adverb
exadversum1
exadversum (not comparable)
Classical[ɛk.sadˈwɛr.sũː]Ecclesiastical[eɡ.zadˈvɛr.sum]
Meaning
- not comparableopposite, over against
ex-adversum (-vors-) and ex-adversus (-vors-), adv. and
I. praep. Lit. from opposite; hence, over against, opposite, vis-a\-vis.
I. Adv.:
apud ipsum lacum est pistrilla, et exadversum fabrica, Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 44: video exadvorsum Pistoclerum, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 7, 37: ea sita erat exadvorsum, Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 47: inque earum locum bina castra exadversum constituta erant, Suet. Caes. 40 Roth; App. Flor. p. 353; Amm. 23, 6, 72.—With dat.: exadvorsum ei loco Tonstrina erat quaedam, Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 38: Samos est exadversum Mileto, App. Flor. p. 350, 23; id. Mag. p. 284, 2.—II. Praep. with acc.: ara Aio Loquenti exadversus eum locum consecrata est, * Cic. Div. 1, 45, 101:
exadversum Athenas classem suam constituerunt, Nep. Them. 3 fin.; id. Thras. 2 fin.; Plin. 6, 16, 18, § 48. Cf. Hand, Turs. II. pp. 662-664.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
ex-adversum (-vorsum) and