adversarius

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Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

adversus +‎ -ārius (suffix forming adjectives and agent nouns).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

adversārius m (genitive adversāriī or adversārī); second declension

  1. opponent, rival
  2. adversary, antagonist, enemy

Declension[edit]

Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative adversārius adversāriī
Genitive adversāriī
adversārī1
adversāriōrum
Dative adversāriō adversāriīs
Accusative adversārium adversāriōs
Ablative adversāriō adversāriīs
Vocative adversārie adversāriī

1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Descendants[edit]

Adjective[edit]

adversārius (feminine adversāria, neuter adversārium); first/second-declension adjective

  1. adverse, hostile
    factiō adversāriathe opposition

Declension[edit]

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative adversārius adversāria adversārium adversāriī adversāriae adversāria
Genitive adversāriī adversāriae adversāriī adversāriōrum adversāriārum adversāriōrum
Dative adversāriō adversāriō adversāriīs
Accusative adversārium adversāriam adversārium adversāriōs adversāriās adversāria
Ablative adversāriō adversāriā adversāriō adversāriīs
Vocative adversārie adversāria adversārium adversāriī adversāriae adversāria

References[edit]

  • adversarius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • adversarius”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • adversarius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
  • adversarius”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • adversarius”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin