Latin

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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For *provorsus, from prō + versus, vorsus (turned).

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Adjective

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prōrsus (feminine prōrsa, neuter prōrsum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. straightforward, right onwards, straight, direct
    Synonym: rēctus
  2. (transf. of style) straightforward, prosaic
Declension
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First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative prōrsus prōrsa prōrsum prōrsī prōrsae prōrsa
Genitive prōrsī prōrsae prōrsī prōrsōrum prōrsārum prōrsōrum
Dative prōrsō prōrsō prōrsīs
Accusative prōrsum prōrsam prōrsum prōrsōs prōrsās prōrsa
Ablative prōrsō prōrsā prōrsō prōrsīs
Vocative prōrse prōrsa prōrsum prōrsī prōrsae prōrsa
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Etymology 2

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For *provorsus, from prō + versus, vorsus (towards).

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Adverb

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prōrsus (not comparable)

  1. forwards
  2. straight forward; directly
    Synonym: dērēctō
  3. certainly, truly, precisely, utterly, absolutely
    Synonym: omnīnō

References

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  • prorsus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • prorsus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • prorsus 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)
  • prorsus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • not to understand a single word: verbum prorsus nullum intellegere
    • that is exactly what I think: ita prorsus existimo