controversus
Latin
Etymology
From contrā (cf. intrā/intrō) + versus.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /kon.troːˈu̯er.sus/, [kɔn̪t̪roːˈu̯ɛrs̠ʊs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /kon.troˈver.sus/, [kon̪t̪roˈvɛrsus]
Adjective
contrōversus (feminine contrōversa, neuter contrōversum); first/second-declension adjective
- controversial, debatable, disputed
- turned against or in the opposite direction
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | contrōversus | contrōversa | contrōversum | contrōversī | contrōversae | contrōversa | |
| Genitive | contrōversī | contrōversae | contrōversī | contrōversōrum | contrōversārum | contrōversōrum | |
| Dative | contrōversō | contrōversō | contrōversīs | ||||
| Accusative | contrōversum | contrōversam | contrōversum | contrōversōs | contrōversās | contrōversa | |
| Ablative | contrōversō | contrōversā | contrōversō | contrōversīs | |||
| Vocative | contrōverse | contrōversa | contrōversum | contrōversī | contrōversae | contrōversa | |
Derived terms
- contrōversia
- contrōversiōsus
Descendants
- German: kontrovers
- Portuguese: controverso
- ⇒ Spanish: controvertido
References
- “controversus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “controversus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- controversus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- controversus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette