Latin

Participle

adversus m ‎(feminine adversa, neuter adversum); first/second declension

1. set opposite, adverse, having been set against.

   Ne Hercules quidem adversus duos.

   Not even Hercules fights against two.

2. turned toward, having been turned toward.
3. hostile
   • Publius Cornelius Tacitus, De origine et situ Germanorum, capitulum II: ...et inmensus ultra utque sic dixerim adversus Oceanus raris ab orbe nostro navibus aditur.

Inflection

First/second declension.

Descendants

• English: adverse
• French: adverse
• Portuguese: adverso, adversa
• Spanish: adverso, adversa
• Italian: avverso, avversa

References

• adversus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• adversus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ADVERSUS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “adversus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • misfortune, adversity: res adversae, afflictae, perditae
    
  • (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