adversitas

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.

Case 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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