adversorum
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);
gen. pl. perf. pass. part.gen. 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;
gen. pl. (m.)gen. pl. (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;
gen. pl. - Entry →adversum, adversi:
Neuter · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
direction/point opposite/facing; uphill slope/direction; obstacle, trouble;
gen. pl.
Examples
Liber VI
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...ratio quaerenda est, credendumque doctissimis hominibus, qui unicum adversorum solacium litteras putaverunt. Si quando tamen ita resederit praesens..."VII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...indignius est quam torqueri non impetrare tormenta. est adversorum meorum et ista novitas, quod necesse habetis ea mihi..."V
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...recipit ante meliorem. sed parce, quaeso, iuvenis, adversorum interpretationi. non est electio alterum recipere, cum pretium attuleris duorum..."Panegyricus
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger)
"...invocavit, ut solet amnem suum: nec longius illi adversorum fuit spatium, quam dum nuntiat. Tam velox, Caesar, potentia..."
