advorso
Dictionary entries
- Entry →advorso, advorsare, advorsavi, advorsatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Age:
- Early
apply (the mind), direct (the attention);
sg. pres. act. ind. 1st - Entry →advorto, advortere, advorti, advorsus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Lesser
- Age:
- Early
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 →advorsus, advorsa -um, advorsior -or -us, advorsissimus -a -um:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Age:
- Early
opposite, directly facing, ranged against; adverse, evil, hostile; unfavorable;
abl. sg. (m.)abl. sg. (n.)dat. sg. (m.)dat. sg. (n.) - Entry →advorsus, advorsi:
Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Age:
- Early
person/foe opposite/directly facing (w/hostile intent); political opponent;
abl. sg.dat. sg.
Examples
Mercator
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...sunt usui, tam amator profert saepe advorso tempore; hoc pauciloquium rursum idcirco praedico, quia nullus umquam amator adeost..."BELLUM CATILINAE
Gaius Sallustius Crispus (Sallust)
"...nostrorum civium questus sum multosque mortalis ea causa advorsos habeo. Qui mihi atque animo meo nullius umquam delicti..."FRAGMENTA HISTORIARUM
Gaius Sallustius Crispus (Sallust)
"...madore infirmarentur; nam omnia oppidi stagnabant, redundantibus cloacis advorso aestu maris. Atque hiavit humus multa, vasta et profunda..."
