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
Datames
Cornelius Nepos
"...idoneum. Quem cum digito demonstraret et ille respiceret, aversum ferro transfixit priusque, quam quisquam posset succurrere, interfecit..."SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...positoque in limine genu sic deprecatus sum numen aversum: Nympharum Bacchique comes, quem pulcra Dione divitibus silvis numen..."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..."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..."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..."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..."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..."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..."
