versutus

Latin

Alternative forms

• vorsūtus

Etymology

From versus +‎ -tus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /u̯erˈsuː.tus/, [u̯ɛrˈs̠uːt̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /verˈsu.tus/, [verˈsuːt̪us]

Adjective

versūtus (feminine versūta, neuter versūtum, comparative versūtior); first/second-declension adjective

1. adroit, dexterous, versatile
2. shrewd, clever, crafty, ingenious
3. wily, cunning, sly

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	versūtus	versūta	versūtum		versūtī	versūtae	versūta
genitive	versūtī	versūtae	versūtī		versūtōrum	versūtārum	versūtōrum
dative	versūtō	versūtae	versūtō		versūtīs
accusative	versūtum	versūtam	versūtum		versūtōs	versūtās	versūta
ablative	versūtō	versūtā	versūtō		versūtīs
vocative	versūte	versūta	versūtum		versūtī	versūtae	versūta

Derived terms

• versūtia

Descendants

• Portuguese: versuto

References

• “versutus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “versutus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• versutus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• versutus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.