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aversus
aversus
Latin
Adjective
āversus m (feminine āversa, neuter āversum); first/second declension
Inflection
First/second declension.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| nominative | āversus | āversa | āversum | āversī | āversae | āversa | |
| genitive | āversī | āversae | āversī | āversōrum | āversārum | āversōrum | |
| dative | āversō | āversō | āversīs | ||||
| accusative | āversum | āversam | āversum | āversōs | āversās | āversa | |
| ablative | āversō | āversā | āversō | āversīs | |||
| vocative | āverse | āversa | āversum | āversī | āversae | āversa | |
References
- aversus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- aversus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “aversus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to look favourably upon; to support: propenso animo, studio esse or propensa voluntate esse in aliquem (opp. averso animo esse ab aliquo)
- to be averse to truth: a vero aversum esse (Catil. 3. 1. 29)
- to have an inclination for a thing: propensum, proclivem esse ad aliquid (opp. alienum, aversum esse, abhorrere ab aliqua re)
- to change one's route and march towards..: averso itinere contendere in...
- to attack the enemy in the rear: aversos hostes aggredi
- to surround the enemy from the rear: circumvenire hostem aversum or a tergo (B. G. 2. 26)
- wounds (scars) on the breast: vulnera (cicatrices) adversa (opp. aversa)
- to look favourably upon; to support: propenso animo, studio esse or propensa voluntate esse in aliquem (opp. averso animo esse ab aliquo)