adversum
Appearance
Latin
[edit]Participle
[edit]adversum
- inflection of adversus:
Adverb
[edit]adversum (not comparable)
- against, in the way, towards (see obviam)
References
[edit]- “adversum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- adversum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- (ambiguous) against the stream; upstream: flumine adverso
- (ambiguous) to have favourable, contrary, winds: ventis secundis, adversis uti
- (ambiguous) misfortune, adversity: fortuna adversa
- (ambiguous) to struggle with adversity: conflictari (cum) adversa fortuna
- (ambiguous) to attack the enemy in the front: adversis hostibus occurrere
- (ambiguous) wounds (scars) on the breast: vulnera (cicatrices) adversa (opp. aversa)
- (ambiguous) wounds (scars) on the breast: vulnera adverso corpore accepta
- (ambiguous) against the stream; upstream: flumine adverso