adversor
Latin
Alternative forms
- advorsor
Etymology
From adversus (“set opposite; turned toward”), perfect passive participle of advertō (“turn toward”), from ad- + vertō (“turn”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [adˈwɛr.sɔr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ad̪ˈvɛr.sor]
Verb
adversor (present infinitive adversārī, perfect active adversātus sum); first conjugation, deponent
Conjugation
Conjugation of adversor (first conjugation, deponent)
Derived terms
- adversātiō
- adversātīvus
- adversātor
- adversātus
Descendants
- Spanish: adversar
References
- “adversor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “adversor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- adversor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to look after, guard a person's interests, welfare: rationibus alicuius prospicere or consulere (opp. officere, obstare, adversari)
- to look after, guard a person's interests, welfare: rationibus alicuius prospicere or consulere (opp. officere, obstare, adversari)