rursus

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From rē- +‎ vorsus, for versus.

Adverb

rūrsus (not comparable)

  1. backward, turned back
  2. on the contrary
  3. in return, in turn, again
    Rūrsus Mārcus clamat, "Cavē, Flavi!" ― Again Marcus shouts, "Beware, Flavius!"
    Synonym: dēnuō

References
  • rursus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • rursus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • rursus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • when the tide begins to go down: aestu rursus minuente
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