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Latin
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
For *provorsus, from prō + versus, vorsus (“turned”).
Alternative forms
Adjective
prōrsus (feminine prōrsa, neuter prōrsum); first/second-declension adjective
- straightforward, right onwards, straight, direct
- Synonym: rēctus
- (transf. of style) straightforward, prosaic
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
Derived terms
Etymology 2
For *provorsus, from prō + versus, vorsus (“towards”).
Alternative forms
Adverb
prōrsus (not comparable)
- forwards
- straight forward; directly
- Synonym: dērēctō
- certainly, truly, precisely, utterly, absolutely
- Synonym: omnīnō
References
- “prorsus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “prorsus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- prorsus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- prorsus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- not to understand a single word: verbum prorsus nullum intellegere
- that is exactly what I think: ita prorsus existimo