obversis
Dictionary entries
- Entry →obversus, obversa, obversum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
opposite, facing; turned towards; on the opposite side of the world;
abl. pl. (all)dat. pl. (all) - Entry →obverto, obvertere, obverti, obversus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Lesser
turn or direct towards; direct against;
abl. pl. perf. pass. part.dat. pl. perf. pass. part. - Entry →obversus, obversi:
Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Very Rare
enemy (pl.); (Collins);
abl. pl.dat. pl.loc. pl.
Examples
- G
de Bello Africo
Gaius Julius Caesar from LIBRI INCERTORUM AUCTORUM
"...quot pedes se reciperent ab hoste et quemadmodum obversi adversariis et in quantulo spatio resisterent, modo procurrerent modo..." - T
Liber II
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...aditum pontis, insignisque inter conspecta cedentium pugna terga obversis comminus ad ineundum proelium armis, ipso miraculo audaciae obstupefecit..." - P
Liber XVI
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...constantibus exemplis.' post lentitudine exitus gravis cruciatus adferente, obversis in Demetrium..." - P
Liber IV
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from HISTORIAE
"...diverso acies haud procul a flumine Rheno et obversis in hostem navibus, quas incensis castellis illuc adpulerant..." - P
Liber III
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from HISTORIAE
"...potestas in utrumque exercitum fuit, cedentibus collegis et obversis militum studiis. nec deerant qui crederent utramque seditionem fraude..."
