adversam
Dictionary entries
- Entry →adverto, advertere, adverti, adversus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
turn/face to/towards; direct/draw one's attention to; steer/pilot (ship);
acc. sg. perf. pass. part. - Entry →adversus, adversa -um, adversior -or -us, adversissimus -a -um:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
opposite, directly facing, ranged against; adverse, evil, hostile; unfavorable;
acc. sg. (f.) - Entry →adversa, adversae:
Feminine · Noun · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Very Rare
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
enemy/adversary/opponent (female);
acc. sg.
Examples
- G
Gaius
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (Suetonius) from DE VITIS CAESARUM
"...cura de incolumitate eius. Ut vero in adversam valitudinem incidit, pernoctantibus cunctis circa Palatium, non defuerunt qui depugnaturos..." - M
Liber XII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...noverca fuerit si facultatem dicendi sociam scelerum, adversam innocentiae, hostem veritatis invenit. Mutos enim nasci et egere omni..." - M
Liber VII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...similes aut inpares. Similium aliae quibus etiam citra adversam legem contradici possit, ut in hac controversia: "Magistratus..." - P
Aeneid X
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...saxo atque ingenti fragmine montis occupat os faciemque adversam, poplite Palmum succiso volvi segnem sinit, armaque Lauso donat..." - P
Metamorphoses II
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...tibi, quaque places nostro, inportuna, marito.' dixit et adversam prensis a fronte capillis stravit humi pronam. tendebat bracchia..." - G
de Bello Africo
Gaius Julius Caesar from LIBRI INCERTORUM AUCTORUM
"...quasi adversariorum locum obtineret et contra eorum frontem adversam lapillos minutos mitteret; deinde in ordine elephantos constituit, post..." - G
de Bello Alexandrino
Gaius Julius Caesar from LIBRI INCERTORUM AUCTORUM
"...tempestas erat turbulenta et nulla suspicio hostis, repente adversam ad se venientem navem antemnis ad medium malum demissis..." - C
Timoleon
Cornelius Nepos
"...quod difficilius putatur, multo sapientius tulit secundam quam adversam fortunam. Nam cum frater eius Timophanes, dux a Corinthiis..."
