obverso
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. sg. (m.)abl. sg. (n.)dat. sg. (m.)dat. sg. (n.) - Entry →obverto, obvertere, obverti, obversus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Lesser
turn or direct towards; direct against;
abl. sg. perf. pass. part.abl. sg. perf. pass. part.dat. sg. perf. pass. part.dat. sg. perf. pass. part. - Entry →obversus, obversi:
Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Very Rare
enemy (pl.); (Collins);
abl. sg.dat. sg.
Examples
APOCOLOCYNTOSIS
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger)
"...duobus imminens fluviis iugum, quod Phoebus ortu semper obverso videt, ubi Rhodanus ingens amne praerapido fluit, Ararque dubitans..."Liber III
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from HISTORIAE
"...praedae potiebantur: nam milite ad sanguinem et caedis obverso spolia in vulgus cedebant. saeva ac deformis urbe tota..."
