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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.