prorsus

== Latin == === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈproːr.sʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈprɔr.sus] === Etymology 1 === For *provorsus, from prō + versus, vorsus (“turned”). ==== Alternative forms ==== prōsus ==== Adjective ==== prōrsus (feminine prōrsa, neuter prōrsum); first/second-declension adjective straightforward, right onwards, straight, direct Synonym: rēctus (transf. of style) straightforward, prosaic ===== Declension ===== First/second-declension adjective. ===== Derived terms ===== prōsa === Etymology 2 === For *provorsus, from prō + versus, vorsus (“towards”). ==== Alternative forms ==== prōrsum prōsum, prōsus ==== Adverb ==== prōrsus (not comparable) forwards straight forward; directly Synonym: dērēctō 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, 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.