aversum
Dictionary entries
- Entry →averro, averrere, averri, aversus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
sweep/brush away, take away, clear away (table);; turn away from/aside, divert, rout; disturb; withdraw; steal, misappropriate;
acc. sg. perf. pass. part.acc. sg. perf. pass. part.acc. sg.nom. sg. perf. pass. part.voc. sg. perf. pass. part. - Entry →aversus, aversa -um, aversior -or -us, aversissimus -a -um:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
turned/facing away, w/back turned; behind, in rear; distant; averse; hostile;
acc. sg. (m.)acc. sg. (n.)nom. sg. (n.)voc. sg. (n.) - Entry →aversum, aversi:
Neuter · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Lewis & Short
back, back/hinder part; other side, obverse;
acc. sg.gen. pl.nom. sg.voc. sg.
Examples
- C
Datames
Cornelius Nepos
"...idoneum. Quem cum digito demonstraret et ille respiceret, aversum ferro transfixit priusque, quam quisquam posset succurrere, interfecit..." - G
SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...positoque in limine genu sic deprecatus sum numen aversum: Nympharum Bacchique comes, quem pulcra Dione divitibus silvis numen..." - G
Divus Iulius
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (Suetonius) from DE VITIS CAESARUM
"...clamantem: 'ista quidem vis est!' alter e Cascis aversum vulnerat paulum infra iugulum. Caesar Cascae brachium arreptum graphio..." - M
Liber IV
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...praeparare debet fatiget. LXIII. Sermonem a persona iudicis aversum (apostrophe dicitur) quidam in totum a prohoemio summovent, nonnulla..." - P
Aeneid XI
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...Buten, duo maxima Teucrum corpora, sed Buten aversum cuspide fixit loricam galeamque inter, qua colla sedentis lucent..." - P
Aeneid X
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...illa dato vertit vestigia tergo. tum vero Aenean aversum ut cedere Turnus credidit atque animo spem turbidus hausit..." - P
Liber IV
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Georgics
"...Proteus tegit obice saxi. Hic iuvenem in latebris aversum a lumine Nympha collocat; ipsa procul nebulis obscura resistit..." - P
Metamorphoses IV
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...arvo praebentem Phoebo liventia terga draconem, occupat aversum, neu saeva retorqueat ora, squamigeris avidos figit cervicibus ungues..."
