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  • 1 sesión del tribunal fuera de su sede

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    Испанско-русский универсальный словарь > sesión del tribunal fuera de su sede

  • 2 sala

    f.
    1 room.
    sala de bingo bingo hall
    sala de calderas boiler room
    sala de espera waiting room
    sala de estar lounge, living room
    sala de juntas boardroom
    sala de lectura reading room
    sala de máquinas engine room
    sala de partos delivery room
    sala de profesores staff room
    2 hall (local) (de conferencias, conciertos).
    un cine de ocho salas an eight-screen cinema o multiplex
    sala de embarque departure lounge
    sala de fiestas discotheque
    sala de subastas auction room
    sala de tránsito transfer lounge
    sala VIP VIP lounge
    3 court(room) (law) (place).
    4 living room, hall, sitting room, drawing-room.
    5 parlor, parlour.
    Sala de billar Billiard parlor...
    6 ward.
    pres.indicat.
    3rd person singular (él/ella/ello) present indicative of spanish verb: salar.
    imperat.
    2nd person singular (tú) Imperative of Spanish verb: salar.
    * * *
    1 (aposento) room; (grande) hall
    2 (sala de estar) lounge, living room
    3 (de hospital) ward; (de cine) cinema; (de teatro) theatre
    ■ ¿en qué sala la dan? which screen is it on?
    4 DERECHO (lugar) courtroom; (tribunal) court
    \
    sala de actos assembly hall
    sala de espectáculos (teatro) theatre (US theater) 2 (cine) cinema
    sala de espera waiting room
    sala de estar lounge, living room
    sala de exposiciones exhibition hall, gallery
    sala de fiestas nightclub, discotheque
    sala de lectura reading room
    sala de máquinas (de buque) engine room 2 (de fotocopiadoras) photocopying room
    sala de operaciones operating theatre (US theater)
    sala de partos delivery room
    * * *
    noun f.
    1) hall, room
    * * *
    SF
    1) [en casa] (tb: sala de estar) living room, sitting room, lounge; (=cuarto grande) hall; [de castillo] hall
    2) (=local público) (Teat, Mús) auditorium; (Cine) cinema, movie theater (EEUU); (Jur) court; (Med) ward

    sala capitular — chapterhouse, meeting room

    sala cinematográfica — cinema, movie theater (EEUU)

    sala de autoridades — (Aer) VIP lounge

    sala de cine — cinema, movie theater (EEUU)

    sala de conferencias — [gen] conference hall; (Univ) lecture hall, lecture theatre, lecture theater (EEUU)

    sala de consejos — meeting room, conference room

    sala de espera — (Med, Ferro) waiting room; (Aer) departure lounge

    sala de juegos — [en casino] gaming room; [en hotel, barco] casino

    sala de juntas — (Com) boardroom

    sala de lo criminal, sala de lo penal — criminal court

    sala de máquinas — (Náut) engine room

    sala de operaciones — operating theatre, operating room (EEUU)

    sala de subastas — saleroom, auction room

    sala de urgencias — accident and emergency department, casualty department

    sala VIP — [en aeropuerto] VIP lounge

    3) (=muebles) suite of living room furniture, lounge suite
    * * *
    a) ( de casa) tb

    sala de estar — living room, lounge (BrE)

    b) ( de hotel) lounge
    c) ( en hospital) ward
    d) (para reuniones, conferencias) hall; (Teatr) theater*; (Cin) movie theater (AmE), cinema (BrE)
    e) ( sede de tribunal) courtroom, court
    * * *
    = facility, hall, room, suite.
    Ex. Solutions include constructing compact shelving, on-site remote storage or building new library facilities.
    Ex. The open-plan flexible library can be enonomical since overseeing is facilitated by the openness rather than be dividing the building into rooms or halls, thereby requiring less staff.
    Ex. The open-plan flexible library can be enonomical since overseeing is facilitated by the openness rather than be dividing the building into rooms or halls, thereby requiring less staff.
    Ex. The centre includes information in many formats, computers, audiovisual facilities, a recording studio and an editing suite.
    ----
    * consulta en sala = in-house materials use.
    * en la sala de informática = lab based [lab-based].
    * fondo de consulta en sala = reserve reading collection, reserve collection, reserve shelves, special reserve, reserve book room.
    * libro de consulta en sala = reserve room book.
    * sala capitular = chapter house.
    * sala de calderas = boiler room.
    * sala de chat = chat room [chatroom].
    * sala de cine = movie theatre.
    * sala de composición = composing room.
    * sala de conciertos = concert hall.
    * sala de conferencias = lecture room, conference room, conference hall, lecture theatre, auditory theatre, lecture hall, presentation room.
    * sala de congresos = convention hall.
    * sala de convenciones = convention hall.
    * sala de descanso = coffee lounge.
    * sala de entrada = entrance lobby.
    * sala de escribir = scriptorium [scriptoria, -pl.].
    * sala de escucha = listening room.
    * sala de espera = waiting room.
    * sala de estar = sitting-room, living room, drawing room, lounge.
    * sala de estar para el personal = coffee lounge.
    * sala de estudiantes = student common room.
    * sala de estudio = study facilities, study room.
    * sala de exposiciones = exhibition room, exhibit hall.
    * sala de exposición y venta = show room [showroom].
    * sala de fiestas = dance-hall, ballroom.
    * sala de hospital = hospital ward, ward.
    * sala de impresión = press room [pressroom].
    * sala de información = information lobby.
    * sala de informática = computer room, computer lab, computer laboratory.
    * sala de juegos = games room.
    * sala de juntas = boardroom [board room].
    * sala de juntas del ayuntamiento = town council meeting room.
    * sala de justicia = courtroom.
    * sala del bingo = bingo hall.
    * sala del correo = mail room.
    * sála de lectura = reading room, reading area.
    * sala de lectura de periódicos = newsroom.
    * sala de libros raros = rare book room.
    * sala del profesorado = faculty common room.
    * sala del tribunal = courtroom.
    * Sala de Manuscritos e Historia Local = Manuscript and Local History Room.
    * sala de máquinas = machine room.
    * sala de material audiovisual = audiovisual room.
    * sala de montaje de vídeos = video editing suite.
    * sala de muestras = show room [showroom].
    * sala de operaciones = operating room.
    * sala de ordeñar = milking parlour.
    * sala de ordeño = milking parlour.
    * sala de personal = staff lounge.
    * sala de primeros auxilios = emergency room.
    * sala de profesores = faculty common room.
    * sala de redacción = newsroom.
    * sala de referencia = reference room.
    * sala de reuniones = meeting room, interview room.
    * sala de televisión = TV lounge.
    * sala de tortura = torture chamber.
    * sala de trabajo = workroom.
    * sala de urgencias = emergency room, emergency ward, casualty ward.
    * sala de velatorios = funeral chapel, chapel of rest.
    * sala multimedia = media suite.
    * sala para cambiar bebés = baby changing room, baby changing room.
    * sección para el fondo de consulta en sala = reserve room.
    * * *
    a) ( de casa) tb

    sala de estar — living room, lounge (BrE)

    b) ( de hotel) lounge
    c) ( en hospital) ward
    d) (para reuniones, conferencias) hall; (Teatr) theater*; (Cin) movie theater (AmE), cinema (BrE)
    e) ( sede de tribunal) courtroom, court
    * * *
    = facility, hall, room, suite.

    Ex: Solutions include constructing compact shelving, on-site remote storage or building new library facilities.

    Ex: The open-plan flexible library can be enonomical since overseeing is facilitated by the openness rather than be dividing the building into rooms or halls, thereby requiring less staff.
    Ex: The open-plan flexible library can be enonomical since overseeing is facilitated by the openness rather than be dividing the building into rooms or halls, thereby requiring less staff.
    Ex: The centre includes information in many formats, computers, audiovisual facilities, a recording studio and an editing suite.
    * consulta en sala = in-house materials use.
    * en la sala de informática = lab based [lab-based].
    * fondo de consulta en sala = reserve reading collection, reserve collection, reserve shelves, special reserve, reserve book room.
    * libro de consulta en sala = reserve room book.
    * sala capitular = chapter house.
    * sala de calderas = boiler room.
    * sala de chat = chat room [chatroom].
    * sala de cine = movie theatre.
    * sala de composición = composing room.
    * sala de conciertos = concert hall.
    * sala de conferencias = lecture room, conference room, conference hall, lecture theatre, auditory theatre, lecture hall, presentation room.
    * sala de congresos = convention hall.
    * sala de convenciones = convention hall.
    * sala de descanso = coffee lounge.
    * sala de entrada = entrance lobby.
    * sala de escribir = scriptorium [scriptoria, -pl.].
    * sala de escucha = listening room.
    * sala de espera = waiting room.
    * sala de estar = sitting-room, living room, drawing room, lounge.
    * sala de estar para el personal = coffee lounge.
    * sala de estudiantes = student common room.
    * sala de estudio = study facilities, study room.
    * sala de exposiciones = exhibition room, exhibit hall.
    * sala de exposición y venta = show room [showroom].
    * sala de fiestas = dance-hall, ballroom.
    * sala de hospital = hospital ward, ward.
    * sala de impresión = press room [pressroom].
    * sala de información = information lobby.
    * sala de informática = computer room, computer lab, computer laboratory.
    * sala de juegos = games room.
    * sala de juntas = boardroom [board room].
    * sala de juntas del ayuntamiento = town council meeting room.
    * sala de justicia = courtroom.
    * sala del bingo = bingo hall.
    * sala del correo = mail room.
    * sála de lectura = reading room, reading area.
    * sala de lectura de periódicos = newsroom.
    * sala de libros raros = rare book room.
    * sala del profesorado = faculty common room.
    * sala del tribunal = courtroom.
    * Sala de Manuscritos e Historia Local = Manuscript and Local History Room.
    * sala de máquinas = machine room.
    * sala de material audiovisual = audiovisual room.
    * sala de montaje de vídeos = video editing suite.
    * sala de muestras = show room [showroom].
    * sala de operaciones = operating room.
    * sala de ordeñar = milking parlour.
    * sala de ordeño = milking parlour.
    * sala de personal = staff lounge.
    * sala de primeros auxilios = emergency room.
    * sala de profesores = faculty common room.
    * sala de redacción = newsroom.
    * sala de referencia = reference room.
    * sala de reuniones = meeting room, interview room.
    * sala de televisión = TV lounge.
    * sala de tortura = torture chamber.
    * sala de trabajo = workroom.
    * sala de urgencias = emergency room, emergency ward, casualty ward.
    * sala de velatorios = funeral chapel, chapel of rest.
    * sala multimedia = media suite.
    * sala para cambiar bebés = baby changing room, baby changing room.
    * sección para el fondo de consulta en sala = reserve room.

    * * *
    sala de estar parlor ( AmE), living o ( BrE) sitting room, lounge ( BrE)
    2 (de un hotel) lounge
    4 (para reuniones, conferencias) hall; ( Teatr) theater*; ( Cin) movie theater ( AmE), cinema ( BrE)
    se estrenó simultáneamente en varias salas de Madrid it opened simultaneously in several Madrid movie theaters o cinemas
    la película se exhibe en la sala 1 the movie is showing on Screen 1
    5 (sede de tribunal) courtroom, court
    Compuestos:
    ( Tec) clean room
    chapterhouse
    public ward
    ( Chi) day nursery, creche
    banquet hall
    chat room
    (CS frml) classroom
    concert hall
    assembly o conference o lecture hall
    ( AmL) treatment room
    ( Esp) treatment room
    departure lounge
    waiting room
    gallery, exhibition hall
    boardroom
    reading room
    civil court
    criminal court
    throne room
    engine room
    assembly shed o shop
    operating room ( AmE), operating theatre ( BrE)
    delivery room
    departure lounge
    press office
    teachers' lounge ( AmE), staffroom ( BrE)
    auction room, salesroom ( AmE), saleroom ( BrE)
    (theater*) auditorium
    television lounge or room
    transfer lounge
    treatment room
    accident and emergency department, casualty department ( BrE)
    ( Tec) clean room
    chapel of rest
    * * *

     

    Del verbo salar: ( conjugate salar)

    sala es:

    3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) presente indicativo

    2ª persona singular (tú) imperativo

    Multiple Entries:
    sala    
    salar
    sala sustantivo femenino
    a) ( de casa) tb



    ( en hospital) ward;
    (para reuniones, conferencias) hall;
    (Teatr) theater( conjugate theater);
    (Cin) movie theater (AmE), cinema (BrE);

    sala de clases (CS frml) classroom;
    sala de conciertos concert hall;
    sala de embarque departure lounge;
    sala de espera waiting room;
    sala de exposiciones gallery, exhibition hall;
    sala de fiestas night club ( usually featuring dancing and cabaret);
    sala de profesores staff room

    salar 1 ( conjugate salar) verbo transitivo
    a) ( para conservar) ‹carne/pescado› to salt (down);

    ‹ pieles› to salt

    salarse verbo pronominal (Méx fam) ( echarse a perder) [ planes] to fall through;
    [ negocio] to go bust
    salar 2 sustantivo masculino (Chi) salt pan, salt flat
    sala sustantivo femenino
    1 (para un uso concreto) room
    sala de espera, waiting room
    sala de máquinas,
    2 (en una casa) sala o salita de estar, lounge, living room
    3 (de un hospital) ward
    4 sala de justicia, courtroom
    5 (para espectáculos, actos públicos, etc) sala de conferencias, conference o lecture hall
    6 (de cine, teatro, música) auditorium
    7 un cine con seis salas, a six-screen cinema 8 sala de exposiciones, exhibition hall, gallery
    9 sala de fiestas, night club
    10 familiar (cine especializado en películas pornográficas) sala X, cinema showing X-rated films
    11 fig (público presente en un espectáculo) la sala le homenajeó con media hora de aplausos, they paid tribute to him with an ovation that lasted for half an hour
    12 fig (conjunto de magistrados de un tribunal de justicia) la sala dictó la sentencia y le condenó, the court passed sentence and condemned him
    salar
    I verbo transitivo
    1 (echar sal a una comida) to add salt to
    2 (poner en salazón) to salt
    3 LAm fam (estropear, desgraciar) to spoil, ruin
    4 LAm (dar o causar mala suerte) to bring bad luck to
    II m (salina, terreno estéril)
    ' sala' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    acondicionar
    - auditorio
    - bisbiseo
    - discoteca
    - estudio
    - rebosar
    - recorrer
    - refrigerar
    - reunir
    - abarrotar
    - bingo
    - comedor
    - cupo
    - enfermería
    - fondo
    - fútbol
    - maternidad
    - ocupar
    - repleto
    - velatorio
    English:
    bar
    - boardroom
    - concert hall
    - courtroom
    - departure lounge
    - fill
    - five-a-side
    - hall
    - house
    - lecture hall
    - lecture theatre
    - living room
    - lounge
    - lounge bar
    - maternity ward
    - newsroom
    - pool hall
    - reading room
    - saleroom
    - seat
    - showroom
    - sitting-room
    - staffroom
    - surgical
    - transfer lounge
    - transit lounge
    - waiting room
    - ward
    - amusement
    - ball
    - board
    - concert
    - conference
    - control
    - court
    - day
    - departure
    - drawing
    - facility
    - live
    - operating
    - parlor
    - reading
    - room
    - sales
    - sitting
    - waiting
    * * *
    sala nf
    1. [habitación] room;
    [de una casa] lounge, living-room; [de hospital] ward sala capitular chapter house;
    sala de embarque [en aeropuerto] departure lounge;
    sala de espera waiting room;
    sala de estar lounge, living-room;
    sala de juntas boardroom;
    sala de lectura reading room;
    sala de máquinas engine room;
    Cine sala de montaje cutting room;
    sala de operaciones Br operating theatre, US operating room;
    sala de partos delivery room;
    sala de profesores staff (common) room;
    sala de proyección projection room;
    sala de reuniones meeting o briefing room;
    sala de tránsito [en aeropuerto] transfer lounge;
    sala de urgencias Br casualty ward, US emergency room;
    sala VIP VIP lounge
    2. [local] [de conferencias, conciertos] hall;
    [de cine] screen; [de teatro] auditorium;
    un cine de ocho salas an eight-screen cinema o multiplex
    sala de bingo bingo hall;
    sala de conciertos [de música moderna] concert venue;
    [de música clásica] concert hall;
    sala de exposiciones art gallery;
    sala de fiestas discotheque;
    sala X = porn cinema, US X-rated movie house
    3. Der [lugar] court(room);
    [magistrados] bench sala de lo civil civil court;
    sala de lo penal criminal court
    * * *
    f room, hall; de cine screen; JUR court room
    * * *
    sala nf
    1) : living room
    2) : room, hall
    sala de conferencias: lecture hall
    sala de urgencias: emergency room
    sala de baile: ballroom
    * * *
    sala n
    1. (en una casa) living room / lounge
    4. (cine) cinema
    sala de fiestas nightclub / disco

    Spanish-English dictionary > sala

  • 3 sala

    Del verbo salar: ( conjugate salar) \ \
    sala es: \ \
    3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) presente indicativo
    2ª persona singular (tú) imperativo
    Multiple Entries: sala     salar
    sala sustantivo femenino
    a) ( de casa) tb
    ( en hospital) ward; (para reuniones, conferencias) hall; (Teatr) theater( conjugate theater); (Cin) movie theater (AmE), cinema (BrE); sala de clases (CS frml) classroom; sala de conciertos concert hall; sala de embarque departure lounge; sala de espera waiting room; sala de exposiciones gallery, exhibition hall; sala de fiestas night club ( usually featuring dancing and cabaret); sala de profesores staff room
    salar 1 ( conjugate salar) verbo transitivo
    a) ( para conservar) ‹carne/pescado› to salt (down);
    ‹ pieles› to salt salarse verbo pronominal (Méx fam) ( echarse a perder) [ planes] to fall through; [ negocio] to go bust
    salar 2 sustantivo masculino (Chi) salt pan, salt flat
    sala sustantivo femenino
    1 (para un uso concreto) room
    sala de espera, waiting room
    sala de máquinas,
    2 (en una casa) sala o salita de estar, lounge, living room
    3 (de un hospital) ward
    4 sala de justicia, courtroom
    5 (para espectáculos, actos públicos, etc) sala de conferencias, conference o lecture hall
    6 (de cine, teatro, música) auditorium
    7 un cine con seis salas, a six-screen cinema 8 sala de exposiciones, exhibition hall, gallery
    9 sala de fiestas, night club
    10 familiar (cine especializado en películas pornográficas) sala X, cinema showing X-rated films
    11 fig (público presente en un espectáculo) la sala le homenajeó con media hora de aplausos, they paid tribute to him with an ovation that lasted for half an hour
    12 fig (conjunto de magistrados de un tribunal de justicia) la sala dictó la sentencia y le condenó, the court passed sentence and condemned him
    salar
    I verbo transitivo
    1 (echar sal a una comida) to add salt to
    2 (poner en salazón) to salt
    3 LAm fam (estropear, desgraciar) to spoil, ruin
    4 LAm (dar o causar mala suerte) to bring bad luck to
    II m (salina, terreno estéril) ' sala' also found in these entries: Spanish: acondicionar - auditorio - bisbiseo - discoteca - estudio - rebosar - recorrer - refrigerar - reunir - abarrotar - bingo - comedor - cupo - enfermería - fondo - fútbol - maternidad - ocupar - repleto - velatorio English: bar - boardroom - concert hall - courtroom - departure lounge - fill - five-a-side - hall - house - lecture hall - lecture theatre - living room - lounge - lounge bar - maternity ward - newsroom - pool hall - reading room - saleroom - seat - showroom - sitting-room - staffroom - surgical - transfer lounge - transit lounge - waiting room - ward - amusement - ball - board - concert - conference - control - court - day - departure - drawing - facility - live - operating - parlor - reading - room - sales - sitting - waiting

    English-spanish dictionary > sala

  • 4 суд

    audición, audiencia, corte, juicio, justicia, Poder Judicial, sede MX, tribunal de justicia, tribunal

    Русско-испанский юридический словарь > суд

  • 5 суд

    суд
    1. (суждение) juĝo;
    на \суд пу́блики al la juĝo de la publiko;
    2. (государственный орган) tribunalo;
    juĝistaro (судьи);
    juĝejo (учреждение);
    верхо́вный \суд supera juĝistaro, kortumo;
    наро́дный \суд popola juĝistaro;
    вое́нный \суд militista tribunalo;
    пода́ть в \суд на кого́-л meti plendon ĉe juĝistaro kontraŭ iu;
    3. (разбирательство) juĝ(ad)o;
    справедли́вый \суд justa juĝo;
    ско́рый \суд rapida juĝo;
    отда́ть под \суд submeti al tribunalo;
    выступа́ть в \суде́ paroli ĉe juĝado;
    4. (общественный орган): това́рищеский \суд kamarada juĝo;
    \суд че́сти juĝo de l'honoro.
    * * *
    м.
    1) (учреждение, общественный орган) juzgado m, tribunal m

    Верхо́вный суд — Tribunal Supremo

    Конституцио́нный суд — Tribunal Constitucional

    наро́дный суд — tribunal popular

    муниципа́льный суд — juzgado municipal

    суд прися́жных — tribunal del jurado, jurado m

    вое́нный суд — tribunal de guerra; consejo de guerra ( в Испании)

    вое́нно-полево́й суд — tribunal militar, juicio sumarísimo

    трете́йский суд — arbitraje m, tribunal arbitral

    това́рищеский суд — juicio de amigables componedores; tribunal de camaradas

    заседа́ние суда́ — audiencia f ( del tribunal)

    пригово́р суда́ — sentencia del tribunal

    беспристра́стность суда́ — imparcialidad del tribunal

    отда́ть под суд — entregar a los tribunales

    подава́ть в суд на кого́-либо — llevar a alguien a los tribunales, plantear pleito a (contra) alguien, recurrir a un tribunal

    возбужда́ть про́тив кого́-либо де́ло в суде́ — proceder contra alguien ( por vía judicial)

    быть под судо́м — estar procesado

    предста́ть пе́ред судо́м — comparecer ante el tribunal (en el juicio)

    выступа́ть в суде́ — hablar en estrados, informar vt

    2) ( здание) audiencia f, juzgado m
    3) (разбор де́ла) vista de la causa, proceso m, audiencia f

    день суда́ — día de vista de la causa (de los tribunales)

    4) ( суждение) juicio m, opinión f

    суд пото́мства — juicio de la posteridad

    суд со́вести — juicio de la razón (de la conciencia)

    суд исто́рии — juicio de la historia

    отда́ть на че́й-либо суд — remitir al parecer de

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    шемя́кин суд — juicio injusto; ley del embudo

    Стра́шный суд рел. — juicio final (universal)

    Суд Ли́нча — ley de Lynch

    суд ра́зума — el fuero de la razón

    пока́ суд да де́ло — mientras el proceso va tirando

    на нет и суда́ нет погов. — a "no puede ser" ¿qué le vamos a hacer?, a lo imposible nadie está obligado, "ultra posse nemo obligatur"

    * * *
    м.
    1) (учреждение, общественный орган) juzgado m, tribunal m

    Верхо́вный суд — Tribunal Supremo

    Конституцио́нный суд — Tribunal Constitucional

    наро́дный суд — tribunal popular

    муниципа́льный суд — juzgado municipal

    суд прися́жных — tribunal del jurado, jurado m

    вое́нный суд — tribunal de guerra; consejo de guerra ( в Испании)

    вое́нно-полево́й суд — tribunal militar, juicio sumarísimo

    трете́йский суд — arbitraje m, tribunal arbitral

    това́рищеский суд — juicio de amigables componedores; tribunal de camaradas

    заседа́ние суда́ — audiencia f ( del tribunal)

    пригово́р суда́ — sentencia del tribunal

    беспристра́стность суда́ — imparcialidad del tribunal

    отда́ть под суд — entregar a los tribunales

    подава́ть в суд на кого́-либо — llevar a alguien a los tribunales, plantear pleito a (contra) alguien, recurrir a un tribunal

    возбужда́ть про́тив кого́-либо де́ло в суде́ — proceder contra alguien ( por vía judicial)

    быть под судо́м — estar procesado

    предста́ть пе́ред судо́м — comparecer ante el tribunal (en el juicio)

    выступа́ть в суде́ — hablar en estrados, informar vt

    2) ( здание) audiencia f, juzgado m
    3) (разбор де́ла) vista de la causa, proceso m, audiencia f

    день суда́ — día de vista de la causa (de los tribunales)

    4) ( суждение) juicio m, opinión f

    суд пото́мства — juicio de la posteridad

    суд со́вести — juicio de la razón (de la conciencia)

    суд исто́рии — juicio de la historia

    отда́ть на че́й-либо суд — remitir al parecer de

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    шемя́кин суд — juicio injusto; ley del embudo

    Стра́шный суд рел. — juicio final (universal)

    Суд Ли́нча — ley de Lynch

    суд ра́зума — el fuero de la razón

    пока́ суд да де́ло — mientras el proceso va tirando

    на нет и суда́ нет погов. — a "no puede ser" ¿qué le vamos a hacer?, a lo imposible nadie está obligado, "ultra posse nemo obligatur"

    * * *
    n
    1) gener. opinión, proceso, sala, tribunal, vista de la causa, audiencia, consejo, curia, foro, juicio, juzgado
    2) amer. corte
    3) law. Poder Judicial, audición, autoridad, corte de justicia, fuero, fuero exterior, judicatura, juez, justicia, palacio de justicia, sala de justicia, sede, tribunal de justicia

    Diccionario universal ruso-español > суд

  • 6 jefatura

    f.
    1 leadership (position).
    2 headquarters, head office (organismo).
    * * *
    1 (sede) central office; (militar) headquarters
    2 (cargo, dirección) leadership
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    SF
    1) (=liderato) leadership
    2) (=sede) headquarters pl

    Jefatura de la aviación civil — ≈ Civil Aviation Authority, ≈ Federal Aviation Administration (EEUU)

    3) Caribe (=registro) registry office
    * * *
    1) ( sede) headquarters (sing o pl)
    2) ( de partido) leadership; ( de empresa)

    ostenta la jefatura de la empresa — he heads up o is head of the company

    * * *
    1) ( sede) headquarters (sing o pl)
    2) ( de partido) leadership; ( de empresa)

    ostenta la jefatura de la empresa — he heads up o is head of the company

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    jefatura1
    Nota: Véase ship para otras entradas acabadas con este sufijo.

    Ex: Under Mr. Kilgour's leadership, OCLC has demonstrated beyond any doubt that the computer can be successfully applied to traditional library problems with the most positive results.

    jefatura2
    2 = headquarters (HQ -abrev.-).

    Ex: These libraries located in villages and hamlets were, and still are, organized from a county headquarters (HQ), normally sited in their nearest county town.

    * jefatura del tribunal supremo = chief justiceship.

    * * *
    A (sede) headquarters ( sing o pl)
    fue conducido a la jefatura de policía he was taken to police headquarters
    B (cargo — en un partido) leadership
    (— en una empresa): la división en la jefatura del partido the split in the party leadership, the split between the leaders of the party
    ostenta la jefatura de una empresa internacional he heads up o is head of an international company
    * * *

    jefatura sustantivo femenino
    1 ( sede) headquarters (sing o pl)
    2 ( de partido) leadership
    jefatura sustantivo femenino
    1 (cargo, dirección) leadership: renunció a la jefatura del Estado, she stepped down from her position as leader of the state
    2 (sede) central office
    jefatura de Policía, police headquarters
    ' jefatura' also found in these entries:
    English:
    police department
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    1. [cargo] leadership;
    ocupa la jefatura de la organización he is the head of the organization;
    los candidatos a la jefatura del gobierno the candidates for prime minister
    2. [organismo] headquarters, head office
    jefatura de policía police station; Esp jefatura de tráfico = traffic department, responsible for renewing driving licences, fines etc
    * * *
    f
    1 lugar headquarters sg o
    pl
    2 ( dirección) leadership
    * * *
    1) : leadership
    2) : headquarters
    jefatura de policía: police headquarters
    * * *
    1. (sede) headquarters
    2. (dirección) leadership

    Spanish-English dictionary > jefatura

  • 7 Bundesverfassungsgericht

    bundəsfɛr'fasuŋsgərɪçt
    n JUR
    ohne Plural admin, jur Tribunal Maskulin Constitucional Federal
    El Tribunal Constitucional Federal, con sede en Karlsruhe, está compuesto por 16 jueces, repartidos en 2 asambleas, que son elegidos a partes iguales por la Cámara Alta (Bundesrat) y la Cámara Baja del Parlamento (Bundestag) por un período de 12 años; no se admite la reelección. La misión de este tribunal consiste en velar por que se respete la Constitución. Tiene poder para prohibir un determinado partido político, así como para evitar la aprobación de una ley si la juzga anticonstitucional.

    Deutsch-Spanisch Wörterbuch > Bundesverfassungsgericht

  • 8 reclamar

    v.
    1 to demand, to ask for.
    le he reclamado todo el dinero que me debe I've demanded that he return to me all the money he owes me
    la multitud reclamaba que cantara otra canción the crowd clamored for her to sing another song
    2 to demand, to require.
    el negocio reclama toda mi atención the business requires o demands all my attention
    3 to ask for.
    te reclaman en la oficina they're asking for you at the office
    4 to protest.
    5 to claim, to ask for, to demand, to lay claim to.
    Ellos reclaman su premio They claim their prize.
    6 to reclaim, to recover, to recuperate.
    Reclamaron mucha tierra junto al mar They reclaimed a lot of land by the sea
    7 to complain.
    Ellos reclaman siempre They always complain.
    8 to file a claim, to lodge a claim.
    Ellos reclamaron hace un mes They filed a claim about a month ago.
    * * *
    1 (pedir) to demand, claim
    2 (exigir) to require, demand
    1 (protestar) to protest ( contra, against)
    2 DERECHO to appeal
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    verb
    * * *
    1. VT
    1) [+ herencia, tierras] to claim; [+ derechos] to demand
    2) [+ atención, solución] to demand
    3) [+ aves] to call to
    2.
    VI (=quejarse) to complain

    reclamar contra una sentencia — (Jur) to appeal against a sentence

    3.
    See:
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    a) persona <derecho/indemnización> to claim; ( con insistencia) to demand
    b) situación/problema to require, demand
    2.
    reclamar vi to complain
    * * *
    = claim, recall, lay + claim(s) to, clamour for [clamor, -USA], reclaim, make + claim, place + claim, call on/upon, contest, appeal.
    Ex. Periodicals control -- the procedures for receiving, ( claiming), and binding single issues of periodicals and serials -- is restricted to authorized users.
    Ex. To send a recall, display the circulation status of the copy to be recalled.
    Ex. If librarians would calmly and publicly and increasingly lay claim to this area as their professional domain, they would gradually bring about the change in attitude that many desire to see.
    Ex. I've seen people clamor for a say and when it's given to them they don't take it.
    Ex. The article ' Reclaiming our technological future' discusses the effects of electronic technology on the future development of libraries and librarians.
    Ex. The claim is made that society is evolving from one whose formal communication patterns have, for centuries, been based primarily on print on paper to one in which communication channels will be largely paperless (electronic).
    Ex. Overall the on-line method of placing claims was preferred because it resulted in a faster response from the vendor and a quicker receipt of the journal.
    Ex. This article calls on libraries to forge a renewed national commitment to cooperate in the building of a national information network for scholarly communications.
    Ex. Unfortunately I have not been able to find another survey which incorporates data which would support or contest the conclusions of the Luton survey.
    Ex. The judge rejected it because it was considered an intimidation tactic and there was no opportunity for those denied voting from appealing before the polls closed.
    ----
    * reclamar daños = claim + damages.
    * reclamar el control de = make + claim upon.
    * reclamar el derecho a Algo = stake + Posesivo + claim.
    * reclamar una decisión = appeal + decision.
    * reclamar venganza = bay for + blood, bay for + vengeance.
    * sin reclamar = unredeemed.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    a) persona <derecho/indemnización> to claim; ( con insistencia) to demand
    b) situación/problema to require, demand
    2.
    reclamar vi to complain
    * * *
    = claim, recall, lay + claim(s) to, clamour for [clamor, -USA], reclaim, make + claim, place + claim, call on/upon, contest, appeal.

    Ex: Periodicals control -- the procedures for receiving, ( claiming), and binding single issues of periodicals and serials -- is restricted to authorized users.

    Ex: To send a recall, display the circulation status of the copy to be recalled.
    Ex: If librarians would calmly and publicly and increasingly lay claim to this area as their professional domain, they would gradually bring about the change in attitude that many desire to see.
    Ex: I've seen people clamor for a say and when it's given to them they don't take it.
    Ex: The article ' Reclaiming our technological future' discusses the effects of electronic technology on the future development of libraries and librarians.
    Ex: The claim is made that society is evolving from one whose formal communication patterns have, for centuries, been based primarily on print on paper to one in which communication channels will be largely paperless (electronic).
    Ex: Overall the on-line method of placing claims was preferred because it resulted in a faster response from the vendor and a quicker receipt of the journal.
    Ex: This article calls on libraries to forge a renewed national commitment to cooperate in the building of a national information network for scholarly communications.
    Ex: Unfortunately I have not been able to find another survey which incorporates data which would support or contest the conclusions of the Luton survey.
    Ex: The judge rejected it because it was considered an intimidation tactic and there was no opportunity for those denied voting from appealing before the polls closed.
    * reclamar daños = claim + damages.
    * reclamar el control de = make + claim upon.
    * reclamar el derecho a Algo = stake + Posesivo + claim.
    * reclamar una decisión = appeal + decision.
    * reclamar venganza = bay for + blood, bay for + vengeance.
    * sin reclamar = unredeemed.

    * * *
    reclamar [A1 ]
    vt
    1 «persona» ‹derecho/indemnización› to claim; (con insistencia) to demand
    si no reclama el pago dentro de seis meses if you do not claim payment within six months
    reclamó su parte de los beneficios he claimed his share of the profits
    los manifestantes reclamaban el derecho al voto the demonstrators were demanding the right to vote
    el enfermo reclamaba constantemente atención the patient was constantly demanding attention
    2 «situación/problema» to require, demand
    la situación reclama mucho tacto the situation calls for o requires a great deal of tact
    estos problemas reclaman soluciones inmediatas these problems need to be sorted out immediately, these problems require o demand immediate solutions
    ■ reclamar
    vi
    to complain
    tiene derecho a reclamar si no está satisfecho you have the right to complain o to make a complaint if you are not satisfied
    reclamó ante los tribunales she took the matter to court
    reclamé contra la multa I appealed against the fine
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    reclamar ( conjugate reclamar) verbo transitivo
    a) [ persona] ‹derecho/indemnización› to claim;

    ( con insistencia) to demand
    b) [situación/problema] to require, demand

    verbo intransitivo
    to complain;

    reclamar
    I verbo transitivo
    1 (un derecho, una propiedad) to claim, demand
    2 (requerir) to call: la empresa lo reclama en la sede central, the company have summoned him to the headquarters
    Jur (a un testigo, inculpado) to summon
    3 (exigir) este trabajo reclama nuestra paciencia, this work demands our patience
    II verbo intransitivo
    1 to complain, protest [contra, against]
    2 Jur to appeal

    ' reclamar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    reivindicar
    English:
    claim
    - demand
    - reclaim
    - stake
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    1. [pedir, exigir] to demand, to ask for;
    le he reclamado todo el dinero que me debe I've demanded that he return to me all the money he owes me;
    reclamó ante un tribunal una indemnización she went to court to claim compensation;
    la multitud reclamaba que cantara otra canción the crowd clamoured for her to sing another song
    2. [necesitar] to demand, to require;
    el negocio reclama toda mi atención the business requires o demands all my attention;
    este conflicto reclama una solución inmediata this conflict calls for an immediate solution
    3. [llamar] to ask for;
    te reclaman en la oficina they're asking for you at the office
    4. Der
    reclamar a alguien to summon sb to appear before the court
    ♦ vi
    [quejarse] to make a complaint;
    reclamaron por los malos tratos recibidos they made a complaint about the ill-treatment they had received;
    reclamó contra la sanción he made a formal protest against the suspension
    * * *
    I v/t claim, demand
    II v/i complain
    * * *
    1) exigir: to demand, to require
    2) : to claim
    : to complain
    * * *
    1. (protestar) to complain
    2. (exigir) to demand / to claim

    Spanish-English dictionary > reclamar

  • 9 выездной

    прил.
    выездны́е воро́та — puerta de salida
    2) ( о лошади) de monta, de silla
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    выездно́й спекта́кль — espectáculo de gira (de tournée)
    выездна́я се́ссия суда́ — sesión del tribunal fuera de su sede

    БИРС > выездной

  • 10 colloco

    col-loco, āvī, ātum, āre (con u. loco), einem Ggstde. seinen Platz geben, seinen Platz anweisen, I) im allg., wo Platz nehmen lassen, wo ausstellen, niederstellen, niedersetzen, niederlegen, wo hinstellen, hinsetzen, hinlegen, im Zshg. auch bl. stellen, jetzen, legen, 1) eig.: a) übh.: α) lebl. Objj.: saxa atque materiam disponere collocareque, Quint. 7. praef. § 1: armamenta, an den Mastbaum hängen, Liv. 33, 48, 8: sidera (am Himmel), Cic. Tim. 30: lecticas, Cic. Phil. 5, 18. – m. dopp. Acc., eam materiam conversam ad hostem collocabat, Caes. b. G. 3, 29, 1. – m. Advv. wie? columnas neque recte neque e regione, Cic. ad Q. fr. 3, 1, 1. § 2: tabulas et signa propalam, Cic. de or. 1, 160: sellam curulem perverse, Suet. Galb. 18, 3. – m. Advv. wo? ubi tigna collocentur, Caes. b. c. 2, 10, 3. – m. in u. Akk.: in tabernam vasa et servos, Plaut. Men. 986. – m. in u. Abl., suo quidque in loco, Cic. de or. 1, 162: magni ponderis saxa et praeacutas trabes in muro, Caes. b. G. 2, 29, 3: trabes directas in solo, ibid. 7, 23, 1: tabulas bene pictas in bono lumine, Cic. Brut. 261: u. (im Bilde) benefacta in luce, nicht unter den Scheffel stellen, Cic. Tusc. 2, 64: alqd in conspectu quodam modo, Quint. 7, 1, 4. – m. a. Praepp., alqd ad ignem, Vitr. 1, 6, 2: onerarias naves ordine duplice ad ancoras, Suet. Cal. 19, 1: simulacrum Victoriae ante ipsam Minervam, Caes. b. c. 3, 105, 2: fasces stramentorum ac virgultorum ante aciem, Hirt. b. G. 8, 15, 5: epistulam inter tuniculam ac strofium, Turpil. com. 197: lecticam pro tribunali, Suet. Aug. 33, 1: alqd iuxta sedentem hominem, Cels. 6, 9: super genua sua coxas alcis, Cels. 7, 26. no. 2: totas tunicas extra scrotum, Cels. 7, 21. no. 2: testiculum super ventrem cum duabus suis tunicis, Cels. 7, 19. – m. bl. Abl., oculos pennis, auf das Gefieder fetzen, Ov. met. 1, 723: similes notas quinto quoque loco, Cornif. rhet. 3, 31. – β) leb. Objj., sowohl aufstellen, eos (sie = ihre Statuen) in illo loco atque in rostris, Cic. Sest. 83. – als setzen, stellen, legen, sich setzen (legen, lagern) lassen, sitzen (liegen) lassen, puellulam, Catull. 61, 188: iubeo hominem tolli et conlocari et confoveri, Afran. com. 143 sq. – m. dopp. Acc., alqm aut pronum aut supinum, Cels. 8, 20. § 20. – m. in u. Akk. od. Abl., se in arborem, Plaut. aul. 706: alqm in ventrem, in latus, Cels. 7, 27; 8, 20: se in locum celsum, Acc. tr. 437: se in sedes regias, Liv. Andr. tr. 10: alqm in lectum, Ter. eun. 593 (gegen cod. B mit den übrigen Hdschrn.): alqm in lecto, Cels. 5, 26. no. 25: alqm in lecto suo, Cic. de rep. 1, 17: alqm in medio lecto, in imo lecto, Sen. de const. sap. 10, 2: alqm in conclavi, Cels. 7, 29: alqm in cubili, Cic. Tusc. 2, 39: hominem od. corpus in sedili, Cels. 8, 12 u. 15: alqm in loco tepido, Cels. 8, 4: alqm suis manibus in curru, Cic. Rosc. Am. 98: cuius et parentis sui manibus in navi tuta ac fideli collocatus (gebracht), Cic. Planc. 97: corpus (Augusti) in vestibulo domus, niedersetzen (ausstellen), Suet. Aug. 100, 2: u. so reliquias eius in hortis Domitiae, Capit. Anton. Pius 5, 1. – m. a. Praepp., alqm super se, Suet. Aug. 43, 4: alqm super pulpitum, Suet. Cal. 54, 2: alqm infra se, Suet. Cal. 24, 1: alqm iuxta se latere dextro, Suet. Ner. 13, 2: alqm iuxta se in sella, Eutr. 4, 7: alqos circa se, Suet. Tit. 9, 2: u. (zugl. m. dopp. Acc.) alqm resupinum super subsellium aut lectum, Cels. 7, 26: alqm super id scamnum aut pronum aut supinum aut in latus, Cels. 8, 20. – m. bl. Abl. wo? hominem loco calido, Cels. 5, 27. no. 3: homo collocatur alto sedili, medicus autem humiliore adversus, Cels. 8, 10, 2. – m. Abl. wie? corpus alio quo modo collocatum est, Cels. 7, 18: tum is super duorum genua eodem modo collocatur, Cels. 7, 26. no. 2: collocari quoque membrum quod ictum est ratione certā debet, Cels. 5, 26. no. 28. – b) als milit. t. t., aufstellen, α) lebl. Objj.: impedimenta, Liv. 44, 37, 1: currus ita, ut etc., Caes. b. G. 4, 33, 2: impedimenta in tumulo quodam, Caes. b. G. 6, 8, 3: post eas (legiones) totius exercitus impedimenta, Caes. b. G. 2, 19, 3: naves Rhodias in dextro cornu, Auct. b. Alex. 14, 1: tormenta quibusdam locis contra facillimos descensus, aufpflanzen, Hirt. b. G. 8, 40, 4: u. so ballistas scorpionesque ante frontem castrorum contra oppidum, Auct. b. Afr. 56, 2. – β) leb. Objj.: certa subsidia, Caes. b. G. 2, 22, 1: praesidia, Sall. Cat. 45, 2: aciem triplicem, Auct. b. Afr. 81, 1. – m. in u. Abl., praesidia in litore, Nep. Hann. 11, 4, od. in angustiis, Caes. b. c. 1, 65, 4: duas legiones et omnia auxilia in summo iugo, Caes. b. G. 1, 24, 2: equitem in utroque cornu, Frontin. 2, 3, 20: milites in muro custodiae causā, Caes. b. c. 1, 28, 3: insidias bipertito in silvis, Caes. b. G. 5, 32, 1: pedestres copias in convalle in insidiis, Caes. b. G. 3, 20, 4: in cella Concordiae armatos, latrones, sicarios, Cic. Phil. 5, 18. – m. a. Praepp., equitatum omnem ab lateribus extra fossam, Auct. b. Alex. 38, 3: alci insidias ante fundum suum, Cic. Mil. 27: in prima acie ante signa elephantos, Liv. 27, 48, 5: certos apud latera, Sall. hist. fr. inc. 53 (19): legionem in occulto citra flumen, Frontin. 1, 6, 2: copias in statione pro castris, Caes. b. G. 5, 15, 3: pro vallo legiones instructas, Hirt. b. G. 8, 15, 3: post terga peditum equitatum, Frontin. 2, 5, 37: legiones propius Armeniam, Tac. ann. 13, 7. – m. bl. Abl., eos eodem loco in acie (in Schl.), Caes. b. c. 2, 33, 4: armatos in praesidiis (auf milit. Posten) multis locis (an v. O.), Cic. Phil. 1, 25: certis locis cum ferro homines, Cic. Caecin. 41: quod quo loco collocati fuerant, non potuissent videre, Cic. Cael. 65. – m. Ang. gegen wen? cohortes legionarias quattuor advorsum pedites hostium, Sall. Iug. 51, 3. – m. Ang. wozu? alqm ad hanc rem, Cic. Cael. 64: alqm ad Cn. Pompeium interimendum, Cic. Pis. 28; vgl. Cic. Mil. 18.

    2) übtr.: a) übh. wohin stellen, setzen, legen, multa in pectore suo conlocare oportet, er muß viele Dinge im Kopfe haben, Plaut. Pers. 8: vide, causam illorum superiore collocarit ne loco, Lucil. sat. 16, 97: res eae, quae agentur aut dicentur, suo loco collocandae, Cic. de off. 1, 142: in animis ego vestris omnes triumphos meos, omnia ornamenta honoris condi et collocari volo, wünsche ich treu bewahrt zu wissen, Cic. Cat. 3, 26: omnium longitudinum et brevitatum in sonis sicut acutarum graviumque vocum iudicium ipsa natura in auribus nostris collocavit, Cic. or. 173. – b) in einen Zustand, Verhältnis, in eine Lage bringen, versetzen, se in opus, Plaut. Vid. fr. 2, 20 St.: in otium, Plaut. merc. 553: alqm in soporem (in den Todesschlaf), Plaut. Amph. 304: rem alcis in tuto, sicher stellen, Ter. heaut. 689 u. 695: famam in tuto, Quint. 12, 11, 7: alqm in tuto, Cic. har. resp. 53. – c) etw. in etw. od. jmd. setzen, auf etw. od. jmd. bauen, beruhen lassen, non modo in causa, verum in aliquo honesto praesidio aut in alicuius eloquentia aut gratia spem aliquam, Cic. I. Verr. 9: in alqo magnam spem dignitatis suae, Cic. de or. 1, 25: spem salutis in fuga, Auct. b. Alex. 29, 5: omnes bene vivendi rationes in virtute, Cornif. rhet. 4, 24: omnia sunt collocata in usu cotidiano, in congressione hominum atque in foro, alles beruht auf usw., Cic. de or. 1, 192. – d) eine Zeit od. eine Tätigkeit auf etwas verwenden, gerichtet sein lassen, adulescentiam suam in amore atque in voluptatibus, Cic. Cael. 39: omne suum studium in doctrina et sapientia, Cic. ad Q. fr. 1, 1, 10. § 29. – refl. se coll. in alqa re, sich auf etw. legen, einer Sache sich hingeben, totum se coll. in alqa re, sich in etw. vertiefen, palam sese in meretricia vita, Cic. Cael. 49: totum se in cognitione et scientia, Cic. de off. 1, 158: totum se in optimo vitae statu exquirendo, Cic. Tusc. 5, 2. – e) schriftl. anbringen, beibringen, de cuius moderatione atque sapientia in prioribus libris satis collocavi, Tac. ann. 6, 27.

    II) insbes.: 1) eig.: a) lebl. Objj.: α) in einer gewissen Ordnung aufstellen, aufrichten, errichten, anlegen, aufschlagen, statuam, Quint. 7. pr. § 2: signum (lovis), Cic. Cat. 3, 21: tu (Libertam deam) domi meae conlocasti, Cic. de domo 102: aedificia, Hermog. dig. 1, 1, 5: moenia, Vitr. 1, 5, 1: sedes ac domicilium, Cic. Verr. 2, 6. – m. Adv. (wo?), illa pars litoris, ubi iste castra luxuriae collocarat, Cic. Verr. 5, 96. – m. in u. Abl., tabernaculum sibi in campo Martio, Cic. Pis. 61: in ipso aditu atque ore portus tabernacula carbaseis velis intenta, Cic. Verr. 5, 30 u. (im Bilde) in una philosophia quasi tabernaculum vitae suae, Cic. de or. 3, 77. – m. a. Praepp., oppidum ad eius regionem et partem castrorum collocatum (gelegen), Auct. b. Afr. 68, 1: tribunal suum iuxta C. Trebonii, praetoris urbani, sellam, Caes. b. c. 3, 20, 1. – m. bl. Abl., castella locis idoneis, Auct. b. Alex. 61, 5. – β) eine Kleidung zurechtlegen, ordnen, chlamydem, ut pendeat apte, Ov. met. 2, 734. – γ) ein Glied einrichten, coxam parum apte, Plin. ep. 2, 1, 5: maxillam in sedem suam, Cels. 8, 7. – b) leb. Wesen: α) eine Pers. irgendwo einsetzen, einlegen, unterbringen, einquartieren, ihren Sitz (Wohnsitz) nehmen lassen od. anweisen, ansiedeln, wohin verlegen, versetzen, stationieren, comites eius apud ceteros hospites, Cic. II. Verr. 1, 63: se Athenis, sich niederlassen, Cic. de fin. 5, 2, 4: regem Ptolemaide aut aliquo propinquo loco, Cic. ep. 1, 7, 4: in eius tetrarchia unum ex Graecis comitibus suis, Cic. Phil. 2, 94: Herculem in concilio caelestium, Cic. de off. 3, 5, 25: alqm inter astra, Schol. Bern. ad Verg. georg. 1, 33. p. 848: inter sidera, Hyg. astr. 2, 4 u. 2, 13. Serv. Verg. Aen. 1, 28: inter astra caprae figurā memoriae causā, Hyg. astr. 2, 13: scherzh., strumae ab ore improbo demigrarunt et aliis iam se locis collocarunt (haben sich einlogiert, festgesetzt), Cic. Vat. 39. – Boios ibi, Caes. b. G. 7, 9, 6: Boios in finibus suis, Caes. b. G. 1, 28, 5: gentem Allobrogum in vestigiis huius urbis atque in cinere deflagrati imperii, Cic. Cat. 4, 12: Suebos in proximis Rheno agris, Suet. Aug. 21: colonias idoneis in locis, Cic. agr. 2, 73: multitudinem in agris, Nep. Milt. 2, 1: Ubios super ipsam Rheni ripam, Tac. Germ. 28 extr.: quo bello XL captivorum milia ex Germania transtulit et supra Rhenum in Gallia collocavit, Eutr. 7, 9: veteranos municipalibus agris, Suet. Aug. 13, 3: im Bilde, Socrates philosophiam devocavit e caelo et in urbibus collocavit, Cic. Tusc. 5, 10. – als milit. t. t., wo stationieren, hinlegen, einquartieren, Quartier nehmen lassen, ibi praesidium, Caes. b. G. 1, 38, 7: ibi legiones XIV et VI, Hirt. b. G. 8, 4, 3: exercitum in provinciam, quae proxima est Numidiae hiemandi causā, Sall. Iug. 61, 2: quattuor legiones in Belgio, Hirt. b. G. 8, 46, 4: exercitum in hibernis, Caes. b. G. 5, 24, 1: exercitum in (bei) Aulercis Lexoviisque in hibernis, Caes. b. G. 3, 29, 3: legionem non longe a finibus Aeduorum in finibus Biturigum, Hirt. b. G. 8, 2, 1: Gaium Fabium legatum et L. Minucium Basilum cum legionibus duabus in Remis, Caes. b. G. 7, 70, 5: singulas cohortes Puteolis et Ostiae, Suet. Claud. 25, 2: classem Miseni, Suet. Aug. 49, 1. – β) jmd. in ein Besitztum einsetzen, einweisen, alqm in aedibus suis, Cic. de dom. 100: alqm in patrimonio suo, Cic. Phil. 13, 12: familiam suam in possessione praediorum eius, seine F. von ihren Gütern Besitz ergreifen lassen, Cic. Flacc. 72: alqm in maiorum suorum regno, Cic. de or. 3, 126. – 2) übtr.: a) in irgend eine Stellung einsetzen, setzen, unter eine Klasse u. dgl. versetzen, alqm in amplissimo statu, Cornif. rhet. 4, 23: alqm hoc in gradu (dignitatis), Cic. Acad. 2, 16: alqm in amplissimo consilio et in altissimo gradu dignitatis, Cic. post red. in sen. 2: alqm in sede ac domo atque in re publica, jmdm. Haus u. Hof u. eine Stellung im Staate geben, Cic. parad. 3, 25: in quibus tuas virtutes consecratas et in deorum numero collocatas vides, in denen du deine Verdienste ganz vergöttert siehst, Cic. ad Q. fr. 1, 1, 10. § 31: m. dopp. Acc., quos centuriones pugnaces et lacer tosos (als streitsüchtige u. handfeste Z.) inter militorum et mimarum greges collocavit, Cic. Phil. 8, 26. – b) ein Mädchen als Frau, in den Ehestand einsetzen, anbringen, verheiraten, alqam in matrimonium, Cic. de div. 1, 104. Marc. dig. 23, 2, 19: alqam alci in matrimonium, Gaius inst. 2. § 235 u. 238: alqam in matrimonio, Scaevol. dig. 26, 1, 77 (79). § 1: alqam in matrimonio stabili et certo, Cic. Phil. 2, 44: virgines in amplissimarum familiarum matrimoniis, Cic. de rep. 1, 12: alqam nuptui, Hyg. fab. 257: alqam in dignam se condicionem, Plaut. trin. 159: alqam sine dote nuptum, Plaut. trin. 735: alqam nuptum intra legitimum tempus, Ulp. dig. 3, 2, 11. § 1: alqam alci nuptum, Paul. dig. 23, 2, 59: sororem ex matre et propinquas suas nuptum in alias civitates, Caes. b. G. 1, 18, 7: filiam minorem nuptum (al. nuptui) in dimidia parte reliqui agri, Col. 4, 3, 6: u. bl. coll. alcis filio filiam suam, Cic. Brut. 98: alci virginem filiam, Nep. Att. 19, 4: alci filiam, Tac. Agr. 9: alci uxorem suam, Suet. Caes. 21: matrem in Biturigibus homini nobilissimo, Caes. b. G. 1, 18, 6: u. bl. coll. filiam, Tac. ann. 4, 39. Iustin. 9, 6, 2; u. im Passiv, cum virgo amici nubilis propter paupertatem collocari non posset, Nep. Epam. 3, 5: ut filiae eius de communi aerario dotibus datis collocarentur, Nep. Arist. 3, 3. – c) lebl. Objj.: α) ( als t. t., der Geschäftsspr.) Geld usw. auf etw. (bes. auf Ländereien) anlegen, anbringen, unterbringen, in etw. stecken, dotem in eo fundo, Cic. Caecin. 11: duas patrimonii partes in solo, Suet. Tib. 48, 1: duas fenoris partes in agris per Italiam, Tac. ann. 6, 17: pecuniam in praediis c., Cic. Caecin. 16: pecunias levioribus usuris mutuatum graviore fenore c., Suet. Aug. 39: pecunias suas in emptiones praediorum, Gaius dig. 17, 1, 2. § 6: pecuniam idoneis nominibus, Marc. dig. 35, 2, 89: pecunias magnas collocatas habere in ea provincia (in dieser Pr.), Cic. de imp. Pomp. 18: nusquam posse eam (pecuniam) melius collocari, Cic. Caecin. 5, 15: u. bl. coll. pecuniam, Cic. de off. 2, 87: pecunias, Cic. de off. 2, 12, 42: pecunias publicas, Trai. in Plin. ep. 10, 55 (63). – dah. im weitern Sinne übh. auf etw. anlegen, verwenden, für etw. verbrauchen, miliens sestertium in munificentia (zu freigebigen Zwecken), Tac. ann. 6, 45: patrimonium in rei publicae salute, Cic. Phil. 3, 2, 3: bene apud alqm tam multa pretia ac munera, Cic. Verr. 5, 56: melius apud bonos quam apud fortunatos beneficium collocari puto, Cic. de off. 2, 70: male c. bonas horas, Mart. 1, 113, 3: in me recipio, te ea, quae fecisti Mescinii causā quaeque feceris, ita bene collocaturum, ut ipse iudices etc., Cic. ep. 13, 28, 3: aedilitas recte collocata, an den rechten Mann gebracht, Cic. Verr. 5, 37. – β) in die gehörige Stellung, Verbindung bringen, so u. so stellen, zusammenstellen, verbinden, anordnen, αα) als rhet. t. t. Worte, verba apte, Quint. 8. prooem. § 26: verba opportune proprieque aut secus, Quint. 10, 2, 13: fortius vero quî incompositum potest esse quam vinctum et bene collocatum? Quint. 9, 4, 6: male collocatum κακοσύνθετον vocant, Quint. 8, 3, 59: propria verba et ordine collocata, Quint. 9, 1, 7: verba diligenter collocata, Cic. or. 227: non modo ut sint ordine collocati (census), sed ut inter se iuncti etc., Quint. 7, 10, 16: est et in nominibus ex diverso collocatis sua gratia, Quint. 9, 3, 86: verba et eligendi et collocandi ratio, Quint. 10, 1, 4: ratio collocandi, Cic. part. or. 11: varii sunt ordines collocandi, Cic. part. or. 12: C. F. Quid sequitur igitur? CP. Cum inveneris, collocare, Cic. part. or. 9: verba collocata, die Worte in ihrer Verbindung zu Sätzen (Ggstz. verba singula), Cic. or. 81 u. 134. – ββ) bürgerl. u. polit. Zustände einrich ten, anordnen, Anordnungen treffen für usw., nuptias, Poëta com. bei Cic. de or. 3, 319: res, Caes. b. G. 3, 4, 1. Auct. b. Alex. 33, 6: rem militarem, Cic. ep. 2, 13, 3: civitatis statum, Cic. ep. ad Brut. 1, 15, 12.

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  • 11 constituo

    cōn-stituo, stituī, stitūtum, ere (con u. statuo), beistellen = hinstellen, hinsetzen, aufstellen, I) im engern Sinne: omnes currus triumphales, Val. Max. – m. Adv. (wo?) od. Praepp. (ante u. circum u. Akk., in m. Abl.), ferales cupressos ante (vornhin), Verg.: mendacem ante ipsam aciem, Val. Max.: hominem ante pedes Q. Manilii, Cic.: bovem in Aventino ante aram Dianae, Val. Max.: in litore taurum ante aras, Verg.: circum bovem alias hostias, Varr. LL.: duos equos in conspectu eorum, Val. Max.: u. (im Bilde) velut in aliqua sublimi specula constitutus, Lact. 2, 2, 18: c. ante oculos huius miseri senectutem, sich (im Geiste) vor Augen stellen, Cic. Cael. 79. – So nun als milit. t. t., a) aufstellen, aufpflanzen, bes. in Reih u. Glied, formieren od. sich formieren lassen, gew. m. Praepp. (bes. m. in u. Abl., m. ante, ad, pro, sub, intra) od. m. bl. Abl., impedimenta, Liv.: aciem, legionem, Caes.: arma in templo Castoris, Bewaffnete aufstellen, Cic.: signa ante tribunal, aufpflanzen, Liv.: impedimenta cum captivis haud procul acie in edito colle, Curt.: octo cohortes in fronte, Sall.: naves in alto, Caes.: omnes alarios in conspectu hostium pro castris, Caes.: reliquas sex legiones pro castris in acie, Caes.: cohortes sub infimo colle ab dextro latere hostium, Caes.: intra silvas aciem ordinesque, Caes.: in secundo ordine, Auct. b. Afr.: naves longas ad latus apertum hostium, Caes.: classem apud Aegos flumen, apud Salamina exad versum Athenas, Nep.: naves aperto ac plano litore, Caes. – m. Abl. der Entfernung, legionem CC passibus ab eo tumulo, Caes. – m. contra u. Akk., reliquas legiones in armis expeditas contra hostem, Caes. – m. dopp. Acc., in fronte collocant XXII (naves), reliquas subsidiarias (als Reserve) in secundo ordine, Auct. b. Alex. 14, 3. – v. einem einzelnen, se constituere, sich aufstellen, zum Zweikampf Stellung nehmen, Cl. Quadr. bei Gell. 9, 13, 17. – b) von der Bewegung aus aufstellen, haltmachen lassen (vgl. Drak. Liv. 27, 11, 6 u. die Auslgg. zu Sall. Iug. 49, 5), agmen, signa paulisper, Sall. u. Liv.: signa legionis, Caes.: signa haud procul portā, Liv.: convertisse agmen, quo loco constituerat, Liv. – m. Acc. der Entfernung, signa quadringentos ferme inde passus, Liv. – dah. viell. übtr., si (narratio) constituitur aliquando, haltmacht, Cic. de or. 2, 328.

    II) im weitern Sinne: 1) eine bestimmte Stelle anweisend irgendwo hinsetzen, einsetzen, a) jmd. anweisen, wo seinen Wohnsitz zu nehmen, ibi futuros Helvetios, ubi eos Caesar constituisset atque esse voluisset, Caes.: reliquias praedonum contractas in urbibus remotoque mari loco in certa sede c., feste Wohnsitze geben, Vell. – als milit. t. t., jmdm. wo seine Stellung anweisen, ihn wohin stellen, legen, neque se praesidium, ubi constitutus esset, tenere posse, Caes.: praesidia in Tolosatibus circumque Narbonem, Caes. – b) jmd. in etw. als Besitztum einsetzen, einweisen (Ggstz. exturbare, expellere), plebem in agris publicis, Cic.: si Campanus ager dividatur, exturbari et expelli plebem ex agris, non constitui et collocari, eingewiesen u. angesiedelt, Cic. – c) jmd. in einen Posten, ein Amt einsetzen, setzen, ihn anstellen, auch m. in u. Abl., regem, Cic.: praefectos, Caes.: unum aliquem lectorem, Quint.: princeps (Fürst) divinitus constitutus, Plin. pan. – reges in civitate, Cic.: alqm sibi quaestoris in loco, Cic.: alqm in hoc munere, Q. Cic.: alqm supra bibliothecam, Vitr. – m. dopp. Acc., a quo regem et se et filium suum constitutos esse, Cic.: Commium regem ibi, Caes.: Cavarinum apud eos regem, Caes.: im Passiv m. dopp. Nom., rex (als K.) constituitur Arbactus, Iustin.: Alcibiades dux classi constituitur, Iustin. – d) bei jmd. in ein Verhältnis einsetzen, m. in u. Abl. des Verhältnisses, Athenaeum in maxima apud regem auctoritate gratiaque, veranlassen, daß der König dem Ath. wieder sein ganzes Vertrauen schenkt u. vollen Einfluß gestattet, Cic. ep. 15, 4, 6.

    2) errichtend, gründend, veranstaltend aufstellen, a) lebl. Objj., mit Adv., od. m. Praepp., od. m. Genet. od. Abl. loc.; od. m. Dat. (wem zu Ehren? wem zum Nutzen?), α) ein Bauwerk u. dgl. aufstellen, errichten, eine Stadt, Örtlichkeit u. dgl. anlegen, herrich ten, turres, Caes.: vineas ac testudines, Nep.: triplicem Piraei portum, Nep.: templa arasque, Suet.: aedem Iovis Feretrii, Nep.: laterarias (Ziegelhütten) ac domum, Plin.: urbem, Nep. u.a. (s. Ruhnken Vell. 1, 2, 6): oppidum, Caes.: oppidum c. suāque pecuniā exaedificare, Caes.: publice statuas, Quint.: effingere et constituere (herrichten) nidos, Cic.: asylum, Lact.: tectum antiquitus constitutum, Nep.: c. aream, Col.: c. crucem, s. crux. – c. castella ad extremas fossas, Caes.: pyras curvo in litore, Verg.: tropaea in Pyrenaeis iugis, Sall. fr. – alci publice in foro statuam, Nep.: aedem in foro geminis fratribus, Suet.: horrea certis locis, Caes.: domi suae quintanam, Suet.: domi suae sacellum Automatias, Nep.: domos Athenis, Plin.: in Getis Graias domos, Ov. – domicilium sibi Magnesiae, Nep. – als milit. t. t., Romae castra (aufschlagen), Suet.: u. so hiberna omnium legionum in Belgis, Caes. – als mathem. t. t., in data linea triangula aequis lateribus c., errichten (konstruieren), Quint. 1, 10, 3. – β) eine Anstalt u. vgl. errichten, einrichten, einsetzen, ludos illic quinquennales, Suet.: nova portoria, Vell.: vectigal in monte Antilibano, Cic.: aerarium interfectoribus Caesaris, Nep.: collegia antiquitus constituta, Suet. – u. als publiz. t. t., eine Machtstellung errichten, schaffen, einsetzen, decemviralem potestatem in omnibus urbibus, Nep.: magistratus per singulas civitates, Iustin.: senatum centum senatorum, Iustin.: novi generis imperia in (gegen) alqm, Caes.: quae (potestates, imperia, curationes) constituuntur ad populi fructum aliquem aut commodum, Cic. – γ) ein Reich errichten, bilden, ex multis gentibus nationibusque unum regnum populumque, Iustin. 8, 6, 2. – δ) eine Vornahme anstellen, auctionem, Cic.: sermonem, Varr. LL.: sponsalia, ICt. – als gerichtl. t. t., c. actionem (eine Klage), Cic.: actionem adversus ingratos, Val. Max. – crimen in alqo, Klage gegen jmd. erheben, Cic.: reperietis idcirco haec in uno homine pecunioso tot constituta, ut etc., gegen diesen einen g. M. so viele Maßregeln ergriffen, Cic. – c. quaestionem (Untersuchung), Cic. u. Quint. – ε) Zustände zustande bringen, begründen, feststellen, amicitiam (Ggstz. tollere, v. Nutzen), Cic.: amicitiam cum alqo, Q. Cic.: concordiam, Cic.: pacem, Cic.: pacem his legibus, Nep.: victoriam, Cic.: magnam sibi auctoritatem pugnā illā navali, Nep.: videte, quod ius nobis, quam condicionem vobismet ipsis, quam denique civitati legem constituere (einführen) velitis, Cic. – ζ) zur Nachachtung aufstellen, documentum more militari, Auct. b. Afr.: maximum exemplum iustitiae in hostem, Cic. – b) leb. Objj.: α) übh. schaffend hinstellen, m. dopp. Acc., di primum homines humo excitatos celsos et erectos constituerunt, Cic. de nat. deor. 2, 140. – β) als milit. t. t., eine Legion usw. er richten, bilden, tres legiones, Caes. – m. ex u. Abl., legio septima constituta ex veteranis, Cic.

    3) eine feste Stellung (Halt, Verfassung, Stimmung usw.) gebend, eine feste Haltung geben, in eine gute Verfassung (Stimmung) versetzen, eine feste Einrichtung geben, disponieren (stimmen), regulieren (ordnen), fest bestimmen, befestigen (stählen), sicher begründen, konsolidieren, a) den Körper usw., is cui corpus bene constitutum sit, dessen Körper sich in guter Verfassung od. Stimmung (griech. σαρκος ευσταθὲς κατάστημα od. σαρκος ευστάθεια) befindet, Cic. – iam confirmata et constituta vox, Quint.: iam perfectis constitutisque viribus, Quint. – b) Geist u. Gemüt (Charakter), exordium est principium orationis, per quod animus auditoris constituitur (gestimmt wird) ad audiendum, Cornif. rhet.: animus bene constitutus, Cic. – übtr. auf die Pers., viri sapientes et bene naturā constituti, Cic. Sest. 137: quotus quisque philosophorum invenitur, qui sit ita moratus, ita animo ac vitā constitutus, ut ratio postulat, dessen Denk- u. Handlungsweise in einer solchen Verfassung ist, wie usw., Cic. Tusc. 2, 11. – c) Zustände, senectus, quae fundamentis adulescentiae constituta est, das durch den in der Iugend gelegten Grund einen festen Halt bekommen hat, Cic.: ineuntis aetatis inscitia senum constituenda et regenda prudentiā est, muß in der Klugheit der Greise Halt u. Leitung suchen, Cic. – d) menschliche Verhältnisse, Angelegenheiten, Einrichtungen, α) einzelne Verhältnisse usw., rem familiarem, Cic.: rem nummariam de communi sententia, Cic. – übtr. auf die Pers., qui integri sunt et sani et bene constituti de rebus domesticis, deren Hauswesen sich in guter Verfassung befindet, gute Haushalter, gute Hausväter, Cic. Sest. 97. – Passiv unpers., non tam sinistre constitutum est, ut non etc., es steht nicht so schlimm mit uns, daß wir nicht usw., Plin. pan. 45, 5. – β) das Staatswesen usw., rem publicam c., componere et c., Cic.: bene morata et bene constituta civitas, Cic.: c. plures rei publicae partes, Cic.: c. civitatem, Suet., civitates, Cic.: res summā aequitate, Nep. – eae res, quas ipse Athenis constituerat, seine Einrichtungen zu Athen, Nep.: c. Chersonesum, Nep.: c. alci regnum, Nep.

    4) bestimmend feststellen, festsetzen, bestimmen, a) übh. abgrenzend, α) lebl. Objj., feststellen, festsetzen, ansetzen, bestimmen, anordnen, anberaumen, u. im Einverständnis mit einem andern = verabreden, übereinkommen, zusagen, im üblen Sinne = abkarten, m. Acc., c. iter ad Cirtam oppidum, Sall. (u. so ex itinere proposito et constituto reverti, Cic.): c. locum, Ter.: tempus, diem, Cic., Caes. u.a.: constitutā die causae dictionis (an dem bestimmten Tage der Verteidigung), Caes.: c. Olympiada, Cic.: primam Olympiada, Vell. – c. vadimonium (gerichtl. t. t.), Cic. – u. (im Bilde) fines, qui sint in amicitia, Cic.: modum credendi, Cic.: mercedem funeris, Cic.: summum pretium, Cic.: certa pretia, Cic. – poenas capitis, Cic. – m. Dat. (wem? für wen? wozu?), diem concilio, Caes.: diem nuptiis, Plaut.: proximum diem ei negotio, Sall.: posterum diem pugnae, Caes.: pretium frumento, Cic.: aera (Sold) militibus, Liv.: singulis fines imperii, Sall.: certos mihi fines terminosque constituam, extra quos egredi non possim, Cic.: gravissimum ei rei supplicium cum cruciatu, Caes.: poenam alci, Cic. u. Quint.: capitis poenam iis, qui non paruerint, Caes. – m. ad u. Akk., grandiorem aetatem ad consulatum, Cic.: certam pecuniam proconsulibus ad mulos et tabernacula, Suet. – m. in u. Akk. der Zeit, in posterum diem tempus locumque, Liv.: nuptias in hunc diem, Ter. – m. cum u. Abl. od. (s. unten mit ut) inter se, diem cum alqo c., pacisci et c., Caes. u. Cic.: colloquium cum rege, Liv. – m. in (gegen) u. Akk. der Pers., in impios et consceleratos poenas certissimas, Cic. – m. folg. indir. Fragesatz, armorum quantum quaeque civitas domi quodque ante tempus efficiat constituit, Caes.: quid in annos singulos vectigalis populo Romano Britannia penderet constituit, Caes.: quantum quaeque civitas daret Aristides delectus est qui constitueret, Nep.: constitui cum hominibus, quo die mihi Messanae praesto essent, Cic. – m. folg. Acc. u. Infin., nam constitui cum quodam hospite me esse illum conventuram, Ter.: et is hodie venturum ad me constituit domum, Ter.: vellem non constituissem in Tusculanum me hodie venturum esse L. Aelio, Cic.: si constitueris cuipiam te advocatum in rem praesentem esse venturum, Cic. – m. folg. ut u. Konj., Lentulus cum ceteris... constituerant, ut L. Bestia... quereretur de actionibus Ciceronis, Cic.: constituimus inter nos, ut ambulationem conficeremus in Academia, Cic. – m. de (über) u. Abl., de numero pastorum alii angustius, alii laxius constituere solent; ego in (auf) octogenas hirtas oves singulos pastores constitui, Atticus in centenas, Varr. r. r. 2, 10, 10 Keil. – absol. m. Dat. (wem?), hic ubi nocturnae Numa constituebat amicae, ein Stelldichein zu geben pflegte, Iuven. 3, 16. – absol. m. in u. Akk., in diem tertium constituunt, Sall. Iug. 66, 2. – ganz absol., sic constituunt (setzen sie die Zeit fest), sic condicunt, Tac. Germ. 11, 2. – Passiv unpers., Avillius, ut erat constitutum, simulat se aegrotare, Cic. Clu. 37. – β) leb. Wesen, zu einem Zwecke bestimmen, bestellen, stellen, accusatorem, Cic.: testes, Cic.: iudices de alqa re, Cic.: publice patronum huic causae, Cic.: curatores legibus agrariis, Cic.: tutores pupillis, ICt.: debitorem sibi, ICt.: m. dopp. Akk., alqm reum pro se, ICt. – b) erklärend, urteilend, entscheidend feststellen, α) übh., m. folg. Acc. u. Infin. = die Erklärung abgeben, den Satz aufstel len, consuetudo... eo deducta est, ut et constitueret, honestum esse aliquid, quod utile non esset, et utile, quod non honestum, Cic.: bona possessa non esse constitui, Cic. – m. folg. indir. Fragesatz = sich ein festes Urteil bilden, sich entscheiden, nondum satis constitui, molestiaene plus an voluptatis attulerit Trebatius noster, Cic.: constituere apud se debet, utrum contra tabulas bonorum possessionem petat, an vero legatum persequatur? Ulp. dig. – β) als jurist. t. t., αα) gesetzlich feststellen, disceptationem (Streitpunkt), Cic.: controversiam (Streitpunkt), Cic. – bes. iudicium, für zu Recht bestehend erklären (durch ein Gesetz, ein Edikt od. durch Bestellung eines Richters von seiten des Prätors), Cic.: u. iudicium de rebus repetundis, Cic.: iudicium capitis in alqm, Cic.: iudicio damni iniuriā (über Ersatz des widerrechtlich erlittenen Schadens) constituto, Cic. – nuper apud (vor dem Richterstuhl) C. Orchivium collegam meum locus ab iudicibus Fausto Sullae de pecuniis residuis non est constitutus, wurde von den R. gegen F. S. wegen der r. G. nicht auf Prozeß erkannt, Cic. Clu. 94. – u. v. Gesetz, ius melius Sullanis praediis quam paternis, zuerkennen, Cic. agr. 3, 10. – ββ) gesetzlich entscheiden, einen Beschluß fassen, verordnen, v. Richter, litem, Petr. 18, 5: quid ageres? quid constitueres? Ps. Quint. decl. 3, 14. – absol. m. de u. Abl., de certo, de perspicuo iure, Cic.: alio modo aut de religiono aut de re publica, Cic.: de hoc (verst. Eumene) Antigonus cum solus constituere non auderet, ad consilium rettulit, Nep. – m. folg. ut u. Konj., ut debeatur, Plin. pan. 40, 5. – c) beschließend festsetzen, beschließen, sich entschließen, den Entschluß fassen, α) übh.: m. Acc., haec ex re et ex tempore constitues, Cic.: nihil ante de profectione constituam, quam etc., Cic. – m. folg. Infin., bellum cum Germanis gerere, Caes.: desciscere a rege, Nep.: cum mihi deliberatum ac constitutum sit, ita gerere consulatum, ut etc., Cic. – m. folg. ut u. Konj., constitueram, ut V. Idus Aquini manerem, Cic. – β) v. Senat, m. folg. indir. Fragesatz, ut celeriter quod opus esset constitueretur, Rutil. Lup. 1, 17: u. so ibid. 2, 17. – / Archaist. Plusquampers. constitiveram, Plaut. Pseud. 549 R. u. Fl. (Götz u. Lorenz besser mecum statueram).

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  • 12 выездная сессия суда

    adj

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  • 13 выездной

    прил.

    выездны́е воро́та — puerta de salida

    2) ( о лошади) de monta, de silla
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    выездно́й спекта́кль — espectáculo de gira (de tournée)

    выездна́я се́ссия суда́ — sesión del tribunal fuera de su sede

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    adj
    1) gener. (î ëîøàäè) de monta, confiable (заслуживающий доверия), de salida, de silla, que puede salir (viajar) al extranjero (en la antigua URSS)
    3) law. móvil

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    col-loco, āvī, ātum, āre (con u. loco), einem Ggstde. seinen Platz geben, seinen Platz anweisen, I) im allg., wo Platz nehmen lassen, wo ausstellen, niederstellen, niedersetzen, niederlegen, wo hinstellen, hinsetzen, hinlegen, im Zshg. auch bl. stellen, jetzen, legen, 1) eig.: a) übh.: α) lebl. Objj.: saxa atque materiam disponere collocareque, Quint. 7. praef. § 1: armamenta, an den Mastbaum hängen, Liv. 33, 48, 8: sidera (am Himmel), Cic. Tim. 30: lecticas, Cic. Phil. 5, 18. – m. dopp. Acc., eam materiam conversam ad hostem collocabat, Caes. b. G. 3, 29, 1. – m. Advv. wie? columnas neque recte neque e regione, Cic. ad Q. fr. 3, 1, 1. § 2: tabulas et signa propalam, Cic. de or. 1, 160: sellam curulem perverse, Suet. Galb. 18, 3. – m. Advv. wo? ubi tigna collocentur, Caes. b. c. 2, 10, 3. – m. in u. Akk.: in tabernam vasa et servos, Plaut. Men. 986. – m. in u. Abl., suo quidque in loco, Cic. de or. 1, 162: magni ponderis saxa et praeacutas trabes in muro, Caes. b. G. 2, 29, 3: trabes directas in solo, ibid. 7, 23, 1: tabulas bene pictas in bono lumine, Cic. Brut. 261: u. (im Bilde) benefacta in luce, nicht unter den Scheffel stellen, Cic. Tusc. 2, 64: alqd in conspectu quodam modo, Quint. 7, 1, 4. – m. a. Praepp., alqd ad ignem, Vitr. 1, 6, 2: onerarias naves ordine duplice ad ancoras, Suet. Cal. 19, 1: simulacrum Victoriae ante ipsam Minervam, Caes.
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    b. c. 3, 105, 2: fasces stramentorum ac virgultorum ante aciem, Hirt. b. G. 8, 15, 5: epistulam inter tuniculam ac strofium, Turpil. com. 197: lecticam pro tribunali, Suet. Aug. 33, 1: alqd iuxta sedentem hominem, Cels. 6, 9: super genua sua coxas alcis, Cels. 7, 26. no. 2: totas tunicas extra scrotum, Cels. 7, 21. no. 2: testiculum super ventrem cum duabus suis tunicis, Cels. 7, 19. – m. bl. Abl., oculos pennis, auf das Gefieder fetzen, Ov. met. 1, 723: similes notas quinto quoque loco, Cornif. rhet. 3, 31. – β) leb. Objj., sowohl aufstellen, eos (sie = ihre Statuen) in illo loco atque in rostris, Cic. Sest. 83. – als setzen, stellen, legen, sich setzen (legen, lagern) lassen, sitzen (liegen) lassen, puellulam, Catull. 61, 188: iubeo hominem tolli et conlocari et confoveri, Afran. com. 143 sq. – m. dopp. Acc., alqm aut pronum aut supinum, Cels. 8, 20. § 20. – m. in u. Akk. od. Abl., se in arborem, Plaut. aul. 706: alqm in ventrem, in latus, Cels. 7, 27; 8, 20: se in locum celsum, Acc. tr. 437: se in sedes regias, Liv. Andr. tr. 10: alqm in lectum, Ter. eun. 593 (gegen cod. B mit den übrigen Hdschrn.): alqm in lecto, Cels. 5, 26. no. 25: alqm in lecto suo, Cic. de rep. 1, 17: alqm in medio lecto, in imo lecto, Sen. de const. sap. 10, 2: alqm in conclavi, Cels. 7, 29: alqm in cubili, Cic. Tusc. 2, 39: hominem od. corpus in sedili, Cels. 8, 12 u. 15: alqm in loco tepido, Cels. 8, 4: alqm suis manibus in curru, Cic. Rosc.
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    Am. 98: cuius et parentis sui manibus in navi tuta ac fideli collocatus (gebracht), Cic. Planc. 97: corpus (Augusti) in vestibulo domus, niedersetzen (ausstellen), Suet. Aug. 100, 2: u. so reliquias eius in hortis Domitiae, Capit. Anton. Pius 5, 1. – m. a. Praepp., alqm super se, Suet. Aug. 43, 4: alqm super pulpitum, Suet. Cal. 54, 2: alqm infra se, Suet. Cal. 24, 1: alqm iuxta se latere dextro, Suet. Ner. 13, 2: alqm iuxta se in sella, Eutr. 4, 7: alqos circa se, Suet. Tit. 9, 2: u. (zugl. m. dopp. Acc.) alqm resupinum super subsellium aut lectum, Cels. 7, 26: alqm super id scamnum aut pronum aut supinum aut in latus, Cels. 8, 20. – m. bl. Abl. wo? hominem loco calido, Cels. 5, 27. no. 3: homo collocatur alto sedili, medicus autem humiliore adversus, Cels. 8, 10, 2. – m. Abl. wie? corpus alio quo modo collocatum est, Cels. 7, 18: tum is super duorum genua eodem modo collocatur, Cels. 7, 26. no. 2: collocari quoque membrum quod ictum est ratione certā debet, Cels. 5, 26. no. 28. – b) als milit. t. t., aufstellen, α) lebl. Objj.: impedimenta, Liv. 44, 37, 1: currus ita, ut etc., Caes. b. G. 4, 33, 2: impedimenta in tumulo quodam, Caes. b. G. 6, 8, 3: post eas (legiones) totius exercitus impedimenta, Caes. b. G. 2, 19, 3: naves Rhodias in dextro cornu, Auct. b. Alex. 14, 1: tormenta quibusdam locis contra facillimos descensus, aufpflanzen, Hirt. b. G. 8, 40, 4: u. so ballistas scorpionesque ante frontem
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    castrorum contra oppidum, Auct. b. Afr. 56, 2. – β) leb. Objj.: certa subsidia, Caes. b. G. 2, 22, 1: praesidia, Sall. Cat. 45, 2: aciem triplicem, Auct. b. Afr. 81, 1. – m. in u. Abl., praesidia in litore, Nep. Hann. 11, 4, od. in angustiis, Caes. b. c. 1, 65, 4: duas legiones et omnia auxilia in summo iugo, Caes. b. G. 1, 24, 2: equitem in utroque cornu, Frontin. 2, 3, 20: milites in muro custodiae causā, Caes. b. c. 1, 28, 3: insidias bipertito in silvis, Caes. b. G. 5, 32, 1: pedestres copias in convalle in insidiis, Caes. b. G. 3, 20, 4: in cella Concordiae armatos, latrones, sicarios, Cic. Phil. 5, 18. – m. a. Praepp., equitatum omnem ab lateribus extra fossam, Auct. b. Alex. 38, 3: alci insidias ante fundum suum, Cic. Mil. 27: in prima acie ante signa elephantos, Liv. 27, 48, 5: certos apud latera, Sall. hist. fr. inc. 53 (19): legionem in occulto citra flumen, Frontin. 1, 6, 2: copias in statione pro castris, Caes. b. G. 5, 15, 3: pro vallo legiones instructas, Hirt. b. G. 8, 15, 3: post terga peditum equitatum, Frontin. 2, 5, 37: legiones propius Armeniam, Tac. ann. 13, 7. – m. bl. Abl., eos eodem loco in acie (in Schl.), Caes. b. c. 2, 33, 4: armatos in praesidiis (auf milit. Posten) multis locis (an v. O.), Cic. Phil. 1, 25: certis locis cum ferro homines, Cic. Caecin. 41: quod quo loco collocati fuerant, non potuissent videre, Cic. Cael. 65. – m. Ang. gegen wen? cohortes legionarias quattuor advorsum pedites hostium, Sall.
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    Iug. 51, 3. – m. Ang. wozu? alqm ad hanc rem, Cic. Cael. 64: alqm ad Cn. Pompeium interimendum, Cic. Pis. 28; vgl. Cic. Mil. 18.
    2) übtr.: a) übh. wohin stellen, setzen, legen, multa in pectore suo conlocare oportet, er muß viele Dinge im Kopfe haben, Plaut. Pers. 8: vide, causam illorum superiore collocarit ne loco, Lucil. sat. 16, 97: res eae, quae agentur aut dicentur, suo loco collocandae, Cic. de off. 1, 142: in animis ego vestris omnes triumphos meos, omnia ornamenta honoris condi et collocari volo, wünsche ich treu bewahrt zu wissen, Cic. Cat. 3, 26: omnium longitudinum et brevitatum in sonis sicut acutarum graviumque vocum iudicium ipsa natura in auribus nostris collocavit, Cic. or. 173. – b) in einen Zustand, Verhältnis, in eine Lage bringen, versetzen, se in opus, Plaut. Vid. fr. 2, 20 St.: in otium, Plaut. merc. 553: alqm in soporem (in den Todesschlaf), Plaut. Amph. 304: rem alcis in tuto, sicher stellen, Ter. heaut. 689 u. 695: famam in tuto, Quint. 12, 11, 7: alqm in tuto, Cic. har. resp. 53. – c) etw. in etw. od. jmd. setzen, auf etw. od. jmd. bauen, beruhen lassen, non modo in causa, verum in aliquo honesto praesidio aut in alicuius eloquentia aut gratia spem aliquam, Cic. I. Verr. 9: in alqo magnam spem dignitatis suae, Cic. de or. 1, 25: spem salutis in fuga, Auct. b. Alex. 29, 5: omnes bene vivendi rationes in virtute, Cornif. rhet. 4, 24: omnia sunt colloca-
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    ta in usu cotidiano, in congressione hominum atque in foro, alles beruht auf usw., Cic. de or. 1, 192. – d) eine Zeit od. eine Tätigkeit auf etwas verwenden, gerichtet sein lassen, adulescentiam suam in amore atque in voluptatibus, Cic. Cael. 39: omne suum studium in doctrina et sapientia, Cic. ad Q. fr. 1, 1, 10. § 29. – refl. se coll. in alqa re, sich auf etw. legen, einer Sache sich hingeben, totum se coll. in alqa re, sich in etw. vertiefen, palam sese in meretricia vita, Cic. Cael. 49: totum se in cognitione et scientia, Cic. de off. 1, 158: totum se in optimo vitae statu exquirendo, Cic. Tusc. 5, 2. – e) schriftl. anbringen, beibringen, de cuius moderatione atque sapientia in prioribus libris satis collocavi, Tac. ann. 6, 27.
    II) insbes.: 1) eig.: a) lebl. Objj.: α) in einer gewissen Ordnung aufstellen, aufrichten, errichten, anlegen, aufschlagen, statuam, Quint. 7. pr. § 2: signum (lovis), Cic. Cat. 3, 21: tu (Libertam deam) domi meae conlocasti, Cic. de domo 102: aedificia, Hermog. dig. 1, 1, 5: moenia, Vitr. 1, 5, 1: sedes ac domicilium, Cic. Verr. 2, 6. – m. Adv. (wo?), illa pars litoris, ubi iste castra luxuriae collocarat, Cic. Verr. 5, 96. – m. in u. Abl., tabernaculum sibi in campo Martio, Cic. Pis. 61: in ipso aditu atque ore portus tabernacula carbaseis velis intenta, Cic. Verr. 5, 30 u. (im Bilde) in una philosophia quasi tabernaculum vitae suae, Cic. de or. 3, 77. – m. a. Praepp.,
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    oppidum ad eius regionem et partem castrorum collocatum (gelegen), Auct. b. Afr. 68, 1: tribunal suum iuxta C. Trebonii, praetoris urbani, sellam, Caes. b. c. 3, 20, 1. – m. bl. Abl., castella locis idoneis, Auct. b. Alex. 61, 5. – β) eine Kleidung zurechtlegen, ordnen, chlamydem, ut pendeat apte, Ov. met. 2, 734. – γ) ein Glied einrichten, coxam parum apte, Plin. ep. 2, 1, 5: maxillam in sedem suam, Cels. 8, 7. – b) leb. Wesen: α) eine Pers. irgendwo einsetzen, einlegen, unterbringen, einquartieren, ihren Sitz (Wohnsitz) nehmen lassen od. anweisen, ansiedeln, wohin verlegen, versetzen, stationieren, comites eius apud ceteros hospites, Cic. II. Verr. 1, 63: se Athenis, sich niederlassen, Cic. de fin. 5, 2, 4: regem Ptolemaide aut aliquo propinquo loco, Cic. ep. 1, 7, 4: in eius tetrarchia unum ex Graecis comitibus suis, Cic. Phil. 2, 94: Herculem in concilio caelestium, Cic. de off. 3, 5, 25: alqm inter astra, Schol. Bern. ad Verg. georg. 1, 33. p. 848: inter sidera, Hyg. astr. 2, 4 u. 2, 13. Serv. Verg. Aen. 1, 28: inter astra caprae figurā memoriae causā, Hyg. astr. 2, 13: scherzh., strumae ab ore improbo demigrarunt et aliis iam se locis collocarunt (haben sich einlogiert, festgesetzt), Cic. Vat. 39. – Boios ibi, Caes. b. G. 7, 9, 6: Boios in finibus suis, Caes. b. G. 1, 28, 5: gentem Allobrogum in vestigiis huius urbis atque in cinere deflagrati imperii, Cic. Cat. 4, 12: Suebos in proximis Rheno agris, Suet.
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    Aug. 21: colonias idoneis in locis, Cic. agr. 2, 73: multitudinem in agris, Nep. Milt. 2, 1: Ubios super ipsam Rheni ripam, Tac. Germ. 28 extr.: quo bello XL captivorum milia ex Germania transtulit et supra Rhenum in Gallia collocavit, Eutr. 7, 9: veteranos municipalibus agris, Suet. Aug. 13, 3: im Bilde, Socrates philosophiam devocavit e caelo et in urbibus collocavit, Cic. Tusc. 5, 10. – als milit. t. t., wo stationieren, hinlegen, einquartieren, Quartier nehmen lassen, ibi praesidium, Caes. b. G. 1, 38, 7: ibi legiones XIV et VI, Hirt. b. G. 8, 4, 3: exercitum in provinciam, quae proxima est Numidiae hiemandi causā, Sall. Iug. 61, 2: quattuor legiones in Belgio, Hirt. b. G. 8, 46, 4: exercitum in hibernis, Caes. b. G. 5, 24, 1: exercitum in (bei) Aulercis Lexoviisque in hibernis, Caes. b. G. 3, 29, 3: legionem non longe a finibus Aeduorum in finibus Biturigum, Hirt. b. G. 8, 2, 1: Gaium Fabium legatum et L. Minucium Basilum cum legionibus duabus in Remis, Caes. b. G. 7, 70, 5: singulas cohortes Puteolis et Ostiae, Suet. Claud. 25, 2: classem Miseni, Suet. Aug. 49, 1. – β) jmd. in ein Besitztum einsetzen, einweisen, alqm in aedibus suis, Cic. de dom. 100: alqm in patrimonio suo, Cic. Phil. 13, 12: familiam suam in possessione praediorum eius, seine F. von ihren Gütern Besitz ergreifen lassen, Cic. Flacc. 72: alqm in maiorum suorum regno, Cic. de or. 3, 126. – 2) übtr.: a) in irgend eine
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    Stellung einsetzen, setzen, unter eine Klasse u. dgl. versetzen, alqm in amplissimo statu, Cornif. rhet. 4, 23: alqm hoc in gradu (dignitatis), Cic. Acad. 2, 16: alqm in amplissimo consilio et in altissimo gradu dignitatis, Cic. post red. in sen. 2: alqm in sede ac domo atque in re publica, jmdm. Haus u. Hof u. eine Stellung im Staate geben, Cic. parad. 3, 25: in quibus tuas virtutes consecratas et in deorum numero collocatas vides, in denen du deine Verdienste ganz vergöttert siehst, Cic. ad Q. fr. 1, 1, 10. § 31: m. dopp. Acc., quos centuriones pugnaces et lacer tosos (als streitsüchtige u. handfeste Z.) inter militorum et mimarum greges collocavit, Cic. Phil. 8, 26. – b) ein Mädchen als Frau, in den Ehestand einsetzen, anbringen, verheiraten, alqam in matrimonium, Cic. de div. 1, 104. Marc. dig. 23, 2, 19: alqam alci in matrimonium, Gaius inst. 2. § 235 u. 238: alqam in matrimonio, Scaevol. dig. 26, 1, 77 (79). § 1: alqam in matrimonio stabili et certo, Cic. Phil. 2, 44: virgines in amplissimarum familiarum matrimoniis, Cic. de rep. 1, 12: alqam nuptui, Hyg. fab. 257: alqam in dignam se condicionem, Plaut. trin. 159: alqam sine dote nuptum, Plaut. trin. 735: alqam nuptum intra legitimum tempus, Ulp. dig. 3, 2, 11. § 1: alqam alci nuptum, Paul. dig. 23, 2, 59: sororem ex matre et propinquas suas nuptum in alias civitates, Caes. b. G. 1, 18, 7: filiam minorem nuptum (al. nuptui) in dimidia parte re-
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    liqui agri, Col. 4, 3, 6: u. bl. coll. alcis filio filiam suam, Cic. Brut. 98: alci virginem filiam, Nep. Att. 19, 4: alci filiam, Tac. Agr. 9: alci uxorem suam, Suet. Caes. 21: matrem in Biturigibus homini nobilissimo, Caes. b. G. 1, 18, 6: u. bl. coll. filiam, Tac. ann. 4, 39. Iustin. 9, 6, 2; u. im Passiv, cum virgo amici nubilis propter paupertatem collocari non posset, Nep. Epam. 3, 5: ut filiae eius de communi aerario dotibus datis collocarentur, Nep. Arist. 3, 3. – c) lebl. Objj.: α) ( als t. t., der Geschäftsspr.) Geld usw. auf etw. (bes. auf Ländereien) anlegen, anbringen, unterbringen, in etw. stecken, dotem in eo fundo, Cic. Caecin. 11: duas patrimonii partes in solo, Suet. Tib. 48, 1: duas fenoris partes in agris per Italiam, Tac. ann. 6, 17: pecuniam in praediis c., Cic. Caecin. 16: pecunias levioribus usuris mutuatum graviore fenore c., Suet. Aug. 39: pecunias suas in emptiones praediorum, Gaius dig. 17, 1, 2. § 6: pecuniam idoneis nominibus, Marc. dig. 35, 2, 89: pecunias magnas collocatas habere in ea provincia (in dieser Pr.), Cic. de imp. Pomp. 18: nusquam posse eam (pecuniam) melius collocari, Cic. Caecin. 5, 15: u. bl. coll. pecuniam, Cic. de off. 2, 87: pecunias, Cic. de off. 2, 12, 42: pecunias publicas, Trai. in Plin. ep. 10, 55 (63). – dah. im weitern Sinne übh. auf etw. anlegen, verwenden, für etw. verbrauchen, miliens sestertium in munificentia (zu freigebigen Zwecken), Tac. ann. 6,
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    45: patrimonium in rei publicae salute, Cic. Phil. 3, 2, 3: bene apud alqm tam multa pretia ac munera, Cic. Verr. 5, 56: melius apud bonos quam apud fortunatos beneficium collocari puto, Cic. de off. 2, 70: male c. bonas horas, Mart. 1, 113, 3: in me recipio, te ea, quae fecisti Mescinii causā quaeque feceris, ita bene collocaturum, ut ipse iudices etc., Cic. ep. 13, 28, 3: aedilitas recte collocata, an den rechten Mann gebracht, Cic. Verr. 5, 37. – β) in die gehörige Stellung, Verbindung bringen, so u. so stellen, zusammenstellen, verbinden, anordnen, αα) als rhet. t. t. Worte, verba apte, Quint. 8. prooem. § 26: verba opportune proprieque aut secus, Quint. 10, 2, 13: fortius vero quî incompositum potest esse quam vinctum et bene collocatum? Quint. 9, 4, 6: male collocatum κακοσύνθετον vocant, Quint. 8, 3, 59: propria verba et ordine collocata, Quint. 9, 1, 7: verba diligenter collocata, Cic. or. 227: non modo ut sint ordine collocati (census), sed ut inter se iuncti etc., Quint. 7, 10, 16: est et in nominibus ex diverso collocatis sua gratia, Quint. 9, 3, 86: verba et eligendi et collocandi ratio, Quint. 10, 1, 4: ratio collocandi, Cic. part. or. 11: varii sunt ordines collocandi, Cic. part. or. 12: C. F. Quid sequitur igitur? CP. Cum inveneris, collocare, Cic. part. or. 9: verba collocata, die Worte in ihrer Verbindung zu Sätzen (Ggstz. verba singula), Cic. or. 81 u. 134. – ββ) bürgerl. u. polit. Zustände einrich-
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    ten, anordnen, Anordnungen treffen für usw., nuptias, Poëta com. bei Cic. de or. 3, 319: res, Caes. b. G. 3, 4, 1. Auct. b. Alex. 33, 6: rem militarem, Cic. ep. 2, 13, 3: civitatis statum, Cic. ep. ad Brut. 1, 15, 12.

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  • 15 constituo

    cōn-stituo, stituī, stitūtum, ere (con u. statuo), beistellen = hinstellen, hinsetzen, aufstellen, I) im engern Sinne: omnes currus triumphales, Val. Max. – m. Adv. (wo?) od. Praepp. (ante u. circum u. Akk., in m. Abl.), ferales cupressos ante (vornhin), Verg.: mendacem ante ipsam aciem, Val. Max.: hominem ante pedes Q. Manilii, Cic.: bovem in Aventino ante aram Dianae, Val. Max.: in litore taurum ante aras, Verg.: circum bovem alias hostias, Varr. LL.: duos equos in conspectu eorum, Val. Max.: u. (im Bilde) velut in aliqua sublimi specula constitutus, Lact. 2, 2, 18: c. ante oculos huius miseri senectutem, sich (im Geiste) vor Augen stellen, Cic. Cael. 79. – So nun als milit. t. t., a) aufstellen, aufpflanzen, bes. in Reih u. Glied, formieren od. sich formieren lassen, gew. m. Praepp. (bes. m. in u. Abl., m. ante, ad, pro, sub, intra) od. m. bl. Abl., impedimenta, Liv.: aciem, legionem, Caes.: arma in templo Castoris, Bewaffnete aufstellen, Cic.: signa ante tribunal, aufpflanzen, Liv.: impedimenta cum captivis haud procul acie in edito colle, Curt.: octo cohortes in fronte, Sall.: naves in alto, Caes.: omnes alarios in conspectu hostium pro castris, Caes.: reliquas sex legiones pro castris in acie, Caes.: cohortes sub infimo colle ab dextro latere hostium, Caes.: intra silvas aciem ordinesque, Caes.: in secundo ordine, Auct. b. Afr.: naves longas ad latus
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    apertum hostium, Caes.: classem apud Aegos flumen, apud Salamina exad versum Athenas, Nep.: naves aperto ac plano litore, Caes. – m. Abl. der Entfernung, legionem CC passibus ab eo tumulo, Caes. – m. contra u. Akk., reliquas legiones in armis expeditas contra hostem, Caes. – m. dopp. Acc., in fronte collocant XXII (naves), reliquas subsidiarias (als Reserve) in secundo ordine, Auct. b. Alex. 14, 3. – v. einem einzelnen, se constituere, sich aufstellen, zum Zweikampf Stellung nehmen, Cl. Quadr. bei Gell. 9, 13, 17. – b) von der Bewegung aus aufstellen, haltmachen lassen (vgl. Drak. Liv. 27, 11, 6 u. die Auslgg. zu Sall. Iug. 49, 5), agmen, signa paulisper, Sall. u. Liv.: signa legionis, Caes.: signa haud procul portā, Liv.: convertisse agmen, quo loco constituerat, Liv. – m. Acc. der Entfernung, signa quadringentos ferme inde passus, Liv. – dah. viell. übtr., si (narratio) constituitur aliquando, haltmacht, Cic. de or. 2, 328.
    II) im weitern Sinne: 1) eine bestimmte Stelle anweisend irgendwo hinsetzen, einsetzen, a) jmd. anweisen, wo seinen Wohnsitz zu nehmen, ibi futuros Helvetios, ubi eos Caesar constituisset atque esse voluisset, Caes.: reliquias praedonum contractas in urbibus remotoque mari loco in certa sede c., feste Wohnsitze geben, Vell. – als milit. t. t., jmdm. wo seine Stellung anweisen, ihn wohin stellen, legen, neque se praesidium, ubi constitutus esset, tenere posse,
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    Caes.: praesidia in Tolosatibus circumque Narbonem, Caes. – b) jmd. in etw. als Besitztum einsetzen, einweisen (Ggstz. exturbare, expellere), plebem in agris publicis, Cic.: si Campanus ager dividatur, exturbari et expelli plebem ex agris, non constitui et collocari, eingewiesen u. angesiedelt, Cic. – c) jmd. in einen Posten, ein Amt einsetzen, setzen, ihn anstellen, auch m. in u. Abl., regem, Cic.: praefectos, Caes.: unum aliquem lectorem, Quint.: princeps (Fürst) divinitus constitutus, Plin. pan. – reges in civitate, Cic.: alqm sibi quaestoris in loco, Cic.: alqm in hoc munere, Q. Cic.: alqm supra bibliothecam, Vitr. – m. dopp. Acc., a quo regem et se et filium suum constitutos esse, Cic.: Commium regem ibi, Caes.: Cavarinum apud eos regem, Caes.: im Passiv m. dopp. Nom., rex (als K.) constituitur Arbactus, Iustin.: Alcibiades dux classi constituitur, Iustin. – d) bei jmd. in ein Verhältnis einsetzen, m. in u. Abl. des Verhältnisses, Athenaeum in maxima apud regem auctoritate gratiaque, veranlassen, daß der König dem Ath. wieder sein ganzes Vertrauen schenkt u. vollen Einfluß gestattet, Cic. ep. 15, 4, 6.
    2) errichtend, gründend, veranstaltend aufstellen, a) lebl. Objj., mit Adv., od. m. Praepp., od. m. Genet. od. Abl. loc.; od. m. Dat. (wem zu Ehren? wem zum Nutzen?), α) ein Bauwerk u. dgl. aufstellen, errichten, eine Stadt, Örtlichkeit u. dgl. anlegen, herrich-
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    ten, turres, Caes.: vineas ac testudines, Nep.: triplicem Piraei portum, Nep.: templa arasque, Suet.: aedem Iovis Feretrii, Nep.: laterarias (Ziegelhütten) ac domum, Plin.: urbem, Nep. u.a. (s. Ruhnken Vell. 1, 2, 6): oppidum, Caes.: oppidum c. suāque pecuniā exaedificare, Caes.: publice statuas, Quint.: effingere et constituere (herrichten) nidos, Cic.: asylum, Lact.: tectum antiquitus constitutum, Nep.: c. aream, Col.: c. crucem, s. crux. – c. castella ad extremas fossas, Caes.: pyras curvo in litore, Verg.: tropaea in Pyrenaeis iugis, Sall. fr. – alci publice in foro statuam, Nep.: aedem in foro geminis fratribus, Suet.: horrea certis locis, Caes.: domi suae quintanam, Suet.: domi suae sacellum Automatias, Nep.: domos Athenis, Plin.: in Getis Graias domos, Ov. – domicilium sibi Magnesiae, Nep. – als milit. t. t., Romae castra (aufschlagen), Suet.: u. so hiberna omnium legionum in Belgis, Caes. – als mathem. t. t., in data linea triangula aequis lateribus c., errichten (konstruieren), Quint. 1, 10, 3. – β) eine Anstalt u. vgl. errichten, einrichten, einsetzen, ludos illic quinquennales, Suet.: nova portoria, Vell.: vectigal in monte Antilibano, Cic.: aerarium interfectoribus Caesaris, Nep.: collegia antiquitus constituta, Suet. – u. als publiz. t. t., eine Machtstellung errichten, schaffen, einsetzen, decemviralem potestatem in omnibus urbibus, Nep.: magistratus per singulas civitates, Iustin.:
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    senatum centum senatorum, Iustin.: novi generis imperia in (gegen) alqm, Caes.: quae (potestates, imperia, curationes) constituuntur ad populi fructum aliquem aut commodum, Cic. – γ) ein Reich errichten, bilden, ex multis gentibus nationibusque unum regnum populumque, Iustin. 8, 6, 2. – δ) eine Vornahme anstellen, auctionem, Cic.: sermonem, Varr. LL.: sponsalia, ICt. – als gerichtl. t. t., c. actionem (eine Klage), Cic.: actionem adversus ingratos, Val. Max. – crimen in alqo, Klage gegen jmd. erheben, Cic.: reperietis idcirco haec in uno homine pecunioso tot constituta, ut etc., gegen diesen einen g. M. so viele Maßregeln ergriffen, Cic. – c. quaestionem (Untersuchung), Cic. u. Quint. – ε) Zustände zustande bringen, begründen, feststellen, amicitiam (Ggstz. tollere, v. Nutzen), Cic.: amicitiam cum alqo, Q. Cic.: concordiam, Cic.: pacem, Cic.: pacem his legibus, Nep.: victoriam, Cic.: magnam sibi auctoritatem pugnā illā navali, Nep.: videte, quod ius nobis, quam condicionem vobismet ipsis, quam denique civitati legem constituere (einführen) velitis, Cic. – ζ) zur Nachachtung aufstellen, documentum more militari, Auct. b. Afr.: maximum exemplum iustitiae in hostem, Cic. – b) leb. Objj.: α) übh. schaffend hinstellen, m. dopp. Acc., di primum homines humo excitatos celsos et erectos constituerunt, Cic. de nat. deor. 2, 140. – β) als milit. t. t., eine Legion usw. er-
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    richten, bilden, tres legiones, Caes. – m. ex u. Abl., legio septima constituta ex veteranis, Cic.
    3) eine feste Stellung (Halt, Verfassung, Stimmung usw.) gebend, eine feste Haltung geben, in eine gute Verfassung (Stimmung) versetzen, eine feste Einrichtung geben, disponieren (stimmen), regulieren (ordnen), fest bestimmen, befestigen (stählen), sicher begründen, konsolidieren, a) den Körper usw., is cui corpus bene constitutum sit, dessen Körper sich in guter Verfassung od. Stimmung (griech. σαρκος ευσταθὲς κατάστημα od. σαρκος ευστάθεια) befindet, Cic. – iam confirmata et constituta vox, Quint.: iam perfectis constitutisque viribus, Quint. – b) Geist u. Gemüt (Charakter), exordium est principium orationis, per quod animus auditoris constituitur (gestimmt wird) ad audiendum, Cornif. rhet.: animus bene constitutus, Cic. – übtr. auf die Pers., viri sapientes et bene naturā constituti, Cic. Sest. 137: quotus quisque philosophorum invenitur, qui sit ita moratus, ita animo ac vitā constitutus, ut ratio postulat, dessen Denk- u. Handlungsweise in einer solchen Verfassung ist, wie usw., Cic. Tusc. 2, 11. – c) Zustände, senectus, quae fundamentis adulescentiae constituta est, das durch den in der Iugend gelegten Grund einen festen Halt bekommen hat, Cic.: ineuntis aetatis inscitia senum constituenda et regenda prudentiā est, muß in der Klugheit der Greise Halt u.
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    Leitung suchen, Cic. – d) menschliche Verhältnisse, Angelegenheiten, Einrichtungen, α) einzelne Verhältnisse usw., rem familiarem, Cic.: rem nummariam de communi sententia, Cic. – übtr. auf die Pers., qui integri sunt et sani et bene constituti de rebus domesticis, deren Hauswesen sich in guter Verfassung befindet, gute Haushalter, gute Hausväter, Cic. Sest. 97. – Passiv unpers., non tam sinistre constitutum est, ut non etc., es steht nicht so schlimm mit uns, daß wir nicht usw., Plin. pan. 45, 5. – β) das Staatswesen usw., rem publicam c., componere et c., Cic.: bene morata et bene constituta civitas, Cic.: c. plures rei publicae partes, Cic.: c. civitatem, Suet., civitates, Cic.: res summā aequitate, Nep. – eae res, quas ipse Athenis constituerat, seine Einrichtungen zu Athen, Nep.: c. Chersonesum, Nep.: c. alci regnum, Nep.
    4) bestimmend feststellen, festsetzen, bestimmen, a) übh. abgrenzend, α) lebl. Objj., feststellen, festsetzen, ansetzen, bestimmen, anordnen, anberaumen, u. im Einverständnis mit einem andern = verabreden, übereinkommen, zusagen, im üblen Sinne = abkarten, m. Acc., c. iter ad Cirtam oppidum, Sall. (u. so ex itinere proposito et constituto reverti, Cic.): c. locum, Ter.: tempus, diem, Cic., Caes. u.a.: constitutā die causae dictionis (an dem bestimmten Tage der Verteidigung), Caes.: c. Olympiada, Cic.: primam Olympiada, Vell. – c. vadimonium (ge-
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    richtl. t. t.), Cic. – u. (im Bilde) fines, qui sint in amicitia, Cic.: modum credendi, Cic.: mercedem funeris, Cic.: summum pretium, Cic.: certa pretia, Cic. – poenas capitis, Cic. – m. Dat. (wem? für wen? wozu?), diem concilio, Caes.: diem nuptiis, Plaut.: proximum diem ei negotio, Sall.: posterum diem pugnae, Caes.: pretium frumento, Cic.: aera (Sold) militibus, Liv.: singulis fines imperii, Sall.: certos mihi fines terminosque constituam, extra quos egredi non possim, Cic.: gravissimum ei rei supplicium cum cruciatu, Caes.: poenam alci, Cic. u. Quint.: capitis poenam iis, qui non paruerint, Caes. – m. ad u. Akk., grandiorem aetatem ad consulatum, Cic.: certam pecuniam proconsulibus ad mulos et tabernacula, Suet. – m. in u. Akk. der Zeit, in posterum diem tempus locumque, Liv.: nuptias in hunc diem, Ter. – m. cum u. Abl. od. (s. unten mit ut) inter se, diem cum alqo c., pacisci et c., Caes. u. Cic.: colloquium cum rege, Liv. – m. in (gegen) u. Akk. der Pers., in impios et consceleratos poenas certissimas, Cic. – m. folg. indir. Fragesatz, armorum quantum quaeque civitas domi quodque ante tempus efficiat constituit, Caes.: quid in annos singulos vectigalis populo Romano Britannia penderet constituit, Caes.: quantum quaeque civitas daret Aristides delectus est qui constitueret, Nep.: constitui cum hominibus, quo die mihi Messanae praesto essent, Cic. – m. folg. Acc. u. Infin., nam constitui cum
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    quodam hospite me esse illum conventuram, Ter.: et is hodie venturum ad me constituit domum, Ter.: vellem non constituissem in Tusculanum me hodie venturum esse L. Aelio, Cic.: si constitueris cuipiam te advocatum in rem praesentem esse venturum, Cic. – m. folg. ut u. Konj., Lentulus cum ceteris... constituerant, ut L. Bestia... quereretur de actionibus Ciceronis, Cic.: constituimus inter nos, ut ambulationem conficeremus in Academia, Cic. – m. de (über) u. Abl., de numero pastorum alii angustius, alii laxius constituere solent; ego in (auf) octogenas hirtas oves singulos pastores constitui, Atticus in centenas, Varr. r. r. 2, 10, 10 Keil. – absol. m. Dat. (wem?), hic ubi nocturnae Numa constituebat amicae, ein Stelldichein zu geben pflegte, Iuven. 3, 16. – absol. m. in u. Akk., in diem tertium constituunt, Sall. Iug. 66, 2. – ganz absol., sic constituunt (setzen sie die Zeit fest), sic condicunt, Tac. Germ. 11, 2. – Passiv unpers., Avillius, ut erat constitutum, simulat se aegrotare, Cic. Clu. 37. – β) leb. Wesen, zu einem Zwecke bestimmen, bestellen, stellen, accusatorem, Cic.: testes, Cic.: iudices de alqa re, Cic.: publice patronum huic causae, Cic.: curatores legibus agrariis, Cic.: tutores pupillis, ICt.: debitorem sibi, ICt.: m. dopp. Akk., alqm reum pro se, ICt. – b) erklärend, urteilend, entscheidend feststellen, α) übh., m. folg. Acc. u. Infin. = die Erklärung abgeben, den Satz aufstel-
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    len, consuetudo... eo deducta est, ut et constitueret, honestum esse aliquid, quod utile non esset, et utile, quod non honestum, Cic.: bona possessa non esse constitui, Cic. – m. folg. indir. Fragesatz = sich ein festes Urteil bilden, sich entscheiden, nondum satis constitui, molestiaene plus an voluptatis attulerit Trebatius noster, Cic.: constituere apud se debet, utrum contra tabulas bonorum possessionem petat, an vero legatum persequatur? Ulp. dig. – β) als jurist. t. t., αα) gesetzlich feststellen, disceptationem (Streitpunkt), Cic.: controversiam (Streitpunkt), Cic. – bes. iudicium, für zu Recht bestehend erklären (durch ein Gesetz, ein Edikt od. durch Bestellung eines Richters von seiten des Prätors), Cic.: u. iudicium de rebus repetundis, Cic.: iudicium capitis in alqm, Cic.: iudicio damni iniuriā (über Ersatz des widerrechtlich erlittenen Schadens) constituto, Cic. – nuper apud (vor dem Richterstuhl) C. Orchivium collegam meum locus ab iudicibus Fausto Sullae de pecuniis residuis non est constitutus, wurde von den R. gegen F. S. wegen der r. G. nicht auf Prozeß erkannt, Cic. Clu. 94. – u. v. Gesetz, ius melius Sullanis praediis quam paternis, zuerkennen, Cic. agr. 3, 10. – ββ) gesetzlich entscheiden, einen Beschluß fassen, verordnen, v. Richter, litem, Petr. 18, 5: quid ageres? quid constitueres? Ps. Quint. decl. 3, 14. – absol. m. de u. Abl., de certo, de perspicuo iure, Cic.: alio modo aut de reli-
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    giono aut de re publica, Cic.: de hoc (verst. Eumene) Antigonus cum solus constituere non auderet, ad consilium rettulit, Nep. – m. folg. ut u. Konj., ut debeatur, Plin. pan. 40, 5. – c) beschließend festsetzen, beschließen, sich entschließen, den Entschluß fassen, α) übh.: m. Acc., haec ex re et ex tempore constitues, Cic.: nihil ante de profectione constituam, quam etc., Cic. – m. folg. Infin., bellum cum Germanis gerere, Caes.: desciscere a rege, Nep.: cum mihi deliberatum ac constitutum sit, ita gerere consulatum, ut etc., Cic. – m. folg. ut u. Konj., constitueram, ut V. Idus Aquini manerem, Cic. – β) v. Senat, m. folg. indir. Fragesatz, ut celeriter quod opus esset constitueretur, Rutil. Lup. 1, 17: u. so ibid. 2, 17. – ⇒ Archaist. Plusquampers. constitiveram, Plaut. Pseud. 549 R. u. Fl. (Götz u. Lorenz besser mecum statueram).

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  • 16 distaccato

    distaccato agg. 1. ( staccato) détaché. 2. ( burocr) annexe: la sede distaccata del tribunale l'annexe du tribunal. 3. ( Mil) détaché: compagnia distaccata compagnie détachée. 4. ( fig) détaché: parlare con tono distaccato parler d'un ton détaché. 5. ( indifferente) indifférent, froid.

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  • 17 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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  • 18 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

  • 19 convenio

    con-vĕnĭo, vēni, ventum, 4 ( fut. convenibo, Plaut. Cas. 3, 2, 18), v. n. and a.
    I.
    To come together, meet together, assemble (class. and freq.).
    A.
    In gen.:

    milites, qui ex provinciā convenerant,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 8:

    omnes... eo convenerant,

    id. ib. 3, 16:

    totius fere Galliae legati ad Caesarem gratulatum convenerunt,

    id. ib. 1, 30:

    quanto multitudo hominum ad hoc judicium,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 5, 11:

    amici privatique hospites ad eum defendendum convenerunt,

    Nep. Timoth. 4, 2:

    ad clamorem hominum,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 37:

    ad delectationem,

    Quint. 3, 4, 6:

    Pericles, cum haberet collegam Sophoclem, iique de communi officio convenissent,

    id. Off. 1, 40, 144:

    nunc ita convenimus, ut possemus dicere, etc.,

    id. Phil. 3, 2, 5:

    quoniam convenimus ambo,

    Verg. E. 5, 1; id. A. 1, 361 al.—With the place to or at which, usu. designated by in and acc.:

    mei capitis servandi causā Romam Italia tota convenit,

    Cic. Pis. 15, 34; id. Div. 2, 23, 50:

    unum in locum omnes,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 19:

    in coetus scholarum,

    Quint. 2, 9, 2:

    in consilium frequentes,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 29, § 71:

    reguli in unum convenere,

    Sall. J. 11, 2:

    tribuni plebis non desistebant clam inter se convenire,

    Cic. Agr. 2, 5, 12:

    et ex proximis hibernis et a Caesare conventura subsidia,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 28 fin.: convenientis manus dissipare, Auct. B. G. 8, 6.—Rarely with in and abl., or with advv. of place (mostly post-Aug.):

    uno in loco omnes adversariorum copiae convenissent,

    Cic. Div. 2, 24, 52 B. and K.; cf.: quanta illic multitudo convenisse dicebatur, id. Verr. 2, 2, 66, § 160 B. and K. (al. illuc):

    in coloniā Agrippiensi in domum privatam conveniunt,

    Tac. H. 4, 55.—
    2.
    Transf., of inanim. and abstr. subjects:

    munera multa huc ab amatoribus,

    Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 44:

    huc convenit utrumque bivium,

    Plin. 6, 28, 32, § 144; cf.:

    oppi dum in quo omnis negotiatio ejus (Arabiae) convenit,

    id. 6, 28, 32, § 157:

    cum multae causae convenisse unum in locum atque inter se congruere videntur,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 22, 62; so id. ad Q. Fr. 1, 4, 4.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    Publicist. t. t. of civil communities which belong in jurisdiction to some chief city:

    ex his civitatibus, quae in id forum convenirent,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 15, § 38:

    Carthaginem conveniunt populi LXV.,

    Plin. 3, 3, 4, § 25; cf.:

    ibi Aethiopicae convenere naves,

    id. 5, 28, 29, § 105.—
    2.
    Jurid. t. t.:

    in manum, of a woman who in marriage (by usus, confarreatio, or coëmptio, q. v.) comes into the hands (manus) of her husband,

    Cic. Fl. 34, 84; id. Top. 3, 14; Quint. 5, 10, 62; Gai Inst. 3, 84:

    viro in manum,

    Cic. Top. 4, 23:

    in manum flaminis,

    Tac. A. 4, 16 et saep.—

    In the same sense: in matrimonium alicujus,

    Dig. 45, 1, 121, § 1:

    in matrimonium cum viro,

    to marry, Gell. 18, 6, 8; or, in nuptias, Cod. Th. 3, 7, 11.—
    3.
    Act., to go to one to speak to him, make a request of him, etc., to address, accost, meet, visit:

    haut multos homines nunc videre et convenire quam te mavellem,

    Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 16; id. Pers. 5, 2, 74 al.; Ter. And. 1, 3, 22:

    (Helvetii) cum eum (sc. Caesarem) in itinere convenissent,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 27:

    adversarios ejus,

    Nep. Dion, 8, 3:

    illum Atilium,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 18, 50:

    neminem conveni—convenio autem cottidie plurimos—quin omnes, etc.,

    id. Fam. 9, 14, 1:

    Bruti pueri Laodiceae me convenerunt,

    id. ib. 3, 7, 1.— Pass.:

    Balbus tantis pedum doloribus afficitur, ut se conveniri nolit,

    Cic. Fam. 6, 19, 2:

    nec eum (Lentulum) a minore Balbo conventum,

    id. Att. 9, 6, 1:

    quod conveniundi patris me tempus capere jubebat,

    Ter. Phorm. 5, 4, 9; Cic. Fam. 1, 8, 7; Nep. Dion, 9, 3 al. — Absol.:

    aditum petentibus conveniendi non dabat,

    Nep. Paus. 3, 3.—
    b.
    Jurid. t. t., to meet one judicially, to sue, bring an action against, summon before a tribunal:

    ut heredes ex stipulatu conveniri possint,

    Dig. 10, 2, 20; 50, 1, 17:

    de peculio,

    Paul. Sent. 2, 31:

    pro parte dimidiā,

    Dig. 17, 1, 59 et saep.—Also with abstr. objects:

    dolum aut culpam eorum,

    Dig. 26, 7, 38:

    nomen,

    ib. 42, 1, 15.
    II.
    Pregn.
    A.
    To come together, to unite, join, combine, couple (cf. coëo, II.).
    1.
    Lit., so mostly of the coition of animals, Lucr. 2, 922; Plin. 11, 24, 29, § 85; App. M. 6, p. 177, 38 al.—Of the union of atoms:

    Tandem conveniant ea (primordia) quae convecta repente Magnarum rerum fiunt exordia,

    Lucr. 5, 429.—
    2.
    Trop.
    a.
    With personal subject, to agree with in wishes, decisions, etc., to accord, harmonize (rare;

    late Lat.),

    Hyg. Astr. 2, 4; Dig. 9, 2, 27, § 29; Paul. Sent. 1, 1, § 5 (but in Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, the v. 130 is spurious; v. Ritschl, prol. ad Trin. p. 131).—Far more freq.,
    b.
    Res convenit or impers. convenit, it is agreed upon, or there is unanimity in respect to something, the matter is decided.
    (α).
    Res convenit, constr. alicui cum aliquo, inter aliquos, or absol.:

    cum his mihi nec locus nec sermo convenit,

    Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 10:

    haec fratri mecum non conveniunt neque placent,

    Ter. Ad. 1, 1, 34:

    de dote mecum conveniri nil potest,

    Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 168:

    hoc mihi cum tuo fratre convenit,

    Cic. Fin. 5, 29, 87; Liv. 2, 39, 8; Quint. 3, 6, 91:

    pax, quae cum T. Quinctio convenisset,

    Liv. 34, 43, 2; cf.:

    pax convenit,

    Sall. J. 38 fin.; Liv. 1, 3, 5; 30, 43, 8:

    in eas condiciones cum pax conveniret,

    id. 29, 12, 14 al.; and:

    cum imperatoribus Romanis pacem conventam fuisse,

    Sall. J. 112, 2:

    ratio accepti atque expensi inter nos,

    Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 146:

    eo signo quod convenerat revocantur,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 28:

    quod tempus inter eos committendi proelii convenerat,

    id. B. G. 2, 19:

    neminem voluerunt majores nostri esse judicem, nisi qui inter adversarios convenisset,

    Cic. Clu. 43, 120; so,

    judex inter eos,

    Val. Max. 2, 8, 2:

    posse rem convenire... si posset inter eos aliquid convenire,

    Cic. Leg. 1, 20, 53:

    dum rem conventuram putamus,

    id. Att. 9, 6, 2:

    si in eo manerent, quod convenisset,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 36: [p. 463] in colloquium convenit;

    condiciones non convenerunt,

    Nep. Hann. 6, 2; cf. Liv. 30, 40, 14; 38, 11, 1 al.:

    postquam ardentia vidit castra magister equitum (id convenerat signum),

    id. 9, 23, 15:

    signum,

    Suet. Oth. 6:

    omnia conventura,

    Sall. J. 83, 2.— Pass.:

    pacem conventam frustra fuisse,

    Sall. J. 112, 2:

    quibus conventis,

    Liv. 30, 43, 7.—
    (β).
    Convenit, constr. alicui cum aliquo, inter aliquos, with ut, the acc. and inf., with de and abl., or absol.:

    mihi cum Deiotaro convenit, ut, etc.,

    Cic. Att. 6, 1, 14:

    idne agebas, ut tibi cum sceleratis, an ut cum bonis civibus conveniret?

    id. Lig. 6, 18:

    quicum optime convenisset,

    id. Verr. 2, 4, 66, § 147:

    nunc ita convenit inter me atque hunc, ut, etc.,

    Plaut. Capt. 2. 3, 19:

    non modo inter Patres, sed ne inter consules quidem ipsos satis conveniebat,

    Liv. 2, 23, 14:

    conveniat mihi tecum necesse est, ipsum fecisse, etc.,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 29, 79; Sen. Ben. 7, 4, 5; id. Brev. Vit. 7, 3:

    inter omnis vero convenit, Sibyllam ad Tarquinium Superbum tris libros attulisse,

    Plin. 13, 13, 27, § 88; cf. Suet. Vesp. 25: convenit, jam inde per consules reliqua belli perfecta, it is generally asserted, homologeitai, Liv. 9, 16, 1; cf. Suet. Claud. 44 et saep.:

    cum de facto convenit, et quaeritur, etc.,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 8, 11; id. Fin. 4, 26, 72:

    de duobus minus convenit,

    Liv. 2, 33, 2; Quint. 1, 4, 17; Col. 2, 9 init.; Sen. Clem. 2, 7, 4; Gell. 2, 22, 2:

    quamquam de hoc parum convenit,

    Quint. 5, 10, 2:

    quaedam sunt, de quibus inter omnes convenit,

    id. 2, 12, 2; 4, 5, 28; Cic. N. D. 2, 4, 9; Liv. 42, 25, 11; Sen. Q. N. 2, 12, 2; Plin. Pan. 29, 5:

    ubi de pace non convenit, signa cecinere,

    Flor. 2, 6, 59 al.:

    convenit, victi utri sint eo proelio, Urbem, agrum, etc.... seque uti dederent,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 70:

    convenerat, ne interloquereris,

    Sen. Clem. 1, 9, 9; cf.:

    quibus consulibus interierit non convenit,

    Nep. Hann. 13, 1:

    pacto convenit, etc.,

    Liv. 24, 6, 7; Plaut. Aul. 2, 2, 80:

    omnis exercitus, uti convenerat. Numidiā deductus, etc.,

    Sall. J. 39, 4:

    Patres igitur jurati (ita enim convenerat),

    Liv. 30, 40, 12:

    pro argento si aurum dare mallent, darent convenit,

    id. 38, 11, 8.—
    B.
    To fit with, in, or to something, to suit, be adapted to.
    1.
    Lit. (rare):

    quae (cupa) inter orbes conveniat... quae (fistula) in columellam conveniat,

    Cato, R. R. 21, 1:

    conveniebatne in vaginam tuam machaera militis?

    Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 85:

    si cothurni laus illa esset, ad pedem apte convenire,

    Cic. Fin. 3, 14, 46.—More freq.,
    2.
    Transf.: res convenit, or impers. convenit, the thing (or it) is fit, becoming, seemly, suitable, appropriate, proper, serviceable for something, it becomes, = consentit, congruit.
    a.
    Res convenit, constr. with in or ad aliquid, cum aliquā re, the dat., acc., acc. and inf., or absol.
    (α).
    In or ad aliquid:

    ceterae vites in quemvis agrum conveniunt,

    Cato, R. R. 6 fin.; cf. Varr. R. R. 1, 19, 1:

    quid minus in hunc ordinem convenit? etc.,

    Cic. Phil. 9, 4, 8:

    convenire quae vitia in quemvis videntur potius, etc.,

    id. Verr. 2, 1, 49, § 128; id. Rosc. Am. 23, 65:

    hoc in te unum,

    id. N. D. 2, 29, 74 Orell. N. cr. nullam contumeliam jacere potueris, quae non ad maximam partem civium conveniret, id. Sull. 7, 23.—
    (β).
    Cum aliquā re:

    haec tua deliberatio non mihi convenire visa est cum oratione Largi,

    Cic. Fam. 6, 8, 2; so id. Fin. 3, 22, 73 al.—
    (γ).
    With dat.:

    num videntur convenire haec nuptiis?

    Ter. And. 2, 2, 29; so Cic. Prov. Cons. 17, 41; id. Fin. 3, 22, 74; Sall. J. 85, 40; Quint. 6, 3, 25; Suet. Galb. 14 et saep.—
    (δ).
    With acc.:

    itidem ut tempus anni, aetatem aliam aliud factum convenit,

    Plaut. Merc. 5, 4, 24 dub. (Lachm. ap. Lucr. p. 64, conj. condecet).—
    (ε).
    With acc. and inf.:

    hoc non convenit, me... agrum habere,

    Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 55; so Prop. 2, 1, 41.—
    (ζ).
    With in and abl.:

    nihil autem minus in perfecto duce quam festinationem... convenire arbitrabatur,

    Suet. Aug. 25.—
    (η).
    Absol.: hanc mi expetivi, contigit;

    conveniunt mores, etc.,

    Ter. And. 4, 2, 13:

    nomen non convenit,

    id. ib. 5, 4, 39; id. Phorm. 1, 2, 3 (cf. impers.: rationes conferatis; adsidunt;

    subducunt: ad nummum convenit,

    Cic. Att. 5, 21, 12):

    non bene conveniunt, nec in unā sede morantur Majestas et amor,

    Ov. M. 2, 846:

    medius ille orationis modus maxime convenit,

    Quint. 6, 2, 19 et saep.—
    b.
    Convenit, impers., constr. with a clause as subject (so esp. freq. in Lucr. and the elder Pliny).
    (α).
    Haud convenit, unā ire cum amicā imperatorem in viā, Ter. Eun. 3, 2, 41:

    convenit illud in his rebus obsignatum habere, Lucr 2, 582: per se sibi vivere,

    id. 3, 685:

    dicere causas leti,

    id. 6, 708 et saep.:

    quo maxime contendi conveniat,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 85, 2:

    convenit Evandri victos discedere ad urbem,

    Verg. A. 12, 184; so Hor. A. P. 226; Vell. 1, 3, 2; Quint. 7, 3, 9; Plin. 18, 13, 33, § 126; cf. id. 33, 1, 5, § 15 Sillig.—
    (β).
    With ut:

    quī enim convenit, ut? etc.,

    Cic. Phil. 7, 2, 4 (al. evenit):

    si tibi curae Quantae conveniat Munatius,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 3, 31; cf. Quint. 8, 6, 63. —To express assent:

    convenit,

    well, it is agreed, Plaut. Cas. 2, 3, 54.—Hence,
    1.
    convĕnĭens, entis, P. a.
    A.
    (Acc. to II. A. 2.) Agreeing, consistent, accordant, harmonious (syn.:

    consentiens, concors, congruens): bene convenientes propinqui,

    Cic. Off. 1, 17, 58; cf.:

    convenientes optime propinqui cognatique,

    id. Rosc. Am. 34, 96; Suet. Tib. 7:

    recta et convenientia et constantia natura desiderat,

    Cic. Off. 3, 8, 35:

    conveniens et conjuncta constantia inter augures,

    id. Div. 2, 39, 82:

    motus,

    Lucr. 1, 1029; cf.:

    inter se motus,

    id. 2, 941.—More frequently,
    B.
    (Acc. to II. B. 2.) Fitting to something, appropriate to, meet, fit, suitable, = congruens; constr. with cum, the dat., ad aliquid, inter se, in and acc. or abl., or absol.
    (α).
    With cum (rare): motus oris conveniens cum ipsius verbi demonstratione, Nigid. ap. Gell. 10, 4, 4:

    dies conveniens cum populi vultu,

    Ov. P. 2, 1, 28.—
    (β).
    With dat. (very freq.):

    nihil in hac praeclarā epistulā scriptum ab Epicuro congruens et conveniens decretis ejus reperietis,

    Cic. Fin. 2, 31, 99; Quint. 3, 11, 20; 6, 3, 102 al.; Suet. Tib. 50; Hor. A. P. 316; Ov. P. 3, 9, 36 et saep.:

    aut sibi convenientia finge,

    Hor. A. P. 119; cf. Quint. 11, 1, 11:

    bono civi convenientissimum credidi amplecti, etc.,

    Plin. Ep. 3, 18, 1:

    disciplina convenientissima,

    Vell. 1, 6, 3.—
    (γ).
    Ad aliquid (rare):

    nihil est tam conveniens ad res vel secundas vel adversas,

    Cic. Lael. 5, 17:

    sonus ad formam tauri,

    Ov. Ib. 436.—
    (δ).
    In aliquid (very rare):

    forma in illam conveniens amplitudinem,

    Vell. 2, 29, 2.—
    (ε).
    In aliquā re:

    gratulatio conveniens in eā victoriā,

    Liv. 45, 19, 3.—
    (ζ).
    Inter se (rare):

    in vitā omnia sint apta inter se et convenientia,

    Cic. Off. 1, 40, 144:

    inter se motus,

    Lucr. 2, 941.—
    (η).
    Absol. (rare):

    quod sit aptum atque conveniens,

    Quint. 5, 10, 123:

    toga,

    fitting, fitting close, Ov. A. A. 1, 514:

    nihil convenientius ducens, quam, etc.,

    Suet. Aug. 10.—
    b.
    Conveniens est = convenit, consentaneum est, it is fit, proper, becoming, suitable (post-Aug. and rare; cf.

    congruens): convenientius est dici,

    Plin. 34, 7, 16, § 35.— Sup., Plin. Pan. 87, 1; id. Ep. 10, 3 (20), 2.— Adv.: convĕnĭen-ter, fitly, suitably, conformably, consistently (syn.. congruenter, constanter; class.;

    most freq. in Cic.): convenienter cum naturā vivere (with congruere),

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 28, 82:

    convenienter naturae vivere (with congruenter),

    id. Fin. 3, 7, 26; cf. id. Off. 3, 3, 13 al.; Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 12:

    convenienter sibi dicere (with constanter),

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 9, 26; Ov. A. A. 3, 546:

    convenienter ad praesentem fortunae statum loqui,

    Liv. 23, 5, 4.— Sup., Aug. Civ. Dei, 18, 44.—
    2.
    con-ventum, i, n. (acc. to II. A. 2.), an agreement, compact, covenant, convention, accord (in good prose):

    facere promissa, stare conventis, reddere deposita,

    Cic. Off. 3, 25, 95; 1, 10, 32; id. Part. Or. 37, 130; Liv. 29, 24, 3; Sil. 1, 10 al.—As a jurid. expression, very freq. in the connection pactum conventum (for which the MSS. sometimes, perh. through interpolation, give pactum et conventum), Cic. Part. Or. 37, 130; id. de Or. 2, 24, 100; id. Caecin. 18, 51; id. Att. 6, 3, 1; Juv. 6, 25; v. pactum.

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  • 20 imi

    infĕrus, a, um (ante-class. collat. form of the nom. sing. infer:

    ubi super inferque vicinus permittet,

    Cato, R. R. 149), adj. [cf. Sanscr. adh-aras, adh-amas, the lower, lowest; and Lat. infra], that is below, underneath, lower; opp. superus.
    I.
    Posit.
    A.
    In gen.: inferus an superus tibi fert Deus funera, Liv. Andr. ap. Prisc. p. 606 P.; cf.:

    Di Deaeque superi atque inferi,

    Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 36; Ter. Phorm. 4, 4, 6; cf.

    also: ut ex tam alto dignitatis gradu ad superos videantur deos potius quam ad inferos pervenisse,

    Cic. Lael. 3, 12:

    limen superum inferumque salve,

    Plaut. Merc. 5, 1, 1:

    ut omnia supera, infera, prima, ultima, media videremus,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 26, 64:

    loca,

    the lower parts, id. Arat. 474:

    fulmina,

    that come out of the ground, Plin. 2, 52, 53, § 138: aqua, that falls down, rain-water, Varr. ap. Non. 1, 221: mare inferum, the Lower, i. e. the Tuscan Sea (opp. mare superum, the Upper or Adriatic Sea), Mel. 2, 4; Plin. 3, 5, 10, § 75; Cic. Att. 9, 3, 1; id. de Or. 3, 19 et saep. also without mare:

    navigatio infero,

    upon the Tuscan Sea, id. Att. 9, 5, 1.—
    B.
    In partic., underground, belonging to the Lower World: infĕri, ōrum, m. ( gen. inferūm for inferorum, Varr. ap. Macr. S. 1, 16; Sen. de Ira, 2, 35), the inhabitants of the infernal regions, the dead:

    triceps apud inferos Cerberus,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 5, 10:

    si ab inferis exsistat rex Hiero,

    were to rise from the dead, Liv. 26, 32:

    si salvi esse velint, Sulla sit iis ab inferis excitandus,

    to be raised from the dead, Cic. Cat. 2, 9, 20:

    inferorum animas elicere,

    id. Vatin. 6, 14:

    ad inferos poenas parricidii luere,

    in the infernal regions, id. Phil. 14, 12, 32:

    ab inferis excitare aliquem,

    i. e. to quote the words of one deceased, id. Or. 25, 85; id. Brut. 93, 322.
    II.
    Comp.: infĕrĭor, ius, lower in situation or place.
    A.
    Lit.:

    spatium,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 46, 3:

    locus,

    id. ib. 2, 25:

    pars,

    id. ib. 7, 35: ex inferiore loco dicere, from below (opp. ex superiore loco, from the tribunal), Cic. Att. 2, 24, 3; cf.

    superus, II. A.: onerosa suo pondere in inferius feruntur,

    downwards, Ov. M. 15, 241:

    scriptura,

    Cic. Inv. 2, 40, 117.— Plur. subst.: infĕrĭōres, um, m., the people of the lower part of the city, Auct. B. Alex. 6, 3. —
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    Subsequent, later, latter, in time or succession:

    erant inferiores quam illorum aetas, qui, etc.,

    lived later, were younger, Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 5, 2; cf.:

    aetate inferiores paulo quam Iulius, etc.,

    id. Brut. 49, 182; and:

    inferioris aetatis esse,

    id. ib. 64, 228:

    inferiores quinque dies,

    the latter, Varr. L. L. 6, § 13 Müll. —
    2.
    Inferior in quality, rank, or number.
    (α).
    With abl. specif.:

    voluptatibus erant inferiores, nec pecuniis ferme superiores,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 34:

    inferior fortunā,

    id. Fam. 13, 5, 2:

    dignitate, auctoritate, existimatione, gratia non inferior, quam qui umquam fuerunt amplissimi,

    id. Q. Fr. 1, 3, 6:

    inferiores animo,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 24:

    quemadmodum causa inferior, dicendo fieri superior posset,

    Cic. Brut. 8:

    erat multo inferior navium numero Brutus,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 57. — With abl.:

    ut humanos casus virtute inferiores putes,

    Cic. Lael. 2.—
    (β).
    With in and abl.:

    in jure civili non inferior, quam magister fuit,

    Cic. Brut. 48, 179.—
    (γ).
    Absol.:

    inferiores extollere,

    Cic. Lael. 20, 72; cf. id. ib. §

    71: invident homines maxime paribus aut inferioribus,

    id. de Or. 2, 52, 209; cf.:

    indignum est, a pari vinci aut superiore, indignius ab inferiore atque humiliore,

    id. Quint. 31:

    supplices inferioresque,

    id. Font. 11:

    ordines,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 46:

    crudelis in inferiores,

    Auct. Her. 4, 40:

    non inferiora secutus,

    naught inferior, Verg. A. 6, 170.
    III.
    Sup. in two forms: infĭmus (or infŭmus) and īmus.
    A.
    Form infimus (infumus), a, um, lowest, last (= imus;

    but where the lowest of several objects is referred to, infimus is used,

    Cic. N. D. 1, 37, 103; 2, 6, 17; v. Krebs, Antibarb. p. 588).
    1.
    Lit.:

    stabiliendi causa singuli ab infimo solo pedes terra exculcabantur,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 73, 7:

    ab infimis radicibus montis,

    id. B. C. 1, 41, 3; 1, 42, 2:

    cum scripsissem haec infima,

    Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 6:

    ab infima ara,

    from the lowest part of the altar, id. Div. 1, 33; cf.:

    sub infimo colle,

    the foot, Caes. B. G. 7, 79. — Subst.: infĭmum, i, n., the lowest part, bottom, in the phrase:

    ab infimo,

    from below, at the bottom, Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 140:

    collis erat leniter ab infimo acclivis,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 19, 1 (for which, ab imo;

    v. below, B. 1.): stipites demissi et ab infimo revincti,

    id. ib. 7, 73, 3; cf. Sen. Q. N. 3, 30, 4; 6, 4, 1; so,

    ad infimum,

    at the bottom, Caes. B. G. 7, 73, 3:

    collis passus circiter CC. infimus apertus,

    at the bottom, id. ib. 2, 18, 2.—
    2.
    Trop., lowest, meanest, basest in quality or rank:

    infima faex populi,

    Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 6; cf.:

    condicio servorum,

    id. Off. 1, 13:

    infimo loco natus,

    id. Fl. 11:

    summos cum infimis pari jure retinebat,

    id. Off. 2, 12:

    humilitas natalium,

    Plin. 18, 6, 7, § 37:

    preces,

    the most humble, Liv. 8, 2; 29, 30. — Hence, infĭmē, adv., only trop., at the bottom (late Lat.):

    quid summe est, quid infime,

    Aug. Ep. 18, 2. —
    B.
    Form imus, a, um, the lowest, deepest, last ( = infimus; but when opp. to summus, to express a whole from end to end, imus is used; v. Suet. Aug. 79; Quint. 2, 13, 9; Liv. 24, 34, 9; Cic. Rosc. Com. 7, 20; Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 54; cf. Krebs, Antibarb. p. 588).
    1.
    Lit.:

    ab imis unguibus usque ad verticem summum,

    Cic. Rosc. Com. 7, 20:

    terra ima sede semper haeret,

    id. Rep. 6, 18:

    fundo in imo,

    at the very bottom, Verg. A. 6, 581: vox, the deepest bass (opp. vox summa, the treble), Hor. S. 1, 3, 7; Quint. 11, 3, 15:

    conviva,

    that reclines at the bottom, Hor. S. 2, 8, 40; Mart. 6, 74:

    ad imam quercum,

    at the foot of the oak, Phaedr. 2, 4, 3:

    in aure ima,

    at the bottom of the ear, Plin. 11, 45, 103, § 205. — As substt.
    A.
    Plur.: īmi, ōrum, m., the lowest, most humble:

    aequalis ad maximos imosque pervenit clementiae tuae admiratio,

    Sen. Clem. 1, 1, 9:

    pacis et armorum superis imisque deorum Arbiter,

    Ov. F. 5, 665. —
    B.
    īmum, i, n., the bottom, depth, low [p. 945] est part. Lit.:

    ab imo ad summum,

    Hor. S. 2, 3, 308:

    locus erat paulatim ab imo acclivis,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 19, 1 (for which, ab infimo; v. above, A. 1.); so,

    tigna paulum ab imo praeacuta,

    id. ib. 4, 17:

    suspirare ab imo,

    to fetch a deep sigh, Ov. A. A. 3, 675:

    (aures) instabiles imo facit,

    at the bottom. at their roots, id. M. 11, 177:

    aquae perspicuae imo,

    down to the bottom, id. ib. 5, 588. — Plur.:

    ima summis mutare,

    to turn the lowest into the highest, Hor. C. 1, 34, 12; Vell. 2, 2:

    ima,

    the under world, Ov. M. 10, 47.—With gen.:

    ima maris,

    the bottom of the sea, Plin. 32, 6, 21, § 64:

    ima montis,

    the foot of a mountain, id. 4, 11, 18, § 40.—
    2.
    Trop., with respect to time or order, the last (mostly poet.):

    mensis,

    Ov. F. 2, 52.—Hence, subst.: īmum, i, n., the last, the end:

    nihil nostrā intersit an ab summo an ab imo nomina dicere incipiamus,

    Auct. Her. 3, 18, 30:

    si quid inexpertum scaenae committis... servetur ad imum,

    till the last, to the end, Hor. A. P. 126:

    dormiet in lucem... ad imum Threx erit,

    at last, id. Ep. 1, 18, 35.

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