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versĭcăpillus, i, m. [verto-capillus], one who changes hair, i. e. whose hair grows gray, Plaut. Pers. 2, 2, 48 Ritschl (al. ubi capillus versipellis flat).
versĭcŏlor, ōris (abl. versicolori, Liv. 7, 10: versicolore, Prop. 4, 7, 50; Ov. F. 5, 356; post-class. collat. form of the nomsing. versĭcŏlōrus, Prud. adv. Symm. 2, 56; neutr. versicolorum, Dig. 32, 1, 70, § 12 Momms.; and -cŏlōrĭus, Dig. 34, 2, 32, § 6), adj. [verso-color], that changes its color, of changeable color; of various colors, partycolored (class.).
- I. Lit.: plumae versicolores, * Cic. Fin. 3, 5, 18: pavo, Tert. Pall. 3: vestimentum, of divers colors, party-colored, Liv 34, 1, 3; cf. Dig. 32, 1, 70, § 12: vestis, Liv. 7, 10, 7; Quint. 10, 1, 33: arma, Verg. A. 10, 181: cultus Florae, Ov. F. 5, 356: poma, Col. 3, 21, 3.
Subst.: versĭcŏlōrĭa, ium, n., dyed stuffs, colored woolens. constabat apud veteres lanae appellatione versicoloria non contineri, Dig. 32, 1, 70, § 12; 34, 2, 32, § 6.
Esp., party-colored sails, Plin. 19, 1, 5, § 22.
- * II. Trop.: translucida et versicolor quorundam elocutio, Quint. 8, praef. § 20.
versĭcŏlōrĭus, a, um, v. versicolor init.
versĭcŏlōrus, a, um, v. versicolor, init.
versĭcŭlus, i, m. dim. [versus],
- I. a little line, a mere line: tribusne versiculis his temporibus Brutus ad me? Nihil scripsissem potius. Cic. Ep. ad Brut. 1, 14, 1: epistulae versiculum, id. Att. 5, 1, 3: cum senatus ei commiserit, ut videret, ne quid res publica detrimenti caperet: quo uno versiculo satis armati semper consules fuerunt, id. Mil. 26, 70; cf. id. Leg. 2, 6, 14.
- II. Esp., of poetry, a little verse, verslet, line: apud quos (comicos poëtas), nisi quod versiculi sunt, nihil est aliud cottidiani dissimile sermonis, Cic. Or. 20, 67: nonne conpensabit cum uno versiculo tot mea volumina laudum suarum? id. Pis. 30, 75; Quint. 9, 4, 52; Cat. 16, 3; 16, 6; Hor. Epod. 11, 2; id. S. 1, 2, 109; 1, 10, 32; 1, 10, 58; Ov. H. 20, 238.