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versus (vors- ), ūs (ante-class. collat. form of the plur. versi, Laev. ap. Prisc. p. 712 P.: versorum, Laber. ib.: versis, Val. ib.), m. verto, a turning round, i. e. of the plough.
II. Transf., a line, row.
C. The note, song of the nightingale, Plin. 10, 29, 43, § 83.—
III. A land-measure, = Gr. πλέθρον, Varr. R. R. 1, 10, 1.—
IV. A kind of dance, or a turn, step, pas in a dance, Plaut. Stich. 5, 7, 2.
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