versatilis

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

versātĭlis, e, adj. [verso], that turns or moves round, revolving, movable (not in Cic.).

I Lit.: templum mundi, Lucr. 5, 1436: laquearia cenationum, Sen. Ep. 90, 15: tabulae, Suet. Ner. 31: triclinia, Lampr. Heliog. 21: molae, Plin. 36, 18, 29, § 135: acies, Curt. 4, 13, 32.—

II Trop., versatile : ingenium, Liv. 39, 40, 5.

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