versu

versu is a Latin form of verto, meaning “turn, change”.

It can also be a form of versus, “line, verse; row; (prep. and adv.) toward”. It is the ablative singular masculine noun or supine dative singular neuter.

Found 128 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Cicero, de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum 3.64: … m, qui negant se recusare quo minus ipsis mortuis terrarum omnium deflagratio consequatur—quod vulgari quodam versu Graeco pronuntiari solet—, certe verum est etiam iis, qui aliquando futuri sint, esse propter ipsos consulend …

Suetonius, Tiberius 53.1: Nurum Agrippinam post mariti mortem liberius quiddam questam manu apprehendit Graecoque uersu: 'si non dominaris,' inquit, 'filiola, iniuriam te accipere existimas?' nec ullo mox sermone dignatus est. qu …

Martial, Epigrammata 9.11.11: Versu dicere non rudi volebam:

All forms of verto (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.