LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbfirst conjugation, deponent

adversor

adversor (present infinitive adversārī, perfect active adversātus sum)
Classical[adˈwɛr.sɔr]Ecclesiastical[adˈvɛr.sor]

Meaning

  1. deponentto stand opposite; to be against, resist, oppose; withstand

Conjugation conjugation 1 deponent

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.adversoradversābaradversābor———
2nd sg.adversāris
adversāre
adversābāris
adversābāre
adversāberis
adversābere
———
3rd sg.adversāturadversābāturadversābitur———
1st pl.adversāmuradversābāmuradversābimur———
2nd pl.adversāminīadversābāminīadversābiminī———
3rd pl.adversanturadversābanturadversābuntur———
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.adverseradversārer——
2nd sg.adversēris
adversēre
adversārēris
adversārēre
——
3rd sg.adversēturadversārētur——
1st pl.adversēmuradversārēmur——
2nd pl.adversēminīadversārēminī——
3rd pl.adversenturadversārentur——
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.adversāre—
pres. 2nd pl.adversāminī—
fut. 2nd sg.adversātor—
fut. 3rd sg.adversātor—
fut. 3rd pl.adversantor—
infinitives & participles
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitiveadversārī—
perfect infinitiveadversātum esse—
future infinitiveadversātūrum esse—
present participleadversāns—
perfect participleadversātus—
future participleadversātūrusadversandus
gerundadversandī, adversandō, adversandumsupineadversātum, adversātū

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

adversante et repugnante natura or invitā Minervā (ut aiunt) aliquid facere (Off. 1. 31. 110)
to do a thing which is not one's vocation, which goes against the grain.

adversor (archaic advor-), ātus, 1, v. dep. adversus: alicui,
I. to stand opposite to one, to be against, i. e. to resist or oppose (in his opinions, feelings, intentions, etc.; while resistere and obsistere denote resistance through external action, Doed. Syn. 4, 303; cf. adversarius; class.; freq. in Cic.); constr. with dat. or absol.: idem ego arbitror nee tibi advorsari certum est de istac re usquam, soror, Plaut. Aul. 2, 1, 21: meis praeceptis, id. As. 3, 1, 5; so id. Trin. 2, 1, 108: mihi, Ter. Hec. 4, 4, 32; 2, 2, 3: hujus libidini, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 31, § 81: ornamentis tuis, id. Sull. 18, 50: Isocrati, id. Or. 51, 172: commodis, Tac. A. 1, 27: adversantes imperio Domini, Vulg. Deut. 1, 43: invitā Minervā, id est, adversante et repugnante natura, Cic. Off. 1, 31: non adversatur jus, quo minus, etc., id. Fin. 3, 20: adversante vento, Tac. H. 3, 42: adversantibus amicis, id. Ann. 13, 12: adversans factio, Suet. Caes. 11: adversantibus diis, Curt. 6, 10: non adversata petenti Annuit, Verg. A. 4, 127; Vulg. 2 Thess. 2, 4 al.!*?
a. In Tac. constr. also adversari aliquem, H. 1, 1; 1, 38.—
b. In Plaut. pleonastic, adversari contra, Cas. 2, 3, 35, and adversari adversus aliquid, Mer. 2, 3, 43.

Origins

From adversus (“set opposite; turned toward”), perfect passive participle of advertō (“turn toward”), from ad- + vertō (“turn”).

Descendants
  • Spanishadversar

Quick answers

What does adversor mean in Latin?
adversor, a verb, means “to stand opposite; to be against, resist, oppose; withstand”.
What are the principal parts of adversor?
adversor, adversārī, adversātus sum (first conjugation, deponent).
How do you pronounce adversor?
In classical Latin, [adˈwɛr.sɔr]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [adˈvɛr.sor].