eversus

Latin

Etymology 1

Perfect passive participle of ēverrō.

Participle

ēversus (feminine ēversa, neuter ēversum); first/second-declension participle

  1. swept or cleaned out
Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative ēversus ēversa ēversum ēversī ēversae ēversa
Genitive ēversī ēversae ēversī ēversōrum ēversārum ēversōrum
Dative ēversō ēversō ēversīs
Accusative ēversum ēversam ēversum ēversōs ēversās ēversa
Ablative ēversō ēversā ēversō ēversīs
Vocative ēverse ēversa ēversum ēversī ēversae ēversa

Etymology 2

Perfect passive participle of ēvertō.

Participle

ēversus (feminine ēversa, neuter ēversum); first/second-declension participle

  1. overturned, turned upside down, upset, overthrown, ruined; having overturned, having been overturned, etc.
    • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 2.571–573:
      “Illa sibi īnfēstōs ēversa ob Pergama Teucrōs
      et poenās Danaum et dēsertī coniugis īrās
      praemetuēns [...].”
      “That [woman, Helen,] fearing Trojan hostility towards herself [now that] the citadel of Troy had been overthrown, and the vengeance of the Greeks, and the wrath of her abandoned husband [...].”
      (Epithets – Teucros: “Trojans”; Pergama: “the fortified citadel of Troy”; Danaum is a syncopation of Dana(or)um: “of the Greeks”.)
Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative ēversus ēversa ēversum ēversī ēversae ēversa
Genitive ēversī ēversae ēversī ēversōrum ēversārum ēversōrum
Dative ēversō ēversō ēversīs
Accusative ēversum ēversam ēversum ēversōs ēversās ēversa
Ablative ēversō ēversā ēversō ēversīs
Vocative ēverse ēversa ēversum ēversī ēversae ēversa

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