versitas

English translation: tendence, reduction (from

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Latin term or phrase:versitas
English translation:tendence, reduction (from
Entered by: Moni Oyeyele

10:58 Nov 29, 2005
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Latin term or phrase: versitas
Dear colleagues,
this is supposedly a Latin word but I am not even sure as my Latin-Hungarian dictionary does not contain it. Nor did I find it on the internet. I need it badly and quite urgently for my journalist work. Can anyone kindly help me by telling me the English or Hungarian meaning of versitas? (NB it is NOT veritas, but versitas).
Thanx,
Moni
Moni Oyeyele
Local time: 22:09
tendence, reduction (from "verso" > to go toward / "versus" > "direction"))
Explanation:
It's late/ scholastic Latin.
That's where "uni-versitas" comes from, for example, "sometihing tending to be one".

HIH
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Leonardo Marcello Pignataro (X)
Local time: 22:09
Grading comment
Thanx a lot, Leonardo! :-)
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5 +3tendence, reduction (from "verso" > to go toward / "versus" > "direction"))
Leonardo Marcello Pignataro (X)


  

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tendence, reduction (from "verso" > to go toward / "versus" > "direction"))


Explanation:
It's late/ scholastic Latin.
That's where "uni-versitas" comes from, for example, "sometihing tending to be one".

HIH

Leonardo Marcello Pignataro (X)
Local time: 22:09
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Native speaker of: Native in ItalianItalian
PRO pts in category: 12
Grading comment
Thanx a lot, Leonardo! :-)

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Flavio Ferri-Benedetti
35 mins

agree  Joseph Brazauskas
6 hrs

neutral  Zrinka Milas: What about "turn"?// It is always easier to feel the word than to express it. (Sometimes I ask myself why do I have to talk at all).Thank you very much, Leonardo! Very sweet of you!
9 hrs
  -> "Turn" would be "verto", of which "verso" is the frequentative... Still, it's just a slight nuance of meaning between "turn to" and "tend to"// Because it means you're right! How do you feel today? // Everything will be fine. My thoughts and prayers...

agree  Alfa Trans (X)
17 hrs
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