rursus Adverb

Translations

  1. turned back
  2. backward
  3. on the contrary/other hand
  4. in return
  5. in turn

Example Sentences

Publius Ovidius Naso

silva corpora serpentum baculi violaverat ictu deque viro factus (mirabile) femina septem egerat autumnos; octavo rursus eosdem vidit, et 'est vestrae si tanta potentia plagae' dixit, 'ut auctoris sortem in contraria mutet, nunc

~ Ovid, Metamorphoses III
Gaius Julius Caesar

t, ex itinere nostros ab latere aperto adgressi circumvenire, et id conspicati Helvetii, qui in montem sese receperant, rursus instare et proelium redintegrare coeperunt.

~ Caesar, Bellum Gallicum I
Hyginus

Et rursus a Virginis extrema parte transire ad aequinoctialem circulum perspicitur; in Libra autem aequinoctium conficit et

~ Hyginus, De Astronomia I
Quintus Horatius Flaccus

at tibi contra evenit, inquirant vitia ut tua rursus et illi.

~ Horace, Sermonum Liber I

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