perverse
perverse
adj.
P. and V. δύσκολος, δυσχερής.
Contrary: P. and V. ἐναντίος.
Obstinate: P. and V. αὐθά̄δης.
adj.
P. and V. δύσκολος, δυσχερής.
Contrary: P. and V. ἐναντίος.
Obstinate: P. and V. αὐθά̄δης.
PERVERSE
perversus (not in a natural state or position; not as it ought to be of things): praeposterus (that is out of order said or done out of due time; of things; also of persons who act in a disorderly or irregular manner): pravus (irregular defective wrong in its tendency or end of things; e.g. mens opinio): Vid: also BAD.
perversus (not in a natural state or position; not as it ought to be of things): praeposterus (that is out of order said or done out of due time; of things; also of persons who act in a disorderly or irregular manner): pravus (irregular defective wrong in its tendency or end of things; e.g. mens opinio): Vid: also BAD.
perverse:
1. perversus (quite wrong and misguided): an unreasonable and p. man, (homo) praeposterus atque p., Cic. Cic. 26, 71: the p. (misguided) ingenuity of grammarians, p. grammaticorum subtilitas, Plin. 35, 3, 4. Join: pravus et perversus, Cic.
2. prāvus (lit. crooked, mis-shapen: hence, absurd, unreasonable): p. counsels, p. consilia, Cic. Am. 22, fin.: esp. with perversus, v. supr. (1): also, Cic. Rab. Post. 13, 37. See alsoWILFUL , OBSTINATE .
1. perversus (quite wrong and misguided): an unreasonable and p. man, (homo) praeposterus atque p., Cic. Cic. 26, 71: the p. (misguided) ingenuity of grammarians, p. grammaticorum subtilitas, Plin. 35, 3, 4. Join: pravus et perversus, Cic.
2. prāvus (lit. crooked, mis-shapen: hence, absurd, unreasonable): p. counsels, p. consilia, Cic. Am. 22, fin.: esp. with perversus, v. supr. (1): also, Cic. Rab. Post. 13, 37. See also