adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective
āversus
āversus (feminine āversa, neuter āversum, superlative āversissimus)
Classical[aːˈwɛr.sʊs]Ecclesiastical[aˈvɛr.sus]
Meaning
- adjectiveturned or facing away
- adjectiverelationalrear
- adjectiveaverse
- adjectivehostile
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
āvertī factus, dēclīnātusāversus -a -um — in IVLIANVS III: Persia, ch. 11
quī tergum vertitāversus -a -um — in Metamorphoses I, ch. 4
turned away
āversus -a -um — in De Bello Gallico III
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | āversus | āversa | āversum |
| genitive | āversī | āversae | āversī |
| dative | āversō | āversae | āversō |
| accusative | āversum | āversam | āversum |
| ablative | āversō | āversā | āversō |
| vocative | āverse | āversa | āversum |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | āversī | āversae | āversa |
| genitive | āversōrum | āversārum | āversōrum |
| dative | āversīs | āversīs | āversīs |
| accusative | āversōs | āversās | āversa |
| ablative | āversīs | āversīs | āversīs |
| vocative | āversī | āversae | āversa |
Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book
- aversos hostes aggredi
- to attack the enemy in the rear.
- averso itinere contendere in...
- to change one's route and march towards...
āversus, a, um, Part. and P. a., from averto.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
āversus adj. with sup.
P. of averto, turned away, turned back, on the back side, behind, backwards: et adversus et aversus impudicus es: aversum hostem videre, the backs of the enemy, Cs.: ne aversi ab hoste circumvenirentur, shut off in the rear, Cs.: quem aversum transfixit, in the back, N.: aversos boves caudis in speluncam traxit, L.: porta, in the rear, L.: porta aversissima, farthest back, L. — Plur n. as subst, the hinder part, back: per aversa urbis fuga, L.: insulae, L.—Fig., withdrawn: milites a proelio, Cs.— Disinclined, alienated, unfavorable, opposed, averse, hostile: a Musis: aversissimo a me animo esse: a proposito, L.: aversis auribus questa, to deaf. ears, L.: Deae mens, V.: amici, H.—With dat: nobis, Ta.: mercaturis, H.: lucro, not greedy of, H.
Origins
Perfect passive participle of āvertō (“to turn away, shun”).
Descendants
- Portugueseavesso
- Spanishavieso
- Asturianavesíu
- Galicianaveso
In English words that came into English from āversus
- averseāversus