor- 
sum versus, downwards; Sursum ver- 
suin, upwards; so, with Pone, Quo- 
quo, Rursum, Undique, Utroque ; see 
these words. — II. Prep, towards, in 
the direction of; with the aecus. which 
usually precedes versus. Cic. Vertime 
a Minturnis Arpinum versus. Id. Ro- 
mam versus profectuin. Liv. Positi in 
saceUo versus ;edein Quirini. 
VeRSijTe (versutus), adv. subtly, artful¬ 
ly, craftily, cunningly,slyly, narovpycos. 
Cic. Nihil, ut ita dicam, subdole, nihil 
versute, quod ille non viderit. Augus¬ 
tin. Acute respondit lueretico versutis- 
sitne interroganti. 
VeRSOTTA (Id.), ®, f. wiliness, crafti- 
2 ness, slyness, subtlety, sagacity, iravovp- 
yta. Apul. 
VeRSuTILSQUijS (versutus & loquor), 
3 a, um, adj. speaking craftily. Cic. e 
poeta. Versutiloquas malitias. 
VeRSOTOS (verto), a, um, adj. turning 
easily. Plant. Versutior es, quara rota 
figularis ; (but here the word has two 
meanings; see the example repeated 
below.)—IT Also, that turns his mind 
easily or readily to any thing, quick in 
thought, in contriving expedients,Scc.quick, 
ready, apt, artful, ingenious, sagacious, 
dexterous, versatile, ixavovpyo;. Cic. 
Versutos eos appello, quorum celeriter 
mens versatur: callidos autem, quo¬ 
rum, tanquam manus opere, sic ani¬ 
mus usu concalluit. Id. Genus quod- 
dam acuminis, in reprehendendis ver¬ 
bis versutum et solers. Id. Versutissi- 
muin et patientissiinum Lacediemoni- 
um Lysandrum accepimus. —Often, in 
a bad sense, apt, dexterous, artful, subtle, 
deceitful, crafty, wily, cunning, sly, mali¬ 
cious, iiriK^OTroi. Plant, servus. Cic. 
Hi siepe versutos homines, et callidos 
admirantes, malitiam sapientiam judi- 
cant. Ovid. Viderat hoc in me vitium 
versuta Corinna. Cic. Si vobis versu- 
tius videbitur, more subtle. Plant. Ver¬ 
sutior es, quant rota figularis. Vellci. 
Ilii in summa feritate versutissirni. Al¬ 
so, with genit. Plin. Versutus ingenii 
mango. 
PeRTAGCS (from the Gallic), i, m. a 
3 greyhound, aKvpvos. Martial. 
VeRTSBRA (verto), te, f. any joint., by the 
2 help of which the body or limbs move. Se¬ 
ttee. and Plin. — Especially, a joint or 
vertebre of the spine; oftener in plur. 
Vertebr®, the vertebral or vertebres of the 
spine, onov&vXoi, rcepovai. Cels. Figur. 
of insects. Plin. 11, 1. 
VeRTEBRaTOS (vertebra), a, um, adj. 
2 made in the manner of a vertebre, or hav¬ 
ing joints, jointed. Plin. 
VeRI’eX, or VoRTeX (verto), Tcis, in. 
properly, that which turns, is turned, or 
about which something turns. -IT Hence, 
the extreme point about which something 
turns; for instance, the pole of the 
heavens. trdXo?. Cic. in A rat. and Virg. 
-IT Also, the part of the head where the 
hair grows in a whirl , the top or crown of 
the head, Kopvipfi. Plin. Vertices bini 
hominum tantum aliquibus. Cic. Ab 
imis unguibus usque ad verticem sum- 
mum. — Hence, among the poets, for 
the head. Virg. and Ovid. — Also, the 
peak, point, summit, top. Cie. Ignes ex 
_iEtn® vertice eruinpunt. TibulX. TEthe- 
rio cotitingens vertice nubes Taurus. 
Val. Flacc. cadi. Virg. Celso vertice 
serin 1 quercus. Lucret. Athenads in 
mmnibus, arcisin ipso vertice. Martial. : 
domus. In Id. 13, 50. Vertex terras, 
h. e. superficies. Also, simply, a hill, 
mountain, eminence, height. Virg. Eryci- 
nus, h. e. mount Eryx. Hence, A vertice, 
from above, from on high, from aloft. Virg. 
Tempestas a vertice silvis incubuit. 
— Also, the highest, greatest, chiefest of 
any kind. Amrnian. Cum principiorum 
verticibus collocutus, the highest officers, 
the heads of the army. Cic. e Sophocle. 
Nunc, nunc dolorum anxiferi torquent 
vertices, the acutest pangs, the extremest 
pains. -IT Also, a whirlwind; also, a 
whirlpool. But in this sense it is com¬ 
monly written vortex ; however, we 
find in Virg. JEn. 7, 567, Dat sonitum 
saxis et torto vertice torrens, h. e. 
whirlpool. 
VeRTIBOLUM (verto), i, n. same as 
3 Vertebra. Lactant. 
VeRTICILLaTOS, a, um, adj. whirly. 
3 So some read in Cels. 8, 1. (but a better 
reading is, vertici lati, scapularum 
oss is.) 
VeRTICTLLOS (verto), i, nt. the whirl or 
2 twirl of a spindle, orpoipiyyiov. Plin. 
VeRTICoRDIA (verto & cor), ®, f. the 
3 Changer of the Heart, a surname of Ve¬ 
nus, as supposed to draw the ntinds of 
women away from lust to chastity. 
Val. Max. 
VkRTICoSttS, a, um. See Vorticosus. 
VeRTICOLA (verto), a;, f. a joint; in 
2 particular, a vertebre. Lucil. ap. JVon. 
Hieret verticulis adfixum. Also, masc. 
as from Verticulus; as, Solin. Verticu- 
li spins. And neut. as from Verticu- 
lum ; as, Ccel. Aurel. Intestinorum ver- 
ticula, h. e. flexus, curvatur®.— Also, 
in machines, Verticul®, flexible joints. 
Vitruv. -IT Accus. sing. Verticulum 
is used by Ccel. Aurel. 
VeRTICOLUM, 
VERTrC&LOS. 
See Vcrticula. 
VERTIGIN8 (vertigo), as, n. 1. to roll 
3 round. Tertull. 
VeRTIGINoSOS (Id.), a, um, adj. troubled 
2 with attacks of vertigo, afflicted with verti¬ 
go, rTKo-iopariKdi. Plin. 
VeRTIGS (verto), inis, f. a turning 
2 round, whirling, rotation, c'lXqm;, ircpi- 
<jTpo(f>fi. Senec. Ventus circumactus, et 
se ipsa vertigine concitans, turbo est. 
Ovid. Assidua rapitur vertigine cslum. 
Plin. Assidua vertigine rotare aliquem. 
Pers. Una quiritem vertigo facit, one 
turn or whirl makes a Roman freeman; 
for, among other ceremonies of emanci¬ 
pation, the slave was whirled round. 
-IT TIence, an apparent whirling of the 
things about us ; a giddiness, dizziness or 
swimming of the head, vertigo, crKdreopa. 
Liv. Rupes ita absciss®, ut despici vix 
sine vertigine quadam simul oculorum 
animique possit. Plin. Vertigine labo- 
rare. Id. Vertigines discute re. Juve¬ 
nal. (de ebriis) Vertigine tectum ambu- 
lat, the house seems to turn round. - 
IT Also, figur. change, revolution. Lu¬ 
can. rerum. 
VjeRTS, or VoRTS (unc.), is, ti, sum, a. 
and n. 3. I. Trans, to turn, either on 
one side or about, or in any direction, 
or away from something, turn about, 
turn round, rptirio, arpeijnv. Propert. 
Vertite equum Danai. Cic. Verti me a 
Minturnis Arpinum versus. • Ovid. Ver- 
tere gradum, or pedem, to turn about. 
Tibull. fores cardine tacito, h. e. to open 
lightly. So, Ovid. Verso cardine, 
turned. Cats. Poinpeiani se verterunt, 
turned their backs, turned to flee. Id. 
I-Iostes terga vertere, took to flight. (But 
in Propert. Ante tuos quoties verti me, 
perfida, postes, how often have I been be¬ 
fore, &c.) Ovid. Terga amiciti® versa 
dedere me®, h. e. have quitted or forsa¬ 
ken my friendship. Liv. Equites in fu- 
gam verterunt, put to flight. Id. Scipio 
retro vertit iter. Propert. pennas, to 
fly off. Virg. Sequuntur versis Arca¬ 
des armis, inverted, reversed. So, Id. 
versa hasta. Also, Verti, to turn ( itself) 
or turn round; as, Virg. Vertitur inte- 
rea cffilum. Tacit. Versi in fugam hos- 
tes. Ilorat. Philippis versa acies retro, 
having turned to flee, having taken to 
flight, or put to flight. Also, Verti, to 
turn any whither; as, Ovid, in pecu- 
des, to turn upon, fall upon. Liv. Ver- 
tuntur ad c®dem, they make a deadly 
952 
business of it, they proceed to a deadly 
fight, carry the matter even to death. Al¬ 
so, of the direction of a thing ; as, Liv. 
Fenestr® in Novam viam vers®, turnea 
or looking towards. Id. In septentrio- 
nem versa Epirus, lying to the north 
Ovid. Atnnis, nunc ad fontes nunc in 
mare versus, incertas exercet aquas. 
Plin. Squamarum series a cauda ad 
caput versa, turned, directed. Further, 
Vertere se aliquo, to turn or direct him¬ 
self any whither, properly and figur. ; as, 
Cic. Hffirebat nebulo: quo se verteret, 
non habebat, had not where to turn. Te- 
rent. Perii : quid agam ? quo me ver- 
tam ? which way shall I turn 7 Cic. Ver¬ 
ti me Brundisium versus. So, also, ali- 
quid, or aliquetn; as, Ovid, armentum 
ad litora, h. e. to drive. So, iter retro, 
hostes in fugam (see above). Further, 
Pandect. Vertere aliquid in rem, to turn, 
convert to property, add to one's substance. 
Also, Virg. Vertere stimulos. sub pec- 
tore, h. e. to inspire, inflame. — Since 
Verti. signifies to turn ( one's self) about, 
and the person who turns about in any 
place must of course be or be occupied 
there ; hence, in the first place, Verti, 
to be, properly and figur. Virg. in ca- 
tervis mediis. Cic. Omnia vertentur 
in potestate unius. Liv. Summa rerum 
ibi vertitur, It. e. est. Virg. TEstas 
septima vertitur, it is the seventh sum¬ 
mer. It may also be, to lie upon some¬ 
thing, rest or depend upon, hinge or turn 
upon; as, Liv. Quum verti in eo res 
videretur, utri, &c. Id. Puncto s®pe 
temporis rerum momenta verti. Id. 
Spes vertitur in dictator®. — Or, sec¬ 
ondly, to be occupied, busied, employed 
with something. Plaut. Jam homo in 
mercatura vortitur. — Or, thirdly, to 
come to, fall to, fall to the portion of. Liv 
Decus devictorum Samnitium in legatos 
versa m est, fell to, was ascribed to. Id. 
Res in religionem versa est, raised a re¬ 
ligious scruple, or was made (regarded as) 
a matter of religion. Id. In prodigium 
verti.-IT Hence, Vertere, to turn up 
or over with the ploughshare or spade, 
&c. to plough, fee. Ilorat. terram ara- 
tro. Virg. terram ferro ( h. e. aratro 
aut ligone). Calum. terram bidentibus. 
Ovid. Vers® gleb®, h. e. turned up, 
ploughed. Colum. lupinum in florem, 
h. e. inarare dum floret. So, of persons 
rowing. Virg. Freta versa lacertis. 
—— IT Also, to turn over, overturn, throw 
down, overthrow. Ovid. Cycnum vertit 
Achilles. Horat. fraxinos. Id. Cadus 
non ante versus, not yet tipped, and con¬ 
sequently yet full. Virg. moenia ab 
imo. — Hence, figur. to overthrow, ruin. 
Ilorat. Ilion mulier peregrina vertit. 
So, Virg. Res Phrygi® vertere fundo. 
Cic. Vertit ad extremum omnia.-- 
IT Also, figur. to turn, h. e. to draw, con¬ 
vert or take. Cic. partem ex pecunia ad 
se, convert to his own use, appropriate. 
Liv. Tn suam rem litem vertere (of 
judges), to turn to their own profit. Ta¬ 
cit. seditiosa in pr®dam, make use of 
them as an occasion for making booty. — 
Also, to turn or direct any whither. 
Propert. aures ad vocem. — Hence, 
Verti in aliquern, to incline to. Liv. 
Philippus totus in Persea versus, inclin¬ 
ing wholly to, bestowing all his favor and 
notice upon, wholly devoted to. Id. Civi- 
tas omnis versa erat in Scipionem, 
turned all their thoughts to Soipio, were 
wholly bent upon Scipio. -IT Also, fig- 
ur. to turn, h. e. t.o interpret or construe 
in a certain manner, to impute, ascribe , 
lay. Cic. Ne sibi vitio verterent, quod, 
<fec. put a bad construction upon it, impute 
it to him as a fault. Liv. causas om¬ 
nium in deos, to impute, ascribe to the 
gods. So, In religionem verti, decus in 
legatos versuni (see above).- V AI. 
so, to turn, translate, from one language 
into another. Cic. multa de Gr®cis. 
Liv. annales ex Gr®co in I.atinum ser- 
monem. Cic. fabulas. Plaut. Plautus 
vertit barbare, h. c. into Latin. - 
IT Also, to turn, change, transform, alter. 
Cic. se in aquam. Virg. se in omnes 
facies. Ctes. Auster in Africum se ver¬ 
tit.. Virg. Qu® te sententia vertit? 
Horat. In rabiem ccepit verbi jocus, 
began to turn. Id. Ontne verterat in 
