adversarius
Latin
Etymology
adversus + -ārius (suffix forming adjectives and agent nouns).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ad.u̯erˈsaː.ri.us/, [äd̪u̯ɛrˈs̠äːriʊs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ad.verˈsa.ri.us/, [äd̪verˈsäːrius]
Noun
adversārius m (genitive adversāriī or adversārī); second declension
- opponent, rival
- adversary, antagonist, enemy
Declension
Second-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | adversārius | adversāriī |
| Genitive | adversāriī adversārī1 | adversāriōrum |
| Dative | adversāriō | adversāriīs |
| Accusative | adversārium | adversāriōs |
| Ablative | adversāriō | adversāriīs |
| Vocative | adversārie | adversāriī |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Descendants
- Asturian: adversariu
- Catalan: adversari
- English: adversary
- Old French: aversier
- Middle French: adversier
- Franc-Comtois: avershoux
- Norman: aversier
- → French: adversaire
- Galician: adversario
- Irish: áibhirseoir
- Italian: avversario
- Norman: advèrsaithe
- Portuguese: adversário
- Romanian: adversar
- Sicilian: abbirsaru
- Spanish: adversario
Adjective
adversārius (feminine adversāria, neuter adversārium); first/second-declension adjective
- adverse, hostile
- factiō adversāria ― the opposition
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | adversārius | adversāria | adversārium | adversāriī | adversāriae | adversāria | |
| Genitive | adversāriī | adversāriae | adversāriī | adversāriōrum | adversāriārum | adversāriōrum | |
| Dative | adversāriō | adversāriō | adversāriīs | ||||
| Accusative | adversārium | adversāriam | adversārium | adversāriōs | adversāriās | adversāria | |
| Ablative | adversāriō | adversāriā | adversāriō | adversāriīs | |||
| Vocative | adversārie | adversāria | adversārium | adversāriī | adversāriae | adversāria | |
References
- “adversarius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “adversarius”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- adversarius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- “adversarius”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “adversarius”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin