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) IPA(key): /adˈwer.sor/, [adˈwɛr.sɔr]
Verb
adversor (present infinitive adversārī, perfect active adversātus sum); first conjugation, deponent
Inflection
Synonyms
- (oppose): contrādīcō, oppōnō, refrāgor, repugnō, resistō
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, 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)
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