quominus

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.

Adv. (referring to an opposed object often with the force of a preposition with ellipsis of a pronoun, = against it, against him, etc.).

Local.

Lit., of position in front of a person, place, or thing.

With verb of being or position expressed or understood.

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.—

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.—

With verbs of motion, so as to be opposite to an object or face to face with a person, variously rendered.

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.—

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.—

Transf. to equivalents of weight, value, and price; so,

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.—

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.—

Of reciprocal actions, = vicissim, in turn, in return, back, on my, his, etc., part, likewise, counter-.

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.—

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.—

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.—

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.—

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.

Of opposition, strife, etc., against; constr. absol., with dat., and ne, quominus or quin.

Of physical exertion.

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.—

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.—

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. —

Of hostile opposition in gen.

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.—

Trop.:

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

Lucr. 2, 794; 2, 868.—

Of warfare.

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.—

Trop.:

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

Plin. 10, 74, 95, § 205.—

Of legal contests.

With verbs of saying; v. 9. a.—

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.—

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.—

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.—

Of literary opposition.

Mostly with verbs of saying; v. 9. a. g.—

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.—

Of public and political opposition.

With verbs of saying; v. 9. a. d.—

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.—

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.—

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.).

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.—

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.—

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.—

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.—

To reply:

contradixit edicto,

answered by an edict, Suet. Aug. 56. —

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.—

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.—

With dat., written in one word (post-Aug.).

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.—

To oppose an opinion, with dat. of the thing:

cum plures tantum sententiis aliorum contradicerent,

opposed the opinions, Tac. H. 1, 39.—

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.—

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.—

To contest the validity of a law (rare):

quibus (legibus) contradici potest,

Quint. 7, 7, 4.—

To contradict an assertion (very rare):

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

Quint. 5, 10, 13.—

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.

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.

Of logical opposition, with negative force.

Of a direct contrast.

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.—

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. —

Referring to a word or phrase in the same predicate.

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.—

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.—

To a verbal predicate:

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

Dig. 34, 5, 19.—

To a subject infinitive:

laudare testem vel contra pertinet ad momentum judiciorum,

praising or censuring a witness, Quint. 3, 7, 2.—

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.—

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.—

Reversing the relation of terms in the preceding sentence, the reverse, conversely, vice versa, etc.

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.—

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.

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.).

In independent clauses.

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.—

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.—

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.—

With co-ordinate conjunctions.

Copulative, et contra or contraque (never with ac or atque); also nec contra (rare), and on the other hand.

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.—

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.—

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.—

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.—

With adversative conjunctions, at contra, sed contra, contra autem, contra vero (not verum contra, nor contra tamen).

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.—

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.—

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.—

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. —

Atqui contra, App. Mag. p. 287, 24.—

With disjunctive conjunctions, aut contra, vel contra, seu contra, or on the contrary, or conversely (always without change of subject).

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.—

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.—

Seu contra:

seu tristis veniam, seu contra laetus amicis,

Prop. 1, 11, 25.—

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. —

In late Lat., e contra (also one word, ēcontrā) = contra,

In the meaning, the contrary (D. 1.):

aliis vero econtra videtur,

Hier. Ep. 12.—

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.—

With emphatic particles.

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.—

Immo contra (post-Aug.).

= 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.—

= 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.—

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.

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.

Of logical opposition, contrary to, different from, otherwise than; in the best prose only with atque or ac.

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.—

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.—

With ac and atque:

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

Cic. Balb. 3, 7.—

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.—

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.

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).

Local uses.

Opposite, over against, facing.

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.—

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.—

Of opposite ends of a line.

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.—

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.—

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.—

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. —

Of actions, opposite, towards, against, facing (syn.:

adversus, ad, e regione,

Caes. B. G. 7, 61).

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.—

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.—

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.—

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.—

Of local actions with hostile intent.

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.—

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.—

In partic.

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. —

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.—

Transf.,

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.—

To things compared, as if weighed against each other as to their value, strength, etc.

Lit. (very rare):

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

Sen. Q. N. 3, 25, 5.—

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,

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.—

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).

Denoting hostility or disadvantage.

With verbs of hostile action.

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. —

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.—

Of legal contention (more freq. adversus, except with verbs of saying).

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.—

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.—

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. —

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.—

Of public and political adversaries (syn. adversus and in).

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.—

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.—

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.—

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.—

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.—

Dependent on adjectives (rare):

contra se ipse misericors,

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

severissimus judex contra fures,

Lampr. Alex. Sev. 28.—

With nouns.

Acc. to 1. b.:

ut quam maximae contra Hannibalem copiae sint,

Cic. Inv. 1, 12, 17; cf. Vell. 2, 76, 3.—

Acc. to 1. c. and 1. e.; so esp., oratio contra (cf.: oratio in).

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.—

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.—

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.

With inanimate and abstract objects.

Directly dependent on verbs (cf. B. 1.).

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.—

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.—

Of legal contention.

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.—

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.—

Admittere aliquem contra bona, to admit a petition for bonorum possessio (cf.:

inmittere in bona),

Dig. 38, 2, 3, § 6.—

Of antagonism in literary and ethical questions.

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.—

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.—

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.—

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.—

Of hostility, injury, wrongs, etc.

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.—

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.—

Predicatively with esse (usu. impers.), in violation of, in conflict with, contrary to (cf. 3. g).

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.—

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. —

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.—

Adverbially with the predicate.

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.—

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.—

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.—

Dependent on substt.

Of physical strife:

scit ille imparem sibi luctatum contra nexus (draconis),

Plin. 8, 12, 12, § 33. —

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.—

Of legal contention:

causa contra scriptum,

Cic. Inv. 2, 46, 135.—

Of political speaking:

divina M. Tullii eloquentia contra leges agrarias,

Quint. 2, 16, 7; 9, 3, 50; Gell. 18, 7, 7.—

Of literary opposition:

Caesaris vituperatio contra laudationem meam,

Cic. Att. 12, 40, 1.—

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.—

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.—

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.—

Dependent on adjectives (very rare; cf.

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

Sen. Herc. Fur. 966.

Of defence, protection, and resistance (syn.: adversus, ab).

Against persons.

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.—

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.—

Against inanimate and abstract things.

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.—

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.—

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.—

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.).

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.—

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.—

Dependent on adjectives:

vinum quod salutare contra pestilentiam sit,

Pall. 11, 14, 17.—

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.

Of logical opposition.

With a neuter demonstrative (contra ea, contra haec, contra quae, quod contra = contra, adv.).

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. —

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.—

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).—

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).

Sometimes by anastrophe after its noun.

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.—

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.

dē-sum, fŭi, esse (ee in deest, deesse, deerit, etc., in the poets per synaeresin as one syll., Lucr. 1, 44; Cat. 64, 151; Verg. G. 2, 233; id. A. 7, 262; 10, 378; Hor. Ep. 1, 12, 24; Ov. M. 15, 354 et saep.; praes. subj., desiet, Cato R. R. 8; perf., defuerunt, trisyl., Ov. M. 6, 585; fut. inf., commonly defuturum esse, as Cic. Div. in Caecil. 1, 2, etc.;

also defore,

id. Fam. 13, 63; Caes. B. G. 5, 56; Sil. 9, 248; imperf. subj., deforent, Ambros. Hexaem. 3, 13), v. n., to be away, be absent; to fail, be wanting (for syn. cf.: absum, deficio, descisco, negligo; freq. in all periods).

In gen.

Absol.:

non ratio, verum argentum deerat,

Ter. Ph. 2, 1, 69:

frigore enim desunt ignes ventique calore Deficiunt,

Lucr. 6, 360: cf. id. 3, 455; Cato R. R. 8:

omnia deerant, quae, etc.,

Caes. B. G. 4, 29 fin.:

semper paullum ad summam felicitatem defuisse,

id. ib. 6, 43, 5:

ibi numquam causas seditionum et certaminis defore,

Liv. 45, 18:

quod non desit habentem, etc.,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 52 et saep.:

non desunt qui, for sunt qui,

Quint. 4, 5, 11; 8, 3, 85; Plin. 2, 109, 112, § 248.—

With dat. (so most freq.):

metuo mihi in monendo ne defuerit oratio,

Plaut. Bac. 1, 1, 3 and 4:

cui nihil desit, quod, etc.,

Cic. Rep. 1, 17; cf. id. Lael. 14, 51:

sive deest naturae quippiam, sive abundat atque affluit,

id. Div. 1, 29, 61:

quantum alteri sententiae deesset animi, tantum alteri superesse,

Caes. B. C. 2, 31; so,

opp. superesse,

Cic. Fam. 13, 63; cf.

opp. superare,

Sall. C. 20, 11:

neu desint epulis rosae,

Hor. Od. 1, 36, 15; id. Ep. 1, 1, 58 et saep.:

hoc unum ad pristinam fortunam Caesari defuit,

Caes. B. G. 4, 26 fin.; cf. id. B. C. 3, 2, 2; 3, 96, 2. —

With in:

ut neque in Antonio deesset hic ornatus orationis, neque in Crasso redundaret,

Cic. de Or. 3, 4 fin.; id. Rep. 2, 33:

in C. Laenio commendando,

id. Fam. 13, 63 al. —

With inf. ( poet. and in postAug. prose):

et mihi non desunt turpes pendere corollae,

Prop. 1, 16, 7; Sil. 6, 10; Tac. H. 4, 1 al.—

With quominus:

duas sibi res, quominus in vulgus et in foro diceret, defuisse,

Cic. Rep. 3, 30 fin. (ap. Non. 262, 23); Tac. A. 14, 39.—

With quin:

nihil contumeliarum defuit, quin subiret,

Suet. Ner. 45.—

With ut:

non defuit, ut, etc.,

Capitol. Gord. III. 31.—

Pregn., to fail, be wanting in one's duty, as in rendering assistance, etc.; not to assist or serve, to desert one, to neglect a person or thing.

With dat.:

tantum enitor, ut neque amicis neque etiam alienioribus opera, consilio, labore desim,

Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 17; cf. id. Mur. 4 fin.:

ne tibi desis,

that you be not wanting to yourself, neglect not your own advantage, id. Rosc. Am. 36, 104; id. Fam. 5, 12, 2; cf. Hor. S. 1, 9, 56; 2, 1, 17; 1, 4, 134:

senatu reique publicae,

Caes. B. C. 1, 1, 3 sq.:

communi saluti nulla in re,

id. B. G. 5, 33, 2:

Timotheo de fama dimicanti,

Nep. Timoth. 4, 3:

huic rei,

Caes. B. C. 3, 93, 2:

negotio,

id. ib. 2, 41, 3:

decori vestro,

Cic. Rep. 6, 24:

officio et dignitati meae,

id. Att. 7, 17, 4; Liv. 3, 50:

tempori,

id. 21, 27; cf.:

occasioni temporis,

Caes. B. C. 3, 79 et saep.—

Without dat.:

non deest reipublicae consilium... nos, nos, dico aperte, consules desumus,

Cic. Cat. 1, 1 fin.; id. Rep. 3, 21:

qui non deerat in causis,

id. Brut. 34, 130:

nec deerat Ptolemaeus,

Tac. H. 1, 22 fin. —

To fall short of, miss, fail to obtain:

ne quis desit gratiae Dei,

Vulg. Heb. 12, 15.

ĭn-hĭbĕo, ŭi, ĭtum, 2, v. a. [in-habeo], to lay hold of a thing, in order to keep it back or to put it forward.

To keep back, restrain, curb, check.

Lit.:

tela,

Verg. A. 12, 693; Liv. 30, 10, 15:

crudelissimas manus,

Petr. 105:

frenos,

Liv. 1, 48, 6:

equos,

Ov. M. 2, 128:

cruorem,

id. ib. 7, 849:

alvum,

Plin. 19, 8, 40, § 2:

remos,

to cease rowing, Quint. 12 prooem. § 4: inhibere, or inhibere remis, or inhibere remis puppim, or inhibere retro navem, to row the ship backwards without turning it round; cf.: inhibere est verbum totum nauticum: sed arbitrabar sustineri remos, cum inhibere essent jussi remiges. Id non esse ejusmodi, didici heri... non enim sustinent, sed alio modo remigant: id ab epochêi remotissimum est, Cic. Att. 13, 21, 3. (Cicero himself has used the term in the incorrect signif. here found fault with:

Ut concitato navigio, cum remiges inhibuerunt, retinet tamen ipsa navis motum et cursum suum, intermisso impetu pulsuque remorum,

Cic. de Or. 1, 33, 153.) In the foll. passages it is used in its proper acceptation:

cum divellere se ab hoste cupientes inhiberent Rhodii,

Liv. 37, 30, 10:

ite cessim inhibete remis, et a bello discedite,

Just. 2, 12:

Tyrii inhibentes remis aegre evellere navem quae haerebat,

Curt. 4, 4:

retro navem inhibere,

Liv. 26, 39, 12:

postquam inhibent remis puppes,

Luc. 3, 659.—

Transf., to restrain, hinder, prevent, inhibit:

impetum victoris,

Liv. 39, 21, 10:

facinus,

Petr. 108: urentis oculos, blasting or evil eyes, Pers. 2, 34.—

Ab aliqua re:

a turpi mente inhibere probro,

Cat. 91, 4.—

With quominus:

nec tamen potuit inhibere (Cato), quominus Romae quoque ponerentur (statuae),

Plin. 34, 6, 14, § 31.—

With inf.:

inhibentur rectum agere cursum,

Plin. 2, 16, 13, § 69:

inhibenda tamen est (mater mori),

Sen. Herc. Oet. 1030; Quint. 10, 1, 18. —

Sometimes in the sense of adhibere, exercere, to set in operation, to practise, perform, use, employ:

hocine hic pacto potest inhibere imperium magister,

exert authority, Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 43:

utrum fontine an Libero imperium te inhibere mavis?

id. Stich. 5, 4, 17:

imperium in deditos,

Liv. 36, 28, 5:

imperium si quis inhiberet,

id. 3, 50, 12:

neque animis ad imperium inhibendum imminutis,

id. 3, 38, 1:

eadem supplicia alicui,

to inflict the same punishment on one, Cic. Phil. 13, 18, 37; cf.

coërcitionem,

to inflict, Liv. 4, 53, 7.

inter-clūdo, ūsi, ūsum, 3, v. a. [claudo], to shut out, shut off.

Lit.

To cut off, hinder, stop, block up, shut off.

Of one's way, passage, entrance, retreat, etc.; constr. (syn. intersaepio).

With acc. of thing and dat. of person:

hisce omnis aditus ad Sullam,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 38, 110:

sibi reditum,

Just. 2, 5, 10; cf.

also: intercludit aditum veritati,

Aug. de Mendac. 11.—

Esp. freq. in milit. lang.: iter inimicis,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 68:

exitum Romano,

Liv. 22, 13, 5:

aditum Romanis,

id. 22, 22, 10.—

With gen. of person (very rare):

multitudinis fugam,

Caes. B. G. 7, 11, 8.—

Pass., with abl. of thing:

his superatis aut reditu interclusis,

Caes. B. G. 4, 30, 2:

omni exitu interclusi,

id. ib. 7, 44, 4:

interclusus itinere Caesar,

id. ib. 7, 59, 1; id. B. C. 2, 20, 1; 7: ne reditu intercluderentur, Auct. B. Alex. 20, 5; but with abl. of manner, etc.:

via inculta atque interclusa frondibus et virgultis,

Cic. Cael. 18:

cum Byzantii totum Pontum aegre repulsum, et cervicibus interclusum suis, sustinerent,

id. Prov. Cons. 4.—

With acc. alone:

bene laudata virtus voluptatis aditus intercludat necesse est,

Cic. Fin. 2, 35, 118; cf.:

omnīs vias seditionum,

id. Rab. Perd. 1, 3:

ut fugam intercludat,

id. Att. 7, 20, 1:

iter,

id. ib. 8, 11, D. 4:

fugam,

Caes. B. G. 7, 11:

illos aspera ponti Interclusit hiemps,

Verg. A. 2, 111:

cervis objectis, ut viam intercluderet,

Liv. 44, 11, 4:

exitum ad opem ferendam,

id. 22, 13, 5.—

In gen., to shut off, cut off, stop, hinder, prevent:

commeatus hostibus,

Liv. 26, 39, 10; 44, 6, 12:

ob interclusos commeatus,

Suet. Aug. 16:

spiritum,

Curt. 7, 5, 15; 3, 6, 14:

vocem,

Just. 11, 8, 4; cf.:

consuli admiratio intercluserat vocem,

Liv. 2, 2, 8.—

To cut off, separate one from any thing.

From a place.

With acc., ab, and abl. (so most usu.):

adversarios ab oppido,

Caes. B. C. 1, 43, 2:

Pompeium ab eo (Dyrrachio),

id. ib. 3, 41, 3: ipsum ab reliquo exercitu, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 1, 4: so,

ab exercitu,

Caes. B. G. 7, 1, 6:

a praesidio,

id. ib. 1, 59, 5:

intercludi ab oppido,

Liv. 1, 27, 10:

interclusi ab suis,

id. 3, 70, 5:

a patria,

id. 5, 42, 5:

ab acie,

id. 4, 41, 4:

tribunos a plebe,

id. 25, 4, 4 et saep.; Auct. B. Alex. 27, 4; Flor. 4, 2, 26. —

With acc. and abl. alone (rare):

hostem Hibero intercludere, et frumento prohibere (cf. 2. infra),

Caes. B. C. 1, 67, 3.—

From aid, supplies, relief, etc.; with abl.:

re frumentaria intercludi,

Caes. B. G. 1, 23, 3:

frumento commeatuque Caesarem,

id. ib. 1, 48, 2: commeatibus nostros. id. ib. 3, 23, 6; id. B. C. 1, 61, 2; 1, 72, 1:

ille commeatu et reliquis copiis intercludendus,

Cic. Att. 7, 9, 2:

hostem commeatibus,

Flor. 3, 19, 11:

hostes commeatibus in urbe inclusos intercludunt,

Just. 4, 4, 5.— Absol.:

ne tot fortissimos viros interclusos opprimeret hostis,

Liv. 4, 39, 3; cf.:

interclusi equites,

id. ib. § 2.—

To shut in, blockade:

metuo, ne jam intercludemur, ut cum velitis exire, non liceat,

Cic. Fam. 14, 14, 1:

libertatem suis praesidiis interclusam tenere,

id. Leg. 2, 28, 75:

veriti, ne angustiis intercluderentur,

Caes. B. C. 3, 69:

aliquem in insidiis,

Cic. Caecin. 29, 84:

animam,

to stop the breath, to stifle, Liv. 23, 7:

Amazoniā latus peltā,

to cover, Stat. S. 5, 1, 131. —

Trop., to hinder, prevent; with quominus:

intercludor dolore, quominus ad te plura scribam,

Cic. Att. 8, 8, 2. [p. 979]

inter-pello, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to interrupt by speaking, to disturb, molest, etc. (syn. obloquor; class.).

To interrupt by speaking, to disturb a person speaking:

si interpellas, ego tacebo,

Plaut. Men. 5, 9, 62:

nihil te interpellabo, continentem orationem audire malo,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 8, 16:

tu vero, ut me et appelles, et interpelles, et obloquare, et colloquare, velim,

id. Q. Fr. 2, 10:

quasi interpellamur ab iis,

Quint. 4, 5, 20;

a person engaged in business: si quis te arti tuae intentum sic interpellet,

Curt. 9, 4, 28. — Absol.:

ministri, interpellando,... atrocitatem facti leniebant,

Sall. J. 27, 1; Suet. Tib. 27.—

Esp.

To annoy, importune:

cum a Ceballino interpellatus sum,

Curt. 6, 10, 19:

urbe egrediens, ne quis se interpellaret,

Suet. Tib. 40; molest, disturb one, id. ib. 34. —

To solicit, try to seduce a female:

qui mulierem puellamve interpellaverit,

Paul. Sent. 5, 4, 14 Huschke (Dig. 47, 11, 1, § 2).—

To address, accost, speak to, i. q. alloqui: verum tu quid agis? interpella me, ut sciam, Lucil. ap. Non. 331, 1;

= interjicere, interpellantem admonere,

to object, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 28, § 71. —

To dun, demand payment of, Dig. 26, 7, 44; cf. Amm. 17, 3, 6. —

In gen., to disturb, hinder, obstruct, molest; constr. with acc., quin, quominus, ne, or inf.

With acc.; of persons:

aliquem in jure suo,

Caes. B. G. 1, 44;

of things: partam jam victoriam,

id. B. C. 3, 73:

poenam,

Liv. 4, 50:

incrementa urbis,

Just. 18, 5, 7:

otium bello,

Curt. 6, 6, 12:

satietatem epularum ludis,

id. 6, 2, 5:

lex Julia non interpellat eam possessionem,

does not disturb, does not abrogate it, Dig. 23, 5, 16.— Pass.:

reperiebat T. Ampium conatum esse tollere pecunias... sed interpellatum adventum Caesaris profugisse,

Caes. B. C. 3, 105:

haec tota res interpellata bello refrixerat,

Cic. Att. 1, 19, 4:

stupro interpellato motus,

Liv. 3, 57.—

With quin: Caesar numquam interpellavit, quin, quibus vellem, uterer, Matius ad Cic. Fam. 11, 28.—

With quominus:

interpellent me, quo minus honoratus sim, dum ne interpellent, quo minus, etc.,

Brut. ad Cic. Fam. 11, 10, 1.—

With ne: tribunis interregem interpellantibus, ne senatusconsultum fieret, to interpose their veto, Liv. 4, 43.—

With inf.:

pransus non avide, quantum interpellet inani Ventre diem durare,

Hor. S. 1, 6, 127.—

Absol.: fameque et siti interpellante, disturbing him, Suet. Ner. 48.

mŏror, ātus, 1, v. dep. n. and a. [mora].

Neutr., to delay, tarry, stay, wait, remain, linger, loiter (syn.: cesso, cunctor, haesito; class.); eamus ergo ad cenam: quid stas? Thr. Ubi vis:

non moror,

i. e. I have no objection, Ter. Eun. 3, 2, 6:

Lucceius narravit, Brutum valde morari, non tergiversantem, sed exspectantem, si qui forte casus, etc.,

Cic. Att. 16, 5, 3:

quid moror?

Hor. C. 2, 17, 6:

quid multis moror?

why do I linger long? why make a long story of it? Ter. And. 1, 1, 87:

ne multis morer,

to be brief, in short, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 46, § 104:

paulum morandum in his intervallis,

Quint. 11, 3, 39:

quod adhuc Brundisii moratus es,

have tarried, remained, Cic. Fam. 15, 17, 2:

in provinciā,

id. Att. 7, 1, 5:

haud multa moratus,

i. e. without delaying long, Verg. A. 3, 610:

nec plura moratus,

without tarrying any longer, id. ib. 5, 381:

rosa quo locorum Sera moretur,

may linger, may be, Hor. C. 1, 38, 3:

Corycia semper qui puppe moraris,

Juv. 14, 267.—With cum:

ubi, et cum quibus moreris,

stay, reside, Sen. Ep. 32, 1.—With quin:

nec morati sunt quin decurrerent ad castra,

Liv. 40, 31, 8.—In the part. perf. subst.:

ad sexcentos moratorum in citeriore ripā cepit,

Liv. 21, 47, 3; 21, 48, 6; cf.:

ad duo milia aut moratorum aut palantium per agros interfecta,

id. 24, 41, 4; v. Drakenb. ad h. 1.—

Act., to delay, retard, detain, cause to wait, hinder:

ne affinem morer, Quin, etc.,

delay, Plaut. Aul. 4, 2, 5:

argentum non morabor quin feras,

id. As. 2, 2, 88:

morari ac sustinere impetum hostium,

Caes. B. C. 2, 26:

conanti dexteram manum,

id. ib. 5, 44, 8:

eum,

Cic. Fam. 6, 20, 28:

iter,

Caes. B. G. 7, 40:

naves,

Plin. 9, 25, 41, § 80:

morari ab itinere proposito hostem,

Liv. 23, 28, 9:

morantur pauci Ridiculum et fugientem ex urbe pudorem,

Juv. 11, 54.—

To fix the attention of, to delight, amuse, entertain: morata recte Fabula Valdius oblectat, populum meliusque moratur, Quam, etc., delays, i. e. entertains, Hor. A. P. 321:

carmina, quae possint oculos auresque morari Caesaris,

arrest, id. Ep. 1, 13, 17:

tardior stilus cogitationem moratur,

Quint. 1, 1, 28: profecto non plus biduum aut— Ph. Aut? nihil moror, I will wait no longer, will bear no delay, Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 104:

egomet convivas moror,

keep them waiting, Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 120.—

In partic.: nihil morari aliquem, not to detain a person, to let him go, to dismiss. Thus the consul said when he dismissed the Senate:

Nihil amplius vos moramur,

I will detain you no longer, you are dismissed, Capitol. M. Aurel. 10. This is the customary formula for abandoning an accusation and dismissing an accused person:

C. Sempronium nihil moror,

i. e. I withdraw my accusation against, Liv. 4, 42, 8:

cum se nihil morari magistrum equitum pronuntiasset,

id. 8, 35, 8:

negavit, se Gracchum morari,

id. 43, 16, 16.—Hence,

Trop.: nihil morari (with acc., an object-clause, or quo minus), to let a thing go, i. e. not to value or regard, to care nothing about it, to have nothing to say against it, etc.:

nam vina nihil moror illius orae,

care nothing for it, am not fond of it, Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 16:

officium,

id. ib. 2, 1, 264:

nec dona moror,

Verg. A. 5, 400:

nil ego istos moror faeceos mores,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 18 Brix ad loc.—With object-clauses:

alieno uti nihil moror,

I do not want to, Plaut. Capt. prol. 16: nihil moror, eos salvos esse, et ire quo jubetis, am not opposed to it, have nothing to say against it, Ant. ap. Cic. Phil. 13, 17, 35:

nil moror eum tibi esse amicum,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 56.— With quominus:

nihil ego quidem moror, quominus decemviratu abeam,

I do not hesitate to, I will immediately, Liv. 3, 54, 4. —Hence, * mŏrātē, adv., lingeringly, slowly:

moratius,

Sen. Q. N. 6, 14, 3.

Act. collat. form mŏro, āre: quid moras? Naev. ap. Diom. p. 395 P.: morares Enn. ib.: moraret, Pac. ib. (cf. Enn. p. 154, v. 11 Vahl.; Trag. Rel. p. 82 Rib.; Com. Rel. p. 16 ib.).—

Pass. impers.: ita diu, ut plus biennium in his tricis moretur, be spent, lost, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 5, 2.

mōror, 1, v. dep. n. [môros], to be foolish, be a fool (post-Aug.), in the lusus verbb.:

morari eum (Claudium) inter homines desiisse, productā primā syllabā, jocabatur,

Suet. Ner. 33.

offĭcĭo ( obf-), ēci, ectum, 3, v. n. and a. [ob-facio], to come in the way of, to hinder, oppose, thwart, obstruct (class.; syn. obsto).

Lit.

Neutr.:

nunc quidem paululum, inquit, a sole: offecerat videlicet apricanti,

hindered him from sunning himself, stood before him so as to intercept the sunshine, Cic. Tusc. 5, 32, 92: luminibus, to obstruct one's light:

jus vel altius tollendi aedes aut non tollendi, ne luminibus vicini officiatur,

Gai. Inst. 2, 31; Dig. 8, 2, 2; 10; 23;

39, 1, 5 et saep.—So, in a fig.: nec mentis quasi luminibus officit altitudo fortunae et gloriae,

Cic. Rab. Post. 16, 43:

demoliri ea, quorum altitudo officeret auspiciis,

id. Off. 3, 16, 66:

ipsa umbra terrae soli officiens noctem efficit,

intervening before, id. N. D. 2, 19, 49:

cum alii in angustiis ipsi sibi properantes officerent,

Sall. J. 58, 6:

hostium itineri,

id. ib. 52, 6: prospectui, Auct. B. Afr. 52.—

Act. (only ante- and post-class.):

quapropter simul inter se retrahuntur et extra Officiuntur,

are impeded, Lucr. 2, 156; 4, 763; 5, 776 (iter, Auct. B. Afr. 61, is prob. a gloss).—

Trop., to stand in the way of, to oppose, obstruct, to be detrimental or hurtful to, to hurt (cf.:

obsisto, adversor, noceo): promitto tibi non offerturum,

Plaut. As. 1, 1, 97:

cur te mihi offers, ac meis commodis, officio simulato, officis et obstas?

Cic. Rosc. Am. 38, 112; cf. id. ib. 2, 6:

consiliis alicujus,

Sall. C. 27, 4:

timor animi auribus officit,

id. ib. 58, 2:

nomini, i. e. famae, Liv. praef. 1: officiunt laetis frugibus herbae,

hurt by shutting off light and moisture, Verg. G. 1, 69:

lactucae officiunt claritati oculorum,

Plin. 20, 7, 26, § 68.—With quominus:

nec vero Isocrati, quominus haberetur summus orator, offecit, quod, etc.,

Plin. Ep. 6, 29, 6.

ob-sisto, stĭti, stĭtum, 3, v. n., to set, place, or post one's self before any thing (class.; syn.: adversor, repugno).

In gen.:

hic obsistam, ne, etc.,

will station myself, Plaut. Mil. 2, 3, 62:

alicui obviam,

to plant one's self in another's way, id. Capt. 4, 2, 11:

obsistens obtestansque,

Liv. 2, 10, 3:

plures abeunti Volumnio obsistere,

id. 10, 19.—

In partic.

To set one's self against; to oppose, resist, withstand:

qui cum obsistere ac defendere conarentur,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 43, § 94:

omnibus ejus consiliis,

id. Cat. 3, 7, 17:

dolori,

id. Tusc. 2, 12, 28:

odiis,

id. Off. 2, 7, 23:

vitiis,

id. ib. 2, 10, 37:

visis,

to disapprove of, id. Fin. 3, 9, 31:

opinionibus,

id. Ac. 2, 34, 108. —With inf.:

obstitit Oceanus in se simul atque in Herculem inquiri,

opposes, forbids, Tac. G. 34.—With ne:

Histiaeus Miletus ne res conficeretur obstitit,

Nep. Milt. 3, 5:

obstitisti, ne ex Italiā transire in Siciliam fugitivorum copiae possent,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 2, § 5.—With quominus:

quae si cui obstitit, quominus referret gratiam, etc.,

Sen. Ben. 5, 5, 3.— Impers. pass.:

magnitudine animi facile posset repugnari obsistique fortunae,

Cic. Fin. 4, 7, 17.—

obstĭ-tus, a, um, P. a.

Over against, opposite:

luna radios solis obstiti vel adversi usurpat,

App. de Deo Socr. p. 42.—

Lit., opposing, inimical; hence, in augury, struck by lightning: obstitum Cloatius et Aelius Stilo esse aiunt violatum attactumque de caelo. Cincius quom qui deo deaeque obstiterit id est qui viderit, quod videri nefas esset, Paul. ex Fest. p. 193 Müll.:

FVLGVRA ATQVE OBSTITA PIANTO,

Cic. Leg. 2, 9, 21.

offĭcĭo ( obf-), ēci, ectum, 3, v. n. and a. [ob-facio], to come in the way of, to hinder, oppose, thwart, obstruct (class.; syn. obsto).

Lit.

Neutr.:

nunc quidem paululum, inquit, a sole: offecerat videlicet apricanti,

hindered him from sunning himself, stood before him so as to intercept the sunshine, Cic. Tusc. 5, 32, 92: luminibus, to obstruct one's light:

jus vel altius tollendi aedes aut non tollendi, ne luminibus vicini officiatur,

Gai. Inst. 2, 31; Dig. 8, 2, 2; 10; 23;

39, 1, 5 et saep.—So, in a fig.: nec mentis quasi luminibus officit altitudo fortunae et gloriae,

Cic. Rab. Post. 16, 43:

demoliri ea, quorum altitudo officeret auspiciis,

id. Off. 3, 16, 66:

ipsa umbra terrae soli officiens noctem efficit,

intervening before, id. N. D. 2, 19, 49:

cum alii in angustiis ipsi sibi properantes officerent,

Sall. J. 58, 6:

hostium itineri,

id. ib. 52, 6: prospectui, Auct. B. Afr. 52.—

Act. (only ante- and post-class.):

quapropter simul inter se retrahuntur et extra Officiuntur,

are impeded, Lucr. 2, 156; 4, 763; 5, 776 (iter, Auct. B. Afr. 61, is prob. a gloss).—

Trop., to stand in the way of, to oppose, obstruct, to be detrimental or hurtful to, to hurt (cf.:

obsisto, adversor, noceo): promitto tibi non offerturum,

Plaut. As. 1, 1, 97:

cur te mihi offers, ac meis commodis, officio simulato, officis et obstas?

Cic. Rosc. Am. 38, 112; cf. id. ib. 2, 6:

consiliis alicujus,

Sall. C. 27, 4:

timor animi auribus officit,

id. ib. 58, 2:

nomini, i. e. famae, Liv. praef. 1: officiunt laetis frugibus herbae,

hurt by shutting off light and moisture, Verg. G. 1, 69:

lactucae officiunt claritati oculorum,

Plin. 20, 7, 26, § 68.—With quominus:

nec vero Isocrati, quominus haberetur summus orator, offecit, quod, etc.,

Plin. Ep. 6, 29, 6.

prĕcor, ātus ( gen. plur. precantūm, Ov. M. 12, 33; Plaut. Rud. 1, 5, 2), 1, v. dep. n. and a. [root Sanscr. pracch- prask-, to ask; Germ. fragen; v. posco].

To ask, beg, entreat, pray, supplicate, request, invoke, call upon, beseech; to sue, say, or speak as a suppliant (class.; syn.: oro, rogo, supplico).

With acc. of the person addressed:

qui ne precari quidem Jovem optimum maximum possit,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 32, § 71; id. Balb. 24, 55:

deos colere, precari, venerarique,

id. N. D. 1, 42, 119:

quid veneramur, quid precamur deos,

id. ib. 1, 44, 122; id. Cat. 2, 13, 29:

deos tacite malumus et intra nos ipsos precari,

Sen. Ben. 2, 1, 4:

Nyctelium patrem precare,

Ov. A. A. 1, 567.—

With dat. of person in whose behalf:

bona omnia populo Romano,

Liv. 24, 16, 10:

longum Augusto precare diem,

Prop. 3, 9, 49 (4, 10, 50).—

With pro and abl. of person prayed for:

ut jure sacerdotii precari deos pro te publice possim, quos nunc precor pietate privatā,

Plin. Ep. 10, 13 (8) fin.:

pro necessario ac propinquo suo,

Curt. 5, 3, 14:

pro nobis mitte precari,

Ov. M. 3, 614:

pro te,

Front. Ep. ad Anton. 1, 1; Aug. Ep. 175, 5.—

With acc. of thing prayed for:

haec precatus sum,

Cic. Pis. 20, 46:

hortatur pater veniam precari,

Verg. A. 3, 144:

tibi di, quaecunque preceris commoda dent,

Hor. S. 2, 8, 75:

date quae precamur,

id. C. S. 3:

vitam,

Vell. 2, 79, 5; 2, 85, 5:

saepe precor mortem,

Ov. P. 1, 2, 59.—So with two acc.:

quod precarer deos,

Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 3, 9:

ut quod deos precati eritis,

Liv. 40, 46, 9:

quid habeo aliud deos immortales precari, quam ut, etc.,

Suet. Aug. 58 fin. —

With ut, ne, quominus, or ( poet.) subj. alone:

ut fas sit vidisse, tacitus precatur,

Sen. Ep. 115, 4:

deosque precetur et oret, ut,

Hor. A. P. 200; Cic. Dom. 57, 144; Curt. 7, 2, 31; Liv. 24, 5, 5; 25, 25, 6; 26, 25, 13:

pro se quisque precari coepere, ne festinatione periculum augeret,

Curt. 3, 5, 14:

precare ne jubeant, etc.,

Ov. A. A. 1, 568:

si id non probares, quominus ambo unā necaremini non precarere,

Cic. Fin. 2, 24, 79:

hoc quoque, dux operis, moneas, precor,

Ov. F. 4, 247:

det solum miserae mite, precare, fuge,

id. P. 2, 2, 68:

tandem venias precamur,

Hor. C. 1, 2, 30:

reddas incolumem precor,

id. ib. 1, 3, 7; id. Epod. 3, 20.—

With ab and abl. of person addressed:

precor ab iis ut, etc.,

Cic. Rab. Perd. 2, 5:

hoc a diis immortalibus precari, ut, etc.,

Nep. Timol. 5, 2:

quae precatus a diis sum, ut, etc.,

Cic. Mur. 1, 1: ab indigno, id. [p. 1440] Lael. 16, 57:

esse stultitiam, a quibus bona precaremur, ab iis dantibus nolle sumere,

id. N. D. 3, 34, 84.—

With acc. of the prayer:

te bonas preces precor, uti sies volens propitius mihi,

Cato, R. R. 139; cf. id. ib. 132, 2.—

With object-clause:

sibi et vicinis serere se,

Plin. 18, 13, 35, § 131:

numquam placidas esse precarer aquas,

Ov. H. 19, 82.—

With ad:

di, ad quos precentur ac supplicent,

make supplications, Liv. 38, 43.—

Absol.:

fata deūm flecti precando,

Verg. A. 6, 376; so freq. in part. pres.:

mitis precanti,

Stat. Th. 1, 189:

verba precantia,

Ov. M. 7, 590:

manum precantem Protendere,

Verg. A. 12, 930:

oliva,

Stat. Th. 2, 478:

eum sororem dedisse Prusiae precanti,

Liv. 42, 12, 4;

and parenthetically: gnatique patrisque, Alma, precor, miserere,

Verg. A. 6, 117:

parce, precor,

Hor. C. 4, 1, 2; Ov. H. 16, 11; id. Am. 3, 9, 67:

per hoc decus, precor,

Hor. Epod. 5, 7.—

In partic., to wish well or ill to any one, to hail, salute, or address one with a wish, alicui aliquid (class.).

Of good wishes:

sic exire e patriā, ut omnes sui cives salutem, incolumitatem, reditum precentur,

Cic. Pis. 14, 33:

cape, Roma, triumphum, Et longum Augusto salva precare diem,

Prop. 3, 11 (4, 10), 50:

nos perpetuam felicitatem reipublicae precari,

Suet. Aug. 58: sibi et suis euthanasian similem precabatur, id. ib. 97:

alicui immortalitatem,

Curt. 8, 5, 16:

permittamus vela ventis et oram solventibus bene precemur,

Quint. Ep. ad Tryph. 3.—

Of evil wishes, imprecations; with mala, male, etc., to curse, invoke evil upon:

neque, si umquam vobis mala precarer, morbum aut mortem aut cruciatum precarer,

Cic. Pis. 19, 43:

quod tibi evenit, ut omnes male precarentur,

id. ib. 14, 33:

(Ajax) mala multa precatus Atridis,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 203:

male precari,

Plaut. Merc. 2, 1, 11:

pergin' precari pessimo,

id. As. 2, 4, 71; cf.:

audisti quae malo principi precamur,

Plin. Pan. 94, 2.—( Act. form prĕco, āre, Prisc. p. 779 P.; partic. precatus, as passive, Juvenc. 3, 85; cf. Varr. ap. Non. 480, 27.)

văcātĭo, ōnis, f. [vaco], a being free from a duty, service, etc.; freedom, exemption, immunity; a freeing, exempting, dispensation (class.; syn. immunitas).

Lit.

In gen.

With gen. obj.:

vacatio omnium munerum,

Cic. N. D. 1, 20, 53:

publici muneris,

id. Fam. 9, 6, 5:

sumptus, laboris, militiae, rerum denique omnium,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 10, § 23:

militiae,

Caes. B. G. 6, 14; Cic. Phil. 5, 19, 53; Just. 1, 9, 12:

quinquennii militiae vacatio,

Liv. 23, 20, 2; 42, 33, 4:

rerum omnium,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 22, § 58:

malorum,

Sen. Ep. 85, 5.—

With ab:

a causis vacatio,

Cic. Leg. 1, 4, 11:

ab belli administratione,

Liv. 23, 32, 15:

ab opere,

Col. 6, 14, 3:

a sacerdotio,

Gell. 1, 12, 7.—

With quominus:

vacationem augures, quominus judiciis operam darent, non habere,

Cic. Brut. 31, 117.—

Absol.:

falsum est, ob vacationem pretium datum,

Cic. Font. 4, 7:

cum sacerdotes deorum vacationem habeant, quanto est aequius habere ipsos deos,

id. Ac. 2, 38, 121:

deprecari vacationem adulescentiae,

id. Cael. 12, 30:

rerum gestarum,

id. Sull. 9, 26:

aetatis,

Nep. Att. 7, 1.—

In partic.

(Sc. militiae.) Exemption from military service:

P. Vatinius... et agro a senatu et vacatione donatus est,

Cic. N. D. 2, 2, 6:

delectum habere sublatis vacationibus,

id. Phil. 5, 12, 31:

senatus decrevit, ut... dilectus haberetur, vacationes ne valerent,

id. Att. 1, 19, 2:

scribere exercitum sine ullā vacationis veniā,

Liv. 8, 20, 3; 7, 28, 3; 27, 38, 3:

locupletissimus quisque miles labore fatigari, donec vacationem emeret,

Tac. H. 1, 46.—

(Sc. culpae.) Neque ei suam vacationem eripio, quā ille apud omnis utitur, ut nihil malitiose fecisse videntur, freedom from blame, Cic. Verr. 2, 7, 68, § 164 B. and K. (dub.; al. purgationem; al. culpae vacationem).—

Transf., a sum paid for exemption from military service:

vacationes annuas exsolvere,

Tac. H. 1, 46:

vacationes centurionibus ex fisco numerat,

id. ib. 1, 58.

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causa (by Cicero, and also a little after him, caussa, Quint. 1, 7, 20; so Fast. Praenest. pp. 321, 322; Inscr. Orell. 3681; 4077; 4698 al.; in Mon. Ancyr. 3, 1 dub.), ae, f. [perh. root cav- of caveo, prop. that which is defended or protected; cf. cura], that by, on account of, or through which any thing takes place or is done; a cause, reason, motive, inducement; also, in gen., an occasion, opportunity (opp. effectis, Quint. 6, 3, 66; 7, 3, 29:

factis,

id. 4, 2, 52; 12, 1, 36 al.; very freq. in all periods, and in all kinds of discourse. In its different meanings syn. with ratio, principium, fons, origo, caput; excusatio, defensio; judicium, controversia, lis; partes, actio; condicio, negotium, commodum, al.).

In gen.: causa ea est, quae id efficit, cujus est causa; ut vulnus mortis; cruditas morbi;

ignis ardoris. Itaque non sic causa intellegi debet, ut quod cuique antecedat, id ei causa sit, sed quod cuique efficienter antecedat,

Cic. Fat. 15, 34:

justa et magna et perspicua,

id. Rosc. Am. 14, 40: id. Phil. 2, 22, 53; id. Att. 16, 7, 6:

sontica causa, v. sonticus.—Followed by a particle of cause: causa, quamobrem, etc.,

Ter. And. 5, 1, 18; id. Eun. 1, 2, 65; id. [p. 304] Heaut. 2, 3, 95; id. Hec. 3, 3, 22; 3, 5, 2; 4, 4, 73; Cic. Fin. 4, 16, 44:

causa, quare, etc.,

Cic. Inv. 2, 20, 60:

causa, cur, etc.,

id. Ac. 1, 3, 10; Quint. 11, 3, 16; 2, 3, 11; Hor. C. 1, 16, 19 al.:

causa quod, etc.,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 46, § 109; id. Phil. 6, 1, 1; Quint. 2, 1, 1; 5, 10, 30 al.:

ut, etc.,

Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 7; Ter. Eun. 3, 3, 6; Cic. Fam. 1, 8, 4 al.:

haud causa quin, etc.,

Plaut. Most. 2, 2, 4:

quae causa est quin,

id. Capt. 2, 2, 103:

quid causae est quin,

Ter. And. 3, 4, 21; Cic. Tusc. 5, 11, 32; Hor. S. 1, 1, 20:

nulla causa est quin,

Cic. Fam. 2, 17, 1:

causa quominus,

Sall. C. 51, 41; Liv. 34, 56, 9:

causa ne,

id. 34, 39, 9:

nihil causae est cur non, etc.,

Quint. 11, 3, 59:

causae propter quas, etc.,

id. 4, 2, 12; 5, 7, 24; 8, 6, 23.—With gen. obj.:

is, qui causa mortis fuit,

Cic. Phil. 9, 3, 7; Liv. 21, 21, 1; Quint. 7, 3, 18; 7, 4, 42:

salutis,

Lucr. 3, 349:

morbi,

id. 3, 502; Verg. G. 4, 397; Hor. C. 2, 2, 14:

nos causa belli sumus,

Liv. 1, 13, 3:

causa mortis fuistis,

Quint. 7, 3, 32; Sen. Ira, 2, 27, 3:

explicandae philosophiae,

Cic. Div. 2, 2, 6:

nec vero umquam bellorum civilium semen et causa deerit,

id. Off. 2, 8, 29; so,

belli,

Sall. C. 2, 2; Verg. A. 7, 553; Hor. C. 2, 1, 2; id. S. 1, 3, 108; id. Ep. 1, 2, 9:

felix qui potuit rerum cognoscere causas,

Verg. G. 2, 490:

vera objurgandi causa,

Ter. And. 1, 1, 131; cf. with ad:

causa ad objurgandum,

id. ib. 1, 1, 123; id. Hec. 4, 4, 71; and poet. with inf.:

consurgere in arma,

Verg. A. 10, 90:

perire,

Tib. 3, 2, 30:

gestare carinas,

Luc. 5, 464.— With prepp.:

cum causā,

with good reason, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 8, § 21; id. de Or. 2, 60, 247; Varr. R. R. 1, 17, 4:

sine causā,

without good reason, Cic. Div. 2, 28, 61; id. Fat. 9, 18; id. de Or. 2, 60, 246; id. Att. 13, 22, 1; Caes. B. G. 1, 14; Nep. Alcib. 6, 2; Quint. 1, 10, 35; 1, 12, 9:

his de causis,

Cic. Att. 6, 1, 6:

id nisi gravi de causā non fecisset,

id. ib. 7, 7, 3:

justis de causis,

id. Fam. 5, 20, 2:

quā de causā,

id. Off. 1, 41, 147; id. Ac. 1, 12, 43; Caes. B. G. 1, 1:

quibus de causis,

Quint. 4, 2, 15;

less freq. in ante-Aug. prose: quā ex causa,

Cic. Rep. 2, 7, 13; id. Mur. 17, 36; but very freq. in Quint., Sen., and the younger Plin.; so,

nullā aliā ex causā,

Sen. Ep. 29, 1:

multis ex causis,

Quint. 5, 12, 3:

quibus ex causis,

id. 4, 2, 15; Plin. Ep. 6, 6, 8:

ex plurimis causis,

id. ib. 1, 3, 6:

ex his (causis),

id. ib. 5, 8, 6:—ob eam causam scribo, ut, etc., Cic. Fam. 1, 8, 4:

illa festinatio fuit ob illam causam, ne, etc.,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 40, § 99; Nep. Milt. 6, 2:

ob eam causam, quia, etc.,

Cic. N. D. 3, 20, 51:

ob eas causas,

Caes. B. G. 1, 10:

ob eam ipsam causam,

Cic. Brut. 7, 29:

quam ob causam,

Nep. Paus. 2, 6:

propter eam quam dixi causam,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 46, § 110:

causae propter quas,

Quint. 4, 2, 12.—In causā esse, to be the cause of, responsible for, etc. (rare):

in causā haec sunt,

Cic. Fam. 1, 1, 1:

vim morbi in causā esse, quo serius perficeretur,

Liv. 40, 26, 5:

verecundiam multis in causā fuisse, ut, etc.,

Quint. 12, 5, 2; Plin. Ep. 6, 10, 3; 7, 5, 1; Plin. 9, 30, 49, § 94; cf.:

tarditatis causa in senatu fuit,

Liv. 4, 58, 4.—

Causā, in abl. with gen. or possess. adj. (usu. put after the noun), as patris causā, meā causā, on account of, for the sake of (in the best prose, almost always referring to the future, and implying a purpose; cf. propter with acc. of the pre-existing cause or motive):

honoris tui causā huc ad te venimus,

Plaut. Poen. 3, 3, 25; Ter. Phorm. 5, 7, 35; Cic. Fam. 13, 26, 2 al.:

animi causa, v. animus, II., etc.: exempli causā, v. exemplum: causā meā,

Plaut. Most. 5, 2, 47; id. Poen. 1, 2, 160; id. Am. 1, 3, 42 al.; Ter. Heaut. prol. 41; 5, 5, 23 al.;

causā meāpte,

id. ib. 4, 3, 8:

nostra causa,

id. Phorm. 4, 4, 14; Cic. Ac. 2, 38, 120; Quint. 7, 4, 9:

vestrā magis hoc causā volebam quam meā,

Cic. de Or. 1, 35. 162:

aliena potius causa quam sua,

Quint. 3, 7, 16.—Put before the noun:

rastros capsit causă potiendi agri,

Enn. Ann. 324 Vahl.:

quidquid hujus feci, causā virginis Feci,

Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 122; so Liv. 26, 32, 6; 31, 12, 4; 39, 14, 8; 40, 41 fin.; 40, 44, 10.—Rarely with propter in the same sense:

vestrarum sedum templorumque causā, propter salutem meorum civium,

Cic. Sest. 20, 45.—With gen. of pers. or reflex. pron. instead of possess. very rare (v. Lahmeyer ad Cic. Lael. 16, 57):

quod illi semper sui causā fecerant,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 52, § 121.

Esp.

= justa causa, good reason, just cause, full right:

cum causā accedere ad accusandum,

with good reason, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 8, § 21; so,

cum causā,

id. de Or. 2, 60, 247; Varr. R. R. 1, 17, 4; 3, 16, 7;

and the contrary: sine causā,

without good reason, Cic. Div. 2, 28, 61; id. de Or. 2, 60, 246; Caes. B. G. 1, 14; Nep. Alcib. 6, 2 al.—

An apology, excuse, Cato, R. R. 2, 2; Plaut. Capt. 3, 4, 92; Ter. Phorm. 2, 1, 42; Cic. Fam. 16, 19 fin.; Verg. A. 9, 219 al.—

Causam alicui dare alicujus rei, occasion:

qui (Nebatius) mihi dedit causam harum litterarum,

Cic. Fam. 11, 27, 8;

for which poët.: Bacchus et ad culpam causas dedit,

Verg. G. 2, 455 Forbig. ad loc.—

A feigned cause, a pretext, pretence, = praetextus, prophasis:

habere causam,

Plaut. As. 4, 1, 44:

fingere falsas causas,

Ter. Hec. 4, 4, 71; id. And. 1, 3, 8 Ruhnk.; 4, 1, 18; id. Phorm. 2, 1, 4:

fingit causas ne det,

id. Eun. 1, 2, 58; cf. Tib. 1, 6, 11:

morae facere,

to pretend reasons for the delay, Sall. J. 36, 2:

inferre causam,

Caes. B. G. 1, 39, 2:

causam interponere,

Nep. Them. 7, 1; cf. id. Milt. 4, 1:

bellandi,

id. Ham. 3, 1:

belli,

Tac. A. 12, 45:

jurgii,

Phaedr. 1, 1, 4 al. (On the other hand, causa, a true cause, is opp. to praetextus, a pretext, Suet. Caes. 30.)—So freq. per causam, under the pretext, Caes. B. C. 3, 24; 3, 76; 3, 87; Liv. 2, 32, 1 Drak.; 22, 61, 8; Suet. Caes. 2; id. Oth. 3; id. Vesp. 1; Tib. 1, 6, 26; Ov. H. 20, 140; id. Tr. 2, 452.—

In judic. lang. t. t., a cause, judicial process, lawsuit:

privatae,

Cic. Inv. 1, 3, 4:

publicae,

id. de Or. 3, 20, 74; id. Rosc. Am. 21, 59:

capitis aut famae,

id. Fam. 9, 21, 1:

causam agere,

id. de Or. 2, 48, 199; Quint. 6, 1, 54; 7, 2, 55; 10, 7, 30;

11, 1, 67 et saep.: constituere,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 1, § 1:

perorare,

id. Quint. 24, 77:

defendere,

Quint. 3, 6, 9; 12, 1, 24; 12, 1, 37; Suet. Caes. 49:

exponere,

Quint. 2, 5, 7:

perdere,

Cic. Rosc. Com. 4, 10:

obtinere,

id. Fam. 1, 4, 1:

tenere (= obticere),

Ov. M. 13, 190: causā cadere, v. cado, II.: causam dicere, to defend one ' s self, or to make a defence (as an advocate), Cic. Rosc. Am. 5, 12 and 13; 21, 54; id. Sest. 8, 18; id. Quint. 8, 31; Liv. 29, 19, 5; Quint. 5, 11, 39; 8, 2, 24; Suet. Caes. 30 et saep.— Poet.: causa prior, the first part of the process, i. e. the trial, Ov. M. 15, 37.—Hence,

Out of the sphere of judicial proceedings, the party, faction, cause that one defends:

ne condemnare causam illam, quam secutus esset, videretur, etc.,

Cic. Lig. 9, 27 sq.:

suarum partium causa,

Quint. 3, 8, 57:

causa Caesaris melior,

id. 5, 11, 42; Tac. A. 1, 36 al. —Hence,

Meton.

A relation of friendship, connection:

quīcum tibi adfininitas, societas, omnes denique causae et necessitudines veteres intercedebant,

Cic. Quint. 15, 48:

explicare breviter, quae mihi sit ratio et causa cum Caesare,

id. Prov. Cons. 17, 40; id. Fam. 13, 19, 1.—

In gen., = condicio, a condition, state, situation, relation, position:

ut nonnumquam mortem sibi ipse consciscere aliquis debeat, alius in eādem causā non debeat: num enim aliā in causā M. Cato fuit, alia ceteri, qui se in Africā Caesari tradiderunt?

Cic. Off. 1, 31, 112; so Caes. B. G. 4, 4 Herz.:

(Regulus) erat in meliore causā quam, etc.,

Cic. Off. 3, 27, 100; id. Agr. 3, 2, 9 (where for causa in the foll. clause is condicio):

atque in hoc genere mea causa est, ut, etc.,

id. Fam. 2, 4, 1; cf. id. ib. 9, 13, 1.—

= negotium, a cause, business undertaken for any one, an employment:

cui senatus dederat publice causam, ut mihi gratias ageret,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 73, § 170:

quod nemo eorum rediisset, qui super tali causā eodem missi erant,

Nep. Paus. 4, 1.—

In medic. lang., a cause for disease:

causam metuere,

Cels. 3, 3; so Sen. Cons. ad Marc. 11 fin.; Plin. 28, 15, 61, § 218.—Hence in late Lat. for disease, Cael. Aur. Tard. 5, 10, 95; id. Acut. 2, 29, 157; Veg. 1, 25, 1; 3, 6, 11; 3, 45, 5; 4, 4, 2 al.—

That which lies at the basis of a rhetorical representation, matter, subject, hupothesis, Cic. Top. 21, 79; id. Inv. 1, 6, 8; Auct. Her. 1, 11, 18; Quint. 3, 5, 7 sq.

cēdo, cessi, cessum, 3, v. n. and a. [perh. for cecado, redupl. from cado], to go, i. e. to be in motion, move, walk, go along.

In gen.

Lit. (rare, and only poet.: for which, in the common lang., incedo);

candidatus cedit hic mastigia,

Plaut. Cas. 2, 8, 10:

non prorsus, verum transvorsus cedit, quasi cancer,

id. Ps. 4, 1, 45; cf. id. ib. 1, 3, 74; Hor. S. 2, 1, 65.—More freq.,

Trop.

Like ire, to have some result, to eventuate, happen, result, turn out, to work; and, acc. to its connection, to turn out well or ill, to succeed or fail:

gesta quae prospere ei cesserunt,

Nep. Timoth. 4, 6; Sall. C. 26, 5; Tac. A. 1, 28:

cetera secundum eventum proelii cessura,

id. H. 3, 70; Suet. Aug. 91; Gell. 4, 5, 4:

bene,

Hor. S. 2, 1, 31; Ov. M. 8, 862; Plin. Pan. 44 fin.:

optime,

Quint. 10, 7, 14:

male,

Hor. S. 2, 1, 31; and:

male alicui,

Ov. M. 10, 80; Suet. Claud. 26; cf. Verg. A. 12, 148; Quint. 10, 2, 16:

utcumque cesserit,

Curt. 7, 4, 16; cf. Suet. Calig. 53; Tac. Agr. 18:

parum,

Suet. Claud. 34:

opinione tardius,

id. Ner. 33:

pro bono,

id. Tit. 7:

in vanum (labor),

Sen. Hippol. 183. —

Cedere pro aliquā re, to be equivalent to, to go for something, to be the price of:

oves, quae non peperint, binae pro singulis in fructu cedent,

Cato, R. R. 150, 2; Col. 12, 14; Tac. G. 14; Pall. Sept. 1, 4.—

In partic.

In respect to the terminus a quo.

To go from somewhere, to remove, withdraw, go away from, depart, retire (freq. and class.):

cedunt de caelo corpora avium,

Enn. Ann. 96 Vahl.:

quia postremus cedis,

Plaut. Men. 5, 7, 29:

ego cedam atque abibo,

Cic. Mil. 34, 93:

cedens carinā,

Cat. 64, 249; cf. id. 64, 53:

quoquam,

Lucr. 5, 843:

aliquo sucus de corpore cessit,

id. 3, 223:

coma de vertice,

Cat. 66, 39:

e toto corpore anima,

Lucr. 3, 210:

ex ingratā civitate,

Cic. Mil. 30, 81:

e patriā,

id. Phil. 10, 4, 8:

patriā,

id. Mil. 25, 68:

Italiā,

id. Phil. 10, 4, 8; Nep. Att. 9, 2; Tac. A. 2, 85 fin. —

Milit. t. t.:

de oppidis,

to abandon, go away from, Cic. Att. 7, 22, 2:

loco,

to yield, give up his post, Nep. Chabr. 1, 2; Liv. 2, 47, 3; Tac. G. 6; Suet. Aug. 24 et saep.:

ex loco,

Liv. 3, 63, 1:

ex acie,

id. 2, 47, 2.—

In commercial lang. t. t.: foro, to withdraw from the market, i. e. to give up business, be insolvent, stop payment, Dig. 16, 3, 7, § 2; Sen. Ben. 4, 39, 2; Juv. 11, 50.—So also,

Bonis or possessionibus (alicui), to give up or cede one ' s property or interest (in favor of a person):

alicui hortorum possessione,

Cic. Mil. 27, 75; so id. Off. 2, 23, 82; cf. Suet. Tib. 10; id. Caes. 72; id. Ner. 35; id. Gram. 11.— Hence of debtors, to make over their property instead of payment; cf. Dig. 42, 3, tit. de cessione bonorum.—

Pregn. (cf. abeo, II.), to pass away, disappear; and specif.,

Of men, to die:

vitā,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 15, 35; Hor. S. 1, 1, 119:

e vita,

Cic. Brut. 1, 4; Plin. Pan. 43, 4; cf.

senatu,

to withdraw from, Tac. A. 2, 48; 11, 25.—

Of time, to pass away, vanish:

horae quidem cedunt et dies et menses et anni,

Cic. Sen. 19, 69. —

Of other things: pudor ex pectore cessit, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 250, 26:

memoriā,

Liv. 2, 33, 9 (for which:

excedere memoriā,

Liv. 7, 32, 15; and:

excedere e memoriā,

id. 26, 13, 5):

non Turno fiducia cessit,

Verg. A. 9, 126:

cedant curaeque metusque,

Stat. S. 1, 2, 26 et saep.; cf. cesso.—

Trop.: cedere alicui or absol., to yield to one (to his superiority), to give the preference or precedence, give place to, submit to (class.; esp. freq. in the histt., of the weaker party, withdrawing, fleeing from).

To yield to, give place to:

quācumque movemur, (aër) videtur quasi locum dare et cedere,

Cic. N. D. 2, 33, 83:

cedebat victa potestas,

Lucr. 5, 1271:

ubi vinci necesse est, expedit cedere,

Quint. 6, 4, 16; 11, 1, 17; 12, 10, 47; cf. Sall. J. 51, 1:

Viriatho exercitus nostri imperatoresque cesserunt,

Cic. Off. 2, 11, 40; Nep. Ham. 1, 2; Sall. J. 51, 4; Liv. 2, 10, 7; Tac. A. 1, 56; 4, 51; Suet. Tib. 16 et saep.:

Pelides cedere nescius,

Hor. C. 1, 6, 6:

di, quibus ensis et ignis Cesserunt,

i. e. who remained unhurt in the destruction of Troy, Ov. M. 15, 862:

eidem tempori, ejusdem furori, eisdem consulibus, eisdem minis, insidiis, periculis,

Cic. Sest. 29, 63; so,

fortunae,

Sall. C. 34, 2:

invidiae ingratorum civium,

Nep. Cim. 3, 2:

majorum natu auctoritati,

id. Timoth. 3, 4:

nocti,

Liv. 3, 17, 9, and 3, 60, 7; 4, 55, 5; cf. Quint. 5, 11, 9:

loco iniquo, non hosti cessum,

Liv. 8, 38, 9:

oneri,

Quint. 10, 1, 24:

vincentibus vitiis,

id. 8, 3, 45:

malis,

Verg. A. 6, 95 et saep.—

To yield to in rank, distinction, etc., i. e. to be inferior to:

cum tibi aetas nostra jam cederet, fascesque summitteret,

Cic. Brut. 6, 22:

nullā aliā re nisi immortalitate cedens caelestibus,

id. N. D. 2, 61, 153:

neque multum cedebant virtute nostris,

Caes. B. G. 2, 6; Quint. 1, 6, 36: Picenis cedunt pomis Tiburtia suco;

Nam facie praestant,

Hor. S. 2, 4, 70; so,

anseribus (candore),

Ov. M. 2, 539:

laudibus lanificae artis,

id. ib. 6, 6;

5, 529: cum in re nullā Agesilao cederet,

Nep. Chabr. 2, 3; Quint. 10, 1, 108:

alicui de aliquā re,

Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 80:

alicui re per aliquid,

id. 33, 3, 19, § 59.— Impers.:

ut non multum Graecis cederetur,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 3, 5; Liv. 24, 6, 8. —

To comply with the wishes, to yield to one:

cessit auctoritati amplissimi viri vel potius paruit,

Cic. Lig. 7, 21; cf. Tac. A. 12, 5:

precibus,

Cic. Planc. 4, 9:

cessit tibi blandienti Cerberus,

Hor. C. 3, 11, 15;

cf,

id. Ep. 1, 18, 43 sq.; Verg. A. 2, 704; 3, 188; Ov. M. 6, 32; 6, 151; 9, 13;

9, 16: omnes in unum cedebant,

Tac. A. 6, 43; 3, 16; cf. id. ib. 12, 10 and 41.—Hence,

Act.: cedere (alicui) aliquid = concedere, to grant, concede, allow, give up, yield, permit something to some one:

permitto aliquid iracundiae tuae, do adulescentiae, cedo amicitiae, tribuo parenti,

Cic. Sull. 16, 46:

multa multis de jure suo,

id. Off. 2, 18, 64:

currum ei,

Liv. 45, 39, 2:

victoriam hosti,

Just. 32, 4, 7:

alicui pellicem et regnum,

id. 10, 2, 3:

imperium,

id. 22, 7, 4:

possessionem,

Dig. 41, 2, 1:

in dando et cedendo loco,

Cic. Brut. 84, 290.—Also with a clause as object, Stat. Th. 1, 704 (but in Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 67, read credit).—And with ut and subj.:

hac victoriā contenta plebes cessit patribus, ut in praesentiā tribuni crearentur, etc.,

Liv. 6, 42, 3; Tac. A. 12, 41: non cedere with quominus, Quint. 5, 7, 2.—

In respect to the terminus ad quem, to arrive, attain to, come somewhere:

cedunt, petunt,

Plaut. Aul. 3, 5, 43:

ibi ad postremum cedit miles, aes petit,

id. ib. 3, 5, 52.—

Trop.:

hoc cedere ad factum volo,

come to its execution, Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 102.—

Cedere alicui or in aliquem, to come to, fall ( as a possession) to one, to fall to his lot or share, [p. 308] accrue:

ut is quaestus huic cederet,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 70, § 170:

captiva corpora Romanis cessere,

Liv. 31, 46, 16:

nolle ominari quae captae urbi cessura forent,

id. 23, 43, 14; Verg. A. 3, 297; 3, 333; 12, 17; 12, 183; Hor. C. 3, 20, 7; Ov. M. 5, 368; 4, 533:

undae cesserunt piscibus habitandae,

id. ib. 1, 74 al.:

alicui in usum,

Hor. S. 2, 2, 134:

Lepidi atque Antonii arma in Augustum cessere,

Tac. A. 1, 1; so id. H. 3, 83; id. Agr. 5; id. A. 2, 23:

aurum ex hostibus captum in paucorum praedam cessisse,

Liv. 6, 14, 12; Curt. 7, 6, 16; Tac. A. 15, 45; for which: cedere praedae (dat.) alicujus, Liv. 43, 19, 12; and:

praeda cedit alicui,

Hor. C. 3, 20, 7:

ab Tullo res omnis Albana in Romanum cesserit imperium,

Liv. 1, 52, 2; Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 174:

in dicionem M. Antonii provinciae cesserant,

Tac. H. 5, 9.—

Cedere in aliquid, like abire in aliquid (v. abeo, II.), to be changed or to pass into something, to be equivalent to or become something:

poena in vicem fidei cesserat,

Liv. 6, 34, 2; cf.:

temeritas in gloriam cesserat,

Curt. 3, 6, 18; Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 91; Tac. H. 2, 59 fin.; id. G. 36; Plin. Pan. 83, 4:

in proverbium,

Plin. 23, 1, 23, § 42:

in exemplorum locum,

Quint. 5, 11, 36.—Hence, * cēdenter, adv. of the part. pres. cedens (not used as P. a.), by yielding, Cael. Aur. Acut. 3, 16, 129.

cĕdo, old imperat. form, whose contr. plur. is cette (cf. Prob. II. p. 1486 P.; Non. p. 84, 31 sq.) [compounded of the particle -ce and the root da-; v. 1. do], hither with it! here! give! tell, say (implying great haste, familiarity, authority, and so differing from praebe, dic, etc.); cf. Key, § 731.

In gen., hither with it, give or bring here.

With acc.:

cette manus vestras measque accipite,

Enn. Trag. 320 Vahl.:

cedo aquam manibus,

give water! Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 150:

puerum, Phidippe, mihi cedo: ego alam,

Ter. Hec. 4, 4, 86:

tuam mi dexteram,

Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 28; so Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 84; and:

cette dextras,

Plaut. Merc. 5, 4, 4:

senem,

bring hither the old man, Ter. Phorm. 2, 2, 7:

convivas,

Plaut. Ps. 3, 2, 101:

quemvis arbitrum,

Ter. Ad. 1, 2, 43: eum aliquis cette in conspectum, Att. ap. Non. p. 85, 1:

cedo illum,

Phaedr. 5, 2, 6.—

Absol.: Al. En pateram tibi: eccam. Am. Cedo mi, Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 146. —

Esp.

Let us hear, tell, out with it:

age, age, cedo istuc tuom consilium: quid id est?

Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 91:

unum cedo auctorem tui facti, unius profer exemplum,

Cic. Verr 2, 5, 26, § 67:

cedo mihi unum, qui, etc.,

id. ib. 2, 3, 12, § 29: cedo, si vos in eo loco essetis, quid aliud fecissetis? Cato ap. Quint. 9, 2, 21: cedo, cujum puerum hic apposuisti? dic mihi. Ter. And. 4, 4, 24; cf. Naev. ap. Cic. Sen. 6, 20; Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 82; Pac. ap. Non. p. 85, 6; Cic. Part. Or. 1, 3:

cedo igitur, quid faciam,

Ter. And. 2, 3, 9; cf. Cic. Div. 2, 71, 146; id. Verr. 2, 2, 43, § 106: cedo, si conata peregit, tell how, if, etc., Juv. 13, 210; so id. 6, 504.—With dum:

cedo dum, en unquam audisti, etc.?

Ter. Phorm. 2, 2, 15.—

In respect to action, cedo = fac, ut, grant that, let me:

cedo ut bibam,

Plaut. Most. 2, 1, 26:

cedo ut inspiciam,

id. Curc. 5, 2, 54:

ego, statim, cedo, inquam si quid ab Attico,

Cic. Att. 16, 13, a, 1.—

For calling attention, lo! behold! well! cedo mihi leges Atinias, Furias, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 42, § 109:

cedo mihi ipsius Verris testimonium,

id. ib. 2, 1, 33, § 84; id. N. D. 1, 27, 75; cf. id. Brut. 86, 295; id. Sest. 50, 108:

haec cedo ut admoveam templis, et farre litabo,

Pers. 2, 75:

cedo experiamur,

App. Mag. p. 298, 14.

confīdentĭa, ae, f. [confidens].

A firm trust in a thing, confidence (thus very rare): scapularum. Plaut. As. 3, 2, 3.—With acc. and inf.:

confidentia'st inimicos meos me posse perdere,

Plaut. Ps. 2, 4, 73.— Absol.:

occidit spes nostra: nusquam stabulum'st confidentiae,

Plaut. Most. 2, 1, 3. —

As a quality or habit, self-confidence, boldness; in a good and bad sense (class.).

In a good sense (cf. fiducia): confidentia omnis orationis, Naev. ap. Non. p. 262, 24; cf.:

duas sibi res, quominus in vulgus et in foro diceret, confidentiam et vocem, defuisse,

Cic. Rep. 3, 30, 42; cf. Non. ib.; Plaut. Am. 5, 1, 2; id. Capt. 4, 2, 25; 4, 2, 32; Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 8, 9.—More freq.,

In a bad sense (cf. Cic. Tusc. 3, 7, 14, s. v. confido, P. a., B.), audacity, impudence: atrocem coërce confidentiam, Pac. ap. Non. p. 262, 10; Att. ib. 16:

at confidentiā militia militatur multo magis quam pondere,

Plaut. Pers. 2, 2, 49; Ter. And. 5, 3, 5; id. Eun. 5, 1, 23; Cic. Fl. 4, 10; id. Phil. 2, 40, 104; Quint. 11, 3, 160 (opp. fiducia); id. 12, 5, 2; and metus, * Suet. Calig. 51.

dēmŏror, ātus, 1, v. dep. n. and a.

Neutr., to loiter, linger, tarry, delay (very rare):

me hic demoratam tam diu,

Plaut. Rud. 2, 4, 27:

ille nihil demoratus exsurgit,

Tac. A. 15, 69:

quamdiu legationis causa ibi demorantur,

Dig. 5, 1, 2, § 4:

in errore,

Vulg. Sirach, 17, 26;

diebus septem,

id. Act. 20, 6 al. —More freq. (and class.),

Act., to retard, detain, delay one:

diu me estis demorati,

Plaut. Epid. 3, 2, 40; cf.: ne diutius vos demorer, *Cic. de Or. 2, 58, 235: detinere aliquem et demorari, Lentul. in Cic. Fam. 12, 15:

nullo hoste prohibente aut iter demorante,

Caes. B. G. 3, 6 fin.; so,

repentinas eorum eruptiones,

id. B. C. 1, 81, 5:

novissimum agmen,

id. ib. 3, 75, 3; Tac. A. 12, 68.— Poet.:

Teucros quid demoror armis?

restrain from battle, Verg. A. 11, 175 (ab armis, Serv.):

fando surgentes demoror Austros,

Verg. A. 3, 481 (i. e. vos demoror quominus ventis utamini, Serv.): inutilis annos demoror, detain the years (sc. that hasten to an end), i. e. remain alive, Verg. A. 2, 648 (quasi festinantes diu vivendo detineo, Serv.):

mortalia demoror arma,

i. e. await, Verg. A. 10, 30 (exspecto, sustineo, Serv.).

dē-sīdĕro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [etym. dub.; cf. considero], to long for, greatly wish for, to desire something not possessed (freq. and class.—for syn. cf.: opto, requiro, expeto, appeto, affecto, cupio, concupisco, aveo, gestio, capto, volo).

In gen., with acc.:

Dies noctesque me ames, me desideres,

Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 113:

quam tu filium tuom, tam pater me meus desiderat,

Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 66:

natura quid velit, anquirat, desideret,

Cic. Lael. 24:

nec sitio honores, nec desidero gloriam,

id. Q. Fr. 3, 5, 3:

dum illa desideramus, ab aliis avertimur,

Quint. 10, 6, 7:

quid desideremus aut deprecemur,

id. 4, 1, 52:

nec nunc vires desidero adolescentis non plus quam adolescens tauri aut elephanti desiderabam,

Cic. de Sen. 9; Caes. B. C. 3, 74, 2:

desiderantem quod satis est,

Hor. Od. 3, 1, 25:

Sextilem totum mendax desideror,

id. Ep. 1, 7, 2 et saep.—

With acc. and inf.:

me gratiam aps te inire verbis nil desidero,

Plaut. Stich. 4, 1, 10:

mihi dari haud desidero,

id. Merc. 1, 2, 37:

quo ullam rem ad se importari desiderent,

Caes. B. G. 4, 2.— With inf. alone:

mori,

Vulg. Apoc. 9, 6.—

With ab or in:

ab Chrysippo nihil magnum desideravi,

Cic. Rep. 3, 8; id. Att. 8, 14, 2; Quint. 3, 1, 2 al.:

ab milite modestiam et continentiam,

Caes. B. G. 7, 52 fin.:

in quo (Catone) summam eloquentiam,

Cic. Brut. 31, 118; id. Fin. 5, 5, 13; id. Fam. 8, 5, 1; id. Lael. 22, 82; Quint. 7, 2, 55 al.—

Absol.:

misere amans desiderat,

Plaut. Bacch. 2, 2, 30; id. Mil. 4, 6, 29; Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 16 al.—

Of inanimate subjects:

desiderarunt te oculi mei,

Cic. Planc. 5, 13:

nullam virtus aliam mercedem laborum desiderat praeter, etc.,

id. Arch. 11, 28:

ut desiderat laus probationem, sic, etc.,

Quint. 3, 7, 4 et saep.:

desiderant rigari arbores,

Plin. 17, 26, 40, § 249.

With predominant idea of lacking, wanting, to miss any thing:

ex me audies, quid in oratione tua desiderem,

Cic. Rep. 2, 38:

si non est, nolis esse neque desideres,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 8, 73:

quid a peritioribus rei militaris desiderari videbatur,

Caes. B. C. 3, 61, 3 et saep.—Esp. with quominus:

praeter quercum Dodonaeam nihil desideramus, quo minus Epirum ipsum possidere videamur,

Cic. Att. 2, 4, 5. —

Meton. (effectus pro causa), to lose something; and more freq. pass., to be missing, to be lost:

in eo proelio non amplius CC milites desideravit,

Caes. B. C. 3, 99; cf. id. ib. 3, 71:

ut nulla navis desideraretur,

id. B. G. 5, 23, 3; 7, 11, 8 et saep.:

neque quicquam ex fano praeter unum signum desideratum est,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 44; Vell. 2, 52, 6:

ex peditibus triginta,

Curt. 3, 29, 27.—

With the notion of inquiring, searching; to investigate, examine, discuss (rare):

sequitur ut morbo laborantibus remedia desiderentur,

Col. 9, 13, 1:

examina,

id. 9, 8, 1.— Impers.:

antequam desideraretur,

before the question should be raised, Vitr. 2, 6, 4.—Hence,

dēsīdĕrans, antis, P. a., in Sup. desiderantissimus, in the later writers for desideratissimus, as a term of endearment, heart's desire, best beloved:

vale, domine dulcissime, desiderantissime,

Fronto Ep. 5, 40; M. Aur. ib. 1, 5;

L. Aur. Verus,

ib. 2, 8; Inscr. Orell. 4644.— Adv.: dēsīdĕranter, acc. to no. I., with desire, eagerly (late Lat.):

appetere,

Cassiod. Var. 1, 4.— Comp.:

quanto desiderantius desideras,

Fronto Ep. ad Ver. Imp. 13.—

dēsīdĕrātus, a, um, P. a., wished for, longed for, welcome (very rare):

et veniet desideratus cunctis gentibus,

Vulg. Aggaei, 2, 8: blandissima et desideratissimi promissa. Plin. 30, 1, 1, § 2:

fratres desideratissimi,

Vulg. Philip. 4, 1;

and in inscrr. applied to a beloved person: FILIO DESIDERATISSIMO,

Inscr. Orell. 5068; id. Grut. 681, 2 al.