Pl. -culi. [L., dim. of versus VERSE sb. Cf. prec. and VERSICLE sb.] 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.
