rursus

Latin

Alternative forms

• rursum
• rūsum

Etymology

From rē- +‎ vorsus, for versus.

Adverb

rursus (not comparable)

1. backward, turned back
2. on the contrary
3. in return, in turn, again

   Rursus Marcus clamat, "Cave, Flavi!"

   Again Marcus shouts, "Beware, Flavius!"

Synonyms

• (again): dēnuō

References

• 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 Félix Gaffiot’s Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette (1934)
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • when the tide begins to go down: aestu rursus minuente