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    [st1]1 [-] manus, mana, manum, arch.: Varr. bon. [st1]2 [-] manŭs, ūs, f.: a - main.    - injicere manum alicui: arrêter, empoigner qqn, porter la main sur qqn.    - tendere manus ad aliquem (qqf. alicui): tendre les mains vers qqn.    - dare (dedere) manus: tendre les mains, se reconnaître vaincu, se rendre.    - dare manum alicui: tendre la main à qqn, aider qqn, assister qqn.    - plenā manu dare: donner à pleines mains, donner généreusement.    - ad manum esse: être tout près.    - ad manum intueri aliquid, Plin. 35, 10, 36: regarder qqch de près.    - abstinere manus (manum) ab aliquo (ab aliqua re): ne pas toucher à qqn (qqch).    - manus conserere: en venir aux mains ou se prendre par la main.    - jactare manus: gesticuler. b - bras; trompe (d'éléphant).    - manus elephanti: la trompe de l'éléphant. c - main, travail.    - urbs manu munitissima: ville très fortifiée par le travail de l’homme.    - manum de tabulā, Cic. (prov.): cesse de travailler à ton tableau (= assez, cela suffit).    - manus Praxitelis, Mart.: ouvrage de Praxitèle. d - violence, voies de fait.    - venire ad manus (in manus): en arriver aux voies de fait, en arriver aux mains. e - écriture (travail de la main).    - cognovit et signum et manum suam, Cic. Cat. 3: il reconnut le cachet et son écriture.    - tum senex dicitur eam fabulam quam in manibus habebat, Oedipum Coloneum recitasse judicibus,Cic. CM. 7, 22: on dit que le vieillard lut alors aux juges la pièce d'Oedipe à Colone, qu'il avait en chantier (à laquelle il travaillait).    - a manu servus, Suet.: esclave secrétaire.    - redii ad meam manum, Cic.: maintenant, j'écris moi-même. f - coup (jeu de dés, escrime).    - si quas manus remisi cuique exegissem, Suet.: si j'avais exigé le paiement des coups dont j'ai fait grâce à chacun. g - grappin, main de fer, harpon. h - main armée, combat; exploits.    - manibus aequis (manu aequā): avec un avantage égal.    - aequā manu discedere, Sall. C. 39, 4: quitter le combat avec des avantages égaux. ii - autorité, pouvoir, puissance.    - victoria in manu nobis est, Sall. C. 20, 10: la victoire est entre nos mains (la victoire dépend de nous).    - in manibus Mars ipse, Virg.: vous avez Mars dans vos mains (= l'issue du combat dépend de vous).    - haec non sunt in nostra manu, Cic. Fam. 14, 2, 3: cela ne dépend pas de nous. j - troupe, armée, bande, multitude, foule. k - quelques tournures.    - brevi manu, Dig. 23, 3, 43, § 1: immédiatement, sans délai.    - longā manu, Dig. 46, 3, 79: lentement.    - esse in manibus: être entre les mains, posséder --- être en mains, être sur le métier (on travaille à).    - habere aliquid in manibus: avoir qqch sous la main.    - servus a manu: secrétaire, scribe.    - manu mederi, Cels. praef. 1: être chirurgien.    - per manus: avec les mains, de main en main ou par la force, d'assaut, les armes à la main.    - per manus alicujus: par les soins de qqn.    - per manus libertatem retinere, Sall. J. 31, 22: défendre la liberté les armes à la main.    - sub manu (sub manum): à portée de la main, sous la main, tout près; immédiatement, à l'instant.    - (ferrea) manus: main de fer, grappin.    - mulier viro in manum convenit: une femme tombe sous la puissance légale d’un mari = se marie.    - manu misit aliquot, Petr. 42: il affranchit quelques esclaves.    - arboris manus: les branches d'un arbre.    - manum tollere: lever la main (pour indiquer que l'on se rend).    - manus tollere: lever les mains (pour exprimer l'admiration).
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    [st1]1 [-] manus, mana, manum, arch.: Varr. bon. [st1]2 [-] manŭs, ūs, f.: a - main.    - injicere manum alicui: arrêter, empoigner qqn, porter la main sur qqn.    - tendere manus ad aliquem (qqf. alicui): tendre les mains vers qqn.    - dare (dedere) manus: tendre les mains, se reconnaître vaincu, se rendre.    - dare manum alicui: tendre la main à qqn, aider qqn, assister qqn.    - plenā manu dare: donner à pleines mains, donner généreusement.    - ad manum esse: être tout près.    - ad manum intueri aliquid, Plin. 35, 10, 36: regarder qqch de près.    - abstinere manus (manum) ab aliquo (ab aliqua re): ne pas toucher à qqn (qqch).    - manus conserere: en venir aux mains ou se prendre par la main.    - jactare manus: gesticuler. b - bras; trompe (d'éléphant).    - manus elephanti: la trompe de l'éléphant. c - main, travail.    - urbs manu munitissima: ville très fortifiée par le travail de l’homme.    - manum de tabulā, Cic. (prov.): cesse de travailler à ton tableau (= assez, cela suffit).    - manus Praxitelis, Mart.: ouvrage de Praxitèle. d - violence, voies de fait.    - venire ad manus (in manus): en arriver aux voies de fait, en arriver aux mains. e - écriture (travail de la main).    - cognovit et signum et manum suam, Cic. Cat. 3: il reconnut le cachet et son écriture.    - tum senex dicitur eam fabulam quam in manibus habebat, Oedipum Coloneum recitasse judicibus,Cic. CM. 7, 22: on dit que le vieillard lut alors aux juges la pièce d'Oedipe à Colone, qu'il avait en chantier (à laquelle il travaillait).    - a manu servus, Suet.: esclave secrétaire.    - redii ad meam manum, Cic.: maintenant, j'écris moi-même. f - coup (jeu de dés, escrime).    - si quas manus remisi cuique exegissem, Suet.: si j'avais exigé le paiement des coups dont j'ai fait grâce à chacun. g - grappin, main de fer, harpon. h - main armée, combat; exploits.    - manibus aequis (manu aequā): avec un avantage égal.    - aequā manu discedere, Sall. C. 39, 4: quitter le combat avec des avantages égaux. ii - autorité, pouvoir, puissance.    - victoria in manu nobis est, Sall. C. 20, 10: la victoire est entre nos mains (la victoire dépend de nous).    - in manibus Mars ipse, Virg.: vous avez Mars dans vos mains (= l'issue du combat dépend de vous).    - haec non sunt in nostra manu, Cic. Fam. 14, 2, 3: cela ne dépend pas de nous. j - troupe, armée, bande, multitude, foule. k - quelques tournures.    - brevi manu, Dig. 23, 3, 43, § 1: immédiatement, sans délai.    - longā manu, Dig. 46, 3, 79: lentement.    - esse in manibus: être entre les mains, posséder --- être en mains, être sur le métier (on travaille à).    - habere aliquid in manibus: avoir qqch sous la main.    - servus a manu: secrétaire, scribe.    - manu mederi, Cels. praef. 1: être chirurgien.    - per manus: avec les mains, de main en main ou par la force, d'assaut, les armes à la main.    - per manus alicujus: par les soins de qqn.    - per manus libertatem retinere, Sall. J. 31, 22: défendre la liberté les armes à la main.    - sub manu (sub manum): à portée de la main, sous la main, tout près; immédiatement, à l'instant.    - (ferrea) manus: main de fer, grappin.    - mulier viro in manum convenit: une femme tombe sous la puissance légale d’un mari = se marie.    - manu misit aliquot, Petr. 42: il affranchit quelques esclaves.    - arboris manus: les branches d'un arbre.    - manum tollere: lever la main (pour indiquer que l'on se rend).    - manus tollere: lever les mains (pour exprimer l'admiration).
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        Manus, huius manus, f. g. Main.
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        Explicita. Quintil. Ouverte, Estendue.
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        Immunis manus. Horat. Qui n'est point participant du faict, Innocente.
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        Media manus. Quintil. Main tierce. Bud.
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        Manus niuea. Catul. Blanche comme neige.
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        Oculatae nostrae sunt manus, credunt quod Vident. Plau. Je ne croy point en promesses, Il fault payer comptant.
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        Parca manus. Horat. Chiche.
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        Plena manu. Cic. A pleine main, Abondamment, Amplement, Copieusement.
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        Medicas adhibere manus ad vulnera. Virgil. Mettre la main à, etc.
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        Inter manus arripere aliquem. Plautus. L'enlever à tout les mains.
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        Manu alicuius cadere. Ouid. Estre tué de la main d'aucun.
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        Vrbes et agros manu capere. Sallust. Conquerir à force, Prendre.
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        Collidere manus. Quintil. Frapper des mains l'une contre l'autre.
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        Dede manus. Lucret. Rens toy, Confesse que tu es vaincu.
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        Manu docere. Cic. Monstrer au doigt, et clairement enseigner, et comme mener par la main.
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        Manibus praelium facere. Sallust. Combatre main à main.
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        Manu fingere. Sene. Faire quelque chose d'art avec cure et soing.
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        Manum habere sub pallio. Quintil. Estre oiseux.
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        Imponere manum studiis. Ouid. Mettre la main à l'estude, Estudier.
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        Vltima manus imposita est coepto. Ouid. Ce que nous avions commencé est achevé.
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        Nunquam libri illi in manus inciderunt. Cic. Jamais ne tomberent entre mes mains, Jamais je ne les vei.
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        Manum iniicere, Vide INIICIO. Mettre la main sur aucun, Le prendre au corps, L'arrester en sa personne.
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        Parere sibi lethum manu. Virgil. Se tuer.
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        Manus multas poscit hoc opus. Plin. iunior. Ce labeur est grand et requiert beaucoup de gens et grand aide.
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        Manus remittere in aleae ludo. Sueton. Laisser rejouer son compaignon qui a mal joué, Quicter et donner la main qu'on avoit gaignee et qu'on devoit lever, à celuy qui l'a perdue.
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        Manum ferulae subducere. Iuuen. Apprendre à l'eschole soubs un maistre, et endurer d'estre batu soubs les autres.
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        Comites illi tui delecti, manus erant tuae. Cic. Par eulx tu faisois faire ce que tu voulois.
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        Inter manus aliquid esse dicitur, per translationem. Virg. Qui est en la puissance d'aucun.
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        Cui plus in manu sit, quam tibi. Plaut. Qui ha plus de quoy, que toy.
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        Cui ipsi nihil est in manu. Plaut. Qui n'has rien.
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        In manus sumere. Quintil. Prendre entre les mains et lire.
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        Omnes maiores natu manus ad Caesarem tendere. Caesar. Tendoyent les mains à Cesar, et luy demandoyent secours, ou se rendoyent à luy.
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        Breui manu tradere. Vlp. Pour eviter circuit.
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        Manu longa tradere. Iabolenus. Par une faincte et interpretative apprehension.
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        Res ad manus, atque ad pugnam veniebat. Cic. On venoit à s'entrebatre pour cest affaire, La chose estoit venue jusques aux cousteaulx.
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        Venire in manus. Sallust. Venir és mains de ses ennemis.
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        Versantur inter manus libri, aut scripta. Caelius ad Ciceronem. Quand on les lit, Livres qu'on lit communeement.
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        Manum non verterim. Cic. Je n'en tourneroye pas la main, Je ne m'en travaille de rien, Je n'en ay que faire, Je n'en iroye pas du banc au feu.
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        Manus vetant prius, quam penes sese habeant, quicquam credere. Plaut. Je ne croiray point que tu me vueilles rien donner, jusques à ce que je le tiendray.
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        Totum hominem tibi trado de manu in manum tuam istam. Cic. Je m'en descharge, et vous en charge.
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        De manibus aliquid amittere. Cic. Laisser de faire quelque chose.
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        Per manus. Caes. De main en main.
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        Per manus tradita disciplina vel historia dicitur. Liuius. Quintil. Quand on a apprins quelque chose l'un de l'autre, et non point par escriptures, comme enseignee de pere en filz.
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        Prae manu pecuniam aliquam dare. Teren. Avant la main, Avancer argent.
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        Reddidit patri omne aurum quod mihi fuit prae manibus. Plaut. Que j'avoye entre les mains.
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        Vocontii sub manu vt essent, per quorum loca fideliter mihi pateret iter. Plancus Ciceroni. Prests et appareillez, ou Que j'eusse puissance sur eulx.
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        Quem ego credo manibus, pedibusque obnixe omnia Facturum. Terent. De tout son povoir.
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        Conari manibus, pedibus, noctesque et dies. Terent. S'employer du tout à faire quelque chose.
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        Manupretium. Cic. Le payement des ouvriers, Ce que les ouvriers ont eu pour leur peine, Manifacture.
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        Manus. Une main de fer, ou croc à accrocher navires.
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        Manus. Virgil. Quintil. La bande de quelque capitaine, ou toute une armee, Multitude.
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        Paruula manus. Brutus ad Ciceronem. Une poignee de gents.
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        Orare pacem manu. Virgil. Par embassadeurs.
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        Manu mittere seruum, siue diuisim, siue coniunctim legas. Cic. Affranchir un serf, et luy donner liberté.
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        Manumissio, Verbale. Cic. Manumission, Delivrance de servage faicte du consentement du maistre.
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        Manufactus, vnica dictione, aut duabus, opponitur Naturali. Cel. Cic. Faict de la main.
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        Manus. Curtius. Plin. Le museau et trompe d'un elephant.
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        Manus. Quintil. L'escripture de la propre main d'un chascun.
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        Epistola, librarii manu est. Cic. C'est de l'escripture de mon secretaire.

    Dictionarium latinogallicum > manus

  • 2 manus

    1.
    mănus, ūs (dat. manu for manui:

    alternae manu,

    Prop. 1, 11, 12; 2, 1, 60), f. [root man-, ma-, to measure; Sanscr. ma, measure, moon; cf. Germ. Mond, moon, and O. H. Germ. mund, hand; Angl.-Sax. mund], a hand.
    I.
    Lit.:

    quam vero aptas, quamque multarum artium ministras manus natura homini dedit!

    Cic. N. D. 2, 60, 150:

    vas in manus sumere,

    id. Verr. 2, 4, 27, § 62:

    Epicurum in manus sumere, i. e. scripta Epicuri,

    id. Tusc. 2, 3, 8:

    pyxidem in manu tenere,

    id. Cael. 26, 63:

    manum porrigere ad tradendum aliquid,

    id. ib.:

    de manibus deponere,

    to lay out of one's hands, lay down, id. Ac. 1, 1, 2. ponere, id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 8:

    extorquere,

    to wrest from one's hands, id. Cat. 1, 6, 13:

    e manibus dimittere,

    to let go out of one's hands, id. Or. 30, 105: manum ad os apponere, i. e. to lay the finger on the lips in token of secrecy, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 1, 4: alicui in manu esse, to be obvious, clear:

    neque mihi in manu Jugurtha qualis foret,

    Sall. J. 14, 4:

    (feminas) in manu esse parentium, fratrum, virorum,

    subject to, Liv. 34, 2, 11; cf.:

    minus filiae uxores sorores quibusdam in manu erunt,

    id. 34, 7, 11: in manibus esse, to be in everybody's hands, to be well known:

    est in manibus oratio,

    Cic. Lael. 25, 96:

    est in manibus laudatio,

    id. Sen. 4, 12; id. Brut. 33, 125.—Also, to be near:

    hostes sunt in manibus,

    near to us, close by us, upon us, Caes. B. G. 2, 19, 7; also, to be present: attendere, quae in manibus sunt, Brut. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 13, 1; Verg. A. 10, 280: in manibus habere, to have in hand, to be engaged on a thing:

    omnia, quae in manibus habebam, abjeci,

    Cic. Att. 13, 47, 1:

    habeo opus magnum in manibus,

    id. Ac. 1, 1, 2:

    philosophi quamcunque rem habent in manibus, in eam, etc.,

    id. Tusc. 5, 7, 18; id. Sen. 7, 22; id. Cael. 27, 65:

    milites bellum illud, quod erat in manibus, reliquisse,

    id. Rep. 2, 37, 63; cf.:

    dum occasio in manibus esset,

    Liv. 7, 36, 10:

    inimicorum in manibus mortuus est,

    among, Cic. Inv. 1, 55, 108:

    manu tenere,

    to know for certain, id. Brut. 80, 277.— Pass.:

    manibus teneri,

    to be certain, evident, Cic. Sest. 32, 69: habere in manibus, to fondle, caress, make much of:

    sic in manibus (inimicum meum) habebant, sic fovebant, etc.,

    id. Fam. 1, 9, 10:

    in manus venire,

    to come to hand, id. Q. Fr. 2, 15, b, 1:

    proelium in manibus facere,

    to fight at close quarters, Sall. J. 57, 4:

    ad manum habere,

    to have at hand, have in readiness, Quint. 12, 5, 1:

    ad manum esse,

    at hand, in hand, near, Liv. 9, 19: ad manum venire or accedere, to come hand to hand, come to close quarters:

    nonnumquam etiam res ad manus, atque ad pugnam veniebat,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 11, § 28; Nep. Eum. 5, 2; Liv. 2, 30:

    ut venere in manus,

    Tac. A. 2, 80:

    ut ventum in manus,

    id. H. 4, 71:

    adire manum alicui, v. 1. adeo: ad manum intueri aliquid,

    at hand, close by, hard by, Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 97:

    prae manu or manibus,

    at hand, in readiness, in hand, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 3, 10; App. M. 6, p. 180, 32; Ter. Ad. 5, 9, 23; Gell. 19, 8:

    quem servum ille habuit ad manum,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 60, 225:

    servus a manu,

    i. e. a scribe, secretary, Suet. Caes. 74:

    de manu dare,

    to give with one's own hand, Lampr. Alex. Sev. 37: de manu in manum quippiam tradere, to deliver from hand to hand, i. e. with great care, Cic. Fam. 7, 5, 2: manum ferulae subducere, to take the hand from the rod, i. e. to be too old for the rod, Juv. 1, 15: e manu (for eminus; opp. cominus), from a distance: quae mea cominus machaera atque hasta hostibit e manu, Enn. ap. Fest. s. v. redhostire, p. 270 Müll. (Trag. v. 212 Vahl.): plenā manu, with a full or plentiful hand, bountifully, liberally:

    plenā manu dare,

    abundantly, Sen. Ben. 1, 7, 2; id. Ep. 120, 10; id. ad Polyb. 9, 7;

    so trop.: Hortalus, quam plenā manu nostras laudes in astra sustulit,

    Cic. Att. 2, 25, 1; so,

    plenis manibus pecuniam largiri,

    Lact. 3, 16, 15; cf.:

    quemquam vacuis a se manibus abire pati,

    Sen. Brev. Vit. 14, 5: manibus pedibusque aliquid facere (Greek pux kai lax), with hands and feet, i. e. with all one's power, with might and main, Ter. And. 1, 1, 134:

    per manus,

    with the hands, Caes. B. G. 6, 37:

    per manus servulae,

    by her assistance, Cic. Att. 1, 12, 3: per manus tradere, to deliver from hand to hand, from mouth to mouth, to hand down from father to son:

    traditae per manus religiones,

    Liv. 5, 51: per manus, also, by force, by main force, forcibly:

    per manus libertatem retinere,

    Sall. J. 31, 22: inter manus, in one's hands, under one's hands:

    agger inter manus proferebatur,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 2:

    villa crescit inter manus,

    Sen. Ep. 12, 1:

    nihil adhuc inter manus habui cui majorem sollicitudinem praestare deberem,

    Plin. Ep. 2, 5, 2:

    scripta quae inter manus habes,

    are occupied with, id. ib. 5, 5, 7.— Trop., palpable, evident:

    ante oculos interque manus sunt omnia vestras,

    Verg. A. 11, 311; cf.:

    manus inter parentum,

    id. ib. 2, 681: inter manus, also, in one's hands, in one's arms:

    abripite hunc intro actutum inter manus,

    Plaut. Most. 2, 1, 38:

    e convivio auferri,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 11, § 28: sub manu and sub manum, at hand, near, readily, immediately, on the instant: Vocontii sub manu ut essent, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 23, 2:

    quo celerius, ac sub manum annuntiari cognoscique posset, quid in provincia quāque gereretur, etc.,

    Suet. Aug. 49; Sen. Ep. 71, 1: sub manus succedere, according to one's wish, [p. 1112] Plaut. Mil. 3, 2, 59: alicujus manu esse, to be from or by one's hand:

    epistulae quae quidem erant tua manu,

    Cic. Att. 7, 2, 3; cf. id. ib. 8, 13, 1 (cf. II. C. infra): manu, with the hand, by hand, i. e. artificially, opp. to naturally, by nature: manu sata, i. e. by the hand of man, opp. to what grows wild. Caes. B. C. 3, 44:

    urbs manu munitissima,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 2, § 4:

    quaedam ingenia manu, quod aiunt, facienda sunt,

    Sen. Ep. 52, 1:

    quidam et liberos ejurent et orbitatem manu faciant,

    id. ad Marc. 19, 2: morbi, quos manu fecimus, i. e. which we produce by our own fault (e. g. by intemperance), Sen. Brev. Vit. 3, 3: oratio manu facta, artificial, elaborate, opp. to natural, simple, id. Ep. 115, 2: manu mederi, to be a surgeon, Cels. praef. 1: manibus aequis or manu aequā, with equal advantage:

    manibus aequis abscessum est,

    Tac. A. 1, 63:

    aequā manu discedere,

    to come off with equal advantage, Sall. C. 39, 4: manus afferre, to lay hands on; trop., to destroy or weaken:

    qui diutius torqueri patitur, quem protinus potest liberare, beneficio suo manus affert,

    Sen. Ben. 2, 5, 3:

    manum inicere alicui,

    to lay the hand on one, to detain, arrest him, Cic. Rosc. Com. 16, 48: manum dare, to give or lend a hand, to help, assist, Quint. 2, 3, 7: manus dare or dedere, to give the hands to be bound; hence, in gen., to give up, yield, surrender:

    perpende, et, si tibi vera videntur, Dede manus, aut, si falsum est, accingere contra,

    Lucr. 2, 1043:

    fateor, manus vobis do,

    Plaut. Pers. 5, 2, 72:

    donicum aut certe vicissent, aut victi manum dedissent,

    Nep. Ham. 1; cf. Caes. B. G. 5, 31; Cic. Att. 2, 22, 2; Ov. H. 4, 14; 17, 260; Verg. A. 11, 568; Lact. 5, 1, 3:

    brevi manu,

    immediately, without delay, Dig. 23, 3, 43, § 1:

    longā manu,

    slowly, tediously, ib. 46, 3, 79: manum tollere, to raise the hand in token of an intention to yield, to yield, submit: cedo et tollo manum, Cic. Fragm. ap. Lact. 3, 28: manus tollere, to raise the hands in token of admiration or astonishment, Cic. Ac. 2, 19, 63: manus tendere ad aliquem, less freq. alicui, to stretch out the hands to one to implore assistance, Caes. B. G. 2, 13; Cic. Font. 17, 38:

    quae Romanis manus tendebant,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 48:

    dextram Italiae,

    Cic. Phil. 10, 4, 9:

    manu sternere aliquem,

    with the sword, Verg. A. 9, 702: utrāque manu, with both hands, i. e. willingly, readily, Mart. 1, 16, 9:

    manus manum lavat,

    one hand washes the other, one helps the other, Sen. Apoc. 9 fin.; Petr. c. 45, 13; Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 80: manum non vertere, not to turn the hand, prov. for to take no pains, make no effort:

    qui se fatentur virtutis causā ne manum quidem versuros fuisse,

    Cic. Fin. 5, 31, 93; cf. App. Mag. p. 311.
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    The hand as the instrument used in fight; hence, personal valor, bravery:

    ne usu manuque reliquorum opinionem fallent,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 86:

    manu fortissimus,

    Liv. 39, 40:

    manu fortis,

    Nep. Dat. 1, 3:

    manu vincere,

    Ov. M. 1, 448:

    manu capere urbes,

    by force of arms, Sall. J. 5, 5:

    manum committere Teucris,

    to fight, Verg. A. 12, 60; so,

    conserere manum,

    Liv. 21, 39; 25, 11; 27, 33:

    conferre manum,

    Liv. 10, 43; Verg. A. 12, 345:

    in proelia Ferre manum,

    id. ib. 5, 403; cf.:

    et vice teli saevit nuda manus,

    Juv. 15, 54.—
    2.
    Force, violence, fighting, close combat:

    res venit ad manus atque ad pugnam,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 11, § 28:

    venire ad manum,

    Liv. 2, 30:

    accedere ad manum,

    Nep. Eum. 5:

    in manus venire,

    to come to an engagement, come to close quarters, Sall. J. 89, 2:

    pugna jam ad manus venerat,

    Liv. 2, 46:

    non manu, neque vi,

    force, violence, Sall. J. 31, 18; so Tac. Agr. 9.—
    B.
    Of the hand of an artist:

    manus extrema non accessit ejus operibus,

    the last hand, the finishing touch, Cic. Brut. 33, 126: aptius a summā conspiciare manu, when you have given yourself the finishing touch, i. e. have completed your toilet, Ov. A. A. 3, 225:

    carmen nondum recepit ultimam manum,

    has not yet received the last polish, Petr. 118.—Hence, extremam bello Imponere manum, to put the finishing hand to the war, to bring it to a close, Verg. A. 7, 573.—Prov.: manum de tabula, lit., the hand from the picture, i. e. enough, Cic. Fam. 7, 25, 1.—
    C.
    A hand, handwriting; in gen., work, workmanship:

    librarii manus,

    Cic. Att. 8, 13, 1: Alexidis manum amabam, quod tam prope accedebat ad similitudinem tuae litterae, id. ib. 7, 2, 3:

    manum suam cognovit,

    id. Cat. 3, 5, 12:

    propter emissam ab eis manum,

    Dig. 22, 3, 15:

    Praxitelis manus, Scopaeque,

    Mart. 4, 39, 3:

    artificum,

    Verg. A. 1, 455.—
    D.
    For pars, a side:

    est ad hanc manum sacellum,

    Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 37:

    a laeva conspicienda manu,

    Ov. A. A. 3, 307. —
    E.
    In throwing dice, a stake: quas manus remisi, to throw up the stakes, Aug. ap. Suet. Aug. 71.—
    F.
    In fencing, a thrust, hit, blow:

    rectae, aversae, tectaeque manus,

    Quint. 9, 1, 20:

    prima, secunda, tertia, quarta,

    the prime, second, tierce, quart, id. 5, 13, 54.—
    G.
    The trunk of an elephant:

    manus etiam data elephantis,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 47, 120; Curt. 8, 14, 27; Sil. 9, 628.—
    H.
    The fore-paws of bears, Plin. 8, 36, 54, § 130.—
    K.
    The branches on a tree:

    (platanus) cui lnnumerae manus,

    Stat. S. 2, 3, 39:

    fraxineae,

    Pall. Insit. 60.—
    L.
    In milit. lang.: ferreae manus, iron hooks with which an enemy's ship was grappled, grappling-irons:

    manus ferreas atque harpagones paraverant,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 57:

    in advenientes hostium naves ferreas manus inicere,

    Liv. 36, 44 fin.:

    manus ferreas excogitare,

    Front. Strat. 2, 3, 24; Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 209; Curt. 4, 9, 2; Aur. Vict. Vir. Ill. 38; Luc. 3, 635.—
    M.
    Also milit., an armed force, corps of soldiers:

    si nova manus cum veteribus copiis se conjunxisset,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 37:

    magnam manum conducere,

    id. ib. 5, 27:

    Hasdrubalem propediem affore cum manu haudquaquam contemnenda,

    Liv. 30, 7 fin.; id. 44, 27.—
    2.
    Beyond the milit. sphere, in gen., a body, host, number, company, multitude:

    Romam veniet cum magna manu,

    Cic. Att. 16, 11, 6:

    evocatorum,

    id. Fam. 15, 4, 3:

    manus ad Quirinalia paratur,

    id. Q. Fr. 2, 3, 4; cf.:

    manum facere, copias parare,

    id. Caecin. 12, 33:

    manus bonorum,

    id. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 5, § 16:

    Judaeorum,

    id. Fl. 28, 66:

    conjuratorum,

    id. Cat. 1, 5, 12:

    bicorpor,

    i. e. the Centaurs, id. Tusc. 2, 9, 22:

    purpuratorum et satellitum,

    Liv. 42, 51:

    magna clientium,

    Suet. Tib. 1:

    comitum,

    Stat. S. 5, 3, 262:

    juvenum,

    Verg. A. 6, 5.—
    N.
    Labor, hands, i. e. workmen:

    nos aera, manus, navalia demus,

    Verg. A. 11, 329:

    quale manus addunt ebori decus,

    id. ib. 1, 592.—
    O.
    Power:

    haec non sunt in nostra manu,

    Cic. Fam. 14, 2, 3; cf.: in tua manu est, it rests with you, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 6, 1:

    juxta deos in tua manu positum est,

    Tac. H. 2, 76:

    victoria in manu nobis est,

    depends on, Sall. C. 20, 10:

    in vostra manu situm,

    id. J. 31; Plaut. Merc. 3, 4, 43:

    in manu esse mihi,

    id. Trin. 1, 2, 67. —
    2.
    In partic., in jurid. lang., the legal power of a husband over his wife, the manus:

    in potestate quidem et masculi et feminae esse solent: in manum autem feminae tantum conveniunt. Olim itaque tribus modis in manum conveniebant: usu, farreo, coëmptione, etc.,

    Gai. Inst. 1, 108 sq.; Cic. Fl. 34, 84 al.—
    P.
    Law t. t., manūs injectio, i. e. an arrest: per manus injectionem agebatur, Gai Inst. 4, 21: ob eam rem ego tibi sestertium X. milium judicati manus inicio, Vet. Form. ap. Gai. ib.
    2.
    mānus, i. q. bonus, Varr. L. L. 6, 2, 4; Macr. S. 1, 3, 13; Isid. 5, 30, 14; Serv. Verg. A. 1, 139; 2, 286; v. ‡ cerus manus.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > manus

  • 3 manus

    I ūs f.
    1) рука, у животных передняя нога или лапа (dextra C; sinistra Nep или laeva C); тж. кисть руки ( comprimere in pugnum manum Q)
    in alicujus manibus mori C — умереть у кого-л. на руках
    manu aliquem ducere V, C — вести кого-л. за руку
    manūs dare (dedere) Pl, C, Cs, V etc. — позволить надеть на себя оковы, перен. сдаться, изъявить покорность, признать себя побеждённым, но тж. Q оказать помощь
    in manibus habere — ценить, любить ( aliquem C) или обрабатывать, создавать, работать (над), сочинять (librum, orationem, opus C)
    in manibus esse H — быть распространённым, общеизвестным, широко читаемым ( oratio in manibus est C); тж. быть налицо ( occasip in manibus est L) или быть в работе ( liber mihi in manibus est C)
    ad manum esse Sen или prae manu (prae manibus) esse Pl, Ter, Ap etc. — быть под рукой, наготове
    nihil ad manum erat Pt — (у нас) не было ничего («ни гроша»)
    alicui manum adire погов. Pl — надуть кого-л.
    manibus pedibus(que) погов. Ter — всеми средствами или изо всех сил
    per manūs Cs — из рук в руки, тж. из поколения в поколение ( religiones tradere L)
    manum (manūs) conferre L etc. (conserere L) — вступить в рукопашный бой (см. тж. 3.)
    sub manum Su — без труда, легко
    plenā manu C etc. — полной горстью, т. е. щедро, не жалея
    brevi manu Dig — безотлагательно, немедленно
    longā manu Dig — медлительно, вяло
    2)
    а) сила, мощь, храбрость (manu urbes capĕre Sl; manu superare aliquem C)
    б) pl. деяния, подвиги ( manus alicujus St)
    manu fortis Nep (promptus Sl) — отважный, храбрый
    3) рукопашный бой, схватка, борьба
    ad manum (in manūs) venire L etc. (accedere C etc.) — завязать рукопашный бой
    aequā manu Sl (aequis manibus L, T) — без чьего-л. перевеса (в бою)
    4) насилие, сила (manu ulcisci aliquid C)
    per manūs Sl — с применением силы, насильственно
    manum afferre VP и ferre manum Lcn — идти войной, нападать
    in alicujus manūs (manum) venire (incĭdĕre) C etc. — подпасть под чью-л. власть
    aliquid in manu alicujus ponĕre C, T — предоставить что-л. в чьё-л. распоряжение (отдать что-л. во власть кому-л.)
    manum ad aliquid expedītam habere Nep — иметь полную возможность для чего-л.
    6) работа, труд, деятельность ( sine labōre et manu C)
    manum ultimam (summam или extrēmam) imponĕre alicui rei V, O, Sen etc. — завершить (закончить, доделать) что-л.
    manu — человеческой рукой, искусственно (portus manu factus C; urbs manu munitissima C)
    morbi, quos manu fecimus Sen — болезни, которые мы сами себе причинили
    7) искусстве или произведение искусства ( artificum manūs mirari V)
    8) почерк, рука ( alicujus manum imitari C)
    9)
    а) группа, отряд, кучка, горсть (militum Nep; hostium Sl)
    m. bicorpor Poëta ap. C — Centauri
    б) банда, шайка ( praedonum C)
    10) хобот (elephanti C, QC)
    11) абордажный крюк (m. ferrea Cs, L)
    13) поэт. ветвь или сук ( platăni St)
    15) бросок (при игре в кости), ход Su
    II mānus, a, um арх.
    добрый, добросердечный Vr, Macr

    Латинско-русский словарь > manus

  • 4 ad

    [ABCU]A - ad (arch. ar), prép. avec acc.: (Gaffiot P. 27-29 -- Lebaigue P. 20) [zapI]I [sens local] [zapA]A [idée générale de mouvement, de direction, au pr. et au fig.] [zapst]¶1 vers, à: legatos ad aliquem mittere: envoyer des ambassadeurs à qqn II avec les noms de lieu, ad exprime l'idée d'approche ou bien l'idée d'arrivée; l'idée d'entrée dans le lieu est exprimée par in: ad urbem proficisci, Caes. BC. 1, 32, 1: partir pour la ville [Rome] ; ad urbem venire, Cic. Verr. 2, 167: venir à la ville II avec les noms de villes et de petites îles, ad exprime la direction ou l'arrivée dans les environs: ad Genavam pervenit, Caes. BG. 1, 7, 1: il arriva près de Genève; ad Mutinam proficisci, Cic. Phil. 12, 8: partir pour Modène; dux classium fuit ad ilium, Cic. Div. 1, 87: il [Calchas] dirigea les flottes vers Ilion II [en lang. milit. vers, contre: ad hostes contendere, Caes. BG. 5, 9, 1: marcher contre les ennemis; ad castra pergere, Caes. BG. 3, 18, 8: se porter contre le camp II ad vim atque arma confugere, Cic. Verr. 1, 78: chercher un refuge dans (recourir à) la force et les armes; ad insolitum genus dicendi labi, Cic. Sest. 119: se laisser glisser vers un genre de discours insolite ; [avec ellipse du v.] nunc ad ea quae scripsisti, Cic. Att. 3, 8, 2: venons-en maintenant à ce que tu m'as écrit. [zapst]¶2 [idée d'attacher, lier]: ad terram naves deligare, Caes. BG. 4, 29, 2: attacher des vaisseaux au rivage II [idée d'ajouter, annexer]: complecti vis amplissimos vires ad tuum scelus, Cic. Pis. 75: tu veux envelopper dans ton crime les hommes les plus considérables; ad cetera volnera, Cic. Vat. 20: outre les autres blessures, cf. Clu. 30 ; Liv. 7, 16, 2; ad naves viginti quinque, Liv. 23, 38, 7: en plus des 25 navires, cf. 24, 45, 3 ; 25, 3, 7, etc ; ad haec, en outre: Varr. R. 3, 5, 11; Liv. 6, 20, 7, etc ; ou ad hoc, Sall. C. 14, 3 17, 4, etc ; ad id, Liv. 3,62, 1, etc. [zapst]¶3 [idée de diriger, incliner]: ad centuriones ora convertunt, Caes. G. 6, 39, 2: ils tournent leurs visages vers les centurions; omnium mentibus ad pugnam intentis, Caes. G. 3, 26, 2: l'attention de tous étant portée sur le combat; ad aegrotandum proclivitas, Cic. Tusc. 4, 28: tendance (disposition) à la maladie; paulatim angustiore ad infimum fastigio, Caes. BG. 7,73, 5: la pente allant en se resserrant peu à peu vers le bas [en entonnoir] II ad omne periculum opponitur (consulatus), Cic. Mur. 87: (le consulat) s'expose à tous les dangers; ergo haec ad populum, Cic. Att. 6, 8, 4, donc voilà pour le peuple. II [idée de protection, de defense contre]: ad meos impetus opponitur... Cic. Verr. 5, 2: à mes assauts on oppose. [zapst]¶4 [idée d'adresser par écrit, par la parole, etc.]: ad aliquem omnia in dies singulos persequi, Cic. Att. 15, 26, 1: envoyer à qqn une relation quotidienne de tous les événements; sibi a Lentulo ad Catilinam datas esse (litteras), Cic. Cat. 3, 12: que Lentulus lui avait remis une lettre à l'adresse de Catilina; epistula C. Verris ad Neronem, Cic. Verr. 1, 83: lettre de C. Verrès à Néron II [verbe non exprimé]: tu modo quam saepissime ad me aliquid, Cic. Att. 4, 6, 4: pourvu que tu m'envoies le plus souvent possible quelques lignes; velim scribas ad me primum placeatne tibi aliquid ad illum, Cic. Att. 13, 16, 2: je voudrais que tu m'écrives d'abord, si tu es d'avis que je lui dédie qq ouvrage. [zapst]¶5 [indication de distance, de limite] à, jusqu'à: ex eo oppido pons ad Helvetios pertinet, Caes. BG. 1, 6, 3: de cette ville un pont s'étend jusque chez les Helvètes; usque ad ultimas terras, Cic. Verr. 4, 64: jusqu'aux confins de la terre II [au fig.] ad vivum, Cic. Lael. 18: jusqu'au vif; ad plenum, Virg. G. 2, 244: jusqu'au plein; pecunia ad sanum modum habendi parata, Sen. Ben. 1, 11, 5: l'argent acquis jusqu'à un raisonnable degré de possession; non ad perfectum nec ad plenum, Sen. Ep. 71, 18: non pas jusqu'à la perfection ni à la plénitude; si ea mercatus esses ad eam summam quam volueram, Cic. Fam. 7, 23, 1: si tu avais fait l'achat en te limitant à la somme que je voulais II ad numerum obsides mittere, Caes. BG. 5, 20, 4: envoyer des otages jusqu'au nombre fixé; in eorum locum et ad eorum numerum, Cic. Verr. 5, 73: à leur place et en pareil nombre; equitatus omnis, ad numerum quattuor milium, Caes. BG. 1, 15, 1: toute la cavalerie, à l'effectif de 4.000 hommes; ad certum pondus examinare, Caes. BG. 5, 12, 4: peser jusqu'à un poids déterminé; Tossas ad eandem magnitudinem perficere, Caes. BC. 1, 42, 1: creuser des fossés à la même profondeur II ad verbum unum contracta brevitas, Cic. de Or. 3, 157: brièveté ramassée en un mot unique; numerum ad trecentorum summam explevit, Liv. 2, 1, 10: il compléta le nombre jusqu'à un total de 300 II usque ad novem, Cic. Ac. 2, 94: jusqu'à neuf; omnes ad unum, Cic. Lael. 86: tous jusqu'au dernier, tous sans exception; omnibus navibus ad unam incolumibus, Caes. BC. 3, 6, 3: tous les navires sans exception étant indemnes. [zapA]B [sans idée de mouvement] [zapst]¶1 près de, chez: fuit ad me sane diu, Cic. Att. 10, 4, 8: il resta chez moi très longtemps; in servitute ad suum patrem manere, Plaut. Cap 49: rester comme esclave chez son propre père, cf. Ter. Haut. 979 ; Varr. R. 1, 17, 3; Cato. Agr. 7, 2; Liv. 24, 48, 9; Sen. Ep. 108, 4 II ad recuperatores dicere, Cic. Verr. 3, 68: parler devant les récupérateurs; ad judicem Cic. Br. 289: devant le juge; ad populum agere, Cic. Phil. 12, 17: plaider devant le peuple II ad exercitum manere, Caes. BG. 5, 53: rester à l'armée, cf. 7, 5, 3; ad Caesarem primum pilum ducere, Caes. BG. 6, 38, 1: être centurion primipile dans l'armée de César II ad pedes: près des pieds, aux pieds: Cic. Div. 1, 46 ; Sen. Ben. 3, 27, 1, etc. II ad omnes nationes sanctum nomen, Caes. BG. 3, 9, 3: titre sacré auprès de toutes les nations, cf. BG. 4, 16,7 ; 7, 5, 3 ; 21, 60, 4, etc. [zapst]¶2 [proximité d'un lieu] près de: ad urbem esse, Cic. Verr. 2, 21: être près de la ville [Rome]; ad oppidum constitit, Caes. BC. 1, 16, 4: il s'arrêta près de la ville; pons qui erat ad Genavam, Caes. BG. 1, 7, 2: le pont qui était près de Genève. II [en parl. de batailles]: proelium ad Nolam, Cic. Br. 12: bataille de Nola; ad Tenedum, Cic. Mur. 33: de Ténédos; ad Magetobrigam, Caes. BG. 1, 31, 12: à Magetobriga; ad Cannas, Liv. 23, 11, 7, etc. II à, dans [emploi rare]: ad villam ali, Cic. Amer. 44: se nourrir dans la maison de campagne; quae ad aedem Felicitatis sunt, Cic. Verr. 4, 4: [statues] qui sont dans le temple du Bonheur [ABCR]II [avec ellipse de aedem]: ad Castoris, Cic. Quinct. 17: près du temple de Castor; senatus ad Apollinis fuit, Cic. Q. 2, 3, 3: le sénat tint séance au temple d'Apollon. II du côté de, vers: pugnatur acriter ad novissimum agmen, Caes. BC. 1, 80, 5: le combat est acharné du côté de l'arrière-garde, cf. BC. 1, 63, 3 ; 2, 42, 5; castris ad eam partem oppidi positis? Caes. BG. 7, 17, 1: le camp ayant été établi de ce côté de la ville; equestribus proeliis ad aquam factis, Caes. BG. 5, 50, 1: des engagements de cavalerie ayant eu lieu près du ruisseau; ad laevam, ad dextram, Cic. Tim. 48: vers la gauche, vers la droite (à g., à dr.); ad pulvinaria, Cic. Cat. 3, 23: [près des coussins] à tous les temples; ad solarium, Cic. Quinct. 59: aux alentours du cadran solaire; ad speculum barbam vellere, Sen. Nat. 1, 17, 2: s'épiler devant un miroir; ad ignem coquere, Cato. Agr. 81: cuire au feu, sur le feu. [zapst]¶3 [adaptation accompagnement]: cantare ad chordarum sonum, Nep. Epam. 2, 1: chanter aux sons d'un instrument à cordes; ad tibicinem, Cic. Agr. 2, 93; Tusc. 1, 3, etc.: avec accompagnement du joueur de flûte II ad lucernam, Sen. Ir. 3, 18, 4: à la lueur d'une lampe, cf. Cic. Q. 3, 7, 2; ad faces, Sen. Brev. 20, 5: à la lueur des torches; ad lunam, Virg, En. 4, 513: à la lumière de la lune; ad clepsydram, Cic. de Or. 3, 138: sous le contrôle de la clepsydre [avec un temps mesuré]. [zapst]¶4 [adhérence]: ad radices linguae haerens, Cic. Nat. 2, 135: fixé à la base de la langue; ad saxa inhaerens, Cic. Nat. 2, 100: attaché aux rochers. [zapst]¶5 [participation à], [au lieu de scribendo adesse, Cic. Fam. 8, 8, 5, etc.] ad scribendum esse: être à (participer à) la rédaction d'un sénatus-consulte: Cic. Att. 1, 19, 9 ; Fam. 12, 29, 2. [zapI]II [sens temporel]: [zapst]¶1 jusqu'à: ad summam senectutem, Cic. Br. 179: jusqu'à la plus grande vieillesse; usque ad hanc diem, Cic. Verr. 4, 130; ad hanc diem, Cic. Cat. 3, 17: jusqu'aujourd'hui; ad hoc tempus, Cic. Verr. 3, 216: jusqu'au moment présent; ad multam noctem, Caes. BG. 1, 26, 3: jusqu'à un moment avancé de la nuit; ad nostram memoriam, Nep. Them.10, 3: jusqu'à notre époque; ad reditum nostrum, Cic. Att. 8, 2, 3: jusqu'à notre retour; veteres illi usque ad Socratem, Cic. de Or. 3, 72: ces anciens jusqu'à Socrate. [zapst]¶2 [approximation] vers: ad vesperam, Catul. 2, 6: sur le soir; ad lucem, Cic. Div. 1, 99: vers le point du jour; ad extremam orationem, Caes. BG. 7, 53, 1: sur la fin du discours; ad exitum defensionis tuae, Cic. Verr. 5, 32: (sur) à la fin de ta défense; ad adventum imperatorum, Nep. Att. 10, 2: à l'arrivée des triumvirs, cf. Cic. Att. 2, 17,3; 13, 15, 2. [zapst]¶3 [précision] à: ad diem, Caes. BG. 2, 5, 1: au jour fixé, cf. 7, 77, 10 ; Cic. Off. 3, 45; ad idus, Caes. BG. 1, 7, 6: aux ides; ad tempus: à temps, au moment opportun Cic. Verr. 1, 141; Caes. BG. 4, 23, 5 [mais Fin. 5, 1 et Att. 16, 2, 2, au moment fixé] ; ad extremum, Cic. Or. 174 ; de Or. 1, 142: enfin. [zapst]¶4 [durée limitée, sens voisin de jusqu'à] pour: brevis est et ad tempus, Cic. Off. 1, 27: [passion qui] est courte et pour un temps; bestiae ex se natos amant ad quoddam tempus, Cic. Lael. 27: les bêtes aiment leur progéniture pour un temps limité; ad tempus lectus, Liv. 28, 24, 5: élu provisoirement, cf. 21, 25, 14. [zapst]¶5 [avenir] dans: ad annum, Cic. Att 5, 2, 1, [il sera tribun de la plèbe] dans un an, l'année prochaine, cf. de Or. 3, 92; ad decem milia annorum, Cic. Tusc. 1, 90: dans 10.000 ans. [zapI]III [rapports variés]: [zapst]¶1 pour, en vue de [avec les verbes qui signifient exhorter à, pousser à, préparer à, disposer pour; se servir pour; travailler à; envoyer pour, etc. ; avec les adjectifs et, d'une manière générale, les expressions qui marquent le but ; très souvent ad est suivi du gérondif ou de l'adj. verbal]: ad celeritatem onerandi paulo facit humiliores (naves), Caes. BG. 5, 1, 2: en vue de la promptitude du chargement, il fait faire les vaisseaux un peu plus bas; ad omnes casus, Caes. BG. 4, 31, 2, etc.: (en vue de) pour toutes les éventualités; naves factae ad quamvis vim perferendam, Caes. BG. 3, 13, 3: navires faits pour supporter n'importe quelle violence; tu omnia ad pacem; ego omnia ad libertatem, Cic. ad Br. 2, 7, 1: [ellipse du verbe] toi, c'était tout pour la paix; moi, tout pour la liberté; non ad eam rem, sed ut... Cic. Tusc. 49: ce n'est pas dans cette intention, c'est pour que... ; ad hoc, ut + subj. Liv. 28, 39, 7; 45, 39, 8: en vue de, pour que. [zapst]¶2 [marquant le résultat, l'aboutissement]: ex agresti vita exculti ad humanitatem, Cic. Lep. 2, 36: façonnés et amenés d'une vie sauvage à la civilisation; efferavit ea caedes Thebanos ad execrabile odium Romanorum, Liv. 33, 29, 1: ce meurtre déchaîna les Thébains et leur inspira une haine implacable contre les Romains; mutatis repente ad misericordiam animis, Liv. 24, 26, 14: la fureur populaire s'étant changée soudain en compassion II ad necem, Cic. Tusc. 2, 34: [frapper] jusqu'à ce que mort s'ensuive; ad insaniam aliquid concupiscere, Cic. Verr. 2, 87: désirer qqch jusqu'à être fou; nihil intolerabile ad demittendum animum, nimis laetabile ad ecferendum, Cic. Tusc. 4, 37: rien qui soit intolérable, au point d'abattre l'âme, qui cause trop de joie, au point de la transporter. [zapst]¶3 relativement à: genus praedandi ad magnitudinem quaestus immensum, Cic. Verr. 5, 22: genre de pillage sans limite quant à la grandeur des profits; ad cetera egregius, Liv. 37, 7, 15: remarquable sous tous les autres rapports II quid id ad rem? Cic. Quinct. 79: quel rapport cela a-t-il avec l'affaire? quid ad praetorem? Cic. Verr. 1, 116: en quoi cela intéresse-t-il le préteur? quid egerit, nihil ad causam, Cic. Sest. 71: ce qu'il a accompli? cela ne regarde pas le procès; ad ea quae scribis... Cic. Att. 11, 21, 1: quant à ce que tu écris... [zapst]¶4 suivant, conformément à, d'après: ad meam rationem usumque non aestimo, Cic. Verr. 4, 13: à consulter mes principes et mon usage personnel, je ne formule pas d'évaluation; versare suam naturam ad tempus, Cic. Cael. 13: modifier son caractère suivant les circonstances; hanc ad legem, Cic. de Or. 3, 190: d'après ces principes; ad naturam, Cic. Fin. 1, 30: conformément à la nature; ad nutum alicujus, Cic. Verr. pr. 13: selon la volonté de qqn; ad perpendiculum, Cic. Verr. 1, 133: suivant la perpendiculaire; ad istorum normam sapiens, Cic. Lael. 18: sage suivant leur (équerre) règle. [zapst]¶5 en comparaison de: terram ad universi caeli complexum quasi puncti instar obtinere, Cic. Tusc. 1, 40: que la terre occupe pour ainsi dire l'équivalent d'un point en comparaison de l'étendue qu'embrasse le ciel; sed nihil ad Persium, Cic. de Or. 2, 25, mais ce n'est rien au prix de Persius, cf. Leg. 1, 6. [zapst]¶6 comme suite à, par suite de: ad clamorem convenerunt, Caes. BG. 4, 37, 2: aux cris poussés, ils se rassemblèrent; ad infirmitatem laterum contentionem omnem remiserat, Cic. Br. 202: en raison de la faiblesse de ses poumons, il avait renoncé à tout effort violent; ad quorum stridorem odoremque et aspectum territi equi, Liv. 30, 18, 7: au bruit, à l'odeur et à l'aspect de ces animaux, les chevaux effrayés; obstupuerant ad magnitudinem pristinae ejus fortunae, Liv. 39, 50, 2: ils restaient béants devant la grandeur de son ancienne fortune; ad quorum discessum respiravit Mago, Liv. 28, 30, 2: à leur départ Magon respira II ad auditas voces, Ov. M. 5, 509: entendant ces paroles; ad haec visa auditaque, Liv. 2, 23, 7: à cette vue, à ces paroles; ad crescentem tumultum, Liv. 2, 45, 12: devant le tumulte croissant. [zapst]¶7 [direction vers, réponse à]: cum ad singula acclamaretur, Liv. 34, 37, 3: comme à chaque point énoncé des cris de protestation s'élevaient, cf. 24, 14, 9; est ridiculum ad ea quae habemus nihil dicere, Cic. Arch. 8: c'est une plaisanterie que de ne rien répliquer à des faits dont nous avons la constatation; ad tuam epistolam redditae sunt meae litterae, Cic. Att. 9, 9, 3: en réponse à ta missive on t'a remis ma lettre II [sans verbe]: longum est ad omnia, Cic. Nat. 1, 19: il serait trop long de faire réponse à tout; ad ista alias, Cic. Nat. 2, 1: à une autre fois la réponse à cela; haec fere ad litteras, Cic. Fam. 12, 30, 7: voilà d'une manière générale ma réponse à la lettre; nisi quid ad haec forte vultis, Cic. Lael. 32: à moins que vous ne vouliez par hasard faire qq objection. [zapst]¶8 [idée d'approcher, d'appliquer contre], [d'où sens instrumental]: cornu ad saxa limato, Plin. 8, 71: la corne étant limée aux rochers; ad cribrum, Plin. 16, 54; ad circinum, Vitr. 10, 4, 1; ad tornum, Lucr. 4, 361; ad cotem, Plin. 24, 89, au crible, au compas, au tour, à la pierre à aiguiser [comp. au figuré ad normam]; mucronem ad linguam probare, Petr. 70: éprouver une pointe à la langue II ad digiti sonum vocare aliquem, Tibul. 1, 2, 32: appeler qqn au bruit des doigts ; [enfin, dans la 1. vulg.]: ad pectinem capillum flectere, Spart. Hadr. 2, 6, 1: arranger au peigne sa chevelure; ad fundas lapides jacere, Veg. Mil. 2,15: jeter des pierres à la fronde; ad spongiam... detergere, Veg. Mut. 3, 4, 2: essuyer à l'éponge. [zapst]¶9 [approximation] vers, environ [devant un nom de nombre]: ad hominum milia decem, Caes. BG. 1, 4, 2: environ 10.000 hommes II [emploi adverbial]: occisis ad hominum milibus quattuor, Caes. BG. 2, 32, 5: 4.000 hommes environ ayant été tués.
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    [ABCU]A - ad (arch. ar), prép. avec acc.: (Gaffiot P. 27-29 -- Lebaigue P. 20) [zapI]I [sens local] [zapA]A [idée générale de mouvement, de direction, au pr. et au fig.] [zapst]¶1 vers, à: legatos ad aliquem mittere: envoyer des ambassadeurs à qqn II avec les noms de lieu, ad exprime l'idée d'approche ou bien l'idée d'arrivée; l'idée d'entrée dans le lieu est exprimée par in: ad urbem proficisci, Caes. BC. 1, 32, 1: partir pour la ville [Rome] ; ad urbem venire, Cic. Verr. 2, 167: venir à la ville II avec les noms de villes et de petites îles, ad exprime la direction ou l'arrivée dans les environs: ad Genavam pervenit, Caes. BG. 1, 7, 1: il arriva près de Genève; ad Mutinam proficisci, Cic. Phil. 12, 8: partir pour Modène; dux classium fuit ad ilium, Cic. Div. 1, 87: il [Calchas] dirigea les flottes vers Ilion II [en lang. milit. vers, contre: ad hostes contendere, Caes. BG. 5, 9, 1: marcher contre les ennemis; ad castra pergere, Caes. BG. 3, 18, 8: se porter contre le camp II ad vim atque arma confugere, Cic. Verr. 1, 78: chercher un refuge dans (recourir à) la force et les armes; ad insolitum genus dicendi labi, Cic. Sest. 119: se laisser glisser vers un genre de discours insolite ; [avec ellipse du v.] nunc ad ea quae scripsisti, Cic. Att. 3, 8, 2: venons-en maintenant à ce que tu m'as écrit. [zapst]¶2 [idée d'attacher, lier]: ad terram naves deligare, Caes. BG. 4, 29, 2: attacher des vaisseaux au rivage II [idée d'ajouter, annexer]: complecti vis amplissimos vires ad tuum scelus, Cic. Pis. 75: tu veux envelopper dans ton crime les hommes les plus considérables; ad cetera volnera, Cic. Vat. 20: outre les autres blessures, cf. Clu. 30 ; Liv. 7, 16, 2; ad naves viginti quinque, Liv. 23, 38, 7: en plus des 25 navires, cf. 24, 45, 3 ; 25, 3, 7, etc ; ad haec, en outre: Varr. R. 3, 5, 11; Liv. 6, 20, 7, etc ; ou ad hoc, Sall. C. 14, 3 17, 4, etc ; ad id, Liv. 3,62, 1, etc. [zapst]¶3 [idée de diriger, incliner]: ad centuriones ora convertunt, Caes. G. 6, 39, 2: ils tournent leurs visages vers les centurions; omnium mentibus ad pugnam intentis, Caes. G. 3, 26, 2: l'attention de tous étant portée sur le combat; ad aegrotandum proclivitas, Cic. Tusc. 4, 28: tendance (disposition) à la maladie; paulatim angustiore ad infimum fastigio, Caes. BG. 7,73, 5: la pente allant en se resserrant peu à peu vers le bas [en entonnoir] II ad omne periculum opponitur (consulatus), Cic. Mur. 87: (le consulat) s'expose à tous les dangers; ergo haec ad populum, Cic. Att. 6, 8, 4, donc voilà pour le peuple. II [idée de protection, de defense contre]: ad meos impetus opponitur... Cic. Verr. 5, 2: à mes assauts on oppose. [zapst]¶4 [idée d'adresser par écrit, par la parole, etc.]: ad aliquem omnia in dies singulos persequi, Cic. Att. 15, 26, 1: envoyer à qqn une relation quotidienne de tous les événements; sibi a Lentulo ad Catilinam datas esse (litteras), Cic. Cat. 3, 12: que Lentulus lui avait remis une lettre à l'adresse de Catilina; epistula C. Verris ad Neronem, Cic. Verr. 1, 83: lettre de C. Verrès à Néron II [verbe non exprimé]: tu modo quam saepissime ad me aliquid, Cic. Att. 4, 6, 4: pourvu que tu m'envoies le plus souvent possible quelques lignes; velim scribas ad me primum placeatne tibi aliquid ad illum, Cic. Att. 13, 16, 2: je voudrais que tu m'écrives d'abord, si tu es d'avis que je lui dédie qq ouvrage. [zapst]¶5 [indication de distance, de limite] à, jusqu'à: ex eo oppido pons ad Helvetios pertinet, Caes. BG. 1, 6, 3: de cette ville un pont s'étend jusque chez les Helvètes; usque ad ultimas terras, Cic. Verr. 4, 64: jusqu'aux confins de la terre II [au fig.] ad vivum, Cic. Lael. 18: jusqu'au vif; ad plenum, Virg. G. 2, 244: jusqu'au plein; pecunia ad sanum modum habendi parata, Sen. Ben. 1, 11, 5: l'argent acquis jusqu'à un raisonnable degré de possession; non ad perfectum nec ad plenum, Sen. Ep. 71, 18: non pas jusqu'à la perfection ni à la plénitude; si ea mercatus esses ad eam summam quam volueram, Cic. Fam. 7, 23, 1: si tu avais fait l'achat en te limitant à la somme que je voulais II ad numerum obsides mittere, Caes. BG. 5, 20, 4: envoyer des otages jusqu'au nombre fixé; in eorum locum et ad eorum numerum, Cic. Verr. 5, 73: à leur place et en pareil nombre; equitatus omnis, ad numerum quattuor milium, Caes. BG. 1, 15, 1: toute la cavalerie, à l'effectif de 4.000 hommes; ad certum pondus examinare, Caes. BG. 5, 12, 4: peser jusqu'à un poids déterminé; Tossas ad eandem magnitudinem perficere, Caes. BC. 1, 42, 1: creuser des fossés à la même profondeur II ad verbum unum contracta brevitas, Cic. de Or. 3, 157: brièveté ramassée en un mot unique; numerum ad trecentorum summam explevit, Liv. 2, 1, 10: il compléta le nombre jusqu'à un total de 300 II usque ad novem, Cic. Ac. 2, 94: jusqu'à neuf; omnes ad unum, Cic. Lael. 86: tous jusqu'au dernier, tous sans exception; omnibus navibus ad unam incolumibus, Caes. BC. 3, 6, 3: tous les navires sans exception étant indemnes. [zapA]B [sans idée de mouvement] [zapst]¶1 près de, chez: fuit ad me sane diu, Cic. Att. 10, 4, 8: il resta chez moi très longtemps; in servitute ad suum patrem manere, Plaut. Cap 49: rester comme esclave chez son propre père, cf. Ter. Haut. 979 ; Varr. R. 1, 17, 3; Cato. Agr. 7, 2; Liv. 24, 48, 9; Sen. Ep. 108, 4 II ad recuperatores dicere, Cic. Verr. 3, 68: parler devant les récupérateurs; ad judicem Cic. Br. 289: devant le juge; ad populum agere, Cic. Phil. 12, 17: plaider devant le peuple II ad exercitum manere, Caes. BG. 5, 53: rester à l'armée, cf. 7, 5, 3; ad Caesarem primum pilum ducere, Caes. BG. 6, 38, 1: être centurion primipile dans l'armée de César II ad pedes: près des pieds, aux pieds: Cic. Div. 1, 46 ; Sen. Ben. 3, 27, 1, etc. II ad omnes nationes sanctum nomen, Caes. BG. 3, 9, 3: titre sacré auprès de toutes les nations, cf. BG. 4, 16,7 ; 7, 5, 3 ; 21, 60, 4, etc. [zapst]¶2 [proximité d'un lieu] près de: ad urbem esse, Cic. Verr. 2, 21: être près de la ville [Rome]; ad oppidum constitit, Caes. BC. 1, 16, 4: il s'arrêta près de la ville; pons qui erat ad Genavam, Caes. BG. 1, 7, 2: le pont qui était près de Genève. II [en parl. de batailles]: proelium ad Nolam, Cic. Br. 12: bataille de Nola; ad Tenedum, Cic. Mur. 33: de Ténédos; ad Magetobrigam, Caes. BG. 1, 31, 12: à Magetobriga; ad Cannas, Liv. 23, 11, 7, etc. II à, dans [emploi rare]: ad villam ali, Cic. Amer. 44: se nourrir dans la maison de campagne; quae ad aedem Felicitatis sunt, Cic. Verr. 4, 4: [statues] qui sont dans le temple du Bonheur [ABCR]II [avec ellipse de aedem]: ad Castoris, Cic. Quinct. 17: près du temple de Castor; senatus ad Apollinis fuit, Cic. Q. 2, 3, 3: le sénat tint séance au temple d'Apollon. II du côté de, vers: pugnatur acriter ad novissimum agmen, Caes. BC. 1, 80, 5: le combat est acharné du côté de l'arrière-garde, cf. BC. 1, 63, 3 ; 2, 42, 5; castris ad eam partem oppidi positis? Caes. BG. 7, 17, 1: le camp ayant été établi de ce côté de la ville; equestribus proeliis ad aquam factis, Caes. BG. 5, 50, 1: des engagements de cavalerie ayant eu lieu près du ruisseau; ad laevam, ad dextram, Cic. Tim. 48: vers la gauche, vers la droite (à g., à dr.); ad pulvinaria, Cic. Cat. 3, 23: [près des coussins] à tous les temples; ad solarium, Cic. Quinct. 59: aux alentours du cadran solaire; ad speculum barbam vellere, Sen. Nat. 1, 17, 2: s'épiler devant un miroir; ad ignem coquere, Cato. Agr. 81: cuire au feu, sur le feu. [zapst]¶3 [adaptation accompagnement]: cantare ad chordarum sonum, Nep. Epam. 2, 1: chanter aux sons d'un instrument à cordes; ad tibicinem, Cic. Agr. 2, 93; Tusc. 1, 3, etc.: avec accompagnement du joueur de flûte II ad lucernam, Sen. Ir. 3, 18, 4: à la lueur d'une lampe, cf. Cic. Q. 3, 7, 2; ad faces, Sen. Brev. 20, 5: à la lueur des torches; ad lunam, Virg, En. 4, 513: à la lumière de la lune; ad clepsydram, Cic. de Or. 3, 138: sous le contrôle de la clepsydre [avec un temps mesuré]. [zapst]¶4 [adhérence]: ad radices linguae haerens, Cic. Nat. 2, 135: fixé à la base de la langue; ad saxa inhaerens, Cic. Nat. 2, 100: attaché aux rochers. [zapst]¶5 [participation à], [au lieu de scribendo adesse, Cic. Fam. 8, 8, 5, etc.] ad scribendum esse: être à (participer à) la rédaction d'un sénatus-consulte: Cic. Att. 1, 19, 9 ; Fam. 12, 29, 2. [zapI]II [sens temporel]: [zapst]¶1 jusqu'à: ad summam senectutem, Cic. Br. 179: jusqu'à la plus grande vieillesse; usque ad hanc diem, Cic. Verr. 4, 130; ad hanc diem, Cic. Cat. 3, 17: jusqu'aujourd'hui; ad hoc tempus, Cic. Verr. 3, 216: jusqu'au moment présent; ad multam noctem, Caes. BG. 1, 26, 3: jusqu'à un moment avancé de la nuit; ad nostram memoriam, Nep. Them.10, 3: jusqu'à notre époque; ad reditum nostrum, Cic. Att. 8, 2, 3: jusqu'à notre retour; veteres illi usque ad Socratem, Cic. de Or. 3, 72: ces anciens jusqu'à Socrate. [zapst]¶2 [approximation] vers: ad vesperam, Catul. 2, 6: sur le soir; ad lucem, Cic. Div. 1, 99: vers le point du jour; ad extremam orationem, Caes. BG. 7, 53, 1: sur la fin du discours; ad exitum defensionis tuae, Cic. Verr. 5, 32: (sur) à la fin de ta défense; ad adventum imperatorum, Nep. Att. 10, 2: à l'arrivée des triumvirs, cf. Cic. Att. 2, 17,3; 13, 15, 2. [zapst]¶3 [précision] à: ad diem, Caes. BG. 2, 5, 1: au jour fixé, cf. 7, 77, 10 ; Cic. Off. 3, 45; ad idus, Caes. BG. 1, 7, 6: aux ides; ad tempus: à temps, au moment opportun Cic. Verr. 1, 141; Caes. BG. 4, 23, 5 [mais Fin. 5, 1 et Att. 16, 2, 2, au moment fixé] ; ad extremum, Cic. Or. 174 ; de Or. 1, 142: enfin. [zapst]¶4 [durée limitée, sens voisin de jusqu'à] pour: brevis est et ad tempus, Cic. Off. 1, 27: [passion qui] est courte et pour un temps; bestiae ex se natos amant ad quoddam tempus, Cic. Lael. 27: les bêtes aiment leur progéniture pour un temps limité; ad tempus lectus, Liv. 28, 24, 5: élu provisoirement, cf. 21, 25, 14. [zapst]¶5 [avenir] dans: ad annum, Cic. Att 5, 2, 1, [il sera tribun de la plèbe] dans un an, l'année prochaine, cf. de Or. 3, 92; ad decem milia annorum, Cic. Tusc. 1, 90: dans 10.000 ans. [zapI]III [rapports variés]: [zapst]¶1 pour, en vue de [avec les verbes qui signifient exhorter à, pousser à, préparer à, disposer pour; se servir pour; travailler à; envoyer pour, etc. ; avec les adjectifs et, d'une manière générale, les expressions qui marquent le but ; très souvent ad est suivi du gérondif ou de l'adj. verbal]: ad celeritatem onerandi paulo facit humiliores (naves), Caes. BG. 5, 1, 2: en vue de la promptitude du chargement, il fait faire les vaisseaux un peu plus bas; ad omnes casus, Caes. BG. 4, 31, 2, etc.: (en vue de) pour toutes les éventualités; naves factae ad quamvis vim perferendam, Caes. BG. 3, 13, 3: navires faits pour supporter n'importe quelle violence; tu omnia ad pacem; ego omnia ad libertatem, Cic. ad Br. 2, 7, 1: [ellipse du verbe] toi, c'était tout pour la paix; moi, tout pour la liberté; non ad eam rem, sed ut... Cic. Tusc. 49: ce n'est pas dans cette intention, c'est pour que... ; ad hoc, ut + subj. Liv. 28, 39, 7; 45, 39, 8: en vue de, pour que. [zapst]¶2 [marquant le résultat, l'aboutissement]: ex agresti vita exculti ad humanitatem, Cic. Lep. 2, 36: façonnés et amenés d'une vie sauvage à la civilisation; efferavit ea caedes Thebanos ad execrabile odium Romanorum, Liv. 33, 29, 1: ce meurtre déchaîna les Thébains et leur inspira une haine implacable contre les Romains; mutatis repente ad misericordiam animis, Liv. 24, 26, 14: la fureur populaire s'étant changée soudain en compassion II ad necem, Cic. Tusc. 2, 34: [frapper] jusqu'à ce que mort s'ensuive; ad insaniam aliquid concupiscere, Cic. Verr. 2, 87: désirer qqch jusqu'à être fou; nihil intolerabile ad demittendum animum, nimis laetabile ad ecferendum, Cic. Tusc. 4, 37: rien qui soit intolérable, au point d'abattre l'âme, qui cause trop de joie, au point de la transporter. [zapst]¶3 relativement à: genus praedandi ad magnitudinem quaestus immensum, Cic. Verr. 5, 22: genre de pillage sans limite quant à la grandeur des profits; ad cetera egregius, Liv. 37, 7, 15: remarquable sous tous les autres rapports II quid id ad rem? Cic. Quinct. 79: quel rapport cela a-t-il avec l'affaire? quid ad praetorem? Cic. Verr. 1, 116: en quoi cela intéresse-t-il le préteur? quid egerit, nihil ad causam, Cic. Sest. 71: ce qu'il a accompli? cela ne regarde pas le procès; ad ea quae scribis... Cic. Att. 11, 21, 1: quant à ce que tu écris... [zapst]¶4 suivant, conformément à, d'après: ad meam rationem usumque non aestimo, Cic. Verr. 4, 13: à consulter mes principes et mon usage personnel, je ne formule pas d'évaluation; versare suam naturam ad tempus, Cic. Cael. 13: modifier son caractère suivant les circonstances; hanc ad legem, Cic. de Or. 3, 190: d'après ces principes; ad naturam, Cic. Fin. 1, 30: conformément à la nature; ad nutum alicujus, Cic. Verr. pr. 13: selon la volonté de qqn; ad perpendiculum, Cic. Verr. 1, 133: suivant la perpendiculaire; ad istorum normam sapiens, Cic. Lael. 18: sage suivant leur (équerre) règle. [zapst]¶5 en comparaison de: terram ad universi caeli complexum quasi puncti instar obtinere, Cic. Tusc. 1, 40: que la terre occupe pour ainsi dire l'équivalent d'un point en comparaison de l'étendue qu'embrasse le ciel; sed nihil ad Persium, Cic. de Or. 2, 25, mais ce n'est rien au prix de Persius, cf. Leg. 1, 6. [zapst]¶6 comme suite à, par suite de: ad clamorem convenerunt, Caes. BG. 4, 37, 2: aux cris poussés, ils se rassemblèrent; ad infirmitatem laterum contentionem omnem remiserat, Cic. Br. 202: en raison de la faiblesse de ses poumons, il avait renoncé à tout effort violent; ad quorum stridorem odoremque et aspectum territi equi, Liv. 30, 18, 7: au bruit, à l'odeur et à l'aspect de ces animaux, les chevaux effrayés; obstupuerant ad magnitudinem pristinae ejus fortunae, Liv. 39, 50, 2: ils restaient béants devant la grandeur de son ancienne fortune; ad quorum discessum respiravit Mago, Liv. 28, 30, 2: à leur départ Magon respira II ad auditas voces, Ov. M. 5, 509: entendant ces paroles; ad haec visa auditaque, Liv. 2, 23, 7: à cette vue, à ces paroles; ad crescentem tumultum, Liv. 2, 45, 12: devant le tumulte croissant. [zapst]¶7 [direction vers, réponse à]: cum ad singula acclamaretur, Liv. 34, 37, 3: comme à chaque point énoncé des cris de protestation s'élevaient, cf. 24, 14, 9; est ridiculum ad ea quae habemus nihil dicere, Cic. Arch. 8: c'est une plaisanterie que de ne rien répliquer à des faits dont nous avons la constatation; ad tuam epistolam redditae sunt meae litterae, Cic. Att. 9, 9, 3: en réponse à ta missive on t'a remis ma lettre II [sans verbe]: longum est ad omnia, Cic. Nat. 1, 19: il serait trop long de faire réponse à tout; ad ista alias, Cic. Nat. 2, 1: à une autre fois la réponse à cela; haec fere ad litteras, Cic. Fam. 12, 30, 7: voilà d'une manière générale ma réponse à la lettre; nisi quid ad haec forte vultis, Cic. Lael. 32: à moins que vous ne vouliez par hasard faire qq objection. [zapst]¶8 [idée d'approcher, d'appliquer contre], [d'où sens instrumental]: cornu ad saxa limato, Plin. 8, 71: la corne étant limée aux rochers; ad cribrum, Plin. 16, 54; ad circinum, Vitr. 10, 4, 1; ad tornum, Lucr. 4, 361; ad cotem, Plin. 24, 89, au crible, au compas, au tour, à la pierre à aiguiser [comp. au figuré ad normam]; mucronem ad linguam probare, Petr. 70: éprouver une pointe à la langue II ad digiti sonum vocare aliquem, Tibul. 1, 2, 32: appeler qqn au bruit des doigts ; [enfin, dans la 1. vulg.]: ad pectinem capillum flectere, Spart. Hadr. 2, 6, 1: arranger au peigne sa chevelure; ad fundas lapides jacere, Veg. Mil. 2,15: jeter des pierres à la fronde; ad spongiam... detergere, Veg. Mut. 3, 4, 2: essuyer à l'éponge. [zapst]¶9 [approximation] vers, environ [devant un nom de nombre]: ad hominum milia decem, Caes. BG. 1, 4, 2: environ 10.000 hommes II [emploi adverbial]: occisis ad hominum milibus quattuor, Caes. BG. 2, 32, 5: 4.000 hommes environ ayant été tués.
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        Ad Messanam venit. Cic. Au pres de la ville de Messine.
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        Ad vrbem esse dicebantur olim, qui triumphum sibi decerni vellent, vrbem non ingredientes, ne id ius amitterent. Cic. Attendre au pres de la ville, Loger aux faulxbourgs.
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        Ad vrbem esse, pro In vrbe. Cic. En la ville.
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        Habes hortos ad Tyberim. Liu. Sur, ou Aupres du Tybre.
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        Ad te ibam. Terent. J'alloye à toy.
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        Ad me respice. Terent. Vers moy, A moy.
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        Ad domum profecti. Cic. Jusques à la maison.
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        Ad portam expectare. Cic. pro, In porta. A la porte.
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        Ad me bene mane Dionysius fuit. Cic. Avec moy, ou Devers moy.
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        Ad inferos poenas paricidii luent. Cic. és enfers.
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        Ad iudicem dicere. Cic. Parler devant le juge.
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        Famus ad me. Terent. Chez moy, En ma maison, En mon logis.
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        Ad me domum. Plaut. Chez moy en ma maison.
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        Ad quae tempora te expectem, facias me certiorem velim. Cic. Environ quel temps.
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        Ad quod tempus quaeque res facillime crescat. Varro. En quelle saison, Vers, ou Environ quel temps.
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        Nihil ad nostram hanc. Terent. Ce n'est rien au pris, ou En comparaison de la nostre.
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        Classemve ad Pergama misi. Virg. Contre, A l'encontre.
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        Ad, pro intra. Vt tibi Caesar faciendum est ad annum. Ci. Comme il fauldra que tu faces d'ici à un an, ou entre cy et un an.
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        Ad decem annos. Cic. D'icy à dix ans.
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        Ad nullas preces. Propert. Par, ou Pour prieres qu'on face.
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        Ad desyderium relictarum. Liuius. De desir, ou De regret de celles qui estoyent demourees derriere.
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        Ad statuam pecuniam contulerunt. Cic. Pour faire une statue.
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        Ad vsum hominum omnia creantur. Cic. Pour l'usage des hommes.
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        Ad memoriam aliquid notare. Cic. Pour en avoir memoire, Pour memoire.
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        Ad iudicem fidem infirmabit. Cic. Devant le juge.
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        Ad pedes stare passus. Sueton. Devant ses pieds, à ses pieds.
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        Ad haec mala hoc mihi accedit etiam. Ter. Oultre ces ennuyz.
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        Ad arbitrium libidinosae mulieris. Cic. Au plaisir, ou Selon.
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        Ad arbitrium suum scribere. Cic. Comme bon luy semble, A son plaisir.
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        Ad hoc exemplum est. Plaut. Il est semblable à cestuy.
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        Ad hunc modum. Plaut. En ceste maniere.
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        Ad istam faciem virum quaero. Plaut. Semblable à cestuy.
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        Ad morem actionum aliquid persequi. Quint. A la maniere.
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        Ad perpendiculum colunnas exigere. Cic. Au plomb, ou Au niveau.
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        Ad portionem virium. Plin. Selon la force.
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        Ad meum sensum. Cic. A ma fantasie ou advis, Selon, ou Ainsi qu'il me semble.
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        Ad praescriptum omnia gerere. Caesar. Selon l'ordonnance d'autruy.
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        Ad naturam viuere. Senec. Selon nature.
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        Ad similitudinem gymnasiorum exornent mihi in palaestra locum. Cic. Ainsi comme on fait, etc. En la facon.
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        Ad rationem loci et temporis. Plin. iunior. Selon le lieu, et le temps.
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        Si ii ad numerum non essent. Caelius Ciceroni. Si le nombre n'estoit entier, S'ils n'estoyent autant qu'ils debvoyent estre.
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        Ad ornatum, ad speciem magnifico ornatu. Cic. Quant à la beaulté, monstre, ou apparence.
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        Ad tria millia. Plaut. Environ trois milles.
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        Tendens ad sydera palmas. Virg. Vers, ou Droict au ciel.
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        Animaduertit fugam ad se versum fieri. Sallust. Vers luy.
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        Ad horam nonam in anchoris expectauit. Caesar. Jusques à neuf heures.
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        Ad hanc diem. Cic. Jusques à ce jour, Jusques à present.
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        Ad lucem dormire. Cic. Jusques au jour.
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        Ad multum diei. Liuius. Jusques à ce qu'il fut grand jour, ou Une grande partie du jour.
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        Ad vesperum. Cic. Jusques à vespre, ou Au soir.
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        Ad solis occasum. Plaut. Jusques au soleil couchant.
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        Ad meum reditum. Cic. Jusques à mon retour.
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        Ad centena numero. Plin. Jusques au nombre de cent.
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        Ad cinerem ambusti. Plin. Rostis ou bruslez tant qu'ils soyent reduicts en cendre.
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        Ad albicandam cutem. Plin. Pour blanchir.
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        Ad omnia inutilis. Plin. A toutes choses.
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        Ad festos dies eo vti solebat. Cic. Pour les festes, és jours de feste.
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        Ad morsus bestiarum. Cic. Contre les morsures des bestes, ou Pour, etc.
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        Satis ad obiurgandum causae. Terent. Pour tanser et reprendre.
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        Ad viuendum firmus. Plin. Pour vivre et durer long temps.
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        Ad agnatos et gentiles deducendus. Varro. Il est fol et hors du sens, Il est insensé.
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        Ad aliquem conuenire, pro In aliquem competere. Ci. In quem tu, nullam contumeliam iacere potueris, quae non ad maximam partem ciuium conueniret. Qui ne conveint à la pluspart, etc. Qui ne peust estre dicte de, etc.
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        Ad praecipuam altitudinem exeunt vites Cypriae. Plin. Croissent fort haultes.
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        Ad aspectum praeclarus. Ci. Fort beau à veoir, à regarder, à l'oeil.
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        Ad assem impendium reddere. Pli. Rendre la despense et les frais jusques à la derniere maille, Payer ou rendre tout.
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        Ad bonitatem proficere. Plin. Devenir meilleur.
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        Ad cibos auiditas. Plin. Appetit de manger.
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        Ad cibum purus. Plin. Pour manger.
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        Ad currum leones jungere vel equos. Plin. Accoupler, Atteler.
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        Ad cyathos stare. Suet. Estre eschanson, ou boutilier, ou sommelier
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        Ad dextra, Ad laeua. Plin. A dextre, A senestre.
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        Ad dextram manum. A main dextre.
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        Ad dexteram. Sub. manum. Terent. A dextre.
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        Ad sinistram. Terent. A senestre.
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        Ad laeuam. Plaut. A gauche.
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        Ad laeuam manum. Plaut. A la main gauche.
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        Est ad hanc manum sacellum. Terent. A ceste main, De ce costé.
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        Ad diem decedam. Cic. Au jour dict.
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        Ad diem dare. Cic. Au terme dict.
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        Ad digitos venire. Plin. Estre compté et calculé.
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        Ad extremum, Ad postremum, Ad vltimum, Aduerbia sunt modo ordinis, pro Denique vel postremo: modo temporis, pro Tandem. Cic. Finalement, En fin, A la parfin.
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        Ad extremum et Ad vltimum. Cic. Liu. Jusques au bout.
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        Hastili oblongo et tereti, praeterquam ad extremum. Liu. Sinon, ou fors que au bout.
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        Ad fidem affirmare. Li. Asseurer pour vray, Affermer pour verite.
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        Ad gratiam esse dicitur res aliqua. Liu. In Quintio noua et recentia omnia ad gratiam erant. Le rendoyent plus aggreable.
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        Adhoc et Adhaec, nonnulli dicunt esse ordinis aduerbia, alii pro coniunctionibus accipiunt: et ab aliis coniunctim, ab aliis separatim scribuntur. Sic autem dicuntur quasi praeter hoc, praeter haec. Sallu. Plinius iunior. Liu. D'avantage, Oultre ce, Avec ce.
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        Ad teli iactum peruenire. Q. Curt. A un ject de dard pres.
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        Ad id, pro Ad illud tempus. Li. Jusques là, Jusques à ceste heure là.
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        Ad infinitum. Plin. Infiniement.
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        Ad irritum cadit spes. Liu. Quand on est frustré de son esperance.
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        Arripi coniuges ad libita Caesarum. Tacitus. Pour les plaisirs et paillardises des Cesars.
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        Ad limina custos. Virgil. Portier, Huissier.
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        Ad liquidum explorata veritas. Liu. Au cler, Au vray, Clerement.
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        Locum ad literam subieci. Quintil. En forme, mot à mot, comme il estoit par escript.
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        Ad manum esse. Liu. Prest et à main.
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        Quod cuique ad manum venisset. Liu. Tout ce qui leur venoit à main, Tout ce qui s'offroit et presentoit, ce qu'ils rencontroyent ou trouvoyent.
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        Ad manus venire. Cic. Jusques à se batre, et s'entr'empoigner.
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        Ad manum intueri. Plin. De pres, le tenant en la main.
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        Ad manum seruus. Cic. Escrivain, Clerc à escrire, Secretaire.
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        Ad matrem pendent pyra. Plin. A l'arbre.
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        Ad nasum celeriter venire. Plin. Monter tost au nez, Quand quelque chose est de grand odeur.
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        Ad omnia alia. Terent. A toutes autres choses.
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        Ad pedes desilire. Caes. Descendre à pied, Se mettre à pied, Mettre pied à terre.
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        Ad pedes, idem quod A pedibus, siue Seruus a pedibus. Martial. Laquay.
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        Ad pilum vlcera reducere. Plin. Faire venir le poil.
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        Ad plenum nouit causam. Asconius. Parfaictement, Entierement.
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        Ad planum reducere cicatrices. Plin. Remplir et unir les cicatrices tellement qu'il n'y paroisse point.
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        Ad polituram sarcire. Plin. Poliement et proprement.
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        Ad portionem. Plin. A, ou Pour, ou Selon la proportion, A l'equipollent, Au fur.
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        Ad praesens. Plin. Pour l'heure, Pour le present.
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        Ad praesens, pro Tum, de praeterito. Tacit. Pour lors, Pour ceste heure là.
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        Ad quid? Cic. Pourquoy? A quelle fin?
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        Ad remum dare aliquem. Tranq. Envoyer aux galeres, Faire tirer à l'aviron.
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        Ad Seras aliquid petere. Plin. Aller ou envoyer querir quelque chose au pais des, etc. Faire venir du pais, etc.
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        Ad summam, et in summa. Cic. Somme toute, A brief parler, Pour abbreger, Pour le faire court.
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        Ad summum, Aduerbium qualitatis. Cic. Bis terue ad summum. Pour le plus tost, Tout au plus.
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        Cras, ad summum perendie. Cic. Au plus tard, Pour le plus tard.
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        Ad tempus consilium capiam. Plancus Ciceroni. Je prendray advis, ou m'adviseray selon le temps.
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        Ad tempus aderis. Cic. Tu viendras tout à temps.
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        Inuitamentum ad tempus. Cic. Pour un certain temps.
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        Ad quoddam tempus. Cic. Pour quelque temps.
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        Ad terram dare. Tranq. Jecter par terre.
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        Ad tertiam decoquere, et similes locutiones. Plin. Cuire tant, ou Jusques à ce qu'il ne demeure que la tierce partie.
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        Ad verbum. Cic. De mot à mot.
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        Ad vetustatem fidelis materies. Plin. Bois de longue duree.
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        Ad vinum disertus. Cic. Aupres du vin, Quand il a bien beu.
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        Ad vinum transire. Plin. Conualescentibus ad vinum transeuntibus. Qui commencent à boire du vin.
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        Ad viuum resecare. Columel. Couper jusques au vif, jusques à la chair vive.
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        Ad vltimum, pro Ad finem vsque. Liu. Jusques à la fin, Jusques au bout. \ Ad vltimum. Curtius. Finalement.
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        Ad vnguem, Id est, exquisita diligentia, atque exactissima cura. Colu. Parfaictement, avec grande diligence, fort bien, quand il n'y a que redire.
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        Homo factus ad vnguem. Horat. Homme parfaict, Accompli.
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        Castigare ad vnguem: Horat. Parfaictement bien.
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        Ad vnum. Cicero, Omnes ad vnum idem sentiunt. Sans en excepter un, Touts generalement, Jusques à un.
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        Ad votum. Quintil. A souhait, A mon gré, A mon plaisir, Selon mon desir.
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        Ad sonum mergere se solent. Pli. Quand ils oyent le bruit.
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        Ad strepitum citharae. Horat. Au son de la harpe.
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        Ad tua verba reuixi. Ouid. Quand je t'ay ouy parler.
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        Ad tibicinem immolare. Cic. Avoir un menestrier jouant de la fleute tandis qu'on sacrifie.
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        Ad eum nuntium. Liu. Ces nouvelles ouyes.

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  • 5 manus [1]

    1. manus, ūs, f. (griech. μάρη, ahd. munt), die Hand, I) eig. u. bildl.: A) im allg.: manus dextera, Cic., Ggstz. laeva, Cic., od. sinistra, Nep.: manus hostilis, Plaut.: manus callosa, Sen. – abrumpere manibus ramos, Ov.: abscīdere manus, Suet.: abstinere manus, Liv., manus ab alqo, Cic., ab alcis pecuniis, Cic., a se, Cic., manus alieno, Cato: accedere ad manum od. ad manus, an die H. herangehen, v. Tieren = auf den Ruf kommen und aus der H. fressen, Cic. u. Varro (v. Menschen s. no. B, 2): accipere puerum in manum, Iustin.: accipere alqd manibus, Cic.: adire alci manum, s. 2. ad-eo no. I, 1: manus adhibere genibus, beim Flehen, Ov., pomis, um sie zu pflücken, Sen. poët.: manus adhibere vectigalibus, bildl., Hand anlegen an usw. = sie berauben, Cic.: admovere manus religiose (mit frommer Scheu). Liv.: admovere manum od. manus alci rei od. ad alqd, s. ad-moveono. I: afferre manus, s. af-ferono. II A: affingere mundo nec manus nec pedes nec alia membra, Cic.: amittere manibus, Plaut., e od. de manibus, Cic. u. Liv.: apponere manus ad os, um nicht zu laut zu reden, Cael. in Cic. ep.: apprehendere manum osculandi causā, Suet.: armare manus, s. armono. II, 2, a: haec asserere utrāque manu complexuque toto, gern, Mart.: cohibere manus ab alieno, Plaut., manum, oculos, animum ab auro gazaque regis, Cic.: collidere manus, Quint.: complodere manus, Quint, saepius manus, v. Zornigen, Sen.: comprimere manum, manus, s. com-primono. II, 1, a: conferre ferrum et manus, zum Kampfe, Cic.: continere manum intra pallium, Quint.: continere vix ab alqo manus ac tela, Cic.: porrigere mutuas in gratiam manus, Sen. rhet.: manum dare alci, die H. reichen, Quint.: manus dare, bildl., sich ohne fernere Gegenwehr ergeben, sich für überwunden bekennen, nachgeben, Caes., Cic. u.a. (vgl. Burm. Ov. her. 17, 260. Bünem. Lact 5, 1, 3): so auch victas manus dare, Ov., manus dedere, Verg.: dare alci alqd in manum, Ter.: deponere alqd de manibus, Cic.: dimittere (ex) manibus, s. dī-mitto: ducere alqm manu, Verg. u. (bildl.) Cic.: elabi e manu, e manibus, s. ē-lābor: elabi de manibus (bildl.), ein Spielball des Zufalls werden, Cic.: emittere manu, e u. de manibus, s. ē-mittono. II. – esse in manibus, α) in den Händen sein, oratio est in manibus, man hat sie in der Hand, man kann sie lesen, sie ist bekannt, Cic.: poet, in manibus Mars ipse, ihr habt den M. gleichs. in euren Händen (= jetzt hängt der Erfolg des Kampfes ganz von eurer Tapferkeit ab), Verg. β) in Arbeit sein, liber mihi est in manibus, unter der Feder, Cic. γ) nahe sein, gegenwärtig sein, Caes. u. Verg.: sed ecce in manibus vir et praestantissimo ingenio et flagranti studio, C. Gracchus, siehe, da steht vor uns ein Mann usw., da sind wir (in der Aufzählung) gekommen an einen Mann usw., Cic. δ) jetzt vorgehen, attendere, quae sunt in manibus, Cic.: quia vindemiae in manibus, ich mit der W. zu tun habe, Plin. ep. – alci in manu esse, in jmds. Kräften stehen, jmdm. möglich sein, Komik. (s. Lorenz Plaut. most. 577), tibi id in manu est ne fiat, Ter. – eximere alci e manu manubrium, s. manubrium: extendere manus suas, Ov. u. Lact., manum infesto pollice, Quint.: extorquere sicam de manibus, Cic.: fugere e manibus, Cic.: habere in manibus alqm, jmd. auf den H. tragen, Cic.: habere in manibus alqd, etwas unter den Händen (in der Arbeit) haben, Cic.: laevam tunicis inserere manum, Ov.: iactare manus, beim Tanze, Prop. u. Ov., beim Deklamieren, Quint.: lavare manus, Cic. (u. sprichw., manus manum lavat, eine Hand wäscht die andere, Sen. apoc. 9, 6. Petron. 45, 13): ostende huc manum dexteram, Plaut.: ponere alqd de manibus, Cic.: porrigere manum, s. 2. por-rigo: prehendere alcis manum, Cic., alqm manu, Cic.: premere manu spongiam plenam aquai (= aquae) ac siccare, Lucr.: proferre ambas manus, Plaut.: regere manum alcis manu superimpositā, Quint.: sumere vas in manus, Cic.: sustinere alqd porrectis manibus, Cic.: tangere alcis manum, jmdm. an den Puls fühlen, Sen.: non potest beneficium manu tangi, ist nicht handgreiflich, Sen.: tendere manus, s. tendo: tenere manu, dexterā manu, utrisque manibus, teneri manu, manibus (bildl.), s. teneo: tollere manus, s. tollo: alqm venerari manu, seine Verehrung durch Handkuß bezeichnen (indem man die eigene Hand küßt und diesen Kuß dem anderen zuwirft), Tac.: versare manu exemplaria Graeca, Hor.: alcis rei causā ne manum quidem vertere, die Hand nicht umdrehen einer Sache wegen, d.i. sich nicht die mindeste Mühe geben, Cic. de fin. 5, 93: u. so quid de me Mezentius sentiat, manum non vorteris, wirst du keine H. umwenden (wird dir gleichgültig sein), Apul. apol. 56: vincire manus post tergum, Liv., post terga, Verg., manus laxe, Liv. – Besondere Verbindungen, in denen manus im Abl. oder mit Praepp. steht: a) von der Nähe, in Verbindgg. wie victoriam in manibus videre, Cic.: ad manum, bei der Hand, zur Hand, esse, Liv. u. Fronto, habere, Quint., intueri, Plin.: habere ad manum scribae loco, Nep.: servum sibi habere ad manum, zum Privatsekretär, Cic.: dah. librarius ad manum, zur Hand, zum persönlichen Dienste, Corp. inscr. Lat. 6, 9523. – b) sub manu od. manum, bei der Hand (in der Nähe), Planc. in Cic. ep.: dah. leicht, ohne Mühe, sogleich, Sen. u. Suet. – c) de manu, α) mit eigener Hand, facere, Cic.: u. so bl. manu parere sibi letum, Verg. β) aus eigener Hand, d. i auf eigene Kosten, Colum. γ) de manu in manum tradere, aus unserer Hand in eines anderen Hand, Cic. – d) plenā manu, mit voller, (geldvoller) Hand, Tibull.: bildl., liberaliter et plenā manu faciam, Sen. contr.: plenā manu scapulas eius verberavit, mit voller (breiter) H., Petron.: plenā manu alcis laudes in astra tollere = jmdm. reichliches Lob spenden, Cic. – e) manibus pedibusque od. manibus pedibus (griech. πυξ καὶ λάξ), mit Händen u. Füßen, d.i. mit allen Kräften, mit aller Anstrengung, Ter. Andr. 161 u. 676. – f) per manus, α) mit den Händen, trahere, Caes.: per manus servulae servatus, durch ihren Dienst, Cic. β) von Hand zu Hand, Liv.: bildl., traditae per manus religiones, vom Vater auf den Sohn und von diesem auf den Enkel usw., Liv. – g) prae manu, vor die Hand, zur Hand, in Bereitschaft, esse, Plaut.: si paulum dederis prae manu, vor die Hand, in die Hand, zum Anfange der Wirtschaft, Ter.: habere prae manu, ICt.: si liber est prae manibus, bei der Hand, Gell. – h) inter manus, α) mit den Händen, auferri, Cic.: proferri, Caes. β) unter den Händen, in den Händen, Cael. in Cic. ep.: inter manus habere, eine schriftl. Arbeit unter den H. haben, Plin. ep. γ) inter manus esse, handgreiflich sein (= vor Augen liegen), Verg. – i) sub manus, unter den Händen, succedere, Plaut. – k) manibus aequis, mit gleichen Vorteilen, mit gleichem Glücke (im Kampfe), nach unentschiedenem Kampfe, bellum nox intempesta diremit, Enn. ann. 167: dirimere pugnam, Liv.: abscedere, Tac.: so auch aequā manu discedere, Sall. Cat. 39, 4 (Ggstz. superiorem discedere). – l) a manu servus, Schreiber, Sekretär, Suet. Caes. 74, 1 (vgl. Corp. inscr. Lat. 6, 8409 u. 9534): u. so liberta a manu, Suet. Vesp. 3. – m) brevi manu, sogleich, ohne Verzögerung, ICt.: hingegen longā manu, langsam, ICt. – n) illotis manibus, s. il-lōtus. – o) manum de tabula! eig. die Hand vom Gemälde! sprichw. = genug! es sei genug! Cic. ep. 7, 25, 1.

    B) insbes.: 1) die Faust = die persönliche Tapferkeit, die bewaffnete Hand, manu fortis, Nep.: manu promptus, Sall.: manu sternere alqm, Verg.: manu vincere, Ov.: manu capere urbes, Sall.: usu manuque, Caes.: committere manum Teucris, handgemein werden (im Kampf), Verg. (vgl. confero u. consero). – 2) das Handgemenge, die Tätlichkeit, Gewalttätigkeit, ad od. in manum venire, Liv. u. Plin. pan., od. ad manum accedere, Nep., zum Handgemenge kommen, handgemein werden: so auch in manus venire, Liv.: pugna iam ad manus venerat, man war handgemein geworden, Liv.: res venit ad manum, Cic.: proelium in manibus facere, im Handgemenge kämpfen, Sall.: continere manus ab alqo, Ov.: manibus temperare, es nicht zu Tätlichkeiten kommen lassen, Liv.: vim et manus afferre, zu Gewalt u. Gewalttätigkeiten schreiten, Cic.: Armeniae manum afferre, A. angreifen, Vell.: alci od. alci rei (zB. regnis) manum od. manus inicere, Gewalt antun, Sen. u. Val. Max.: manu (mit bewaffneter Hand) vindicare iniurias, Sall.: u. so vindicandum in eos... non manu neque vi, verum (sondern) etc., Sall.: ebenso per manus libertatem retinendam, Sall. – 3) (Abl. manu) von der Kunst od. Anwendung der Kunst, v. Bemühung u. Händearbeit, manu quaerere (erwerben), Cic.: bes. im Ggstz. zu dem, was von Natur ist = durch Händearbeit, durch die Kunst, piscina manu facta, Varro: portus od. canales manu facti, Cic. u. Sen.: congesta manu oppida, Verg.: manu sata, Getreide von Menschen gesät, Caes.: arbusculae manu cultae, künstlich gezogene, Fronto: urbs manu munitissima, Cic.: postea credo additas moles manuque adiutum, ut etc., und es sei durch die Kunst nachgeholfen, Liv. – übtr., auf gesuchte, künstliche Weise (vgl. Lipsius Sen. ad Marc. 19, 2. p. 122 ed. 4.), morbi, quos manu fecimus, Sen.: quidam liberos eiurant et orbitates manu faciunt, Sen.: oratio fucata et manu facta (affektierte), Sen. – 4) die Hand = Macht, Gewalt, haec non sunt in manu nostra, Cic.: omnes, quorum in alterius manu vita posita est, Cic.: iuxta deos in tua manu posita est, Tac.: in vestra manu situm est (in eurer H. liegt es) m. indir. Fragesatz, Sall., m. folg. Infin., Apul.: dah. manu mittere od. emittere, s. manūmittou. ē-mitto. – convenire in manum, s. con-veniono. I, A, b, β (Bd. 1. S. 1656).

    II) meton.: 1) die Hand, d.i. Arbeit des Künstlers u. jedes Arbeitenden, prima, Quint.: extrema, letzte Hand, d.i. Vollendung und Vervollkommnung einer Arbeit, extrema manus non accessit eius operibus, Cic.: so auch summa manus, Sen., ultima manus, Ov.: aptius a summa conspiciare manu, laß dich lieber sehen, wenn du völlig geputzt bist, Ov.: manus pretium, s. manūpretium. – 2) die Hand eines Schreibenden, die Handschrift, u. die des Künstlers in den bildenden Künsten, der Stil u. dgl., alia, Cic.: Alexidis manum amabam, Cic.: redii ad meam manum, nun schreibe ich selbst, Cic.: manum emittere, die Hand (Handschrift) von sich geben, ICt.: falso manum eius imitatus, Eutr.: manus Praxitelis, Werk des Praxiteles, Mart.: artificum manus miratur, Verg. – 3) der Wurf im Würfelspiele, si quas manus remisi, Würfe (= deren Gewinn) geschenkt habe, Aug. b. Suet. Aug. 71, 3. – 4) der Handgriff, totas artis manus, machinas omnes ardenter exercet, übtr. = alle Kniffe u. Ränke, Apul. met. 3, 16. – 5) in der Fechtkunst, der Hieb, Stich, Stoß (vgl. Spalding Quint. 5, 13, 54. p. 386 sq.), prima (die Prime), secunda (der Nachstoß), tertia, Quint.: manum exigere, anbringen, Quint.

    III) übtr.: 1) der Rüssel des Elefanten, Cic. u.a. – 2) die Vorderfüße des Bären, Plin.: des Affen, Plin. – 3) die Zweige der Bäume, Stat. u. Pallad. – 4) manus ferrea, ein eiserner, an einer Kette befestigter Haken, um feindliche Schiffe zu entern, der Enterhaken (vgl. harpago), Caes., Liv. u.a. – 5) (wie χείρ) die Schar (im üblen Sinne die Rotte, Bande), a) übh.: bonorum, Cic.: Iudaeorum, Cic.: coniuratorum, Cic.: manus bicorpor, von den Zentauren, Cic. poët. – insbes., Leute = Arbeiter zum Schiffsbau, Verg. Aen. 11, 329. – b) eine bewaffnete Schar, eine Abteilung, magna, Cic.: parva, Sall.: firma, Cic.: nova (Ggstz. veteres copiae), Caes.: manum facere, Cic.: manum conducere, Caes.: manum cogere, Caes. – / Archaist. Genet. manuis, *Varro sat Men. 423. – Dat. manu, Prop. 1, 11, 12; vgl. Prisc. 7, 88. – vulg. Formen nach der 2. Deklin., Abl. mano, Corp. inscr. Lat. 3, 88: Akk. Plur. manos, Itala (Taurin.) Marc. 9, 34. Itala (Clar.) 1. Timoth. 2, 8.

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    1. manus, ūs, f. (griech. μάρη, ahd. munt), die Hand, I) eig. u. bildl.: A) im allg.: manus dextera, Cic., Ggstz. laeva, Cic., od. sinistra, Nep.: manus hostilis, Plaut.: manus callosa, Sen. – abrumpere manibus ramos, Ov.: abscīdere manus, Suet.: abstinere manus, Liv., manus ab alqo, Cic., ab alcis pecuniis, Cic., a se, Cic., manus alieno, Cato: accedere ad manum od. ad manus, an die H. herangehen, v. Tieren = auf den Ruf kommen und aus der H. fressen, Cic. u. Varro (v. Menschen s. no. B, 2): accipere puerum in manum, Iustin.: accipere alqd manibus, Cic.: adire alci manum, s. 2. adeo no. I, 1: manus adhibere genibus, beim Flehen, Ov., pomis, um sie zu pflücken, Sen. poët.: manus adhibere vectigalibus, bildl., Hand anlegen an usw. = sie berauben, Cic.: admovere manus religiose (mit frommer Scheu). Liv.: admovere manum od. manus alci rei od. ad alqd, s. admoveo no. I: afferre manus, s. affero no. II A: affingere mundo nec manus nec pedes nec alia membra, Cic.: amittere manibus, Plaut., e od. de manibus, Cic. u. Liv.: apponere manus ad os, um nicht zu laut zu reden, Cael. in Cic. ep.: apprehendere manum osculandi causā, Suet.: armare manus, s. armo no. II, 2, a: haec asserere utrāque manu complexuque toto, gern, Mart.: cohibere manus ab alieno, Plaut., manum, oculos, animum ab auro gazaque regis, Cic.: collidere
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    manus, Quint.: complodere manus, Quint, saepius manus, v. Zornigen, Sen.: comprimere manum, manus, s. comprimo no. II, 1, a: conferre ferrum et manus, zum Kampfe, Cic.: continere manum intra pallium, Quint.: continere vix ab alqo manus ac tela, Cic.: porrigere mutuas in gratiam manus, Sen. rhet.: manum dare alci, die H. reichen, Quint.: manus dare, bildl., sich ohne fernere Gegenwehr ergeben, sich für überwunden bekennen, nachgeben, Caes., Cic. u.a. (vgl. Burm. Ov. her. 17, 260. Bünem. Lact 5, 1, 3): so auch victas manus dare, Ov., manus dedere, Verg.: dare alci alqd in manum, Ter.: deponere alqd de manibus, Cic.: dimittere (ex) manibus, s. dimitto: ducere alqm manu, Verg. u. (bildl.) Cic.: elabi e manu, e manibus, s. elabor: elabi de manibus (bildl.), ein Spielball des Zufalls werden, Cic.: emittere manu, e u. de manibus, s. emitto no. II. – esse in manibus, α) in den Händen sein, oratio est in manibus, man hat sie in der Hand, man kann sie lesen, sie ist bekannt, Cic.: poet, in manibus Mars ipse, ihr habt den M. gleichs. in euren Händen (= jetzt hängt der Erfolg des Kampfes ganz von eurer Tapferkeit ab), Verg. β) in Arbeit sein, liber mihi est in manibus, unter der Feder, Cic. γ) nahe sein, gegenwärtig sein, Caes. u. Verg.: sed ecce in manibus vir et praestantissimo ingenio et flagranti studio, C. Gracchus, siehe, da steht vor uns ein Mann usw., da sind wir (in der
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    Aufzählung) gekommen an einen Mann usw., Cic. δ) jetzt vorgehen, attendere, quae sunt in manibus, Cic.: quia vindemiae in manibus, ich mit der W. zu tun habe, Plin. ep. – alci in manu esse, in jmds. Kräften stehen, jmdm. möglich sein, Komik. (s. Lorenz Plaut. most. 577), tibi id in manu est ne fiat, Ter. – eximere alci e manu manubrium, s. manubrium: extendere manus suas, Ov. u. Lact., manum infesto pollice, Quint.: extorquere sicam de manibus, Cic.: fugere e manibus, Cic.: habere in manibus alqm, jmd. auf den H. tragen, Cic.: habere in manibus alqd, etwas unter den Händen (in der Arbeit) haben, Cic.: laevam tunicis inserere manum, Ov.: iactare manus, beim Tanze, Prop. u. Ov., beim Deklamieren, Quint.: lavare manus, Cic. (u. sprichw., manus manum lavat, eine Hand wäscht die andere, Sen. apoc. 9, 6. Petron. 45, 13): ostende huc manum dexteram, Plaut.: ponere alqd de manibus, Cic.: porrigere manum, s. porrigo: prehendere alcis manum, Cic., alqm manu, Cic.: premere manu spongiam plenam aquai (= aquae) ac siccare, Lucr.: proferre ambas manus, Plaut.: regere manum alcis manu superimpositā, Quint.: sumere vas in manus, Cic.: sustinere alqd porrectis manibus, Cic.: tangere alcis manum, jmdm. an den Puls fühlen, Sen.: non potest beneficium manu tangi, ist nicht handgreiflich, Sen.: tendere manus, s. tendo: tenere manu, dexterā manu, utrisque manibus, teneri manu,
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    manibus (bildl.), s. teneo: tollere manus, s. tollo: alqm venerari manu, seine Verehrung durch Handkuß bezeichnen (indem man die eigene Hand küßt und diesen Kuß dem anderen zuwirft), Tac.: versare manu exemplaria Graeca, Hor.: alcis rei causā ne manum quidem vertere, die Hand nicht umdrehen einer Sache wegen, d.i. sich nicht die mindeste Mühe geben, Cic. de fin. 5, 93: u. so quid de me Mezentius sentiat, manum non vorteris, wirst du keine H. umwenden (wird dir gleichgültig sein), Apul. apol. 56: vincire manus post tergum, Liv., post terga, Verg., manus laxe, Liv. – Besondere Verbindungen, in denen manus im Abl. oder mit Praepp. steht: a) von der Nähe, in Verbindgg. wie victoriam in manibus videre, Cic.: ad manum, bei der Hand, zur Hand, esse, Liv. u. Fronto, habere, Quint., intueri, Plin.: habere ad manum scribae loco, Nep.: servum sibi habere ad manum, zum Privatsekretär, Cic.: dah. librarius ad manum, zur Hand, zum persönlichen Dienste, Corp. inscr. Lat. 6, 9523. – b) sub manu od. manum, bei der Hand (in der Nähe), Planc. in Cic. ep.: dah. leicht, ohne Mühe, sogleich, Sen. u. Suet. – c) de manu, α) mit eigener Hand, facere, Cic.: u. so bl. manu parere sibi letum, Verg. β) aus eigener Hand, d. i auf eigene Kosten, Colum. γ) de manu in manum tradere, aus unserer Hand in eines anderen Hand, Cic. – d) plenā manu, mit voller, (geldvoller) Hand,
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    Tibull.: bildl., liberaliter et plenā manu faciam, Sen. contr.: plenā manu scapulas eius verberavit, mit voller (breiter) H., Petron.: plenā manu alcis laudes in astra tollere = jmdm. reichliches Lob spenden, Cic. – e) manibus pedibusque od. manibus pedibus (griech. πυξ καὶ λάξ), mit Händen u. Füßen, d.i. mit allen Kräften, mit aller Anstrengung, Ter. Andr. 161 u. 676. – f) per manus, α) mit den Händen, trahere, Caes.: per manus servulae servatus, durch ihren Dienst, Cic. β) von Hand zu Hand, Liv.: bildl., traditae per manus religiones, vom Vater auf den Sohn und von diesem auf den Enkel usw., Liv. – g) prae manu, vor die Hand, zur Hand, in Bereitschaft, esse, Plaut.: si paulum dederis prae manu, vor die Hand, in die Hand, zum Anfange der Wirtschaft, Ter.: habere prae manu, ICt.: si liber est prae manibus, bei der Hand, Gell. – h) inter manus, α) mit den Händen, auferri, Cic.: proferri, Caes. β) unter den Händen, in den Händen, Cael. in Cic. ep.: inter manus habere, eine schriftl. Arbeit unter den H. haben, Plin. ep. γ) inter manus esse, handgreiflich sein (= vor Augen liegen), Verg. – i) sub manus, unter den Händen, succedere, Plaut. – k) manibus aequis, mit gleichen Vorteilen, mit gleichem Glücke (im Kampfe), nach unentschiedenem Kampfe, bellum nox intempesta diremit, Enn. ann. 167: dirimere pugnam, Liv.: abscedere, Tac.: so auch aequā manu discedere, Sall. Cat.
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    39, 4 (Ggstz. superiorem discedere). – l) a manu servus, Schreiber, Sekretär, Suet. Caes. 74, 1 (vgl. Corp. inscr. Lat. 6, 8409 u. 9534): u. so liberta a manu, Suet. Vesp. 3. – m) brevi manu, sogleich, ohne Verzögerung, ICt.: hingegen longā manu, langsam, ICt. – n) illotis manibus, s. illotus. – o) manum de tabula! eig. die Hand vom Gemälde! sprichw. = genug! es sei genug! Cic. ep. 7, 25, 1.
    B) insbes.: 1) die Faust = die persönliche Tapferkeit, die bewaffnete Hand, manu fortis, Nep.: manu promptus, Sall.: manu sternere alqm, Verg.: manu vincere, Ov.: manu capere urbes, Sall.: usu manuque, Caes.: committere manum Teucris, handgemein werden (im Kampf), Verg. (vgl. confero u. consero). – 2) das Handgemenge, die Tätlichkeit, Gewalttätigkeit, ad od. in manum venire, Liv. u. Plin. pan., od. ad manum accedere, Nep., zum Handgemenge kommen, handgemein werden: so auch in manus venire, Liv.: pugna iam ad manus venerat, man war handgemein geworden, Liv.: res venit ad manum, Cic.: proelium in manibus facere, im Handgemenge kämpfen, Sall.: continere manus ab alqo, Ov.: manibus temperare, es nicht zu Tätlichkeiten kommen lassen, Liv.: vim et manus afferre, zu Gewalt u. Gewalttätigkeiten schreiten, Cic.: Armeniae manum afferre, A. angreifen, Vell.: alci od. alci rei (zB. regnis) manum od. manus inicere, Gewalt antun, Sen. u. Val. Max.: manu (mit
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    bewaffneter Hand) vindicare iniurias, Sall.: u. so vindicandum in eos... non manu neque vi, verum (sondern) etc., Sall.: ebenso per manus libertatem retinendam, Sall. – 3) (Abl. manu) von der Kunst od. Anwendung der Kunst, v. Bemühung u. Händearbeit, manu quaerere (erwerben), Cic.: bes. im Ggstz. zu dem, was von Natur ist = durch Händearbeit, durch die Kunst, piscina manu facta, Varro: portus od. canales manu facti, Cic. u. Sen.: congesta manu oppida, Verg.: manu sata, Getreide von Menschen gesät, Caes.: arbusculae manu cultae, künstlich gezogene, Fronto: urbs manu munitissima, Cic.: postea credo additas moles manuque adiutum, ut etc., und es sei durch die Kunst nachgeholfen, Liv. – übtr., auf gesuchte, künstliche Weise (vgl. Lipsius Sen. ad Marc. 19, 2. p. 122 ed. 4.), morbi, quos manu fecimus, Sen.: quidam liberos eiurant et orbitates manu faciunt, Sen.: oratio fucata et manu facta (affektierte), Sen. – 4) die Hand = Macht, Gewalt, haec non sunt in manu nostra, Cic.: omnes, quorum in alterius manu vita posita est, Cic.: iuxta deos in tua manu posita est, Tac.: in vestra manu situm est (in eurer H. liegt es) m. indir. Fragesatz, Sall., m. folg. Infin., Apul.: dah. manu mittere od. emittere, s. manumitto u. emitto. – convenire in manum, s. convenio no. I, A, b, β (Bd. 1. S. 1656).
    II) meton.: 1) die Hand, d.i. Arbeit des Künstlers
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    u. jedes Arbeitenden, prima, Quint.: extrema, letzte Hand, d.i. Vollendung und Vervollkommnung einer Arbeit, extrema manus non accessit eius operibus, Cic.: so auch summa manus, Sen., ultima manus, Ov.: aptius a summa conspiciare manu, laß dich lieber sehen, wenn du völlig geputzt bist, Ov.: manus pretium, s. manupretium. – 2) die Hand eines Schreibenden, die Handschrift, u. die des Künstlers in den bildenden Künsten, der Stil u. dgl., alia, Cic.: Alexidis manum amabam, Cic.: redii ad meam manum, nun schreibe ich selbst, Cic.: manum emittere, die Hand (Handschrift) von sich geben, ICt.: falso manum eius imitatus, Eutr.: manus Praxitelis, Werk des Praxiteles, Mart.: artificum manus miratur, Verg. – 3) der Wurf im Würfelspiele, si quas manus remisi, Würfe (= deren Gewinn) geschenkt habe, Aug. b. Suet. Aug. 71, 3. – 4) der Handgriff, totas artis manus, machinas omnes ardenter exercet, übtr. = alle Kniffe u. Ränke, Apul. met. 3, 16. – 5) in der Fechtkunst, der Hieb, Stich, Stoß (vgl. Spalding Quint. 5, 13, 54. p. 386 sq.), prima (die Prime), secunda (der Nachstoß), tertia, Quint.: manum exigere, anbringen, Quint.
    III) übtr.: 1) der Rüssel des Elefanten, Cic. u.a. – 2) die Vorderfüße des Bären, Plin.: des Affen, Plin. – 3) die Zweige der Bäume, Stat. u. Pallad. – 4) manus ferrea, ein eiserner, an einer Kette befestigter
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    Haken, um feindliche Schiffe zu entern, der Enterhaken (vgl. harpago), Caes., Liv. u.a. – 5) (wie χείρ) die Schar (im üblen Sinne die Rotte, Bande), a) übh.: bonorum, Cic.: Iudaeorum, Cic.: coniuratorum, Cic.: manus bicorpor, von den Zentauren, Cic. poët. – insbes., Leute = Arbeiter zum Schiffsbau, Verg. Aen. 11, 329. – b) eine bewaffnete Schar, eine Abteilung, magna, Cic.: parva, Sall.: firma, Cic.: nova (Ggstz. veteres copiae), Caes.: manum facere, Cic.: manum conducere, Caes.: manum cogere, Caes. – ⇒ Archaist. Genet. manuis, *Varro sat Men. 423. – Dat. manu, Prop. 1, 11, 12; vgl. Prisc. 7, 88. – vulg. Formen nach der 2. Deklin., Abl. mano, Corp. inscr. Lat. 3, 88: Akk. Plur. manos, Itala (Taurin.) Marc. 9, 34. Itala (Clar.) 1. Timoth. 2, 8.
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    2. mānus, a, um (archaist. Wort), gut, gütig, angef. bei Varro LL. 6, 4. Macr. sat. 1, 3, 13. Serv. Verg. Aen. 1, 139; 2, 268. Isid. orig. 5, 30, 14. Vgl. Cerus manus.

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    oculus, ī, m. (Demin. v. *ocus, vgl. griech. οσσε, οψομαι, οπωπα), das Auge, I) eig.: oculi acres, Cic., acriores, Sen.: acuti, Cic.: aegri, vitiosi, Sen.: aperti, Cic.: aquilini, Apul.: ardentes, Verg. u. Sen.: arguti, Cic.: attenti, Veget. u. Cael. Aur.: attentiores, Val. Max.: atroces, Gell.: avidi, Plin.: boni, Prop.: bubuli, Petron.: cadentes, Sen. rhet.: caeci, Sen.: caerulei, caesii, Cic.: caligantes, Gell.: caprini, Plin.: clari, Cato: clariores, Plin.: clausi, Sidon.: concavi, Suet: conditi, Sen. rhet.: coniventes, Cic.: contenti (gespannte), Suet.: defessi, Verg.: deficientes, Sen.: defixi, Hor.: demissi, Sen. rhet.: oculus dexter, sinister, Plin. ep.: oculi duri, starre, Plaut: eminentes, Cic.: errantes, Cic.: exstantes, Suet.: felinei, Serv. ad Verg.: flentes, Boëth.: fulgentes, Hor.: glauci, Plin.: grandes, Suet.: graves, Cic.: hebetes, hebetiores, Plin. u. Suet. (u. so uterque oculus naturā hebes, Plin.); hiantes, Plaut.: hilares, Sen.: humidi, Plin.: ignei, Solin.: immobiles, Plin., immoti, Ov.: impudentissimi, Cic.: infesti, Cic.: ingentes, Aur. Vict: intenti, Cic.: labentes, Prop.: lacrimantes, Plaut: laeti, Sen.: languidi, Quint.: limi, Plaut. u. Plin.: lippi, Plaut. u. Vitr.: loquaces, Tibull.: lyncei, Boëth.: magni, Varro: oculi igne micantes, Ov.: minaces, Sen.: mites, Val. Max.: morientes, Amm.: nigri, Plaut. u. Varro: operti, Sen.: parvi, Plin.: ravi, Varro: recti, Cic.: reducti introrsus oculi, hohle, Sen. rhet.: rigentes, Plin.: rigidi, Quint.: sicci, Hor. u. Sen.: torvi, Ov.: truces, Cic.: tumentes, Sen.: udi, Ov.: vagi, Veget.: vegeti, Suet.: vigiles, Verg. – acies oculorum, Cic.: album oculi, Cels.: ardor oculorum, Cic.: dolor oculorum, Sen. u. Aur. Vict.: fulmen oculorum tuorum, Aur. Vict.: oculorum hebetatio, Plin.: oculorum ludibrium (Täuschung). Ggstz. vera species, Curt.: lumina oculorum, Nep.: lux oculorum edita, vorstehende Augen, Amm.: oculorum magnitudo et candor, Capit.: locus oculi, die Augenhöhle, Plaut.: oculorum margo, Stat.: oculorum mendacium (Trug), Cic.: oculorum gravis morbus, Nep.: furtivi oculorum nutus (Zwinkern), der Buhldirnen, Hieron.: oculorum orbes (Ränder), Tac.: oculorum poena, die Str., die seine A. hätte treffen sollen, Cic.: oculorum atque aurium sensus (Sing.), Sen.: sensus oculorum atque aurium hebetes, Liv.: oculorum valetudo, Cic.: oculorum vigor integer, Plin. ep.: ulcera oculorum, Marc. Emp. – aeger oculis ex verna intemperie, Liv.: oculis captus, Cic.: captus altero oculo, auf einem A. blind, Suet.: oculorum dolore correptus, Aur. Vict.: corpore toto pulcher, sed magis oculis, Aur. Vict.: oculorum tabe notus, bekannt als einer, dem das Augenlicht vergangen, Tac. – abesse ab oculis et fori et curiae, entrückt sein den A. des F. u. der K., Cic.: abire ex oculis, Liv., ab oculis. Plaut. u. Sen.: adicere oculos, s. ad-iciono. I, 2, a: adicere oculum hereditati, auf die E. ein A. werfen, Cic.: advertere oculos, seine Blicke darauf richten, Plin. pan.: pretia solis oculis (nach dem Augenmaß) aestimantur, Amm.: allevare (aufschlagen) oculos, v. einem Ohnmächtigen, Curt.: amittere (verlieren) oculos, Caes., oculum, Aur. Vict. (bes. im Kampfe): amoliri (entrücken) alqm ab oculis mortalium, Curt.: aperire oculos, s. a-periono. II, a, α: aspernari oculis pulchritudinem rerum, Cic.: non haec aspicere oculis aequis, Verg.: ne rectis quidem oculis aspicere posse instructam aciem, Suet.: attollere oculos, s. at-tollono. I, 1: auferre observantibus etiam oculos, vor sichtlichen Augen betrügen, Liv.: auferri ex oculis, den Blicken entzogen werden, entschwinden (v. leb. Wesen u. Lebl.), Sen. u. Tac.: auferre se ex oculis, Sen. u. Sil.: non oculorum modo usum, sed etiam aurium auferre (v. einem Geschrei), Curt.: avertere oculos, Ov.: alqā re avertere oculos hostium, Liv.: avertere oculos ab alcis facie, Aur. Vict.: avertere ab alqo omnium in se oculos, Liv.: avertere in semet omnium oculos animosque, Curt.: avertere alqd ab oculis et naribus alcis, Cic.: se ex oculis avertere et auferre, Verg.: cadere sub oculos, Cic.: cadere oblectationi oculisque (zur Augenweide), Tac.: oculi mihi caecutiunt, Plaut. u. Varro: caligant oculi, Cels. u.a.: capessere oculis egregium spectaculum, Liv.: capere fructum oculis ex alqa re, die Augen weiden an etw., Nep.: capi altero oculo, auf einem Auge blind wer den, Liv.: captum esse oculis et auribus, Cic., auribus et oculis, Liv.: circumferre oculos, s. circum-fero no. II, b: claudere oculos, Lucan.: comedere oculis pueros molles, Mart.: comprimere oculos, Ov., Sen. u.a.: configere cornicum oculos, s. cōn-figo: conivere altero oculo, Cic.: conicere oculos, s. con-iciono. I, 2, a: contemplari intentis oculis, Cic.: contueri alqm duobus oculis, et non altero, Cic.: credere oculis magis od. amplius quam auribus, Liv. u. Sen.: oculis mihi dedit signum, Plaut.: defigere oculos in etc., s. dē-fīgono. II, a: nusquam ab alqo deflectere oculos, Liv.: deicere (niederschlagen) oculos, Sen.: deicere in terram oculos, Quint. u.a.: deicere nusquam oculos de od. ab etc., s. dē-iciono. II, A: delectare spectaculis oculos, Sen.: delectare imperitorum oculos, Plin. ep.: demittere oculos, s. dē-mittono. I, A, β: detergere oculos (v. Schlaftrunkenen), Petron.: devorare oculis, s. 1. dē-vorono. II, A, 3, a: diducere oculum, Cels.: dirigere oculos, s. dī-rigono. II, A, 1, d (Bd. 1. S. 2184): dissaviari oculos alcis, Q. Cic.: distorquere oculos, Hor.: oculi dolent, Plaut.: oculi dolent nimio fletu, Vopisc., spectando, Auson.: elabi ex oculis (v. einer Schlange), Liv.: effodere alci oculos, Cic.: elidere oculos, Plaut.: erigere oculos (bes. v. Sterbenden), Cic., cadentes iam oculos ad nomen alcis, Sen.: eruere alci oculum, Sen., sibi oculos, Lact.: eruere coturnicum oculos, Quint. – esse in oculis, vor Augen (sichtbar) sein, v. Örtl., Ov. u. Tac., u. vor Augen stehen, schweben (bildl.), Liv. u.a. (s. Fabri Liv. 22, 12, 6. Drak. Liv. 37,28, 1. Mützell Curt. 3, 6 [14], 3. p. 72, a): esse in oculis alcia od. alci, bei jmd. sehr beliebt sein, von jmd. auf den Händen getragen werden, Cic. (vgl. Kühner Cic. Tusc. 2, 63): esse ante oculos, vor Augen (sichtbar) sein, Cic., u. ante oculos esse alci, jmdm. vor Augen stsehen od. schweben (bildl.), Plin. ep.: non libenter esse ante oculos suorum civium, nicht gern unter den Augen seiner Mitbürger weilen, Nep. – ferre alqm in oculis, sehr viel auf jmd. halten, jmdm. von Herzen gut sein, Cic.: u. so ferre alqm oculis, Q. Cic.: figere oculos in terram, Sen.: figere oculos in virgine, Ov.: flectere oculos, Verg.: fugere oculos, nicht zu sehen (zu erkennen) sein, Sen.: aber oculos iuvenum fugere (v. einem Mädchen), Hieron.: nemo civis est, qui vos non oculis fugiat, auribus respuat, Cic.: felium in tenebris fulgent radiantque oculi, Plin.: oculos centum habere, Phaedr.: vellem oculos non habere! o daß ich doch blind wäre! Ps. Quint. decl.: ante oculos habere urbem latam in triumpho suo, Liv.: habere ante oculos immortalitatem (bildl.), Plin. ep.: semper alqm ante oculos habere (bildl.), Sen.: ante oculos habere (bildl.) mit folg. Acc. u. Infin., Plin. ep. 8, 24, 4: semper id in oculis habere (vor A. haben, sich vor A. stellen, bildl.), quod quaeritur, Quint.: habitare in oculis, den Leuten nicht aus den A. gehen (v. Pers.), Cic.: ähnl. haerere in oculis, sich vor unseren Augen hinpflanzen, v. Pers., Cic.: hebetare oculos, Lact., aciem oculorum, Plin.: implevit oculos, die A. gingen ihr (vor Trauer) über, Sen.:: arena magnā vi agitata ora oculosque implere solet, Sall.: implere oculos (seine A. weiden an usw.) insolito spectaculo, Plin. pan.: oculi implentur (füllen sich) lacrimis, Hieron.: incurrere in oculos u. bl. oculis, s. in-currono. II, B, 1: ingerere oculis, s. in-gerono. II, 3: inhaerere oculis u. oculis alcis, vor A. schweben (bildl.), Vell. u. Ov.: inserere oculos, s. 2. īn-sero no. I, A: oculus quoquam intenditur (wird gerichtet), Cels.: intendere oculos alci rei od. in alqd, hinrichten nach etw., Sen. u. Iustin.: omnium oculis mentibusque ad pugnam intentis, Caes.: intentere manus in alcis oculos, Petron.: intueri alqd intentis oculis, Cic. u. Sen.: iurare per oculos suos, Plaut. u. Ov.: laborare oculis, Scrib. Larg.: oculos hoc meos laedit, Sen.: librum ab oculo legit, ohne Anstoß, Petron.: liberate oculos meos (geht mir aus den A.), ingratissimi cives! Curt.: lustravi oculis totam urbem, Petron.: ut oculi aut nihil mentiantur aut non multum mentiantur, Cic.: frons, oculi, vultus persaepe mentiuntur, Cic.: flagrant et micant oculi (des Zornigen), Sen.: insectorum omnium oculi moventur, Plin.: obligare oculos, Sen. u. Curt.: obversari in oculis principum in foro, sich sehen lassen vor den usw., Iustin.: aber obversari ante oculos, vor Augen stehen (schweben), bildl., Cic.: obversari oculis, vor Augen stehen, eig. u. bildl., Liv. u. Sen.: primo aspectu occupare oculos, einnehmen, fesseln, Sen.: occurrere oculis (v. Pers.u. Lebl.), Ov., Curt. u. Colum.: occurrit alqd necopinato oculis, Liv.: offendere vehementius oculos hominum, Cic.: operire (zumachen) oculos, Petron.: operire oculos alci od. oculos alcis (eines Sterbenden), Plin. u. Sen. rhet.: opponere alternos foramini oculos, Hor.: opponere manus oculis suis, Petron., ante oculos, Ov.: opprimere oculos suos, Lact.: opprimere oculos (eines Sterbenden), Val. Max.: parcere oculis suis, seinen Augen ein schreckliches Schauspiel ersparen, Domit. bei Suet.: pascere (weiden) oculos alcis cruciatu atque supplicio, Cic., in alcis corpore lacerando, Cic.: neque oculis neque auribus percipi posse, Cic.: percurrere veloci oculo, mit raschem Blicke überfliegen, Hor.: perdere (verlieren) oculos, Cic. u. Sen., ambos oculos, Iuven.: diu perlustrare oculis, Liv.: ponere ante oculos, sibi ponere ante oculos, Cic.: alci ponere ante oculos, Sen.: ante oculos positus, vor Augen liegend = alltäglich, zB. res, Cic., u. = augenscheinlich, offenbar, zB. pestis, Cic.: in oculis cotidianoque aspectu populi Rom. positum esse (zB. v. einem Tempel), Cic.: praestringere oculos, Cic., aciem oculorum, Plaut.: premere oculos, zudrücken (einem Toten), Verg.: proponere ante ocu los, ante oculos suos, Cic., sibi ante oculos, Cornif. rhet. u. Serv. Sulpic. in Cic. ep.: proponere oculis, Cic.: prosequi alqm oculis (nachsehen) euntem, Sil., abeuntem, Tac.: prosequi alqm contentis oculis, Suet.: recedere ab oculis, dem Blicke entschwinden (v. Sterbenden), Plin. ep.: referre (zurückwenden) oculos ad terram identidem, Liv.: reflectere oculos, Ov.: removere (entrücken) ab oculis, Cic.; restituere oculos, das Gesicht (die Sehkraft) wiedergeben, Suet.: subtrahere (fernhalten) oculos suos, Tac.: retorquere oculos, wegwenden, Ov.: retorquere oculos (zurückschielen) saepe ad hanc urbem, Cic.: medicamenta, quibus sanantur oculi, Sen.: oculis non satiari posse, sich nicht satt sehen können, Sen. rhet.: non sanguine et vulneribus suis alcis mentem oculosque satiare, Cic.: non solum animis, sed etiam oculis servire civium, nicht bloß die Gesinnungen, sondern auch die Blicke der B. zu berücksichtigen haben, Cic.: in oculis situm esse, vor A. liegen (stehen), Sall.: non deest forma, quae sollicitet oculos, Sen.: stare ante oculos, Sen.: subducere alqd oculis mortalium, Curt.: subito oculis subductum esse, Curt.: subicere oculis, Liv., ante oculos, Quint.: subicere rem dicendo oculis, Cic.: urbs subiecta oculis, Liv.: alqm subtrahere oculis civitatis, Liv.: tergere pedibus oculos (v. Tieren), Plin.: tollere oculos, Cic., oculos ad proceres, Lact., oculos in caelum, Lact.: tollere ex oculis, den A. entrücken, Hor.: tollere manum supra oculos, Quint.: torquere (verdrehen) oculum, Cic.: torquere oculos (den Blick wenden) ad moenia, Verg.: tenere (fesseln) oculos artificum, Plin. ep.: adversus alqd rectos oculos tenere, nach etwas mit unverwandtem Blicke hinsehen, Sen.: teneo huic oculum, den hab ich im Auge, Plaut.: subiectos campos terminare oculis haud facile quire, Liv.: transferre oculos animumque ad alqd, Blick und Aufmerksamkeit auf etwas wenden, Cic.: oculi alci tument (sind geschwollen), Cels.: converso bacillo alci tundere oculos vehementissime, Cic.: certe oculis uteris, du hast recht gesehen, Plaut.: venire sub oculos, Sen.: versari ante oculos, vor A. stehen, schweben, Cic.: u. so versari ob oculos, Cic., in oculis animoque, Cic.: oculis meis vidi, Petron.: clare oculis video, Plaut.: rectis oculis gladios micantes videre, Sen.: vitare oculos hominum, Cic.: volitare ante oculos istorum, Cic. – in oculis alcis, vor jmds. Augen, zB. populari agros, Liv.: in oculis omnium geri, vor den Augen der Welt vorgehen, Cic. – ante oculos alcis, vor jmds. Augen, zB. perire, trucidari, Liv. – sub oculis alcis, unter jmds. Augen, zB. sub avi oculis necari, Iustin.: sub oculis omnium pugnatur, Caes.: tanto sub oculis accepto detrimento perterritus exercitus, Caes. – procul ab oculis, fern von den Augen (Blicken), zB. quae in provincia procul ab oculis facta narrabantur, Liv. – als Liebkosungswort, ocule mi! mein Augapfel! Plaut. Curc. 203. – im Doppelsinn par oculorum in amicitia M. Antonii triumviri, Augenpaar u. Freundespaar, Suet. rhet. 5.

    II) übtr.: a) v. etwas Vorzüglichem, im Bilde, illos oculos orae maritimae effodere, der Meeresküste jene Augen ausgraben (= die beiden hervorragenden Städte, Korinth u. Karthago, vernichten), Cic. de nat. deor. 3, 91: u. so ex duobus Graeciae oculis (Sparta u. Athen) alterum eruere, Iustin. 5, 8, 4. – b) v. Sonne und Sternen, oculus mundi, Ov.: oculi stellarum, Plin.: sol et luna, duo mundi, ut ita dicam, clarissimi oculi, Hieron. epist. 98, 2. – c) das Auge auf dem Felle der Panther, breves macularum oculi, kleine augenförmige Flecke, Plin. 8, 62: des Pfauenschwanzes, pavonum caudae oculi, Plin. 13, 96. – d) das Auge, die Knospe, Verg., Colum. u.a. – e) die Knollen od. das Dicke an gewissen Wurzeln, des Rohres usw., Cato, Varro u. Plin. – f) eine Pflanze, sonst aizoon maius gen., Plin. 25, 160. – g) als t. t. der Baukunst, oculus volutae, das Schneckenauge, an den ionischen Säulen, eine kleine Kreisfläche, wo der umlaufende Saum der Schnecke anfängt, Vitr. 3, 5, 6.

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  • 8 oculus

    oculus, ī, m. (Demin. v. *ocus, vgl. griech. οσσε, οψομαι, οπωπα), das Auge, I) eig.: oculi acres, Cic., acriores, Sen.: acuti, Cic.: aegri, vitiosi, Sen.: aperti, Cic.: aquilini, Apul.: ardentes, Verg. u. Sen.: arguti, Cic.: attenti, Veget. u. Cael. Aur.: attentiores, Val. Max.: atroces, Gell.: avidi, Plin.: boni, Prop.: bubuli, Petron.: cadentes, Sen. rhet.: caeci, Sen.: caerulei, caesii, Cic.: caligantes, Gell.: caprini, Plin.: clari, Cato: clariores, Plin.: clausi, Sidon.: concavi, Suet: conditi, Sen. rhet.: coniventes, Cic.: contenti (gespannte), Suet.: defessi, Verg.: deficientes, Sen.: defixi, Hor.: demissi, Sen. rhet.: oculus dexter, sinister, Plin. ep.: oculi duri, starre, Plaut: eminentes, Cic.: errantes, Cic.: exstantes, Suet.: felinei, Serv. ad Verg.: flentes, Boëth.: fulgentes, Hor.: glauci, Plin.: grandes, Suet.: graves, Cic.: hebetes, hebetiores, Plin. u. Suet. (u. so uterque oculus naturā hebes, Plin.); hiantes, Plaut.: hilares, Sen.: humidi, Plin.: ignei, Solin.: immobiles, Plin., immoti, Ov.: impudentissimi, Cic.: infesti, Cic.: ingentes, Aur. Vict: intenti, Cic.: labentes, Prop.: lacrimantes, Plaut: laeti, Sen.: languidi, Quint.: limi, Plaut. u. Plin.: lippi, Plaut. u. Vitr.: loquaces, Tibull.: lyncei, Boëth.: magni, Varro: oculi igne micantes, Ov.: minaces, Sen.: mites, Val. Max.: morientes, Amm.: nigri, Plaut. u. Varro: operti, Sen.: parvi, Plin.: ravi, Varro: recti, Cic.: reducti introrsus oculi,
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    hohle, Sen. rhet.: rigentes, Plin.: rigidi, Quint.: sicci, Hor. u. Sen.: torvi, Ov.: truces, Cic.: tumentes, Sen.: udi, Ov.: vagi, Veget.: vegeti, Suet.: vigiles, Verg. – acies oculorum, Cic.: album oculi, Cels.: ardor oculorum, Cic.: dolor oculorum, Sen. u. Aur. Vict.: fulmen oculorum tuorum, Aur. Vict.: oculorum hebetatio, Plin.: oculorum ludibrium (Täuschung). Ggstz. vera species, Curt.: lumina oculorum, Nep.: lux oculorum edita, vorstehende Augen, Amm.: oculorum magnitudo et candor, Capit.: locus oculi, die Augenhöhle, Plaut.: oculorum margo, Stat.: oculorum mendacium (Trug), Cic.: oculorum gravis morbus, Nep.: furtivi oculorum nutus (Zwinkern), der Buhldirnen, Hieron.: oculorum orbes (Ränder), Tac.: oculorum poena, die Str., die seine A. hätte treffen sollen, Cic.: oculorum atque aurium sensus (Sing.), Sen.: sensus oculorum atque aurium hebetes, Liv.: oculorum valetudo, Cic.: oculorum vigor integer, Plin. ep.: ulcera oculorum, Marc. Emp. – aeger oculis ex verna intemperie, Liv.: oculis captus, Cic.: captus altero oculo, auf einem A. blind, Suet.: oculorum dolore correptus, Aur. Vict.: corpore toto pulcher, sed magis oculis, Aur. Vict.: oculorum tabe notus, bekannt als einer, dem das Augenlicht vergangen, Tac. – abesse ab oculis et fori et curiae, entrückt sein den A. des F. u. der K., Cic.: abire ex oculis, Liv., ab oculis. Plaut. u. Sen.: adicere oculos, s. adicio no. I, 2, a: adicere oculum hereditati,
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    auf die E. ein A. werfen, Cic.: advertere oculos, seine Blicke darauf richten, Plin. pan.: pretia solis oculis (nach dem Augenmaß) aestimantur, Amm.: allevare (aufschlagen) oculos, v. einem Ohnmächtigen, Curt.: amittere (verlieren) oculos, Caes., oculum, Aur. Vict. (bes. im Kampfe): amoliri (entrücken) alqm ab oculis mortalium, Curt.: aperire oculos, s. aperio no. II, a, α: aspernari oculis pulchritudinem rerum, Cic.: non haec aspicere oculis aequis, Verg.: ne rectis quidem oculis aspicere posse instructam aciem, Suet.: attollere oculos, s. attollo no. I, 1: auferre observantibus etiam oculos, vor sichtlichen Augen betrügen, Liv.: auferri ex oculis, den Blicken entzogen werden, entschwinden (v. leb. Wesen u. Lebl.), Sen. u. Tac.: auferre se ex oculis, Sen. u. Sil.: non oculorum modo usum, sed etiam aurium auferre (v. einem Geschrei), Curt.: avertere oculos, Ov.: alqā re avertere oculos hostium, Liv.: avertere oculos ab alcis facie, Aur. Vict.: avertere ab alqo omnium in se oculos, Liv.: avertere in semet omnium oculos animosque, Curt.: avertere alqd ab oculis et naribus alcis, Cic.: se ex oculis avertere et auferre, Verg.: cadere sub oculos, Cic.: cadere oblectationi oculisque (zur Augenweide), Tac.: oculi mihi caecutiunt, Plaut. u. Varro: caligant oculi, Cels. u.a.: capessere oculis egregium spectaculum, Liv.: capere fructum oculis ex alqa re, die Augen weiden an etw., Nep.: capi altero oculo, auf einem Auge blind wer-
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    den, Liv.: captum esse oculis et auribus, Cic., auribus et oculis, Liv.: circumferre oculos, s. circumfero no. II, b: claudere oculos, Lucan.: comedere oculis pueros molles, Mart.: comprimere oculos, Ov., Sen. u.a.: configere cornicum oculos, s. configo: conivere altero oculo, Cic.: conicere oculos, s. conicio no. I, 2, a: contemplari intentis oculis, Cic.: contueri alqm duobus oculis, et non altero, Cic.: credere oculis magis od. amplius quam auribus, Liv. u. Sen.: oculis mihi dedit signum, Plaut.: defigere oculos in etc., s. defigo no. II, a: nusquam ab alqo deflectere oculos, Liv.: deicere (niederschlagen) oculos, Sen.: deicere in terram oculos, Quint. u.a.: deicere nusquam oculos de od. ab etc., s. deicio no. II, A: delectare spectaculis oculos, Sen.: delectare imperitorum oculos, Plin. ep.: demittere oculos, s. demitto no. I, A, β: detergere oculos (v. Schlaftrunkenen), Petron.: devorare oculis, s. devoro no. II, A, 3, a: diducere oculum, Cels.: dirigere oculos, s. dirigo no. II, A, 1, d (Bd. 1. S. 2184): dissaviari oculos alcis, Q. Cic.: distorquere oculos, Hor.: oculi dolent, Plaut.: oculi dolent nimio fletu, Vopisc., spectando, Auson.: elabi ex oculis (v. einer Schlange), Liv.: effodere alci oculos, Cic.: elidere oculos, Plaut.: erigere oculos (bes. v. Sterbenden), Cic., cadentes iam oculos ad nomen alcis, Sen.: eruere alci oculum, Sen., sibi oculos, Lact.: eruere coturnicum oculos, Quint. – esse in oculis, vor Augen (sichtbar)
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    sein, v. Örtl., Ov. u. Tac., u. vor Augen stehen, schweben (bildl.), Liv. u.a. (s. Fabri Liv. 22, 12, 6. Drak. Liv. 37,28, 1. Mützell Curt. 3, 6 [14], 3. p. 72, a): esse in oculis alcia od. alci, bei jmd. sehr beliebt sein, von jmd. auf den Händen getragen werden, Cic. (vgl. Kühner Cic. Tusc. 2, 63): esse ante oculos, vor Augen (sichtbar) sein, Cic., u. ante oculos esse alci, jmdm. vor Augen stsehen od. schweben (bildl.), Plin. ep.: non libenter esse ante oculos suorum civium, nicht gern unter den Augen seiner Mitbürger weilen, Nep. – ferre alqm in oculis, sehr viel auf jmd. halten, jmdm. von Herzen gut sein, Cic.: u. so ferre alqm oculis, Q. Cic.: figere oculos in terram, Sen.: figere oculos in virgine, Ov.: flectere oculos, Verg.: fugere oculos, nicht zu sehen (zu erkennen) sein, Sen.: aber oculos iuvenum fugere (v. einem Mädchen), Hieron.: nemo civis est, qui vos non oculis fugiat, auribus respuat, Cic.: felium in tenebris fulgent radiantque oculi, Plin.: oculos centum habere, Phaedr.: vellem oculos non habere! o daß ich doch blind wäre! Ps. Quint. decl.: ante oculos habere urbem latam in triumpho suo, Liv.: habere ante oculos immortalitatem (bildl.), Plin. ep.: semper alqm ante oculos habere (bildl.), Sen.: ante oculos habere (bildl.) mit folg. Acc. u. Infin., Plin. ep. 8, 24, 4: semper id in oculis habere (vor A. haben, sich vor A. stellen, bildl.), quod quaeritur, Quint.: habitare in
    ————
    oculis, den Leuten nicht aus den A. gehen (v. Pers.), Cic.: ähnl. haerere in oculis, sich vor unseren Augen hinpflanzen, v. Pers., Cic.: hebetare oculos, Lact., aciem oculorum, Plin.: implevit oculos, die A. gingen ihr (vor Trauer) über, Sen.:: arena magnā vi agitata ora oculosque implere solet, Sall.: implere oculos (seine A. weiden an usw.) insolito spectaculo, Plin. pan.: oculi implentur (füllen sich) lacrimis, Hieron.: incurrere in oculos u. bl. oculis, s. incurro no. II, B, 1: ingerere oculis, s. ingero no. II, 3: inhaerere oculis u. oculis alcis, vor A. schweben (bildl.), Vell. u. Ov.: inserere oculos, s. 2. insero no. I, A: oculus quoquam intenditur (wird gerichtet), Cels.: intendere oculos alci rei od. in alqd, hinrichten nach etw., Sen. u. Iustin.: omnium oculis mentibusque ad pugnam intentis, Caes.: intentere manus in alcis oculos, Petron.: intueri alqd intentis oculis, Cic. u. Sen.: iurare per oculos suos, Plaut. u. Ov.: laborare oculis, Scrib. Larg.: oculos hoc meos laedit, Sen.: librum ab oculo legit, ohne Anstoß, Petron.: liberate oculos meos (geht mir aus den A.), ingratissimi cives! Curt.: lustravi oculis totam urbem, Petron.: ut oculi aut nihil mentiantur aut non multum mentiantur, Cic.: frons, oculi, vultus persaepe mentiuntur, Cic.: flagrant et micant oculi (des Zornigen), Sen.: insectorum omnium oculi moventur, Plin.: obligare oculos, Sen. u. Curt.: obversari in oculis principum in foro, sich sehen lassen vor den usw.,
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    Iustin.: aber obversari ante oculos, vor Augen stehen (schweben), bildl., Cic.: obversari oculis, vor Augen stehen, eig. u. bildl., Liv. u. Sen.: primo aspectu occupare oculos, einnehmen, fesseln, Sen.: occurrere oculis (v. Pers.u. Lebl.), Ov., Curt. u. Colum.: occurrit alqd necopinato oculis, Liv.: offendere vehementius oculos hominum, Cic.: operire (zumachen) oculos, Petron.: operire oculos alci od. oculos alcis (eines Sterbenden), Plin. u. Sen. rhet.: opponere alternos foramini oculos, Hor.: opponere manus oculis suis, Petron., ante oculos, Ov.: opprimere oculos suos, Lact.: opprimere oculos (eines Sterbenden), Val. Max.: parcere oculis suis, seinen Augen ein schreckliches Schauspiel ersparen, Domit. bei Suet.: pascere (weiden) oculos alcis cruciatu atque supplicio, Cic., in alcis corpore lacerando, Cic.: neque oculis neque auribus percipi posse, Cic.: percurrere veloci oculo, mit raschem Blicke überfliegen, Hor.: perdere (verlieren) oculos, Cic. u. Sen., ambos oculos, Iuven.: diu perlustrare oculis, Liv.: ponere ante oculos, sibi ponere ante oculos, Cic.: alci ponere ante oculos, Sen.: ante oculos positus, vor Augen liegend = alltäglich, zB. res, Cic., u. = augenscheinlich, offenbar, zB. pestis, Cic.: in oculis cotidianoque aspectu populi Rom. positum esse (zB. v. einem Tempel), Cic.: praestringere oculos, Cic., aciem oculorum, Plaut.: premere oculos, zudrücken (einem Toten), Verg.: proponere ante ocu-
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    los, ante oculos suos, Cic., sibi ante oculos, Cornif. rhet. u. Serv. Sulpic. in Cic. ep.: proponere oculis, Cic.: prosequi alqm oculis (nachsehen) euntem, Sil., abeuntem, Tac.: prosequi alqm contentis oculis, Suet.: recedere ab oculis, dem Blicke entschwinden (v. Sterbenden), Plin. ep.: referre (zurückwenden) oculos ad terram identidem, Liv.: reflectere oculos, Ov.: removere (entrücken) ab oculis, Cic.; restituere oculos, das Gesicht (die Sehkraft) wiedergeben, Suet.: subtrahere (fernhalten) oculos suos, Tac.: retorquere oculos, wegwenden, Ov.: retorquere oculos (zurückschielen) saepe ad hanc urbem, Cic.: medicamenta, quibus sanantur oculi, Sen.: oculis non satiari posse, sich nicht satt sehen können, Sen. rhet.: non sanguine et vulneribus suis alcis mentem oculosque satiare, Cic.: non solum animis, sed etiam oculis servire civium, nicht bloß die Gesinnungen, sondern auch die Blicke der B. zu berücksichtigen haben, Cic.: in oculis situm esse, vor A. liegen (stehen), Sall.: non deest forma, quae sollicitet oculos, Sen.: stare ante oculos, Sen.: subducere alqd oculis mortalium, Curt.: subito oculis subductum esse, Curt.: subicere oculis, Liv., ante oculos, Quint.: subicere rem dicendo oculis, Cic.: urbs subiecta oculis, Liv.: alqm subtrahere oculis civitatis, Liv.: tergere pedibus oculos (v. Tieren), Plin.: tollere oculos, Cic., oculos ad proceres, Lact., oculos in caelum, Lact.: tollere ex oculis, den A. entrücken,
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    Hor.: tollere manum supra oculos, Quint.: torquere (verdrehen) oculum, Cic.: torquere oculos (den Blick wenden) ad moenia, Verg.: tenere (fesseln) oculos artificum, Plin. ep.: adversus alqd rectos oculos tenere, nach etwas mit unverwandtem Blicke hinsehen, Sen.: teneo huic oculum, den hab ich im Auge, Plaut.: subiectos campos terminare oculis haud facile quire, Liv.: transferre oculos animumque ad alqd, Blick und Aufmerksamkeit auf etwas wenden, Cic.: oculi alci tument (sind geschwollen), Cels.: converso bacillo alci tundere oculos vehementissime, Cic.: certe oculis uteris, du hast recht gesehen, Plaut.: venire sub oculos, Sen.: versari ante oculos, vor A. stehen, schweben, Cic.: u. so versari ob oculos, Cic., in oculis animoque, Cic.: oculis meis vidi, Petron.: clare oculis video, Plaut.: rectis oculis gladios micantes videre, Sen.: vitare oculos hominum, Cic.: volitare ante oculos istorum, Cic. – in oculis alcis, vor jmds. Augen, zB. populari agros, Liv.: in oculis omnium geri, vor den Augen der Welt vorgehen, Cic. – ante oculos alcis, vor jmds. Augen, zB. perire, trucidari, Liv. – sub oculis alcis, unter jmds. Augen, zB. sub avi oculis necari, Iustin.: sub oculis omnium pugnatur, Caes.: tanto sub oculis accepto detrimento perterritus exercitus, Caes. – procul ab oculis, fern von den Augen (Blicken), zB. quae in provincia procul ab oculis facta narrabantur, Liv. – als Liebkosungswort, ocule mi!
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    mein Augapfel! Plaut. Curc. 203. – im Doppelsinn par oculorum in amicitia M. Antonii triumviri, Augenpaar u. Freundespaar, Suet. rhet. 5.
    II) übtr.: a) v. etwas Vorzüglichem, im Bilde, illos oculos orae maritimae effodere, der Meeresküste jene Augen ausgraben (= die beiden hervorragenden Städte, Korinth u. Karthago, vernichten), Cic. de nat. deor. 3, 91: u. so ex duobus Graeciae oculis (Sparta u. Athen) alterum eruere, Iustin. 5, 8, 4. – b) v. Sonne und Sternen, oculus mundi, Ov.: oculi stellarum, Plin.: sol et luna, duo mundi, ut ita dicam, clarissimi oculi, Hieron. epist. 98, 2. – c) das Auge auf dem Felle der Panther, breves macularum oculi, kleine augenförmige Flecke, Plin. 8, 62: des Pfauenschwanzes, pavonum caudae oculi, Plin. 13, 96. – d) das Auge, die Knospe, Verg., Colum. u.a. – e) die Knollen od. das Dicke an gewissen Wurzeln, des Rohres usw., Cato, Varro u. Plin. – f) eine Pflanze, sonst aizoon maius gen., Plin. 25, 160. – g) als t. t. der Baukunst, oculus volutae, das Schneckenauge, an den ionischen Säulen, eine kleine Kreisfläche, wo der umlaufende Saum der Schnecke anfängt, Vitr. 3, 5, 6.

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    contrā, adv. and prep. [stem con, i. e. cum, through a comparative form conter; cf.: alter, uter, inter, praeter, etc.; in abl. fem. form like the locative adverbs ea, qua, etc.; cf.: ultra, intra, extra, citra], orig., in comparison with; hence, over against, fronting, in front, opposite, in opposition to, against, contrary to, opposed to, etc.
    I.
    Adv. (referring to an opposed object often with the force of a preposition with ellipsis of a pronoun, = against it, against him, etc.).
    A.
    Local.
    1.
    Lit., of position in front of a person, place, or thing.
    a.
    With verb of being or position expressed or understood.
    (α).
    Referring to living beings, opposite, in face of, face to face, facing, in front of, fronting, confronting (not in Cic., Caes., or Sall.):

    feminam scelestam te, adstans contra, contuor,

    Plaut. Pers. 2, 2, 26:

    ut confidenter mihi contra adstitit,

    id. Capt. 3, 5, 6; Lucr. 4, 223; 6, 929:

    signum contra, quoad longissume oculi ferebant, animo finivit,

    Liv. 1, 18, 8:

    stat contra starique jubet,

    Juv. 3, 290:

    stat contra dicitque tibi tua pagina Fures!

    Mart. 1, 55, 12:

    ulmus erat contra,

    in front of her, Ov. M. 14, 661:

    templa vides contra,

    in front (of us), id. ib. 7, 587.—Of position in front of the enemy:

    contra conserta manu,

    Plaut. Mil. 1, 1, 3: contra consistere, to make front against them, Caes. B. G. 2, 17.—
    (β).
    Referring to things and places, over against (it), opposite (to it), on the opposite side (mostly post-Aug.):

    contra jacet Cancer patulam distentus in alvum,

    Manil. 2, 253:

    posita contra Hispania,

    Tac. Agr. 11:

    promuntorium quod contra procedit,

    Plin. 4, 2, 3, § 6: relinquendae autem contra erunt vacuae tabellae, on the opposite side, i. e. of the leaf, Quint. 10, 3, 32: illo quaerente cur non decidant contra siti, the antipodes (cf. Cic. Ac. 2, 39, 123; v. II. A. 1. c. a), Plin. 2, 65, 65, § 161.—With the governing verb understood:

    arguam hanc vidisse apud te contra conservum meum,

    face to face, Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 91:

    jam omnia contra circaque hostium plena erant, Liv 5, 37, 8: eadem verba contra (i. e. ponuntur),

    side by side, Quint. 9, 3, 36; Verg. A. 6, 23.—
    b.
    With verbs of motion, so as to be opposite to an object or face to face with a person, variously rendered.
    (α).
    Referring to persons:

    accede ad me atque adi contra,

    come right up to me, Plaut. Rud. 1, 4, 23; id. Bacch. 3, 6, 6: hostes crebri cadunt; nostri contra ingruunt, advance to their front (in Plaut. hostility is not implied in contra), id. Am. 1, 1, 84: quis nos pater aut cognatu' volet contra tueri, face to face, eye to eye, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 12 Mull. (Trag. Rel. v. 444 Rib.); Att. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1, 55 (Trag. Rel. v. 538 ib.):

    adspicedum contra me = contra adspice me,

    Plaut. Most. 5, 1, 56 Lorenz ad lec.:

    contra adspicere,

    id. Mil. 2, 1, 45:

    contra intueri,

    Liv. 1, 16, 6; 9, 6, 8; Sen. Q. N. 1, 3, 6:

    cum veniret contra Marcianus,

    Quint. 6, 3, 95; Plin. 9, 46, 70, § 152.—
    (β).
    Of things:

    hic ubi sol radiis... Adversa fulsit nimborum aspergine contra,

    Lucr. 6, 525; Cels. 8, 8, 1:

    quam (turrim) promoti contra validi asseres... perfregere,

    Tac. H. 4, 30.—Reciprocally: oscula non pervenientia contra, not coming through (the wall) so as to meet, Ov. M. 4, 80.—
    2.
    Transf. to equivalents of weight, value, and price; so,
    (α).
    In Plaut. only in the colloq. phrases auro contra, aurichalco contra, and contra auro (sc. posito); lit., for gold placed against; cf.:

    aes contrarium, s. v. contrarius: (servus) non carus'st auro contra,

    at his weight in gold, Plaut. Ep. 3, 3, 30: jam auro contra constat filius, id. Truc. 2, 6, 57 (Speng. aurichalco): auro contra cedo modestum amatorem! A me aurum accipe. Pa. Cedo mihi contra aurichalco quoi ego sano serviam, id. Curc. 1, 3, 45 sq.; id. Mil. 3, 1, 63; 4, 2, 85; id. Ps. 2, 3, 23.—
    (β).
    In post-Aug. prose (very rare):

    at si aquae et ejus rei quam contra pensabis par pondus erit, nec pessum ibit, nec exstabit, etc.,

    Sen. Q. N. 3, 25, 5.—
    3.
    Of reciprocal actions, = vicissim, in turn, in return, back, on my, his, etc., part, likewise, counter-.
    (α).
    In gen.:

    te ut deludam contra, lusorem meum,

    Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 71:

    quae me amat, quam ego contra amo,

    id. Merc. 5. 2, 77; id. Cist. 1, 1, 96; id. Trin. 4, 2, 55; id. As. 2, 2, 110:

    qui arguat se, eum contra vincat jurejurando suo,

    make a victorious counter-charge, id. Mil. 2, 2, 37:

    si laudabit haec Illius formam, tu hujus contra (i. e. lauda),

    Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 54:

    audi nunc contra jam,

    listen in turn, id. Phorm. 4, 4, 18; id. Ad. 5, 4, 23:

    at tu mihi contra nunc videre fortunatus, Phaedria, Cui, etc.,

    you likewise seem fortunate to me, id. Phorm. 1, 3, 21:

    Mettius Tullo gratulatur, contra Tullus Mettium benigne alloquitur,

    Liv. 1, 28, 1:

    contra ut me diligat illa,

    Cat. 76. 23; Hor. S. 1, 3, 27 Orell. ad loc.—Hence, with ellipsis of inquit, = respondit:

    cui latrans contra senex,

    Phaedr. 5, 10, 7:

    scietis, inquam, etc., contra Nigrinus: ad quem missi sunt? ego, etc.,

    Plin. Ep. 7, 6, 4.—

    Rarely with inquit, etc., expressed: at ille contra, renidens, Audi, inquit, discipule, etc.,

    Gell. 15, 9, 9; cf.:

    contra talia reddit,

    Claud. B. Gild. 379.—
    (β).
    With dat. pers.:

    consulo quem dolum doloso contra conservo parem,

    Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 45:

    facere contra huic aegre,

    Ter. Eun. 4, 1, 10:

    hiscine contra insidiabere?

    id. Hec. 1. 1, 13:

    tibi contra gratiam Referre,

    id. ib. 4, 2, 7.—
    (γ).
    With item:

    item a me contra factum est,

    Plaut. Aul. prol. 20:

    puellam senex Amat et item contra filius,

    id. Cas. prol. 49; id. Pers. 5, 2, 36; id. Am. 1, 1, 67; Ter. Ad. 1, 1, 25.—
    (δ).
    Combining a reciprocal with a local relation (A. 1. a. a, and b. a): contra carinantes verba, exchanging abusive words ( face to face), Enn. ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 8, 361 (Ann. v. 181 Vahl.): tubae utrimque contra canunt;

    Consonat terra,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 73; 1, 1, 86:

    confer gradum Contra pariter,

    id. Ps. 2, 4, 18; id. Truc. 1, 2, 28:

    video amicam... Ubi contra adspexit me, etc.,

    id. Mil. 2, 1, 45; Verg. E. 7, 8; cf. Lucr. 4, 243:

    vesper adest, juvenes consurgite!... Cernitis, innuptae, juvenes? consurgite contra!

    Cat. 62, 6.—
    (ε).
    Implying also opposition: Pe. Conpellabo. Ph. Orationis aciem contra conferam, Plaut. Ep. 4, 1, 20:

    si scias quod donum huic dono contra comparet,

    what counter gift, Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 63: quod Scipio postulavit... ut, etc. Et quod contra collega postulavit ne, etc., Annal. Trib. Pleb. ap. Gell. 7 (6), 19, 5:

    si vobis aequa et honesta postulatio videtur, ego contra brevem postulationem adfero,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 2, 7; Nep. Epam. 6, 1;

    Auct. B. Alex. 24: illo licente contra liceri audeat nemo,

    to bid in opposition, Caes. B. G. 1, 18; Liv. 4, 53, 6:

    agedum pauca accipe contra,

    Hor. S. 1, 4, 38.—So in battle:

    Numidae... Romanorum ordines conturbare... neque contra feriundi copia erat,

    Sall. J. 50, 4; and in law: et ab eo is qui adoptat vindicat... et illo contra non vindicante, etc., Gai Inst. 1, 134; 2, 24.—Esp. in replies:

    oratio contra a Demosthene pro Ctesiphonte edita,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 56, 213:

    dicit accusator haec: primum, etc.... quid contra reus?

    id. Clu. 30, 81; id. Fin. 5, 22, 63; Curt. 4, 1, 10; 7, 9, 1.
    B.
    Of opposition, strife, etc., against; constr. absol., with dat., and ne, quominus or quin.
    1.
    Of physical exertion.
    (α).
    Lit.:

    concurrunt... aetheriae nubes contra pugnantibu' ventis,

    struggling against each other, Lucr. 6. 98:

    nec nos obniti contra... Sufficimus,

    bear up, battle against, Verg. A. 5, 21; Ov. M. 9, 50; 2, 434:

    at ille contra nititur,

    resists, Plin. 2, 38, 38, § 103; 7, 20, 19, § 82:

    pars remigum, tamquam imperitia... officia nautarum impediebant. Mox contra tendere,

    rowed in an opposite direction, Tac. H. 4, 16.—
    (β).
    Trop.:

    te rogo ne contrahas ac demittas animum, neque te obrui tamquam fluctu... sinas, contraque erigas ac resistas,

    Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 1, § 4:

    et torrens judicem vel nitentem contra feret, cogatque ire qua rapiet,

    Quint. 12, 10, 61.— With ne: vi contra niti, ne advorsus eum fiat, Cato ap. Gell. 7 (6), 3, 16.—With quominus, Lucr. 1, 780.—
    2.
    Of mental exertion:

    si tibi vera videntur, Dede manus, aut, si falsum est, accingere contra,

    arm yourself against them, Lucr. 2, 1043; 2, 280. —With dat.:

    siti contra... pugnandum,

    Cels. 4, 2 fin. —
    3.
    Of hostile opposition in gen.
    (α).
    Lit.:

    quod animadversum est in eo qui contra omni ratione pugnarunt, non debeo reprehendere,

    who made opposition in every way, Cic. Rosc. Am. 47, 137; id. Verr. 2, 2, 43, § 107:

    contra etiam aliquid abs te profectum ex multis audivi,

    something inimical, id. Fam. 5, 5, 2.—
    (β).
    Trop.:

    aut alio quovis (sc. colore) qui contra pugnet et obstet,

    Lucr. 2, 794; 2, 868.—
    4.
    Of warfare.
    (α).
    Lit.:

    ut eos adversarios existimemus qui arma contra ferant,

    Cic. Off. 1, 25, 87; 1, 12, 37; Vell. 2, 28, 4; cf.:

    quid quod exercitum contra duxit?

    Auct. Her. 4, 16, 23:

    ut si qua ex parte obviam contra veniretur, acie instructa depugnarent,

    if they should be attacked by an open charge, Caes. B. G. 7, 28:

    issentque confestim ad urbem ni venire contra exercitum... audissent,

    Liv. 7, 39, 17:

    cum Romanae legiones contra direxerint,

    would oppose their march, Tac. H. 4, 58; id. A. 6, 44.—With dat.:

    et huic contra itum ad amnem Erinden,

    Tac. A. 11, 10.—
    (β).
    Trop.:

    quod ubi viderunt corvi, contra auxiliantur, velut adversus communem hostem,

    Plin. 10, 74, 95, § 205.—
    5.
    Of legal contests.
    (α).
    With verbs of saying; v. 9. a.—
    (β).
    Venire contra, of any legal act with the intention to hurt the adversary:

    quid? si omnium mortalium Sthenio nemo inimicior quam hic C. Claudius... fuit? si de litteris corruptis contra venit, etc.?

    if he made a charge of forgery against him? Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 43, § 107; cf. II. B. c. b.—
    (γ).
    On the part of the adversary:

    inveniendum contra est, quo distet haec causa a ceteris,

    Quint. 5, 10, 114; 9, 2, 35; 12, 8, 10.—
    (δ).
    Of judgments against the parties or against opinions:

    ne spoliaret fama probatum hominem si contra judicasset,

    given an adverse decision, Cic. Off. 3, 19, 77; cf. Val. Max. 7, 2, 4; Cic. Caecin. 24, 69.—
    6.
    Of literary opposition.
    (α).
    Mostly with verbs of saying; v. 9. a. g.—
    (β).
    With other verbs:

    astrologorum artem contra convincere tendit,

    Lucr. 5, 728:

    contra nunc illud pone, etc.,

    Sen. Ben. 7, 14, 6:

    habeat (liber meus) etiam quosdam qui contra sentiant et adversentur,

    some dissentients and opponents, Quint. 3, 1, 5; 2, 17, 40; 3, 8, 69.—
    7.
    Of public and political opposition.
    (α).
    With verbs of saying; v. 9. a. d.—
    (β).
    With petere, to be a candidate for office in opposition to another:

    nihil enim supererat de quo certarent, nihil quod contra peterent,

    no office was left for which to canvass against each other, Cic. Agr. 2, 33, 91:

    honores contra petere,

    Quint. 6, 1, 17.—With ire, with dat., of an opposing vote in the senate (cf.:

    pedibus ire): sententia Cassii ut nemo unus contra ire ausus est, ita dissonae voces respondebant,

    Tac. A. 14, 45.—
    8.
    Of violation of law, contracts, etc.: contra facere, or contra committere, to violate, transgress a law, etc.: leges esse non ex ejus qui contra commiserit utilitate, spectari oportere, not in the interest of the transgressor, Cic. Inv. 2, 48, 153:

    si quis sub hoc pacto vendiderit ancillam ne prostitueretur, et si contra factum esset,

    and if the contract was violated, Dig. 18, 1, 56.—
    9.
    With verbs of saying, etc., contra dicere; less freq. disputare, disserere, pugnare, in the sense of dicere, and contra scribere (often contradico, in one word, in post-Aug. writers; esp. with dat.).
    a.
    Absol.
    (α).
    Contra dicere, to speak as counsel of the adversary, to plead his cause, in legal proceedings:

    cum contra dicturus Hortensius esset,

    would speak on the other side, Cic. Quint. 24, 77:

    hoc... contra dicente Cotta judicatum est,

    id. Caecin. 33, 97:

    dixisse ut contra nemo videretur,

    id. Brut. 53, 198: ut contra Crassus... exorsus est, began on the other side, id. ib. § 197.—Hence: qui contra dicit, the adversary or counsel of the adversary:

    contra autem qui dicet, similitudinem infirmare debebit,

    Cic. Inv. 2, 50, 151; id. Part. Or. 21, 108.—In the same sense: agens contra: si nos... impares agentium contra ingeniis dixerimus, that we are unequal to the talents of our adversary's counsel, [p. 453] Quint. 4, 1, 8.—
    (β).
    To make charges against (rare):

    si qui contra vellet dicere, usurum esse eum suo testimonio,

    Cic. Clu. 48, 134:

    qua ratione nemo neque tum item fecerit, neque nunc contra dicat,

    id. Quint. 29, 88; so,

    contra disputare, of objections to or against a witness: nihil contra disputabo priusquam dixerit,

    id. Fl. 21, 51.—
    (γ).
    In gen., to speak on the other side of a question:

    fiebat autem ita, ut cum is qui audire vellet dixisset quid sibi videretur, tum ego contra dicerem,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 4, 8; id. Fin. 2, 1, 2; so,

    contra disputare and contra scribere,

    id. Or. 1, 19, 85; Vitr. 3, 1, 6; Quint. 2, 17, 13; Dig. 9, 2, 21, § 1.—Hence: qui contra dicunt or disputant, the opponents:

    nec qui contra dicunt causam difficilem repellunt,

    Cic. Fin. 3, 1, 2:

    ad coarguendos qui contra disputant,

    to refule his opponents, Quint. 2, 15, 26.—
    (δ).
    To oppose or object to a proposition, motion, or petition:

    quam palam principes dixerunt contra!

    protested against it, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 16, § 41; Caes. B. C. 1, 32; Cic. Clu. 47, 130.—With pugnare:

    cum decerneretur frequenti senatu, contra pugnante Pisone, etc.,

    Cic. Att. 1, 14, 5:

    filius ejus incolumitatem optat: contradicit pater,

    the father objects, Quint. 9, 2, 85; 9, 2, 83; Plin. ap. Gell. 9, 16, 5; Cic. Dom. 33, 87:

    contradicente nullo,

    Suet. Caes. 20; Dig. 3, 3, 15.—
    (ε).
    To reply:

    contradixit edicto,

    answered by an edict, Suet. Aug. 56. —
    (ζ).
    Abl. absol. impers.:

    explorandum videtur an etiam contradicto aliquando judicio consuetudo firmata sit,

    whether the custom has been confirmed by judgment upon a judicial contest, Dig. 1, 3, 34.—
    b.
    With acc. neutr. pron., to object, to make or raise an objection, to reply; esp. in legal proceedings:

    ego enim, te disputante, quid contra dicerem meditabar,

    Cic. N. D. 3, 1, 1:

    ut contra si quid dicere velit non audiatur,

    id. Fin. 5, 10, 27:

    aiebat illum primo sane diu multa contra (i. e. dixisse), ad extremum autem, etc.,

    id. Att. 2, 22, 2.— Hence: quod contra dicitur, or quae contra dicuntur, the objections:

    ut et id quod intenderemus confirmare, et id quod contra diceretur refellere (possemus),

    refute the objections, Cic. de Or. 1, 20, 90:

    quia neque reprehendi quae contra dicuntur possunt, etc.,

    id. ib. 2, 81, 331; id. Inv. 2, 44, 127; Quint. 1, 2, 17.—In the same sense, as subst.: contrā dicta, orum, n. plur.:

    seu proposita confirmamus, sive contra dicta dissolvimus,

    or refute the objections, Quint. 4, prooem. 6.—With acc. and inf.:

    dicitur contra, nullum esse testamentum,

    the objection is made that there is no testament, Cic. Agr. 2, 6, 42.—
    c.
    With dat., written in one word (post-Aug.).
    (α).
    To oppose a person by speaking against his views:

    solitum se etiam Thraseae contradicere,

    to oppose even Thrasea, Tac. H. 2, 91:

    tibi,

    Suet. Aug. 54:

    Curioni...,

    id. Rhet. 1. —Hence of answers and replies in law: quid si filium testatoris heres ejus prohibuit? Huic contradici potest: ergo pietatis, etc., he may be answered by this plea, etc., Dig. 11, 7, 14, § 13.—And of advisory answers opposed to one's legal views:

    volenti mihi ream adulterii postulare eam, etc., contradictum est,

    my views were disapproved, rejected, Dig. 48, 5, 11, § 10.—
    (β).
    To oppose an opinion, with dat. of the thing:

    cum plures tantum sententiis aliorum contradicerent,

    opposed the opinions, Tac. H. 1, 39.—
    (γ).
    To object to a motion or petition, with dat. of the petitioner:

    patrem qui damnavit optat ne is torqueatur: pater ei contradicit,

    the father objects, Quint. 9, 2, 81:

    cum ambienti ut legibus solveretur multi contradicerent,

    Suet. Caes. 18; Dig. 40, 5, 14; 40, 12, 33.—
    (δ).
    With dat. of the petition:

    preces erant, sed quibus contradici non posset,

    which could not be denied, Tac. H. 4, 46 fin.; Dig. 3, 1, 1, § 2.—
    (ε).
    To contest the validity of a law (rare):

    quibus (legibus) contradici potest,

    Quint. 7, 7, 4.—
    (ζ).
    To contradict an assertion (very rare):

    pro certis autem habemus... cuicunque adversarius non contradicit,

    Quint. 5, 10, 13.—
    d.
    With quin, to object:

    praetor Samnitibus respondit... nec contra dici quin amicitia de integro reconcilietur,

    there was no objection to a reconciliation, Liv. 8, 2, 2.
    C.
    To one's disadvantage; mostly predic. with esse, unfavorable, adverse, damaging (post-Aug.;

    but cf. II. B. 2.): ut eum qui responsurus est vel tacere, vel etiam invitum id quod sit contra cogat fateri,

    Quint. 7, 3, 14:

    cum verba (legis) contra sint,

    id. 7, 1, 49:

    sed experimentum contra fuit,

    unsuccessful, Tac. H. 2, 97 fin.:

    ubi fortuna contra fuit,

    id. ib. 3, 18:

    si fortuna contra daret,

    should be unfavorable, id. ib. 1, 65 fin.; id. A. 15, 13.
    D.
    Of logical opposition, with negative force.
    1.
    Of a direct contrast.
    a.
    Predicatively, with esse, fieri, etc., the contrary, the opposite:

    quod fieri totum contra manifesta docet res,

    but experience teaches that just the contrary is true, Lucr. 3, 686; 4, 1088:

    in stultitia contra est,

    with fools the reverse is true, Cic. Clu. 31, 84:

    in hac quidem re vereor ne etiam contra (i. e. sit),

    id. Att. 12, 46; id. Off. 1, 15, 49:

    quod contra est,

    Sall. J. 85, 21:

    quis non credat, etc.? Contra autem est,

    Sen. Q. N. 3, 25, 12; id. Ep. 7, 3; Dig. 37, 4, 4:

    contra fore si, etc.,

    ib. 34, 2, 39, § 2:

    immo forsitan et contra (i. e. erit),

    ib. 41, 3, 49:

    ego contra puto (i. e. esse),

    Plin. Ep. 1, 20, 7; Lampr. Alex. Sev. 25.—
    b.
    With evenire, accidere, sentire, scribere, habere, etc.:

    utrumque contra accidit: istic enim bellum est exortum, hic pax consecuta,

    of both the contrary has happened, Cic. Fam. 12, 18, 2; so Dig. 38, 2, 51:

    id ego contra puto (sc.: faciendum esse),

    id. Att. 10, 8, 2:

    contra evenit in iis morbis,

    Sen. Ep. 52, 7; Plin. 2, 65, 65, § 163:

    ego contra sentio,

    Sen. Clem. 1, 15, 5; Sedig. ap. Gell. 15, 24, 4; Dig. 40, 2, 25:

    Proculus contra (sc. sentit),

    ib. 35, 2, 1, § 14; 33, 7, 25:

    licet Celsus contra scribat,

    ib. 9, 2, 21, § 1: contra probatur, Gai Inst. 2, 78; Dig. 33, 7, 12, § 34.—Very rarely referring to a term in the same clause:

    cujus disparem mitioremque naturam contra interpretabatur,

    interpreted in an opposite sense, misinterpreted, misunderstood, Tac. H. 4, 86 fin. —
    c.
    Referring to a word or phrase in the same predicate.
    (α).
    To an adverb, in an opposite manner, otherwise, differently, not, etc.:

    nam ad summam totius rei pertinet, caute an contra demonstrata res sit,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 81, 330: quod viriliter animoque fit, id, etc.;

    quod contra, id turpe,

    id. Off. 1, 27, 94:

    sit sapienter usus aut contra,

    Quint. 2, 5, 15:

    lactuca locis apricis optume autumno ponitur, mediterraneis aut frigidis contra ( = pessime),

    Col. 11, 3, 25.—
    (β).
    To a predicative adjective, not, the opposite, the reverse, etc.:

    ut aliae (res) probabiles videantur aliae contra,

    improbable, Cic. Ac. 2, 32, 103; id. Off. 2, 2, 7:

    quid est quod me impediat ea quae probabilia mihi videantur sequi, quae contra, improbare,

    id. ib. 2, 2, 8; id. Or. 2, 31, 135; Quint. 4, 2, 52.—
    (γ).
    To a verbal predicate:

    an frater fratri exsistat heres, an contra ( = annon),

    Dig. 34, 5, 19.—
    (δ).
    To a subject infinitive:

    laudare testem vel contra pertinet ad momentum judiciorum,

    praising or censuring a witness, Quint. 3, 7, 2.—
    (ε).
    To a clause, translated by not or by a repetition of the clause with a negative:

    quae secundum naturam essent, ea sumenda et quadam aestimatione dignanda docebat, contraque contraria,

    those that were not, not, Cic. Ac. 1, 10, 36: quod cuidam aut sapiens videor quod una non jerim, aut felix fuisse;

    mihi contra,

    id. Att. 9, 12, 4: an credibile est, incestum cum filia commissum? Et contra, veneficum in noverca, adulterum in luxurioso? and incredible, etc., Quint. 5, 10, 19; so Dig. 9, 1, 2, § 1.—
    (ζ).
    To an attributive genitive:

    Marius cognoscere quid boni utrisque or contra esset (i. e. mali),

    Sall. J. 88, 2:

    verum de origine laudis contraque perspiciemus suo tempore (i. e. vituperationis),

    Quint. 2, 4, 21:

    alii a propositione accusatoris contraque loci oriuntur,

    the accuser and the accused, id. 7, 2, 31;

    so in several titles of the Digests, as Depositi vel contra, = actio depositi, vel contraria actio depositarii,

    Dig. 16, 3 tit.; so ib. 16, 17, 1; 16, 13, 6; 16, 13, 7.—
    2.
    Reversing the relation of terms in the preceding sentence, the reverse, conversely, vice versa, etc.
    a.
    With its own predicate: saepe... corpus aegret, Cum tamen ex alia laetamur parte latenti;

    Et retro fit uti contra sit saepe vicissim, Cum miser ex animo laetatur corpore toto,

    Lucr. 3, 108: illa altera argumentatio, quasi retro et contra, prius sumit, etc., ( proceeding), so to speak, backward and in inverted order, Cic. Part. Or. 13, 46: neque illud ignoro, etc.; sed non idem accidit contra, but the converse is not true, Quint. 8, 6, 3; Gell. 4, 2, 5: ut vocabula verbis, verba rursus adverbiis, nomina appositis et pronominibus essent priora. Nam fit contra quoque frequenter non indecore. for often, not inelegantly, the order is reversed, Quint. 9, 4, 24:

    quae etiam contra valent,

    i. e. if the terms are reversed, id. 3, 7, 25; 9, 2, 49; 8, 6, 25; 9, 4, 72.—
    b.
    Belonging to the same predicate:

    ut quidque erit dicendum ita dicet, nec satura jejune, nec grandia minute, nec item contra,

    Cic. Or. 36, 123:

    cum emtor venditori, vel contra, heres exstitit,

    Dig. 35, 2, 48:

    in quibus patrium pro possessivo dicitur, vel contra,

    Quint. 1, 5, 45; 5, 10, 71:

    junguntur autem aut ex nostro et peregrino, ut biclinium, aut contra, ut epitogium et Anticato,

    id. 1, 5, 68:

    ut capras in montosis potius locis quam in herbidis (pascar), equas contra,

    but with mares the reverse is the case, Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 16:

    itaque ille dicere melius quam praecipere, nos contra fortasse possumus,

    Cic. Or. 42, 143:

    qua collegi solent ex his quae faciunt ea quae faciuntur, aut contra,

    or vice versa, Quint. 5, 10, 80; Dig. 14, 1, 1, § 12; 48, 5, 23, § 4.
    E.
    In logical antithesis of clauses with a merely rhet. force, on the contrary, on the other hand, vice versa; sometimes almost = sed or autem (freq.).
    1.
    In independent clauses.
    a.
    Opposing persons or parties: fortunam insanam esse... perhibent philosophi... Sunt autem alii philosophi qui contra Fortunam negant ullam exstare, Pac. ap. Auct. Her. 2, 23, 36 (Trag. Rel. v. 372 Rib.); Caecil. ap. Cic. Tusc. 4, 32, 68; Varr. R. R. 1, 8, 1:

    ego etiam quae tu sine Verre commisisti Verri crimini daturus sum... Tu, contra, ne quae ille quidem fecit, obicies,

    Cic. Div. in Caecil. 11, 35:

    ego contra ostendo, non modo nihil fecisse Sex. Roscium, sed, etc.,

    id. Rosc. Am. 29, 79; id. Phil. 8, 3, 8; id. Off. 1, 30, 108; id. Fin. 5, 22, 62:

    in Italia bellum gerimus, in sede ac solo nostro... Hannibal contra in aliena, in hostili est terra,

    Liv. 22, 39, 13; 21, 50, 2; 3, 15, 2; 6, 7, 4; 9, 35, 4 et saep.; Nep. Alcib. 8, 1; Vell. 2, 31, 4; Sen. Ep. 9, 14; id. Ira, 2, 33, 6; Plin. 35, 10, 37, § 113; Tac. H. 3, 84; 3, 57; Suet. Tib. 2; id. Vit. 2; Just. 2, 1, 10; 8, 4, 11:

    contra mercator, navim jactantibus austris Militia est potior?

    Hor. S. 1, 1, 6; 1, 2, 30; 1, 3, 27; Prop. 2, 1, 45; 2, 23, 13 (3, 17, 3); Sen. Hippol. 214;

    so with versa vice: barbarae gentes (Alexandrum) non ut hostem, sed ut parentem luxerunt... Contra Macedones versa vice non ut civem, sed ut hostem amissum gaudebant,

    Just. 13, 1, 7.—
    b.
    Introducing a secondary or parallel opposition of thought: in loco umidiore far potius serunt quam triticum;

    contra in aridiore hordeum potius quam far,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 9, 4; 1, 1, 47: si nihil esset quod inane vocaret, Omne foret solidum;

    nisi contra corpora certe Essent, etc., Omne quod est spatium vacuum constaret inane,

    Lucr. 1, 521; 4, 348; cf.:

    justa omnia decora sunt, injusta contra, ut turpia, sic indecora,

    Cic. Off. 1, 27, 94; id. N. D. 2, 15, 41; id. de Or. 3, 33, 136; id. Quint. 30, 93: id. Off. 3, 21, 84; id. Leg. 2, 1, 2: facilem esse rem... si modo unum omnes sentiant; contra in dissensione nullam se salutem perspicere, Caes. B. G, 5, 31; Liv. 25, 30, 3; Sen. Ben. 1, 5, 2; Plin. 12, 19, 42, § 92; 11, 14, 14, § 35; Suet. Caes. 73; Gell. 1, 4, 5:

    si male rem gerere insani est, contra bene, sani,

    Hor. S. 2, 3, 74.—
    2.
    In opposition to a dependent clause:

    ut hi miseri, sic contra illi beati quos, etc.,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 6, 16; so id. de Or. 1, 45, 198; Quint. 9, 3, 39:

    cui ego rei tantum abest ut impedimento sim, ut contra te M. Manli adhorter, etc.,

    Liv. 6, 15, 5; 6, 31, 4:

    cum virtus adeo neminem spe ac pollicitatione corrumpat, ut contra in se inpendere jubeat, ac, etc.,

    Sen. Ben. 4, 1, 2: aut igitur negemus quidquam ratione confici, cum contra nihil sine ratione recte fieri possit, aut, etc., whereas on the contrary, etc., Cic. Tusc. 4, 38, 84; cf.:

    at contra,

    Lucr. 2, 392.—
    3.
    With co-ordinate conjunctions.
    a.
    Copulative, et contra or contraque (never with ac or atque); also nec contra (rare), and on the other hand.
    (α).
    With reference to a reason or conclusion, after nam, enim, cum, or itaque: nam et ratione uti... omnique in re quid sit veri videre et tueri decet, contraque falli [p. 454]... tam dedecet quam, etc., Cic. Off. 1, 27, 94:

    malus est enim custos... metus, contraque benevolentia fidelis,

    id. ib. 2, 7, 23:

    cum reficiat animos varietas ipsa, contraque sit aliquanto difficilius in labore uno perseverare,

    Quint. 1, 12, 4; 3, 8, 32; 8, 6, 20:

    itaque in probris maxime in promptu est, si quid tale dici potest, etc. Contraque in laudibus, etc.,

    Cic. Off. 1, 18, 61; cf. Suet. Calig. 51; so with nec:

    nam nec comoedia cothurnis assurgit, nec contra tragoedia socculo ingreditur,

    Quint. 10, 2, 22.—
    (β).
    With contrasted examples or illustrations, often after ut or sic:

    audivi ex majoribus natu, hoc idem fuisse in P. Scipione Nasica, contraque patrem ejus... nullam comitatem habuisse sermonis,

    Cic. Off. 1, 30, 109:

    ut suspitionibus credi oportere, et contra suspitionibus credi non oportere,

    id. Inv. 2, 15, 48; Quint. 8, 4, 1; 5, 10, 48; 9, 3, 7; 9, 4, 52; 11, 1, 14; Sen. Ep. 82, 14; Dig. 17, 1, 22, § 4.—
    (γ).
    With contrasted actions, assumptions, etc.:

    atque utinam qui ubique sunt propugnatores hujus imperii possent in hanc civitatem venire, et contra oppugnatores rei publicae de civitate exterminari!

    Cic. Balb. 22, 51:

    domo pignori data, et area ejus tenebitur... et contra jus soli sequitur aedificium,

    Dig. 13, 7, 21:

    equo et asina genitos mares, hinnos antiqui vocabant: contraque mulos quos asini et equae generassent,

    Plin. 8, 44, 69, § 17: ceterum potest ex lege quidem esse judicium, sed legitimum non esse, et contra ex lege non esse, sed legitimum esse, Gai Inst. 4, 109; Plin. 2, 65, 65, § 161; 35, 15, 5, § 183.—
    (δ).
    After a negative clause, affirming the opposite idea, et contra or contraque, but on the contrary:

    in quo (consulatu) ego imperavi nihil, et contra patribus conscriptis et bonis omnibus parui,

    Cic. Sull. 7, 21:

    nunc vero cum ne pulsus quidem ita sim ut superare non possim, contraque a populo Romano semper sim defensus, etc.,

    id. Dom. 33, 88; id. Fin. 2, 17, 55; id. Marcell. 6, 20; so,

    et contra,

    Suet. Tit. 7.—
    b.
    With adversative conjunctions, at contra, sed contra, contra autem, contra vero (not verum contra, nor contra tamen).
    (α).
    At contra (freq.), merely a strengthened contra (v. 1. supra): huc accedit uti mellis lactisque liquores Jucundo sensu linguae tractentur in ore;

    At contra taetri absinthi natura... foedo pertorqueat ora sapore,

    Lucr. 2, 400:

    cogunt,

    id. 2, 74; 1, 366; 2, 235 et saep.: nos qui domi sumus, tibi beati videmur;

    at contra nobis tu quidem... prae nobis beatus,

    Cic. Fam. 4, 4, 2; id. Tusc. 1, 3, 5; id. Rosc. Am. 45, 131; id. Verr. 2, 5, 26, § 66; Sall. J. 36, 2; 4, 7; 15, 3; id. C. 12, 5:

    ideo siccas aiunt Aethiopiae solitudines... At contra constat Germaniam abundare rivis,

    Sen. Q. N. 3, 6, 2; 1, 3, 1; id. Ep. 100, 7; Plin. 7, 53, 54, § 186; Suet. Galb. 15; Tac. A. 4, 28.—
    (β).
    Sed contra, after a negative sentence (class.):

    non quo acui ingenia adulescentium nollem, sed contra ingenia obtundi nolui,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 24, 93; id. Att. 9, 15, 3; id. Ac. 1, 10, 35; id. Fl. 11, 26:

    arma populi Romani non liberis servitutem, sed contra servientibus libertatem adferre,

    Liv. 45, 18, 1:

    tu ne cede malis, sed contra audentior ito,

    Verg. A. 6, 95; Plin. Ep. 1, 10, 12.—PostAug. also without a preceding negation:

    obiisse nostro Laium scelere autumant superi inferique: sed animus contra innocens... negat,

    Sen. Oedip. 765; Symm. Ep. 6, 81.—
    (γ).
    Contra autem (rare;

    in Cic. only where different subjects have contrasted predicates in dependent clauses): quia pacis est insigne toga, contra autem arma tumultus atque belli,

    Cic. Pis. 30, 73.—In later writers = contra alone:

    sub septemtrione aedificia... conversa ad calidas partes oportere fieri videntur. Contra autem sub impetu solis meridiani regionibus conversa ad septemtrionem... sunt facienda,

    Vitr. 6, 1, 2; Gell. 14, 2, 19; Dig. 7, 1, 25, § 3; 34, 3, 25.—
    (δ).
    Contra vero (very rare;

    not in Cic.), used for contra: contra vero quercus infinitam habet aeternitatem,

    Vitr. 2, 9, 8; 6, 1, 3; Cels. 3, 6 fin. —
    (ε).
    Atqui contra, App. Mag. p. 287, 24.—
    c.
    With disjunctive conjunctions, aut contra, vel contra, seu contra, or on the contrary, or conversely (always without change of subject).
    (α).
    Aut contra:

    num aut scriptum neget, aut contra factum infitietur?

    Cic. Part. Or. 38, 133: quae (mens) aut languescit... aut contra tumescit, etc., Quint. 1, 2, 18:

    si imbres defuere, aut contra abundavere,

    Plin. 17, 24, 37, § 228.—
    (β).
    Vel contra:

    hinc enim quaestiones oriuntur: Injuriam fecisti, sed quia magistratus, majestatis actio est? Vel contra: Licuit... quia magistratus?

    Quint. 5, 10, 40; 9, 4, 96; Suet. Galb. 3; Dig. 35, 2, 56, § 4; 8, 4, 6.—
    (γ).
    Seu contra:

    seu tristis veniam, seu contra laetus amicis,

    Prop. 1, 11, 25.—
    d.
    With causal conjunctions, nam contra (very rare;

    never contra enim): falso queritur de natura sua genus humanum quod, etc. Nam contra, reputando, neque majus aliud, neque praestabilius invenies,

    Sall. J. 1, 1; Quint. 1, 1, 1; 9, 2, 23. —
    4.
    In late Lat., e contra (also one word, ēcontrā) = contra,
    (α).
    In the meaning, the contrary (D. 1.):

    aliis vero econtra videtur,

    Hier. Ep. 12.—
    (β).
    Et econtra = et contra (E. 3. a.):

    honestiorum provectu et econtra suppliciis,

    Aur. Vict. Caes. 39, 45.—For quod contra, v. II. E. 1. c.—
    5.
    With emphatic particles.
    a.
    Quin contra, nay on the contrary, opposing an affirmative sentence to a preceding negative statement (quin etiam amplifies without opposition; sed contra opposes without amplification; quin contra both opposes and amplifies);

    not before Livy: num qui enim socordius rempublicam administrari post Calvi tribunatum... quam? etc. Quin contra patricios aliquot damnatos... neminem plebeium,

    Liv. 6, 37, 8; 31, 31, 9; 35, 26, 10; 37, 15, 3.—
    b.
    Immo contra (post-Aug.).
    (α).
    = no, on the contrary, refuting opinions, after questions and in the form of a dialogue:

    existimas nunc me detrahere tibi multas voluptates?... Immo contra, nolo tibi umquam deesse laetitiam,

    Sen. Ep. 23, 3; Dig. 33, 7, 5; 33, 7, 29.—
    (β).
    = sed contra, but on the contrary:

    proinde ne submiseris te, immo contra fige stabilem gradum,

    Sen. Cons. Marc. 5, 6; id. Cons. Polyb. 15, 2; cf. prep.:

    immo contra ea,

    Liv. 41, 24, 8; cf. II. E. 1. b. infra.—
    c.
    Item contra = an emphatic et contra (very rare):

    quoniam... beate vivere alii in alio, vos in voluptate ponitis, item contra miseriam in dolore, etc.,

    Cic. Fin. 2, 27, 86; cf. I. A. 3. g supra.
    F.
    With a comparative clause introduced by ac, atque, or quam, representing a logical or moral opposition (contra atque debuit = non ita ut debuit; cf. Cic. Or. 3, 19, 70); cf. prep., II. C. 3. g, and II. E. 2. infra.
    1.
    Of logical opposition, contrary to, different from, otherwise than; in the best prose only with atque or ac.
    (α).
    With atque:

    item, contra atque apud nos, fieri ad Elephantinem ut neque ficus neque vites amittant folia,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 7, 6:

    simulacrum Jovis, contra atque ante fuerat, ad orientem convertere,

    Cic. Cat. 3, 8, 20; id. Sull. 24, 69:

    judicium suscepturos contra atque omnis Italia populusque Romanus judicavisset,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 12; id. B. G. 4, 13; Plin. 12, 19, 43, § 95.—
    (β).
    With ac:

    itaque contra est ac dicitis,

    Cic. Fin. 4, 15, 41:

    vides, omnia fere contra ac dicta sint evenisse,

    id. Div. 2, 24, 53; so id. Verr. 2, 4, 6, § 11; id. Or. 40, 137:

    cum contra ac Deiotarus sensit victoria belli judicaret,

    id. Phil. 11, 13, 34:

    Petreius ubi videt, Catilinam, contra ac ratus erat, magna vi tendere, etc.,

    Sall. C. 60, 5.—
    (γ).
    With ac and atque:

    si denique aliquid non contra ac liceret factum diceretur, sed contra atque oporteret,

    Cic. Balb. 3, 7.—
    (δ).
    With quam (post-Aug.):

    cui contra quam proposuerat aliqua cesserunt,

    Sen. Ira, 3, 6, 5; Plin. 10, 53, 74, § 149; 11, 21, 24, § 72; Gell. 6 (7), 8, 6:

    contra quam licet,

    id. 1, 3, 19; Sil. 15, 107.—
    2.
    Of moral opposition of acts contrary to rules and principles (cf. II. 3. g infra); so always with quam:

    mater Aviti, generi sui, contra quam fas erat, amore capta,

    contrary to the divine law, Cic. Clu. 5, 12:

    ut senatus, contra quam ipse censuisset, ad vestitum rediret,

    contrary to its own resolution, id. Pis. 8, 18:

    contra quam ista causa postulasset,

    id. Caecin. 24, 67:

    contra quam sanctum legibus est,

    Liv. 30, 19, 9; Cic. Leg. 2, 5, 11; id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 1, § 2; id. Dom. 46, 122:

    contraque faciunt quam polliceri videntur,

    Auct. Her. 4, 3, 6; Cic. de Or. 2, 20, 86.
    II.
    Prep. with acc., before, against, facing, towards, opposite to, contrary to (acc. to many scholars not ante-class.; cf. Hand, Turs. II. p. 108; but found Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 24 Fleck., a line omitted by Lorenz as a gloss; id. Pers. 1, 1, 13 Ritschl; Att. ap. Non. p. 469, 15, or Trag. Rel. v. 476 Rib.; cf. also Plaut. Poen. 5, 6, 18; Cato, R. R. 18, 1, and v. I. A. 1. a. b, and I. A. 1. b. a supra).
    A.
    Local uses.
    1.
    Opposite, over against, facing.
    a.
    Of countries and places (mostly of those separated by water;

    adversus and e regione mostly of places opposite by land): insulae natura triquetra, cujus unum latus est contra Galliam,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 13; 3, 9; 4, 20:

    ad insulam quae est contra Massiliam,

    id. B. C. 1, 56; 3, 23:

    Rhodios, pacatis contra insulam suam terris, etc.,

    Liv. 37, 15, 7; 3, 26, 8:

    Carthago Italiam contra,

    Verg. A. 1, 13; 5, 124; Ov. M. 14, 17:

    insulae quae contra Tauri promuntorium inopportune navigantibus objacent, Chelidoniae nominantur,

    Mel. 2, 7; Plin. 3, 26, 30, § 151; 6, 28, 32, § 152; 5, 7, 7, § 41; Tac. A. 3, 1; id. H. 2, 17.—
    b.
    Of the heavenly bodies:

    donique (luna) eum (sc. solem) contra pleno bene lumine fulsit,

    Lucr. 5, 708:

    contra Volucris rostrum posita est Lyra,

    Vitr. 9, 4, 5; Sen. Q. N. 1, 5, 9; 1, 8, 3; Plin. 2, 31, 31, § 99; 5, 10, 10, § 56.—So, tertium (latus Britanniae) est contra septem triones, opposite ( facing); hence, contra meridiem and contra ortus (instead of ad or adversus meridiem, etc.), facing the south and east, Plin. 6, 24, 24, § 85; 17, 2, 2, § 22. —So of a person standing in the sunlight:

    cum minima umbra (i. e. a sole) contra medium fiet hominem,

    Plin. 18, 33, 76, § 327; cf.:

    contra mediam faciem meridies erit,

    id. 18, 33, 76, § 326.—
    c.
    Of opposite ends of a line.
    (α).
    Of the diameter of the earth: esse e regione nobis e contraria parte terrae qui adversis vestigiis stent contra nostra vestigia, quos antipodas vocatis, Cic. Ac. 2, 39, 123.—
    (β).
    Of a line drawn:

    contra autem E littera I erit ubi secat circinationem linea,

    opposite the point E will be the letter I, Vitr. 9, 7, 4.—
    d.
    Of buildings, etc.:

    contra hoc aviarium est aliud minus in quo quae mortuae sunt aves curator servare solet,

    Varr. R. R. 3, 5, 5; Vitr. 5, 6, 3; 3, 5, 15:

    (statuam) quae fuerit contra Jovis Statoris aedem in vestibulo Superbi domus,

    Plin. 34, 6, 13, § 29:

    contra medium fere porticum diaeta paulum recedit,

    Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 20; 2, 17, 5; Suet. Aug. 44.—
    e.
    Of places on the human body:

    id quod contra stomachum est,

    Cels. 4, 5 (4, 12 med.); 7, 7;

    4, 20 (13).—Of the direction of the intestines, etc.: ea... contra medium alvum orsa,

    Cels. 4, 1 fin. —
    2.
    Of actions, opposite, towards, against, facing (syn.:

    adversus, ad, e regione,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 61).
    a.
    In gen.:

    quamvis subito... quamque Rem contra speculum ponas, apparet imago,

    Lucr. 4, 156: Democritus... clipeum constituit contra exortum Hyperionis, Laber. ap. Gell. 10, 17, 4:

    et contra magnum potes hos (i.e. oculos) attollere solem, Nec tremis...?

    Prop. 1, 15, 37; Col. 7, 3, 8:

    rex constiterat contra pedites,

    Curt. 10, 9, 13; 9, 5, 1:

    ne contra septentrionem paveris,

    Plin. 18, 33, 76, § 330; 28, 6, 19, § 69:

    contra solem varie refulgens,

    placed in the sun, id. 37, 10, 63, § 173; 10, 54, 75, § 151; 37, 6, 22, § 83;

    37, 7, 25, § 95: cum terrestres volucres contra aquam clangores dabunt,

    id. 18, 35, 87, § 363; 19, 8, 39, § 131.—
    b.
    Dependent on verbs of motion (very rare without the idea of hostility):

    (Dinocrates) incessit contra tribunal regis jus dicentis,

    towards, Vitr. 2, praef. 1.—So trop., of actions done for a purpose:

    lege Cornelia de sicariis tenetur qui, cum in magistratu esset, eorum quid fecerit contra hominis necem quod legibus permissum non sit,

    Dig. 48, 8, 4.—
    c.
    Appositively, with the predicate: (elephanti) tanta narratur clementia contra minus validos, ut, etc., if fronting weaker animals, if brought in contact with them (not to be connected with clementia), Plin. 8, 7, 7, § 23.—Similarly: dum... fidens non est contra feram, if fronting the animal (not dependent on fidens), Plin. 8, 16, 21, § 57.—
    d.
    Against an opposing action, etc.:

    contra vim atque impetum fluminis conversa,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 17, 5:

    cum plateae contra directos ventos erunt conformatae,

    Vitr. 1, 6, 8:

    ut contra ventum gregem pascamus,

    Col. 7, 3, 12; Sen. Q. N. 2, 31, 2; Plin. 29, 3, 12, § 52; 17, 2, 2, § 21; 8, 16, 21, § 54:

    contra fluminum impetus aggeribus,

    id. 35, 14, 48, § 169:

    capite in sole contra pilum peruncto,

    id. 27, 4, 5, § 17; 18, 35, 88, § 364; Varr. ap. Plin. 7, 20, 19, § 83; Sil. 14, 352; Dig. 9, 2, 29, § 4. [p. 455] — Trop.:

    contra fortunam tenendus est cursus,

    Sen. Prov. 5, 9.—Prov.:

    contra stimulum calces,

    kick against the pricks, Isid. Orig. 1, 36, 28 (al. calcitres); cf. Amm. 18, 5, 1.—
    e.
    Of local actions with hostile intent.
    (α).
    Lit.:

    quae vis Coclitem contra omnes hostium copias tenuit?

    Cic. Par. 1, 2, 12:

    Pompeium Cartejae receptum scribis: jam igitur contra hunc exercitum (sc. constitit),

    id. Att. 15, 20, 3:

    pertimescam, credo, ne mihi non liceat contra vos in contione consistere,

    to face you, id. Agr. 1, 8, 25; Lepidus ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 34, 1; Caes. B. C. 1, 26:

    a fronte contra hostem pedum quindecim fossam fieri jussit,

    id. ib. 1, 41; 1, 42; id. B. G. 7, 62:

    Tullus adversus Veientem hostem derigit suos: Albanos contra legionem Fidenatium collocat,

    Liv. 1, 27, 5; 24, 41, 5; 38, 4, 5; Verg. A. 12, 279; Front. Strat. 2, 2, 13; 2, 3, 17.—Appositively, with a local verb understood:

    terribilis haec contra fugientes belua est, fugax contra insequentes,

    i. e. if fronting, if placed opposite, Plin. 8, 25, 38, § 92.—
    (β).
    Trop.:

    castra sunt in Italia contra populum Romanum in Etruriae faucibus collocata,

    Cic. Cat. 1, 2, 5; id. Mil. 1, 2; Quint. 7, 7, 5:

    tum contra hanc Romam illa altera Roma quaeretur,

    will be as a rival against this Rome, Cic. Agr. 2, 22, 86:

    cui rationi contra homines barbaros atque imperitos locus fuisset, hac ne ipsum quidem sperare, etc.,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 40:

    (Cicero) plerumque contra inimicos atque obtrectatores plus vindicat sibi,

    when fronting adversaries, Quint. 11, 1, 23.—
    f.
    In partic.
    (α).
    Stare contra aliquem (opp. stare ab aliquo); usu. implying hostility; mostly trop., to stand against, to be arrayed against, to face, oppose:

    quod contra hoc exemplum nulla staret eorum ratio,

    Auct. Her. 4, 5, 7:

    contra populi studium,

    Cic. Brut. 34, 126:

    contra civium perditorum... dementiam a senatu et a bonorum causa,

    id. ib. 79, 273; so,

    a mendacio contra veritatem,

    id. Inv. 1, 3, 4:

    contra cives in acie,

    id. Att. 16, 11, 2:

    et adversi contra stetit ora juvenci,

    opposite, Verg. A. 5, 477; 5, 414:

    haec enim (ratio) sola... stat contra fortunam,

    Sen. Ep. 14, 4, 2: contra leonem etiam stetit, fronted, i. e. hunted, Spart. Carac. 5 fin. —
    (β).
    Contra aliquem ire:

    aut saevos Libyae contra ire leones,

    Stat. Th. 9, 16.— Trop.:

    uti contra injurias armati eatis,

    Sall. J. 31, 6:

    interritus (sapiens) et contra illa (mala) ibit et inter illa,

    Sen. Ep. 59, 8; cf.: contra venire, II. B. 1. c. b infra, and v. also II. B. 2. b. and II. B. 1. b. infra.—
    3.
    Transf.,
    a.
    To persons placed together for comparison:

    C. vero Caesar, si foro tantum vacasset, non alius ex nostris contra Ciceronem nominaretur,

    Quint. 10, 1, 114:

    CORONATO CONTRA OMNES SCAENICOS,

    Inscr. Grut. p. 331, n. 4.—
    b.
    To things compared, as if weighed against each other as to their value, strength, etc.
    (α).
    Lit. (very rare):

    quamcunque vis rem expende, et contra aquam statue... Si gravior est, leviorem rem... feret, etc.,

    Sen. Q. N. 3, 25, 5.—
    (β).
    Prop.:

    cujus (i. e. generis humani) causa videtur cuncta alia genuisse natura, magna saeva mercede contra tanta sua munera,

    Plin. 7, 1, 1, § 1:

    qui amicus esse coepit quia expedit, placebit ei aliquod pretium contra amicitiam,

    Sen. Ep. 9, 9:

    numquam ulli fortiores cives fuerunt quam qui ausi sunt eum contra tantas opes ejus... condemnare,

    Cic. Fam. 7, 2, 3:

    tantum studium bonorum in me exstitisse, contra incredibilem contentionem clarissimi et potentissimi viri,

    id. ib. 7, 2, 2; Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 9, 3:

    nomen prorogans nostrum et memoriam extendens contra brevitatem aevi,

    as a compensation for, Plin. 2, 63, 63, § 154.—So esp., valere contra, to weigh against, counterbalance, avail or prevail against: non vereor ne meae vitae modestia parum valitura sit contra falsos rumores, Matius ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 28, 8:

    (illa facta) pro periculo potius quam contra salutem valere debere,

    Cic. Part. Or. 35, 120; id. Off. 3, 29, 104:

    contrane lucrum nil valere Pauperis ingenium?

    Hor. Epod. 11, 11; Sen. Ben. 4, 15, 1; id. Cons. Helv. 5, 5; so,

    robur habere contra: si contra unamquamlibet partem fortunae satis tibi roboris est,

    id. ib. 13, 2;

    so of counterchecks: in Creta decem qui cosmoe vocantur, ut contra consulare imperium tribuni plebis, sic illi contra vim regiam constituti,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 33, 58.—Of antidotes: cimicum natura contra serpentium morsus valere dicitur, item contra venena omnia, Plin. 29, 4, 17, § 61.—Hence,
    c.
    Colloq., aliquid contra aurum est, something is worth gold, is superb, both predicatively and attributively (cf.: auro contra, I. A. 2. supra): hujusce pomaria in summa Sacra Via ubi poma veneunt, contra aurum imago, a spectacle for gold, i. e. a magnificent sight, Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 10 MSS. (al. aliter):

    numcubi hic vides citrum... num quod emblema aut lithostratum? quae illic omnia contra aurum,

    superb, id. ib. 3, 2, 4 MSS. (Schneid. omits aurum, ex conj.):

    oneravi vinum, et tunc erat contra aurum,

    Petr. 7, 6.—
    d.
    Transf., of replies, with aiebat, inquit, etc.; both in friendly and inimical sense; esp., contra ea, contra haec, = the adv. contra:

    contra ea Titurius sero facturos clamitabat, etc.,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 29:

    contra ea Verginius unum Ap. Claudium et legum expertem et, etc., aiebat,

    Liv. 3, 57, 1; 24, 45, 4:

    quae contra breviter fata est vates,

    Verg. A. 6, 398:

    contra quod disertus Tu impie fecisti inquit, etc.,

    Quint. 7, 1, 53 (cf.: contra ea, II. E. 1. infra).
    B.
    Denoting hostility or disadvantage.
    1.
    With verbs of hostile action.
    a.
    Of physical exertion:

    pugnavere et tertio consulatu ejus viginti (elephanti) contra pedites quingentos,

    Plin. 8, 7, 7, § 22:

    proelium Afri contra Aegyptios primi fecere fustibus,

    id. 7, 56, 57, § 200; 8, 40, 61, § 142. —
    b.
    Referring to warfare (usu. adversus), bellum gerere (rarely for cum or adversus; but contra patriam, contra aras, etc., not cum patria, etc.; cf.

    bellum, II. A. 1. e.): a quo prohibitos esse vos contra Caesarem gerere bellum (opp. pro),

    Cic. Lig. 8, 25; id. Phil. 5, 10, 27; Liv. Ep. 129.—With bellum suscipere:

    contra Antonium,

    Cic. Phil. 8, 2, 5; so,

    contra patriam,

    id. Sull. 20, 58:

    pugnare contra patriam,

    id. ib. 25, 70:

    contra conjuges et liberos,

    Sen. Ben. 5, 15, 5:

    armatum esse contra populum Romanum,

    Cic. Prov. Cons. 13, 32.—With arma ferre (freq.), Cic. Phil. 2, 29, 72; 13, 21, 47; Liv. 28, 28, 15; Nep. Att. 4, 2; Tib. 1, 6, 30; Ov. M. 4, 609; 13, 269; id. P. 1, 1, 26.—With arma sumere or capere, Cic. Rab. Perd. 6, 19; id. Phil. 4, 1, 2; 4, 3, 7:

    armis contendere contra,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 13:

    arma alicui dare (trop.),

    Cic. Phil. 2, 21, 53:

    aciem instruere (trop.),

    Liv. 25, 4, 4:

    exercitum comparare,

    Cic. Phil. 3, 6, 14; 4, 1, 2:

    exercitum instruere,

    id. Cat. 2, 11, 24:

    exercitum ducere and adducere,

    id. Phil. 4, 2, 5; 3, 4, 11:

    exercitum contra Philippum mittere,

    id. Inv. 1, 12, 17:

    naves ducere contra,

    Hor. Epod. 4, 19:

    ducere contra hostes,

    Liv. 1, 27, 4:

    florem Italiae educere contra,

    Cic. Cat. 2, 11, 24:

    proficisci contra,

    to march against, Liv. 1, 11, 3; 8, 2, 5:

    auxilium ferre Rutulis contra Latinos,

    Plin. 14, 12, 14, § 88:

    juvare aliquem contra,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 35:

    consilium inire contra Sequanos,

    to take hostile measures against, id. B. G. 6, 12.—
    c.
    Of legal contention (more freq. adversus, except with verbs of saying).
    (α).
    In gen., with agere or causam agere, to act as counsel against a party or his attorney:

    cum agerem contra hominem disertissimum nostrae civitatis,

    Cic. Caecin. 33, 97; id. Brut. 63, 226; Sen. Ben. 4, 15, 3; Quint. 11, 1, 59.—Causam recipere or suscipere contra, to accept a retainer against:

    (causam) quam receperam contra pueros Octavios,

    Cic. Att. 13, 49, 1; Quint. 6, 1, 12; Plin. Ep. 4, 17, 1.—Adesse alicui contra, to appear, act as one's counsel against:

    rogavit me Caecilius ut adessem contra Satrium,

    Cic. Att. 1, 1, 3; Plin. Ep. 1, 7, 5 al.; cf.:

    esse contra,

    id. ib. 1, 18, 3.— Trop.: conquesturus venit;

    at contra se adfuit et satisfacienti satisfecit,

    Sen. Fragm. Amic. 14, 1, 89:

    causam defendere contra,

    against the accuser, Cic. de Or. 1, 39, 178:

    statuere contra aliquem (sc. causam),

    to establish a case against an adversary, id. Or. 10, 34:

    actio competit contra,

    Dig. 49, 14, 41:

    querelam instituere contra,

    ib. 5, 2, 21, § 1:

    bonorum possessionem petere contra,

    ib. 5, 2, 23:

    jus obtinere contra,

    Cic. Quint. 9, 34:

    pugnare contra,

    to struggle against the accuser, id. Sull. 17, 49; id. Verr. 1, 11, 33:

    id quod mihi contra illos datum est,

    i. e. a local advantage over, id. Tull. 14, 33:

    judicare contra aliquem,

    id. Fl. 20, 48; Dig. 21, 2, 55; 5, 2, 14; Just. Inst. 4, 17, 2:

    pronuntiare contra,

    Paul. Sent. 5, 34, 2: dare sententiam contra, Dig. 21, 2, 56, § 1:

    decernere contra,

    Cic. Fl. 31, 76:

    appellare contra aliquem,

    Dig. 49, 1, 3; 49, 5, 6; cf.:

    contra sententiam,

    Cod. Just. 7, 62, 32, § 2.—Sentire contra aliquem, to have an opinion unfavorable to:

    cur vos (cum) aliquid contra me sentire dicatis, etc.,

    Cic. Caecin. 27, 79.—
    (β).
    Venire contra aliquem, to appear as counsel for one's adversary:

    quid tu, Saturi, qui contra hunc venis, existimas aliter?

    Cic. Rosc. Com. 6, 18; id. Mur. 4, 9; id. Phil. 8, 6, 18.—Venire contra rem alicujus, to give advice damaging one's interests:

    contra rem suam me venisse questus est,

    Cic. Phil. 2, 2, 3.—
    (γ).
    With dicere and other verbs of saying. (aa) Of a lawyer pleading against a lawyer:

    ipse ille Mucius, quid in illa causa cum contra te diceret, attulit quod? etc.,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 57, 244:

    cum ille contra me pro Sex. Naevio diceret,

    id. Brut. 60, 2, 7; id. de Or. 2, 7, 30; id. Rosc. Am. 15, 45; id. Div. in Caecil. 14, 44; id. Planc. 2, 5; id. Brut. 26, 102; so,

    causam dicere,

    id. Or. 2, 23, 98:

    causam perorare,

    id. Quint. 24, 77.—(bb) Of a lawyer's pleading against the parties: dic mihi, M. Pinari, num si contra te dixero mihi male dicturus es? Servil. ap. Cic. de Or. 2, 65, 261; 3, 34, 138; 1, 14, 60; id. Or. 35, 123; Quint. 11, 1, 57; cf. with ellipsis of acc.:

    quorum alter pro Aufldia, contra dixit alter,

    id. 10, 1, 22.—(ng) Of a party against a lawyer:

    si Gaditani contra me dicerent,

    if the Gaditani were my adversaries, Cic. Balb. 17, 38.—(dd) Of witnesses and experts, and the pleadings against them:

    si decressent legationem quae contra istum diceret,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 4, § 12: contra testes dicere (opp. a testibus or pro testibus). Auct. Her. 2, 6, 9; Cic. de Or. 2, 27, 118 (cf.:

    testimonium in aliquem dicere,

    id. Sull. 17, 48; Quint. 7, 4, 36):

    contra juris consultos dicere,

    against their legal opinions, Cic. Caecin. 24, 69.—So of witnesses in scientific questions:

    contra testes dicendum est,

    Sen. Q. N. 7, 16, 1.—(ee) Dicere or contendere aliquid contra aliquem, to maintain a point against:

    cum interrogamus adversarios... quid contra nos dici possit,

    Auct. Her. 4, 23, 33:

    tamenne vereris ut possis hoc contra Hortensium contendere?

    Cic. Quint. 25, 78. —
    d.
    Of literary adversaries, mostly with verbs of saying and writing:

    cum scriberem contra Epicurios,

    Cic. Att. 13, 38, 1:

    contra Epicurum satis superque dictum est,

    id. N. D. 2, 1, 2:

    contra Brutum,

    id. Tusc. 5, 8, 21:

    contra Academiam,

    id. Ac. 2, 19, 63; id. Fin. 1, 1, 2; 5, 8, 22; id. Tusc. 5, 11, 32; 5, 30, 84; id. Ac. 2, 4, 17:

    contra autem omnia disputatur a nostris,

    id. Off. 2, 2, 8.—
    e.
    Of public and political adversaries (syn. adversus and in).
    (α).
    In gen.:

    sentire contra,

    Cic. Mil. 2, 5:

    pugnare contra bonos,

    id. Sull. 25, 71:

    contra eos summa ope nitebatur nobilitas,

    Sall. C. 38, 2; Cic. Sest. 19, 42; 52, 112:

    (tribuni) qui aut contra consulem, aut pro studio ejus pugnabant,

    Liv. 39, 32, 12.—
    (β).
    Of political speaking:

    cum (Cato) eo ipso anno contra Serv. Galbam ad populum summa contentione dixisset,

    Cic. Brut. 20, 80; so id. Imp. Pomp. 17, 53; Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 9, 1.—
    f.
    Of hostile or criminal acts in gen. (syn.:

    adversus, in): inire consilia contra,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 38, 110; id. Cat. 1, 7, 18:

    manum comparare contra aliquem,

    id. Sull. 24, 68:

    conjurationem facere,

    id. ib. 4, 12:

    congredi,

    id. Lig. 3, 9; Sall. J. 64, 4:

    aliquid contra imperatorem moliri,

    Just. Inst. 4, 18, 3:

    nec dolor armasset contra sua viscera matrem,

    against her own offspring Ov. R. Am. 59.—Facere contra (more freq. with abstr. objects; cf. II. C. 1. f. b infra): nunc te contra Caesarem facere summae stultitiae est, to take parts against, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 16, 2:

    eae (res) contra nos ambae faciunt,

    operate against us, id. Quint. 1, 1.—With verbs of saying, etc.:

    homo disertus non intellegit, eum quem contra dicit laudari a se?

    Cic. Phil. 2, 8, 18; 2, 1, 2; 2, 21, 51; Sen. Ep. 15, 3, 70:

    epigramma quod contra quamdam Gelliam scripsit,

    Lampr. Alex. Sev. 38:

    disputare contra deos, in two signif.: contra deum licet disputare liberius,

    to accuse, reproach a god, Cic. N. D. 3, 31, 76; but: mala et impia consuetudo est contra deos disputandi, to reason against the gods, i. e. against their existence, id. ib. 2, 67, 168.—
    2.
    Predicatively, with esse (videri, etc.), against, injurious to, unfavorable, prejudicial, to one's disadvantage: ut [p. 456] ex senatusconsulto neque cujus intersit, neque contra quem sit intellegi possit, Cic. Mur. 32, 68; id. de Or. 3, 20, 75; 2, 74, 299; 2, 81, 330; id. Sull. 13, 39; Sen. Ben. 6, 31, 6:

    licentiam malis dare certe contra bonos est,

    injurious to, Quint. 4, 2, 75:

    res contra nos est, of unfavorable chances in a lawsuit,

    id. 4, 66, 1; 4, 2, 75; 5, 13, 32.—Often, contra aliquem = quod est contra aliquem, referring to indef. pronouns or adjectives:

    nihil contra me fecit odio mei = nihil quod esset contra me,

    Cic. Har. Resp. 3, 5; id. Off. 3, 31, 112:

    quibus (temporibus) aliquid contra Caesarem Pompeio suaserim,

    id. Phil. 2, 10, 24.—
    3.
    Added adverb. to the predicate, mostly referring to purpose, with hostile intent, for the purpose of some hostile act, in order to oppose, in opposition:

    Caesarine eam (provinciam) tradituri fuistis, an contra Caesarem retenturi?

    or keep it against Caesar, Cic. Lig. 7, 23:

    sero enim resistimus ei quem per annos decem aluimus contra nos,

    id. Att. 7, 5, 5:

    judicium illud pecunia esse temptatum non pro Cluentio, sed contra Cluentium,

    id. Clu. 4, 9; id. Imp. Pomp. 17, 52; id. Ac. 2, 28, 92:

    cum quae facitis ejusmodi sint ut ea contra vosmet ipsos facere videamini,

    id. Rosc. Am. 36, 104; Sen. Ep. 3, 7, 3: Curio se contra eum totum parat, i. e. to speak against him, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 8, 10; Caes. B. C. 1, 85 ter; Sen. Q. N. 1, 7, 1; Plin. 16, 39, 74, § 192; Plin. Pan. 41.—So with the force of a temporal clause:

    fidem meam quam essent contra Massam Baebium experti,

    in the suit against, Plin. Ep. 3, 4, 4.—
    4.
    Dependent on adjectives (rare):

    contra se ipse misericors,

    to his own injury, Phaedr. 4, 18, 3:

    severissimus judex contra fures,

    Lampr. Alex. Sev. 28.—
    5.
    With nouns.
    a.
    Acc. to 1. b.:

    ut quam maximae contra Hannibalem copiae sint,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 12, 17; cf. Vell. 2, 76, 3.—
    b.
    Acc. to 1. c. and 1. e.; so esp., oratio contra (cf.: oratio in).
    (α).
    Oratio contra (never in), of an address against the counsel of a party or against the prosecutor:

    quid in omni oratione Crassus vel apud centumviros contra Scaevolam, vel contra accusatorem Brutum, cum pro Cn. Plancio diceret?

    Cic. de Or. 2, 54, 220; cf.:

    Cato pro se contra Cassium = in oratione contra,

    Gell. 10, 15, 3; so,

    haec perpetua defensio contra Scaevolam,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 54, 221:

    orationem illam egregiam quam (Aeschines) in Ctesiphontem contra Demosthenem dixerat,

    id. ib. 3, 56, 213.—
    (β).
    Of an address against the party, either in judicial or political affairs:

    unam orationem contra Gracchum reliquit,

    Cic. Brut. 26, 99:

    (Demosthenis) oratio contra Leptinem... contra Aeschinem falsae legationis,

    id. Or. 31, 111; Gell. 10, 24, 10; 10, 18, 91; Cic. Brut. 46, 169; Quint. 12, 10, 61; Cic. de Or. 2, 11, 45; id. Brut. 44, 164; Gell. 13, 25 (24), 15; cf. Quint. 4, 3, 13; 11, 2, 25.—
    c.
    Acc. to 1. f.:

    contra patres concitatio et seditio,

    Cic. Brut. 14, 56.—Of animals:

    contra volpium genus communibus inimicitiis,

    Plin. 10, 76, 96, § 207.
    C.
    With inanimate and abstract objects.
    1.
    Directly dependent on verbs (cf. B. 1.).
    a.
    Of physical or moral exertion:

    cum fulmina contra Tot paribus streperet clipeis,

    Verg. A. 10, 567:

    pugnandum tamquam contra morbum, sic contra senectutem,

    Cic. Sen. 11, 35:

    contra verum niti,

    Sall. J. 35, 8:

    contra fortunam luctari,

    Sen. Ben. 7, 15, 2; id. Brev. Vit. 10, 1; id. Ep. 78, 15; 99, 32; cf. Cic. Off. 1, 31, 110.—
    b.
    Of warfare (lit. and trop.):

    bellum contra aras, focos, vitam fortunasque gerere,

    Cic. Phil. 3, 1, 1:

    bellum gerimus... contra arma verbis,

    id. Fam. 12, 22, 1.—So of logical contradictions:

    artificis autem est invenire in actione adversarii quae semet ipsa pugnent,

    Quint. 5, 13, 30.—
    c.
    Of legal contention.
    (α).
    Of the actions of the counsel or prosecutor: dicere, or perorare, agere contra aliquid, to plead against, contest something:

    contra argumenta, rumores, tabulas, quaestiones (opp. ab argumentis, etc.),

    Auct. Her. 2, 6, 9 sqq.; Cic. de Or. 2, 27, 118:

    contra ratiocinationem,

    id. Inv. 2, 50, 153: contra scriptum dicere, to contest, controvert a written law or a document, id. ib. 2, 47, 138; 2, 48, 143; id. Brut. 39, 145; Quint. 7, 7, 1:

    contra caput dicere,

    to plead against life, Cic. Quint. 13, 44 (cf.:

    servum in caput domini interrogare,

    Paul. Sent. 1, 1, 34; 5, 16, 5 and 8; 5, 46, 3): contra libertatem agere, Dig. 40, 12, 26.—Pregn.:

    contra rerum naturam, contraque consuetudinem hominum dicere (opp. contra nos dicere),

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 15, 45.—
    (β).
    Of judicial decisions contradicting documents, etc.:

    contra tabulas judicare,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 70, 281:

    contra testamentum,

    Dig. 2, 17, § 1:

    contra sententiam dicere,

    ib. 49, 8, 1, § 2.—
    (γ).
    Admittere aliquem contra bona, to admit a petition for bonorum possessio (cf.:

    inmittere in bona),

    Dig. 38, 2, 3, § 6.—
    d.
    Of antagonism in literary and ethical questions.
    (α).
    To contend that something is false:

    dicere, disputare, disserere contra opinionem or sententiam,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 4, 8; 5, 19, 55; id. de Or. 3, 18, 67; id. Fin. 5, 4, 10; id. Ac. 2, 18, 60; Sen. Ira, 1, 3, 3; id. Ep. 87, 5; 102, 5 (cf.:

    in sententiam dicere,

    in support of an opinion, Caes. B. G. 1, 45):

    contra sensus dicere,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 31, 101:

    contra rhetoricen dicere,

    Quint. 2, 17, 40.—
    (β).
    Of criticism, hostility to principles, etc.:

    contra Iliadem et Odysseam scribere,

    Vitr. 7, praef. 8:

    contra quorum disciplinam ingenium ejus exarserat,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 29, 83.—
    (γ).
    Ethically:

    contra voluptatem dicere,

    that pleasure is a moral evil, Cic. Fin. 5, 8, 21:

    contra mortem loqui,

    that death is no evil, Sen. Ep. 82, 7;

    in both senses: contra vitia, pericula, fortunam, ambitionem,

    id. ib. 100, 10:

    contra fortunam gloriari,

    that fortune has no power over him, Cic. Tusc. 5, 9, 26; Sen. Ep. 26, 5.—
    e.
    Of public and political acts and speeches:

    contra potentiam accusatorum dicere,

    Cic. Brut. 44, 164:

    contra legem dicere or verba facere,

    id. Imp. Pomp. 15, 53; Liv. 34, 8, 1:

    rogationem ferre contra coloniam ( = contra legem de colonia deducenda),

    Cic. Clu. 51, 140; Auct. Her. 1, 17, 21; Plin. 8, 17, 24, § 64.—
    f.
    Of hostility, injury, wrongs, etc.
    (α).
    In gen.:

    senatusconsulto quod contra dignitatem tuam fieret,

    directed against, Cic. Fam. 12, 29, 2:

    contra rem publicam se commovere,

    id. Cat. 1, 26; 1, 3, 7:

    incitari,

    id. Sest. 47, 100:

    consilia inire,

    id. Agr. 2, 3, 8:

    conjurationem facere,

    Sall. C. 30, 6:

    contra salutem urbis incitari,

    Cic. Cat. 3, 8, 20:

    cogitare aliquid contra salutem,

    id. ib. 3, 9, 21: contra voluntatem or studium dicere, to oppose one's will in a speech:

    esse aliquem in civitate qui contra ejus (Chrysogoni) voluntatem dicere auderet,

    id. Rosc. Am. 22, 60; id. Phil. 1, 11, 28; id. de Or. 3, 34, 138; id. Mur. 4, 10; Tac. H. 2, 91:

    ne quid contra aequitatem contendas, ne quid pro injuria,

    do not array yourself against equity, Cic. Off. 2, 20, 71.— Trop.:

    quis non contra Marii arma, contra Suliae proscriptionem irascitur? ( = Mario propter arma, Sullae propter proscriptionem),

    Sen. Ira, 2, 2, 3.—
    (β).
    In partic.: facere contra aliquid (syn. adversus), to commit an offence against, to transgress, etc.:

    si quis ad Antonium profectus esset... senatus existimaturum eum contra rem publicam fecisse,

    Cic. Phil. 8, 11, 33; id. Mil. 5, 13; 6, 14; id. Off. 3, 10, 43; 3, 25, 95; S. C. ap. Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 8, 6; Liv. 25, 4, 7; so,

    contra salutem rei publicae facere,

    Cic. Dom. 38, 102:

    contra majestatem,

    against the emperor, Dig. 48, 4, 5:

    contra leges,

    Cic. Dom. 18, 48; id. Vatin. 7, 18; id. Fin. 2, 17, 55; id. Mur. 32, 67; id. de Or. 3, 19, 70; cf. id. Clu. 34, 92; id. Mur. 32, 68; id. Dom. 14, 38; id. Phil. 10, 6, 13; Gai Inst. 4, 121:

    contra edictum (praetoris),

    Cic. Verr 2, 3, 10, § 25; Dig. 39, 1, 20, § 1:

    contra foedus,

    Cic. Balb. 6, 16:

    contra jusjurandum ac fidem,

    id. Off. 3, 10, 43; id. Lael. 3, 30, 74; id. Verr. 2, 3, 3, § 7; Prop. 3, 30, 44 (2, 32, 44).—And ironically:

    tune contra Caesaris nutum (sc. facies)?

    Cic. Att. 14, 10, 1.—Rarely contra ea facere = contra facere, adverb. (cf. I. B. 8. and II. E. 1. b.):

    corpus in civitatem inferri non licet... et qui contra ea fecerit, extra ordinem punitur,

    Paul. Sent. 1, 21, 2; 1, 21, 12.—
    2.
    Predicatively with esse (usu. impers.), in violation of, in conflict with, contrary to (cf. 3. g).
    (α).
    With esse expressed as the predicate:

    hominem hominis incommodo suum augere commodum magis est contra naturam quam mors,

    Cic. Off. 3, 5, 21; id. Fin. 3, 9, 31; id. N. D. 3, 13, 33; Sen. Ep. 5, 4; Plin. 7, 8, 6, § 45:

    contra leges or legem est,

    Cic. Pis. 13, 30; id. Mur. 32, 67:

    contra officium est,

    id. Off. 3, 10, 43; 1, 10, 32; 1, 6, 19; cf. id. Lael. 11, 39; id. Off. 3, 15, 63; Liv. 6, 40, 5; Sen. Q. N. 2, 37, 2; Gai Inst. 3, 157; Dig. 30, 1, 112, § 3; 16, 3, 1, § 7.—With ellipsis of object (naturam), Cic. Fin. 5, 29, 89; cf.:

    adeo res ista non habet ullam moram quae contra causas ignium sit,

    unfavorable to the formation of fire, Sen. Q. N. 2, 26, 7.—
    (β).
    With verbal predicate, referring to an indef. pron. or adj., with esse understood:

    scis hunc... nihil umquam contra rem tuam cogitasse ( = nihil quod contra rem tuam esset),

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 50, 147; id. Mil. 5, 13:

    aliquid contra animum audiendi,

    something against our liking, Sen. Const. 19, 2.—So mostly with facere:

    si quid Socrates aut Aristippus contra morem consuetudinemque fecerint,

    Cic. Off. 1, 41, 148; id. Att. 3, 23, 2; 2, 22, 2; id. Off. 3, 15, 63; Sall. C. 15, 1; Dig. 8, 2, 11; 8, 2, 17; 35, 1, 79, § 2. —
    (γ).
    Contra officium, substantively, = id quod contra officium est:

    Sic inter recte factum atque peccatum, officium et contra officium, media locabat quaedam,

    Cic. Ac. 1, 10, 37.—
    3.
    Adverbially with the predicate.
    (α).
    In order to oppose, in opposition to, with hostile intent (cf. B. 3.):

    eidem illam proscriptionem capitis mei contra salutem rei publicae rogatam esse dicebant,

    that the proposal of the law was an attack on the republic, Cic. Prov. Cons. 19, 45; id. Rab. Perd. 12, 35; id. Phil. 10, 10, 22:

    imperator contra postulata Bocchi nuntios mittit,

    to reply to the demands, Sall. J. 83, 3; 25, 6; so,

    advocare contra,

    Sen. Cons. Polyb. 12, 4; id. Ep. 15, 2, 52:

    si contra mortem te praeparaveris,

    to meet death, id. ib. 11, 3, 8.—
    (β).
    With the force of a clause of manner, injuriously to, etc.:

    quibus contra valetudinis commodum laborandum est,

    Cic. Mur. 23, 47; Suet. Aug. 78:

    contra hominis salutem,

    with danger to a man's life, Cod. Just. 7, 62, 29.—
    (γ).
    In gen., of conflict with some rule or principle, contrary to, in violation of, without regard to ( = ita ut contra sit; cf. 2. supra; very freq. from the class. period;

    syn. adversus): ceperitne pecunias contra leges P. Decius,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 31, 136; id. Verr. 2, 1, 4, § 10; id. Fl. 34, 86:

    pecuniam contra leges auferre,

    id. Verr. 1, 18, 56; 2, 1, 10, § 27; 2, 5, 18, § 46; id. Har. Resp. 26, 56:

    contra legem,

    id. Rab. Perd. 3, 8; id. Dom. 16, 41:

    contra jus fasque,

    id. Har. Resp. 16, 34; id. Quint. 6, 28:

    contra jus,

    Liv. 5, 4, 14; id. Dom. 13, 55; id. Verr. 2, 5, 13, § 34:

    contra jus gentium,

    Liv. 4, 32, 5; 9, 10, 10; 21, 25, 7; 5, 36, 6;

    6, 1, 6: contra juris rigorem,

    Dig. 40, 5, 24, § 10 et saep.:

    contra testimonium aliquid judicare,

    without regard to, Cic. Brut. 31, 117:

    aliquid contra verecundiam disputare,

    contrary to the rules of decency, id. Off. 1, 35, 128:

    aliquid contra fidem constituere,

    Quint. 5, 13, 34:

    quae majores nostri contra lubidinem animi sui recte atque ordine fecere,

    contrary to the dictates of passion, Sall. C. 51, 4; id. J. 33, 1; cf. of logical opposition, II. E. 2. infra.—
    4.
    Dependent on substt.
    a.
    Of physical strife:

    scit ille imparem sibi luctatum contra nexus (draconis),

    Plin. 8, 12, 12, § 33. —
    b.
    Of warfare:

    imperatorum copia contra tuum furorem,

    Cic. Mur. 39, 83:

    Parthorum gloria contra nomen Romanum,

    Liv. 9, 18, 6: in castris perditorum contra patriam, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 23, 6.—
    c.
    Of legal contention:

    causa contra scriptum,

    Cic. Inv. 2, 46, 135.—
    d.
    Of political speaking:

    divina M. Tullii eloquentia contra leges agrarias,

    Quint. 2, 16, 7; 9, 3, 50; Gell. 18, 7, 7.—
    e.
    Of literary opposition:

    Caesaris vituperatio contra laudationem meam,

    Cic. Att. 12, 40, 1.—
    f.
    Of hostility, etc.:

    cujus factum, inceptum, conatumve contra patriam,

    Cic. Cat. 2, 12, 27:

    ullum factum dictumve nostrum contra utilitatem vestram,

    Liv. 6, 40, 5.—
    g.
    Of injury:

    vitae cupiditas contra rem publicam,

    Cic. Planc. 37, 90: contra serpentes venenum, fatal to serpents, or as a defence against serpents, Plin. 7, 2, 2, § 15.—
    h.
    Of violation, disregard, etc. (cf. 3. g):

    iter contra senatus auctoritatem,

    Cic. Phil. 2, 19, 48:

    contra consuetudinem somnium,

    Plin. 10, 77, 98, § 211:

    bonorum possessio contra tabulas,

    Dig. 37, 4, 3, § 13; Gai Inst. 3, 41.—
    5.
    Dependent on adjectives (very rare; cf.

    II. D. 2. c. infra): contraque patris impii regnum impotens, avum resolvam,

    Sen. Herc. Fur. 966.
    D.
    Of defence, protection, and resistance (syn.: adversus, ab).
    1.
    Against persons.
    a.
    Dependent on verbs:

    cum populus Romanus suam auctoritatem vel contra omnes qui dissentiunt possit defendere,

    Cic. Imp. Pomp. 22, 63: si ego consul rem publicam [p. 457] contra te et gregales tuos defendissem, id. Sest. 52, 111; 22, 49; 8, 20; id. Fam. 11, 27, 7; id. Phil. 2, 18, 45:

    contra quem multum omnes boni providerunt,

    provided a great defence, id. Mur. 38, 81: formula qua utitur patronus contra libertum qui eum in jus vocat, as a defence against, Gai Inst. 4, 46. —And of protection of plants against injurious animals:

    contra haec animalia proderit, si, etc.,

    Pall. 10, 3, 2.—
    b.
    Dependent on adjectives, mostly participial:

    paratus contra,

    Cic. Mil. 21, 56:

    nihil satis firmum contra Metellum,

    Sall. J. 80, 1:

    contra potentes nemo est munitus satis,

    Phaedr. 2, 6, 1.—
    2.
    Against inanimate and abstract things.
    a.
    Dependent on verbs:

    contra avium morsus munitur vallo aristarum,

    Cic. Sen. 15, 51:

    propugnaculum, quo contra omnes meos impetus usurum se putat,

    id. Verr. 2, 3, 16, § 40; 2, 5, 39, § 102:

    publicam causam contra vim armatam suscipere,

    id. Dom. 34, 91; id. Quint. 30, 94; id. Leg. 3, 3, 9:

    contra tantas difficultates providere,

    Sall. J. 90, 1; 76, 4; so,

    contra ea,

    id. ib. 57, 5:

    patricii vi contra vim resistunt,

    Liv. 3, 13, 4; Plin. 14, 2, 4, § 28; Tac. Agr. 45; Sen. Prov. 4, 12; id. Const. 5, 4.—
    b.
    Dependent on substt.:

    suffragia contra oppugnationem vestrae majestatis,

    Cic. Rab. Perd. 12, 35:

    defensio contra vim,

    id. Mil. 5, 14:

    patronus justitiae fuit contra orationem Phili,

    id. Lael. 7, 25; Plin. 29, 2, 9, § 30; 14, 3, 4, § 40:

    contra labores patientia,

    id. 23, 1, 22, § 37.—
    c.
    Dependent on adjectives (in Cic. freq. with P. a. predicatively used; otherwise very rare;

    in later prose freq.): nec est quidquam Cilicia contra Syriam munitius,

    against an attack from the side of Syria, Cic. Fam. 14, 4, 4:

    ut nullius res tuta, nullius domus clausa, nullius vita saepta, nullius pudicitia munita contra tuam cupiditatem posset esse,

    id. Verr. 2, 5, 15, § 39; id. Fin. 1, 16, 51; id. Mil. 25, 67; id. Tusc. 5, 8, 19; 5, 27, 76:

    vir contra audaciam firmissimus,

    id. Rosc. Am. 30, 85; Sall. J. 33, 2; 28, 5:

    fortis contra dolorem,

    Sen. Ep. 98, 18; Quint. 12, 1, 10:

    callosus,

    Plin. 11, 37, 54, § 147; 14, 2, 4, § 23:

    far contra hiemes firmissimum,

    id. 18, 8, 19, § 83:

    equus tenax contra vincula,

    Ov. Am. 3, 4, 13:

    contraque minantia fata pervigil,

    Claud. I. Cons. Stil. 1, 284.—
    3.
    Of remedies against sickness and its causes, poison, etc.; so only in Plin.; in Pall. only of preventives and of protection against hurtful animals, and against mental perturbations in gen.; cf. infra (syn. ad in Cat., Cic., Cels., Col.; adversus only in Celsus, who also has in with abl.).
    (α).
    Dependent on verbs:

    cujus et vinum et uva contra serpentium ictus medetur,

    Plin. 14, 18, 22, § 117; 7, 2, 2, § 13:

    prodest et contra suspiria et tussim,

    id. 20, 13, 50, § 128:

    valet potum contra venena,

    id. 28, 7, 21, § 74; 29, 4, 22, § 71; 29, 4, 26, § 81; 28, 8, 27, § 98; 16, 37, 71, § 180; 35, 6, 14, § 34; 28, 6, 18, §§ 65-67.—
    (β).
    Dependent on substt.:

    remedium contra morsus,

    Plin. 8, 32, 50, § 118; 10, 59, 79, § 163:

    contra venena esse omnia remedio,

    id. 16, 44, 95, § 251; 17, 24, 37, § 240; 7, 1, 1, § 4.—
    (γ).
    Dependent on adjectives:

    vinum quod salutare contra pestilentiam sit,

    Pall. 11, 14, 17.—
    (δ).
    Appositively, as a remedy:

    cujus lacteum succum miris laudibus celebrat... contra serpentes et venena,

    Plin. 5, 1, 1, § 16; 29, 4, 26, § 83. —So of remedies against affections:

    Tiberium tonante caelo coronari ea (lauro) solitum ferunt contra fulminum metus,

    Plin. 15, 30, 40, § 135; cf. Sen. Ira, 2, 21, 1; id. Tranq. 5. 1.
    E.
    Of logical opposition.
    1.
    With a neuter demonstrative (contra ea, contra haec, contra quae, quod contra = contra, adv.).
    a.
    The contrary, the reverse (very rare; cf.

    I. D. 1.): sed mihi contra ea videtur,

    but to me the contrary seems true, Sall. J. 85, 1:

    omnia quae contra haec sunt, omnia quae contra sunt,

    and vice versa, Quint. 5, 10, 90. —
    b.
    Contra ea, on the contrary, in logical antithesis (not in Cic. and Sall.; once in Caes. and Quint.; several times in Liv. and Nep.; cf.: contra ea, in other uses, II. A. 2. e. a, II. D. 2. a., II. A. 3. d., II. C. 1. f.):

    omnes arderent cupiditate pugnandi... contra ea Caesar... spatiumque interponendum... putabat ( = at contra),

    but Caesar on the contrary, Caes. B. C. 3, 74: superbe ab Samnitibus... legati prohibiti commercio sunt;

    contra ea benigne ab Siculorum tyrannis adjuti,

    Liv. 4, 52, 6; 2, 60, 1; 21, 20, 6;

    44, 43, 5: pater... Thracem me genuit, contra ea mater Atheniensem,

    Nep. Iphicr. 3, 4; id. praef. 6; id. Alcib. 8, 1.—And after a question, with immo (cf. I. E. 5. b.):

    an infirmissimi omnium... (sumus)? Immo contra ea vel viribus nostris, vel, etc., tuti (sumus),

    Liv. 41, 24, 8.—
    c.
    Quod contra, by anastrophe (v. F. 1.), contrary to which, whereas, while on the contrary (only once in Lucr. and three times in Cic.):

    illud in his rebus vereor ne forte rearis, Inpia te rationis inire elementa viamque indugredi sceleris: quod contra saepius illa Religio peperit scelerosa atque impia facta,

    whereas on the contrary, Lucr. 1, 81:

    cujus a me corpus crematum est, quod contra decuit ab illo meum (sc. cremari),

    Cic. Sen. 23, 84:

    quod contra oportebat delicto dolere, correctione gaudere,

    id. Lael. 24, 90 (B. and K. place a comma after oportebat; cf.

    Nauck ad loc.): reliquum est ut eum nemo judicio defenderit: quod contra copiosissime defensum esse contendi,

    id. Quint. 28, 87 (many consider contra in all these passages as an adverb; cf. Hand, Turs. II. p. 121 sq.; some explain quod as an ancient ablative, = qua re;

    v. Ritschl,

    Plaut. Exc. p. 57, Munro ad Lucr. 1, 82).—
    2.
    With an abstract noun, with the force of the adverb contra with ac or atque (I. F. 1.), contrary to, contrary to what, etc. (esp. in Sall., not in Cic.; cf. praeter): celeriter contraque omnium opinionem confecto itinere, contrary to the opinion ( = contra ac rati erant), Caes. B. G. 6, 30:

    contra opinionem Jugurthae ad Thalam perveniunt,

    Sall. J. 75, 9; Hirt. B. G. 8, 40.—Contra spem either contrary to the opinion, or against the hope:

    Metellus contra spem suam laetissume excipitur ( = contra ac ratus, veritus est),

    Sall. J. 88, 1; so,

    cetera contra spem salva invenit,

    Liv. 9, 23, 17:

    contra spem omnium L. Furium optavit,

    id. 6, 25, 5; Curt. 8, 4, 45;

    but: at Jugurtha contra spem nuntio accepto ( = contra ac speraverat),

    Sall. J. 28, 1; Liv. 24, 45, 3:

    postquam... Jugurtha contra timorem animi praemia sceleris adeptum sese videt,

    Sall. J. 20, 1:

    ipse in Numidiam procedit, ubi contra belli faciem tuguria plena hominumque... erant ( = contra ac in bello evenire solet),

    id. ib. 46, 5:

    contra famam,

    Plin. 13, 22, 43, § 126; 7, 53, 54, § 180:

    segniterque et contra industriam absconditae formicae,

    slowly, and in a manner different from their usual activity, id. 18, 35, 88, § 364.—Of persons:

    frigidam potionem esse debere, contra priores auctores, Asclepiades confirmavit,

    contrary to the opinion of the former physicians, Cels. 4, 26 (19).
    F.
    Sometimes by anastrophe after its noun.
    1.
    In prose, after relatives, esp. in Cic.:

    quos contra disputant,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 15, 47:

    quem contra dicit,

    id. Phil. 2, 8, 18 (v. II. B. 1. f.):

    quem contra veneris,

    id. Mur. 4, 9:

    quas contra, praeter te, etc.,

    id. Vatin. 7, 18:

    eos ipsos quos contra statuas,

    id. Or. 10, 34:

    quos contra me senatus armavit,

    id. Att. 10, 8, 8:

    quam contra multa locutus est,

    Sen. Ep. 82, 7, Plin. Ep. 1, 23, 3; Claud. in Rufin. 1, 332; v. also E. 1. c. supra.—
    2.
    After other words ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

    hunc igitur contra mittam contendere causam,

    Lucr. 4, 471:

    dicere eos contra,

    id. 4, 484:

    donique eum contra,

    id. 5, 708:

    agmina contra,

    Verg. A. 12, 279:

    magnum Alciden contra,

    id. ib. 5, 414:

    Paridem contra,

    id. ib. 5, 370:

    Italiam contra,

    id. ib. 1, 13:

    deos contra,

    Ov. P. 1, 1, 26:

    Messania moenia contra,

    id. M. 14, 17:

    litora Calabriae contra,

    Tac. A. 3, 1.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > contra

  • 10 contra dicta

    contrā, adv. and prep. [stem con, i. e. cum, through a comparative form conter; cf.: alter, uter, inter, praeter, etc.; in abl. fem. form like the locative adverbs ea, qua, etc.; cf.: ultra, intra, extra, citra], orig., in comparison with; hence, over against, fronting, in front, opposite, in opposition to, against, contrary to, opposed to, etc.
    I.
    Adv. (referring to an opposed object often with the force of a preposition with ellipsis of a pronoun, = against it, against him, etc.).
    A.
    Local.
    1.
    Lit., of position in front of a person, place, or thing.
    a.
    With verb of being or position expressed or understood.
    (α).
    Referring to living beings, opposite, in face of, face to face, facing, in front of, fronting, confronting (not in Cic., Caes., or Sall.):

    feminam scelestam te, adstans contra, contuor,

    Plaut. Pers. 2, 2, 26:

    ut confidenter mihi contra adstitit,

    id. Capt. 3, 5, 6; Lucr. 4, 223; 6, 929:

    signum contra, quoad longissume oculi ferebant, animo finivit,

    Liv. 1, 18, 8:

    stat contra starique jubet,

    Juv. 3, 290:

    stat contra dicitque tibi tua pagina Fures!

    Mart. 1, 55, 12:

    ulmus erat contra,

    in front of her, Ov. M. 14, 661:

    templa vides contra,

    in front (of us), id. ib. 7, 587.—Of position in front of the enemy:

    contra conserta manu,

    Plaut. Mil. 1, 1, 3: contra consistere, to make front against them, Caes. B. G. 2, 17.—
    (β).
    Referring to things and places, over against (it), opposite (to it), on the opposite side (mostly post-Aug.):

    contra jacet Cancer patulam distentus in alvum,

    Manil. 2, 253:

    posita contra Hispania,

    Tac. Agr. 11:

    promuntorium quod contra procedit,

    Plin. 4, 2, 3, § 6: relinquendae autem contra erunt vacuae tabellae, on the opposite side, i. e. of the leaf, Quint. 10, 3, 32: illo quaerente cur non decidant contra siti, the antipodes (cf. Cic. Ac. 2, 39, 123; v. II. A. 1. c. a), Plin. 2, 65, 65, § 161.—With the governing verb understood:

    arguam hanc vidisse apud te contra conservum meum,

    face to face, Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 91:

    jam omnia contra circaque hostium plena erant, Liv 5, 37, 8: eadem verba contra (i. e. ponuntur),

    side by side, Quint. 9, 3, 36; Verg. A. 6, 23.—
    b.
    With verbs of motion, so as to be opposite to an object or face to face with a person, variously rendered.
    (α).
    Referring to persons:

    accede ad me atque adi contra,

    come right up to me, Plaut. Rud. 1, 4, 23; id. Bacch. 3, 6, 6: hostes crebri cadunt; nostri contra ingruunt, advance to their front (in Plaut. hostility is not implied in contra), id. Am. 1, 1, 84: quis nos pater aut cognatu' volet contra tueri, face to face, eye to eye, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 12 Mull. (Trag. Rel. v. 444 Rib.); Att. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1, 55 (Trag. Rel. v. 538 ib.):

    adspicedum contra me = contra adspice me,

    Plaut. Most. 5, 1, 56 Lorenz ad lec.:

    contra adspicere,

    id. Mil. 2, 1, 45:

    contra intueri,

    Liv. 1, 16, 6; 9, 6, 8; Sen. Q. N. 1, 3, 6:

    cum veniret contra Marcianus,

    Quint. 6, 3, 95; Plin. 9, 46, 70, § 152.—
    (β).
    Of things:

    hic ubi sol radiis... Adversa fulsit nimborum aspergine contra,

    Lucr. 6, 525; Cels. 8, 8, 1:

    quam (turrim) promoti contra validi asseres... perfregere,

    Tac. H. 4, 30.—Reciprocally: oscula non pervenientia contra, not coming through (the wall) so as to meet, Ov. M. 4, 80.—
    2.
    Transf. to equivalents of weight, value, and price; so,
    (α).
    In Plaut. only in the colloq. phrases auro contra, aurichalco contra, and contra auro (sc. posito); lit., for gold placed against; cf.:

    aes contrarium, s. v. contrarius: (servus) non carus'st auro contra,

    at his weight in gold, Plaut. Ep. 3, 3, 30: jam auro contra constat filius, id. Truc. 2, 6, 57 (Speng. aurichalco): auro contra cedo modestum amatorem! A me aurum accipe. Pa. Cedo mihi contra aurichalco quoi ego sano serviam, id. Curc. 1, 3, 45 sq.; id. Mil. 3, 1, 63; 4, 2, 85; id. Ps. 2, 3, 23.—
    (β).
    In post-Aug. prose (very rare):

    at si aquae et ejus rei quam contra pensabis par pondus erit, nec pessum ibit, nec exstabit, etc.,

    Sen. Q. N. 3, 25, 5.—
    3.
    Of reciprocal actions, = vicissim, in turn, in return, back, on my, his, etc., part, likewise, counter-.
    (α).
    In gen.:

    te ut deludam contra, lusorem meum,

    Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 71:

    quae me amat, quam ego contra amo,

    id. Merc. 5. 2, 77; id. Cist. 1, 1, 96; id. Trin. 4, 2, 55; id. As. 2, 2, 110:

    qui arguat se, eum contra vincat jurejurando suo,

    make a victorious counter-charge, id. Mil. 2, 2, 37:

    si laudabit haec Illius formam, tu hujus contra (i. e. lauda),

    Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 54:

    audi nunc contra jam,

    listen in turn, id. Phorm. 4, 4, 18; id. Ad. 5, 4, 23:

    at tu mihi contra nunc videre fortunatus, Phaedria, Cui, etc.,

    you likewise seem fortunate to me, id. Phorm. 1, 3, 21:

    Mettius Tullo gratulatur, contra Tullus Mettium benigne alloquitur,

    Liv. 1, 28, 1:

    contra ut me diligat illa,

    Cat. 76. 23; Hor. S. 1, 3, 27 Orell. ad loc.—Hence, with ellipsis of inquit, = respondit:

    cui latrans contra senex,

    Phaedr. 5, 10, 7:

    scietis, inquam, etc., contra Nigrinus: ad quem missi sunt? ego, etc.,

    Plin. Ep. 7, 6, 4.—

    Rarely with inquit, etc., expressed: at ille contra, renidens, Audi, inquit, discipule, etc.,

    Gell. 15, 9, 9; cf.:

    contra talia reddit,

    Claud. B. Gild. 379.—
    (β).
    With dat. pers.:

    consulo quem dolum doloso contra conservo parem,

    Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 45:

    facere contra huic aegre,

    Ter. Eun. 4, 1, 10:

    hiscine contra insidiabere?

    id. Hec. 1. 1, 13:

    tibi contra gratiam Referre,

    id. ib. 4, 2, 7.—
    (γ).
    With item:

    item a me contra factum est,

    Plaut. Aul. prol. 20:

    puellam senex Amat et item contra filius,

    id. Cas. prol. 49; id. Pers. 5, 2, 36; id. Am. 1, 1, 67; Ter. Ad. 1, 1, 25.—
    (δ).
    Combining a reciprocal with a local relation (A. 1. a. a, and b. a): contra carinantes verba, exchanging abusive words ( face to face), Enn. ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 8, 361 (Ann. v. 181 Vahl.): tubae utrimque contra canunt;

    Consonat terra,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 73; 1, 1, 86:

    confer gradum Contra pariter,

    id. Ps. 2, 4, 18; id. Truc. 1, 2, 28:

    video amicam... Ubi contra adspexit me, etc.,

    id. Mil. 2, 1, 45; Verg. E. 7, 8; cf. Lucr. 4, 243:

    vesper adest, juvenes consurgite!... Cernitis, innuptae, juvenes? consurgite contra!

    Cat. 62, 6.—
    (ε).
    Implying also opposition: Pe. Conpellabo. Ph. Orationis aciem contra conferam, Plaut. Ep. 4, 1, 20:

    si scias quod donum huic dono contra comparet,

    what counter gift, Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 63: quod Scipio postulavit... ut, etc. Et quod contra collega postulavit ne, etc., Annal. Trib. Pleb. ap. Gell. 7 (6), 19, 5:

    si vobis aequa et honesta postulatio videtur, ego contra brevem postulationem adfero,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 2, 7; Nep. Epam. 6, 1;

    Auct. B. Alex. 24: illo licente contra liceri audeat nemo,

    to bid in opposition, Caes. B. G. 1, 18; Liv. 4, 53, 6:

    agedum pauca accipe contra,

    Hor. S. 1, 4, 38.—So in battle:

    Numidae... Romanorum ordines conturbare... neque contra feriundi copia erat,

    Sall. J. 50, 4; and in law: et ab eo is qui adoptat vindicat... et illo contra non vindicante, etc., Gai Inst. 1, 134; 2, 24.—Esp. in replies:

    oratio contra a Demosthene pro Ctesiphonte edita,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 56, 213:

    dicit accusator haec: primum, etc.... quid contra reus?

    id. Clu. 30, 81; id. Fin. 5, 22, 63; Curt. 4, 1, 10; 7, 9, 1.
    B.
    Of opposition, strife, etc., against; constr. absol., with dat., and ne, quominus or quin.
    1.
    Of physical exertion.
    (α).
    Lit.:

    concurrunt... aetheriae nubes contra pugnantibu' ventis,

    struggling against each other, Lucr. 6. 98:

    nec nos obniti contra... Sufficimus,

    bear up, battle against, Verg. A. 5, 21; Ov. M. 9, 50; 2, 434:

    at ille contra nititur,

    resists, Plin. 2, 38, 38, § 103; 7, 20, 19, § 82:

    pars remigum, tamquam imperitia... officia nautarum impediebant. Mox contra tendere,

    rowed in an opposite direction, Tac. H. 4, 16.—
    (β).
    Trop.:

    te rogo ne contrahas ac demittas animum, neque te obrui tamquam fluctu... sinas, contraque erigas ac resistas,

    Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 1, § 4:

    et torrens judicem vel nitentem contra feret, cogatque ire qua rapiet,

    Quint. 12, 10, 61.— With ne: vi contra niti, ne advorsus eum fiat, Cato ap. Gell. 7 (6), 3, 16.—With quominus, Lucr. 1, 780.—
    2.
    Of mental exertion:

    si tibi vera videntur, Dede manus, aut, si falsum est, accingere contra,

    arm yourself against them, Lucr. 2, 1043; 2, 280. —With dat.:

    siti contra... pugnandum,

    Cels. 4, 2 fin. —
    3.
    Of hostile opposition in gen.
    (α).
    Lit.:

    quod animadversum est in eo qui contra omni ratione pugnarunt, non debeo reprehendere,

    who made opposition in every way, Cic. Rosc. Am. 47, 137; id. Verr. 2, 2, 43, § 107:

    contra etiam aliquid abs te profectum ex multis audivi,

    something inimical, id. Fam. 5, 5, 2.—
    (β).
    Trop.:

    aut alio quovis (sc. colore) qui contra pugnet et obstet,

    Lucr. 2, 794; 2, 868.—
    4.
    Of warfare.
    (α).
    Lit.:

    ut eos adversarios existimemus qui arma contra ferant,

    Cic. Off. 1, 25, 87; 1, 12, 37; Vell. 2, 28, 4; cf.:

    quid quod exercitum contra duxit?

    Auct. Her. 4, 16, 23:

    ut si qua ex parte obviam contra veniretur, acie instructa depugnarent,

    if they should be attacked by an open charge, Caes. B. G. 7, 28:

    issentque confestim ad urbem ni venire contra exercitum... audissent,

    Liv. 7, 39, 17:

    cum Romanae legiones contra direxerint,

    would oppose their march, Tac. H. 4, 58; id. A. 6, 44.—With dat.:

    et huic contra itum ad amnem Erinden,

    Tac. A. 11, 10.—
    (β).
    Trop.:

    quod ubi viderunt corvi, contra auxiliantur, velut adversus communem hostem,

    Plin. 10, 74, 95, § 205.—
    5.
    Of legal contests.
    (α).
    With verbs of saying; v. 9. a.—
    (β).
    Venire contra, of any legal act with the intention to hurt the adversary:

    quid? si omnium mortalium Sthenio nemo inimicior quam hic C. Claudius... fuit? si de litteris corruptis contra venit, etc.?

    if he made a charge of forgery against him? Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 43, § 107; cf. II. B. c. b.—
    (γ).
    On the part of the adversary:

    inveniendum contra est, quo distet haec causa a ceteris,

    Quint. 5, 10, 114; 9, 2, 35; 12, 8, 10.—
    (δ).
    Of judgments against the parties or against opinions:

    ne spoliaret fama probatum hominem si contra judicasset,

    given an adverse decision, Cic. Off. 3, 19, 77; cf. Val. Max. 7, 2, 4; Cic. Caecin. 24, 69.—
    6.
    Of literary opposition.
    (α).
    Mostly with verbs of saying; v. 9. a. g.—
    (β).
    With other verbs:

    astrologorum artem contra convincere tendit,

    Lucr. 5, 728:

    contra nunc illud pone, etc.,

    Sen. Ben. 7, 14, 6:

    habeat (liber meus) etiam quosdam qui contra sentiant et adversentur,

    some dissentients and opponents, Quint. 3, 1, 5; 2, 17, 40; 3, 8, 69.—
    7.
    Of public and political opposition.
    (α).
    With verbs of saying; v. 9. a. d.—
    (β).
    With petere, to be a candidate for office in opposition to another:

    nihil enim supererat de quo certarent, nihil quod contra peterent,

    no office was left for which to canvass against each other, Cic. Agr. 2, 33, 91:

    honores contra petere,

    Quint. 6, 1, 17.—With ire, with dat., of an opposing vote in the senate (cf.:

    pedibus ire): sententia Cassii ut nemo unus contra ire ausus est, ita dissonae voces respondebant,

    Tac. A. 14, 45.—
    8.
    Of violation of law, contracts, etc.: contra facere, or contra committere, to violate, transgress a law, etc.: leges esse non ex ejus qui contra commiserit utilitate, spectari oportere, not in the interest of the transgressor, Cic. Inv. 2, 48, 153:

    si quis sub hoc pacto vendiderit ancillam ne prostitueretur, et si contra factum esset,

    and if the contract was violated, Dig. 18, 1, 56.—
    9.
    With verbs of saying, etc., contra dicere; less freq. disputare, disserere, pugnare, in the sense of dicere, and contra scribere (often contradico, in one word, in post-Aug. writers; esp. with dat.).
    a.
    Absol.
    (α).
    Contra dicere, to speak as counsel of the adversary, to plead his cause, in legal proceedings:

    cum contra dicturus Hortensius esset,

    would speak on the other side, Cic. Quint. 24, 77:

    hoc... contra dicente Cotta judicatum est,

    id. Caecin. 33, 97:

    dixisse ut contra nemo videretur,

    id. Brut. 53, 198: ut contra Crassus... exorsus est, began on the other side, id. ib. § 197.—Hence: qui contra dicit, the adversary or counsel of the adversary:

    contra autem qui dicet, similitudinem infirmare debebit,

    Cic. Inv. 2, 50, 151; id. Part. Or. 21, 108.—In the same sense: agens contra: si nos... impares agentium contra ingeniis dixerimus, that we are unequal to the talents of our adversary's counsel, [p. 453] Quint. 4, 1, 8.—
    (β).
    To make charges against (rare):

    si qui contra vellet dicere, usurum esse eum suo testimonio,

    Cic. Clu. 48, 134:

    qua ratione nemo neque tum item fecerit, neque nunc contra dicat,

    id. Quint. 29, 88; so,

    contra disputare, of objections to or against a witness: nihil contra disputabo priusquam dixerit,

    id. Fl. 21, 51.—
    (γ).
    In gen., to speak on the other side of a question:

    fiebat autem ita, ut cum is qui audire vellet dixisset quid sibi videretur, tum ego contra dicerem,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 4, 8; id. Fin. 2, 1, 2; so,

    contra disputare and contra scribere,

    id. Or. 1, 19, 85; Vitr. 3, 1, 6; Quint. 2, 17, 13; Dig. 9, 2, 21, § 1.—Hence: qui contra dicunt or disputant, the opponents:

    nec qui contra dicunt causam difficilem repellunt,

    Cic. Fin. 3, 1, 2:

    ad coarguendos qui contra disputant,

    to refule his opponents, Quint. 2, 15, 26.—
    (δ).
    To oppose or object to a proposition, motion, or petition:

    quam palam principes dixerunt contra!

    protested against it, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 16, § 41; Caes. B. C. 1, 32; Cic. Clu. 47, 130.—With pugnare:

    cum decerneretur frequenti senatu, contra pugnante Pisone, etc.,

    Cic. Att. 1, 14, 5:

    filius ejus incolumitatem optat: contradicit pater,

    the father objects, Quint. 9, 2, 85; 9, 2, 83; Plin. ap. Gell. 9, 16, 5; Cic. Dom. 33, 87:

    contradicente nullo,

    Suet. Caes. 20; Dig. 3, 3, 15.—
    (ε).
    To reply:

    contradixit edicto,

    answered by an edict, Suet. Aug. 56. —
    (ζ).
    Abl. absol. impers.:

    explorandum videtur an etiam contradicto aliquando judicio consuetudo firmata sit,

    whether the custom has been confirmed by judgment upon a judicial contest, Dig. 1, 3, 34.—
    b.
    With acc. neutr. pron., to object, to make or raise an objection, to reply; esp. in legal proceedings:

    ego enim, te disputante, quid contra dicerem meditabar,

    Cic. N. D. 3, 1, 1:

    ut contra si quid dicere velit non audiatur,

    id. Fin. 5, 10, 27:

    aiebat illum primo sane diu multa contra (i. e. dixisse), ad extremum autem, etc.,

    id. Att. 2, 22, 2.— Hence: quod contra dicitur, or quae contra dicuntur, the objections:

    ut et id quod intenderemus confirmare, et id quod contra diceretur refellere (possemus),

    refute the objections, Cic. de Or. 1, 20, 90:

    quia neque reprehendi quae contra dicuntur possunt, etc.,

    id. ib. 2, 81, 331; id. Inv. 2, 44, 127; Quint. 1, 2, 17.—In the same sense, as subst.: contrā dicta, orum, n. plur.:

    seu proposita confirmamus, sive contra dicta dissolvimus,

    or refute the objections, Quint. 4, prooem. 6.—With acc. and inf.:

    dicitur contra, nullum esse testamentum,

    the objection is made that there is no testament, Cic. Agr. 2, 6, 42.—
    c.
    With dat., written in one word (post-Aug.).
    (α).
    To oppose a person by speaking against his views:

    solitum se etiam Thraseae contradicere,

    to oppose even Thrasea, Tac. H. 2, 91:

    tibi,

    Suet. Aug. 54:

    Curioni...,

    id. Rhet. 1. —Hence of answers and replies in law: quid si filium testatoris heres ejus prohibuit? Huic contradici potest: ergo pietatis, etc., he may be answered by this plea, etc., Dig. 11, 7, 14, § 13.—And of advisory answers opposed to one's legal views:

    volenti mihi ream adulterii postulare eam, etc., contradictum est,

    my views were disapproved, rejected, Dig. 48, 5, 11, § 10.—
    (β).
    To oppose an opinion, with dat. of the thing:

    cum plures tantum sententiis aliorum contradicerent,

    opposed the opinions, Tac. H. 1, 39.—
    (γ).
    To object to a motion or petition, with dat. of the petitioner:

    patrem qui damnavit optat ne is torqueatur: pater ei contradicit,

    the father objects, Quint. 9, 2, 81:

    cum ambienti ut legibus solveretur multi contradicerent,

    Suet. Caes. 18; Dig. 40, 5, 14; 40, 12, 33.—
    (δ).
    With dat. of the petition:

    preces erant, sed quibus contradici non posset,

    which could not be denied, Tac. H. 4, 46 fin.; Dig. 3, 1, 1, § 2.—
    (ε).
    To contest the validity of a law (rare):

    quibus (legibus) contradici potest,

    Quint. 7, 7, 4.—
    (ζ).
    To contradict an assertion (very rare):

    pro certis autem habemus... cuicunque adversarius non contradicit,

    Quint. 5, 10, 13.—
    d.
    With quin, to object:

    praetor Samnitibus respondit... nec contra dici quin amicitia de integro reconcilietur,

    there was no objection to a reconciliation, Liv. 8, 2, 2.
    C.
    To one's disadvantage; mostly predic. with esse, unfavorable, adverse, damaging (post-Aug.;

    but cf. II. B. 2.): ut eum qui responsurus est vel tacere, vel etiam invitum id quod sit contra cogat fateri,

    Quint. 7, 3, 14:

    cum verba (legis) contra sint,

    id. 7, 1, 49:

    sed experimentum contra fuit,

    unsuccessful, Tac. H. 2, 97 fin.:

    ubi fortuna contra fuit,

    id. ib. 3, 18:

    si fortuna contra daret,

    should be unfavorable, id. ib. 1, 65 fin.; id. A. 15, 13.
    D.
    Of logical opposition, with negative force.
    1.
    Of a direct contrast.
    a.
    Predicatively, with esse, fieri, etc., the contrary, the opposite:

    quod fieri totum contra manifesta docet res,

    but experience teaches that just the contrary is true, Lucr. 3, 686; 4, 1088:

    in stultitia contra est,

    with fools the reverse is true, Cic. Clu. 31, 84:

    in hac quidem re vereor ne etiam contra (i. e. sit),

    id. Att. 12, 46; id. Off. 1, 15, 49:

    quod contra est,

    Sall. J. 85, 21:

    quis non credat, etc.? Contra autem est,

    Sen. Q. N. 3, 25, 12; id. Ep. 7, 3; Dig. 37, 4, 4:

    contra fore si, etc.,

    ib. 34, 2, 39, § 2:

    immo forsitan et contra (i. e. erit),

    ib. 41, 3, 49:

    ego contra puto (i. e. esse),

    Plin. Ep. 1, 20, 7; Lampr. Alex. Sev. 25.—
    b.
    With evenire, accidere, sentire, scribere, habere, etc.:

    utrumque contra accidit: istic enim bellum est exortum, hic pax consecuta,

    of both the contrary has happened, Cic. Fam. 12, 18, 2; so Dig. 38, 2, 51:

    id ego contra puto (sc.: faciendum esse),

    id. Att. 10, 8, 2:

    contra evenit in iis morbis,

    Sen. Ep. 52, 7; Plin. 2, 65, 65, § 163:

    ego contra sentio,

    Sen. Clem. 1, 15, 5; Sedig. ap. Gell. 15, 24, 4; Dig. 40, 2, 25:

    Proculus contra (sc. sentit),

    ib. 35, 2, 1, § 14; 33, 7, 25:

    licet Celsus contra scribat,

    ib. 9, 2, 21, § 1: contra probatur, Gai Inst. 2, 78; Dig. 33, 7, 12, § 34.—Very rarely referring to a term in the same clause:

    cujus disparem mitioremque naturam contra interpretabatur,

    interpreted in an opposite sense, misinterpreted, misunderstood, Tac. H. 4, 86 fin. —
    c.
    Referring to a word or phrase in the same predicate.
    (α).
    To an adverb, in an opposite manner, otherwise, differently, not, etc.:

    nam ad summam totius rei pertinet, caute an contra demonstrata res sit,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 81, 330: quod viriliter animoque fit, id, etc.;

    quod contra, id turpe,

    id. Off. 1, 27, 94:

    sit sapienter usus aut contra,

    Quint. 2, 5, 15:

    lactuca locis apricis optume autumno ponitur, mediterraneis aut frigidis contra ( = pessime),

    Col. 11, 3, 25.—
    (β).
    To a predicative adjective, not, the opposite, the reverse, etc.:

    ut aliae (res) probabiles videantur aliae contra,

    improbable, Cic. Ac. 2, 32, 103; id. Off. 2, 2, 7:

    quid est quod me impediat ea quae probabilia mihi videantur sequi, quae contra, improbare,

    id. ib. 2, 2, 8; id. Or. 2, 31, 135; Quint. 4, 2, 52.—
    (γ).
    To a verbal predicate:

    an frater fratri exsistat heres, an contra ( = annon),

    Dig. 34, 5, 19.—
    (δ).
    To a subject infinitive:

    laudare testem vel contra pertinet ad momentum judiciorum,

    praising or censuring a witness, Quint. 3, 7, 2.—
    (ε).
    To a clause, translated by not or by a repetition of the clause with a negative:

    quae secundum naturam essent, ea sumenda et quadam aestimatione dignanda docebat, contraque contraria,

    those that were not, not, Cic. Ac. 1, 10, 36: quod cuidam aut sapiens videor quod una non jerim, aut felix fuisse;

    mihi contra,

    id. Att. 9, 12, 4: an credibile est, incestum cum filia commissum? Et contra, veneficum in noverca, adulterum in luxurioso? and incredible, etc., Quint. 5, 10, 19; so Dig. 9, 1, 2, § 1.—
    (ζ).
    To an attributive genitive:

    Marius cognoscere quid boni utrisque or contra esset (i. e. mali),

    Sall. J. 88, 2:

    verum de origine laudis contraque perspiciemus suo tempore (i. e. vituperationis),

    Quint. 2, 4, 21:

    alii a propositione accusatoris contraque loci oriuntur,

    the accuser and the accused, id. 7, 2, 31;

    so in several titles of the Digests, as Depositi vel contra, = actio depositi, vel contraria actio depositarii,

    Dig. 16, 3 tit.; so ib. 16, 17, 1; 16, 13, 6; 16, 13, 7.—
    2.
    Reversing the relation of terms in the preceding sentence, the reverse, conversely, vice versa, etc.
    a.
    With its own predicate: saepe... corpus aegret, Cum tamen ex alia laetamur parte latenti;

    Et retro fit uti contra sit saepe vicissim, Cum miser ex animo laetatur corpore toto,

    Lucr. 3, 108: illa altera argumentatio, quasi retro et contra, prius sumit, etc., ( proceeding), so to speak, backward and in inverted order, Cic. Part. Or. 13, 46: neque illud ignoro, etc.; sed non idem accidit contra, but the converse is not true, Quint. 8, 6, 3; Gell. 4, 2, 5: ut vocabula verbis, verba rursus adverbiis, nomina appositis et pronominibus essent priora. Nam fit contra quoque frequenter non indecore. for often, not inelegantly, the order is reversed, Quint. 9, 4, 24:

    quae etiam contra valent,

    i. e. if the terms are reversed, id. 3, 7, 25; 9, 2, 49; 8, 6, 25; 9, 4, 72.—
    b.
    Belonging to the same predicate:

    ut quidque erit dicendum ita dicet, nec satura jejune, nec grandia minute, nec item contra,

    Cic. Or. 36, 123:

    cum emtor venditori, vel contra, heres exstitit,

    Dig. 35, 2, 48:

    in quibus patrium pro possessivo dicitur, vel contra,

    Quint. 1, 5, 45; 5, 10, 71:

    junguntur autem aut ex nostro et peregrino, ut biclinium, aut contra, ut epitogium et Anticato,

    id. 1, 5, 68:

    ut capras in montosis potius locis quam in herbidis (pascar), equas contra,

    but with mares the reverse is the case, Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 16:

    itaque ille dicere melius quam praecipere, nos contra fortasse possumus,

    Cic. Or. 42, 143:

    qua collegi solent ex his quae faciunt ea quae faciuntur, aut contra,

    or vice versa, Quint. 5, 10, 80; Dig. 14, 1, 1, § 12; 48, 5, 23, § 4.
    E.
    In logical antithesis of clauses with a merely rhet. force, on the contrary, on the other hand, vice versa; sometimes almost = sed or autem (freq.).
    1.
    In independent clauses.
    a.
    Opposing persons or parties: fortunam insanam esse... perhibent philosophi... Sunt autem alii philosophi qui contra Fortunam negant ullam exstare, Pac. ap. Auct. Her. 2, 23, 36 (Trag. Rel. v. 372 Rib.); Caecil. ap. Cic. Tusc. 4, 32, 68; Varr. R. R. 1, 8, 1:

    ego etiam quae tu sine Verre commisisti Verri crimini daturus sum... Tu, contra, ne quae ille quidem fecit, obicies,

    Cic. Div. in Caecil. 11, 35:

    ego contra ostendo, non modo nihil fecisse Sex. Roscium, sed, etc.,

    id. Rosc. Am. 29, 79; id. Phil. 8, 3, 8; id. Off. 1, 30, 108; id. Fin. 5, 22, 62:

    in Italia bellum gerimus, in sede ac solo nostro... Hannibal contra in aliena, in hostili est terra,

    Liv. 22, 39, 13; 21, 50, 2; 3, 15, 2; 6, 7, 4; 9, 35, 4 et saep.; Nep. Alcib. 8, 1; Vell. 2, 31, 4; Sen. Ep. 9, 14; id. Ira, 2, 33, 6; Plin. 35, 10, 37, § 113; Tac. H. 3, 84; 3, 57; Suet. Tib. 2; id. Vit. 2; Just. 2, 1, 10; 8, 4, 11:

    contra mercator, navim jactantibus austris Militia est potior?

    Hor. S. 1, 1, 6; 1, 2, 30; 1, 3, 27; Prop. 2, 1, 45; 2, 23, 13 (3, 17, 3); Sen. Hippol. 214;

    so with versa vice: barbarae gentes (Alexandrum) non ut hostem, sed ut parentem luxerunt... Contra Macedones versa vice non ut civem, sed ut hostem amissum gaudebant,

    Just. 13, 1, 7.—
    b.
    Introducing a secondary or parallel opposition of thought: in loco umidiore far potius serunt quam triticum;

    contra in aridiore hordeum potius quam far,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 9, 4; 1, 1, 47: si nihil esset quod inane vocaret, Omne foret solidum;

    nisi contra corpora certe Essent, etc., Omne quod est spatium vacuum constaret inane,

    Lucr. 1, 521; 4, 348; cf.:

    justa omnia decora sunt, injusta contra, ut turpia, sic indecora,

    Cic. Off. 1, 27, 94; id. N. D. 2, 15, 41; id. de Or. 3, 33, 136; id. Quint. 30, 93: id. Off. 3, 21, 84; id. Leg. 2, 1, 2: facilem esse rem... si modo unum omnes sentiant; contra in dissensione nullam se salutem perspicere, Caes. B. G, 5, 31; Liv. 25, 30, 3; Sen. Ben. 1, 5, 2; Plin. 12, 19, 42, § 92; 11, 14, 14, § 35; Suet. Caes. 73; Gell. 1, 4, 5:

    si male rem gerere insani est, contra bene, sani,

    Hor. S. 2, 3, 74.—
    2.
    In opposition to a dependent clause:

    ut hi miseri, sic contra illi beati quos, etc.,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 6, 16; so id. de Or. 1, 45, 198; Quint. 9, 3, 39:

    cui ego rei tantum abest ut impedimento sim, ut contra te M. Manli adhorter, etc.,

    Liv. 6, 15, 5; 6, 31, 4:

    cum virtus adeo neminem spe ac pollicitatione corrumpat, ut contra in se inpendere jubeat, ac, etc.,

    Sen. Ben. 4, 1, 2: aut igitur negemus quidquam ratione confici, cum contra nihil sine ratione recte fieri possit, aut, etc., whereas on the contrary, etc., Cic. Tusc. 4, 38, 84; cf.:

    at contra,

    Lucr. 2, 392.—
    3.
    With co-ordinate conjunctions.
    a.
    Copulative, et contra or contraque (never with ac or atque); also nec contra (rare), and on the other hand.
    (α).
    With reference to a reason or conclusion, after nam, enim, cum, or itaque: nam et ratione uti... omnique in re quid sit veri videre et tueri decet, contraque falli [p. 454]... tam dedecet quam, etc., Cic. Off. 1, 27, 94:

    malus est enim custos... metus, contraque benevolentia fidelis,

    id. ib. 2, 7, 23:

    cum reficiat animos varietas ipsa, contraque sit aliquanto difficilius in labore uno perseverare,

    Quint. 1, 12, 4; 3, 8, 32; 8, 6, 20:

    itaque in probris maxime in promptu est, si quid tale dici potest, etc. Contraque in laudibus, etc.,

    Cic. Off. 1, 18, 61; cf. Suet. Calig. 51; so with nec:

    nam nec comoedia cothurnis assurgit, nec contra tragoedia socculo ingreditur,

    Quint. 10, 2, 22.—
    (β).
    With contrasted examples or illustrations, often after ut or sic:

    audivi ex majoribus natu, hoc idem fuisse in P. Scipione Nasica, contraque patrem ejus... nullam comitatem habuisse sermonis,

    Cic. Off. 1, 30, 109:

    ut suspitionibus credi oportere, et contra suspitionibus credi non oportere,

    id. Inv. 2, 15, 48; Quint. 8, 4, 1; 5, 10, 48; 9, 3, 7; 9, 4, 52; 11, 1, 14; Sen. Ep. 82, 14; Dig. 17, 1, 22, § 4.—
    (γ).
    With contrasted actions, assumptions, etc.:

    atque utinam qui ubique sunt propugnatores hujus imperii possent in hanc civitatem venire, et contra oppugnatores rei publicae de civitate exterminari!

    Cic. Balb. 22, 51:

    domo pignori data, et area ejus tenebitur... et contra jus soli sequitur aedificium,

    Dig. 13, 7, 21:

    equo et asina genitos mares, hinnos antiqui vocabant: contraque mulos quos asini et equae generassent,

    Plin. 8, 44, 69, § 17: ceterum potest ex lege quidem esse judicium, sed legitimum non esse, et contra ex lege non esse, sed legitimum esse, Gai Inst. 4, 109; Plin. 2, 65, 65, § 161; 35, 15, 5, § 183.—
    (δ).
    After a negative clause, affirming the opposite idea, et contra or contraque, but on the contrary:

    in quo (consulatu) ego imperavi nihil, et contra patribus conscriptis et bonis omnibus parui,

    Cic. Sull. 7, 21:

    nunc vero cum ne pulsus quidem ita sim ut superare non possim, contraque a populo Romano semper sim defensus, etc.,

    id. Dom. 33, 88; id. Fin. 2, 17, 55; id. Marcell. 6, 20; so,

    et contra,

    Suet. Tit. 7.—
    b.
    With adversative conjunctions, at contra, sed contra, contra autem, contra vero (not verum contra, nor contra tamen).
    (α).
    At contra (freq.), merely a strengthened contra (v. 1. supra): huc accedit uti mellis lactisque liquores Jucundo sensu linguae tractentur in ore;

    At contra taetri absinthi natura... foedo pertorqueat ora sapore,

    Lucr. 2, 400:

    cogunt,

    id. 2, 74; 1, 366; 2, 235 et saep.: nos qui domi sumus, tibi beati videmur;

    at contra nobis tu quidem... prae nobis beatus,

    Cic. Fam. 4, 4, 2; id. Tusc. 1, 3, 5; id. Rosc. Am. 45, 131; id. Verr. 2, 5, 26, § 66; Sall. J. 36, 2; 4, 7; 15, 3; id. C. 12, 5:

    ideo siccas aiunt Aethiopiae solitudines... At contra constat Germaniam abundare rivis,

    Sen. Q. N. 3, 6, 2; 1, 3, 1; id. Ep. 100, 7; Plin. 7, 53, 54, § 186; Suet. Galb. 15; Tac. A. 4, 28.—
    (β).
    Sed contra, after a negative sentence (class.):

    non quo acui ingenia adulescentium nollem, sed contra ingenia obtundi nolui,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 24, 93; id. Att. 9, 15, 3; id. Ac. 1, 10, 35; id. Fl. 11, 26:

    arma populi Romani non liberis servitutem, sed contra servientibus libertatem adferre,

    Liv. 45, 18, 1:

    tu ne cede malis, sed contra audentior ito,

    Verg. A. 6, 95; Plin. Ep. 1, 10, 12.—PostAug. also without a preceding negation:

    obiisse nostro Laium scelere autumant superi inferique: sed animus contra innocens... negat,

    Sen. Oedip. 765; Symm. Ep. 6, 81.—
    (γ).
    Contra autem (rare;

    in Cic. only where different subjects have contrasted predicates in dependent clauses): quia pacis est insigne toga, contra autem arma tumultus atque belli,

    Cic. Pis. 30, 73.—In later writers = contra alone:

    sub septemtrione aedificia... conversa ad calidas partes oportere fieri videntur. Contra autem sub impetu solis meridiani regionibus conversa ad septemtrionem... sunt facienda,

    Vitr. 6, 1, 2; Gell. 14, 2, 19; Dig. 7, 1, 25, § 3; 34, 3, 25.—
    (δ).
    Contra vero (very rare;

    not in Cic.), used for contra: contra vero quercus infinitam habet aeternitatem,

    Vitr. 2, 9, 8; 6, 1, 3; Cels. 3, 6 fin. —
    (ε).
    Atqui contra, App. Mag. p. 287, 24.—
    c.
    With disjunctive conjunctions, aut contra, vel contra, seu contra, or on the contrary, or conversely (always without change of subject).
    (α).
    Aut contra:

    num aut scriptum neget, aut contra factum infitietur?

    Cic. Part. Or. 38, 133: quae (mens) aut languescit... aut contra tumescit, etc., Quint. 1, 2, 18:

    si imbres defuere, aut contra abundavere,

    Plin. 17, 24, 37, § 228.—
    (β).
    Vel contra:

    hinc enim quaestiones oriuntur: Injuriam fecisti, sed quia magistratus, majestatis actio est? Vel contra: Licuit... quia magistratus?

    Quint. 5, 10, 40; 9, 4, 96; Suet. Galb. 3; Dig. 35, 2, 56, § 4; 8, 4, 6.—
    (γ).
    Seu contra:

    seu tristis veniam, seu contra laetus amicis,

    Prop. 1, 11, 25.—
    d.
    With causal conjunctions, nam contra (very rare;

    never contra enim): falso queritur de natura sua genus humanum quod, etc. Nam contra, reputando, neque majus aliud, neque praestabilius invenies,

    Sall. J. 1, 1; Quint. 1, 1, 1; 9, 2, 23. —
    4.
    In late Lat., e contra (also one word, ēcontrā) = contra,
    (α).
    In the meaning, the contrary (D. 1.):

    aliis vero econtra videtur,

    Hier. Ep. 12.—
    (β).
    Et econtra = et contra (E. 3. a.):

    honestiorum provectu et econtra suppliciis,

    Aur. Vict. Caes. 39, 45.—For quod contra, v. II. E. 1. c.—
    5.
    With emphatic particles.
    a.
    Quin contra, nay on the contrary, opposing an affirmative sentence to a preceding negative statement (quin etiam amplifies without opposition; sed contra opposes without amplification; quin contra both opposes and amplifies);

    not before Livy: num qui enim socordius rempublicam administrari post Calvi tribunatum... quam? etc. Quin contra patricios aliquot damnatos... neminem plebeium,

    Liv. 6, 37, 8; 31, 31, 9; 35, 26, 10; 37, 15, 3.—
    b.
    Immo contra (post-Aug.).
    (α).
    = no, on the contrary, refuting opinions, after questions and in the form of a dialogue:

    existimas nunc me detrahere tibi multas voluptates?... Immo contra, nolo tibi umquam deesse laetitiam,

    Sen. Ep. 23, 3; Dig. 33, 7, 5; 33, 7, 29.—
    (β).
    = sed contra, but on the contrary:

    proinde ne submiseris te, immo contra fige stabilem gradum,

    Sen. Cons. Marc. 5, 6; id. Cons. Polyb. 15, 2; cf. prep.:

    immo contra ea,

    Liv. 41, 24, 8; cf. II. E. 1. b. infra.—
    c.
    Item contra = an emphatic et contra (very rare):

    quoniam... beate vivere alii in alio, vos in voluptate ponitis, item contra miseriam in dolore, etc.,

    Cic. Fin. 2, 27, 86; cf. I. A. 3. g supra.
    F.
    With a comparative clause introduced by ac, atque, or quam, representing a logical or moral opposition (contra atque debuit = non ita ut debuit; cf. Cic. Or. 3, 19, 70); cf. prep., II. C. 3. g, and II. E. 2. infra.
    1.
    Of logical opposition, contrary to, different from, otherwise than; in the best prose only with atque or ac.
    (α).
    With atque:

    item, contra atque apud nos, fieri ad Elephantinem ut neque ficus neque vites amittant folia,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 7, 6:

    simulacrum Jovis, contra atque ante fuerat, ad orientem convertere,

    Cic. Cat. 3, 8, 20; id. Sull. 24, 69:

    judicium suscepturos contra atque omnis Italia populusque Romanus judicavisset,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 12; id. B. G. 4, 13; Plin. 12, 19, 43, § 95.—
    (β).
    With ac:

    itaque contra est ac dicitis,

    Cic. Fin. 4, 15, 41:

    vides, omnia fere contra ac dicta sint evenisse,

    id. Div. 2, 24, 53; so id. Verr. 2, 4, 6, § 11; id. Or. 40, 137:

    cum contra ac Deiotarus sensit victoria belli judicaret,

    id. Phil. 11, 13, 34:

    Petreius ubi videt, Catilinam, contra ac ratus erat, magna vi tendere, etc.,

    Sall. C. 60, 5.—
    (γ).
    With ac and atque:

    si denique aliquid non contra ac liceret factum diceretur, sed contra atque oporteret,

    Cic. Balb. 3, 7.—
    (δ).
    With quam (post-Aug.):

    cui contra quam proposuerat aliqua cesserunt,

    Sen. Ira, 3, 6, 5; Plin. 10, 53, 74, § 149; 11, 21, 24, § 72; Gell. 6 (7), 8, 6:

    contra quam licet,

    id. 1, 3, 19; Sil. 15, 107.—
    2.
    Of moral opposition of acts contrary to rules and principles (cf. II. 3. g infra); so always with quam:

    mater Aviti, generi sui, contra quam fas erat, amore capta,

    contrary to the divine law, Cic. Clu. 5, 12:

    ut senatus, contra quam ipse censuisset, ad vestitum rediret,

    contrary to its own resolution, id. Pis. 8, 18:

    contra quam ista causa postulasset,

    id. Caecin. 24, 67:

    contra quam sanctum legibus est,

    Liv. 30, 19, 9; Cic. Leg. 2, 5, 11; id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 1, § 2; id. Dom. 46, 122:

    contraque faciunt quam polliceri videntur,

    Auct. Her. 4, 3, 6; Cic. de Or. 2, 20, 86.
    II.
    Prep. with acc., before, against, facing, towards, opposite to, contrary to (acc. to many scholars not ante-class.; cf. Hand, Turs. II. p. 108; but found Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 24 Fleck., a line omitted by Lorenz as a gloss; id. Pers. 1, 1, 13 Ritschl; Att. ap. Non. p. 469, 15, or Trag. Rel. v. 476 Rib.; cf. also Plaut. Poen. 5, 6, 18; Cato, R. R. 18, 1, and v. I. A. 1. a. b, and I. A. 1. b. a supra).
    A.
    Local uses.
    1.
    Opposite, over against, facing.
    a.
    Of countries and places (mostly of those separated by water;

    adversus and e regione mostly of places opposite by land): insulae natura triquetra, cujus unum latus est contra Galliam,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 13; 3, 9; 4, 20:

    ad insulam quae est contra Massiliam,

    id. B. C. 1, 56; 3, 23:

    Rhodios, pacatis contra insulam suam terris, etc.,

    Liv. 37, 15, 7; 3, 26, 8:

    Carthago Italiam contra,

    Verg. A. 1, 13; 5, 124; Ov. M. 14, 17:

    insulae quae contra Tauri promuntorium inopportune navigantibus objacent, Chelidoniae nominantur,

    Mel. 2, 7; Plin. 3, 26, 30, § 151; 6, 28, 32, § 152; 5, 7, 7, § 41; Tac. A. 3, 1; id. H. 2, 17.—
    b.
    Of the heavenly bodies:

    donique (luna) eum (sc. solem) contra pleno bene lumine fulsit,

    Lucr. 5, 708:

    contra Volucris rostrum posita est Lyra,

    Vitr. 9, 4, 5; Sen. Q. N. 1, 5, 9; 1, 8, 3; Plin. 2, 31, 31, § 99; 5, 10, 10, § 56.—So, tertium (latus Britanniae) est contra septem triones, opposite ( facing); hence, contra meridiem and contra ortus (instead of ad or adversus meridiem, etc.), facing the south and east, Plin. 6, 24, 24, § 85; 17, 2, 2, § 22. —So of a person standing in the sunlight:

    cum minima umbra (i. e. a sole) contra medium fiet hominem,

    Plin. 18, 33, 76, § 327; cf.:

    contra mediam faciem meridies erit,

    id. 18, 33, 76, § 326.—
    c.
    Of opposite ends of a line.
    (α).
    Of the diameter of the earth: esse e regione nobis e contraria parte terrae qui adversis vestigiis stent contra nostra vestigia, quos antipodas vocatis, Cic. Ac. 2, 39, 123.—
    (β).
    Of a line drawn:

    contra autem E littera I erit ubi secat circinationem linea,

    opposite the point E will be the letter I, Vitr. 9, 7, 4.—
    d.
    Of buildings, etc.:

    contra hoc aviarium est aliud minus in quo quae mortuae sunt aves curator servare solet,

    Varr. R. R. 3, 5, 5; Vitr. 5, 6, 3; 3, 5, 15:

    (statuam) quae fuerit contra Jovis Statoris aedem in vestibulo Superbi domus,

    Plin. 34, 6, 13, § 29:

    contra medium fere porticum diaeta paulum recedit,

    Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 20; 2, 17, 5; Suet. Aug. 44.—
    e.
    Of places on the human body:

    id quod contra stomachum est,

    Cels. 4, 5 (4, 12 med.); 7, 7;

    4, 20 (13).—Of the direction of the intestines, etc.: ea... contra medium alvum orsa,

    Cels. 4, 1 fin. —
    2.
    Of actions, opposite, towards, against, facing (syn.:

    adversus, ad, e regione,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 61).
    a.
    In gen.:

    quamvis subito... quamque Rem contra speculum ponas, apparet imago,

    Lucr. 4, 156: Democritus... clipeum constituit contra exortum Hyperionis, Laber. ap. Gell. 10, 17, 4:

    et contra magnum potes hos (i.e. oculos) attollere solem, Nec tremis...?

    Prop. 1, 15, 37; Col. 7, 3, 8:

    rex constiterat contra pedites,

    Curt. 10, 9, 13; 9, 5, 1:

    ne contra septentrionem paveris,

    Plin. 18, 33, 76, § 330; 28, 6, 19, § 69:

    contra solem varie refulgens,

    placed in the sun, id. 37, 10, 63, § 173; 10, 54, 75, § 151; 37, 6, 22, § 83;

    37, 7, 25, § 95: cum terrestres volucres contra aquam clangores dabunt,

    id. 18, 35, 87, § 363; 19, 8, 39, § 131.—
    b.
    Dependent on verbs of motion (very rare without the idea of hostility):

    (Dinocrates) incessit contra tribunal regis jus dicentis,

    towards, Vitr. 2, praef. 1.—So trop., of actions done for a purpose:

    lege Cornelia de sicariis tenetur qui, cum in magistratu esset, eorum quid fecerit contra hominis necem quod legibus permissum non sit,

    Dig. 48, 8, 4.—
    c.
    Appositively, with the predicate: (elephanti) tanta narratur clementia contra minus validos, ut, etc., if fronting weaker animals, if brought in contact with them (not to be connected with clementia), Plin. 8, 7, 7, § 23.—Similarly: dum... fidens non est contra feram, if fronting the animal (not dependent on fidens), Plin. 8, 16, 21, § 57.—
    d.
    Against an opposing action, etc.:

    contra vim atque impetum fluminis conversa,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 17, 5:

    cum plateae contra directos ventos erunt conformatae,

    Vitr. 1, 6, 8:

    ut contra ventum gregem pascamus,

    Col. 7, 3, 12; Sen. Q. N. 2, 31, 2; Plin. 29, 3, 12, § 52; 17, 2, 2, § 21; 8, 16, 21, § 54:

    contra fluminum impetus aggeribus,

    id. 35, 14, 48, § 169:

    capite in sole contra pilum peruncto,

    id. 27, 4, 5, § 17; 18, 35, 88, § 364; Varr. ap. Plin. 7, 20, 19, § 83; Sil. 14, 352; Dig. 9, 2, 29, § 4. [p. 455] — Trop.:

    contra fortunam tenendus est cursus,

    Sen. Prov. 5, 9.—Prov.:

    contra stimulum calces,

    kick against the pricks, Isid. Orig. 1, 36, 28 (al. calcitres); cf. Amm. 18, 5, 1.—
    e.
    Of local actions with hostile intent.
    (α).
    Lit.:

    quae vis Coclitem contra omnes hostium copias tenuit?

    Cic. Par. 1, 2, 12:

    Pompeium Cartejae receptum scribis: jam igitur contra hunc exercitum (sc. constitit),

    id. Att. 15, 20, 3:

    pertimescam, credo, ne mihi non liceat contra vos in contione consistere,

    to face you, id. Agr. 1, 8, 25; Lepidus ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 34, 1; Caes. B. C. 1, 26:

    a fronte contra hostem pedum quindecim fossam fieri jussit,

    id. ib. 1, 41; 1, 42; id. B. G. 7, 62:

    Tullus adversus Veientem hostem derigit suos: Albanos contra legionem Fidenatium collocat,

    Liv. 1, 27, 5; 24, 41, 5; 38, 4, 5; Verg. A. 12, 279; Front. Strat. 2, 2, 13; 2, 3, 17.—Appositively, with a local verb understood:

    terribilis haec contra fugientes belua est, fugax contra insequentes,

    i. e. if fronting, if placed opposite, Plin. 8, 25, 38, § 92.—
    (β).
    Trop.:

    castra sunt in Italia contra populum Romanum in Etruriae faucibus collocata,

    Cic. Cat. 1, 2, 5; id. Mil. 1, 2; Quint. 7, 7, 5:

    tum contra hanc Romam illa altera Roma quaeretur,

    will be as a rival against this Rome, Cic. Agr. 2, 22, 86:

    cui rationi contra homines barbaros atque imperitos locus fuisset, hac ne ipsum quidem sperare, etc.,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 40:

    (Cicero) plerumque contra inimicos atque obtrectatores plus vindicat sibi,

    when fronting adversaries, Quint. 11, 1, 23.—
    f.
    In partic.
    (α).
    Stare contra aliquem (opp. stare ab aliquo); usu. implying hostility; mostly trop., to stand against, to be arrayed against, to face, oppose:

    quod contra hoc exemplum nulla staret eorum ratio,

    Auct. Her. 4, 5, 7:

    contra populi studium,

    Cic. Brut. 34, 126:

    contra civium perditorum... dementiam a senatu et a bonorum causa,

    id. ib. 79, 273; so,

    a mendacio contra veritatem,

    id. Inv. 1, 3, 4:

    contra cives in acie,

    id. Att. 16, 11, 2:

    et adversi contra stetit ora juvenci,

    opposite, Verg. A. 5, 477; 5, 414:

    haec enim (ratio) sola... stat contra fortunam,

    Sen. Ep. 14, 4, 2: contra leonem etiam stetit, fronted, i. e. hunted, Spart. Carac. 5 fin. —
    (β).
    Contra aliquem ire:

    aut saevos Libyae contra ire leones,

    Stat. Th. 9, 16.— Trop.:

    uti contra injurias armati eatis,

    Sall. J. 31, 6:

    interritus (sapiens) et contra illa (mala) ibit et inter illa,

    Sen. Ep. 59, 8; cf.: contra venire, II. B. 1. c. b infra, and v. also II. B. 2. b. and II. B. 1. b. infra.—
    3.
    Transf.,
    a.
    To persons placed together for comparison:

    C. vero Caesar, si foro tantum vacasset, non alius ex nostris contra Ciceronem nominaretur,

    Quint. 10, 1, 114:

    CORONATO CONTRA OMNES SCAENICOS,

    Inscr. Grut. p. 331, n. 4.—
    b.
    To things compared, as if weighed against each other as to their value, strength, etc.
    (α).
    Lit. (very rare):

    quamcunque vis rem expende, et contra aquam statue... Si gravior est, leviorem rem... feret, etc.,

    Sen. Q. N. 3, 25, 5.—
    (β).
    Prop.:

    cujus (i. e. generis humani) causa videtur cuncta alia genuisse natura, magna saeva mercede contra tanta sua munera,

    Plin. 7, 1, 1, § 1:

    qui amicus esse coepit quia expedit, placebit ei aliquod pretium contra amicitiam,

    Sen. Ep. 9, 9:

    numquam ulli fortiores cives fuerunt quam qui ausi sunt eum contra tantas opes ejus... condemnare,

    Cic. Fam. 7, 2, 3:

    tantum studium bonorum in me exstitisse, contra incredibilem contentionem clarissimi et potentissimi viri,

    id. ib. 7, 2, 2; Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 9, 3:

    nomen prorogans nostrum et memoriam extendens contra brevitatem aevi,

    as a compensation for, Plin. 2, 63, 63, § 154.—So esp., valere contra, to weigh against, counterbalance, avail or prevail against: non vereor ne meae vitae modestia parum valitura sit contra falsos rumores, Matius ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 28, 8:

    (illa facta) pro periculo potius quam contra salutem valere debere,

    Cic. Part. Or. 35, 120; id. Off. 3, 29, 104:

    contrane lucrum nil valere Pauperis ingenium?

    Hor. Epod. 11, 11; Sen. Ben. 4, 15, 1; id. Cons. Helv. 5, 5; so,

    robur habere contra: si contra unamquamlibet partem fortunae satis tibi roboris est,

    id. ib. 13, 2;

    so of counterchecks: in Creta decem qui cosmoe vocantur, ut contra consulare imperium tribuni plebis, sic illi contra vim regiam constituti,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 33, 58.—Of antidotes: cimicum natura contra serpentium morsus valere dicitur, item contra venena omnia, Plin. 29, 4, 17, § 61.—Hence,
    c.
    Colloq., aliquid contra aurum est, something is worth gold, is superb, both predicatively and attributively (cf.: auro contra, I. A. 2. supra): hujusce pomaria in summa Sacra Via ubi poma veneunt, contra aurum imago, a spectacle for gold, i. e. a magnificent sight, Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 10 MSS. (al. aliter):

    numcubi hic vides citrum... num quod emblema aut lithostratum? quae illic omnia contra aurum,

    superb, id. ib. 3, 2, 4 MSS. (Schneid. omits aurum, ex conj.):

    oneravi vinum, et tunc erat contra aurum,

    Petr. 7, 6.—
    d.
    Transf., of replies, with aiebat, inquit, etc.; both in friendly and inimical sense; esp., contra ea, contra haec, = the adv. contra:

    contra ea Titurius sero facturos clamitabat, etc.,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 29:

    contra ea Verginius unum Ap. Claudium et legum expertem et, etc., aiebat,

    Liv. 3, 57, 1; 24, 45, 4:

    quae contra breviter fata est vates,

    Verg. A. 6, 398:

    contra quod disertus Tu impie fecisti inquit, etc.,

    Quint. 7, 1, 53 (cf.: contra ea, II. E. 1. infra).
    B.
    Denoting hostility or disadvantage.
    1.
    With verbs of hostile action.
    a.
    Of physical exertion:

    pugnavere et tertio consulatu ejus viginti (elephanti) contra pedites quingentos,

    Plin. 8, 7, 7, § 22:

    proelium Afri contra Aegyptios primi fecere fustibus,

    id. 7, 56, 57, § 200; 8, 40, 61, § 142. —
    b.
    Referring to warfare (usu. adversus), bellum gerere (rarely for cum or adversus; but contra patriam, contra aras, etc., not cum patria, etc.; cf.

    bellum, II. A. 1. e.): a quo prohibitos esse vos contra Caesarem gerere bellum (opp. pro),

    Cic. Lig. 8, 25; id. Phil. 5, 10, 27; Liv. Ep. 129.—With bellum suscipere:

    contra Antonium,

    Cic. Phil. 8, 2, 5; so,

    contra patriam,

    id. Sull. 20, 58:

    pugnare contra patriam,

    id. ib. 25, 70:

    contra conjuges et liberos,

    Sen. Ben. 5, 15, 5:

    armatum esse contra populum Romanum,

    Cic. Prov. Cons. 13, 32.—With arma ferre (freq.), Cic. Phil. 2, 29, 72; 13, 21, 47; Liv. 28, 28, 15; Nep. Att. 4, 2; Tib. 1, 6, 30; Ov. M. 4, 609; 13, 269; id. P. 1, 1, 26.—With arma sumere or capere, Cic. Rab. Perd. 6, 19; id. Phil. 4, 1, 2; 4, 3, 7:

    armis contendere contra,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 13:

    arma alicui dare (trop.),

    Cic. Phil. 2, 21, 53:

    aciem instruere (trop.),

    Liv. 25, 4, 4:

    exercitum comparare,

    Cic. Phil. 3, 6, 14; 4, 1, 2:

    exercitum instruere,

    id. Cat. 2, 11, 24:

    exercitum ducere and adducere,

    id. Phil. 4, 2, 5; 3, 4, 11:

    exercitum contra Philippum mittere,

    id. Inv. 1, 12, 17:

    naves ducere contra,

    Hor. Epod. 4, 19:

    ducere contra hostes,

    Liv. 1, 27, 4:

    florem Italiae educere contra,

    Cic. Cat. 2, 11, 24:

    proficisci contra,

    to march against, Liv. 1, 11, 3; 8, 2, 5:

    auxilium ferre Rutulis contra Latinos,

    Plin. 14, 12, 14, § 88:

    juvare aliquem contra,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 35:

    consilium inire contra Sequanos,

    to take hostile measures against, id. B. G. 6, 12.—
    c.
    Of legal contention (more freq. adversus, except with verbs of saying).
    (α).
    In gen., with agere or causam agere, to act as counsel against a party or his attorney:

    cum agerem contra hominem disertissimum nostrae civitatis,

    Cic. Caecin. 33, 97; id. Brut. 63, 226; Sen. Ben. 4, 15, 3; Quint. 11, 1, 59.—Causam recipere or suscipere contra, to accept a retainer against:

    (causam) quam receperam contra pueros Octavios,

    Cic. Att. 13, 49, 1; Quint. 6, 1, 12; Plin. Ep. 4, 17, 1.—Adesse alicui contra, to appear, act as one's counsel against:

    rogavit me Caecilius ut adessem contra Satrium,

    Cic. Att. 1, 1, 3; Plin. Ep. 1, 7, 5 al.; cf.:

    esse contra,

    id. ib. 1, 18, 3.— Trop.: conquesturus venit;

    at contra se adfuit et satisfacienti satisfecit,

    Sen. Fragm. Amic. 14, 1, 89:

    causam defendere contra,

    against the accuser, Cic. de Or. 1, 39, 178:

    statuere contra aliquem (sc. causam),

    to establish a case against an adversary, id. Or. 10, 34:

    actio competit contra,

    Dig. 49, 14, 41:

    querelam instituere contra,

    ib. 5, 2, 21, § 1:

    bonorum possessionem petere contra,

    ib. 5, 2, 23:

    jus obtinere contra,

    Cic. Quint. 9, 34:

    pugnare contra,

    to struggle against the accuser, id. Sull. 17, 49; id. Verr. 1, 11, 33:

    id quod mihi contra illos datum est,

    i. e. a local advantage over, id. Tull. 14, 33:

    judicare contra aliquem,

    id. Fl. 20, 48; Dig. 21, 2, 55; 5, 2, 14; Just. Inst. 4, 17, 2:

    pronuntiare contra,

    Paul. Sent. 5, 34, 2: dare sententiam contra, Dig. 21, 2, 56, § 1:

    decernere contra,

    Cic. Fl. 31, 76:

    appellare contra aliquem,

    Dig. 49, 1, 3; 49, 5, 6; cf.:

    contra sententiam,

    Cod. Just. 7, 62, 32, § 2.—Sentire contra aliquem, to have an opinion unfavorable to:

    cur vos (cum) aliquid contra me sentire dicatis, etc.,

    Cic. Caecin. 27, 79.—
    (β).
    Venire contra aliquem, to appear as counsel for one's adversary:

    quid tu, Saturi, qui contra hunc venis, existimas aliter?

    Cic. Rosc. Com. 6, 18; id. Mur. 4, 9; id. Phil. 8, 6, 18.—Venire contra rem alicujus, to give advice damaging one's interests:

    contra rem suam me venisse questus est,

    Cic. Phil. 2, 2, 3.—
    (γ).
    With dicere and other verbs of saying. (aa) Of a lawyer pleading against a lawyer:

    ipse ille Mucius, quid in illa causa cum contra te diceret, attulit quod? etc.,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 57, 244:

    cum ille contra me pro Sex. Naevio diceret,

    id. Brut. 60, 2, 7; id. de Or. 2, 7, 30; id. Rosc. Am. 15, 45; id. Div. in Caecil. 14, 44; id. Planc. 2, 5; id. Brut. 26, 102; so,

    causam dicere,

    id. Or. 2, 23, 98:

    causam perorare,

    id. Quint. 24, 77.—(bb) Of a lawyer's pleading against the parties: dic mihi, M. Pinari, num si contra te dixero mihi male dicturus es? Servil. ap. Cic. de Or. 2, 65, 261; 3, 34, 138; 1, 14, 60; id. Or. 35, 123; Quint. 11, 1, 57; cf. with ellipsis of acc.:

    quorum alter pro Aufldia, contra dixit alter,

    id. 10, 1, 22.—(ng) Of a party against a lawyer:

    si Gaditani contra me dicerent,

    if the Gaditani were my adversaries, Cic. Balb. 17, 38.—(dd) Of witnesses and experts, and the pleadings against them:

    si decressent legationem quae contra istum diceret,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 4, § 12: contra testes dicere (opp. a testibus or pro testibus). Auct. Her. 2, 6, 9; Cic. de Or. 2, 27, 118 (cf.:

    testimonium in aliquem dicere,

    id. Sull. 17, 48; Quint. 7, 4, 36):

    contra juris consultos dicere,

    against their legal opinions, Cic. Caecin. 24, 69.—So of witnesses in scientific questions:

    contra testes dicendum est,

    Sen. Q. N. 7, 16, 1.—(ee) Dicere or contendere aliquid contra aliquem, to maintain a point against:

    cum interrogamus adversarios... quid contra nos dici possit,

    Auct. Her. 4, 23, 33:

    tamenne vereris ut possis hoc contra Hortensium contendere?

    Cic. Quint. 25, 78. —
    d.
    Of literary adversaries, mostly with verbs of saying and writing:

    cum scriberem contra Epicurios,

    Cic. Att. 13, 38, 1:

    contra Epicurum satis superque dictum est,

    id. N. D. 2, 1, 2:

    contra Brutum,

    id. Tusc. 5, 8, 21:

    contra Academiam,

    id. Ac. 2, 19, 63; id. Fin. 1, 1, 2; 5, 8, 22; id. Tusc. 5, 11, 32; 5, 30, 84; id. Ac. 2, 4, 17:

    contra autem omnia disputatur a nostris,

    id. Off. 2, 2, 8.—
    e.
    Of public and political adversaries (syn. adversus and in).
    (α).
    In gen.:

    sentire contra,

    Cic. Mil. 2, 5:

    pugnare contra bonos,

    id. Sull. 25, 71:

    contra eos summa ope nitebatur nobilitas,

    Sall. C. 38, 2; Cic. Sest. 19, 42; 52, 112:

    (tribuni) qui aut contra consulem, aut pro studio ejus pugnabant,

    Liv. 39, 32, 12.—
    (β).
    Of political speaking:

    cum (Cato) eo ipso anno contra Serv. Galbam ad populum summa contentione dixisset,

    Cic. Brut. 20, 80; so id. Imp. Pomp. 17, 53; Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 9, 1.—
    f.
    Of hostile or criminal acts in gen. (syn.:

    adversus, in): inire consilia contra,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 38, 110; id. Cat. 1, 7, 18:

    manum comparare contra aliquem,

    id. Sull. 24, 68:

    conjurationem facere,

    id. ib. 4, 12:

    congredi,

    id. Lig. 3, 9; Sall. J. 64, 4:

    aliquid contra imperatorem moliri,

    Just. Inst. 4, 18, 3:

    nec dolor armasset contra sua viscera matrem,

    against her own offspring Ov. R. Am. 59.—Facere contra (more freq. with abstr. objects; cf. II. C. 1. f. b infra): nunc te contra Caesarem facere summae stultitiae est, to take parts against, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 16, 2:

    eae (res) contra nos ambae faciunt,

    operate against us, id. Quint. 1, 1.—With verbs of saying, etc.:

    homo disertus non intellegit, eum quem contra dicit laudari a se?

    Cic. Phil. 2, 8, 18; 2, 1, 2; 2, 21, 51; Sen. Ep. 15, 3, 70:

    epigramma quod contra quamdam Gelliam scripsit,

    Lampr. Alex. Sev. 38:

    disputare contra deos, in two signif.: contra deum licet disputare liberius,

    to accuse, reproach a god, Cic. N. D. 3, 31, 76; but: mala et impia consuetudo est contra deos disputandi, to reason against the gods, i. e. against their existence, id. ib. 2, 67, 168.—
    2.
    Predicatively, with esse (videri, etc.), against, injurious to, unfavorable, prejudicial, to one's disadvantage: ut [p. 456] ex senatusconsulto neque cujus intersit, neque contra quem sit intellegi possit, Cic. Mur. 32, 68; id. de Or. 3, 20, 75; 2, 74, 299; 2, 81, 330; id. Sull. 13, 39; Sen. Ben. 6, 31, 6:

    licentiam malis dare certe contra bonos est,

    injurious to, Quint. 4, 2, 75:

    res contra nos est, of unfavorable chances in a lawsuit,

    id. 4, 66, 1; 4, 2, 75; 5, 13, 32.—Often, contra aliquem = quod est contra aliquem, referring to indef. pronouns or adjectives:

    nihil contra me fecit odio mei = nihil quod esset contra me,

    Cic. Har. Resp. 3, 5; id. Off. 3, 31, 112:

    quibus (temporibus) aliquid contra Caesarem Pompeio suaserim,

    id. Phil. 2, 10, 24.—
    3.
    Added adverb. to the predicate, mostly referring to purpose, with hostile intent, for the purpose of some hostile act, in order to oppose, in opposition:

    Caesarine eam (provinciam) tradituri fuistis, an contra Caesarem retenturi?

    or keep it against Caesar, Cic. Lig. 7, 23:

    sero enim resistimus ei quem per annos decem aluimus contra nos,

    id. Att. 7, 5, 5:

    judicium illud pecunia esse temptatum non pro Cluentio, sed contra Cluentium,

    id. Clu. 4, 9; id. Imp. Pomp. 17, 52; id. Ac. 2, 28, 92:

    cum quae facitis ejusmodi sint ut ea contra vosmet ipsos facere videamini,

    id. Rosc. Am. 36, 104; Sen. Ep. 3, 7, 3: Curio se contra eum totum parat, i. e. to speak against him, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 8, 10; Caes. B. C. 1, 85 ter; Sen. Q. N. 1, 7, 1; Plin. 16, 39, 74, § 192; Plin. Pan. 41.—So with the force of a temporal clause:

    fidem meam quam essent contra Massam Baebium experti,

    in the suit against, Plin. Ep. 3, 4, 4.—
    4.
    Dependent on adjectives (rare):

    contra se ipse misericors,

    to his own injury, Phaedr. 4, 18, 3:

    severissimus judex contra fures,

    Lampr. Alex. Sev. 28.—
    5.
    With nouns.
    a.
    Acc. to 1. b.:

    ut quam maximae contra Hannibalem copiae sint,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 12, 17; cf. Vell. 2, 76, 3.—
    b.
    Acc. to 1. c. and 1. e.; so esp., oratio contra (cf.: oratio in).
    (α).
    Oratio contra (never in), of an address against the counsel of a party or against the prosecutor:

    quid in omni oratione Crassus vel apud centumviros contra Scaevolam, vel contra accusatorem Brutum, cum pro Cn. Plancio diceret?

    Cic. de Or. 2, 54, 220; cf.:

    Cato pro se contra Cassium = in oratione contra,

    Gell. 10, 15, 3; so,

    haec perpetua defensio contra Scaevolam,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 54, 221:

    orationem illam egregiam quam (Aeschines) in Ctesiphontem contra Demosthenem dixerat,

    id. ib. 3, 56, 213.—
    (β).
    Of an address against the party, either in judicial or political affairs:

    unam orationem contra Gracchum reliquit,

    Cic. Brut. 26, 99:

    (Demosthenis) oratio contra Leptinem... contra Aeschinem falsae legationis,

    id. Or. 31, 111; Gell. 10, 24, 10; 10, 18, 91; Cic. Brut. 46, 169; Quint. 12, 10, 61; Cic. de Or. 2, 11, 45; id. Brut. 44, 164; Gell. 13, 25 (24), 15; cf. Quint. 4, 3, 13; 11, 2, 25.—
    c.
    Acc. to 1. f.:

    contra patres concitatio et seditio,

    Cic. Brut. 14, 56.—Of animals:

    contra volpium genus communibus inimicitiis,

    Plin. 10, 76, 96, § 207.
    C.
    With inanimate and abstract objects.
    1.
    Directly dependent on verbs (cf. B. 1.).
    a.
    Of physical or moral exertion:

    cum fulmina contra Tot paribus streperet clipeis,

    Verg. A. 10, 567:

    pugnandum tamquam contra morbum, sic contra senectutem,

    Cic. Sen. 11, 35:

    contra verum niti,

    Sall. J. 35, 8:

    contra fortunam luctari,

    Sen. Ben. 7, 15, 2; id. Brev. Vit. 10, 1; id. Ep. 78, 15; 99, 32; cf. Cic. Off. 1, 31, 110.—
    b.
    Of warfare (lit. and trop.):

    bellum contra aras, focos, vitam fortunasque gerere,

    Cic. Phil. 3, 1, 1:

    bellum gerimus... contra arma verbis,

    id. Fam. 12, 22, 1.—So of logical contradictions:

    artificis autem est invenire in actione adversarii quae semet ipsa pugnent,

    Quint. 5, 13, 30.—
    c.
    Of legal contention.
    (α).
    Of the actions of the counsel or prosecutor: dicere, or perorare, agere contra aliquid, to plead against, contest something:

    contra argumenta, rumores, tabulas, quaestiones (opp. ab argumentis, etc.),

    Auct. Her. 2, 6, 9 sqq.; Cic. de Or. 2, 27, 118:

    contra ratiocinationem,

    id. Inv. 2, 50, 153: contra scriptum dicere, to contest, controvert a written law or a document, id. ib. 2, 47, 138; 2, 48, 143; id. Brut. 39, 145; Quint. 7, 7, 1:

    contra caput dicere,

    to plead against life, Cic. Quint. 13, 44 (cf.:

    servum in caput domini interrogare,

    Paul. Sent. 1, 1, 34; 5, 16, 5 and 8; 5, 46, 3): contra libertatem agere, Dig. 40, 12, 26.—Pregn.:

    contra rerum naturam, contraque consuetudinem hominum dicere (opp. contra nos dicere),

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 15, 45.—
    (β).
    Of judicial decisions contradicting documents, etc.:

    contra tabulas judicare,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 70, 281:

    contra testamentum,

    Dig. 2, 17, § 1:

    contra sententiam dicere,

    ib. 49, 8, 1, § 2.—
    (γ).
    Admittere aliquem contra bona, to admit a petition for bonorum possessio (cf.:

    inmittere in bona),

    Dig. 38, 2, 3, § 6.—
    d.
    Of antagonism in literary and ethical questions.
    (α).
    To contend that something is false:

    dicere, disputare, disserere contra opinionem or sententiam,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 4, 8; 5, 19, 55; id. de Or. 3, 18, 67; id. Fin. 5, 4, 10; id. Ac. 2, 18, 60; Sen. Ira, 1, 3, 3; id. Ep. 87, 5; 102, 5 (cf.:

    in sententiam dicere,

    in support of an opinion, Caes. B. G. 1, 45):

    contra sensus dicere,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 31, 101:

    contra rhetoricen dicere,

    Quint. 2, 17, 40.—
    (β).
    Of criticism, hostility to principles, etc.:

    contra Iliadem et Odysseam scribere,

    Vitr. 7, praef. 8:

    contra quorum disciplinam ingenium ejus exarserat,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 29, 83.—
    (γ).
    Ethically:

    contra voluptatem dicere,

    that pleasure is a moral evil, Cic. Fin. 5, 8, 21:

    contra mortem loqui,

    that death is no evil, Sen. Ep. 82, 7;

    in both senses: contra vitia, pericula, fortunam, ambitionem,

    id. ib. 100, 10:

    contra fortunam gloriari,

    that fortune has no power over him, Cic. Tusc. 5, 9, 26; Sen. Ep. 26, 5.—
    e.
    Of public and political acts and speeches:

    contra potentiam accusatorum dicere,

    Cic. Brut. 44, 164:

    contra legem dicere or verba facere,

    id. Imp. Pomp. 15, 53; Liv. 34, 8, 1:

    rogationem ferre contra coloniam ( = contra legem de colonia deducenda),

    Cic. Clu. 51, 140; Auct. Her. 1, 17, 21; Plin. 8, 17, 24, § 64.—
    f.
    Of hostility, injury, wrongs, etc.
    (α).
    In gen.:

    senatusconsulto quod contra dignitatem tuam fieret,

    directed against, Cic. Fam. 12, 29, 2:

    contra rem publicam se commovere,

    id. Cat. 1, 26; 1, 3, 7:

    incitari,

    id. Sest. 47, 100:

    consilia inire,

    id. Agr. 2, 3, 8:

    conjurationem facere,

    Sall. C. 30, 6:

    contra salutem urbis incitari,

    Cic. Cat. 3, 8, 20:

    cogitare aliquid contra salutem,

    id. ib. 3, 9, 21: contra voluntatem or studium dicere, to oppose one's will in a speech:

    esse aliquem in civitate qui contra ejus (Chrysogoni) voluntatem dicere auderet,

    id. Rosc. Am. 22, 60; id. Phil. 1, 11, 28; id. de Or. 3, 34, 138; id. Mur. 4, 10; Tac. H. 2, 91:

    ne quid contra aequitatem contendas, ne quid pro injuria,

    do not array yourself against equity, Cic. Off. 2, 20, 71.— Trop.:

    quis non contra Marii arma, contra Suliae proscriptionem irascitur? ( = Mario propter arma, Sullae propter proscriptionem),

    Sen. Ira, 2, 2, 3.—
    (β).
    In partic.: facere contra aliquid (syn. adversus), to commit an offence against, to transgress, etc.:

    si quis ad Antonium profectus esset... senatus existimaturum eum contra rem publicam fecisse,

    Cic. Phil. 8, 11, 33; id. Mil. 5, 13; 6, 14; id. Off. 3, 10, 43; 3, 25, 95; S. C. ap. Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 8, 6; Liv. 25, 4, 7; so,

    contra salutem rei publicae facere,

    Cic. Dom. 38, 102:

    contra majestatem,

    against the emperor, Dig. 48, 4, 5:

    contra leges,

    Cic. Dom. 18, 48; id. Vatin. 7, 18; id. Fin. 2, 17, 55; id. Mur. 32, 67; id. de Or. 3, 19, 70; cf. id. Clu. 34, 92; id. Mur. 32, 68; id. Dom. 14, 38; id. Phil. 10, 6, 13; Gai Inst. 4, 121:

    contra edictum (praetoris),

    Cic. Verr 2, 3, 10, § 25; Dig. 39, 1, 20, § 1:

    contra foedus,

    Cic. Balb. 6, 16:

    contra jusjurandum ac fidem,

    id. Off. 3, 10, 43; id. Lael. 3, 30, 74; id. Verr. 2, 3, 3, § 7; Prop. 3, 30, 44 (2, 32, 44).—And ironically:

    tune contra Caesaris nutum (sc. facies)?

    Cic. Att. 14, 10, 1.—Rarely contra ea facere = contra facere, adverb. (cf. I. B. 8. and II. E. 1. b.):

    corpus in civitatem inferri non licet... et qui contra ea fecerit, extra ordinem punitur,

    Paul. Sent. 1, 21, 2; 1, 21, 12.—
    2.
    Predicatively with esse (usu. impers.), in violation of, in conflict with, contrary to (cf. 3. g).
    (α).
    With esse expressed as the predicate:

    hominem hominis incommodo suum augere commodum magis est contra naturam quam mors,

    Cic. Off. 3, 5, 21; id. Fin. 3, 9, 31; id. N. D. 3, 13, 33; Sen. Ep. 5, 4; Plin. 7, 8, 6, § 45:

    contra leges or legem est,

    Cic. Pis. 13, 30; id. Mur. 32, 67:

    contra officium est,

    id. Off. 3, 10, 43; 1, 10, 32; 1, 6, 19; cf. id. Lael. 11, 39; id. Off. 3, 15, 63; Liv. 6, 40, 5; Sen. Q. N. 2, 37, 2; Gai Inst. 3, 157; Dig. 30, 1, 112, § 3; 16, 3, 1, § 7.—With ellipsis of object (naturam), Cic. Fin. 5, 29, 89; cf.:

    adeo res ista non habet ullam moram quae contra causas ignium sit,

    unfavorable to the formation of fire, Sen. Q. N. 2, 26, 7.—
    (β).
    With verbal predicate, referring to an indef. pron. or adj., with esse understood:

    scis hunc... nihil umquam contra rem tuam cogitasse ( = nihil quod contra rem tuam esset),

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 50, 147; id. Mil. 5, 13:

    aliquid contra animum audiendi,

    something against our liking, Sen. Const. 19, 2.—So mostly with facere:

    si quid Socrates aut Aristippus contra morem consuetudinemque fecerint,

    Cic. Off. 1, 41, 148; id. Att. 3, 23, 2; 2, 22, 2; id. Off. 3, 15, 63; Sall. C. 15, 1; Dig. 8, 2, 11; 8, 2, 17; 35, 1, 79, § 2. —
    (γ).
    Contra officium, substantively, = id quod contra officium est:

    Sic inter recte factum atque peccatum, officium et contra officium, media locabat quaedam,

    Cic. Ac. 1, 10, 37.—
    3.
    Adverbially with the predicate.
    (α).
    In order to oppose, in opposition to, with hostile intent (cf. B. 3.):

    eidem illam proscriptionem capitis mei contra salutem rei publicae rogatam esse dicebant,

    that the proposal of the law was an attack on the republic, Cic. Prov. Cons. 19, 45; id. Rab. Perd. 12, 35; id. Phil. 10, 10, 22:

    imperator contra postulata Bocchi nuntios mittit,

    to reply to the demands, Sall. J. 83, 3; 25, 6; so,

    advocare contra,

    Sen. Cons. Polyb. 12, 4; id. Ep. 15, 2, 52:

    si contra mortem te praeparaveris,

    to meet death, id. ib. 11, 3, 8.—
    (β).
    With the force of a clause of manner, injuriously to, etc.:

    quibus contra valetudinis commodum laborandum est,

    Cic. Mur. 23, 47; Suet. Aug. 78:

    contra hominis salutem,

    with danger to a man's life, Cod. Just. 7, 62, 29.—
    (γ).
    In gen., of conflict with some rule or principle, contrary to, in violation of, without regard to ( = ita ut contra sit; cf. 2. supra; very freq. from the class. period;

    syn. adversus): ceperitne pecunias contra leges P. Decius,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 31, 136; id. Verr. 2, 1, 4, § 10; id. Fl. 34, 86:

    pecuniam contra leges auferre,

    id. Verr. 1, 18, 56; 2, 1, 10, § 27; 2, 5, 18, § 46; id. Har. Resp. 26, 56:

    contra legem,

    id. Rab. Perd. 3, 8; id. Dom. 16, 41:

    contra jus fasque,

    id. Har. Resp. 16, 34; id. Quint. 6, 28:

    contra jus,

    Liv. 5, 4, 14; id. Dom. 13, 55; id. Verr. 2, 5, 13, § 34:

    contra jus gentium,

    Liv. 4, 32, 5; 9, 10, 10; 21, 25, 7; 5, 36, 6;

    6, 1, 6: contra juris rigorem,

    Dig. 40, 5, 24, § 10 et saep.:

    contra testimonium aliquid judicare,

    without regard to, Cic. Brut. 31, 117:

    aliquid contra verecundiam disputare,

    contrary to the rules of decency, id. Off. 1, 35, 128:

    aliquid contra fidem constituere,

    Quint. 5, 13, 34:

    quae majores nostri contra lubidinem animi sui recte atque ordine fecere,

    contrary to the dictates of passion, Sall. C. 51, 4; id. J. 33, 1; cf. of logical opposition, II. E. 2. infra.—
    4.
    Dependent on substt.
    a.
    Of physical strife:

    scit ille imparem sibi luctatum contra nexus (draconis),

    Plin. 8, 12, 12, § 33. —
    b.
    Of warfare:

    imperatorum copia contra tuum furorem,

    Cic. Mur. 39, 83:

    Parthorum gloria contra nomen Romanum,

    Liv. 9, 18, 6: in castris perditorum contra patriam, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 23, 6.—
    c.
    Of legal contention:

    causa contra scriptum,

    Cic. Inv. 2, 46, 135.—
    d.
    Of political speaking:

    divina M. Tullii eloquentia contra leges agrarias,

    Quint. 2, 16, 7; 9, 3, 50; Gell. 18, 7, 7.—
    e.
    Of literary opposition:

    Caesaris vituperatio contra laudationem meam,

    Cic. Att. 12, 40, 1.—
    f.
    Of hostility, etc.:

    cujus factum, inceptum, conatumve contra patriam,

    Cic. Cat. 2, 12, 27:

    ullum factum dictumve nostrum contra utilitatem vestram,

    Liv. 6, 40, 5.—
    g.
    Of injury:

    vitae cupiditas contra rem publicam,

    Cic. Planc. 37, 90: contra serpentes venenum, fatal to serpents, or as a defence against serpents, Plin. 7, 2, 2, § 15.—
    h.
    Of violation, disregard, etc. (cf. 3. g):

    iter contra senatus auctoritatem,

    Cic. Phil. 2, 19, 48:

    contra consuetudinem somnium,

    Plin. 10, 77, 98, § 211:

    bonorum possessio contra tabulas,

    Dig. 37, 4, 3, § 13; Gai Inst. 3, 41.—
    5.
    Dependent on adjectives (very rare; cf.

    II. D. 2. c. infra): contraque patris impii regnum impotens, avum resolvam,

    Sen. Herc. Fur. 966.
    D.
    Of defence, protection, and resistance (syn.: adversus, ab).
    1.
    Against persons.
    a.
    Dependent on verbs:

    cum populus Romanus suam auctoritatem vel contra omnes qui dissentiunt possit defendere,

    Cic. Imp. Pomp. 22, 63: si ego consul rem publicam [p. 457] contra te et gregales tuos defendissem, id. Sest. 52, 111; 22, 49; 8, 20; id. Fam. 11, 27, 7; id. Phil. 2, 18, 45:

    contra quem multum omnes boni providerunt,

    provided a great defence, id. Mur. 38, 81: formula qua utitur patronus contra libertum qui eum in jus vocat, as a defence against, Gai Inst. 4, 46. —And of protection of plants against injurious animals:

    contra haec animalia proderit, si, etc.,

    Pall. 10, 3, 2.—
    b.
    Dependent on adjectives, mostly participial:

    paratus contra,

    Cic. Mil. 21, 56:

    nihil satis firmum contra Metellum,

    Sall. J. 80, 1:

    contra potentes nemo est munitus satis,

    Phaedr. 2, 6, 1.—
    2.
    Against inanimate and abstract things.
    a.
    Dependent on verbs:

    contra avium morsus munitur vallo aristarum,

    Cic. Sen. 15, 51:

    propugnaculum, quo contra omnes meos impetus usurum se putat,

    id. Verr. 2, 3, 16, § 40; 2, 5, 39, § 102:

    publicam causam contra vim armatam suscipere,

    id. Dom. 34, 91; id. Quint. 30, 94; id. Leg. 3, 3, 9:

    contra tantas difficultates providere,

    Sall. J. 90, 1; 76, 4; so,

    contra ea,

    id. ib. 57, 5:

    patricii vi contra vim resistunt,

    Liv. 3, 13, 4; Plin. 14, 2, 4, § 28; Tac. Agr. 45; Sen. Prov. 4, 12; id. Const. 5, 4.—
    b.
    Dependent on substt.:

    suffragia contra oppugnationem vestrae majestatis,

    Cic. Rab. Perd. 12, 35:

    defensio contra vim,

    id. Mil. 5, 14:

    patronus justitiae fuit contra orationem Phili,

    id. Lael. 7, 25; Plin. 29, 2, 9, § 30; 14, 3, 4, § 40:

    contra labores patientia,

    id. 23, 1, 22, § 37.—
    c.
    Dependent on adjectives (in Cic. freq. with P. a. predicatively used; otherwise very rare;

    in later prose freq.): nec est quidquam Cilicia contra Syriam munitius,

    against an attack from the side of Syria, Cic. Fam. 14, 4, 4:

    ut nullius res tuta, nullius domus clausa, nullius vita saepta, nullius pudicitia munita contra tuam cupiditatem posset esse,

    id. Verr. 2, 5, 15, § 39; id. Fin. 1, 16, 51; id. Mil. 25, 67; id. Tusc. 5, 8, 19; 5, 27, 76:

    vir contra audaciam firmissimus,

    id. Rosc. Am. 30, 85; Sall. J. 33, 2; 28, 5:

    fortis contra dolorem,

    Sen. Ep. 98, 18; Quint. 12, 1, 10:

    callosus,

    Plin. 11, 37, 54, § 147; 14, 2, 4, § 23:

    far contra hiemes firmissimum,

    id. 18, 8, 19, § 83:

    equus tenax contra vincula,

    Ov. Am. 3, 4, 13:

    contraque minantia fata pervigil,

    Claud. I. Cons. Stil. 1, 284.—
    3.
    Of remedies against sickness and its causes, poison, etc.; so only in Plin.; in Pall. only of preventives and of protection against hurtful animals, and against mental perturbations in gen.; cf. infra (syn. ad in Cat., Cic., Cels., Col.; adversus only in Celsus, who also has in with abl.).
    (α).
    Dependent on verbs:

    cujus et vinum et uva contra serpentium ictus medetur,

    Plin. 14, 18, 22, § 117; 7, 2, 2, § 13:

    prodest et contra suspiria et tussim,

    id. 20, 13, 50, § 128:

    valet potum contra venena,

    id. 28, 7, 21, § 74; 29, 4, 22, § 71; 29, 4, 26, § 81; 28, 8, 27, § 98; 16, 37, 71, § 180; 35, 6, 14, § 34; 28, 6, 18, §§ 65-67.—
    (β).
    Dependent on substt.:

    remedium contra morsus,

    Plin. 8, 32, 50, § 118; 10, 59, 79, § 163:

    contra venena esse omnia remedio,

    id. 16, 44, 95, § 251; 17, 24, 37, § 240; 7, 1, 1, § 4.—
    (γ).
    Dependent on adjectives:

    vinum quod salutare contra pestilentiam sit,

    Pall. 11, 14, 17.—
    (δ).
    Appositively, as a remedy:

    cujus lacteum succum miris laudibus celebrat... contra serpentes et venena,

    Plin. 5, 1, 1, § 16; 29, 4, 26, § 83. —So of remedies against affections:

    Tiberium tonante caelo coronari ea (lauro) solitum ferunt contra fulminum metus,

    Plin. 15, 30, 40, § 135; cf. Sen. Ira, 2, 21, 1; id. Tranq. 5. 1.
    E.
    Of logical opposition.
    1.
    With a neuter demonstrative (contra ea, contra haec, contra quae, quod contra = contra, adv.).
    a.
    The contrary, the reverse (very rare; cf.

    I. D. 1.): sed mihi contra ea videtur,

    but to me the contrary seems true, Sall. J. 85, 1:

    omnia quae contra haec sunt, omnia quae contra sunt,

    and vice versa, Quint. 5, 10, 90. —
    b.
    Contra ea, on the contrary, in logical antithesis (not in Cic. and Sall.; once in Caes. and Quint.; several times in Liv. and Nep.; cf.: contra ea, in other uses, II. A. 2. e. a, II. D. 2. a., II. A. 3. d., II. C. 1. f.):

    omnes arderent cupiditate pugnandi... contra ea Caesar... spatiumque interponendum... putabat ( = at contra),

    but Caesar on the contrary, Caes. B. C. 3, 74: superbe ab Samnitibus... legati prohibiti commercio sunt;

    contra ea benigne ab Siculorum tyrannis adjuti,

    Liv. 4, 52, 6; 2, 60, 1; 21, 20, 6;

    44, 43, 5: pater... Thracem me genuit, contra ea mater Atheniensem,

    Nep. Iphicr. 3, 4; id. praef. 6; id. Alcib. 8, 1.—And after a question, with immo (cf. I. E. 5. b.):

    an infirmissimi omnium... (sumus)? Immo contra ea vel viribus nostris, vel, etc., tuti (sumus),

    Liv. 41, 24, 8.—
    c.
    Quod contra, by anastrophe (v. F. 1.), contrary to which, whereas, while on the contrary (only once in Lucr. and three times in Cic.):

    illud in his rebus vereor ne forte rearis, Inpia te rationis inire elementa viamque indugredi sceleris: quod contra saepius illa Religio peperit scelerosa atque impia facta,

    whereas on the contrary, Lucr. 1, 81:

    cujus a me corpus crematum est, quod contra decuit ab illo meum (sc. cremari),

    Cic. Sen. 23, 84:

    quod contra oportebat delicto dolere, correctione gaudere,

    id. Lael. 24, 90 (B. and K. place a comma after oportebat; cf.

    Nauck ad loc.): reliquum est ut eum nemo judicio defenderit: quod contra copiosissime defensum esse contendi,

    id. Quint. 28, 87 (many consider contra in all these passages as an adverb; cf. Hand, Turs. II. p. 121 sq.; some explain quod as an ancient ablative, = qua re;

    v. Ritschl,

    Plaut. Exc. p. 57, Munro ad Lucr. 1, 82).—
    2.
    With an abstract noun, with the force of the adverb contra with ac or atque (I. F. 1.), contrary to, contrary to what, etc. (esp. in Sall., not in Cic.; cf. praeter): celeriter contraque omnium opinionem confecto itinere, contrary to the opinion ( = contra ac rati erant), Caes. B. G. 6, 30:

    contra opinionem Jugurthae ad Thalam perveniunt,

    Sall. J. 75, 9; Hirt. B. G. 8, 40.—Contra spem either contrary to the opinion, or against the hope:

    Metellus contra spem suam laetissume excipitur ( = contra ac ratus, veritus est),

    Sall. J. 88, 1; so,

    cetera contra spem salva invenit,

    Liv. 9, 23, 17:

    contra spem omnium L. Furium optavit,

    id. 6, 25, 5; Curt. 8, 4, 45;

    but: at Jugurtha contra spem nuntio accepto ( = contra ac speraverat),

    Sall. J. 28, 1; Liv. 24, 45, 3:

    postquam... Jugurtha contra timorem animi praemia sceleris adeptum sese videt,

    Sall. J. 20, 1:

    ipse in Numidiam procedit, ubi contra belli faciem tuguria plena hominumque... erant ( = contra ac in bello evenire solet),

    id. ib. 46, 5:

    contra famam,

    Plin. 13, 22, 43, § 126; 7, 53, 54, § 180:

    segniterque et contra industriam absconditae formicae,

    slowly, and in a manner different from their usual activity, id. 18, 35, 88, § 364.—Of persons:

    frigidam potionem esse debere, contra priores auctores, Asclepiades confirmavit,

    contrary to the opinion of the former physicians, Cels. 4, 26 (19).
    F.
    Sometimes by anastrophe after its noun.
    1.
    In prose, after relatives, esp. in Cic.:

    quos contra disputant,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 15, 47:

    quem contra dicit,

    id. Phil. 2, 8, 18 (v. II. B. 1. f.):

    quem contra veneris,

    id. Mur. 4, 9:

    quas contra, praeter te, etc.,

    id. Vatin. 7, 18:

    eos ipsos quos contra statuas,

    id. Or. 10, 34:

    quos contra me senatus armavit,

    id. Att. 10, 8, 8:

    quam contra multa locutus est,

    Sen. Ep. 82, 7, Plin. Ep. 1, 23, 3; Claud. in Rufin. 1, 332; v. also E. 1. c. supra.—
    2.
    After other words ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

    hunc igitur contra mittam contendere causam,

    Lucr. 4, 471:

    dicere eos contra,

    id. 4, 484:

    donique eum contra,

    id. 5, 708:

    agmina contra,

    Verg. A. 12, 279:

    magnum Alciden contra,

    id. ib. 5, 414:

    Paridem contra,

    id. ib. 5, 370:

    Italiam contra,

    id. ib. 1, 13:

    deos contra,

    Ov. P. 1, 1, 26:

    Messania moenia contra,

    id. M. 14, 17:

    litora Calabriae contra,

    Tac. A. 3, 1.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > contra dicta

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