Перевод: с латинского на все языки

со всех языков на латинский

Aeschinēs

  • 1 Aeschines

    Aeschinēs, is и ī m.
    1) философ, ученик Сократа C, Q
    2) аттический оратор, глава промакедонской партии (род. ок. 390 г. до н. э.) C, O
    3) философ Новой Академии (ок. 130 г. до н. э.) C
    4) оратор из Милета, современник Цицерона C

    Латинско-русский словарь > Aeschines

  • 2 Aeschines

    Aeschinēs, is u. ī, Akk. em u. ēn, m. (Αἰσχίνης), Äschines, I) aus Athen, Philosoph, Schüler des Sokrates, dah. gew. der Sokratiker gen., Cic. de inv. 1, 51. Quint. 5, 11, 27. – II) aus Neapel, Schüler des Karneades u. ein Lehrer der neuen Akademie zu Athen, Cic. de or. 1, 45. – III) der berühmte Redner zu Athen (geb. 389 v. Ch.), Gegner des Demosthenes, Cic. Tusc. 3, 63; de opt. gen. 14 (wo Genet. -ini). Quint. 10, 1, 77. Iul. Val. 2, 18, 5 (wo Genet. -ini). – IV.) aus Milet, ein asiatischer Redner, Zeitgenosse Ciceros, Cic. Brut. 325. – V) ein Arzt in Athen. Plin. 28, 44.

    lateinisch-deutsches > Aeschines

  • 3 Aeschinēs

    Aeschinēs, is, m. (acc. -em, -en) Eschine. [st2]1 [-] Eschine d'Athènes, disciple de Socrate, surnommé le Socratique. [st2]2 [-] Eschine de Naple, disciple de Carnéade. [st2]3 [-] Eschine, orateur d'Athènes, adversaire de Démosthène. [st2]4 [-] Eschine, de Milet, orateur asiatique, contemporain de Cicéron. [st2]5 [-] Plin. Eschine, médecin d'Athènes.    - [gr]gr. Αἰσχίνης. - voir hors site Eschine.

    Dictionarium latinogallicum > Aeschinēs

  • 4 Aeschines

    Aeschinēs, is u. ī, Akk. em u. ēn, m. (Αἰσχίνης), Äschines, I) aus Athen, Philosoph, Schüler des Sokrates, dah. gew. der Sokratiker gen., Cic. de inv. 1, 51. Quint. 5, 11, 27. – II) aus Neapel, Schüler des Karneades u. ein Lehrer der neuen Akademie zu Athen, Cic. de or. 1, 45. – III) der berühmte Redner zu Athen (geb. 389 v. Ch.), Gegner des Demosthenes, Cic. Tusc. 3, 63; de opt. gen. 14 (wo Genet. -ini). Quint. 10, 1, 77. Iul. Val. 2, 18, 5 (wo Genet. -ini). – IV.) aus Milet, ein asiatischer Redner, Zeitgenosse Ciceros, Cic. Brut. 325. – V) ein Arzt in Athen. Plin. 28, 44.

    Ausführliches Lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch > Aeschines

  • 5 Aeschines

    Aeschĭnes, is, m., = Aischinês.
    I.
    A disciple of Socrates, Cic. Inv. 1, 31; Quint. 5, 11, 27.—But more celebrated,
    II.
    The orator Æschines, rival to Demosthenes, Cic. de Or. 2, 23; 3, 56; Quint. 2, 1, 17; 10, 1, 22. —
    III.
    A physician of Athens, Plin. 28, 4, 10, § 44.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > Aeschines

  • 6 Aeschines

    , is m греч.
      Эсхин (VI в. до н.э.), философ

    Dictionary Latin-Russian new > Aeschines

  • 7 latus

    [st1]1 [-] lătus, ĕris, n.: a - flanc, côté; aile, flanc (d'une armée).    - dolor lateris: point de côté, pleurésie.    - ad latus alicujus sedere: être assis à côté de qqn.    - latere aperto: **du côté qui n’est pas protégé par le bouclier**= sur le flanc droit.    - aggredi latere (aggredi ex latere): prendre en flanc (une armée).    - ex itinere nostros ab latere aperto adgressi circumvenere, Caes. BG. 1, 25: immédiatement ils prirent les nôtres en flanc et nous enveloppèrent.    - mutare latus, Virg.: changer de côté (quand on est couché).    - latus offendit, Cic Clu. 175: il s'est blessé au flanc.    - a latere alicujus numquam discedere, Cic. Lael. 1: ne pas quitter les côtés de qqn.    - latus dare, V.-FL. 4, 304: prêter le flanc, donner prise.    - latus praebere adulatoribus, Sen. Nat. 4, pr. 3: prêter le flanc aux adulateurs.    - alicui latus tegere, Hor. R. S. 2, 5, 18: couvrir le côté de qqn, marcher à sa gauche.    - alicui latus claudere Juv. 3, 131: couvrir le côté de qqn, marcher à sa gauche.    - alicui latus cingere Liv. 32, 29, 8: couvrir le côté de qqn, marcher à sa gauche.    - a tergo, a fronte, a lateribus tenebitur, Cic. Phil. 3, 13, 32: de front, par derrière, sur ses flancs, il se verra cerné.    - a fronte atque ab utroque latere cratibus ac pluteis protegebat, Caes. BC. 1, 25: en avant et de chaque côté des fascines et des mantelets assuraient la protection. b - poumons, reins; corps.    - au plur. latera, Cic. Verr. 4, 67; CM. 14; de Or. 1, 255: les poumons.    - laterum contentio, Cic. Br. 313: effort des poumons.    - au sing. Quint. 10, 7, 2; 12, 11, 2.    - poét. latus fessum longā militiā, Hor. 0. 2, 7, 18: les membres fatigués par une longue campagne. c - côté (des choses), flanc; bord, partie latérale; direction oblique, biais.    - latus unum castrorum, Caes. BG. 2, 5, 5: un des côtés du camp.    - latus insulae, Caes.: bord d'une île.    - latera putei, Plin.: parois d'un puits.    - latus montis, Virg.: flanc d'une montagne.    - latus, Quint. 1, 10, 3 ; Plin. 37, 26: côté (d'un angle, d'un triangle). d - société, entourage, compagnon, ami inséparable, acolyte.    - ab latere tyranni, Liv. 24, 5, 13: de l'entourage du tyran.    - ille tuum dulce latus, Mart. 6, 68, 4: lui, ton compagnon chéri.    - sollicitare a latere alicujus, Curt.: chercher à corrompre les amis de qqn. e - ligne collatérale, côté, parenté, famille.    - a meo tuoque latere, Plin. Ep. 8, 10, 3: de mon côté comme du tien.    - ex lateribus cognati, Dig.: les collatéraux.    - ex latere uxorem ducere, Dig.: épouser une parente collatérale. [st1]2 [-] lātus, a, um [arch. stlatus]:    - [gr]gr. τλητός. a - large, étendu, vaste, spacieux, ample.    - latum mare, Cic. Verr. 4, 103: large mer.    - palus non latior pedibus quinquaginta, Caes. BG. 7, 19, 1: marais dont la largeur ne dépasse pas cinquante pieds.    - fossae quindecim pedes latae, Caes. BG. 7, 72, 3: fossés de quinze pieds de large.    - au fig. lata gloria, Plin. Ep. 4, 12, 7: une gloire qui s'étend au loin.    - latum, i, n.: largeur.    - in latum crescere, Ov.: s'élargir.    - lati fines, Caes. BG. 6, 22, 3: propriétés étendues. b - en tenant un large espace en personnage important, qui se rengorge, fier, superbe.    - latus ut in circo spatiere, Hor. S. 2, 3, 183: pour te promener en te rengorgeant dans le Cirque.    - cum praesente populo lati incesserunt, Sen. Ep. 76, 31: devant le peuple ils ont marché fièrement. c - ample, riche, abondant (en parl. du style).    - oratio Academicorum liberior et latior, quam patitur consuetudo judiciorum et fori, Cic. Brut. 120: chez les Académiciens, langage trop libre et trop lâche pour s'accommoder à la pratique des tribunaux et du forum.    - nonne Aeschines his latior et audentior, Quint. 12, 10, 23: Eschine n'a-t-il pas plus d'ampleur et de hardiesse qu'eux. d - lent (en parl. du débit).    - Cotta noster, cujus tu illa lata non numquam imitaris, Cic.: notre ami Cotta, dont tu imites quelquefois la prononciation traînante. [st1]3 [-] lātus, a, um: part. passé de fero; porté.    - condiciones latae: conditions proposées.    - lato ad populum ut... Liv.: la proposition ayant été faite au peuple que...
    * * *
    [st1]1 [-] lătus, ĕris, n.: a - flanc, côté; aile, flanc (d'une armée).    - dolor lateris: point de côté, pleurésie.    - ad latus alicujus sedere: être assis à côté de qqn.    - latere aperto: **du côté qui n’est pas protégé par le bouclier**= sur le flanc droit.    - aggredi latere (aggredi ex latere): prendre en flanc (une armée).    - ex itinere nostros ab latere aperto adgressi circumvenere, Caes. BG. 1, 25: immédiatement ils prirent les nôtres en flanc et nous enveloppèrent.    - mutare latus, Virg.: changer de côté (quand on est couché).    - latus offendit, Cic Clu. 175: il s'est blessé au flanc.    - a latere alicujus numquam discedere, Cic. Lael. 1: ne pas quitter les côtés de qqn.    - latus dare, V.-FL. 4, 304: prêter le flanc, donner prise.    - latus praebere adulatoribus, Sen. Nat. 4, pr. 3: prêter le flanc aux adulateurs.    - alicui latus tegere, Hor. R. S. 2, 5, 18: couvrir le côté de qqn, marcher à sa gauche.    - alicui latus claudere Juv. 3, 131: couvrir le côté de qqn, marcher à sa gauche.    - alicui latus cingere Liv. 32, 29, 8: couvrir le côté de qqn, marcher à sa gauche.    - a tergo, a fronte, a lateribus tenebitur, Cic. Phil. 3, 13, 32: de front, par derrière, sur ses flancs, il se verra cerné.    - a fronte atque ab utroque latere cratibus ac pluteis protegebat, Caes. BC. 1, 25: en avant et de chaque côté des fascines et des mantelets assuraient la protection. b - poumons, reins; corps.    - au plur. latera, Cic. Verr. 4, 67; CM. 14; de Or. 1, 255: les poumons.    - laterum contentio, Cic. Br. 313: effort des poumons.    - au sing. Quint. 10, 7, 2; 12, 11, 2.    - poét. latus fessum longā militiā, Hor. 0. 2, 7, 18: les membres fatigués par une longue campagne. c - côté (des choses), flanc; bord, partie latérale; direction oblique, biais.    - latus unum castrorum, Caes. BG. 2, 5, 5: un des côtés du camp.    - latus insulae, Caes.: bord d'une île.    - latera putei, Plin.: parois d'un puits.    - latus montis, Virg.: flanc d'une montagne.    - latus, Quint. 1, 10, 3 ; Plin. 37, 26: côté (d'un angle, d'un triangle). d - société, entourage, compagnon, ami inséparable, acolyte.    - ab latere tyranni, Liv. 24, 5, 13: de l'entourage du tyran.    - ille tuum dulce latus, Mart. 6, 68, 4: lui, ton compagnon chéri.    - sollicitare a latere alicujus, Curt.: chercher à corrompre les amis de qqn. e - ligne collatérale, côté, parenté, famille.    - a meo tuoque latere, Plin. Ep. 8, 10, 3: de mon côté comme du tien.    - ex lateribus cognati, Dig.: les collatéraux.    - ex latere uxorem ducere, Dig.: épouser une parente collatérale. [st1]2 [-] lātus, a, um [arch. stlatus]:    - [gr]gr. τλητός. a - large, étendu, vaste, spacieux, ample.    - latum mare, Cic. Verr. 4, 103: large mer.    - palus non latior pedibus quinquaginta, Caes. BG. 7, 19, 1: marais dont la largeur ne dépasse pas cinquante pieds.    - fossae quindecim pedes latae, Caes. BG. 7, 72, 3: fossés de quinze pieds de large.    - au fig. lata gloria, Plin. Ep. 4, 12, 7: une gloire qui s'étend au loin.    - latum, i, n.: largeur.    - in latum crescere, Ov.: s'élargir.    - lati fines, Caes. BG. 6, 22, 3: propriétés étendues. b - en tenant un large espace en personnage important, qui se rengorge, fier, superbe.    - latus ut in circo spatiere, Hor. S. 2, 3, 183: pour te promener en te rengorgeant dans le Cirque.    - cum praesente populo lati incesserunt, Sen. Ep. 76, 31: devant le peuple ils ont marché fièrement. c - ample, riche, abondant (en parl. du style).    - oratio Academicorum liberior et latior, quam patitur consuetudo judiciorum et fori, Cic. Brut. 120: chez les Académiciens, langage trop libre et trop lâche pour s'accommoder à la pratique des tribunaux et du forum.    - nonne Aeschines his latior et audentior, Quint. 12, 10, 23: Eschine n'a-t-il pas plus d'ampleur et de hardiesse qu'eux. d - lent (en parl. du débit).    - Cotta noster, cujus tu illa lata non numquam imitaris, Cic.: notre ami Cotta, dont tu imites quelquefois la prononciation traînante. [st1]3 [-] lātus, a, um: part. passé de fero; porté.    - condiciones latae: conditions proposées.    - lato ad populum ut... Liv.: la proposition ayant été faite au peuple que...
    * * *
    I.
        Latus, Participium a fero, fers, Vide FERO. Qui est porté.
    \
        Latus, latior, latissimus: cuius contrarium est Angustus. Terent. Large, De grande estendue, Lay.
    \
        Buccina tortilis in latum. Ouid. En eslargissant.
    II.
        Latus, lateris, pen. corr. n. g. Virgil. Le costé, Lez, ou Lé.
    \
        Adiungere aliquem lateri filii. Quintil. Luy bailler et deputer aucun qui soit ordinairement avec luy pour le gouverner et conduire.
    \
        Haeret lateri lethalis arundo. Virgil. La fleiche mortelle est fichee au costé.
    \
        Latus ense peregit. Ouid. Il luy a trespercé, ou traversé le costé d'une espee.
    \
        Resoluit latus ense. Ouid. Il desceinct son espee, Il oste son espee de son costé.
    \
        Submittere latus. Ouid. Se coucher sur le costé.
    \
        Latus. Cic. Force, et longue haleine.
    \
        Homines a latere. Curtius. Les grands et familiers amis qu'on ha tousjours à son costé.

    Dictionarium latinogallicum > latus

  • 8 fusus

    I 1. fūsus, a, um
    part. pf. к fundo II
    2. adj.
    2) текучий, жидкий ( alvus CC)
    3) распростёртый, растянувшийся, лежащий (f. humi V, O, M; fusi sub remis nautae V)
    4) широко раскинутый, далеко простирающийся, широкий, обширный ( campus V)
    6) полный, дородный ( corpora L)
    7) развевающийся, мешковатый, просторный ( toga Su)
    8) пространный, обширный ( materia Q); длинный, подробный ( narratio Q); многословный, обстоятельный ( Aeschĭnes Q)
    II fūsus, ī m.
    1) веретено (colus et f. Tib, O; fusum torquere PM, J; fusis pensa devolvere V)
    2) поперечина, перекладина Vtr
    III fūsus, ūs m. [ fundo II \]
    выливание, истечение ( aquae Vr)

    Латинско-русский словарь > fusus

  • 9 audens

    audēns, entis, PAdi. m. Compar. u. Superl. (v. audeo), wagend (meist) im guten Sinne, kühn, dreist, herzhaft, audentes fortuna iuvat, Verg.: nihil gravius audenti quam ignavo patiendum, Tac. – tu ne cede malis, sed contra audentior ito, Verg.: puer quidam audentior ceteris, Plin. ep.: nonne his latior et audentior et excelsior (Aeschines), Quint.: audentiores adversus hostes fiunt, Frontin. – audentissimus quisque miles, Tac.: Hannibal ille audentissimus atque fortissimus, Gell.

    lateinisch-deutsches > audens

  • 10 decerto

    dē-certo, āvī, ātum, āre, I) v. intr. sich bis zur Entscheidung messen, einen Streit, Kampf durchführen, einen Kampf bis zur Entscheidung bestehen, einen Entscheidungskampf wagen od. bestehen, auf Leben u. Tod kämpfen od. streiten, a) von zwei Nebenbuhlern, die einander den Vorrang abzugewinnen suchen = ἀγωνίζομαι, m. cum u. Abl. od. m. inter se, α) im gymnastischen Wettkampfe, ludicra virginum inter se decertantium, Mela 1, 7, 4 (1. § 36). – β) im rhet. Wettkampfe, is locus, ubi Demosthenes et Aeschines inter se decertare soliti sunt, Cic.: an decertare mecum voluit contentione dicendi? Cic. – b) von zwei Gegnern, die einander zu besiegen suchen, α) mit Waffen u. dgl., bes. als milit. t. t., si iterum experiri velint, se iterum paratum esse decertare, Caes.: quam primum decertare statuit, Suet.: animi in spe ultima obstinati ad decertandum fuerant, Liv.: Otho pronus ad decertandum, Tac.: decertandi fortitudo, die Entscheidung durch Waffengewalt (Ggstz. decernendi ratio, die Entscheidung durch Vernunftgründe), Cic. – mit Abl. womit? wodurch? missilibus telis, Tac.: manu, Cic.: acie, Frontin.: navali acie, Frontin.: proelio, Caes.: fortunatissimo proelio, Vell.: navali proelio, Frontin.: pugnā, Caes. – m. cum (mit = gegen) u. Abl., cum toto exercitu (Caesaris), Hirt. b. G.: id agerent, ne cives cum civibus armis decertarent, Caes.: dec. cornu cum mare (v. einem Widder), Ov. – m. Dat. (mit = gegen) decertandum hosti, Sil. 15, 14. – m. contra od. adversus u. Akk., vi et armis contra vim, Cic.: adversus Corcyraeos navali proelio, Frontin. – m. Advv. od. Abl. wie? dec. impigre, Aur. Vict.: cum acerrimis nationibus et maximis Germanorum et Helvetiorum proeliis felicissime, Cic.: pari condicione belli dec. cum alqo, Caes.: hoc animo (mit solchem Mute) est decertatum, ut etc., Auct. b. Alex. – m. de u. Abl., cum duobus ducibus de imperio in Italia decertatum est, Cic. – m. pro u. Abl., pro libertate vitae periculo (mit L.), Cic. – m. in (bis zu) u. Akk., dec. ferro in ultima (bis zum äußersten), Ov. met. 14, 804. – poet. v. lebl. Subjj., praeceps Africus (Südwestwind) decertans aquilonibus, Hor. carm. 1, 3, 13 sq. – β) mit Worten usw., bes. durch öffentliche Verhandlung (im Senate usw.), sunt duo genera decertandi, alterum per disceptationem, alterum per vim, Cic.: qua de re iure decertari oporteret, armis non contendere, Cic.: erat non iure, non legibus, non disceptando decertandum... armis fuit, armis, inquam, fuit dimicandum, Cic. – m. cum (mit = gegen) u. Abl., et cum consulibus et cum multis consularibus tantā contentione decertavi, quantā numquam antea ulla in causa, Cic. – II) v. tr. (doch nur in den Partizz.): a) im Wettkampfe durchkämpfen, ad eas laudes decertandas venisse, um diesen Wettkampf in Lobreden anzustellen, Gell. 10, 18, 6. – b) durch feindl. Kampf, durch Krieg erschöpfen, ventis ut decertata residunt aequora, Stat.: fraternae acies alternaque regna profanis decertata odiis, Stat.: decertati labores, Claud. – / Dep. Form decertor, ārī, Ven. Fort. 6, 1, 109.

    lateinisch-deutsches > decerto

  • 11 fusus [1]

    1. fūsus, a, um. PAdi. (v. 2. fundo), gegossen, hingegossen, I) fließend als mediz. t. t. = flüssig, alvus fusior (Ggstz. alvus constrictior), Cels. – II) übtr.: A) lang hingestreckt, a) v. Pers., lagernd, fusus humi, Verg.: fusi sub remis nautae, Verg. – b) v. Örtl. = sich weithin erstreckend, campi fusi in omnem partem, Verg. – c) v. Körper = breit, fleischig, sunt fusa et candida corpora (Gallorum), Liv. 38, 21, 9 (vgl. das. multā carne). – B) losgelassen, 1) = frei fliegend, wallend, crines, Verg.: fusus barbam, mit frei wallendem Barthaar, Verg.: toga, fliegende, übermäßig weite (Ggstz. toga restricta, zu enge), Suet. – 2) v. der Rede, sich gehen lassend, zwanglos, redselig, weitläufig, breit, genus orationis fusum atque tractum, Cic.: genus sermonis non liquidum, non fusum ac profluens, Cic.: poëma initio fusum, Quint.: numeri, Quint. – übtr., v. Schriftsteller, Herodotus, Quint.: magis fusus Aeschines, Quint.

    lateinisch-deutsches > fusus [1]

  • 12 latus [2]

    2. lātus, a, um (altlat. stlātus, urspr. Partiz. zu Ϝstla, ausbreiten), breit (Ggstz. angustus, brevis, contractus), I) eig.: a) übh.: via, Cic.: frons (Stirn), Plin. ep.: umeri, Verg.: ratis, Liv.: clavus, s. clāvus: flumen latissimum, Caes. – m. folg. Angabe der Breite im Acc., fossa XV pedes lata, Caes.: od. im Genet., pedum denûm, Colum., od. im Abl., pede, Plin., pedibus octo, Veget. mil.: so auch non latior pedibus L, Caes. – latus ab umeris, breitschulterig, Suet.: u. so lati et lacertosi viri, Colum. – subst., lātum, ī, n., die Breite, in latum crescere, Ov. met. 1, 336: seni pedes in latum, Veget. mil. 4, 15: quadraginta duo pedes in latum et mille passus in longum, ibid.: in lato pedum centum, in longo pedum mille, Lampr. Alex. Sev. 26, 7: promunturium angustis cervicibus reliqua extendit in latius, Mela 1, 17, 3 (1. § 89). – b) sich weit und breit erstreckend, weit, von großem Umfange, moenia, fundus, fenestra, Verg.: fines, Caes.: locus, Cic.: regnum, Liv.: – c) prägn., v. Stolzen, sich breit machend, sich spreizend, hostis, Sil.: lati incesserunt, v. trag. Schauspielern, Sen.: latus (breitspurig) ut in circo spatiere, Hor. sat. 2, 3, 183. – II) übtr.: 1) im allg.: gloria, weit verbreiteter, Plin. ep. 4, 12, 7: latior interpretatio, nicht allzu strenge, mildere, billigere, ICt.: culpa (Ggstz. levis c.), grobe, belastende, ICt.: fuga, die weite Verweisung (so daß dem Verbannten alle Orte außer einem bestimmten verboten werden), ICt – 2) insbes.: a) der Aussprache nach breit, cuius tu illa lata (Breite, breite Aussprache) non numquam imitaris, Cic. de or. 3, 46. – b) dem Ausdrucke nach breit, weitläufig, ausführlich, reichhaltig, oratio, disputatio, Cic.: u. so lata oratio et magnifica et excelsa (Ggstz. amputata et abscisa), Plin. ep.: latior quaestio, Liv.: materia, quae modo latior est modo angusta, Sen.: latiore varioque tractatu, Quint.: v. Redner, nonne his latior et audentior et excelsior (Aeschines), Quint.

    lateinisch-deutsches > latus [2]

  • 13 strictus

    strictus, a, um, PAdi. (v. stringo), zusammengezogen; dah. I) eig., dicht, straff, stramm, eng, emplastrum, Scrib.: venter, harter Leib, Veget.: strictior aura, strengere, kältere Luft, Auson. – von Gliedern, straff, stramm, artus, Tac.: membra, Pallad. – v. der Tür, eng, ianua strictissima, Ov. – II) übtr.: 1) stramm, kurz im Ausdruck, bündig, epistulae, Sen.: Aeschines, Quint.: strictior Demosthenes, Quint. – 2) vom Charakter: a) streng, Catones, Manil.: lex, Stat.: disciplina, Tertull.: stricto iure, nach dem str. R., ICt.: iudex, Sen. contr. 2, 1 (9), 23: iudicium strictius, Sen. contr. 1. praef. § 23. – b) karg, stricti, avari, sordidi, Firm. math. 5, 2 in. – / Abl. Sing. Komparat. strictiori, Corp. inscr. Lat. 5, 2781. lin. 6.

    lateinisch-deutsches > strictus

  • 14 audens

    audēns, entis, PAdi. m. Compar. u. Superl. (v. audeo), wagend (meist) im guten Sinne, kühn, dreist, herzhaft, audentes fortuna iuvat, Verg.: nihil gravius audenti quam ignavo patiendum, Tac. – tu ne cede malis, sed contra audentior ito, Verg.: puer quidam audentior ceteris, Plin. ep.: nonne his latior et audentior et excelsior (Aeschines), Quint.: audentiores adversus hostes fiunt, Frontin. – audentissimus quisque miles, Tac.: Hannibal ille audentissimus atque fortissimus, Gell.

    Ausführliches Lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch > audens

  • 15 decerto

    dē-certo, āvī, ātum, āre, I) v. intr. sich bis zur Entscheidung messen, einen Streit, Kampf durchführen, einen Kampf bis zur Entscheidung bestehen, einen Entscheidungskampf wagen od. bestehen, auf Leben u. Tod kämpfen od. streiten, a) von zwei Nebenbuhlern, die einander den Vorrang abzugewinnen suchen = ἀγωνίζομαι, m. cum u. Abl. od. m. inter se, α) im gymnastischen Wettkampfe, ludicra virginum inter se decertantium, Mela 1, 7, 4 (1. § 36). – β) im rhet. Wettkampfe, is locus, ubi Demosthenes et Aeschines inter se decertare soliti sunt, Cic.: an decertare mecum voluit contentione dicendi? Cic. – b) von zwei Gegnern, die einander zu besiegen suchen, α) mit Waffen u. dgl., bes. als milit. t. t., si iterum experiri velint, se iterum paratum esse decertare, Caes.: quam primum decertare statuit, Suet.: animi in spe ultima obstinati ad decertandum fuerant, Liv.: Otho pronus ad decertandum, Tac.: decertandi fortitudo, die Entscheidung durch Waffengewalt (Ggstz. decernendi ratio, die Entscheidung durch Vernunftgründe), Cic. – mit Abl. womit? wodurch? missilibus telis, Tac.: manu, Cic.: acie, Frontin.: navali acie, Frontin.: proelio, Caes.: fortunatissimo proelio, Vell.: navali proelio, Frontin.: pugnā, Caes. – m. cum (mit = gegen) u. Abl., cum toto exercitu (Caesaris), Hirt. b. G.: id agerent, ne cives cum civibus
    ————
    armis decertarent, Caes.: dec. cornu cum mare (v. einem Widder), Ov. – m. Dat. (mit = gegen) decertandum hosti, Sil. 15, 14. – m. contra od. adversus u. Akk., vi et armis contra vim, Cic.: adversus Corcyraeos navali proelio, Frontin. – m. Advv. od. Abl. wie? dec. impigre, Aur. Vict.: cum acerrimis nationibus et maximis Germanorum et Helvetiorum proeliis felicissime, Cic.: pari condicione belli dec. cum alqo, Caes.: hoc animo (mit solchem Mute) est decertatum, ut etc., Auct. b. Alex. – m. de u. Abl., cum duobus ducibus de imperio in Italia decertatum est, Cic. – m. pro u. Abl., pro libertate vitae periculo (mit L.), Cic. – m. in (bis zu) u. Akk., dec. ferro in ultima (bis zum äußersten), Ov. met. 14, 804. – poet. v. lebl. Subjj., praeceps Africus (Südwestwind) decertans aquilonibus, Hor. carm. 1, 3, 13 sq. – β) mit Worten usw., bes. durch öffentliche Verhandlung (im Senate usw.), sunt duo genera decertandi, alterum per disceptationem, alterum per vim, Cic.: qua de re iure decertari oporteret, armis non contendere, Cic.: erat non iure, non legibus, non disceptando decertandum... armis fuit, armis, inquam, fuit dimicandum, Cic. – m. cum (mit = gegen) u. Abl., et cum consulibus et cum multis consularibus tantā contentione decertavi, quantā numquam antea ulla in causa, Cic. – II) v. tr. (doch nur in den Partizz.): a) im Wettkampfe durchkämpfen, ad eas laudes decertandas venisse,
    ————
    um diesen Wettkampf in Lobreden anzustellen, Gell. 10, 18, 6. – b) durch feindl. Kampf, durch Krieg erschöpfen, ventis ut decertata residunt aequora, Stat.: fraternae acies alternaque regna profanis decertata odiis, Stat.: decertati labores, Claud. – ⇒ Dep. Form decertor, ārī, Ven. Fort. 6, 1, 109.

    Ausführliches Lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch > decerto

  • 16 fusus

    1. fūsus, a, um. PAdi. (v. 2. fundo), gegossen, hingegossen, I) fließend als mediz. t. t. = flüssig, alvus fusior (Ggstz. alvus constrictior), Cels. – II) übtr.: A) lang hingestreckt, a) v. Pers., lagernd, fusus humi, Verg.: fusi sub remis nautae, Verg. – b) v. Örtl. = sich weithin erstreckend, campi fusi in omnem partem, Verg. – c) v. Körper = breit, fleischig, sunt fusa et candida corpora (Gallorum), Liv. 38, 21, 9 (vgl. das. multā carne). – B) losgelassen, 1) = frei fliegend, wallend, crines, Verg.: fusus barbam, mit frei wallendem Barthaar, Verg.: toga, fliegende, übermäßig weite (Ggstz. toga restricta, zu enge), Suet. – 2) v. der Rede, sich gehen lassend, zwanglos, redselig, weitläufig, breit, genus orationis fusum atque tractum, Cic.: genus sermonis non liquidum, non fusum ac profluens, Cic.: poëma initio fusum, Quint.: numeri, Quint. – übtr., v. Schriftsteller, Herodotus, Quint.: magis fusus Aeschines, Quint.
    ————————
    2. fūsus, ūs, m. (2. fundo), das Gießen, der Erguß, Varro LL. 5, 123.
    ————————
    3. fūsus, ī, m., I) die Spindel, Spille zum Spinnen, Catull. 64, 327. Plin. 7, 196: verb. insilia ac fusi, radii, scapique sonantes, Lucr. 5, 1351: colus et fusus, Tibull. 2, 1, 64. Ov. met. 4, 229: colus compta et fusus cum stamine, Plin. 8, 194: inter fusos et calathos puellarum, Hieron. epist. 50, 5: fusum torquere, Plin. 28, 28. Iuven. 2, 55: fusum versare, Ov. met. 4, 221; 6, 22; her. 18 (19), 37: rotare fusum od. fusos, Hieron. epist. 107, 10. Prud. perist. 10, 239. – als Attribut der Parzen, suis dixerunt, currite, fusis... Parcae, Verg. ecl. 4, 46: tunc sorores debuerant fusos evoluisse meos, damals hätten die Parzen mein Leben enden sollen, hätte ich sterben sollen, Ov. her. 12, 4. – II) übtr., die Sprosse, Quersprosse an einer beweglichen Maschine, Vitr. 10, 2, 14. – ⇒ Nbf. fūsum, ī, n., ἄτρακτος, Auct. de idiom. gen. 580, 9: Plur. fūsa, ōrum, n., Hieron. epist. 130, 15. Symm. laud. in Gratian. 9.

    Ausführliches Lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch > fusus

  • 17 latus

    1. lātus, a, um, Partic. v. fero, w. s.
    ————————
    2. lātus, a, um (altlat. stlātus, urspr. Partiz. zu stla, ausbreiten), breit (Ggstz. angustus, brevis, contractus), I) eig.: a) übh.: via, Cic.: frons (Stirn), Plin. ep.: umeri, Verg.: ratis, Liv.: clavus, s. clavus: flumen latissimum, Caes. – m. folg. Angabe der Breite im Acc., fossa XV pedes lata, Caes.: od. im Genet., pedum denûm, Colum., od. im Abl., pede, Plin., pedibus octo, Veget. mil.: so auch non latior pedibus L, Caes. – latus ab umeris, breitschulterig, Suet.: u. so lati et lacertosi viri, Colum. – subst., lātum, ī, n., die Breite, in latum crescere, Ov. met. 1, 336: seni pedes in latum, Veget. mil. 4, 15: quadraginta duo pedes in latum et mille passus in longum, ibid.: in lato pedum centum, in longo pedum mille, Lampr. Alex. Sev. 26, 7: promunturium angustis cervicibus reliqua extendit in latius, Mela 1, 17, 3 (1. § 89). – b) sich weit und breit erstreckend, weit, von großem Umfange, moenia, fundus, fenestra, Verg.: fines, Caes.: locus, Cic.: regnum, Liv.: – c) prägn., v. Stolzen, sich breit machend, sich spreizend, hostis, Sil.: lati incesserunt, v. trag. Schauspielern, Sen.: latus (breitspurig) ut in circo spatiere, Hor. sat. 2, 3, 183. – II) übtr.: 1) im allg.: gloria, weit verbreiteter, Plin. ep. 4, 12, 7: latior interpretatio, nicht allzu strenge, mildere, billigere, ICt.: culpa (Ggstz. levis c.), grobe, belastende, ICt.: fuga, die weite Verweisung (so daß dem Ver-
    ————
    bannten alle Orte außer einem bestimmten verboten werden), ICt – 2) insbes.: a) der Aussprache nach breit, cuius tu illa lata (Breite, breite Aussprache) non numquam imitaris, Cic. de or. 3, 46. – b) dem Ausdrucke nach breit, weitläufig, ausführlich, reichhaltig, oratio, disputatio, Cic.: u. so lata oratio et magnifica et excelsa (Ggstz. amputata et abscisa), Plin. ep.: latior quaestio, Liv.: materia, quae modo latior est modo angusta, Sen.: latiore varioque tractatu, Quint.: v. Redner, nonne his latior et audentior et excelsior (Aeschines), Quint.
    ————————
    3. latus, eris, n. (viell. zu 2. lātus), die Seite, I) am menschlichen u. tierischen Körper (Ggstz. frons u. tergum), 1) im allg.: α) am Menschen, lateris dolor, Cic. u.a., od. laterum dolor, Hor. u. Cels., Seitenstechen: u. latus ei doluisse, Cic.: accommodare ensem lateri, Verg.: latus offendere vehementer, Cic.: vellere latus digitis, an der Seite zupfen, ziehen (als Erinnerung), Ov.: mutare latus, sich auf die andere Seite werfen, Verg.: lateri adhaerere gravem dominum, an ihrer Seite hafte (ihnen auf dem Nacken sitze) der drückende Gewaltherr, Liv.: u. so lateri alcis haerere od. iunctum esse, jmdm. nicht von der Seite gehen, Iustin.: offendit te circumfusa turba lateri meo, Liv.: iuxta se latere dextro alqm collocare, Suet.: imaginem alcis latere tantum altero ostendere, Quint. – bei den Gesten des Redners, virili laterum flexione, Cic.: lateris inflexione hāc forti ac virili, Cic.: in sinistrum latus... in alterum, Quint.: in dextrum ac laevum latus, Quint. – artifices lateris, Künstler in Seitenbewegungen, Ballettänzer, Ov. art. am. 3, 351. u. in der Fechterspr., latus dare, die S. (dem Gegner) bloßgeben, eine Blöße geben, Val. Flacc. 4, 304 (versch. undis dat latus, gibt die Seite den W. preis, Verg. Aen. 1, 104 sq.): u. so bildl., saepe dabis latus nudum, Tibull.; u. ne adulatoribus latus praebeas, Sen.: malo latus obdere apertum, Hor.: u. nudum
    ————
    latus imperii, Flor.: u. dagegen latus alcis od. alci tegere, Liv., Auct. b. Alex. u. Hor., od. latus alci claudere, Iuven., jmdm. die Seite decken, ihm begleitend zur (linken) Seite gehen (bes. v. Klienten): ähnlich alci latus dare, Sen. nat. qu. 7, 32, 3: u. alci latus cingere (v. zweien od. mehreren), Liv. u. Ov.: alcis latera cingere (v. zweien), Liv.: patriciis iuvenibus latera saepire, sich zur Seite gehen lassen, Liv.: tecto latere abscedere, sprichw. = mit heiler Haut davonkommen, Ter. heaut. 672. – ab alcis latere numquam discedere (weichen), Cic. – β) am Tiere, latera ac ventres equorum, Lucr.: cuius (equi aenei) in lateribus fores essent, Cic. – 2) insbes.: a) die Seite als Sitz der Kraft u. Stärke, wir: Hüften, Brust, beim Redner auch Lunge, Kraft, neque enim ex te umquam es nobilitatus, sed ex lateribus et lacertis, v. Athleten Milo, Cic.: vocis sonus, latera, vires, Cic.: laterum magna contentio, Cic.: cum legem Voconiam voce magnā et bonis lateribus suasissem, aus voller Brust (sehr laut), Cic. – b) meton. (poet.) = Leib, Körper, latus fessum longā militiā, Hor.: latus submittere in herba, Ov.: penna latus vestit, Ov.: brevi latere (kurzstämmig) et pede longo est, Hor. – c) übtr.: α) v. der nächsten Umgebung, den Vertrauten u. intimen Freunden jmds., insontes ab latere tyranni, Liv.: cum ad perniciem eius a latere ipsius pecuniā sollicitaret hostis, die Leute seiner Umgebung durch Geld zu
    ————
    bestechen suchte, Curt.: ille tuum dulce latus, der so warm an dir hing, Mart. – β) die Seite = Verwandtschaft, Plin. ep. 8, 10, 3: bes. Seitenverwandtschaft, Seitenlinie, latus omne divinae domus, Stat. silv. 5. praef. p. 94 ed. Queck: ex lateribus cognati, Seitenverwandte, Paul. dig. 38, 10, 10. § 8: ex latere uxorem ducere, Paul. dig. 23, 2, 68.
    II) v. der örtlichen Seite eines Gegenstandes, Seitenfläche, Flanke (Ggstz. frons, tergum, w. vgl.), 1) im allg.: latus unum castrorum, Caes.: ex utraque parte lateris, eines Hügels, Caes.: ab utroque viae latere, Liv.: insula, cuius unum latus est contra Galliam, Caes.: Macedoniae latus, quod ab Illyrico patet, Liv.: procul a latere castelli, Sall.: latus dextrum domus, Hor.: cum ex omni latere circumplexa (turris) igni foret, Gell.: ut incrementum aquarum quotiens navigia desidunt in lateribus maxime appareat, Sen.: u. so prora avertit et undis dat latus, Verg. – ab lateribus terrae, auf den Seiten, Sen.: u. so latere ex utroque, infraque superque, Lucr. – übtr., ex uno latere, auf, von einer Seite, ICt.: u. so ex utroque latere, ICt. – 2) insbes.: a) als milit. t. t. = die Seite, Flanke eines Heeres (Ggstz. frons), ad latus apertum hostium constitui, Caes.: naves ad latera disponit, Caes.: nostros latere aperto aggressi, Caes.: veritus, ne in frontem simul et latera suorum pugnaretur, Tac.: dah. a (ab) latere, a lateribus, von (auf) der Seite, von den
    ————
    Seiten (Ggstz. a fronte, a tergo), Caes., Cic. u.a.: u. so ex lateribus, Sall.: de latere, Lucr. – b) als mathem. t. t. = die Seite eines Dreiecks, Vierecks usw., in data linea triangulum aequis lateribus constituere, Quint.: in ea linea quattuor trigona paribus lateribus et intervallis scribere, Vitr.: striaturae paribus lateribus quadratum describere, Vitr.: triangula plus aequis lateribus, quam inaequalibus, Quint.; vgl. crystallus sexangulis nascitur lateribus, Plin.

    Ausführliches Lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch > latus

  • 18 strictus

    strictus, a, um, PAdi. (v. stringo), zusammengezogen; dah. I) eig., dicht, straff, stramm, eng, emplastrum, Scrib.: venter, harter Leib, Veget.: strictior aura, strengere, kältere Luft, Auson. – von Gliedern, straff, stramm, artus, Tac.: membra, Pallad. – v. der Tür, eng, ianua strictissima, Ov. – II) übtr.: 1) stramm, kurz im Ausdruck, bündig, epistulae, Sen.: Aeschines, Quint.: strictior Demosthenes, Quint. – 2) vom Charakter: a) streng, Catones, Manil.: lex, Stat.: disciplina, Tertull.: stricto iure, nach dem str. R., ICt.: iudex, Sen. contr. 2, 1 (9), 23: iudicium strictius, Sen. contr. 1. praef. § 23. – b) karg, stricti, avari, sordidi, Firm. math. 5, 2 in. – ⇒ Abl. Sing. Komparat. strictiori, Corp. inscr. Lat. 5, 2781. lin. 6.

    Ausführliches Lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch > strictus

  • 19 caro

    1.
    cāro, ĕre, v. a. [cf. Gr. keirô; Germ. scheren; Engl. sheer], to card (very rare), Plaut. Men. 5, 2, 46; and in Naev. acc. to Varr. L. L. 7, § 54 Müll., p. 92 Bip. (cf.: caritores, 2. carmen, 2. carmino, etc.).
    2.
    căro, carnis (nom. carnis, Liv. Andron. ap. Prisc. p. 684 P.; Liv. 37, 3, 4; abl. carni, Plaut. Capt. 4, 4, 6), f. [Sanscr. kravya; Gr. kreas; Germ. Kern], flesh (animal or vegetable).
    I.
    Lit., of animals:

    deturbavit totum cum carni carnarium,

    Plaut. Capt. 4, 4, 6:

    carnem Latinis petere,

    Cic. Planc. 9, 23; id. Pis. 27, 67:

    alicui carnem dare,

    Liv. 32, 1, 9; 37, 3, 4:

    lacte et carne vivere,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 14; 6, 22:

    ferina,

    venison, Sall. J. 89, 7:

    cruda,

    Suet. Ner. 37:

    tosta,

    Ov. M. 12, 156 al.; cf.

    humana,

    Plin. 6, 30, 35, § 195.—So also freq. in plur., Enn. Ann. 327 Vahl.; Ov. M. 2, 769; 14, 208; Plin. 23, 7, 64, § 126 et saep.— The flesh, pulp, of fruits, Plin. 15, 24, 27, § 96; 28, 14, 58, § 205; Pall. Febr. 25, 12; id. Nov. 17, 1.—Also the inner, white part of the wood of trees, under the alburnum, Plin. 16, 38, 72, § 181.—
    2.
    Esp., of the human body (in opp. to the spirit), as the seat of the passions:

    animus liber habitat: numquam me caro ista compellet ad metum,

    Sen. Ep. 65, 22.—In contempt:

    caro putida,

    of a stupid person, Cic. Pis. 9, 19.—
    B.
    Meton., of precious stones, the Gr. sarkion, the soft part, Plin. 37, 5, 18, § 73.—
    II.
    Trop., of discourse, richness:

    Aeschines carnis plus habet, minus lacertorum,

    Quint. 10, 1, 77 Spald. and Frotsch.
    3.
    cārō, adv., v. carus fin.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > caro

  • 20 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.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > contra

Страницы
  • 1
  • 2

См. также в других словарях:

  • Aeschines — Aeschines. Es gab mehrere berühmte Männer dieses Namens in Athen. Der Redner Aeschines war ein Schüler des Plato, und lebte um s Jahr 350. Damals machte König Philipp von Makedonien Plane, Griechenland zu unterwerfen, und dabei war ihm Alles… …   Damen Conversations Lexikon

  • Aeschines — (393–317 v. Chr.), als Redner Nebenbuhler des Demosthenes und Gegner als Staatsmann. Er hielt zu Philipp von Macedonien und verhinderte das ernste Einschreiten der Athener und ihrer Bundesgenossen, bis es zu spät war. Deßwegen mußte er nachher… …   Herders Conversations-Lexikon

  • Aeschines — Aeschines,   attischer Redner, Aischines …   Universal-Lexikon

  • Aeschines — [es′ki nēz΄] 389 314 B.C.; Athenian orator …   English World dictionary

  • Aeschines — Infobox Person name= Aeschines caption= Marble bust of Aeschines birth date= 389 BC birth place= Athens death date= 314 BC death place= SamosAeschines (in Greek polytonic|Αἰσχίνης, 389 ndash;314 BC), Greek statesman and one of the ten Attic… …   Wikipedia

  • Aeschines — /es keuh neez / or, esp. Brit., /ee skeuh /, n. 389 314 B.C., Athenian orator: rival of Demosthenes. * * * born 390 BC died с 314 BC Athenian orator. He and Demosthenes, who later became his bitter opponent, participated in 346 BC in forging a… …   Universalium

  • AESCHINES — I. AESCHINES Atheniensis Orator, Demosthenis aemulus, cuius orationes tres exstant, Charites Graecis, et aliquot epistolae, Musae dictae. Praeter hunc alii septem clarûere. Primus, Philosophus, Socratis discipulus. Secundus, qui artem Oratoriam… …   Hofmann J. Lexicon universale

  • Aeschines — Aischines (lat. Aeschines) ist der Name folgender Personen: Aischines (Töpfer), ein attischer Töpfer im 6. Jahrhundert v. Chr. Aischines (Athen), ein attischer Redner des 4. Jahrhunderts v. Chr. Aischines (Sokratiker) aus Sphettos, ein Schüler… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Aeschines (disambiguation) — Aeschines or Aischines may refer to: *Aeschines Socraticus, follower of Socrates and author of Socratic dialogues *Aeschines, Athenian orator, one of ten Attic orators *Aeschines of Miletus, lesser known orator, and contemporary of Cicero… …   Wikipedia

  • Aeschines of Miletus — Aeschines (Gr. polytonic|Αισχίνης ) of Miletus was a con­temporary of Cicero, [Citation last = Smith first = William author link = William Smith (lexicographer) contribution = Aeschines (2) editor last = Smith editor first = William title =… …   Wikipedia

  • Aeschines of Neapolis — Aeschines (Gr. polytonic|Αισχίνης) of Neapolis was an Academic philosopher who shared the leadership of the Academy at Athens together with Charmadas and Clitomachus about 110 BC, when Clitomachus was an old man. [Citation last = Smith first =… …   Wikipedia

Поделиться ссылкой на выделенное

Прямая ссылка:
… Нажмите правой клавишей мыши и выберите «Копировать ссылку»