adversarius
Dictionary entries
- Entry →adversarius, adversaria, adversarium:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
opposed (to), hostile, inimical, adverse; harmful, injurious, prejudicial;
nom. sg. (m.) - Entry →adversarius, adversari(i):
Common · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
enemy, adversary, antagonist, opponent, rival, foe; of an opposing party;
nom. sg.
Examples
- T
Rudens
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...DAEM. Quid facies? LABR. Volcanum adducam, is Venerist adversarius. TRACH. Quo illic it? LABR. Heus, ecquis..." - A
Liber XI
Aulus Gellius
"...quoque a lectionibus id genus paucis apirocalus, cum adversarius causam differri postularet: "rogo, praetor," inquit "subveni, succurre! quonam..." - C
Datames
Cornelius Nepos
"...talem, ut neque circumiretur ab hostibus neque praeteriret adversarius, quin ancipitibus locis premeretur, et, si dimicare eo vellet..." - C
Timotheus
Cornelius Nepos
"...esset. Populus ater, suspicax ob eamque rem mobilis, adversarius, invidus - etiam potentiae in crimen vocabantur - domum revocat: accusantur..." - G
SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...compressum etiam indecenter effudit. Quod cum animadvertisset adversarius Ascylti, flexit convicium in puerum et: "Tu autem, inquit, etiam..." - M
Liber XII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...similia desiderant. At illic et iudex tacet et adversarius obstrepit et nihil temere dictum perit, et si quid..." - M
Liber VII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...aliena, ut si quid quod pro nobis sit adversarius fecit: semper vero magis nocent nostra quam aliena..." - M
Liber VI
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...quid nos fugerit, et quid responsurus sit adversarius his et his, aut quam spem accusator habeat omnibus ita.defensis..."
