English edit

Etymology edit

Latin inversus

Noun edit

inversus

  1. (music) The inverted part of a composition.

Latin edit

Etymology edit

Perfect passive participle of invertō (invert, turn upside down).

Participle edit

inversus (feminine inversa, neuter inversum); first/second-declension participle

  1. inverted, upset, turned upside down

Declension edit

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative inversus inversa inversum inversī inversae inversa
Genitive inversī inversae inversī inversōrum inversārum inversōrum
Dative inversō inversō inversīs
Accusative inversum inversam inversum inversōs inversās inversa
Ablative inversō inversā inversō inversīs
Vocative inverse inversa inversum inversī inversae inversa

Descendants edit

References edit

  • inversus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • inversus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • inversus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.