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]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /adˈver.sor/, [äd̪ˈvɛrsor]
Verb
adversor (present infinitive adversārī, perfect active adversātus sum); first conjugation, deponent
- I stand opposite; I am 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, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to look after, guard a person's interests, welfare: rationibus alicuius prospicere or consulere (opp. officere, obstare, adversari)
- to look after, guard a person's interests, welfare: rationibus alicuius prospicere or consulere (opp. officere, obstare, adversari)