versura

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Etymology

From Latin versura. Dialectal synonyms include bezura, basura, and besura. Compare Spanish basura.

Noun

versura f (plural versures)

  1. trash
    Cola facisca barremus la versura y la povisa.
    With the broom we sweep the trash and dust

Synonyms

Latin

Participle

versūra

  1. inflection of versūrus:
    1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
    2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Participle

versūrā

  1. ablative feminine singular of versūrus

Noun

versūra f (genitive versūrae); first declension

  1. A turning around
  2. The borrowing of money to repay a debt; a borrowing, loan

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative versūra versūrae
Genitive versūrae versūrārum
Dative versūrae versūrīs
Accusative versūram versūrās
Ablative versūrā versūrīs
Vocative versūra versūrae

References

  • versura”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • versura”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • versura in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • (ambiguous) to transfer a debt: versuram facere (Att. 5. 21. 12)
  • versura”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • versura”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin