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1 expedio

ex-pĕdĭo, īvi or ĭi, ītum, 4 (archaic fut. expedibo, Enn., Pac., Att., and Pompon. ap. Non. 505, 15 sq.; 477, 2; Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 36), v. a. [pes], orig., to free the feet, i. e. from a snare; hence, in gen., to extricate, disengage, let loose, set free, liberate any thing entangled, involved (class.; esp. freq. in the trop. signif.; syn.: extrico, enodo, enucleo, explico, expono, interpretor, etc.).
I.
Lit.:
videte, in quot se laqueos induerit, quorum ex nullo se umquam expediet,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 42, § 102; cf. id. ib. 43, §
106: mortis laqueis caput,
Hor. C. 3, 24, 8; cf.
also: vix illigatum te triformi Pegasus expediet Chimaera,
id. ib. 1, 27, 24:
flammam inter et hostes Expedior,
make my way through, Verg. A. 2, 633:
errantem nemori,
Ov. F. 4, 669 et saep.—With inanim. and abstr. objects:
aditus expediunt,
open a passage, Caes. B. G. 7, 86 fin.:
sibi locum,
id. B. C. 2, 9, 6:
iter fugae per invias rupes,
Liv. 38, 2, 14:
agrum saxosum lectione lapidum,
Col. 2, 2, 12: capillus pectine quotidie expediendus est, disentangled, Fronto de Eloqu. init. —
B.
Transf.
1.
In gen., to fetch out, bring forward, procure, make ready, prepare any thing folded up, put away, etc.: funes expediunt, Sisenn. ap. Non. 297, 1:
vela,
Ov. H. 17, 200:
hominem nudari et virgas expediri jubet,
Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 62, § 161:
cererem canistris,
Verg. A. 1, 702:
convivia mediis tectis (famulae),
Val. Fl. 2, 341; cf.:
cibaria pastoribus,
to provide, Varr. R. R. 2, 10, 6:
merces suas (institor),
Ov. A. A. 1, 422: pecuniam, to procure, Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. 298, 22; Suet. Caes. 4:
arma,
to hold in readiness, Caes. B. G. 7, 18 fin.; Tac. A. 2, 79; Verg. A. 4, 592:
tela equosque,
Liv. 38, 25, 14:
ferrum,
id. 24, 26, 10:
naves,
Caes. B. C. 2, 4 fin.:
vineas in occulto,
id. B. G 7, 27, 2:
copias,
Tac. A. 13, 7:
se celeriter (Galli equites),
Caes. B. C. 1, 51, 4:
se,
Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 52; Liv. 38, 21, 2; cf.
mid.: exercitum expediri ad bellum jubet,
Tac. H. 2, 99. —
2.
to send away, despatch ( poet.):
me ex suis locis pulcre ornatum expedivit,
Plaut. Rud. 4, 2, 3: saepe disco, Saepe trans finem jaculo nobilis expedito, despatched, i. e. hurled, Hor. C. 1, 8, 12.—
3.
Absol., for expedire se, to arm one's self for battle (only in Tac.), Tac. H. 1, 10:
multos secum expedire jubet,
id. ib. 1, 88; 2, 99.
II.
Trop., to bring out, extricate, release, free from any evil, obstacle, etc.:
impeditum animum,
Ter. Hec. 3, 1, 17; cf.:
sapientis est, cum stultitiā suā impeditus sit, quoquo modo possit, se expedire,
Cic. Rab. Post. 9, 24:
haererem, nisi tu me expedisses,
id. Pis. 30, 74:
ex servitute filium,
Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 94; cf.:
se ex turba,
Ter. Ad. 4, 4, 5:
se ab omni occupatione,
Cic. Att. 3, 20, 2:
aliquem omni molestiā,
id. ib. 2, 25, 2; so,
se aerumnis,
Ter. Hec. 3, 1, 8:
se crimine,
id. ib. 5, 1, 28:
se cura,
id. Phorm. 5, 4, 4:
civitatem malis obsidionalibus,
Amm. 16, 4, 3: amor Lycisci me tenet, Unde expedire non queant amicorum consilia, Hor. Epod. 11, 25: curae sagaces Expediunt (Claudiae manus) per acuta belli, bring or help through, id. C. 4, 4, 76; cf.:
per quot discrimina rerum Expedior?
escape, Val. Fl. 1, 217:
me multa impediverunt quae ne nunc quidem expedita sunt,
Cic. Fam. 14, 19:
si vita nostra in aliquas insidias incidisset, omnis honesta ratio esset expediendae salutis,
of obtaining safety, id. Mil. 4, 10.—
B.
Transf.
1.
To put in order, arrange, set right:
cum Antonio loquare velim, et rem, ut poteris, expedias,
Cic. Att. 11, 18, 2:
expedire et conficere res,
id. Brut. 42, 154:
rem frumentariam,
Caes. B. G. 7, 36, 1; id. B. C. 1, 54 fin.:
negotia (with explicare),
Cic. Fam. 13, 26, 2; cf. id. ib. 1, 3, 1:
nomina mea, per deos, expedi, exsolve,
settle, pay, id. Att. 16, 6, 3:
nomen,
id. ib. 13, 29, 3:
Faberianum,
id. ib. 12, 29, 2; cf. in a pun respecting a scholar unable to pay his debts: omnes solvere posse quaestiones, Unum difficile expedire nomen, Bibacul. ap. Suet. Gram. 11:
quemadmodum expediam exitum hujus institutae orationis, non reperio,
settle, arrange, Cic. Fam. 3, 12, 2; cf.:
expediri quae restant vix poterunt. si hoc relinqueris,
id. Rep. 1, 35, 55:
consilia sua,
Tac. H. 3, 73:
docte hanc fallaciam,
put into operation, Plaut. Capt. prol. 40.—
2.
Of speech, to disclose, unfold, explain, relate, narrate (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose;
not in Cic., Cæs., or Quint.): qui tu misera's? mi expedi,
Plaut. Men. 4, 2, 50 (639 Ritschl): id ego aequum ac jus fecisse expedibo atque eloquar, will show, Enn. ap. Non. 505, 19;
Pac., Att.,
Pompon. ib. 15 sq.:
agedum, hoc mihi expedi,
Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 27:
altius omnem Expediam prima repetens ab origine famam,
Verg. G. 4, 286:
pauca tibi e multis... expediam dictis,
id. A. 3, 379:
priusquam hujuscemodi rei initium expedio,
Sall. J. 5, 2:
nunc originem, mores, et quo facinore dominationem raptum ierit, expediam,
Tac. A. 4, 1:
me non tantum praevisa, sed subita expedire docuisti,
id. ib. 14, 55:
ea de caede quam verissime expediam,
id. H. 4, 48:
promptius expediam quot, etc.,
i. e. it will take me a shorter time to recount, Juv. 10, 220.—
3.
Reflex. of events, to develop, run their course, proceed:
amoris arteis eloquar quem ad modum se expediant,
Plaut. Trin. 2, 1, 10; cf.:
ut res vostrorum omnium bene expedire voltis,
to make favorable progress, id. Am. prol. 5 (Lorenz ad Plaut. Trin. 2, 36; but Ussing reads me expedire, benefit me).—
4.
Absol., res expedit, or impers., expedit (alicui—lit., it helps out, furthers, promotes; hence), it is serviceable, profitable, advantageous, useful, expedient (class.):
nequiter paene expedivit prima parasitatio,
Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 23:
non igitur faciat, dixerit quis, quod utile sit, quod expediat? Immo intelligat, nihil nec expedire nec utile esse, quod sit injustum,
Cic. Off. 3, 19, 76; cf.:
quid intersit sua, quid expediat,
id. Agr. 2, 25, 66:
ex utilitatis varietatibus, cum aliis aliud expediat, nasci discordias,
id. Rep. 1, 32; cf.:
ut non idem expediret, incidere saepe,
id. Lael. 10, 33:
quidquam Caesari ad diuturnitatem victoriae et dominationis,
id. Att. 7, 22, 1:
non idem ipsis expedire et multitudini,
Nep. Milt. 3, 5 al. —With an inf. clause as subject:
expedit bonas esse vobis,
Ter. Heaut. 2, 4, 8; cf.:
omnibus bonis expedit salvam esse rem publicam,
Cic. Phil. 13, 8, 16:
cui (reo) damnari expediret,
id. Verr. 2, 1, 3 fin.:
cum eam (pecuniam) in praediis collocari maxime expediret,
id. Caecin. 6, 16:
ubi vinci necesse est, expedit cedere,
Quint. 6, 4, 16; Hor. C. 2, 8, 9 et saep.—With subj. clause as subject after ut or ne (post-class.):
expedire omnibus dicunt, ut singulae civitates suas leges habeant,
Just. 34, 1, 7 Benecke ad loc.:
expedit rei publicae, ne sua re quis male utatur,
Just. Inst. 1, 8, 2:
neque expedire ut ambitione aliena trahatur,
Tac. A. 3, 69.— Absol.:
tu si ita expedit, velim quamprimum conscendas,
Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 2, 4:
sic magis expedit,
Quint. 4, 2, 67:
ut expediat causae,
id. 7, 3, 18.—Hence, ex-pĕdītus, a, um, P. a., unimpeded, unincumbered, disengaged, free, easy, ready, at hand.
A.
Of persons:
cum ceteris quae habebat vadimonia differt, ut expeditus in Galliam proficisci posset,
Cic. Quint. 6, 23: incrmos armati, impeditos expediti interficiunt, i. e. without baggage, Sisenn. ap. Non. 58, 8; cf.:
eo circiter hominum numero XVI. milia expedita cum omni equitatu Ariovistus misit,
Caes. B. G. 1, 49, 3:
legiones expeditae,
id. B. C. 1, 42, 1;
so of soldiers without baggage,
id. ib. 2, 19, 2; 6, 25, 1; 1, 27 fin. et saep.—As subst.: expĕdī-tus, i, m., a soldier lightly burdened, a swiftly marching soldier:
latitudo (silvae) novem dierum iter expedito patet,
Caes. B. G. 6, 25, 1:
obviam fit ei Clodius expeditus in equo,
Cic. Mil. 10, 28; cf.
Sagana,
tucked up, Hor. Epod. 5, 25:
expedito nobis homine et parato opus est,
ready, at hand, prompt, Cic. Phil. 11, 10, 26; cf.:
expeditus ad caedem,
id. Agr. 2, 30, 82:
ad pronuntiandum,
id. de Or. 2, 30, 131; cf.:
facilis et expeditus ad dicendum,
id. Brut. 48 fin. —
B.
Of inanim. or abstr. things, convenient, at hand:
iis expedito loco actuaria navigia relinquit,
commodious, Caes. B. C. 1, 27; cf.:
via expeditior ad honores,
Cic. Fl. 41, 104:
reditum in caelum patere optimo et justissimo cuique expeditissimum,
id. Lael. 4, 13:
pecunia expeditissima quae erat, tibi decreta est,
the readiest, the nearest at hand, id. Fam. 11, 24, 2; cf.
rationes,
id. ib. 10, 25, 2:
cena (with parca),
Plin. Ep. 3, 12, 1:
expeditissimum unguentorum,
Plin. 13, 1, 2, § 8:
probabili expedito, soluto, libero, nullā re implicato,
Cic. Ac. 2, 33, 105:
expedita erat et perfacile currens oratio,
id. Brut. 63, 227; cf.:
expedita ac profluens dicendi celeritas,
id. ib. 61, 220:
inops ad ornandum, sed ad inveniendum expedita Hermagorae disciplina,
id. ib. 76, 263:
prope jam expeditam Caesaris victoriam interpellaverunt,
achieved, Caes. B. C. 3, 70 fin. —
b.
In the neutr. absol.: in expedito esse, habere, etc., to be or have in readiness or at hand:
quaedam sunt quidem in animo, sed parum prompta: quae incipiunt in expedito esse, quum dicta sunt,
Sen. Ep. 94 med.; cf.:
promptum hoc et in expedito positum,
Quint. 10, 7, 24:
in expedito haberent integras copias ad opem ferendam,
ready for action, Liv. 36, 16, 10.—Hence, adv.: ex-pĕdīte, without impediment, without difficulty, readily, promptly, quickly:
in iis rebus celeriter expediteque percipiendis, quae, etc.,
Cic. Fin. 5, 12 fin.:
expedite explicans quod proposuerat,
id. Brut. 67, 237:
fabulatu's,
Plaut. Men. 1, 2, 63:
loqui,
Suet. Aug. 89.— Comp.:
non implicite et abscondite, sed patentius et expeditius,
Cic. Inv 2, 23, 69:
navigare,
id. Att. 6, 8, 4:
fit putatio,
Col. Arb. 11, 1.— Sup.:
ex quo te, quocumque opus erit, facillime et expeditissime conferas,
Cic. Fam. 6, 20, 2.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > expedio
2 traicio

trāĭcĭo and transĭcĭo (so always in Cæs.); also trājĭcĭo and transjĭcĭo, jēci, jectum, 3, v. a. and n. [trans-jacio], to throw across.
I.
With the person or thing that moves as object, to cause to cross, cause to go across, over, or through.
A.
In gen., to throw, hurl, cast, or fling over, to shoot over or across:
neque ullum interim telum transiciebatur,
Caes. B. C. 3, 19:
quae concava trajecto cumba rudente vehat (te),
Ov. Am. 3, 6, 4:
arreptum vexillum trans vallum hostium trajecit,
Liv. 25, 14, 4:
cum trans vallum signum trajecisset,
id. 41, 4, 2:
pontibus transjectis,
thrown across, Hirt. B. G. 8, 9:
malis antennisque de nave in navem trajectis,
Liv. 30, 10, 5:
volucrem trajecto in fune columbam suspendit,
Verg. A. 5, 488:
tela alio,
Prop. 2, 12 (3, 3), 18:
pecora nunc in hibernos nunc in aestivos saltus,
drives over, Just. 8, 5, 7.— Poet.:
pedes super acervos,
to step over, Prop. 4 (5), 4, 76:
membra per ardentes acervos celeri pede,
Ov. F. 4, 782.—
B.
In partic.
1.
To transfer, cause to go over or across (from one place, etc., to another):
est etiam aurigae species Vertumnus et ejus, Traicit alterno qui leve pondus equo,
i. e. leaps lightly from horse to horse, Prop. 4 (5), 2, 36:
anulum in dextram manum,
Petr. 74:
quod est levissimum ac summum, ut traiciant in alia vasa,
decant, pour over, Varr. R. R. 1, 64, 1:
cerussam in cacabum,
Scrib. Comp. 45.—
2.
Of soldiers, baggage, etc., to cause to cross (a stream, etc.), to transport, ship across, lead or conduct over, ship over, transfer: dum Brutus traiceret exercitum, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 18, 2:
legiones quattuor equitatumque omnem transjecit,
Caes. B. C. 1, 40:
omnibus ferme suis trans Rhodanum trajectis,
Liv. 21, 26, 6:
res suas trans Halyn,
id. 38, 25, 7:
quae ibi legiones essent, eas... in Siciliam traiceret,
id. 23, 31, 4:
ut classem in Italiam traiceret,
id. 28, 36, 1:
pecuniam in provinciam,
id. 26, 7, 8; 48, 13, 9:
huc legionem postea transicit,
Caes. B. C. 1, 54:
magnam partem fortunarum eodem trajecit,
Nep. Att. 2, 2:
eas (sues) si quo traicere vult, in plostrum imponat,
Varr. R. R. 2, 4, 11:
ut praedatum milites trans flumen per occasiones aliis atque aliis locis traiceret,
Liv. 2, 11, 2.— Pass.: Marius trajectus in Africam, Cic. Red. Quir. 8, 20:
equitum innumerabilem vim traici Hellesponto in Europam,
Liv. 35, 48, 3:
classis Punica in Sardiniam trajecta,
id. 27, 6, 13:
(exercitus) Pado trajectus Cremonam,
id. 21, 56, 4; 30, 24, 11:
inermes in Boeotiam trajecti,
id. 32, 17, 3:
in Galliam trajecti forent,
Tac. A. 12, 39.—
(β).
With second acc. of the stream or place crossed:
equitum magnam partem flumen transjecit,
Caes. B. C. 1, 55:
Caesar Germanos flumen traicit,
id. ib. 1, 83 fin.:
si se Alpes Antonius trajecerit,
Cic. Fam. 11, 9, 2: exercitum Rhodanum, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 9, 3:
copias Rhodanum,
id. ib. 10, 11, 2:
quos in Africam secum traiceret,
Liv. 29, 22, 12.—
(γ).
With se:
ad Achillam sese ex regiā trajecit,
Caes. B. C. 3, 112: si quo etiam casu Isaram se trajecerint, Brut. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 13, 4:
ducem Romanum in Africam trajecisse sese in hostilem terram,
Liv. 28, 18, 10.—
(δ).
Poet., of the eyes:
quocumque oculos trajecimus,
i. e. to look, Lucr. 4, 424.—
3.
To pass through, make a way through.
(α).
Of soldiers:
pars magna equitum mediam trajecit aciem,
broke through, Liv. 42, 7, 7.—
(β).
To strike through, stab through, pierce, penetrate, transfix, transpierce:
unum ex multitudine,
Caes. B. G. 5, 44:
aliquem pilis,
id. ib. 7, 82:
aliquem scorpione, a latere dextro,
id. ib. 7, 25:
lictorem gladio, Auct. B. Alex. 52: cuspide serpentem,
Ov. M. 4, 571:
lanceā infestā medium femur,
Hirt. B. G. 8, 48:
femur tragulā,
Caes. B. G. 5, 35:
pectus ferro,
Liv. 41, 11, 6:
cava tempora ferro,
Verg. A. 9, 634:
harundine linguam,
Ov. M. 11, 325:
terga sagittā,
id. ib. 9, 128:
exuentem se ac nudatum gladio trajecit,
Just. 3, 1, 8:
sagittā sub mammā trajectus,
id. 12, 9, 12:
aliquid acu,
Cels. 7, 8 and 9.—With se, to stab one ' s self:
se uno ictu infra laevam papillam,
Suet. Oth. 11.—
C.
Trop.
1.
In gen., to transfer, cause to pass:
cum ex illius invidiā deonerare aliquid et in te traicere coeperit,
Cic. Div. in Caecil. 14, 46:
culpam in alium,
Quint. 9, 2, 4:
arbitrium litis trajecit in omnes,
Ov. M. 12, 628.—Mid.:
in cor Trajecto lateris capitisque dolore,
having thrown itself, Hor. S. 2, 3, 29.—
2.
In partic., in rhet.:
verba,
to transpose, Cic. Or. 69, 229:
verba in clausulas,
Quint. 9, 4, 31 Spald.—
II.
To cross over, pass over, cross.
A.
With the place or thing passed over as object:
si Hannibal ad portas venisset murumque jaculo trajecisset,
Cic. Fin. 4, 9, 22:
trajecto amni,
Liv. 21, 27, 3:
Hiberum,
id. 21, 30, 3:
occupavit Scipio Padum traicere,
id. 21, 39, 10:
ratibus Trebiam,
id. 21, 56, 8:
mare,
id. 33, 31, 10:
flumen,
id. 38, 2, 10; 38, 27, 6:
fretum,
Sen. Ep. 14, 8:
amnem,
Curt. 7, 7, 13; 8, 13, 23:
utribus amnem,
id. 4, 7, 16; 4, 1, 10:
Rhenum,
Suet. Tib. 18:
mare,
Sen. Ben. 6, 15, 6:
Padum,
Tac. H. 2, 22:
sinum maris,
Vell. 2, 43, 1:
flumina nando,
Suet. Caes. 57:
Tiberim clipeo,
Claud. VI. Cons. Hon. 186:
Aurora Jam medium aetherio cursu trajecerat axem,
Verg. A. 6, 536; cf. pass.:
postquam cernant Rhodanum trajectum,
Liv. 21, 30, 5:
ut transjaci (nemora) ne sagittis quidem possint,
Sol. 52, 46.—
B.
Absol.:
ad Aethaliam insulam trajecit,
Liv. 37, 13, 3:
ut classe Hasdrubal Aegimurum traiceret,
id. 30, 24, 11:
ne qua classis ex Africā traiceret,
id. 30, 2, 1:
sed traicere in Euboeam erat propositum,
id. 40, 4, 10:
(ei) paranti traicere in Africam nuntiatum est,
id. 28, 36, 1; cf.:
Romanae naves Samum traicerunt,
id. 37, 13, 6:
primo quoque tempore in Africam traiciendum,
id. 29, 22, 11:
ad nos trajecturum illud incendium esse,
id. 7, 30, 12; cf. id. 31, 48, 7:
piscatoriā scaphā trepidus trajecit,
Just. 2, 13, 9:
trajecisse veteres Iberos,
Tac. Agr. 14. —
C.
Trop., to overstep, transgress:
traicit et fati litora magnus amor,
Prop. 1, 19, 12.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > traicio
3 trajicio

trāĭcĭo and transĭcĭo (so always in Cæs.); also trājĭcĭo and transjĭcĭo, jēci, jectum, 3, v. a. and n. [trans-jacio], to throw across.
I.
With the person or thing that moves as object, to cause to cross, cause to go across, over, or through.
A.
In gen., to throw, hurl, cast, or fling over, to shoot over or across:
neque ullum interim telum transiciebatur,
Caes. B. C. 3, 19:
quae concava trajecto cumba rudente vehat (te),
Ov. Am. 3, 6, 4:
arreptum vexillum trans vallum hostium trajecit,
Liv. 25, 14, 4:
cum trans vallum signum trajecisset,
id. 41, 4, 2:
pontibus transjectis,
thrown across, Hirt. B. G. 8, 9:
malis antennisque de nave in navem trajectis,
Liv. 30, 10, 5:
volucrem trajecto in fune columbam suspendit,
Verg. A. 5, 488:
tela alio,
Prop. 2, 12 (3, 3), 18:
pecora nunc in hibernos nunc in aestivos saltus,
drives over, Just. 8, 5, 7.— Poet.:
pedes super acervos,
to step over, Prop. 4 (5), 4, 76:
membra per ardentes acervos celeri pede,
Ov. F. 4, 782.—
B.
In partic.
1.
To transfer, cause to go over or across (from one place, etc., to another):
est etiam aurigae species Vertumnus et ejus, Traicit alterno qui leve pondus equo,
i. e. leaps lightly from horse to horse, Prop. 4 (5), 2, 36:
anulum in dextram manum,
Petr. 74:
quod est levissimum ac summum, ut traiciant in alia vasa,
decant, pour over, Varr. R. R. 1, 64, 1:
cerussam in cacabum,
Scrib. Comp. 45.—
2.
Of soldiers, baggage, etc., to cause to cross (a stream, etc.), to transport, ship across, lead or conduct over, ship over, transfer: dum Brutus traiceret exercitum, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 18, 2:
legiones quattuor equitatumque omnem transjecit,
Caes. B. C. 1, 40:
omnibus ferme suis trans Rhodanum trajectis,
Liv. 21, 26, 6:
res suas trans Halyn,
id. 38, 25, 7:
quae ibi legiones essent, eas... in Siciliam traiceret,
id. 23, 31, 4:
ut classem in Italiam traiceret,
id. 28, 36, 1:
pecuniam in provinciam,
id. 26, 7, 8; 48, 13, 9:
huc legionem postea transicit,
Caes. B. C. 1, 54:
magnam partem fortunarum eodem trajecit,
Nep. Att. 2, 2:
eas (sues) si quo traicere vult, in plostrum imponat,
Varr. R. R. 2, 4, 11:
ut praedatum milites trans flumen per occasiones aliis atque aliis locis traiceret,
Liv. 2, 11, 2.— Pass.: Marius trajectus in Africam, Cic. Red. Quir. 8, 20:
equitum innumerabilem vim traici Hellesponto in Europam,
Liv. 35, 48, 3:
classis Punica in Sardiniam trajecta,
id. 27, 6, 13:
(exercitus) Pado trajectus Cremonam,
id. 21, 56, 4; 30, 24, 11:
inermes in Boeotiam trajecti,
id. 32, 17, 3:
in Galliam trajecti forent,
Tac. A. 12, 39.—
(β).
With second acc. of the stream or place crossed:
equitum magnam partem flumen transjecit,
Caes. B. C. 1, 55:
Caesar Germanos flumen traicit,
id. ib. 1, 83 fin.:
si se Alpes Antonius trajecerit,
Cic. Fam. 11, 9, 2: exercitum Rhodanum, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 9, 3:
copias Rhodanum,
id. ib. 10, 11, 2:
quos in Africam secum traiceret,
Liv. 29, 22, 12.—
(γ).
With se:
ad Achillam sese ex regiā trajecit,
Caes. B. C. 3, 112: si quo etiam casu Isaram se trajecerint, Brut. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 13, 4:
ducem Romanum in Africam trajecisse sese in hostilem terram,
Liv. 28, 18, 10.—
(δ).
Poet., of the eyes:
quocumque oculos trajecimus,
i. e. to look, Lucr. 4, 424.—
3.
To pass through, make a way through.
(α).
Of soldiers:
pars magna equitum mediam trajecit aciem,
broke through, Liv. 42, 7, 7.—
(β).
To strike through, stab through, pierce, penetrate, transfix, transpierce:
unum ex multitudine,
Caes. B. G. 5, 44:
aliquem pilis,
id. ib. 7, 82:
aliquem scorpione, a latere dextro,
id. ib. 7, 25:
lictorem gladio, Auct. B. Alex. 52: cuspide serpentem,
Ov. M. 4, 571:
lanceā infestā medium femur,
Hirt. B. G. 8, 48:
femur tragulā,
Caes. B. G. 5, 35:
pectus ferro,
Liv. 41, 11, 6:
cava tempora ferro,
Verg. A. 9, 634:
harundine linguam,
Ov. M. 11, 325:
terga sagittā,
id. ib. 9, 128:
exuentem se ac nudatum gladio trajecit,
Just. 3, 1, 8:
sagittā sub mammā trajectus,
id. 12, 9, 12:
aliquid acu,
Cels. 7, 8 and 9.—With se, to stab one ' s self:
se uno ictu infra laevam papillam,
Suet. Oth. 11.—
C.
Trop.
1.
In gen., to transfer, cause to pass:
cum ex illius invidiā deonerare aliquid et in te traicere coeperit,
Cic. Div. in Caecil. 14, 46:
culpam in alium,
Quint. 9, 2, 4:
arbitrium litis trajecit in omnes,
Ov. M. 12, 628.—Mid.:
in cor Trajecto lateris capitisque dolore,
having thrown itself, Hor. S. 2, 3, 29.—
2.
In partic., in rhet.:
verba,
to transpose, Cic. Or. 69, 229:
verba in clausulas,
Quint. 9, 4, 31 Spald.—
II.
To cross over, pass over, cross.
A.
With the place or thing passed over as object:
si Hannibal ad portas venisset murumque jaculo trajecisset,
Cic. Fin. 4, 9, 22:
trajecto amni,
Liv. 21, 27, 3:
Hiberum,
id. 21, 30, 3:
occupavit Scipio Padum traicere,
id. 21, 39, 10:
ratibus Trebiam,
id. 21, 56, 8:
mare,
id. 33, 31, 10:
flumen,
id. 38, 2, 10; 38, 27, 6:
fretum,
Sen. Ep. 14, 8:
amnem,
Curt. 7, 7, 13; 8, 13, 23:
utribus amnem,
id. 4, 7, 16; 4, 1, 10:
Rhenum,
Suet. Tib. 18:
mare,
Sen. Ben. 6, 15, 6:
Padum,
Tac. H. 2, 22:
sinum maris,
Vell. 2, 43, 1:
flumina nando,
Suet. Caes. 57:
Tiberim clipeo,
Claud. VI. Cons. Hon. 186:
Aurora Jam medium aetherio cursu trajecerat axem,
Verg. A. 6, 536; cf. pass.:
postquam cernant Rhodanum trajectum,
Liv. 21, 30, 5:
ut transjaci (nemora) ne sagittis quidem possint,
Sol. 52, 46.—
B.
Absol.:
ad Aethaliam insulam trajecit,
Liv. 37, 13, 3:
ut classe Hasdrubal Aegimurum traiceret,
id. 30, 24, 11:
ne qua classis ex Africā traiceret,
id. 30, 2, 1:
sed traicere in Euboeam erat propositum,
id. 40, 4, 10:
(ei) paranti traicere in Africam nuntiatum est,
id. 28, 36, 1; cf.:
Romanae naves Samum traicerunt,
id. 37, 13, 6:
primo quoque tempore in Africam traiciendum,
id. 29, 22, 11:
ad nos trajecturum illud incendium esse,
id. 7, 30, 12; cf. id. 31, 48, 7:
piscatoriā scaphā trepidus trajecit,
Just. 2, 13, 9:
trajecisse veteres Iberos,
Tac. Agr. 14. —
C.
Trop., to overstep, transgress:
traicit et fati litora magnus amor,
Prop. 1, 19, 12.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > trajicio
4 transicio

trāĭcĭo and transĭcĭo (so always in Cæs.); also trājĭcĭo and transjĭcĭo, jēci, jectum, 3, v. a. and n. [trans-jacio], to throw across.
I.
With the person or thing that moves as object, to cause to cross, cause to go across, over, or through.
A.
In gen., to throw, hurl, cast, or fling over, to shoot over or across:
neque ullum interim telum transiciebatur,
Caes. B. C. 3, 19:
quae concava trajecto cumba rudente vehat (te),
Ov. Am. 3, 6, 4:
arreptum vexillum trans vallum hostium trajecit,
Liv. 25, 14, 4:
cum trans vallum signum trajecisset,
id. 41, 4, 2:
pontibus transjectis,
thrown across, Hirt. B. G. 8, 9:
malis antennisque de nave in navem trajectis,
Liv. 30, 10, 5:
volucrem trajecto in fune columbam suspendit,
Verg. A. 5, 488:
tela alio,
Prop. 2, 12 (3, 3), 18:
pecora nunc in hibernos nunc in aestivos saltus,
drives over, Just. 8, 5, 7.— Poet.:
pedes super acervos,
to step over, Prop. 4 (5), 4, 76:
membra per ardentes acervos celeri pede,
Ov. F. 4, 782.—
B.
In partic.
1.
To transfer, cause to go over or across (from one place, etc., to another):
est etiam aurigae species Vertumnus et ejus, Traicit alterno qui leve pondus equo,
i. e. leaps lightly from horse to horse, Prop. 4 (5), 2, 36:
anulum in dextram manum,
Petr. 74:
quod est levissimum ac summum, ut traiciant in alia vasa,
decant, pour over, Varr. R. R. 1, 64, 1:
cerussam in cacabum,
Scrib. Comp. 45.—
2.
Of soldiers, baggage, etc., to cause to cross (a stream, etc.), to transport, ship across, lead or conduct over, ship over, transfer: dum Brutus traiceret exercitum, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 18, 2:
legiones quattuor equitatumque omnem transjecit,
Caes. B. C. 1, 40:
omnibus ferme suis trans Rhodanum trajectis,
Liv. 21, 26, 6:
res suas trans Halyn,
id. 38, 25, 7:
quae ibi legiones essent, eas... in Siciliam traiceret,
id. 23, 31, 4:
ut classem in Italiam traiceret,
id. 28, 36, 1:
pecuniam in provinciam,
id. 26, 7, 8; 48, 13, 9:
huc legionem postea transicit,
Caes. B. C. 1, 54:
magnam partem fortunarum eodem trajecit,
Nep. Att. 2, 2:
eas (sues) si quo traicere vult, in plostrum imponat,
Varr. R. R. 2, 4, 11:
ut praedatum milites trans flumen per occasiones aliis atque aliis locis traiceret,
Liv. 2, 11, 2.— Pass.: Marius trajectus in Africam, Cic. Red. Quir. 8, 20:
equitum innumerabilem vim traici Hellesponto in Europam,
Liv. 35, 48, 3:
classis Punica in Sardiniam trajecta,
id. 27, 6, 13:
(exercitus) Pado trajectus Cremonam,
id. 21, 56, 4; 30, 24, 11:
inermes in Boeotiam trajecti,
id. 32, 17, 3:
in Galliam trajecti forent,
Tac. A. 12, 39.—
(β).
With second acc. of the stream or place crossed:
equitum magnam partem flumen transjecit,
Caes. B. C. 1, 55:
Caesar Germanos flumen traicit,
id. ib. 1, 83 fin.:
si se Alpes Antonius trajecerit,
Cic. Fam. 11, 9, 2: exercitum Rhodanum, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 9, 3:
copias Rhodanum,
id. ib. 10, 11, 2:
quos in Africam secum traiceret,
Liv. 29, 22, 12.—
(γ).
With se:
ad Achillam sese ex regiā trajecit,
Caes. B. C. 3, 112: si quo etiam casu Isaram se trajecerint, Brut. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 13, 4:
ducem Romanum in Africam trajecisse sese in hostilem terram,
Liv. 28, 18, 10.—
(δ).
Poet., of the eyes:
quocumque oculos trajecimus,
i. e. to look, Lucr. 4, 424.—
3.
To pass through, make a way through.
(α).
Of soldiers:
pars magna equitum mediam trajecit aciem,
broke through, Liv. 42, 7, 7.—
(β).
To strike through, stab through, pierce, penetrate, transfix, transpierce:
unum ex multitudine,
Caes. B. G. 5, 44:
aliquem pilis,
id. ib. 7, 82:
aliquem scorpione, a latere dextro,
id. ib. 7, 25:
lictorem gladio, Auct. B. Alex. 52: cuspide serpentem,
Ov. M. 4, 571:
lanceā infestā medium femur,
Hirt. B. G. 8, 48:
femur tragulā,
Caes. B. G. 5, 35:
pectus ferro,
Liv. 41, 11, 6:
cava tempora ferro,
Verg. A. 9, 634:
harundine linguam,
Ov. M. 11, 325:
terga sagittā,
id. ib. 9, 128:
exuentem se ac nudatum gladio trajecit,
Just. 3, 1, 8:
sagittā sub mammā trajectus,
id. 12, 9, 12:
aliquid acu,
Cels. 7, 8 and 9.—With se, to stab one ' s self:
se uno ictu infra laevam papillam,
Suet. Oth. 11.—
C.
Trop.
1.
In gen., to transfer, cause to pass:
cum ex illius invidiā deonerare aliquid et in te traicere coeperit,
Cic. Div. in Caecil. 14, 46:
culpam in alium,
Quint. 9, 2, 4:
arbitrium litis trajecit in omnes,
Ov. M. 12, 628.—Mid.:
in cor Trajecto lateris capitisque dolore,
having thrown itself, Hor. S. 2, 3, 29.—
2.
In partic., in rhet.:
verba,
to transpose, Cic. Or. 69, 229:
verba in clausulas,
Quint. 9, 4, 31 Spald.—
II.
To cross over, pass over, cross.
A.
With the place or thing passed over as object:
si Hannibal ad portas venisset murumque jaculo trajecisset,
Cic. Fin. 4, 9, 22:
trajecto amni,
Liv. 21, 27, 3:
Hiberum,
id. 21, 30, 3:
occupavit Scipio Padum traicere,
id. 21, 39, 10:
ratibus Trebiam,
id. 21, 56, 8:
mare,
id. 33, 31, 10:
flumen,
id. 38, 2, 10; 38, 27, 6:
fretum,
Sen. Ep. 14, 8:
amnem,
Curt. 7, 7, 13; 8, 13, 23:
utribus amnem,
id. 4, 7, 16; 4, 1, 10:
Rhenum,
Suet. Tib. 18:
mare,
Sen. Ben. 6, 15, 6:
Padum,
Tac. H. 2, 22:
sinum maris,
Vell. 2, 43, 1:
flumina nando,
Suet. Caes. 57:
Tiberim clipeo,
Claud. VI. Cons. Hon. 186:
Aurora Jam medium aetherio cursu trajecerat axem,
Verg. A. 6, 536; cf. pass.:
postquam cernant Rhodanum trajectum,
Liv. 21, 30, 5:
ut transjaci (nemora) ne sagittis quidem possint,
Sol. 52, 46.—
B.
Absol.:
ad Aethaliam insulam trajecit,
Liv. 37, 13, 3:
ut classe Hasdrubal Aegimurum traiceret,
id. 30, 24, 11:
ne qua classis ex Africā traiceret,
id. 30, 2, 1:
sed traicere in Euboeam erat propositum,
id. 40, 4, 10:
(ei) paranti traicere in Africam nuntiatum est,
id. 28, 36, 1; cf.:
Romanae naves Samum traicerunt,
id. 37, 13, 6:
primo quoque tempore in Africam traiciendum,
id. 29, 22, 11:
ad nos trajecturum illud incendium esse,
id. 7, 30, 12; cf. id. 31, 48, 7:
piscatoriā scaphā trepidus trajecit,
Just. 2, 13, 9:
trajecisse veteres Iberos,
Tac. Agr. 14. —
C.
Trop., to overstep, transgress:
traicit et fati litora magnus amor,
Prop. 1, 19, 12.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > transicio
5 transjicio

trāĭcĭo and transĭcĭo (so always in Cæs.); also trājĭcĭo and transjĭcĭo, jēci, jectum, 3, v. a. and n. [trans-jacio], to throw across.
I.
With the person or thing that moves as object, to cause to cross, cause to go across, over, or through.
A.
In gen., to throw, hurl, cast, or fling over, to shoot over or across:
neque ullum interim telum transiciebatur,
Caes. B. C. 3, 19:
quae concava trajecto cumba rudente vehat (te),
Ov. Am. 3, 6, 4:
arreptum vexillum trans vallum hostium trajecit,
Liv. 25, 14, 4:
cum trans vallum signum trajecisset,
id. 41, 4, 2:
pontibus transjectis,
thrown across, Hirt. B. G. 8, 9:
malis antennisque de nave in navem trajectis,
Liv. 30, 10, 5:
volucrem trajecto in fune columbam suspendit,
Verg. A. 5, 488:
tela alio,
Prop. 2, 12 (3, 3), 18:
pecora nunc in hibernos nunc in aestivos saltus,
drives over, Just. 8, 5, 7.— Poet.:
pedes super acervos,
to step over, Prop. 4 (5), 4, 76:
membra per ardentes acervos celeri pede,
Ov. F. 4, 782.—
B.
In partic.
1.
To transfer, cause to go over or across (from one place, etc., to another):
est etiam aurigae species Vertumnus et ejus, Traicit alterno qui leve pondus equo,
i. e. leaps lightly from horse to horse, Prop. 4 (5), 2, 36:
anulum in dextram manum,
Petr. 74:
quod est levissimum ac summum, ut traiciant in alia vasa,
decant, pour over, Varr. R. R. 1, 64, 1:
cerussam in cacabum,
Scrib. Comp. 45.—
2.
Of soldiers, baggage, etc., to cause to cross (a stream, etc.), to transport, ship across, lead or conduct over, ship over, transfer: dum Brutus traiceret exercitum, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 18, 2:
legiones quattuor equitatumque omnem transjecit,
Caes. B. C. 1, 40:
omnibus ferme suis trans Rhodanum trajectis,
Liv. 21, 26, 6:
res suas trans Halyn,
id. 38, 25, 7:
quae ibi legiones essent, eas... in Siciliam traiceret,
id. 23, 31, 4:
ut classem in Italiam traiceret,
id. 28, 36, 1:
pecuniam in provinciam,
id. 26, 7, 8; 48, 13, 9:
huc legionem postea transicit,
Caes. B. C. 1, 54:
magnam partem fortunarum eodem trajecit,
Nep. Att. 2, 2:
eas (sues) si quo traicere vult, in plostrum imponat,
Varr. R. R. 2, 4, 11:
ut praedatum milites trans flumen per occasiones aliis atque aliis locis traiceret,
Liv. 2, 11, 2.— Pass.: Marius trajectus in Africam, Cic. Red. Quir. 8, 20:
equitum innumerabilem vim traici Hellesponto in Europam,
Liv. 35, 48, 3:
classis Punica in Sardiniam trajecta,
id. 27, 6, 13:
(exercitus) Pado trajectus Cremonam,
id. 21, 56, 4; 30, 24, 11:
inermes in Boeotiam trajecti,
id. 32, 17, 3:
in Galliam trajecti forent,
Tac. A. 12, 39.—
(β).
With second acc. of the stream or place crossed:
equitum magnam partem flumen transjecit,
Caes. B. C. 1, 55:
Caesar Germanos flumen traicit,
id. ib. 1, 83 fin.:
si se Alpes Antonius trajecerit,
Cic. Fam. 11, 9, 2: exercitum Rhodanum, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 9, 3:
copias Rhodanum,
id. ib. 10, 11, 2:
quos in Africam secum traiceret,
Liv. 29, 22, 12.—
(γ).
With se:
ad Achillam sese ex regiā trajecit,
Caes. B. C. 3, 112: si quo etiam casu Isaram se trajecerint, Brut. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 13, 4:
ducem Romanum in Africam trajecisse sese in hostilem terram,
Liv. 28, 18, 10.—
(δ).
Poet., of the eyes:
quocumque oculos trajecimus,
i. e. to look, Lucr. 4, 424.—
3.
To pass through, make a way through.
(α).
Of soldiers:
pars magna equitum mediam trajecit aciem,
broke through, Liv. 42, 7, 7.—
(β).
To strike through, stab through, pierce, penetrate, transfix, transpierce:
unum ex multitudine,
Caes. B. G. 5, 44:
aliquem pilis,
id. ib. 7, 82:
aliquem scorpione, a latere dextro,
id. ib. 7, 25:
lictorem gladio, Auct. B. Alex. 52: cuspide serpentem,
Ov. M. 4, 571:
lanceā infestā medium femur,
Hirt. B. G. 8, 48:
femur tragulā,
Caes. B. G. 5, 35:
pectus ferro,
Liv. 41, 11, 6:
cava tempora ferro,
Verg. A. 9, 634:
harundine linguam,
Ov. M. 11, 325:
terga sagittā,
id. ib. 9, 128:
exuentem se ac nudatum gladio trajecit,
Just. 3, 1, 8:
sagittā sub mammā trajectus,
id. 12, 9, 12:
aliquid acu,
Cels. 7, 8 and 9.—With se, to stab one ' s self:
se uno ictu infra laevam papillam,
Suet. Oth. 11.—
C.
Trop.
1.
In gen., to transfer, cause to pass:
cum ex illius invidiā deonerare aliquid et in te traicere coeperit,
Cic. Div. in Caecil. 14, 46:
culpam in alium,
Quint. 9, 2, 4:
arbitrium litis trajecit in omnes,
Ov. M. 12, 628.—Mid.:
in cor Trajecto lateris capitisque dolore,
having thrown itself, Hor. S. 2, 3, 29.—
2.
In partic., in rhet.:
verba,
to transpose, Cic. Or. 69, 229:
verba in clausulas,
Quint. 9, 4, 31 Spald.—
II.
To cross over, pass over, cross.
A.
With the place or thing passed over as object:
si Hannibal ad portas venisset murumque jaculo trajecisset,
Cic. Fin. 4, 9, 22:
trajecto amni,
Liv. 21, 27, 3:
Hiberum,
id. 21, 30, 3:
occupavit Scipio Padum traicere,
id. 21, 39, 10:
ratibus Trebiam,
id. 21, 56, 8:
mare,
id. 33, 31, 10:
flumen,
id. 38, 2, 10; 38, 27, 6:
fretum,
Sen. Ep. 14, 8:
amnem,
Curt. 7, 7, 13; 8, 13, 23:
utribus amnem,
id. 4, 7, 16; 4, 1, 10:
Rhenum,
Suet. Tib. 18:
mare,
Sen. Ben. 6, 15, 6:
Padum,
Tac. H. 2, 22:
sinum maris,
Vell. 2, 43, 1:
flumina nando,
Suet. Caes. 57:
Tiberim clipeo,
Claud. VI. Cons. Hon. 186:
Aurora Jam medium aetherio cursu trajecerat axem,
Verg. A. 6, 536; cf. pass.:
postquam cernant Rhodanum trajectum,
Liv. 21, 30, 5:
ut transjaci (nemora) ne sagittis quidem possint,
Sol. 52, 46.—
B.
Absol.:
ad Aethaliam insulam trajecit,
Liv. 37, 13, 3:
ut classe Hasdrubal Aegimurum traiceret,
id. 30, 24, 11:
ne qua classis ex Africā traiceret,
id. 30, 2, 1:
sed traicere in Euboeam erat propositum,
id. 40, 4, 10:
(ei) paranti traicere in Africam nuntiatum est,
id. 28, 36, 1; cf.:
Romanae naves Samum traicerunt,
id. 37, 13, 6:
primo quoque tempore in Africam traiciendum,
id. 29, 22, 11:
ad nos trajecturum illud incendium esse,
id. 7, 30, 12; cf. id. 31, 48, 7:
piscatoriā scaphā trepidus trajecit,
Just. 2, 13, 9:
trajecisse veteres Iberos,
Tac. Agr. 14. —
C.
Trop., to overstep, transgress:
traicit et fati litora magnus amor,
Prop. 1, 19, 12.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > transjicio
6 trāiciō (trāiic-) and trānsiciō

trāiciō (trāiic-) and trānsiciō (trānsiic-), iēcī, iectus, ere [trans + iacio], to throw across, cause to cross, cause to go across, put over, transfer, throw over, shoot across: neque ullum interim telum traiciebatur, Cs.: quae Concava traiecto cumba rudente vehat (te), O.: adreptum vexillum trans vallum hostium traiecit, L.: volucrem traiecto in fune columbam suspendit, V.: per ardentīs acervos celeri membra pede, O.—Of military or naval forces, to cause to cross, transport, ship across, lead over, ship over, transfer: equitatum, Cs.: omnibus ferme suis trans Rhodanum traiectis, L.: classem in Italiam, L.: eodem magnam partem fortunarum, N.: ut praedatum milites trans flumen per occasiones aliis atque aliis locis traicerent, L.: classis Punica in Sardiniam traiecta, L.: equitum magnam partem flumen traiecit, Cs.: si se Alpīs Antonius traiecerit: quos in Africam secum traiceret, L.: ad Achillam sese ex regiā, Cs.— To pass through, make a way through, break through: pars equitum mediam traiecit aciem, L.— To strike through, stab through, pierce, penetrate, transfix, transpierce: unum ex multitudine, Cs.: scorpione ab latere dextro traiectus, Cs.: cuspide serpentem, O.: ferro pectus, L.: cava tempora ferro, V.: terga sagitta, O.— To cross, pass, go over, cross over: ad Aethaliam insulam, L.: in Africam, L.: Samum, L.: Hiberos veteres traiecisse, Ta.: murum iaculo: traiecto amni, L.: ratibus Trebiam, L.: utribus amnem, Cu.: medium aetherio cursu axem, V.: postquam cernant Rhodanum traiectum, L.—Fig., to transfer, cause to pass: ex illius invidiā aliquid in te traicere: arbitrium litis in omnes, O.: in cor Traiecto lateris capitisve dolore, having thrown itself, H.— To overstep: fati litora, Pr.—In rhet., to transpose: verba.

Latin-English dictionary > trāiciō (trāiic-) and trānsiciō
7 expediō

expediō īvī, ītus, īre [ex + pes], to extricate, disengage, let loose, set free, liberate: nodum: ex nullo (laqueo) se: mortis laqueis caput, H.: flammam inter et hostīs Expedior, make my way, V.: errantem nemori, O.: sibi locum, make room, Cs.: iter per rupes, L.— To fetch out, bring forward, procure, make ready, prepare: vela, O.: virgas expediri iubet: cererem canistris, V.: navīs, Cs.: legiones, Cs.: exercitum, L.: se ad pugnam, L.: ius auxili sui, exercise, L.— To despatch, hurl: trans finem iaculo expedito, H.—Fig., to bring out, extricate, release, free: me turbā, T.: impeditum animum, T.: haererem, nisi tu me expedisses: Quas (manūs) per acuta belli, help through, H.: me multa impediverunt quae ne nunc quidem expedita sunt.— To put in order, arrange, set right, adjust, settle: rem, ut poteris: rem frumentariam, Cs.: nomina mea, pay: exitum orationis: quod instat, V. — To explain, unfold, make clear, clear up, disclose, relate: pauca tibi dictis, V.: rei initium, S.: ea de caede, Ta.: Promptius expediam quot, etc., i. e. could sooner recount, Iu.— To be serviceable, be profitable, be advantageous, be useful, be expedient, profit: nihil expedire quod sit iniustum: non idem ipsis expedire et multitudini: Caesari ad diuturnitatem victoriae: expedit bonas esse vobis, T.: omnibus expedit salvam esse rem p.: tu si ita expedit, velim, etc.
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expedire, expedivi, expeditus V

disengage, loose, set free; be expedient; procure, obtain, make ready

Latin-English dictionary > expediō
8 periclum

pĕrīcŭlum (contr. pĕrīclum, very freq. in the poets, e. g. Plaut. Bacch. 4, 7, 29; Ter. And. 2, 2, 13; 5, 1, 2; 5, 2, 26 al.; Lucr. 1, 580; 2, 5 et saep.; Verg. A. 2, 709; 751; 3, 711 et saep.; Juv. 6, 94), i, n. [root, Sanscr. par, pi-par-mi, to conduct, guide; Gr. peraô, to pierce; poros. a way through, passage; Lat. porta, portus, ex - perior, per-itus; cf. Germ. fahren, Gefahr], a trial, experiment, attempt, proof, essay (class.; cf. disorimen).
I.
Lit.:
fac periculum in litteris,
Ter. Eun. 3, 2, 23:
miser est homo qui amat... Scio qui periclum feci,
Plaut. As. 3, 3, 27:
priusquam periclum faceret,
Caes. B. G. 4, 21:
ex aliis,
Ter. Heaut. 1, 2, 36:
alicujus fidei periculum facere,
to make trial of, to try, Cic. Verr. 1, 12, 34:
quā in re tute tui periculum fecisti,
id. Div. in Caecil. 8, 27: legionum, Auct. B. Afr. 79.—
II.
Transf.
A.
Concr., an attempt in writing, an essay:
faciunt imperite, qui in isto periculo non ut a poëtā, sed ut a teste, veritatem exigent (speaking of a poem in honor of Marius),
Cic. Leg. 1, 1, 4; Aus. Idyll. 10, 215.—
B.
Risk, hazard, danger, peril (which acompanies an attempt;
the common signif. of the word): meo periclo rem gero,
Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 100:
tuo ego istaec dicam illi periculo,
id. ib. 4, 2, 17:
periculum facere,
to run a risk, id. ib. 1, 1, 63:
si ei subito sit allatum periculum discrimenque patriae,
Cic. Off. 1, 43, 154:
salus sociorum summum in periculum ac discrimen vocatur,
id. Imp. Pomp. 5, 12:
discriminum et periculorum comites,
id. N. D. 2, 66, 166:
obire pericula ac labores,
Liv. 1, 54:
periculum adire capitis,
to run the risk of one's life, Cic. Rosc. Am. 38, 110:
in periculo animarum suarum,
Vulg. 1 Par. 11, 19:
subire pro amico,
Cic. Part. 19, 66:
suscipere,
to take upon one's self, id. Mur. 36, 76:
ingredi,
id. ib. 2, 4:
conflare alicui,
to cause, occasion, id. Sull. 4, 13:
intendere in aliquem,
id. Rosc. Am. 3, 7:
intendere alicui,
id. Att. 2, 19, 1:
mortis alicui inicere,
id. Caecin. 29, 83:
facessere innocenti,
id. Div. in Caecil. 14, 45:
facere alicui,
Sall. C. 33, 1; cf.:
ego nihil facio tibi periculi,
Plaut. Cas. 4, 3, 7:
creare alicui,
Cic. Att. 22, 2:
comparare alicui,
id. Fl. 38, 96:
moliri optimis civibus,
id. Sest. 1, 1:
amici depellere,
id. Clu. 6, 8:
subterfugere,
id. Fam. 15, 1, 4:
adducta est res in maximum periculum et extremum paene discrimen,
id. Phil. 7, 1, 1:
se in periculum capitis atque in vitae discrimen inferre,
id. Balb. 10, 25:
arcessere aliquem in summum capitis periculum,
id. Rab. Perd. 9, 26:
includere in periculum,
id. Clu. 55, 155:
in periculum se committere,
to get into danger, id. Inv. 2, 8, 37:
eripere ex periculo,
id. Clu. 26, 70:
extrahere ex periculo,
to release from danger, id. Sest. 4, 11:
rem publicam a periculo prohibere,
id. Imp. Pomp. 7, 19:
liberare periculis,
id. de Or. 1, 8, 32:
res in periculo vertitur,
the affair becomes perilous, Plaut. Merc. 1, 2, 12:
esse in periculo,
Cic. Fam. 4, 15, 2:
in periculo versari,
id. Rab. Post. 9, 23:
a securi negat ei periculum esse,
that danger threatens him, id. Verr. 2, 5, 44, § 116:
periculum est, ne,
there is danger that, id. Tusc. 5, 40, 118; so id. Verr. 1, 11, 32: periculo meo, tuo, suo, at my, your, his risk:
meo periculo,
id. Sest. 52, 111:
crede audacter meo periculo,
Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 51:
meo periculo rem gero,
id. Bacch. 4, 4, 100; id. As. 2, 4, 51:
des ei nummos fide et periculo meo,
Dig. 46, 1, 24:
navem sumptu periculoque suo armatam mittere,
Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 20, § 50; id. Fl. 17, 41:
rem periculi sui facere,
to do a thing at one's own risk, Dig. 23, 5, 16: bono periculo, safely, without danger (post-class.), App. Mag. p. 320, 16.—
2.
In partic.
a.
A trial, action, suit at law (class.):
meus labor in privatorum periculis caste integreque versatus,
Cic. Imp. Pomp. 1, 2:
aliquem in periculis defendere,
Nep. Phoc. 2, 3.—
b.
A writ of judgment, a sentence:
unum ab iis petivit, ut in periculo suo inscriberent, etc.,
Nep. Ep. 8:
pericula magistratuum,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 79, § 183.—
c.
A sickness, attack of sickness (post-Aug.):
in acutis vero periculis nullis dandum est vinum,
Plin. 23, 1, 24, § 48.—
d.
Ruin, destruction (postclass.):
tremefactae nutant usque ad periculum civitates,
Arn. 1, 4.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > periclum
9 periculum

pĕrīcŭlum (contr. pĕrīclum, very freq. in the poets, e. g. Plaut. Bacch. 4, 7, 29; Ter. And. 2, 2, 13; 5, 1, 2; 5, 2, 26 al.; Lucr. 1, 580; 2, 5 et saep.; Verg. A. 2, 709; 751; 3, 711 et saep.; Juv. 6, 94), i, n. [root, Sanscr. par, pi-par-mi, to conduct, guide; Gr. peraô, to pierce; poros. a way through, passage; Lat. porta, portus, ex - perior, per-itus; cf. Germ. fahren, Gefahr], a trial, experiment, attempt, proof, essay (class.; cf. disorimen).
I.
Lit.:
fac periculum in litteris,
Ter. Eun. 3, 2, 23:
miser est homo qui amat... Scio qui periclum feci,
Plaut. As. 3, 3, 27:
priusquam periclum faceret,
Caes. B. G. 4, 21:
ex aliis,
Ter. Heaut. 1, 2, 36:
alicujus fidei periculum facere,
to make trial of, to try, Cic. Verr. 1, 12, 34:
quā in re tute tui periculum fecisti,
id. Div. in Caecil. 8, 27: legionum, Auct. B. Afr. 79.—
II.
Transf.
A.
Concr., an attempt in writing, an essay:
faciunt imperite, qui in isto periculo non ut a poëtā, sed ut a teste, veritatem exigent (speaking of a poem in honor of Marius),
Cic. Leg. 1, 1, 4; Aus. Idyll. 10, 215.—
B.
Risk, hazard, danger, peril (which acompanies an attempt;
the common signif. of the word): meo periclo rem gero,
Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 100:
tuo ego istaec dicam illi periculo,
id. ib. 4, 2, 17:
periculum facere,
to run a risk, id. ib. 1, 1, 63:
si ei subito sit allatum periculum discrimenque patriae,
Cic. Off. 1, 43, 154:
salus sociorum summum in periculum ac discrimen vocatur,
id. Imp. Pomp. 5, 12:
discriminum et periculorum comites,
id. N. D. 2, 66, 166:
obire pericula ac labores,
Liv. 1, 54:
periculum adire capitis,
to run the risk of one's life, Cic. Rosc. Am. 38, 110:
in periculo animarum suarum,
Vulg. 1 Par. 11, 19:
subire pro amico,
Cic. Part. 19, 66:
suscipere,
to take upon one's self, id. Mur. 36, 76:
ingredi,
id. ib. 2, 4:
conflare alicui,
to cause, occasion, id. Sull. 4, 13:
intendere in aliquem,
id. Rosc. Am. 3, 7:
intendere alicui,
id. Att. 2, 19, 1:
mortis alicui inicere,
id. Caecin. 29, 83:
facessere innocenti,
id. Div. in Caecil. 14, 45:
facere alicui,
Sall. C. 33, 1; cf.:
ego nihil facio tibi periculi,
Plaut. Cas. 4, 3, 7:
creare alicui,
Cic. Att. 22, 2:
comparare alicui,
id. Fl. 38, 96:
moliri optimis civibus,
id. Sest. 1, 1:
amici depellere,
id. Clu. 6, 8:
subterfugere,
id. Fam. 15, 1, 4:
adducta est res in maximum periculum et extremum paene discrimen,
id. Phil. 7, 1, 1:
se in periculum capitis atque in vitae discrimen inferre,
id. Balb. 10, 25:
arcessere aliquem in summum capitis periculum,
id. Rab. Perd. 9, 26:
includere in periculum,
id. Clu. 55, 155:
in periculum se committere,
to get into danger, id. Inv. 2, 8, 37:
eripere ex periculo,
id. Clu. 26, 70:
extrahere ex periculo,
to release from danger, id. Sest. 4, 11:
rem publicam a periculo prohibere,
id. Imp. Pomp. 7, 19:
liberare periculis,
id. de Or. 1, 8, 32:
res in periculo vertitur,
the affair becomes perilous, Plaut. Merc. 1, 2, 12:
esse in periculo,
Cic. Fam. 4, 15, 2:
in periculo versari,
id. Rab. Post. 9, 23:
a securi negat ei periculum esse,
that danger threatens him, id. Verr. 2, 5, 44, § 116:
periculum est, ne,
there is danger that, id. Tusc. 5, 40, 118; so id. Verr. 1, 11, 32: periculo meo, tuo, suo, at my, your, his risk:
meo periculo,
id. Sest. 52, 111:
crede audacter meo periculo,
Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 51:
meo periculo rem gero,
id. Bacch. 4, 4, 100; id. As. 2, 4, 51:
des ei nummos fide et periculo meo,
Dig. 46, 1, 24:
navem sumptu periculoque suo armatam mittere,
Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 20, § 50; id. Fl. 17, 41:
rem periculi sui facere,
to do a thing at one's own risk, Dig. 23, 5, 16: bono periculo, safely, without danger (post-class.), App. Mag. p. 320, 16.—
2.
In partic.
a.
A trial, action, suit at law (class.):
meus labor in privatorum periculis caste integreque versatus,
Cic. Imp. Pomp. 1, 2:
aliquem in periculis defendere,
Nep. Phoc. 2, 3.—
b.
A writ of judgment, a sentence:
unum ab iis petivit, ut in periculo suo inscriberent, etc.,
Nep. Ep. 8:
pericula magistratuum,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 79, § 183.—
c.
A sickness, attack of sickness (post-Aug.):
in acutis vero periculis nullis dandum est vinum,
Plin. 23, 1, 24, § 48.—
d.
Ruin, destruction (postclass.):
tremefactae nutant usque ad periculum civitates,
Arn. 1, 4.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > periculum
10 resolvo

rĕ-solvo, solvi, sŏlūtum, 3, v. a., to untie, unfasten, unbind; to loose, loosen, release, open (not freq. till after the Aug. per.; cf.: relaxo, resero, recludo, libero).
I.
Lit.
A.
In gen.:
equos,
to unyoke, Ov. F. 4, 180; cf.:
juncta juga leonibus,
Cat. 63, 76:
quem suā sponte vinxerit, non resolvat, etc.,
Col. 1, 8, 16; 11, 1, 22:
cinctas vestes,
Ov. M. 1, 382; cf.
nodum,
Cels. 7, 4, 4:
fila,
to loose, separate, Ov. M. 2, 654:
vulnera,
to unbind, Quint. 6, 1, 30; 49:
oras,
to cast loose from the shore, Liv. 22, 19, 10 Drak. N. cr.:
virginem catenis,
i. e. to release, Ov. M. 4, 737; cf.:
crura vinclis,
id. A. A. 3, 272:
(puella) resoluta capillos,
id. Am. 2, 14, 39:
claustra,
to open, Lucr. 1, 415:
litteras,
Liv. 26, 15:
venas,
Tac. A. 6, 48:
jugulum mucrone,
Ov. M. 1, 227:
ferro,
id. ib. 6, 643:
manum in diversum,
Quint. 11, 3, 97:
fauces haec in verba,
Ov. M. 2, 282; cf.:
exspectato Ora sono,
id. ib. 13, 126:
fatis ora,
Verg. G. 4, 452;
and simply ora,
id. A. 3, 457:
ignis aurum resolvit,
melts, dissolves, Lucr. 6, 967:
nivem,
to melt, thaw, Ov. Tr. 3, 10, 13; cf.:
resolutus repente Rhenus,
Suet. Dom. 6:
margaritas in tabem,
Plin. 9, 35, 58, § 120:
glaebam in pulverem,
Col. 11, 2, 60:
nummos,
to melt down, Lampr. Alex. Sev. 30 fin. — Poet.:
nebulas ventis ac sole,
to disperse, dissipate, scatter, Ov. M. 14, 400; cf.
tenebras (sidere),
Verg. A. 8, 591:
resoluta caligo,
Sil. 5, 58: Zephyro se glaeba, becomes loose or soft, Verg. G. 1, 44; Curt. 4, 6, 11:
terra resoluta,
Col. 4, 1, 4; 11, 3, 5:
muros ariete,
to break down, Sil. 5, 553:
cinctos muros,
id. 12, 495:
saxa,
id. 1, 369. —
B.
In partic.
1.
To relax, unnerve, enervate, enfeeble the body (cf. remitto):
felicitas hos inflat, illos mollit et totos resolvit,
Sen. Ep. 36, 1:
(Cerberus) immania terga resolvit Fusus humi,
stretched out, Verg. A. 6, 422:
nexos artus,
id. ib. 4, 695:
utrumque (concubitus),
Ov. A. A. 2, 683:
corpus (somno),
id. M. 7, 328:
placitā resoluta quiete,
id. ib. 9, 468:
membra ad molles choros,
Prop. 2, 34 (3, 32), 42; Curt. 4, 16, 13:
fatigatione resolutus,
id. 6, 8, 21; 9, 5, 10.—
2.
Mostly ante-class., to pay a debt:
minas,
Plaut. Ep. 1, 2, 39:
argentum,
id. ib. 3, 2, 16; id. Men. 5, 5, 30:
pro vecturā,
id. As. 2, 4, 27; cf. Cato, R. R. 144, 3; 145, 1; 148, 2:
damnum boni viri arbitratu resolvere,
id. ib. 149, 2. —
II.
Trop.
A.
In gen. (acc. to I. A.), to separate, unbind, set free, release; to disclose, show, reveal, lay open; to annul, cancel, make void, abolish, destroy (syn. rescindo):
ipsas periodos majoribus intervallis et velut laxioribus nodis resolvemus,
Quint. 9, 4, 127:
quoniam, quā fieri quicquid posset ratione, resolvi,
have disclosed, shown, Lucr. 5, 773:
teque piacula nulla resolvent,
release, Hor. C. 1, 28, 34:
amore resolutus,
Tib. 1, 10, 83:
(Hannibal) Quod sponte abscedat tandemque resolvat Ausoniam,
liberate, Sil. 17, 206:
resoluta legibus urbs,
id. 11, 36:
ira resoluta frenis legum,
Luc. 2, 145:
litem quod lite resolvit,
does away with, ends, Hor. S. 2, 3, 103:
invitat genialis hiems curasque resolvit,
banishes, dispels, Verg. G. 1, 302:
tristitiam animi,
Plin. 24, 6, 15, § 24:
dolos tecti ambagesque,
i. e. find the way through, Verg. A. 6, 29:
jura (pudoris),
id. ib. 4, 27:
dolos fraudesque,
Sil. 7, 153:
gaudia ferro,
id. 13, 508:
amphiboliam,
to destroy, remove, Quint. 7, 9, 4:
ambiguitatem,
id. 12, 2, 13:
dicta ex parte diversā,
i. e. refute, id. 5, 13, 12:
vectigal et onera commerciorum,
to abolish, Tac. H. 4, 65:
stipulationem,
Dig. 21, 2, 57 fin.:
conventionem,
ib. 41, 5, 2:
emptionem,
ib. 18, 2, 2 et saep. —
B.
In partic. (acc. to I. B.).
1.
To relax, soften:
disciplinam militarem,
Tac. H. 1, 51:
judices,
Quint. 4, 2, 19; id. 8, prooem § 12. —
2.
To pay:
unā plagā (cf. I. B. 2. supra),
Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 73 (but in Cic. Phil. 14, 14, 38, the correct reading is persoluturum). — Hence, rĕsŏlūtus, a, um, P. a. (acc. to I. B. 1.), relaxed, enervated, effeminate:
corpora juvenum (with fluxa), Col. praef. § 17: minister Idaeo resolutior cinaedo,
Mart. 10, 98.—
2.
Free, unhampered: os, Val.Max. 8, 7, ext. 1.—
3.
Unbridled:
gaudia,
Sil. 11, 305.— Adv.: rĕsŏlūtē, without restraint:
quo resolutius decachinnetis,
more unrestrainedly, Tert. ad Nat. 1, 19.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > resolvo
11 aperio

ăpĕrĭo, ĕrŭi, ertum, 4, v. a. ( fut. aperibo, Plaut. Truc. 4, 2, 50; Pompon. ap. Non. p. 506, 30) [ab-pario, to get from, take away from, i.e. to uncover, like the opp. operio, from obpario, to get for, to put upon, i. e. to cover; this is the old explanation, and is received by Corssen, Ausspr. I. p. 653; II. p. 410, and by Vanicek, p. 503], to uncover, make or lay bare.
I.
Lit.:
patinas,
Plaut. Ps. 3, 2, 51: apertae surae, Turp. ap. Non. p. 236, 16:
apertis lateribus,
Sisenn. ib. p. 236, 26:
capite aperto esse,
Varr. ib. p. 236, 25;
p. 236, 28: ut corporis partes quaedam aperiantur,
Cic. Off. 1, 35, 129:
caput aperuit,
id. Phil. 2, 31; Sall. H. Fragm. ap. Non. p. 236, 20:
capita,
Plin. 28, 6, 17, § 60:
aperto pectore,
Ov. M. 2, 339; and poet. transf. to the person:
apertae pectora matres,
id. ib. 13, 688:
ramum,
Verg. A. 6, 406 al. — Trop., to make visible, to show, reveal, Liv. 22, 6:
dispulsā nebulā diem aperuit,
id. 26, 17 (cf. just before:
densa nebula campos circa intexit): dies faciem victoriae,
Tac. Agr. 38:
lux aperuit bellum ducemque belli,
Liv. 3, 15:
novam aciem dies aperuit,
Tac. H. 4, 29:
his unda dehiscens Terram aperit,
opens to view, Verg. A. 1, 107.—From the intermediate idea of making visible,
II.
Metaph.
A.
1.. To unclose, open: aperto ex ostio Alti Acheruntis, Poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 16, 37:
aperite aliquis ostium,
Ter. Ad. 4, 4, 26; so id. Heaut. 2, 3, 35:
forem aperi,
id. Ad. 2, 1, 13:
fores,
id. Eun. 2, 2, 52; Ov. M. 10, 457; Suet. Aug. 82:
januas carceris,
Vulg. Act. 5, 19:
fenestram,
ib. Gen. 8, 6:
liquidas vias,
to open the liquid way, Lucr. 1, 373; so Verg. A. 11, 884:
sucum venis fundere apertis,
to pour out moisture from its open veins, Lucr. 5, 812:
saccum,
Vulg. Gen. 42, 27:
os,
ib. ib. 22, 28:
labia, ib. Job, 11, 5: oculos,
ib. Act. 9, 8:
accepi fasciculum, in quo erat epistula Piliae: abstuli, aperui, legi,
Cic. Att. 5, 11 fin.; so id. ib. 1, 13;
6, 3: aperire librum,
Vulg. Apoc. 5, 5; 20, 12:
testamentum,
Plin. 7, 52, 53, § 177 (cf.:
testamentum resignare,
Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 9); Suet. Caes. 83; id. Aug. 17:
sigillum aperire,
to break, Vulg. Apoc. 6, 3 al.:
ferro iter aperiundum est,
Sall. C. 58, 7:
locum... asylum,
to make it an asylum, Liv. 1, 8:
subterraneos specus,
Tac. G. 16:
navigantibus maria,
Plin. 2, 47, 47, § 122:
arbor florem aperit,
id. 12, 11, 23, § 40 et saep.: aperire parietem, to open a wall, in order to put a door or window in it, Dig. 8, 2, 40: alicui oculos aperire, to give sight to (after the Heb.), Vulg. Joan. 9, 10; 9, 14 al.; so,
aures aperire,
to restore hearing to, ib. Marc. 7, 35.—
2.
Trop.:
nec ita claudenda est res familiaris, ut eam benignitas aperire non possit,
Cic. Off. 2, 15, 54: amicitiae fores. id. Fam. 13, 10:
multus apertus cursus ad laudem,
id. Phil. 14, 6 fin.:
tibi virtus tua reditum ad tuos aperuit,
id. Fam. 6, 11:
philosophiae fontes,
id. Tusc. 1, 3, 6; id. Mil. 31, 85 et saep.: alicujus oculos aperire, to open one's eyes, make him discern (after the Heb.), Vulg. Gen. 3, 5; 3, 7; ib. Act. 26, 18; so,
alicujus cor aperire,
ib. ib. 16, 14: ventus [p. 136] incendio viam aperuit, Liv. 6, 2:
occasionem ad invadendum,
id. 4, 53; so id. 9, 27: si hanc fenestram aperueritis (i.e. if you enter upon the way of complaint), nihil aliud agi sinetis, Suet. Tib. 28 (cf. Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 72:
Quantam fenestram ad nequitiem patefeceris!): quia aperuisset gentibus ostium fidei,
Vulg. Act. 14, 27; ib. Col. 4, 3.— So of the new year, to open it, i.e. begin:
annum,
Verg. G. 1, 217:
contigit ergo privatis aperire annum (since the consul entered upon his office the first of January),
Plin. Pan. 58, 4 Gierig and Schaef.—So also of a school, to establish, set up, begin, or open it:
Dionysius tyrannus Corinthi dicitur ludum aperuisse,
Cic. Fam. 9, 18; so Suet. Gram. 16; id. Rhet. 4.— Poet.:
fuste aperire caput,
i.e. to cleave, split the head, Juv. 9, 98.—
B.
Aperire locum (populum, gentes, etc.), to lay open a place, people, etc., i.e. to open an entrance to, render accessible (cf. patefacio);
most freq. in the histt., esp. in Tacitus: qui aperuerint armis orbem terrarum,
Liv. 42, 52; 42, 4:
Syriam,
Tac. A. 2, 70:
omnes terras fortibus viris natura aperuit,
id. H. 4, 64:
novas gentes,
id. Agr. 22:
gentes ac reges,
id. G. 1:
Britanniam tamdiu clausam aperit,
Mel. 3, 6, 4; Luc. 1, 465 Cort.:
Eoas,
id. 4, 352:
pelagus,
Val. Fl. 1, 169.—
C.
Transf. to mental objects, to disclose something unknown, to unveil, reveal, make known, unfold, to prove, demonstrate; or gen. to explain, recount, etc.:
occulta quaedam et quasi involuta aperiri,
Cic. Fin. 1, 9, 30:
explicanda est saepe verbis mens nostra de quāque re atque involutae rei notitia definiendo aperienda est,
id. Or. 33, 116:
alicui scripturas aperire,
Vulg. Luc. 24, 32:
tua probra aperibo omnia,
Plaut. Truc. 4, 2, 50: ne exspectetis argumentum fabulae;
hi partem aperient,
Ter. Ad. prol. 23:
non quo aperiret sententiam suam, sed etc.,
Cic. de Or. 1, 18, 84:
eo praesente conjurationem aperit,
Sall. C. 40, 6:
naturam et mores,
id. ib. 53 fin.; so id. ib. 45, 1; 47, 1; id. J. 33, 4:
lux fugam hostium aperuit,
Liv. 27, 2:
aperiri error poterat,
id. 26, 10:
casus aperire futuros,
to disclose the future, Ov. M. 15, 559:
futura aperit,
Tac. H. 2, 4.—So also, se aperire or aperiri, to reveal one's true disposition, character:
tum coacti necessario se aperiunt,
show themselves in their true light, Ter. And. 4, 1, 8:
studio aperimur in ipso,
Ov. A. A. 3, 371:
exspectandum, dum se ipsa res aperiret,
Nep. Paus. 3, 7; Quint. prooem. § 3.—Sometimes constr. with acc. and inf., a rel.-clause, or de:
cum jam directae in se prorae hostes appropinquare aperuissent,
Liv. 44, 28:
domino navis, quis sit, aperit,
Nep. Them. 8, 6; so id. Eum. 13, 3: de clementiā, Auct. ad Her. 2, 31.—In a gen. sense (freq. in epistt.) in Cic. Att. 5, 1, 2: de Oppio factum est, ut volui, et maxime, quod DCCC. aperuisti, you promised, i.e. that it should be paid to him (= ostendisti te daturum, Manut.); cf.
the more definite expression: de Oppio bene curāsti, quod ei DCCC. exposuisti,
id. ib. 5, 4, 3.—Hence, ăpertus, a, um, P. a.; pr., opened; hence, open, free.
A.
Lit.
1.
Without covering, open, uncovered (opp. tectus):
naves apertae,
without deck, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 40; Liv. 31, 22 fin.; cf. id. 32, 21, 14: centum tectae naves et quinquaginta leviores apertae, et saep.; v. navis.—Also, without covering or defence, unprotected, exposed:
locus,
Caes. B. C. 3, 84.— Poet., of the sky, clear, cloudless:
caelo invectus aperto,
Verg. A. 1, 155:
aether,
id. ib. 1, 587:
aperta serena prospicere,
id. G. 1, 393.—
2.
Unclosed, open, not shut (opp. clausus):
Janua cum per se transpectum praebet apertum,
since this affords an open view through it, Lucr. 4, 272:
oculi,
id. 4, 339:
oculorum lumine aperto,
id. 4, 1139 et saep.:
nihil tam clausum, neque tam reconditum, quod non istius cupiditati apertissimum promptissimumque esset,
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 20:
caelum patens atque apertum,
id. Div. 1, 1 (diff. from 1.); so Ov. M. 6, 693:
vidit caelos apertos,
Vulg. Marc. 1, 10:
apertus et propatulus locus,
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 49:
iter,
Liv. 31, 2:
apertior aditus ad moenia,
id. 9, 28:
campi,
id. 38, 3:
per apertum limitem (viae),
Tac. H. 3, 21; Ov. M. 1, 285:
fenestrae,
Vulg. Dan. 6, 10:
ostia,
ib. ib. 13, 39:
aequor,
Ov. M. 4, 527; so id. ib. 8, 165; 11, 555 et saep. — Poet., of a battle: nec aperti copia Martis Ulla fuit, an action in the open field, Ov. M. 13, 208.—Very freq. ăpertum, subst., that which is open, free; an open, clear space:
in aperto,
Lucr. 3, 604:
per apertum fugientes,
Hor. C, 3, 12, 10:
impetum ex aperto facerent,
Liv. 35, 5:
castra in aperto posita,
id. 1, 33; so id. 22, 4:
volantem in aperto,
Plin. 10, 8, 9, § 22:
in aperta prodeunt,
id. 8, 32, 50, § 117:
disjecit naves in aperta Oceani,
Tac. A. 2, 23.—
B.
Trop.
1.
a.. Opp. to that which is concealed, covered, dark, open, clear, plain, evident, manifest, unobstructed:
nam nihil aegrius est quam res secernere apertas ab dubiis,
nothing is, indeed, more difficult than to separate things that are evident from those that are doubtful, Lucr. 4, 467; so id. 4, 596; 1, 915; 5, 1062:
cum illum ex occultis insidiis in apertum latrocinium conjecimus,
Cic. Cat. 2, 1:
simultates partim obscurae, partim apertae,
id. Manil. 24:
quid enim potest esse tam apertum tamque perspicuum?
id. N. D. 2, 2, 4:
quid rem apertam suspectam facimus?
Liv. 41, 24:
non furtim, sed vi aperta,
id. 25, 24:
apertus animi motus,
Quint. 10, 3, 21:
invidia in occulto, adulatio in aperto,
Tac. H. 4, 4 et saep.—So, in rhet., of clear, intelligible discourse:
multo apertius ad intellegendum est, si, etc.... apertam enim narrationem tam esse oportet quam, etc.,
Cic. de Or. 2, 80, 328; cf. id. Inv. 1, 20.—Hence,
b.
Esp. as subst.: in aperto esse,
(α).
To be clear, evident, well known, notorious, en tôi phanerôi einai:
ad cognoscendum omnia illustria magis magisque in aperto,
Sall. J. 5, 3.—
(β).
To be easily practicable, easy, facile (the figure taken from an open field or space):
agere memoratu digna pronum magisque in aperto erat,
there was a greater inclination and a more open way to, Tac. Agr. 1:
hostes aggredi in aperto foret,
id. H. 3, 56:
vota virtusque in aperto omniaque prona victoribus,
id. Agr. 33.—
2.
Of character, without dissimulation, open, frank, candid:
animus apertus et simplex,
Cic. Fam. 1, 9; id. Off. 3, 13, 57:
pectus,
id. Lael. 26, 97. —Hence, ironically: ut semper fuit apertissimus, as he has always been very open, frank (for impudent, shameless), Cic. Mur. 35.—Hence, ăpertē, adv., openly, clearly, plainly.
I.
In gen.:
tam aperte irridens,
Ter. Phorm. 5, 8, 62:
ab illo aperte tecte quicquid est datum, libenter accepi,
Cic. Att. 1, 14, 4; id. Or. 12, 38; id. Am. 18, 67:
cum Fidenae aperte descissent,
Liv. 1, 27:
aperte quod venale habet ostendit,
Hor. S. 1, 2, 83:
aperte revelari,
Vulg. 1 Reg. 2, 27:
non jam secretis colloquiis, sed aperte fremere,
Tac. A. 11, 28:
aperte adulari,
Cic. Am. 26, 99:
aperte mentiri,
id. Ac. 2, 6, 18:
aperte pugnare, id. ap. Aquil. Rom. 10: aperte immundus est,
Vulg. Lev. 13, 26.— Comp.:
cum ipsum dolorem hic tulit paulo apertius,
Cic. Planc. 34; id. Att. 16, 3, 5; Curt. 6, 1, 11:
ab his proconsuli venenum inter epulas datum est apertius quam ut fallerent,
Tac. A. 13, 1.— Sup.:
hinc empta apertissime praetura,
Cic. Verr. 1, 100:
equite Romano per te apertissime interfecto,
id. Har. Resp. 30:
largiri,
id. ib. 56:
praedari,
id. Verr. 1, 130.—
II.
Esp. of what is set forth in words or writing, plainly, clearly, freely, without reserve:
nempe ergo aperte vis quae restant me loqui?
Ter. And. 1, 2, 24; id. Phorm. 4, 3, 49:
aperte indicat (lex) posse rationem habere non praesentis,
Cic. ad Brut. 1, 5, 3:
Non tu istuc mihi dictura aperte es, quicquid est?
Ter. Eun. 5, 1, 3:
narrare,
id. Heaut. 4, 3, 24:
scribere,
Cic. Fam. 5, 7, 3; Quint. 1, 5, 43.— Comp.:
Planius atque apertius dicam,
Cic. Rosc. Com. 14, 43:
distinguere,
Quint. 3, 6, 45.— Sup.:
istius injurias quam apertissime vobis planissimeque explicare,
Cic. Verr. 2, 64, 156:
aliquid apertissime ostendere,
Quint. 5, 12, 11.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > aperio
12 aperte

ăpĕrĭo, ĕrŭi, ertum, 4, v. a. ( fut. aperibo, Plaut. Truc. 4, 2, 50; Pompon. ap. Non. p. 506, 30) [ab-pario, to get from, take away from, i.e. to uncover, like the opp. operio, from obpario, to get for, to put upon, i. e. to cover; this is the old explanation, and is received by Corssen, Ausspr. I. p. 653; II. p. 410, and by Vanicek, p. 503], to uncover, make or lay bare.
I.
Lit.:
patinas,
Plaut. Ps. 3, 2, 51: apertae surae, Turp. ap. Non. p. 236, 16:
apertis lateribus,
Sisenn. ib. p. 236, 26:
capite aperto esse,
Varr. ib. p. 236, 25;
p. 236, 28: ut corporis partes quaedam aperiantur,
Cic. Off. 1, 35, 129:
caput aperuit,
id. Phil. 2, 31; Sall. H. Fragm. ap. Non. p. 236, 20:
capita,
Plin. 28, 6, 17, § 60:
aperto pectore,
Ov. M. 2, 339; and poet. transf. to the person:
apertae pectora matres,
id. ib. 13, 688:
ramum,
Verg. A. 6, 406 al. — Trop., to make visible, to show, reveal, Liv. 22, 6:
dispulsā nebulā diem aperuit,
id. 26, 17 (cf. just before:
densa nebula campos circa intexit): dies faciem victoriae,
Tac. Agr. 38:
lux aperuit bellum ducemque belli,
Liv. 3, 15:
novam aciem dies aperuit,
Tac. H. 4, 29:
his unda dehiscens Terram aperit,
opens to view, Verg. A. 1, 107.—From the intermediate idea of making visible,
II.
Metaph.
A.
1.. To unclose, open: aperto ex ostio Alti Acheruntis, Poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 16, 37:
aperite aliquis ostium,
Ter. Ad. 4, 4, 26; so id. Heaut. 2, 3, 35:
forem aperi,
id. Ad. 2, 1, 13:
fores,
id. Eun. 2, 2, 52; Ov. M. 10, 457; Suet. Aug. 82:
januas carceris,
Vulg. Act. 5, 19:
fenestram,
ib. Gen. 8, 6:
liquidas vias,
to open the liquid way, Lucr. 1, 373; so Verg. A. 11, 884:
sucum venis fundere apertis,
to pour out moisture from its open veins, Lucr. 5, 812:
saccum,
Vulg. Gen. 42, 27:
os,
ib. ib. 22, 28:
labia, ib. Job, 11, 5: oculos,
ib. Act. 9, 8:
accepi fasciculum, in quo erat epistula Piliae: abstuli, aperui, legi,
Cic. Att. 5, 11 fin.; so id. ib. 1, 13;
6, 3: aperire librum,
Vulg. Apoc. 5, 5; 20, 12:
testamentum,
Plin. 7, 52, 53, § 177 (cf.:
testamentum resignare,
Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 9); Suet. Caes. 83; id. Aug. 17:
sigillum aperire,
to break, Vulg. Apoc. 6, 3 al.:
ferro iter aperiundum est,
Sall. C. 58, 7:
locum... asylum,
to make it an asylum, Liv. 1, 8:
subterraneos specus,
Tac. G. 16:
navigantibus maria,
Plin. 2, 47, 47, § 122:
arbor florem aperit,
id. 12, 11, 23, § 40 et saep.: aperire parietem, to open a wall, in order to put a door or window in it, Dig. 8, 2, 40: alicui oculos aperire, to give sight to (after the Heb.), Vulg. Joan. 9, 10; 9, 14 al.; so,
aures aperire,
to restore hearing to, ib. Marc. 7, 35.—
2.
Trop.:
nec ita claudenda est res familiaris, ut eam benignitas aperire non possit,
Cic. Off. 2, 15, 54: amicitiae fores. id. Fam. 13, 10:
multus apertus cursus ad laudem,
id. Phil. 14, 6 fin.:
tibi virtus tua reditum ad tuos aperuit,
id. Fam. 6, 11:
philosophiae fontes,
id. Tusc. 1, 3, 6; id. Mil. 31, 85 et saep.: alicujus oculos aperire, to open one's eyes, make him discern (after the Heb.), Vulg. Gen. 3, 5; 3, 7; ib. Act. 26, 18; so,
alicujus cor aperire,
ib. ib. 16, 14: ventus [p. 136] incendio viam aperuit, Liv. 6, 2:
occasionem ad invadendum,
id. 4, 53; so id. 9, 27: si hanc fenestram aperueritis (i.e. if you enter upon the way of complaint), nihil aliud agi sinetis, Suet. Tib. 28 (cf. Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 72:
Quantam fenestram ad nequitiem patefeceris!): quia aperuisset gentibus ostium fidei,
Vulg. Act. 14, 27; ib. Col. 4, 3.— So of the new year, to open it, i.e. begin:
annum,
Verg. G. 1, 217:
contigit ergo privatis aperire annum (since the consul entered upon his office the first of January),
Plin. Pan. 58, 4 Gierig and Schaef.—So also of a school, to establish, set up, begin, or open it:
Dionysius tyrannus Corinthi dicitur ludum aperuisse,
Cic. Fam. 9, 18; so Suet. Gram. 16; id. Rhet. 4.— Poet.:
fuste aperire caput,
i.e. to cleave, split the head, Juv. 9, 98.—
B.
Aperire locum (populum, gentes, etc.), to lay open a place, people, etc., i.e. to open an entrance to, render accessible (cf. patefacio);
most freq. in the histt., esp. in Tacitus: qui aperuerint armis orbem terrarum,
Liv. 42, 52; 42, 4:
Syriam,
Tac. A. 2, 70:
omnes terras fortibus viris natura aperuit,
id. H. 4, 64:
novas gentes,
id. Agr. 22:
gentes ac reges,
id. G. 1:
Britanniam tamdiu clausam aperit,
Mel. 3, 6, 4; Luc. 1, 465 Cort.:
Eoas,
id. 4, 352:
pelagus,
Val. Fl. 1, 169.—
C.
Transf. to mental objects, to disclose something unknown, to unveil, reveal, make known, unfold, to prove, demonstrate; or gen. to explain, recount, etc.:
occulta quaedam et quasi involuta aperiri,
Cic. Fin. 1, 9, 30:
explicanda est saepe verbis mens nostra de quāque re atque involutae rei notitia definiendo aperienda est,
id. Or. 33, 116:
alicui scripturas aperire,
Vulg. Luc. 24, 32:
tua probra aperibo omnia,
Plaut. Truc. 4, 2, 50: ne exspectetis argumentum fabulae;
hi partem aperient,
Ter. Ad. prol. 23:
non quo aperiret sententiam suam, sed etc.,
Cic. de Or. 1, 18, 84:
eo praesente conjurationem aperit,
Sall. C. 40, 6:
naturam et mores,
id. ib. 53 fin.; so id. ib. 45, 1; 47, 1; id. J. 33, 4:
lux fugam hostium aperuit,
Liv. 27, 2:
aperiri error poterat,
id. 26, 10:
casus aperire futuros,
to disclose the future, Ov. M. 15, 559:
futura aperit,
Tac. H. 2, 4.—So also, se aperire or aperiri, to reveal one's true disposition, character:
tum coacti necessario se aperiunt,
show themselves in their true light, Ter. And. 4, 1, 8:
studio aperimur in ipso,
Ov. A. A. 3, 371:
exspectandum, dum se ipsa res aperiret,
Nep. Paus. 3, 7; Quint. prooem. § 3.—Sometimes constr. with acc. and inf., a rel.-clause, or de:
cum jam directae in se prorae hostes appropinquare aperuissent,
Liv. 44, 28:
domino navis, quis sit, aperit,
Nep. Them. 8, 6; so id. Eum. 13, 3: de clementiā, Auct. ad Her. 2, 31.—In a gen. sense (freq. in epistt.) in Cic. Att. 5, 1, 2: de Oppio factum est, ut volui, et maxime, quod DCCC. aperuisti, you promised, i.e. that it should be paid to him (= ostendisti te daturum, Manut.); cf.
the more definite expression: de Oppio bene curāsti, quod ei DCCC. exposuisti,
id. ib. 5, 4, 3.—Hence, ăpertus, a, um, P. a.; pr., opened; hence, open, free.
A.
Lit.
1.
Without covering, open, uncovered (opp. tectus):
naves apertae,
without deck, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 40; Liv. 31, 22 fin.; cf. id. 32, 21, 14: centum tectae naves et quinquaginta leviores apertae, et saep.; v. navis.—Also, without covering or defence, unprotected, exposed:
locus,
Caes. B. C. 3, 84.— Poet., of the sky, clear, cloudless:
caelo invectus aperto,
Verg. A. 1, 155:
aether,
id. ib. 1, 587:
aperta serena prospicere,
id. G. 1, 393.—
2.
Unclosed, open, not shut (opp. clausus):
Janua cum per se transpectum praebet apertum,
since this affords an open view through it, Lucr. 4, 272:
oculi,
id. 4, 339:
oculorum lumine aperto,
id. 4, 1139 et saep.:
nihil tam clausum, neque tam reconditum, quod non istius cupiditati apertissimum promptissimumque esset,
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 20:
caelum patens atque apertum,
id. Div. 1, 1 (diff. from 1.); so Ov. M. 6, 693:
vidit caelos apertos,
Vulg. Marc. 1, 10:
apertus et propatulus locus,
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 49:
iter,
Liv. 31, 2:
apertior aditus ad moenia,
id. 9, 28:
campi,
id. 38, 3:
per apertum limitem (viae),
Tac. H. 3, 21; Ov. M. 1, 285:
fenestrae,
Vulg. Dan. 6, 10:
ostia,
ib. ib. 13, 39:
aequor,
Ov. M. 4, 527; so id. ib. 8, 165; 11, 555 et saep. — Poet., of a battle: nec aperti copia Martis Ulla fuit, an action in the open field, Ov. M. 13, 208.—Very freq. ăpertum, subst., that which is open, free; an open, clear space:
in aperto,
Lucr. 3, 604:
per apertum fugientes,
Hor. C, 3, 12, 10:
impetum ex aperto facerent,
Liv. 35, 5:
castra in aperto posita,
id. 1, 33; so id. 22, 4:
volantem in aperto,
Plin. 10, 8, 9, § 22:
in aperta prodeunt,
id. 8, 32, 50, § 117:
disjecit naves in aperta Oceani,
Tac. A. 2, 23.—
B.
Trop.
1.
a.. Opp. to that which is concealed, covered, dark, open, clear, plain, evident, manifest, unobstructed:
nam nihil aegrius est quam res secernere apertas ab dubiis,
nothing is, indeed, more difficult than to separate things that are evident from those that are doubtful, Lucr. 4, 467; so id. 4, 596; 1, 915; 5, 1062:
cum illum ex occultis insidiis in apertum latrocinium conjecimus,
Cic. Cat. 2, 1:
simultates partim obscurae, partim apertae,
id. Manil. 24:
quid enim potest esse tam apertum tamque perspicuum?
id. N. D. 2, 2, 4:
quid rem apertam suspectam facimus?
Liv. 41, 24:
non furtim, sed vi aperta,
id. 25, 24:
apertus animi motus,
Quint. 10, 3, 21:
invidia in occulto, adulatio in aperto,
Tac. H. 4, 4 et saep.—So, in rhet., of clear, intelligible discourse:
multo apertius ad intellegendum est, si, etc.... apertam enim narrationem tam esse oportet quam, etc.,
Cic. de Or. 2, 80, 328; cf. id. Inv. 1, 20.—Hence,
b.
Esp. as subst.: in aperto esse,
(α).
To be clear, evident, well known, notorious, en tôi phanerôi einai:
ad cognoscendum omnia illustria magis magisque in aperto,
Sall. J. 5, 3.—
(β).
To be easily practicable, easy, facile (the figure taken from an open field or space):
agere memoratu digna pronum magisque in aperto erat,
there was a greater inclination and a more open way to, Tac. Agr. 1:
hostes aggredi in aperto foret,
id. H. 3, 56:
vota virtusque in aperto omniaque prona victoribus,
id. Agr. 33.—
2.
Of character, without dissimulation, open, frank, candid:
animus apertus et simplex,
Cic. Fam. 1, 9; id. Off. 3, 13, 57:
pectus,
id. Lael. 26, 97. —Hence, ironically: ut semper fuit apertissimus, as he has always been very open, frank (for impudent, shameless), Cic. Mur. 35.—Hence, ăpertē, adv., openly, clearly, plainly.
I.
In gen.:
tam aperte irridens,
Ter. Phorm. 5, 8, 62:
ab illo aperte tecte quicquid est datum, libenter accepi,
Cic. Att. 1, 14, 4; id. Or. 12, 38; id. Am. 18, 67:
cum Fidenae aperte descissent,
Liv. 1, 27:
aperte quod venale habet ostendit,
Hor. S. 1, 2, 83:
aperte revelari,
Vulg. 1 Reg. 2, 27:
non jam secretis colloquiis, sed aperte fremere,
Tac. A. 11, 28:
aperte adulari,
Cic. Am. 26, 99:
aperte mentiri,
id. Ac. 2, 6, 18:
aperte pugnare, id. ap. Aquil. Rom. 10: aperte immundus est,
Vulg. Lev. 13, 26.— Comp.:
cum ipsum dolorem hic tulit paulo apertius,
Cic. Planc. 34; id. Att. 16, 3, 5; Curt. 6, 1, 11:
ab his proconsuli venenum inter epulas datum est apertius quam ut fallerent,
Tac. A. 13, 1.— Sup.:
hinc empta apertissime praetura,
Cic. Verr. 1, 100:
equite Romano per te apertissime interfecto,
id. Har. Resp. 30:
largiri,
id. ib. 56:
praedari,
id. Verr. 1, 130.—
II.
Esp. of what is set forth in words or writing, plainly, clearly, freely, without reserve:
nempe ergo aperte vis quae restant me loqui?
Ter. And. 1, 2, 24; id. Phorm. 4, 3, 49:
aperte indicat (lex) posse rationem habere non praesentis,
Cic. ad Brut. 1, 5, 3:
Non tu istuc mihi dictura aperte es, quicquid est?
Ter. Eun. 5, 1, 3:
narrare,
id. Heaut. 4, 3, 24:
scribere,
Cic. Fam. 5, 7, 3; Quint. 1, 5, 43.— Comp.:
Planius atque apertius dicam,
Cic. Rosc. Com. 14, 43:
distinguere,
Quint. 3, 6, 45.— Sup.:
istius injurias quam apertissime vobis planissimeque explicare,
Cic. Verr. 2, 64, 156:
aliquid apertissime ostendere,
Quint. 5, 12, 11.

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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.

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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 dicta
15 medius

mĕdĭus, a, um, adj. [Sanscr. madhya, the same; Gr. mesos; Angl. - Sax. midd; Germ. Mitte; cf. dimidius, meridies (medi-), etc.], that is in the middle or midst, mid, middle (class.).
I.
Adj.
A.
Lit.:
terra complexa medium mundi locum,
Cic. Rep. 6, 18, 18; cf. id. ib. 6, 17, 17:
medium mundi locum petere,
id. Tusc. 5, 24, 69:
versus aeque prima, et media, et extrema pars attenditur,
id. de Or. 3, 50, 192:
ultimum, proximum, medium tempus,
id. Prov. Cons. 18, 43:
in foro medio,
in the midst of the forum, Plaut. Curc. 4, 1, 14; Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 3, 6; cf.:
medio foro,
in the open forum, Suet. Claud. 18 al.:
in solio medius consedit,
sat in the middle, Ov. F. 3, 359; Verg. A. 7, 169:
considit scopulo medius,
id. G. 4, 436:
concilio medius sedebat,
Ov. M. 10, 144:
ignes,
Verg. A. 12, 201:
medio tempore,
in the meantime, meanwhile, Suet. Caes. 76: vinum novum, vetus, medium, i. e. neither old nor new, Varr. ap. Gell. 13, 31, 14:
cum plenus fluctu medius foret alveus,
full to the middle, Juv. 12, 30.—With dat.:
Peloponnesii Megaram, mediam Corintho Athenisque urbem, condidere,
midway between Corinth and Athens, Vell. 1, 2, 4.—With abl.:
si medius Polluce et Castore ponar,
between, Ov. Am. 2, 16, 13.—With inter:
cum inter bellum et pacem medium nihil sit,
there is no medium, no middle course between, Cic. Phil. 8, 1, 4:
inter quos numeros duo medii inveniuntur (sc. numeri),
Mart. Cap. 7, § 737.—With gen.:
locus medius regionum earum,
half-way between, Caes. B. G. 4, 19:
locus medius juguli summique lacerti,
between, Ov. M. 6, 409; 5, 564:
et medius juvenum ibat,
id. F. 5, 67:
medius silentūm,
Stat. Th. 4, 683.—With ex:
medius ex tribus,
Sall. J. 11, 3:
medium arripere aliquem,
to seize one by the middle, around the body, Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 18:
juvenem medium complectitur,
Liv. 23, 9, 9:
Alcides medium tenuit,
held him fast by the middle, Luc. 4, 652:
medium ostendere unguem,
to point with the middle finger, Juv. 10, 53.—
2.
Transf., half (ante- and postclass.):
hieme demunt cibum medium,
half their food, Varr. R. R. 3, 7, 9:
scrupulum croci,
Pall. Jan. 18: aurum... Italicis totum, medium provincialibus reddidit, Capitol. Anton. Pius, 4 fin. —
B.
Trop., of the middle, not very great or small, middling, medial, moderate.
1.
Of age:
aetatis mediae vir,
of middle age, Phaedr. 2, 2, 3.—
2.
Of plans, purposes, etc.:
nihil medium, nec spem nec curam, sed immensa omnia volventes animo,
Liv. 2, 49, 5:
medium quiddam tenere,
Plin. Ep. 4, 9, 9.—
3.
Of intellect:
eloquentiā medius,
middling, tolerable, Vell. 2, 29, 2:
ingenium,
moderate, Tac. H. 1, 49.—
4.
Undetermined, undecided:
medios esse,
i. e. neutral, Cic. Att. 10, 8, 4:
medium se gerere,
Liv. 2, 27:
se dubium mediumque partibus praestitit,
Vell. 2, 21, 1; cf.:
responsum,
indefinite, ambiguous, Liv. 39, 39: vocabula, that can be taken in a good or bad sense, ambiguous, Gell. 12, 9, 1. —
5.
Indifferent, not imperative: officium, a duty which is not distinctly enjoined by the moral law, but is sustained by preponderant reasoning:
medium officium id esse dicunt (Graeci) quod cur factum sit, ratio probabilis reddi possit,
Cic. Off. 1, 3, 8; cf.:
ex quo intellegitur, officium medium quiddam esse, quod neque in bonis ponatur neque in contrariis,
id. Fin. 3, 17, 58; cf.
sqq. and Madv. ad loc.: artes,
which in themselves are neither good nor bad, indifferent, Quint. 2, 20, 1.—
6.
Intermediate:
medium erat in Anco ingenium, et Numae et Romuli memor,
of a middle kind, resembling each in some degree, Liv. 1, 32, 4:
nihil habet ista res (actoris) medium, sed aut lacrimas meretur aut risum,
Quint. 6, 1, 45:
ille jam paene medius adfectus est ex amoribus et desideriis amicorum,
Quint. 6, 2, 17.—Hence, as subst.: mĕdĭus, i, m., one who stands or comes between, a mediator:
medium sese offert,
as a mediator, Verg. A. 7, 536:
pacator mediusque Syphax,
Sil. 16, 222:
pacis eras mediusque belli,
arbiter, Hor. C. 2, 19, 28; cf.:
nunc mediis subeant irrita verba deis,
oaths in which the gods were called upon to be mediators, Ov. R. Am. 678.—
7.
Central, with ex or in:
ex factione media consul,
fully committed to it, Sall. H. 3, 61, 8;
so (nearly = intimus), viros fortīs et magnanimos eosdem bonos et simplicīs... esse volumus: quae sunt ex media laude justititiae,
these qualities are clearly among those which make uprightness praiseworthy, Cic. Off. 1, 19, 63:
partitiones oratoriae, quae e media illa nostra Academia effloruerunt,
id. Part. Or. 40, 139:
ingressio e media philosophia repetita est,
id. Or. 3, 11; id. Leg. 2, 21, 53:
in medio maerore et dolore,
id. Tusc. 4, 29, 63; id. Q. Fr. 2, 15, 1:
in media dimicatione,
the hottest of the fight, Suet. Aug. 10; cf.:
in medio ardore certaminis,
Curt. 8, 4, 27:
in media solitudine,
the most profound, Sen. Brev. Vit. 12, 2:
in mediis divitiis,
in abundant wealth, id. Vit. Beat. 26, 1:
in medio robore virium,
Liv. 28, 35, 6:
in medio ardore belli,
id. 24, 45, 4:
in media reipublicae luce,
the full blaze of public life, Quint. 1, 2, 18:
media inter pocula,
Juv. 8, 217.—Hence,
II.
Subst.: mĕdĭum, ii, n., the middle, midst.
A.
Lit.
1.
Of space (very rare in Cic.):
in medio aedium sedens,
Liv. 1, 57, 9:
maris,
id. 31, 45, 11; for which, without in, medio aedium eburneis sellis sedere, id. 5, 41, 2:
medio viae ponere,
id. 37, 13, 10:
in agmine in primis modo, modo in postremis, saepe in medio adesse,
Sall. J. 45, 2; for which, without in, medio sextam legionem constituit, Tac. A. 13, 38:
medio montium porrigitur planities,
id. ib. 1, 64:
medio stans hostia ad aras,
Verg. G. 3, 486:
medio tutissimus ibis,
Ov. M. 2, 137:
in medium geminos immani pondere caestus Projecit,
Verg. A. 5, 401:
in medium sarcinas coniciunt,
Liv. 10, 36, 1; 13:
equitatus consulem in medium acceptum, armis protegens, in castra reduxit,
id. 21, 46, 9.— Trop.:
tamquam arbiter honorarius medium ferire voluisse,
to cut through the middle, Cic. Fat. 17, 39:
intacta invidiā media sunt, ad summa ferme tendit,
Liv. 45, 35.—
2.
Of time:
diei,
Liv. 27, 48:
medio temporis,
in the meantime, meanwhile, Tac. A. 13, 28; cf.:
nec longum in medio tempus, cum,
the interval, Verg. A. 9, 395; Ov. M. 4, 167; Plin. Ep. 7, 27, 13.—
B.
Transf.
1.
The midst of all, the presence of all, the public, the community (class.):
in medio omnibus palma est posita, qui artem tractant musicam,
lies open to all, Ter. Phorm. prol. 16:
tabulae sunt in medio,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 42, § 104:
rem totam in medio ponere,
publicly, id. ib. 2, 1, 11, §
29: ponam in medio sententias philosophorum,
id. N. D. 1, 6, 13:
dicendi ratio in medio posita,
lies open to all, id. de Or. 1, 3, 12:
rem in medium proferre,
to publish, make known, id. Fam. 15, 27, 6: vocare in medium, before the public, before a public tribunal:
rem in medium vocare coeperunt,
id. Clu. 28, 77:
in medio relinquere,
to leave it to the public, leave it undecided, id. Cael. 20, 48; Sall. C. 19, 16: pellere e medio, to expel, reject, Enn. ap. Cic. Mur. 14, 30 (Ann. v. 272 Vahl.); Cic. Off. 3, 8, 37:
cum jacentia verba sustulimus e medio,
adopt words from the people, common words, id. de Or. 3, 45, 177; cf.: munda sed e medio consuetaque verba puellae Scribite, Ov. A. A. 3, 479: tollere de medio, to do away with, abolish:
litteras,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 71, § 176: tollere de medio, to put out of the way, cut off, destroy:
hominem,
id. Rosc. Am. 7, 20:
de medio removere,
to put out of sight, id. ib. 8, 23: e medio excedere or abire, to leave the world, to die:
e medio excessit,
she is dead, Ter. Phorm. 5, 7, 74:
ea mortem obiit, e medio abiit,
id. ib. 5, 8, 30:
tollite lumen e medio,
Juv. 9, 106: recedere de medio, to go away, retire, withdraw:
cur te mihi offers? recede de medio,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 38, 112:
in medio esse,
to be present, Ter. Ad. 3, 5, 32:
in medium venire or procedere,
to appear, come forward, show one's self in public, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 71, § 175: in medium, before the public, for the public, for the community:
communes utilitates in medium afferre,
id. Off. 1, 7, 22:
consulere in medium,
to care for the public good, for the good of all, Verg. A. 11, 335;
so opp. separantem suas res a publicis,
Liv. 24, 22, 14 sq.; 26, 12, 7:
quaerere,
to make acquisitions for the use of all, Verg. G. 1, 127: cedere, to fall or devolve to the community, Tac. H. 4, 64:
conferre laudem,
i. e. so that all may have a share of it, Liv. 6, 6:
dare,
to communicate for the use of all, Ov. M. 15, 66:
in medium conferre, in gaming,
to put down, put in the pool, Suet. Aug. 71: in medio, for sub dio, in the open air:
scorpios fugari posse, si aliqui ex eis urantur in medio,
Pall. 1, 35, 12.—
2.
A half (ante-class. and post-Aug.):
scillae medium conterunt cum aqua,
Varr. R. R. 2, 7:
scrobem ad medium completo,
Col. Arb. 4, 5.—Hence,
III.
Adv.: mĕdĭē, in the middle, in a middling degree, moderately, tolerably (except once in Tac. only post-class.):
qui noluerant medie,
kept quiet, remained neutral, Tac. H. 1, 19:
nec plane optimi, nec oppido deterrimi sunt, sed quasi medie morati,
App. Dogm. Plat. 2, p. 22, 23; Eutr. 7, 13; Lact. 6, 15 fin.:
ortus medie humilis,
Aur. Vict. Caes. 20.—
2.
Indefinitely, Ambros. in Luc. 8, 17, 34.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > medius
16 rumpo

rumpo, rūpi, ruptum ( inf. paragog. rumpier, Afran. Com. 127), 3, v. a. [root rup], to break, burst, tear, rend, rive, rupture; to break asunder, burst in pieces, force open, etc. (very freq. and class.; a favorite word of the Aug. poets; cf. frango).
I.
Lit.: SI MEMBRVM RVPIT NI CVM EO PACIT TALIO ESTO, Lex XII. Tab. ap. Fest. S. V. TALIO, p. 274; and ap. Gell. 20, 1, 14; cf. Cato ap. Prisc. p. 710 P.:
vincula,
Lucr. 3, 83; Cic. Cat. 4, 4, 8; id. Tusc. 1, 30, 74; Prop. 4, 10, 4; Verg. A. 10, 233 al.:
catenas,
Prop. 3, 13, 11; Hor. S. 2, 7, 70; Ov. Am. 3, 11, 3:
frena pudoris,
Prop. 4, 18, 3:
obstantia claustra,
Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 9:
teretes plagas (aper),
id. C. 1, 1, 28:
pontem,
to break down, Liv. 7, 9; cf.:
rupti torrentibus pontes,
Quint. 2, 13, 16:
montem aceto (Hannibal),
Juv. 10, 153:
Alpes,
Sil. 11, 135:
arcum,
Phaedr. 3, 14, 10:
plumbum (aqua),
Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 20:
carinam (sinus Noto remugiens),
id. Epod. 10, 20:
tenta cubilia tectaque,
id. ib. 12, 12:
vestes,
Ov. M. 6, 131; cf.:
tenues a pectore vestes,
id. A. A. 3, 707:
sinus pariterque capillos,
id. M. 10, 722:
linum ruptum aut turbata cera,
Quint. 12, 8, 13:
praecordia ferro,
to penetrate, Ov. M. 6, 251; 5, 36; cf.:
guttura cultro,
to cut, id. ib. 15, 465:
colla securi,
id. ib. 12, 249:
nubem (vis venti),
to sunder, rive, Lucr. 6, 432:
fulmen nubes rumpit,
Sen. Q. N. 2, 58, 1:
spiritus rumpit nubes,
id. ib. 2, 54, 3:
ruptae nubes et in pronum solutae,
id. ib. 5, 12, 1:
caelum,
Sil. 3, 196:
polum,
id. 1, 135: turbo ruptus, breaking or bursting forth, Verg. A. 2, 416 et saep.:
tuā causā rupi ramices,
burst, ruptured, Plaut. Merc. 1, 2, 30:
suos ramices,
id. Poen. 3, 1, 37:
inflatas vesiculas,
Cic. Div. 2, 14, 33:
pectora fremitu (leones),
Lucr. 3, 297:
illius immensae ruperunt horrea messes,
filled to repletion, Verg. G. 1, 49; Col. 10, 307:
frugibus rupta congestis horrea,
Sid. 1, 6:
ilia,
Cat. 11, 20; 80, 7; Verg. E. 7, 26; cf. with a personal object:
rupit Iarbitam Timagenis aemula lingua, Dum, etc.,
Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 15.—Esp. reflexively, to burst or split one ' s self, to burst, split, etc.:
me rupi causā currendo tuā,
Plaut. Merc. 1, 2, 43; id. Capt. prol. 14; Lucil. ap. Non. 88, 11; 382, 23:
ut me ambulando rumperet,
Ter. Hec. 3, 4, 21:
non, si te ruperis, Par eris,
Hor. S. 2, 3, 319.— Mid.: ego misera risu clandestino rumpier, to burst, split, Afran. ap. Non. 382, 21 (Com. Rel. p. 154 Rib.); so,
frigidus in pratis cantando rumpitur anguis,
Verg. E. 8, 71:
quā (licentiā audacium) ante rumpebar, nunc ne movear quidem,
could have burst, Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 9, 1:
et inflatas rumpi vesiculas,
id. Div. 2, 14, 33; cf.:
rumpantur iniqui, Vicimus,
Prop. 1, 8, 27:
miser Rumperis (sc. irā) et latras,
Hor. S. 1, 3, 136: rumpere viam, iter, etc., to force a passage, make one ' s way by force: ferro rumpenda per hostes Est via, a passage must be burst or forced through, Verg. A. 10, 372; cf.:
eo nisi corporibus armisque rupere cuneo viam,
Liv. 2, 50:
rupta via,
Quint. 9, 4, 63:
viam igne,
Stat. Th. 8, 469:
iter ferro,
Sil. 4, 196 (with reserare viam);
15, 782: Alpes,
id. 11, 135:
rupto sonuit sacer aequore Titan,
Val. Fl. 2, 37:
cursus,
id. ib. 1, 3; Sil. 7, 568 et saep.:
rumpere media agmina,
to burst through, break through, Verg. A. 12, 683; cf.:
proelia misso equo,
Prop. 3, 11, 64 (4, 10, 62):
ruptā mersum caput obruit undā,
Ov. M. 11, 569:
mediam aciem,
Liv. 26, 5:
pugnantibus acies rumpenda,
Just. 1, 6, 11:
ordines,
Liv. 6, 13:
aditus,
Verg. A. 2, 494:
parvos hiatus,
Sil. 5, 616:
fontem,
to break open, cause to break forth, Ov. M. 5, 257:
fontes abyssae magnae,
Vulg. Gen. 7, 11: se rumpere, to break out, burst forth ( = erumpere):
ubi sub lucem densa inter nubila sese Diversi rumpent radii,
Verg. G. 1, 446:
tantus se nubibus imber Ruperat,
id. A. 11, 548:
unde altus primum se erumpit Enipeus,
id. G. 4, 368; so,
rumpi, in mid. force: dum amnes ulli rumpuntur fontibus,
id. ib. 3, 428:
alicui reditum,
to cut off, Hor. Epod. 13, 15.— Absol.: offendit, fregit, rumpit, icit poculo, wounds, Afran. ap. Non. 124, 6 (Com. Rel. p. 173 Rib.); so, si quis rumpet occidetve insciens ne fraus esto, an ancient form of rogation in Liv. 22, 10, 5; cf. Dig. 9, 2, 27, § 17. —
II.
Trop., to break, violate, destroy, annul, make void, interrupt, etc.:
hunc quisquam... foedera scientem neglexisse, violasse, rupisse dicere audebit?
Cic. Balb. 5, 13; so,
foedera,
Lucr. 2, 254; Auct. Her. 4, 14, 20; Liv. 9, 1; 21, 10; Hor. Ep. 1, 3, 35:
foedus,
Liv. 3, 25, 5; 42, 40, 3:
imperium,
Curt. 10, 2, 15; Tac. A. 13, 36; id. H. 3, 19:
sacramenti religionem,
Liv. 28, 27:
reverentiam sacramenti,
Tac. H. 1, 12:
fidem induciarum, pacis, etc.,
Liv. 9, 40 fin.; 24, 29; Verg. G. 4, 213; Flor. 4, 2, 16:
jus gentium,
Liv. 4, 17:
hostium jus et sacra legationis et fas gentium,
Tac. A. 1, 42:
rogationes vos rogatas rumpitis,
Plaut. Curc. 4, 2, 24:
edicta,
Hor. C. 4, 15, 22:
decreta,
Ov. M. 15, 780:
leges,
Luc. 4, 175:
constat, agnascendo rumpi testamentum,
is made void, Cic. de Or. 1, 57, 241; cf.:
jura testamentorum ruptorum aut ratorum,
id. ib. 1, 38, 173:
nuptias,
Hor. C. 1, 15, 7:
amores,
Verg. A. 4, 292:
condiciones pacis,
Vell. 2, 48, 5:
obsequium,
Suet. Galb. 16:
fata aspera,
Verg. A. 6, 882:
fati necessitatem humanis consiliis,
Liv. 1, 42:
ne me e somno excitetis et rumpatis visum,
break in upon, interrupt, Cic. Rep. 6, 12, 12; so,
somnum,
Verg. A. 7, 458; cf. Sen. Ep. 51, 12:
sacra,
Verg. A. 8, 110:
carmina,
Tib. 2, 3, 20:
novissima verba,
Ov. A. A. 1, 539:
ut vero amplexus fessi rupere supremos,
Val. Fl. 5, 32:
strepitu silentia rumpi,
Lucr. 4, 583:
silentia (verbis),
Verg. A. 10, 64; Ov. M. 1, 208; 11, 598; Hor. Epod. 5, 85; Val. Fl. 3, 509; Plin. Pan. 55, 4:
diutinum silentium,
App. M. 10, p. 239, 14:
taciturnitatem,
Tac. A. 1, 74:
patientiam,
Suet. Tib. 24:
en age, segnes Rumpe moras,
break off, end delay, Verg. G. 3, 43; so,
rumpe moras,
id. A. 4, 569; 9, 13; Ov. M. 15, 583 Bach, N. cr.; Val. Fl. 1, 306; Mart. 2, 64, 9; Plin. Ep. 5, 11, 2; cf.:
rumpunt moras,
Luc. 1, 264:
otia,
Verg. A. 6, 813.— Poet.: rumpit has imo pectore voces, breaks forth, breaks out in, gives vent to, utters, etc., Verg. A. 11, 377; so,
vocem,
id. ib. 2, 129; 3, 246; Sil. 8, 301; Tac. A. 6, 20:
questus,
Verg. A. 4, 553; Claud. Rapt. Pros. 2, 249:
gemitum,
Sil. 4, 458.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > rumpo
17 experior

ex-pĕrĭor, pertus ( act. experiero, Varr. L. L. 8, 9, 24 dub.), 4, v. dep. a. [ex- and root per-; Sanscr. par-, pi-parmi, conduct; Gr. peraô, pass through; poros, passage; peira, experience; Lat. porta, portus, peritus, periculum; Germ. fahren, erfahren; Eng. fare, ferry], to try a thing; viz., either by way of testing or of attempting it.
I.
To try, prove, put to the test.
A.
In tempp. praes. constr. with the acc., a rel. clause, or absol.
(α).
With acc.:
habuisse aiunt domi (venenum), vimque ejus esse expertum in servo quodam ad eam rem ipsam parato,
Cic. Cael. 24, 58:
taciturnitatem nostram,
id. Brut. 65, 231:
amorem alicujus,
id. Att. 16, 16, C, 1:
his persuaserant, uti eandem belli fortunam experirentur,
Caes. B. G. 2, 16, 3:
judicium discipulorum,
Quint. 2, 5, 12:
in quo totas vires suas eloquentia experiretur,
id. 10, 1, 109:
imperium,
Liv. 2, 59, 4:
cervi cornua ad arbores subinde experientes,
Plin. 8, 32, 50, § 117 et saep.—
With a personal object: vin' me experiri?
make trial of me, Plaut. Merc. 4, 4, 29:
hanc experiamur,
Ter. Hec. 5, 2, 12 Ruhnk.:
tum se denique errasse sentiunt, cum eos (amicos) gravis aliquis casus experiri cogit,
Cic. Lael. 22, 84:
in periclitandis experiendisque pueris,
id. Div. 2, 46, 97.—So with se. reflex., to make trial of one's powers in any thing:
se heroo (versu),
Plin. Ep. 7, 4, 3 [p. 694] variis se studiorum generibus, id. ib. 9, 29, 1:
se in foro,
Quint. 12, 11, 16.—
(β).
With a rel.-clause, ut, etc.: vosne velit an me regnare era quidve ferat Fors, Virtute experiamur, Enn. ap. Cic. Off. 1, 12, 38 (Ann. v. 204, ed. Vahl.):
lubet experiri, quo evasuru'st denique,
Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 93:
experiri libet, quantum audeatis,
Liv. 25, 38, 11; cf. Nep. Alcib. 1, 1:
in me ipso experior, ut exalbescam, etc.,
Cic. de Or. 1, 26, 121; cf. with si:
expertique simul, si tela artusque sequantur,
Val. Fl. 5, 562.—
(γ).
Absol.:
experiendo magis quam discendo cognovi,
Cic. Fam. 1, 7, 10:
judicare difficile est sane nisi expertum: experiendum autem est in ipsa amicitia: ita praecurrit amicitia judicium tollitque experiendi potestatem,
id. Lael. 17, 62.—
B.
In the tempp. perf., to have tried, tested, experienced, i. e. to find or know by experience:
benignitatem tuam me experto praedicas,
Plaut. Merc. 2, 2, 18:
omnia quae dico de Plancio, dico expertus in nobis,
Cic. Planc. 9, 22:
experti scire debemus, etc.,
id. Mil. 26, 69:
illud tibi expertus promitto,
id. Fam. 13, 9, 3:
dicam tibi, Catule, non tam doctus, quam, id quod est majus, expertus,
id. de Or. 2, 17, 72:
puellae jam virum expertae,
Hor. C. 3, 14, 11; 4, 4, 3; cf. Quint. 6, 5, 7:
mala captivitatis,
Sulp. Sev. 2, 22, 5:
id opera expertus sum esse ita,
Plaut. Bacch. 3, 2, 3:
expertus sum prodesse,
Quint. 2, 4, 13:
expertus, juvenem praelongos habuisse sermones,
id. 10, 3, 32:
ut frequenter experti sumus,
id. 1, 12, 11.—
Rarely in other tenses: et exorabile numen Fortasse experiar,
may find, Juv. 13, 103.—
C.
To make trial of, in a hostile sense, to measure strength with, to contend with:
ut interire quam Romanos non experiri mallet,
Nep. Ham. 4, 3:
maritimis moribus mecum experitur,
Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 11:
ipsi duces cominus invicem experti,
Flor. 3, 21, 7; 4, 10, 1; cf.:
hos cum Suevi, multis saepe bellis experti, finibus expellere non potuissent,
Caes. B. G. 4, 3, 4:
Turnum in armis,
Verg. A. 7, 434.
II.
To undertake, to attempt, to make trial of, undergo, experience a thing.
A.
In gen.:
qui desperatione debilitati experiri id nolent, quod se assequi posse diffidant. Sed par est omnes omnia experiri, qui, etc.,
Cic. Or. 1, 4; cf.:
istuc primum experiar,
Plaut. Truc. 2, 7, 47:
omnia experiri certum est, priusquam pereo,
Ter. And. 2, 1, 11:
omnia prius quam, etc.,
Caes. B. G. 7, 78, 1:
extrema omnia,
Sall. C. 26, 5; cf.
also: sese omnia de pace expertum,
Caes. B. C. 3, 57, 2:
libertatem,
i. e. to make use of, enjoy, Sall. J. 31, 5:
late fusum opus est et multiplex, etc.... dicere experiar,
Quint. 2, 13, 17:
quod quoniam me saepius rogas, aggrediar, non tam perficiundi spe quam experiundi voluntate,
Cic. Or. 1, 2.—With ut and subj.:
nunc si vel periculose experiundum erit, experiar certe, ut hinc avolem,
Cic. Att. 9, 10, 3:
experiri, ut sine armis propinquum ad officium reduceret,
Nep. Dat. 2, 3.—
B.
In partic., jurid. t. t., to try or test by law, to go to law:
aut intra parietes aut summo jure experietur,
Cic. Quint. 11, 38; cf.:
in jus vocare est juris experiundi causa vocare,
Dig. 2, 4, 1; 47, 8, 4:
a me diem petivit: ego experiri non potui: latitavit,
Cic. Quint. 23, 75; Liv. 40, 29, 11:
sua propria bona malaque, cum causae dicendae data facultas sit, tum se experturum,
Liv. 3, 56, 10:
postulare ut judicium populi Romani experiri (liceat),
id. ib. —Hence,
1.
expĕrĭens, entis, P. a. (acc. to II.), experienced, enterprising, active, industrious (class.):
homo gnavus et industrius, experientissimus ac diligentissimus arator,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 21, § 53:
promptus homo et experiens,
id. ib. 2, 4, 17, §
37: vir fortis et experiens,
id. Clu. 8, 23:
vir acer et experiens,
Liv. 6, 34, 4:
comes experientis Ulixei,
Ov. M. 14, 159:
ingenium,
id. Am. 1, 9, 32. —With gen.:
genus experiens laborum,
inured to, patient of, Ov. M. 1, 414:
rei militaris experientissimi duces,
Arn. 2, 38 init.; cf. Vulg. 2 Macc. 8, 9.— Comp. appears not to occur.—
2.
expertus, a, um, P. a. (acc. to I.), in pass. signif., tried, proved, known by experience (freq. after the Aug. per.):
vir acer et pro causa plebis expertae virtutis,
Liv. 3, 44, 3:
per omnia expertus,
id. 1, 34, 12:
indignitates homines expertos,
id. 24, 22, 2:
dulcedo libertatis,
id. 1, 17, 3:
industria,
Suet. Vesp. 4:
artes,
Tac. A. 3, 17: saevitia, Prop. 1, 3, 18:
confidens ostento sibi expertissimo,
Suet. Tib. 19.—With gen.:
expertos belli juvenes,
Verg. A. 10, 173; cf. Tac. H. 4, 76.— Comp. and adv. appear not to occur.

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18 rumpō

rumpō rūpī, ruptus, ere [RVP-], to break, burst, tear, rend, rive, rupture, break asunder, burst in pieces, force open: vincula: obstantia claustra, H.: pontem, break down, L.: montem aceto, Iu.: arcum, Ph.: plumbum, H.: vestīs, O.: praecordia ferro, pierce, O.: guttura ferro, cut, O.: ruptus turbo, bursting forth, V.: inmensae ruperunt horrea messes, crammed to bursting, V.—Of the body, to break, split, burst, break open, rend, tear: ut me ambulando rumperet, i. e. kill with errands, T.: si quis rumpet occidetve, wounds, L. (old form.): ilia, V.: Rupit Iarbitam Timagenis aemula lingua, Dum, etc., i. e. the effort to shout as loud as, etc., H.: si te ruperis, H.: cantando rumpitur anguis, bursts, V.: quā (licentiā audacium) ante rumpebar, could have burst.—To burst through, break through: media agmina, V.: ruptā mersum caput obruit undā, O.: ordines, L.— To break open, cause to break forth: fontem, O.: ubi inter nubila sese Diversi rumpent radii, burst forth, V.: dum amnes ulli rumpuntur fontibus, V.—Of a way or passage, to force, make by force: ferro rumpenda per hostīs Est via, must be forced, V.: eo cuneo viam, L.—Fig., to break, violate, destroy, annul, make void, interrupt: feodera: imperium, Cu.: sacramenti religionem, L.: ius gentium, L.: edicta, H.: decreta, O.: testamentum ruptum, annulled: nuptias, H.: fata aspera, V.: fati necessitatem humanis consiliis, L.— To break in upon, interrupt, cut short, end: somnum, V.: novissima verba, O.: segnīs Rumpe moras, end delay, V.: tibi reditum, cut off, H.— To break out in, give utterance to: rumpit has imo pectore voces, V.: questūs, V.
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rumpere, rupi, ruptus V

break; destroy

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19 secō

secō cuī, ctus, āre [2 SAC-], to cut, cut off, cut up, reap, carve: omne animal secari ac dividi potest: pabulum secari non posse, Cs.: sectae herbae, H.: Quo gestu gallina secetur, is carved, Iu.: secto elephanto, i. e. carved ivory, V.: prave sectus unguis, H.—Esp., in surgery, to cut, operate on, cut off, cut out, amputate, excise: in corpore alqd: varices Mario: Marius cum secaretur, was operated on. — To scratch, tear, wound, hurt, injure: luctantis acuto ne secer ungui, lest I should be torn, H.: sectas invenit ungue genas, O.: secuerunt corpora vepres, V.— To cut apart, divide, cleave, separate: curru medium agmen, V.: caelum secant zonae, O.: sectus orbis, i. e. half the earth, H.— To cut through, run through, pass through, traverse: per maria umida nando Libycum, cleave, V.: aequor Puppe, O.: adeunt vada nota secantes, O.— To cut, make by cutting: fugā secuit sub nubibus arcum, i. e. produce by flight, V.: viam ad navīs, i. e. speeds on his way, V.—Fig., to divide: causas in plura genera.— To cut short, decide, settle: Quo multae secantur iudice lites, H.— To follow, pursue: quam quisque secat spem, V.
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I
secare, secavi, secatus V TRANS

cut, sever; decide; divide in two/halve/split; slice/chop/cut up/carve; detach
II
secare, secui, sectus V TRANS

cut, sever; decide; divide in two/halve/split; slice/chop/cut up/carve; detach

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20 agō

agō ēgī, āctus (old inf pass. agier), ere [1 AG-], to put in motion, move, lead, drive, tend, conduct: bos Romam acta, L.: capellas, V.: pecus visere montīs, H.: ante se Thyum, N.: in exsilium, L.: Iris nubibus acta, borne on, V.: alqm in crucem, to crucify: Illum aget Fama, will carry, H.: quo hinc te agis? whither are you going? T.: se primus agebat, strode in front, V.: capellas potum, V.—Prov.: agas asellum, i. e. if you can't afford an ox, drive an ass. — Pass., to go, march: quo multitudo agebatur, L.: citius agi vellet agmen, march on quicker, L.: raptim agmine acto, L.— Esp., to drive away, carry off, steal, rob, plunder: pecoris praedas, S.; freq. with ferre, to rob, plunder: ferre agere plebem plebisque res, L.: res sociorum ferri agique vidit, L.—To chase, pursue, hunt: apros, V.: cervum, V. — Fig.: dum haec crimina agam ostiatim, track out from house to house: ceteros ruerem, agerem, T.: palantīs Troas, V.—To move, press, push forward, advance, bring up: multa undique portari atque agi, Cs.: vineis ad oppidum actis, pushed forward, Cs.: moles, Cu.: cloaca maxima sub terram agenda, to be carried under ground, L.: cuniculos ad aerarium, drive: per glaebas radicibus actis, O.: pluma in cutem radices egerit, struck deep root, O.: vera gloria radices agit: tellus Fissa agit rimas, opens in fissures, O.: in litus navīs, beached, L.: navem, to steer, H.: currūs, to drive, O.: per agmen limitem ferro, V.: vias, make way, V.: (sol) amicum Tempus agens, bringing the welcome hour (of sunset), H.—To throw out, stir up: spumas ore, V.: spumas in ore: se laetus ad auras Palmes agit, shoots up into the air, V.—Animam agere, to expire: nam et agere animam et efflare dicimus; cf. et gestum et animam ageres, i. e. exert yourself in gesturing and risk your life. — Fig., to lead, direct, guide: (poëmata), animum auditoris, H.— To move, impel, excite, urge, prompt, induce, rouse, drive: quae te Mens agit in facinus? O.: ad illa te, H.: eum praecipitem: viros spe praedae diversos agit, leads astray, S.: bonitas, quae nullis casibus agitur, N.: quemcunque inscitia veri Caecum agit, blinds, H.: quibus actus fatis, V.: seu te discus agit, occupies, H.: nos exquirere terras, V.: desertas quaerere terras agimur, V. — To pursue for harm, persecute, disturb, vex, attack, assail: reginam stimulis, V.: agentia verba Lycamben, H.: diris agam vos, H.: quam deus ultor agebat, O.—To pursue, carry on, think, reflect, deliberate, treat, represent, exhibit, exercise, practise, act, perform, deliver, pronounce: nihil, to be idle: omnia per nos, in person: agendi tempus, a time for action: industria in agendo: apud primos agebat, fought in the van, S.: quae continua bella agimus, are busy with, L.: (pes) natus rebus agendis, the metre appropriate to dramatic action, H.: Quid nunc agimus? what shall we do now? T.: quid agam, habeo, i. e. I know what to do, T.: quid agitur? how are you? T.: quid agis, dulcissime rerum? i. e. how are you? H.: vereor, quid agat Ino, what is to become of: quid agis? what do you mean? nihil agis, it is of no use, T.: nihil agis, dolor, quamvis, etc.: cupis abire, sed nihil agis, usque tenebo, you cannot succeed, H.: ubi blanditiis agitur nihil, O.—Esp., hoc or id agere, to give attention to, mind, heed: hocine agis, an non? are you attending? T.: id quod et agunt et moliuntur, their purpose and aim: qui id egerunt, ut gentem conlocarent, etc., aimed at this: sin autem id actum est, ut, etc., if it was their aim: summā vi agendum esse, ut, etc., L.: certiorem eum fecit, id agi, ut pons dissolveretur, it was planned, N.: Hoc age, ne, etc., take care, H.: alias res agis, you are not listening, T.: aliud agens ac nihil eius modi cogitans, bent on other plans: animadverti eum alias res agere, paid no attention: vides, quam alias res agamus, are otherwise occupied: populum aliud nunc agere, i. e. are indifferent.—To perform, do, transact: ne quid negligenter: suum negotium, attend to his own business: neque satis constabat, quid agerent, what they were at, Cs.: agentibus divina humanaque consulibus, busy with auspices and affairs, L.: per litteras agere, quae cogitas, carry on, N.: (bellum) cum feminis, Cu.: conventum, to hold an assize: ad conventūs agendos, to preside at, Cs.: census actus eo anno, taken, L.— Of public transactions, to manage, transact, do, discuss, speak, deliberate: quae (res) inter eos agi coeptae, negotiations begun, Cs.: de condicionibus pacis, treat, L.: quorum de poenā agebatur, L.— Hence, agere cum populo, of magistrates, to address the people on a law or measure (cf. agere ad populum, to propose, bring before the people): cum populo de re p.—Of a speaker or writer, to treat, discuss, narrate: id quod agas, your subject: bella per quartum iam volumen, L.: haec dum agit, during this speech, H.—In law, to plead, prosecute, advocate: lege agito, go to law, T.: causam apud iudices: aliter causam agi, to be argued on other grounds: cum de bonis et de caede agatur, in a cause relating to, etc.: tamquam ex syngraphā agere cum populo, to litigate: ex sponso egit: agere lege in hereditatem, sue for: crimen, to press an accusation: partis lenitatis et misericordiae, to plead the cause of mercy: ii per quos agitur, the counsel: causas, i. e. to practise law: me agente, while I am counsel: ii apud quos agitur, the judges; hence, of a judge: rem agere, to hear: reos, to prosecute, L.: alqm furti, to accuse of theft. —Pass., to be in suit, be in question, be at stake: non capitis eius res agitur, sed pecuniae, T.: aguntur iniuriae sociorum, agitur vis legum.—To represent, act, perform, of an orator: cum dignitate.—Of an actor: fabulam, T.: partīs, to assume a part, T.: Ballionem, the character of: gestum agere in scena, appear as actors: canticum, L. — Fig.: lenem mitemque senatorem, act the part of, L.: noluit hodie agere Roscius: cum egerunt, when they have finished acting: triumphum, to triumph, O.: de classe populi R. triumphum, over, etc.: ex Volscis et ex Etruriā, over, etc., L.: noctu vigilias, keep watch: alta silentia, to be buried in silence, O.: arbitria victoriae, to exercise a conqueror's prerogative, Cu.: paenitentiam, to repent, Cu.: oblivia, to forget, O.: gratias (poet. grates) agere, to give thanks, thank: maximas tibi gratias: alcui gratias quod fecisset, etc., Cs.: grates parenti, O. — Of time, to spend, pass, use, live through: cum dis aevom: securum aevom, H.: dies festos, celebrate: ruri vitam, L.: otia, V.: quartum annum ago et octogesimum, in my eightyfourth year: ver magnus agebat orbis, was experiencing, V.— Pass: mensis agitur hic septimus, postquam, etc., going on seven months since, T.: bene acta vita, well spent: tunc principium anni agebatur, L.: melior pars acta (est) diei, is past, V. — Absol, to live, pass time, be: civitas laeta agere, rejoiced, S.—Meton., to treat, deal, confer, talk with: quae (patria) tecum sic agit, pleads: haec inter se dubiis de rebus, V.: Callias quidam egit cum Cimone, ut, etc., tried to persuade C., N.: agere varie, rogando alternis suadendoque coepit, L.—With bene, praeclare, male, etc., to deal well or ill with, treat or use well or ill: praeclare cum eis: facile est bene agere cum eis.— Pass impers., to go well or ill with one, be well or badly off: intelleget secum esse actum pessime: in quibus praeclare agitur, si, etc., who are well off, if, etc.—Poet.: Tros Tyriusque mihi nullo discrimine agetur, will be treated, V.— Pass, to be at stake, be at hazard, be concerned, be in peril: quasi mea res minor agatur quam tua, T.: in quibus eorum caput agatur: ibi rem frumentariam agi cernentes, L.: si sua res ageretur, if his interests were involved: agitur pars tertia mundi, is at risk, O.: non agitur de vectigalibus, S.—Praegn., to finish, complete, only pass: actā re ad fidem pronius est, after it is done, L.: iucundi acti labores, past: ad impediendam rem actam, an accomplished fact, L.— Prov.: actum, aiunt, ne agas, i. e. don't waste your efforts, T.: acta agimus: Actum est, it is all over, all is lost, T.: iam de Servio actum rati, L.: acta haec res est, is lost, T.: tantā mobilitate sese Numidae agunt, behave, S.: ferocius agunt equites, L.: quod nullo studio agebant, because they were careless, Cs.: cum simulatione agi timoris iubet, Cs.—Imper. as interj, come now, well, up: age, da veniam filio, T.: en age, rumpe moras, V.: agite dum, L.: age porro, tu, cur, etc.? age vero, considerate, etc.: age, age, iam ducat: dabo, good, T.: age, sit ita factum.
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agere, egi, actus V

drive, urge, conduct; spend (time w/cum); thank (w/gratias); deliver (speech)

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