prorsus

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈproːr.sus/, [ˈproːrs̠ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpror.sus/, [ˈprɔrsus]

Etymology 1

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

Alternative forms

• prōsus

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

• prōsa

Etymology 2

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

Alternative forms

• prōrsum
• prōsum, prōsus

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