versura

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin versura. Dialectal synonyms include bezura, basura, and besura. Compare Spanish basura.

Noun

versura f (plural versures)

1. trash

   Cola facisca barremus la versura y la povisa.

   With the broom we sweep the trash and dust

Synonyms

• besura
• basura

Latin

Participle

versūra

1. inflection of versūrus:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Participle

versūrā

1. ablative feminine singular of versūrus

Noun

versūra f (genitive versūrae); first declension

1. A turning around
2. The borrowing of money to repay a debt; a borrowing, loan

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	versūra	versūrae
Genitive	versūrae	versūrārum
Dative	versūrae	versūrīs
Accusative	versūram	versūrās
Ablative	versūrā	versūrīs
Vocative	versūra	versūrae

References

• “versura”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “versura”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• versura in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) to transfer a debt: versuram facere (Att. 5. 21. 12)
    
• “versura”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “versura”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin