deorsum

See also: deorsum-

Latin

Alternative forms

deorsus

Etymology

Adverbial accusative of devorsum, from vorsum, perfect passive participle of vortō, variant of vertō (“turn”).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /deˈor.sum/, [dɛˈɔr.sũ]

(Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /deˈor.sum/

(Vulgar) IPA^(key): /deˈɔr.sum/, [ˈdʲɔr.sõ]

Adverb

deorsum (not comparable)

downwards
- 405 CE, Jerome, Vulgate Exodus.20.4:
  Non facies tibi sculptile, neque omnem similitudinem quae est in caelo desuper, et quae in terra deorsum, nec eorum quae sunt in aquis sub terra.
  Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth.

Antonyms

Descendants

Aromanian: nghios, ghios, ghiosu
Friulian: jù
Italian: giù, giuso
Occitan: jos
Old French: jus
Portuguese: ajuso

Romanian: jos
Sardinian: giòssu
Sicilian: jusu, iusu, gnusu
Spanish: ayuso, yuso
Venetian: zó, xó, xóxo
Walloon: djus

References

deorsum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
deorsum in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
deorsum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
deorsum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

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