adversarius

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ad.u̯erˈsaː.ri.us/, [äd̪u̯ɛrˈs̠äːriʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ad.verˈsa.ri.us/, [äd̪verˈsäːrius]

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

• Asturian: adversariu
• Catalan: adversari
• English: adversary
• Old French: aversier
  • Middle French: adversier
  • Franc-Comtois: avershoux
  • Norman: aversier
• → French: adversaire
• Galician: adversario
• Irish: áibhirseoir
• Italian: avversario
• Norman: advèrsaithe
• Portuguese: adversário
• Romanian: adversar
• Sicilian: abbirsaru
• Spanish: adversario

Adjective

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

1. adverse, hostile

   factiō adversāria ― the opposition

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	adversārius	adversāria	adversārium		adversāriī	adversāriae	adversāria
genitive	adversāriī	adversāriae	adversāriī		adversāriōrum	adversāriārum	adversāriōrum
dative	adversāriō	adversāriae	adversāriō		adversāriīs
accusative	adversārium	adversāriam	adversārium		adversāriōs	adversāriās	adversāria
ablative	adversāriō	adversāriā	adversāriō		adversāriīs
vocative	adversārie	adversāria	adversārium		adversāriī	adversāriae	adversāria

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