aversor

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /aːˈu̯er.sor/, [äːˈu̯ɛrs̠ɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /aˈver.sor/, [äˈvɛrsor]

Etymology 1

Frequentative of āvertō (“turn away; avert”), from ab- +‎ vertō (“turn”).

Alternative forms

• āvorsor

Verb

āversor (present infinitive āversārī, perfect active āversātus sum); first conjugation, deponent

1. to turn oneself (from), turn or recoil away (from)
2. to shun, avoid, reject, refuse, decline

   Synonyms: vītō, ēvītō, āspernor, negō, dētrectō, spernō, ēlūdō, ēvādō, refugiō, fugiō, renūntiō

   Antonyms: dēstinō, intendō, tendō, petō, quaerō, affectō, studeō, spectō, circumspiciō

Conjugation

   Conjugation of āversor (first conjugation, deponent)

indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	āversor	āversāris, āversāre	āversātur	āversāmur	āversāminī	āversantur
	imperfect	āversābar	āversābāris, āversābāre	āversābātur	āversābāmur	āversābāminī	āversābantur
	future	āversābor	āversāberis, āversābere	āversābitur	āversābimur	āversābiminī	āversābuntur
	perfect	āversātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	āversātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	āversātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	āverser	āversēris, āversēre	āversētur	āversēmur	āversēminī	āversentur
imperfect	āversārer	āversārēris, āversārēre	āversārētur	āversārēmur	āversārēminī	āversārentur
perfect	āversātus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect	āversātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	āversāre	—	—	āversāminī	—
	future	—	āversātor	āversātor	—	—	āversantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		āversārī	āversātum esse	āversātūrum esse	—	—	—
participles		āversāns	āversātus	āversātūrus	—	—	āversandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		āversandī	āversandō	āversandum	āversandō	āversātum	āversātū

Derived terms

• āversābilis
• āversātiō
• āversātrīx

Related terms

• āversiō
• āversus
• āvertō

Etymology 2

Noun

āversor m (genitive āversōris); third declension

1. thief, pilferer, embezzler

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	āversor	āversōrēs
genitive	āversōris	āversōrum
dative	āversōrī	āversōribus
accusative	āversōrem	āversōrēs
ablative	āversōre	āversōribus
vocative	āversor	āversōrēs

References

• “aversor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “aversor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• aversor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.