verso

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”).

• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)səʊ

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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;
   1. (printing) The left-hand page of a book of a script which reads from left to right, usually having an even page number.

• (back side of a flat object): back, flipside, backside, reverse
• (left-hand page of a book): reverso

• (antonym(s) of “back side of a flat object”): recto, obverse
• (antonym(s) of “left-hand page of a book”): recto

• Vores, overs, roves, servo, vores

verso

1. first-person singular present indicative of versar

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

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

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

1. line of poetry

• versaĵo (“bit of verse”)

From Proto-Finnic *vërso (compare Estonian võrsuma ~ Finnish versoa), probably borrowed from Indo-Iranian, either from Pre-Proto-Indo-Iranian *wérćos (whence Proto-Indo-Iranian *wálćas, Sanskrit वल्श (valśa, “shoot, branch”)) or Proto-Indo-Iranian *wr̥ćšás (whence Sanskrit वृक्ष (vṛkṣa, “tree”)).^[1]

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

verso

1. shoot (emerging stem and embryonic leaves of a new plant)
2. (botany) shoot (the part of a plant that grows above the soil)

• “verso”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 4 July 2023

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

verso

1. inflection of versoa:
   1. present active indicative connegative
   2. second-person singular present imperative
   3. second-person singular present active imperative connegative

• servo

Borrowed from Latin versō, ablative of versus.

• IPA^(key): /vɛʁ.so/

verso m (plural versos)

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

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

verso

1. overleaf

verso (plural versi)

1. verse

Borrowed from Dutch verso, 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”). Doublet of versus.

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈvɛrso/ [ˈfɛr.so]
• Rhymes: -ɛrso
• Syllabification: ver‧so

verso (plural verso-verso)

1. (printing) verso

• “verso” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

From Italian verso, French vers.

verso

1. towards

verso (plural versos)

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɛr.so/^[1]
• Rhymes: -ɛrso
• Hyphenation: vèr‧so

From Latin versus. Doublet of versus.

verso m (plural versi)

1. (poetry) verse
2. song

   Synonym: canzone

3. cackle (of a hen or goose)

From Latin versus (past participle of vertere).^[2] Cognate to French vers (“towards”).

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)

verso

1. first-person singular present indicative of versare

verso

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

   Arriverà verso mezzogiorno.

   She will arrive around noon.

• servo, sevro

Borrowed from Italian verso (“toward”).^[1]

verso (Hebrew spelling ב׳ירסו)^[1]

1. toward; towards

   Los ojos de todo el mundo estos dias son boltados verso el Medio Oryente. ― These days everybody's eyes are turned towards the Middle East.

2. against (in opposition to)

   Synonym: kontra

   No tengo nada verso ti. ― I have nothing against you.

Inherited from Old Spanish verso (“verse”).

verso m (Hebrew spelling ב׳ירסו)^[1]

1. (music, poetry) verse

• vorsō

Frequentative verb of vertō.

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈwɛr.soː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈvɛr.so]

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

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

   Synonyms: vertō, circumagō

2. to treat, manage
3. to pervert, alter, change

   Synonyms: alterō, trānsferō, mūtō, commūtō, vertō, cōnferō

4. to discompose, disturb, vex, agitate

   Synonyms: fatīgō, turbō, perturbō, percieō, concieō, cieō, sollicitō, agitō, angō, disturbō, īnfestō, irrītō, stimulō, ēvertō, peragō, concitō, agō, moveō, ūrō

   Antonym: cōnsōlor

5. to overthrow, ruin, subvert

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

6. (figuratively) to think over or through, meditate, reflect upon, revolve or turn over in one’s mind, consider, ponder

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

   • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.285–286:

     Atque animum nunc hūc celerem nunc dīvidit illūc,
     in partīsque rapit variās perque omnia versat.

     And his swift mind parses now this [idea], now that [one], picks among varied options, and thinks through them all.
     (Aeneas considers how to end his relationship with Dido and leave Carthage.)

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

versō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of versus

• “verso”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, 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.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “verse”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.

Borrowed from Latin versus.

verso m (plural versos)

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

• versar

verso

1. first-person singular present indicative of versar

Borrowed from French verso, from Latin verso.

verso n (uncountable)

1. verso, back

• IPA^(key): /ˈbeɾso/ [ˈbeɾ.so]
• Rhymes: -eɾso
• Syllabification: ver‧so

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

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

1. (mathematics) versed

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, weaponry) small culverin (kind of cannon)
6. (colloquial) lie, story, porky

verso

1. first-person singular present indicative of versar

• “verso”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024