adversor

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

adversor: (archaic advor-), ātus, 1, v. dep. adversus: alicui,
I to stand opposite to one, to be against, i. e. to resist or oppose (in his opinions, feelings, intentions, etc.; while resistere and obsistere denote resistance through external action, Doed. Syn. 4, 303; cf. adversarius; class.; freq. in Cic.); constr. with dat. or absol.: idem ego arbitror nee tibi advorsari certum est de istac re usquam, soror, Plaut. Aul. 2, 1, 21: meis praeceptis, id. As. 3, 1, 5; so id. Trin. 2, 1, 108: mihi, Ter. Hec. 4, 4, 32; 2, 2, 3: hujus libidini, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 31, § 81: ornamentis tuis, id. Sull. 18, 50: Isocrati, id. Or. 51, 172: commodis, Tac. A. 1, 27: adversantes imperio Domini, Vulg. Deut. 1, 43: invitā Minervā, id est, adversante et repugnante natura, Cic. Off. 1, 31: non adversatur jus, quo minus, etc., id. Fin. 3, 20: adversante vento, Tac. H. 3, 42: adversantibus amicis, id. Ann. 13, 12: adversans factio, Suet. Caes. 11: adversantibus diis, Curt. 6, 10: non adversata petenti Annuit, Verg. A. 4, 127; Vulg. 2 Thess. 2, 4 al.!*?
   a In Tac. constr. also adversari aliquem, H. 1, 1; 1, 38.—
   b In Plaut. pleonastic, adversari contra, Cas. 2, 3, 35, and adversari adversus aliquid, Mer. 2, 3, 43.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

adversor¹⁰ (advorsor), ātus sum, ārī, intr., s’opposer, être contraire : perpaucis adversantibus Cic. Fam. 1, 7, 10, un très petit nombre seulement faisant opposition, adversante fortuna Cic. Rep. 2, 30 ; ratione Cic. Tusc. 4, 14, malgré la fortune, malgré la raison ; adversante vento Tac. H. 3, 42, le vent étant contraire || [avec dat.] alicui, être opposé (hostile) à qqn : Cic. Phil. 1, 36 ; Sest. 105 ; Or. 172 ; alicui rei, à qqch. : Cic. Phil. 9, 9 ; Verr. 2, 5, 178 ; rogationi Liv. 45, 21, 3, combattre un projet de loi || [avec quominus ] non adversatur jus, quominus suum quidque cujusque sit Cic. Fin. 3, 67, le droit ne s’oppose pas à ce qu’à chacun revienne ce qui lui appartient en propre.
     inf. advorsanier Pl. Amph. 703 ; St. 513.