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versābĭlis, e, adj. [verso], movable, mobile; changeable, mutable, versatile (postAug.; cf.: mutabilis, variabilis).

  1. I. Lit.: aër, Sen. Q. N. 6, 16, 4: repagulum, of a cage, Amm. 19, 6, 4: acies, Curt. 4, 13, 32.
  2. II. Trop.: omnis condicio, Sen. Tranq. 11, 8: fortuna, Curt. 5, 8, 15: femina, Amm. 16, 8, 4: ad momentum omne, id. 15, 5, 30.

versābundus, a, um, adj. [verso], turning round, revolving (very rare): turbo, Lucr. 6, 438: sidera, Vitr. 9, 7, 4.

versātĭlis, e, adj. [verso], that turns or moves round, revolving, movable (not in Cic.).

  1. I. Lit.: templum mundi, Lucr. 5, 1436: laquearia cenationum, Sen. Ep. 90, 15: tabulae, Suet. Ner. 31: triclinia, Lampr. Heliog. 21: molae, Plin. 36, 18, 29, § 135: acies, Curt. 4, 13, 32.
  2. II. Trop., versatile: ingenium, Liv 39, 40, 5.

versātĭo, ōnis, f. [verso], a turning round.

  1. I. Lit.: machinarum, Vitr. 10, 1; 10, 6; 10, 8; 10, 10; 10, 14: oculi, Plin. 8, 33, 51, § 121.
  2. II. Trop., a changing, alteration, mutation: rerum sursum ac deorsum euntium, Sen. Tranq. 11, 10.