quorsum

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Latin

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Etymology

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Univerbation of quō +‎ vorsum (archaic form of versum, versus).

Adverb

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quōrsum (not comparable)

  1. whither
  2. to what end, why

See also

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Further reading

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  • quorsum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • quorsum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • quorsum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • quorsum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • what will be the issue, end, consequence of the matter: quorsum haec res cadet or evadet?
    • what do you mean: quorsum haec (dicis)?