adversus

Etymology
Perfect passive participle of.

Participle

 * 1) set opposite, adverse, having been set against.
 * 2) turned toward, having been turned toward.
 * 3) hostile
 * 4) * 98 AD, Publius Cornelius Tacitus, De origine et situ Germanorum, capitulum II:
 * "la"
 * 1) hostile
 * 2) * 98 AD, Publius Cornelius Tacitus, De origine et situ Germanorum, capitulum II:
 * "la"
 * 1) * 98 AD, Publius Cornelius Tacitus, De origine et situ Germanorum, capitulum II:
 * "la"

- …et inmensus ultra utque sic dixerim adversus Oceanus raris ab orbe nostro navibus aditur.

Preposition

 * 1) facing, opposite
 * 2) (direction) towards
 * 3) (hostility) against
 * 4) in comparison with