vorsus
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *worssos, from Proto-Indo-European *wr̥ttós, from *wert-.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈwɔr.sʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈvɔr.sus]
Participle
vorsus (feminine vorsa, neuter vorsum); first/second-declension participle
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | vorsus | vorsa | vorsum | vorsī | vorsae | vorsa | |
| genitive | vorsī | vorsae | vorsī | vorsōrum | vorsārum | vorsōrum | |
| dative | vorsō | vorsae | vorsō | vorsīs | |||
| accusative | vorsum | vorsam | vorsum | vorsōs | vorsās | vorsa | |
| ablative | vorsō | vorsā | vorsō | vorsīs | |||
| vocative | vorse | vorsa | vorsum | vorsī | vorsae | vorsa | |
Descendants
- Latin: versus
References
- R. E. Latham, D. R. Howlett, & R. K. Ashdowne, editors (1975–2013), “vorsus”, in Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources[1], London: Oxford University Press for the British Academy, →ISBN, →OCLC
- “versus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “ve/ortō”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 666-667
- Sihler, Andrew L. (1995), New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 221