adversitas

Latin

Etymology

adversus (“set opposite; turned toward”, perfect passive participle of advertō) +‎ -itās (“-ity, -ness”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /adˈu̯er.si.taːs/, [äd̪ˈu̯ɛrs̠ɪt̪äːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /adˈver.si.tas/, [äd̪ˈvɛrsit̪äs]

Noun

adversitās f (genitive adversitātis); third declension

1. opposition, contrariety

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	adversitās	adversitātēs
Genitive	adversitātis	adversitātum
Dative	adversitātī	adversitātibus
Accusative	adversitātem	adversitātēs
Ablative	adversitāte	adversitātibus
Vocative	adversitās	adversitātēs

Descendants

• Italian: avversità
• Old French: adversité
  • Middle French: adversité
    • French: adversité
      • → Romanian: adversitate
  • → Middle English: adversitee
    • English: adversity
• Portuguese: adversidade
• Spanish: adversidad

References

• “adversitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• adversitas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.