adversitas

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [adˈwɛr.sɪ.taːs]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ad̪ˈvɛr.si.t̪as]

Noun

adversitās f (genitive adversitātis); third declension

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

Italian: avversità
Old French: adversité
- Middle French: adversité
  - French: adversité
    - → Romanian: adversitate
- → Middle English: adversite, adversete, adversetee, adversitee, adversyte, adversytee
  - English: adversity
Portuguese: adversidade
Spanish: adversidad

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.