verso

versō or vorsō āvī, ātus, āre, freq.

verto, to turn often, keep turning, handle, whirl about, turn over : Sisyphus versat Saxum, C.poët.: turdos in igni, H.: Ova non acrifavillā, O.: vinclorum volumina, V.: pollice fusum, O.: sortem urnā, shake , H.: ligonibus glaebas, break up , H.: desectum gramen, i. e. make hay , O.: currum in gramine, i. e. wheel about , V.: oves, pasture , V.: exemplaria Graeca, i. e. peruse , H.: versabat se in utramque partem, i. e. kept displaying hesitation : qui (orbes) versantur retro.—Prov.: satis diu iam hoc saxum vorso (alluding to Sisyphus), i. e. I have wasted time enough with this man , T.—In pass, to move about, dwell, live, remain, stay, abide, be : non ad solarium, non in campo versatus est: inter aciem, Cs.: intra vallum, Cs.: apud praefectos regis, N.—Fig., to turn, twist, bend, manage, direct : versare suam naturam et regere ad tempus: multis modis eadem: verba, i. e. to pervert : fors omnia versat, changes , V.: huc et illuc vos: se ad omnīs cogitationes, Cu.— To upturn, discompose, disturb, vex, agitate : haerere homo, versari, to be disturbed : odiis domos, subvert , V.: domum, O.: sic fortuna utrumque versavit, ut, etc., i. e. treated each in turn , Cs.: in omnes partes muliebrem animum, L.— To turn over, think over, reflect upon, revolve, consider, meditate : in animis secum unamquamque rem, L.: nefas in pectore, V.: versate diu, quid ferre recusent, Quid valeant umeri, H.—Pass, to be, be circumstanced, be situated : nescis, quantis in malis vorser miser, T.: ergo illi nunc in pace versantur: in simili culpā, Cs.: mihi ante oculos dies noctīsque versaris: Mithridaticum bellum, in multā varietate versatum, waged with many vicissitudes : partes, in quibus irae libidinesque versentur.— To occupy oneself, be engaged, be busied, be employed : homo saepe in Caede versatus: qui in re p. versamur: multum in imperiis, N.: is missum ad dilectūs agendos Agricolam integreque ac strenue versatum praeposuit, etc., i. e. having fulfilled his mission honorably , etc., Ta.— To be concerned, belong, depend, turn : haec omniain eodem quo illa Zenonis errore versantur: dicendi omnis ratio in hominum more et sermone versatur.