oppositus

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /opˈpo.si.tus/, [ɔpˈpɔs̠ɪt̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /opˈpo.si.tus/, [opˈpɔːs̬it̪us]

Noun

oppositus m (genitive oppositūs); fourth declension

1. opposing; intervention

Declension

Fourth-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	oppositus	oppositūs
genitive	oppositūs	opposituum
dative	opposituī	oppositibus
accusative	oppositum	oppositūs
ablative	oppositū	oppositibus
vocative	oppositus	oppositūs

Adjective

oppositus (feminine opposita, neuter oppositum); first/second-declension adjective

1. opposite; against

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	oppositus	opposita	oppositum		oppositī	oppositae	opposita
genitive	oppositī	oppositae	oppositī		oppositōrum	oppositārum	oppositōrum
dative	oppositō	oppositae	oppositō		oppositīs
accusative	oppositum	oppositam	oppositum		oppositōs	oppositās	opposita
ablative	oppositō	oppositā	oppositō		oppositīs
vocative	opposite	opposita	oppositum		oppositī	oppositae	opposita

Related terms

• oppono

References

• “oppositus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “oppositus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• oppositus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• oppositus in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016