adversarius

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Latin

Etymology

adversus +‎ -ārius (suffix forming adjectives and agent nouns).

Pronunciation

Noun

adversārius m (genitive adversāriī or adversārī); second declension

  1. opponent, rival
  2. adversary, antagonist, enemy

Declension

Second-declension noun.

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

Adjective

adversārius (feminine adversāria, neuter adversārium); first/second-declension adjective

  1. adverse, hostile
    factiō adversāriathe opposition

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

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