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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.).

  1. 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.
  2. * 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],

  1. 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.
  2. 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.

versĭfĭcātĭo, ōnis, f. [versifico], versemaking, versifying, versification (post-Aug.): quem in poëmate locum habet versificatio, eum in oratione compositio, Quint. 9, 4, 116; 9, 2, 35; Col. 11, 1, 2.

versĭfĭcātor, ōris, m. [versifico].

  1. I. Lit., a verse-maker, versifier (post-Aug.): Cornelius Severus versificator quam poëta melior, Quint. 10, 1, 89.
  2. II. Transf., a poet: versificatores meliores quam duces, Just. 6, 9, 4.

versĭfĭco, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [versusfacio], to put into verse, write in verse, versify (mostly post-Aug.; not in Cic.): portenta in Homero versificata, Lucil. ap. Non. 533, 14: fatiloquia Sibyllae, App. de Deo Socr. p. 46, 5: versificandi genus, Quint. 9, 4, 143: ad versificandum transgressus, Amm. 21, 16, 4.

versĭfĭcor, āri, dep. collat. form of versifico, acc. to Prisc. 8, 15, 82, p. 830 P.

versĭfĭcus, a, um, adj. [versifico], written in verse, versified, poetic (late Lat.): ordo, Sol. 11, 6.

versĭformis, e, adj. [verto-forma], changing its form, changeable (post-class.): totum, Tert. Pall. 2: cupitor (Juppiter), Mart. Cap. 6, § 589: puer (Cupido), id. 9, § 917.

versĭlis, e, adj. [verto], that may be turned (post-class.): profunditas, Mart. Cap. 4, § 423: scaena, Serv. ad Verg. G. 3, 24.

versĭlŏquus, a, um, adj. [versus-loquor], speaking in verse, Ennod. Carm. 1, 6, 36.

versĭpellis (vorsĭp-), e, adj. [vertopellis, that changes its skin; hence, in gen.], that changes its shape or form, that alters its appearance, that transforms himself or itself.

  1. I. Lit.
    1. A. In gen.: eccum Juppiter In Amphitruonis vertit sese imaginem … Ita versipellem se facit, quando lubet, Plaut. Am. prol. 123: capillus fit, i. e. turns gray, id. Pers. 2, 2, 48 (v. s. v. versicapillus).
    2. B. In partic., subst.: ver-sĭpellis, is, m., acc. to the superstitious belief of the ancients, one who can change himself into a wolf, a man-wolf, were-wolf, Plin. 8, 22, 34, § 80; Petr. 62 fin.; App. M. 2, p. 124, 21.
  2. II. Trop., skilled in dissimulation, sly, cunning, crafty, subtle (anteand post-class.): vorsipellem esse hominem convenit, pectus cui sapit: bonus sit bonis, malus sit malis, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 12 Ritschl: quicum versipellis fio, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 38, 7: hortamen, Prud. Cath. 9, 91.
    Comp., Porc. Latro ap. Cat. 9.