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versare

versare is a Latin form of verso, meaning “turn about; (passive) be engaged, be”. It is the present active infinitive.

Found 26 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Cicero, Pro A. Cluentio 70: … t cum domi suae miserrimus in locis inanissimis tantum nummorum positum videret, ad omnem malitiam et fraudem versare mentem suam coepit. ego dem iudicibus? mihi ipsi igitur praeter periculum et infamiam quid quaeretur? nihil e …

Livy, Ab urbe condita 1.58.3: cum pauida ex somno mulier nullam opem, prope mortem imminentem uideret, tum Tarquinius fateri amorem, orare, miscere precibus minas, uersare in omnes partes muliebrem animum.

All forms of verso (conjugation table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.