adversus

== Latin == === Alternative forms === advorsus adv. (abbreviation) === Etymology === Perfect passive participle of advertō (“to turn toward”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [adˈwɛr.sʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [adˈvɛr.sus] === Participle === adversus (feminine adversa, neuter adversum, superlative adversissimus); first/second-declension participle set opposite, adverse, having been set against. Synonym: dīversus turned toward, having been turned toward. hostile Synonyms: āversus, hostīlis, inimīcus, īnfēnsus, īnfestus, oblīquus, dīversus, inīquus Antonyms: affābilis, amīcābilis, facilis, benevolēns 98 AD, Publius Cornelius Tacitus, De origine et situ Germanorum, capitulum II: ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. === Preposition === adversus (+ accusative) facing, opposite (direction) towards (hostility) against in comparison with ==== Descendants ==== === 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, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “adversus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co. Online Latin dictionary, Olivetti