(verb) : verso (vorso), āvi, ātum, 1 (
* Inf. vorsarier, Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 53), verto, to turn, wind, twist, or whirl about often or violently (freq. and class.; syn.: verto, contorqueo).
* Lit.: qui caelum versat stellis fulgentibus aptum, Enn. ap. Macr. 6, 1 (Ann. v. 30 Vahl.): Sisyphus versat Saxum, Poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 5, 10: turbinem puer,Tib. 1, 5, 4: turdos in igni,Hor. S. 1, 5, 72: ova non acri favillā,Ov. M. 8, 667: cum versati appositi essent pisces,Quint. 6, 3, 90: vinclorum inmensa volumina,Verg. A. 5, 408: manum,Ov. M. 12, 493: lumina,id. ib. 5, 134; 6, 247; 7, 579: cardinem,id. ib. 4, 93: fusum,id. ib. 4, 221; 6, 22: corpus,id. Am. 1, 2, 4: sortem urnā,to shake,Hor. C. 2, 3, 26: ligonibus glaebas,to turn up, hoe,id. ib. 3, 6, 39; so, rura (juvenci),Prop. 4 (5), 1, 129. terram,Ov. R. Am. 173: desectum gramen,hay,id. M. 14, 646: currum in gramine,i. e. to wheel about,Verg. A. 12, 664: oves,to drive about, pasture,id. E. 10, 68: pulsat versatque Dareta,id. A. 5, 460: me versant in litore venti,id. ib. 6, 362: vos exemplaria Graeca Nocturnā versate manu, versate diurnā, turn them over, i. e. read, study them, Hor. A. P. 269: et nummulario non ex fide versanti pecunias manus amputavit,handling, accounting for,Suet. Galb. 9.—With se, or mid., to turn one's self often, to turn, revolve, etc.: versabat se in utramque partem, non solum mente, verum etiam corpore, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 30, § 74.—Prov.: satis diu jam hoc saxum vorso,I have wasted time enough with this man,Ter. Eun. 5, 8, 55.—Mid.: mundum versari circum axem caeli,Cic. N. D. 1, 20, 52: qui (orbes) versantur retro,id. Rep. 6, 17, 17: pars superior mundi non versatur in turbinem,Sen. Ira, 3, 6, 1: suāpte naturā et cylindrum volvi et versari turbinem putat,Cic. Fat. 18, 42: ne versari aves possent,Col. 8, 7, 1.
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* Transf., in the mid. form, versor (vor-sor), ātus, 1, prop. to move about in a place, i. e. to dwell, live, remain, stay, abide, be in a place or among certain persons; constr. most freq. with in aliquā re; also with inter, intra, apud, and cum.
* In partic. (rare in Cic.).
* Qs. to turn upside down, i. e. to discompose, disturb, vex, agitate: versabo ego illum hodie, si vivo, probe,Plaut. Bacch. 4, 5, 6; id. Pers. 5, 2, 17: haerere homo, versari, rubere,to be disturbed,Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 76, § 187: si quid te adjuero curamve levasso Quae nunc te coquit et versat in pectore fixa, Enn. ap. Cic. Sen. 1, 1 (Ann. v. 340 Vahl.): miserum toto cubili,Prop. 1, 14, 21: illum toto versant suspiria lecto,id. 2, 22, 47 (3, 16, 5): odiis domos,to overthrow, ruin, subvert,Verg. A. 7, 336: ille placet, versatque domum, neque verbera sentit,i. e. disturbs without being punished,Ov. Am. 2, 2, 29: sic fortuna in contentione et certamine utrumque versavit, ut alter alteri inimicus auxilio salutique esset,alternated with, treated each in turn,Caes. B. G. 5, 44 fin.: pectora,id. ib. 2, 45: muliebrem animum in omnes partes,Liv. 1, 58, 3: patrum animos,id. 1, 17, 1: pectora (nunc indignatio nunc pudor),id. 2, 45, 5; cf.: spesque timorque animum versat utroque modo,Prop. 3, 17 (4, 16), 12.
* To turn over a thing in the mind, to think over, meditate, or reflect upon, revolve, consider; to transact, carry on (cf.: volvo, agito): multas res simitu in meo corde vorso,Plaut. Trin. 2, 1, 1: versarent in animis secum unamquamque rem,Liv. 3, 34, 4: illa dolos dirumque nefas in pectere versat, Certa mori,Verg. A. 4, 563; so, dolos,id. ib. 2, 62: versate diu, quid ferre recusent, Quid valeant umeri,Hor. A. P. 39: ubi maxima rerum momenta versantur,Quint. 8, 3, 13: versenturque omni modo numeri,examined, considered,id. 10, 3, 5; 10, 5, 9: somnia decies,to interpret,Prop. 2, 4, 16: multum igitur domi ante versandi sunt (testes), variis percontationibus, etc.,examined, practised,Quint. 5, 7, 11.
* Lit.: vorsari crebro hic cum viderent me domi,Plaut. Am. prol. 128: in medio pariete,id. Cas. 1, 52: non ad solarium, non in campo, non in conviviis versatus est,Cic. Quint. 18, 59: in fundo,id. Mil. 20, 53: in castris,Caes. B. G. 2, 24: inter aciem,id. ib. 1, 52; cf.: nec versari inter eos sine dedecore potero,Cic. Att. 10, 8, 3: intra vallum,Caes. B. C. 3, 96: alicui inter femina,Suet. Tib. 44: nobiscum versari jam diutius non potes,Cic. Cat. 1, 5, 10; apud praefectos regis,Nep. Con. 2, 4.
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* In gen., to be; to be circumstanced or situated: nescis, quantis in malis vorser miser,Ter. And. 4, 1, 25: certe ego te in medio versantem turbine leti Eripui,Cat. 64, 149: ergo illi nunc in pace versantur,Cic. Phil. 8, 2, 6: in clarissimā luce,id. Off. 2, 13, 44: Minturnenses aeternā in laude versantur,id. Planc. 10, 26: in simili culpā,Caes. B. C. 3, 110: mihi ante oculos dies noctesque versaris,Cic. Fam. 14, 2, 3: nec versantur omnino scripta eorum inter manus hominum,i. e. are read,Dig. 1, 2, 2.—Of abstract subjects: numquam tibi populi Romani dignitas, numquam species ipsa hujusmodi multitudinis in oculis animoque versata est? Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 55, § 144: mors, exsilium mihi ob oculos versabantur,id. Sest. 21, 47: haec omnia in eodem errore versantur,id. N. D. 3, 10, 25; id. Tusc. 1, 44, 107: aliquid in dubitatione versatur,id. Rep. 2, 15, 29: Mithridaticum bellum, in multā varietate versatum,waged with many vicissitudes,id. Arch. 9, 21.
* In partic., to occupy or busy one's self with any action, to be engaged in any thing.
* Of persons.
* With in and abl. (class.): opifices omnes in sordidā arte versantur,Cic. Off. 1, 42, 150: in omnibus ingenuis artibus,id. Fam. 4, 3, 4: versabor in re difficili,id. Leg. 3, 15, 33: in re publicā atque in his vitae periculis laboribusque,id. Arch. 12, 30; ullā in cogitatione acrius ac diligentius versari,id. Rep. 1, 22, 35: si diutius in hoc genere verser,id. ib. 1, 46, 70: multum in imperiis,Nep. Milt. 8, 2.
* Of abstract subjects.
* With inter: inter arma ac studia versatus,Vell. 1, 13, 3.
* Part. perf.: homo in aliis causis exercitatus et in hac multum et saepe versatus,Cic. Quint. 1, 3: viri in rerum publicarum varietate versati,id. Rep. 3, 3, 4: semper inter arma ac studia versatus,Vell. 1, 13, 3.—Absol.: is missum ad dilectus agendos Agricolam integreque ac strenue versatum praeposuit, etc.,Tac. Agr. 7.
* With circa and acc. (post-Aug.): haec pars (tragoedia) circa iram, odium, metum, miserationem fere tota versatur,Quint. 6, 2, 20: circa quae versari videatur omnis quaestio,id. 3, 6, 23: quidam circa res omnes, quidam circa civiles modo versari rhetoricen putaverunt,id. 2, 15, 15.
* With abl.: itaque (finitio) pluribus legibus isdem quibus conjectura versatur,Quint. 7, 3, 1 (dub.; Halm, ex conj. in isdem).