obversus
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;
nom. sg. (m.) - Entry →obverto, obvertere, obverti, obversus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Lesser
turn or direct towards; direct against;
nom. sg. perf. pass. part. - Entry →obversus, obversi:
Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Very Rare
enemy (pl.); (Collins);
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..."
