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Webster 1913 Edition
Adversaria
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Adˊver-sa′ri-a
,Noun.
pl.
[L.
adversaria
(sc. scripta
), neut. pl. of adversarius
.] A miscellaneous collection of notes, remarks, or selections; a commonplace book; also, commentaries or notes.
These parchments are supposed to have been St. Paul’s
adversaria
. Bp. Bull.
Webster 1828 Edition
Adversaria
ADVERSA'RIA
,Noun.
Among the ancients, a book of accounts, so named from the placing of debt and credit in opposition to each other. A commonplace book.
Definition 2024
adversaria
adversaria
See also: adversaría
English
Noun
adversaria pl (plural only)
- (plural only, obsolete) Originally, a book of accounts, so named from the placing of debt and credit in opposition to each other. A collection of notes or commentaries; a commonplace book.
Latin
Adjective
adversāria
- nominative feminine singular of adversārius
- nominative neuter plural of adversārius
- accusative neuter plural of adversārius
- vocative feminine singular of adversārius
- vocative neuter plural of adversārius
adversāriā
- ablative feminine singular of adversārius
References
- adversaria in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ADVERSARIA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “adversaria”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- adversaria in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- adversaria in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin