controversus
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From contrā (cf. intrā/intrō) + versus.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /kon.troːˈu̯er.sus/, [kɔn̪t̪roːˈu̯ɛrs̠ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /kon.troˈver.sus/, [kon̪t̪roˈvɛrsus]
Adjective
[edit]contrōversus (feminine contrōversa, neuter contrōversum); first/second-declension adjective
Declension
[edit]First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | contrōversus | contrōversa | contrōversum | contrōversī | contrōversae | contrōversa | |
| genitive | contrōversī | contrōversae | contrōversī | contrōversōrum | contrōversārum | contrōversōrum | |
| dative | contrōversō | contrōversae | contrōversō | contrōversīs | |||
| accusative | contrōversum | contrōversam | contrōversum | contrōversōs | contrōversās | contrōversa | |
| ablative | contrōversō | contrōversā | contrōversō | contrōversīs | |||
| vocative | contrōverse | contrōversa | contrōversum | contrōversī | contrōversae | contrōversa | |
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- German: kontrovers
- Portuguese: controverso
- ⇒ Spanish: controvertido
References
[edit]- “controversus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “controversus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- controversus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- controversus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.