controversus

Latin

Etymology

From contrā (cf. intrā/intrō) + versus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kon.troːˈu̯er.sus/, [kɔn̪t̪roːˈu̯ɛrs̠ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kon.troˈver.sus/, [kon̪t̪roˈvɛrsus]

Adjective

contrōversus (feminine contrōversa, neuter contrōversum); first/second-declension adjective

1. controversial, debatable, disputed
2. turned against or in the opposite direction

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	contrōversus	contrōversa	contrōversum		contrōversī	contrōversae	contrōversa
Genitive	contrōversī	contrōversae	contrōversī		contrōversōrum	contrōversārum	contrōversōrum
Dative	contrōversō		contrōversō		contrōversīs
Accusative	contrōversum	contrōversam	contrōversum		contrōversōs	contrōversās	contrōversa
Ablative	contrōversō	contrōversā	contrōversō		contrōversīs
Vocative	contrōverse	contrōversa	contrōversum		contrōversī	contrōversae	contrōversa

Derived terms

• contrōversia
• contrōversiōsus

Descendants

• German: kontrovers
• Portuguese: controverso
• ⇒ Spanish: controvertido

References

• “controversus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “controversus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• controversus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• controversus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.