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Latin
Etymology
Present participle of adversor.
Participle
adversāns (genitive adversantis); third-declension one-termination participle
- resisting, opposing, withstanding
Declension
Third-declension participle.
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)