adversis
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);
abl. pl. perf. pass. part.dat. pl. 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;
abl. pl. (all)dat. pl. (all) - Entry →adversa, adversae:
Feminine · Noun · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Very Rare
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
enemy/adversary/opponent (female);
abl. pl.dat. pl.loc. pl. - Entry →adversus, adversi:
Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
person/foe opposite/directly facing (w/hostile intent); political opponent;
abl. pl.dat. pl.loc. pl. - Entry →adversum, adversi:
Neuter · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
direction/point opposite/facing; uphill slope/direction; obstacle, trouble;
abl. pl.dat. pl.loc. pl.
Examples
Datames
Cornelius Nepos
"...magno fore periculo, si quid illo imperante adversi in Aegypto accidisset. Namque eam esse consuetudinem regiam, ut casus..."Alcibiades
Cornelius Nepos
"...suam partem fore, contra ea, si quid adversi accidisset, se unum eius delicti futurum reum. Ab hoc discedens..."Liber VI
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...inter dum [ut] non tam concurrere nubes frontibus adversis possint quam de latere ire diverso motu radentes corpora..."Liber XIX
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...iuste cadentibus. Naturale est opinionibus hominum tangi et adversis contristari: quare mihi non permittas hunc tam honestum malae..."Libri XI-XIII
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...exercuit ut virtutem tam in secundis quam in adversis exhiberet nec materiam eius sed ipsam intueretur; itaque..."Liber IX
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...inperitis longissima aetas'. Interim hoc tene, hoc morde: adversis non succumbere, laetis non credere, omnem fortunae licentiam..."Liber VII
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...quaedam secunda, quae non apparent nisi in rebus adversis, tamquam aequo animo pati morbum, ignem, exsilium; quaedam media..."Liber II
Aulus Gellius
"...ipsum "scire" de omnibus communiter rebus dicatur vel adversis vel prosperis vel insperatis vel exspectatis. Naevius in Triphallo..."
