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versuum

versuum is a Latin form of versus, meaning “line, verse; row; (prep. and adv.) toward”. It is the genitive plural masculine noun.

Found 30 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Caesar, De Bello Gallico 6.14.3: Magnum ibi numerum versuum ediscere dicuntur. Itaque annos nonnulli vicenos in disciplina permanent.

Suetonius, Divus Augustus 87.3: Notaui et in chirographo eius illa praecipue: non diuidit uerba nec ab extrema parte uersuum abundantis litteras in alterum transfert, sed ibidem statim subicit circumducitque.

All forms of versus (declension 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.