Is there such a word as 'retroversa'?

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DARKastheRAIN
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Is there such a word as 'retroversa'?

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If not, what's a good adjective for "backward"?

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Salve aterutimber
adjectivum: retrorsus -a -um
adverbium: rursùs, rursùm, retrorsùs, retrorsùm, retroversùs, retroversùm, retrò
I'm writing in Latin hoping for correction, and not because I'm confident in how I express myself. Latinè scribo ut ab omnibus corrigar, non quod confidenter me exprimam.

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I can figure out adjectivum and adverbium, but what does salve aterutimber mean?

also retroversa seems to show up in several scientific names, what does it mean?

sorry, I know hardly any Latin

thanks for your time
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DARKastheRAIN wrote:I can figure out adjectivum and adverbium, but what does salve aterutimber mean?
Ater ut imber... dark as the rain :D

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Ater ut imber... dark as the rain :D
Ha ha, thanks, I was trying to look it up with a Latin translator but I guess it wasn't showing up because it was all written together. It's nice to know what my screen name is in Latin though. :D

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DARKastheRAIN wrote:I can figure out adjectivum and adverbium, but what does salve aterutimber mean?

also retroversa seems to show up in several scientific names, what does it mean?
sorry, I answered just before you edited your message (I also forgot to translate 'salve', = 'hello').

I guess adrianus tried to imply retroversa means indeed 'backward' (along with all synonyms he added).

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Okay, thanks :)

So would via retroversa work for backward road?

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DARKastheRAIN wrote:So would via retroversa work for backward road?
Yes // Ita est, vel anglicè "the road back" vel "the way back", si id vis dicere. Visne? // if that's what you mean. Is it? Also, "the earlier road." // "via quae priùs erat"
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Sorry DARKastheRAIN, I missed this
Me paenitet, ATERutIMBER, hoc omisi.
DARKastheRAIN wrote:also retroversa seems to show up in several scientific names, what does it mean?
It can mean "retroverted" or "tilted abnormally backward" (feminine adjective // pro adjectivo feminini generis "abnormaliter supinatus -a -um", ut potest)
I'm writing in Latin hoping for correction, and not because I'm confident in how I express myself. Latinè scribo ut ab omnibus corrigar, non quod confidenter me exprimam.

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