verso

English

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verso

Wikipedia

Etymology

From Latin in versō foliō (“on the turned leaf, on the turned page”), the ablative case of the Latin versus (“turned, changed”) from the perfect passive participle of vertō (“turn”). Compare rēctus (“right”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)səʊ

Noun

verso (plural versos)

1. The back side of a flat object which is to be examined visually, as for reading, such as a sheet, leaf, coin or medal;
2. (printing) The left-hand page of a book of a script which reads from left to right, usually having an even page number.

Synonyms

• (back side of a flat object): back, flipside, backside, reverse
• (left-hand page of a book): reverso

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of "back side of a flat object"): recto, obverse
• (antonym(s) of "left-hand page of a book"): recto

Translations

Anagrams

• Vores, overs, roves, servo, vores

Catalan

Verb

verso

1. first-person singular present indicative of versar

Esperanto

Etymology

Borrowed from French vers, Italian verso, German Vers, English verse and Polish wiersz, all ultimately from Latin versus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):
• Rhymes: -erso
• Hyphenation: ver‧so

Noun

verso (accusative singular verson, plural versoj, accusative plural versojn)

1. line of poetry

Derived terms

• versaĵo (“bit of verse”)

Finnish

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verso

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Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *vërso (compare Estonian võrsuma ~ Finnish versoa), probably borrowed from Indo-Iranian, either from Pre-Proto-Indo-Iranian *wérćos (whence Proto-Indo-Iranian *wálćas, Sanskrit वल्श (valśa, “shoot, branch”)) or Proto-Indo-Iranian *wr̥ćšás (whence Sanskrit वृक्ष (vṛkṣa, “tree”)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋerso/,
• Rhymes: -erso
• Syllabification^(key): ver‧so

Noun

verso

1. sprout, shoot

Declension

Derived terms

References

Further reading

• “verso”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-04

Anagrams

• servo

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin versō, ablative of versus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɛʁ.so/

Noun

verso m (plural versos)

1. verso, reverse, back, overleaf (of a page)
2. (printing) left-hand page

Further reading

• “verso”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.

German

Adverb

verso

1. overleaf

Ido

Noun

verso (plural versi)

1. verse

Interlingua

Etymology

From Italian verso, French vers.

Preposition

verso

1. towards

Noun

verso (plural versos)

1. verse
2. verso, back of a sheet of paper

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɛr.so/
• Rhymes: -ɛrso
• Hyphenation: vèr‧so

Etymology 1

From Latin versus. Doublet of versus.

Noun

verso m (plural versi)

1. (poetry) verse
2. song

   Synonym: canzone

3. cackle (of a hen or goose)

Etymology 2

From Latin versus (past participle of vertere). Cognate to French vers (“towards”).

Preposition

verso

1. toward
   1. in the direction of

      Synonyms: alla volta di, in direzione di

      vieni verso di me ― come to me

      il fiume scorre verso il mare

      the river flows to the sea

   2. in relation to

      Synonyms: nei riguardi di, nei confronti di

      non devi nutrire odio verso nessuno

      you shouldn't harbor hate toward anyone

   3. in the vicinity of; near; by

      Synonyms: dalle parti di, nelle vicinanze di

      vive verso Roma ― he lives by Rome

2. at about (a time)

   Synonyms: circa a, poco prima, poco dopo

   vengo verso le sei

   I'll come at about six (o'clock)

3. close to (an age)

   Synonyms: prossimo a, vicino a

   l'ha scritto verso i vent'anni

   he wrote it when he was about twenty (years old)

Etymology 3

Verb

verso

1. first-person singular present indicative of versare

Etymology 4

Preposition

verso

1. vicinity, proximity, nearby
2. around, near to, close to

   Arriverà verso mezzogiorno.

   She will arrive around noon.

References

Anagrams

• servo, sevro

Latin

Alternative forms

• vorsō

Etymology

Frequentative verb of vertō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈu̯er.soː/,
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈver.so/,

Verb

versō (present infinitive versāre, perfect active versāvī, supine versātum); first conjugation

1. to turn often, keep turning, handle, whirl about, turn over

   Synonyms: vertō, circumagō

2. to treat, manage
3. to pervert, alter, change

   Synonyms: mūtō, commūtō, vertō, cōnferō

4. to discompose, disturb, vex, agitate

   Synonyms: fatīgō, turbō, perturbō, percieō, concieō, cieō, sollicitō, agitō, angō, disturbō, īnfestō, irrītō, stimulō, ēvertō, peragō, concitō, agō, moveō, ūrō

   Antonym: cōnsōlor

5. to overthrow, ruin, subvert

   Synonyms: prōflīgō, impellō, subvertō, fundō, pervertō, ēvertō, dēturbō, sternō, prōsternō, afflīgō, dissipō, vertō

6. (figuratively) to think over or through, meditate, reflect upon, revolve or turn over in one’s mind, consider, ponder

   Synonyms: reflectō, ponderō, dēlīberō, putō, pendō, perpendō, cōnsīderō, reputō, cōnsulō, replicō, dubitō, cōnsultō, circumspiciō, videō

   • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.285–286:

     Atque animum nunc hūc celerem nunc dīvidit illūc,
     in partīsque rapit variās perque omnia versat.

     And his swift mind parses now this , now that , picks among varied options, and thinks through them all.
     (Aeneas considers how to end his relationship with Dido and leave Carthage.)

Conjugation

¹The present passive infinitive in -ier is a rare poetic form which is attested.
²At least one rare poetic syncopated perfect form is attested.

Derived terms

Descendants

Participle

versō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of versus

References

• “verso”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “verso”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• verso in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “verse”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin versus.

Noun

verso m (plural versos)

1. verse
2. verso, reverse, back, overleaf (of a page)
3. (printing) verso, left-hand page

Related terms

• versar

Etymology 2

Verb

verso

1. first-person singular present indicative of versar

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French verso, from Latin verso.

Noun

verso n (uncountable)

1. verso, back

Declension

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbeɾso/
• Rhymes: -eɾso
• Syllabification: ver‧so

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin versus. Compare the inherited Old Spanish viesso.

Adjective

verso (feminine versa, masculine plural versos, feminine plural versas)

1. (mathematics) versed

Derived terms

Noun

verso m (plural versos)

1. verse, poem
2. verse, line (of a poem)
3. verso, reverse, back, overleaf (of a page)
4. (printing) verso, left-hand page
5. (military, weaponry) small culverin (kind of cannon)
6. (colloquial) lie, story, porky

Derived terms

Related terms

Etymology 2

Verb

verso

1. first-person singular present indicative of versar

Further reading

• “verso”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014