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
- M
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..." - L
[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..." - G
SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...modo, collo suo circumferebat onera venalia; nunc etiam adversus Norbanum se extendit." Litterae thesaurum est, et artificium nunquam..." - G
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..." - G
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..." - G
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..." - G
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..." - G
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..."
