versātĭlis Copy link Outline I. Lit.II. Trop., versatile ⓘversātĭle: neut nom/voc/acc sg • versātĭlis, e, adj. [id.], 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.
versātĭlis Copy link Outline 1 mobile, qui tourne aisément :2 [fig.] flexible, qui se plie à tout : . ⓘversātĭle: neut nom/voc/acc sg • versātĭlis, e (verso), 1. mobile, qui tourne aisément : Lucr. 5, 1436 ; Sen. Ep. 90, 15 2. [fig.] flexible, qui se plie à tout : Liv. 39, 40, 5.
versatilis Copy link ⓘversātĭle: neut nom/voc/acc sg VERSATILIS e. Adi. [δινωτὸς] Quod huc et illuc versatur: siue Quod idoneum est vt versetur. […] 🗁 Page Scan .
versatile Copy link Outline I. Lit.II. Fig.1. versātĭlis2. văriusIII. Of the mind1. versātĭlis2. vărius3. mōbĭlis, e4. perh. ăgĭlis, e5. perh. promptus • versatile: I. Lit.: versātĭlis, e: Plin.: Lucr.: Sen.: v. changeable, moveable, variable. II. Fig.: variable, unsteady: 1. versātĭlis: v. fortune, v. fortuna, Curt. 5, 8, fin.: Sen. 2. vărius: v. changeable, variable. III. Of the mind: changing with ease from one thing to another: 1. versātĭlis: his v. genius, v. ingenium, Liv. 39, 40. 2. vărius: Plato was v., Plato v. et multiplex fuit, Cic. Acad. 1, 4, 17. 3. mōbĭlis, e: of quick and v. mind, ingenio veloci ac m., Quint. 6, 4, 8. 4. perh. ăgĭlis, e: v. quick, active. 5. perh. promptus: v. ready.
VERSATILE Copy link • VERSATILEversatilis (PROP., Plin.): mobilis: mutabilis (changeable, fickle): alacer: promtus (ready). A versatile genius, ingenium velox (Quint.), or versatile (Liv., 39, 40); animus agilis (Sen.). Vid: also, CHANGEABLE.