adversaretur
Dictionary entries
- Entry →adversor, adversari, adversatus sum:
Verb · 1st conjugation · Deponent
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
be against (w/DAT), oppose, withstand;
sg. imperf. subj. 3rd - Entry →adverso, adversare, adversavi, adversatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Very Rare
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
apply (the mind), direct (the attention);
sg. imperf. pass. subj. 3rd
Examples
BELLUM IUGURTHINUM
Gaius Sallustius Crispus (Sallust)
"...fide Iugurthae rebatur, tamen, quia penes eosdem, si adversaretur, cogendi potestas erat, ita, uti censuerant Italici, deditionem facit..."Liber II
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...defende.' Inclinatio senatus incitamentum Tiberio fuit quo promptius adversaretur, his ferme verbis usus: 'si quantum pauperum est venire..."Liber I
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...patres, ut illic quoque commodis legionum adversaretur; simul ingruunt, saxa iaciunt. iamque lapidis ictu cruentus et exitii certus..."
