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
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..."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..."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..."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..."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..."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..."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..."Timoleon
Cornelius Nepos
"...quod difficilius putatur, multo sapientius tulit secundam quam adversam fortunam. Nam cum frater eius Timophanes, dux a Corinthiis..."
