adversitas

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Latin

Etymology

adversus (“set opposite; turned toward”, perfect passive participle of advertō) +‎ -itās (“-ity, -ness”)

Pronunciation

Noun

adversitās f (genitive adversitātis); third declension

  1. opposition, contrariety

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative adversitās adversitātēs
genitive adversitātis adversitātum
dative adversitātī adversitātibus
accusative adversitātem adversitātēs
ablative adversitāte adversitātibus
vocative adversitās adversitātēs

Descendants

References

  • “adversitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • adversitas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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