prorsus

Latin

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

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

Alternative forms

Adjective

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

  1. straightforward, right onwards, straight, direct
    Synonym: rēctus
  2. (transf. of style) straightforward, prosaic
Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative prōrsus prōrsa prōrsum prōrsī prōrsae prōrsa
genitive prōrsī prōrsae prōrsī prōrsōrum prōrsārum prōrsōrum
dative prōrsō prōrsae prōrsō prōrsīs
accusative prōrsum prōrsam prōrsum prōrsōs prōrsās prōrsa
ablative prōrsō prōrsā prōrsō prōrsīs
vocative prōrse prōrsa prōrsum prōrsī prōrsae prōrsa
Derived terms

Etymology 2

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

Alternative forms

Adverb

prōrsus (not comparable)

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

References

  • “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
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