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obversus

Dictionary entries

  • obversus, obversa, obversum:

    Adjective · 1st declension

    Frequency:
    Common
    Dictionary:
    Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)

    = opposite, facing; turned towards; on the opposite side of the world;

    Entry →
    nom. sg. (m.)
  • obverto, obvertere, obverti, obversus:

    Verb · 3rd conjugation

    Frequency:
    Lesser

    = turn or direct towards; direct against;

    Entry →
    nom. sg. perf. pass. part.
  • obversus, obversi:

    Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension

    Frequency:
    Very Rare

    = enemy (pl.); (Collins);

    Entry →
    nom. sg.

Examples

  • P

    Aeneid IX

    P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid

    "...dictis ac dira canentem non tulit Ascanius, nervoque obversus equino contendit telum diversaque bracchia ducens constitit, ante Iovem..."
  • P

    Metamorphoses XII

    Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses

    "...cani. qui clipeo galeaque Macedoniaque sarisa conspicuus faciemque obversus in agmen utrumque armaque concussit certumque equitavit in orbem..."
  • T

    Liber VI

    Titus Livius (Livy)

    "...sustineri posse, in equum insilit et ante signa obversus in aciem ordines interequitans: "Quae tristitia, milites, haec, quae..."
  • P

    Liber IV

    Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES

    "...festinavit. at contra reus nihil infracto animo obversus in filium quatere vincla, vocare ultores deos ut sibi quidem..."

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