verse Copy link Outline I. A metrical line1. versus, ûs (prop. any line)2. versĭcŭlusII. Poetry1. versus2. nŭmĕrus (in pl.)3. carmen (esp. lyric or epic verse)III. A short section • verse: I. A metrical line: 1. versus, ûs (prop. any line): all his v.s are beautiful and polished, omnes apud hunc ornati elaboratique sunt v., Cic. Or. 11, 36: more than four heroic v.s, plus quatuor herois v., id. Leg. 2, 27, 68: I said that his v.s ran rudely, incomposito dixi pede currere versus, Hor. S. 1, 10, 1. 2. versĭcŭlus: more polished and smoother v.s, v. magis facti et mollius euntes, Hor. S. 1, 10, 58: Cic.: a set of two, four, verses. distĭchon, tetrastĭchon: Mart.: Quint. Phr.: contented with merely writing v.s which can be scanned, pedibus quid claudere senis, hoc tantum contentus, Hor. S. 1, 10, 59: v. to versify. II. Poetry: 1. versus: when he had betaken himself to v., quum se mente ac voluntate conjecisset in v., Cic. de Or. 3, 50, 194: in pl., from Greek v., ex v. Graecis, id. Arch. 10, 23. 2. nŭmĕrus (in pl.): I delight in writing v., numeris nectere verba juvat, Ov. Pont. 4, 2, 30. 3. carmen (esp. lyric or epic verse): you delight in v., c. tu gaudes, Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 59: to write v., c. condere, id. S. 2, 1, 82. III. A short section: perh. membrum: v. clause, section.