aversus
Latin
editEtymology
editPerfect passive participle of āvertō (“I turn away, shun”).
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /aːˈu̯er.sus/, [äːˈu̯ɛrs̠ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /aˈver.sus/, [äˈvɛrsus]
Adjective
editāversus (feminine āversa, neuter āversum, superlative āversissimus); first/second-declension adjective
Declension
editFirst/second-declension adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
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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 |
Descendants
editReferences
edit- “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
- aversus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], 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)