adverso
Dictionary entries
- Entry →adverso, adversare, adversavi, adversatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Very Rare
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
apply (the mind), direct (the attention);
sg. pres. act. ind. 1st - 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. sg. perf. pass. part.abl. sg. perf. pass. part.dat. sg. perf. pass. part.dat. 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;
abl. sg. (m.)abl. sg. (n.)dat. sg. (m.)dat. sg. (n.) - 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. sg.dat. sg. - Entry →adversum, adversi:
Neuter · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
direction/point opposite/facing; uphill slope/direction; obstacle, trouble;
abl. sg.dat. sg.
Examples
Liber VII
Aulus Gellius
"...necessum est opposita inter sese et quasi mutuo adverso quaeque fulta nisu consistere; nullum adeo contrarium est sine..."Datames
Cornelius Nepos
"...accidisset. Namque eam esse consuetudinem regiam, ut casus adversos hominibus tribuant, secundos fortunae suae; quo fieri, ut facile..."Liber VI
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...sursus replent coguntque manere. nam dubio procul haec adverso flabra feruntur flumine, quae gelidis ab stellis axis aguntur..."Liber IV
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...amore mala haec proprio summeque secundo inveniuntur; in adverso vero atque inopi sunt, prendere quae possis oculorum lumine..."Liber III
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...semper durum sufferre laborem, hoc est adverso nixantem trudere monte saxum, quod tamen [e] summo iam vertice rusum..."Libri XVII-XVIII
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...portuseventura contemnere, stare fidenter ac paratum tela fortunae adverso pectoreexcipere, non latitantem nec tergiversantem. Magnanimos nos naturaproduxit..."Libri XIV-XV
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...vela summitte, sic secundo vento utere, sic adverso resiste, sic dubium communemque tibi vindica". Alios quoque artifices praecepta..."Liber X
Aulus Gellius
"...retro sublapsa referri, non aliter quam qui adverso vix flumine lembum remigiis subigit, si brachia forte remisit, atque..."
