adverb
adversum
adversum (not comparable)
Meaning
- not comparableagainst, in the way, towards (see obviam)
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
contrā, ex adversōadversum — in Evangelium secundum Marcum, ch. 14
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
adversum (advor-) adv.
and praep., see 2 adversus.
adversum ī, n
the opposite direction: hic ventus adversum tenet Athenis proficiscentibus, N.: in adversum Romani subiere, directly to the hill, L.—Fig., opposed, contrary, hostile, adverse, unfavorable, unpropitious: fortuna: mentes mihi: bellum, a face-to-face quarrel, H.: adversā patrum voluntate, L.: res, misfortune, calamity, H.: casūs, N.: adversae rerum undae, a sea of troubles, H.: Mars, i. e. defeat, V.: annus frugibus, L.: valetudo, i. e. sickness, L.: adversā nocte, i. e. since the night was unfavorable, Cs.: qui timet his adversa, the opposite fortune, H: quīs omnia regna advorsa sint, odious, S.—As substt.
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adversum ī, n
misfortune, calamity, disaster: uti Advorsa eius per te tecta sient, T.: nihil adversi exspectare: si quando adversa vocarent, if misfortune should require, V.