versus facere, scribere, componere (to compose verses): versus fundere or ex tempore fundere (to compose rapidly or impromptu): sententias claudere numeris: verba includere versu (to write in verse, not in prose): versificare (Quint.). To be fond of versifying, delectat aliquem claudere verba pedibus (Hor., Sat., 2, 1, 28).