adversans

Latin

Etymology

Present participle of adversor.

Participle

adversāns m, f, n (genitive adversantis); third declension

  1. resisting, opposing, withstanding

Inflection

Third declension.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masc./Fem. Neuter Masc./Fem. Neuter
nominative adversāns adversantēs adversantia
genitive adversantis adversantium
dative adversantī adversantibus
accusative adversantem adversāns adversantēs, adversantīs adversantia
ablative adversante, adversantī1 adversantibus
vocative adversāns adversantēs adversantia

1When used purely as an adjective.

References

  • adversans in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, 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)
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