adversans

Latin

Etymology

Present participle of adversor.

Participle

adversāns (genitive adversantis); third-declension one-termination participle

  1. resisting, opposing, withstanding

Declension

Third-declension participle.

singular plural
masc./fem. neuter masc./fem. neuter
nominative adversāns adversantēs adversantia
genitive adversantis adversantium
dative adversantī adversantibus
accusative adversantem adversāns adversantēs
adversantīs
adversantia
ablative adversante
adversantī1
adversantibus
vocative adversāns adversantēs adversantia

1When used purely as an adjective.

References

  • adversans in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to do a thing which is not one's vocation, which goes against the grain: adversante et repugnante natura or invitā Minervā (ut aiunt) aliquid facere (Off. 1. 31. 110)