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

    feminam scelestam te, adstans contra, contuor,

    Plaut. Pers. 2, 2, 26:

    ut confidenter mihi contra adstitit,

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

    signum contra, quoad longissume oculi ferebant, animo finivit,

    Liv. 1, 18, 8:

    stat contra starique jubet,

    Juv. 3, 290:

    stat contra dicitque tibi tua pagina Fures!

    Mart. 1, 55, 12:

    ulmus erat contra,

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

    templa vides contra,

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

    contra conserta manu,

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

    contra jacet Cancer patulam distentus in alvum,

    Manil. 2, 253:

    posita contra Hispania,

    Tac. Agr. 11:

    promuntorium quod contra procedit,

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

    arguam hanc vidisse apud te contra conservum meum,

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

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

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

    accede ad me atque adi contra,

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

    adspicedum contra me = contra adspice me,

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

    contra adspicere,

    id. Mil. 2, 1, 45:

    contra intueri,

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

    cum veniret contra Marcianus,

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    te ut deludam contra, lusorem meum,

    Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 71:

    quae me amat, quam ego contra amo,

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

    qui arguat se, eum contra vincat jurejurando suo,

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

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

    Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 54:

    audi nunc contra jam,

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

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

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

    Mettius Tullo gratulatur, contra Tullus Mettium benigne alloquitur,

    Liv. 1, 28, 1:

    contra ut me diligat illa,

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

    cui latrans contra senex,

    Phaedr. 5, 10, 7:

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

    Plin. Ep. 7, 6, 4.—

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

    Gell. 15, 9, 9; cf.:

    contra talia reddit,

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

    consulo quem dolum doloso contra conservo parem,

    Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 45:

    facere contra huic aegre,

    Ter. Eun. 4, 1, 10:

    hiscine contra insidiabere?

    id. Hec. 1. 1, 13:

    tibi contra gratiam Referre,

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

    item a me contra factum est,

    Plaut. Aul. prol. 20:

    puellam senex Amat et item contra filius,

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

    Consonat terra,

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

    confer gradum Contra pariter,

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

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

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

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

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

    si scias quod donum huic dono contra comparet,

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

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

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

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

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

    agedum pauca accipe contra,

    Hor. S. 1, 4, 38.—So in battle:

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

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

    oratio contra a Demosthene pro Ctesiphonte edita,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 56, 213:

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

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

    concurrunt... aetheriae nubes contra pugnantibu' ventis,

    struggling against each other, Lucr. 6. 98:

    nec nos obniti contra... Sufficimus,

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

    at ille contra nititur,

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

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

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

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

    Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 1, § 4:

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

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

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

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

    siti contra... pugnandum,

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

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

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

    contra etiam aliquid abs te profectum ex multis audivi,

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

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

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

    ut eos adversarios existimemus qui arma contra ferant,

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

    quid quod exercitum contra duxit?

    Auct. Her. 4, 16, 23:

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

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

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

    Liv. 7, 39, 17:

    cum Romanae legiones contra direxerint,

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

    et huic contra itum ad amnem Erinden,

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

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

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

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

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

    inveniendum contra est, quo distet haec causa a ceteris,

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

    ne spoliaret fama probatum hominem si contra judicasset,

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

    astrologorum artem contra convincere tendit,

    Lucr. 5, 728:

    contra nunc illud pone, etc.,

    Sen. Ben. 7, 14, 6:

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

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

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

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

    honores contra petere,

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

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

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

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

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

    cum contra dicturus Hortensius esset,

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

    hoc... contra dicente Cotta judicatum est,

    id. Caecin. 33, 97:

    dixisse ut contra nemo videretur,

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

    contra autem qui dicet, similitudinem infirmare debebit,

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

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

    Cic. Clu. 48, 134:

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

    id. Quint. 29, 88; so,

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

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

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

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

    contra disputare and contra scribere,

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

    nec qui contra dicunt causam difficilem repellunt,

    Cic. Fin. 3, 1, 2:

    ad coarguendos qui contra disputant,

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

    quam palam principes dixerunt contra!

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

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

    Cic. Att. 1, 14, 5:

    filius ejus incolumitatem optat: contradicit pater,

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

    contradicente nullo,

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

    contradixit edicto,

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

    explorandum videtur an etiam contradicto aliquando judicio consuetudo firmata sit,

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

    ego enim, te disputante, quid contra dicerem meditabar,

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

    ut contra si quid dicere velit non audiatur,

    id. Fin. 5, 10, 27:

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

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

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

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

    quia neque reprehendi quae contra dicuntur possunt, etc.,

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

    seu proposita confirmamus, sive contra dicta dissolvimus,

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

    dicitur contra, nullum esse testamentum,

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

    solitum se etiam Thraseae contradicere,

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

    tibi,

    Suet. Aug. 54:

    Curioni...,

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

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

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

    cum plures tantum sententiis aliorum contradicerent,

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

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

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

    cum ambienti ut legibus solveretur multi contradicerent,

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

    preces erant, sed quibus contradici non posset,

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

    quibus (legibus) contradici potest,

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

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

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

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

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

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

    Quint. 7, 3, 14:

    cum verba (legis) contra sint,

    id. 7, 1, 49:

    sed experimentum contra fuit,

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

    ubi fortuna contra fuit,

    id. ib. 3, 18:

    si fortuna contra daret,

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

    quod fieri totum contra manifesta docet res,

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

    in stultitia contra est,

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

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

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

    quod contra est,

    Sall. J. 85, 21:

    quis non credat, etc.? Contra autem est,

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

    contra fore si, etc.,

    ib. 34, 2, 39, § 2:

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

    ib. 41, 3, 49:

    ego contra puto (i. e. esse),

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

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

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

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

    id. Att. 10, 8, 2:

    contra evenit in iis morbis,

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

    ego contra sentio,

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

    Proculus contra (sc. sentit),

    ib. 35, 2, 1, § 14; 33, 7, 25:

    licet Celsus contra scribat,

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

    cujus disparem mitioremque naturam contra interpretabatur,

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

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

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

    quod contra, id turpe,

    id. Off. 1, 27, 94:

    sit sapienter usus aut contra,

    Quint. 2, 5, 15:

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

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

    ut aliae (res) probabiles videantur aliae contra,

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

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

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

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

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

    laudare testem vel contra pertinet ad momentum judiciorum,

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

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

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

    mihi contra,

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

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

    Sall. J. 88, 2:

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

    Quint. 2, 4, 21:

    alii a propositione accusatoris contraque loci oriuntur,

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

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

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

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

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

    quae etiam contra valent,

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

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

    Cic. Or. 36, 123:

    cum emtor venditori, vel contra, heres exstitit,

    Dig. 35, 2, 48:

    in quibus patrium pro possessivo dicitur, vel contra,

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

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

    id. 1, 5, 68:

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

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

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

    Cic. Or. 42, 143:

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

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

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

    Cic. Div. in Caecil. 11, 35:

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

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

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

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

    contra mercator, navim jactantibus austris Militia est potior?

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

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

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

    contra in aridiore hordeum potius quam far,

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    at contra,

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

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

    id. ib. 2, 7, 23:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    Cic. Off. 1, 30, 109:

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

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

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

    Cic. Balb. 22, 51:

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

    Dig. 13, 7, 21:

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

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

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

    Cic. Sull. 7, 21:

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

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

    et contra,

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

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

    Lucr. 2, 400:

    cogunt,

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    Liv. 45, 18, 1:

    tu ne cede malis, sed contra audentior ito,

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    num aut scriptum neget, aut contra factum infitietur?

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

    si imbres defuere, aut contra abundavere,

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

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

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

    seu tristis veniam, seu contra laetus amicis,

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

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

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

    aliis vero econtra videtur,

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

    honestiorum provectu et econtra suppliciis,

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

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

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

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

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

    proinde ne submiseris te, immo contra fige stabilem gradum,

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

    immo contra ea,

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    judicium suscepturos contra atque omnis Italia populusque Romanus judicavisset,

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

    itaque contra est ac dicitis,

    Cic. Fin. 4, 15, 41:

    vides, omnia fere contra ac dicta sint evenisse,

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

    cum contra ac Deiotarus sensit victoria belli judicaret,

    id. Phil. 11, 13, 34:

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

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

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

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

    cui contra quam proposuerat aliqua cesserunt,

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

    contra quam licet,

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

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

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

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

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

    contra quam ista causa postulasset,

    id. Caecin. 24, 67:

    contra quam sanctum legibus est,

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

    contraque faciunt quam polliceri videntur,

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

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

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

    ad insulam quae est contra Massiliam,

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

    Rhodios, pacatis contra insulam suam terris, etc.,

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

    Carthago Italiam contra,

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

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

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

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

    Lucr. 5, 708:

    contra Volucris rostrum posita est Lyra,

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

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

    Plin. 18, 33, 76, § 327; cf.:

    contra mediam faciem meridies erit,

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

    contra autem E littera I erit ubi secat circinationem linea,

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

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

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

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

    Plin. 34, 6, 13, § 29:

    contra medium fere porticum diaeta paulum recedit,

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

    id quod contra stomachum est,

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

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

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

    adversus, ad, e regione,

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

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

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

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

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

    rex constiterat contra pedites,

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

    ne contra septentrionem paveris,

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

    contra solem varie refulgens,

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

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

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

    (Dinocrates) incessit contra tribunal regis jus dicentis,

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

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

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

    contra vim atque impetum fluminis conversa,

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

    cum plateae contra directos ventos erunt conformatae,

    Vitr. 1, 6, 8:

    ut contra ventum gregem pascamus,

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

    contra fluminum impetus aggeribus,

    id. 35, 14, 48, § 169:

    capite in sole contra pilum peruncto,

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

    contra fortunam tenendus est cursus,

    Sen. Prov. 5, 9.—Prov.:

    contra stimulum calces,

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

    quae vis Coclitem contra omnes hostium copias tenuit?

    Cic. Par. 1, 2, 12:

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

    id. Att. 15, 20, 3:

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

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

    a fronte contra hostem pedum quindecim fossam fieri jussit,

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

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

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

    terribilis haec contra fugientes belua est, fugax contra insequentes,

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

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

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

    tum contra hanc Romam illa altera Roma quaeretur,

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

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

    Caes. B. G. 1, 40:

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

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

    quod contra hoc exemplum nulla staret eorum ratio,

    Auct. Her. 4, 5, 7:

    contra populi studium,

    Cic. Brut. 34, 126:

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

    id. ib. 79, 273; so,

    a mendacio contra veritatem,

    id. Inv. 1, 3, 4:

    contra cives in acie,

    id. Att. 16, 11, 2:

    et adversi contra stetit ora juvenci,

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

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

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

    aut saevos Libyae contra ire leones,

    Stat. Th. 9, 16.— Trop.:

    uti contra injurias armati eatis,

    Sall. J. 31, 6:

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

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

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

    Quint. 10, 1, 114:

    CORONATO CONTRA OMNES SCAENICOS,

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

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

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

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

    Plin. 7, 1, 1, § 1:

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

    Sen. Ep. 9, 9:

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

    Cic. Fam. 7, 2, 3:

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

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

    nomen prorogans nostrum et memoriam extendens contra brevitatem aevi,

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

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

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

    contrane lucrum nil valere Pauperis ingenium?

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

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

    id. ib. 13, 2;

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

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

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

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

    oneravi vinum, et tunc erat contra aurum,

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

    contra ea Titurius sero facturos clamitabat, etc.,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 29:

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

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

    quae contra breviter fata est vates,

    Verg. A. 6, 398:

    contra quod disertus Tu impie fecisti inquit, etc.,

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

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

    Plin. 8, 7, 7, § 22:

    proelium Afri contra Aegyptios primi fecere fustibus,

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

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

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

    contra Antonium,

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

    contra patriam,

    id. Sull. 20, 58:

    pugnare contra patriam,

    id. ib. 25, 70:

    contra conjuges et liberos,

    Sen. Ben. 5, 15, 5:

    armatum esse contra populum Romanum,

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

    armis contendere contra,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 13:

    arma alicui dare (trop.),

    Cic. Phil. 2, 21, 53:

    aciem instruere (trop.),

    Liv. 25, 4, 4:

    exercitum comparare,

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

    exercitum instruere,

    id. Cat. 2, 11, 24:

    exercitum ducere and adducere,

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

    exercitum contra Philippum mittere,

    id. Inv. 1, 12, 17:

    naves ducere contra,

    Hor. Epod. 4, 19:

    ducere contra hostes,

    Liv. 1, 27, 4:

    florem Italiae educere contra,

    Cic. Cat. 2, 11, 24:

    proficisci contra,

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

    auxilium ferre Rutulis contra Latinos,

    Plin. 14, 12, 14, § 88:

    juvare aliquem contra,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 35:

    consilium inire contra Sequanos,

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

    cum agerem contra hominem disertissimum nostrae civitatis,

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

    (causam) quam receperam contra pueros Octavios,

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

    rogavit me Caecilius ut adessem contra Satrium,

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

    esse contra,

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

    at contra se adfuit et satisfacienti satisfecit,

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

    causam defendere contra,

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

    statuere contra aliquem (sc. causam),

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

    actio competit contra,

    Dig. 49, 14, 41:

    querelam instituere contra,

    ib. 5, 2, 21, § 1:

    bonorum possessionem petere contra,

    ib. 5, 2, 23:

    jus obtinere contra,

    Cic. Quint. 9, 34:

    pugnare contra,

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

    id quod mihi contra illos datum est,

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

    judicare contra aliquem,

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

    pronuntiare contra,

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

    decernere contra,

    Cic. Fl. 31, 76:

    appellare contra aliquem,

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

    contra sententiam,

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

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

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

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

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

    contra rem suam me venisse questus est,

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

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

    Cic. de Or. 1, 57, 244:

    cum ille contra me pro Sex. Naevio diceret,

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

    causam dicere,

    id. Or. 2, 23, 98:

    causam perorare,

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

    quorum alter pro Aufldia, contra dixit alter,

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

    si Gaditani contra me dicerent,

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

    si decressent legationem quae contra istum diceret,

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

    testimonium in aliquem dicere,

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

    contra juris consultos dicere,

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

    contra testes dicendum est,

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

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

    Auct. Her. 4, 23, 33:

    tamenne vereris ut possis hoc contra Hortensium contendere?

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

    cum scriberem contra Epicurios,

    Cic. Att. 13, 38, 1:

    contra Epicurum satis superque dictum est,

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

    contra Brutum,

    id. Tusc. 5, 8, 21:

    contra Academiam,

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

    contra autem omnia disputatur a nostris,

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

    sentire contra,

    Cic. Mil. 2, 5:

    pugnare contra bonos,

    id. Sull. 25, 71:

    contra eos summa ope nitebatur nobilitas,

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

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

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

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

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

    adversus, in): inire consilia contra,

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

    manum comparare contra aliquem,

    id. Sull. 24, 68:

    conjurationem facere,

    id. ib. 4, 12:

    congredi,

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

    aliquid contra imperatorem moliri,

    Just. Inst. 4, 18, 3:

    nec dolor armasset contra sua viscera matrem,

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

    eae (res) contra nos ambae faciunt,

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

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

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

    epigramma quod contra quamdam Gelliam scripsit,

    Lampr. Alex. Sev. 38:

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

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

    licentiam malis dare certe contra bonos est,

    injurious to, Quint. 4, 2, 75:

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

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

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

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

    quibus (temporibus) aliquid contra Caesarem Pompeio suaserim,

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

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

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

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

    id. Att. 7, 5, 5:

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

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

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

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

    fidem meam quam essent contra Massam Baebium experti,

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

    contra se ipse misericors,

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

    severissimus judex contra fures,

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

    ut quam maximae contra Hannibalem copiae sint,

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

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

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

    Cato pro se contra Cassium = in oratione contra,

    Gell. 10, 15, 3; so,

    haec perpetua defensio contra Scaevolam,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 54, 221:

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

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

    unam orationem contra Gracchum reliquit,

    Cic. Brut. 26, 99:

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

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

    contra patres concitatio et seditio,

    Cic. Brut. 14, 56.—Of animals:

    contra volpium genus communibus inimicitiis,

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

    cum fulmina contra Tot paribus streperet clipeis,

    Verg. A. 10, 567:

    pugnandum tamquam contra morbum, sic contra senectutem,

    Cic. Sen. 11, 35:

    contra verum niti,

    Sall. J. 35, 8:

    contra fortunam luctari,

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

    bellum contra aras, focos, vitam fortunasque gerere,

    Cic. Phil. 3, 1, 1:

    bellum gerimus... contra arma verbis,

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

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

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

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

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

    contra ratiocinationem,

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

    contra caput dicere,

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

    servum in caput domini interrogare,

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

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

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

    contra tabulas judicare,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 70, 281:

    contra testamentum,

    Dig. 2, 17, § 1:

    contra sententiam dicere,

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

    inmittere in bona),

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

    dicere, disputare, disserere contra opinionem or sententiam,

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

    in sententiam dicere,

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

    contra sensus dicere,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 31, 101:

    contra rhetoricen dicere,

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

    contra Iliadem et Odysseam scribere,

    Vitr. 7, praef. 8:

    contra quorum disciplinam ingenium ejus exarserat,

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

    contra voluptatem dicere,

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

    contra mortem loqui,

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

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

    id. ib. 100, 10:

    contra fortunam gloriari,

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

    contra potentiam accusatorum dicere,

    Cic. Brut. 44, 164:

    contra legem dicere or verba facere,

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

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

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

    senatusconsulto quod contra dignitatem tuam fieret,

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

    contra rem publicam se commovere,

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

    incitari,

    id. Sest. 47, 100:

    consilia inire,

    id. Agr. 2, 3, 8:

    conjurationem facere,

    Sall. C. 30, 6:

    contra salutem urbis incitari,

    Cic. Cat. 3, 8, 20:

    cogitare aliquid contra salutem,

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

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

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

    ne quid contra aequitatem contendas, ne quid pro injuria,

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

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

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

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

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

    contra salutem rei publicae facere,

    Cic. Dom. 38, 102:

    contra majestatem,

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

    contra leges,

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

    contra edictum (praetoris),

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

    contra foedus,

    Cic. Balb. 6, 16:

    contra jusjurandum ac fidem,

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

    tune contra Caesaris nutum (sc. facies)?

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

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

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

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

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

    contra leges or legem est,

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

    contra officium est,

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

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

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

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

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

    aliquid contra animum audiendi,

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

    si quid Socrates aut Aristippus contra morem consuetudinemque fecerint,

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

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

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

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

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

    imperator contra postulata Bocchi nuntios mittit,

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

    advocare contra,

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

    si contra mortem te praeparaveris,

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

    quibus contra valetudinis commodum laborandum est,

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

    contra hominis salutem,

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

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

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

    pecuniam contra leges auferre,

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

    contra legem,

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

    contra jus fasque,

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

    contra jus,

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

    contra jus gentium,

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

    6, 1, 6: contra juris rigorem,

    Dig. 40, 5, 24, § 10 et saep.:

    contra testimonium aliquid judicare,

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

    aliquid contra verecundiam disputare,

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

    aliquid contra fidem constituere,

    Quint. 5, 13, 34:

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

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

    scit ille imparem sibi luctatum contra nexus (draconis),

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

    imperatorum copia contra tuum furorem,

    Cic. Mur. 39, 83:

    Parthorum gloria contra nomen Romanum,

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

    causa contra scriptum,

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

    divina M. Tullii eloquentia contra leges agrarias,

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

    Caesaris vituperatio contra laudationem meam,

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

    cujus factum, inceptum, conatumve contra patriam,

    Cic. Cat. 2, 12, 27:

    ullum factum dictumve nostrum contra utilitatem vestram,

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

    vitae cupiditas contra rem publicam,

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

    iter contra senatus auctoritatem,

    Cic. Phil. 2, 19, 48:

    contra consuetudinem somnium,

    Plin. 10, 77, 98, § 211:

    bonorum possessio contra tabulas,

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

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

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

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

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

    contra quem multum omnes boni providerunt,

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

    contra haec animalia proderit, si, etc.,

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

    paratus contra,

    Cic. Mil. 21, 56:

    nihil satis firmum contra Metellum,

    Sall. J. 80, 1:

    contra potentes nemo est munitus satis,

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

    contra avium morsus munitur vallo aristarum,

    Cic. Sen. 15, 51:

    propugnaculum, quo contra omnes meos impetus usurum se putat,

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

    publicam causam contra vim armatam suscipere,

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

    contra tantas difficultates providere,

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

    contra ea,

    id. ib. 57, 5:

    patricii vi contra vim resistunt,

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

    suffragia contra oppugnationem vestrae majestatis,

    Cic. Rab. Perd. 12, 35:

    defensio contra vim,

    id. Mil. 5, 14:

    patronus justitiae fuit contra orationem Phili,

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

    contra labores patientia,

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

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

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

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

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

    vir contra audaciam firmissimus,

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

    fortis contra dolorem,

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

    callosus,

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

    far contra hiemes firmissimum,

    id. 18, 8, 19, § 83:

    equus tenax contra vincula,

    Ov. Am. 3, 4, 13:

    contraque minantia fata pervigil,

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

    cujus et vinum et uva contra serpentium ictus medetur,

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

    prodest et contra suspiria et tussim,

    id. 20, 13, 50, § 128:

    valet potum contra venena,

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

    remedium contra morsus,

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

    contra venena esse omnia remedio,

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

    vinum quod salutare contra pestilentiam sit,

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    omnia quae contra haec sunt, omnia quae contra sunt,

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

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

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

    contra ea benigne ab Siculorum tyrannis adjuti,

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

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

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

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

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

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

    whereas on the contrary, Lucr. 1, 81:

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

    Cic. Sen. 23, 84:

    quod contra oportebat delicto dolere, correctione gaudere,

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

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

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

    v. Ritschl,

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

    contra opinionem Jugurthae ad Thalam perveniunt,

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

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

    Sall. J. 88, 1; so,

    cetera contra spem salva invenit,

    Liv. 9, 23, 17:

    contra spem omnium L. Furium optavit,

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

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

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

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

    Sall. J. 20, 1:

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

    id. ib. 46, 5:

    contra famam,

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

    segniterque et contra industriam absconditae formicae,

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

    frigidam potionem esse debere, contra priores auctores, Asclepiades confirmavit,

    contrary to the opinion of the former physicians, Cels. 4, 26 (19).
    F.
    Sometimes by anastrophe after its noun.
    1.
    In prose, after relatives, esp. in Cic.:

    quos contra disputant,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 15, 47:

    quem contra dicit,

    id. Phil. 2, 8, 18 (v. II. B. 1. f.):

    quem contra veneris,

    id. Mur. 4, 9:

    quas contra, praeter te, etc.,

    id. Vatin. 7, 18:

    eos ipsos quos contra statuas,

    id. Or. 10, 34:

    quos contra me senatus armavit,

    id. Att. 10, 8, 8:

    quam contra multa locutus est,

    Sen. Ep. 82, 7, Plin. Ep. 1, 23, 3; Claud. in Rufin. 1, 332; v. also E. 1. c. supra.—
    2.
    After other words ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

    hunc igitur contra mittam contendere causam,

    Lucr. 4, 471:

    dicere eos contra,

    id. 4, 484:

    donique eum contra,

    id. 5, 708:

    agmina contra,

    Verg. A. 12, 279:

    magnum Alciden contra,

    id. ib. 5, 414:

    Paridem contra,

    id. ib. 5, 370:

    Italiam contra,

    id. ib. 1, 13:

    deos contra,

    Ov. P. 1, 1, 26:

    Messania moenia contra,

    id. M. 14, 17:

    litora Calabriae contra,

    Tac. A. 3, 1.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > contra

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

    feminam scelestam te, adstans contra, contuor,

    Plaut. Pers. 2, 2, 26:

    ut confidenter mihi contra adstitit,

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

    signum contra, quoad longissume oculi ferebant, animo finivit,

    Liv. 1, 18, 8:

    stat contra starique jubet,

    Juv. 3, 290:

    stat contra dicitque tibi tua pagina Fures!

    Mart. 1, 55, 12:

    ulmus erat contra,

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

    templa vides contra,

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

    contra conserta manu,

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

    contra jacet Cancer patulam distentus in alvum,

    Manil. 2, 253:

    posita contra Hispania,

    Tac. Agr. 11:

    promuntorium quod contra procedit,

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

    arguam hanc vidisse apud te contra conservum meum,

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

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

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

    accede ad me atque adi contra,

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

    adspicedum contra me = contra adspice me,

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

    contra adspicere,

    id. Mil. 2, 1, 45:

    contra intueri,

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

    cum veniret contra Marcianus,

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    te ut deludam contra, lusorem meum,

    Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 71:

    quae me amat, quam ego contra amo,

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

    qui arguat se, eum contra vincat jurejurando suo,

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

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

    Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 54:

    audi nunc contra jam,

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

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

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

    Mettius Tullo gratulatur, contra Tullus Mettium benigne alloquitur,

    Liv. 1, 28, 1:

    contra ut me diligat illa,

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

    cui latrans contra senex,

    Phaedr. 5, 10, 7:

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

    Plin. Ep. 7, 6, 4.—

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

    Gell. 15, 9, 9; cf.:

    contra talia reddit,

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

    consulo quem dolum doloso contra conservo parem,

    Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 45:

    facere contra huic aegre,

    Ter. Eun. 4, 1, 10:

    hiscine contra insidiabere?

    id. Hec. 1. 1, 13:

    tibi contra gratiam Referre,

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

    item a me contra factum est,

    Plaut. Aul. prol. 20:

    puellam senex Amat et item contra filius,

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

    Consonat terra,

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

    confer gradum Contra pariter,

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

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

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

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

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

    si scias quod donum huic dono contra comparet,

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

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

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

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

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

    agedum pauca accipe contra,

    Hor. S. 1, 4, 38.—So in battle:

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

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

    oratio contra a Demosthene pro Ctesiphonte edita,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 56, 213:

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

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

    concurrunt... aetheriae nubes contra pugnantibu' ventis,

    struggling against each other, Lucr. 6. 98:

    nec nos obniti contra... Sufficimus,

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

    at ille contra nititur,

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

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

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

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

    Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 1, § 4:

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

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

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

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

    siti contra... pugnandum,

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

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

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

    contra etiam aliquid abs te profectum ex multis audivi,

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

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

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

    ut eos adversarios existimemus qui arma contra ferant,

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

    quid quod exercitum contra duxit?

    Auct. Her. 4, 16, 23:

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

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

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

    Liv. 7, 39, 17:

    cum Romanae legiones contra direxerint,

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

    et huic contra itum ad amnem Erinden,

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

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

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

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

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

    inveniendum contra est, quo distet haec causa a ceteris,

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

    ne spoliaret fama probatum hominem si contra judicasset,

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

    astrologorum artem contra convincere tendit,

    Lucr. 5, 728:

    contra nunc illud pone, etc.,

    Sen. Ben. 7, 14, 6:

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

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

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

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

    honores contra petere,

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

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

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

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

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

    cum contra dicturus Hortensius esset,

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

    hoc... contra dicente Cotta judicatum est,

    id. Caecin. 33, 97:

    dixisse ut contra nemo videretur,

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

    contra autem qui dicet, similitudinem infirmare debebit,

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

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

    Cic. Clu. 48, 134:

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

    id. Quint. 29, 88; so,

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

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

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

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

    contra disputare and contra scribere,

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

    nec qui contra dicunt causam difficilem repellunt,

    Cic. Fin. 3, 1, 2:

    ad coarguendos qui contra disputant,

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

    quam palam principes dixerunt contra!

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

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

    Cic. Att. 1, 14, 5:

    filius ejus incolumitatem optat: contradicit pater,

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

    contradicente nullo,

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

    contradixit edicto,

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

    explorandum videtur an etiam contradicto aliquando judicio consuetudo firmata sit,

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

    ego enim, te disputante, quid contra dicerem meditabar,

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

    ut contra si quid dicere velit non audiatur,

    id. Fin. 5, 10, 27:

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

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

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

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

    quia neque reprehendi quae contra dicuntur possunt, etc.,

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

    seu proposita confirmamus, sive contra dicta dissolvimus,

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

    dicitur contra, nullum esse testamentum,

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

    solitum se etiam Thraseae contradicere,

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

    tibi,

    Suet. Aug. 54:

    Curioni...,

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

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

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

    cum plures tantum sententiis aliorum contradicerent,

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

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

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

    cum ambienti ut legibus solveretur multi contradicerent,

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

    preces erant, sed quibus contradici non posset,

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

    quibus (legibus) contradici potest,

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

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

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

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

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

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

    Quint. 7, 3, 14:

    cum verba (legis) contra sint,

    id. 7, 1, 49:

    sed experimentum contra fuit,

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

    ubi fortuna contra fuit,

    id. ib. 3, 18:

    si fortuna contra daret,

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

    quod fieri totum contra manifesta docet res,

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

    in stultitia contra est,

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

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

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

    quod contra est,

    Sall. J. 85, 21:

    quis non credat, etc.? Contra autem est,

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

    contra fore si, etc.,

    ib. 34, 2, 39, § 2:

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

    ib. 41, 3, 49:

    ego contra puto (i. e. esse),

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

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

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

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

    id. Att. 10, 8, 2:

    contra evenit in iis morbis,

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

    ego contra sentio,

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

    Proculus contra (sc. sentit),

    ib. 35, 2, 1, § 14; 33, 7, 25:

    licet Celsus contra scribat,

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

    cujus disparem mitioremque naturam contra interpretabatur,

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

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

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

    quod contra, id turpe,

    id. Off. 1, 27, 94:

    sit sapienter usus aut contra,

    Quint. 2, 5, 15:

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

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

    ut aliae (res) probabiles videantur aliae contra,

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

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

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

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

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

    laudare testem vel contra pertinet ad momentum judiciorum,

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

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

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

    mihi contra,

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

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

    Sall. J. 88, 2:

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

    Quint. 2, 4, 21:

    alii a propositione accusatoris contraque loci oriuntur,

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

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

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

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

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

    quae etiam contra valent,

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

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

    Cic. Or. 36, 123:

    cum emtor venditori, vel contra, heres exstitit,

    Dig. 35, 2, 48:

    in quibus patrium pro possessivo dicitur, vel contra,

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

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

    id. 1, 5, 68:

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

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

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

    Cic. Or. 42, 143:

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

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

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

    Cic. Div. in Caecil. 11, 35:

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

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

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

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

    contra mercator, navim jactantibus austris Militia est potior?

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

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

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

    contra in aridiore hordeum potius quam far,

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    at contra,

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

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

    id. ib. 2, 7, 23:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    Cic. Off. 1, 30, 109:

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

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

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

    Cic. Balb. 22, 51:

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

    Dig. 13, 7, 21:

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

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

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

    Cic. Sull. 7, 21:

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

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

    et contra,

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

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

    Lucr. 2, 400:

    cogunt,

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    Liv. 45, 18, 1:

    tu ne cede malis, sed contra audentior ito,

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    num aut scriptum neget, aut contra factum infitietur?

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

    si imbres defuere, aut contra abundavere,

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

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

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

    seu tristis veniam, seu contra laetus amicis,

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

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

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

    aliis vero econtra videtur,

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

    honestiorum provectu et econtra suppliciis,

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

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

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

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

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

    proinde ne submiseris te, immo contra fige stabilem gradum,

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

    immo contra ea,

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    judicium suscepturos contra atque omnis Italia populusque Romanus judicavisset,

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

    itaque contra est ac dicitis,

    Cic. Fin. 4, 15, 41:

    vides, omnia fere contra ac dicta sint evenisse,

    id. Div. 2, 24, 53; so id. Verr. 2, 4, 6, § 11; id. Or. 40, 137:

    cum contra ac Deiotarus sensit victoria belli judicaret,

    id. Phil. 11, 13, 34:

    Petreius ubi videt, Catilinam, contra ac ratus erat, magna vi tendere, etc.,

    Sall. C. 60, 5.—
    (γ).
    With ac and atque:

    si denique aliquid non contra ac liceret factum diceretur, sed contra atque oporteret,

    Cic. Balb. 3, 7.—
    (δ).
    With quam (post-Aug.):

    cui contra quam proposuerat aliqua cesserunt,

    Sen. Ira, 3, 6, 5; Plin. 10, 53, 74, § 149; 11, 21, 24, § 72; Gell. 6 (7), 8, 6:

    contra quam licet,

    id. 1, 3, 19; Sil. 15, 107.—
    2.
    Of moral opposition of acts contrary to rules and principles (cf. II. 3. g infra); so always with quam:

    mater Aviti, generi sui, contra quam fas erat, amore capta,

    contrary to the divine law, Cic. Clu. 5, 12:

    ut senatus, contra quam ipse censuisset, ad vestitum rediret,

    contrary to its own resolution, id. Pis. 8, 18:

    contra quam ista causa postulasset,

    id. Caecin. 24, 67:

    contra quam sanctum legibus est,

    Liv. 30, 19, 9; Cic. Leg. 2, 5, 11; id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 1, § 2; id. Dom. 46, 122:

    contraque faciunt quam polliceri videntur,

    Auct. Her. 4, 3, 6; Cic. de Or. 2, 20, 86.
    II.
    Prep. with acc., before, against, facing, towards, opposite to, contrary to (acc. to many scholars not ante-class.; cf. Hand, Turs. II. p. 108; but found Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 24 Fleck., a line omitted by Lorenz as a gloss; id. Pers. 1, 1, 13 Ritschl; Att. ap. Non. p. 469, 15, or Trag. Rel. v. 476 Rib.; cf. also Plaut. Poen. 5, 6, 18; Cato, R. R. 18, 1, and v. I. A. 1. a. b, and I. A. 1. b. a supra).
    A.
    Local uses.
    1.
    Opposite, over against, facing.
    a.
    Of countries and places (mostly of those separated by water;

    adversus and e regione mostly of places opposite by land): insulae natura triquetra, cujus unum latus est contra Galliam,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 13; 3, 9; 4, 20:

    ad insulam quae est contra Massiliam,

    id. B. C. 1, 56; 3, 23:

    Rhodios, pacatis contra insulam suam terris, etc.,

    Liv. 37, 15, 7; 3, 26, 8:

    Carthago Italiam contra,

    Verg. A. 1, 13; 5, 124; Ov. M. 14, 17:

    insulae quae contra Tauri promuntorium inopportune navigantibus objacent, Chelidoniae nominantur,

    Mel. 2, 7; Plin. 3, 26, 30, § 151; 6, 28, 32, § 152; 5, 7, 7, § 41; Tac. A. 3, 1; id. H. 2, 17.—
    b.
    Of the heavenly bodies:

    donique (luna) eum (sc. solem) contra pleno bene lumine fulsit,

    Lucr. 5, 708:

    contra Volucris rostrum posita est Lyra,

    Vitr. 9, 4, 5; Sen. Q. N. 1, 5, 9; 1, 8, 3; Plin. 2, 31, 31, § 99; 5, 10, 10, § 56.—So, tertium (latus Britanniae) est contra septem triones, opposite ( facing); hence, contra meridiem and contra ortus (instead of ad or adversus meridiem, etc.), facing the south and east, Plin. 6, 24, 24, § 85; 17, 2, 2, § 22. —So of a person standing in the sunlight:

    cum minima umbra (i. e. a sole) contra medium fiet hominem,

    Plin. 18, 33, 76, § 327; cf.:

    contra mediam faciem meridies erit,

    id. 18, 33, 76, § 326.—
    c.
    Of opposite ends of a line.
    (α).
    Of the diameter of the earth: esse e regione nobis e contraria parte terrae qui adversis vestigiis stent contra nostra vestigia, quos antipodas vocatis, Cic. Ac. 2, 39, 123.—
    (β).
    Of a line drawn:

    contra autem E littera I erit ubi secat circinationem linea,

    opposite the point E will be the letter I, Vitr. 9, 7, 4.—
    d.
    Of buildings, etc.:

    contra hoc aviarium est aliud minus in quo quae mortuae sunt aves curator servare solet,

    Varr. R. R. 3, 5, 5; Vitr. 5, 6, 3; 3, 5, 15:

    (statuam) quae fuerit contra Jovis Statoris aedem in vestibulo Superbi domus,

    Plin. 34, 6, 13, § 29:

    contra medium fere porticum diaeta paulum recedit,

    Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 20; 2, 17, 5; Suet. Aug. 44.—
    e.
    Of places on the human body:

    id quod contra stomachum est,

    Cels. 4, 5 (4, 12 med.); 7, 7;

    4, 20 (13).—Of the direction of the intestines, etc.: ea... contra medium alvum orsa,

    Cels. 4, 1 fin. —
    2.
    Of actions, opposite, towards, against, facing (syn.:

    adversus, ad, e regione,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 61).
    a.
    In gen.:

    quamvis subito... quamque Rem contra speculum ponas, apparet imago,

    Lucr. 4, 156: Democritus... clipeum constituit contra exortum Hyperionis, Laber. ap. Gell. 10, 17, 4:

    et contra magnum potes hos (i.e. oculos) attollere solem, Nec tremis...?

    Prop. 1, 15, 37; Col. 7, 3, 8:

    rex constiterat contra pedites,

    Curt. 10, 9, 13; 9, 5, 1:

    ne contra septentrionem paveris,

    Plin. 18, 33, 76, § 330; 28, 6, 19, § 69:

    contra solem varie refulgens,

    placed in the sun, id. 37, 10, 63, § 173; 10, 54, 75, § 151; 37, 6, 22, § 83;

    37, 7, 25, § 95: cum terrestres volucres contra aquam clangores dabunt,

    id. 18, 35, 87, § 363; 19, 8, 39, § 131.—
    b.
    Dependent on verbs of motion (very rare without the idea of hostility):

    (Dinocrates) incessit contra tribunal regis jus dicentis,

    towards, Vitr. 2, praef. 1.—So trop., of actions done for a purpose:

    lege Cornelia de sicariis tenetur qui, cum in magistratu esset, eorum quid fecerit contra hominis necem quod legibus permissum non sit,

    Dig. 48, 8, 4.—
    c.
    Appositively, with the predicate: (elephanti) tanta narratur clementia contra minus validos, ut, etc., if fronting weaker animals, if brought in contact with them (not to be connected with clementia), Plin. 8, 7, 7, § 23.—Similarly: dum... fidens non est contra feram, if fronting the animal (not dependent on fidens), Plin. 8, 16, 21, § 57.—
    d.
    Against an opposing action, etc.:

    contra vim atque impetum fluminis conversa,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 17, 5:

    cum plateae contra directos ventos erunt conformatae,

    Vitr. 1, 6, 8:

    ut contra ventum gregem pascamus,

    Col. 7, 3, 12; Sen. Q. N. 2, 31, 2; Plin. 29, 3, 12, § 52; 17, 2, 2, § 21; 8, 16, 21, § 54:

    contra fluminum impetus aggeribus,

    id. 35, 14, 48, § 169:

    capite in sole contra pilum peruncto,

    id. 27, 4, 5, § 17; 18, 35, 88, § 364; Varr. ap. Plin. 7, 20, 19, § 83; Sil. 14, 352; Dig. 9, 2, 29, § 4. [p. 455] — Trop.:

    contra fortunam tenendus est cursus,

    Sen. Prov. 5, 9.—Prov.:

    contra stimulum calces,

    kick against the pricks, Isid. Orig. 1, 36, 28 (al. calcitres); cf. Amm. 18, 5, 1.—
    e.
    Of local actions with hostile intent.
    (α).
    Lit.:

    quae vis Coclitem contra omnes hostium copias tenuit?

    Cic. Par. 1, 2, 12:

    Pompeium Cartejae receptum scribis: jam igitur contra hunc exercitum (sc. constitit),

    id. Att. 15, 20, 3:

    pertimescam, credo, ne mihi non liceat contra vos in contione consistere,

    to face you, id. Agr. 1, 8, 25; Lepidus ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 34, 1; Caes. B. C. 1, 26:

    a fronte contra hostem pedum quindecim fossam fieri jussit,

    id. ib. 1, 41; 1, 42; id. B. G. 7, 62:

    Tullus adversus Veientem hostem derigit suos: Albanos contra legionem Fidenatium collocat,

    Liv. 1, 27, 5; 24, 41, 5; 38, 4, 5; Verg. A. 12, 279; Front. Strat. 2, 2, 13; 2, 3, 17.—Appositively, with a local verb understood:

    terribilis haec contra fugientes belua est, fugax contra insequentes,

    i. e. if fronting, if placed opposite, Plin. 8, 25, 38, § 92.—
    (β).
    Trop.:

    castra sunt in Italia contra populum Romanum in Etruriae faucibus collocata,

    Cic. Cat. 1, 2, 5; id. Mil. 1, 2; Quint. 7, 7, 5:

    tum contra hanc Romam illa altera Roma quaeretur,

    will be as a rival against this Rome, Cic. Agr. 2, 22, 86:

    cui rationi contra homines barbaros atque imperitos locus fuisset, hac ne ipsum quidem sperare, etc.,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 40:

    (Cicero) plerumque contra inimicos atque obtrectatores plus vindicat sibi,

    when fronting adversaries, Quint. 11, 1, 23.—
    f.
    In partic.
    (α).
    Stare contra aliquem (opp. stare ab aliquo); usu. implying hostility; mostly trop., to stand against, to be arrayed against, to face, oppose:

    quod contra hoc exemplum nulla staret eorum ratio,

    Auct. Her. 4, 5, 7:

    contra populi studium,

    Cic. Brut. 34, 126:

    contra civium perditorum... dementiam a senatu et a bonorum causa,

    id. ib. 79, 273; so,

    a mendacio contra veritatem,

    id. Inv. 1, 3, 4:

    contra cives in acie,

    id. Att. 16, 11, 2:

    et adversi contra stetit ora juvenci,

    opposite, Verg. A. 5, 477; 5, 414:

    haec enim (ratio) sola... stat contra fortunam,

    Sen. Ep. 14, 4, 2: contra leonem etiam stetit, fronted, i. e. hunted, Spart. Carac. 5 fin. —
    (β).
    Contra aliquem ire:

    aut saevos Libyae contra ire leones,

    Stat. Th. 9, 16.— Trop.:

    uti contra injurias armati eatis,

    Sall. J. 31, 6:

    interritus (sapiens) et contra illa (mala) ibit et inter illa,

    Sen. Ep. 59, 8; cf.: contra venire, II. B. 1. c. b infra, and v. also II. B. 2. b. and II. B. 1. b. infra.—
    3.
    Transf.,
    a.
    To persons placed together for comparison:

    C. vero Caesar, si foro tantum vacasset, non alius ex nostris contra Ciceronem nominaretur,

    Quint. 10, 1, 114:

    CORONATO CONTRA OMNES SCAENICOS,

    Inscr. Grut. p. 331, n. 4.—
    b.
    To things compared, as if weighed against each other as to their value, strength, etc.
    (α).
    Lit. (very rare):

    quamcunque vis rem expende, et contra aquam statue... Si gravior est, leviorem rem... feret, etc.,

    Sen. Q. N. 3, 25, 5.—
    (β).
    Prop.:

    cujus (i. e. generis humani) causa videtur cuncta alia genuisse natura, magna saeva mercede contra tanta sua munera,

    Plin. 7, 1, 1, § 1:

    qui amicus esse coepit quia expedit, placebit ei aliquod pretium contra amicitiam,

    Sen. Ep. 9, 9:

    numquam ulli fortiores cives fuerunt quam qui ausi sunt eum contra tantas opes ejus... condemnare,

    Cic. Fam. 7, 2, 3:

    tantum studium bonorum in me exstitisse, contra incredibilem contentionem clarissimi et potentissimi viri,

    id. ib. 7, 2, 2; Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 9, 3:

    nomen prorogans nostrum et memoriam extendens contra brevitatem aevi,

    as a compensation for, Plin. 2, 63, 63, § 154.—So esp., valere contra, to weigh against, counterbalance, avail or prevail against: non vereor ne meae vitae modestia parum valitura sit contra falsos rumores, Matius ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 28, 8:

    (illa facta) pro periculo potius quam contra salutem valere debere,

    Cic. Part. Or. 35, 120; id. Off. 3, 29, 104:

    contrane lucrum nil valere Pauperis ingenium?

    Hor. Epod. 11, 11; Sen. Ben. 4, 15, 1; id. Cons. Helv. 5, 5; so,

    robur habere contra: si contra unamquamlibet partem fortunae satis tibi roboris est,

    id. ib. 13, 2;

    so of counterchecks: in Creta decem qui cosmoe vocantur, ut contra consulare imperium tribuni plebis, sic illi contra vim regiam constituti,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 33, 58.—Of antidotes: cimicum natura contra serpentium morsus valere dicitur, item contra venena omnia, Plin. 29, 4, 17, § 61.—Hence,
    c.
    Colloq., aliquid contra aurum est, something is worth gold, is superb, both predicatively and attributively (cf.: auro contra, I. A. 2. supra): hujusce pomaria in summa Sacra Via ubi poma veneunt, contra aurum imago, a spectacle for gold, i. e. a magnificent sight, Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 10 MSS. (al. aliter):

    numcubi hic vides citrum... num quod emblema aut lithostratum? quae illic omnia contra aurum,

    superb, id. ib. 3, 2, 4 MSS. (Schneid. omits aurum, ex conj.):

    oneravi vinum, et tunc erat contra aurum,

    Petr. 7, 6.—
    d.
    Transf., of replies, with aiebat, inquit, etc.; both in friendly and inimical sense; esp., contra ea, contra haec, = the adv. contra:

    contra ea Titurius sero facturos clamitabat, etc.,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 29:

    contra ea Verginius unum Ap. Claudium et legum expertem et, etc., aiebat,

    Liv. 3, 57, 1; 24, 45, 4:

    quae contra breviter fata est vates,

    Verg. A. 6, 398:

    contra quod disertus Tu impie fecisti inquit, etc.,

    Quint. 7, 1, 53 (cf.: contra ea, II. E. 1. infra).
    B.
    Denoting hostility or disadvantage.
    1.
    With verbs of hostile action.
    a.
    Of physical exertion:

    pugnavere et tertio consulatu ejus viginti (elephanti) contra pedites quingentos,

    Plin. 8, 7, 7, § 22:

    proelium Afri contra Aegyptios primi fecere fustibus,

    id. 7, 56, 57, § 200; 8, 40, 61, § 142. —
    b.
    Referring to warfare (usu. adversus), bellum gerere (rarely for cum or adversus; but contra patriam, contra aras, etc., not cum patria, etc.; cf.

    bellum, II. A. 1. e.): a quo prohibitos esse vos contra Caesarem gerere bellum (opp. pro),

    Cic. Lig. 8, 25; id. Phil. 5, 10, 27; Liv. Ep. 129.—With bellum suscipere:

    contra Antonium,

    Cic. Phil. 8, 2, 5; so,

    contra patriam,

    id. Sull. 20, 58:

    pugnare contra patriam,

    id. ib. 25, 70:

    contra conjuges et liberos,

    Sen. Ben. 5, 15, 5:

    armatum esse contra populum Romanum,

    Cic. Prov. Cons. 13, 32.—With arma ferre (freq.), Cic. Phil. 2, 29, 72; 13, 21, 47; Liv. 28, 28, 15; Nep. Att. 4, 2; Tib. 1, 6, 30; Ov. M. 4, 609; 13, 269; id. P. 1, 1, 26.—With arma sumere or capere, Cic. Rab. Perd. 6, 19; id. Phil. 4, 1, 2; 4, 3, 7:

    armis contendere contra,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 13:

    arma alicui dare (trop.),

    Cic. Phil. 2, 21, 53:

    aciem instruere (trop.),

    Liv. 25, 4, 4:

    exercitum comparare,

    Cic. Phil. 3, 6, 14; 4, 1, 2:

    exercitum instruere,

    id. Cat. 2, 11, 24:

    exercitum ducere and adducere,

    id. Phil. 4, 2, 5; 3, 4, 11:

    exercitum contra Philippum mittere,

    id. Inv. 1, 12, 17:

    naves ducere contra,

    Hor. Epod. 4, 19:

    ducere contra hostes,

    Liv. 1, 27, 4:

    florem Italiae educere contra,

    Cic. Cat. 2, 11, 24:

    proficisci contra,

    to march against, Liv. 1, 11, 3; 8, 2, 5:

    auxilium ferre Rutulis contra Latinos,

    Plin. 14, 12, 14, § 88:

    juvare aliquem contra,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 35:

    consilium inire contra Sequanos,

    to take hostile measures against, id. B. G. 6, 12.—
    c.
    Of legal contention (more freq. adversus, except with verbs of saying).
    (α).
    In gen., with agere or causam agere, to act as counsel against a party or his attorney:

    cum agerem contra hominem disertissimum nostrae civitatis,

    Cic. Caecin. 33, 97; id. Brut. 63, 226; Sen. Ben. 4, 15, 3; Quint. 11, 1, 59.—Causam recipere or suscipere contra, to accept a retainer against:

    (causam) quam receperam contra pueros Octavios,

    Cic. Att. 13, 49, 1; Quint. 6, 1, 12; Plin. Ep. 4, 17, 1.—Adesse alicui contra, to appear, act as one's counsel against:

    rogavit me Caecilius ut adessem contra Satrium,

    Cic. Att. 1, 1, 3; Plin. Ep. 1, 7, 5 al.; cf.:

    esse contra,

    id. ib. 1, 18, 3.— Trop.: conquesturus venit;

    at contra se adfuit et satisfacienti satisfecit,

    Sen. Fragm. Amic. 14, 1, 89:

    causam defendere contra,

    against the accuser, Cic. de Or. 1, 39, 178:

    statuere contra aliquem (sc. causam),

    to establish a case against an adversary, id. Or. 10, 34:

    actio competit contra,

    Dig. 49, 14, 41:

    querelam instituere contra,

    ib. 5, 2, 21, § 1:

    bonorum possessionem petere contra,

    ib. 5, 2, 23:

    jus obtinere contra,

    Cic. Quint. 9, 34:

    pugnare contra,

    to struggle against the accuser, id. Sull. 17, 49; id. Verr. 1, 11, 33:

    id quod mihi contra illos datum est,

    i. e. a local advantage over, id. Tull. 14, 33:

    judicare contra aliquem,

    id. Fl. 20, 48; Dig. 21, 2, 55; 5, 2, 14; Just. Inst. 4, 17, 2:

    pronuntiare contra,

    Paul. Sent. 5, 34, 2: dare sententiam contra, Dig. 21, 2, 56, § 1:

    decernere contra,

    Cic. Fl. 31, 76:

    appellare contra aliquem,

    Dig. 49, 1, 3; 49, 5, 6; cf.:

    contra sententiam,

    Cod. Just. 7, 62, 32, § 2.—Sentire contra aliquem, to have an opinion unfavorable to:

    cur vos (cum) aliquid contra me sentire dicatis, etc.,

    Cic. Caecin. 27, 79.—
    (β).
    Venire contra aliquem, to appear as counsel for one's adversary:

    quid tu, Saturi, qui contra hunc venis, existimas aliter?

    Cic. Rosc. Com. 6, 18; id. Mur. 4, 9; id. Phil. 8, 6, 18.—Venire contra rem alicujus, to give advice damaging one's interests:

    contra rem suam me venisse questus est,

    Cic. Phil. 2, 2, 3.—
    (γ).
    With dicere and other verbs of saying. (aa) Of a lawyer pleading against a lawyer:

    ipse ille Mucius, quid in illa causa cum contra te diceret, attulit quod? etc.,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 57, 244:

    cum ille contra me pro Sex. Naevio diceret,

    id. Brut. 60, 2, 7; id. de Or. 2, 7, 30; id. Rosc. Am. 15, 45; id. Div. in Caecil. 14, 44; id. Planc. 2, 5; id. Brut. 26, 102; so,

    causam dicere,

    id. Or. 2, 23, 98:

    causam perorare,

    id. Quint. 24, 77.—(bb) Of a lawyer's pleading against the parties: dic mihi, M. Pinari, num si contra te dixero mihi male dicturus es? Servil. ap. Cic. de Or. 2, 65, 261; 3, 34, 138; 1, 14, 60; id. Or. 35, 123; Quint. 11, 1, 57; cf. with ellipsis of acc.:

    quorum alter pro Aufldia, contra dixit alter,

    id. 10, 1, 22.—(ng) Of a party against a lawyer:

    si Gaditani contra me dicerent,

    if the Gaditani were my adversaries, Cic. Balb. 17, 38.—(dd) Of witnesses and experts, and the pleadings against them:

    si decressent legationem quae contra istum diceret,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 4, § 12: contra testes dicere (opp. a testibus or pro testibus). Auct. Her. 2, 6, 9; Cic. de Or. 2, 27, 118 (cf.:

    testimonium in aliquem dicere,

    id. Sull. 17, 48; Quint. 7, 4, 36):

    contra juris consultos dicere,

    against their legal opinions, Cic. Caecin. 24, 69.—So of witnesses in scientific questions:

    contra testes dicendum est,

    Sen. Q. N. 7, 16, 1.—(ee) Dicere or contendere aliquid contra aliquem, to maintain a point against:

    cum interrogamus adversarios... quid contra nos dici possit,

    Auct. Her. 4, 23, 33:

    tamenne vereris ut possis hoc contra Hortensium contendere?

    Cic. Quint. 25, 78. —
    d.
    Of literary adversaries, mostly with verbs of saying and writing:

    cum scriberem contra Epicurios,

    Cic. Att. 13, 38, 1:

    contra Epicurum satis superque dictum est,

    id. N. D. 2, 1, 2:

    contra Brutum,

    id. Tusc. 5, 8, 21:

    contra Academiam,

    id. Ac. 2, 19, 63; id. Fin. 1, 1, 2; 5, 8, 22; id. Tusc. 5, 11, 32; 5, 30, 84; id. Ac. 2, 4, 17:

    contra autem omnia disputatur a nostris,

    id. Off. 2, 2, 8.—
    e.
    Of public and political adversaries (syn. adversus and in).
    (α).
    In gen.:

    sentire contra,

    Cic. Mil. 2, 5:

    pugnare contra bonos,

    id. Sull. 25, 71:

    contra eos summa ope nitebatur nobilitas,

    Sall. C. 38, 2; Cic. Sest. 19, 42; 52, 112:

    (tribuni) qui aut contra consulem, aut pro studio ejus pugnabant,

    Liv. 39, 32, 12.—
    (β).
    Of political speaking:

    cum (Cato) eo ipso anno contra Serv. Galbam ad populum summa contentione dixisset,

    Cic. Brut. 20, 80; so id. Imp. Pomp. 17, 53; Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 9, 1.—
    f.
    Of hostile or criminal acts in gen. (syn.:

    adversus, in): inire consilia contra,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 38, 110; id. Cat. 1, 7, 18:

    manum comparare contra aliquem,

    id. Sull. 24, 68:

    conjurationem facere,

    id. ib. 4, 12:

    congredi,

    id. Lig. 3, 9; Sall. J. 64, 4:

    aliquid contra imperatorem moliri,

    Just. Inst. 4, 18, 3:

    nec dolor armasset contra sua viscera matrem,

    against her own offspring Ov. R. Am. 59.—Facere contra (more freq. with abstr. objects; cf. II. C. 1. f. b infra): nunc te contra Caesarem facere summae stultitiae est, to take parts against, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 16, 2:

    eae (res) contra nos ambae faciunt,

    operate against us, id. Quint. 1, 1.—With verbs of saying, etc.:

    homo disertus non intellegit, eum quem contra dicit laudari a se?

    Cic. Phil. 2, 8, 18; 2, 1, 2; 2, 21, 51; Sen. Ep. 15, 3, 70:

    epigramma quod contra quamdam Gelliam scripsit,

    Lampr. Alex. Sev. 38:

    disputare contra deos, in two signif.: contra deum licet disputare liberius,

    to accuse, reproach a god, Cic. N. D. 3, 31, 76; but: mala et impia consuetudo est contra deos disputandi, to reason against the gods, i. e. against their existence, id. ib. 2, 67, 168.—
    2.
    Predicatively, with esse (videri, etc.), against, injurious to, unfavorable, prejudicial, to one's disadvantage: ut [p. 456] ex senatusconsulto neque cujus intersit, neque contra quem sit intellegi possit, Cic. Mur. 32, 68; id. de Or. 3, 20, 75; 2, 74, 299; 2, 81, 330; id. Sull. 13, 39; Sen. Ben. 6, 31, 6:

    licentiam malis dare certe contra bonos est,

    injurious to, Quint. 4, 2, 75:

    res contra nos est, of unfavorable chances in a lawsuit,

    id. 4, 66, 1; 4, 2, 75; 5, 13, 32.—Often, contra aliquem = quod est contra aliquem, referring to indef. pronouns or adjectives:

    nihil contra me fecit odio mei = nihil quod esset contra me,

    Cic. Har. Resp. 3, 5; id. Off. 3, 31, 112:

    quibus (temporibus) aliquid contra Caesarem Pompeio suaserim,

    id. Phil. 2, 10, 24.—
    3.
    Added adverb. to the predicate, mostly referring to purpose, with hostile intent, for the purpose of some hostile act, in order to oppose, in opposition:

    Caesarine eam (provinciam) tradituri fuistis, an contra Caesarem retenturi?

    or keep it against Caesar, Cic. Lig. 7, 23:

    sero enim resistimus ei quem per annos decem aluimus contra nos,

    id. Att. 7, 5, 5:

    judicium illud pecunia esse temptatum non pro Cluentio, sed contra Cluentium,

    id. Clu. 4, 9; id. Imp. Pomp. 17, 52; id. Ac. 2, 28, 92:

    cum quae facitis ejusmodi sint ut ea contra vosmet ipsos facere videamini,

    id. Rosc. Am. 36, 104; Sen. Ep. 3, 7, 3: Curio se contra eum totum parat, i. e. to speak against him, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 8, 10; Caes. B. C. 1, 85 ter; Sen. Q. N. 1, 7, 1; Plin. 16, 39, 74, § 192; Plin. Pan. 41.—So with the force of a temporal clause:

    fidem meam quam essent contra Massam Baebium experti,

    in the suit against, Plin. Ep. 3, 4, 4.—
    4.
    Dependent on adjectives (rare):

    contra se ipse misericors,

    to his own injury, Phaedr. 4, 18, 3:

    severissimus judex contra fures,

    Lampr. Alex. Sev. 28.—
    5.
    With nouns.
    a.
    Acc. to 1. b.:

    ut quam maximae contra Hannibalem copiae sint,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 12, 17; cf. Vell. 2, 76, 3.—
    b.
    Acc. to 1. c. and 1. e.; so esp., oratio contra (cf.: oratio in).
    (α).
    Oratio contra (never in), of an address against the counsel of a party or against the prosecutor:

    quid in omni oratione Crassus vel apud centumviros contra Scaevolam, vel contra accusatorem Brutum, cum pro Cn. Plancio diceret?

    Cic. de Or. 2, 54, 220; cf.:

    Cato pro se contra Cassium = in oratione contra,

    Gell. 10, 15, 3; so,

    haec perpetua defensio contra Scaevolam,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 54, 221:

    orationem illam egregiam quam (Aeschines) in Ctesiphontem contra Demosthenem dixerat,

    id. ib. 3, 56, 213.—
    (β).
    Of an address against the party, either in judicial or political affairs:

    unam orationem contra Gracchum reliquit,

    Cic. Brut. 26, 99:

    (Demosthenis) oratio contra Leptinem... contra Aeschinem falsae legationis,

    id. Or. 31, 111; Gell. 10, 24, 10; 10, 18, 91; Cic. Brut. 46, 169; Quint. 12, 10, 61; Cic. de Or. 2, 11, 45; id. Brut. 44, 164; Gell. 13, 25 (24), 15; cf. Quint. 4, 3, 13; 11, 2, 25.—
    c.
    Acc. to 1. f.:

    contra patres concitatio et seditio,

    Cic. Brut. 14, 56.—Of animals:

    contra volpium genus communibus inimicitiis,

    Plin. 10, 76, 96, § 207.
    C.
    With inanimate and abstract objects.
    1.
    Directly dependent on verbs (cf. B. 1.).
    a.
    Of physical or moral exertion:

    cum fulmina contra Tot paribus streperet clipeis,

    Verg. A. 10, 567:

    pugnandum tamquam contra morbum, sic contra senectutem,

    Cic. Sen. 11, 35:

    contra verum niti,

    Sall. J. 35, 8:

    contra fortunam luctari,

    Sen. Ben. 7, 15, 2; id. Brev. Vit. 10, 1; id. Ep. 78, 15; 99, 32; cf. Cic. Off. 1, 31, 110.—
    b.
    Of warfare (lit. and trop.):

    bellum contra aras, focos, vitam fortunasque gerere,

    Cic. Phil. 3, 1, 1:

    bellum gerimus... contra arma verbis,

    id. Fam. 12, 22, 1.—So of logical contradictions:

    artificis autem est invenire in actione adversarii quae semet ipsa pugnent,

    Quint. 5, 13, 30.—
    c.
    Of legal contention.
    (α).
    Of the actions of the counsel or prosecutor: dicere, or perorare, agere contra aliquid, to plead against, contest something:

    contra argumenta, rumores, tabulas, quaestiones (opp. ab argumentis, etc.),

    Auct. Her. 2, 6, 9 sqq.; Cic. de Or. 2, 27, 118:

    contra ratiocinationem,

    id. Inv. 2, 50, 153: contra scriptum dicere, to contest, controvert a written law or a document, id. ib. 2, 47, 138; 2, 48, 143; id. Brut. 39, 145; Quint. 7, 7, 1:

    contra caput dicere,

    to plead against life, Cic. Quint. 13, 44 (cf.:

    servum in caput domini interrogare,

    Paul. Sent. 1, 1, 34; 5, 16, 5 and 8; 5, 46, 3): contra libertatem agere, Dig. 40, 12, 26.—Pregn.:

    contra rerum naturam, contraque consuetudinem hominum dicere (opp. contra nos dicere),

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 15, 45.—
    (β).
    Of judicial decisions contradicting documents, etc.:

    contra tabulas judicare,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 70, 281:

    contra testamentum,

    Dig. 2, 17, § 1:

    contra sententiam dicere,

    ib. 49, 8, 1, § 2.—
    (γ).
    Admittere aliquem contra bona, to admit a petition for bonorum possessio (cf.:

    inmittere in bona),

    Dig. 38, 2, 3, § 6.—
    d.
    Of antagonism in literary and ethical questions.
    (α).
    To contend that something is false:

    dicere, disputare, disserere contra opinionem or sententiam,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 4, 8; 5, 19, 55; id. de Or. 3, 18, 67; id. Fin. 5, 4, 10; id. Ac. 2, 18, 60; Sen. Ira, 1, 3, 3; id. Ep. 87, 5; 102, 5 (cf.:

    in sententiam dicere,

    in support of an opinion, Caes. B. G. 1, 45):

    contra sensus dicere,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 31, 101:

    contra rhetoricen dicere,

    Quint. 2, 17, 40.—
    (β).
    Of criticism, hostility to principles, etc.:

    contra Iliadem et Odysseam scribere,

    Vitr. 7, praef. 8:

    contra quorum disciplinam ingenium ejus exarserat,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 29, 83.—
    (γ).
    Ethically:

    contra voluptatem dicere,

    that pleasure is a moral evil, Cic. Fin. 5, 8, 21:

    contra mortem loqui,

    that death is no evil, Sen. Ep. 82, 7;

    in both senses: contra vitia, pericula, fortunam, ambitionem,

    id. ib. 100, 10:

    contra fortunam gloriari,

    that fortune has no power over him, Cic. Tusc. 5, 9, 26; Sen. Ep. 26, 5.—
    e.
    Of public and political acts and speeches:

    contra potentiam accusatorum dicere,

    Cic. Brut. 44, 164:

    contra legem dicere or verba facere,

    id. Imp. Pomp. 15, 53; Liv. 34, 8, 1:

    rogationem ferre contra coloniam ( = contra legem de colonia deducenda),

    Cic. Clu. 51, 140; Auct. Her. 1, 17, 21; Plin. 8, 17, 24, § 64.—
    f.
    Of hostility, injury, wrongs, etc.
    (α).
    In gen.:

    senatusconsulto quod contra dignitatem tuam fieret,

    directed against, Cic. Fam. 12, 29, 2:

    contra rem publicam se commovere,

    id. Cat. 1, 26; 1, 3, 7:

    incitari,

    id. Sest. 47, 100:

    consilia inire,

    id. Agr. 2, 3, 8:

    conjurationem facere,

    Sall. C. 30, 6:

    contra salutem urbis incitari,

    Cic. Cat. 3, 8, 20:

    cogitare aliquid contra salutem,

    id. ib. 3, 9, 21: contra voluntatem or studium dicere, to oppose one's will in a speech:

    esse aliquem in civitate qui contra ejus (Chrysogoni) voluntatem dicere auderet,

    id. Rosc. Am. 22, 60; id. Phil. 1, 11, 28; id. de Or. 3, 34, 138; id. Mur. 4, 10; Tac. H. 2, 91:

    ne quid contra aequitatem contendas, ne quid pro injuria,

    do not array yourself against equity, Cic. Off. 2, 20, 71.— Trop.:

    quis non contra Marii arma, contra Suliae proscriptionem irascitur? ( = Mario propter arma, Sullae propter proscriptionem),

    Sen. Ira, 2, 2, 3.—
    (β).
    In partic.: facere contra aliquid (syn. adversus), to commit an offence against, to transgress, etc.:

    si quis ad Antonium profectus esset... senatus existimaturum eum contra rem publicam fecisse,

    Cic. Phil. 8, 11, 33; id. Mil. 5, 13; 6, 14; id. Off. 3, 10, 43; 3, 25, 95; S. C. ap. Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 8, 6; Liv. 25, 4, 7; so,

    contra salutem rei publicae facere,

    Cic. Dom. 38, 102:

    contra majestatem,

    against the emperor, Dig. 48, 4, 5:

    contra leges,

    Cic. Dom. 18, 48; id. Vatin. 7, 18; id. Fin. 2, 17, 55; id. Mur. 32, 67; id. de Or. 3, 19, 70; cf. id. Clu. 34, 92; id. Mur. 32, 68; id. Dom. 14, 38; id. Phil. 10, 6, 13; Gai Inst. 4, 121:

    contra edictum (praetoris),

    Cic. Verr 2, 3, 10, § 25; Dig. 39, 1, 20, § 1:

    contra foedus,

    Cic. Balb. 6, 16:

    contra jusjurandum ac fidem,

    id. Off. 3, 10, 43; id. Lael. 3, 30, 74; id. Verr. 2, 3, 3, § 7; Prop. 3, 30, 44 (2, 32, 44).—And ironically:

    tune contra Caesaris nutum (sc. facies)?

    Cic. Att. 14, 10, 1.—Rarely contra ea facere = contra facere, adverb. (cf. I. B. 8. and II. E. 1. b.):

    corpus in civitatem inferri non licet... et qui contra ea fecerit, extra ordinem punitur,

    Paul. Sent. 1, 21, 2; 1, 21, 12.—
    2.
    Predicatively with esse (usu. impers.), in violation of, in conflict with, contrary to (cf. 3. g).
    (α).
    With esse expressed as the predicate:

    hominem hominis incommodo suum augere commodum magis est contra naturam quam mors,

    Cic. Off. 3, 5, 21; id. Fin. 3, 9, 31; id. N. D. 3, 13, 33; Sen. Ep. 5, 4; Plin. 7, 8, 6, § 45:

    contra leges or legem est,

    Cic. Pis. 13, 30; id. Mur. 32, 67:

    contra officium est,

    id. Off. 3, 10, 43; 1, 10, 32; 1, 6, 19; cf. id. Lael. 11, 39; id. Off. 3, 15, 63; Liv. 6, 40, 5; Sen. Q. N. 2, 37, 2; Gai Inst. 3, 157; Dig. 30, 1, 112, § 3; 16, 3, 1, § 7.—With ellipsis of object (naturam), Cic. Fin. 5, 29, 89; cf.:

    adeo res ista non habet ullam moram quae contra causas ignium sit,

    unfavorable to the formation of fire, Sen. Q. N. 2, 26, 7.—
    (β).
    With verbal predicate, referring to an indef. pron. or adj., with esse understood:

    scis hunc... nihil umquam contra rem tuam cogitasse ( = nihil quod contra rem tuam esset),

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 50, 147; id. Mil. 5, 13:

    aliquid contra animum audiendi,

    something against our liking, Sen. Const. 19, 2.—So mostly with facere:

    si quid Socrates aut Aristippus contra morem consuetudinemque fecerint,

    Cic. Off. 1, 41, 148; id. Att. 3, 23, 2; 2, 22, 2; id. Off. 3, 15, 63; Sall. C. 15, 1; Dig. 8, 2, 11; 8, 2, 17; 35, 1, 79, § 2. —
    (γ).
    Contra officium, substantively, = id quod contra officium est:

    Sic inter recte factum atque peccatum, officium et contra officium, media locabat quaedam,

    Cic. Ac. 1, 10, 37.—
    3.
    Adverbially with the predicate.
    (α).
    In order to oppose, in opposition to, with hostile intent (cf. B. 3.):

    eidem illam proscriptionem capitis mei contra salutem rei publicae rogatam esse dicebant,

    that the proposal of the law was an attack on the republic, Cic. Prov. Cons. 19, 45; id. Rab. Perd. 12, 35; id. Phil. 10, 10, 22:

    imperator contra postulata Bocchi nuntios mittit,

    to reply to the demands, Sall. J. 83, 3; 25, 6; so,

    advocare contra,

    Sen. Cons. Polyb. 12, 4; id. Ep. 15, 2, 52:

    si contra mortem te praeparaveris,

    to meet death, id. ib. 11, 3, 8.—
    (β).
    With the force of a clause of manner, injuriously to, etc.:

    quibus contra valetudinis commodum laborandum est,

    Cic. Mur. 23, 47; Suet. Aug. 78:

    contra hominis salutem,

    with danger to a man's life, Cod. Just. 7, 62, 29.—
    (γ).
    In gen., of conflict with some rule or principle, contrary to, in violation of, without regard to ( = ita ut contra sit; cf. 2. supra; very freq. from the class. period;

    syn. adversus): ceperitne pecunias contra leges P. Decius,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 31, 136; id. Verr. 2, 1, 4, § 10; id. Fl. 34, 86:

    pecuniam contra leges auferre,

    id. Verr. 1, 18, 56; 2, 1, 10, § 27; 2, 5, 18, § 46; id. Har. Resp. 26, 56:

    contra legem,

    id. Rab. Perd. 3, 8; id. Dom. 16, 41:

    contra jus fasque,

    id. Har. Resp. 16, 34; id. Quint. 6, 28:

    contra jus,

    Liv. 5, 4, 14; id. Dom. 13, 55; id. Verr. 2, 5, 13, § 34:

    contra jus gentium,

    Liv. 4, 32, 5; 9, 10, 10; 21, 25, 7; 5, 36, 6;

    6, 1, 6: contra juris rigorem,

    Dig. 40, 5, 24, § 10 et saep.:

    contra testimonium aliquid judicare,

    without regard to, Cic. Brut. 31, 117:

    aliquid contra verecundiam disputare,

    contrary to the rules of decency, id. Off. 1, 35, 128:

    aliquid contra fidem constituere,

    Quint. 5, 13, 34:

    quae majores nostri contra lubidinem animi sui recte atque ordine fecere,

    contrary to the dictates of passion, Sall. C. 51, 4; id. J. 33, 1; cf. of logical opposition, II. E. 2. infra.—
    4.
    Dependent on substt.
    a.
    Of physical strife:

    scit ille imparem sibi luctatum contra nexus (draconis),

    Plin. 8, 12, 12, § 33. —
    b.
    Of warfare:

    imperatorum copia contra tuum furorem,

    Cic. Mur. 39, 83:

    Parthorum gloria contra nomen Romanum,

    Liv. 9, 18, 6: in castris perditorum contra patriam, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 23, 6.—
    c.
    Of legal contention:

    causa contra scriptum,

    Cic. Inv. 2, 46, 135.—
    d.
    Of political speaking:

    divina M. Tullii eloquentia contra leges agrarias,

    Quint. 2, 16, 7; 9, 3, 50; Gell. 18, 7, 7.—
    e.
    Of literary opposition:

    Caesaris vituperatio contra laudationem meam,

    Cic. Att. 12, 40, 1.—
    f.
    Of hostility, etc.:

    cujus factum, inceptum, conatumve contra patriam,

    Cic. Cat. 2, 12, 27:

    ullum factum dictumve nostrum contra utilitatem vestram,

    Liv. 6, 40, 5.—
    g.
    Of injury:

    vitae cupiditas contra rem publicam,

    Cic. Planc. 37, 90: contra serpentes venenum, fatal to serpents, or as a defence against serpents, Plin. 7, 2, 2, § 15.—
    h.
    Of violation, disregard, etc. (cf. 3. g):

    iter contra senatus auctoritatem,

    Cic. Phil. 2, 19, 48:

    contra consuetudinem somnium,

    Plin. 10, 77, 98, § 211:

    bonorum possessio contra tabulas,

    Dig. 37, 4, 3, § 13; Gai Inst. 3, 41.—
    5.
    Dependent on adjectives (very rare; cf.

    II. D. 2. c. infra): contraque patris impii regnum impotens, avum resolvam,

    Sen. Herc. Fur. 966.
    D.
    Of defence, protection, and resistance (syn.: adversus, ab).
    1.
    Against persons.
    a.
    Dependent on verbs:

    cum populus Romanus suam auctoritatem vel contra omnes qui dissentiunt possit defendere,

    Cic. Imp. Pomp. 22, 63: si ego consul rem publicam [p. 457] contra te et gregales tuos defendissem, id. Sest. 52, 111; 22, 49; 8, 20; id. Fam. 11, 27, 7; id. Phil. 2, 18, 45:

    contra quem multum omnes boni providerunt,

    provided a great defence, id. Mur. 38, 81: formula qua utitur patronus contra libertum qui eum in jus vocat, as a defence against, Gai Inst. 4, 46. —And of protection of plants against injurious animals:

    contra haec animalia proderit, si, etc.,

    Pall. 10, 3, 2.—
    b.
    Dependent on adjectives, mostly participial:

    paratus contra,

    Cic. Mil. 21, 56:

    nihil satis firmum contra Metellum,

    Sall. J. 80, 1:

    contra potentes nemo est munitus satis,

    Phaedr. 2, 6, 1.—
    2.
    Against inanimate and abstract things.
    a.
    Dependent on verbs:

    contra avium morsus munitur vallo aristarum,

    Cic. Sen. 15, 51:

    propugnaculum, quo contra omnes meos impetus usurum se putat,

    id. Verr. 2, 3, 16, § 40; 2, 5, 39, § 102:

    publicam causam contra vim armatam suscipere,

    id. Dom. 34, 91; id. Quint. 30, 94; id. Leg. 3, 3, 9:

    contra tantas difficultates providere,

    Sall. J. 90, 1; 76, 4; so,

    contra ea,

    id. ib. 57, 5:

    patricii vi contra vim resistunt,

    Liv. 3, 13, 4; Plin. 14, 2, 4, § 28; Tac. Agr. 45; Sen. Prov. 4, 12; id. Const. 5, 4.—
    b.
    Dependent on substt.:

    suffragia contra oppugnationem vestrae majestatis,

    Cic. Rab. Perd. 12, 35:

    defensio contra vim,

    id. Mil. 5, 14:

    patronus justitiae fuit contra orationem Phili,

    id. Lael. 7, 25; Plin. 29, 2, 9, § 30; 14, 3, 4, § 40:

    contra labores patientia,

    id. 23, 1, 22, § 37.—
    c.
    Dependent on adjectives (in Cic. freq. with P. a. predicatively used; otherwise very rare;

    in later prose freq.): nec est quidquam Cilicia contra Syriam munitius,

    against an attack from the side of Syria, Cic. Fam. 14, 4, 4:

    ut nullius res tuta, nullius domus clausa, nullius vita saepta, nullius pudicitia munita contra tuam cupiditatem posset esse,

    id. Verr. 2, 5, 15, § 39; id. Fin. 1, 16, 51; id. Mil. 25, 67; id. Tusc. 5, 8, 19; 5, 27, 76:

    vir contra audaciam firmissimus,

    id. Rosc. Am. 30, 85; Sall. J. 33, 2; 28, 5:

    fortis contra dolorem,

    Sen. Ep. 98, 18; Quint. 12, 1, 10:

    callosus,

    Plin. 11, 37, 54, § 147; 14, 2, 4, § 23:

    far contra hiemes firmissimum,

    id. 18, 8, 19, § 83:

    equus tenax contra vincula,

    Ov. Am. 3, 4, 13:

    contraque minantia fata pervigil,

    Claud. I. Cons. Stil. 1, 284.—
    3.
    Of remedies against sickness and its causes, poison, etc.; so only in Plin.; in Pall. only of preventives and of protection against hurtful animals, and against mental perturbations in gen.; cf. infra (syn. ad in Cat., Cic., Cels., Col.; adversus only in Celsus, who also has in with abl.).
    (α).
    Dependent on verbs:

    cujus et vinum et uva contra serpentium ictus medetur,

    Plin. 14, 18, 22, § 117; 7, 2, 2, § 13:

    prodest et contra suspiria et tussim,

    id. 20, 13, 50, § 128:

    valet potum contra venena,

    id. 28, 7, 21, § 74; 29, 4, 22, § 71; 29, 4, 26, § 81; 28, 8, 27, § 98; 16, 37, 71, § 180; 35, 6, 14, § 34; 28, 6, 18, §§ 65-67.—
    (β).
    Dependent on substt.:

    remedium contra morsus,

    Plin. 8, 32, 50, § 118; 10, 59, 79, § 163:

    contra venena esse omnia remedio,

    id. 16, 44, 95, § 251; 17, 24, 37, § 240; 7, 1, 1, § 4.—
    (γ).
    Dependent on adjectives:

    vinum quod salutare contra pestilentiam sit,

    Pall. 11, 14, 17.—
    (δ).
    Appositively, as a remedy:

    cujus lacteum succum miris laudibus celebrat... contra serpentes et venena,

    Plin. 5, 1, 1, § 16; 29, 4, 26, § 83. —So of remedies against affections:

    Tiberium tonante caelo coronari ea (lauro) solitum ferunt contra fulminum metus,

    Plin. 15, 30, 40, § 135; cf. Sen. Ira, 2, 21, 1; id. Tranq. 5. 1.
    E.
    Of logical opposition.
    1.
    With a neuter demonstrative (contra ea, contra haec, contra quae, quod contra = contra, adv.).
    a.
    The contrary, the reverse (very rare; cf.

    I. D. 1.): sed mihi contra ea videtur,

    but to me the contrary seems true, Sall. J. 85, 1:

    omnia quae contra haec sunt, omnia quae contra sunt,

    and vice versa, Quint. 5, 10, 90. —
    b.
    Contra ea, on the contrary, in logical antithesis (not in Cic. and Sall.; once in Caes. and Quint.; several times in Liv. and Nep.; cf.: contra ea, in other uses, II. A. 2. e. a, II. D. 2. a., II. A. 3. d., II. C. 1. f.):

    omnes arderent cupiditate pugnandi... contra ea Caesar... spatiumque interponendum... putabat ( = at contra),

    but Caesar on the contrary, Caes. B. C. 3, 74: superbe ab Samnitibus... legati prohibiti commercio sunt;

    contra ea benigne ab Siculorum tyrannis adjuti,

    Liv. 4, 52, 6; 2, 60, 1; 21, 20, 6;

    44, 43, 5: pater... Thracem me genuit, contra ea mater Atheniensem,

    Nep. Iphicr. 3, 4; id. praef. 6; id. Alcib. 8, 1.—And after a question, with immo (cf. I. E. 5. b.):

    an infirmissimi omnium... (sumus)? Immo contra ea vel viribus nostris, vel, etc., tuti (sumus),

    Liv. 41, 24, 8.—
    c.
    Quod contra, by anastrophe (v. F. 1.), contrary to which, whereas, while on the contrary (only once in Lucr. and three times in Cic.):

    illud in his rebus vereor ne forte rearis, Inpia te rationis inire elementa viamque indugredi sceleris: quod contra saepius illa Religio peperit scelerosa atque impia facta,

    whereas on the contrary, Lucr. 1, 81:

    cujus a me corpus crematum est, quod contra decuit ab illo meum (sc. cremari),

    Cic. Sen. 23, 84:

    quod contra oportebat delicto dolere, correctione gaudere,

    id. Lael. 24, 90 (B. and K. place a comma after oportebat; cf.

    Nauck ad loc.): reliquum est ut eum nemo judicio defenderit: quod contra copiosissime defensum esse contendi,

    id. Quint. 28, 87 (many consider contra in all these passages as an adverb; cf. Hand, Turs. II. p. 121 sq.; some explain quod as an ancient ablative, = qua re;

    v. Ritschl,

    Plaut. Exc. p. 57, Munro ad Lucr. 1, 82).—
    2.
    With an abstract noun, with the force of the adverb contra with ac or atque (I. F. 1.), contrary to, contrary to what, etc. (esp. in Sall., not in Cic.; cf. praeter): celeriter contraque omnium opinionem confecto itinere, contrary to the opinion ( = contra ac rati erant), Caes. B. G. 6, 30:

    contra opinionem Jugurthae ad Thalam perveniunt,

    Sall. J. 75, 9; Hirt. B. G. 8, 40.—Contra spem either contrary to the opinion, or against the hope:

    Metellus contra spem suam laetissume excipitur ( = contra ac ratus, veritus est),

    Sall. J. 88, 1; so,

    cetera contra spem salva invenit,

    Liv. 9, 23, 17:

    contra spem omnium L. Furium optavit,

    id. 6, 25, 5; Curt. 8, 4, 45;

    but: at Jugurtha contra spem nuntio accepto ( = contra ac speraverat),

    Sall. J. 28, 1; Liv. 24, 45, 3:

    postquam... Jugurtha contra timorem animi praemia sceleris adeptum sese videt,

    Sall. J. 20, 1:

    ipse in Numidiam procedit, ubi contra belli faciem tuguria plena hominumque... erant ( = contra ac in bello evenire solet),

    id. ib. 46, 5:

    contra famam,

    Plin. 13, 22, 43, § 126; 7, 53, 54, § 180:

    segniterque et contra industriam absconditae formicae,

    slowly, and in a manner different from their usual activity, id. 18, 35, 88, § 364.—Of persons:

    frigidam potionem esse debere, contra priores auctores, Asclepiades confirmavit,

    contrary to the opinion of the former physicians, Cels. 4, 26 (19).
    F.
    Sometimes by anastrophe after its noun.
    1.
    In prose, after relatives, esp. in Cic.:

    quos contra disputant,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 15, 47:

    quem contra dicit,

    id. Phil. 2, 8, 18 (v. II. B. 1. f.):

    quem contra veneris,

    id. Mur. 4, 9:

    quas contra, praeter te, etc.,

    id. Vatin. 7, 18:

    eos ipsos quos contra statuas,

    id. Or. 10, 34:

    quos contra me senatus armavit,

    id. Att. 10, 8, 8:

    quam contra multa locutus est,

    Sen. Ep. 82, 7, Plin. Ep. 1, 23, 3; Claud. in Rufin. 1, 332; v. also E. 1. c. supra.—
    2.
    After other words ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

    hunc igitur contra mittam contendere causam,

    Lucr. 4, 471:

    dicere eos contra,

    id. 4, 484:

    donique eum contra,

    id. 5, 708:

    agmina contra,

    Verg. A. 12, 279:

    magnum Alciden contra,

    id. ib. 5, 414:

    Paridem contra,

    id. ib. 5, 370:

    Italiam contra,

    id. ib. 1, 13:

    deos contra,

    Ov. P. 1, 1, 26:

    Messania moenia contra,

    id. M. 14, 17:

    litora Calabriae contra,

    Tac. A. 3, 1.

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  • 3 contrā

        contrā adv. and praep.    [comp. of com-; see 1 cum].    I.adv., of position, in opposition, opposite, face to face, in front, on the other side: signum contra animo finivit, i. e. mentally drew a line, L.: stare, Iu.: ulmus erat contra, in front, O.: consistere, to make front, Cs.: positā Hispaniā, opposite, Ta.: intueri, in the face, L.: oscula non pervenientia contra, so as to meet, O.—Fig., of actions, in turn, in return, back, on the other hand, likewise: Audi nunc, in turn, T.: Mettius Tullo gratulatur, contra Tullus Mettium adloquitur, L.: at tibi contra Evenit, ut, etc., you have your reward, H.: cui latrans contra senex (i. e. respondit), Ph.: si scias quod donum huic dono contra comparet, what counter-gift, T.: Facere contra huic aegre, T.: tibi contra gratiam Referre, T. — Of opposition or strife, in opposition, on the other side: obniti contra sufficere, to have strength to resist, V.: pugnare, O.: vociferans, L.: pauca accipe contra, H.: contra feriundi copia, making a counter-attack, S.: quid, si de litteris corruptis contra venit? as his accuser: est contra iudicatum, an adverse decision: licere, to compete, Cs.: nihil quod contra peterent, to compete for: qui contra fecerit, the transgressor.—With verbs of saying, in opposition, on the other side, in answer: cum contra dicturus Hortensius esset, as opposing counsel: contra qui dicit, the opponent: cum nemo contra diceret, denied it: nihil contra disputabo priusquam dixerit, make no objection: quid contra reus? says in reply: contra dicentibus inimicis, Cs.: quid contra dicerem meditabar, how to reply: id quod contra diceretur refellere, the objections: quod in eā causā contra dicendum est: dicitur contra, nullum esse testamentum, the objection is made: respondit nec contra dici quin, etc., there was no objection, L.— Reversely, in an opposite manner, the contrary, the opposite: in stultitiā contra est, with fools the reverse is true: quod contra est, S.: utrumque contra accidit: alia probabilia, contra alia dicimus, improbable: cognoscere quid boni utrisque aut contra esset (i. e. mali), S. — On the contrary, on the other hand, conversely: tu contra obicies: Romanus conserere pugnam velle, contra eludere Poenus, L.: iusta omnia decora sunt, iniusta contra indecora: ut hi miseri, sic contra illi beati quos, etc.: imperavi nihil, et contra patribus parui, but on the contrary: non enim tua culpa est... contraque summa laus: at contra: sed contra: contra autem: falso queritur quod, etc.: nam contra, etc., S.: quin contra, nay on the contrary, L.—Followed by atque or ac, contrary to, different from, otherwise than: simulacrum, contra atque ante fuerat, ad orientem convertere: contra atque esset dictum, Cs.: si haec contra ac dico essent omnia: contra ac ratus erat, S.: contra quam fas erat, contrary to the divine law: contra quam ipse censnisset, contrary to its own resolution.    II. Praep., with acc. (in prose before its case, except sometimes a rel. pron.), of position, before, against, facing, towards, opposite to, contrary to, over against: insulae latus est contra Galliam, Cs.: pacatis contra insulam suam terris, L.: Carthago Italiam contra, V.—Opposite, towards, against, facing, over against: contra vos in contione consistere, to face you: a fronte contra hostem, Cs.: Albanos contra legionem conlocat, L.: quos agmina contra Procurrunt, V.: contra hanc Romam altera Roma, a rival to.—Fig., in answer to, in reply to: contra ea facturos clamitabat, etc., Cs.: contra ea aiebat, etc., L.: contra postulata nuntios mittit, S.: Quae contra breviter fata est vates, V.—With valere, to weigh against, counterbalance, avail against: hac ratio contra omne ius iurandum valet: contrane lucrum nil valere Pauperis ingenium? H. —Of opposition or strife, against, with, in hostility to, as the enemy of: contra Caesarem gerere bellum: arma contra senatum tuli: armis contendere contra populum R., Cs.: contra Crustuminos profectus, marched against, L.: nihil se contra Sequanos consili inire, take hostile measures against, Cs.: contra salutem urbis incitari: paratus contra eum: agere contra hominem, plead against: nihil satis firmum contra Metellum, S.: contra difficultates providere, S.: vi contra vim resistere, L.: defensio contra vim: contra me sentire, hold an unfavorable opinion: quem contra veneris antea, for whose adversary you were counsel: pugnandum contra morbum: (provinciam) contra Caesarem retenturi, as the enemy of: eae res contra nos faciunt, make against.—Against, in opposition to, as the opponent of: tibi contra nos dicendum putes: contra iuris consultos dicere, against their opinions: contra caput dicere, to plead against life: contra Epicurum dictum est, in reply to: consuetudo contra deos disputandi, i. e. against the existence.—Against, injurious to, unfavorable to, to the disadvantage of: nihil contra me fecit odio mei: aliquid contra Caesarem Pompeio suadere: contra se ipse misericors, to his own injury, Ph.: contra valetudinis commodum laborare.—Esp., of offences, against, in violation of: pecuniam contra leges auferre: contra fas: contra ius gentium, L.: contra verecundiam, in disregard of: contra rem p. fecisse, to have been guilty of treason: vim eam contra rem p. factam decernere, L.: contra morem facere: quod contra legem esset: contra fidem. — Of opposition in thought, contrary to, opposite to, the reverse of: sed mihi contra ea videtur, the contrary seems true, S.: contra ea Caesar putabat, otherwise, Cs.: contra ea benigne, on the other hand, L.: cuius a me corpus crematum est, quod contra decuit ab illo meum (sc. cremari), whereas: quod contra oportebat delicto dolere, correctione gaudere, while, on the contrary.—With an abstract noun, contrary to, beyond, against: contra omnium opinionem (i. e. contra ac rati erant), Cs.: contra opinionem Iugurthae, against the expectation, S.: cetera contra spem salva invenit, L.: contra timorem animi praemia sceleris adeptus, S.
    * * *
    I
    facing, face-to-face, in the eyes; towards/up to; across; in opposite direction; against, opposite, opposed/hostile/contrary/in reply to; directly over/level; otherwise, differently; conversely; on the contrary; vice versa
    II
    against, facing, opposite; weighed against; as against; in resistance/reply to; contrary to, not in conformance with; the reverse of; otherwise than; towards/up to, in direction of; directly over/level with; to detriment of

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  • 4 eo

    1.
    ĕo, īvi or ii (īt, Verg. A. 9, 418 al.; cf.

    Lachm. ad Lucr. vol. 2, p. 206 sq.: isse, issem, etc., for ivisse, etc.,

    Ter. Hec. 2, 1, 25; Cic. Rosc. Am. 23, 64; id. Phil. 14, 1, 1; Ov. M. 7, 350 et saep.: isti, Turp. ap. Non. 4, 242:

    istis,

    Luc. 7, 834, etc., v. Neue Formenl. 2, 515), īre ( inf. pass. irier, Plaut. Rud. 4, 7, 16), ĭtum, v. n. [root i-, Sanscr. ēmi, go; Gr. eimi; causat. hiêmi = jacio, Curt. Gr. Etym. p. 403], to go (of every kind of motion of animate or inanimate things), to walk, ride, sail, fly, move, pass, etc. (very freq. in all periods and sorts of writing).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.:

    eo ad forum,

    Plaut. As. 1, 1, 95:

    i domum,

    id. ib. 5, 2, 71 sq.:

    nos priores ibimus,

    id. Poen. 3, 2, 34:

    i in crucem,

    go and be hanged! id. As. 5, 2, 91; cf.:

    i in malam crucem,

    id. Cas. 3, 5, 17; id. Ps. 3, 2, 57; 4, 7, 86:

    i in malam rem hinc,

    Ter. Ph. 5, 7, 37:

    iens in Pompeianum,

    Cic. Att. 4, 9 fin.:

    subsidio suis ierunt,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 62, 8:

    quom it dormitum,

    Plaut. Aul. 2, 4, 23; id Most. 3, 2, 4; 16; Hor. S. 1, 6, 119 et saep, cf.:

    dormitum, lusum,

    id. ib. 1, 5, 48:

    cubitum,

    Plaut. Cas. 4, 4, 27; 5, 4, 8; id. Ps. 3, 2, 57; Cic. Rosc. Am. 23; id. Div. 2, 59, 122 et saep.— Poet. with the acc. of the terminus:

    ibis Cecropios portus,

    Ov. H. 10, 125 Loers.:

    Sardoos recessus,

    Sil. 12, 368; cf.:

    hinc Afros,

    Verg. E. 1, 65.—With a cognate acc.:

    ire vias,

    Prop. 1, 1, 17:

    exsequias,

    Ter. Ph. 5, 8, 37:

    pompam funeris,

    Ov. F. 6, 663 et saep.:

    non explorantur eundae vitandaeque viae,

    Claud. in Eutrop. 2, 419:

    animae ad lumen iturae,

    Verg. A. 6, 680:

    ego ire in Piraeum volo,

    Plaut. Most. 1, 1, 63; cf.:

    visere ad aliquam,

    Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 114; id. Phorm. 1, 2, 52:

    videre,

    Prop. 1, 1, 12:

    ire pedibus,

    on foot, Liv. 28, 17:

    equis,

    id. 1, 15:

    curru,

    id. 28, 9; Ov. H. 1, 46; cf.:

    in equis,

    id. A. A. 1, 214:

    in raeda,

    Mart. 3, 47:

    super equos,

    Just. 41, 3;

    and with equis to be supplied,

    Verg. A. 5, 554:

    puppibus,

    Ov. H. 19, 180; cf.:

    cum classe Pisas,

    Liv. 41, 17 et saep.:

    concedere quo poterunt undae, cum pisces ire nequibunt?

    Lucr. 1, 380.—
    b.
    Of things:

    alvus non it,

    Cato R. R. 157, 7; so,

    sanguis naribus,

    Lucr. 6, 1203:

    Euphrates jam mollior undis,

    Verg. A. 8, 726:

    sudor per artus,

    id. ib. 2, 174:

    fucus in artus,

    Lucr. 2, 683:

    telum (with volare),

    id. 1, 971:

    trabes,

    i. e. to give way, sink, id. 6, 564 et saep.:

    in semen ire (asparagum),

    to go to seed, Cato, R. R. 161, 3; so Plin. 18, 17, 45, § 159; cf.:

    in corpus (juvenes),

    Quint. 2, 10, 5:

    sanguis it in sucos,

    turns into, Ov. M. 10, 493.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    To go or proceed against with hostile intent, to march against:

    quos fugere credebant, infestis signis ad se ire viderunt,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 8, 6:

    ad hostem,

    Liv. 42, 49:

    contra hostem,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 67, 2; cf. id. B. C. 3, 31 fin.:

    adversus hostem,

    Liv. 42, 49:

    in hostem,

    id. 2, 6; Verg. A. 9, 424 et saep.; cf.:

    in Capitolium,

    to go against, to attack, Liv. 3, 17.—
    2.
    Pregn., to pass away, disappear (very rare):

    saepe hominem paulatim cernimus ire,

    Lucr. 3, 526; cf. ib. 530; 594.
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    In gen., to go, pass, proceed, move, advance:

    ire in opus alienum,

    Plaut. Mil. 3, 3, 6:

    in dubiam imperii servitiique aleam,

    Liv. 1, 23 fin.:

    in alteram causam praeceps ierat,

    id. 2, 27:

    in rixam,

    Quint. 6, 4, 13:

    in lacrimas,

    Verg. A. 4, 413; Stat. Th. 11, 193:

    in poenas,

    Ov. M. 5, 668 et saep.:

    ire per singula,

    Quint. 6, 1, 12; cf. id. 4, 2, 32; 7, 1, 64; 10, 5, 21:

    ad quem (modum) non per gradus itur,

    id. 8, 4, 7 et saep.:

    dicite qua sit eundum,

    Ov. Tr. 3, 1, 19:

    ire infitias, v. infitiae: Latina debent cito pariter ire,

    Quint. 1, 1, 14:

    aliae contradictiones eunt interim longius,

    id. 5, 13, 54: in eosdem semper pedes ire (compositio), [p. 649] id. 9, 4, 142:

    cum per omnes et personas et affectus eat (comoedia),

    id. 1, 8, 7; cf. id. 1, 2, 13; Juv. 1, 142:

    Phrygiae per oppida facti Rumor it,

    Ov. M. 6, 146:

    it clamor caelo,

    Verg. A. 5, 451:

    factoque in secula ituro, Laetantur tribuisse locum,

    to go down to posterity, Sil. 12, 312; cf.

    with a subject-sentence: ibit in saecula, fuisse principem, cui, etc.,

    Plin. Pan. 55.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    Pub. law t. t.
    a.
    Pedibus ire, or simply ire in aliquam sententiam, in voting, to go over or accede to any opinion (opp. discedere, v. h. v. II. B. 2. b.):

    cum omnes in sententiam ejus pedibus irent,

    Liv. 9, 8, 13:

    pars major eorum qui aderant in eandem sententiam ibat,

    id. 1, 32 fin.; 34, 43; 42, 3 fin.—Pass. impers.:

    in quam sententiam cum pedibus iretur,

    Liv. 5, 9, 2:

    ibatur in eam sententiam,

    Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 1 fin.:

    itum in sententiam,

    Tac. A. 3, 23; 12, 48.—And opp. to the above,
    b.
    Ire in alia omnia, to vote against a bill, v. alius, II.—
    2.
    Mercant. t. t. for vēneo, to go for, be sold at a certain price, Plin. 18, 23, 53, § 194:

    tot Pontus eat, tot Lydia nummis,

    Claud. Eutr. 1, 203.—
    3.
    Pregn., of time, to pass by, pass away:

    it dies,

    Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 12; Hor. C. 2, 14, 5; 4, 5, 7:

    anni,

    id. Ep. 2, 2, 55; cf.:

    anni more fluentis aquae,

    Ov. A. A. 3, 62.—
    4.
    With the accessory notion of result, to go, proceed, turn out, happen:

    incipit res melius ire quam putaram,

    Cic. Att. 14, 15; cf. Tac. A. 12, 68:

    prorsus ibat res,

    Cic. Att. 14, 20 fin.; Curt. 8, 5:

    postquam omnia fatis Caesaris ire videt,

    Luc. 4, 144.—Hence the wish: sic eat, so may he fare:

    sic eat quaecunque Romana lugebit hostem,

    Liv. 1, 26; Luc. 5, 297 Cort.; 2, 304; Claud. in Eutr. 2, 155. —
    5.
    Constr. with a supine, like the Gr. mellein, to go or set about, to prepare, to wish, to be about to do any thing:

    si opulentus it petitum pauperioris gratiam, etc.,

    Plaut. Aul. 2, 2, 69; id. Bacch. 3, 6, 36: quod uti prohibitum irem, quod in me esset, meo labori non parsi, Cato ap. Fest. s. v. PARSI, p. 242 Müll.; so,

    perditum gentem universam,

    Liv. 32, 22:

    ultum injurias, scelera,

    id. 2, 6; Quint. 11, 1, 42:

    servitum Grais matribus,

    Verg. A. 2, 786 et saep.:

    bonorum praemia ereptum eunt,

    Sall. J. 85, 42.—Hence the construction of the inf. pass. iri with the supine, in place of an inf. fut. pass.:

    mihi omne argentum redditum iri,

    Plaut. Curc. 4, 2, 5:

    mihi istaec videtur praeda praedatum irier,

    id. Rud. 4, 7, 16 et saep.— Poet. also with inf.:

    seu pontum carpere remis Ibis,

    Prop. 1, 6, 34:

    attollere facta regum,

    Stat. S. 5, 3, 11:

    fateri,

    id. Th. 3, 61 al. —
    6.
    Imp. i, eas, eat, etc., since the Aug. period more freq. a mocking or indignant expression, go then, go now:

    i nunc et cupidi nomen amantis habe,

    Ov. H. 3, 26; so,

    i nunc,

    id. ib. 4, 127; 9, 105; 17, 57; id. Am. 1, 7, 35; Prop. 2, 29, 22 (3, 27, 22 M.); Verg. A. 7, 425; Juv. 6, 306 al.:

    i, sequere Italiam ventis,

    Verg. A. 4, 381; so,

    i,

    id. ib. 9, 634:

    fremunt omnibus locis: Irent, crearent consules ex plebe,

    Liv. 7, 6 fin.
    2.
    ĕō, adv. [old dat. and abl. form of pron. stem i; cf. is].
    I.
    In locat. and abl. uses,
    A.
    Of place=in eo loco, there, in that place (rare):

    quid (facturus est) cum tu eo quinque legiones haberes?

    Cic. Ep. ad Brut. 1, 2, 1:

    quo loco... ibi... eoque,

    Cels. 8, 9, 1:

    eo loci,

    Tac. A. 15, 74; Plin. 11, 37, 50, § 136; so trop.: eo loci, in that condition:

    res erat eo jam loci, ut, etc.,

    Cic. Sest. 13, 68; Tac. A. 14, 61; Dig. 5, 1, 52, § 3.—
    B.
    Of cause=eā re.
    1.
    Referring to a cause or reason before given, therefore, on that account, for that reason:

    is nunc dicitur venturus peregre: eo nunc commenta est dolum,

    Plaut. Truc. 1, 1, 66; Ter. Hec. 2, 1, 41:

    dederam litteras ad te: eo nunc ero brevior,

    Cic. Fam. 6, 20, 1; Sall. C. 21, 3; Liv. 8, 8, 8; Tac. H. 2, 65; Nep. Pelop. 1, 3; id. Milt. 2, 3 et saep.—So with conjunctions, eoque, et eo, eo quoque, in adding any thing as a consequence of what precedes, and for that reason:

    absolute pares, et eo quoque innumerabiles,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 17, 55:

    impeditius eoque hostibus incautum,

    Tac. A. 1, 50:

    per gentes integras et eo feroces,

    Vell. 2, 115, 2; Quint. 4, 1, 42 al. —
    2.
    Referring to a foll. clause, giving
    (α).
    a cause or reason, with quia, quoniam, quod, etc.; so with quia:

    eo fit, quia mihi plurimum credo,

    Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 124; id. Capt. 1, 1, 2:

    nunc eo videtur foedus, quia, etc.,

    Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 17; 3, 1, 25:

    quia scripseras, eo te censebam, etc.,

    Cic. Att. 10, 17, 4; Sall. C. 20, 3; Tac. Agr. 22.—With quoniam:

    haec eo notavi, quoniam, etc.,

    Gell. 7, 13.—With quod:

    quod... non potueritis, eo vobis potestas erepta sit,

    Cic. Verr. 1, 8, 22; Nep. Eum. 11, 5; Liv. 9, 2, 4; Caes. B. G. 1, 23; so,

    neque eo... quod,

    Ter. Heaut. 3, 2, 43; Varr. R. R. 1, 5.—
    (β).
    A purpose, motive or reason, with quo, ut, ne; and after negatives, with quo, quin, and subj. —So with quo:

    eo scripsi, quo plus auctoritatis haberem,

    Cic. Att. 8, 9, 1; Sall. C. 22, 2; so,

    non eo... quo,

    Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 16:

    neque eo... quo,

    Cic. Att. 3, 15, 4; id. Rosc. Am. 18, 51.—With ut:

    haec eo scripsi, ut intellegeres,

    Cic. Fam. 13, 69, 2; id. de Or. 3, 49, 187; Lact. 4, 5, 9.—With ne: Plaut. Aul. 2, 2, 63; Ter. Ph. 5, 1, 17:

    quod ego non eo vereor, ne mihi noceat,

    Cic. Att. 9, 2; id. Rab. Perd. 3, 9.—With quin:

    non eo haec dico, quin quae tu vis ego velim,

    Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 60; id. As. 5, 1, 16. —
    C.
    Of measure or degree—with words of comparison, so much, by so much —followed by quo (= tanto... quanto):

    quae eo fructuosiores fiunt, quo calidior terra aratur,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 32, 1:

    eo gravior est dolor, quo culpa major,

    Cic. Att. 11, 11, 2; id. Fam. 2, 19, 1; so with quantum:

    quantum juniores patrum plebi se magis insinuabant, eo acrius contra tribuni tendebant, etc.,

    Liv. 3, 15, 2; id. 44, 7, 6:

    quanto longius abscederent, eo, etc.,

    id. 30, 30, 23. —Esp. freq. the formulae, eo magis, eo minus, so much the worse ( the less), followed by quo, quod, quoniam, si, ut, ne:

    eo magis, quo tanta penuria est in omni honoris gradu,

    Cic. Fam. 3, 11, 7:

    eo minus veritus navibus, quod in littore molli, etc.,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 9; Cic. Off. 3, 22, 88; id. Att. 15, 9 fin.:

    eo magis, quoniam, etc., Cels. praef. p. 14, 12 Müll.: nihil admirabilius fieri potest, eoque magis, si ea sunt in adulescente,

    Cic. Off. 2, 14, 48; id. Tusc. 1, 39, 94:

    eo diligentius ut ne parvula quidem titubatione impediremur,

    Auct. Her. 2, 8, 12; Cic. Rab. Perd. 3, 9:

    ego illa extuli et eo quidem magis, ne quid ille superiorum meminisse me putaret,

    id. Att. 9, 13, 3.—

    In this combination eo often expresses also the idea of cause (cf. B. 1. supra): hoc probis pretiumst. Eo mihi magis lubet cum probis potius quam cum improbis vivere,

    Plaut. Trin. 2, 1, 37: solliciti tamen et anxii sunt;

    eoque magis, quod se ipsi continent et coercent,

    Cic. Tusc. 4, 33, 70;

    and some passages may be classed under either head: dederam triduo ante litteras ad te. Eo nunc ero brevior,

    Cic. Fam. 6, 21, 1; id. Inv 1, 4, 5; id. Off. 2, 13, 45; id. Fam. 9, 16, 9; Plaut. Aul. 2, 2, 8.
    II.
    In dat. uses.
    A.
    With the idea of motion, to that place, thither (=in eum locum):

    eo se recipere coeperunt,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 25, 5:

    uti eo cum introeas, circumspicias, uti inde exire possit,

    Cato, R. R. 1, 2:

    eo tela conicere, Auct. B. Afr. 72: eo respicere,

    Sall. J. 35, 10; so,

    followed by quo, ubi, unde: non potuit melius pervenirier eo, quo nos volumus,

    Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 35:

    venio nunc eo, quo me fides ducit,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 30, 83:

    ibit eo quo vis, etc.,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 40:

    (venit) eo, ubi non modo res erat, etc.,

    Cic. Quint. 11; Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 21; Vell. 2, 108, 2:

    eo, unde discedere non oportuit, revertamur,

    Cic. Att. 2, 16, 3; Liv. 6, 35, 2; Sall. C. 60, 2;

    so (late Lat.) with loci: perducendum eo loci, ubi actum sit,

    Dig. 10, 4, 11, § 1; ib. 47, 2, 3, § 2.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    With the idea of addition, thereto, in addition to that, besides:

    accessit eo, ut milites ejus, etc.,

    Cic. Fam. 10, 21, 4:

    accedit eo, quod, etc.,

    id. Att. 1, 13, 1.—
    2.
    With the idea of tendency, to that end, with that purpose, to this result:

    hoc autem eo spectabat, ut eam a Philippo corruptam diceret,

    Cic. Div. 2, 57, 118:

    haec eo pertinet oratio, ut ipsa virtus se sustentare posse videretur,

    id. Fam. 6, 1, 12:

    hoc eo valebat, ut, etc.,

    Nep. Them. 4, 4.—
    3.
    With the idea of degree or extent, to that degree or extent, so far, to such a point:

    eo scientiae progredi,

    Quint. 2, 1, 6:

    postquam res publica eo magnificentiae venerit, gliscere singulos,

    Tac. A. 2, 33; id. H. 1, 16; id. Agr. 28:

    eo magnitudinis procedere,

    Sall. J. 1, 5; 5, 2; 14, 3:

    ubi jam eo consuetudinis adducta res est, ut, etc.,

    Liv. 25, 8, 11; 28, 27, 12; 32, 18, 8 al.; Just. 3, 5:

    eo insolentiae processit,

    Plin. Pan. 16:

    eo rerum ventum erat, ut, etc.,

    Curt. 5, 12, 3; 7, 1, 35.— With gen., Val. Max. 3, 7, 1 al.; Flor. 1, 24, 2; 2, 18, 12; Suet. Caes. 77; Plin. Pan. 16, 5; Sen. Q. N. 4 praef. §

    9: eo rem jam adducam, ut nihil divinationis opus sit,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 34, 96:

    res eo est deducta, ut, etc.,

    id. Att. 2, 18, 2; Hor. C. 2, 1, 226; Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 18.—
    C.
    Of time, up to the time, until, so long, usually with usque, and followed by dum, donec:

    usque eo premere capita, dum illae captum amitterent,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 49, 124; Liv. 23, 19, 14; Tac. A. 4, 18:

    eo usque flagitatus est, donec ad exitium dederetur,

    id. ib. 1, 32; Quint. 11, 3, 53:

    eo usque vivere, donec, etc.,

    Liv. 40, 8; cf. Col. 4, 24, 20; 4, 30, 4.—Rarely by quamdiu:

    eo usque, quamdiu ad fines barbaricos veniretur,

    Lampr. Alex. Sev. 45.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > eo

  • 5 eo [1]

    1. eo, īvī od. iī, itum, īre ( statt *eio; vgl. altind. eo [1]ti, er geht, griech. ειμι, ἰέναι), I) gehen, A) v. leb. Wesen, 1) im allg., gehen, reisen, auch einhergehen, Passiv unpers. itur, man geht (Ggstz. abire, venire, redire, regredi, remanere, consistere), a) zu Fuße: i prae (voran), Komik. (s. Spengel Ter. Andr. 171): i, mea avis, Ov.: i, pedes quo te rapiunt, Hor.: eatur, quo deorum ostenta et inimicorum iniquitas vocat, Suet.: ire tardius (Ggstz. maturare iter pergere), Sall.: vel quo festines ire vel unde, vide, Ov.: huc atque illuc euntes, Liv.: ire intro ac foras, Varro: ire, schlendern, viā sacrā, Hor.: quā viā itur Hennam, wo man nach H. geht, Cic.: ire apertā viā et rectā (bildl.), Sen.: ire eodem itinere, Liv.: ire a navibus, Ov.: e consilio, Verg.: sacris, weg von usw., Ov.: ire ad alqm, Komik., Nep. u. Liv.: ire ad deos, Sen.: ire ad forum, Plaut.: ire ad fores, Ter.: ire ad solitum opus, Ov.: effigies Augusti iens ad caelum, aufsteigend, Suet.: ire ad Campaniam, Eutr.: ire ad Graeciam, um zu studieren, Amm.: ad cenam, Nep.: ire in antiquam silvam, Verg.: in Pompeianum, Cic.: in provinciam, Vell.: in exsilium, Cic.: ire in somnum, schlafen gehen, zu Bett gehen, Plin.: ex curia in contionem itur, Liv.: bello (Dat.), in den Krieg, Verg.: viro (Dat.), zum Manne, Prop.: ire domum, Plaut. u. Hor.: domos, Curt.: per hanc (portam), Ov.: per suos fines, Caes.: sub terras, Verg.: post altaria, Ov.: super illos (equos), Iustin.: ire pedibus, zu Fuße, Plaut.: cum maximis itineribus isset, da er Eilmärsche gemacht hatte, Liv.: m. Prädik.-Subst., illi comes (als B.) ibat Achates, Verg.: m. Prädik.-Adj., illis Aesone natus obvius it, geht entgegen, Ov.: muli gravati sarcinis ibant duo, Phaedr.: se vivum sub terram iturum, Suet.: ire praecipitem de ponte, Catull., per gradus, Suet.: m. Infin., illa ilico it visere (um sie zu besuchen), Ter.: in Ephesum hinc abit aurum arcessere, Plaut.: m. 1. Supin., ire cubitum, Cic.: ire lavatum, Hor.: ire venatum in silvas, Verg.: ire exploratum, Liv.: Imper. i, ite od. in direkter Rede Konj., eat, eatis, eant, irent, teils um jmd. aufzufordern od. zur Eile anzutreiben, Liv., Verg. u.a. Dichter, teils um jmd. in höhnendem Tone aufzufordern, Curt., Verg. u.a. Dichter: m. homogen. Acc., ire novas vias, eine Reise in unbekannte Länder machen, Prop.: ire longam viam, einen weiten Gang machen, Verg.: itque reditque viam totiens, geht hin und her, Verg.: equus docilis ire viam, quā monstret eques, Hor. – b) zu Wasser gehen, fahren, schiffen, segeln, teils navibus, Verg., navibus nec mari, Suet.: puppibus, Ov.: puppi per undas, Tibull.: denis navibus subsidio Troiae (Tr. zu Hilfe), Verg.: teils absol., ire velle, Verg.: ire in Africam, Cic.: Stygios per amnes, Ov. – c) zu Pferde usw., reiten, equis Liv.: mulo, Hor.: u. bl. ire contra hostem (v. d. Reiterei), Caes.: effuso cursu, Curt. – d) zu Wagen, fahren, curru, Liv.: plaustro, Iustin.: in raeda, Mart.: u. bl. medio tutissimus ibis (v. Phaëthon), Ov. – e) in od. durch die Luft, fliegen, fahren, auffahren, in od. per auras, Ov.: in od. ad caelum, Suet. u. Verg.: u. bl. ire, Vitr. – 2) insbes.: a) als milit. t. t., α) gehen, ad arma od. ad saga, zu den Waffen, zum Kriegsmantel greifen = sich zum Kampfe (zum Kriege) rüsten, Liv. u. Cic.: u. in aciem, Curt.: in ordinem, sich in Reih u. Glied stellen, Curt. – β) marschieren, ziehen, viā od. pedibus, auf dem Landwege, zu Lande, Liv.: comminus, Tac.: retro, Curt.: portis, Verg.: cum exercitu, in Hispaniam cum exercitu, Liv.: Sardes, Nep.: populabundum per omnem hostium agrum, Liv.: ire alci subsidio, Caes., od. suppetias, Auct. b. Afr. – γ) gegen jmd. rücken, marschieren, jmdm. entgegenrücken, auf jmd. od. etw. losgehen, losmarschieren, losrücken, alci obviam od. obvium, Liv. u. Curt.: ire contra, Tac.: ire ad od. adversus alqm, Liv.: contra alqm (hostem), Caes.: in alqm, Liv. u. Verg.: ad muros, Verg.: in Iovis ire domum (v. d. Giganten), Ov.: in Capitolium, Liv. – b) v. Behörden, ire in consilium, zur Beratung schreiten, Cic.: ire in sententiam, mit u. ohne pedibus, jmds. Meinung beipflichten, Sall. u. Liv.: in alia omnia ire, das Gegenteil votieren, Cic.: u. so itum est in voluntatem quorundam, es fand die Ansicht einigen Einklang, Amm. 24, 7, 1. – c) gerichtl. t. t., ire in ius, Ter. u. Nep., ad iudicium, Liv., vor Gericht gehen. – d) zu Grabe geleiten, ecfertur; imus, Ter.: m. homogen. Akk., ire exsequias, zum Leichenbegängnis, Ter.: pompam funeris, Ov. – 3) übtr., gehen, schreiten, treten, kommen, geraten, a) in od. zu od. durch usw. einen Zustand, ire in malam rem od. in malam crucem, zum Henker gehen, sich zum Henker scheren, Plaut. u. Ter. (s. Brix Plaut. trin. 466. Bentley Ter. Phorm. 5, 8, 37): ire in corpus, fleischig werden, Quint.: ire in sudorem, Flor.: ire in lacrimas, in Tränen ausbrechen, Verg.: ire in duplum, noch einmal so viel Strafe erleiden, Cic.: in dubiam imperii servitiique aleam, das ungewisse Spiel um H. od. Skl. wagen, Liv.: in possessionem, Cic.: ire in eosdem pedes, einerlei Versglieder gebrauchen, Quint.: ierat in causam praeceps, er hatte sich kopfüber in die Sache gestürzt, Liv.: ire infitias, aufs Leugnen ausgehen, leugnen, Ter.: ire per has leges, die Bedingungen eingehen, Ov.: ire per medium, den Mittelweg nehmen, Quint.: per exempla cognata, dem B. ihrer Schwester folgen, Ov.: aber exemplis deorum, sich den Göttern vergleichen, Ov. – b) zu einer Tätigkeit, in alcis amplexus, Ov.: in poenas, zur Bestrafung schreiten, Ov.: ibatur in caedes, Tac.: in scelus, begehen, Ov.: ad solacia, Ov.: ad lucrum, Hor.: per laudes (rühmlichen Taten) alcis, Ov.: contra dicta tyranni, erwidern, Verg. – zur Verstärkung des Futur., ito et modulabor, Verg. (vgl. franz. j'irai chanter). – übtr. α) auf etw. denken, verfallen, istuc ibam, ich dachte daran, Ter.: ad illud, seine Zuflucht nehmen, Ter. – β) m. 1. Supin. = darauf ausgehen, willens sein, geneigt sein, cur te is perditum, Ter.: cives, qui se remque publicam perditum irent, Liv.: dominationem raptum ire, Tac.: iniuriam od. scelera ultum, Tac. u. Quint. – B) v. lebl. Subj.: a) übh.: it tristis ad aethera clamor, Verg.: per oppida facti rumor it, Ov.: it circulus per orbem, Verg.: pugna it ad pedes, man ficht zu Fuße, Liv. – übtr., ire coepisse praecipites, dem Verfall unaufhaltsam entgegeneilen (v. Sitten), Liv. – b) v. Fuße, gehen, sich bewegen, nec pes ire potest, Ov.: ibat et expenso planta morata gradu, Prop.: non posse ire rivum, ubi caput aquae siccatur, Augustin. serm. 115: u. v. Versfuß usw., euntes melius (versus), Hor.: cum per omnes et personas et affectus eat comoedia, Quint. – c) v. Schiffen, gehen, fahren, segeln, dahinfahren, -segeln, Ov.: per aequora, Ov. – d) von Geschossen, gehen, fliegen, dringen, longius it (telum), Ov.: iit hasta Tago per tempus utrumque, Verg. – e) v. Winde, gehen, stürmen, Eurus et adverso desinit ire Noto, Prop.: quanta per Idaeos saevis effusa Mycenis tempestas ierit campos, Verg.: bildl., cum a Theodosii partibus in adversarios vehemens ventus iret, Augustin. de civ. dei 5, 26, 1. p. 239, 18 D.2 – f) v. Flüssigkeiten, gehen, fließen, strömen, vacuas it fumus in auras, Verg.: salsusque in artus sudor iit, Verg.: it naribus ater sanguis, Verg.: si ex multo cibo alvus non it, Cato. – v. Flüssen, aliā ripā, Ov.: quā utrimque amnes eunt, Mela: quo minus eae aquae in urbem Romam ire possint, Frontin. aqu.: unde per ora novem it mare praeruptum (wie ein entfesseltes Meer), Verg.: Nilus it per omnem Aegyptum vagus atque dispersus, Mela. g) v. Gestirnen, gehen, laufen, wandeln, obtunsis per caelum cornibus ibat (luna), Verg.: alternis e partibus ire stellas, Lucr. – h) v. Örtl., gehen, laufen, sich ziehen, Taurus it in occidentem rectus et perpetuo iugo, Mela: hic iam terrae magis in altum eunt (erheben sich), Mela. – i) übh. v. Konkr., α) gehen, laufen, kommen, it bello tessera signum, Verg.: ne currente retro funis eat rotā, Hor. – β) übergehen, it sanguis in sucos, Ov.: in melius, Tac. – γ) fortgehen, sich trennen, ne supinus eat (ponticulus), Catull. – II) prägn.: 1) kommen, unde is? Ter.: eodem, unde ierat, se recepit, Nep. – 2) vergehen, dahinschwinden, homo it, Lucr.: dies it, Plaut.: eunt anni, Ov.: unum isse diem sine sole ferunt, Ov.: u. so sic eat quaecumque Romana lugebit hostem, so fahre jede Römerin hin, die usw., Liv. 1, 26, 4–3) gehen = vonstatten gehen, incipit res melius ire, Cic.; prorsus ibat res, Cic. – 4) verkauft wer den, weggehen für einen gewissen Preis, iustum est singulas vehes fimi denario ire, Plin. 18, 193 zw. (Detl. definire): tot Galatae, tot Pontus eat, tot Lydia nummis, Claud. in Eutr. 1, 203. – 5) fortgehen, dauern, si non tanta quies iret (herrschte), Verg. georg. 2, 344. – 6) it in saecula, die Kunde gelangt bis zu späten Jahrhunderten mit folg. Acc. u. Infin., Plin. pan. 55, 1. – / synk. Präs. in = isne, Plaut. Bacch. 1185. Ter. Eun. 651; Phorm. 930. – vulg. Konj. Präs. iamus, Corp. inscr. Lat. 8, 2005. – vulg. Indik. Imperf. eibat, Corp. inscr. Lat. 4, 1237. – Imper. ei, Plaut. Cas. 212 u. Men. 435. – zsgz. Perf.-Formen isti, it, istis, issem usw., s. Georges Lexik. d. lat. Wortf. S. 245. – parag. Inf. Präs. irier, Plaut. rud. 1242.

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  • 6 eo

    1. eo, īvī od. iī, itum, īre ( statt *eio; vgl. altind. ti, er geht, griech. ειμι, ἰέναι), I) gehen, A) v. leb. Wesen, 1) im allg., gehen, reisen, auch einhergehen, Passiv unpers. itur, man geht (Ggstz. abire, venire, redire, regredi, remanere, consistere), a) zu Fuße: i prae (voran), Komik. (s. Spengel Ter. Andr. 171): i, mea avis, Ov.: i, pedes quo te rapiunt, Hor.: eatur, quo deorum ostenta et inimicorum iniquitas vocat, Suet.: ire tardius (Ggstz. maturare iter pergere), Sall.: vel quo festines ire vel unde, vide, Ov.: huc atque illuc euntes, Liv.: ire intro ac foras, Varro: ire, schlendern, viā sacrā, Hor.: quā viā itur Hennam, wo man nach H. geht, Cic.: ire apertā viā et rectā (bildl.), Sen.: ire eodem itinere, Liv.: ire a navibus, Ov.: e consilio, Verg.: sacris, weg von usw., Ov.: ire ad alqm, Komik., Nep. u. Liv.: ire ad deos, Sen.: ire ad forum, Plaut.: ire ad fores, Ter.: ire ad solitum opus, Ov.: effigies Augusti iens ad caelum, aufsteigend, Suet.: ire ad Campaniam, Eutr.: ire ad Graeciam, um zu studieren, Amm.: ad cenam, Nep.: ire in antiquam silvam, Verg.: in Pompeianum, Cic.: in provinciam, Vell.: in exsilium, Cic.: ire in somnum, schlafen gehen, zu Bett gehen, Plin.: ex curia in contionem itur, Liv.: bello (Dat.), in den Krieg, Verg.: viro (Dat.), zum Manne, Prop.: ire domum, Plaut. u. Hor.: domos, Curt.: per hanc (portam), Ov.: per suos
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    fines, Caes.: sub terras, Verg.: post altaria, Ov.: super illos (equos), Iustin.: ire pedibus, zu Fuße, Plaut.: cum maximis itineribus isset, da er Eilmärsche gemacht hatte, Liv.: m. Prädik.-Subst., illi comes (als B.) ibat Achates, Verg.: m. Prädik.-Adj., illis Aesone natus obvius it, geht entgegen, Ov.: muli gravati sarcinis ibant duo, Phaedr.: se vivum sub terram iturum, Suet.: ire praecipitem de ponte, Catull., per gradus, Suet.: m. Infin., illa ilico it visere (um sie zu besuchen), Ter.: in Ephesum hinc abit aurum arcessere, Plaut.: m. 1. Supin., ire cubitum, Cic.: ire lavatum, Hor.: ire venatum in silvas, Verg.: ire exploratum, Liv.: Imper. i, ite od. in direkter Rede Konj., eat, eatis, eant, irent, teils um jmd. aufzufordern od. zur Eile anzutreiben, Liv., Verg. u.a. Dichter, teils um jmd. in höhnendem Tone aufzufordern, Curt., Verg. u.a. Dichter: m. homogen. Acc., ire novas vias, eine Reise in unbekannte Länder machen, Prop.: ire longam viam, einen weiten Gang machen, Verg.: itque reditque viam totiens, geht hin und her, Verg.: equus docilis ire viam, quā monstret eques, Hor. – b) zu Wasser gehen, fahren, schiffen, segeln, teils navibus, Verg., navibus nec mari, Suet.: puppibus, Ov.: puppi per undas, Tibull.: denis navibus subsidio Troiae (Tr. zu Hilfe), Verg.: teils absol., ire velle, Verg.: ire in Africam, Cic.: Stygios per amnes, Ov. – c) zu Pferde usw., reiten, equis Liv.: mulo, Hor.: u.
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    bl. ire contra hostem (v. d. Reiterei), Caes.: effuso cursu, Curt. – d) zu Wagen, fahren, curru, Liv.: plaustro, Iustin.: in raeda, Mart.: u. bl. medio tutissimus ibis (v. Phaëthon), Ov. – e) in od. durch die Luft, fliegen, fahren, auffahren, in od. per auras, Ov.: in od. ad caelum, Suet. u. Verg.: u. bl. ire, Vitr. – 2) insbes.: a) als milit. t. t., α) gehen, ad arma od. ad saga, zu den Waffen, zum Kriegsmantel greifen = sich zum Kampfe (zum Kriege) rüsten, Liv. u. Cic.: u. in aciem, Curt.: in ordinem, sich in Reih u. Glied stellen, Curt. – β) marschieren, ziehen, viā od. pedibus, auf dem Landwege, zu Lande, Liv.: comminus, Tac.: retro, Curt.: portis, Verg.: cum exercitu, in Hispaniam cum exercitu, Liv.: Sardes, Nep.: populabundum per omnem hostium agrum, Liv.: ire alci subsidio, Caes., od. suppetias, Auct. b. Afr. – γ) gegen jmd. rücken, marschieren, jmdm. entgegenrücken, auf jmd. od. etw. losgehen, losmarschieren, losrücken, alci obviam od. obvium, Liv. u. Curt.: ire contra, Tac.: ire ad od. adversus alqm, Liv.: contra alqm (hostem), Caes.: in alqm, Liv. u. Verg.: ad muros, Verg.: in Iovis ire domum (v. d. Giganten), Ov.: in Capitolium, Liv. – b) v. Behörden, ire in consilium, zur Beratung schreiten, Cic.: ire in sententiam, mit u. ohne pedibus, jmds. Meinung beipflichten, Sall. u. Liv.: in alia omnia ire, das Gegenteil votieren, Cic.: u. so itum est in voluntatem quorundam, es fand die Ansicht eini-
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    gen Einklang, Amm. 24, 7, 1. – c) gerichtl. t. t., ire in ius, Ter. u. Nep., ad iudicium, Liv., vor Gericht gehen. – d) zu Grabe geleiten, ecfertur; imus, Ter.: m. homogen. Akk., ire exsequias, zum Leichenbegängnis, Ter.: pompam funeris, Ov. – 3) übtr., gehen, schreiten, treten, kommen, geraten, a) in od. zu od. durch usw. einen Zustand, ire in malam rem od. in malam crucem, zum Henker gehen, sich zum Henker scheren, Plaut. u. Ter. (s. Brix Plaut. trin. 466. Bentley Ter. Phorm. 5, 8, 37): ire in corpus, fleischig werden, Quint.: ire in sudorem, Flor.: ire in lacrimas, in Tränen ausbrechen, Verg.: ire in duplum, noch einmal so viel Strafe erleiden, Cic.: in dubiam imperii servitiique aleam, das ungewisse Spiel um H. od. Skl. wagen, Liv.: in possessionem, Cic.: ire in eosdem pedes, einerlei Versglieder gebrauchen, Quint.: ierat in causam praeceps, er hatte sich kopfüber in die Sache gestürzt, Liv.: ire infitias, aufs Leugnen ausgehen, leugnen, Ter.: ire per has leges, die Bedingungen eingehen, Ov.: ire per medium, den Mittelweg nehmen, Quint.: per exempla cognata, dem B. ihrer Schwester folgen, Ov.: aber exemplis deorum, sich den Göttern vergleichen, Ov. – b) zu einer Tätigkeit, in alcis amplexus, Ov.: in poenas, zur Bestrafung schreiten, Ov.: ibatur in caedes, Tac.: in scelus, begehen, Ov.: ad solacia, Ov.: ad lucrum, Hor.: per laudes (rühmlichen Taten) alcis, Ov.: con-
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    tra dicta tyranni, erwidern, Verg. – zur Verstärkung des Futur., ito et modulabor, Verg. (vgl. franz. j'irai chanter). – übtr. α) auf etw. denken, verfallen, istuc ibam, ich dachte daran, Ter.: ad illud, seine Zuflucht nehmen, Ter. – β) m. 1. Supin. = darauf ausgehen, willens sein, geneigt sein, cur te is perditum, Ter.: cives, qui se remque publicam perditum irent, Liv.: dominationem raptum ire, Tac.: iniuriam od. scelera ultum, Tac. u. Quint. – B) v. lebl. Subj.: a) übh.: it tristis ad aethera clamor, Verg.: per oppida facti rumor it, Ov.: it circulus per orbem, Verg.: pugna it ad pedes, man ficht zu Fuße, Liv. – übtr., ire coepisse praecipites, dem Verfall unaufhaltsam entgegeneilen (v. Sitten), Liv. – b) v. Fuße, gehen, sich bewegen, nec pes ire potest, Ov.: ibat et expenso planta morata gradu, Prop.: non posse ire rivum, ubi caput aquae siccatur, Augustin. serm. 115: u. v. Versfuß usw., euntes melius (versus), Hor.: cum per omnes et personas et affectus eat comoedia, Quint. – c) v. Schiffen, gehen, fahren, segeln, dahinfahren, -segeln, Ov.: per aequora, Ov. – d) von Geschossen, gehen, fliegen, dringen, longius it (telum), Ov.: iit hasta Tago per tempus utrumque, Verg. – e) v. Winde, gehen, stürmen, Eurus et adverso desinit ire Noto, Prop.: quanta per Idaeos saevis effusa Mycenis tempestas ierit campos, Verg.: bildl., cum a Theodosii partibus in adversarios vehemens ventus iret, Augu-
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    stin. de civ. dei 5, 26, 1. p. 239, 18 D.2 – f) v. Flüssigkeiten, gehen, fließen, strömen, vacuas it fumus in auras, Verg.: salsusque in artus sudor iit, Verg.: it naribus ater sanguis, Verg.: si ex multo cibo alvus non it, Cato. – v. Flüssen, aliā ripā, Ov.: quā utrimque amnes eunt, Mela: quo minus eae aquae in urbem Romam ire possint, Frontin. aqu.: unde per ora novem it mare praeruptum (wie ein entfesseltes Meer), Verg.: Nilus it per omnem Aegyptum vagus atque dispersus, Mela. g) v. Gestirnen, gehen, laufen, wandeln, obtunsis per caelum cornibus ibat (luna), Verg.: alternis e partibus ire stellas, Lucr. – h) v. Örtl., gehen, laufen, sich ziehen, Taurus it in occidentem rectus et perpetuo iugo, Mela: hic iam terrae magis in altum eunt (erheben sich), Mela. – i) übh. v. Konkr., α) gehen, laufen, kommen, it bello tessera signum, Verg.: ne currente retro funis eat rotā, Hor. – β) übergehen, it sanguis in sucos, Ov.: in melius, Tac. – γ) fortgehen, sich trennen, ne supinus eat (ponticulus), Catull. – II) prägn.: 1) kommen, unde is? Ter.: eodem, unde ierat, se recepit, Nep. – 2) vergehen, dahinschwinden, homo it, Lucr.: dies it, Plaut.: eunt anni, Ov.: unum isse diem sine sole ferunt, Ov.: u. so sic eat quaecumque Romana lugebit hostem, so fahre jede Römerin hin, die usw., Liv. 1, 26, 4-3) gehen = vonstatten gehen, incipit res melius ire, Cic.; prorsus ibat res, Cic. – 4) verkauft werden,
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    weggehen für einen gewissen Preis, iustum est singulas vehes fimi denario ire, Plin. 18, 193 zw. (Detl. definire): tot Galatae, tot Pontus eat, tot Lydia nummis, Claud. in Eutr. 1, 203. – 5) fortgehen, dauern, si non tanta quies iret (herrschte), Verg. georg. 2, 344. – 6) it in saecula, die Kunde gelangt bis zu späten Jahrhunderten mit folg. Acc. u. Infin., Plin. pan. 55, 1. – ⇒ synk. Präs. in = isne, Plaut. Bacch. 1185. Ter. Eun. 651; Phorm. 930. – vulg. Konj. Präs. iamus, Corp. inscr. Lat. 8, 2005. – vulg. Indik. Imperf. eibat, Corp. inscr. Lat. 4, 1237. – Imper. ei, Plaut. Cas. 212 u. Men. 435. – zsgz. Perf.-Formen isti, it, istis, issem usw., s. Georges Lexik. d. lat. Wortf. S. 245. – parag. Inf. Präs. irier, Plaut. rud. 1242.
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    2. eō, Adv., I) der alte Dat. von is, ea, id, a) dahin, dazu, eo pervenire, Cic.: accessit eo, ut etc., Cic. – b) so weit, bis zu dem Punkte, bis zu dem Grade, eo rem adducam, ut etc., Cic.: eo irā processit, ut etc., Liv.: m. folg. Genet. (vgl. Otto Tac. ann. 1, 18. p. 126), quoniam eo miseriarum venturus eram, Sall.: eo magnitudinis procederent, ubi (wo) etc., Sall.: ubi iam eo consuetudinis adducta res est, ut etc., Liv. – eo usque, so weit = so lange, bis zu der Zeit, Cic., od. eo usque, ut etc. = bis zu dem Grade, Tac.: usque eo quod arguas non habes, so wenig, Cic. – II) Abl. neutr., a) deswegen, Plaut., Cic. u.a.: eo quod (weil), Cic. u.a.: eo, quia, Komik., Cic. u.a.: eo, ut etc., Cic.: eo, quo, Cic.: non eo, dico, quo, Cic.: non eo haec dico, quin etc., Plaut. – b) desto, beim Compar., Cic.: so auch eo magis, quod (weil) etc., Liv. – c) daselbst, Cic.: eo loci, Cic.

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  • 7 constituo

    cōn-stituo, stituī, stitūtum, ere (con u. statuo), beistellen = hinstellen, hinsetzen, aufstellen, I) im engern Sinne: omnes currus triumphales, Val. Max. – m. Adv. (wo?) od. Praepp. (ante u. circum u. Akk., in m. Abl.), ferales cupressos ante (vornhin), Verg.: mendacem ante ipsam aciem, Val. Max.: hominem ante pedes Q. Manilii, Cic.: bovem in Aventino ante aram Dianae, Val. Max.: in litore taurum ante aras, Verg.: circum bovem alias hostias, Varr. LL.: duos equos in conspectu eorum, Val. Max.: u. (im Bilde) velut in aliqua sublimi specula constitutus, Lact. 2, 2, 18: c. ante oculos huius miseri senectutem, sich (im Geiste) vor Augen stellen, Cic. Cael. 79. – So nun als milit. t. t., a) aufstellen, aufpflanzen, bes. in Reih u. Glied, formieren od. sich formieren lassen, gew. m. Praepp. (bes. m. in u. Abl., m. ante, ad, pro, sub, intra) od. m. bl. Abl., impedimenta, Liv.: aciem, legionem, Caes.: arma in templo Castoris, Bewaffnete aufstellen, Cic.: signa ante tribunal, aufpflanzen, Liv.: impedimenta cum captivis haud procul acie in edito colle, Curt.: octo cohortes in fronte, Sall.: naves in alto, Caes.: omnes alarios in conspectu hostium pro castris, Caes.: reliquas sex legiones pro castris in acie, Caes.: cohortes sub infimo colle ab dextro latere hostium, Caes.: intra silvas aciem ordinesque, Caes.: in secundo ordine, Auct. b. Afr.: naves longas ad latus apertum hostium, Caes.: classem apud Aegos flumen, apud Salamina exad versum Athenas, Nep.: naves aperto ac plano litore, Caes. – m. Abl. der Entfernung, legionem CC passibus ab eo tumulo, Caes. – m. contra u. Akk., reliquas legiones in armis expeditas contra hostem, Caes. – m. dopp. Acc., in fronte collocant XXII (naves), reliquas subsidiarias (als Reserve) in secundo ordine, Auct. b. Alex. 14, 3. – v. einem einzelnen, se constituere, sich aufstellen, zum Zweikampf Stellung nehmen, Cl. Quadr. bei Gell. 9, 13, 17. – b) von der Bewegung aus aufstellen, haltmachen lassen (vgl. Drak. Liv. 27, 11, 6 u. die Auslgg. zu Sall. Iug. 49, 5), agmen, signa paulisper, Sall. u. Liv.: signa legionis, Caes.: signa haud procul portā, Liv.: convertisse agmen, quo loco constituerat, Liv. – m. Acc. der Entfernung, signa quadringentos ferme inde passus, Liv. – dah. viell. übtr., si (narratio) constituitur aliquando, haltmacht, Cic. de or. 2, 328.

    II) im weitern Sinne: 1) eine bestimmte Stelle anweisend irgendwo hinsetzen, einsetzen, a) jmd. anweisen, wo seinen Wohnsitz zu nehmen, ibi futuros Helvetios, ubi eos Caesar constituisset atque esse voluisset, Caes.: reliquias praedonum contractas in urbibus remotoque mari loco in certa sede c., feste Wohnsitze geben, Vell. – als milit. t. t., jmdm. wo seine Stellung anweisen, ihn wohin stellen, legen, neque se praesidium, ubi constitutus esset, tenere posse, Caes.: praesidia in Tolosatibus circumque Narbonem, Caes. – b) jmd. in etw. als Besitztum einsetzen, einweisen (Ggstz. exturbare, expellere), plebem in agris publicis, Cic.: si Campanus ager dividatur, exturbari et expelli plebem ex agris, non constitui et collocari, eingewiesen u. angesiedelt, Cic. – c) jmd. in einen Posten, ein Amt einsetzen, setzen, ihn anstellen, auch m. in u. Abl., regem, Cic.: praefectos, Caes.: unum aliquem lectorem, Quint.: princeps (Fürst) divinitus constitutus, Plin. pan. – reges in civitate, Cic.: alqm sibi quaestoris in loco, Cic.: alqm in hoc munere, Q. Cic.: alqm supra bibliothecam, Vitr. – m. dopp. Acc., a quo regem et se et filium suum constitutos esse, Cic.: Commium regem ibi, Caes.: Cavarinum apud eos regem, Caes.: im Passiv m. dopp. Nom., rex (als K.) constituitur Arbactus, Iustin.: Alcibiades dux classi constituitur, Iustin. – d) bei jmd. in ein Verhältnis einsetzen, m. in u. Abl. des Verhältnisses, Athenaeum in maxima apud regem auctoritate gratiaque, veranlassen, daß der König dem Ath. wieder sein ganzes Vertrauen schenkt u. vollen Einfluß gestattet, Cic. ep. 15, 4, 6.

    2) errichtend, gründend, veranstaltend aufstellen, a) lebl. Objj., mit Adv., od. m. Praepp., od. m. Genet. od. Abl. loc.; od. m. Dat. (wem zu Ehren? wem zum Nutzen?), α) ein Bauwerk u. dgl. aufstellen, errichten, eine Stadt, Örtlichkeit u. dgl. anlegen, herrich ten, turres, Caes.: vineas ac testudines, Nep.: triplicem Piraei portum, Nep.: templa arasque, Suet.: aedem Iovis Feretrii, Nep.: laterarias (Ziegelhütten) ac domum, Plin.: urbem, Nep. u.a. (s. Ruhnken Vell. 1, 2, 6): oppidum, Caes.: oppidum c. suāque pecuniā exaedificare, Caes.: publice statuas, Quint.: effingere et constituere (herrichten) nidos, Cic.: asylum, Lact.: tectum antiquitus constitutum, Nep.: c. aream, Col.: c. crucem, s. crux. – c. castella ad extremas fossas, Caes.: pyras curvo in litore, Verg.: tropaea in Pyrenaeis iugis, Sall. fr. – alci publice in foro statuam, Nep.: aedem in foro geminis fratribus, Suet.: horrea certis locis, Caes.: domi suae quintanam, Suet.: domi suae sacellum Automatias, Nep.: domos Athenis, Plin.: in Getis Graias domos, Ov. – domicilium sibi Magnesiae, Nep. – als milit. t. t., Romae castra (aufschlagen), Suet.: u. so hiberna omnium legionum in Belgis, Caes. – als mathem. t. t., in data linea triangula aequis lateribus c., errichten (konstruieren), Quint. 1, 10, 3. – β) eine Anstalt u. vgl. errichten, einrichten, einsetzen, ludos illic quinquennales, Suet.: nova portoria, Vell.: vectigal in monte Antilibano, Cic.: aerarium interfectoribus Caesaris, Nep.: collegia antiquitus constituta, Suet. – u. als publiz. t. t., eine Machtstellung errichten, schaffen, einsetzen, decemviralem potestatem in omnibus urbibus, Nep.: magistratus per singulas civitates, Iustin.: senatum centum senatorum, Iustin.: novi generis imperia in (gegen) alqm, Caes.: quae (potestates, imperia, curationes) constituuntur ad populi fructum aliquem aut commodum, Cic. – γ) ein Reich errichten, bilden, ex multis gentibus nationibusque unum regnum populumque, Iustin. 8, 6, 2. – δ) eine Vornahme anstellen, auctionem, Cic.: sermonem, Varr. LL.: sponsalia, ICt. – als gerichtl. t. t., c. actionem (eine Klage), Cic.: actionem adversus ingratos, Val. Max. – crimen in alqo, Klage gegen jmd. erheben, Cic.: reperietis idcirco haec in uno homine pecunioso tot constituta, ut etc., gegen diesen einen g. M. so viele Maßregeln ergriffen, Cic. – c. quaestionem (Untersuchung), Cic. u. Quint. – ε) Zustände zustande bringen, begründen, feststellen, amicitiam (Ggstz. tollere, v. Nutzen), Cic.: amicitiam cum alqo, Q. Cic.: concordiam, Cic.: pacem, Cic.: pacem his legibus, Nep.: victoriam, Cic.: magnam sibi auctoritatem pugnā illā navali, Nep.: videte, quod ius nobis, quam condicionem vobismet ipsis, quam denique civitati legem constituere (einführen) velitis, Cic. – ζ) zur Nachachtung aufstellen, documentum more militari, Auct. b. Afr.: maximum exemplum iustitiae in hostem, Cic. – b) leb. Objj.: α) übh. schaffend hinstellen, m. dopp. Acc., di primum homines humo excitatos celsos et erectos constituerunt, Cic. de nat. deor. 2, 140. – β) als milit. t. t., eine Legion usw. er richten, bilden, tres legiones, Caes. – m. ex u. Abl., legio septima constituta ex veteranis, Cic.

    3) eine feste Stellung (Halt, Verfassung, Stimmung usw.) gebend, eine feste Haltung geben, in eine gute Verfassung (Stimmung) versetzen, eine feste Einrichtung geben, disponieren (stimmen), regulieren (ordnen), fest bestimmen, befestigen (stählen), sicher begründen, konsolidieren, a) den Körper usw., is cui corpus bene constitutum sit, dessen Körper sich in guter Verfassung od. Stimmung (griech. σαρκος ευσταθὲς κατάστημα od. σαρκος ευστάθεια) befindet, Cic. – iam confirmata et constituta vox, Quint.: iam perfectis constitutisque viribus, Quint. – b) Geist u. Gemüt (Charakter), exordium est principium orationis, per quod animus auditoris constituitur (gestimmt wird) ad audiendum, Cornif. rhet.: animus bene constitutus, Cic. – übtr. auf die Pers., viri sapientes et bene naturā constituti, Cic. Sest. 137: quotus quisque philosophorum invenitur, qui sit ita moratus, ita animo ac vitā constitutus, ut ratio postulat, dessen Denk- u. Handlungsweise in einer solchen Verfassung ist, wie usw., Cic. Tusc. 2, 11. – c) Zustände, senectus, quae fundamentis adulescentiae constituta est, das durch den in der Iugend gelegten Grund einen festen Halt bekommen hat, Cic.: ineuntis aetatis inscitia senum constituenda et regenda prudentiā est, muß in der Klugheit der Greise Halt u. Leitung suchen, Cic. – d) menschliche Verhältnisse, Angelegenheiten, Einrichtungen, α) einzelne Verhältnisse usw., rem familiarem, Cic.: rem nummariam de communi sententia, Cic. – übtr. auf die Pers., qui integri sunt et sani et bene constituti de rebus domesticis, deren Hauswesen sich in guter Verfassung befindet, gute Haushalter, gute Hausväter, Cic. Sest. 97. – Passiv unpers., non tam sinistre constitutum est, ut non etc., es steht nicht so schlimm mit uns, daß wir nicht usw., Plin. pan. 45, 5. – β) das Staatswesen usw., rem publicam c., componere et c., Cic.: bene morata et bene constituta civitas, Cic.: c. plures rei publicae partes, Cic.: c. civitatem, Suet., civitates, Cic.: res summā aequitate, Nep. – eae res, quas ipse Athenis constituerat, seine Einrichtungen zu Athen, Nep.: c. Chersonesum, Nep.: c. alci regnum, Nep.

    4) bestimmend feststellen, festsetzen, bestimmen, a) übh. abgrenzend, α) lebl. Objj., feststellen, festsetzen, ansetzen, bestimmen, anordnen, anberaumen, u. im Einverständnis mit einem andern = verabreden, übereinkommen, zusagen, im üblen Sinne = abkarten, m. Acc., c. iter ad Cirtam oppidum, Sall. (u. so ex itinere proposito et constituto reverti, Cic.): c. locum, Ter.: tempus, diem, Cic., Caes. u.a.: constitutā die causae dictionis (an dem bestimmten Tage der Verteidigung), Caes.: c. Olympiada, Cic.: primam Olympiada, Vell. – c. vadimonium (gerichtl. t. t.), Cic. – u. (im Bilde) fines, qui sint in amicitia, Cic.: modum credendi, Cic.: mercedem funeris, Cic.: summum pretium, Cic.: certa pretia, Cic. – poenas capitis, Cic. – m. Dat. (wem? für wen? wozu?), diem concilio, Caes.: diem nuptiis, Plaut.: proximum diem ei negotio, Sall.: posterum diem pugnae, Caes.: pretium frumento, Cic.: aera (Sold) militibus, Liv.: singulis fines imperii, Sall.: certos mihi fines terminosque constituam, extra quos egredi non possim, Cic.: gravissimum ei rei supplicium cum cruciatu, Caes.: poenam alci, Cic. u. Quint.: capitis poenam iis, qui non paruerint, Caes. – m. ad u. Akk., grandiorem aetatem ad consulatum, Cic.: certam pecuniam proconsulibus ad mulos et tabernacula, Suet. – m. in u. Akk. der Zeit, in posterum diem tempus locumque, Liv.: nuptias in hunc diem, Ter. – m. cum u. Abl. od. (s. unten mit ut) inter se, diem cum alqo c., pacisci et c., Caes. u. Cic.: colloquium cum rege, Liv. – m. in (gegen) u. Akk. der Pers., in impios et consceleratos poenas certissimas, Cic. – m. folg. indir. Fragesatz, armorum quantum quaeque civitas domi quodque ante tempus efficiat constituit, Caes.: quid in annos singulos vectigalis populo Romano Britannia penderet constituit, Caes.: quantum quaeque civitas daret Aristides delectus est qui constitueret, Nep.: constitui cum hominibus, quo die mihi Messanae praesto essent, Cic. – m. folg. Acc. u. Infin., nam constitui cum quodam hospite me esse illum conventuram, Ter.: et is hodie venturum ad me constituit domum, Ter.: vellem non constituissem in Tusculanum me hodie venturum esse L. Aelio, Cic.: si constitueris cuipiam te advocatum in rem praesentem esse venturum, Cic. – m. folg. ut u. Konj., Lentulus cum ceteris... constituerant, ut L. Bestia... quereretur de actionibus Ciceronis, Cic.: constituimus inter nos, ut ambulationem conficeremus in Academia, Cic. – m. de (über) u. Abl., de numero pastorum alii angustius, alii laxius constituere solent; ego in (auf) octogenas hirtas oves singulos pastores constitui, Atticus in centenas, Varr. r. r. 2, 10, 10 Keil. – absol. m. Dat. (wem?), hic ubi nocturnae Numa constituebat amicae, ein Stelldichein zu geben pflegte, Iuven. 3, 16. – absol. m. in u. Akk., in diem tertium constituunt, Sall. Iug. 66, 2. – ganz absol., sic constituunt (setzen sie die Zeit fest), sic condicunt, Tac. Germ. 11, 2. – Passiv unpers., Avillius, ut erat constitutum, simulat se aegrotare, Cic. Clu. 37. – β) leb. Wesen, zu einem Zwecke bestimmen, bestellen, stellen, accusatorem, Cic.: testes, Cic.: iudices de alqa re, Cic.: publice patronum huic causae, Cic.: curatores legibus agrariis, Cic.: tutores pupillis, ICt.: debitorem sibi, ICt.: m. dopp. Akk., alqm reum pro se, ICt. – b) erklärend, urteilend, entscheidend feststellen, α) übh., m. folg. Acc. u. Infin. = die Erklärung abgeben, den Satz aufstel len, consuetudo... eo deducta est, ut et constitueret, honestum esse aliquid, quod utile non esset, et utile, quod non honestum, Cic.: bona possessa non esse constitui, Cic. – m. folg. indir. Fragesatz = sich ein festes Urteil bilden, sich entscheiden, nondum satis constitui, molestiaene plus an voluptatis attulerit Trebatius noster, Cic.: constituere apud se debet, utrum contra tabulas bonorum possessionem petat, an vero legatum persequatur? Ulp. dig. – β) als jurist. t. t., αα) gesetzlich feststellen, disceptationem (Streitpunkt), Cic.: controversiam (Streitpunkt), Cic. – bes. iudicium, für zu Recht bestehend erklären (durch ein Gesetz, ein Edikt od. durch Bestellung eines Richters von seiten des Prätors), Cic.: u. iudicium de rebus repetundis, Cic.: iudicium capitis in alqm, Cic.: iudicio damni iniuriā (über Ersatz des widerrechtlich erlittenen Schadens) constituto, Cic. – nuper apud (vor dem Richterstuhl) C. Orchivium collegam meum locus ab iudicibus Fausto Sullae de pecuniis residuis non est constitutus, wurde von den R. gegen F. S. wegen der r. G. nicht auf Prozeß erkannt, Cic. Clu. 94. – u. v. Gesetz, ius melius Sullanis praediis quam paternis, zuerkennen, Cic. agr. 3, 10. – ββ) gesetzlich entscheiden, einen Beschluß fassen, verordnen, v. Richter, litem, Petr. 18, 5: quid ageres? quid constitueres? Ps. Quint. decl. 3, 14. – absol. m. de u. Abl., de certo, de perspicuo iure, Cic.: alio modo aut de religiono aut de re publica, Cic.: de hoc (verst. Eumene) Antigonus cum solus constituere non auderet, ad consilium rettulit, Nep. – m. folg. ut u. Konj., ut debeatur, Plin. pan. 40, 5. – c) beschließend festsetzen, beschließen, sich entschließen, den Entschluß fassen, α) übh.: m. Acc., haec ex re et ex tempore constitues, Cic.: nihil ante de profectione constituam, quam etc., Cic. – m. folg. Infin., bellum cum Germanis gerere, Caes.: desciscere a rege, Nep.: cum mihi deliberatum ac constitutum sit, ita gerere consulatum, ut etc., Cic. – m. folg. ut u. Konj., constitueram, ut V. Idus Aquini manerem, Cic. – β) v. Senat, m. folg. indir. Fragesatz, ut celeriter quod opus esset constitueretur, Rutil. Lup. 1, 17: u. so ibid. 2, 17. – / Archaist. Plusquampers. constitiveram, Plaut. Pseud. 549 R. u. Fl. (Götz u. Lorenz besser mecum statueram).

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  • 8 constituo

    cōn-stituo, stituī, stitūtum, ere (con u. statuo), beistellen = hinstellen, hinsetzen, aufstellen, I) im engern Sinne: omnes currus triumphales, Val. Max. – m. Adv. (wo?) od. Praepp. (ante u. circum u. Akk., in m. Abl.), ferales cupressos ante (vornhin), Verg.: mendacem ante ipsam aciem, Val. Max.: hominem ante pedes Q. Manilii, Cic.: bovem in Aventino ante aram Dianae, Val. Max.: in litore taurum ante aras, Verg.: circum bovem alias hostias, Varr. LL.: duos equos in conspectu eorum, Val. Max.: u. (im Bilde) velut in aliqua sublimi specula constitutus, Lact. 2, 2, 18: c. ante oculos huius miseri senectutem, sich (im Geiste) vor Augen stellen, Cic. Cael. 79. – So nun als milit. t. t., a) aufstellen, aufpflanzen, bes. in Reih u. Glied, formieren od. sich formieren lassen, gew. m. Praepp. (bes. m. in u. Abl., m. ante, ad, pro, sub, intra) od. m. bl. Abl., impedimenta, Liv.: aciem, legionem, Caes.: arma in templo Castoris, Bewaffnete aufstellen, Cic.: signa ante tribunal, aufpflanzen, Liv.: impedimenta cum captivis haud procul acie in edito colle, Curt.: octo cohortes in fronte, Sall.: naves in alto, Caes.: omnes alarios in conspectu hostium pro castris, Caes.: reliquas sex legiones pro castris in acie, Caes.: cohortes sub infimo colle ab dextro latere hostium, Caes.: intra silvas aciem ordinesque, Caes.: in secundo ordine, Auct. b. Afr.: naves longas ad latus
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    apertum hostium, Caes.: classem apud Aegos flumen, apud Salamina exad versum Athenas, Nep.: naves aperto ac plano litore, Caes. – m. Abl. der Entfernung, legionem CC passibus ab eo tumulo, Caes. – m. contra u. Akk., reliquas legiones in armis expeditas contra hostem, Caes. – m. dopp. Acc., in fronte collocant XXII (naves), reliquas subsidiarias (als Reserve) in secundo ordine, Auct. b. Alex. 14, 3. – v. einem einzelnen, se constituere, sich aufstellen, zum Zweikampf Stellung nehmen, Cl. Quadr. bei Gell. 9, 13, 17. – b) von der Bewegung aus aufstellen, haltmachen lassen (vgl. Drak. Liv. 27, 11, 6 u. die Auslgg. zu Sall. Iug. 49, 5), agmen, signa paulisper, Sall. u. Liv.: signa legionis, Caes.: signa haud procul portā, Liv.: convertisse agmen, quo loco constituerat, Liv. – m. Acc. der Entfernung, signa quadringentos ferme inde passus, Liv. – dah. viell. übtr., si (narratio) constituitur aliquando, haltmacht, Cic. de or. 2, 328.
    II) im weitern Sinne: 1) eine bestimmte Stelle anweisend irgendwo hinsetzen, einsetzen, a) jmd. anweisen, wo seinen Wohnsitz zu nehmen, ibi futuros Helvetios, ubi eos Caesar constituisset atque esse voluisset, Caes.: reliquias praedonum contractas in urbibus remotoque mari loco in certa sede c., feste Wohnsitze geben, Vell. – als milit. t. t., jmdm. wo seine Stellung anweisen, ihn wohin stellen, legen, neque se praesidium, ubi constitutus esset, tenere posse,
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    Caes.: praesidia in Tolosatibus circumque Narbonem, Caes. – b) jmd. in etw. als Besitztum einsetzen, einweisen (Ggstz. exturbare, expellere), plebem in agris publicis, Cic.: si Campanus ager dividatur, exturbari et expelli plebem ex agris, non constitui et collocari, eingewiesen u. angesiedelt, Cic. – c) jmd. in einen Posten, ein Amt einsetzen, setzen, ihn anstellen, auch m. in u. Abl., regem, Cic.: praefectos, Caes.: unum aliquem lectorem, Quint.: princeps (Fürst) divinitus constitutus, Plin. pan. – reges in civitate, Cic.: alqm sibi quaestoris in loco, Cic.: alqm in hoc munere, Q. Cic.: alqm supra bibliothecam, Vitr. – m. dopp. Acc., a quo regem et se et filium suum constitutos esse, Cic.: Commium regem ibi, Caes.: Cavarinum apud eos regem, Caes.: im Passiv m. dopp. Nom., rex (als K.) constituitur Arbactus, Iustin.: Alcibiades dux classi constituitur, Iustin. – d) bei jmd. in ein Verhältnis einsetzen, m. in u. Abl. des Verhältnisses, Athenaeum in maxima apud regem auctoritate gratiaque, veranlassen, daß der König dem Ath. wieder sein ganzes Vertrauen schenkt u. vollen Einfluß gestattet, Cic. ep. 15, 4, 6.
    2) errichtend, gründend, veranstaltend aufstellen, a) lebl. Objj., mit Adv., od. m. Praepp., od. m. Genet. od. Abl. loc.; od. m. Dat. (wem zu Ehren? wem zum Nutzen?), α) ein Bauwerk u. dgl. aufstellen, errichten, eine Stadt, Örtlichkeit u. dgl. anlegen, herrich-
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    ten, turres, Caes.: vineas ac testudines, Nep.: triplicem Piraei portum, Nep.: templa arasque, Suet.: aedem Iovis Feretrii, Nep.: laterarias (Ziegelhütten) ac domum, Plin.: urbem, Nep. u.a. (s. Ruhnken Vell. 1, 2, 6): oppidum, Caes.: oppidum c. suāque pecuniā exaedificare, Caes.: publice statuas, Quint.: effingere et constituere (herrichten) nidos, Cic.: asylum, Lact.: tectum antiquitus constitutum, Nep.: c. aream, Col.: c. crucem, s. crux. – c. castella ad extremas fossas, Caes.: pyras curvo in litore, Verg.: tropaea in Pyrenaeis iugis, Sall. fr. – alci publice in foro statuam, Nep.: aedem in foro geminis fratribus, Suet.: horrea certis locis, Caes.: domi suae quintanam, Suet.: domi suae sacellum Automatias, Nep.: domos Athenis, Plin.: in Getis Graias domos, Ov. – domicilium sibi Magnesiae, Nep. – als milit. t. t., Romae castra (aufschlagen), Suet.: u. so hiberna omnium legionum in Belgis, Caes. – als mathem. t. t., in data linea triangula aequis lateribus c., errichten (konstruieren), Quint. 1, 10, 3. – β) eine Anstalt u. vgl. errichten, einrichten, einsetzen, ludos illic quinquennales, Suet.: nova portoria, Vell.: vectigal in monte Antilibano, Cic.: aerarium interfectoribus Caesaris, Nep.: collegia antiquitus constituta, Suet. – u. als publiz. t. t., eine Machtstellung errichten, schaffen, einsetzen, decemviralem potestatem in omnibus urbibus, Nep.: magistratus per singulas civitates, Iustin.:
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    senatum centum senatorum, Iustin.: novi generis imperia in (gegen) alqm, Caes.: quae (potestates, imperia, curationes) constituuntur ad populi fructum aliquem aut commodum, Cic. – γ) ein Reich errichten, bilden, ex multis gentibus nationibusque unum regnum populumque, Iustin. 8, 6, 2. – δ) eine Vornahme anstellen, auctionem, Cic.: sermonem, Varr. LL.: sponsalia, ICt. – als gerichtl. t. t., c. actionem (eine Klage), Cic.: actionem adversus ingratos, Val. Max. – crimen in alqo, Klage gegen jmd. erheben, Cic.: reperietis idcirco haec in uno homine pecunioso tot constituta, ut etc., gegen diesen einen g. M. so viele Maßregeln ergriffen, Cic. – c. quaestionem (Untersuchung), Cic. u. Quint. – ε) Zustände zustande bringen, begründen, feststellen, amicitiam (Ggstz. tollere, v. Nutzen), Cic.: amicitiam cum alqo, Q. Cic.: concordiam, Cic.: pacem, Cic.: pacem his legibus, Nep.: victoriam, Cic.: magnam sibi auctoritatem pugnā illā navali, Nep.: videte, quod ius nobis, quam condicionem vobismet ipsis, quam denique civitati legem constituere (einführen) velitis, Cic. – ζ) zur Nachachtung aufstellen, documentum more militari, Auct. b. Afr.: maximum exemplum iustitiae in hostem, Cic. – b) leb. Objj.: α) übh. schaffend hinstellen, m. dopp. Acc., di primum homines humo excitatos celsos et erectos constituerunt, Cic. de nat. deor. 2, 140. – β) als milit. t. t., eine Legion usw. er-
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    richten, bilden, tres legiones, Caes. – m. ex u. Abl., legio septima constituta ex veteranis, Cic.
    3) eine feste Stellung (Halt, Verfassung, Stimmung usw.) gebend, eine feste Haltung geben, in eine gute Verfassung (Stimmung) versetzen, eine feste Einrichtung geben, disponieren (stimmen), regulieren (ordnen), fest bestimmen, befestigen (stählen), sicher begründen, konsolidieren, a) den Körper usw., is cui corpus bene constitutum sit, dessen Körper sich in guter Verfassung od. Stimmung (griech. σαρκος ευσταθὲς κατάστημα od. σαρκος ευστάθεια) befindet, Cic. – iam confirmata et constituta vox, Quint.: iam perfectis constitutisque viribus, Quint. – b) Geist u. Gemüt (Charakter), exordium est principium orationis, per quod animus auditoris constituitur (gestimmt wird) ad audiendum, Cornif. rhet.: animus bene constitutus, Cic. – übtr. auf die Pers., viri sapientes et bene naturā constituti, Cic. Sest. 137: quotus quisque philosophorum invenitur, qui sit ita moratus, ita animo ac vitā constitutus, ut ratio postulat, dessen Denk- u. Handlungsweise in einer solchen Verfassung ist, wie usw., Cic. Tusc. 2, 11. – c) Zustände, senectus, quae fundamentis adulescentiae constituta est, das durch den in der Iugend gelegten Grund einen festen Halt bekommen hat, Cic.: ineuntis aetatis inscitia senum constituenda et regenda prudentiā est, muß in der Klugheit der Greise Halt u.
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    Leitung suchen, Cic. – d) menschliche Verhältnisse, Angelegenheiten, Einrichtungen, α) einzelne Verhältnisse usw., rem familiarem, Cic.: rem nummariam de communi sententia, Cic. – übtr. auf die Pers., qui integri sunt et sani et bene constituti de rebus domesticis, deren Hauswesen sich in guter Verfassung befindet, gute Haushalter, gute Hausväter, Cic. Sest. 97. – Passiv unpers., non tam sinistre constitutum est, ut non etc., es steht nicht so schlimm mit uns, daß wir nicht usw., Plin. pan. 45, 5. – β) das Staatswesen usw., rem publicam c., componere et c., Cic.: bene morata et bene constituta civitas, Cic.: c. plures rei publicae partes, Cic.: c. civitatem, Suet., civitates, Cic.: res summā aequitate, Nep. – eae res, quas ipse Athenis constituerat, seine Einrichtungen zu Athen, Nep.: c. Chersonesum, Nep.: c. alci regnum, Nep.
    4) bestimmend feststellen, festsetzen, bestimmen, a) übh. abgrenzend, α) lebl. Objj., feststellen, festsetzen, ansetzen, bestimmen, anordnen, anberaumen, u. im Einverständnis mit einem andern = verabreden, übereinkommen, zusagen, im üblen Sinne = abkarten, m. Acc., c. iter ad Cirtam oppidum, Sall. (u. so ex itinere proposito et constituto reverti, Cic.): c. locum, Ter.: tempus, diem, Cic., Caes. u.a.: constitutā die causae dictionis (an dem bestimmten Tage der Verteidigung), Caes.: c. Olympiada, Cic.: primam Olympiada, Vell. – c. vadimonium (ge-
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    richtl. t. t.), Cic. – u. (im Bilde) fines, qui sint in amicitia, Cic.: modum credendi, Cic.: mercedem funeris, Cic.: summum pretium, Cic.: certa pretia, Cic. – poenas capitis, Cic. – m. Dat. (wem? für wen? wozu?), diem concilio, Caes.: diem nuptiis, Plaut.: proximum diem ei negotio, Sall.: posterum diem pugnae, Caes.: pretium frumento, Cic.: aera (Sold) militibus, Liv.: singulis fines imperii, Sall.: certos mihi fines terminosque constituam, extra quos egredi non possim, Cic.: gravissimum ei rei supplicium cum cruciatu, Caes.: poenam alci, Cic. u. Quint.: capitis poenam iis, qui non paruerint, Caes. – m. ad u. Akk., grandiorem aetatem ad consulatum, Cic.: certam pecuniam proconsulibus ad mulos et tabernacula, Suet. – m. in u. Akk. der Zeit, in posterum diem tempus locumque, Liv.: nuptias in hunc diem, Ter. – m. cum u. Abl. od. (s. unten mit ut) inter se, diem cum alqo c., pacisci et c., Caes. u. Cic.: colloquium cum rege, Liv. – m. in (gegen) u. Akk. der Pers., in impios et consceleratos poenas certissimas, Cic. – m. folg. indir. Fragesatz, armorum quantum quaeque civitas domi quodque ante tempus efficiat constituit, Caes.: quid in annos singulos vectigalis populo Romano Britannia penderet constituit, Caes.: quantum quaeque civitas daret Aristides delectus est qui constitueret, Nep.: constitui cum hominibus, quo die mihi Messanae praesto essent, Cic. – m. folg. Acc. u. Infin., nam constitui cum
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    quodam hospite me esse illum conventuram, Ter.: et is hodie venturum ad me constituit domum, Ter.: vellem non constituissem in Tusculanum me hodie venturum esse L. Aelio, Cic.: si constitueris cuipiam te advocatum in rem praesentem esse venturum, Cic. – m. folg. ut u. Konj., Lentulus cum ceteris... constituerant, ut L. Bestia... quereretur de actionibus Ciceronis, Cic.: constituimus inter nos, ut ambulationem conficeremus in Academia, Cic. – m. de (über) u. Abl., de numero pastorum alii angustius, alii laxius constituere solent; ego in (auf) octogenas hirtas oves singulos pastores constitui, Atticus in centenas, Varr. r. r. 2, 10, 10 Keil. – absol. m. Dat. (wem?), hic ubi nocturnae Numa constituebat amicae, ein Stelldichein zu geben pflegte, Iuven. 3, 16. – absol. m. in u. Akk., in diem tertium constituunt, Sall. Iug. 66, 2. – ganz absol., sic constituunt (setzen sie die Zeit fest), sic condicunt, Tac. Germ. 11, 2. – Passiv unpers., Avillius, ut erat constitutum, simulat se aegrotare, Cic. Clu. 37. – β) leb. Wesen, zu einem Zwecke bestimmen, bestellen, stellen, accusatorem, Cic.: testes, Cic.: iudices de alqa re, Cic.: publice patronum huic causae, Cic.: curatores legibus agrariis, Cic.: tutores pupillis, ICt.: debitorem sibi, ICt.: m. dopp. Akk., alqm reum pro se, ICt. – b) erklärend, urteilend, entscheidend feststellen, α) übh., m. folg. Acc. u. Infin. = die Erklärung abgeben, den Satz aufstel-
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    len, consuetudo... eo deducta est, ut et constitueret, honestum esse aliquid, quod utile non esset, et utile, quod non honestum, Cic.: bona possessa non esse constitui, Cic. – m. folg. indir. Fragesatz = sich ein festes Urteil bilden, sich entscheiden, nondum satis constitui, molestiaene plus an voluptatis attulerit Trebatius noster, Cic.: constituere apud se debet, utrum contra tabulas bonorum possessionem petat, an vero legatum persequatur? Ulp. dig. – β) als jurist. t. t., αα) gesetzlich feststellen, disceptationem (Streitpunkt), Cic.: controversiam (Streitpunkt), Cic. – bes. iudicium, für zu Recht bestehend erklären (durch ein Gesetz, ein Edikt od. durch Bestellung eines Richters von seiten des Prätors), Cic.: u. iudicium de rebus repetundis, Cic.: iudicium capitis in alqm, Cic.: iudicio damni iniuriā (über Ersatz des widerrechtlich erlittenen Schadens) constituto, Cic. – nuper apud (vor dem Richterstuhl) C. Orchivium collegam meum locus ab iudicibus Fausto Sullae de pecuniis residuis non est constitutus, wurde von den R. gegen F. S. wegen der r. G. nicht auf Prozeß erkannt, Cic. Clu. 94. – u. v. Gesetz, ius melius Sullanis praediis quam paternis, zuerkennen, Cic. agr. 3, 10. – ββ) gesetzlich entscheiden, einen Beschluß fassen, verordnen, v. Richter, litem, Petr. 18, 5: quid ageres? quid constitueres? Ps. Quint. decl. 3, 14. – absol. m. de u. Abl., de certo, de perspicuo iure, Cic.: alio modo aut de reli-
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    giono aut de re publica, Cic.: de hoc (verst. Eumene) Antigonus cum solus constituere non auderet, ad consilium rettulit, Nep. – m. folg. ut u. Konj., ut debeatur, Plin. pan. 40, 5. – c) beschließend festsetzen, beschließen, sich entschließen, den Entschluß fassen, α) übh.: m. Acc., haec ex re et ex tempore constitues, Cic.: nihil ante de profectione constituam, quam etc., Cic. – m. folg. Infin., bellum cum Germanis gerere, Caes.: desciscere a rege, Nep.: cum mihi deliberatum ac constitutum sit, ita gerere consulatum, ut etc., Cic. – m. folg. ut u. Konj., constitueram, ut V. Idus Aquini manerem, Cic. – β) v. Senat, m. folg. indir. Fragesatz, ut celeriter quod opus esset constitueretur, Rutil. Lup. 1, 17: u. so ibid. 2, 17. – ⇒ Archaist. Plusquampers. constitiveram, Plaut. Pseud. 549 R. u. Fl. (Götz u. Lorenz besser mecum statueram).

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  • 9 hostis

    is m., f.
    1) чужеземец, иностранец (adversus hostem aeterna auctoritas LXIIT ap. C)
    civem dignoscere hoste H — отличать гражданина (т. е. соотечественника) от иноземца
    2) военный противник, неприятель, национальный враг ( в отличие от личного inimīcus) (aliquos statuere non inimicos, sed hostes C)
    hostem aliquem judicare C — объявить кого-л. врагом родины
    capta hostis L — пленница, полонянка
    3) соперник (в любви) Prp, O
    4) юр. противная сторона Pl

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  • 10 losgehen

    losgehen, I) sich ablösen: so lvi. – II) anfangen fortzugehen: ire pergere. – Bildl., incipere (anfangen). – vela facere (tüchtig losdisputieren). – III) gehend die Richtung nehmen nach etc.: a) in friedl. Absicht: auf jmd. l., ire ad alqm; petere alqm. – auf etw. l., petere alqd (z.B. alcis domum). – b) in feindl. Absicht: petere alqm od. alqd; impetum facere in alqm od. in alqd. – mit dem Dolche auf jmd. l., pugione petere alqm: ungestüm auf den Feind l., ferociter incurrere od. invehi in hostem: mit den Truppen auf den Feind l., copias ducere contra hostem; cum copiis contendere ad hostem.

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  • 11 frons [2]

    2. frōns, frontis, f., die Stirn, I) eig.: a) übh. (Ggstz. occipitium), oculi, supercilia, frons, vultus denique totus, Cic.: bovis, Caes.: taurina, Ov. (u. so taurus torvā fronte, Plin.): adversā fronte (vorn an der Stirn), Ov.: aber adversis frontibus (Stirn gegen Stirn) concurrere, Lucr., pugnare secum, Hor. – alcis attractior frons, Sen.: frontem contrahere, runzeln, Cic.: so auch frontem adducere, astringere, Sen., corrugare, Amm.: hingegen frontem exporgere (= exporrigere), Komik., od. explicare (entfalten), Hor., od. remittere, Plin. ep., aufheitern: frontem ferire od. percutere, sich vor die Stirn schlagen, als Zeichen des Unwillens, Cic.: so auch frontem caedere, Quint. – Sprichw., frons occipitio prior, die St. geht vor das H., d.i. die Gegenwart des Herrn nützt mehr als die des Verwalters, unser »selbst ist der Mann«, Cato r. r. 4. – b) die Stirn als Ausdruck der Gemütsstimmung und des Charakters, s. Flach Mart. 1, 24, 4: fr. laeta, Verg.: sollicita, Hor.: tristis, Tibull.: verissimā fronte alqd dicere, mit der aufrichtigsten Miene, Cic.: haec ipsa fero fronte et vultu, ut puto, bellissime (d.i. mit heiterer Stirn u. Miene), sed angor intimis sensibus, Cic.: fronte occultare sententiam, Cic.: tabella, quae frontes aperit (d.i. mit heiterer Stirn stimmen läßt), mentes tegit, Cic.: fr. pristina, alte Ernsthaftigkeit, Cic.: proterva, freche Stirn, Frechheit, Hor. u. Augustin.: impudens, Augustin.: fr. durior, schamlose, Iuven.: salvā fronte (ohne Scham), Iuven.: homo frontis integrae, sittsam, ICt.: perisse frontem de rebus, die Zucht, Pers. – II) übtr., die Stirn als der hervorragendste, vortretende Teil eines Gegenstandes, A) die Außenseite, der äußere Umfang, Rand, 1) im allg.: a) eig.: fr. anuli, Lucr.: tabernae, Catull.: tympani, Vitr.: collem turritā cingere fronte, mit einem mit Türmen besetzten Außenwall, Sil. – b) bildl., die Außenseite, das Äußere, das äußere Ansehen, der Anschein, fronte politus, Pers.: intra nihil habentia fronti suae simile, Sen.: minime blanda frons, das sehr wenig angenehme Äußere, Val. Max.: ubi frons causae non satis honesta est, Quint.: bes. oft prima frons, der erste Anschein, decipit frons prima multos, Phaedr.: dura primā fronte quaestio, Quint.: ex prima statim fronte diiudicare, Quint. – 2) insbes.: a) der Rand einer Bücherrolle, frontes geminae, die beiden äußern Flächen od. Basen einer Bücherrolle (gew. beschnitten, mit Bimsstein poliert u. gefärbt), Tibull. 3, 1, 13. Ov. trist. 1, 1, 11: fr. pumicata, Mart. 1, 66, 10: fr. nigra, Ov. trist. 1, 1, 8: voluminum frontes titulique, Sen. de tranqu. anim. 9, 6. – b) als t. t. der Baukunst, frontes, die zwei Mauern, die die Fülle enthalten, die Futtermauern, Vitr. 2, 8. § 4 u. §7. – B) die vordere Seite, Vorderseite, Fassade, 1) im allg.: lecti, Val. Max.: saeptorum, Frontin. aqu.: vehiculi, Amm.: fr. adversa (montis), Verg.: prima fr. libelli, die erste Seite, Ov.: atque haec in celebri carmina fronte (des Grabmals) notet, Tibull.: hos a fronte (vorn an der Straße) suos ponere penates, Ov. – 2) insbes.: a) als t. t. der Baukunst, die Vorderseite, Stirnseite, Fassade eines Gebäudes, aedis (des Tempels), Vitr. 3, 2, 2: aedium (der Tempel), Vell. 1, 11, 3. – b) als geogr. t. t., die einer Gegend zugekehrte Vorderseite, Front einer Örtlichkeit, haec est quasi Germaniae frons, Tac.: Italiae, Plin.: litorum, Mela u. Plin.: fr. Caucasi solibus opposita, Plin.: Arabia angustā fronte sequentia litora attingit, Mela: scopulus frontem in apertum porrigit aequor, Ov.: cum Germaniam ad laevam et in fronte, Pannoniam ad dextram, a tergo sedium suarum haberet Noricos, Vell. – c) als milit. t. t.: α) übh. die Vorderseite, Front (Ggstz. latus, tergum), frons (munimentorum) in Etruriam spectans, Liv.: frons (castrorum) naturā tuta erat, Liv.: unā fronte contra hostem munire castra, Caes. – et a fronte et a tergo circumire hostem, Caes.: a fronte instare (Ggstz. ab latere urgere), Liv.: a tergo, fronte, lateribus tenebitur (wird man ihn fassen), si in Galliam venerit, Cic.: silvas evasisse, transisse aestuaria pulchrum ac decorum in frontem (für eine Bewegung nach vorn, für die Offensive), Tac. Agr. 33. – β) die vordere Linie, Front des in Schlachtordnung aufgestellten Hauptheeres od. seiner Flügel, fr. recta, Ggstz. laevum od. dextrum cornu, Liv.: frons laevi cornus, Curt.: dextra frons, Tac.: prima frons, das Vordertreffen, Liv.: aequā od. aequatā fronte, Liv.: frontem primam tenere, im Vordertreffen stehen, Sen.: frontem aequare, Liv.: frontem dirigere, Quint.: in frontem dirigere (intr.) od. dirigi, eine Frontaufstellung nehmen, Liv. – C) die vordere, breite Seite, die Breite, in fronte, in der Breite (Ggstz. in agrum, in die Tiefe), Hor. sat. 1, 8, 12. Petron. 71, 6: u. so in frontem (Ggstz. in terga, in latera), Plin. 17, 202. – / frons als masc. im archaist. Latein (s. Brix Plaut. mil. 202. Neue-Wagener Formenl.3 1, 982 u. Georges Lexik. der lat. Wortf. S. 289) u. bei Vitr. 10, 11, 7 (wo frons transversarius, Querseite).

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  • 12 frons

    1. frōns, frondis, f., das Laub, der belaubte Zweig, das Laubwerk, I) eig.: quernea, Cato: nigra, Hor.: nudi sine fronde, sine arbore campi, Ov. – Plur., via interclusa frondibus et virgultis, Cic.: frondibus laeti colles, Curt. – II) meton., ein Kranz aus belaubten Zweigen, ein Laubkranz, eine Laubkrone, Hor. u. Ov. – ⇒ Archaist. Nbf. a) frondis, Ser. Samm. 189 u. 572. – b) frōs, Varro fr. u. Varro r. r. 1, 24, 3 bei Charis. 130, 34. Gloss. V, 641, 66. – c) frūs, frundis, f., Enn. ann. 577: Plur. frundes, Enn. ann. 261. Vgl. Charis. 130, 29. Prisc. 1, 35.
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    2. frōns, frontis, f., die Stirn, I) eig.: a) übh. (Ggstz. occipitium), oculi, supercilia, frons, vultus denique totus, Cic.: bovis, Caes.: taurina, Ov. (u. so taurus torvā fronte, Plin.): adversā fronte (vorn an der Stirn), Ov.: aber adversis frontibus (Stirn gegen Stirn) concurrere, Lucr., pugnare secum, Hor. – alcis attractior frons, Sen.: frontem contrahere, runzeln, Cic.: so auch frontem adducere, astringere, Sen., corrugare, Amm.: hingegen frontem exporgere (= exporrigere), Komik., od. explicare (entfalten), Hor., od. remittere, Plin. ep., aufheitern: frontem ferire od. percutere, sich vor die Stirn schlagen, als Zeichen des Unwillens, Cic.: so auch frontem caedere, Quint. – Sprichw., frons occipitio prior, die St. geht vor das H., d.i. die Gegenwart des Herrn nützt mehr als die des Verwalters, unser »selbst ist der Mann«, Cato r. r. 4. – b) die Stirn als Ausdruck der Gemütsstimmung und des Charakters, s. Flach Mart. 1, 24, 4: fr. laeta, Verg.: sollicita, Hor.: tristis, Tibull.: verissimā fronte alqd dicere, mit der aufrichtigsten Miene, Cic.: haec ipsa fero fronte et vultu, ut puto, bellissime (d.i. mit heiterer Stirn u. Miene), sed angor intimis sensibus, Cic.: fronte occultare sententiam, Cic.: tabella, quae frontes aperit (d.i. mit heiterer Stirn stimmen läßt), mentes tegit, Cic.: fr. pristina, alte Ernsthaftigkeit, Cic.: proterva, freche Stirn, Frechheit, Hor. u.
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    Augustin.: impudens, Augustin.: fr. durior, schamlose, Iuven.: salvā fronte (ohne Scham), Iuven.: homo frontis integrae, sittsam, ICt.: perisse frontem de rebus, die Zucht, Pers. – II) übtr., die Stirn als der hervorragendste, vortretende Teil eines Gegenstandes, A) die Außenseite, der äußere Umfang, Rand, 1) im allg.: a) eig.: fr. anuli, Lucr.: tabernae, Catull.: tympani, Vitr.: collem turritā cingere fronte, mit einem mit Türmen besetzten Außenwall, Sil. – b) bildl., die Außenseite, das Äußere, das äußere Ansehen, der Anschein, fronte politus, Pers.: intra nihil habentia fronti suae simile, Sen.: minime blanda frons, das sehr wenig angenehme Äußere, Val. Max.: ubi frons causae non satis honesta est, Quint.: bes. oft prima frons, der erste Anschein, decipit frons prima multos, Phaedr.: dura primā fronte quaestio, Quint.: ex prima statim fronte diiudicare, Quint. – 2) insbes.: a) der Rand einer Bücherrolle, frontes geminae, die beiden äußern Flächen od. Basen einer Bücherrolle (gew. beschnitten, mit Bimsstein poliert u. gefärbt), Tibull. 3, 1, 13. Ov. trist. 1, 1, 11: fr. pumicata, Mart. 1, 66, 10: fr. nigra, Ov. trist. 1, 1, 8: voluminum frontes titulique, Sen. de tranqu. anim. 9, 6. – b) als t. t. der Baukunst, frontes, die zwei Mauern, die die Fülle enthalten, die Futtermauern, Vitr. 2, 8. § 4 u. §7. – B) die vordere Seite, Vorderseite, Fassade, 1) im allg.: lecti, Val. Max.: saeptorum, Fron-
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    tin. aqu.: vehiculi, Amm.: fr. adversa (montis), Verg.: prima fr. libelli, die erste Seite, Ov.: atque haec in celebri carmina fronte (des Grabmals) notet, Tibull.: hos a fronte (vorn an der Straße) suos ponere penates, Ov. – 2) insbes.: a) als t. t. der Baukunst, die Vorderseite, Stirnseite, Fassade eines Gebäudes, aedis (des Tempels), Vitr. 3, 2, 2: aedium (der Tempel), Vell. 1, 11, 3. – b) als geogr. t. t., die einer Gegend zugekehrte Vorderseite, Front einer Örtlichkeit, haec est quasi Germaniae frons, Tac.: Italiae, Plin.: litorum, Mela u. Plin.: fr. Caucasi solibus opposita, Plin.: Arabia angustā fronte sequentia litora attingit, Mela: scopulus frontem in apertum porrigit aequor, Ov.: cum Germaniam ad laevam et in fronte, Pannoniam ad dextram, a tergo sedium suarum haberet Noricos, Vell. – c) als milit. t. t.: α) übh. die Vorderseite, Front (Ggstz. latus, tergum), frons (munimentorum) in Etruriam spectans, Liv.: frons (castrorum) naturā tuta erat, Liv.: unā fronte contra hostem munire castra, Caes. – et a fronte et a tergo circumire hostem, Caes.: a fronte instare (Ggstz. ab latere urgere), Liv.: a tergo, fronte, lateribus tenebitur (wird man ihn fassen), si in Galliam venerit, Cic.: silvas evasisse, transisse aestuaria pulchrum ac decorum in frontem (für eine Bewegung nach vorn, für die Offensive), Tac. Agr. 33. – β) die vordere Linie, Front des in Schlachtordnung aufgestellten Hauptheeres od.
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    seiner Flügel, fr. recta, Ggstz. laevum od. dextrum cornu, Liv.: frons laevi cornus, Curt.: dextra frons, Tac.: prima frons, das Vordertreffen, Liv.: aequā od. aequatā fronte, Liv.: frontem primam tenere, im Vordertreffen stehen, Sen.: frontem aequare, Liv.: frontem dirigere, Quint.: in frontem dirigere (intr.) od. dirigi, eine Frontaufstellung nehmen, Liv. – C) die vordere, breite Seite, die Breite, in fronte, in der Breite (Ggstz. in agrum, in die Tiefe), Hor. sat. 1, 8, 12. Petron. 71, 6: u. so in frontem (Ggstz. in terga, in latera), Plin. 17, 202. – ⇒ frons als masc. im archaist. Latein (s. Brix Plaut. mil. 202. Neue-Wagener Formenl.3 1, 982 u. Georges Lexik. der lat. Wortf. S. 289) u. bei Vitr. 10, 11, 7 (wo frons transversarius, Querseite).

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  • 13 cōnstituō

        cōnstituō uī, ūtus, ere    [com-+statuo], to put, place, set, station: eo (Helvetios), fix their abode, Cs.: impedimenta, put away, L.: hominem ante pedes: vobis taurum ante aras, V.—To place, station, post, array, form, draw up: legionem passibus CC ab eo tumulo, Cs.: cohortes in fronte, S.: aperto litore navīs, Cs.: legiones contra hostem, Cs.: exercitum contra vos: exadversum Athenas apud Salamina classem, N.—To halt, cause to halt, stop: agmen paulisper, S.: novitate rei signa, L. —To form, constitute: legiones, Cs.: legio constituta ex veteranis. — To erect, set up, build, construct, fix, found: turrīs duas, Cs.: oppidum, Cs.: vineas ac testudines, N.: locis certis horrea, Cs.: moenia in terrā, O.: domicilium sibi Magnesiae, N.—Fig., to put, set, place: vobis ante oculos senectutem. — To prepare, make, establish, effect, constitute: amicitiam: accusationem: victoriam: ius nobis, civitati legem: iudicium de pecuniis repetundis: iudicium capitis in se.—To designate, select, assign, appoint: accusatorem: testīs: locus ab iudicibus Fausto non est constitutus, i. e. a trial: alqm apud eos regem, Cs.: legibus agrariis curatores: patronum causae: constitutus imperator belli gerundi.—To establish, set in order, organize, manage, administer, regulate, arrange, dispose: legiones, Cs.: civitates: maiestatis constituendae gratiā, S.: mores civitatis. L.: his constitutis rebus, after making these arrangements, Cs.: regnum ei, N. — To fix, appoint, determine, define, decide, decree: ad constitutam non venire diem, L.: tempus constitutumst, T.: finīs imperi singulis, S.: pretium frumento: conloquio diem, Cs.: tempus ei rei, Cs.: in hunc (diem) constitutae nuptiae, T.: tempus in posterum diem, L.: grandiorem aetatem ad consulatum: bona possessa non esse constitui: constituendi sunt qui sint in amicitiā fines.—To appoint, fix by agreement, settle, agree upon, concert: vadimonia constituta: tempore ac loco constituto, S.: die constitutā, on the day appointed, Cs.: venturum ad me domum, T.: (diem) cum legatis, Cs.: pactam et constitutam esse cum Manlio diem: cum quodam hospite Me esse, etc., T.: cum hominibus quo die praesto essent: amicae, make an appointment, Iu.: sic constituunt, such is their custom, Ta.: introire, S.: in diem tertium constituunt, S.: quid agi placeat inter se, Cs.—To determine, take a resolution, resolve: ut ante constituerat, Cs.: his constitutis rebus, having formed this resolution, Cs.: bellum cum Germanis gerere, Cs.: desciscere a rege, N.: Quaerere, V.: constitutum esse Pompeio me mittere: quid vectigalis Britannia penderet, Cs.: ut Aquini manerem: ut arbitri darentur, Cs.: optimum esse reverti, Cs.—To decide, arbitrate, judge, decree: de controversiis, Cs.: de hoc solus, N.: sententiis dictis, constituunt ut, etc., Cs.
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    constituere, constitui, constitutus V
    set up/in position, erect; place/dispose/locate; (call a) halt; plant (trees); decide/resolve; decree/ordain; appoint, post/station (troops); settle (colony); establish/create/institute; draw up, arrange/set in order; make up, form; fix

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  • 14 proficiscor

    proficīscor, fectus sum, ficīscī depon. [inchoat. к proficio ]
    1)
    а) отправляться, уезжать, уходить (ex или ab urbe Cs etc.; ad bellum Cs, Nep и in bellum Just, AG; Corinthum Ter); отплывать ( ex portu Cs)
    б) воен. выступать ( ad и contra hostem Cs)
    2) ( в речи) переходить ( ad relĭqua C)
    3) исходить, начинать ( ab hoc initio Cs); происходить, вести свой род ( ab aliquo V); возникать ( a naturā C); брать начало ( ex aliquā re C)
    4) проистекать, зависеть ( a nostrā voluntate C)

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  • 15 proficiscor

    pro-ficīscor, fectus sum, ficīscī (Inchoat. v. proficio), sich vorwärts machen, sich auf den Weg machen, aufbrechen, abgehen, eine Reise antreten, sich auf die Reise begeben, reisen, v. Soldaten = aufbrechen, abmarschieren, ausziehen, zu Felde ziehen, v. Schiffenden u. Schiffen = absegeln, auslaufen, I) eig. (Ggstz. redire, reverti), domo, Nep.: portu, Liv.: ex portu, Caes.: ex Sicilia, Caes.: nunc, quo profectus sum, ibo, mich aufgemacht habe, Plaut.: illo (dahin) Sall. fr.: alio (anderswohin), Ter.: eodem, Sall.: eodem cum exercitu, Caes.: ut aliae (naves) eodem, unde erant profectae, referrentur, Caes.: a Persepoli, Curt.: Athenis, Nep.: Scythiā, Curt.: in Mediam, Curt.: ad eam domum, Cic.: ad caelum (v. Sterbenden), Cic.: omnibus copiis ad Ilerdam, Caes.: ad bellum, Caes. u. Nep.: in (zum) exercitum, Plaut.: in bellum, Iustin. 2, 11, 9. Gell. 17, 9, 8: in expeditionem, Sall. Iug. 103, 3: in pugnam, in proelium, Caes.: Corinthum, Ter.: Genabum, Lilybaeum, Caes.: Aegyptum, Cic.: a palude ad ripas Sequanae, Caes.: e Syria ad Italiam, Eutr.: ex Asia Romam versus, Cic.: Luceriā Canusium, Caes. – ad od. contra hostem, Caes.: adversus eos, Caes.: adversus Gallos, Eutr.: cum alqo, Sall. – magnum iter ad doctas Athenas, eine große Reise machen, Prop. 3, 21, 1. – zur Ang. des Zweckes m. ad u. Akk., ad iter, Caes.: ad dormiendum, ad somnum, schlafen gehen, Cic.: ad Massiliam occupandam, Caes.: ad subigendam Asiam, Curt.: ad sedes inquirendas, Iustin.: m. secundum u. Akk., secundum quaestum proficisci, Fronto Arion p. 237, 5 N.: m. Dat., alci auxilio, subsidio, Sall. u. Nep.: per Illyricum subsidio, Caes.: m. 1. Supin., alqm adiutum, Aegyptum oppugnatum, Nep.: pabulatum frumentatumque longius, Hirt. b. G.: cum exercitus parte frumentatum, Liv.: venatum, auf die Jagd gehen, Nep.: m. Infin., quom ad me profectus est ire, Plaut. rud. 847: inde a rege proficiscitur terras inclutas Siciliam atque Italiam visere, Gell. 16, 19, 5. – absol., statim proficiscitur, Sall.: me in Asiam persequens proficiscitur, Ter.: constituerunt ea, quae ad proficiscendum pertinerent, comparare, Caes. – II) übtr.: A) mit Rücksicht auf den Zielpunkt, weiter gehen, auf etwas ausgehen, ad reliqua, ordine ad reliqua, Cic.: ad exitium, trachten, Cornif. rhet.: in genus orationis, streben, Cornif. rhet. – B) mit Rücksicht auf den Ausgangspunkt: 1) von etwas ausgehen, anheben, den Anfang machen, a lege, Cic.: ab hoc initio, Caes.: a philosophia profectus Xenophon scripsit historiam, Cic. – 2) herkommen, herrühren, entstehen, seinen Ursprung haben, entspringen, a natura, Cic.: venae a corde profectae, Cic.: genus a Pallante profectum, Verg.: profecti ab Aristotele, des Ar st. Schüler, Cic.: quae a me in te profecta sunt, was dir von mir erwiesen worden ist, Cic. – / aktive Nbf.

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  • 16 retineo

    retineo, tinuī, tentum, ēre (re u. teneo), I) zurückhalten, aufhalten, festhalten, A) eig.: 1) zurück-, aufhalten, a) leb. Wesen: quid nunc me retines? Plaut.: concilium dimittit, Liscum retinet, Caes.: nisi iam profecti sunt, retinebis homines, Cic.: legatos (Ggstz. dimittere legatos), Liv.: milites, milites in loco, legiones ad urbem, cohortes apud se, Caes.: venit Varro ad me, et quidem id tempus, ut retinendus esset, (zu Tische) dabehalten werden mußte, Cic.: biduum tempestate retentus, Caes. – b) Lebl.: lacrimas, Ov.: manus ab ore, Ov.: ibi paulum retentus (fons) in Larium lacum decĭdit, Plin. ep. – 2) zurückhalten, behalten, einhalten, armorum parte tertiā celatā atque in oppido retentā, Caes.: mercedem, Plaut.: semel empta, Eutr.: alienum, Cic.: u. alqm obsidem (als G.). – u. eine Eroberung behaupten, oppidum, Caes.: Moesiam, Eutr.: Hispanias contra hostem, Eutr.: arces, Catull. – B) übtr.: 1) zurück-, in Schranken halten, auf-, anhalten, erum ad salutem, Plaut.: liberos pudore, liberalitate, metu, Ter.: ut, cum sciatis, quo quaeque res inclinet, retinere aut ante possitis occurrere, Cic.: moderari cursum atque in sua potestate r., Cic.: r. gaudia, rabiem, Ov. – r. labantem disciplinam, im Sinken aufhalten, nicht ganz sinken lassen, Spart. Hadr. 10, 3. – r. in officio, Cic.: animos sociorum in fide, Liv. – retineri nequeo od. non possum u. aegre retineor m. folg. quin u. Konj., retineri nequeo, quin dicam ea quae promeres, Plaut.: tormento non retineri potuit ferreo, quin reciperet se huc esum, Plaut.: retineri non poterant, quin in nostros tela conicerent, Caes.: aegre sunt retenti, quin oppidum irrumperent, Caes. – 2) etw. zurückbehalten, a) im allg. = bewahren, behalten, beibehalten, sich erhalten, behaupten, id egit, ut amicos observantiā, rem parsimoniā retineret, Cic.: retinere servareque amicos, Hor.: ret. se, sich als Freund erhalten, Cic.: inconsultius uxor assumpta, retenta (beibehalten) patientius, Plin. pan.: ius augurum rei publicae causā conservare ac r., Cic.: ius suum, Cic.: statum suum, Cic.: pristinam virtutem, Caes.; vgl. vestigium pristinae dignitatis, Cic.: officium, Cic.: iustitiam ( neben colere), Cic.: caritatem in pastores, Cic.: utilitatem in amicitia et fidem, Cic.: hunc morem usque adhuc, Cic.: memoriam suae pristinae virtutis, Caes.: memoriam alcis, Cic.: alqd memoriā, im G. behalten, Cic.; vgl. (v. den Ohren) r. commissa, Hor. – b) prägn.: α) als Gesetz, Regel beibehalten, mit folg. ut od. ne u. Konj., ut Palaemo et Telamo et Plato dicerentur, retinuerunt, Quint. 1, 5, 60: vehementer id retinebatur (man hielt streng darauf), populi comitia ne essent rata, nisi etc., Cic. de rep. 2, 56. – β) im Gedächtnisse bewahren, sich erinnern, Gell. 17, 9, 16: mit folg. Acc. u. Infin., Ulp. dig. 35, 1, 92 in. – II) fest halten, A) eig.: alqm dexterā manu, Plaut.: mulierem per vim, Plaut.: arcum manu, Cic.: iniectā ferreā manu et retentā utrāque nave, Caes. – b) übtr., festhalten = fesseln, ordo ipse annalium mediocriter nos retinet quasi enumeratione fastorum, Cic. ep. 5, 12, 5 (vgl. ibid. § 4): (Picus) ore suo volucres vagas retinere solebat, Ov. met. 14, 340.

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  • 17 proficiscor

    pro-ficīscor, fectus sum, ficīscī (Inchoat. v. proficio), sich vorwärts machen, sich auf den Weg machen, aufbrechen, abgehen, eine Reise antreten, sich auf die Reise begeben, reisen, v. Soldaten = aufbrechen, abmarschieren, ausziehen, zu Felde ziehen, v. Schiffenden u. Schiffen = absegeln, auslaufen, I) eig. (Ggstz. redire, reverti), domo, Nep.: portu, Liv.: ex portu, Caes.: ex Sicilia, Caes.: nunc, quo profectus sum, ibo, mich aufgemacht habe, Plaut.: illo (dahin) Sall. fr.: alio (anderswohin), Ter.: eodem, Sall.: eodem cum exercitu, Caes.: ut aliae (naves) eodem, unde erant profectae, referrentur, Caes.: a Persepoli, Curt.: Athenis, Nep.: Scythiā, Curt.: in Mediam, Curt.: ad eam domum, Cic.: ad caelum (v. Sterbenden), Cic.: omnibus copiis ad Ilerdam, Caes.: ad bellum, Caes. u. Nep.: in (zum) exercitum, Plaut.: in bellum, Iustin. 2, 11, 9. Gell. 17, 9, 8: in expeditionem, Sall. Iug. 103, 3: in pugnam, in proelium, Caes.: Corinthum, Ter.: Genabum, Lilybaeum, Caes.: Aegyptum, Cic.: a palude ad ripas Sequanae, Caes.: e Syria ad Italiam, Eutr.: ex Asia Romam versus, Cic.: Luceriā Canusium, Caes. – ad od. contra hostem, Caes.: adversus eos, Caes.: adversus Gallos, Eutr.: cum alqo, Sall. – magnum iter ad doctas Athenas, eine große Reise machen, Prop. 3, 21, 1. – zur Ang. des Zweckes m. ad u. Akk., ad iter, Caes.: ad dormien-
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    dum, ad somnum, schlafen gehen, Cic.: ad Massiliam occupandam, Caes.: ad subigendam Asiam, Curt.: ad sedes inquirendas, Iustin.: m. secundum u. Akk., secundum quaestum proficisci, Fronto Arion p. 237, 5 N.: m. Dat., alci auxilio, subsidio, Sall. u. Nep.: per Illyricum subsidio, Caes.: m. 1. Supin., alqm adiutum, Aegyptum oppugnatum, Nep.: pabulatum frumentatumque longius, Hirt. b. G.: cum exercitus parte frumentatum, Liv.: venatum, auf die Jagd gehen, Nep.: m. Infin., quom ad me profectus est ire, Plaut. rud. 847: inde a rege proficiscitur terras inclutas Siciliam atque Italiam visere, Gell. 16, 19, 5. – absol., statim proficiscitur, Sall.: me in Asiam persequens proficiscitur, Ter.: constituerunt ea, quae ad proficiscendum pertinerent, comparare, Caes. – II) übtr.: A) mit Rücksicht auf den Zielpunkt, weiter gehen, auf etwas ausgehen, ad reliqua, ordine ad reliqua, Cic.: ad exitium, trachten, Cornif. rhet.: in genus orationis, streben, Cornif. rhet. – B) mit Rücksicht auf den Ausgangspunkt: 1) von etwas ausgehen, anheben, den Anfang machen, a lege, Cic.: ab hoc initio, Caes.: a philosophia profectus Xenophon scripsit historiam, Cic. – 2) herkommen, herrühren, entstehen, seinen Ursprung haben, entspringen, a natura, Cic.: venae a corde profectae, Cic.: genus a Pallante profectum, Verg.: profecti ab Aristotele, des Ar st. Schüler, Cic.: quae a me in te profecta sunt, was dir
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    von mir erwiesen worden ist, Cic. – ⇒ aktive Nbf.

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  • 18 retineo

    retineo, tinuī, tentum, ēre (re u. teneo), I) zurückhalten, aufhalten, festhalten, A) eig.: 1) zurück-, aufhalten, a) leb. Wesen: quid nunc me retines? Plaut.: concilium dimittit, Liscum retinet, Caes.: nisi iam profecti sunt, retinebis homines, Cic.: legatos (Ggstz. dimittere legatos), Liv.: milites, milites in loco, legiones ad urbem, cohortes apud se, Caes.: venit Varro ad me, et quidem id tempus, ut retinendus esset, (zu Tische) dabehalten werden mußte, Cic.: biduum tempestate retentus, Caes. – b) Lebl.: lacrimas, Ov.: manus ab ore, Ov.: ibi paulum retentus (fons) in Larium lacum decĭdit, Plin. ep. – 2) zurückhalten, behalten, einhalten, armorum parte tertiā celatā atque in oppido retentā, Caes.: mercedem, Plaut.: semel empta, Eutr.: alienum, Cic.: u. alqm obsidem (als G.). – u. eine Eroberung behaupten, oppidum, Caes.: Moesiam, Eutr.: Hispanias contra hostem, Eutr.: arces, Catull. – B) übtr.: 1) zurück-, in Schranken halten, auf-, anhalten, erum ad salutem, Plaut.: liberos pudore, liberalitate, metu, Ter.: ut, cum sciatis, quo quaeque res inclinet, retinere aut ante possitis occurrere, Cic.: moderari cursum atque in sua potestate r., Cic.: r. gaudia, rabiem, Ov. – r. labantem disciplinam, im Sinken aufhalten, nicht ganz sinken lassen, Spart. Hadr. 10, 3. – r. in officio, Cic.: animos sociorum in fide, Liv. – retineri nequeo od. non
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    possum u. aegre retineor m. folg. quin u. Konj., retineri nequeo, quin dicam ea quae promeres, Plaut.: tormento non retineri potuit ferreo, quin reciperet se huc esum, Plaut.: retineri non poterant, quin in nostros tela conicerent, Caes.: aegre sunt retenti, quin oppidum irrumperent, Caes. – 2) etw. zurückbehalten, a) im allg. = bewahren, behalten, beibehalten, sich erhalten, behaupten, id egit, ut amicos observantiā, rem parsimoniā retineret, Cic.: retinere servareque amicos, Hor.: ret. se, sich als Freund erhalten, Cic.: inconsultius uxor assumpta, retenta (beibehalten) patientius, Plin. pan.: ius augurum rei publicae causā conservare ac r., Cic.: ius suum, Cic.: statum suum, Cic.: pristinam virtutem, Caes.; vgl. vestigium pristinae dignitatis, Cic.: officium, Cic.: iustitiam ( neben colere), Cic.: caritatem in pastores, Cic.: utilitatem in amicitia et fidem, Cic.: hunc morem usque adhuc, Cic.: memoriam suae pristinae virtutis, Caes.: memoriam alcis, Cic.: alqd memoriā, im G. behalten, Cic.; vgl. (v. den Ohren) r. commissa, Hor. – b) prägn.: α) als Gesetz, Regel beibehalten, mit folg. ut od. ne u. Konj., ut Palaemo et Telamo et Plato dicerentur, retinuerunt, Quint. 1, 5, 60: vehementer id retinebatur (man hielt streng darauf), populi comitia ne essent rata, nisi etc., Cic. de rep. 2, 56. – β) im Gedächtnisse bewahren, sich erinnern, Gell. 17, 9, 16: mit folg. Acc. u. Infin., Ulp. dig. 35, 1, 92 in. – II) fest-
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    halten, A) eig.: alqm dexterā manu, Plaut.: mulierem per vim, Plaut.: arcum manu, Cic.: iniectā ferreā manu et retentā utrāque nave, Caes. – b) übtr., festhalten = fesseln, ordo ipse annalium mediocriter nos retinet quasi enumeratione fastorum, Cic. ep. 5, 12, 5 (vgl. ibid. § 4): (Picus) ore suo volucres vagas retinere solebat, Ov. met. 14, 340.

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  • 19 frons

    1.
    frons (also anciently fruns; plur. frundes, Enn. Ann. 266 Vahl.; cf. Charis. p. 105 P.—Also in nom. fros or frus, Varr. ib.; Enn. v in the foll.; cf. Prisc. p. 554 P.; and FRONDIS, acc. to Serv. Verg. G. 2, 372), dis, f. [etym. dub.], a leafy branch, green bough, foliage.
    I.
    Lit. (class.; in sing. and plur.; syn. folium).
    (α).
    Sing.: populea frus, Enn. ap. Aus. Technop. (Edyll. 5) 158 sq. (id. Ann. v. 562 Vahl.):

    ilignea, quernea,

    Cato, R. R. 37, 2:

    in nemoribus, ubi virgulta et frons multa,

    Varr. R. R. 2, 5, 11:

    bobus praestabit vilicus frondem,

    Col. 11, 3, 101: alta frons decidit, Varr. ap. Non. 486, 13:

    ne caules allii in frondem luxurient,

    Plin. 19, 6, 34, § 113:

    perenni frunde corona,

    Lucr. 1, 119:

    nigrae feraci frondis in Algido,

    Hor. C. 4, 4, 58:

    sine fronde,

    Ov. Tr. 3, 10, 75:

    immaturam destringere,

    Quint. 12, 6, 2.—
    (β).
    Plur.: russescunt frundes, Enn. ap. Charis. p. 105 P. (Ann. v. 266 Vahl.):

    deserta via et inculta atque interclusa jam frondibus et virgultis relinquatur,

    Cic. Cael. 18, 42:

    viminibus salices fecundi, frondibus ulmi,

    Verg. G. 2, 446:

    frondibus teneris non adhibendam esse falcem,

    Quint. 2, 4, 11:

    bovemque Disjunctum curas et strictis frondibus exples,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 28; id. C. 3, 18, 14.—
    II.
    Poet. transf., a garland made of leafy boughs, a garland of leaves, leafy chaplet: donec Alterutrum velox victoria fronde coronet, Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 64; so in sing., id. C. 4, 2, 36; id. Ep. 2, 1, 110:

    nos delubra deum festa velamus fronde,

    Verg. A. 2, 249; 5, 661; Ov. M. 1, 449; 565; id. A. A. 1, 108.—In plur., Ov. F. 1, 711; 3, 482.
    2.
    frons, frontis, f. ( masc., Cato ap. Gell. 15, 9, 5; and ap. Fest. s. v. recto, p. 286, b, Müll.; Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 46 Ritschl, N. cr.; id. ap. Non. 205, 4; Caecil. ap. Gell. 15, 9, 3; Vitr. 10, 17) [cf. Sanscr. brhū; Gr. ophrus; Germ. Braue; Engl. brow; v. Curt. Gr. Etym. p. 296], the forehead, brow, front (syn.: vultus, os, facies).
    I.
    Lit.:

    frons et aliis (animalibus), sed homini tantum tristitiae, hilaritatis, clementiae, severitatis index: in adsensu ejus supercilia homini et pariter et alterna mobilia,

    Plin. 11, 37, 51, § 138:

    tanta erat gravitas in oculo, tanta contractio frontis, ut illo supercilio res publica, tamquam Atlante caelum, niti videretur,

    Cic. Sest. 8, 19: frontem contrahere, to contract or knit the brows, id. Clu. 26, 72; Hor. S. 2, 2, 125;

    for which, adducere,

    Sen. Ben. 1, 1:

    attrahere,

    id. ib. 6, 7: remittere frontem, to smooth the brow, i. e. to cheer up, Plin. Ep. 2, 5, 5;

    for which: exporge frontem,

    Ter. Ad. 5, 3, 53; cf.:

    primum ego te porrectiore fronte volo mecum loqui,

    Plaut. Cas. 2, 4, 3:

    explicare,

    Hor. C. 3, 29, 16;

    solvere,

    Mart. 14, 183: ut frontem ferias, smitest thy forehead (as a sign of vexation), Cic. Att. 1, 1, 1; cf.:

    nulla perturbatio animi, nulla corporis, frons non percussa, non femur,

    id. Brut. 80, 278:

    femur, pectus, frontem caedere,

    Quint. 2, 12, 10:

    frontem sudario tergere,

    id. 6, 3, 60;

    for which: siccare frontem sudario,

    id. 11, 3, 148:

    capillos a fronte retroagere,

    id. ib. 160:

    mediam ferro gemina inter tempora frontem Dividit,

    Verg. A. 9, 750:

    quorundam capita per medium frontis et verticis mucrone distincta, in utrumque humerum pendebant,

    Amm. 31, 7, 14:

    insignem tenui fronte Lycorida (a small forehead was regarded as a beauty by the ancients),

    Hor. C. 1, 33, 5; cf. id. Ep. 1, 7, 26; Petr. 126; Mart. 4, 42, 9; Arn. 2, 72.—Of the forehead of animals:

    est bos cervi figura: cujus a media fronte, etc.,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 26, 1:

    tauri torva fronte,

    Plin. 8, 45, 70, § 181:

    equi,

    Ov. Tr. 5, 9, 30:

    ovis,

    id. F. 4, 102:

    cui (haedo) frons turgida cornibus Primis,

    Hor. C. 3, 13, 4:

    (vitulus) Fronte curvatos imitatus ignes lunae,

    id. ib. 4, 2, 57.—In plur., Lucr. 5, 1034. —
    2.
    The brow as a mirror of the feelings:

    non solum ex oratione, sed etiam ex vultu et oculis et fronte, ut aiunt, meum erga te amorem perspicere potuisses,

    Cic. Att. 14, 13, B, 1; cf. Q. Cic. Petit. Cons. 11, 44; and:

    homines fronte et oratione magis, quam ipso beneficio reque capiuntur,

    expression of countenance, id. ib. 12, 46:

    si verum tum, cum verissima fronte, dixerunt, nunc mentiuntur,

    Cic. Rab. Post. 12, 35:

    haec ipsa fero equidem fronte et vultu bellissime, sed angor intimis sensibus,

    id. Att. 5, 10, 3: frons, oculi, vultus persaepe mentiuntur;

    oratio vero saepissime,

    id. Q. F. 1, 1, 5, § 15; cf.:

    oculi, supercilia, frons, vultus denique totus, qui sermo quidam tacitus mentis est, hic in fraudem homines impulit,

    id. Pis. 1, 1; id. Fam. 1, 9, 17:

    fronte occultare sententiam,

    id. Lael. 18, 65:

    tranquilla et serena,

    id. Tusc. 3, 15, 31; cf.:

    reliquiae pristinae frontis,

    id. Fam. 9, 10, 2:

    laeta,

    Verg. A. 6, 862:

    sollicita,

    Hor. C. 3, 29, 16:

    tristis,

    Tib. 2, 3, 33:

    gravis,

    Plin. Pan. 41, 3:

    humana, lenis, placida,

    Sen. Ben. 2, 13:

    inverecunda,

    Quint. 2, 4, 16:

    proterva,

    Hor. C. 2, 5, 16:

    urbana (i. e. impudens),

    id. Ep. 1, 9, 11:

    impudens, proterva, Aug. Op. imperf. c. Jul. 6, 21: impudentissima,

    id. ib. 26; cf.:

    impudentia frontis,

    Hier. adv. Rufin. 1, 7:

    fronte inverecunda nummos captare,

    Val. Max. 8, 2, 2.—In plur.:

    si populo grata est tabella, quae frontes aperit hominum, mentes tegat,

    Cic. Planc. 6, 16.—
    3.
    Prov.:

    frons occipitio prior est,

    i. e. better work before the master's face than behind his back, Cato, R. R. 4; Plin. 18, 5, 6, § 31.—
    B.
    Transf
    1.
    The forepart of any thing, the front, façade, van (opp. tergum and latus):

    copias ante frontem castrorum struit,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 37, 1:

    aedium,

    Vitr. 3, 2:

    parietum,

    id. 2, 8:

    januae,

    Ov. F. 1, 135:

    scena,

    Verg. G. 3, 24:

    (navium),

    id. A. 5, 158:

    pontis,

    Hirt. B. G. 8, 9, 4:

    collis ex utraque parte lateris dejectus habebat, et in frontem leniter fastigatus, etc.,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 8; 7, 23: intervallum justum arborum quadrageni pedes in terga frontemque, in latera viceni, Plin. 17, 23, 35, § 202; cf. Quint. 1, 10, 43:

    octo cohortes in fronte constituit,

    Sall. C. 59, 2:

    quatuor legionum aquilae per frontem,

    Tac. H. 2, 89:

    una fronte contra hostem castra muniunt,

    only in front, Caes. B. C. 1, 80, 2 Herz.:

    aequa fronte ad pugnam procedebat,

    Liv. 36, 44, 1:

    nec tamen aequari frontes poterant, cum extenuando infirmam mediam aciem haberent,

    id. 5, 38, 2:

    recta fronte concurrere hosti (opp. in dextrum cornu),

    Curt. 4, 13 med.; cf.:

    directa fronte pugnandum est,

    Quint. 5, 13, 11:

    veritus ne simul in frontem simul et latera suorum pugnaretur,

    Tac. Agr. 35:

    transisse aestuaria pulchrum ac decorum in frontem (i. e. fronti),

    for the front, the van, id. ib. 33: dextra fronte prima legio incessit, on the right front, i. e. on the right wing, id. H. 2, 24 fin.:

    laeva,

    Claud. in Ruf. 2, 174; cf.:

    frons laevi cornu haec erat,

    Curt. 4, 13 fin. — Poet. transf., of clouds:

    ut non tam concurrere nubes Frontibus adversis possint quam de latere ire,

    Lucr. 6, 117;

    of a precipice: Fronte sub adversa scopulis pendentibus antrum,

    Verg. A. 1, 166.—Esp. freq.: a fronte, in front, before (opp. a tergo and a latere):

    a tergo, a fronte, a lateribus tenebitur, si in Galliam venerit,

    Cic. Phil. 3, 13, 32:

    a fronte atque ab utroque latere cratibus ac pluteis protegebat,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 25 fin.:

    totis fere a fronte et ab sinistra parte nudatis castris,

    id. B. G. 2, 23, 4. —
    2.
    The outer end of a book-roll or volume, Tib. 3, 1, 13; Ov. Tr. 1, 1, 11.—
    3. 4.
    In measuring land = latitudo, the breadth:

    mille pedes in fronte, trecentos cippus in agrum Hic dabat,

    Hor. S. 1, 8, 12; Inscr. Orell. 4558; 4560.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    The outside, exterior, external quality, appearance (cf. species and facies;

    mostly post-Aug.): Pompeius Scauro studet: sed utrum fronte an mente, dubitatur,

    Cic. Att. 4, 15, 7:

    plus habet in recessu, quam fronte promittat,

    Quint. 1, 4, 2; 11, 1, 61; cf.:

    frons causae non satis honesta,

    id. 4, 1, 42 Spald.:

    decipit Frons prima multos,

    the first appearance, Phaedr. 4, 2, 6; cf.:

    dura primā fronte quaestio,

    Quint. 7, 1, 56:

    ex prima statim fronte dijudicare imprudentium est,

    id. 12, 7, 8.—
    B.
    The character or feelings expressed by the brow.
    1.
    Poet. in partic., shame:

    exclamet perisse Frontem de rebus,

    Pers. 5, 104 (for which:

    clament periisse pudorem,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 80).—
    2.
    Impudence, boldness (late Lat.; cf.

    os),

    Aug. Civ. D. 3, 30.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > frons

  • 20 eo

    [st1]1 [-] ĕo, īre, īvī (ĭī), ĭtum: - intr. et tr. -    - la conjugaison. a - aller, marcher, s'avancer, s’en aller.    - eo ad forum, Plaut. As. 1, 1, 95: je vais au forum.    - ire + supin: avoir pour but, être disposé à.    - cubitum ire: aller se coucher.    - lusum ire: aller jouer.    - equis ire: aller à cheval.    - ire pedibus: aller à pied.    - ire ad aliquem: aller trouver qqn.    - ire (in) malam crucem: aller au diable.    - avec double dat. - ire subsidio alicui: aller au secours de qqn. b - marcher contre, marcher sur, attaquer.    - contra (ad, adversus, in) hostem ire: marcher contre l'ennemi.    - ire in Capitolium, Liv. 3, 17: attaquer le Capitole c - venir, se ranger (à un avis), aller du côté de; en venir à.    - ire pedibus alicujus: se ranger à l'avis de qqn.    - in sententiam alicujus ire: se ranger à l'avis de qqn.    - ire pedibus in sententiam alicujus: se ranger à l'avis de qqn.    - ire in lacrimas, Virg. En. 4, 413: recourir aux larmes.    - ire in poenas, Ov.: recourir au chaâtiment.    - istuc ibam, Ter.: j'allais en arriver là. d - passer par, parcourir.    - dicite qua sit eundum, Ov. Tr. 3, 1, 19: dites-moi par quelle route je dois passer. e - se changer en, passer d'un état à un autre, aller (d'une manière ou d'une autre).    - incipit res melius ire, Cic. Att. 14, 15: l'affaire commence à aller mieux. f - couler, se répandre, se divulguer.    - sanguis it in sucos, Ov. M. 10, 493: le sang circule changé en sève. g - être, exister, être traité (de telle ou telle manière).    - non ibo inulta, Sen.: je ne serai pas sans vengeur. h - disparaître, passer, s'évanouir, périr.    - anni eunt: les années passent.    - saepe hominem paulatim cernimus ire, Lucr. 3: souvent nous voyons l'homme s'en aller insensiblement.    - sic eat quaecumque Romana lugebit hostem, Liv. 1, 26: que périsse ainsi toute Romaine qui pleurera un ennemi.    - ire in alia omnia (s.-ent. vota): voter contre un projet de loi. ii - vendre, être vendu (= veneo).    - singulae vehes fimi denario eunt, Plin.: une voiture de fumier se vend un denier.    - tot eat Lydia nummis, Claud. Eutr. 1: que la Lydie soit vendue tant. jj - employé comme auxiliaire pour marquer le futur.    - addit se occisum iri, Cic.: il ajoute qu'on le tuera.    - Brutum visum iri a me puto, Cic.: je pense voir Brutus.    - damnatum iri videbatur, Quint.: il semblait devoir être condamné. [st1]2 [-] ĕō, adv. ou abl. de is: - [abcl][b]a - à cela. - [abcl]b - là, en cet endroit. - [abcl]c - à ce point, jusque-là, à un tel point, à tel degré, en un tel état, tellement, tant. - [abcl]d - dans le but de, afin de, pour. - [abcl]e - c'est pour cela, aussi, voilà pourquoi. - [abcl]f - avec un comparatif: d'autant plus.[/b]    - eo loci: là, (sans mouvt.), en cet endroit; à ce point.    - res erat eo loci, Cic.: l'affaire en était là.    - eo accedebat ut: à cela venait s'ajouter que.    - hoc eo valebat ut... Nep. Them. 4, 4: cela tendait à...    - eo, unde discedere non oportuit, revertamur, Cic. Att. 2, 16, 3: revenons au point d'où nous n'aurions pas dû nous écarter.    - eo... quo...: là... où...; d'autant... que...; afin que par ce moyen.    - eo... ut...: afin que ou à tel point... que...    - eo res est ut...: il va bientôt arriver que...    - eo crevit ut, Liv.: elle a pris un si grand accroissement que...    - eo insolentiae processit, Plin. Pan. 16: il en vint à ce point d'insolence.    - usque eo quo, Cic. (eo usque ut, Tac. - eo usque dum, donec, Liv.): jusqu'au point de; jusqu'à ce que.    - eo scripsi, quo plus auctoritatis haberem, Cic. Att. 8: j'ai écrit pour avoir plus d'autorité.    - eo quod, Cic. Hor.: parce que.    - eo modestior est, quo doctior: il est d'autant plus modeste qu'il est plus savant.    - quo doctior, eo modestior est: plus il est savant, plus il est modeste.    - eo gravior est dolor, quo culpa major, Cic. Att. 11: la douleur est d'autant plus vive que la faute est plus grave.    - eo magis quod: d'autant plus que.    - eo magis quod in conspectu Caesaris res gerebatur, Caes. BG. 3: d'autant plus que l'action se passait sous les yeux de César.    - eo minus quod: d'autant moins que.    - eo minus veritus navibus, quod in litore molli atque aperto deligatas ad ancoram relinquebat, Caes. BG. 5: craignant d'autant moins pour sa flotte qu'il la laissait à l'ancre sur une plage douce et unie.
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    [st1]1 [-] ĕo, īre, īvī (ĭī), ĭtum: - intr. et tr. -    - la conjugaison. a - aller, marcher, s'avancer, s’en aller.    - eo ad forum, Plaut. As. 1, 1, 95: je vais au forum.    - ire + supin: avoir pour but, être disposé à.    - cubitum ire: aller se coucher.    - lusum ire: aller jouer.    - equis ire: aller à cheval.    - ire pedibus: aller à pied.    - ire ad aliquem: aller trouver qqn.    - ire (in) malam crucem: aller au diable.    - avec double dat. - ire subsidio alicui: aller au secours de qqn. b - marcher contre, marcher sur, attaquer.    - contra (ad, adversus, in) hostem ire: marcher contre l'ennemi.    - ire in Capitolium, Liv. 3, 17: attaquer le Capitole c - venir, se ranger (à un avis), aller du côté de; en venir à.    - ire pedibus alicujus: se ranger à l'avis de qqn.    - in sententiam alicujus ire: se ranger à l'avis de qqn.    - ire pedibus in sententiam alicujus: se ranger à l'avis de qqn.    - ire in lacrimas, Virg. En. 4, 413: recourir aux larmes.    - ire in poenas, Ov.: recourir au chaâtiment.    - istuc ibam, Ter.: j'allais en arriver là. d - passer par, parcourir.    - dicite qua sit eundum, Ov. Tr. 3, 1, 19: dites-moi par quelle route je dois passer. e - se changer en, passer d'un état à un autre, aller (d'une manière ou d'une autre).    - incipit res melius ire, Cic. Att. 14, 15: l'affaire commence à aller mieux. f - couler, se répandre, se divulguer.    - sanguis it in sucos, Ov. M. 10, 493: le sang circule changé en sève. g - être, exister, être traité (de telle ou telle manière).    - non ibo inulta, Sen.: je ne serai pas sans vengeur. h - disparaître, passer, s'évanouir, périr.    - anni eunt: les années passent.    - saepe hominem paulatim cernimus ire, Lucr. 3: souvent nous voyons l'homme s'en aller insensiblement.    - sic eat quaecumque Romana lugebit hostem, Liv. 1, 26: que périsse ainsi toute Romaine qui pleurera un ennemi.    - ire in alia omnia (s.-ent. vota): voter contre un projet de loi. ii - vendre, être vendu (= veneo).    - singulae vehes fimi denario eunt, Plin.: une voiture de fumier se vend un denier.    - tot eat Lydia nummis, Claud. Eutr. 1: que la Lydie soit vendue tant. jj - employé comme auxiliaire pour marquer le futur.    - addit se occisum iri, Cic.: il ajoute qu'on le tuera.    - Brutum visum iri a me puto, Cic.: je pense voir Brutus.    - damnatum iri videbatur, Quint.: il semblait devoir être condamné. [st1]2 [-] ĕō, adv. ou abl. de is: - [abcl][b]a - à cela. - [abcl]b - là, en cet endroit. - [abcl]c - à ce point, jusque-là, à un tel point, à tel degré, en un tel état, tellement, tant. - [abcl]d - dans le but de, afin de, pour. - [abcl]e - c'est pour cela, aussi, voilà pourquoi. - [abcl]f - avec un comparatif: d'autant plus.[/b]    - eo loci: là, (sans mouvt.), en cet endroit; à ce point.    - res erat eo loci, Cic.: l'affaire en était là.    - eo accedebat ut: à cela venait s'ajouter que.    - hoc eo valebat ut... Nep. Them. 4, 4: cela tendait à...    - eo, unde discedere non oportuit, revertamur, Cic. Att. 2, 16, 3: revenons au point d'où nous n'aurions pas dû nous écarter.    - eo... quo...: là... où...; d'autant... que...; afin que par ce moyen.    - eo... ut...: afin que ou à tel point... que...    - eo res est ut...: il va bientôt arriver que...    - eo crevit ut, Liv.: elle a pris un si grand accroissement que...    - eo insolentiae processit, Plin. Pan. 16: il en vint à ce point d'insolence.    - usque eo quo, Cic. (eo usque ut, Tac. - eo usque dum, donec, Liv.): jusqu'au point de; jusqu'à ce que.    - eo scripsi, quo plus auctoritatis haberem, Cic. Att. 8: j'ai écrit pour avoir plus d'autorité.    - eo quod, Cic. Hor.: parce que.    - eo modestior est, quo doctior: il est d'autant plus modeste qu'il est plus savant.    - quo doctior, eo modestior est: plus il est savant, plus il est modeste.    - eo gravior est dolor, quo culpa major, Cic. Att. 11: la douleur est d'autant plus vive que la faute est plus grave.    - eo magis quod: d'autant plus que.    - eo magis quod in conspectu Caesaris res gerebatur, Caes. BG. 3: d'autant plus que l'action se passait sous les yeux de César.    - eo minus quod: d'autant moins que.    - eo minus veritus navibus, quod in litore molli atque aperto deligatas ad ancoram relinquebat, Caes. BG. 5: craignant d'autant moins pour sa flotte qu'il la laissait à l'ancre sur une plage douce et unie.
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    I.
        Eo, Ablatiuus casus pronominis is, ea, id. Eo, pro Intantum. Terent. Tant, ou Si fort.
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        Eo creuit, vt iam magnitudine laboret sua. Liu. Tant et si fort, Elle est venue à telle croissance.
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        Eo insolentiae processit. Pli. iun. Il est venu à si grande insolence.
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        Eo, Propterea. Terent. Eo ad eam non admissa sum. Pour ce, A ceste cause.
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        Eo fuit mirabilius, quod ab eo non expectabatur. Ci. D'autant estoit il plus esmerveillable, qu'il ne l'attendoit point.
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        Marionem ad te eo misi, vt statim ad me rediret. Cic. A fin.
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        Non eo quin tibi non cupiam quae velis. Plaut. Non point que je ne, etc.
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        Non eo hoc dico, quin quae tu vis ego velim, et faciam lubens. Plaut. Je ne di point ceci pourtant que je ne, etc.
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        Eo dico, ne me thesaurum reperisse censeas. Plaut. Je le di, à celle fin que tu ne, etc.
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        Eo fit, quia in re nostra aut gaudio sumus praepediti nimio, aut aegritudine? Terent. Cela se fait il pourtant que, etc.
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        Nec eo secius plurimos docuit. Sueton. Et ne laissa pas pourtant d'enseigner beaucoup de gens, Ce neantmoins il ne laissa pas, etc.
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        Eone es ferox, quia habes imperium in beluas? Terent. Est ce pourtant que, etc.
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        Eo fuerunt cariora, aes non erat. Plaut. D'autant plus.
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        Meministi profecto et eo magis quod, etc. Cic. Et d'autant plus que, etc.
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        Dies triginta, aut plus eo in naui fui. Terent. Ou d'advantage, Ou plus que je ne di, Ou plus que cela.
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        Eo deductura erant. Liu. En ce lieu là.
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        Eo redactae res erant, vt nulla amplius spes esset. Cicero. Estoyent tombees en tel estat que, etc. Jusques là que, etc.
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        Res erat et causa nostra eo loci, vt erigere oculos, etc. Cic. La chose estoit en tel estat que, etc.
    \
        Eo loci. Vlpian. En ce lieu là.
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        Defendere se eo loci debebit. Vlpian. Alors.
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        Res eo recidit. Quintil. La chose est tombee en tel estat.
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        Hoc eo pertinet, etc. Cic. Tend à cela que, etc. Je di ceci à celle fin que, etc.
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        Haec quae scripsi, eo spectant vt, etc. Cic. Tendent à ce que, etc.
    II.
        Eo, is, iui, itum, ire. Aller.
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        Altius ibunt, qui ad summa nitentur. Quintil. Monteront plus hault.
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        Si porro ire pergant. Liu. S'ils veulent passer oultre.
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        Ire itineribus alicuius. Cic. Tenir le chemin qu'il est allé, Suyvre sa maniere de faire.
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        Ire nauigio. Cic. Naviger, Aller par eaue.
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        Ire pedibus. Plaut. Aller à pied.
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        Ire inficias. Plaut. Nier, Dire le contraire.
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        Italiam ire. Virgil. Aller en Italie.
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        Ire obuiam alicui. Plaut. Luy aller au devant.
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        Ire cum onere. Plaut. Porter quelque chose en chemin.
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        Ire ad arma contra aliquem. Cic. Prendre les armes, Courir aux armes, et prendre chascun son espee.
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        Ad saga ire. Cic. Prendre les habits de guerre.
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        Ibam ad te. Terent. J'alloye à toy, Par devers toy.
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        Ire ad tonsorem. Plaut. Aller au barbier.
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        Ire in aciem. Quintil. Aller à la guerre.
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        Ire in aliquem. Ouid. Aller contre aucun.
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        Ire in articulum dicitur seges. Plin. Columel. Se nouer.
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        It in auras. Ouid. S'en va en l'air.
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        Ire in colloquium ad Celtiberos. Liu. Aller parlementer.
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        Ire in consilium iudices dicuntur. Cic. Aller au conseil, Quand les juges apres avoir ouy les parties, conferent ensemble pour opiner.
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        In corpus ire. Quintil. Prendre corps.
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        Ire vel abire in creditum. Vlpian. Quand le vendeur, ou celuy qui preste, delivre la chose vendue ou prestee, soy fiant à l'acheteur du pris, ou que pareille espece luy sera baillee, ou autre chose equipollente, pour celle qu'il a prestee, et non celle mesme qu'il a baillee.
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        I in crucem. Plaut. Va au gibet.
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        Ire in duplum. Cic. Venir et aller par devant un juge plaider, à la charge d'estre condamné au double si on a mauvaise cause.
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        In exemplum ire. Tacit. Bailler exemple, Estre exemple.
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        Ire in exilium. Cic. Estre banni, Aller en exil.
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        Ire in fastidium. Seneca. Commencer à estre mesprisé.
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        Ire in ius ad aliquem. Plin. iunior. Aller en jugement par devers aucun.
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        In lachrymas ire. Stat. Plourer.
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        In litem ire. Ouid. Tanser, Noiser.
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        Ire in matrimonium sine dote dicitur puella. Plaut. Estre baillee en mariage.
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        Ire in neruum. Terent. Aller en prison.
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        In ora alicuius ire. Valer. Flac. Se jecter au visage d'aucun comme pour l'esgratigner.
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        In poenas ire. Ouid. Aller punir quelcun.
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        Iubere ire in possessionem. Cic. Ordonner que aucun sera mis en possession d'aucun biens et heritages.
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        Ibit in secula nomen tuum. Plin. iunior. Il sera perpetuelle memoire de toy.
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        Ire in sententiam alicuius, vel Pedibus ire in sententiam. Liu. Se ranger à son opinion.
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        Ire in somnum. Plin. Aller dormir.
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        Ire in subsidium. Cic. Aller au secours.
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        Ire in suffragium. Plin. Aller dire son opinion de l'election de quelque Magistrat.
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        In thalamos ire. Lucan. Se marier à aucun.
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        Ire in vigiliam. Plaut. Aller au guet.
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        Sub furcam ire. Horat. Aller en servitude.
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        Comitem alicui ire. Lucan. L'accompaigner.
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        Ibis nuntius. Virgil. Tu porteras les nouvelles.
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        Ire accersitum. Terent. Aller querir.
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        In mea vita tu tibi laudem is quaesitum scelus. Terent. Tu cerches d'avoir louange et honneur au danger de ma vie.
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        Ire consultum male aliquem. Plaut. Luy porter dommage.
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        Ire datum operam amico. Plaut. Aider son ami.
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        Ire dormitum. Plaut. Aller dormir.
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        Ire habitum honorem alicui. Plaut. Honorer aucun.
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        Ire opitulatum. Plaut. Aider.
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        It dies, pro Praeterit et elabitur. Plaut. Le jour s'en va et se passe.
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        It lucrum ad me. Plaut. Le prouffit m'en vient.
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        Eunt praecipites mores. Liu. Vont en decadence.
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        Prorsus ibat res. Cic. La chose alloit tresbien et s'advancoit.
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        I tu hinc qui dignus es. Terent. Va t'en d'ici.
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        Mihi necesse est ire hinc. Plaut. Me partir d'ici.
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        I prae, sequar. Terent. Va devant.
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        Ibo quo profectus sum. Plaut. Je m'en voy ou j'avoye commencé d'aller.
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        I sane, siquid festinas magis. Plaut. Va devant si tu as haste.
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        Eamus visere. Terent. Allons veoir.
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        Ire melius est. Plaut. Il vault mieulx de s'en aller.
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        Itur, Impersonale. Plaut. On va.
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        Itur ad me. Terent. On vient à moy.
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        Ibitur. Plaut. On s'en ira.
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        Iri. Terent. Ne tum quidem quum iri maxime debuit. Alors qu'il estoit necessairement besoing d'y aller.

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