adversor

adversor (archaic advor-), ātus, 1, v. dep. [adversus]: alicui, to stand opposite to one, to be against, i. e. to resist or oppose (in his opinions, feelings, intentions, etc.; while resistere and obsistere denote resistance through external action, Doed. Syn. 4, 303; cf. adversarius; class.; freq. in Cic.); constr. with dat. or absol.:

idem ego arbitror nee tibi advorsari certum est de istac re usquam, soror,

Plaut. Aul. 2, 1, 21:

meis praeceptis,

id. As. 3, 1, 5; so id. Trin. 2, 1, 108:

mihi,

Ter. Hec. 4, 4, 32; 2, 2, 3:

hujus libidini,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 31, § 81:

ornamentis tuis,

id. Sull. 18, 50:

Isocrati,

id. Or. 51, 172:

commodis,

Tac. A. 1, 27:

adversantes imperio Domini,

Vulg. Deut. 1, 43:

invitā Minervā, id est, adversante et repugnante natura,

Cic. Off. 1, 31:

non adversatur jus, quo minus, etc.,

id. Fin. 3, 20:

adversante vento,

Tac. H. 3, 42:

adversantibus amicis,

id. Ann. 13, 12:

adversans factio,

Suet. Caes. 11:

adversantibus diis,

Curt. 6, 10:

non adversata petenti Annuit,

Verg. A. 4, 127; Vulg. 2 Thess. 2, 4 al.

In Tac. constr. also adversari aliquem, H. 1, 1; 1, 38.—

In Plaut. pleonastic, adversari contra, Cas. 2, 3, 35, and adversari adversus aliquid, Mer. 2, 3, 43.

to oppose, resist, fight back.

adversor (archaic advor-), ātus, 1, v. dep. [adversus]: alicui, to stand opposite to one, to be against, i. e. to resist or oppose (in his opinions, feelings, intentions, etc.; while resistere and obsistere denote resistance through external action, Doed. Syn. 4, 303; cf. adversarius; class.; freq. in Cic.); constr. with dat. or absol.:

idem ego arbitror nee tibi advorsari certum est de istac re usquam, soror,

Plaut. Aul. 2, 1, 21:

meis praeceptis,

id. As. 3, 1, 5; so id. Trin. 2, 1, 108:

mihi,

Ter. Hec. 4, 4, 32; 2, 2, 3:

hujus libidini,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 31, § 81:

ornamentis tuis,

id. Sull. 18, 50:

Isocrati,

id. Or. 51, 172:

commodis,

Tac. A. 1, 27:

adversantes imperio Domini,

Vulg. Deut. 1, 43:

invitā Minervā, id est, adversante et repugnante natura,

Cic. Off. 1, 31:

non adversatur jus, quo minus, etc.,

id. Fin. 3, 20:

adversante vento,

Tac. H. 3, 42:

adversantibus amicis,

id. Ann. 13, 12:

adversans factio,

Suet. Caes. 11:

adversantibus diis,

Curt. 6, 10:

non adversata petenti Annuit,

Verg. A. 4, 127; Vulg. 2 Thess. 2, 4 al.

In Tac. constr. also adversari aliquem, H. 1, 1; 1, 38.—

In Plaut. pleonastic, adversari contra, Cas. 2, 3, 35, and adversari adversus aliquid, Mer. 2, 3, 43.

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

Lit.

Neutr.:

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

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

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

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

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

Cic. Rab. Post. 16, 43:

demoliri ea, quorum altitudo officeret auspiciis,

id. Off. 3, 16, 66:

ipsa umbra terrae soli officiens noctem efficit,

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

cum alii in angustiis ipsi sibi properantes officerent,

Sall. J. 58, 6:

hostium itineri,

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

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

quapropter simul inter se retrahuntur et extra Officiuntur,

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

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

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

Plaut. As. 1, 1, 97:

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

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

consiliis alicujus,

Sall. C. 27, 4:

timor animi auribus officit,

id. ib. 58, 2:

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

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

lactucae officiunt claritati oculorum,

Plin. 20, 7, 26, § 68.—With quominus:

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

Plin. Ep. 6, 29, 6.

oppōno ( obp-), pŏsŭi (in Plaut pŏsīvi), sĭtum, 3 ( sync.:

oppostus for oppositus,

Lucr. 4, 150), v. a. [ob-pono], to set or place against, to set or station before or opposite, to oppose (class., cf.: obicio, offero, adversor).

Lit.

In gen.:

se venientibus in itinere,

Caes. B. C 3, 30:

huic equites,

id. ib. 3, 75:

turrim ad introitum portūs,

id. ib. 3, 39: armatos homines ad omnes introitus. Cic. Caecin. 8, 27:

Eumenem adversariis,

Nep. Eum. 3, 2: (Hannibali) opposuit natura Alpemque nivemque, Juv 10, 152.— To place or put before, to hold before:

ante oculos opposuit manum, Ov F. 4, 178: oculis manūs,

id. ib. 3, 46:

manum fronti,

id. M. 2, 276:

gallinae se opponant (pullis),

Cic. N. D. 2, 52, 130:

foramini oculos,

to keep before the opening, Petr. 96:

eos opponi omnibus contionibus auctores ad perniciem meam,

represented, held up as, Cic. Sest. 19, 42:

licet antestari? ego vero Oppono auriculam,

offer, present, Hor. S. 1, 9, 76:

oppositas habere fores,

i. e. closed, Ov. H. 17, 8. — To apply, as a remedy:

brassicam,

Cato, R. R. 157.—

In partic., to set against as a pledge, to pledge, wager, mortgage:

pono pallium: ille suum anulum opposivit,

Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 77: potes mutuam drachumam me dare? Ps. Vix hercle opino, etsi me opponam pignori, id. Ps. 1, 1, 84: ager oppositus est, pignori ob decem minas, Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 56; Vulg. 2 Esdr. 5, 3.—So, with a play upon both meanings:

villula nostra non ad Austri flatus opposita est, verum ad milia quindecim,

mortgaged, Cat. 26, 1 sq. —

To expose, lay bare or open, abandon:

opponere se periculis pro re publicā,

Cic. Balb. 10, 26:

Saguntinis pro nudatā moenibus patriā corpora opponentibus,

Liv. 21, 8:

nudatas radices hiberno frigori,

Plin. 17, 28, 47, § 262.—

Trop.

In gen., to set before, bring forward, set before the eyes or mind, to oppose, adduce, allege:

pericula intendantur, formidines opponantur,

Cic. Quint. 14, 47:

ut ante occupet (orator), quod videat opponi,

id. Or. 40, 138; id. Top. 24, 92; 25, 96:

auctoritatem suam,

id. Ac. 2, 20, 64:

his quattuor causis totidem medicinae opponuntur,

id. de Or. 2, 83, 339:

opposuisti semel Ciceronis nostri valetudinem: conticui,

id. Q. Fr. 2, 8 (10), 1:

muri causam,

id. Off. 3, 10, 41.—

In partic.

To speak against, oppose, object, reply, adduce in contradiction:

quid opponas, si negem,

Cic. Phil. 2, 4, 8:

non minorem auctoritatem,

id. Ac. 2, 20, 6:

iis opposuit sese Socrates,

id. Brut. 8, 31:

quid habes quod mihi opponas?

id. Phil. 2, 4, 8 sq.:

ut opponeret Stoicis, summum bonum esse frui iis rebus,

id. Ac. 2, 42, 131.—

To set against, oppose, by way of comparison:

multis secundis proeliis unum adversum, et id mediocre, opponerent,

Caes. B. C. 3, 73; Phaedr. Epil. 2:

rationibus labores,

Cic. Rep. 1, 3, 4:

quotiens quis dixerit, occidit Alexander Persarum multa milia, opponetur et Callisthenem,

Sen. Q. N. 6, 23, 2; id. Ep. 117, 5; 118, 8 sq.; cf.:

felicia tempora, quae te Moribus opponunt!

Juv. 2, 39.—

Jusjurandum alicui, to impose an oath on one, Dig. 37, 14, 6.—Hence. oppŏsĭtus, a, um, P a., placed or standing against or opposite, lying over against, opposed to, opposite (class.):

moles oppositae fluctibus,

Cic. Off. 2, 4, 14:

luna opposita soli,

id. Div. 2, 6, 17:

oppositam petens contra Zancleia saxa Rhegion,

Ov. M. 14, 47.— Trop.:

Narbo propugnaculum istis ipsis nationibus oppositum,

Cic. Font. 1, 3.—

Subst.: oppŏsĭta, ōrum, n. plur., opposite, i. e. contradictory propositions, opposites (postclass.): opposita (antikeimena Graeci dicunt), Geil. 16, 8, 13.

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

In gen.:

hic obsistam, ne, etc.,

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

alicui obviam,

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

obsistens obtestansque,

Liv. 2, 10, 3:

plures abeunti Volumnio obsistere,

id. 10, 19.—

In partic.

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

qui cum obsistere ac defendere conarentur,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 43, § 94:

omnibus ejus consiliis,

id. Cat. 3, 7, 17:

dolori,

id. Tusc. 2, 12, 28:

odiis,

id. Off. 2, 7, 23:

vitiis,

id. ib. 2, 10, 37:

visis,

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

opinionibus,

id. Ac. 2, 34, 108. —With inf.:

obstitit Oceanus in se simul atque in Herculem inquiri,

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

Histiaeus Miletus ne res conficeretur obstitit,

Nep. Milt. 3, 5:

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

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

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

Sen. Ben. 5, 5, 3.— Impers. pass.:

magnitudine animi facile posset repugnari obsistique fortunae,

Cic. Fin. 4, 7, 17.—

obstĭ-tus, a, um, P. a.

Over against, opposite:

luna radios solis obstiti vel adversi usurpat,

App. de Deo Socr. p. 42.—

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

FVLGVRA ATQVE OBSTITA PIANTO,

Cic. Leg. 2, 9, 21.

ob-sto, stĭti, ātum (obstaturus, Front. Aquaed. 123; Quint. 2, 11, 1; Stat. Th. 7, 247; gen. plur. obstantum, Sil. 5, 277), 1, v. n., to stand before or against any thing.

In gen. (very rare): soli luna obstitit, Enn. ap. Cic. Rep. 1, 16, 25 (Ann. v. 167 Vahl.); cf.: montibus obstipis obstantibus, id. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 193 Müll. (Ann. v. 407 ib.):

dominae niveis a vultibus obstas,

Stat. S. 1, 2, 23; so,

summis a postibus,

id. Th. 4, 17:

obviam,

to stand in the way, Plaut. Stich. 2, 1, 14.—

In partic., to stand against or in the way of a person or thing; to withstand, thwart, hinder, oppose, obstruct (the class. signif. of the word; syn.: obsisto, adversor, officio).—Constr. with dat., absol., with quin, quominus, cur, or ne.

With dat.:

quae tardis mora noctibus obstet,

Verg. A. 1, 746:

alicui,

Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 6: cur [p. 1245] mihi te offers ac meis commodis officis et obstas? Cic. Rosc. Am. 38, 112; cf. id. ib. 2, 6:

vita cetera eorum huic sceleri obstat,

their former life stands opposed to this crime, secures them against the suspicion of this crime, Sall. C. 52, 31:

di omnes quibus obstitit Ilium,

was an offence to, Verg. A. 6, 64:

nam sic labentibus (aedibus) obstat vilicus,

i. e. keeps from falling, Juv. 3, 194; cf. v. 243.—For the dat. in with acc. is found:

in laudem vetustorum invidia non obstat,

Sen. Ben. 7, 8, 2.—

Absol.: me obstare, illos obsequi, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 31, 66: restitant, occurrunt, obstant, id. ap. Non. 147, 9 (Sat. v. 5 ib.):

obstando magis quam pugnando castra tutabantur,

Liv. 40 25:

exercitus hostium duo obstant,

block up the way, Sall. C. 58, 6; Plaut. Trin. 1, 1, 15:

si omnia removentur, quae obstant et impediunt,

Cic. Ac. 2, 7, 19.—

With quin:

quibus non humana ulla, neque divina obstant, quin socios amicos trahant, exscindant,

Sall. H. 4, 61, 17 Dietsch.—

With quominus:

quid obstat, quominus sit beatus?

Cic. N. D. 1, 34, 95:

ne quid divini humanive obstet, quominus justum piumque de integro ineatur bellum,

Liv. 9, 8, 6.—

With cur:

quid obstat, cur non (verae nuptiae) fiant?

Ter. And. 1, 1, 76.—

With ne:

Histiaeus Milesius, ne res conficeretur, obstitit,

Nep. Milt. 3, 5:

cum ibi quoque religio obstaret, ne non posset nisi ab consule dici dictator,

Liv. 4, 31, 4:

ne id, quod placebat, decerneret in tantae nobilitatis viris, ambitio obstabat,

id. 5, 36, 9.—

Impers. pass.:

nec, si non obstatur, propterea etiam permittitur,

Cic. Phil. 13, 6, 14:

indignatur amans Obstari animae,

Ov. M. 11, 788.—

Part. pres. in plur. as subst.: obstantia, ĭum, n.:

obstantia silvarum amoliri,

hinderances, obstructions, Tac. A. 1, 50.

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

Lit.

Neutr.:

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

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

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

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

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

Cic. Rab. Post. 16, 43:

demoliri ea, quorum altitudo officeret auspiciis,

id. Off. 3, 16, 66:

ipsa umbra terrae soli officiens noctem efficit,

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

cum alii in angustiis ipsi sibi properantes officerent,

Sall. J. 58, 6:

hostium itineri,

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

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

quapropter simul inter se retrahuntur et extra Officiuntur,

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

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

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

Plaut. As. 1, 1, 97:

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

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

consiliis alicujus,

Sall. C. 27, 4:

timor animi auribus officit,

id. ib. 58, 2:

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

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

lactucae officiunt claritati oculorum,

Plin. 20, 7, 26, § 68.—With quominus:

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

Plin. Ep. 6, 29, 6.

oppōno ( obp-), pŏsŭi (in Plaut pŏsīvi), sĭtum, 3 ( sync.:

oppostus for oppositus,

Lucr. 4, 150), v. a. [ob-pono], to set or place against, to set or station before or opposite, to oppose (class., cf.: obicio, offero, adversor).

Lit.

In gen.:

se venientibus in itinere,

Caes. B. C 3, 30:

huic equites,

id. ib. 3, 75:

turrim ad introitum portūs,

id. ib. 3, 39: armatos homines ad omnes introitus. Cic. Caecin. 8, 27:

Eumenem adversariis,

Nep. Eum. 3, 2: (Hannibali) opposuit natura Alpemque nivemque, Juv 10, 152.— To place or put before, to hold before:

ante oculos opposuit manum, Ov F. 4, 178: oculis manūs,

id. ib. 3, 46:

manum fronti,

id. M. 2, 276:

gallinae se opponant (pullis),

Cic. N. D. 2, 52, 130:

foramini oculos,

to keep before the opening, Petr. 96:

eos opponi omnibus contionibus auctores ad perniciem meam,

represented, held up as, Cic. Sest. 19, 42:

licet antestari? ego vero Oppono auriculam,

offer, present, Hor. S. 1, 9, 76:

oppositas habere fores,

i. e. closed, Ov. H. 17, 8. — To apply, as a remedy:

brassicam,

Cato, R. R. 157.—

In partic., to set against as a pledge, to pledge, wager, mortgage:

pono pallium: ille suum anulum opposivit,

Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 77: potes mutuam drachumam me dare? Ps. Vix hercle opino, etsi me opponam pignori, id. Ps. 1, 1, 84: ager oppositus est, pignori ob decem minas, Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 56; Vulg. 2 Esdr. 5, 3.—So, with a play upon both meanings:

villula nostra non ad Austri flatus opposita est, verum ad milia quindecim,

mortgaged, Cat. 26, 1 sq. —

To expose, lay bare or open, abandon:

opponere se periculis pro re publicā,

Cic. Balb. 10, 26:

Saguntinis pro nudatā moenibus patriā corpora opponentibus,

Liv. 21, 8:

nudatas radices hiberno frigori,

Plin. 17, 28, 47, § 262.—

Trop.

In gen., to set before, bring forward, set before the eyes or mind, to oppose, adduce, allege:

pericula intendantur, formidines opponantur,

Cic. Quint. 14, 47:

ut ante occupet (orator), quod videat opponi,

id. Or. 40, 138; id. Top. 24, 92; 25, 96:

auctoritatem suam,

id. Ac. 2, 20, 64:

his quattuor causis totidem medicinae opponuntur,

id. de Or. 2, 83, 339:

opposuisti semel Ciceronis nostri valetudinem: conticui,

id. Q. Fr. 2, 8 (10), 1:

muri causam,

id. Off. 3, 10, 41.—

In partic.

To speak against, oppose, object, reply, adduce in contradiction:

quid opponas, si negem,

Cic. Phil. 2, 4, 8:

non minorem auctoritatem,

id. Ac. 2, 20, 6:

iis opposuit sese Socrates,

id. Brut. 8, 31:

quid habes quod mihi opponas?

id. Phil. 2, 4, 8 sq.:

ut opponeret Stoicis, summum bonum esse frui iis rebus,

id. Ac. 2, 42, 131.—

To set against, oppose, by way of comparison:

multis secundis proeliis unum adversum, et id mediocre, opponerent,

Caes. B. C. 3, 73; Phaedr. Epil. 2:

rationibus labores,

Cic. Rep. 1, 3, 4:

quotiens quis dixerit, occidit Alexander Persarum multa milia, opponetur et Callisthenem,

Sen. Q. N. 6, 23, 2; id. Ep. 117, 5; 118, 8 sq.; cf.:

felicia tempora, quae te Moribus opponunt!

Juv. 2, 39.—

Jusjurandum alicui, to impose an oath on one, Dig. 37, 14, 6.—Hence. oppŏsĭtus, a, um, P a., placed or standing against or opposite, lying over against, opposed to, opposite (class.):

moles oppositae fluctibus,

Cic. Off. 2, 4, 14:

luna opposita soli,

id. Div. 2, 6, 17:

oppositam petens contra Zancleia saxa Rhegion,

Ov. M. 14, 47.— Trop.:

Narbo propugnaculum istis ipsis nationibus oppositum,

Cic. Font. 1, 3.—

Subst.: oppŏsĭta, ōrum, n. plur., opposite, i. e. contradictory propositions, opposites (postclass.): opposita (antikeimena Graeci dicunt), Geil. 16, 8, 13.

oppōno ( obp-), pŏsŭi (in Plaut pŏsīvi), sĭtum, 3 ( sync.:

oppostus for oppositus,

Lucr. 4, 150), v. a. [ob-pono], to set or place against, to set or station before or opposite, to oppose (class., cf.: obicio, offero, adversor).

Lit.

In gen.:

se venientibus in itinere,

Caes. B. C 3, 30:

huic equites,

id. ib. 3, 75:

turrim ad introitum portūs,

id. ib. 3, 39: armatos homines ad omnes introitus. Cic. Caecin. 8, 27:

Eumenem adversariis,

Nep. Eum. 3, 2: (Hannibali) opposuit natura Alpemque nivemque, Juv 10, 152.— To place or put before, to hold before:

ante oculos opposuit manum, Ov F. 4, 178: oculis manūs,

id. ib. 3, 46:

manum fronti,

id. M. 2, 276:

gallinae se opponant (pullis),

Cic. N. D. 2, 52, 130:

foramini oculos,

to keep before the opening, Petr. 96:

eos opponi omnibus contionibus auctores ad perniciem meam,

represented, held up as, Cic. Sest. 19, 42:

licet antestari? ego vero Oppono auriculam,

offer, present, Hor. S. 1, 9, 76:

oppositas habere fores,

i. e. closed, Ov. H. 17, 8. — To apply, as a remedy:

brassicam,

Cato, R. R. 157.—

In partic., to set against as a pledge, to pledge, wager, mortgage:

pono pallium: ille suum anulum opposivit,

Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 77: potes mutuam drachumam me dare? Ps. Vix hercle opino, etsi me opponam pignori, id. Ps. 1, 1, 84: ager oppositus est, pignori ob decem minas, Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 56; Vulg. 2 Esdr. 5, 3.—So, with a play upon both meanings:

villula nostra non ad Austri flatus opposita est, verum ad milia quindecim,

mortgaged, Cat. 26, 1 sq. —

To expose, lay bare or open, abandon:

opponere se periculis pro re publicā,

Cic. Balb. 10, 26:

Saguntinis pro nudatā moenibus patriā corpora opponentibus,

Liv. 21, 8:

nudatas radices hiberno frigori,

Plin. 17, 28, 47, § 262.—

Trop.

In gen., to set before, bring forward, set before the eyes or mind, to oppose, adduce, allege:

pericula intendantur, formidines opponantur,

Cic. Quint. 14, 47:

ut ante occupet (orator), quod videat opponi,

id. Or. 40, 138; id. Top. 24, 92; 25, 96:

auctoritatem suam,

id. Ac. 2, 20, 64:

his quattuor causis totidem medicinae opponuntur,

id. de Or. 2, 83, 339:

opposuisti semel Ciceronis nostri valetudinem: conticui,

id. Q. Fr. 2, 8 (10), 1:

muri causam,

id. Off. 3, 10, 41.—

In partic.

To speak against, oppose, object, reply, adduce in contradiction:

quid opponas, si negem,

Cic. Phil. 2, 4, 8:

non minorem auctoritatem,

id. Ac. 2, 20, 6:

iis opposuit sese Socrates,

id. Brut. 8, 31:

quid habes quod mihi opponas?

id. Phil. 2, 4, 8 sq.:

ut opponeret Stoicis, summum bonum esse frui iis rebus,

id. Ac. 2, 42, 131.—

To set against, oppose, by way of comparison:

multis secundis proeliis unum adversum, et id mediocre, opponerent,

Caes. B. C. 3, 73; Phaedr. Epil. 2:

rationibus labores,

Cic. Rep. 1, 3, 4:

quotiens quis dixerit, occidit Alexander Persarum multa milia, opponetur et Callisthenem,

Sen. Q. N. 6, 23, 2; id. Ep. 117, 5; 118, 8 sq.; cf.:

felicia tempora, quae te Moribus opponunt!

Juv. 2, 39.—

Jusjurandum alicui, to impose an oath on one, Dig. 37, 14, 6.—Hence. oppŏsĭtus, a, um, P a., placed or standing against or opposite, lying over against, opposed to, opposite (class.):

moles oppositae fluctibus,

Cic. Off. 2, 4, 14:

luna opposita soli,

id. Div. 2, 6, 17:

oppositam petens contra Zancleia saxa Rhegion,

Ov. M. 14, 47.— Trop.:

Narbo propugnaculum istis ipsis nationibus oppositum,

Cic. Font. 1, 3.—

Subst.: oppŏsĭta, ōrum, n. plur., opposite, i. e. contradictory propositions, opposites (postclass.): opposita (antikeimena Graeci dicunt), Geil. 16, 8, 13.

rē̆-frāgor, ātus, 1, v. dep. n., a publicists' t. t., to oppose, resist; to thwart, gainsay (one who sues for a thing; opp. suffragor).

Lit.:

illa lex petitioni tuae refragata est,

Cic. Mur. 23, 46:

ne refragari homini amicissimo videar,

id. Phil. 11, 9, 20:

alicujus honori (sc. triumpho),

Liv. 45, 40:

alicui, ne, etc.,

Vell. 2, 40, 6. —

Transf., to resist, oppose, contest, withstand (not in Cic.;

syn.: repugno, adversor): tacita quaedam cogitatio refragatur his omnibus,

Quint. 5, 7, 2:

cui non refragetur ingenium,

id. 10, 6, 4:

lactuca refragatur veneri,

Plin. 19, 8, 38, § 127:

gloriae suae non refragari,

Curt. 9, 5, 21.— Absol.:

si materia non refragetur,

Plin. Ep. 2, 5, 5.

rĕluctor, ātus, 1 ( abl. part. pres. reluctanti, Ov Am. 3, 4, 14), v. dep. n., to struggle against any thing, to resist ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose; syn.: repugno, renitor, adversor).

Lit.:

visit cubiculum, in quo reluctantis et impulsae (uxoris) vestigia cernebantur,

Tac. A. 4, 22:

huic spiritus oris Multa reluctanti obstruitur,

Verg. G. 4, 301:

reluctantes dracones,

Hor. C. 4, 4, 11; Ov. Am. 3, 4, 14:

hostis reluctans,

id. ib. 2, 9, 12; Curt. 6, 2, 6.— Poet., with inf.:

equites illic poscentia cursum Ora reluctantur pressis sedare lupatis,

Claud. in Ruf 2, 354. —

Transf., of inanimate subjects:

Mycale, quam deduxisse canendo Saepe reluctatae constabat cornua lunae,

Ov. M. 12, 264:

inter obstantia saxa fractis aquis ac reluctantibus,

Quint. 9, 4, 7:

reluctantur faces,

Sen. Herc. Oet. 1729:

domitare ventos reluctantes,

Plin. Pan. 81, 4.—

Trop., to oppose, resist; to be adverse or reluctant:

reluctatus invitusque revertens in Italiam,

Vell. 2, 102, 5; cf.:

diu sum equidem reluctatus, Quint. prooem. § 1: diuque precibus ipsum reluctatum aegre vicerunt, ut, etc.,

Curt. 8, 2, 11; cf. Mart. 5, 35, 5:

his tot tantisque rationibus, quamquam multum reluctata verecundia Principis nostri, tandem tamen, cessit,

Plin. Pan. 60, 4:

fatis reluctantibus,

Petr. 111.

Act. collat. form:

faucibus ipsis hiantis Cerberi reluctabat,

App. M. 4, p. 151, 28:

pectus et venter reluctabat,

id. ib. 7, p. 189, 38; Fulg. contr Verg.—

Reluctatus, in a pass. signif., Claud. Rapt. Pros. 1, 42.

rĕ-nītor, nīti, v. dep. n., to strive or struggle against, to withstand, resist (rare and not ante-Aug.; syn.: resisto, adversor, reluctor).

Lit.:

quoniam alter motus alteri renititur,

Plin. 2, 82, 84, § 198; 16, 42, 81, § 222; so,

os (specillo),

Cels. 5, 28, 12.—

Trop.:

cum illi renitentes pactos dicerent sese,

Liv. 5, 49 Drak.:

renitentibus vobis,

Curt. 6, 3, 5; Plin. 8, 32, 50, § 118:

quo renitente,

Amm. 31, 12, 15; 31, 13, 10.