adversus
Dictionary entries
- Entry →adversus:
Adverb
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
opposite, against, in opposite direction; in opposition; (w/ire go to meet);
- 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);
nom. 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;
nom. sg. (m.) - Entry →adversus, adversi:
Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
person/foe opposite/directly facing (w/hostile intent); political opponent;
nom. sg. - Entry →adversus:
Preposition
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
facing, opposite, against, towards; contrary to; face to face, in presence of;
Examples
Liber Tertius
Marcus Tullius Cicero from De Finibus
"...haec una cognitio potest tradere. nec vero pietas adversus deos nec quanta iis gratia debeatur sine explicatione naturae..."[Proverbs]
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger)
"...servos irascitur et crudelis est, satis ostendit potestatem adversus alios sibi defuisse, non voluntatem. 132. Qui nescit tacere..."SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...modo, collo suo circumferebat onera venalia; nunc etiam adversus Norbanum se extendit." Litterae thesaurum est, et artificium nunquam..."Divus Iulius
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (Suetonius) from DE VITIS CAESARUM
"...deposuit. Ceterum Caecilio Metello tribuno plebis turbulentissimas leges adversus collegarum intercessionem ferenti auctorem propugnatoremque se pertinacissime praestitit, donec..."Gaius
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (Suetonius) from DE VITIS CAESARUM
"...expositi. Quin et barbaros ferunt, quibus intestinum quibusque adversus nos bellum esset, velut in domestico communique maerore consensisse..."Divus Claudius
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (Suetonius) from DE VITIS CAESARUM
"...conficto crimine, satis constat, cum scorta meritoria citari adversus se et audiri pro testimonio videret, graphium et libellos..."Galba
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (Suetonius) from DE VITIS CAESARUM
"...fremebat superioris Germaniae exercitus, fraudari se praemiis navatae adversus Gallos et Vindicem operae. Ergo primi obsequium rumpere ausi..."Poems
Gaius Valerius Catullus from Catullus' Poems
"...ille, si fas est, superare divos, qui sedens adversus identidem te spectat et audit dulce ridentem, misero quod..."
