aversus

Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of āvertō (“I turn away, shun”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /aːˈu̯er.sus/, [äːˈu̯ɛrs̠ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /aˈver.sus/, [äˈvɛrsus]

Adjective

āversus (feminine āversa, neuter āversum, superlative āversissimus); first/second-declension adjective

1. turned or facing away
2. (relational) rear
3. averse
4. hostile

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	āversus	āversa	āversum		āversī	āversae	āversa
genitive	āversī	āversae	āversī		āversōrum	āversārum	āversōrum
dative	āversō	āversae	āversō		āversīs
accusative	āversum	āversam	āversum		āversōs	āversās	āversa
ablative	āversō	āversā	āversō		āversīs
vocative	āverse	āversa	āversum		āversī	āversae	āversa

Descendants

• Galician: aveso
• Portuguese: avesso
• Spanish: avieso

References

• “aversus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “aversus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• aversus 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 favourably upon; to support: propenso animo, studio esse or propensa voluntate esse in aliquem (opp. averso animo esse ab aliquo)
    
  • to be averse to truth: a vero aversum esse (Catil. 3. 1. 29)
    
  • to have an inclination for a thing: propensum, proclivem esse ad aliquid (opp. alienum, aversum esse, abhorrere ab aliqua re)
    
  • to change one's route and march towards..: averso itinere contendere in...
    
  • to attack the enemy in the rear: aversos hostes aggredi
    
  • to surround the enemy from the rear: circumvenire hostem aversum or a tergo (B. G. 2. 26)
    
  • wounds (scars) on the breast: vulnera (cicatrices) adversa (opp. aversa)