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): /adˈu̯er.sor/, [äd̪ˈu̯ɛrs̠ɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /adˈver.sor/, [äd̪ˈvɛrsor]

Verb

adversor (present infinitive adversārī, perfect active adversātus sum); first conjugation, deponent

1. to stand opposite; to be against, resist, oppose; withstand

   Synonyms: obversor, contrādīcō, oppōnō, refrāgor, repugnō, restō, resistō, recūsō, officiō, dīvertō, resistō, subsistō, vetō, obstō

   Antonyms: adiuvō, cōnfirmō

Conjugation

Conjugation of adversor (first conjugation, deponent)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	adversor	adversāris, adversāre	adversātur	adversāmur	adversāminī	adversantur
	imperfect	adversābar	adversābāris, adversābāre	adversābātur	adversābāmur	adversābāminī	adversābantur
	future	adversābor	adversāberis, adversābere	adversābitur	adversābimur	adversābiminī	adversābuntur
	perfect	adversātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	adversātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	adversātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	adverser	adversēris, adversēre	adversētur	adversēmur	adversēminī	adversentur
	imperfect	adversārer	adversārēris, adversārēre	adversārētur	adversārēmur	adversārēminī	adversārentur
	perfect	adversātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	adversātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	adversāre	—	—	adversāminī	—
	future	—	adversātor	adversātor	—	—	adversantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		adversārī	adversātum esse	adversātūrum esse	—	—	—
participles		adversāns	adversātus	adversātūrus	—	—	adversandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		adversandī	adversandō	adversandum	adversandō	adversātum	adversātū

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)