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versat

versat is a Latin form of verso, meaning “turn about; (passive) be engaged, be”. It is the 3rd person singular present active indicative.

Found 80 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Cicero, In C. Verrem 2.1.133: … astoris, considerat templum; videt undique tectum pulcherrime laqueatum, praeterea cetera nova atque integra. versat se; quaerit quid agat. dicit quidam ex illis canibus quos iste Liguri dixerat esse circa se multos, tu, Verre …

Martial, Epigrammata 5.11.2: Versat in articulo Stella, Severe, meus.

Propertius, Elegiae 4.5.65: his animum nostrae dum uersat Acanthis amicae,

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.