rursus

Latin

Alternative forms

• rursum, rūsum

Etymology

From rē- +‎ vorsus, for versus.

Adverb

rūrsus (not comparable)

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

   Rūrsus Mārcus clamat, "Cavē, Flavi!" ― Again Marcus shouts, "Beware, Flavius!"

   Synonym: 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 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