adversans

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Latin

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Etymology

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Present participle of adversor.

Participle

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adversāns (genitive adversantis); third-declension one-termination participle

  1. resisting, opposing, withstanding

Declension

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Third-declension participle.

1When used purely as an adjective.

References

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  • adversans in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to do a thing which is not one's vocation, which goes against the grain: adversante et repugnante natura or invitā Minervā (ut aiunt) aliquid facere (Off. 1. 31. 110)