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  • 1 sententia

    sententĭa, ae, f. [for sentientia, from sentio], a way of thinking, opinion, judgment, sentiment; a purpose, determination, decision, will, etc.
    I.
    Lit. (cf.: opinio, voluntas, studium).
    A.
    In gen.:

    quoniam sententiae atque opinionis meae voluistis esse participes, nihil occultabo et quoad potero, vobis exponam, quid de quāque re sentiam,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 37, 172:

    sententia et opinio mea,

    id. ib. 2, 34, 146:

    senis sententia de nuptiis,

    Ter. And. 1, 3, 2:

    de aliquā re,

    id. Ad. 3, 5, 5; id. Phorm. 2, 4, 4; cf.:

    de diis immortalibus habere non errantem et vagam, sed stabilem certamque sententiam,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 1, 2:

    de hac sententiā Non demovebor,

    Plaut. Pers. 3, 1, 45; cf. Cic. Verr. 1, 17, 52:

    de sententiā deducere, deicere, depellere, deterrere, decedere, desistere, etc., v. h. vv.: nisi quid tua secus sententia est,

    Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 95; cf.:

    mihi sententia eadem est,

    id. Trin. 2, 4, 44:

    adhuc in hac sum sententiā, nihil ut faciamus nisi, etc.,

    Cic. Fam. 4, 4, 5:

    eā omnes stant sententiā,

    Plaut. Curc. 2, 1, 35; cf.:

    perstat in sententiā Saturius,

    Cic. Rosc. Com. 18, 56; so,

    in sententiā manere, permanere, etc., v. h. vv.: non prima sed melior vicit sententia,

    Plin. Pan. 76, 2.— Plur.:

    variis dictis sententiis, quarum pars censebant, etc.,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 77:

    erant sententiae, quae censerent,

    id. B. C. 2, 30:

    sententiae numerantur, non ponderantur,

    Plin. Ep. 2, 12, 5:

    nos quibus Cotta tantum modo locos ac sententias hujus disputationis tradidisset,

    the leading thoughts, Cic. de Or. 3, 4, 16.—Prov.:

    quot homines, tot sententiae,

    many men, many minds, Ter. Phorm. 2, 4, 14; Cic. Fin. 1, 5, 15. —
    2.
    In the phrases,
    (α).
    Sententia est, with subj.-clause, it is my purpose, will, opinion, etc., Auct. Her. 3, 24, 40:

    si honestatem tueri ac retinere sententia est,

    if one's purpose be, if one be determined, Cic. Off. 3, 33, 116; and: stat sententia, with obj.clause, Ov. M. 8, 67; cf.

    , parenthetically: sic stat sententia,

    id. ib. 1, 243.—
    (β).
    De sententiā alicujus aliquid facere, Cic. Cael. 29, 68:

    neque ego haud committam, ut si quid peccatum siet, Fecisse dicas de meā sententiā,

    according to my wish, to suit me, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 115:

    gerere,

    Cic. Sull. 19 fin.; cf. id. Verr. 2, 5, 21, § 53; id. Att. 16, 16, C, § 11; 7, 5 fin.; Liv. 38, 45, 5 et saep.—
    (γ).
    Meā quidem sententiā, in my opinion or judgment, as I think:

    nimis stulte faciunt, meā quidem sententiā,

    Plaut. Men. 1, 1, 5:

    meā quidem sententiā,

    id. Cas. 3, 3, 1; id. Poen. 5, 6, 1; Ter. Ad. 1, 1, 40; 5, 9, 2; id. Phorm. 2, 2, 21;

    and simply meā sententiā,

    Plaut. Ep. 3, 3, 11; id. Merc. 2, 3, 58; Cic. Rep. 1, 26, 42; 1, 45, 69; id. de Or. 2, 23, 95 al.—
    (δ).
    Ex meā (tuā, etc.) sententiā, according to my ( thy, etc.) wish:

    quoniam haec evenerunt nostrā ex sententiā,

    Plaut. Men. 5, 9, 89; id. Cist. 1, 2, 7; id. Men. 2, 2, 1; 5, 7, 30; id. Truc. 5, 72; id. Capt. 2, 3, 87; Ter. Heaut. 4, 3, 5; Cic. Fam. 2, 7, 3; 2, 15, 1; and more freq., simply ex sententiā, to one's mind or liking, Plaut. Pers. 1, 1, 18; id. Capt. 2, 2, 97; id. Mil. 4, 1, 1; id. Aul. 4, 1, 3; id. Truc. 5, 69; Ter. Heaut. 4, 5, 17; id. Hec. 5, 4, 32; id. Phorm. 2, 1, 26; Cic. de Or. 1, 27, 123; id. Att. 5, 21; id. Fam. 1, 7, 5; 12, 10, 2; Sall. J. 43, 5 et saep. (v. also infra, B. 2.).—
    (ε).
    Praeter animi sententiam, against one's inclination:

    quam (crapulam) potavi praeter animi mei sententiam,

    Plaut. Rud. 2, 7, 29.—
    B.
    In partic., publicists' and jurid. t.t., an official determination, a decision, sentence, judgment, vote (cf. suffragium):

    SENATVOS SENTENTIAM VTEI SCIENTES ESETIS, EORVM SENTENTIA ITA FVIT, S. C. de Bacch.: (L. Tarquinius) antiquos patres majorum gentium appellavit, quos priores sententiam rogabat,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 20, 35:

    non viribus... res magnae geruntur, sed consilio, auctoritate, sententiā,

    id. Sen. 6, 17:

    (Marcellinus) sententiam dixit, ut, etc.... postea Racilius de privatis me primum sententiam rogavit, etc.,

    id. Q. Fr. 2, 1, 2:

    accurate sententiam dixi... factum est senatusconsultum in meam sententiam,

    id. Att. 4, 1, 6:

    DE SENATVOS SENTENTIAD... DE PR. VRBANI SENATVOSQVE SENTENTIAD, S. C. de Bacch.: ex senatus sententiā,

    Cic. Fam. 12, 4, 1:

    victos paucis sententiis,

    Liv. 22, 61, 8.—Hence, sententiam dare, to vote:

    meae partes exquirendae magis sententiae quam dandae sunt,

    Liv. 8, 20, 12:

    omnes in eam sententiam ierunt,

    id. 23, 10, 4:

    cum in hanc sententiam pedibus omnes issent,

    id. 22, 56, 1:

    aliquem sequor, aliquem jubebo sententiam dividere,

    to divide the question, Sen. Vit. Beat. 3, 2; cf.:

    quod fieri in senatu solet... cum censuit aliquis quod ex parte mihi placeat, jubeo illum dividere sententiam et sequor,

    id. Ep. 21, 9.—Hence, de eventu fortuna judicat, cui de me sententiam non do, I give no vote, Sen. Ep. 14, 16.—Of the people in the comitia:

    de singulis magistratibus sententiam ferre,

    Cic. Agr. 2, 11, 26:

    de quo foedere populus Romanus sententiam non tulit,

    id. Balb. 15, 34.—Of the votes of judges:

    itur in consilium: servus ille innocens omnibus sententiis absolvitur, quo facilius vos hunc omnibus sententiis condemnare possitis,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 45, § 100; id. Clu. 26, 72:

    condemnatur enim perpaucis sententiis,

    id. Verr. 2, 1, 30, § 75: M. Cato (judex) sententiam dixit, pronounced the decision or sentence, id. Off. 3, 16, 66:

    sententiis paribus reus absolvitur,

    Sen. Ep. 81, 26.—
    2.
    Ex animi mei (tui) sententiā, in the formula of an oath, to the best of my ( your) knowledge and belief, on my ( your) conscience:

    (majores) jurare ex sui animi sententiā quemque voluerunt,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 47, 146:

    quod ex animi tui sententiā juraris, id non facere perjurium est,

    id. Off. 3, 29, 108; Liv. 22, 53, 10; 43, 15 fin. —In a play on this signif. and that of ex sententiā, supra:

    ridicule illud L. Nasica censori Catoni, cum ille: Ex tui animi sententiā tu uxorem habes? Non hercule, inquit, ex animi mei sententiā,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 64, 260; cf. Quint. 8, 5 init.; Gell. 4, 20, 2 sqq.— Transf., as a formula of assurance:

    me quidem, ex animi mei sententiā, nulla oratio laedere potest,

    by my faith, Sall. J. 85, 27.—
    II.
    Transf., of words, discourse, etc., sense, meaning, signification, idea, notion, etc.:

    sonitum ut possis sentire, neque illam Internoscere, verborum sententiam quae sit,

    Lucr. 4, 561:

    cum verbum potest in duas plurisve sententias accipi,

    Auct. Her. 4, 53, 67:

    cum continenter verbum non in eādem sententiā ponitur,

    Cic. Or. 39, 136:

    formantur et verba et sententiae paene innumerabiliter,

    id. de Or. 3, 52, 201:

    cognitā sententiā verba subtiliter exquiri noluerunt,

    id. Caecin. 20, 57:

    quod summum bonum a Stoicis dicitur convenienter naturae vivere, id habet hanc, ut opinor, sententiam: cum virtute congruere semper,

    id. Off. 3, 3, 13:

    haec (philosophia) nos docuit, ut nosmet ipsos nosceremus: cujus praecepti tanta vis, tanta sententia est, ut ea non homini cuipiam, sed Delphico deo tribueretur,

    such depth of meaning, id. Leg. 1, 22, 58:

    legis (with vis),

    id. ib. 2, 5, 11:

    de Domitio dixit versum Graecum eādem sententiā, quā etiam nos habemus Latinum: Pereant amici, etc.,

    id. Deiot. 9, 25:

    est vitium in sententiā, si quid absurdum, aut alienum est,

    id. Opt. Gen. 3, 7; cf. id. de Or. 3, 52, 200.—
    B.
    Concr.
    1.
    In gen., a thought expressed in words; a sentence, period: dum de singulis sententiis breviter [p. 1672] disputo, Cic. Phil. 13, 10, 22:

    est brevitate opus, ut currat sententia, etc.,

    Hor. S. 1, 10, 9:

    initia et clausulae sententiarum,

    Quint. 9, 3, 45; cf. id. 9, 3, 36; 11, 3, 135; 8, 4, 26; 9, 4, 18; 9, 4, 29; 10, 1, 130 al.—
    2.
    In partic., a philosophical proposition, an aphorism, apophthegm, maxim, axiom (cf. praeceptum): selectae (Epicuri) brevesque sententiae, quas appellatis kurias doxas, Cic. N. D. 1, 30, 85:

    quid est tam jucundum cognitu atque auditu, quam sapientibus sententiis gravibusque verbis ornata oratio et perpolita,

    id. de Or. 1, 8, 31:

    acutae,

    id. ib. 2, 8, 34:

    concinnae acutaeque,

    id. Brut. 78, 272; Quint. 8, 5, 2 sq.; 9, 3, 76; 10, 1, 60;

    11, 3, 120 al.: (Sophocles) sententiis densus,

    id. 10, 1, 68; cf. id. 10, 1, 90; 10, 1, 102:

    subiti ictūs sententiarum,

    Sen. Ep. 100, 8.

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  • 2 sententia

    sententĭa, ae, f. [st1]1 [-] façon de penser, sentiment, avis, opinion, jugement.    - manere in sententia, Sall.: persister dans son opinion.    - quot homines, tot sententiae, Ter. Phorm.: autant d'hommes, autant d'avis.    - decedere de sententia, Cic.: changer d'avis.    - eorum sum sententiae qui... Liv.: je pense comme ceux qui...    - in hac sum sententia, ut... Cic. Fam. 4: je suis d'avis que...    - meā quidem sententiā: à mon sens, selon moi.    - de sententiâ alicujus, Cic. Cael. 29: sur la foi de qqn.    - ex animi mei sententia: d'après ce que je pense au fond de mon cœur, en mon âme et conscience (formule de serment). [st1]2 [-] projet, intention, détermination, résolution, vues, volonté, désir, voeu.    - si tueri sententia est... Cic. Off. 3: si l'on veut défendre...    - postquam ipsi sententia stetit... Liv.: quand il fut décidé à...    - sic stat sententia, Ov. M. 1: c'est une résolution arrêtée.    - ex sententia: à souhait (à mon gré, à ton gré...). [st1]3 [-] avis (émis dans une délibération), motion; vote, suffrage, décision, sentence, arrêt.    - consilio, ratione, sententiā, Cic.: par la sagesse, par la raison, par de bons avis.    - in meam sententiam, Cic. Att. 4: conformément à mon avis.    - sententiâ Planci, Cic.: sur la proposition de Plancus.    - sententiam dividere, Sen. Vit. Beat. 3, 2: scinder la motion (diviser la motion en deux parties).    - exquirere sententias, Liv. 8: recueillir les voix.    - sententiam dicere (ferre, dare): exposer son avis, voter.    - pro sententia dixit ut... Tac.: il opina pour que...    - pedibus ire in sententiam alicujus: se ranger à l'avis de qqn.    - sententias in urnam conjicere: jeter les bulletins dans l'urne.    - absolvi omnibus sententiis (paribus sententiis): être acquitté à l'unanimité des suffrages.    - sententiam dicere (ferre), Cic.: porter un arrêt, rendre un jugement.    - senatûs sententia: décision du sénat, sénatus-consulte.    - sententia tristis, Cic. Tac.: sentence fatale, arrêt de mort. [st1]4 [-] sens, signification, le fond (par opposition à la forme, verba)    - cujus praecepti tanta sententia est, Cic.: telle est la portée de ce précepte.    - sententiam legis sequi, Cic.: s'attacher à l'esprit de la loi.    - plures sententias accipi, Auct. Her. 4: avoir plusieurs acceptions.    - verbis Graecis in hanc sententiam eum allocutus est, Tac.: il lui adressa en grec une phrase dont voici le sens.    - earum (litterarum) sententia haec est, Sall.: voici quelle était le fond de cette lettre.    - copia sententiarum atque verborum, Cic. Tusc. 2: la richesse du fond et de la forme.    - apte, sine sententiis dicere, Cic.: parler avec élégance, mais sans idées. [st1]5 [-] pensée (formant un sens), idée exprimée, phrase, période.    - ut sententia currat, Hor. S. 1, 10, 9: pour que la pensée marche rapidement.    - de singulis sententiis breviter disputare, Cic. Phil. 13: commenter brièvement chacune des phrases (d'une lettre).    - clausulae sententiarum, Quint. 9, 3, 45: fins de phrases. [st1]6 [-] pensée saillante, maxime, sentence, trait brillant.    - honestae voluntates, sententiae, actiones, Cic.: beaux sentiments, belles pensées, belles actions.    - creber in reperiendis sententiis, Cic.: riche en grandes pensées.    - testis mearum sententiarum, Hor.: témoin des vérités que j'exprime.    - selectae Epicuri sententiae, Cic.: maximes choisies d'Epicure.    - sensus argutā sententiā effulget, Tac.: l'idée est mise en relief par un trait ingénieux. [st1]7 [-] développement d'une pensée, amplification oratoire.
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    sententĭa, ae, f. [st1]1 [-] façon de penser, sentiment, avis, opinion, jugement.    - manere in sententia, Sall.: persister dans son opinion.    - quot homines, tot sententiae, Ter. Phorm.: autant d'hommes, autant d'avis.    - decedere de sententia, Cic.: changer d'avis.    - eorum sum sententiae qui... Liv.: je pense comme ceux qui...    - in hac sum sententia, ut... Cic. Fam. 4: je suis d'avis que...    - meā quidem sententiā: à mon sens, selon moi.    - de sententiâ alicujus, Cic. Cael. 29: sur la foi de qqn.    - ex animi mei sententia: d'après ce que je pense au fond de mon cœur, en mon âme et conscience (formule de serment). [st1]2 [-] projet, intention, détermination, résolution, vues, volonté, désir, voeu.    - si tueri sententia est... Cic. Off. 3: si l'on veut défendre...    - postquam ipsi sententia stetit... Liv.: quand il fut décidé à...    - sic stat sententia, Ov. M. 1: c'est une résolution arrêtée.    - ex sententia: à souhait (à mon gré, à ton gré...). [st1]3 [-] avis (émis dans une délibération), motion; vote, suffrage, décision, sentence, arrêt.    - consilio, ratione, sententiā, Cic.: par la sagesse, par la raison, par de bons avis.    - in meam sententiam, Cic. Att. 4: conformément à mon avis.    - sententiâ Planci, Cic.: sur la proposition de Plancus.    - sententiam dividere, Sen. Vit. Beat. 3, 2: scinder la motion (diviser la motion en deux parties).    - exquirere sententias, Liv. 8: recueillir les voix.    - sententiam dicere (ferre, dare): exposer son avis, voter.    - pro sententia dixit ut... Tac.: il opina pour que...    - pedibus ire in sententiam alicujus: se ranger à l'avis de qqn.    - sententias in urnam conjicere: jeter les bulletins dans l'urne.    - absolvi omnibus sententiis (paribus sententiis): être acquitté à l'unanimité des suffrages.    - sententiam dicere (ferre), Cic.: porter un arrêt, rendre un jugement.    - senatûs sententia: décision du sénat, sénatus-consulte.    - sententia tristis, Cic. Tac.: sentence fatale, arrêt de mort. [st1]4 [-] sens, signification, le fond (par opposition à la forme, verba)    - cujus praecepti tanta sententia est, Cic.: telle est la portée de ce précepte.    - sententiam legis sequi, Cic.: s'attacher à l'esprit de la loi.    - plures sententias accipi, Auct. Her. 4: avoir plusieurs acceptions.    - verbis Graecis in hanc sententiam eum allocutus est, Tac.: il lui adressa en grec une phrase dont voici le sens.    - earum (litterarum) sententia haec est, Sall.: voici quelle était le fond de cette lettre.    - copia sententiarum atque verborum, Cic. Tusc. 2: la richesse du fond et de la forme.    - apte, sine sententiis dicere, Cic.: parler avec élégance, mais sans idées. [st1]5 [-] pensée (formant un sens), idée exprimée, phrase, période.    - ut sententia currat, Hor. S. 1, 10, 9: pour que la pensée marche rapidement.    - de singulis sententiis breviter disputare, Cic. Phil. 13: commenter brièvement chacune des phrases (d'une lettre).    - clausulae sententiarum, Quint. 9, 3, 45: fins de phrases. [st1]6 [-] pensée saillante, maxime, sentence, trait brillant.    - honestae voluntates, sententiae, actiones, Cic.: beaux sentiments, belles pensées, belles actions.    - creber in reperiendis sententiis, Cic.: riche en grandes pensées.    - testis mearum sententiarum, Hor.: témoin des vérités que j'exprime.    - selectae Epicuri sententiae, Cic.: maximes choisies d'Epicure.    - sensus argutā sententiā effulget, Tac.: l'idée est mise en relief par un trait ingénieux. [st1]7 [-] développement d'une pensée, amplification oratoire.
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        Sententia, sententiae. Opinion et advis. Ce que une personne sent en son coeur, Sa fantasie.
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        Haec mea sententia. Plaut. C'est mon advis.
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        Si honestatem tueri ac retinere sententia est. Cic. Si tu as proposé de, etc.
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        Quod ad rem mea sententia maxime pertinet. Cic. Selon ma fantasie et advis, A mon jugement.
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        Diuina futuri sententia. Horat. Qui devine les choses futures, et les predit.
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        Dubia est sententia nobis. Ouid. Je ne scay, Je suis en doubte.
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        Sancta sententia. Lucret. A laquelle il ne fault toucher pour la cuider invalider.
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        Nec mea iam mutata loco sententia cedit. Virgil. Ma fantasie et volunté ne change point, Je persiste en mon opinion.
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        Animo sententia constat. Virgil. Cela est deliberé et arresté en moymesme.
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        Decedere sententia. Tacit. Changer d'opinion.
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        Ex sententia alicuius dicere. Cic. Selon l'opinion d'aucun.
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        Pensata sententia. Sil. Pensee et examinee.
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        Ponere suam sententiam. Quintil. Mettre et coucher par escript son opinion.
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        Positus in multis sententiis. Plaut. Celuy de qui les uns parlent bien, les autres parlent mal.
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        Rogatus sententiam. Sallust. A qui on a demandé son opinion.
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        Scire sententiam alicuius. Terent. Son opinion et advis.
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        Sic stat sententia. Ouid. Je l'ay ainsi arresté et deliberé.
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        In ea sum sententia. Cic. Je suis de ceste opinion, Mon advis est tel.
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        Sic sententia est. Plautus. J'ay ainsi arresté en moymesme et deliberé.
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        Quae nunc animo sententia surgit? Virg. Quel advis te vient il en l'esprit?
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        Quae te sententia vertit? Virgil. Quelle chose t'a faict changer de propos et volunté?
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        - quianam sententia vobis Versa retro? Virg. Pourquoy avez vous changé d'advis et d'opinion?
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        Ex sententia nauigare. Cic. A son gré, souhait et vouloir.
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        Sententia. Quintil. La sentence du juge, Le jugé, Le dicton, L'arrest.
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        Candida sententia. Ouid. Sentence d'absolution.
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        Ferre sententiam de re aliqua. Quintil. Donner sa sentence.
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        Tristis sententia lata est. Ouid. Il a esté condamné par sentence.
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        Omnibus sententiis. Cic. Par l'opinion et deliberation de touts.
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        Verborum sententia. Lucret. Le sens et signification ou sentence des mots.
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        Sententia. Author ad Heren. Un dicton de bon enseignement, Mot doré, Une belle sentence.
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        Reficere sententia stomachum fatigatum. Quintil. Resjouir et resveiller de quelque belle sentence le juge qui desja est fasché de la longueur du plaidoyé.

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  • 3 sententia

    sententia, ae, f. (sentio), I) die Meinung, Willensmeinung, 1) im allg., der Wille, Sinn, die Gesinnung, der Gedanke, die Ansicht, die Idee (dem Ausdrucke entgegengesetzt), abundans sententiis, ideenreich, Cic.: sententiam fronte tegere, Cic.: sententiam aperire Cic.: in hac sum sententia, ut etc., Cic.: in sententia manere od. permanere od. perstare, Cic.: alqm de sententia deducere, Cic.: de sententia decedere, Cic.: sententiā od. de sententia desistere, Cic.: sententiam mutare, Cic.: de sententia deici, deterreri, Cic.: si honestatem tueri sententia est, Cic.: sententia stat Hannibali, Liv.: u. bl. stat sententia, Ter.; mit folg. Infin., Liv. u. Ov.: sic stat sententia (als Parenthese), Ov.: sicinest sententia? ist das dein Beschluß? Ter.: quoniam sententiae (Ansicht) atque opinionis (Meinung) meae voluistis esse participes, Cic.: haec sententia vincit, Liv.: ea sententia valuit, Tac. – ex sententia, nach Wunsch, von Herzen, Cic.: de sententia, nach der Meinung, alcis, Cic.: meā sententiā, nach meiner Meinung, Cic. – 2) insbes.: a) die amtliche Meinung, die Stimme, α) der Beschlußantrag, das Votum, der Senatoren in der Kurie usw., sententiam dicere, Cic., ferre, Cic., dare, Liv.: in sententiam alcis discedere, jmds. Meinung beipflichten, Liv.: u. so (pedibus) ire in sententiam, Liv.: sententiam referre, vortragen, Cic.: sententiae loco dicere, in der Reihe der Abstimmung, wenn die Reihe, sein Votum abzugeben, an ihn kommt, Sen., Tac. u. Plin. ep. (s. Nipperd. Tac. ann. 14, 42): so pro sententia dicere (seine Stimme dahin abgeben), ut etc., Tac.: ego pro sententia mea hoc censeo, ich gebe meine Stimme dahin ab, Sen.: ex sententia senatus, Cic. – β) das Votum, der Ausspruch, das Urteil, sententiam dicere, Cic.: sententiam ferre, seine Stimme abgeben, v. Richtern u. v. Volke in den Komitien, Cic.: ubi paris numeri sententiae fuissent, praeponi absolutio damnationi solebat, bei Stimmengleichheit pflegte usw., Augustin. de civ. dei 18, 10: sex sententiis absolutus est, ibid.: mares pro Neptuno, feminae pro Minerva tulere sententias (stimmten für M.), et quia una plus inventa est feminarum, Minerva vicit, ibid. 18, 9. – de eventu fortuna iudicat, cui de me sententiam non do, ich keine Stimme einräume, Sen. ep. 14, 16. – b) als Eidesformel: ex animi mei (tui, sui) sententia, nach meiner wahren Herzensmeinung = nach bestem Wissen und Gewissen, auf mein (dein) Gewissen, iurare, Cic. u.a. (s. Fabri Liv. 22, 53, 10). – dah. jener Doppelsinn des L. Porcius Nasika, als ihn Kato fragte: ex tui animi sententia (auf dein Gewissen) tu uxorem habes? Non hercle, inquit, ex anini mei sententia (= auf mein Gewissen nicht, aber auch = nicht nach Wunsch), Cic. de or. 2, 260; vgl. Quint. 8, 5 in. Gell. 4, 20. § 2 sqq. – als Beteuerungsformel übh., me quidem ex animi mei sententia (nach meiner Herzensmeinung = nach meiner innersten Überzeugung) nulla oratio laedere potest, Sall. Iug. 85, 27. – II) übtr.: 1) abstr.: a) der Verstand, Sinn eines Wortes, der Begriff, den man damit verbinden muß, die Bedeutung, sub voce sententiam subicere, damit verbinden, Cic.: id habet hanc sententiam, Cic. – b) der Inhalt einer Rede, contionis, Cic.: in hanc sententiam, dieses Inhaltes, folgendermaßen, loqui, respondere, Cic. u. Liv. – 2) konkret: a) ein in Worten ausgedrückter Gedanke, Satz, eine Periode, Cic. Phil. 13, 22. Hor. sat. 1, 10, 9. – b) bes. ein Denkspruch, denkwürdiger Gedanke, eine Sentenz, ein Spruch, Kernspruch, acuta, Cic.: gravis, Cic.: Euripides sententiis densus, Quint. – / Abl. Sing. sententiad, Corp. inscr. Lat. 1, 196, 21.

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  • 4 sententia

    sententia, ae, f. (sentio), I) die Meinung, Willensmeinung, 1) im allg., der Wille, Sinn, die Gesinnung, der Gedanke, die Ansicht, die Idee (dem Ausdrucke entgegengesetzt), abundans sententiis, ideenreich, Cic.: sententiam fronte tegere, Cic.: sententiam aperire Cic.: in hac sum sententia, ut etc., Cic.: in sententia manere od. permanere od. perstare, Cic.: alqm de sententia deducere, Cic.: de sententia decedere, Cic.: sententiā od. de sententia desistere, Cic.: sententiam mutare, Cic.: de sententia deici, deterreri, Cic.: si honestatem tueri sententia est, Cic.: sententia stat Hannibali, Liv.: u. bl. stat sententia, Ter.; mit folg. Infin., Liv. u. Ov.: sic stat sententia (als Parenthese), Ov.: sicinest sententia? ist das dein Beschluß? Ter.: quoniam sententiae (Ansicht) atque opinionis (Meinung) meae voluistis esse participes, Cic.: haec sententia vincit, Liv.: ea sententia valuit, Tac. – ex sententia, nach Wunsch, von Herzen, Cic.: de sententia, nach der Meinung, alcis, Cic.: meā sententiā, nach meiner Meinung, Cic. – 2) insbes.: a) die amtliche Meinung, die Stimme, α) der Beschlußantrag, das Votum, der Senatoren in der Kurie usw., sententiam dicere, Cic., ferre, Cic., dare, Liv.: in sententiam alcis discedere, jmds. Meinung beipflichten, Liv.: u. so (pedibus) ire in sententiam, Liv.: sententiam referre, vortragen, Cic.: sententiae loco dicere, in der Reihe
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    der Abstimmung, wenn die Reihe, sein Votum abzugeben, an ihn kommt, Sen., Tac. u. Plin. ep. (s. Nipperd. Tac. ann. 14, 42): so pro sententia dicere (seine Stimme dahin abgeben), ut etc., Tac.: ego pro sententia mea hoc censeo, ich gebe meine Stimme dahin ab, Sen.: ex sententia senatus, Cic. – β) das Votum, der Ausspruch, das Urteil, sententiam dicere, Cic.: sententiam ferre, seine Stimme abgeben, v. Richtern u. v. Volke in den Komitien, Cic.: ubi paris numeri sententiae fuissent, praeponi absolutio damnationi solebat, bei Stimmengleichheit pflegte usw., Augustin. de civ. dei 18, 10: sex sententiis absolutus est, ibid.: mares pro Neptuno, feminae pro Minerva tulere sententias (stimmten für M.), et quia una plus inventa est feminarum, Minerva vicit, ibid. 18, 9. – de eventu fortuna iudicat, cui de me sententiam non do, ich keine Stimme einräume, Sen. ep. 14, 16. – b) als Eidesformel: ex animi mei (tui, sui) sententia, nach meiner wahren Herzensmeinung = nach bestem Wissen und Gewissen, auf mein (dein) Gewissen, iurare, Cic. u.a. (s. Fabri Liv. 22, 53, 10). – dah. jener Doppelsinn des L. Porcius Nasika, als ihn Kato fragte: ex tui animi sententia (auf dein Gewissen) tu uxorem habes? Non hercle, inquit, ex anini mei sententia (= auf mein Gewissen nicht, aber auch = nicht nach Wunsch), Cic. de or. 2, 260; vgl. Quint. 8, 5 in. Gell. 4, 20. § 2 sqq. – als Beteuerungsformel übh., me
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    quidem ex animi mei sententia (nach meiner Herzensmeinung = nach meiner innersten Überzeugung) nulla oratio laedere potest, Sall. Iug. 85, 27. – II) übtr.: 1) abstr.: a) der Verstand, Sinn eines Wortes, der Begriff, den man damit verbinden muß, die Bedeutung, sub voce sententiam subicere, damit verbinden, Cic.: id habet hanc sententiam, Cic. – b) der Inhalt einer Rede, contionis, Cic.: in hanc sententiam, dieses Inhaltes, folgendermaßen, loqui, respondere, Cic. u. Liv. – 2) konkret: a) ein in Worten ausgedrückter Gedanke, Satz, eine Periode, Cic. Phil. 13, 22. Hor. sat. 1, 10, 9. – b) bes. ein Denkspruch, denkwürdiger Gedanke, eine Sentenz, ein Spruch, Kernspruch, acuta, Cic.: gravis, Cic.: Euripides sententiis densus, Quint. – Abl. Sing. sententiad, Corp. inscr. Lat. 1, 196, 21.

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  • 5 beipflichten

    beipflichten, sentire cum alqo. assentire od. gew. assentiri alci od. alci rei (beistimmen). – astipulari alci (unbedingt, vollkommen beistimmen). – accedere alci od. ad alqd oder alci rei (beitreten). – alqd probare, comprobare (etw. billigen). – annuere, absol. od. mit Akk. od. mit Akk. u. Infin. (zunickend seine Beistimmung geben). – addicere (eig. sein Jawort zu etwas geben, nur als t. t. der Augurspr. = zusagen, günstig sein, von Vögeln u. von dem Auspizium, Ggstz. abdicere). – nicht b., abhorrere ab alqa re (z. B. ab novis consi liis); assensum cohibere (ab alqa re); se ab assensu sustinere; assensum retinere. – einer Meinung b., sententiae assentiri: opinioni accedere; sententiam accipere (sie annehmen, billigen): jmds. Meinung b., alcis sententiam assensione comprobare (durch Beistimmung billigen); alcis sententiam sequi (ihr folgen); ad alcis sententiam accedere (ihr beitreten); ire, pedibus ire, discedere, concedere, transire in alcis sententiam (einer Meinung beitreten, vom Senator, wenn er auf die Seite dessen hinging, der die M. vorgetragen hatte; transire von einer andern zur Meinung jmds. übergehen): derselben Meinung b., in eandem sententiam ire: derselben Meinung beigepflichtet haben, stare in eadem sententia: einer Meinung nicht b., sententiam repudiare: durchaus nicht, in omnia alia ire od. discedere (ebenf. vom Senator): ich bringe jmd. dahin, daß er meiner Meinung [388] beipflichtet, alqm in meam sententiam adduco; alqm ad meam sententiam traduco (wenn er vorher der Meinung eines andern war). – Beipflichter, assensor (Beistimmer). – astipulator (der unbedingte Beistimmer). – ascriptor (der den Namen unter etw. schreibt und so ihm beipflichtet, z. B. legis).

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  • 6 stimmen

    stimmen, I) v. tr.tendere (z.B. citharam). – Bildl., jmd. zu etwas stimmen, alqm ad alqd adducere od. deducere od. traducere (zu etwas bringen u. zwar ded. nach langer, vergeblicher Bemühung, trad. von etwas ab- und zu etwas bringen); conficere alcis animum mit Prädik.-Akk. (jmds. Gemüt so und so machen, z.B. zur Milde, alqm mitem): jmd. für seine Meinung st, perducere oder traducere alqm ad od. in suam sententiam: jmd. zum [2221] Mitleid st., alqm ad misericordiam deducere od. adducere; alcis animum misericordem conficere: jmd. freudig, zur Freude st., alqm in laetitiam evocare; animum alcis ad laetitiam excitare; animum alcis a severitate ad hilaritatem traducere (einen Ernsten): fröhlich, freudig gestimmt sein, hilari animo esse: so gestimmt sein, ita (animo) affectum esse: gleich gestimmt sein, eodem esse animo. – II) v. intr.: 1) übereinstimmend sein, harmonieren (vergl. »übereinstimmen«): concentum servare. inter se consonare (eig. von Saiten, von Tönen). – concinere. consonare (eig., von Tönen; dann auch bildl.). – consentire. congruere (bildl.). – die Rechnung stimmt, ratio constat; ratio par est; ratio convenit (z.B. auf den Heller, ad nummum): Ausgabe u. Einnahme stimmen, par est ratio acceptorum et datorum. – 2) seine Stimme geben: sententiam ferre, über etc., de mit Abl. (seine Stimme, sein Votum abgeben, sowohl von einzelnen, z.B. vom Senator, vom Richter, als auch vom Volk in den Komitien). – suffragium ferre, über etc., de mit Abl. (v. Bürger als Wahlmann in den Komitien). – in suffragium ire. suffragium inire (vom Volk in den Komitien). – einfach st. (v. Senator), nihil praeter sententiam dicere: nicht fl., tacere. – für jmds. Meinung st., in sententiam pede oder (von mehreren) pedibus ire: für dieselbe Meinung st., in eandem sententiam ire: für jmd. st. (jmdm. seine Stimme geben), suffragio suo adiuvare alqm in petendis honoribus. suffragari alci ad munus (bei Bewerbung jmds. um ein Amt): für etwas st., suffragari alci rei (auch uneig., einer Sache Beifall geben, beistimmen. z.B. alcis consilio); sententiam ferre ad alqd (eig., z.B. für die Verurteilung, ad condemnandum): es stimmen alle (allegeben ihre Stimme ab), suffragium it per omnes: alle stimmen für seine Wahl zum Feldherrn, constituitur dux omnium suffragio. – stimmen lassen, patres in sententiam discedere od. ire iubere (im Senat); sententiam ferre iubere (vor Gericht); populum in suffragium mittere (das Volk in den Komitien): das Volk über sich st. lassen, se committere suffragiis populi: das Volk noch einmal st. lassen, populum in suffragium revocare.

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  • 7 rogo

    rŏgo, āvi, ātum, 1 ( inf. paragog. rogarier, Cic. Caecin. 33, 95:

    rogassint, for rogaverint,

    id. Leg. 3, 3, 9), v. a. [etym. dub.; perh. for progo; kindr. with Sanscr. prac, to ask, whence also precor and procus, but referred by Corss. to the same root with Sanscr. rgus, straight; Gr. oregô; Lat. rego, rex, rogus, Krit. Beit. p. 93], to ask, question, interrogate one about a thing.
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen. (so generally throughout ante-class. Lat.; less. freq. in Cic.; syn.: percontor, sciscitor, quaero), constr. aliquem aliquid, or simply aliquem, aliquid, with de, a rel.-clause, or absol. (cf. Zumpt, Gram. § 393). ( a) Aliquem aliquid (class. only with acc. of neutr. pron. or adj., or with sententiam; v. infra, B. 1.):

    aliud te rogo,

    Plaut. Most. 5, 1, 70:

    haud istuc te rogo,

    id. Ep. 1, 1, 49:

    quin tu id me rogas,

    id. Bacch. 2, 3, 24:

    hoc te rogo, quos locos adisti?

    id. Trin. 4, 2, 85; cf.:

    rogare hoc unum te volo,

    id. Merc. 3, 1, 17:

    dic mihi hoc, quod te rogo,

    id. Men. 5, 5, 16; id. Most. 3, 1, 130; id. Ps. 1, 3, 106; 1, 5, 64 et saep.; Ter. And. 4, 4, 12 sq.:

    ego patriam te rogo, quae sit tua,

    Plaut. Pers. 4, 4, 83; cf.:

    hanc (colubram) alia cum rogaret causam facinoris, Respondit, etc.,

    Phaedr. 4, 17, 5. —
    (β).
    Aliquem or aliquid:

    quos rogo,

    Plaut. Pers. 1, 1, 6:

    quem ego igitur rogem?

    Ter. And. 4, 4, 10:

    ecquem hominem tu novisti? te rogo,

    Plaut. Ps. 4, 2, 15; men' or me rogas? also, rogas me? in colloq. lang., do you ask that of me? how can you ask? what do you mean by asking that? Eu. Quid ego facerem? Ch. Quid tu faceres? men' rogas? requireres, Rogitares, etc., id. Merc. 3, 4, 48; Ter. Eun. 4, 3, 11; id. Heaut. 2, 3, 5; 4, 5, 32; id. Ad. 1, 2, 2; 4, 5, 31 al.; cf.:

    quid me istud rogas? inquam: Stoicos roga,

    Cic. Fin. 5, 28, 83:

    hoc quod rogo responde,

    Plaut. As. 3, 2, 32; id. Curc. 2, 1, 30; 5, 3, 30; id. Ps. 4, 2, 12 al.; Ter. And. 4, 4, 23; Suet. Caes. 82.—
    (γ).
    With de:

    jam de istoc rogare omitte,

    Plaut. Pers. 4, 4, 90; so,

    de istac virgine,

    Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 53:

    de te ipso,

    Cic. Vatin. 4, 10.—
    (δ).
    With interrog.-clause:

    rogant me servi, quo eam?

    Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 83: roga ipsum, quemadmodum ego eum Arimini acceperim, Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. 383, 8:

    quodsi me populus Romanus forte roget, cur Non, etc.,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 70:

    quae sit, rogo,

    Ter. And. 1, 1, 97:

    rogo, num quid velit,

    id. Eun. 2, 3, 50:

    rogavi pervenissetne Agrigentum?

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 12, § 27:

    unde venis? et Quo tendis? rogat et respondet,

    Hor. S. 1, 9, 63:

    quid verum atque decens curo et rogo,

    id. Ep. 1, 1, 11. —
    (ε).
    Absol.:

    prius respondes quam rogo,

    Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 119:

    roganti respondebo,

    id. ib. 3, 1, 17:

    non edepol nunc, ubi terrarum, sim, scio, si quis roget,

    id. Am. 1, 1, 180:

    quin tu ergo rogas?

    id. As. 1, 1, 15: Ty. Quid ego deliqui? He. Rogas? id. Capt. 3, 5, 2; so id. Rud. 3, 6, 22; id. Cas. 2, 3, 35; id. Bacch. 2, 2, 28; 38 al.; Ter. And. 1, 1, 136; 1, 2, 13; 1, 5, 32 al.; cf. Cic. Mil. 22, 59: etiam rogas? [p. 1599] do you dare to ask? Plaut. Am. 2, 1, 21; id. Bacch. 2, 3, 97; id. Merc. 1, 2, 92; Ter. And. 4, 4, 23 (v. etiam). — Particularly as subst.:

    numquam nobis ad rogatum respondent,

    Cic. Fl. 4, 10. —
    B.
    In partic. (class. in all per.).
    1.
    Publicists' t. t.
    a.
    Rogare aliquem (sententiam), to ask one for his opinion or vote:

    Racilius Marcellinum primum rogavit. Is sententiam dixit, ut, etc.... Postea Racilius de privatis me primum sententiam rogavit,

    Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 1, 2:

    quos priores sententiam rogabat,

    id. Rep. 2, 20, 35. — Pass.:

    cum omnes ante me rogati gratias Caesari egissent, ego rogatus mutavi meum consilium,

    Cic. Fam. 4, 4, 4:

    scito primum me non esse rogatum sententiam,

    id. Att. 1, 13, 2:

    primus rogatus sententiam,

    Sall. C. 50, 4:

    is enim primus rogatus sententiam,

    Liv. 37, 14; Quint. 6, 3, 97 al.:

    propter ipsam rem, de quā sententiae rogantur, consultabitur,

    id. 3, 8, 18. —
    b.
    Rogare populum or legem, or absol., prop., to ask the people about a law; hence, in gen., to bring the plan of a law before the people for their approval; to propose a law, introduce a bill:

    in aes incidi jubebitis credo illa legitima: consules populum jure rogaverunt populusque jure scivit,

    Cic. Phil. 1, 10, 26; cf.: T. Quinctius Crispinus consul populum jure rogavit populusque jure scivit in foro pro rostris... quicumque post hanc legem rogatam rivos, specus, etc., an old legal formula ap. Front. Aquaed. 129:

    plebem,

    Cic. Leg. 3, 3, 9:

    legem,

    id. Rep. 3, 10, 17; id. Phil. 2, 29, 72; cf.:

    quae (leges) non in perpetuum rogentur,

    Quint. 2, 4, 40. — Absol.:

    ego hanc legem, uti rogas, jubendam censeo,

    Liv. 10, 8 fin.; Quint. 2, 4, 35. — Impers. pass.:

    nunc rogari, ut populus consules creet,

    Liv. 4, 2.—
    c.
    Rogare populum magistratum, and simply magistratum, to propose a magistrate to the people for their choice, to offer him for election:

    factum senatus consultum, ut duo viros aediles ex patribus dictator populum rogaret,

    Liv. 6, 42 fin.; cf.:

    L. Trebonius tribunus plebis rogationem tulit, ut qui plebem Romanam tribunos plebi rogaret, is usque eo rogaret dum, etc.,

    id. 3, 65, 4:

    (Caesar) volet, ut consules roget praetor vel dictatorem dicat: quorum neutrum jus est,

    Cic. Att. 9, 15, 2; cf.:

    praetores, cum ita rogentur, ut collegae consulibus sint, etc.,

    id. ib. 9, 9, 3:

    hodieque in legibus magistratibusque rogandis usurpatur idem jus,

    Liv. 1, 17:

    comitia consulibus rogandis habuit,

    Cic. Div. 1, 17, 33; Liv. 26, 22; 38, 42; cf. id. 23, 31; 22, 35:

    Calpurnius Romam ad magistratus rogandos proficiscitur,

    Sall. J. 29, 6.— Absol.:

    mortuo rege Pompilio Tullum Hostilium populus regem, interrege rogante, comitiis curiatis creavit,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 17, 31.—
    2.
    Milit. t. t.: rogare milites sacramento, qs. to ask the soldiers if they will take and keep an oath, i. e. to bind them by an oath, administer an oath to them, Caes. B. G. 6, 1; Liv. 32, 26; 35, 2 fin.; 40, 26; cf. Quint. 12, 2, 26. —
    3.
    Jurid. t. t., to ask a person if he will promise something in making an agreement; to propose a stipulation:

    quod fere novissimā parte pactorum ita solet inseri: rogavit Titius, spopondit Maevius, haec verba non tantum pactionis loco accipiuntur sed etiam stipulationis,

    Dig. 1, 14, 7, § 12; Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 114; 4, 6, 8; id. Bacch. 4, 8, 37.
    II.
    Transf., to ask, beg, request, solicit one for a thing (so predominantly in the class. per.; syn.: posco, oro, obsecro, ambio, capto); constr. aliquem (rarely ab aliquo) aliquid, aliquem, aliquid, with ut, ne, or absol.
    (α).
    With acc.:

    quā confidentiā rogare argentum me tantum audes, Impudens? Quin si egomet totus veneam, vix recipi potis est, Quod tu me rogas,

    Plaut. Pers. 1, 1, 40:

    hoc te vehementer etiam atque etiam rogo,

    Cic. Fam. 13, 43 fin.:

    nefas sit tale aliquid et facere rogatum et rogare... Haec igitur lex in amicitiā sanciatur, ut neque rogemus res turpes nec faciamus rogati,

    id. Lael. 11, 39 sq.: otium divos rogat, Hor. c. 2, 16, 1; cf.:

    divitias deos,

    Mart. 4, 77, 1:

    a Metello missionem,

    Sall. J. 64, 1:

    ut ab avunculo rogetur Aethiops,

    Auct. Her. 4, 50, 63:

    rogo te, vos, etc., parenthet.: rogo te, videte, quibus hominibus negotium detis, etc.,

    Cic. Fam. 10, 26:

    rogo vos, quis potest sine offulā vivere?

    Suet. Claud. 40:

    illae Priami rogantis Achillem preces,

    Quint. 10, 1, 50: taurum de aquā per fundum ejus ducenda rogabo, Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 2, § 4:

    ambiuntur, rogantur,

    are asked for their votes, id. Rep. 1, 31, 47:

    etiamsi precario essent rogandi,

    id. Verr. 2, 5, 23, § 59:

    transisse Rhenum sese non suā sponte sed rogatum et arcessitum a Gallis,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 44; cf.:

    ille ab Sardis rogatus ad causam accesserat,

    Cic. Div. in Caecil. 19, 63:

    in proximum annum consulatum peteres, vel potius rogares... a quā (Galliā) nos tum, cum consulatus petebatur, non rogabatur, etc.,

    was not begged for, id. Phil. 2, 30, 76:

    abii ad praetorem, rogo syngraphum: Datur mihi,

    Plaut. Capt. 3, 2, 6:

    aquam,

    id. Rud. 2, 3, 2:

    legatos ad Caesarem mittunt rogatum auxilium,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 11; cf. id. ib. 7, 5:

    aliquid ab aliquo (rare),

    Auct. Her. 4, 50; Sall. J. 64, 1:

    cultrum, securim, etc.... Quae utenda vasa semper vicini rogant,

    ask for, borrow, Plaut. Aul. 1, 2, 18; id. Mil. 2, 3, 76; Dig. 18, 6, 16.—
    (β).
    With ut or ne (so most freq.):

    scitin' quid ego vos rogo? mihi ut praeconium detis,

    Plaut. Men. 5, 9, 92; id. Stich. 1, 3, 93:

    id ut facias, vehementer te rogo,

    Cic. Fam. 13, 44:

    etiam atque etiam te rogo atque oro, ut eum juves,

    id. ib. 13, 66, 2:

    rogat et orat Dolabellam, ut, etc.,

    id. Verr. 2, 1, 29, § 72:

    cum rogat et prece cogit Scilicet ut, etc.,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 9, 2; Caes. ap. Cic. Att. 9, 7, C, 1; id. B. G. 1, 7:

    videbatur rogare, scalas ut darem utendas sibi,

    that I would lend, Plaut. Rud. 3, 1, 10; Plin. Ep. 3, 10, 5; 4, 13, 11; 4, 28, 3.— With a simple final clause without ut:

    Caesar consolatus rogat, finem orandi faciat,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 20; Quint. 6, 3, 88; 9, 3, 68; Ov. Ib. 643; and very freq. ap. Plin. Ep.; e. g. 1, 2, 1; 1, 5, 8; 1, 20, 24; 2, 5, 2; 3, 2, 6; 5, 19, 8; 7, 6, 11; 8, 17, 6.—With ne:

    rogat frater, ne abeas longius,

    Ter. Ad. 5, 5, 1:

    ac te illud primum rogabo, ne quid invitus meā causā facias,

    Cic. Fam. 13, 1, 2. —
    (γ).
    Absol.: neque enim ego sic rogabam, ut petere viderer, quia familiaris esset meus (Plancus), etc., did not solicit in such a way as to, etc., Cic. Planc. 10, 25 (differing from a):

    in blandiendo, rogando lenis et summissa (vox),

    Quint. 11, 3, 63:

    patrem et filium pro vitā rogantes,

    Suet. Aug. 13; cf.:

    pro aliquo,

    id. ib. 40; id. Vit. 12.—
    b.
    Esp., to invite, ask a visit from any one:

    Tertia aderit, modo ne Publius rogatus sit,

    Cic. Fam. 16, 22, 1 fin.:

    Pomponiam Terentia rogat,

    id. Att. 2, 3, 3 fin.With ad or in and acc.:

    ad Palatium,

    Lampr. Alex. Sev. 48, 1:

    in senatum,

    id. Heliog. 4, 1:

    ad convivium,

    Just. 43, 3, 10:

    ad nuptias,

    Amm. 14, 6, 24:

    in consilium,

    Gell. 14, 2, 9.—
    c.
    Prov.:

    malo emere quam rogare, of a thing that does not cost much,

    I had rather buy than borrow it, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 6, § 12; cf. supra, a and b. —
    2.
    In gen., to seek, bring, take:

    aquam hinc de proximo rogabo,

    Plaut. Rud. 2, 4, 75:

    hujus (purpurae) exemplum aliunde rogabo, tibi quod ostendam (cf.: exemplum quaeritent, etc., in context),

    Auct. Her. 4, 6, 9.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > rogo

  • 8 sententia

    ae f. [ sentio ]
    1) мнение, взгляд ( sententiam mutare C)
    in sententiā manere (permanere, perseverare) Cоставаться при своём мнении
    quot homines, tot sententiae погов. C — сколько голов, столько умов
    de (ex) sententiā alicujus C — в соответствии с чьим-л. мнением или пожеланием
    sententiam alicujus sequi C — разделять чьё-л. мнение
    2) решение, намерение, воля
    stat (или est) s. Hannibăli LГаннибал решил
    ex animi sententiā C — в соответствии с желанием, как того хотелось (хочется)
    omnia essent ex sententiā, si... C — всё обстояло бы как нельзя лучше, если бы...
    4) ( в голосовании) голос
    sententiam dicere C (ferre, dare L) — подавать голос, голосовать
    in sententiam alicujus discedere или (pedibus) ire L — присоединиться к чьему-л. мнению
    5) голос судьи, суждение, приговор ( omnibus sententiis absolvi C)
    6) смысл, значение ( verbi C); содержание, мысль ( legis C)
    in hanc sententiam C, L — в следующем смысле, следующим образом ( loqui C)
    7) изречение, сентенция ( gravis C); положение, мысль ( philosophorum C)

    Латинско-русский словарь > sententia

  • 9 aussprechen

    aussprechen, I) v. tr.: 1) phonetisch (lautlich) ausdrücken: appellare. – enuntiare. efferre (phonetisch hören lassen). – pronuntiare (mit dem Akzent aussprechen, betonen). – dicere (mit der Stimme vorbringen). – legere (lesen, beim Lesen aussprechen). – die Wörter zu breit au., voces distrahere: die Buchstaben zu breit au., litteras valde dilatare: die Buchstaben geziert au., putidius exprimere litteras: deutlich u. mit dem gehörigen Tone die Wörter au., exprimere verba et suis quasque litteras sonis enuntiare: die Wörter, Buchstaben undeutlich au., verba, litteras obscurare: etw. falsch au., alqd perperam enuntiare: etw. bäuerisch au., sono subrustico persequi alqd: kurz au., corripere; correpte dicere: lang au., producere; producte dicere: gedehnt au., protendere, intendere; tractim pronuntiare: mit langem u. au., u litterā longā dicere, legere (z. B. syllabam): mit kurzem o au., o litterā correptā dicere, legere: wie ein Wort au., tamquam unum enuntiare: anders geschrieben als ausgesprochen werden, scribi aliter quam enuntiari: das r nicht au. können, litteram r dicere non posse: ihre Namen kann der Römer kaum (nicht gut) au., eorum nomina vix concipi possunt ore Romano. – 2) dem Sinne nach durch Worte ausdrücken: pronuntiare (mündlich bekannt machen, mit deutlicher u. vernehmlicher Stimme aussprechen). – eloqui. verbis exprimere (in vollkommen entsprechende Worte kleiden). – voce persequi (mit der Stimme ausführen, Ggstz. mente videre, sich denken od. denken können; ebenso versibus persequi, in Versen ausspr.). – enuntiare, auch mit dem Zus. verbis (aussagen, angeben, erklären). – proloqui (heraussagen, laut machen, bes. einen geheim gehaltenen Gedanken). – explicare, explanare, declarare verbis (mit Worten deutlich machen). – aperire (offen an den Tag geben, enthüllen). – edicere (zu vernehmen geben, kundtun). – ein Urteil, eine Meinung au., sententiam dicere (vom Richter); sententiam pronuntiare (nach Abstimmung der Richter das Urteil publizieren): seine Meinung au., sententiam suam dicere (seine Meinung von der Sache sagen); sententiam suam aperire (seine Meinung enthüllen, offen darlegen): seine Gedanken au., cogitata proloqui; [303] cogitata mentis eloqui od. enuntiare; id quod sentio eloquor (gewandt, polite): seine Gefühle au., mentis sensa explicare: sensa exprimere dicendo: seine Gesinnungen au., aperire sensus suos: etw. nicht au. können, complecti oratione od. exprimere verbis non posse: ich kann es nicht genug au., satis proloqui nequeo: es läßt sich nicht au., verbis dici non potest: es ist schwer auszusprechen, haud facile dictu est: hat er es nicht deutlich genug ausgesprochen, daß etc., parumne declaravit ille m. folg. Akk. u. Infin.: eine Eidesformel wörtlich nach einem Formular au., concipere verba iurisiurandi. – II) v. r. sich aussprechen, a) eig., seine Gedanken, seine Gesinnungen u. Gefühle mit Worten ausdrücken: cogitata mentis eloqui od. omnia, quae mente conceperis,promere atque ad audientes perferre (seine Gedanken aussprechen). – sententiam suam dicere (seine Meinung sagen). – aperire sententiam suam (seine Meinung entyüllen, darlegen). – aperire sensus suos. aperire se. aperio, quid sentiam (seine Gesinnungen, Denkweise offen darlegen, enthüllen). – sich au. über etc., dicere, loqui de alqa re (übh. über etwas sprechen); dico, profiteor, quid sentiam de alqa re (ich sage, ich sage frei heraus, was ich von einer Sache denke). – sie sprechen sich gegenseitig offen aus, invicem loquuntur, quae volunt: wie der Mensch ist, so spricht er sich aus, qualis homo ipse est,talis eius est oratio. – sich umständlich, ausführlich über etw. au., uberius dicere od. loqui de alqa re; fusius od. pluribus dicere, disputare de alqa re; fusius exponere alqd; uberius exponere de alqa re: sich gar nicht au., silentium tenere od. obtinere (Stillschweigen beobachten); tacere (schweigen, Ggstz. dicere, loqui): um mich deutlicher auszuspr., ut manifestius atque apertiusdicam: ich will mich deutlicher au., planiuset apertius dicam: hat sich jener nicht deutlich genug ausgesprochen, daß etc., parumnedeclaravit ille m. folg. Akk. u. Infin.: du hast dich nicht deutlich darüber ausgesprochen, ob etc., illud parum expressisti, declarasti,utrum etc.: ich sprach mich dahin aus, daß etc., veni in eum sermonem, ut dicerem m. folg. Akk. u. Infin.: die allgemeine Meinung spricht sich dahin aus, daß etc., omnes censent m. folg. Akk. u. Infin.: sich also au., hāc voceuti. – sich gegen jmd. au., sententiam suamaperire alci (jmdm. seine Meinung eröffnen); sensus suos aperire alci (seine Gesinnungen, Denkweise jmdm. enthüllen); totum se patefacere alci (sein Herz ganz jmdm. offenbaren, gegen jmd. ausschütten). – sich über jmd. au., dico, profiteor, quid sentiam de alqo; sich vorteilhaft, nachteilig über jmd. au., bene,male dicere alci; benigne, maligne iudicare de alqo: sich ehrenvoll, schmeichelhaft (gegen einen dritten) über jmd. au., sermoneuti honorifico erga alqm: ich spreche mich ehrenvoll (schmeichelhaft) in meiner Rede über jmd. aus, oratio mea est honorifica in alqm: sich lobend, tadelnd über jmd. od. etw. au., laudare, vituperare alqm od. alqd: sich verächtlich über jmd. od. etw. au., contemptim [304] loqui de alqo od. de alqa re (Ggstz. magnifice loqui de etc.); despicere alqm od. alqd (Ggstz. laudare). – b) übtr. = sich offenbaren; z. B. in der Rede spricht sich Gefühl aus, oratio sensus habet: in seinen Mienen spricht sich Freude aus, vultus eius prodit gaudia: Grausamkeit, crudelitas ex ore eius eminet: Dummheit, vecordia prorsus inest in eius vultu: wie sehr spricht sich deine Liebe zu mir in diesem Buche aus, liber iste quantam habet declarationem amoris tui. Aussprechen, das, s. Aussprache.

    deutsch-lateinisches > aussprechen

  • 10 eo

    [st1]1 [-] ĕo, īre, īvī (ĭī), ĭtum: - intr. et tr. -    - la conjugaison. a - aller, marcher, s'avancer, s’en aller.    - eo ad forum, Plaut. As. 1, 1, 95: je vais au forum.    - ire + supin: avoir pour but, être disposé à.    - cubitum ire: aller se coucher.    - lusum ire: aller jouer.    - equis ire: aller à cheval.    - ire pedibus: aller à pied.    - ire ad aliquem: aller trouver qqn.    - ire (in) malam crucem: aller au diable.    - avec double dat. - ire subsidio alicui: aller au secours de qqn. b - marcher contre, marcher sur, attaquer.    - contra (ad, adversus, in) hostem ire: marcher contre l'ennemi.    - ire in Capitolium, Liv. 3, 17: attaquer le Capitole c - venir, se ranger (à un avis), aller du côté de; en venir à.    - ire pedibus alicujus: se ranger à l'avis de qqn.    - in sententiam alicujus ire: se ranger à l'avis de qqn.    - ire pedibus in sententiam alicujus: se ranger à l'avis de qqn.    - ire in lacrimas, Virg. En. 4, 413: recourir aux larmes.    - ire in poenas, Ov.: recourir au chaâtiment.    - istuc ibam, Ter.: j'allais en arriver là. d - passer par, parcourir.    - dicite qua sit eundum, Ov. Tr. 3, 1, 19: dites-moi par quelle route je dois passer. e - se changer en, passer d'un état à un autre, aller (d'une manière ou d'une autre).    - incipit res melius ire, Cic. Att. 14, 15: l'affaire commence à aller mieux. f - couler, se répandre, se divulguer.    - sanguis it in sucos, Ov. M. 10, 493: le sang circule changé en sève. g - être, exister, être traité (de telle ou telle manière).    - non ibo inulta, Sen.: je ne serai pas sans vengeur. h - disparaître, passer, s'évanouir, périr.    - anni eunt: les années passent.    - saepe hominem paulatim cernimus ire, Lucr. 3: souvent nous voyons l'homme s'en aller insensiblement.    - sic eat quaecumque Romana lugebit hostem, Liv. 1, 26: que périsse ainsi toute Romaine qui pleurera un ennemi.    - ire in alia omnia (s.-ent. vota): voter contre un projet de loi. ii - vendre, être vendu (= veneo).    - singulae vehes fimi denario eunt, Plin.: une voiture de fumier se vend un denier.    - tot eat Lydia nummis, Claud. Eutr. 1: que la Lydie soit vendue tant. jj - employé comme auxiliaire pour marquer le futur.    - addit se occisum iri, Cic.: il ajoute qu'on le tuera.    - Brutum visum iri a me puto, Cic.: je pense voir Brutus.    - damnatum iri videbatur, Quint.: il semblait devoir être condamné. [st1]2 [-] ĕō, adv. ou abl. de is: - [abcl][b]a - à cela. - [abcl]b - là, en cet endroit. - [abcl]c - à ce point, jusque-là, à un tel point, à tel degré, en un tel état, tellement, tant. - [abcl]d - dans le but de, afin de, pour. - [abcl]e - c'est pour cela, aussi, voilà pourquoi. - [abcl]f - avec un comparatif: d'autant plus.[/b]    - eo loci: là, (sans mouvt.), en cet endroit; à ce point.    - res erat eo loci, Cic.: l'affaire en était là.    - eo accedebat ut: à cela venait s'ajouter que.    - hoc eo valebat ut... Nep. Them. 4, 4: cela tendait à...    - eo, unde discedere non oportuit, revertamur, Cic. Att. 2, 16, 3: revenons au point d'où nous n'aurions pas dû nous écarter.    - eo... quo...: là... où...; d'autant... que...; afin que par ce moyen.    - eo... ut...: afin que ou à tel point... que...    - eo res est ut...: il va bientôt arriver que...    - eo crevit ut, Liv.: elle a pris un si grand accroissement que...    - eo insolentiae processit, Plin. Pan. 16: il en vint à ce point d'insolence.    - usque eo quo, Cic. (eo usque ut, Tac. - eo usque dum, donec, Liv.): jusqu'au point de; jusqu'à ce que.    - eo scripsi, quo plus auctoritatis haberem, Cic. Att. 8: j'ai écrit pour avoir plus d'autorité.    - eo quod, Cic. Hor.: parce que.    - eo modestior est, quo doctior: il est d'autant plus modeste qu'il est plus savant.    - quo doctior, eo modestior est: plus il est savant, plus il est modeste.    - eo gravior est dolor, quo culpa major, Cic. Att. 11: la douleur est d'autant plus vive que la faute est plus grave.    - eo magis quod: d'autant plus que.    - eo magis quod in conspectu Caesaris res gerebatur, Caes. BG. 3: d'autant plus que l'action se passait sous les yeux de César.    - eo minus quod: d'autant moins que.    - eo minus veritus navibus, quod in litore molli atque aperto deligatas ad ancoram relinquebat, Caes. BG. 5: craignant d'autant moins pour sa flotte qu'il la laissait à l'ancre sur une plage douce et unie.
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    [st1]1 [-] ĕo, īre, īvī (ĭī), ĭtum: - intr. et tr. -    - la conjugaison. a - aller, marcher, s'avancer, s’en aller.    - eo ad forum, Plaut. As. 1, 1, 95: je vais au forum.    - ire + supin: avoir pour but, être disposé à.    - cubitum ire: aller se coucher.    - lusum ire: aller jouer.    - equis ire: aller à cheval.    - ire pedibus: aller à pied.    - ire ad aliquem: aller trouver qqn.    - ire (in) malam crucem: aller au diable.    - avec double dat. - ire subsidio alicui: aller au secours de qqn. b - marcher contre, marcher sur, attaquer.    - contra (ad, adversus, in) hostem ire: marcher contre l'ennemi.    - ire in Capitolium, Liv. 3, 17: attaquer le Capitole c - venir, se ranger (à un avis), aller du côté de; en venir à.    - ire pedibus alicujus: se ranger à l'avis de qqn.    - in sententiam alicujus ire: se ranger à l'avis de qqn.    - ire pedibus in sententiam alicujus: se ranger à l'avis de qqn.    - ire in lacrimas, Virg. En. 4, 413: recourir aux larmes.    - ire in poenas, Ov.: recourir au chaâtiment.    - istuc ibam, Ter.: j'allais en arriver là. d - passer par, parcourir.    - dicite qua sit eundum, Ov. Tr. 3, 1, 19: dites-moi par quelle route je dois passer. e - se changer en, passer d'un état à un autre, aller (d'une manière ou d'une autre).    - incipit res melius ire, Cic. Att. 14, 15: l'affaire commence à aller mieux. f - couler, se répandre, se divulguer.    - sanguis it in sucos, Ov. M. 10, 493: le sang circule changé en sève. g - être, exister, être traité (de telle ou telle manière).    - non ibo inulta, Sen.: je ne serai pas sans vengeur. h - disparaître, passer, s'évanouir, périr.    - anni eunt: les années passent.    - saepe hominem paulatim cernimus ire, Lucr. 3: souvent nous voyons l'homme s'en aller insensiblement.    - sic eat quaecumque Romana lugebit hostem, Liv. 1, 26: que périsse ainsi toute Romaine qui pleurera un ennemi.    - ire in alia omnia (s.-ent. vota): voter contre un projet de loi. ii - vendre, être vendu (= veneo).    - singulae vehes fimi denario eunt, Plin.: une voiture de fumier se vend un denier.    - tot eat Lydia nummis, Claud. Eutr. 1: que la Lydie soit vendue tant. jj - employé comme auxiliaire pour marquer le futur.    - addit se occisum iri, Cic.: il ajoute qu'on le tuera.    - Brutum visum iri a me puto, Cic.: je pense voir Brutus.    - damnatum iri videbatur, Quint.: il semblait devoir être condamné. [st1]2 [-] ĕō, adv. ou abl. de is: - [abcl][b]a - à cela. - [abcl]b - là, en cet endroit. - [abcl]c - à ce point, jusque-là, à un tel point, à tel degré, en un tel état, tellement, tant. - [abcl]d - dans le but de, afin de, pour. - [abcl]e - c'est pour cela, aussi, voilà pourquoi. - [abcl]f - avec un comparatif: d'autant plus.[/b]    - eo loci: là, (sans mouvt.), en cet endroit; à ce point.    - res erat eo loci, Cic.: l'affaire en était là.    - eo accedebat ut: à cela venait s'ajouter que.    - hoc eo valebat ut... Nep. Them. 4, 4: cela tendait à...    - eo, unde discedere non oportuit, revertamur, Cic. Att. 2, 16, 3: revenons au point d'où nous n'aurions pas dû nous écarter.    - eo... quo...: là... où...; d'autant... que...; afin que par ce moyen.    - eo... ut...: afin que ou à tel point... que...    - eo res est ut...: il va bientôt arriver que...    - eo crevit ut, Liv.: elle a pris un si grand accroissement que...    - eo insolentiae processit, Plin. Pan. 16: il en vint à ce point d'insolence.    - usque eo quo, Cic. (eo usque ut, Tac. - eo usque dum, donec, Liv.): jusqu'au point de; jusqu'à ce que.    - eo scripsi, quo plus auctoritatis haberem, Cic. Att. 8: j'ai écrit pour avoir plus d'autorité.    - eo quod, Cic. Hor.: parce que.    - eo modestior est, quo doctior: il est d'autant plus modeste qu'il est plus savant.    - quo doctior, eo modestior est: plus il est savant, plus il est modeste.    - eo gravior est dolor, quo culpa major, Cic. Att. 11: la douleur est d'autant plus vive que la faute est plus grave.    - eo magis quod: d'autant plus que.    - eo magis quod in conspectu Caesaris res gerebatur, Caes. BG. 3: d'autant plus que l'action se passait sous les yeux de César.    - eo minus quod: d'autant moins que.    - eo minus veritus navibus, quod in litore molli atque aperto deligatas ad ancoram relinquebat, Caes. BG. 5: craignant d'autant moins pour sa flotte qu'il la laissait à l'ancre sur une plage douce et unie.
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    I.
        Eo, Ablatiuus casus pronominis is, ea, id. Eo, pro Intantum. Terent. Tant, ou Si fort.
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        Eo creuit, vt iam magnitudine laboret sua. Liu. Tant et si fort, Elle est venue à telle croissance.
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        Eo insolentiae processit. Pli. iun. Il est venu à si grande insolence.
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        Eo, Propterea. Terent. Eo ad eam non admissa sum. Pour ce, A ceste cause.
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        Eo fuit mirabilius, quod ab eo non expectabatur. Ci. D'autant estoit il plus esmerveillable, qu'il ne l'attendoit point.
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        Marionem ad te eo misi, vt statim ad me rediret. Cic. A fin.
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        Non eo quin tibi non cupiam quae velis. Plaut. Non point que je ne, etc.
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        Non eo hoc dico, quin quae tu vis ego velim, et faciam lubens. Plaut. Je ne di point ceci pourtant que je ne, etc.
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        Eo dico, ne me thesaurum reperisse censeas. Plaut. Je le di, à celle fin que tu ne, etc.
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        Eo fit, quia in re nostra aut gaudio sumus praepediti nimio, aut aegritudine? Terent. Cela se fait il pourtant que, etc.
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        Nec eo secius plurimos docuit. Sueton. Et ne laissa pas pourtant d'enseigner beaucoup de gens, Ce neantmoins il ne laissa pas, etc.
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        Eone es ferox, quia habes imperium in beluas? Terent. Est ce pourtant que, etc.
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        Eo fuerunt cariora, aes non erat. Plaut. D'autant plus.
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        Meministi profecto et eo magis quod, etc. Cic. Et d'autant plus que, etc.
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        Dies triginta, aut plus eo in naui fui. Terent. Ou d'advantage, Ou plus que je ne di, Ou plus que cela.
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        Eo deductura erant. Liu. En ce lieu là.
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        Eo redactae res erant, vt nulla amplius spes esset. Cicero. Estoyent tombees en tel estat que, etc. Jusques là que, etc.
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        Res erat et causa nostra eo loci, vt erigere oculos, etc. Cic. La chose estoit en tel estat que, etc.
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        Eo loci. Vlpian. En ce lieu là.
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        Defendere se eo loci debebit. Vlpian. Alors.
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        Res eo recidit. Quintil. La chose est tombee en tel estat.
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        Hoc eo pertinet, etc. Cic. Tend à cela que, etc. Je di ceci à celle fin que, etc.
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        Haec quae scripsi, eo spectant vt, etc. Cic. Tendent à ce que, etc.
    II.
        Eo, is, iui, itum, ire. Aller.
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        Altius ibunt, qui ad summa nitentur. Quintil. Monteront plus hault.
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        Si porro ire pergant. Liu. S'ils veulent passer oultre.
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        Ire itineribus alicuius. Cic. Tenir le chemin qu'il est allé, Suyvre sa maniere de faire.
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        Ire nauigio. Cic. Naviger, Aller par eaue.
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        Ire pedibus. Plaut. Aller à pied.
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        Ire inficias. Plaut. Nier, Dire le contraire.
    \
        Italiam ire. Virgil. Aller en Italie.
    \
        Ire obuiam alicui. Plaut. Luy aller au devant.
    \
        Ire cum onere. Plaut. Porter quelque chose en chemin.
    \
        Ire ad arma contra aliquem. Cic. Prendre les armes, Courir aux armes, et prendre chascun son espee.
    \
        Ad saga ire. Cic. Prendre les habits de guerre.
    \
        Ibam ad te. Terent. J'alloye à toy, Par devers toy.
    \
        Ire ad tonsorem. Plaut. Aller au barbier.
    \
        Ire in aciem. Quintil. Aller à la guerre.
    \
        Ire in aliquem. Ouid. Aller contre aucun.
    \
        Ire in articulum dicitur seges. Plin. Columel. Se nouer.
    \
        It in auras. Ouid. S'en va en l'air.
    \
        Ire in colloquium ad Celtiberos. Liu. Aller parlementer.
    \
        Ire in consilium iudices dicuntur. Cic. Aller au conseil, Quand les juges apres avoir ouy les parties, conferent ensemble pour opiner.
    \
        In corpus ire. Quintil. Prendre corps.
    \
        Ire vel abire in creditum. Vlpian. Quand le vendeur, ou celuy qui preste, delivre la chose vendue ou prestee, soy fiant à l'acheteur du pris, ou que pareille espece luy sera baillee, ou autre chose equipollente, pour celle qu'il a prestee, et non celle mesme qu'il a baillee.
    \
        I in crucem. Plaut. Va au gibet.
    \
        Ire in duplum. Cic. Venir et aller par devant un juge plaider, à la charge d'estre condamné au double si on a mauvaise cause.
    \
        In exemplum ire. Tacit. Bailler exemple, Estre exemple.
    \
        Ire in exilium. Cic. Estre banni, Aller en exil.
    \
        Ire in fastidium. Seneca. Commencer à estre mesprisé.
    \
        Ire in ius ad aliquem. Plin. iunior. Aller en jugement par devers aucun.
    \
        In lachrymas ire. Stat. Plourer.
    \
        In litem ire. Ouid. Tanser, Noiser.
    \
        Ire in matrimonium sine dote dicitur puella. Plaut. Estre baillee en mariage.
    \
        Ire in neruum. Terent. Aller en prison.
    \
        In ora alicuius ire. Valer. Flac. Se jecter au visage d'aucun comme pour l'esgratigner.
    \
        In poenas ire. Ouid. Aller punir quelcun.
    \
        Iubere ire in possessionem. Cic. Ordonner que aucun sera mis en possession d'aucun biens et heritages.
    \
        Ibit in secula nomen tuum. Plin. iunior. Il sera perpetuelle memoire de toy.
    \
        Ire in sententiam alicuius, vel Pedibus ire in sententiam. Liu. Se ranger à son opinion.
    \
        Ire in somnum. Plin. Aller dormir.
    \
        Ire in subsidium. Cic. Aller au secours.
    \
        Ire in suffragium. Plin. Aller dire son opinion de l'election de quelque Magistrat.
    \
        In thalamos ire. Lucan. Se marier à aucun.
    \
        Ire in vigiliam. Plaut. Aller au guet.
    \
        Sub furcam ire. Horat. Aller en servitude.
    \
        Comitem alicui ire. Lucan. L'accompaigner.
    \
        Ibis nuntius. Virgil. Tu porteras les nouvelles.
    \
        Ire accersitum. Terent. Aller querir.
    \
        In mea vita tu tibi laudem is quaesitum scelus. Terent. Tu cerches d'avoir louange et honneur au danger de ma vie.
    \
        Ire consultum male aliquem. Plaut. Luy porter dommage.
    \
        Ire datum operam amico. Plaut. Aider son ami.
    \
        Ire dormitum. Plaut. Aller dormir.
    \
        Ire habitum honorem alicui. Plaut. Honorer aucun.
    \
        Ire opitulatum. Plaut. Aider.
    \
        It dies, pro Praeterit et elabitur. Plaut. Le jour s'en va et se passe.
    \
        It lucrum ad me. Plaut. Le prouffit m'en vient.
    \
        Eunt praecipites mores. Liu. Vont en decadence.
    \
        Prorsus ibat res. Cic. La chose alloit tresbien et s'advancoit.
    \
        I tu hinc qui dignus es. Terent. Va t'en d'ici.
    \
        Mihi necesse est ire hinc. Plaut. Me partir d'ici.
    \
        I prae, sequar. Terent. Va devant.
    \
        Ibo quo profectus sum. Plaut. Je m'en voy ou j'avoye commencé d'aller.
    \
        I sane, siquid festinas magis. Plaut. Va devant si tu as haste.
    \
        Eamus visere. Terent. Allons veoir.
    \
        Ire melius est. Plaut. Il vault mieulx de s'en aller.
    \
        Itur, Impersonale. Plaut. On va.
    \
        Itur ad me. Terent. On vient à moy.
    \
        Ibitur. Plaut. On s'en ira.
    \
        Iri. Terent. Ne tum quidem quum iri maxime debuit. Alors qu'il estoit necessairement besoing d'y aller.

    Dictionarium latinogallicum > eo

  • 11 eo

    1.
    ĕo, īvi or ii (īt, Verg. A. 9, 418 al.; cf.

    Lachm. ad Lucr. vol. 2, p. 206 sq.: isse, issem, etc., for ivisse, etc.,

    Ter. Hec. 2, 1, 25; Cic. Rosc. Am. 23, 64; id. Phil. 14, 1, 1; Ov. M. 7, 350 et saep.: isti, Turp. ap. Non. 4, 242:

    istis,

    Luc. 7, 834, etc., v. Neue Formenl. 2, 515), īre ( inf. pass. irier, Plaut. Rud. 4, 7, 16), ĭtum, v. n. [root i-, Sanscr. ēmi, go; Gr. eimi; causat. hiêmi = jacio, Curt. Gr. Etym. p. 403], to go (of every kind of motion of animate or inanimate things), to walk, ride, sail, fly, move, pass, etc. (very freq. in all periods and sorts of writing).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.:

    eo ad forum,

    Plaut. As. 1, 1, 95:

    i domum,

    id. ib. 5, 2, 71 sq.:

    nos priores ibimus,

    id. Poen. 3, 2, 34:

    i in crucem,

    go and be hanged! id. As. 5, 2, 91; cf.:

    i in malam crucem,

    id. Cas. 3, 5, 17; id. Ps. 3, 2, 57; 4, 7, 86:

    i in malam rem hinc,

    Ter. Ph. 5, 7, 37:

    iens in Pompeianum,

    Cic. Att. 4, 9 fin.:

    subsidio suis ierunt,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 62, 8:

    quom it dormitum,

    Plaut. Aul. 2, 4, 23; id Most. 3, 2, 4; 16; Hor. S. 1, 6, 119 et saep, cf.:

    dormitum, lusum,

    id. ib. 1, 5, 48:

    cubitum,

    Plaut. Cas. 4, 4, 27; 5, 4, 8; id. Ps. 3, 2, 57; Cic. Rosc. Am. 23; id. Div. 2, 59, 122 et saep.— Poet. with the acc. of the terminus:

    ibis Cecropios portus,

    Ov. H. 10, 125 Loers.:

    Sardoos recessus,

    Sil. 12, 368; cf.:

    hinc Afros,

    Verg. E. 1, 65.—With a cognate acc.:

    ire vias,

    Prop. 1, 1, 17:

    exsequias,

    Ter. Ph. 5, 8, 37:

    pompam funeris,

    Ov. F. 6, 663 et saep.:

    non explorantur eundae vitandaeque viae,

    Claud. in Eutrop. 2, 419:

    animae ad lumen iturae,

    Verg. A. 6, 680:

    ego ire in Piraeum volo,

    Plaut. Most. 1, 1, 63; cf.:

    visere ad aliquam,

    Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 114; id. Phorm. 1, 2, 52:

    videre,

    Prop. 1, 1, 12:

    ire pedibus,

    on foot, Liv. 28, 17:

    equis,

    id. 1, 15:

    curru,

    id. 28, 9; Ov. H. 1, 46; cf.:

    in equis,

    id. A. A. 1, 214:

    in raeda,

    Mart. 3, 47:

    super equos,

    Just. 41, 3;

    and with equis to be supplied,

    Verg. A. 5, 554:

    puppibus,

    Ov. H. 19, 180; cf.:

    cum classe Pisas,

    Liv. 41, 17 et saep.:

    concedere quo poterunt undae, cum pisces ire nequibunt?

    Lucr. 1, 380.—
    b.
    Of things:

    alvus non it,

    Cato R. R. 157, 7; so,

    sanguis naribus,

    Lucr. 6, 1203:

    Euphrates jam mollior undis,

    Verg. A. 8, 726:

    sudor per artus,

    id. ib. 2, 174:

    fucus in artus,

    Lucr. 2, 683:

    telum (with volare),

    id. 1, 971:

    trabes,

    i. e. to give way, sink, id. 6, 564 et saep.:

    in semen ire (asparagum),

    to go to seed, Cato, R. R. 161, 3; so Plin. 18, 17, 45, § 159; cf.:

    in corpus (juvenes),

    Quint. 2, 10, 5:

    sanguis it in sucos,

    turns into, Ov. M. 10, 493.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    To go or proceed against with hostile intent, to march against:

    quos fugere credebant, infestis signis ad se ire viderunt,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 8, 6:

    ad hostem,

    Liv. 42, 49:

    contra hostem,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 67, 2; cf. id. B. C. 3, 31 fin.:

    adversus hostem,

    Liv. 42, 49:

    in hostem,

    id. 2, 6; Verg. A. 9, 424 et saep.; cf.:

    in Capitolium,

    to go against, to attack, Liv. 3, 17.—
    2.
    Pregn., to pass away, disappear (very rare):

    saepe hominem paulatim cernimus ire,

    Lucr. 3, 526; cf. ib. 530; 594.
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    In gen., to go, pass, proceed, move, advance:

    ire in opus alienum,

    Plaut. Mil. 3, 3, 6:

    in dubiam imperii servitiique aleam,

    Liv. 1, 23 fin.:

    in alteram causam praeceps ierat,

    id. 2, 27:

    in rixam,

    Quint. 6, 4, 13:

    in lacrimas,

    Verg. A. 4, 413; Stat. Th. 11, 193:

    in poenas,

    Ov. M. 5, 668 et saep.:

    ire per singula,

    Quint. 6, 1, 12; cf. id. 4, 2, 32; 7, 1, 64; 10, 5, 21:

    ad quem (modum) non per gradus itur,

    id. 8, 4, 7 et saep.:

    dicite qua sit eundum,

    Ov. Tr. 3, 1, 19:

    ire infitias, v. infitiae: Latina debent cito pariter ire,

    Quint. 1, 1, 14:

    aliae contradictiones eunt interim longius,

    id. 5, 13, 54: in eosdem semper pedes ire (compositio), [p. 649] id. 9, 4, 142:

    cum per omnes et personas et affectus eat (comoedia),

    id. 1, 8, 7; cf. id. 1, 2, 13; Juv. 1, 142:

    Phrygiae per oppida facti Rumor it,

    Ov. M. 6, 146:

    it clamor caelo,

    Verg. A. 5, 451:

    factoque in secula ituro, Laetantur tribuisse locum,

    to go down to posterity, Sil. 12, 312; cf.

    with a subject-sentence: ibit in saecula, fuisse principem, cui, etc.,

    Plin. Pan. 55.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    Pub. law t. t.
    a.
    Pedibus ire, or simply ire in aliquam sententiam, in voting, to go over or accede to any opinion (opp. discedere, v. h. v. II. B. 2. b.):

    cum omnes in sententiam ejus pedibus irent,

    Liv. 9, 8, 13:

    pars major eorum qui aderant in eandem sententiam ibat,

    id. 1, 32 fin.; 34, 43; 42, 3 fin.—Pass. impers.:

    in quam sententiam cum pedibus iretur,

    Liv. 5, 9, 2:

    ibatur in eam sententiam,

    Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 1 fin.:

    itum in sententiam,

    Tac. A. 3, 23; 12, 48.—And opp. to the above,
    b.
    Ire in alia omnia, to vote against a bill, v. alius, II.—
    2.
    Mercant. t. t. for vēneo, to go for, be sold at a certain price, Plin. 18, 23, 53, § 194:

    tot Pontus eat, tot Lydia nummis,

    Claud. Eutr. 1, 203.—
    3.
    Pregn., of time, to pass by, pass away:

    it dies,

    Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 12; Hor. C. 2, 14, 5; 4, 5, 7:

    anni,

    id. Ep. 2, 2, 55; cf.:

    anni more fluentis aquae,

    Ov. A. A. 3, 62.—
    4.
    With the accessory notion of result, to go, proceed, turn out, happen:

    incipit res melius ire quam putaram,

    Cic. Att. 14, 15; cf. Tac. A. 12, 68:

    prorsus ibat res,

    Cic. Att. 14, 20 fin.; Curt. 8, 5:

    postquam omnia fatis Caesaris ire videt,

    Luc. 4, 144.—Hence the wish: sic eat, so may he fare:

    sic eat quaecunque Romana lugebit hostem,

    Liv. 1, 26; Luc. 5, 297 Cort.; 2, 304; Claud. in Eutr. 2, 155. —
    5.
    Constr. with a supine, like the Gr. mellein, to go or set about, to prepare, to wish, to be about to do any thing:

    si opulentus it petitum pauperioris gratiam, etc.,

    Plaut. Aul. 2, 2, 69; id. Bacch. 3, 6, 36: quod uti prohibitum irem, quod in me esset, meo labori non parsi, Cato ap. Fest. s. v. PARSI, p. 242 Müll.; so,

    perditum gentem universam,

    Liv. 32, 22:

    ultum injurias, scelera,

    id. 2, 6; Quint. 11, 1, 42:

    servitum Grais matribus,

    Verg. A. 2, 786 et saep.:

    bonorum praemia ereptum eunt,

    Sall. J. 85, 42.—Hence the construction of the inf. pass. iri with the supine, in place of an inf. fut. pass.:

    mihi omne argentum redditum iri,

    Plaut. Curc. 4, 2, 5:

    mihi istaec videtur praeda praedatum irier,

    id. Rud. 4, 7, 16 et saep.— Poet. also with inf.:

    seu pontum carpere remis Ibis,

    Prop. 1, 6, 34:

    attollere facta regum,

    Stat. S. 5, 3, 11:

    fateri,

    id. Th. 3, 61 al. —
    6.
    Imp. i, eas, eat, etc., since the Aug. period more freq. a mocking or indignant expression, go then, go now:

    i nunc et cupidi nomen amantis habe,

    Ov. H. 3, 26; so,

    i nunc,

    id. ib. 4, 127; 9, 105; 17, 57; id. Am. 1, 7, 35; Prop. 2, 29, 22 (3, 27, 22 M.); Verg. A. 7, 425; Juv. 6, 306 al.:

    i, sequere Italiam ventis,

    Verg. A. 4, 381; so,

    i,

    id. ib. 9, 634:

    fremunt omnibus locis: Irent, crearent consules ex plebe,

    Liv. 7, 6 fin.
    2.
    ĕō, adv. [old dat. and abl. form of pron. stem i; cf. is].
    I.
    In locat. and abl. uses,
    A.
    Of place=in eo loco, there, in that place (rare):

    quid (facturus est) cum tu eo quinque legiones haberes?

    Cic. Ep. ad Brut. 1, 2, 1:

    quo loco... ibi... eoque,

    Cels. 8, 9, 1:

    eo loci,

    Tac. A. 15, 74; Plin. 11, 37, 50, § 136; so trop.: eo loci, in that condition:

    res erat eo jam loci, ut, etc.,

    Cic. Sest. 13, 68; Tac. A. 14, 61; Dig. 5, 1, 52, § 3.—
    B.
    Of cause=eā re.
    1.
    Referring to a cause or reason before given, therefore, on that account, for that reason:

    is nunc dicitur venturus peregre: eo nunc commenta est dolum,

    Plaut. Truc. 1, 1, 66; Ter. Hec. 2, 1, 41:

    dederam litteras ad te: eo nunc ero brevior,

    Cic. Fam. 6, 20, 1; Sall. C. 21, 3; Liv. 8, 8, 8; Tac. H. 2, 65; Nep. Pelop. 1, 3; id. Milt. 2, 3 et saep.—So with conjunctions, eoque, et eo, eo quoque, in adding any thing as a consequence of what precedes, and for that reason:

    absolute pares, et eo quoque innumerabiles,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 17, 55:

    impeditius eoque hostibus incautum,

    Tac. A. 1, 50:

    per gentes integras et eo feroces,

    Vell. 2, 115, 2; Quint. 4, 1, 42 al. —
    2.
    Referring to a foll. clause, giving
    (α).
    a cause or reason, with quia, quoniam, quod, etc.; so with quia:

    eo fit, quia mihi plurimum credo,

    Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 124; id. Capt. 1, 1, 2:

    nunc eo videtur foedus, quia, etc.,

    Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 17; 3, 1, 25:

    quia scripseras, eo te censebam, etc.,

    Cic. Att. 10, 17, 4; Sall. C. 20, 3; Tac. Agr. 22.—With quoniam:

    haec eo notavi, quoniam, etc.,

    Gell. 7, 13.—With quod:

    quod... non potueritis, eo vobis potestas erepta sit,

    Cic. Verr. 1, 8, 22; Nep. Eum. 11, 5; Liv. 9, 2, 4; Caes. B. G. 1, 23; so,

    neque eo... quod,

    Ter. Heaut. 3, 2, 43; Varr. R. R. 1, 5.—
    (β).
    A purpose, motive or reason, with quo, ut, ne; and after negatives, with quo, quin, and subj. —So with quo:

    eo scripsi, quo plus auctoritatis haberem,

    Cic. Att. 8, 9, 1; Sall. C. 22, 2; so,

    non eo... quo,

    Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 16:

    neque eo... quo,

    Cic. Att. 3, 15, 4; id. Rosc. Am. 18, 51.—With ut:

    haec eo scripsi, ut intellegeres,

    Cic. Fam. 13, 69, 2; id. de Or. 3, 49, 187; Lact. 4, 5, 9.—With ne: Plaut. Aul. 2, 2, 63; Ter. Ph. 5, 1, 17:

    quod ego non eo vereor, ne mihi noceat,

    Cic. Att. 9, 2; id. Rab. Perd. 3, 9.—With quin:

    non eo haec dico, quin quae tu vis ego velim,

    Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 60; id. As. 5, 1, 16. —
    C.
    Of measure or degree—with words of comparison, so much, by so much —followed by quo (= tanto... quanto):

    quae eo fructuosiores fiunt, quo calidior terra aratur,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 32, 1:

    eo gravior est dolor, quo culpa major,

    Cic. Att. 11, 11, 2; id. Fam. 2, 19, 1; so with quantum:

    quantum juniores patrum plebi se magis insinuabant, eo acrius contra tribuni tendebant, etc.,

    Liv. 3, 15, 2; id. 44, 7, 6:

    quanto longius abscederent, eo, etc.,

    id. 30, 30, 23. —Esp. freq. the formulae, eo magis, eo minus, so much the worse ( the less), followed by quo, quod, quoniam, si, ut, ne:

    eo magis, quo tanta penuria est in omni honoris gradu,

    Cic. Fam. 3, 11, 7:

    eo minus veritus navibus, quod in littore molli, etc.,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 9; Cic. Off. 3, 22, 88; id. Att. 15, 9 fin.:

    eo magis, quoniam, etc., Cels. praef. p. 14, 12 Müll.: nihil admirabilius fieri potest, eoque magis, si ea sunt in adulescente,

    Cic. Off. 2, 14, 48; id. Tusc. 1, 39, 94:

    eo diligentius ut ne parvula quidem titubatione impediremur,

    Auct. Her. 2, 8, 12; Cic. Rab. Perd. 3, 9:

    ego illa extuli et eo quidem magis, ne quid ille superiorum meminisse me putaret,

    id. Att. 9, 13, 3.—

    In this combination eo often expresses also the idea of cause (cf. B. 1. supra): hoc probis pretiumst. Eo mihi magis lubet cum probis potius quam cum improbis vivere,

    Plaut. Trin. 2, 1, 37: solliciti tamen et anxii sunt;

    eoque magis, quod se ipsi continent et coercent,

    Cic. Tusc. 4, 33, 70;

    and some passages may be classed under either head: dederam triduo ante litteras ad te. Eo nunc ero brevior,

    Cic. Fam. 6, 21, 1; id. Inv 1, 4, 5; id. Off. 2, 13, 45; id. Fam. 9, 16, 9; Plaut. Aul. 2, 2, 8.
    II.
    In dat. uses.
    A.
    With the idea of motion, to that place, thither (=in eum locum):

    eo se recipere coeperunt,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 25, 5:

    uti eo cum introeas, circumspicias, uti inde exire possit,

    Cato, R. R. 1, 2:

    eo tela conicere, Auct. B. Afr. 72: eo respicere,

    Sall. J. 35, 10; so,

    followed by quo, ubi, unde: non potuit melius pervenirier eo, quo nos volumus,

    Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 35:

    venio nunc eo, quo me fides ducit,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 30, 83:

    ibit eo quo vis, etc.,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 40:

    (venit) eo, ubi non modo res erat, etc.,

    Cic. Quint. 11; Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 21; Vell. 2, 108, 2:

    eo, unde discedere non oportuit, revertamur,

    Cic. Att. 2, 16, 3; Liv. 6, 35, 2; Sall. C. 60, 2;

    so (late Lat.) with loci: perducendum eo loci, ubi actum sit,

    Dig. 10, 4, 11, § 1; ib. 47, 2, 3, § 2.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    With the idea of addition, thereto, in addition to that, besides:

    accessit eo, ut milites ejus, etc.,

    Cic. Fam. 10, 21, 4:

    accedit eo, quod, etc.,

    id. Att. 1, 13, 1.—
    2.
    With the idea of tendency, to that end, with that purpose, to this result:

    hoc autem eo spectabat, ut eam a Philippo corruptam diceret,

    Cic. Div. 2, 57, 118:

    haec eo pertinet oratio, ut ipsa virtus se sustentare posse videretur,

    id. Fam. 6, 1, 12:

    hoc eo valebat, ut, etc.,

    Nep. Them. 4, 4.—
    3.
    With the idea of degree or extent, to that degree or extent, so far, to such a point:

    eo scientiae progredi,

    Quint. 2, 1, 6:

    postquam res publica eo magnificentiae venerit, gliscere singulos,

    Tac. A. 2, 33; id. H. 1, 16; id. Agr. 28:

    eo magnitudinis procedere,

    Sall. J. 1, 5; 5, 2; 14, 3:

    ubi jam eo consuetudinis adducta res est, ut, etc.,

    Liv. 25, 8, 11; 28, 27, 12; 32, 18, 8 al.; Just. 3, 5:

    eo insolentiae processit,

    Plin. Pan. 16:

    eo rerum ventum erat, ut, etc.,

    Curt. 5, 12, 3; 7, 1, 35.— With gen., Val. Max. 3, 7, 1 al.; Flor. 1, 24, 2; 2, 18, 12; Suet. Caes. 77; Plin. Pan. 16, 5; Sen. Q. N. 4 praef. §

    9: eo rem jam adducam, ut nihil divinationis opus sit,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 34, 96:

    res eo est deducta, ut, etc.,

    id. Att. 2, 18, 2; Hor. C. 2, 1, 226; Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 18.—
    C.
    Of time, up to the time, until, so long, usually with usque, and followed by dum, donec:

    usque eo premere capita, dum illae captum amitterent,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 49, 124; Liv. 23, 19, 14; Tac. A. 4, 18:

    eo usque flagitatus est, donec ad exitium dederetur,

    id. ib. 1, 32; Quint. 11, 3, 53:

    eo usque vivere, donec, etc.,

    Liv. 40, 8; cf. Col. 4, 24, 20; 4, 30, 4.—Rarely by quamdiu:

    eo usque, quamdiu ad fines barbaricos veniretur,

    Lampr. Alex. Sev. 45.

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  • 12 rogo

    rogo, āvī, ātum, āre (verwandt mit rego ›nach etw. langen‹), etw. holen, I) eig.: aquam hinc de proxumo, Plaut. rud. 404: purpurae exemplum (Probe) aliunde, Cornif. rhet. 4, 9 (vgl. ibid. aliunde exemplum quaeritent).

    II) übtr.: A) jmd. (nach etw.) fragen, 1) im allg.: a) alqm alqd: unum te rogare volo, Plaut.: hanc (colubram) cum rogaret causam facinoris, Phaedr.: quid me istud rogas? inquit: Stoicos roga, Cic. – im Passiv, multa rogatus, Ov.: si ei rei, quam primo rogetur, recte assenserit, wenn er auf die ihm zuerst vorgelegte Frage seine Zustimmung richtig abgibt, Cic. – b) alqd: hoc quod rogo responde, Plaut. – quasi aliquid rogaturus propius accessit, Suet.: via roganda est, du mußt nach dem Wege fragen, Ov.: Partiz. subst., alci ad rogatum respondere (das Gefragte), Cic. Flacc. 10. – c) alqm: quem ego igitur rogem etc., Ter.: und in der Umgangssprache, men rogas? me rogas? rogas me? du fragst mich? du fragst mich erst (noch)? Plaut. u. Ter. – d) m. de u. Abl.: rogatus de cybaea, tenetis memoriā, quid responderit, Cic.: respondeto ad ea, quae de te ipso rogaro, Cic.: de istoc (darum) rogare omitte, Plaut. – e) m. folg. Fragesatz: rogo, num quid velit? Ter.: rogavi, pervenissentne Agrigentum, Cic.: rogant, cur malimus etc., Varro LL.: rogant me servi, quo eam, Plaut.: quae sit, rogo, Ter. – f) absol.: roganti respondebo, Plaut.: prius respondes, quam rogo, Plaut.: und in der Umgangssprache, rogas? du fragst? Komik. u. Cic.: etiam rogas? du fragst noch? Komik. – 2) insbes.: a) als publiz. t. t., von jeder amtlichen Anfrage: α) alqm sententiam u. bl. alqm, jmd. um seine Meinung, -Stimme fragen, befragen, Racilius surrexit et de iudiciis referre coepit. Marcellinum quidem primum rogavit. In sententiam dixit, ut etc. Postea Racilius de privatis me primum sententiam rogavit, Cic.: quos priores sententiam rogabat, Cic. – im Passiv, cum omnes ante me rogati gratias Caesari egissent, ego rogatus mutavi meum consilium, Cic.: me esse rogatum sententiam, Cic. – β) r. populum od. legem od. absol., eig. das Volk wegen eines Gesetzes befragen, dah. übh. = beim Volke einen Gesetzesvorschlag machen, ein Gesetz beantragen, in aes incīdi iubebitis credo illa legitima: consules populum iure rogaverunt populusque iure scivit, Cic.: r. plebem, Cic.: r. legem, Cic. – absol., ego hanc legem, uti rogas, iubendam censeo, Liv. – unpers., nunc rogari, ut populus consules creet, Liv. – γ) r. (populum) magistratum, dem Volke eine Behörde zur Wahl vorschlagen, ut consules roget praetor vel dictatorem dicat, Cic.: praetores cum ita rogentur, Cic.: Romam ad rogandos magistratus (zur Wahl der M.) proficiscitur, Sall.: comitia consulibus rogandis habuit, Cic.: m. dopp. Acc., qui plebem Romanam tribunos plebi rogaret, der röm. Plebs Volkstribunen vorschlagen, die röm. Pl. V. wählen lassen, Liv. 3, 65, 4. – absol., mortuo rege Pompilio Tullum Hostilium populus regem interrege rogante comitiis curiatis creavit, Cic. – b) als milit. t. t.: r. milites sacramento, gleichs. um den Eid befragen, d.i. vereidigen, den Fahneneid schwören lassen, Caes., Liv. u.a.: u. ohne sacramento, vis rogare? Plaut. mil. 38 (68 Br.). – c) als jurist. t. t., jmd. um seinen Willen zum Eingehen einer Stipulation fragen, roga me viginti minas, ut me effecturum tibi quod promisi scias, stipuliere von mir usw., Plaut.: rogavit Titius, spopondit Maevius, ICt.

    B) jmd. bittend um etwas ersuchen, bitten, von jmd. etw. bittend verlangen, 1) im allg.: a) alqd ab alqo: ab amico alicunde mutuom argentum, Plaut. trin. 758: a Metello missionem, Sall. Iug. 64, 1: ut ab avunculo rogetur Aethiops (der Mohr), Cornif. rhet. 4, 63. – b) alqm alqd: hoc te vehementer etiam atque etiam rogo, Cic. – c) alqd: aquam, Plaut.: utenda vasa, Plaut.: res turpes, Cic.: auxilium, Caes.: vitam, Sen. rhet.: auxilium summissā voce, Ov. – d) alqm: Taurum de aqua per fundum eius ducenda, Cic.: transisse se Rhenum non suā sponte, sed rogatum et arcessitum a Gallis, Caes.: ambiuntur, rogantur, werden um ihre Stimme gebeten, Cic.: in proximum annum consulatum petere vel potius rogare, um das K. betteln, Cic. – e) alqm mit pro u. Abl., ut per omnes deos pro vita eius rogaretur, Lact. de mort. pers. 17, 5. – f) m. folg. ut od. ne u. Konj. oder m. bl. Coniunctiv, eum rogato, ut relinquat alias res et huc veniat, Plaut.: sed ego cesso ad Thaidem hanc deducere et rogare ad cenam ut veniat, Ter.: id ut facias, te etiam atque etiam rogo, Cic.: etiam atque etiam te rogo atque oro, ut eum iuves, Cic.: rogat et orat Dolabellam, ut etc., Cic. – mit bl. Coniunctiv, qui rogarat, ubi nata esset, diceret, Plaut.: rescribas nobis ad omnia rogamus, Brut. in Cic. ep.: Caesar consolatus rogat, finem orandi faciat, Caes.: illud rogo, legi potius quam scorto cadat, Sen. rhet. – mit folg. ne u. Konj., ac te illud primum rogabo, ne quid invitus meā causā facias, Cic. ep. 13, 1, 2. – g) mit folg. Infin., roget (eum) morari, Catull. 35, 10. – h) m. folg. Acc. u. Infin., multa rogant utenda dari, Ov. art. am. 1, 433: tot mihi natales contingere vana rogavi, Ov. met. 14, 138: summis precibus rogat sibi perferri ostendique puerum, Iustin. 1, 4, 9. – i) absol.: neque ego sic rogabam, ut petere (zu fordern) viderer, Cic.: pater et filius pro vita rogantes, Suet.: in blandiendo, rogando lenis et summissa vox, Quint. – 2) insbes., bitten = einladen, alqm, jmd. zum Besuche einl., sich den Besuch jmds. erbitten, Cic. ep. 16, 22, 1; ad Att. 2, 3, 3: m. Ang. wohin? durch ad od. in u. Akk., alqm ad Palatium, Lampr. Alex. Sev. 48, 1: alqm in senatum, Lampr. Heliog. 4, 1. – m. Ang. wozu? durch ad od. in u. Akk., alqm ad signandum testamentum, alqm in advocationem, alqm in consilium, alle drei bei Plin. ep. 1, 9, 2: alqm in consilium, Gell. 14, 2, 9: alqm ad prandium, Lampr. Heliog. 28, 5: alqm ad convivium, Iustin. 43, 3, 10. Amm. 28, 4, 17: alqm ad nuptias, Amm. 14, 6, 24. – / Archaist. Coni. Perf. rogassit, rogassint, Cic. de legg. 3, 9 u. 10. – Parag. Infin. rogarier, Lex Sull. bei Cic. Caecin. 95.

    lateinisch-deutsches > rogo

  • 13 fero

    fĕro, ferre, tŭli (tĕtŭli, arch.), lātum - tr. et intr. -    - voir l'article fero du Gaffiot.    - la conjugaison    - [gr]gr. ϕέρω.    - inf. passif ferrier Plaut. Rud. 367 == redoublement arch. tetuli, Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 84; 168; id. Men. 4, 2, 25; 66; id. Rud. prol. 68: tetulisti, Att. and Caecil. ap. Non. 178, 17 sq.: tetulit, Plaut. Most. 2, 2, 40; id. Men. 2, 3, 30; Ter. And. 5, 1, 13: tetulerunt, Lucr. 6, 672: tetulissem, Ter. And. 4, 5, 13: tetulisse, Plaut. Rud. 4, 1, 2: tetulero, id. Cist. 3, 19: tetulerit, id. Poen. 3, 1, 58; id. Rud. 4, 3, 101.    - fero, feram, feras [] fero, feram, feras → ferus.    - impératif présent: fer, ferte. [st1]1 [-] porter, tenir, avoir en soi, avoir sur soi.    - arma ferre: porter les armes.    - ferre aliquem in sinu (in oculis): porter qqn dans son coeur.    - ferre census corpore suos, Ov.: avoir sa fortune sur soi.    - alicui opem (auxilium) ferre: porter secours à qqn. [st1]2 [-] (porter en avant), transporter, mouvoir, emporter, entraîner, pousser.    - non feret quin vapulet, Plaut.: il ne s'en tirera pas sans être rossé.    - ferre caelo manus, Hor.: lever les mains au ciel.    - ferre signa: porter les enseignes, se mettre en marche, lever le camp.    - ferre signa in hostem: marcher à l'ennemi.    - in Capitolium faces ferre, Cic.: mettre le feu au Capitole.    - animus me fert: mon esprit me pousse (à), je veux.    - quo cujusque animus fert, eo discedunt, Sall. J. 54: ils se dispersent pour aller où ils veulent.    - qua quemque animus fert, effugite superbiam regiam, Liv. 40: comme chacun le veut, fuyez la tyrannie du roi.    - mens tulit nos exscindere Thebas, Stat. Th. 4: nous voulions détruire Thèbes. [st1]3 [-] mettre en mouvement, déplacer, diriger, mener, faire avancer, conduire.    - itinera duo ad portum ferebant, Caes.: deux chemins menaient au port.    - alicui sese obviam ferre, Cic.: se porter au-devant de qqn.    - si qua ad verum via ferret, Liv.: si quelque chemin menait à la vérité. [st1]4 [-] (porter devant soi), montrer, présenter, offrir, donner; apporter, proposer.    - prae se ferre: porter devant soi, étaler, afficher, montrer, manifester, déclarer.    - nec vero, cum venit, prae se fert aut qui sit aut unde veniat aut etiam quid velit, Cic. Rep. 2: et, en approchant, il ne montre pas clairement ni qui il est, ni d'où il vient, ni même ce qu'il veut.    - cui sum amicus, idque me ejus officio debere esse prae me semper tuli, Cic. Phil.: je suis son ami et j'ai toujours avoué clairement que je me devais de l'être en raison du service qu'il m'a rendu.    - palam se ferre, Suet.: s'afficher.    - ferre osculum, Ov.: donner un baiser.    - ferre sententiam, Vic.: apporter son avis.    - suffragium (sententiam) ferre: apporter son suffrage, donner son suffrage, voter.    - ad plebem ferre ut: proposer au peuple que...    - aliquem judicem ferre: proposer qqn comme juge.    - rogationem ferre: présenter un projet de loi, proposer une loi.    - legem ferre: présenter une loi, proposer une loi.    - legem ad populum (ad plebem) ferre: présenter une loi au peuple.    - ferre suprema, Virg.: rendre les derniers devoirs. [st1]5 [-] (porter en haut), élever, vanter, célébrer.    - aliquem in caelum ferre: porter qqn aux nues.    - laudibus aliquem in caelum ferre, Cic. Fam. 10: porter qqn aux nues, combler qqn d'éloges.    - ad astra aliquem ferre: porter qqn aux nues, combler qqn d'éloges.    - gloria hujus ad caelum fertur, Lucr.: sa gloire est portée aux nues.    - incerta in majus ferri solent, Liv. 21: on grossit ordinairement ce qu'on ne connaît pas. [st1]6 [-] apporter, amener, procurer, causer, faire, provoquer.    - fructum ferre: procurer un profit, un avantage.    - ferre voluptatem: causer du plaisir.    - ferre solacia: procurer des consolations. [st1]7 [-] emporter, enlever, piller, dévaster, détruire.    - ferre atque agere (agere ferreque): piller, ravager.    - hi ferre agere plebem, Liv. 3, 37: ils volaient et pillaient la plèbe.    - (aufert, en prose) omnia fert aetas, Virg.: le temps emporte tout.    - incensa ferunt Pergama, Virg.: ils pillent Troie en flammes. [st1]8 [-] emporter, recevoir, obtenir, recueillir, remporter.    - praemium ferre: obtenir une récompense.    - nihil ex certamine ferre, Liv.: ne rien emporter du combat.    - non tacitum feres, Cic.: tu n'auras pas mon silence.    - quod posces, feres, Plaut. Merc. 2: tu auras ce que tu demandes.    - ferre victoriam ex aliquo, Liv.: remporter la victoire sur qqn.    - ferre suffragia, Suet.: remporter les suffrages.    - plura in eorum tribubus suffragia quam uterque in omnibus ferre, Suet.: recueillir plus de suffrages dans leurs tribus que tous les deux dans toutes les autres.    - ferre centuriam, Cic.: obtenir les voix d'une centurie.    - tribus plerasque ferre, Cic. Planc.: obtenir les voix de la plupart des tribus. [st1]9 [-] porter, comporter, vouloir, exiger, demander; permettre, admettre.    - natura fert ut: la nature veut que.    - quod natura fert in omnibus fere rebus, Cic. Tusc. 2, 5: ce que la nature veut dans presque tous les domaines.    - ut fors tulit: comme le hasard le voulut, au gré du hasard.    - si occasio tulerit, Cic.: si l'occasion le permet.    - si vestra voluntas feret, Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 24: si tel est votre désir.    - si ita ferret, Tac.: s'il devait en être ainsi.    - ut aetas illa fert, Cic. Clu. 60: comme c'est l'habitude à cet âge.    - ut mea fert opinio, Cic. Clu. 16: d'après mon avis. [st1]10 [-] supporter, endurer, subir, souffrir.    - dolorem ferre aequo animo: supporter sans peine la douleur, se résigner.    - aegre, graviter, moleste aliquid ferre: supporter qqch avec peine, avec chagrin, avec indignation.    - repulsam ferre: essuyer un échec.    - ferre impetum: soutenir le choc.    - servo nubere tuli, Ov. H. 5: je me suis résignée à épouser un esclave.    - ferunt aures hominum illa laudari, Cic. de Or. 2: les hommes endurent de pareilles louanges.    - non ferendum est quod, Quint.: il ne faut pas supporter que.    - adversas ferre difficile esset sine eo qui illas gravius etiam quam tu ferret, Cic. Lael.: il serait difficile de supporter les malheurs sans quelqu'un qui les supporte encore plus péniblement que nous.    - ingratae patriae injuriam non tulit, Cic. Lael.: il ne supporta pas l'injustice d'une patrie ingrate.    - quis tam esset ferreus qui eam vitam ferre posset? Cic. Lael.: qui serait assez insensible pour supporter pareille vie? [st1]11 [-] produire, rapporter, engendrer, enfanter.    - ferundo arbor peribit, Cato, R. R. 6: l'arbre périra à force de produire.    - angulus iste feret piper et thus, Hor. Ep. 1: ce coin de terre te donnera du poivre et de l'encens.    - ignorans nurum ventrem ferre, Liv. 1: ignorant que sa bru était enceinte.    - au fig. haec aetas oratorem... tulit, Cic. Br. 45: cette époque produisit un orateur... [st1]12 [-] (porter partout), annoncer, rapporter, raconter, répandre, divulguer.    - ferre + prop. inf.: rapporter que, dire que.    - tormentis servorum Macronem praesedisse commentarii ad senatum missi ferebant, Tac. An. 6: les documents envoyés au sénat indiquaient que Macron avait présidé à la torture des esclaves.    - ferunt (fertur) + prop. inf.: on rapporte que, on dit que.    - ubi nunc ficus Ruminalis est, Romularem vocatam ferunt, Liv. 1: où il y a maintenant le figuier Ruminal, qu'on a appelé, dit-on, Romulaire.    - ut Graeci ferunt, Cic.: à ce que disent les Grecs. [st1]15 [-] locutions remarquables.    - expensum ferre: inscrire au chapitre des dépenses, porter en dépenses.    - acceptum ferre: inscrire au chapitre des recettes, porter en recettes.
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    fĕro, ferre, tŭli (tĕtŭli, arch.), lātum - tr. et intr. -    - voir l'article fero du Gaffiot.    - la conjugaison    - [gr]gr. ϕέρω.    - inf. passif ferrier Plaut. Rud. 367 == redoublement arch. tetuli, Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 84; 168; id. Men. 4, 2, 25; 66; id. Rud. prol. 68: tetulisti, Att. and Caecil. ap. Non. 178, 17 sq.: tetulit, Plaut. Most. 2, 2, 40; id. Men. 2, 3, 30; Ter. And. 5, 1, 13: tetulerunt, Lucr. 6, 672: tetulissem, Ter. And. 4, 5, 13: tetulisse, Plaut. Rud. 4, 1, 2: tetulero, id. Cist. 3, 19: tetulerit, id. Poen. 3, 1, 58; id. Rud. 4, 3, 101.    - fero, feram, feras [] fero, feram, feras → ferus.    - impératif présent: fer, ferte. [st1]1 [-] porter, tenir, avoir en soi, avoir sur soi.    - arma ferre: porter les armes.    - ferre aliquem in sinu (in oculis): porter qqn dans son coeur.    - ferre census corpore suos, Ov.: avoir sa fortune sur soi.    - alicui opem (auxilium) ferre: porter secours à qqn. [st1]2 [-] (porter en avant), transporter, mouvoir, emporter, entraîner, pousser.    - non feret quin vapulet, Plaut.: il ne s'en tirera pas sans être rossé.    - ferre caelo manus, Hor.: lever les mains au ciel.    - ferre signa: porter les enseignes, se mettre en marche, lever le camp.    - ferre signa in hostem: marcher à l'ennemi.    - in Capitolium faces ferre, Cic.: mettre le feu au Capitole.    - animus me fert: mon esprit me pousse (à), je veux.    - quo cujusque animus fert, eo discedunt, Sall. J. 54: ils se dispersent pour aller où ils veulent.    - qua quemque animus fert, effugite superbiam regiam, Liv. 40: comme chacun le veut, fuyez la tyrannie du roi.    - mens tulit nos exscindere Thebas, Stat. Th. 4: nous voulions détruire Thèbes. [st1]3 [-] mettre en mouvement, déplacer, diriger, mener, faire avancer, conduire.    - itinera duo ad portum ferebant, Caes.: deux chemins menaient au port.    - alicui sese obviam ferre, Cic.: se porter au-devant de qqn.    - si qua ad verum via ferret, Liv.: si quelque chemin menait à la vérité. [st1]4 [-] (porter devant soi), montrer, présenter, offrir, donner; apporter, proposer.    - prae se ferre: porter devant soi, étaler, afficher, montrer, manifester, déclarer.    - nec vero, cum venit, prae se fert aut qui sit aut unde veniat aut etiam quid velit, Cic. Rep. 2: et, en approchant, il ne montre pas clairement ni qui il est, ni d'où il vient, ni même ce qu'il veut.    - cui sum amicus, idque me ejus officio debere esse prae me semper tuli, Cic. Phil.: je suis son ami et j'ai toujours avoué clairement que je me devais de l'être en raison du service qu'il m'a rendu.    - palam se ferre, Suet.: s'afficher.    - ferre osculum, Ov.: donner un baiser.    - ferre sententiam, Vic.: apporter son avis.    - suffragium (sententiam) ferre: apporter son suffrage, donner son suffrage, voter.    - ad plebem ferre ut: proposer au peuple que...    - aliquem judicem ferre: proposer qqn comme juge.    - rogationem ferre: présenter un projet de loi, proposer une loi.    - legem ferre: présenter une loi, proposer une loi.    - legem ad populum (ad plebem) ferre: présenter une loi au peuple.    - ferre suprema, Virg.: rendre les derniers devoirs. [st1]5 [-] (porter en haut), élever, vanter, célébrer.    - aliquem in caelum ferre: porter qqn aux nues.    - laudibus aliquem in caelum ferre, Cic. Fam. 10: porter qqn aux nues, combler qqn d'éloges.    - ad astra aliquem ferre: porter qqn aux nues, combler qqn d'éloges.    - gloria hujus ad caelum fertur, Lucr.: sa gloire est portée aux nues.    - incerta in majus ferri solent, Liv. 21: on grossit ordinairement ce qu'on ne connaît pas. [st1]6 [-] apporter, amener, procurer, causer, faire, provoquer.    - fructum ferre: procurer un profit, un avantage.    - ferre voluptatem: causer du plaisir.    - ferre solacia: procurer des consolations. [st1]7 [-] emporter, enlever, piller, dévaster, détruire.    - ferre atque agere (agere ferreque): piller, ravager.    - hi ferre agere plebem, Liv. 3, 37: ils volaient et pillaient la plèbe.    - (aufert, en prose) omnia fert aetas, Virg.: le temps emporte tout.    - incensa ferunt Pergama, Virg.: ils pillent Troie en flammes. [st1]8 [-] emporter, recevoir, obtenir, recueillir, remporter.    - praemium ferre: obtenir une récompense.    - nihil ex certamine ferre, Liv.: ne rien emporter du combat.    - non tacitum feres, Cic.: tu n'auras pas mon silence.    - quod posces, feres, Plaut. Merc. 2: tu auras ce que tu demandes.    - ferre victoriam ex aliquo, Liv.: remporter la victoire sur qqn.    - ferre suffragia, Suet.: remporter les suffrages.    - plura in eorum tribubus suffragia quam uterque in omnibus ferre, Suet.: recueillir plus de suffrages dans leurs tribus que tous les deux dans toutes les autres.    - ferre centuriam, Cic.: obtenir les voix d'une centurie.    - tribus plerasque ferre, Cic. Planc.: obtenir les voix de la plupart des tribus. [st1]9 [-] porter, comporter, vouloir, exiger, demander; permettre, admettre.    - natura fert ut: la nature veut que.    - quod natura fert in omnibus fere rebus, Cic. Tusc. 2, 5: ce que la nature veut dans presque tous les domaines.    - ut fors tulit: comme le hasard le voulut, au gré du hasard.    - si occasio tulerit, Cic.: si l'occasion le permet.    - si vestra voluntas feret, Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 24: si tel est votre désir.    - si ita ferret, Tac.: s'il devait en être ainsi.    - ut aetas illa fert, Cic. Clu. 60: comme c'est l'habitude à cet âge.    - ut mea fert opinio, Cic. Clu. 16: d'après mon avis. [st1]10 [-] supporter, endurer, subir, souffrir.    - dolorem ferre aequo animo: supporter sans peine la douleur, se résigner.    - aegre, graviter, moleste aliquid ferre: supporter qqch avec peine, avec chagrin, avec indignation.    - repulsam ferre: essuyer un échec.    - ferre impetum: soutenir le choc.    - servo nubere tuli, Ov. H. 5: je me suis résignée à épouser un esclave.    - ferunt aures hominum illa laudari, Cic. de Or. 2: les hommes endurent de pareilles louanges.    - non ferendum est quod, Quint.: il ne faut pas supporter que.    - adversas ferre difficile esset sine eo qui illas gravius etiam quam tu ferret, Cic. Lael.: il serait difficile de supporter les malheurs sans quelqu'un qui les supporte encore plus péniblement que nous.    - ingratae patriae injuriam non tulit, Cic. Lael.: il ne supporta pas l'injustice d'une patrie ingrate.    - quis tam esset ferreus qui eam vitam ferre posset? Cic. Lael.: qui serait assez insensible pour supporter pareille vie? [st1]11 [-] produire, rapporter, engendrer, enfanter.    - ferundo arbor peribit, Cato, R. R. 6: l'arbre périra à force de produire.    - angulus iste feret piper et thus, Hor. Ep. 1: ce coin de terre te donnera du poivre et de l'encens.    - ignorans nurum ventrem ferre, Liv. 1: ignorant que sa bru était enceinte.    - au fig. haec aetas oratorem... tulit, Cic. Br. 45: cette époque produisit un orateur... [st1]12 [-] (porter partout), annoncer, rapporter, raconter, répandre, divulguer.    - ferre + prop. inf.: rapporter que, dire que.    - tormentis servorum Macronem praesedisse commentarii ad senatum missi ferebant, Tac. An. 6: les documents envoyés au sénat indiquaient que Macron avait présidé à la torture des esclaves.    - ferunt (fertur) + prop. inf.: on rapporte que, on dit que.    - ubi nunc ficus Ruminalis est, Romularem vocatam ferunt, Liv. 1: où il y a maintenant le figuier Ruminal, qu'on a appelé, dit-on, Romulaire.    - ut Graeci ferunt, Cic.: à ce que disent les Grecs. [st1]15 [-] locutions remarquables.    - expensum ferre: inscrire au chapitre des dépenses, porter en dépenses.    - acceptum ferre: inscrire au chapitre des recettes, porter en recettes.
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        Fero, fers, tuli, latum, ferre. Porter.
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        Ferre ab altero argentum. Plaut. Recevoir de luy.
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        Quod posces, feres. Plaut. Tu obtiendras et emporteras ce que tu demanderas.
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        - hercle nunc ferat Sex talenta magna argenti pro istis praesentaria, Nunquam acciperem. Plaut. S'il m'apportoit.
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        Ferre. Producere. Plin. Porter, Produire.
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        Elephantes fert Africa. Plin. Produit.
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        Non feret quin vapulet. Plaut. Il ne se passera pas qu'il ne soit batu.
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        Ferre, pro Dicere. Tacit. Ex C. Caesare se genitum ferebat. Il disoit.
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        Ferre. Cic. Endurer quelque chose, Souffrir et porter patiemment.
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        Ferre acceptum. Iuris. Enregistrer ce qu'on a receu, et en tenir compte au chapitre des receptes.
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        Ferre acerbe. Cic. Acerbe ferebam, si huius salus, etc. J'estoye marri, etc.
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        Quae fert adolescentia. Terent. A quoy la jeunesse s'addonne.
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        Aduersas res ferre. Cic. Porter patiemment les adversitez.
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        AEgre ferre. Terent. Estre marri et desplaisant d'une chose.
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        Dum aetas tulit, amauit. Terentius. Tandis que l'aage s'y addonnoit, et que l'aage le portoit.
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        Si modo fert animus, gradere, et scitabere ab ipso. Ouid. S'il te plaist.
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        Fert animus causas tantarum exponere rerum. Lucan. Mon cueur desire de, etc. Je veulx.
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        Qualem animum iudex in consilium feret. Quintil. Quelle affection il apporte.
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        Ferre animo aequo. Terent. Porter patiemment.
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        Iniquo animo ferre. Cic. Estre mal content.
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        Ferre annos et vetustatem, siue perferre, dicuntur vina proprie: tamen ad alia transferuntur. Quintil. Estre de garde, Durer long temps.
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        Arma contra patriam ferre. Cic. S'armer à l'encontre de son pays, Porter les armes et faire la guerre contre, etc.
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        In astra ferre. Cic. Louer haultement aucun, Le monter jusques au ciel.
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        Atrociter ferre. Cic. Estre fort mal content et desplaisant.
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        Quum semel auras tulerunt. Virg. Ont accoustumé l'air.
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        Auxilium alicui ferre. Terent. Donner secours, Aider, Secourir.
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        Bella ferre. Horat. Endurer les travaulx de guerre avec les autres gensdarmes.
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        Belle aliquid ferre. Cic. Porter ou endurer doulcement, sans se fascher et ennuyer.
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        Ferre ad vel in caelum. Cic. Monter ou mettre jusques aux nues, Louer haultement.
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        Deos quaeso vt hodie camum et furcam feras. Plaut. Que tu sois pendu aujourdhuy.
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        Centuriam ferre. Cic. Avoir pour nous les voix de toute une centurie en quelque election, Estre esleu par toute une centurie.
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        Haud clam tulit iram aduersus Praetorem. Liu. Ne dissimula point le courroux qu'il avoit contre le Preteur, Il monstra bien qu'il estoit marri contre, etc.
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        Commentarii ferunt. Tacit. Le portent, Il est escript és commentaires.
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        Si ita commodum vestrum fert. Cic. Si c'est vostre commodité et prouffit.
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        Conditionem ferre, quod et Offerre dicitur, et Ponere. Terent. Faire une offre et parti.
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        Grauioribus verbis, quam tua consuetudo ferebat. Cic. Que ta coustume ne portoit, ou Que tu n'avois de coustume.
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        Contumelias ferre. Plaut. Endurer.
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        Crimina in aliquem ferre. Tacit. Blasmer aucun, et mal dire de luy.
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        Desyderium coniunctissimi viri atque amantissimi ferre nullo modo possem. Cic. Je ne pourroye nullement endurer, ou porter le regret.
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        Dolorem ferre alicui. Virgil. Donner ennuy, Le contrister et ennuyer.
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        Exequias ferre. Ouid. Faire les funerailles.
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        Exitum eundem ferre. Caes. Endurer.
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        Ferre expensum. Cic. Tenir compte de ce qu'on a despendu.
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        Extra causam ferre. Quint. Mettre hors du propos.
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        Vt ferunt fabulae. Cic. Comme les fables le racontent.
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        Vt villicum hanc perdoceamus vt ferat fallaciam. Plaut. Comment il pourra faire et mettre en execution ceste tromperie.
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        Famam ferre. Plaut. Semer un bruit.
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        Ita fama ferebant. Liu. On le disoit ainsi, Le bruit estoit tel.
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        Quod est ferundum feras. Terent. Endure.
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        Fidem ferre alicui rei. Virg. La croire, Y adjouster foy.
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        - fero ad te alia flagitia ingentia Boni illius adolescentis. Terent. Je t'apporte, Je vien te raconter.
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        Fortiter ferre. Cic. Endurer constamment.
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        Fraudem ferre. Liu. Tromper, ou porter dommage.
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        Frigoraque et famem tulistis. Catull. Vous avez enduré.
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        Fructum ferre dicuntur arbores. Plin. Porter fruict.
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        Additur vt Pallas, singularis industriae fructum meritissimo ferat. Plin. iunior. A fin que Pallas recoyve le fruict et le prouffit de, etc.
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        Quumque ea contentio mihi magnum etiam foris fructum tulisset. Cic. M'eust porté grand prouffit.
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        Fructum ex aliquo ferre. Pollio ad Ciceronem. Recevoir prouffit.
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        Quos tandem fructus huiusce necessitudinis in istius imperio tulit? Cic. Quels fruicts a il remporté de, etc.
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        Ferre gloriam belli perpetrati. Liu. Remporter la gloire et le loz d'avoir mis fin à une guerre.
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        Ferri ad gloriam. Cic. Suyvre la gloire.
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        Gratiam et gloriam haud immeritam annonae leuatae tulit. Liu. On luy sceut bon gré, et non sans cause, d'avoir, etc.
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        Grauiter ferre. Terent. Estre marri.
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        Hoc ab isto praedone ereptum esse, grauiter et acerbe homines ferebant. Cic. Estoyent marriz.
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        Gressus ferre aliquo. Aller.
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        Imaginem alicuius ferre. Plaut. Representer aucun, et resembler.
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        Impetum ferre. Caes. Endurer et soustenir.
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        Impune ferre. Caes. Demourer impuni.
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        In aliquo quidpiam ferre. Quintil. Supporter.
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        Incommoda ferre. Cic. Donner ennuy et fascherie.
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        Indigne ferre. Plin. Estre mal content.
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        Infortunium ferre. Terent. Recevoir malencontre.
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        Ingrate aliquid ferre. Tacit. Estre mal content.
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        Iniuriam ferre. Cic. Endurer.
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        Nae illud haud inultum, si viuo, ferent. Terent. Ils n'en demourront pas quictes, ou impuniz.
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        Iracunde ferre. Plin. Se courroucer de quelque chose.
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        Iudicem tibi fero. Liu. Mots que anciennement l'un des deux contendans disoit maintesfois à l'autre, qui valoyent autant comme de dire, Je croiray de nostre different tout le premier, et l'en feray juge. Et aucunesfois avoyent accoustumé de le nommer, disans, Je m'en rapporte à un tel, et le vous offre, qu'il soit juge de nostre different.
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        Cum laborem belli ferre non posset, etc. Caes. Ne peust porter et endurer la peine.
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        Laete atque insolenter ferre. Cic. Demener grand joye pour quelque chose.
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        Laetitiam ferre. Cic. Demener joye.
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        Laudem. Caes. Avoir honneur, Estre loué.
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        Laudem mihi mea facta ferent. Virgil. M'apporteront louange.
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        Laudibus ferre. Plin. iunior. Louer.
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        Lenissime ferre aliquid. Cic. Ne s'en point fascher ne ennuyer.
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        Faciet quae feret libido. Sallust. Il fera ce qu'il luy viendra en volunté et à plaisir.
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        Lucem ferre. Plin. iunior. Endurer de veoir la lumiere.
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        Fer contra manum. Plaut. Baille la main.
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        Manum ferre. Virgil. S'entrebatre, Combatre.
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        Fer me. Terent. Supporte moy.
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        Ferres me, si ego idem dicerem? Cic. L'endurerois tu de moy?
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        Miserias ferre. Terent. Les porter patiemment.
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        Moderate ferre dolorem. Cic. Endurer.
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        Modice ferre. Cic. Porter par mesure, Porter patiemment.
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        Moleste ferre. Cic. Estre mal content.
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        Molliter ferre. Cic. Endurer doulcement quelque chose.
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        Munus ferre. Horat. Recevoir un don.
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        Prout cuiusque eorum qui negotiis praeerant, aut natura, aut studium ferebat. Caes. Selon que leur naturelle inclination estoit.
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        Natura fert vt extrema, etc. Cic. C'est une chose naturelle, Nature apporte que, etc.
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        Vereor ne grauioribus vtar verbis, quam natura mea fert. Cic. Que ma nature ne porte.
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        Nomen alicuius ferre. Cic. Porter le nom de la maison et famille d'aucun.
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        Nomen ferre insani. Horat. Estre appelé, etc.
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        In notitiam alicuius ferre. Plin. iunior. Luy faire à scavoir.
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        Ferre obscure aliquid. Cicero. Dissimuler et cacher quelque chose.
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        Neque id occulte fert. Terent. Il ne le fait pas en cachette ne en secret, Il le dit hault et cler.
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        Sic oculos, sic ille manus, sic ora ferebat. Virg. Il te resembloit des yeulx, des mains, et de visage.
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        Aliquem in oculis ferre. Cic. Fort aimer aucun, tellement qu'on ne peult durer sans le veoir tousjours, Ne le veoir point à demi.
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        Odium pro labore ferre. Terent. Remporter haine, Estre hay.
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        Opem ferre. Terent. Aider, Donner secours, Secourir.
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        Opem atque auxilium afflictae Reip. Cic. Donner aide et secours à, etc.
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        Vt fert mea opinio. Cic. Comme je pense, A mon advis, Selon mon opinion.
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        Opus aliquod cum labore ferre. Plaut. Endurer.
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        Ferre per ora hominum. Plin. Dire beaucoup de bien d'aucun, Louer grandement.
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        Ora ad ora ferre. Ouid. Baiser, Mettre bouche contre bouche.
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        Osculum alicui. Plin. iunior. Baiser aucun.
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        Ferre palam. Plaut. Divulguer, Publier, et semer par tout.
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        Palmam ferre. Cic. Emporter le pris, Estre le plus prisé.
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        Ego illi maximam partem feram. Terent. Je l'endureray en la plus part.
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        Partum ferre dicitur foemina. Plin. Estre grosse.
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        Passibus rapidis ferri. Virgil. Courir vistement.
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        Personam alienam ferre. Liu. Jouer le rolle d'autruy ne convenant pas à sa nature.
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        Plagas silentio. Cic. Endurer d'estre fouetté sans dire mot.
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        Ad plebem ferre. Cic. Demander au peuple s'il luy plaist que quelque chose se face.
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        Ferre ad populum: Sub. legem. Liu. Quand le Magistrat d'une Republicque venoit en lieu public portant au peuple une loy, et la luy recitant, et le suppliant qu'il luy pleust luy donner authorité de loy.
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        Ferre praedam. Ouid. Emporter la proye.
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        Praemium. Terent. Estre guerdonné.
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        Praesidium. Cic. Donner secours.
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        Preces Deo. Virgil. Prier.
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        Pretium ob stultitiam. Terent. Recevoir le loyer de sa folie.
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        Primas ferre. Cic. Emporter le pris sur touts les autres, Estre le plus excellent, Estre le premier.
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        Priuilegium de aliquo ferre. Cic. Quand és villes populaires un Magistrat prioit le peuple d'ordonner quelque chose nommeement et directement au prejudice de quelqu'un de ceulx de la ville.
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        Ferre quaestionem. Cic. Quand és villes populaires un Magistrat faisoit requeste au peuple pour donner juges extraordinaires pour congnoistre et juger du cas imposé à aucun.
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        In quaestionem seruum ferre. Cic. Presenter et exhiber son serf pour estre mis en la torture, pour scavoir de luy la verité d'aucun cas.
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        Ita sui periculi rationes ferre ac postulare. Cic. Le danger où il se voyoit le conseilloit d'ainsi le faire, Ses affaires le portoyent et requeroyent ainsi.
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        Repulsam ferre. Cic. Estre refusé, Estre esconduict.
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        Incoepi dum res tetulit: nunc non fert, feras. Terent. Quand le temps s'y addonnoit, Quand le temps le portoit.
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        Si ita res fert. Cic. S'il est besoing.
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        Ferre rem vulgo. Liu. Divulguer.
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        Responsum ferre. Liu. Avoir response.
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        Ferre salutem alicui. Plaut. Le saluer.
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        Ferre se aliquo. Virgil. Aller.
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        Sese obuiam alicui ferre. Cic. Aller au devant de luy.
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        Se tractandum ferre. Plin. Endurer d'estre manié.
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        Sententiam ferre. Cic. Dire son opinion.
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        Signa. Caesar. Marcher à enseignes desployees droict contre les ennemis.
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        Similitudinem. Plin. Resembler.
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        Sinu ferre. Martial. Porter en son seing.
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        Sitim ferre. Plin. iunior. Endurer la soif.
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        Neque enim diutius ferre solicitudinem possum. Plin. iunior. Je ne puis plus endurer ceste doubte et soulci, j'en veulx sortir quoy que ce soit.
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        Spem ferre alicuius. Virgil. Avoir esperance de luy.
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        Ferri sua sponte in aliquid. Senec. Suyvre et tendre à quelque chose par inclination naturelle.
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        Sublimem aliquem ferre. Plaut. Eslever en hault.
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        Ferri sublime. Plin. Estre eslevé en hault.
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        Subsidium ferre. Caesar. Donner secours.
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        Suffragium. Cic. Donner sa voix en quelque election.
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        Supplicium. Caesar. Estre puni.
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        Suppetias. Plaut. Donner secours.
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        Susque deque fero. Gell. Il ne m'en chault, Je ne m'en soulcie point.
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        Ferre tabellas alicui. Plaut. Porter lettres.
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        Dum tempus ad eam rem tulit. Terent. Tandis qu'il estoit en l'aage de ce faire.
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        Ita tempus ferebat. Cic. Le temps le portoit ainsi, Le temps en estoit, Le temps le debvoit, Le temps le requeroit, Le temps le vouloit.
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        Fert terra illos viros. Virgil. Produit.
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        Tales innumerabiles nostra ciuitas tulit. Cic. A produict.
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        Tribum. Cic. Avoir une tribu, Emporter une tribu: C'est à dire, obtenir toutes les voix d'une tribu en quelque election, Estre esleu par toute une tribu.
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        Tributum, Curtius. Payer tribut.
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        Ferre vana ad aliquem. Liu. Luy rapporter choses vaines.
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        Ventrem ferre dicitur foemina. Varro. Liu. Estre grosse.
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        Verbera ferre. Martial. Estre batu.
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        Verbera alicuius. Ouid. Endurer d'estre batu par aucun.
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        Verbera in aliquem. Ouid. Batre aucun.
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        Vestigia sua ad aliquem. Ouid. Aller vers aucun.
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        Ferunt eo vestigia. Liu. Les pas s'addressent là.
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        Vina quae vetustatem ferunt. Cic. Vins vieulx qui sont encores bons, et ne sont point empirez, Vins de garde.
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        Itinera duo, quae extra murum ad portam ferebant. Caes. Menoyent droict à la porte.
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        Victoriam ex re aliqua ferre. Liu. Emporter la victoire.
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        Vim alicuius ferre. Terent. Porter et endurer.
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        Si vestra voluntas feret. Cic. Si vous voulez.
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        Nihil iam mihi isthaec res voluptatis ferunt. Terent. Ces choses ne me donnent plus de plaisir, ne d'esbat, Je ne pren plus de plaisir à ces choses.
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        Quos spiritus gessisset, vultu ferebat. Tacit. Il monstroit en son visage, etc.
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        Fertur ad terram vitis. Cic. La vigne panche ou tombe en terre.
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        Quam Iuno fertur terris magis omnibus vnam Posthabita coluisse Samo. Virgil. On dit que Juno, etc.
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        Faustulo fuisse nomen ferunt. Liu. On dit qu'il avoit nom, etc.
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        Ferri. Plaut. Estre transporté.
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        Saltu supra venabula fertur. Virgil. Il saulte par dessus, etc.
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        Fruges tellus inarata ferebat. Ouid. Produisoit.
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        Superanda omnis fortuna ferendo. Virgil. En souffrant, En endurant.
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        Ferendo honori esse. Liu. Estre idoine et suffisant pour estre constitué en quelque dignité.
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        Esse oneri ferendo. Liu. Estre suffisant et fort assez pour porter quelque charge.

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  • 14 rogatus

    [st1]1 [-] rŏgātus, a, um: part. passé de rogo. - [abcl][b]a - questionné, interrogé. - [abcl]b - Sall. appelé à voter, consulté. - [abcl]c - proposé, porté (en parl. d'une loi). - [abcl]d - Ov. prié, invoqué. - [abcl]e - demandé. - [abcl]f - invité, appelé, sollicité à, prié de.[/b]    - causam viae rogatus, Ov.: interrogé sur le motif de son voyage.    - rogatus, Sall.: appelé à voter, consulté.    - rogatus sententiam, Gell.: appelé à voter, consulté.    - princeps rogatus sententiam Cotta dixit... Cic.: prié de donner le premier son avis, Cotta dit...    - rogatus ut canteret, Suet.: prié de chanter. [st1]2 [-] rŏgātŭs, ūs, m.: invitation, sollicitation, demande, prière.    - ad aliquem ipsius rogatu venire: se rendre chez qqn à son invitation, se rendre à l'invitation de qqn.    - rogatu Siciliae: à la demande de la Sicile.    - rogatu tuo: sur ta demande.
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    [st1]1 [-] rŏgātus, a, um: part. passé de rogo. - [abcl][b]a - questionné, interrogé. - [abcl]b - Sall. appelé à voter, consulté. - [abcl]c - proposé, porté (en parl. d'une loi). - [abcl]d - Ov. prié, invoqué. - [abcl]e - demandé. - [abcl]f - invité, appelé, sollicité à, prié de.[/b]    - causam viae rogatus, Ov.: interrogé sur le motif de son voyage.    - rogatus, Sall.: appelé à voter, consulté.    - rogatus sententiam, Gell.: appelé à voter, consulté.    - princeps rogatus sententiam Cotta dixit... Cic.: prié de donner le premier son avis, Cotta dit...    - rogatus ut canteret, Suet.: prié de chanter. [st1]2 [-] rŏgātŭs, ūs, m.: invitation, sollicitation, demande, prière.    - ad aliquem ipsius rogatu venire: se rendre chez qqn à son invitation, se rendre à l'invitation de qqn.    - rogatu Siciliae: à la demande de la Sicile.    - rogatu tuo: sur ta demande.
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        Rogatus, pen. prod. Aliud item participium: vt Rogatus sententiam. Plin. A qui on a demandé son opinion.
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        Rogati creditores. Cic. Appelez.
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        Gaudent esse rogatae puellae. Ouid. D'estre priees.
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        Rogatus, huius rogatus, pen. prod. Cic. Priere, Requeste.
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        Ad rogatum alicui non respondere. Cic. A sa demande, ou interrogation.

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  • 15 rogo

    rŏgo, āre, āvi, ātum - tr. -    - rogassint, arch. p. rogaverint. [st1]1 [-] demander, interroger.    - rogare aliquid aliquem: demander qqch à qqn.    - rogare aliquem sententiam: demander à qqn son avis.    - rogare aliquem beneficium, Cic.: demander un service à qqn.    - rogare aliquem de aliqua re, Ter.: interroger qqn sur qqch.    - rogare aliquid ab aliquo: demander qqch à qqn.    - rogare beneficium ab aliquo, Gell.: demander un service à qqn.    - rogare aliquem ut: demander à qqn de.    - rogare aliquem ne: demander à qqn de ne... pas...    - rogo respondeas, Cic.: réponds, je te prie.    - roget morari, Cic.: qu'il demande à rester.    - rogare aliquem num...: demander à qqn si...    - roget quis... Ter.: on me demandera peut-être...    - rogas me? (dans le dialogue): tu me le demandes! (tu oses me le demander!) [st1]2 [-] demander (l'opinion de qqn), inviter à donner son avis, consulter (officiellement), proposer (une loi, un candidat); consulter qqn pour savoir s'il veut souscrire à une stipulation.    - rogare legem ou rogare populum ou rogare seul: proposer une loi.    - rogare (populum): consulter le peuple.    - rogare populum consulem: faire élire un consul par le peuple.    - rogare plebem tribunos, Liv.: proposer au peuple des tribuns.    - sententiam rogari: se voir demander son avis, être consulté.    - uti rogas (formule de vote): suivant ta proposition, oui, adopté.    - si quid jus non esset rogarier (= rogari), ejus ea lege nihilum rogatum, Cic.: si la loi était contraire au droit reçu, elle serait nulle.    - rogavit Titius, spopondit Maevius, Dig.: Titius a demandé à Maevius de souscrire à cette clause; celui-ci s'y est engagé.    - roga me viginti minas, Plaut. Ps.: demande-moi de m'engager à te verser vingt mines. [st1]3 [-] demander (un objet), solliciter (une personne), prier, implorer, supplier.    - malo emere quam rogare, Cic.: j'aime mieux acheter qu'emprunter.    - semper se dicet rogari voluisse, semper sibi supplicari, Cic.: il vous dira qu'il a toujours voulu être prié, être supplié. [st1]4 [-] inviter, faire venir, convoquer, mander.    - rogare milites sacramento: faire prêter serment aux soldats, faire enrôler des soldats.    - rogare aliquem ad signandum testimonium: inviter qqn à mettre son cachet sur un testament.    - rogare aliquem in consilium: inviter qqn à faire partie d'un conseil.    - voir rogatus.
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    rŏgo, āre, āvi, ātum - tr. -    - rogassint, arch. p. rogaverint. [st1]1 [-] demander, interroger.    - rogare aliquid aliquem: demander qqch à qqn.    - rogare aliquem sententiam: demander à qqn son avis.    - rogare aliquem beneficium, Cic.: demander un service à qqn.    - rogare aliquem de aliqua re, Ter.: interroger qqn sur qqch.    - rogare aliquid ab aliquo: demander qqch à qqn.    - rogare beneficium ab aliquo, Gell.: demander un service à qqn.    - rogare aliquem ut: demander à qqn de.    - rogare aliquem ne: demander à qqn de ne... pas...    - rogo respondeas, Cic.: réponds, je te prie.    - roget morari, Cic.: qu'il demande à rester.    - rogare aliquem num...: demander à qqn si...    - roget quis... Ter.: on me demandera peut-être...    - rogas me? (dans le dialogue): tu me le demandes! (tu oses me le demander!) [st1]2 [-] demander (l'opinion de qqn), inviter à donner son avis, consulter (officiellement), proposer (une loi, un candidat); consulter qqn pour savoir s'il veut souscrire à une stipulation.    - rogare legem ou rogare populum ou rogare seul: proposer une loi.    - rogare (populum): consulter le peuple.    - rogare populum consulem: faire élire un consul par le peuple.    - rogare plebem tribunos, Liv.: proposer au peuple des tribuns.    - sententiam rogari: se voir demander son avis, être consulté.    - uti rogas (formule de vote): suivant ta proposition, oui, adopté.    - si quid jus non esset rogarier (= rogari), ejus ea lege nihilum rogatum, Cic.: si la loi était contraire au droit reçu, elle serait nulle.    - rogavit Titius, spopondit Maevius, Dig.: Titius a demandé à Maevius de souscrire à cette clause; celui-ci s'y est engagé.    - roga me viginti minas, Plaut. Ps.: demande-moi de m'engager à te verser vingt mines. [st1]3 [-] demander (un objet), solliciter (une personne), prier, implorer, supplier.    - malo emere quam rogare, Cic.: j'aime mieux acheter qu'emprunter.    - semper se dicet rogari voluisse, semper sibi supplicari, Cic.: il vous dira qu'il a toujours voulu être prié, être supplié. [st1]4 [-] inviter, faire venir, convoquer, mander.    - rogare milites sacramento: faire prêter serment aux soldats, faire enrôler des soldats.    - rogare aliquem ad signandum testimonium: inviter qqn à mettre son cachet sur un testament.    - rogare aliquem in consilium: inviter qqn à faire partie d'un conseil.    - voir rogatus.
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        Rogo, rogas, rogare. Prier.
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        Rogare auxilium. Caesar. Prier qu'on nous aide.
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        Ab amico alicunde argentum rogare. Plaut. Prier qu'il nous preste quelque argent.
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        Occidere aliquem rogando. Horat. Le fascher fort par importunité de prieres, Le presser trop, L'importuner et luy rompre la teste.
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        Rogare. Cic. Demander à emprunter.
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        Rogare inspicienda vasa. Cic. Emprunter quelque vaisselle seulement pour la veoir.
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        Rogabis me vbi sit. viuit. Plaut. Tu me demanderas.
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        Rogaui, peruenissentne Agrigentum. Cic. Je leur demanday, Je les interroguay, Je m'enquis d'eux.
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        Roget quis, quid tibi cum illa? Terent. On me pourroit demander.
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        Rogare legem. Cic. Quand le Magistrat interrogoit le peuple si luy plaisoit d'accepter une loy.
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        Rogare sacramento militem. Liu. Faire faire le serment accoustumé de bien et loyaument servir.
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        Rogare aliquem sententiam. Cic. Luy demander son opinion.

    Dictionarium latinogallicum > rogo

  • 16 rogo

    rogo, āvī, ātum, āre (verwandt mit rego ›nach etw. langen‹), etw. holen, I) eig.: aquam hinc de proxumo, Plaut. rud. 404: purpurae exemplum (Probe) aliunde, Cornif. rhet. 4, 9 (vgl. ibid. aliunde exemplum quaeritent).
    II) übtr.: A) jmd. (nach etw.) fragen, 1) im allg.: a) alqm alqd: unum te rogare volo, Plaut.: hanc (colubram) cum rogaret causam facinoris, Phaedr.: quid me istud rogas? inquit: Stoicos roga, Cic. – im Passiv, multa rogatus, Ov.: si ei rei, quam primo rogetur, recte assenserit, wenn er auf die ihm zuerst vorgelegte Frage seine Zustimmung richtig abgibt, Cic. – b) alqd: hoc quod rogo responde, Plaut. – quasi aliquid rogaturus propius accessit, Suet.: via roganda est, du mußt nach dem Wege fragen, Ov.: Partiz. subst., alci ad rogatum respondere (das Gefragte), Cic. Flacc. 10. – c) alqm: quem ego igitur rogem etc., Ter.: und in der Umgangssprache, men rogas? me rogas? rogas me? du fragst mich? du fragst mich erst (noch)? Plaut. u. Ter. – d) m. de u. Abl.: rogatus de cybaea, tenetis memoriā, quid responderit, Cic.: respondeto ad ea, quae de te ipso rogaro, Cic.: de istoc (darum) rogare omitte, Plaut. – e) m. folg. Fragesatz: rogo, num quid velit? Ter.: rogavi, pervenissentne Agrigentum, Cic.: rogant, cur malimus etc., Varro LL.: rogant me servi, quo eam, Plaut.: quae sit, rogo, Ter. – f) absol.:
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    roganti respondebo, Plaut.: prius respondes, quam rogo, Plaut.: und in der Umgangssprache, rogas? du fragst? Komik. u. Cic.: etiam rogas? du fragst noch? Komik. – 2) insbes.: a) als publiz. t. t., von jeder amtlichen Anfrage: α) alqm sententiam u. bl. alqm, jmd. um seine Meinung, -Stimme fragen, befragen, Racilius surrexit et de iudiciis referre coepit. Marcellinum quidem primum rogavit. In sententiam dixit, ut etc. Postea Racilius de privatis me primum sententiam rogavit, Cic.: quos priores sententiam rogabat, Cic. – im Passiv, cum omnes ante me rogati gratias Caesari egissent, ego rogatus mutavi meum consilium, Cic.: me esse rogatum sententiam, Cic. – β) r. populum od. legem od. absol., eig. das Volk wegen eines Gesetzes befragen, dah. übh. = beim Volke einen Gesetzesvorschlag machen, ein Gesetz beantragen, in aes incīdi iubebitis credo illa legitima: consules populum iure rogaverunt populusque iure scivit, Cic.: r. plebem, Cic.: r. legem, Cic. – absol., ego hanc legem, uti rogas, iubendam censeo, Liv. – unpers., nunc rogari, ut populus consules creet, Liv. – γ) r. (populum) magistratum, dem Volke eine Behörde zur Wahl vorschlagen, ut consules roget praetor vel dictatorem dicat, Cic.: praetores cum ita rogentur, Cic.: Romam ad rogandos magistratus (zur Wahl der M.) proficiscitur, Sall.: comitia consulibus rogandis habuit, Cic.: m. dopp. Acc., qui plebem Romanam tribunos plebi
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    rogaret, der röm. Plebs Volkstribunen vorschlagen, die röm. Pl. V. wählen lassen, Liv. 3, 65, 4. – absol., mortuo rege Pompilio Tullum Hostilium populus regem interrege rogante comitiis curiatis creavit, Cic. – b) als milit. t. t.: r. milites sacramento, gleichs. um den Eid befragen, d.i. vereidigen, den Fahneneid schwören lassen, Caes., Liv. u.a.: u. ohne sacramento, vis rogare? Plaut. mil. 38 (68 Br.). – c) als jurist. t. t., jmd. um seinen Willen zum Eingehen einer Stipulation fragen, roga me viginti minas, ut me effecturum tibi quod promisi scias, stipuliere von mir usw., Plaut.: rogavit Titius, spopondit Maevius, ICt.
    B) jmd. bittend um etwas ersuchen, bitten, von jmd. etw. bittend verlangen, 1) im allg.: a) alqd ab alqo: ab amico alicunde mutuom argentum, Plaut. trin. 758: a Metello missionem, Sall. Iug. 64, 1: ut ab avunculo rogetur Aethiops (der Mohr), Cornif. rhet. 4, 63. – b) alqm alqd: hoc te vehementer etiam atque etiam rogo, Cic. – c) alqd: aquam, Plaut.: utenda vasa, Plaut.: res turpes, Cic.: auxilium, Caes.: vitam, Sen. rhet.: auxilium summissā voce, Ov. – d) alqm: Taurum de aqua per fundum eius ducenda, Cic.: transisse se Rhenum non suā sponte, sed rogatum et arcessitum a Gallis, Caes.: ambiuntur, rogantur, werden um ihre Stimme gebeten, Cic.: in proximum annum consulatum petere vel potius rogare, um das K. betteln, Cic. – e) alqm mit pro u. Abl., ut per
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    omnes deos pro vita eius rogaretur, Lact. de mort. pers. 17, 5. – f) m. folg. ut od. ne u. Konj. oder m. bl. Coniunctiv, eum rogato, ut relinquat alias res et huc veniat, Plaut.: sed ego cesso ad Thaidem hanc deducere et rogare ad cenam ut veniat, Ter.: id ut facias, te etiam atque etiam rogo, Cic.: etiam atque etiam te rogo atque oro, ut eum iuves, Cic.: rogat et orat Dolabellam, ut etc., Cic. – mit bl. Coniunctiv, qui rogarat, ubi nata esset, diceret, Plaut.: rescribas nobis ad omnia rogamus, Brut. in Cic. ep.: Caesar consolatus rogat, finem orandi faciat, Caes.: illud rogo, legi potius quam scorto cadat, Sen. rhet. – mit folg. ne u. Konj., ac te illud primum rogabo, ne quid invitus meā causā facias, Cic. ep. 13, 1, 2. – g) mit folg. Infin., roget (eum) morari, Catull. 35, 10. – h) m. folg. Acc. u. Infin., multa rogant utenda dari, Ov. art. am. 1, 433: tot mihi natales contingere vana rogavi, Ov. met. 14, 138: summis precibus rogat sibi perferri ostendique puerum, Iustin. 1, 4, 9. – i) absol.: neque ego sic rogabam, ut petere (zu fordern) viderer, Cic.: pater et filius pro vita rogantes, Suet.: in blandiendo, rogando lenis et summissa vox, Quint. – 2) insbes., bitten = einladen, alqm, jmd. zum Besuche einl., sich den Besuch jmds. erbitten, Cic. ep. 16, 22, 1; ad Att. 2, 3, 3: m. Ang. wohin? durch ad od. in u. Akk., alqm ad Palatium, Lampr. Alex. Sev. 48, 1: alqm in senatum, Lampr. Heliog. 4, 1. – m. Ang. wozu? durch ad od.
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    in u. Akk., alqm ad signandum testamentum, alqm in advocationem, alqm in consilium, alle drei bei Plin. ep. 1, 9, 2: alqm in consilium, Gell. 14, 2, 9: alqm ad prandium, Lampr. Heliog. 28, 5: alqm ad convivium, Iustin. 43, 3, 10. Amm. 28, 4, 17: alqm ad nuptias, Amm. 14, 6, 24. – Archaist. Coni. Perf. rogassit, rogassint, Cic. de legg. 3, 9 u. 10. – Parag. Infin. rogarier, Lex Sull. bei Cic. Caecin. 95.

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  • 17

        īvī or iī (3d pers. rarely īt, V.; inf. īvisse or. īsse), itūrus (P. praes. iēns, euntis; ger. eundum), īre    [1 I-], to go, walk, ride, sail, fly, move, pass: In in malam rem, T.: subsidio suis ierunt, Cs.: quocumque ibat: in conclave: eo dormitum, H.: animae ad lumen iturae, V.: It visere ad eam, T.: quo pedibus ierat, on foot, L.: equis, to ride, L.: quos euntīs mirata iuventus, as they ride, V.: Euphrates ibat iam mollior undis, flowed, V.: ite viam: ibis Cecropios portūs, O.: hinc ibimus Afros, V.: Exsequias, T.: pompam funeris, O.— To go, march, move, advance (against a foe): infestis signis ad se, Cs.: equites late, pedites quam artissume ire, S.: ad hostem, L.: adversus quem ibatur, L.: in Capitolium, attack, L. — To pass, turn, be transformed: Sanguis it in sucos, O.— Fig., to go, pass, proceed, move, advance, enter, betake oneself: in dubiam imperii servitiique aleam, L.: in lacrimas, V.: per oppida Rumor it, spreads, O.: it clamor caelo, rises, V.—In the phrase, ire in sententiam, to accede to, adopt, vote for, follow: in eam (sententiam) se ituram: in sententiam eius pedibus, L.: in quam sententiam cum pedibus iretur, L.: ibatur in eam sententiam, the decision was.—With supin. acc., to go about, set out, prepare: gentem universam perditum, L.: servitum Grais matribus, V.: bonorum praemia ereptum eunt, S. — Imper., in mockery or indignation, go then, go now, go on: I nunc et nomen habe, etc., O.: ite, consules, redimite civitatem, L.—Of time, to pass by, pass away: quotquot eunt dies, H.: Singula anni praedantur euntes, as they fly, H.— Of events, to go, proceed, turn out, happen: incipit res melius ire quam putaram: prorsus ibat res: Si non tanta quies iret, continued, V.—Of persons, to fare, prosper, be fated: sic eat quaecunque Romana lugebit hostem, L.
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    I
    there, to/toward that place; in that direction; to that object/point/stage
    II
    therefore, for that reason, consequently; by that degree; so much the more/less
    III
    eare, evi, etus V
    go, walk; march, advance; pass; flow; pass (time); ride; be in the middle
    IV
    ire, ivi(ii), itus V
    go, walk; march, advance; pass; flow; pass (time); ride; sail

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  • 18 sententia

        sententia ae, f    [SENT-], a way of thinking, opinion, judgment, sentiment, thought, notion, purpose, determination, decision, will, desire: de hac re eius sententia, T.: sententiae atque opinionis meae volui esse participes: adhuc in hac sum sententiā, ut, etc.: variis dictis sententiis, quarum pars censebant, etc., Cs.: locos ac sententias huius disputationis tradere, extracts and leading thoughts: si honestatem tueri ac retinere sententia est, if one's purpose be: stat sententia tradere, etc., she is resolved, O.: sic stat sententia, O.: de cognatorum sententiā manu missi, according to the wish: de omnium sententiā pronuntiatum, unanimously: quod quem umquam de suā sententiā facere ausum? on his own responsibility, L.—Prov.: Quot homines, tot sententiae, many men, many minds, T.—Abl. with pron poss. or genit.: errat longe meā quidem sententiā, in my judgment, T.— With ex: Istuc tibi ex sententiā tuā obtigisse laetor, to your satisfaction, T.: ex meā sententiā rem p. gessimus, as I wished: evenisse ex sententiā? satisfactorily, T.: ex sententiā navigasse, prosperously.—Esp., in taking an oath: (maiores) iurare ex sui animi sententiā quemque voluerunt, to the best of his knowledge and belief, i. e. conscientiously: ex mei animi sententiā, inquit, ut non deseram, etc., without mental reservation, L.: Ex tui animi sententiā tu uxorem habes? Non hercule, inquit, ex mei animi sententiā, in all sincerity...? no, not to suit me.—An official determination, decision, sentence, judgment, vote: quos priores sententiam rogabat: factum est senatūs consultum in meam sententiam: decerni cunctis sententiis, unanimously: victos paucis sententiis, by a small majority, L.: meae partes exquirendae magis sententiae quam dandae sunt, i. e. my office is to put the question rather than to vote, L.: in eam sententiam ire, to support the resolution, L.: omnibus sententiis absolvi (in a conference of judges): sententiam dicere, pronounce judgment. —Sense, meaning, intent, signification, idea, notion: oratione quam sententiā lenior, in language than in meaning: quod dicitur habet hanc, ut opinor, sententiam: cuius praecepti tanta vis, tanta sententia est, ut, etc., such depth of meaning.—A thought expressed, sentence, period: dum de singulis sententiis breviter disputo: Est brevitate opus, ut currat sententia, etc., H.— An aphorism, apophthegm, maxim, axiom, saying: selectae brevesque sententiae: sapientibus sententiis ornata oratio.
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    opinion, feeling, way of thinking; thought, meaning, sentence/period; purpose

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  • 19 contra

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

    feminam scelestam te, adstans contra, contuor,

    Plaut. Pers. 2, 2, 26:

    ut confidenter mihi contra adstitit,

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

    signum contra, quoad longissume oculi ferebant, animo finivit,

    Liv. 1, 18, 8:

    stat contra starique jubet,

    Juv. 3, 290:

    stat contra dicitque tibi tua pagina Fures!

    Mart. 1, 55, 12:

    ulmus erat contra,

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

    templa vides contra,

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

    contra conserta manu,

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

    contra jacet Cancer patulam distentus in alvum,

    Manil. 2, 253:

    posita contra Hispania,

    Tac. Agr. 11:

    promuntorium quod contra procedit,

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

    arguam hanc vidisse apud te contra conservum meum,

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

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

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

    accede ad me atque adi contra,

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

    adspicedum contra me = contra adspice me,

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

    contra adspicere,

    id. Mil. 2, 1, 45:

    contra intueri,

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

    cum veniret contra Marcianus,

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    te ut deludam contra, lusorem meum,

    Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 71:

    quae me amat, quam ego contra amo,

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

    qui arguat se, eum contra vincat jurejurando suo,

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

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

    Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 54:

    audi nunc contra jam,

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

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

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

    Mettius Tullo gratulatur, contra Tullus Mettium benigne alloquitur,

    Liv. 1, 28, 1:

    contra ut me diligat illa,

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

    cui latrans contra senex,

    Phaedr. 5, 10, 7:

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

    Plin. Ep. 7, 6, 4.—

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

    Gell. 15, 9, 9; cf.:

    contra talia reddit,

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

    consulo quem dolum doloso contra conservo parem,

    Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 45:

    facere contra huic aegre,

    Ter. Eun. 4, 1, 10:

    hiscine contra insidiabere?

    id. Hec. 1. 1, 13:

    tibi contra gratiam Referre,

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

    item a me contra factum est,

    Plaut. Aul. prol. 20:

    puellam senex Amat et item contra filius,

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

    Consonat terra,

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

    confer gradum Contra pariter,

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

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

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

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

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

    si scias quod donum huic dono contra comparet,

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

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

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

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

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

    agedum pauca accipe contra,

    Hor. S. 1, 4, 38.—So in battle:

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

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

    oratio contra a Demosthene pro Ctesiphonte edita,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 56, 213:

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

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

    concurrunt... aetheriae nubes contra pugnantibu' ventis,

    struggling against each other, Lucr. 6. 98:

    nec nos obniti contra... Sufficimus,

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

    at ille contra nititur,

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

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

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

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

    Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 1, § 4:

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

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

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

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

    siti contra... pugnandum,

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

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

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

    contra etiam aliquid abs te profectum ex multis audivi,

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

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

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

    ut eos adversarios existimemus qui arma contra ferant,

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

    quid quod exercitum contra duxit?

    Auct. Her. 4, 16, 23:

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

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

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

    Liv. 7, 39, 17:

    cum Romanae legiones contra direxerint,

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

    et huic contra itum ad amnem Erinden,

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

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

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

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

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

    inveniendum contra est, quo distet haec causa a ceteris,

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

    ne spoliaret fama probatum hominem si contra judicasset,

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

    astrologorum artem contra convincere tendit,

    Lucr. 5, 728:

    contra nunc illud pone, etc.,

    Sen. Ben. 7, 14, 6:

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

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

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

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

    honores contra petere,

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

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

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

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

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

    cum contra dicturus Hortensius esset,

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

    hoc... contra dicente Cotta judicatum est,

    id. Caecin. 33, 97:

    dixisse ut contra nemo videretur,

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

    contra autem qui dicet, similitudinem infirmare debebit,

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

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

    Cic. Clu. 48, 134:

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

    id. Quint. 29, 88; so,

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

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

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

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

    contra disputare and contra scribere,

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

    nec qui contra dicunt causam difficilem repellunt,

    Cic. Fin. 3, 1, 2:

    ad coarguendos qui contra disputant,

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

    quam palam principes dixerunt contra!

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

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

    Cic. Att. 1, 14, 5:

    filius ejus incolumitatem optat: contradicit pater,

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

    contradicente nullo,

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

    contradixit edicto,

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

    explorandum videtur an etiam contradicto aliquando judicio consuetudo firmata sit,

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

    ego enim, te disputante, quid contra dicerem meditabar,

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

    ut contra si quid dicere velit non audiatur,

    id. Fin. 5, 10, 27:

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

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

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

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

    quia neque reprehendi quae contra dicuntur possunt, etc.,

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

    seu proposita confirmamus, sive contra dicta dissolvimus,

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

    dicitur contra, nullum esse testamentum,

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

    solitum se etiam Thraseae contradicere,

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

    tibi,

    Suet. Aug. 54:

    Curioni...,

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

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

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

    cum plures tantum sententiis aliorum contradicerent,

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

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

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

    cum ambienti ut legibus solveretur multi contradicerent,

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

    preces erant, sed quibus contradici non posset,

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

    quibus (legibus) contradici potest,

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

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

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

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

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

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

    Quint. 7, 3, 14:

    cum verba (legis) contra sint,

    id. 7, 1, 49:

    sed experimentum contra fuit,

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

    ubi fortuna contra fuit,

    id. ib. 3, 18:

    si fortuna contra daret,

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

    quod fieri totum contra manifesta docet res,

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

    in stultitia contra est,

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

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

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

    quod contra est,

    Sall. J. 85, 21:

    quis non credat, etc.? Contra autem est,

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

    contra fore si, etc.,

    ib. 34, 2, 39, § 2:

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

    ib. 41, 3, 49:

    ego contra puto (i. e. esse),

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

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

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

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

    id. Att. 10, 8, 2:

    contra evenit in iis morbis,

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

    ego contra sentio,

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

    Proculus contra (sc. sentit),

    ib. 35, 2, 1, § 14; 33, 7, 25:

    licet Celsus contra scribat,

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

    cujus disparem mitioremque naturam contra interpretabatur,

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

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

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

    quod contra, id turpe,

    id. Off. 1, 27, 94:

    sit sapienter usus aut contra,

    Quint. 2, 5, 15:

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

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

    ut aliae (res) probabiles videantur aliae contra,

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

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

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

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

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

    laudare testem vel contra pertinet ad momentum judiciorum,

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

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

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

    mihi contra,

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

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

    Sall. J. 88, 2:

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

    Quint. 2, 4, 21:

    alii a propositione accusatoris contraque loci oriuntur,

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

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

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

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

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

    quae etiam contra valent,

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

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

    Cic. Or. 36, 123:

    cum emtor venditori, vel contra, heres exstitit,

    Dig. 35, 2, 48:

    in quibus patrium pro possessivo dicitur, vel contra,

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

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

    id. 1, 5, 68:

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

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

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

    Cic. Or. 42, 143:

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

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

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

    Cic. Div. in Caecil. 11, 35:

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

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

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

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

    contra mercator, navim jactantibus austris Militia est potior?

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

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

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

    contra in aridiore hordeum potius quam far,

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    at contra,

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

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

    id. ib. 2, 7, 23:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    Cic. Off. 1, 30, 109:

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

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

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

    Cic. Balb. 22, 51:

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

    Dig. 13, 7, 21:

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

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

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

    Cic. Sull. 7, 21:

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

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

    et contra,

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

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

    Lucr. 2, 400:

    cogunt,

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    Liv. 45, 18, 1:

    tu ne cede malis, sed contra audentior ito,

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    num aut scriptum neget, aut contra factum infitietur?

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

    si imbres defuere, aut contra abundavere,

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

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

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

    seu tristis veniam, seu contra laetus amicis,

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

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

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

    aliis vero econtra videtur,

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

    honestiorum provectu et econtra suppliciis,

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

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

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

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

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

    proinde ne submiseris te, immo contra fige stabilem gradum,

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

    immo contra ea,

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    judicium suscepturos contra atque omnis Italia populusque Romanus judicavisset,

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

    itaque contra est ac dicitis,

    Cic. Fin. 4, 15, 41:

    vides, omnia fere contra ac dicta sint evenisse,

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

    cum contra ac Deiotarus sensit victoria belli judicaret,

    id. Phil. 11, 13, 34:

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

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

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

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

    cui contra quam proposuerat aliqua cesserunt,

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

    contra quam licet,

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

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

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

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

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

    contra quam ista causa postulasset,

    id. Caecin. 24, 67:

    contra quam sanctum legibus est,

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

    contraque faciunt quam polliceri videntur,

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

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

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

    ad insulam quae est contra Massiliam,

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

    Rhodios, pacatis contra insulam suam terris, etc.,

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

    Carthago Italiam contra,

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

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

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

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

    Lucr. 5, 708:

    contra Volucris rostrum posita est Lyra,

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

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

    Plin. 18, 33, 76, § 327; cf.:

    contra mediam faciem meridies erit,

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

    contra autem E littera I erit ubi secat circinationem linea,

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

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

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

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

    Plin. 34, 6, 13, § 29:

    contra medium fere porticum diaeta paulum recedit,

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

    id quod contra stomachum est,

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

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

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

    adversus, ad, e regione,

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

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

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

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

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

    rex constiterat contra pedites,

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

    ne contra septentrionem paveris,

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

    contra solem varie refulgens,

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

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

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

    (Dinocrates) incessit contra tribunal regis jus dicentis,

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

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

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

    contra vim atque impetum fluminis conversa,

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

    cum plateae contra directos ventos erunt conformatae,

    Vitr. 1, 6, 8:

    ut contra ventum gregem pascamus,

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

    contra fluminum impetus aggeribus,

    id. 35, 14, 48, § 169:

    capite in sole contra pilum peruncto,

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

    contra fortunam tenendus est cursus,

    Sen. Prov. 5, 9.—Prov.:

    contra stimulum calces,

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

    quae vis Coclitem contra omnes hostium copias tenuit?

    Cic. Par. 1, 2, 12:

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

    id. Att. 15, 20, 3:

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

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

    a fronte contra hostem pedum quindecim fossam fieri jussit,

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

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

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

    terribilis haec contra fugientes belua est, fugax contra insequentes,

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

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

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

    tum contra hanc Romam illa altera Roma quaeretur,

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

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

    Caes. B. G. 1, 40:

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

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

    quod contra hoc exemplum nulla staret eorum ratio,

    Auct. Her. 4, 5, 7:

    contra populi studium,

    Cic. Brut. 34, 126:

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

    id. ib. 79, 273; so,

    a mendacio contra veritatem,

    id. Inv. 1, 3, 4:

    contra cives in acie,

    id. Att. 16, 11, 2:

    et adversi contra stetit ora juvenci,

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

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

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

    aut saevos Libyae contra ire leones,

    Stat. Th. 9, 16.— Trop.:

    uti contra injurias armati eatis,

    Sall. J. 31, 6:

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

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

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

    Quint. 10, 1, 114:

    CORONATO CONTRA OMNES SCAENICOS,

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

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

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

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

    Plin. 7, 1, 1, § 1:

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

    Sen. Ep. 9, 9:

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

    Cic. Fam. 7, 2, 3:

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

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

    nomen prorogans nostrum et memoriam extendens contra brevitatem aevi,

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

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

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

    contrane lucrum nil valere Pauperis ingenium?

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

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

    id. ib. 13, 2;

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

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

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

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

    oneravi vinum, et tunc erat contra aurum,

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

    contra ea Titurius sero facturos clamitabat, etc.,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 29:

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

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

    quae contra breviter fata est vates,

    Verg. A. 6, 398:

    contra quod disertus Tu impie fecisti inquit, etc.,

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

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

    Plin. 8, 7, 7, § 22:

    proelium Afri contra Aegyptios primi fecere fustibus,

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

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

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

    contra Antonium,

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

    contra patriam,

    id. Sull. 20, 58:

    pugnare contra patriam,

    id. ib. 25, 70:

    contra conjuges et liberos,

    Sen. Ben. 5, 15, 5:

    armatum esse contra populum Romanum,

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

    armis contendere contra,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 13:

    arma alicui dare (trop.),

    Cic. Phil. 2, 21, 53:

    aciem instruere (trop.),

    Liv. 25, 4, 4:

    exercitum comparare,

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

    exercitum instruere,

    id. Cat. 2, 11, 24:

    exercitum ducere and adducere,

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

    exercitum contra Philippum mittere,

    id. Inv. 1, 12, 17:

    naves ducere contra,

    Hor. Epod. 4, 19:

    ducere contra hostes,

    Liv. 1, 27, 4:

    florem Italiae educere contra,

    Cic. Cat. 2, 11, 24:

    proficisci contra,

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

    auxilium ferre Rutulis contra Latinos,

    Plin. 14, 12, 14, § 88:

    juvare aliquem contra,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 35:

    consilium inire contra Sequanos,

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

    cum agerem contra hominem disertissimum nostrae civitatis,

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

    (causam) quam receperam contra pueros Octavios,

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

    rogavit me Caecilius ut adessem contra Satrium,

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

    esse contra,

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

    at contra se adfuit et satisfacienti satisfecit,

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

    causam defendere contra,

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

    statuere contra aliquem (sc. causam),

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

    actio competit contra,

    Dig. 49, 14, 41:

    querelam instituere contra,

    ib. 5, 2, 21, § 1:

    bonorum possessionem petere contra,

    ib. 5, 2, 23:

    jus obtinere contra,

    Cic. Quint. 9, 34:

    pugnare contra,

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

    id quod mihi contra illos datum est,

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

    judicare contra aliquem,

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

    pronuntiare contra,

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

    decernere contra,

    Cic. Fl. 31, 76:

    appellare contra aliquem,

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

    contra sententiam,

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

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

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

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

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

    contra rem suam me venisse questus est,

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

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

    Cic. de Or. 1, 57, 244:

    cum ille contra me pro Sex. Naevio diceret,

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

    causam dicere,

    id. Or. 2, 23, 98:

    causam perorare,

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

    quorum alter pro Aufldia, contra dixit alter,

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

    si Gaditani contra me dicerent,

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

    si decressent legationem quae contra istum diceret,

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

    testimonium in aliquem dicere,

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

    contra juris consultos dicere,

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

    contra testes dicendum est,

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

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

    Auct. Her. 4, 23, 33:

    tamenne vereris ut possis hoc contra Hortensium contendere?

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

    cum scriberem contra Epicurios,

    Cic. Att. 13, 38, 1:

    contra Epicurum satis superque dictum est,

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

    contra Brutum,

    id. Tusc. 5, 8, 21:

    contra Academiam,

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

    contra autem omnia disputatur a nostris,

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

    sentire contra,

    Cic. Mil. 2, 5:

    pugnare contra bonos,

    id. Sull. 25, 71:

    contra eos summa ope nitebatur nobilitas,

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

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

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

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

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

    adversus, in): inire consilia contra,

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

    manum comparare contra aliquem,

    id. Sull. 24, 68:

    conjurationem facere,

    id. ib. 4, 12:

    congredi,

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

    aliquid contra imperatorem moliri,

    Just. Inst. 4, 18, 3:

    nec dolor armasset contra sua viscera matrem,

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

    eae (res) contra nos ambae faciunt,

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

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

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

    epigramma quod contra quamdam Gelliam scripsit,

    Lampr. Alex. Sev. 38:

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

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

    licentiam malis dare certe contra bonos est,

    injurious to, Quint. 4, 2, 75:

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

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

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

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

    quibus (temporibus) aliquid contra Caesarem Pompeio suaserim,

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

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

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

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

    id. Att. 7, 5, 5:

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

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

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

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

    fidem meam quam essent contra Massam Baebium experti,

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

    contra se ipse misericors,

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

    severissimus judex contra fures,

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

    ut quam maximae contra Hannibalem copiae sint,

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

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

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

    Cato pro se contra Cassium = in oratione contra,

    Gell. 10, 15, 3; so,

    haec perpetua defensio contra Scaevolam,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 54, 221:

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

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

    unam orationem contra Gracchum reliquit,

    Cic. Brut. 26, 99:

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

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

    contra patres concitatio et seditio,

    Cic. Brut. 14, 56.—Of animals:

    contra volpium genus communibus inimicitiis,

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

    cum fulmina contra Tot paribus streperet clipeis,

    Verg. A. 10, 567:

    pugnandum tamquam contra morbum, sic contra senectutem,

    Cic. Sen. 11, 35:

    contra verum niti,

    Sall. J. 35, 8:

    contra fortunam luctari,

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

    bellum contra aras, focos, vitam fortunasque gerere,

    Cic. Phil. 3, 1, 1:

    bellum gerimus... contra arma verbis,

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

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

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

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

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

    contra ratiocinationem,

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

    contra caput dicere,

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

    servum in caput domini interrogare,

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

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

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

    contra tabulas judicare,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 70, 281:

    contra testamentum,

    Dig. 2, 17, § 1:

    contra sententiam dicere,

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

    inmittere in bona),

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

    dicere, disputare, disserere contra opinionem or sententiam,

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

    in sententiam dicere,

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

    contra sensus dicere,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 31, 101:

    contra rhetoricen dicere,

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

    contra Iliadem et Odysseam scribere,

    Vitr. 7, praef. 8:

    contra quorum disciplinam ingenium ejus exarserat,

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

    contra voluptatem dicere,

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

    contra mortem loqui,

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

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

    id. ib. 100, 10:

    contra fortunam gloriari,

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

    contra potentiam accusatorum dicere,

    Cic. Brut. 44, 164:

    contra legem dicere or verba facere,

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

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

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

    senatusconsulto quod contra dignitatem tuam fieret,

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

    contra rem publicam se commovere,

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

    incitari,

    id. Sest. 47, 100:

    consilia inire,

    id. Agr. 2, 3, 8:

    conjurationem facere,

    Sall. C. 30, 6:

    contra salutem urbis incitari,

    Cic. Cat. 3, 8, 20:

    cogitare aliquid contra salutem,

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

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

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

    ne quid contra aequitatem contendas, ne quid pro injuria,

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

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

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

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

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

    contra salutem rei publicae facere,

    Cic. Dom. 38, 102:

    contra majestatem,

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

    contra leges,

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

    contra edictum (praetoris),

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

    contra foedus,

    Cic. Balb. 6, 16:

    contra jusjurandum ac fidem,

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

    tune contra Caesaris nutum (sc. facies)?

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

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

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

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

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

    contra leges or legem est,

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

    contra officium est,

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

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

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

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

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

    aliquid contra animum audiendi,

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

    si quid Socrates aut Aristippus contra morem consuetudinemque fecerint,

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

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

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

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

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

    imperator contra postulata Bocchi nuntios mittit,

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

    advocare contra,

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

    si contra mortem te praeparaveris,

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

    quibus contra valetudinis commodum laborandum est,

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

    contra hominis salutem,

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

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

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

    pecuniam contra leges auferre,

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

    contra legem,

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

    contra jus fasque,

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

    contra jus,

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

    contra jus gentium,

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

    6, 1, 6: contra juris rigorem,

    Dig. 40, 5, 24, § 10 et saep.:

    contra testimonium aliquid judicare,

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

    aliquid contra verecundiam disputare,

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

    aliquid contra fidem constituere,

    Quint. 5, 13, 34:

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

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

    scit ille imparem sibi luctatum contra nexus (draconis),

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

    imperatorum copia contra tuum furorem,

    Cic. Mur. 39, 83:

    Parthorum gloria contra nomen Romanum,

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

    causa contra scriptum,

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

    divina M. Tullii eloquentia contra leges agrarias,

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

    Caesaris vituperatio contra laudationem meam,

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

    cujus factum, inceptum, conatumve contra patriam,

    Cic. Cat. 2, 12, 27:

    ullum factum dictumve nostrum contra utilitatem vestram,

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

    vitae cupiditas contra rem publicam,

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

    iter contra senatus auctoritatem,

    Cic. Phil. 2, 19, 48:

    contra consuetudinem somnium,

    Plin. 10, 77, 98, § 211:

    bonorum possessio contra tabulas,

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

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

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

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

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

    contra quem multum omnes boni providerunt,

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

    contra haec animalia proderit, si, etc.,

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

    paratus contra,

    Cic. Mil. 21, 56:

    nihil satis firmum contra Metellum,

    Sall. J. 80, 1:

    contra potentes nemo est munitus satis,

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

    contra avium morsus munitur vallo aristarum,

    Cic. Sen. 15, 51:

    propugnaculum, quo contra omnes meos impetus usurum se putat,

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

    publicam causam contra vim armatam suscipere,

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

    contra tantas difficultates providere,

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

    contra ea,

    id. ib. 57, 5:

    patricii vi contra vim resistunt,

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

    suffragia contra oppugnationem vestrae majestatis,

    Cic. Rab. Perd. 12, 35:

    defensio contra vim,

    id. Mil. 5, 14:

    patronus justitiae fuit contra orationem Phili,

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

    contra labores patientia,

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

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

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

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

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

    vir contra audaciam firmissimus,

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

    fortis contra dolorem,

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

    callosus,

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

    far contra hiemes firmissimum,

    id. 18, 8, 19, § 83:

    equus tenax contra vincula,

    Ov. Am. 3, 4, 13:

    contraque minantia fata pervigil,

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

    cujus et vinum et uva contra serpentium ictus medetur,

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

    prodest et contra suspiria et tussim,

    id. 20, 13, 50, § 128:

    valet potum contra venena,

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

    remedium contra morsus,

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

    contra venena esse omnia remedio,

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

    vinum quod salutare contra pestilentiam sit,

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    omnia quae contra haec sunt, omnia quae contra sunt,

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

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

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

    contra ea benigne ab Siculorum tyrannis adjuti,

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

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

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

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

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

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

    whereas on the contrary, Lucr. 1, 81:

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

    Cic. Sen. 23, 84:

    quod contra oportebat delicto dolere, correctione gaudere,

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

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

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

    v. Ritschl,

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

    contra opinionem Jugurthae ad Thalam perveniunt,

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

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

    Sall. J. 88, 1; so,

    cetera contra spem salva invenit,

    Liv. 9, 23, 17:

    contra spem omnium L. Furium optavit,

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

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

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

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

    Sall. J. 20, 1:

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

    id. ib. 46, 5:

    contra famam,

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

    segniterque et contra industriam absconditae formicae,

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

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

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

    quos contra disputant,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 15, 47:

    quem contra dicit,

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

    quem contra veneris,

    id. Mur. 4, 9:

    quas contra, praeter te, etc.,

    id. Vatin. 7, 18:

    eos ipsos quos contra statuas,

    id. Or. 10, 34:

    quos contra me senatus armavit,

    id. Att. 10, 8, 8:

    quam contra multa locutus est,

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

    hunc igitur contra mittam contendere causam,

    Lucr. 4, 471:

    dicere eos contra,

    id. 4, 484:

    donique eum contra,

    id. 5, 708:

    agmina contra,

    Verg. A. 12, 279:

    magnum Alciden contra,

    id. ib. 5, 414:

    Paridem contra,

    id. ib. 5, 370:

    Italiam contra,

    id. ib. 1, 13:

    deos contra,

    Ov. P. 1, 1, 26:

    Messania moenia contra,

    id. M. 14, 17:

    litora Calabriae contra,

    Tac. A. 3, 1.

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  • 20 contra dicta

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

    feminam scelestam te, adstans contra, contuor,

    Plaut. Pers. 2, 2, 26:

    ut confidenter mihi contra adstitit,

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

    signum contra, quoad longissume oculi ferebant, animo finivit,

    Liv. 1, 18, 8:

    stat contra starique jubet,

    Juv. 3, 290:

    stat contra dicitque tibi tua pagina Fures!

    Mart. 1, 55, 12:

    ulmus erat contra,

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

    templa vides contra,

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

    contra conserta manu,

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

    contra jacet Cancer patulam distentus in alvum,

    Manil. 2, 253:

    posita contra Hispania,

    Tac. Agr. 11:

    promuntorium quod contra procedit,

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

    arguam hanc vidisse apud te contra conservum meum,

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

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

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

    accede ad me atque adi contra,

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

    adspicedum contra me = contra adspice me,

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

    contra adspicere,

    id. Mil. 2, 1, 45:

    contra intueri,

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

    cum veniret contra Marcianus,

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    te ut deludam contra, lusorem meum,

    Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 71:

    quae me amat, quam ego contra amo,

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

    qui arguat se, eum contra vincat jurejurando suo,

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

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

    Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 54:

    audi nunc contra jam,

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

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

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

    Mettius Tullo gratulatur, contra Tullus Mettium benigne alloquitur,

    Liv. 1, 28, 1:

    contra ut me diligat illa,

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

    cui latrans contra senex,

    Phaedr. 5, 10, 7:

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

    Plin. Ep. 7, 6, 4.—

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

    Gell. 15, 9, 9; cf.:

    contra talia reddit,

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

    consulo quem dolum doloso contra conservo parem,

    Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 45:

    facere contra huic aegre,

    Ter. Eun. 4, 1, 10:

    hiscine contra insidiabere?

    id. Hec. 1. 1, 13:

    tibi contra gratiam Referre,

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

    item a me contra factum est,

    Plaut. Aul. prol. 20:

    puellam senex Amat et item contra filius,

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

    Consonat terra,

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

    confer gradum Contra pariter,

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

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

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

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

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

    si scias quod donum huic dono contra comparet,

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

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

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

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

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

    agedum pauca accipe contra,

    Hor. S. 1, 4, 38.—So in battle:

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

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

    oratio contra a Demosthene pro Ctesiphonte edita,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 56, 213:

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

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

    concurrunt... aetheriae nubes contra pugnantibu' ventis,

    struggling against each other, Lucr. 6. 98:

    nec nos obniti contra... Sufficimus,

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

    at ille contra nititur,

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

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

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

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

    Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 1, § 4:

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

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

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

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

    siti contra... pugnandum,

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

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

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

    contra etiam aliquid abs te profectum ex multis audivi,

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

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

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

    ut eos adversarios existimemus qui arma contra ferant,

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

    quid quod exercitum contra duxit?

    Auct. Her. 4, 16, 23:

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

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

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

    Liv. 7, 39, 17:

    cum Romanae legiones contra direxerint,

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

    et huic contra itum ad amnem Erinden,

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

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

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

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

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

    inveniendum contra est, quo distet haec causa a ceteris,

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

    ne spoliaret fama probatum hominem si contra judicasset,

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

    astrologorum artem contra convincere tendit,

    Lucr. 5, 728:

    contra nunc illud pone, etc.,

    Sen. Ben. 7, 14, 6:

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

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

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

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

    honores contra petere,

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

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

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

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

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

    cum contra dicturus Hortensius esset,

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

    hoc... contra dicente Cotta judicatum est,

    id. Caecin. 33, 97:

    dixisse ut contra nemo videretur,

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

    contra autem qui dicet, similitudinem infirmare debebit,

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

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

    Cic. Clu. 48, 134:

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

    id. Quint. 29, 88; so,

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

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

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

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

    contra disputare and contra scribere,

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

    nec qui contra dicunt causam difficilem repellunt,

    Cic. Fin. 3, 1, 2:

    ad coarguendos qui contra disputant,

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

    quam palam principes dixerunt contra!

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

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

    Cic. Att. 1, 14, 5:

    filius ejus incolumitatem optat: contradicit pater,

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

    contradicente nullo,

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

    contradixit edicto,

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

    explorandum videtur an etiam contradicto aliquando judicio consuetudo firmata sit,

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

    ego enim, te disputante, quid contra dicerem meditabar,

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

    ut contra si quid dicere velit non audiatur,

    id. Fin. 5, 10, 27:

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

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

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

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

    quia neque reprehendi quae contra dicuntur possunt, etc.,

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

    seu proposita confirmamus, sive contra dicta dissolvimus,

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

    dicitur contra, nullum esse testamentum,

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

    solitum se etiam Thraseae contradicere,

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

    tibi,

    Suet. Aug. 54:

    Curioni...,

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

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

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

    cum plures tantum sententiis aliorum contradicerent,

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

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

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

    cum ambienti ut legibus solveretur multi contradicerent,

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

    preces erant, sed quibus contradici non posset,

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

    quibus (legibus) contradici potest,

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

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

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

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

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

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

    Quint. 7, 3, 14:

    cum verba (legis) contra sint,

    id. 7, 1, 49:

    sed experimentum contra fuit,

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

    ubi fortuna contra fuit,

    id. ib. 3, 18:

    si fortuna contra daret,

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

    quod fieri totum contra manifesta docet res,

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

    in stultitia contra est,

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

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

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

    quod contra est,

    Sall. J. 85, 21:

    quis non credat, etc.? Contra autem est,

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

    contra fore si, etc.,

    ib. 34, 2, 39, § 2:

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

    ib. 41, 3, 49:

    ego contra puto (i. e. esse),

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

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

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

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

    id. Att. 10, 8, 2:

    contra evenit in iis morbis,

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

    ego contra sentio,

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

    Proculus contra (sc. sentit),

    ib. 35, 2, 1, § 14; 33, 7, 25:

    licet Celsus contra scribat,

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

    cujus disparem mitioremque naturam contra interpretabatur,

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

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

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

    quod contra, id turpe,

    id. Off. 1, 27, 94:

    sit sapienter usus aut contra,

    Quint. 2, 5, 15:

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

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

    ut aliae (res) probabiles videantur aliae contra,

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

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

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

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

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

    laudare testem vel contra pertinet ad momentum judiciorum,

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

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

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

    mihi contra,

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

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

    Sall. J. 88, 2:

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

    Quint. 2, 4, 21:

    alii a propositione accusatoris contraque loci oriuntur,

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

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

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

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

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

    quae etiam contra valent,

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

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

    Cic. Or. 36, 123:

    cum emtor venditori, vel contra, heres exstitit,

    Dig. 35, 2, 48:

    in quibus patrium pro possessivo dicitur, vel contra,

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

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

    id. 1, 5, 68:

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

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

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

    Cic. Or. 42, 143:

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

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

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

    Cic. Div. in Caecil. 11, 35:

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

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

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

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

    contra mercator, navim jactantibus austris Militia est potior?

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

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

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

    contra in aridiore hordeum potius quam far,

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    at contra,

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

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

    id. ib. 2, 7, 23:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    Cic. Off. 1, 30, 109:

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

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

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

    Cic. Balb. 22, 51:

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

    Dig. 13, 7, 21:

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

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

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

    Cic. Sull. 7, 21:

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

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

    et contra,

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

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

    Lucr. 2, 400:

    cogunt,

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    Liv. 45, 18, 1:

    tu ne cede malis, sed contra audentior ito,

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    num aut scriptum neget, aut contra factum infitietur?

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

    si imbres defuere, aut contra abundavere,

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

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

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

    seu tristis veniam, seu contra laetus amicis,

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

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

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

    aliis vero econtra videtur,

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

    honestiorum provectu et econtra suppliciis,

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

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

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

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

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

    proinde ne submiseris te, immo contra fige stabilem gradum,

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

    immo contra ea,

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

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

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

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

    Varr. R. R. 1, 7, 6:

    simulacrum Jovis, contra atque ante fuerat, ad orientem convertere,

    Cic. Cat. 3, 8, 20; id. Sull. 24, 69:

    judicium suscepturos contra atque omnis Italia populusque Romanus judicavisset,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 12; id. B. G. 4, 13; Plin. 12, 19, 43, § 95.—
    (β).
    With ac:

    itaque contra est ac dicitis,

    Cic. Fin. 4, 15, 41:

    vides, omnia fere contra ac dicta sint evenisse,

    id. Div. 2, 24, 53; so id. Verr. 2, 4, 6, § 11; id. Or. 40, 137:

    cum contra ac Deiotarus sensit victoria belli judicaret,

    id. Phil. 11, 13, 34:

    Petreius ubi videt, Catilinam, contra ac ratus erat, magna vi tendere, etc.,

    Sall. C. 60, 5.—
    (γ).
    With ac and atque:

    si denique aliquid non contra ac liceret factum diceretur, sed contra atque oporteret,

    Cic. Balb. 3, 7.—
    (δ).
    With quam (post-Aug.):

    cui contra quam proposuerat aliqua cesserunt,

    Sen. Ira, 3, 6, 5; Plin. 10, 53, 74, § 149; 11, 21, 24, § 72; Gell. 6 (7), 8, 6:

    contra quam licet,

    id. 1, 3, 19; Sil. 15, 107.—
    2.
    Of moral opposition of acts contrary to rules and principles (cf. II. 3. g infra); so always with quam:

    mater Aviti, generi sui, contra quam fas erat, amore capta,

    contrary to the divine law, Cic. Clu. 5, 12:

    ut senatus, contra quam ipse censuisset, ad vestitum rediret,

    contrary to its own resolution, id. Pis. 8, 18:

    contra quam ista causa postulasset,

    id. Caecin. 24, 67:

    contra quam sanctum legibus est,

    Liv. 30, 19, 9; Cic. Leg. 2, 5, 11; id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 1, § 2; id. Dom. 46, 122:

    contraque faciunt quam polliceri videntur,

    Auct. Her. 4, 3, 6; Cic. de Or. 2, 20, 86.
    II.
    Prep. with acc., before, against, facing, towards, opposite to, contrary to (acc. to many scholars not ante-class.; cf. Hand, Turs. II. p. 108; but found Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 24 Fleck., a line omitted by Lorenz as a gloss; id. Pers. 1, 1, 13 Ritschl; Att. ap. Non. p. 469, 15, or Trag. Rel. v. 476 Rib.; cf. also Plaut. Poen. 5, 6, 18; Cato, R. R. 18, 1, and v. I. A. 1. a. b, and I. A. 1. b. a supra).
    A.
    Local uses.
    1.
    Opposite, over against, facing.
    a.
    Of countries and places (mostly of those separated by water;

    adversus and e regione mostly of places opposite by land): insulae natura triquetra, cujus unum latus est contra Galliam,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 13; 3, 9; 4, 20:

    ad insulam quae est contra Massiliam,

    id. B. C. 1, 56; 3, 23:

    Rhodios, pacatis contra insulam suam terris, etc.,

    Liv. 37, 15, 7; 3, 26, 8:

    Carthago Italiam contra,

    Verg. A. 1, 13; 5, 124; Ov. M. 14, 17:

    insulae quae contra Tauri promuntorium inopportune navigantibus objacent, Chelidoniae nominantur,

    Mel. 2, 7; Plin. 3, 26, 30, § 151; 6, 28, 32, § 152; 5, 7, 7, § 41; Tac. A. 3, 1; id. H. 2, 17.—
    b.
    Of the heavenly bodies:

    donique (luna) eum (sc. solem) contra pleno bene lumine fulsit,

    Lucr. 5, 708:

    contra Volucris rostrum posita est Lyra,

    Vitr. 9, 4, 5; Sen. Q. N. 1, 5, 9; 1, 8, 3; Plin. 2, 31, 31, § 99; 5, 10, 10, § 56.—So, tertium (latus Britanniae) est contra septem triones, opposite ( facing); hence, contra meridiem and contra ortus (instead of ad or adversus meridiem, etc.), facing the south and east, Plin. 6, 24, 24, § 85; 17, 2, 2, § 22. —So of a person standing in the sunlight:

    cum minima umbra (i. e. a sole) contra medium fiet hominem,

    Plin. 18, 33, 76, § 327; cf.:

    contra mediam faciem meridies erit,

    id. 18, 33, 76, § 326.—
    c.
    Of opposite ends of a line.
    (α).
    Of the diameter of the earth: esse e regione nobis e contraria parte terrae qui adversis vestigiis stent contra nostra vestigia, quos antipodas vocatis, Cic. Ac. 2, 39, 123.—
    (β).
    Of a line drawn:

    contra autem E littera I erit ubi secat circinationem linea,

    opposite the point E will be the letter I, Vitr. 9, 7, 4.—
    d.
    Of buildings, etc.:

    contra hoc aviarium est aliud minus in quo quae mortuae sunt aves curator servare solet,

    Varr. R. R. 3, 5, 5; Vitr. 5, 6, 3; 3, 5, 15:

    (statuam) quae fuerit contra Jovis Statoris aedem in vestibulo Superbi domus,

    Plin. 34, 6, 13, § 29:

    contra medium fere porticum diaeta paulum recedit,

    Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 20; 2, 17, 5; Suet. Aug. 44.—
    e.
    Of places on the human body:

    id quod contra stomachum est,

    Cels. 4, 5 (4, 12 med.); 7, 7;

    4, 20 (13).—Of the direction of the intestines, etc.: ea... contra medium alvum orsa,

    Cels. 4, 1 fin.
    2.
    Of actions, opposite, towards, against, facing (syn.:

    adversus, ad, e regione,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 61).
    a.
    In gen.:

    quamvis subito... quamque Rem contra speculum ponas, apparet imago,

    Lucr. 4, 156: Democritus... clipeum constituit contra exortum Hyperionis, Laber. ap. Gell. 10, 17, 4:

    et contra magnum potes hos (i.e. oculos) attollere solem, Nec tremis...?

    Prop. 1, 15, 37; Col. 7, 3, 8:

    rex constiterat contra pedites,

    Curt. 10, 9, 13; 9, 5, 1:

    ne contra septentrionem paveris,

    Plin. 18, 33, 76, § 330; 28, 6, 19, § 69:

    contra solem varie refulgens,

    placed in the sun, id. 37, 10, 63, § 173; 10, 54, 75, § 151; 37, 6, 22, § 83;

    37, 7, 25, § 95: cum terrestres volucres contra aquam clangores dabunt,

    id. 18, 35, 87, § 363; 19, 8, 39, § 131.—
    b.
    Dependent on verbs of motion (very rare without the idea of hostility):

    (Dinocrates) incessit contra tribunal regis jus dicentis,

    towards, Vitr. 2, praef. 1.—So trop., of actions done for a purpose:

    lege Cornelia de sicariis tenetur qui, cum in magistratu esset, eorum quid fecerit contra hominis necem quod legibus permissum non sit,

    Dig. 48, 8, 4.—
    c.
    Appositively, with the predicate: (elephanti) tanta narratur clementia contra minus validos, ut, etc., if fronting weaker animals, if brought in contact with them (not to be connected with clementia), Plin. 8, 7, 7, § 23.—Similarly: dum... fidens non est contra feram, if fronting the animal (not dependent on fidens), Plin. 8, 16, 21, § 57.—
    d.
    Against an opposing action, etc.:

    contra vim atque impetum fluminis conversa,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 17, 5:

    cum plateae contra directos ventos erunt conformatae,

    Vitr. 1, 6, 8:

    ut contra ventum gregem pascamus,

    Col. 7, 3, 12; Sen. Q. N. 2, 31, 2; Plin. 29, 3, 12, § 52; 17, 2, 2, § 21; 8, 16, 21, § 54:

    contra fluminum impetus aggeribus,

    id. 35, 14, 48, § 169:

    capite in sole contra pilum peruncto,

    id. 27, 4, 5, § 17; 18, 35, 88, § 364; Varr. ap. Plin. 7, 20, 19, § 83; Sil. 14, 352; Dig. 9, 2, 29, § 4. [p. 455] — Trop.:

    contra fortunam tenendus est cursus,

    Sen. Prov. 5, 9.—Prov.:

    contra stimulum calces,

    kick against the pricks, Isid. Orig. 1, 36, 28 (al. calcitres); cf. Amm. 18, 5, 1.—
    e.
    Of local actions with hostile intent.
    (α).
    Lit.:

    quae vis Coclitem contra omnes hostium copias tenuit?

    Cic. Par. 1, 2, 12:

    Pompeium Cartejae receptum scribis: jam igitur contra hunc exercitum (sc. constitit),

    id. Att. 15, 20, 3:

    pertimescam, credo, ne mihi non liceat contra vos in contione consistere,

    to face you, id. Agr. 1, 8, 25; Lepidus ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 34, 1; Caes. B. C. 1, 26:

    a fronte contra hostem pedum quindecim fossam fieri jussit,

    id. ib. 1, 41; 1, 42; id. B. G. 7, 62:

    Tullus adversus Veientem hostem derigit suos: Albanos contra legionem Fidenatium collocat,

    Liv. 1, 27, 5; 24, 41, 5; 38, 4, 5; Verg. A. 12, 279; Front. Strat. 2, 2, 13; 2, 3, 17.—Appositively, with a local verb understood:

    terribilis haec contra fugientes belua est, fugax contra insequentes,

    i. e. if fronting, if placed opposite, Plin. 8, 25, 38, § 92.—
    (β).
    Trop.:

    castra sunt in Italia contra populum Romanum in Etruriae faucibus collocata,

    Cic. Cat. 1, 2, 5; id. Mil. 1, 2; Quint. 7, 7, 5:

    tum contra hanc Romam illa altera Roma quaeretur,

    will be as a rival against this Rome, Cic. Agr. 2, 22, 86:

    cui rationi contra homines barbaros atque imperitos locus fuisset, hac ne ipsum quidem sperare, etc.,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 40:

    (Cicero) plerumque contra inimicos atque obtrectatores plus vindicat sibi,

    when fronting adversaries, Quint. 11, 1, 23.—
    f.
    In partic.
    (α).
    Stare contra aliquem (opp. stare ab aliquo); usu. implying hostility; mostly trop., to stand against, to be arrayed against, to face, oppose:

    quod contra hoc exemplum nulla staret eorum ratio,

    Auct. Her. 4, 5, 7:

    contra populi studium,

    Cic. Brut. 34, 126:

    contra civium perditorum... dementiam a senatu et a bonorum causa,

    id. ib. 79, 273; so,

    a mendacio contra veritatem,

    id. Inv. 1, 3, 4:

    contra cives in acie,

    id. Att. 16, 11, 2:

    et adversi contra stetit ora juvenci,

    opposite, Verg. A. 5, 477; 5, 414:

    haec enim (ratio) sola... stat contra fortunam,

    Sen. Ep. 14, 4, 2: contra leonem etiam stetit, fronted, i. e. hunted, Spart. Carac. 5 fin.
    (β).
    Contra aliquem ire:

    aut saevos Libyae contra ire leones,

    Stat. Th. 9, 16.— Trop.:

    uti contra injurias armati eatis,

    Sall. J. 31, 6:

    interritus (sapiens) et contra illa (mala) ibit et inter illa,

    Sen. Ep. 59, 8; cf.: contra venire, II. B. 1. c. b infra, and v. also II. B. 2. b. and II. B. 1. b. infra.—
    3.
    Transf.,
    a.
    To persons placed together for comparison:

    C. vero Caesar, si foro tantum vacasset, non alius ex nostris contra Ciceronem nominaretur,

    Quint. 10, 1, 114:

    CORONATO CONTRA OMNES SCAENICOS,

    Inscr. Grut. p. 331, n. 4.—
    b.
    To things compared, as if weighed against each other as to their value, strength, etc.
    (α).
    Lit. (very rare):

    quamcunque vis rem expende, et contra aquam statue... Si gravior est, leviorem rem... feret, etc.,

    Sen. Q. N. 3, 25, 5.—
    (β).
    Prop.:

    cujus (i. e. generis humani) causa videtur cuncta alia genuisse natura, magna saeva mercede contra tanta sua munera,

    Plin. 7, 1, 1, § 1:

    qui amicus esse coepit quia expedit, placebit ei aliquod pretium contra amicitiam,

    Sen. Ep. 9, 9:

    numquam ulli fortiores cives fuerunt quam qui ausi sunt eum contra tantas opes ejus... condemnare,

    Cic. Fam. 7, 2, 3:

    tantum studium bonorum in me exstitisse, contra incredibilem contentionem clarissimi et potentissimi viri,

    id. ib. 7, 2, 2; Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 9, 3:

    nomen prorogans nostrum et memoriam extendens contra brevitatem aevi,

    as a compensation for, Plin. 2, 63, 63, § 154.—So esp., valere contra, to weigh against, counterbalance, avail or prevail against: non vereor ne meae vitae modestia parum valitura sit contra falsos rumores, Matius ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 28, 8:

    (illa facta) pro periculo potius quam contra salutem valere debere,

    Cic. Part. Or. 35, 120; id. Off. 3, 29, 104:

    contrane lucrum nil valere Pauperis ingenium?

    Hor. Epod. 11, 11; Sen. Ben. 4, 15, 1; id. Cons. Helv. 5, 5; so,

    robur habere contra: si contra unamquamlibet partem fortunae satis tibi roboris est,

    id. ib. 13, 2;

    so of counterchecks: in Creta decem qui cosmoe vocantur, ut contra consulare imperium tribuni plebis, sic illi contra vim regiam constituti,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 33, 58.—Of antidotes: cimicum natura contra serpentium morsus valere dicitur, item contra venena omnia, Plin. 29, 4, 17, § 61.—Hence,
    c.
    Colloq., aliquid contra aurum est, something is worth gold, is superb, both predicatively and attributively (cf.: auro contra, I. A. 2. supra): hujusce pomaria in summa Sacra Via ubi poma veneunt, contra aurum imago, a spectacle for gold, i. e. a magnificent sight, Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 10 MSS. (al. aliter):

    numcubi hic vides citrum... num quod emblema aut lithostratum? quae illic omnia contra aurum,

    superb, id. ib. 3, 2, 4 MSS. (Schneid. omits aurum, ex conj.):

    oneravi vinum, et tunc erat contra aurum,

    Petr. 7, 6.—
    d.
    Transf., of replies, with aiebat, inquit, etc.; both in friendly and inimical sense; esp., contra ea, contra haec, = the adv. contra:

    contra ea Titurius sero facturos clamitabat, etc.,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 29:

    contra ea Verginius unum Ap. Claudium et legum expertem et, etc., aiebat,

    Liv. 3, 57, 1; 24, 45, 4:

    quae contra breviter fata est vates,

    Verg. A. 6, 398:

    contra quod disertus Tu impie fecisti inquit, etc.,

    Quint. 7, 1, 53 (cf.: contra ea, II. E. 1. infra).
    B.
    Denoting hostility or disadvantage.
    1.
    With verbs of hostile action.
    a.
    Of physical exertion:

    pugnavere et tertio consulatu ejus viginti (elephanti) contra pedites quingentos,

    Plin. 8, 7, 7, § 22:

    proelium Afri contra Aegyptios primi fecere fustibus,

    id. 7, 56, 57, § 200; 8, 40, 61, § 142. —
    b.
    Referring to warfare (usu. adversus), bellum gerere (rarely for cum or adversus; but contra patriam, contra aras, etc., not cum patria, etc.; cf.

    bellum, II. A. 1. e.): a quo prohibitos esse vos contra Caesarem gerere bellum (opp. pro),

    Cic. Lig. 8, 25; id. Phil. 5, 10, 27; Liv. Ep. 129.—With bellum suscipere:

    contra Antonium,

    Cic. Phil. 8, 2, 5; so,

    contra patriam,

    id. Sull. 20, 58:

    pugnare contra patriam,

    id. ib. 25, 70:

    contra conjuges et liberos,

    Sen. Ben. 5, 15, 5:

    armatum esse contra populum Romanum,

    Cic. Prov. Cons. 13, 32.—With arma ferre (freq.), Cic. Phil. 2, 29, 72; 13, 21, 47; Liv. 28, 28, 15; Nep. Att. 4, 2; Tib. 1, 6, 30; Ov. M. 4, 609; 13, 269; id. P. 1, 1, 26.—With arma sumere or capere, Cic. Rab. Perd. 6, 19; id. Phil. 4, 1, 2; 4, 3, 7:

    armis contendere contra,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 13:

    arma alicui dare (trop.),

    Cic. Phil. 2, 21, 53:

    aciem instruere (trop.),

    Liv. 25, 4, 4:

    exercitum comparare,

    Cic. Phil. 3, 6, 14; 4, 1, 2:

    exercitum instruere,

    id. Cat. 2, 11, 24:

    exercitum ducere and adducere,

    id. Phil. 4, 2, 5; 3, 4, 11:

    exercitum contra Philippum mittere,

    id. Inv. 1, 12, 17:

    naves ducere contra,

    Hor. Epod. 4, 19:

    ducere contra hostes,

    Liv. 1, 27, 4:

    florem Italiae educere contra,

    Cic. Cat. 2, 11, 24:

    proficisci contra,

    to march against, Liv. 1, 11, 3; 8, 2, 5:

    auxilium ferre Rutulis contra Latinos,

    Plin. 14, 12, 14, § 88:

    juvare aliquem contra,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 35:

    consilium inire contra Sequanos,

    to take hostile measures against, id. B. G. 6, 12.—
    c.
    Of legal contention (more freq. adversus, except with verbs of saying).
    (α).
    In gen., with agere or causam agere, to act as counsel against a party or his attorney:

    cum agerem contra hominem disertissimum nostrae civitatis,

    Cic. Caecin. 33, 97; id. Brut. 63, 226; Sen. Ben. 4, 15, 3; Quint. 11, 1, 59.—Causam recipere or suscipere contra, to accept a retainer against:

    (causam) quam receperam contra pueros Octavios,

    Cic. Att. 13, 49, 1; Quint. 6, 1, 12; Plin. Ep. 4, 17, 1.—Adesse alicui contra, to appear, act as one's counsel against:

    rogavit me Caecilius ut adessem contra Satrium,

    Cic. Att. 1, 1, 3; Plin. Ep. 1, 7, 5 al.; cf.:

    esse contra,

    id. ib. 1, 18, 3.— Trop.: conquesturus venit;

    at contra se adfuit et satisfacienti satisfecit,

    Sen. Fragm. Amic. 14, 1, 89:

    causam defendere contra,

    against the accuser, Cic. de Or. 1, 39, 178:

    statuere contra aliquem (sc. causam),

    to establish a case against an adversary, id. Or. 10, 34:

    actio competit contra,

    Dig. 49, 14, 41:

    querelam instituere contra,

    ib. 5, 2, 21, § 1:

    bonorum possessionem petere contra,

    ib. 5, 2, 23:

    jus obtinere contra,

    Cic. Quint. 9, 34:

    pugnare contra,

    to struggle against the accuser, id. Sull. 17, 49; id. Verr. 1, 11, 33:

    id quod mihi contra illos datum est,

    i. e. a local advantage over, id. Tull. 14, 33:

    judicare contra aliquem,

    id. Fl. 20, 48; Dig. 21, 2, 55; 5, 2, 14; Just. Inst. 4, 17, 2:

    pronuntiare contra,

    Paul. Sent. 5, 34, 2: dare sententiam contra, Dig. 21, 2, 56, § 1:

    decernere contra,

    Cic. Fl. 31, 76:

    appellare contra aliquem,

    Dig. 49, 1, 3; 49, 5, 6; cf.:

    contra sententiam,

    Cod. Just. 7, 62, 32, § 2.—Sentire contra aliquem, to have an opinion unfavorable to:

    cur vos (cum) aliquid contra me sentire dicatis, etc.,

    Cic. Caecin. 27, 79.—
    (β).
    Venire contra aliquem, to appear as counsel for one's adversary:

    quid tu, Saturi, qui contra hunc venis, existimas aliter?

    Cic. Rosc. Com. 6, 18; id. Mur. 4, 9; id. Phil. 8, 6, 18.—Venire contra rem alicujus, to give advice damaging one's interests:

    contra rem suam me venisse questus est,

    Cic. Phil. 2, 2, 3.—
    (γ).
    With dicere and other verbs of saying. (aa) Of a lawyer pleading against a lawyer:

    ipse ille Mucius, quid in illa causa cum contra te diceret, attulit quod? etc.,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 57, 244:

    cum ille contra me pro Sex. Naevio diceret,

    id. Brut. 60, 2, 7; id. de Or. 2, 7, 30; id. Rosc. Am. 15, 45; id. Div. in Caecil. 14, 44; id. Planc. 2, 5; id. Brut. 26, 102; so,

    causam dicere,

    id. Or. 2, 23, 98:

    causam perorare,

    id. Quint. 24, 77.—(bb) Of a lawyer's pleading against the parties: dic mihi, M. Pinari, num si contra te dixero mihi male dicturus es? Servil. ap. Cic. de Or. 2, 65, 261; 3, 34, 138; 1, 14, 60; id. Or. 35, 123; Quint. 11, 1, 57; cf. with ellipsis of acc.:

    quorum alter pro Aufldia, contra dixit alter,

    id. 10, 1, 22.—(ng) Of a party against a lawyer:

    si Gaditani contra me dicerent,

    if the Gaditani were my adversaries, Cic. Balb. 17, 38.—(dd) Of witnesses and experts, and the pleadings against them:

    si decressent legationem quae contra istum diceret,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 4, § 12: contra testes dicere (opp. a testibus or pro testibus). Auct. Her. 2, 6, 9; Cic. de Or. 2, 27, 118 (cf.:

    testimonium in aliquem dicere,

    id. Sull. 17, 48; Quint. 7, 4, 36):

    contra juris consultos dicere,

    against their legal opinions, Cic. Caecin. 24, 69.—So of witnesses in scientific questions:

    contra testes dicendum est,

    Sen. Q. N. 7, 16, 1.—(ee) Dicere or contendere aliquid contra aliquem, to maintain a point against:

    cum interrogamus adversarios... quid contra nos dici possit,

    Auct. Her. 4, 23, 33:

    tamenne vereris ut possis hoc contra Hortensium contendere?

    Cic. Quint. 25, 78. —
    d.
    Of literary adversaries, mostly with verbs of saying and writing:

    cum scriberem contra Epicurios,

    Cic. Att. 13, 38, 1:

    contra Epicurum satis superque dictum est,

    id. N. D. 2, 1, 2:

    contra Brutum,

    id. Tusc. 5, 8, 21:

    contra Academiam,

    id. Ac. 2, 19, 63; id. Fin. 1, 1, 2; 5, 8, 22; id. Tusc. 5, 11, 32; 5, 30, 84; id. Ac. 2, 4, 17:

    contra autem omnia disputatur a nostris,

    id. Off. 2, 2, 8.—
    e.
    Of public and political adversaries (syn. adversus and in).
    (α).
    In gen.:

    sentire contra,

    Cic. Mil. 2, 5:

    pugnare contra bonos,

    id. Sull. 25, 71:

    contra eos summa ope nitebatur nobilitas,

    Sall. C. 38, 2; Cic. Sest. 19, 42; 52, 112:

    (tribuni) qui aut contra consulem, aut pro studio ejus pugnabant,

    Liv. 39, 32, 12.—
    (β).
    Of political speaking:

    cum (Cato) eo ipso anno contra Serv. Galbam ad populum summa contentione dixisset,

    Cic. Brut. 20, 80; so id. Imp. Pomp. 17, 53; Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 9, 1.—
    f.
    Of hostile or criminal acts in gen. (syn.:

    adversus, in): inire consilia contra,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 38, 110; id. Cat. 1, 7, 18:

    manum comparare contra aliquem,

    id. Sull. 24, 68:

    conjurationem facere,

    id. ib. 4, 12:

    congredi,

    id. Lig. 3, 9; Sall. J. 64, 4:

    aliquid contra imperatorem moliri,

    Just. Inst. 4, 18, 3:

    nec dolor armasset contra sua viscera matrem,

    against her own offspring Ov. R. Am. 59.—Facere contra (more freq. with abstr. objects; cf. II. C. 1. f. b infra): nunc te contra Caesarem facere summae stultitiae est, to take parts against, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 16, 2:

    eae (res) contra nos ambae faciunt,

    operate against us, id. Quint. 1, 1.—With verbs of saying, etc.:

    homo disertus non intellegit, eum quem contra dicit laudari a se?

    Cic. Phil. 2, 8, 18; 2, 1, 2; 2, 21, 51; Sen. Ep. 15, 3, 70:

    epigramma quod contra quamdam Gelliam scripsit,

    Lampr. Alex. Sev. 38:

    disputare contra deos, in two signif.: contra deum licet disputare liberius,

    to accuse, reproach a god, Cic. N. D. 3, 31, 76; but: mala et impia consuetudo est contra deos disputandi, to reason against the gods, i. e. against their existence, id. ib. 2, 67, 168.—
    2.
    Predicatively, with esse (videri, etc.), against, injurious to, unfavorable, prejudicial, to one's disadvantage: ut [p. 456] ex senatusconsulto neque cujus intersit, neque contra quem sit intellegi possit, Cic. Mur. 32, 68; id. de Or. 3, 20, 75; 2, 74, 299; 2, 81, 330; id. Sull. 13, 39; Sen. Ben. 6, 31, 6:

    licentiam malis dare certe contra bonos est,

    injurious to, Quint. 4, 2, 75:

    res contra nos est, of unfavorable chances in a lawsuit,

    id. 4, 66, 1; 4, 2, 75; 5, 13, 32.—Often, contra aliquem = quod est contra aliquem, referring to indef. pronouns or adjectives:

    nihil contra me fecit odio mei = nihil quod esset contra me,

    Cic. Har. Resp. 3, 5; id. Off. 3, 31, 112:

    quibus (temporibus) aliquid contra Caesarem Pompeio suaserim,

    id. Phil. 2, 10, 24.—
    3.
    Added adverb. to the predicate, mostly referring to purpose, with hostile intent, for the purpose of some hostile act, in order to oppose, in opposition:

    Caesarine eam (provinciam) tradituri fuistis, an contra Caesarem retenturi?

    or keep it against Caesar, Cic. Lig. 7, 23:

    sero enim resistimus ei quem per annos decem aluimus contra nos,

    id. Att. 7, 5, 5:

    judicium illud pecunia esse temptatum non pro Cluentio, sed contra Cluentium,

    id. Clu. 4, 9; id. Imp. Pomp. 17, 52; id. Ac. 2, 28, 92:

    cum quae facitis ejusmodi sint ut ea contra vosmet ipsos facere videamini,

    id. Rosc. Am. 36, 104; Sen. Ep. 3, 7, 3: Curio se contra eum totum parat, i. e. to speak against him, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 8, 10; Caes. B. C. 1, 85 ter; Sen. Q. N. 1, 7, 1; Plin. 16, 39, 74, § 192; Plin. Pan. 41.—So with the force of a temporal clause:

    fidem meam quam essent contra Massam Baebium experti,

    in the suit against, Plin. Ep. 3, 4, 4.—
    4.
    Dependent on adjectives (rare):

    contra se ipse misericors,

    to his own injury, Phaedr. 4, 18, 3:

    severissimus judex contra fures,

    Lampr. Alex. Sev. 28.—
    5.
    With nouns.
    a.
    Acc. to 1. b.:

    ut quam maximae contra Hannibalem copiae sint,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 12, 17; cf. Vell. 2, 76, 3.—
    b.
    Acc. to 1. c. and 1. e.; so esp., oratio contra (cf.: oratio in).
    (α).
    Oratio contra (never in), of an address against the counsel of a party or against the prosecutor:

    quid in omni oratione Crassus vel apud centumviros contra Scaevolam, vel contra accusatorem Brutum, cum pro Cn. Plancio diceret?

    Cic. de Or. 2, 54, 220; cf.:

    Cato pro se contra Cassium = in oratione contra,

    Gell. 10, 15, 3; so,

    haec perpetua defensio contra Scaevolam,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 54, 221:

    orationem illam egregiam quam (Aeschines) in Ctesiphontem contra Demosthenem dixerat,

    id. ib. 3, 56, 213.—
    (β).
    Of an address against the party, either in judicial or political affairs:

    unam orationem contra Gracchum reliquit,

    Cic. Brut. 26, 99:

    (Demosthenis) oratio contra Leptinem... contra Aeschinem falsae legationis,

    id. Or. 31, 111; Gell. 10, 24, 10; 10, 18, 91; Cic. Brut. 46, 169; Quint. 12, 10, 61; Cic. de Or. 2, 11, 45; id. Brut. 44, 164; Gell. 13, 25 (24), 15; cf. Quint. 4, 3, 13; 11, 2, 25.—
    c.
    Acc. to 1. f.:

    contra patres concitatio et seditio,

    Cic. Brut. 14, 56.—Of animals:

    contra volpium genus communibus inimicitiis,

    Plin. 10, 76, 96, § 207.
    C.
    With inanimate and abstract objects.
    1.
    Directly dependent on verbs (cf. B. 1.).
    a.
    Of physical or moral exertion:

    cum fulmina contra Tot paribus streperet clipeis,

    Verg. A. 10, 567:

    pugnandum tamquam contra morbum, sic contra senectutem,

    Cic. Sen. 11, 35:

    contra verum niti,

    Sall. J. 35, 8:

    contra fortunam luctari,

    Sen. Ben. 7, 15, 2; id. Brev. Vit. 10, 1; id. Ep. 78, 15; 99, 32; cf. Cic. Off. 1, 31, 110.—
    b.
    Of warfare (lit. and trop.):

    bellum contra aras, focos, vitam fortunasque gerere,

    Cic. Phil. 3, 1, 1:

    bellum gerimus... contra arma verbis,

    id. Fam. 12, 22, 1.—So of logical contradictions:

    artificis autem est invenire in actione adversarii quae semet ipsa pugnent,

    Quint. 5, 13, 30.—
    c.
    Of legal contention.
    (α).
    Of the actions of the counsel or prosecutor: dicere, or perorare, agere contra aliquid, to plead against, contest something:

    contra argumenta, rumores, tabulas, quaestiones (opp. ab argumentis, etc.),

    Auct. Her. 2, 6, 9 sqq.; Cic. de Or. 2, 27, 118:

    contra ratiocinationem,

    id. Inv. 2, 50, 153: contra scriptum dicere, to contest, controvert a written law or a document, id. ib. 2, 47, 138; 2, 48, 143; id. Brut. 39, 145; Quint. 7, 7, 1:

    contra caput dicere,

    to plead against life, Cic. Quint. 13, 44 (cf.:

    servum in caput domini interrogare,

    Paul. Sent. 1, 1, 34; 5, 16, 5 and 8; 5, 46, 3): contra libertatem agere, Dig. 40, 12, 26.—Pregn.:

    contra rerum naturam, contraque consuetudinem hominum dicere (opp. contra nos dicere),

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 15, 45.—
    (β).
    Of judicial decisions contradicting documents, etc.:

    contra tabulas judicare,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 70, 281:

    contra testamentum,

    Dig. 2, 17, § 1:

    contra sententiam dicere,

    ib. 49, 8, 1, § 2.—
    (γ).
    Admittere aliquem contra bona, to admit a petition for bonorum possessio (cf.:

    inmittere in bona),

    Dig. 38, 2, 3, § 6.—
    d.
    Of antagonism in literary and ethical questions.
    (α).
    To contend that something is false:

    dicere, disputare, disserere contra opinionem or sententiam,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 4, 8; 5, 19, 55; id. de Or. 3, 18, 67; id. Fin. 5, 4, 10; id. Ac. 2, 18, 60; Sen. Ira, 1, 3, 3; id. Ep. 87, 5; 102, 5 (cf.:

    in sententiam dicere,

    in support of an opinion, Caes. B. G. 1, 45):

    contra sensus dicere,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 31, 101:

    contra rhetoricen dicere,

    Quint. 2, 17, 40.—
    (β).
    Of criticism, hostility to principles, etc.:

    contra Iliadem et Odysseam scribere,

    Vitr. 7, praef. 8:

    contra quorum disciplinam ingenium ejus exarserat,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 29, 83.—
    (γ).
    Ethically:

    contra voluptatem dicere,

    that pleasure is a moral evil, Cic. Fin. 5, 8, 21:

    contra mortem loqui,

    that death is no evil, Sen. Ep. 82, 7;

    in both senses: contra vitia, pericula, fortunam, ambitionem,

    id. ib. 100, 10:

    contra fortunam gloriari,

    that fortune has no power over him, Cic. Tusc. 5, 9, 26; Sen. Ep. 26, 5.—
    e.
    Of public and political acts and speeches:

    contra potentiam accusatorum dicere,

    Cic. Brut. 44, 164:

    contra legem dicere or verba facere,

    id. Imp. Pomp. 15, 53; Liv. 34, 8, 1:

    rogationem ferre contra coloniam ( = contra legem de colonia deducenda),

    Cic. Clu. 51, 140; Auct. Her. 1, 17, 21; Plin. 8, 17, 24, § 64.—
    f.
    Of hostility, injury, wrongs, etc.
    (α).
    In gen.:

    senatusconsulto quod contra dignitatem tuam fieret,

    directed against, Cic. Fam. 12, 29, 2:

    contra rem publicam se commovere,

    id. Cat. 1, 26; 1, 3, 7:

    incitari,

    id. Sest. 47, 100:

    consilia inire,

    id. Agr. 2, 3, 8:

    conjurationem facere,

    Sall. C. 30, 6:

    contra salutem urbis incitari,

    Cic. Cat. 3, 8, 20:

    cogitare aliquid contra salutem,

    id. ib. 3, 9, 21: contra voluntatem or studium dicere, to oppose one's will in a speech:

    esse aliquem in civitate qui contra ejus (Chrysogoni) voluntatem dicere auderet,

    id. Rosc. Am. 22, 60; id. Phil. 1, 11, 28; id. de Or. 3, 34, 138; id. Mur. 4, 10; Tac. H. 2, 91:

    ne quid contra aequitatem contendas, ne quid pro injuria,

    do not array yourself against equity, Cic. Off. 2, 20, 71.— Trop.:

    quis non contra Marii arma, contra Suliae proscriptionem irascitur? ( = Mario propter arma, Sullae propter proscriptionem),

    Sen. Ira, 2, 2, 3.—
    (β).
    In partic.: facere contra aliquid (syn. adversus), to commit an offence against, to transgress, etc.:

    si quis ad Antonium profectus esset... senatus existimaturum eum contra rem publicam fecisse,

    Cic. Phil. 8, 11, 33; id. Mil. 5, 13; 6, 14; id. Off. 3, 10, 43; 3, 25, 95; S. C. ap. Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 8, 6; Liv. 25, 4, 7; so,

    contra salutem rei publicae facere,

    Cic. Dom. 38, 102:

    contra majestatem,

    against the emperor, Dig. 48, 4, 5:

    contra leges,

    Cic. Dom. 18, 48; id. Vatin. 7, 18; id. Fin. 2, 17, 55; id. Mur. 32, 67; id. de Or. 3, 19, 70; cf. id. Clu. 34, 92; id. Mur. 32, 68; id. Dom. 14, 38; id. Phil. 10, 6, 13; Gai Inst. 4, 121:

    contra edictum (praetoris),

    Cic. Verr 2, 3, 10, § 25; Dig. 39, 1, 20, § 1:

    contra foedus,

    Cic. Balb. 6, 16:

    contra jusjurandum ac fidem,

    id. Off. 3, 10, 43; id. Lael. 3, 30, 74; id. Verr. 2, 3, 3, § 7; Prop. 3, 30, 44 (2, 32, 44).—And ironically:

    tune contra Caesaris nutum (sc. facies)?

    Cic. Att. 14, 10, 1.—Rarely contra ea facere = contra facere, adverb. (cf. I. B. 8. and II. E. 1. b.):

    corpus in civitatem inferri non licet... et qui contra ea fecerit, extra ordinem punitur,

    Paul. Sent. 1, 21, 2; 1, 21, 12.—
    2.
    Predicatively with esse (usu. impers.), in violation of, in conflict with, contrary to (cf. 3. g).
    (α).
    With esse expressed as the predicate:

    hominem hominis incommodo suum augere commodum magis est contra naturam quam mors,

    Cic. Off. 3, 5, 21; id. Fin. 3, 9, 31; id. N. D. 3, 13, 33; Sen. Ep. 5, 4; Plin. 7, 8, 6, § 45:

    contra leges or legem est,

    Cic. Pis. 13, 30; id. Mur. 32, 67:

    contra officium est,

    id. Off. 3, 10, 43; 1, 10, 32; 1, 6, 19; cf. id. Lael. 11, 39; id. Off. 3, 15, 63; Liv. 6, 40, 5; Sen. Q. N. 2, 37, 2; Gai Inst. 3, 157; Dig. 30, 1, 112, § 3; 16, 3, 1, § 7.—With ellipsis of object (naturam), Cic. Fin. 5, 29, 89; cf.:

    adeo res ista non habet ullam moram quae contra causas ignium sit,

    unfavorable to the formation of fire, Sen. Q. N. 2, 26, 7.—
    (β).
    With verbal predicate, referring to an indef. pron. or adj., with esse understood:

    scis hunc... nihil umquam contra rem tuam cogitasse ( = nihil quod contra rem tuam esset),

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 50, 147; id. Mil. 5, 13:

    aliquid contra animum audiendi,

    something against our liking, Sen. Const. 19, 2.—So mostly with facere:

    si quid Socrates aut Aristippus contra morem consuetudinemque fecerint,

    Cic. Off. 1, 41, 148; id. Att. 3, 23, 2; 2, 22, 2; id. Off. 3, 15, 63; Sall. C. 15, 1; Dig. 8, 2, 11; 8, 2, 17; 35, 1, 79, § 2. —
    (γ).
    Contra officium, substantively, = id quod contra officium est:

    Sic inter recte factum atque peccatum, officium et contra officium, media locabat quaedam,

    Cic. Ac. 1, 10, 37.—
    3.
    Adverbially with the predicate.
    (α).
    In order to oppose, in opposition to, with hostile intent (cf. B. 3.):

    eidem illam proscriptionem capitis mei contra salutem rei publicae rogatam esse dicebant,

    that the proposal of the law was an attack on the republic, Cic. Prov. Cons. 19, 45; id. Rab. Perd. 12, 35; id. Phil. 10, 10, 22:

    imperator contra postulata Bocchi nuntios mittit,

    to reply to the demands, Sall. J. 83, 3; 25, 6; so,

    advocare contra,

    Sen. Cons. Polyb. 12, 4; id. Ep. 15, 2, 52:

    si contra mortem te praeparaveris,

    to meet death, id. ib. 11, 3, 8.—
    (β).
    With the force of a clause of manner, injuriously to, etc.:

    quibus contra valetudinis commodum laborandum est,

    Cic. Mur. 23, 47; Suet. Aug. 78:

    contra hominis salutem,

    with danger to a man's life, Cod. Just. 7, 62, 29.—
    (γ).
    In gen., of conflict with some rule or principle, contrary to, in violation of, without regard to ( = ita ut contra sit; cf. 2. supra; very freq. from the class. period;

    syn. adversus): ceperitne pecunias contra leges P. Decius,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 31, 136; id. Verr. 2, 1, 4, § 10; id. Fl. 34, 86:

    pecuniam contra leges auferre,

    id. Verr. 1, 18, 56; 2, 1, 10, § 27; 2, 5, 18, § 46; id. Har. Resp. 26, 56:

    contra legem,

    id. Rab. Perd. 3, 8; id. Dom. 16, 41:

    contra jus fasque,

    id. Har. Resp. 16, 34; id. Quint. 6, 28:

    contra jus,

    Liv. 5, 4, 14; id. Dom. 13, 55; id. Verr. 2, 5, 13, § 34:

    contra jus gentium,

    Liv. 4, 32, 5; 9, 10, 10; 21, 25, 7; 5, 36, 6;

    6, 1, 6: contra juris rigorem,

    Dig. 40, 5, 24, § 10 et saep.:

    contra testimonium aliquid judicare,

    without regard to, Cic. Brut. 31, 117:

    aliquid contra verecundiam disputare,

    contrary to the rules of decency, id. Off. 1, 35, 128:

    aliquid contra fidem constituere,

    Quint. 5, 13, 34:

    quae majores nostri contra lubidinem animi sui recte atque ordine fecere,

    contrary to the dictates of passion, Sall. C. 51, 4; id. J. 33, 1; cf. of logical opposition, II. E. 2. infra.—
    4.
    Dependent on substt.
    a.
    Of physical strife:

    scit ille imparem sibi luctatum contra nexus (draconis),

    Plin. 8, 12, 12, § 33. —
    b.
    Of warfare:

    imperatorum copia contra tuum furorem,

    Cic. Mur. 39, 83:

    Parthorum gloria contra nomen Romanum,

    Liv. 9, 18, 6: in castris perditorum contra patriam, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 23, 6.—
    c.
    Of legal contention:

    causa contra scriptum,

    Cic. Inv. 2, 46, 135.—
    d.
    Of political speaking:

    divina M. Tullii eloquentia contra leges agrarias,

    Quint. 2, 16, 7; 9, 3, 50; Gell. 18, 7, 7.—
    e.
    Of literary opposition:

    Caesaris vituperatio contra laudationem meam,

    Cic. Att. 12, 40, 1.—
    f.
    Of hostility, etc.:

    cujus factum, inceptum, conatumve contra patriam,

    Cic. Cat. 2, 12, 27:

    ullum factum dictumve nostrum contra utilitatem vestram,

    Liv. 6, 40, 5.—
    g.
    Of injury:

    vitae cupiditas contra rem publicam,

    Cic. Planc. 37, 90: contra serpentes venenum, fatal to serpents, or as a defence against serpents, Plin. 7, 2, 2, § 15.—
    h.
    Of violation, disregard, etc. (cf. 3. g):

    iter contra senatus auctoritatem,

    Cic. Phil. 2, 19, 48:

    contra consuetudinem somnium,

    Plin. 10, 77, 98, § 211:

    bonorum possessio contra tabulas,

    Dig. 37, 4, 3, § 13; Gai Inst. 3, 41.—
    5.
    Dependent on adjectives (very rare; cf.

    II. D. 2. c. infra): contraque patris impii regnum impotens, avum resolvam,

    Sen. Herc. Fur. 966.
    D.
    Of defence, protection, and resistance (syn.: adversus, ab).
    1.
    Against persons.
    a.
    Dependent on verbs:

    cum populus Romanus suam auctoritatem vel contra omnes qui dissentiunt possit defendere,

    Cic. Imp. Pomp. 22, 63: si ego consul rem publicam [p. 457] contra te et gregales tuos defendissem, id. Sest. 52, 111; 22, 49; 8, 20; id. Fam. 11, 27, 7; id. Phil. 2, 18, 45:

    contra quem multum omnes boni providerunt,

    provided a great defence, id. Mur. 38, 81: formula qua utitur patronus contra libertum qui eum in jus vocat, as a defence against, Gai Inst. 4, 46. —And of protection of plants against injurious animals:

    contra haec animalia proderit, si, etc.,

    Pall. 10, 3, 2.—
    b.
    Dependent on adjectives, mostly participial:

    paratus contra,

    Cic. Mil. 21, 56:

    nihil satis firmum contra Metellum,

    Sall. J. 80, 1:

    contra potentes nemo est munitus satis,

    Phaedr. 2, 6, 1.—
    2.
    Against inanimate and abstract things.
    a.
    Dependent on verbs:

    contra avium morsus munitur vallo aristarum,

    Cic. Sen. 15, 51:

    propugnaculum, quo contra omnes meos impetus usurum se putat,

    id. Verr. 2, 3, 16, § 40; 2, 5, 39, § 102:

    publicam causam contra vim armatam suscipere,

    id. Dom. 34, 91; id. Quint. 30, 94; id. Leg. 3, 3, 9:

    contra tantas difficultates providere,

    Sall. J. 90, 1; 76, 4; so,

    contra ea,

    id. ib. 57, 5:

    patricii vi contra vim resistunt,

    Liv. 3, 13, 4; Plin. 14, 2, 4, § 28; Tac. Agr. 45; Sen. Prov. 4, 12; id. Const. 5, 4.—
    b.
    Dependent on substt.:

    suffragia contra oppugnationem vestrae majestatis,

    Cic. Rab. Perd. 12, 35:

    defensio contra vim,

    id. Mil. 5, 14:

    patronus justitiae fuit contra orationem Phili,

    id. Lael. 7, 25; Plin. 29, 2, 9, § 30; 14, 3, 4, § 40:

    contra labores patientia,

    id. 23, 1, 22, § 37.—
    c.
    Dependent on adjectives (in Cic. freq. with P. a. predicatively used; otherwise very rare;

    in later prose freq.): nec est quidquam Cilicia contra Syriam munitius,

    against an attack from the side of Syria, Cic. Fam. 14, 4, 4:

    ut nullius res tuta, nullius domus clausa, nullius vita saepta, nullius pudicitia munita contra tuam cupiditatem posset esse,

    id. Verr. 2, 5, 15, § 39; id. Fin. 1, 16, 51; id. Mil. 25, 67; id. Tusc. 5, 8, 19; 5, 27, 76:

    vir contra audaciam firmissimus,

    id. Rosc. Am. 30, 85; Sall. J. 33, 2; 28, 5:

    fortis contra dolorem,

    Sen. Ep. 98, 18; Quint. 12, 1, 10:

    callosus,

    Plin. 11, 37, 54, § 147; 14, 2, 4, § 23:

    far contra hiemes firmissimum,

    id. 18, 8, 19, § 83:

    equus tenax contra vincula,

    Ov. Am. 3, 4, 13:

    contraque minantia fata pervigil,

    Claud. I. Cons. Stil. 1, 284.—
    3.
    Of remedies against sickness and its causes, poison, etc.; so only in Plin.; in Pall. only of preventives and of protection against hurtful animals, and against mental perturbations in gen.; cf. infra (syn. ad in Cat., Cic., Cels., Col.; adversus only in Celsus, who also has in with abl.).
    (α).
    Dependent on verbs:

    cujus et vinum et uva contra serpentium ictus medetur,

    Plin. 14, 18, 22, § 117; 7, 2, 2, § 13:

    prodest et contra suspiria et tussim,

    id. 20, 13, 50, § 128:

    valet potum contra venena,

    id. 28, 7, 21, § 74; 29, 4, 22, § 71; 29, 4, 26, § 81; 28, 8, 27, § 98; 16, 37, 71, § 180; 35, 6, 14, § 34; 28, 6, 18, §§ 65-67.—
    (β).
    Dependent on substt.:

    remedium contra morsus,

    Plin. 8, 32, 50, § 118; 10, 59, 79, § 163:

    contra venena esse omnia remedio,

    id. 16, 44, 95, § 251; 17, 24, 37, § 240; 7, 1, 1, § 4.—
    (γ).
    Dependent on adjectives:

    vinum quod salutare contra pestilentiam sit,

    Pall. 11, 14, 17.—
    (δ).
    Appositively, as a remedy:

    cujus lacteum succum miris laudibus celebrat... contra serpentes et venena,

    Plin. 5, 1, 1, § 16; 29, 4, 26, § 83. —So of remedies against affections:

    Tiberium tonante caelo coronari ea (lauro) solitum ferunt contra fulminum metus,

    Plin. 15, 30, 40, § 135; cf. Sen. Ira, 2, 21, 1; id. Tranq. 5. 1.
    E.
    Of logical opposition.
    1.
    With a neuter demonstrative (contra ea, contra haec, contra quae, quod contra = contra, adv.).
    a.
    The contrary, the reverse (very rare; cf.

    I. D. 1.): sed mihi contra ea videtur,

    but to me the contrary seems true, Sall. J. 85, 1:

    omnia quae contra haec sunt, omnia quae contra sunt,

    and vice versa, Quint. 5, 10, 90. —
    b.
    Contra ea, on the contrary, in logical antithesis (not in Cic. and Sall.; once in Caes. and Quint.; several times in Liv. and Nep.; cf.: contra ea, in other uses, II. A. 2. e. a, II. D. 2. a., II. A. 3. d., II. C. 1. f.):

    omnes arderent cupiditate pugnandi... contra ea Caesar... spatiumque interponendum... putabat ( = at contra),

    but Caesar on the contrary, Caes. B. C. 3, 74: superbe ab Samnitibus... legati prohibiti commercio sunt;

    contra ea benigne ab Siculorum tyrannis adjuti,

    Liv. 4, 52, 6; 2, 60, 1; 21, 20, 6;

    44, 43, 5: pater... Thracem me genuit, contra ea mater Atheniensem,

    Nep. Iphicr. 3, 4; id. praef. 6; id. Alcib. 8, 1.—And after a question, with immo (cf. I. E. 5. b.):

    an infirmissimi omnium... (sumus)? Immo contra ea vel viribus nostris, vel, etc., tuti (sumus),

    Liv. 41, 24, 8.—
    c.
    Quod contra, by anastrophe (v. F. 1.), contrary to which, whereas, while on the contrary (only once in Lucr. and three times in Cic.):

    illud in his rebus vereor ne forte rearis, Inpia te rationis inire elementa viamque indugredi sceleris: quod contra saepius illa Religio peperit scelerosa atque impia facta,

    whereas on the contrary, Lucr. 1, 81:

    cujus a me corpus crematum est, quod contra decuit ab illo meum (sc. cremari),

    Cic. Sen. 23, 84:

    quod contra oportebat delicto dolere, correctione gaudere,

    id. Lael. 24, 90 (B. and K. place a comma after oportebat; cf.

    Nauck ad loc.): reliquum est ut eum nemo judicio defenderit: quod contra copiosissime defensum esse contendi,

    id. Quint. 28, 87 (many consider contra in all these passages as an adverb; cf. Hand, Turs. II. p. 121 sq.; some explain quod as an ancient ablative, = qua re;

    v. Ritschl,

    Plaut. Exc. p. 57, Munro ad Lucr. 1, 82).—
    2.
    With an abstract noun, with the force of the adverb contra with ac or atque (I. F. 1.), contrary to, contrary to what, etc. (esp. in Sall., not in Cic.; cf. praeter): celeriter contraque omnium opinionem confecto itinere, contrary to the opinion ( = contra ac rati erant), Caes. B. G. 6, 30:

    contra opinionem Jugurthae ad Thalam perveniunt,

    Sall. J. 75, 9; Hirt. B. G. 8, 40.—Contra spem either contrary to the opinion, or against the hope:

    Metellus contra spem suam laetissume excipitur ( = contra ac ratus, veritus est),

    Sall. J. 88, 1; so,

    cetera contra spem salva invenit,

    Liv. 9, 23, 17:

    contra spem omnium L. Furium optavit,

    id. 6, 25, 5; Curt. 8, 4, 45;

    but: at Jugurtha contra spem nuntio accepto ( = contra ac speraverat),

    Sall. J. 28, 1; Liv. 24, 45, 3:

    postquam... Jugurtha contra timorem animi praemia sceleris adeptum sese videt,

    Sall. J. 20, 1:

    ipse in Numidiam procedit, ubi contra belli faciem tuguria plena hominumque... erant ( = contra ac in bello evenire solet),

    id. ib. 46, 5:

    contra famam,

    Plin. 13, 22, 43, § 126; 7, 53, 54, § 180:

    segniterque et contra industriam absconditae formicae,

    slowly, and in a manner different from their usual activity, id. 18, 35, 88, § 364.—Of persons:

    frigidam potionem esse debere, contra priores auctores, Asclepiades confirmavit,

    contrary to the opinion of the former physicians, Cels. 4, 26 (19).
    F.
    Sometimes by anastrophe after its noun.
    1.
    In prose, after relatives, esp. in Cic.:

    quos contra disputant,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 15, 47:

    quem contra dicit,

    id. Phil. 2, 8, 18 (v. II. B. 1. f.):

    quem contra veneris,

    id. Mur. 4, 9:

    quas contra, praeter te, etc.,

    id. Vatin. 7, 18:

    eos ipsos quos contra statuas,

    id. Or. 10, 34:

    quos contra me senatus armavit,

    id. Att. 10, 8, 8:

    quam contra multa locutus est,

    Sen. Ep. 82, 7, Plin. Ep. 1, 23, 3; Claud. in Rufin. 1, 332; v. also E. 1. c. supra.—
    2.
    After other words ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

    hunc igitur contra mittam contendere causam,

    Lucr. 4, 471:

    dicere eos contra,

    id. 4, 484:

    donique eum contra,

    id. 5, 708:

    agmina contra,

    Verg. A. 12, 279:

    magnum Alciden contra,

    id. ib. 5, 414:

    Paridem contra,

    id. ib. 5, 370:

    Italiam contra,

    id. ib. 1, 13:

    deos contra,

    Ov. P. 1, 1, 26:

    Messania moenia contra,

    id. M. 14, 17:

    litora Calabriae contra,

    Tac. A. 3, 1.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > contra dicta

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