verso

See also: Verso, versó, and versò

English

Etymology

From Latin in versō foliō (“on the turned leaf, on the turned page”), the ablative case of the Latin versus (“turned, changed”) from the perfect passive participle of vertō (“turn”). Compare rēctus (“right”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)səʊ

Noun

verso (plural versos)

1. The back side of a flat object which is to be examined visually, as for reading, such as a sheet, leaf, coin or medal;
2. (printing) The left-hand page of a book of a script which reads from left to right, usually having an even page number.

Synonyms

• (back side of a flat object): back, flipside, backside, reverse

Antonyms

• (back side of a flat object): recto, obverse

Translations

the back side of a flat object

• Bulgarian: обратна страна f (obratna strana)
• French: verso (fr) m
• Greek: πίσω όψη f (píso ópsi)
• Ido: reverso (io)

• Italian: verso (it) m
• Russian: оборотная сторона́ f (oborotnaja storoná), реверс (ru) m (revers)
• Spanish: dorso (es) m, reverso (es) m

the left-hand page of a book

• Bulgarian: лява страница (на отворена книга) (ljava stranica (na otvorena kniga))
• French: verso (fr) m
• Greek: αριστερή σελίδα f (aristerí selída), οπίσθια σελίδα f (opísthia selída)
• Ido: reverso (io)

• Italian: verso (it) m
• Romanian: verso (ro) n
• Russian: левая страни́ца f (levaja straníca)

Anagrams

• Vores, overs, roves, servo, vores

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Esperanto

Etymology

Borrowed from French vers, Italian verso, German Vers, English verse and Polish wiersz, all ultimately from Latin versus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈverso]
• Rhymes: -erso
• Hyphenation: ver‧so

Noun

verso (accusative singular verson, plural versoj, accusative plural versojn)

1. line of poetry

Derived terms

• versaĵo (“bit of verse”)

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Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *verso (compare Estonian võrsuma ~ Finnish versoa), probably borrowed from Indo-Iranian, either from Pre-Proto-Indo-Iranian *wérćos (whence Proto-Indo-Iranian *wárćas, Sanskrit वल्श (valśa, “shoot, branch”)) or Proto-Indo-Iranian *wr̥ćšás (whence Sanskrit वृक्ष (vṛkṣa, “tree”)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋerso/, [ˈʋe̞rs̠o̞]
• Rhymes: -erso
• Syllabification: ver‧so

Noun

verso

1. sprout, shoot

Declension

Inflection of verso (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative		verso	versot
genitive		verson	versojen
partitive		versoa	versoja
illative		versoon	versoihin
		singular	plural
nominative		verso	versot
accusative	nom.	verso	versot
	gen.	verson
genitive		verson	versojen
partitive		versoa	versoja
inessive		versossa	versoissa
elative		versosta	versoista
illative		versoon	versoihin
adessive		versolla	versoilla
ablative		versolta	versoilta
allative		versolle	versoille
essive		versona	versoina
translative		versoksi	versoiksi
instructive		—	versoin
abessive		versotta	versoitta
comitative		—	versoineen

Possessive forms of verso (type valo)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	versoni	versomme
2nd person	versosi	versonne
3rd person	versonsa

Derived terms

• verbs: versoa

Anagrams

• servo

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin verso, ablative of versus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɛʁ.so/

Noun

verso m (plural versos)

1. verso, reverse, back, overleaf (of a page)
2. (printing) left-hand page

Further reading

• “verso”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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German

Adverb

verso

1. overleaf

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Ido

Noun

verso (plural versi)

1. verse

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Interlingua

Etymology

From Italian verso, French vers.

Preposition

verso

1. towards

Noun

verso (plural versos)

1. verse
2. verso, back of a sheet of paper

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Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɛr.so/
• Rhymes: -ɛrso
• Hyphenation: vèr‧so

Etymology 1

From Latin versus. Doublet of versus.

Noun

verso m (plural versi)

1. (poetry) verse
2. song
3. cackle (of a hen or goose)

Etymology 2

From Latin versus (past participle of vertere). Cognate to French vers (“towards”).

Preposition

verso

1. toward
   1. in the direction of

      Synonyms: alla volta di, in direzione di

      vieni verso di me ― come to me

      il fiume scorre verso il mare

      the river flows to the sea

   2. in relation to

      Synonyms: nei riguardi di, nei confronti di

      non devi nutrire odio verso nessuno

      you shouldn't harbor hate toward anyone

   3. in the vicinity of; near; by

      Synonyms: dalle parti di, nelle vicinanze di

      vive verso Roma ― he lives by Rome

2. at about (a time)

   Synonyms: circa a, poco prima, poco dopo

   vengo verso le sei

   I'll come at about six (o'clock)

3. close to (an age)

   Synonyms: prossimo a, vicino a

   l'ha scritto verso i vent'anni

   he wrote it when he was about twenty (years old)

Etymology 3

Verb

verso

1. first-person singular present indicative of versare

Etymology 4

Preposition

verso

1. vicinity, proximity, nearby
2. around, near to, close to

   Arriverà verso mezzogiorno.

   She will arrive around noon.

Anagrams

• servo, sevro

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Latin

Alternative forms

• vorsō

Etymology

Frequentative verb of vertō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈu̯er.soː/, [ˈu̯ɛrs̠oː]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈver.so/, [ˈvɛrso]

Verb

versō (present infinitive versāre, perfect active versāvī, supine versātum); first conjugation

1. I turn often, keep turning, handle, whirl about, turn over

   Synonym: vertō

2. I discompose, disturb, vex, agitate

   Synonyms: turbō, perturbō, sollicitō, agitō, angō, disturbō, ēvertō, peragō, occīdō, concitō, agō, moveō, ūrō

   Antonym: cōnsōlor

3. I overthrow, ruin, subvert

   Synonyms: prōflīgō, impellō, subvertō, pervertō, ēvertō, dēturbō, sternō, afflīgō, dissipō, vertō

4. I dwell, live

   Synonyms: habitō, obsideō, resideō, possideō, cōnsīdō, stabulō, iaceō, incolō, colō, subsīdō

5. I think over, meditate, or reflect upon

   Synonyms: reflectō, ponderō, putō, pendō, cōnsīderō, reputō, cōnsulō, replicō, dubitō, cōnsultō, circumspiciō, videō

6. I change

   Synonym: vertō

7. I am in a certain condition or set of circumstances

   Synonym: vertō

8. I am occupied, busied, engaged in (in re), pay attention to, practice

   Synonyms: operor, exerceō, labōrō, vertō

Conjugation

Conjugation of versō (first conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	versō	versās	versat	versāmus	versātis	versant
	imperfect	versābam	versābās	versābat	versābāmus	versābātis	versābant
	future	versābō	versābis	versābit	versābimus	versābitis	versābunt
	perfect	versāvī	versāvistī, versāstī2	versāvit, versāt2	versāvimus, versāmus2	versāvistis, versāstis2	versāvērunt, versāvēre, versārunt2
	pluperfect	versāveram, versāram2	versāverās, versārās2	versāverat, versārat2	versāverāmus, versārāmus2	versāverātis, versārātis2	versāverant, versārant2
	future perfect	versāverō, versārō2	versāveris, versāris2	versāverit, versārit2	versāverimus, versārimus2	versāveritis, versāritis2	versāverint, versārint2
passive	present	versor	versāris, versāre	versātur	versāmur	versāminī	versantur
	imperfect	versābar	versābāris, versābāre	versābātur	versābāmur	versābāminī	versābantur
	future	versābor	versāberis, versābere	versābitur	versābimur	versābiminī	versābuntur
	perfect	versātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	versātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	versātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	versem	versēs	verset	versēmus	versētis	versent
	imperfect	versārem	versārēs	versāret	versārēmus	versārētis	versārent
	perfect	versāverim, versārim2	versāverīs, versārīs2	versāverit, versārit2	versāverīmus, versārīmus2	versāverītis, versārītis2	versāverint, versārint2
	pluperfect	versāvissem, versāssem2	versāvissēs, versāssēs2	versāvisset, versāsset2	versāvissēmus, versāssēmus2	versāvissētis, versāssētis2	versāvissent, versāssent2
passive	present	verser	versēris, versēre	versētur	versēmur	versēminī	versentur
	imperfect	versārer	versārēris, versārēre	versārētur	versārēmur	versārēminī	versārentur
	perfect	versātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	versātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	versā	—	—	versāte	—
	future	—	versātō	versātō	—	versātōte	versantō
passive	present	—	versāre	—	—	versāminī	—
	future	—	versātor	versātor	—	—	versantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		versāre	versāvisse, versāsse2	versātūrum esse	versārī, versārier1	versātum esse	versātum īrī
participles		versāns	—	versātūrus	—	versātus	versandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		versandī	versandō	versandum	versandō	versātum	versātū

¹The present passive infinitive in -ier is a rare poetic form which is attested.
²At least one rare poetic syncopated perfect form is attested.

Derived terms

• adversō
• diversō
• circumversō
• conversō
• inversō
• reversō
• subversō
• versābilis
• versābundus
• versātilis
• versātiō
• versātus

Descendants

• Albanian: vërshoj
• Aromanian: versu, virsari
• Catalan: vessar
• French: verser
• Friulian: viersâ
• Galician: vesar, versar
• Italian: versare
• Norman: vèrser
• Occitan: versar
• Piedmontese: versé, vërsé
• Portuguese: versar, vessar
• Romanian: vărsa, vărsare
• Sardinian: besciare, bessai, bessare
• Sicilian: virsari
• Spanish: versar

Participle

versō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of versus

References

• “verso”, in Charlton T[homas] Lewis; Charles [Lancaster] Short (1879) […] A New Latin Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.; Cincinnati, Ohio; Chicago, Ill.: American Book Company; Oxford: Clarendon Press.
• “verso”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• verso in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• “verse” in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin versus, probably borrowed.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈvɛɾsu/

Noun

verso m (plural versos)

1. verse
2. verso, reverse, back, overleaf (of a page)
3. (printing) verso, left-hand page

Related terms

• versar

Verb

verso

1. First-person singular (eu) present indicative of versar

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Romanian

Etymology

From French verso, from Latin verso.

Noun

verso n (uncountable)

1. verso, back

Declension

declension of verso (singular only)

	singular
n gender	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) verso	versoul
genitive/dative	(unui) verso	versoului
vocative	versoule

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin versus. Compare the inherited Old Spanish viesso.

Adjective

verso (feminine versa, masculine plural versos, feminine plural versas)

1. (mathematics) versed

Derived terms

• coseno verso
• seno verso

Noun

verso m (plural versos)

1. verse, poem
2. verse, line (of a poem)
3. verso, reverse, back, overleaf (of a page)
4. (printing) verso, left-hand page
5. (military, artillery) small culverin (kind of cannon)
6. (colloquial) lie, story, porky

Derived terms

• verso libre
• verso suelto

 

Related terms

• versar

Verb

verso

1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of versar.

Further reading

• “verso”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014