adversitas

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

adversĭtas, ātis, f. [adversus], opposition, contrariety.

I In gen.: magnam adversitatem scorpionibus et stellionibus putant esse, a great natural hostility , antipathy , Plin. 11, 25, 30, § 90.—

II Esp., misfortune , suffering , Cassiod.