oppositus

== Latin == === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɔpˈpɔ.sɪ.tʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [opˈpɔː.s̬i.tus] === Etymology 1 === Perfect passive participle of oppōnō. ==== Participle ==== oppositus (feminine opposita, neuter oppositum); first/second-declension participle set against opposed, objected ==== Adjective ==== oppositus (feminine opposita, neuter oppositum); first/second-declension adjective opposite, against ===== Declension ===== First/second-declension adjective. ===== Descendants ===== → Old French: oposite → Middle English: opposit English: opposite French: opposé === Etymology 2 === From oppōnō +‎ -tus (forming action nouns). ==== Noun ==== oppositus m (genitive oppositūs); fourth declension a placing or setting against, an opposing a placing or laying before, an interposition, intervention a citing or bringing forward against someone ===== Declension ===== Fourth-declension noun. === References === “oppŏsĭtus¹”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “oppŏsĭtus²”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “oppositus¹”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “oppositus²”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “oppŏsĭtus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. oppositus in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016