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
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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..." - P
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..."
