adversa (neut plur., opposed to secunda or prospera, unfavorable events, whether happening to individuals or states): res adversae, fortunae afflictae, from the context fortunae only (unfortunate circumstances; especially with reference to property and civil relations): fortuna adversa (an unhappy fate, the result of blind chance): casus adversus, or from the context casus only (a misfortune happening to an individual): calamitas an accident attended with great loss or injury: also in war): miseria (wretchedness caused by a long-continued pressure of evil). Fortuna mala (evil Fortune, considered as a deity): acerbitates, “sour adversities,” Shakespeare. To be in adversity, to suffer adversity, in malis esse, jacere; in mails versari: in miseria esse, versari. To suffer much adversity, multum malarum rerum sustinere.