aversus

Latin

Perfect passive participle of āvertō (“I turn away, shun”).

āversus (feminine āversa, neuter āversum, superlative āversissimus); first/second-declension adjective

	masculine	feminine	neuter	masculine	feminine	neuter
	singular			plural
nominative	āversus	āversa	āversum	āversī	āversae	āversa
genitive	āversī	āversae	āversī	āversōrum	āversārum	āversōrum
dative	āversō	āversae	āversō	āversīs
accusative	āversum	āversam	āversum	āversōs	āversās	āversa
ablative	āversō	āversā	āversō	āversīs
vocative	āverse	āversa	āversum	āversī	āversae	āversa

“aversus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“aversus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
aversus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to look favourably upon; to support: propenso animo, studio esse or propensa voluntate esse in aliquem (opp. averso animo esse ab aliquo)
- to be averse to truth: a vero aversum esse (Catil. 3. 1. 29)
- to have an inclination for a thing: propensum, proclivem esse ad aliquid (opp. alienum, aversum esse, abhorrere ab aliqua re)
- to change one's route and march towards..: averso itinere contendere in...
- to attack the enemy in the rear: aversos hostes aggredi
- to surround the enemy from the rear: circumvenire hostem aversum or a tergo (B. G. 2. 26)
- wounds (scars) on the breast: vulnera (cicatrices) adversa (opp. aversa)