rursus
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Latin[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From re- (“back-”) + vorsus, earlier form of versus (“towards, -wards”).
Adverb[edit]
rūrsus (not comparable)
- backward, turned back
- on the contrary
- in return, in turn, again
- Rūrsus Mārcus clamat, "Cavē, Flavi!" ― Again Marcus shouts, "Beware, Flavius!"
- Synonym: dēnuō
References[edit]
- rursus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- rursus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- rursus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- when the tide begins to go down: aestu rursus minuente
- when the tide begins to go down: aestu rursus minuente