versum

versum 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 accusative singular masculine noun or perfect passive participle genitive plural neuter or perfect passive participle genitive plural masculine.

Found 146 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Cicero, Pro Rege Deiotaro 25: … rent. itaque cum esset ei nuntiatum Domitium naufragio perisse, te in castello circumsederi, de Domitio dixit versum Graecum eadem sententia qua etiam nos habemus Latinum: pereant amici, dum inimici una intercidant. quod ille, …

Cicero, In L. Calpurnium Pisonem 72: … isse in illo elogio quod te consule in sepulcro rei publicae incisum est: velitis ivbeatis vt, qvod M. Cicero versvm fecerit, sed qvod vindicarit. verum tamen,

Suetonius, Domitianus 9.1: Inter initia usque adeo ab omni caede abhorrebat, ut absente adhuc patre recordatus Vergilii uersum: impia quam caesis gens est epulata iuuencis edicere destinarit, ne boues immolarentur. cupiditatis quoque at …

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.