perversus

Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of pervertō.

Participle

perversus (feminine perversa, neuter perversum); first/second-declension participle

1. overthrown
2. subverted, corrupted

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	perversus	perversa	perversum		perversī	perversae	perversa
Genitive	perversī	perversae	perversī		perversōrum	perversārum	perversōrum
Dative	perversō		perversō		perversīs
Accusative	perversum	perversam	perversum		perversōs	perversās	perversa
Ablative	perversō	perversā	perversō		perversīs
Vocative	perverse	perversa	perversum		perversī	perversae	perversa

Derived terms

• perversitās

Descendants

• Catalan: pervers
• French: pervers
  • Romanian: pervers
• Friulian: pervers
• Galician: perverso
• Italian: perverso
• Piedmontese: pervers
• Portuguese: perverso
• Spanish: perverso

References

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