‖ versiculus
(vəˈsɪkjʊləs)
Pl. -culi.
[L., dim. of versus verse n. Cf. prec. and versicle n.]
A versicle. Chiefly in pl.
| 1755 Gentl. Mag. XXV. 93 The late bishop Hare..began his enquiry by attempting to discover the length of the versiculi or lines. 1820 Blackw. Mag. June 323 A sentence of panegyric on my own versiculi. 1820 Byron Lett. & Jrnls. (1900) IV. 395 Pray let not these versiculi go forth with my name, except among the initiated. |