(verb) : adversor (archaic advor-), ātus, 1, adversus: alicui
* 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.!*?
* In Tac. constr. also adversari aliquem, H. 1, 1; 1, 38.
* In Plaut. pleonastic, adversari contra, Cas. 2, 3, 35, and adversari adversus aliquid, Mer. 2, 3, 43.

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