English → Latin
“versify” in Latin
scrībōto writecompōnōto arrange, compile, compose, make up, organize, order; to construct, build; to pacify, allay, settle, calm, appease, quversificōto put into verse, versify
The English word versify itself goes back to Latin versus, through versificō.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
versify
versus facere, scribere, componere (to compose verses): versus fundere or ex tempore fundere (to compose rapidly or impromptu): sententias claudere numeris: verba includere versu (to write in verse, not in prose): versificare (Quint.). To be fond of versifying, delectat aliquem claudere verba pedibus (Hor., Sat., 2, 1, 28).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for versify?
- The usual Latin words for “versify” are scrībō, compōnō, versificō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.