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  • 41 iter

    ĭter, ĭtĭnĕris (archaic forms: nom. ĭtĭner, Enn. Pac. Att. Varr. ap. Non. 482, 20; Plaut. Merc. 5, 2, 72; Lucr. 6, 339; Mart. Cap. 9, § 897.— Gen. iteris, Naev. ap. Prisc. p. 695 P.; id. ap. Non. 485, 3; Jul. Hyg. ap. Charis. p. 108 P.; also, iteneris, Lex Agr., C. I. L. 1, 200, 26.— Abl. itere, Att. and Varr. ap. Non. 485, 8; Lucr. 5, 653), n. [for itiner, from īre, ĭtum], a going, a walk, way.
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.:

    dicam in itinere,

    on the way, as we go along, Ter. Phorm. 3, 3, 34:

    hoc ipsa in itinere dum narrat,

    id. Heaut. 2, 3, 30:

    huc quia habebas iter,

    Plaut. As. 2, 3, 6:

    iter illi saepius in forum,

    Plin. Pan. 77:

    in diversum iter equi concitati,

    Liv. 1, 28. — Hence,
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    A going to a distant place, a journey; and of an army, a march:

    cum illi iter instaret et subitum et longum,

    Cic. Att. 13, 23, 1; 3, 2 init.:

    ut in itinere copia frumenti suppeteret,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 3:

    qui eo itineris causa convenerant,

    id. ib. 7, 55:

    sine ullo maleficio iter per provinciam facere,

    id. ib. 1, 7:

    in ipso itinere confligere,

    Liv. 29, 36, 4; Nep. Eum. 8, 1; Hirt. B. G. 8, 27, 5; Just. 11, 15, 4:

    Catilina ex itinere plerisque consularibus litteras mittit,

    Sall. C. 34, 2:

    committere se itineri,

    Cic. Phil. 12, 10:

    ingredi pedibus,

    id. de Sen. 10:

    conficere pulverulentā viā,

    id. Att. 5, 14:

    iter mihi est Lanuvium,

    id. Mil. 10:

    iter habere Capuam,

    id. Att. 8, 11:

    facere in Apuliam,

    id. ib.:

    agere,

    Dig. 47, 5, 6; Salv. Gub. Dei, 1, 9: contendere iter, to hasten one ' s journey, Cic. Rosc. Am. 34, 97; so,

    intendere,

    Liv. 21, 29:

    maturare,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 63:

    properare,

    Tac. H. 3, 40:

    conficere,

    Cic. Att. 5, 14, 1; 4, 14, 2; id. Vatin. 5, 12:

    constituere,

    to determine upon, id. Att. 3, 1 init.:

    urgere,

    Ov. F. 6, 520: convertere in aliquem locum, to direct one ' s journey to a certain place, Caes. B. G. 7, 56: dirigere ad Mutinam, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 11:

    agere in aliquam partem,

    Ov. M. 2, 715: flectere, to change one ' s course, Verg. A. 7, 35:

    convertere,

    to direct, Cic. Att. 3, 3:

    facere,

    id. ib. 8, 11, C; Nep. Pel. 2, 5; Suet. Ner. 30 fin.; id. Aug. 64:

    comparare,

    to prepare for a journey, Nep. Alc. 10; Claud. Eutr. 2, 97:

    supprimere,

    to stop, break off, Caes. B. C. 1, 66:

    retro vertere,

    Liv. 28, 3:

    ferre per medium mare,

    Verg. A. 7, 810:

    ferre Inachias urbes,

    Stat. Th. 1, 326:

    continuare die ac nocte,

    to march day and night, Caes. B. C. 3, 36:

    desistere itinere,

    id. B. G. 5, 11:

    coeptum dimittere,

    Ov. M. 2, 598:

    frangere,

    Stat. Th. 12, 232:

    impedire,

    Ov. H. 21, 74:

    instituere,

    Hor. C. 3, 27, 5:

    peragere,

    Verg. A. 6, 381; Hor. S. 2, 6, 99; Ov. F. 1, 188:

    rumpere,

    Hor. C. 3, 27, 5:

    itinere prohibere aliquem,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 9:

    ex itinere redire,

    Cic. Att. 15, 24; Suet. Tit. 5:

    revertere,

    Cic. Div. 1, 15, 26:

    Boii ex itinere nostros adgressi,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 25, 6:

    tutum alicui praestare,

    Cic. Planc. 41.—
    2.
    Iter terrestre, iter pedestre, a journey by land, a land route (not ante-Aug.):

    iter terrestre facturus,

    Just. 12, 10, 7:

    inde terrestri itinere frumentum advehere,

    Tac. H. 4, 35:

    terrestri itinere ducere legiones,

    Liv. 30, 36, 3; 44, 1, 4; Curt. 9, 10, 2:

    pedestri itinere confecto,

    Suet. Claud. 17:

    pedestri itinere Romam pervenire,

    Liv. 36, 21, 6; 37, 45, 2; Amm. 31, 11, 6.—
    3.
    A journey, a march, considered as a measure of distance: cum abessem ab Amano iter unius diei, a day ' s journey, Cic. Fam. 15, 4:

    cum dierum iter quadraginta processerit,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 24: quam maximis itineribus potest in Galliam contendit, by making each day ' s journey as long as possible, i. e. forced marches, id. ib. 1, 7:

    magnis diurnis nocturnisque itineribus contendere,

    id. ib. 1, 38:

    itinera multo majora fugiens quam ego sequens,

    making greater marches in his flight, Brut. ad Cic. Fam. 11, 13.— Hence, justum iter diei, a day's march of a proper length:

    confecto justo itinere ejus diei,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 76. —
    4.
    The place in which one goes, travels, etc., a way, passage, path, road: qua ibant ab itu iter appellarant, Varr. L. L. 5, § 35 Müll.; cf.

    5, § 22: itineribus deviis proticisci in provinciam,

    Cic. Att. 14, 10:

    erant omnino itinera duo, quibus itineribus domo exire possent,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 6:

    pedestria itinera concisa aestuariis,

    id. ib. 3, 9:

    patefacere alicui iter in aliquem locum,

    Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 11:

    in diversum iter equi concitati,

    Liv. 1, 28:

    ut deviis itineribus milites duceret,

    Nep. Eum. 3, 5:

    itinere devio per ignorantiam locorum retardati,

    Suet. Galb. 20:

    exercitum per insidiosa itinera ducere,

    id. Caes. 58:

    qua rectum iter in Persidem ducebat,

    Curt. 13, 11, 19:

    ferro aperire,

    Sall. C. 58, 7:

    fodiendo, substruendo iter facere,

    Dig. 8, 1, 10.— Of the corridors in houses, Vitr. 6, 9.—Of any passage:

    iter urinae,

    the urethra, Cels. 7, 25:

    iter vocis,

    Verg. A. 7, 534:

    itinera aquae,

    Col. 8, 17: carpere iter, to pursue a journey:

    Rubos fessi pervenimus utpote longum carpentes iter,

    Hor. S. 1, 5, 95:

    non utile carpis iter,

    Ov. M. 2, 550: alicui iter claudere, to block one ' s way, close the way for him:

    ne suus hoc illis clauserit auctor iter,

    Ov. P. 1, 1, 6; id. F. 1, 272; id. M. 14, 793: iter ingredi, to enter on a way or road, Suet. Caes. 31:

    iter patefacere,

    to open a way, Caes. B. G. 3, 1.—
    5.
    A privilege or legal right of going to a place, the right of way:

    aquaeductus, haustus, iter, actus a patre sumitur,

    Cic. Caecin. 26, 74:

    negat se posse iter ulli per provinciam dare,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 8, 3; cf. Dig. 8, 3, 1, § 1; 8, 3, 7; 12.—
    II.
    Trop., a way, course, custom, method of a person or thing:

    patiamur illum ire nostris itineribus,

    Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 3:

    verum iter gloriae,

    id. Phil. 1, 14, 33:

    videmus naturam suo quodam itinere ad ultimum pervenire,

    id. N. D. 2, 13, 35:

    iter amoris nostri et officii mei,

    id. Att. 4, 2, 1:

    salutis,

    Verg. A. 2, 387:

    fecit iter sceleri,

    Ov. M. 15, 106:

    labi per iter declive senectae,

    id. ib. 15, 227:

    vitae diversum iter ingredi,

    Juv. 7, 172:

    duo itinera audendi,

    Tac. H. 4, 49:

    novis et exquisitis eloquentiae itineribus opus est,

    id. Or. 19:

    pronum ad honores,

    Plin. Ep. 8, 10 fin.; cf.:

    novum ad principatum,

    id. Pan. 7, 1.

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  • 42 ludus

    lūdus, i, m. [id.], a play.
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen., a play, game, diversion, pastime:

    ad pilam se aut ad talos, aut ad tessaras conferunt, aut etiam novum sibi aliquem excogitant in otio ludum,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 15, 58:

    datur concessu omnium huic aliqui ludus aetati,

    id. Cael. 12, 28:

    campestris,

    id. ib. 5, 11:

    nec lusisse pudet, sed non incidere ludum,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 36.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    Ludi, public games, plays, spectacles, shows, exhibitions, which were given in honor of the gods, etc.
    (α).
    In gen.:

    hoc praetore ludos Apollini faciente,

    Cic. Brut. 20, 78:

    ludos committere,

    id. Q. Fr. 3, 4, 6:

    ludos magnificentissimos apparare,

    id. ib. 3, 8, 6:

    ludos apparatissimos magnificentissimosque facere,

    id. Sest. 54, 116:

    ludos aspicere,

    Ov. F. 6, 238:

    ludos persolvere alicui deo,

    id. ib. 5, 330: ludis, during the games, Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. 63, 18; Plaut. Cas. prol. 27:

    circus maximus ne diebus quidem ludorum Circensium... irrigabatur,

    Front. Aq. 97.— Sing.:

    haec ultra quid erit, nisi ludus?

    Juv. 8, 199.—
    (β).
    In this sense, ludi is freq. in appos. with the neutr. plur. of the adj. which names the games:

    ludi Consualia,

    Liv. 1, 9, 6:

    ludi Cerealia,

    id. 30, 39, 8:

    ludi Taurilia,

    id. 39, 22, 1 (Weissenb. Taurii); 34, 54, 3; cf.:

    quaedam faciem soloecismi habent... ut tragoedia Thyestes, ut ludi Floralia ac Megalensia... numquam aliter a veteribus dicta,

    Quint. 1, 5, 52; cf.:

    ludis Megalensibus,

    Gell. 2, 24, 2.—
    (γ).
    Also with gen. of place:

    eo ipso die auditam esse eam pugnam ludis Olympiae memoriae proditum est,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 2, 6.—
    2.
    Stage-plays (opp. to the games of the circus):

    venationes autem ludosque et cum collegā et separatim edidit,

    Suet. Caes. 10.—
    C.
    A place of exercise or practice, a school for elementary instruction and discipline (cf. schola):

    in ludum ire,

    Plaut. Pers. 2, 1, 6:

    fidicinus,

    music-school, id. Rud. prol. 43:

    litterarius,

    id. Merc. 2, 2, 32:

    litterarum ludi,

    Liv. 3, 44; 6, 25:

    ludus discendi,

    Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 4, 6:

    Dionysius Corinthi dicitur ludum aperuisse,

    id. Fam. 9, 18, 1:

    Isocrates, cujus e ludo, tamquam ex equo Trojano, meri principes exierunt,

    id. de Or. 2, 22, 94; id. Or. 42, 144:

    gladiatores, quos ibi Caesar in ludo habebat,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 14, 4:

    militaris,

    Liv. 7, 33, 1:

    litterarii paene ista sunt ludi et trivialis scientiae,

    Quint. 1, 4, 27:

    litterarium ludum exercere,

    Tac. A. 3, 66:

    obsides quosdam abductos e litterario ludo,

    Suet. Calig. 45:

    ibi namque (in foro) in tabernis litterarum ludi erant,

    Liv. 3, 44, 6:

    quem puerum in ludo cognōrat,

    Nep. Att. 10, 3:

    in Flavī ludum me mittere,

    Hor. S. 1, 6, 72; cf. Gell. 15, 11, 2; Suet. Gram. 4; id. Rhet. 1:

    sic veniunt ad miscellanea ludi,

    Juv. 11, 26.
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    Play, sport, i. e. any thing done, as it were, in play, without trouble, mere sport, child's play:

    oratio ludus est homini non hebeti,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 17, 72:

    cum illa perdiscere ludus esset,

    id. Fin. 1, 8, 27:

    quibus (Graecis) jusjurandum jocus est, testimonium ludus,

    id. Fl. 5, 12.—
    B.
    Sport, jest, joke, fun: si vis videre ludos [p. 1084] jucundissimos, Plaut. Poen. 1, 1, 78:

    ad honores per ludum et per neglegentiam pervenire,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 70, § 181:

    aliquem per ludum et jocum evertere,

    id. ib. 2, 1, 60, §

    155: amoto quaeramus seria ludo,

    Hor. S. 1, 1, 27:

    vertere seria ludo,

    id. A. P. 226:

    nil per ludum simulabitur,

    Juv. 6, 324:

    ut ludos facit,

    Ter. Phorm. 5, 7, 52: ludos facere aliquem, to make sport of, make game of, to banter, jeer at, mock:

    ut nunc is te ludos facit,

    Plaut. Capt. 3, 4, 47:

    quem, senecta aetate, ludos facias,

    id. Aul. 2, 2, 74.— With dat.:

    miris modis dī ludos faciunt hominibus,

    Plaut. Rud. 3, 1, 1; id. Truc. 4, 2, 46.—In pass.:

    ludos fieri,

    Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 72:

    hocine me aetatis ludos vis factum esse indigne?

    id. Bacch. 5, 1, 4: ludos aliquem dimittere, to send one away with scorn and derision, or, as in Engl., to send one off with a flea in his ear:

    numquam hercle quisquam me lenonem dixerit, si te non ludos pessimos dimisero,

    id. Rud. 3, 5, 11:

    ludos facis me,

    id. Am. 2, 1, 21: facere ludos aliquid, to make a jest or a trifle of any thing, to throw away, to lose:

    nunc et operam ludos facit, et retia, etc.,

    id. Rud. 4, 1, 9:

    ludos dare, praebere,

    to make one's self ridiculous, Ter. Eun. 5, 7, 9:

    ludos alicui reddere,

    to play tricks on, id. And. 3, 1, 21: dare ludum alicui, to give play to one, i. e. to humor, indulge, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 10, 7; id. Cas. prol. 25; id. Bacch. 4, 10, 9:

    amori dare ludum,

    Hor. C. 3, 12, 1: ludus aetatis, the pleasures of love:

    si frui liceret ludo aetatis, praesertim recto et legitimo amore,

    Liv. 26, 50.—
    C.
    Ludus, the title of a work of Nævius:

    ut est in Naevii Ludo,

    Cic. de Sen. 6, 20; Fest. s. v. redhostire, p. 270, 22 Müll.—Also, Ludus de Morte Claudii, a work of Seneca.

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  • 43 procedo

    prō-cēdo, cessi, cessum, 3, v. n., to go forth or before, to go forwards, advance, proceed (class.; cf.: progredior, prodeo).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.:

    procedere ad forum,

    Plaut. Cas. 3, 3, 2:

    illuc procede,

    id. Capt. 5, 2, 1:

    a portu,

    Cic. Fam. 16, 9, 1: ante agmen, Hirt. B. G. 8, 27, 4:

    nil cum procede re lintrem Sentimus,

    Hor. S. 1, 5, 20:

    pedibus aequis,

    Ov. P. 4, 5, 3:

    passu tacito,

    Val. Fl. 5, 351.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    In milit. lang., to go or march forwards, to advance, Caes. B. C. 3, 34:

    lente atque paulatim proceditur,

    id. ib. 1, 80; id. B. G. 6, 25:

    agmen procedit,

    Cic. Tusc. 2, 16, 37; Curt. 7, 3, 19:

    processum in aciem est,

    Liv. 25, 21:

    ipsi jam pridem avidi certaminis procedunt,

    id. 3, 62, 6.—Cf. of ships, Caes. B. G. 7, 61; Verg. A. 4, 587.—
    2.
    Of processions, to go on, set forward, move on, advance, etc.:

    funus interim Procedit: sequimur,

    Ter. And. 1, 1, 101; Hor. C. 4, 2, 49:

    tacito procedens agmine,

    Sil. 7, 91:

    vidisti Latios consul procedere fasces,

    id. 6, 443.—
    C.
    Transf.
    1.
    To go or come forth or out, to advance, issue:

    foribus foras procedere,

    Plaut. Ps. 2, 2, 12:

    castris,

    Verg. A. 12, 169:

    extra munitiones,

    Caes. B. G 5, 43:

    in medium,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 36, § 94:

    e tabernaculo in solem,

    id. Brut. 9, 37:

    in pedes procedere nascentem, contra naturam est,

    to be born feet first, Plin. 7, 8, 6, § 45:

    mediā procedit ab aulā,

    Ov. M. 14, 46.—
    b.
    In gen., to show one's self, to appear:

    cum veste purpureā procedere,

    Cic. Div. 1, 52, 119:

    obviam alicui procedere,

    to go towards, go to meet, id. Sest. 13, 68; cf.:

    Jugurthae obvius procedit,

    Sall. J. 21, 1:

    obviam,

    id. ib. 53, 5:

    procedat vel Numa,

    Juv. 3, 138.—
    c.
    In partic., to issue from the mouth, to be uttered:

    sed interdum voces procedebant contumaces et inconsultae,

    Tac. A. 4, 60 init.; Vulg. 1 Cor. 14, 36.—
    d.
    Of stars, etc., to rise, come into view:

    Ecce Dionaei processit Caesaris astrum,

    Verg. E. 9, 47:

    vesper,

    id. ib. 6, 86.—
    e.
    Of the moon, to wax, increase, Pall. 7, 3.—
    2.
    Of plants, to put forth, spring forth, grow (ante-class. and in post-Aug. prose):

    antequam radices longius procedere possint,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 23, 5:

    plerumque germen de cicatrice procedit,

    Col. 4, 22, 4:

    gemma sine dubio processura,

    Pall. 7, 5, 3; 8, 3, 1 et saep.—
    3.
    Of place, to project, extend:

    ita ut in pedes binos fossa procedat,

    Plin. 17, 21, 35, § 159:

    Lydia super Ioniam procedit,

    id. 5, 29, 30, § 110:

    promuntorium, quod contra Peloponnesum procedit,

    id. 4, 2, 3, § 6; Cels. 8, 1.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    Of time, to advance, pass, elapse (class.):

    ubi plerumque noctis processit,

    Sall. J. 21, 2; Nep. Pel. 3, 3:

    jamque dies alterque dies processit,

    Verg. A. 3, 356:

    dies procedens,

    Cic. Tusc. 3, 22, 53:

    procedente tempore,

    in process of time, Plin. Ep. 6, 31, 17:

    si aetate processerit,

    Cic. Phil. 5, 18, 50:

    tempus processit,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 25:

    procedente die,

    Liv. 28, 15; Plin. Ep. 3, 20, 8:

    procedunt tempora tarde,

    Ov. Tr. 5, 10, 5:

    incipient magni procedere menses,

    Verg. E. 4, 12:

    pars major anni jam processerat,

    Liv. 3, 37.—
    B.
    To come or go forth, to appear, to present or show one's self ( poet. and post-Aug.):

    nunc volo subducto gravior procedere voltu,

    i. e. to conduct myself more gravely, to undertake more serious matters, Prop. 2, 10 (3, 1), 9:

    quis postea ad summam Thucydidis, quis Hyperidis ad famam processit?

    Petr. 2.—
    2.
    In partic., to go or get on, to advance, make progress (class.; cf.

    proficio): dicendi laude multum,

    Cic. Brut. 36, 137:

    in philosophiā,

    id. Fin. 3, 2, 6:

    honoribus longius,

    id. Brut. 48, 180; cf. id. Har. Resp. 23, 48:

    ad virtutis aditum,

    id. Fin. 3, 14, 48:

    ambitio et procedendi libido,

    a passion for getting on, for rising in the world, Plin. Ep 8, 6, 3:

    longius iras,

    Verg. A. 5, 461:

    perspicuum est, quo compositiones unguentorum processerint,

    to what extent, how far, Cic. N. D. 2, 58, 146:

    ut ratione et viā procedat oratio,

    id. Fin. 1, 9, 29:

    eo vecordiae processit, ut,

    went so far in folly, Sall. J. 5, 2:

    Adherbal, ubi intellegit eo processum,

    id. ib. 21, 1; so,

    processit in id furoris,

    Vell. 2, 80, 2:

    eoque ira processit, ut, etc.,

    Liv. 9, 26, 2:

    ex infimā fortunā in ordinem senatorium, et ad summos honores,

    Suet. Rhet. 1, 10.—
    C.
    To run on, continue, remain:

    et cum stationes procederent, prope obruentibus infirmum corpus armis,

    i. e. guard duty returned so frequently as to seem continuous, Liv. 5, 48, 7:

    ut iis stipendia procederent,

    id. 25, 5, 8; 27, 11, 14; cf.

    aera,

    id. 5, 7, 12.—
    D.
    To go on, continue, follow; esp. of speech, etc.:

    ad dissuadendum,

    Liv. 30, 35; cf. Plaut. Am. prol. 117: non imitor lakônismon tuum:

    altera jam pagella procedit,

    Cic. Fam. 11, 25, 2.—
    E.
    To [p. 1451] turn out, result, succeed, prosper (class.):

    parum procedere,

    Ter. And. 4, 1, 48; Liv. 1, 57; 38, 7:

    nonnumquam summis oratoribus non satis ex sententiā eventum dicendi procedere,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 27, 123:

    alicui pulcherrime,

    id. Phil. 13, 19, 40:

    alicui bene,

    id. Rab. Post. 1, 1:

    omnia prospere procedent,

    Cic. Fam. 12, 9, 2.— Impers. (cf. succedo): quibus cum parum procederet, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 12, 3; cf.:

    velut processisset Spurio Licinio,

    Liv. 2, 44, 1.— Absol., to turn out or succeed well:

    mane quod tu occoeperis negotium agere, id totum procedit diem,

    Plaut. Pers. 1, 3, 34:

    ferme ut quisque quidque occoeperit, sic ei procedunt post principia,

    id. ib. 4, 1, 4:

    Syre, processisti hodie pulcre,

    have succeeded finely, Ter. Ad. 5, 9, 22:

    si processit,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 98, § 227:

    quod si consilia Andranodoro processissent,

    Liv. 24, 26, 5.—
    2.
    To turn out favorably for, to result in favor of, to benefit, be of use to one:

    totidem dies emptori procedent,

    Cato, R. R. 148:

    benefacta mea reipublicae procedunt,

    Sall. J. 85, 5; Ov. H. 9, 109.—
    3.
    To be effectual:

    venenum non processerat,

    Tac. A. 15, 60:

    medicina processit,

    Col. 6, 6, 4.—
    F.
    To go or pass for, to be counted or reckoned as any thing (anteand post-class.):

    ut binae (oves) pro singulis procedant,

    shall be reckoned as one, Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 5; Dig. 5, 3, 32:

    quod ita procedit, si ea, cui donabatur, eum interposuit,

    ib. 24, 1, 11.—
    G.
    To happen, take place, occur (ante-class.):

    numquid processit ad forum hodie novi?

    Plaut. Most. 4, 3, 7.—
    H.
    To come or proceed from, to be derived from (post-class.):

    res, quae a sacratissimis imperatoribus procedunt,

    Cod. Just. 7, 37, 3.— In part. pass.:

    in processā aetate,

    advanced, Scrib. Comp. 100.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > procedo

  • 44 refero

    rĕ-fĕro, rettŭli (also written retuli), rĕlātum (rēlātum or rellatum, Lucr. 2, 1001), rĕferre, v. a. irr., to bear, carry, bring, draw, or give back (very freq. and class.; cf.: reduco, reporto, retraho).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    Ingen.: zonas, quas plenas argenti extuli, eas ex provinciā inanes rettuli, C. Gracchus ap. Gell. 15, 12 fin.:

    arma,

    Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 25:

    vasa domum,

    id. Poen. 4, 2, 25; cf.:

    pallam domum,

    id. Men. 5, 7, 59; 4, 2, 97; 98; cf.:

    anulum ad me,

    id. Cas. 2, 1, 1;

    and simply pallam, spinther,

    id. Men. 3, 3, 16; 5, 1, 5; 5, 2, 56:

    secum aurum,

    id. Aul. 4, 5, 4:

    exta,

    id. Poen. 2, 44:

    uvidum rete sine squamoso pecu,

    id. Rud. 4, 3, 5:

    aestus aliquem in portum refert,

    id. As. 1, 3, 6:

    Auster me ad tribulos tuos Rhegium rettulit,

    Cic. Fam. 12, 25, 3: ut naves eodem, unde erant profectae, reterrentur, Caes. B. G. 4, 28:

    me referunt pedes in Tusculanum,

    Cic. Att. 15, 16, B; cf.:

    aliquem lecticae impositum domum,

    Suet. Caes. 82; and:

    in Palatium,

    id. Vit. 16: intro referre pedem, to turn one ' s feet back, to return, Plaut. Merc. 5, 4, 50; cf.:

    incertus tuum cave ad me rettuleris pedem,

    id. Ep. 3, 4, 3:

    caelo rettulit illa pedem,

    Ov. H. 16, 88; 15, 186:

    fertque refertque pedes,

    id. F. 6, 334 (for a different use of the phrase, v. infra B. 2.):

    in decimum vestigia rettulit annum (victoria),

    Verg. A. 11, 290:

    in convivia gressum,

    Sil. 11, 355:

    in thalamos cursum,

    id. 8, 89:

    ad nomen caput ille refert,

    turns his head, looks back, Ov. M. 3, 245:

    suumque Rettulit os in se,

    drew back, concealed, id. ib. 2, 303:

    ad Tuneta rursum castra refert,

    Liv. 30, 16:

    corpus in monumentum,

    Petr. 113:

    relatis Lacedaemona (ossibus),

    Just. 3, 3, 12:

    gemmam non ad os, sed ad genas,

    Ov. Tr. 5, 4, 5: digitos ad os referre, to draw back (v. digitus), Quint. 11, 3, 103:

    digitos ad frontem saepe,

    Ov. M. 15, 567:

    manum ad capulum,

    Tac. A. 15, 58 fin.:

    rursus enses vaginae,

    Sil. 7, 508:

    pecunias monumentaque, in templum,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 21:

    caput ejus in castra,

    id. B. G. 5, 58:

    vulneratos in locum tutum,

    id. B. C. 2, 41:

    cornua (urorum) in publicum,

    id. B. G. 6, 28:

    frumentum omne ad se referri jubet,

    id. ib. 7, 71:

    signa militaria, scutum, litteras ad Caesarem,

    id. ib. 7, 88; id. B. C. 3, 53; 3, 99; id. B. G. 1, 29; 5, 49:

    Caesaris capite relato,

    id. B. C. 3, 19 fin. —
    b.
    Esp.: referre se, to go back, return:

    Romam se rettulit,

    Cic. Fl. 21, 50:

    sese in castra,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 72 fin.:

    se huc,

    id. ib. 2, 8, 2:

    domum me Ad porri catinum,

    Hor. S. 1, 6, 115:

    sese ab Argis (Juno),

    Verg. A. 7, 286:

    se ab aestu,

    Ov. M. 14, 52; cf.:

    se de Britannis ovans,

    Tac. A. 13, 32:

    causam Cleanthes offert, cur se sol referat,

    Cic. N. D. 3, 14, 37.—
    c.
    Pass. in mid. sense, to return, arrive:

    sin reiciemur, tamen eodem paulo tardius referamur necesse est,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 49, 119:

    classem relatam,

    Verg. A. 1, 390:

    nunc Itali in tergum versis referuntur habenis,

    Sil. 4, 317; 7, 623.—
    d.
    To withdraw, remove:

    fines benignitatis introrsus referre,

    to narrow, Sen. Ben. 1, 14, 5:

    Seleucia ab mari relata,

    remote, Plin. 5, 27, 22, § 93. —
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    To give back something due; to give up, return, restore, pay back, repay (= reddere):

    scyphos, quos utendos dedi Philodamo, rettuleritne?

    Plaut. As. 2, 4, 34; cf. id. Aul. 4, 10, 29; 37; 38;

    and, pateram (surreptam),

    Cic. Div. 1, 25, 54:

    argentum,

    Plaut. Ps. 2, 2, 29; so (with reddere) id. Curc. 5, 3, 45:

    mercedem (with reddere),

    id. As. 2, 4, 35; cf.:

    octonis idibus aera,

    to pay the money for tuition. Hor. S. 1, 6, 75 (v. idus):

    si non Rettuleris pannum,

    id. Ep. 1, 17, 32; 1, 6, 60:

    verum, si plus dederis, referam,

    Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 112.—
    2.
    Referre pedem or gradum, as a milit. t. t., to draw back, retire, withdraw, retreat (different from the gen. signif., to return, and the above passages):

    vulneribus defessi pedem referre coeperunt,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 25; cf.:

    ut paulatim cedant ac pedem referant,

    id. B. C. 2, 40; Liv. 7, 33; so,

    referre pedem,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 44 (with loco excedere); Cic. Phil. 12, 3 (opp. insistere); Liv. 3, 60 (opp. restituitur pugna);

    21, 8 al.— For the sake of euphony: referre gradum: cum pedes referret gradum,

    Liv. 1, 14. —

    And, in a like sense, once mid.: a primā acie ad triarios sensim referebatur,

    Liv. 8, 8, 11.—
    b.
    Transf., out of the milit. sphere:

    feroque viso retulit retro pedem (viator),

    Phaedr. 2, 1, 8; cf.:

    viso rettulit angue pedem,

    Ov. F. 2, 342; 6, 334:

    rettulit ille gradus horrueruntque comae,

    id. ib. 2, 502:

    (in judiciis) instare proficientibus et ab iis, quae non adjuvant, quam mollissime pedem oportet referre,

    Quint. 6, 4, 19.
    II.
    Trop., to bear or carry back, to bring, draw, or give back.
    A.
    In gen.: (Saxum) ejulatu... Resonando mutum flebiles voces refert, Att. ap. Cic. Fin. 2, 29, 94 (Trag. Rel. p. 176 Rib.); cf. Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 14, § 42:

    sonum,

    id. N. D. 2, 57, 144; id. Or. 12, 38; Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 201 al.:

    voces,

    Ov. M. 12, 47; cf.:

    Coëamus rettulit Echo,

    id. ib. 3, 387: cum ex CXXV. judicibus reus L. referret, restored to the list, i. e. retained, accepted (opp. quinque et LXX. reiceret), Cic. Planc. 17:

    o mihi praeteritos referat si Juppiter annos!

    Verg. A. 8, 560; cf.: tibi tempora, Hor. C. 4, 13, 13:

    festas luces (sae culum),

    id. ib. 4, 6, 42:

    dies siccos (sol),

    id. ib. 3, 29, 20 et saep.:

    hoc quidem jam periit: Ni quid tibi hinc in spem referas,

    Plaut. Ep. 3, 2, 3:

    ad amicam meras querimonias referre,

    id. Truc. 1, 2, 65:

    hic in suam domum ignominiam et calamitatem rettulit,

    Cic. Off. 1, 39, 138; cf.:

    pro re certā spem falsam domum rettulerunt,

    id. Rosc. Am. 38, 110:

    rem publicam sistere negat posse, nisi ad equestrem ordinem judicia referantur,

    id. Verr. 2, 3, 96, § 223:

    servati civis decus referre,

    Tac. A. 3, 21:

    e cursu populari referre aspectum in curiam,

    to turn back, turn towards, Cic. Prov. Cons. 16, 38; cf.:

    oculos animumque ad aliquem,

    id. Quint. 14, 47:

    animum ad studia,

    id. de Or. 1, 1, 1:

    animum ad veritatem,

    id. Rosc. Am. 16, 48:

    animum ad firmitudinem,

    Tac. A. 3, 6 et saep.:

    multa dies variique labor mutabilis aevi Rettulit in melius,

    brought to a better state, Verg. A. 11, 426:

    uterque se a scientiae delectatione ad efficiendi utilitatem refert,

    Cic. Rep. 5, 3, 5; so,

    se ad philosophiam referre,

    to go back, return, id. Off. 2, 1, 4:

    ut eo, unde digressa est, referat se oratio,

    id. ib. 2, 22, 77.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    (Acc. to I. B. 1.) To pay back, give back, repay (syn. reddo):

    denique Par pari referto,

    Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 55; cf.:

    quod ab ipso adlatum est, id sibi esse relatum putet,

    id. Phorm. prol. 21:

    ut puto, non poteris ipsa referre vicem,

    pay him back in his own coin, Ov. A. A. 1, 370; Sen. Herc. Fur. 1337. — Esp. in the phrase referre gratiam (rarely gratias), to return thanks, show one ' s gratitude (by deeds), to recompense, requite (cf.:

    gratiam habeo): spero ego mihi quoque Tempus tale eventurum, ut tibi gratium referam parem,

    Plaut. Merc. 5, 4, 39:

    parem gratiam,

    Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 51:

    et habetur et refertur, Thais, a me ita, uti merita es, gratia,

    id. ib. 4, 6, 12; cf.:

    meritam gratiam debitamque,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 4, 14:

    justam ac debitam gratiam,

    id. Balb. 26, 59:

    pro eo mihi ac mereor relaturos esse gratiam,

    id. Cat. 4, 2, 3; 1, 11, 28; id. Off. 2, 20, 69:

    fecisti ut tibi numquam referre gratiam possim,

    Plaut. Capt. 5, 1, 12; id. Most. 1, 3, 57; id. Pers. 5, 2, 71; id. Ps. 1, 3, 86; id. Rud. 5, 3, 36 al.; Cic. Lael. 15, 53; Caes. B. G. 1, 35:

    alicui pro ejus meritis gratiam referre,

    id. ib. 5, 27 fin.; id. B. C. 2, 39; 3, 1, fin.:

    gratiam emeritis,

    Ov. P. 1, 7, 61:

    gratiam factis,

    id. Tr. 5, 4, 47.— Plur.:

    pro tantis eorum in rem publicam meritis honores ei habeantur gratiaeque referantur,

    Cic. Phil. 3, 15, 39; 10, 11, 1:

    dis advenientem gratias pro meritis agere,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 27; v. gratia.—
    2.
    To bring back any thing; to repeat, renew, restore, = repetere, retractare, renovare, etc.:

    (Hecyram) Iterum referre,

    to produce it again, Ter. Hec. prol. 7; id. ib. prol. alt. 21 and 30; cf. Hor. A. P. 179.— So, to bring up for reconsideration:

    rem judicatam,

    Cic. Dom. 29, 78:

    ludunt... Dictaeos referunt Curetas,

    Lucr. 2, 633:

    Actia pugna per pueros refertur,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 62: institutum referri ac renovari, Civ. Div. in Caecil. 21, 68; cf.:

    consuetudo longo intervallo repetita ac relata,

    id. ib. 21, 67:

    te illud idem, quod tum explosum et ejectum est, nunc rettulisse demiror,

    Cic. Clu. 31, 86:

    cum ad idem, unde semel profecta sunt, cuncta astra redierint eandemque totius caeli descriptionem longis intervallis retulerint,

    id. Rep. 6, 22, 24:

    mysteria ad quae biduo serius veneram,

    id. de Or. 3, 20, 75:

    quasdam caerimonias ex magno intervallo,

    Liv. 3, 55:

    antiquum morem,

    Suet. Caes. 20:

    consuetudinem antiquam,

    id. Tib. 32 et saep.:

    cum aditus consul idem illud responsum rettulit,

    repeated, Liv. 37, 6 fin.:

    veterem Valeriae gentis in liberandā patriā laudem,

    to restore, Cic. Fl. 1, 1:

    hunc morem, hos casus atque haec certamina primus Ascanius Rettulit,

    Verg. A. 5, 598:

    O mihi praeteritos referat si Juppiter annos,

    id. ib. 8, 560.—
    b.
    To represent, set forth anew, reproduce, etc.:

    referre Naturam, mores, victum motusque parentum,

    to reproduce, Lucr. 1, 597:

    majorum vultus vocesque comasque,

    id. 4, 1221:

    mores, os vultusque ejus (sc. patris),

    Plin. Ep. 5, 16, 9:

    parentis sui speciem,

    Liv. 10, 7; cf.:

    (Tellus) partim figuras Rettulit antiquas, partim nova monstra creavit,

    Ov. M. 1, 437:

    faciem demptā pelle novam,

    Tib. 1, 8, 46:

    temporis illius vultum,

    Ov. M. 13, 443: si quis mihi parvulus aulā Luderet Aeneas, qui te tamen ore [p. 1545] referret, might represent, resemble thee, Verg. A. 4, 329; cf.:

    nomine avum referens, animo manibusque parentem,

    id. ib. 12, 348:

    Marsigni sermone vultuque Suevos referunt,

    Tac. G. 43:

    neque amissos colores lana refert,

    Hor. C. 3, 5, 28.—
    3.
    To convey a report, account, intelligence, by speech or by writing; to report, announce, relate, recite, repeat, recount; to mention, allege (class.;

    in late Lat. saepissime): certorum hominum sermones referebantur ad me,

    Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 10 Orell. N. cr.:

    tales miserrima fletus Fertque refertque soror (sc. ad Aeneam),

    Verg. A. 4, 438:

    pugnam referunt,

    Ov. M. 12, 160:

    factum dictumve,

    Liv. 6, 40:

    si quis hoc referat exemplum,

    Quint. 5, 11, 8:

    in epistulis Cicero haec Bruti refert verba,

    id. 6, 3, 20:

    quale refert Cicero de homine praelongo, caput eum, etc.,

    id. 6, 3, 67 et saep.:

    quaecunque refers,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 60; 2, 1, 130:

    sermones deorum,

    id. C. 3, 3, 71:

    multum referens de Maecenate,

    Juv. 1, 66. —With obj.-clause, Suet. Caes. 30; Ov. M. 1, 700; 4, 796:

    Celso gaudere et bene rem gerere refer,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 8, 2 al.; cf. poet. by Greek attraction:

    quia rettulit Ajax Esse Jovis pronepos,

    Ov. M. 13, 141; and:

    referre aliquid in annales,

    Liv. 4, 34 fin., and 43, 13, 2:

    ut Proetum mulier perfida credulum Falsis impulerit criminibus, refert,

    Hor. C. 3, 7, 16.— Absol.:

    quantum, inquam, debetis? Respondent CVI. Refero ad Scaptium,

    I report, announce it to Scaptius, Cic. Att. 5, 21, 12:

    in quo primum saepe aliter est dictum, aliter ad nos relatum,

    reported, stated, id. Brut. 57, 288:

    (Hortensius) nullo referente, omnia adversariorum dicta meminisset,

    id. ib. 88, 301:

    abi, quaere, et refer,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 53. —
    b.
    Poet. (mostly in Ovid), to repeat to one ' s self, call to mind:

    tacitāque recentia mente Visa refert,

    Ov. M. 15, 27:

    si forte refers,

    id. Am. 2, 8, 17:

    haec refer,

    id. R. Am. 308:

    saepe refer tecum sceleratae facta puellae,

    id. ib. 299:

    mente memor refero,

    id. M. 15, 451:

    foeda Lycaoniae referens convivia mensae,

    id. ib. 1, 165; cf.:

    illam meminitque refertque,

    id. ib. 11, 563.—
    c.
    Pregn., to say in return, to rejoin, answer, reply (syn. respondeo):

    id me non ad meam defensionem attulisse, sed illorum defensioni rettulisse,

    Cic. Caecin. 29, 85:

    ego tibi refero,

    I reply to you, id. ib. 29, 85, §

    84: ut si esset dictum, etc., et referret aliquis Ergo, etc.,

    id. Fat. 13, 30:

    quid a nobis autem refertur,

    id. Quint. 13, 44: retices;

    nec mutua nostris Dicta refers,

    Ov. M. 1, 656; 14, 696:

    Musa refert,

    id. ib. 5, 337; id. F. 5, 278:

    Anna refert,

    Verg. A. 4, 31:

    talia voce,

    id. ib. 1, 94:

    pectore voces,

    id. ib. 5, 409:

    tandem pauca refert,

    id. ib. 4, 333 et saep. —
    d.
    Publicists' t. t.
    (α).
    To bring, convey, deliver any thing as an official report, to report, announce, notify, = renuntiare:

    legati haec se ad suos relaturos dixerunt,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 9; cf.:

    cujus orationem legati domum referunt,

    id. B. C. 1, 35: responsa (legati), Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. 380, 31:

    legationem Romam,

    Liv. 7, 32:

    mandata ad aliquem,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 57:

    responsa,

    id. B. G. 1, 35; cf.:

    mandata alicui,

    id. ib. 1, 37:

    numerum capitum ad aliquem,

    id. ib. 2, 33 fin.:

    rumores excipere et ad aliquem referre,

    Cic. Deiot. 9, 25; cf. Caes. B. G. 1, 47:

    Ubii paucis diebus intermissis referunt, Suevos omnes, etc.,

    id. ib. 6, 10; Liv. 3, 38, 12.—
    (β).
    Ad senatum de aliquā re referre (less freq with acc., a rel.-clause, or absol.), to make a motion or proposition in the Senate; to consult, refer to, or lay before the Senate; to move, bring forward, propose: VTI L. PAVLVS C. MARCELLVS COSS... DE CONSVLARIBVS PROVINCIIS AD SENATVM REFERRENT, NEVE QVID PRIVS... AD SENATVM REFERRENT, NEVE QVID CONIVNCTVM DE EA RE REFERRETVR A CONSVLIBVS, S. C. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 8, 5 sq.: de legibus abrogandis ad senatum referre. Cic. Cornel. 1, Fragm. 8 (p. 448 Orell.); cf.:

    de quo legando consules spero ad senatum relaturos,

    id. Imp. Pomp. 19, 58:

    de ejus honore ad senatum referre,

    id. Phil. 8, 11, 33:

    de eā re postulant uti referatur. Itaque consulente Cicerone frequens senatus decernit, etc.,

    Sall. C. 48, 5, 6:

    rem ad senatum refert,

    id. ib. 29, 1; cf.:

    tunc relata ex integro res ad senatum,

    Liv. 21, 5:

    rem ad senatum,

    id. 2, 22:

    consul convocato senatu refert, quid de his fieri placeat, qui, etc.,

    Sall. C. 50, 3: ut ex litteris ad senatum referretur, impetrari (a consulibus) non potuit. Referunt consules de re publicā, Caes. B. C. 1, 1; cf.:

    refer, inquis, ad senatum. Non referam,

    Cic. Cat. 1, 8, 20.—

    Of other bodies than the Senate (cf.: defero, fero): C. Cassium censorem de signo Concordiae dedicando ad pontificum collegium rettulisse,

    Cic. Dom. 53, 136: eam rem ad consilium cum rettulisset Fabius. Liv. 24, 45, 2; 30, 4, 9:

    est quod referam ad consilium,

    id. 30, 31, 9; 44, 2, 5; Curt. 4, 11, 10.— Per syllepsin: DE EA RE AD SENATVM POPVLVMQVE REFERRI, since referre ad populum was not used in this sense (for ferre ad populum); v. fero, and the foll. g:

    de hoc (sc. Eumene) Antigonus ad consilium rettulit,

    Nep. Eum. 12, 1.— Transf., to make a reference, to refer (class.): de rebus et obscuris et incertis ad Apollinem censeo referendum;

    ad quem etiam Athenienses publice de majoribus rebus semper rettulerunt,

    Cic. Div. 1, 54, 122; cf. Nep. Lys. 3; Cic. Quint. 16, 53.— Different from this is, *
    (γ).
    Referre ad populum (for denuo ferre), to propose or refer any thing anew to the people (cf. supra, II. B. 2.;

    v. Krebs, Antibarb. p. 1006): factum est illorum aequitate et sapientiā consulum, ut id, quod senatus decreverat, id postea referendum ad populum non arbitrarentur,

    Cic. Clu. 49, 137; cf. Att. ap. Non. p. 512, 29; Liv. 22, 20; Val. Max. 8, 10, 1.—
    e.
    A mercantile and publicists' t. t., to note down, enter any thing in writing; to inscribe, register, record, etc.:

    cum scirem, ita indicium in tabulas publicas relatum,

    Cic. Sull. 15, 42:

    in tabulas quodcumque commodum est,

    id. Fl. 9, 20:

    nomen in tabulas, in codicem,

    id. Rosc. Com. 1, 4:

    quod reliquum in commentarium,

    id. Att. 7, 3, 7:

    quid in libellum,

    id. Phil. 1, 8, 19:

    tuas epistulas in volumina,

    i. e. to admit, id. Fam. 16, 17 init.; cf.:

    orationem in Origines,

    id. Brut. 23, 89 al.:

    in reos, in proscriptos referri,

    to be set down among, id. Rosc. Am. 10, 27:

    absentem in reos,

    id. Verr. 2, 5, 42, § 109; cf.:

    aliquem inter proscriptos,

    Suet. Aug. 70:

    anulos quoque depositos a nobilitate, in annales relatum est,

    Plin. 33, 1, 6, § 18:

    senatūs consulta falsa (sc. in aerarium),

    enter, register, Cic. Fam. 12, 1, 1; id. Phil. 5, 4, 12. —Entirely absol.:

    ut nec triumviri accipiundo nec scribae referundo sufficerent,

    Liv. 26, 36 fin. —Here, too, belongs referre rationes or aliquid (in rationibus, ad aerarium, ad aliquem, alicui), to give, present, or render an account:

    rationes totidem verbis referre ad aerarium,

    Cic. Fam. 5, 20, 2;

    and rationes referre alone: in rationibus referendis... rationum referendarum jus, etc.,

    id. ib. 5, 20, 1; id. Pis. 25, 61; id. Verr. 2, 1, 30, § 77; 2, 3, 71, § 167:

    referre rationes publicas ad Caesarem cum fide,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 20 fin.:

    si hanc ex fenore pecuniam populo non rettuleris, reddas societati,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 71, § 167:

    (pecuniam) in aerarium,

    Liv. 37, 57, 12; cf.: pecuniam operi publico, to charge to, i. e. to set down as applied to, Cic. Fl. 19, 44.— So, too, acceptum and in acceptum referre, to place to one ' s credit, in a lit. and trop. sense (v. accipio).— Hence, transf.: aliquem (aliquid) in numero (as above, in rationibus), in numerum, etc., to count or reckon a person or thing among:

    Democritus, qui imagines eorumque circuitus in deorum numero refert,

    Cic. N. D. 1, 12, 29:

    (Caesar, Claudius) in deorum numerum relatus est,

    Suet. Caes. 88; id. Claud. 45:

    Ponticus Heraclides terram et caelum refert in deos,

    Cic. N. D. 1, 13, 34:

    nostri oratorii libri in Eundem librorum numerum referendi videntur,

    id. Div. 2, 1, 4: hoc nomen in codicem relatum, id. Rosc. Com. B. and K. (al. in codice).—With inter (postAug. and freq.):

    ut inter deos referretur (August.),

    Suet. Aug. 97:

    diem inter festos, nefastos,

    Tac. A. 13, 41 fin.:

    hi tamen inter Germanos referuntur,

    id. G. 46; Suet. Claud. 11; id. Tib. 53:

    dumque refert inter meritorum maxima, demptos Aesonis esse situs,

    Ov. M. 7, 302:

    intellectum est, quod inter divos quoque referretur,

    Lampr. Alex. Sev. 14:

    inter sidera referre,

    Hyg. Fab. 192:

    inter praecipua crudelitatis indicia referendus,

    Val. Max. 9, 2, ext. 5:

    inter insulas,

    Plin. 5, 9, 9, § 48:

    dicebat quasdam esse quaestiones, quae deberent inter res judicatas referri,

    Sen. Contr. 2, 11, 12:

    eodem Q. Caepionem referrem,

    I should place in the same category, Cic. Brut. 62, 223.—
    4.
    Referre aliquid ad aliquid, to trace back, ascribe, refer a thing to any thing:

    qui pecudum ritu ad voluptatem omnia referunt,

    Cic. Lael. 9, 32:

    omnia ad igneam vim,

    id. N. D. 3, 14, 35:

    omnia ad incolumitatem et ad libertatem suam,

    id. Rep. 1, 32, 49; 1, 26, 41:

    in historiā quaeque ad veritatem, in poëmate pleraque ad delectationem,

    id. Leg. 1, 1, 5; id. Off. 1, 16, 52 et saep. al.:

    hunc ipsum finem definiebas id esse, quo omnia, quae recte fierent, referrentur, neque id ipsum usquam referretur,

    id. Fin. 2, 2, 5; cf.

    nusquam,

    id. ib. 1, 9, 29:

    ad commonendum oratorem, quo quidque referat,

    id. de Or. 1, 32, 145:

    hinc omne principium, huc refer exitum,

    Hor. C. 3, 6, 6.— With dat.:

    cujus adversa pravitati ipsius, prospera ad fortunam referebat,

    Tac. A. 14, 38 fin. — In Tac. once with in:

    quidquid ubique magnificum est, in claritatem ejus (sc. Herculis) referre consensimus,

    Tac. G. 34.—Rarely of persons;

    as: tuum est Caesar, quid nunc mihi animi sit, ad te ipsum referre,

    Cic. Deiot. 2, 7.— Absol.: ita inserere oportet referentem ad fructum, meliore genere ut sit surculus, etc., one who looks to or cares for the fruit, Varr. R. R. 1, 40, 6.—
    5.
    Culpam in aliquem referre, to throw the blame upon, accuse, hold responsible for, etc. (post-Aug.):

    hic, quod in adversis rebis solet fieri, alius in alium culpam referebant,

    Curt. 4, 3, 7; Aug. contr. Man. 2, 17, 25 Hier. Epp. 1, 9 fin.: cf.:

    augere ejus, in quem referet crimen, culpam,

    Cic. Inv. 2, 28, 83:

    causa ad matrem referebatur,

    Tac. A. 6, 49:

    causam abscessus ad Sejani artes,

    id. ib. 4, 57.

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  • 45 suspicio

    1.
    suspĭcĭo, spexi, spectum, 3, v. a. and n. [sub-specio].
    I. A.
    Lit.:

    cum caelum suspeximus,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 2, 4; cf. id. ib. 2, 18, 49:

    caelum,

    Suet. Tit. 10:

    summum de gurgite caelum,

    Ov. M. 11, 506:

    astra,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 25, 62:

    ramos,

    Ov. M. 14, 660:

    pisces qui neque videntur a nobis neque ipsi nos suspicere possunt,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 25, 81. — Poet.: nubes suspexit Olympus, looked up at, i. e. rose into the clouds, Luc. 6, 477: quae tuam matrem (i. e. Pleiadem) tellus a parte sinistrā Suspicit, which looks, i. e. is situated towards, Ov. M. 2, 840:

    suspexit in caelum,

    Cic. Rep. 6, 9, 9; 3, 2, 3.— Absol.:

    nec suspicit nec circumspicit,

    Cic. Div. 2, 34, 72:

    formare vultus, respicientes, suspicientesque et despicientes,

    Plin. 35, 8, 34, § 56.—
    B.
    Trop.
    * 1.
    In gen., to look up to a thing with the mind, to raise the thoughts up to:

    nihil altum, nihil magnificum ac divinum suspicere possunt, qui, etc.,

    Cic. Lael. 9, 32.—
    2.
    In partic., to look up to with admiration, to admire, respect, regard, esteem, honor, etc. (opp. despicere, Sen. Vit. Beat. 25;

    syn. stupeo): eos viros suspiciunt maximisque efferunt laudibus, in quibus, etc.,

    Cic. Off. 2, 10, 36:

    suspicit potentem humilis,

    Vell. 2, 126, 2; Suet. Claud. 28:

    eloquentiam,

    Cic. Or. 28, 97:

    naturam (with admirari),

    id. Div. 2, 72, 148: honores praemiaque vestra, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 9, 2:

    argentum et marmor vetus aeraque et artes,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 18.—
    II.
    To look at secretly or askance; hence, by meton. (effectus pro causā), to mistrust, suspect (perh. only in participles; and most freq. in the part. perf.):

    Bomilcar suspectus regi et ipse eum suspiciens,

    Sall. J. 70, 1.—Hence, suspectus, a, um, P. a. (acc. to suspicio, II.), mistrusted, suspected; that excites suspicion.
    a.
    Of persons, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 81:

    habere aliquem falso suspectum,

    id. ib. 3, 6, 43:

    quo quis versutior et callidior est hoc invisior et suspectior detractā opinione probitatis,

    Cic. Off. 2, 9, 34:

    provincia de morbis,

    Pall. 1, 16:

    ne super tali scelere suspectum se haberet,

    Sall. J. 71, 5:

    in quādam causā suspectus,

    Quint. 6, 3, 96:

    in morte matris,

    Suet. Vit. 14:

    in eā (filiā),

    id. Gram. 16; Tac. H. 1, 13:

    suspectus societate consilii,

    Vell. 2, 35, 3:

    suspecti capitalium criminum,

    Tac. A. 3, 60:

    nimiae spei,

    id. ib. 3, 29 fin.:

    Licinius Proculus intimā familiaritate Othonis suspectus,

    id. H. 1, 46:

    aemulationis,

    id. A. 13, 9:

    proditionis,

    Just. 5, 9, 12:

    sceleris,

    Curt. 6, 8, 3.—With dat.:

    non clam me est, tibi me esse suspectam,

    Ter. Hec. 4, 2, 1:

    meis civibus suspectus,

    Cic. Cat. 1, 7, 17; id. Quint. 4, 14:

    cum filius jamjam patri suspectus esset de novercā,

    id. Off. 3, 25, 94:

    nomine neglegentiae suspectum esse alicui,

    id. Fam. 2, 1, 1: suspectissimum quemque sibi haud cunctanter oppressit. Suet. Tit. 6.—With inf.:

    suspectus consilia ejus fovisse,

    Tac. H. 1, 46.—
    b.
    Of things, concr. and abstr.:

    (in tyrannorum vitā) omnia semper suspecta atque sollicita,

    Cic. Lael, 15, 52:

    (voluptas) invidiosum nomen est, infame, suspectum,

    id. Fin. 2, 4, 12:

    res,

    Liv. 41, 24, 17:

    ut quae suspecta erant, certa videantur,

    Quint. 5, 9, 10:

    in suspecto loco,

    i. e. uncertain, critical, dangerous, Liv. 21, 7, 7:

    in eā parte consedit, quae suspecta maxime erat,

    Suet. Aug. 43:

    lacus Ambiguis suspectus aquis,

    Ov. M. 15, 333:

    metuit accipiter Suspectos laqueos,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 51:

    periculum,

    Suet. Dom. 14:

    suspectae horae (quartanae),

    Sen. Ben. 6, 8, 1:

    tumores,

    Plin. 20, 6, 23, § 55:

    aqua frigida,

    id. 31, 6, 37, § 71:

    promissum suspectius,

    Quint. 5, 7, 14.—With dat.:

    animi medicina pluribus suspecta et invisa,

    Cic. Tusc. 3, 1, 1:

    suspectam facit judici causam,

    Quint. 5, 13, 51.— Neutr., with subject-clause:

    crudele, suos addicere amores: Non dare, suspectum,

    Ov. M. 1, 618.—
    2.
    Act., suspicious, distrustful:

    timidi et suspecti,

    Cato, Dist. 4, 44; Amm. 29, 4, 5.
    2.
    suspīcĭo (in good MSS. and edd. also suspītĭo; v. Brambach s. v.; Fleckeis. in Rhein. Mus. viii. p. 225 sqq.; and so always in Plaut. and Ter. acc. to Fleck., and in Cic. acc. to B. and K.; but cf. contra Corss. Ausspr. 2, 359 sq.), ōnis. f. [1. suspicio], mistrust, distrust, suspicion.
    I.
    Lit.: improborum facta primo suspitio insequitur, [p. 1821] deinde sermo atque fama, tum accusator, tum judex, Cic. Fin. 1, 16, 50:

    suspitionem et culpam ut ab se segregent,

    Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 42:

    tanta nunc suspitio de me incidit,

    Ter. Ad. 4, 4, 7: redeunti ex ipsā re mi incidit suspitio;

    hem, etc.,

    id. And. 2, 2, 22:

    in quā re nulla subest suspitio,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 10, 28:

    erat porro nemo, in quem ea suspitio conveniret,

    id. ib. 23, 65:

    in quem ne si insidiis quidem interfectus esset, ulla caderet suspitio,

    id. Att. 13, 10, 3:

    suspitionem populi sensit moveri,

    id. Rep. 2, 31, 54; cf. id. Fam. 2, 16, 2:

    in suspitionem alicui venire,

    id. Verr. 2, 5, 7, § 15; id. Fl. 33, 81; cf. Suet. Tib. 12:

    in suspitionem cadere,

    Cic. Phil. 11, 10, 24:

    augetur Gallis suspicio,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 45:

    suspitionem levare atque ab se removere,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 59, § 136:

    aliquem suspitione exsolvere,

    Ter. Hec. 5, 2, 26:

    omnem offensionem suspitionis de aliquo deponere,

    Cic. Fam. 13, 24, 2: suspitionem falsam saeviter ferre, Enn. ap. Non. 511, 5 (Trag. v. 349 Vahl.):

    maligna insontem deprimit suspicio,

    Phaedr. 3, 10, 36:

    suspicione si quis errabit suā,

    id. 3, prol. 45: audimus eum venisse in suspitionem Torquato de morte Pansae, Brut. ap. Cic. ad Brut. 1, 6, 2.— Plur.:

    in amore haec omnia insunt vitia: injuriae, Suspitiones, inimicitiae,

    Ter. Eun. 1, 1, 15:

    multae causae suspitionum offensionumque dantur,

    Cic. Lael. 24, 88:

    cum ad has suspiciones certissimae res accederent,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 19:

    si minus honestas suspitiones injectas diluemus,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 16, 22.—
    (β).
    With gen. obj.:

    ne in suspitione ponatur stupri,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 2, 27 (Ussing, suspicione):

    in aliquem suspitionem amoris transferre,

    Ter. Heaut. 4, 5, 52:

    alicui suspitionem ficte reconciliatae gratiae dare,

    Cic. Fam. 3, 12, 4:

    in suspitionem avaritiae venire,

    id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 4, § 14:

    in suspitionem conjurationis vocari,

    id. Verr. 2, 5, 4, § 10:

    qui in suspitionem incidit regni appetendi,

    id. Mil. 27, 72:

    belli subita suspitio,

    id. Verr. 2, 5, 7, § 15:

    expellere aliquem suspitione cognationis,

    id. Rep. 2, 31, 54:

    belli suspicione interpositā,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 32:

    dare timoris aliquam suspicionem,

    id. ib. 7, 54:

    habebit enim suspicionem adulterii,

    Nep. Epam. 5, 5:

    ea res minime firmam suspitionem veneni habet,

    excites, Cic. Clu. 62, 174.—
    (γ).
    With subject-clause:

    suspitio est mihi, nunc vos suspicarier, etc.,

    Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 149:

    jam tum erat suspitio, Dolo malo haec fieri omnia,

    Ter. Eun. 3, 3, 8:

    addit fuisse suspitionem, veneno sibi conscivisse mortem,

    Cic. Brut. 11, 43; cf. with quasi:

    unde nata suspicio est, quasi desciscere a patre temptasset,

    Suet. Tit. 5.—
    II.
    Transf., in gen.
    1.
    A notion, idea, suggestion (very rare; cf.:

    opinio, conjectura): deorum,

    Cic. N. D. 1, 23, 62: suspitione attingere intellegentiam aut maris aut terrae, id ib. 3, 25, 64:

    suspitionem nullam habebam te rei publicae causā mare transiturum,

    id. Att. 8, 11, D, 1.—
    2.
    Objectively, an appearance, indication:

    ne quam suspicionem infirmitatis daret,

    Suet. Tib. 72:

    nullā suspicione vulneris laesus,

    Petr. 94 fin.:

    mulsa quae suspicionem tantum possit habere dulcedinis,

    Pall. Jan. 15, 8.

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  • 46 effundo

    ef-fundo (ecfundo), fūdī, fūsum, ere
    1) изливать, проливать (umorem CC; sanguinem C, QC)
    2) совершать возлияние, возливать ( dimidias potiones super ossucula alicujus Pt)
    4) перен. изливать, испускать
    e. iram in aliquem L — излить (обрушить) свой гнев на кого-л.
    effudi omnia, quae sentiebam C — я высказал всё, что чувствовал
    e. vitam O (animam V, Sil etc. и spirĭtum C, T etc.) — скончаться, умереть
    5) произносить (tales voces V; ejusmodi carmina Pt); издавать ( tuba sonum effundit Sen)
    e. risum и effundi in risum Pt — разразиться смехом, расхохотаться
    6) производить в изобилии (fruges C, H; herbas C; copiam oratorum C)
    7) распространять, ширить (late effusum incendium L); простирать, протягивать ( nudos per aĕra ramos Lcn)
    8) пускать, метать ( tela V)
    9) опускать ( habenas V); ослаблять ( frena St); распускать (sinum, sc. togae L, Tib)
    10) высыпать (nummorum saccos H; anŭlos L; tomacula cum botulis effusa Pt)
    11) во множестве выпускать, бросать, устремлять, обрушивать (equitatum L; auxilium alicui castris (abl.) V; universos in hostes QC)
    e. se или pass. effundi — во множестве бросаться, устремляться, хлынуть (se effuderunt carceribus quadrigae V)
    12) щедро раздавать ( honores C); расточать, растрачивать (patrimonia C, censum Man); лишаться по легкомыслию, упускать ( gratiam alicujus C); истощать ( aerarium C); нерасчётливо или до конца тратить (vires L, V)
    omnem curam sui e. Sen — совсем не обращать на себя внимания, не следить за собой
    15) сбрасывать, низвергать (equus effudit aliquem L; e. aliquid in flumen Dig); сваливать, опрокидывать (aliquem solo, arenā V)
    e. se или effundi — целиком отдаваться, предаваться, быть невоздержным (in libidine C и in omnes libidines T; in vinum QC; in и ad luxuriam L)
    effundi lacrimis V и in lacrimas T — обливаться (исходить) слезами. — см. тж. effusa и effusus

    Латинско-русский словарь > effundo

  • 47 pateo

    uī, —, ēre
    1) быть открытым (domus patet Cs; valvae patent C; mille ad mortem aditūs patent SenT); быть раскрытым, зиять ( vulnera patent VF)
    2) быть доступным (caelum patet O; honores alicui patent C); быть удобопроходимым ( via patet C)
    3) находиться в распоряжении, быть к услугам ( cuncta maria terraeque alicui patent Sl)
    4) находиться под угрозой (p. ictui T; p. insidiis alicujus QC); быть подверженным ( longis morbis CC)
    5) быть заметным, видимым ( nervi patent CC)
    6) быть очевидным, ясным, явным ( causa patet O); обнаруживаться ( conjuratio patuit C)
    7) простираться (campus late patet L; vallis usque ad mare patet Cs)
    tum denique quam hoc late pateat intelleges C — лишь тогда ты поймёшь эти (традиции) во всей их широте, т. е. сможешь сделать из них дальнейшие выводы
    8) быть распространённым, иметь обширное применение ( haec ars late patet C)

    Латинско-русский словарь > pateo

  • 48 produco

    prō-dūco, dūxī, ductum, ere
    1) выводить ( copias pro castris Cs); уводить (exercitum in locum alienum L); приводить, представлять (aliquem testem C; aliquem in scaenam Su); выставлять на продажу ( serves Ter); выводить для сдачи, выдавать (captivos, equos Cs); провожать, сопровождать (virum C, O; aliquem funere V); выносить, придвигать ( scamnum lecto O); спускать ( navem ex navalibus L); распростирать, расстилать, окутывать (p. nubila menti St)
    2) увлекать ( aliquem longius Hirt); завлекать (aliquem dolo in proelium Nep); доводить, приводить (quo discordia Romanos produxit! V; ad faciendum aliquid PM); вынуждать (producti sumus, ut loqueremur rhH.)
    3) вести дальше ( navem longius Cs); проводить ( noctes Prp); делать долгим, растягивать ( syllăbam Q); удлинять (supercilium, sc. fuligine J); продлевать ( vitam alicui Pl); вытягивать (ferrum incude J; aliquid dentibus M); протягивать, проводить ( lincas PM)
    4) производить, создавать (nova vocabula H; magnanimes nos natura produxit Sen); рождать, выращивать (liberos LM; filiam Pl; arborem H)
    5) затягивать ( convivium ad multam noctem C); тянуть, задерживать, вводить в заблуждение ( aliquem falsā spe Ter)
    vitam ad centesimum annum p. C — дожить до ста лет
    p. moram alicui rei Ter — задержать наступление чего-л.
    paulatim p. diem Ter — коротать день
    6) возвышать, поднимать (aliquem ad honores C; aliquem pro ejus dignitate C; aliquem omni genere honoris L)
    ignes ad flammas p. O — раздуть яркое пламя
    7) увеличивать, повышать (legata ad vicies sestertium Su)

    Латинско-русский словарь > produco

  • 49 pronus

    prōnus, a, um [ pro I ]
    1) склонившийся (in baculum Ap); наклонённый, нагнувшийся ( auriga V); наклонённый вперёд ( motus corporis C); обращённый (orienti Col; ad solem Col); наклонный, круто спускающийся, покатый ( via O)
    2) низвергающийся, быстротекущий, стремительный ( amnis V)
    3) склоняющийся к закату, заходящий ( sidus Prp)
    4) скоропреходящий, быстротечный ( anni H)
    5)
    а) склонный, расположенный (in или ad aliquid T, Su или alicui rei T)
    б) благосклонный, благоприятно настроенный ( alicui Su или in aliquem T)
    6) лёгкий, легко доступный ( iter prōnum ad honores PJ)
    p. ad credendum AV — легковерный
    p. ad fidem L — вероятный. — см. тж. pronum

    Латинско-русский словарь > pronus

  • 50 gero

    gĕro, ĕre, gessi, gestum - tr. -    - Lebaigue P. 543 et P. 544. [st1]1 [-] porter qq part qqch.    - gerere terram, Liv. 7, 6, 2: transporter de la terre.    - gerere saxa in muros, Liv. 28, 19, 13: porter (transporter) des pierres pour les murs.    - caput abscisum spiculo gerens, Liv. 4, 19, 5: portant au bout d'une pique la tête détachée du tronc. [st1]2 [-] porter sur soi, avec soi.    - gerere vestem, Lucr. 5, 1420: porter un vêtement. --- cf. Nep. Dat. 3, 1.    - in capite galeam, dextra manu clavam gerere, Nep. Dat. 3, 2: porter sur sa tête un casque, dans sa main droite un bâton.    - virginis os habitumque gerens, Virg. En. 1, 315: portant les traits et le costume d'une jeune fille.    - semina rerum permixta gerit tellus, Lucr. 6, 790: la terre porte en elle un mélange confus de germes. --- cf. Lucr. 6, 539. [st1]3 [-] [d'où] produire.    - fruges gerit terra, Varr. L. 5, 64: la terre produit les moissons. --- cf. Virg. G. 2, 70 ; Ov. Tr. 3, 12, 6, etc. [st1]4 [-] fig. porter, tenir, avoir, faire paraître.    - gerere personam, Cic. Off. 1, 115: tenir un rôle.    - gerere personam civitatis, Cic. Off. 1, 132: représenter la cité.    - gerere cognomen, Sen. Ep. 91, 17: porter un surnom.    - [d'où, postclass.] gerere aliquem: jouer le personnage de qqn, se comporter en telle personne.    - gerere principem, Plin. Pan. 44: se comporter en empereur. --- cf. Just. 32, 3, 1; V. Max. 9, 1, 9.    - gerere fortem animum, Sall. J. 107, 1: montrer du courage.    - cum multis graves inimicitias gerere, Cic. Caecil. 66: entretenir de graves inimitiés avec bien des personnes. --- cf. Cic. Cael. 32 ; Caes. BC. 1, 3, 4.    - gerere amicitiam, Cic. Fam. 3, 8, 5: entretenir des sentiments d'amitié.    - gerere odium in aliquem, Liv. 28, 22, 2: entretenir des sentiments de haine contre qqn.    - [absolt] aliter atque animo gerebat, Sall. J. 72, 1: contrairement à sa pensée.    - prae se gerere = prae se ferre: porter devant soi, montrer. --- Cic. Inv. 2, 30 ; 2, 157. [st1]5 [-] porter une chose, s'en charger.    - cf. Varr. L. 6, 77. [st1]6 [-] faire, accomplir, exécuter.    - statuere utrum illi qui istam rem gesserunt homicidae sint an vindices libertatis, Cic. Phil. 2, 30: décider si les auteurs de cette action dont tu parles [meurtre de César] sont des assassins ou les vengeurs de la liberté.    - haec dum Romae geruntur, Cic. Quinct. 28: pendant que tout cela se passe à Rome.    - [t. mil.] rem gerere: exécuter une entreprise de guerre, combattre.    - res geritur, Cic. Phil. 8, 17: l'affaire (la bataille) est engagée.    - gladio comminus rem gerere, Caes. BG. 5, 44, 11: s'escrimer de près avec l'épée.    - occasio rei bene gerendae, Caes. BG. 5, 57, 1: occasion de remporter un succès.    - male re gesta, Caes. BG. 1, 40, 12: après un échec, un échec étant essuyé. --- cf. Liv. 2, 17, 4.    - [même sens avec negotium, Caes. BG. 3, 18, 5, etc].    - quid negotii geritur? Cic.: que se passe-t-il ?    - [vie privée]: rem ou negotium gerere: mener, administrer une affaire, ses propres affaires. --- cf. Cic. CM 22 ; Att. 16, 2, 2 ; Cat. 2, 21; Com. 32, etc. [st1]7 [-] [vie politique] accomplir, exécuter.    - gerere rem publicam: exercer des fonctions publiques, se charger des affaires publiques. --- cf. Cic. Rep. 1, 12.    - rem publicam bene gerere, Cic. Br. 103: faire de bonne politique.    - mais superatis hostibus, optime re publica gesta, Cic. Verr. 3, 185: après avoir triomphé des ennemis et rempli excellemment leur mission officielle.    - cf. Cic. Prov. 14 ; Liv. 2, 24, 5.    - rem publicam gerere et administrare, Cic. Fin. 3, 68: prendre en mains et administrer les affaires publiques.    - gerere magistratum, Cic. Sest. 79: exercer une magistrature.    - gerere praeturam, Cic. Verr. 4, 136: exercer la préture. [st1]8 [-] diriger (la guerre).    - gerere bellum: - [abcl]a - avoir la conduite de la guerre (en parl. du général). - [abcl]b - faire la guerre, être en guerre. --- Cic. Rep. 2, 15 ; 1, 25 ; etc.    - (bellum) quod Hannibale duce Carthaginienses cum populo Romano gessere (gesserunt), Liv. 21: (guerre) que les Carthaginois, sous la conduite d'Annibal, firent au peuple romain.    - ad Syracusas terra marique geritur res, Liv. 25, 6: à Syracuse, on fait la guerre sur terre et sur mer.    - terra marique communi consilio rem gerere, Liv. 28, 23: mener d'un commun accord les opérations sur terre et sur mer.    - res gestae: choses accomplies, actions aussi bien civiles que politiques ou militaires.    - res tuae gestae, res gestae alicujus: tes actions, les actions accomplies par qqn, les hauts faits, les exploits. --- cf. Cic. Marc. 25 ; Fin. 5, 52 ; Dej. 12 ; Verr. 5, 25 ; etc.    - plur. n. gesta, orum: exploits. --- Nep. Them. 4, 6 ; Han. 13, 3 ; Liv. 6, 1, 3 ; 8, 40, 5. [st1]9 [-] passer (le temps...).    - gerere aetatem cum aliquo, Sulp. Fam. 4, 5, 3: passer sa vie avec qqn.    - adolescentiae tempus gerere, Suet. Dom. 1: passer sa jeunesse.    - annum gerens aetatis sexagesimum et nonum, Suet. Vesp.: dans sa soixante-neuvième année.    - annos gerens proxime quadraginta, Aur. Vict.: âgé de presque quarante ans. [st1]10 [-] morem gerere.    - gerere morem alicui: faire la volonté de qqn, déférer aux désirs de qqn, complaire à qqn, obéir à qqn.    - geram tibi morem et ea quae vis, ut potero, explicabo, Cic. Tusc. 1, 9, 17: je me plierai à ton désir et ce qui t'intéresse, je vais te l'expliquer de mon mieux.    - ut homo est, ita morem geras, Ter. Ad. 432: comme est chacun, il faut s'y faire.    - utrique a me mos gestus est, Cic. Att. 2, 16, 3: j'ai fait plaisir à tous les deux. [st1]11 [-] gerere se + adv. ou expression équivalente: se comporter, se conduire.    - se gerere pro + abl.: se comporter en.    - se gerere pro cive, Cic. Arch. 11: se comporter en citoyen. --- cf. Liv. 32, 2, 6.    - se gerere turpiter, Plin. Ep. 2, 12, 4: se conduire honteusement.    - gerere se matrem: se conduire en mère.    - se gerere aliquo modo: se comporter de telle ou telle manière.    - se gerere summissius, Cic. Off. 1, 90: se comporter avec plus de modestie, avoir une conduite plus modeste. --- cf. Cic. Off. 1, 98 ; Tusc. 2, 48, etc.    - ita se gerere ut... Cic. Verr. 4, 72: se comporter (se conduire) de telle manière que...    - [avec attribut] se gerere medium, Liv. 2, 27, 3: se montrer neutre.    - se gerere et exercitum more majorum, Sall. J. 55, 1: traiter soi-même et l'armée à la manière des ancêtres. --- cf. Sall. J. 85, 47.
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    gĕro, ĕre, gessi, gestum - tr. -    - Lebaigue P. 543 et P. 544. [st1]1 [-] porter qq part qqch.    - gerere terram, Liv. 7, 6, 2: transporter de la terre.    - gerere saxa in muros, Liv. 28, 19, 13: porter (transporter) des pierres pour les murs.    - caput abscisum spiculo gerens, Liv. 4, 19, 5: portant au bout d'une pique la tête détachée du tronc. [st1]2 [-] porter sur soi, avec soi.    - gerere vestem, Lucr. 5, 1420: porter un vêtement. --- cf. Nep. Dat. 3, 1.    - in capite galeam, dextra manu clavam gerere, Nep. Dat. 3, 2: porter sur sa tête un casque, dans sa main droite un bâton.    - virginis os habitumque gerens, Virg. En. 1, 315: portant les traits et le costume d'une jeune fille.    - semina rerum permixta gerit tellus, Lucr. 6, 790: la terre porte en elle un mélange confus de germes. --- cf. Lucr. 6, 539. [st1]3 [-] [d'où] produire.    - fruges gerit terra, Varr. L. 5, 64: la terre produit les moissons. --- cf. Virg. G. 2, 70 ; Ov. Tr. 3, 12, 6, etc. [st1]4 [-] fig. porter, tenir, avoir, faire paraître.    - gerere personam, Cic. Off. 1, 115: tenir un rôle.    - gerere personam civitatis, Cic. Off. 1, 132: représenter la cité.    - gerere cognomen, Sen. Ep. 91, 17: porter un surnom.    - [d'où, postclass.] gerere aliquem: jouer le personnage de qqn, se comporter en telle personne.    - gerere principem, Plin. Pan. 44: se comporter en empereur. --- cf. Just. 32, 3, 1; V. Max. 9, 1, 9.    - gerere fortem animum, Sall. J. 107, 1: montrer du courage.    - cum multis graves inimicitias gerere, Cic. Caecil. 66: entretenir de graves inimitiés avec bien des personnes. --- cf. Cic. Cael. 32 ; Caes. BC. 1, 3, 4.    - gerere amicitiam, Cic. Fam. 3, 8, 5: entretenir des sentiments d'amitié.    - gerere odium in aliquem, Liv. 28, 22, 2: entretenir des sentiments de haine contre qqn.    - [absolt] aliter atque animo gerebat, Sall. J. 72, 1: contrairement à sa pensée.    - prae se gerere = prae se ferre: porter devant soi, montrer. --- Cic. Inv. 2, 30 ; 2, 157. [st1]5 [-] porter une chose, s'en charger.    - cf. Varr. L. 6, 77. [st1]6 [-] faire, accomplir, exécuter.    - statuere utrum illi qui istam rem gesserunt homicidae sint an vindices libertatis, Cic. Phil. 2, 30: décider si les auteurs de cette action dont tu parles [meurtre de César] sont des assassins ou les vengeurs de la liberté.    - haec dum Romae geruntur, Cic. Quinct. 28: pendant que tout cela se passe à Rome.    - [t. mil.] rem gerere: exécuter une entreprise de guerre, combattre.    - res geritur, Cic. Phil. 8, 17: l'affaire (la bataille) est engagée.    - gladio comminus rem gerere, Caes. BG. 5, 44, 11: s'escrimer de près avec l'épée.    - occasio rei bene gerendae, Caes. BG. 5, 57, 1: occasion de remporter un succès.    - male re gesta, Caes. BG. 1, 40, 12: après un échec, un échec étant essuyé. --- cf. Liv. 2, 17, 4.    - [même sens avec negotium, Caes. BG. 3, 18, 5, etc].    - quid negotii geritur? Cic.: que se passe-t-il ?    - [vie privée]: rem ou negotium gerere: mener, administrer une affaire, ses propres affaires. --- cf. Cic. CM 22 ; Att. 16, 2, 2 ; Cat. 2, 21; Com. 32, etc. [st1]7 [-] [vie politique] accomplir, exécuter.    - gerere rem publicam: exercer des fonctions publiques, se charger des affaires publiques. --- cf. Cic. Rep. 1, 12.    - rem publicam bene gerere, Cic. Br. 103: faire de bonne politique.    - mais superatis hostibus, optime re publica gesta, Cic. Verr. 3, 185: après avoir triomphé des ennemis et rempli excellemment leur mission officielle.    - cf. Cic. Prov. 14 ; Liv. 2, 24, 5.    - rem publicam gerere et administrare, Cic. Fin. 3, 68: prendre en mains et administrer les affaires publiques.    - gerere magistratum, Cic. Sest. 79: exercer une magistrature.    - gerere praeturam, Cic. Verr. 4, 136: exercer la préture. [st1]8 [-] diriger (la guerre).    - gerere bellum: - [abcl]a - avoir la conduite de la guerre (en parl. du général). - [abcl]b - faire la guerre, être en guerre. --- Cic. Rep. 2, 15 ; 1, 25 ; etc.    - (bellum) quod Hannibale duce Carthaginienses cum populo Romano gessere (gesserunt), Liv. 21: (guerre) que les Carthaginois, sous la conduite d'Annibal, firent au peuple romain.    - ad Syracusas terra marique geritur res, Liv. 25, 6: à Syracuse, on fait la guerre sur terre et sur mer.    - terra marique communi consilio rem gerere, Liv. 28, 23: mener d'un commun accord les opérations sur terre et sur mer.    - res gestae: choses accomplies, actions aussi bien civiles que politiques ou militaires.    - res tuae gestae, res gestae alicujus: tes actions, les actions accomplies par qqn, les hauts faits, les exploits. --- cf. Cic. Marc. 25 ; Fin. 5, 52 ; Dej. 12 ; Verr. 5, 25 ; etc.    - plur. n. gesta, orum: exploits. --- Nep. Them. 4, 6 ; Han. 13, 3 ; Liv. 6, 1, 3 ; 8, 40, 5. [st1]9 [-] passer (le temps...).    - gerere aetatem cum aliquo, Sulp. Fam. 4, 5, 3: passer sa vie avec qqn.    - adolescentiae tempus gerere, Suet. Dom. 1: passer sa jeunesse.    - annum gerens aetatis sexagesimum et nonum, Suet. Vesp.: dans sa soixante-neuvième année.    - annos gerens proxime quadraginta, Aur. Vict.: âgé de presque quarante ans. [st1]10 [-] morem gerere.    - gerere morem alicui: faire la volonté de qqn, déférer aux désirs de qqn, complaire à qqn, obéir à qqn.    - geram tibi morem et ea quae vis, ut potero, explicabo, Cic. Tusc. 1, 9, 17: je me plierai à ton désir et ce qui t'intéresse, je vais te l'expliquer de mon mieux.    - ut homo est, ita morem geras, Ter. Ad. 432: comme est chacun, il faut s'y faire.    - utrique a me mos gestus est, Cic. Att. 2, 16, 3: j'ai fait plaisir à tous les deux. [st1]11 [-] gerere se + adv. ou expression équivalente: se comporter, se conduire.    - se gerere pro + abl.: se comporter en.    - se gerere pro cive, Cic. Arch. 11: se comporter en citoyen. --- cf. Liv. 32, 2, 6.    - se gerere turpiter, Plin. Ep. 2, 12, 4: se conduire honteusement.    - gerere se matrem: se conduire en mère.    - se gerere aliquo modo: se comporter de telle ou telle manière.    - se gerere summissius, Cic. Off. 1, 90: se comporter avec plus de modestie, avoir une conduite plus modeste. --- cf. Cic. Off. 1, 98 ; Tusc. 2, 48, etc.    - ita se gerere ut... Cic. Verr. 4, 72: se comporter (se conduire) de telle manière que...    - [avec attribut] se gerere medium, Liv. 2, 27, 3: se montrer neutre.    - se gerere et exercitum more majorum, Sall. J. 55, 1: traiter soi-même et l'armée à la manière des ancêtres. --- cf. Sall. J. 85, 47.
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        Gero, geris, gessi, gestum, gerere. Virgil. Porter.
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        Gerere rem aliquam. Virgil. Faire quelque chose.
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        Gerere. Cic. Regir, Gouverner.
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        Quemadmodum nos aduersus homines geramus. Cic. Comment nous nous debvons porter, gouverner, et maintenir envers les hommes.
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        Amicitiam gerere. Cic. Estre ami, Porter amitié, Aimer.
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        Animum laude dignum gerere. Cic. Avoir.
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        Animum muliebrem gerere. Cic. Avoir courage de femme.
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        Bellum gerere. Cic. Faire la guerre.
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        Censuram. Plin. Estre Censeur.
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        Consulem. Sallust. Estre Consul, Exercer l'estat de Consul.
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        Fidem fluxam. Plaut. N'estre point loyal, Ne tenir point sa promesse.
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        Formam alterius. Plaut. Representer aucun, Porter sa semblance.
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        Honores. Plin. iunior. Exercer dignitez et offices publiques.
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        Ingenium callidum genere. Plaut. Estre cauteleux et fin.
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        Inimicitias. Liu. Porter rancune et inimitié contre aucun, Luy vouloir mal.
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        Iras gerere. Plaut. Tenir courroux, Prendre querelle et se courroucer.
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        Iram in promptu. Plaut. Se courroucer legierement et aiseement.
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        Magistratum. Cic. Estre Magistrat, Exercer quelque Magistrat ou office.
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        Mammas. Plin. Avoir des mammelles.
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        Morem. Cic. Obeir, Accorder à aucun ce qu'il veult, Luy faire ce qu'il demande, Luy accorder sa requeste.
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        Morem animo. Terent. Faire à son plaisir.
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        Negotium aliquod gerere. Cic. Faire quelque affaire.
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        Nos aliquod nomenque, decusque gessimus. Virgil. Nous avons eu quelque bruit autresfois, ou quelque reputation.
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        Odium gerere. Liu. Avoir haine ou rancune contre aucun.
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        Onus morsu gerere. Plin. Porter quelque charge aux dents.
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        Partum. Plin. Estre grosse.
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        Personam aliquam. Cic. Se mesler de quelque estat ou profession.
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        Prae se gerit quandam vtilitatem haec res. Cic. Monstre quelque prouffit, Il semble de prime face, et congnoist on que ceste chose est utile et prouffitable.
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        Coniecturam perspicuam prae se gerit affectionis ratio. Cic. La nature d'affection baille clere conjecture de soy, On conjecture clerement quelle est l'affection de l'homme: comme s'il est joyeux, ou courroucé.
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        Personam ciuitatis. Cic. Representer la communaulté des citoyens.
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        Praeturam. Plaut. Estre preteur.
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        Pudorem. Plaut. Estre honteux.
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        Rem aliquam. Plaut. Faire, Desmesler quelque affaire.
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        Reuiso quidnam Chaerea hic rerum gerat. Terent. Que c'est qu'il fait.
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        Scio quam rem geram. Plaut. Je scay bien que je fay.
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        Bene rem suam gerere. Plaut. Faire bien ses besongnes, Gaigner.
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        Ex sententia rem aliquam gerere. Cic. A nostre souhait.
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        Leuiter rem gerere. Plin. Aiseement parachever quelque affaire.
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        Rem alicuius gerere malitiose. Cic. Faire l'affaire d'autruy malicieusement.
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        Res gerere. Plin. Alexandro Magno res ibi gerente. Ce pendant qu'il menoit la guerre en ce pays là.
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        Alias res geris. Plaut. Tu penses à autres choses, Tu n'entens pas à ce que je di.
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        Rempub. gerere. Cic. Manier et faire ou gouverner les affaires publiques.
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        Obseruant quemadmodum se vnusquisque vestrum gerat in retinenda religione. Cic. Comment il se porte et gouverne, ou maintient.
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        Gessit se contra disciplinam meam. Traianus ad Plinium. Il a faict contre ma, etc.
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        Se gerere honeste. Cic. Se gouverner honnestement.
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        Se gerere pro ciue. Cic. Se maintenir estre citoyen et bourgeois.
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        Se gessit pro haerede in trientem. Vlpian. Il s'est porté heritier pour un tiers. B.
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        Se gerere summissius. Cic. Se porter humblement, Estre humble.
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        Simultatem gerere cum aliquo. Antonius ad Ciceronem. Avoir picque avec aucun et querelle.
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        Societatem gerere. Cic. Manier les affaires de la compaignie et communaulté.
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        Speciem teli gerere. Colum. Estre de la facon.
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        Speciem paternam. Colum. Resembler, Porter la semblance du pere.
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        Tutelam ianuae. Plaut. Garder la porte.

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  • 51 obsepio

    obsaepĭo (obsēpĭo), īre, psi, ptum - tr. - barrer, fermer, obstruer, intercepter.    - viam alicui obsepire: barrer la route à qqn.    - plebi iter ad curules magistratus obsaepire, Liv. 9, 34: empêcher la plèbe d'avoir accès aux magistratures curules.
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    obsaepĭo (obsēpĭo), īre, psi, ptum - tr. - barrer, fermer, obstruer, intercepter.    - viam alicui obsepire: barrer la route à qqn.    - plebi iter ad curules magistratus obsaepire, Liv. 9, 34: empêcher la plèbe d'avoir accès aux magistratures curules.
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        Obsepio, obsepis, pen. prod. obsepiui vel obsepii et obsepsi, obseptum, obsepire. Liu. Environner et enclorre de haye.
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        Obsepire iter ad honores, per translationem. Liu. Bouscher et estouper les passages, Engarder de povoir parvenir aux honneurs.

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  • 52 per

    [ABCU]A - pĕr, prép. + acc.: [st1]1 [-] à travers, par, tout le long de, devant, par-dessus.    - per membranas oculorum cernere, Cic. Nat. 2, 57, 142: voir à travers les membranes qui entourent les yeux.    - per forum, Cic. Att. 14, 16, 2: à travers le forum.    - per ora vestra, Sall.: devant vos yeux.    - per corpora transire, Caes. BG. 2, 10, 2: passer par-dessus les cadavres.    - per terga caedi: être frappé sur le dos.    - per manus tradere: faire passer de main en main.    - per domos invitati, Liv. 1, 9: invités les uns dans une maison les autres dans une autre, invités dans les différentes maisons.    - per omnes ire, Liv. 25: passer par tous, se transmettre à tous. [st1]2 [-] durant, pendant, au cours de.    - per triennium: pendant trois ans.    - per decem dies: pendant dix jours.    - per singulos dies, Suet.: tous les jours, chaque jour.    - per hospitium, Cic. Verr. 5, 109: au cours d'une hospitalité. [st1]3 [-] par le moyen de, par l'entremise de, par.    - per noctem: à la faveur de la nuit.    - sacra per mulieres confici solent, Cic. Verr. 4, 1, 99: les sacrifices se font d'ordinaire par l'entremise des femmes.    - per litteras petere, Cic. Fam. 2, 6, 2: demander par lettre.    - per iram facere aliquid, Cic. Tusc. 4, 37, 79: faire qqch sous le coup de la colère.    - per leges licet, Cic.: les lois permettent.    - cum per valetudinem posses, tamen... Cic. Fam. 7: bien que ta santé te le permît, cependant...    - per senatum agere aliquid non posse, Cic. Verr. 4, 61: ne pouvoir obtenir du sénat l'autorisation de faire quelque chose.    - per aetatem non potuisti, Cic. Fam. 12: l'âge ne t'a pas permis de.    - trahantur per me pedibus omnes rei, Cic.: que tous les accusés soient traînés par les pieds avec ma permission.    - per me, per te factum est: il est arrivé par moi, par toi.    - per te factum est quominus pax fieret, Cic.: c'est vous qui avez empêché que la paix ne se fît.    - quominus discessio fieret, per adversarios tuos factum est, Cic. Fam. 1, 4: ce sont vos adversaires qui ont empêché que le vote par séparation n'eût lieu.    - per me stat quominus, Ter. And. 699: j'empêche que.    - non stat per Afranium quominus, Caes.: il ne dépend pas d'Afranius que... (ce n'est pas la faute d'Afranius si...). [st1]4 [-] [idée de manière].    - per summum dedecus vitam amittere, Cic. Amer. 30: mourir dans (avec) le plus grand déshonneur.    - vitam extrema per omnia duco, Virg. En. 3: je traîne ma vie dans les pires épreuves.    - per ludum et neglegentiam, Cic. Verr. 5, 181: en se jouant et insouciamment.    - per ridiculum, Cic. Off. 1, 134: en plaisantant.    - per causam, Caes. BC. 3, 24: sous le prétexte de, ou per speciem, Liv. 1, 41, 6.    - per mollitiam agere = molliter, Sall. J. 85, 35: vivre dans la mollesse.    - per omnia: en tout, entièrement. --- Quint. 5, 2, 3.    - vir per omnia laudabilis, Vell. 2, 33: homme digne de tous les éloges.    - per omnia expertus, Liv. 1, 34: qui a fait pleinement ses preuves. [st1]5 [-] [idée d'occasionner] par suite de, par.    - per imprudentiam vestram, Cic. Agr. 2, 25: par votre imprudence.    - per fidem deceptus sum, Plaut. Most. 500: j'ai été trompé par suite de confiance.    - cf. Caes. BG. 1, 46, 3; Cic. Inv. 1, 71.    - depulsus per invidiam tribunatu, Cic. de Or. 3, 11: chassé du tribunat par suite des cabales envieuses.    - plus per seditionem militum quam bello amissum, Liv. 29, 19, 4: il y a eu plus de pertes par suite de la révolte des soldats que par la guerre. [st1]6 [-] [dans les supplications et serments] au nom de.    - per deos! Cic. Off. 2, 5: au nom des dieux!    - per fortunas vestras, per liberos vestros, Cic. Planc. 103: au nom de vos biens, de vos enfants.    - [séparé de son régime]: per ego te deos oro, Ter. And. 834: au nom des dieux je te prie. --- cf. Liv. 23, 9, 1. [st1]7 [-] remarque.    - per omnia saecula saeculorum, Eccl.: pour les siècles des siècles. [ABCU]B - per-, préfixe: 1 - à travers    - per-currere: parcourir. [st1]2 [-] de bout en bout    - per-fodere: percer d'outre en outre. [st1]3 [-] achèvement de l'action    - per-ficere: faire complètement, achever. [st1]4 [-] valeur superlative    - per-magnus: très grand. [st1]5 [-] intensité de l'action    - per-odisse: haïr violemment. [st1]6 [-] déviation, destruction    - per-ire: périr.    - per-vertere: retourner sens dessus dessous.
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    [ABCU]A - pĕr, prép. + acc.: [st1]1 [-] à travers, par, tout le long de, devant, par-dessus.    - per membranas oculorum cernere, Cic. Nat. 2, 57, 142: voir à travers les membranes qui entourent les yeux.    - per forum, Cic. Att. 14, 16, 2: à travers le forum.    - per ora vestra, Sall.: devant vos yeux.    - per corpora transire, Caes. BG. 2, 10, 2: passer par-dessus les cadavres.    - per terga caedi: être frappé sur le dos.    - per manus tradere: faire passer de main en main.    - per domos invitati, Liv. 1, 9: invités les uns dans une maison les autres dans une autre, invités dans les différentes maisons.    - per omnes ire, Liv. 25: passer par tous, se transmettre à tous. [st1]2 [-] durant, pendant, au cours de.    - per triennium: pendant trois ans.    - per decem dies: pendant dix jours.    - per singulos dies, Suet.: tous les jours, chaque jour.    - per hospitium, Cic. Verr. 5, 109: au cours d'une hospitalité. [st1]3 [-] par le moyen de, par l'entremise de, par.    - per noctem: à la faveur de la nuit.    - sacra per mulieres confici solent, Cic. Verr. 4, 1, 99: les sacrifices se font d'ordinaire par l'entremise des femmes.    - per litteras petere, Cic. Fam. 2, 6, 2: demander par lettre.    - per iram facere aliquid, Cic. Tusc. 4, 37, 79: faire qqch sous le coup de la colère.    - per leges licet, Cic.: les lois permettent.    - cum per valetudinem posses, tamen... Cic. Fam. 7: bien que ta santé te le permît, cependant...    - per senatum agere aliquid non posse, Cic. Verr. 4, 61: ne pouvoir obtenir du sénat l'autorisation de faire quelque chose.    - per aetatem non potuisti, Cic. Fam. 12: l'âge ne t'a pas permis de.    - trahantur per me pedibus omnes rei, Cic.: que tous les accusés soient traînés par les pieds avec ma permission.    - per me, per te factum est: il est arrivé par moi, par toi.    - per te factum est quominus pax fieret, Cic.: c'est vous qui avez empêché que la paix ne se fît.    - quominus discessio fieret, per adversarios tuos factum est, Cic. Fam. 1, 4: ce sont vos adversaires qui ont empêché que le vote par séparation n'eût lieu.    - per me stat quominus, Ter. And. 699: j'empêche que.    - non stat per Afranium quominus, Caes.: il ne dépend pas d'Afranius que... (ce n'est pas la faute d'Afranius si...). [st1]4 [-] [idée de manière].    - per summum dedecus vitam amittere, Cic. Amer. 30: mourir dans (avec) le plus grand déshonneur.    - vitam extrema per omnia duco, Virg. En. 3: je traîne ma vie dans les pires épreuves.    - per ludum et neglegentiam, Cic. Verr. 5, 181: en se jouant et insouciamment.    - per ridiculum, Cic. Off. 1, 134: en plaisantant.    - per causam, Caes. BC. 3, 24: sous le prétexte de, ou per speciem, Liv. 1, 41, 6.    - per mollitiam agere = molliter, Sall. J. 85, 35: vivre dans la mollesse.    - per omnia: en tout, entièrement. --- Quint. 5, 2, 3.    - vir per omnia laudabilis, Vell. 2, 33: homme digne de tous les éloges.    - per omnia expertus, Liv. 1, 34: qui a fait pleinement ses preuves. [st1]5 [-] [idée d'occasionner] par suite de, par.    - per imprudentiam vestram, Cic. Agr. 2, 25: par votre imprudence.    - per fidem deceptus sum, Plaut. Most. 500: j'ai été trompé par suite de confiance.    - cf. Caes. BG. 1, 46, 3; Cic. Inv. 1, 71.    - depulsus per invidiam tribunatu, Cic. de Or. 3, 11: chassé du tribunat par suite des cabales envieuses.    - plus per seditionem militum quam bello amissum, Liv. 29, 19, 4: il y a eu plus de pertes par suite de la révolte des soldats que par la guerre. [st1]6 [-] [dans les supplications et serments] au nom de.    - per deos! Cic. Off. 2, 5: au nom des dieux!    - per fortunas vestras, per liberos vestros, Cic. Planc. 103: au nom de vos biens, de vos enfants.    - [séparé de son régime]: per ego te deos oro, Ter. And. 834: au nom des dieux je te prie. --- cf. Liv. 23, 9, 1. [st1]7 [-] remarque.    - per omnia saecula saeculorum, Eccl.: pour les siècles des siècles. [ABCU]B - per-, préfixe: 1 - à travers    - per-currere: parcourir. [st1]2 [-] de bout en bout    - per-fodere: percer d'outre en outre. [st1]3 [-] achèvement de l'action    - per-ficere: faire complètement, achever. [st1]4 [-] valeur superlative    - per-magnus: très grand. [st1]5 [-] intensité de l'action    - per-odisse: haïr violemment. [st1]6 [-] déviation, destruction    - per-ire: périr.    - per-vertere: retourner sens dessus dessous.
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        Per, Praepositio accusatiuo iungitur. Terentius, Falli per seruum senem. Par.
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        Per cornu aliquid infundere. Colum. Par dedens une corne.
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        Per adoptionem pater. Plin. iunior. Qui m'a adopté en filz.
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        Per aetatem posse. Terent. Estre en aage de povoir faire quelque chose.
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        Per aetatem non posse. Cic. Estre trop jeune pour povoir faire quelque chose.
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        Per multas aetates fuerunt antistites sacri eius ab Euandro edocti. Liu. Long temps durant.
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        Per annonam iam caram natus. Plaut. Du temps de la cherté.
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        Per eos dies. Cic. Durant ces jours là.
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        Aliquot iam per annos concepta turpitudo. Cicero. Il y a aucuns ans.
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        Per causam. Liu. Soubz couleur de faire quelque chose, Faisant semblant, etc.
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        Per cinerem alicuius mortui aliquem obsecrare. Cic. Pour l'amour d'un trespassé.
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        Per comitatem omnia disperdidit. Plautus. Par estre trop doulx et gratieulx.
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        Per compita supplicatum. Liu. Par les carrefours.
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        Quos seruare per compositionem volebat. Cic. Par composition.
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        Per summum dedecus vitam amittere. Cic. Avec grand deshonneur.
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        Per deos, per dextram, per fortunas, per fidem, per homines, Modus deprecandi elegantissimus. Terent. Je te prie pour l'amour de Dieu, Pour l'honneur de Dieu.
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        Per deridiculum verba dare alicui. Plaut. En ce mocquant de luy.
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        Per dilationes. Liu. Par delais, En delayant.
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        Per directum. Plin. A droict fil.
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        Per dolum. Hirtius. Par tromperie.
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        Per fas, et fidem deceptus. Liu. Trompé à la bonne foy, et soubz couleur de religion et preud'hommie.
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        Per gratiam abire. Plaut. Avec la bonne grace d'aucun, sans qu'il en soit mal content.
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        Per gratiam absoluere. Cic. Par faveur.
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        Per ignauiam in praelio sonum tubae ferre non potes. Author ad Herennium. Par ta couardise et lascheté, Tant tu es couard.
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        Per me licet. Plaut. J'en suis content, Je n'empesche point.
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        Per illos licet. Plaut. Ils en sont contents.
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        Per infrequentiam. Liu. Pource qu'ils estoyent trop petit nombre, ou trop petite compagnie.
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        Per iniuriam. Cic. A tort et par force, Contre droict et raison.
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        Per summam iniuriam, Per summum dedecus. Cic. Avec grand deshonneur.
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        Per insidias. Cic. Par trahison.
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        Per interualla. Plin. Par intervalles.
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        Per iram et leuitatem. Liu. Par courroux.
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        Per leges id fieri non potuit. Quintil. Les loix ne permettoyent point de faire cela.
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        Caesar mihi ignoscit per literas. Cic. Cesar m'escript qu'il me pardonne.
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        Per ludum et iocum. Cic. En jouant, Par esbat, Par jeu.
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        Per ludum et negligentiam peruenire ad honores. Cic. Parvenir à degrez d'honneur sans peine et en se jouant.
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        Per manus prouinciam alteri tradere. Cic. De main en main.
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        Per maturitatem dehiscens. Plin. De force d'estre meur.
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        Per me nulla est mora. Terent. Il ne tient pas à moy.
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        Per me percontatus sum, sineque indice aliquo. Plautus. De moymesme.
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        Per medios ruit. Virgil. Il se jecte tout au milieu d'eulx.
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        Per membranas oculorum vt cerni posset, fecit eas perlucidas natura. Cic. Au travers des, etc.
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        Dirae noctes per metum vigilabantur. Plinius iunior. De paour qu'ils avoyent.
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        Per momenta. Plin. iunior. Par fois.
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        Per naturam fas est, aut per leges licet. Cicero. Nature le permet.
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        Per nebulam aliquid scire. Plaut. Scavoir quelque chose à demi, non point certainement et clairement.
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        Rem nisi per necessitatem aperiri noluerat. Liu. S'il n'estoit necessité, Si necessité ne contraignoit.
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        Per vltimam necessitatem. Liu. Par le moyen de l'extreme necessité.
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        Per noctem cernuntur sidera. Plin. De nuict, ou Par nuict.
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        Per nos. Plin. iunior. De par nous.
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        Per nos quidem hercle egebit, qui suum prodegerit. Plaut. Quant est de nous, il aura de la necessité: car nous ne luy baillerons rien.
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        Per occasionem. Liu. L'occasion s'y offrant.
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        Subuertere aliquem per occultum. Tacit. Occultement.
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        Druso propinquanti, quasi per officium obuiae fuere legiones. Tacit. Soubz couleur et semblant de faire leur debvoir.
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        Per omnia. Columel. En tout et par tout.
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        Per omnes dies. Plin. De jour en jour, Touts les jours.
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        Per ordinem fungi honoribus. Plin. iunior. Par ordre.
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        Per otium. Liu. Tout à loisir.
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        Obsecro vt per pacem liceat te alloqui. Plautus. En paix, Sans courroux.
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        Per partes emendare. Plin. iunior. Par parties.
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        Per potestatem auferre aliquid alicui. Cic. Soubz ombre de l'authorité de son office.
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        Per quod effectum est vt te consulerem. Plin. iunior. Dont est advenu.
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        Ita illud sacerdotium per hanc rationem Theomnasto datur. Cic. Par ce moyen, En ceste maniere.
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        Per ridiculum. Plaut. En se mocquant.
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        Per se. Cic. Par son moyen.
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        Amicitia per se et propter se expetita. Cic. Pour l'amour d'elle mesme.
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        Furnium per se vidi libentissime. Cic. Pour l'amour de luymesme.
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        Per se aliquid posse. Caesar. De soymesme.
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        Per se sibi quisque charus est. Cic. De sa nature.
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        Per se solus exercebat. Liu. Luy tout seul, Sans aide.
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        Per silentium adesse aequo animo. Terent. Escouter sans dire mot.
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        Per silentium eo deducti. Liu. Coyement, Sans faire bruit.
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        Per speciem venandi, vrbe egressi. Liu. Faisants semblant d'aller à la chasse, Soubz ombre d'aller chasser.
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        Per stadia duo. Plin. Le long de deux stades.
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        Per te stetit quominus hae fierent nuptiae. Terent. Il a tenu à toy.
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        Per tempus. Plaut. Tout à poinct, Tout à temps.
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        Per tempus salices legere. Cato. En temps et saison.
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        Per omne tempus quo fuimus vna. Plin. iunior. Tout le temps qu'avons esté ensemble.
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        Per id tempus. Liu. Ce temps pendant.
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        Per ista tempora. Cic. Durant ce temps.
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        Per triennium. Cic. Trois ans durants, Par l'espace de trois ans.
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        Per triumphum. Cic. Parmi l'appareil de triumphe.
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        Per Ver. Plin. Par le printemps, Au printemps.
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        Per viam. Plaut. En chemin.
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        Per vices. Plin. iunior. Chascun sa fois, Par tournees.
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        Per vices annorum. Plin. Chascun son annee.
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        Per vim. Cic. Par force et violence.
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        Per vinum, exortum dissidium. Plaut. Par trop boire.
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        Per visum. Cic. En vision d'esprit.
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        Si per vos vitam et famam potest obtinere. Cic. De par vous, De vostre grace, Par vostre moyen.
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        Per. Entredeux. Virgil. Via secta per ambas.
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        Fructus per folia solibus coctus praedulci sapore. Plin. Au travers des fueilles.
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        Per enim magni aestimo tibi factum nostrum probari. Cic. J'estime beaucoup, et prise fort, etc.
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        Per mihi mirum visum est Scaeuola, te hoc illi concedere, etc. Cic. Je me suis fort esmerveillé, etc.

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  • 53 contra

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

    feminam scelestam te, adstans contra, contuor,

    Plaut. Pers. 2, 2, 26:

    ut confidenter mihi contra adstitit,

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

    signum contra, quoad longissume oculi ferebant, animo finivit,

    Liv. 1, 18, 8:

    stat contra starique jubet,

    Juv. 3, 290:

    stat contra dicitque tibi tua pagina Fures!

    Mart. 1, 55, 12:

    ulmus erat contra,

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

    templa vides contra,

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

    contra conserta manu,

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

    contra jacet Cancer patulam distentus in alvum,

    Manil. 2, 253:

    posita contra Hispania,

    Tac. Agr. 11:

    promuntorium quod contra procedit,

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

    arguam hanc vidisse apud te contra conservum meum,

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

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

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

    accede ad me atque adi contra,

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

    adspicedum contra me = contra adspice me,

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

    contra adspicere,

    id. Mil. 2, 1, 45:

    contra intueri,

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

    cum veniret contra Marcianus,

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    te ut deludam contra, lusorem meum,

    Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 71:

    quae me amat, quam ego contra amo,

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

    qui arguat se, eum contra vincat jurejurando suo,

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

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

    Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 54:

    audi nunc contra jam,

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

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

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

    Mettius Tullo gratulatur, contra Tullus Mettium benigne alloquitur,

    Liv. 1, 28, 1:

    contra ut me diligat illa,

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

    cui latrans contra senex,

    Phaedr. 5, 10, 7:

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

    Plin. Ep. 7, 6, 4.—

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

    Gell. 15, 9, 9; cf.:

    contra talia reddit,

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

    consulo quem dolum doloso contra conservo parem,

    Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 45:

    facere contra huic aegre,

    Ter. Eun. 4, 1, 10:

    hiscine contra insidiabere?

    id. Hec. 1. 1, 13:

    tibi contra gratiam Referre,

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

    item a me contra factum est,

    Plaut. Aul. prol. 20:

    puellam senex Amat et item contra filius,

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

    Consonat terra,

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

    confer gradum Contra pariter,

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

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

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

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

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

    si scias quod donum huic dono contra comparet,

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

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

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

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

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

    agedum pauca accipe contra,

    Hor. S. 1, 4, 38.—So in battle:

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

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

    oratio contra a Demosthene pro Ctesiphonte edita,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 56, 213:

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

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

    concurrunt... aetheriae nubes contra pugnantibu' ventis,

    struggling against each other, Lucr. 6. 98:

    nec nos obniti contra... Sufficimus,

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

    at ille contra nititur,

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

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

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

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

    Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 1, § 4:

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

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

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

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

    siti contra... pugnandum,

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

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

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

    contra etiam aliquid abs te profectum ex multis audivi,

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

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

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

    ut eos adversarios existimemus qui arma contra ferant,

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

    quid quod exercitum contra duxit?

    Auct. Her. 4, 16, 23:

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

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

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

    Liv. 7, 39, 17:

    cum Romanae legiones contra direxerint,

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

    et huic contra itum ad amnem Erinden,

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

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

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

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

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

    inveniendum contra est, quo distet haec causa a ceteris,

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

    ne spoliaret fama probatum hominem si contra judicasset,

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

    astrologorum artem contra convincere tendit,

    Lucr. 5, 728:

    contra nunc illud pone, etc.,

    Sen. Ben. 7, 14, 6:

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

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

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

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

    honores contra petere,

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

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

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

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

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

    cum contra dicturus Hortensius esset,

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

    hoc... contra dicente Cotta judicatum est,

    id. Caecin. 33, 97:

    dixisse ut contra nemo videretur,

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

    contra autem qui dicet, similitudinem infirmare debebit,

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

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

    Cic. Clu. 48, 134:

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

    id. Quint. 29, 88; so,

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

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

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

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

    contra disputare and contra scribere,

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

    nec qui contra dicunt causam difficilem repellunt,

    Cic. Fin. 3, 1, 2:

    ad coarguendos qui contra disputant,

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

    quam palam principes dixerunt contra!

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

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

    Cic. Att. 1, 14, 5:

    filius ejus incolumitatem optat: contradicit pater,

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

    contradicente nullo,

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

    contradixit edicto,

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

    explorandum videtur an etiam contradicto aliquando judicio consuetudo firmata sit,

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

    ego enim, te disputante, quid contra dicerem meditabar,

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

    ut contra si quid dicere velit non audiatur,

    id. Fin. 5, 10, 27:

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

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

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

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

    quia neque reprehendi quae contra dicuntur possunt, etc.,

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

    seu proposita confirmamus, sive contra dicta dissolvimus,

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

    dicitur contra, nullum esse testamentum,

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

    solitum se etiam Thraseae contradicere,

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

    tibi,

    Suet. Aug. 54:

    Curioni...,

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

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

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

    cum plures tantum sententiis aliorum contradicerent,

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

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

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

    cum ambienti ut legibus solveretur multi contradicerent,

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

    preces erant, sed quibus contradici non posset,

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

    quibus (legibus) contradici potest,

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

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

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

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

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

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

    Quint. 7, 3, 14:

    cum verba (legis) contra sint,

    id. 7, 1, 49:

    sed experimentum contra fuit,

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

    ubi fortuna contra fuit,

    id. ib. 3, 18:

    si fortuna contra daret,

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

    quod fieri totum contra manifesta docet res,

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

    in stultitia contra est,

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

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

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

    quod contra est,

    Sall. J. 85, 21:

    quis non credat, etc.? Contra autem est,

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

    contra fore si, etc.,

    ib. 34, 2, 39, § 2:

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

    ib. 41, 3, 49:

    ego contra puto (i. e. esse),

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

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

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

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

    id. Att. 10, 8, 2:

    contra evenit in iis morbis,

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

    ego contra sentio,

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

    Proculus contra (sc. sentit),

    ib. 35, 2, 1, § 14; 33, 7, 25:

    licet Celsus contra scribat,

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

    cujus disparem mitioremque naturam contra interpretabatur,

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

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

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

    quod contra, id turpe,

    id. Off. 1, 27, 94:

    sit sapienter usus aut contra,

    Quint. 2, 5, 15:

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

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

    ut aliae (res) probabiles videantur aliae contra,

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

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

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

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

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

    laudare testem vel contra pertinet ad momentum judiciorum,

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

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

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

    mihi contra,

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

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

    Sall. J. 88, 2:

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

    Quint. 2, 4, 21:

    alii a propositione accusatoris contraque loci oriuntur,

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

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

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

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

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

    quae etiam contra valent,

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

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

    Cic. Or. 36, 123:

    cum emtor venditori, vel contra, heres exstitit,

    Dig. 35, 2, 48:

    in quibus patrium pro possessivo dicitur, vel contra,

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

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

    id. 1, 5, 68:

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

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

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

    Cic. Or. 42, 143:

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

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

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

    Cic. Div. in Caecil. 11, 35:

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

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

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

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

    contra mercator, navim jactantibus austris Militia est potior?

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

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

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

    contra in aridiore hordeum potius quam far,

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    at contra,

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

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

    id. ib. 2, 7, 23:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    Cic. Off. 1, 30, 109:

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

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

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

    Cic. Balb. 22, 51:

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

    Dig. 13, 7, 21:

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

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

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

    Cic. Sull. 7, 21:

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

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

    et contra,

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

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

    Lucr. 2, 400:

    cogunt,

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    Liv. 45, 18, 1:

    tu ne cede malis, sed contra audentior ito,

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    num aut scriptum neget, aut contra factum infitietur?

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

    si imbres defuere, aut contra abundavere,

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

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

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

    seu tristis veniam, seu contra laetus amicis,

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

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

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

    aliis vero econtra videtur,

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

    honestiorum provectu et econtra suppliciis,

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

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

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

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

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

    proinde ne submiseris te, immo contra fige stabilem gradum,

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

    immo contra ea,

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    judicium suscepturos contra atque omnis Italia populusque Romanus judicavisset,

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

    itaque contra est ac dicitis,

    Cic. Fin. 4, 15, 41:

    vides, omnia fere contra ac dicta sint evenisse,

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

    cum contra ac Deiotarus sensit victoria belli judicaret,

    id. Phil. 11, 13, 34:

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

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

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

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

    cui contra quam proposuerat aliqua cesserunt,

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

    contra quam licet,

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

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

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

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

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

    contra quam ista causa postulasset,

    id. Caecin. 24, 67:

    contra quam sanctum legibus est,

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

    contraque faciunt quam polliceri videntur,

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

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

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

    ad insulam quae est contra Massiliam,

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

    Rhodios, pacatis contra insulam suam terris, etc.,

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

    Carthago Italiam contra,

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

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

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

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

    Lucr. 5, 708:

    contra Volucris rostrum posita est Lyra,

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

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

    Plin. 18, 33, 76, § 327; cf.:

    contra mediam faciem meridies erit,

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

    contra autem E littera I erit ubi secat circinationem linea,

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

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

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

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

    Plin. 34, 6, 13, § 29:

    contra medium fere porticum diaeta paulum recedit,

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

    id quod contra stomachum est,

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

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

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

    adversus, ad, e regione,

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

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

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

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

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

    rex constiterat contra pedites,

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

    ne contra septentrionem paveris,

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

    contra solem varie refulgens,

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

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

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

    (Dinocrates) incessit contra tribunal regis jus dicentis,

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

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

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

    contra vim atque impetum fluminis conversa,

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

    cum plateae contra directos ventos erunt conformatae,

    Vitr. 1, 6, 8:

    ut contra ventum gregem pascamus,

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

    contra fluminum impetus aggeribus,

    id. 35, 14, 48, § 169:

    capite in sole contra pilum peruncto,

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

    contra fortunam tenendus est cursus,

    Sen. Prov. 5, 9.—Prov.:

    contra stimulum calces,

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

    quae vis Coclitem contra omnes hostium copias tenuit?

    Cic. Par. 1, 2, 12:

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

    id. Att. 15, 20, 3:

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

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

    a fronte contra hostem pedum quindecim fossam fieri jussit,

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

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

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

    terribilis haec contra fugientes belua est, fugax contra insequentes,

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

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

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

    tum contra hanc Romam illa altera Roma quaeretur,

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

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

    Caes. B. G. 1, 40:

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

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

    quod contra hoc exemplum nulla staret eorum ratio,

    Auct. Her. 4, 5, 7:

    contra populi studium,

    Cic. Brut. 34, 126:

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

    id. ib. 79, 273; so,

    a mendacio contra veritatem,

    id. Inv. 1, 3, 4:

    contra cives in acie,

    id. Att. 16, 11, 2:

    et adversi contra stetit ora juvenci,

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

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

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

    aut saevos Libyae contra ire leones,

    Stat. Th. 9, 16.— Trop.:

    uti contra injurias armati eatis,

    Sall. J. 31, 6:

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

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

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

    Quint. 10, 1, 114:

    CORONATO CONTRA OMNES SCAENICOS,

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

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

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

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

    Plin. 7, 1, 1, § 1:

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

    Sen. Ep. 9, 9:

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

    Cic. Fam. 7, 2, 3:

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

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

    nomen prorogans nostrum et memoriam extendens contra brevitatem aevi,

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

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

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

    contrane lucrum nil valere Pauperis ingenium?

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

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

    id. ib. 13, 2;

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

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

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

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

    oneravi vinum, et tunc erat contra aurum,

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

    contra ea Titurius sero facturos clamitabat, etc.,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 29:

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

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

    quae contra breviter fata est vates,

    Verg. A. 6, 398:

    contra quod disertus Tu impie fecisti inquit, etc.,

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

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

    Plin. 8, 7, 7, § 22:

    proelium Afri contra Aegyptios primi fecere fustibus,

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

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

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

    contra Antonium,

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

    contra patriam,

    id. Sull. 20, 58:

    pugnare contra patriam,

    id. ib. 25, 70:

    contra conjuges et liberos,

    Sen. Ben. 5, 15, 5:

    armatum esse contra populum Romanum,

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

    armis contendere contra,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 13:

    arma alicui dare (trop.),

    Cic. Phil. 2, 21, 53:

    aciem instruere (trop.),

    Liv. 25, 4, 4:

    exercitum comparare,

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

    exercitum instruere,

    id. Cat. 2, 11, 24:

    exercitum ducere and adducere,

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

    exercitum contra Philippum mittere,

    id. Inv. 1, 12, 17:

    naves ducere contra,

    Hor. Epod. 4, 19:

    ducere contra hostes,

    Liv. 1, 27, 4:

    florem Italiae educere contra,

    Cic. Cat. 2, 11, 24:

    proficisci contra,

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

    auxilium ferre Rutulis contra Latinos,

    Plin. 14, 12, 14, § 88:

    juvare aliquem contra,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 35:

    consilium inire contra Sequanos,

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

    cum agerem contra hominem disertissimum nostrae civitatis,

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

    (causam) quam receperam contra pueros Octavios,

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

    rogavit me Caecilius ut adessem contra Satrium,

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

    esse contra,

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

    at contra se adfuit et satisfacienti satisfecit,

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

    causam defendere contra,

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

    statuere contra aliquem (sc. causam),

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

    actio competit contra,

    Dig. 49, 14, 41:

    querelam instituere contra,

    ib. 5, 2, 21, § 1:

    bonorum possessionem petere contra,

    ib. 5, 2, 23:

    jus obtinere contra,

    Cic. Quint. 9, 34:

    pugnare contra,

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

    id quod mihi contra illos datum est,

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

    judicare contra aliquem,

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

    pronuntiare contra,

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

    decernere contra,

    Cic. Fl. 31, 76:

    appellare contra aliquem,

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

    contra sententiam,

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

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

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

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

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

    contra rem suam me venisse questus est,

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

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

    Cic. de Or. 1, 57, 244:

    cum ille contra me pro Sex. Naevio diceret,

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

    causam dicere,

    id. Or. 2, 23, 98:

    causam perorare,

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

    quorum alter pro Aufldia, contra dixit alter,

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

    si Gaditani contra me dicerent,

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

    si decressent legationem quae contra istum diceret,

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

    testimonium in aliquem dicere,

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

    contra juris consultos dicere,

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

    contra testes dicendum est,

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

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

    Auct. Her. 4, 23, 33:

    tamenne vereris ut possis hoc contra Hortensium contendere?

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

    cum scriberem contra Epicurios,

    Cic. Att. 13, 38, 1:

    contra Epicurum satis superque dictum est,

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

    contra Brutum,

    id. Tusc. 5, 8, 21:

    contra Academiam,

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

    contra autem omnia disputatur a nostris,

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

    sentire contra,

    Cic. Mil. 2, 5:

    pugnare contra bonos,

    id. Sull. 25, 71:

    contra eos summa ope nitebatur nobilitas,

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

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

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

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

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

    adversus, in): inire consilia contra,

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

    manum comparare contra aliquem,

    id. Sull. 24, 68:

    conjurationem facere,

    id. ib. 4, 12:

    congredi,

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

    aliquid contra imperatorem moliri,

    Just. Inst. 4, 18, 3:

    nec dolor armasset contra sua viscera matrem,

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

    eae (res) contra nos ambae faciunt,

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

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

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

    epigramma quod contra quamdam Gelliam scripsit,

    Lampr. Alex. Sev. 38:

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

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

    licentiam malis dare certe contra bonos est,

    injurious to, Quint. 4, 2, 75:

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

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

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

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

    quibus (temporibus) aliquid contra Caesarem Pompeio suaserim,

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

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

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

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

    id. Att. 7, 5, 5:

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

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

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

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

    fidem meam quam essent contra Massam Baebium experti,

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

    contra se ipse misericors,

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

    severissimus judex contra fures,

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

    ut quam maximae contra Hannibalem copiae sint,

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

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

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

    Cato pro se contra Cassium = in oratione contra,

    Gell. 10, 15, 3; so,

    haec perpetua defensio contra Scaevolam,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 54, 221:

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

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

    unam orationem contra Gracchum reliquit,

    Cic. Brut. 26, 99:

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

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

    contra patres concitatio et seditio,

    Cic. Brut. 14, 56.—Of animals:

    contra volpium genus communibus inimicitiis,

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

    cum fulmina contra Tot paribus streperet clipeis,

    Verg. A. 10, 567:

    pugnandum tamquam contra morbum, sic contra senectutem,

    Cic. Sen. 11, 35:

    contra verum niti,

    Sall. J. 35, 8:

    contra fortunam luctari,

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

    bellum contra aras, focos, vitam fortunasque gerere,

    Cic. Phil. 3, 1, 1:

    bellum gerimus... contra arma verbis,

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

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

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

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

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

    contra ratiocinationem,

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

    contra caput dicere,

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

    servum in caput domini interrogare,

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

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

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

    contra tabulas judicare,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 70, 281:

    contra testamentum,

    Dig. 2, 17, § 1:

    contra sententiam dicere,

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

    inmittere in bona),

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

    dicere, disputare, disserere contra opinionem or sententiam,

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

    in sententiam dicere,

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

    contra sensus dicere,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 31, 101:

    contra rhetoricen dicere,

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

    contra Iliadem et Odysseam scribere,

    Vitr. 7, praef. 8:

    contra quorum disciplinam ingenium ejus exarserat,

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

    contra voluptatem dicere,

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

    contra mortem loqui,

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

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

    id. ib. 100, 10:

    contra fortunam gloriari,

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

    contra potentiam accusatorum dicere,

    Cic. Brut. 44, 164:

    contra legem dicere or verba facere,

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

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

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

    senatusconsulto quod contra dignitatem tuam fieret,

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

    contra rem publicam se commovere,

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

    incitari,

    id. Sest. 47, 100:

    consilia inire,

    id. Agr. 2, 3, 8:

    conjurationem facere,

    Sall. C. 30, 6:

    contra salutem urbis incitari,

    Cic. Cat. 3, 8, 20:

    cogitare aliquid contra salutem,

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

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

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

    ne quid contra aequitatem contendas, ne quid pro injuria,

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

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

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

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

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

    contra salutem rei publicae facere,

    Cic. Dom. 38, 102:

    contra majestatem,

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

    contra leges,

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

    contra edictum (praetoris),

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

    contra foedus,

    Cic. Balb. 6, 16:

    contra jusjurandum ac fidem,

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

    tune contra Caesaris nutum (sc. facies)?

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

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

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

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

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

    contra leges or legem est,

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

    contra officium est,

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

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

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

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

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

    aliquid contra animum audiendi,

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

    si quid Socrates aut Aristippus contra morem consuetudinemque fecerint,

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

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

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

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

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

    imperator contra postulata Bocchi nuntios mittit,

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

    advocare contra,

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

    si contra mortem te praeparaveris,

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

    quibus contra valetudinis commodum laborandum est,

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

    contra hominis salutem,

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

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

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

    pecuniam contra leges auferre,

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

    contra legem,

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

    contra jus fasque,

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

    contra jus,

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

    contra jus gentium,

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

    6, 1, 6: contra juris rigorem,

    Dig. 40, 5, 24, § 10 et saep.:

    contra testimonium aliquid judicare,

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

    aliquid contra verecundiam disputare,

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

    aliquid contra fidem constituere,

    Quint. 5, 13, 34:

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

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

    scit ille imparem sibi luctatum contra nexus (draconis),

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

    imperatorum copia contra tuum furorem,

    Cic. Mur. 39, 83:

    Parthorum gloria contra nomen Romanum,

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

    causa contra scriptum,

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

    divina M. Tullii eloquentia contra leges agrarias,

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

    Caesaris vituperatio contra laudationem meam,

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

    cujus factum, inceptum, conatumve contra patriam,

    Cic. Cat. 2, 12, 27:

    ullum factum dictumve nostrum contra utilitatem vestram,

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

    vitae cupiditas contra rem publicam,

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

    iter contra senatus auctoritatem,

    Cic. Phil. 2, 19, 48:

    contra consuetudinem somnium,

    Plin. 10, 77, 98, § 211:

    bonorum possessio contra tabulas,

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

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

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

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

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

    contra quem multum omnes boni providerunt,

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

    contra haec animalia proderit, si, etc.,

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

    paratus contra,

    Cic. Mil. 21, 56:

    nihil satis firmum contra Metellum,

    Sall. J. 80, 1:

    contra potentes nemo est munitus satis,

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

    contra avium morsus munitur vallo aristarum,

    Cic. Sen. 15, 51:

    propugnaculum, quo contra omnes meos impetus usurum se putat,

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

    publicam causam contra vim armatam suscipere,

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

    contra tantas difficultates providere,

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

    contra ea,

    id. ib. 57, 5:

    patricii vi contra vim resistunt,

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

    suffragia contra oppugnationem vestrae majestatis,

    Cic. Rab. Perd. 12, 35:

    defensio contra vim,

    id. Mil. 5, 14:

    patronus justitiae fuit contra orationem Phili,

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

    contra labores patientia,

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

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

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

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

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

    vir contra audaciam firmissimus,

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

    fortis contra dolorem,

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

    callosus,

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

    far contra hiemes firmissimum,

    id. 18, 8, 19, § 83:

    equus tenax contra vincula,

    Ov. Am. 3, 4, 13:

    contraque minantia fata pervigil,

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

    cujus et vinum et uva contra serpentium ictus medetur,

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

    prodest et contra suspiria et tussim,

    id. 20, 13, 50, § 128:

    valet potum contra venena,

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

    remedium contra morsus,

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

    contra venena esse omnia remedio,

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

    vinum quod salutare contra pestilentiam sit,

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    omnia quae contra haec sunt, omnia quae contra sunt,

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

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

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

    contra ea benigne ab Siculorum tyrannis adjuti,

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

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

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

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

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

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

    whereas on the contrary, Lucr. 1, 81:

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

    Cic. Sen. 23, 84:

    quod contra oportebat delicto dolere, correctione gaudere,

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

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

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

    v. Ritschl,

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

    contra opinionem Jugurthae ad Thalam perveniunt,

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

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

    Sall. J. 88, 1; so,

    cetera contra spem salva invenit,

    Liv. 9, 23, 17:

    contra spem omnium L. Furium optavit,

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

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

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

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

    Sall. J. 20, 1:

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

    id. ib. 46, 5:

    contra famam,

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

    segniterque et contra industriam absconditae formicae,

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

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

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

    quos contra disputant,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 15, 47:

    quem contra dicit,

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

    quem contra veneris,

    id. Mur. 4, 9:

    quas contra, praeter te, etc.,

    id. Vatin. 7, 18:

    eos ipsos quos contra statuas,

    id. Or. 10, 34:

    quos contra me senatus armavit,

    id. Att. 10, 8, 8:

    quam contra multa locutus est,

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

    hunc igitur contra mittam contendere causam,

    Lucr. 4, 471:

    dicere eos contra,

    id. 4, 484:

    donique eum contra,

    id. 5, 708:

    agmina contra,

    Verg. A. 12, 279:

    magnum Alciden contra,

    id. ib. 5, 414:

    Paridem contra,

    id. ib. 5, 370:

    Italiam contra,

    id. ib. 1, 13:

    deos contra,

    Ov. P. 1, 1, 26:

    Messania moenia contra,

    id. M. 14, 17:

    litora Calabriae contra,

    Tac. A. 3, 1.

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  • 54 contra dicta

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

    feminam scelestam te, adstans contra, contuor,

    Plaut. Pers. 2, 2, 26:

    ut confidenter mihi contra adstitit,

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

    signum contra, quoad longissume oculi ferebant, animo finivit,

    Liv. 1, 18, 8:

    stat contra starique jubet,

    Juv. 3, 290:

    stat contra dicitque tibi tua pagina Fures!

    Mart. 1, 55, 12:

    ulmus erat contra,

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

    templa vides contra,

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

    contra conserta manu,

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

    contra jacet Cancer patulam distentus in alvum,

    Manil. 2, 253:

    posita contra Hispania,

    Tac. Agr. 11:

    promuntorium quod contra procedit,

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

    arguam hanc vidisse apud te contra conservum meum,

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

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

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

    accede ad me atque adi contra,

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

    adspicedum contra me = contra adspice me,

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

    contra adspicere,

    id. Mil. 2, 1, 45:

    contra intueri,

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

    cum veniret contra Marcianus,

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    te ut deludam contra, lusorem meum,

    Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 71:

    quae me amat, quam ego contra amo,

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

    qui arguat se, eum contra vincat jurejurando suo,

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

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

    Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 54:

    audi nunc contra jam,

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

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

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

    Mettius Tullo gratulatur, contra Tullus Mettium benigne alloquitur,

    Liv. 1, 28, 1:

    contra ut me diligat illa,

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

    cui latrans contra senex,

    Phaedr. 5, 10, 7:

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

    Plin. Ep. 7, 6, 4.—

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

    Gell. 15, 9, 9; cf.:

    contra talia reddit,

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

    consulo quem dolum doloso contra conservo parem,

    Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 45:

    facere contra huic aegre,

    Ter. Eun. 4, 1, 10:

    hiscine contra insidiabere?

    id. Hec. 1. 1, 13:

    tibi contra gratiam Referre,

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

    item a me contra factum est,

    Plaut. Aul. prol. 20:

    puellam senex Amat et item contra filius,

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

    Consonat terra,

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

    confer gradum Contra pariter,

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

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

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

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

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

    si scias quod donum huic dono contra comparet,

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

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

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

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

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

    agedum pauca accipe contra,

    Hor. S. 1, 4, 38.—So in battle:

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

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

    oratio contra a Demosthene pro Ctesiphonte edita,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 56, 213:

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

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

    concurrunt... aetheriae nubes contra pugnantibu' ventis,

    struggling against each other, Lucr. 6. 98:

    nec nos obniti contra... Sufficimus,

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

    at ille contra nititur,

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

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

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

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

    Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 1, § 4:

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

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

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

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

    siti contra... pugnandum,

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

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

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

    contra etiam aliquid abs te profectum ex multis audivi,

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

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

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

    ut eos adversarios existimemus qui arma contra ferant,

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

    quid quod exercitum contra duxit?

    Auct. Her. 4, 16, 23:

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

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

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

    Liv. 7, 39, 17:

    cum Romanae legiones contra direxerint,

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

    et huic contra itum ad amnem Erinden,

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

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

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

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

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

    inveniendum contra est, quo distet haec causa a ceteris,

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

    ne spoliaret fama probatum hominem si contra judicasset,

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

    astrologorum artem contra convincere tendit,

    Lucr. 5, 728:

    contra nunc illud pone, etc.,

    Sen. Ben. 7, 14, 6:

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

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

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

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

    honores contra petere,

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

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

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

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

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

    cum contra dicturus Hortensius esset,

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

    hoc... contra dicente Cotta judicatum est,

    id. Caecin. 33, 97:

    dixisse ut contra nemo videretur,

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

    contra autem qui dicet, similitudinem infirmare debebit,

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

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

    Cic. Clu. 48, 134:

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

    id. Quint. 29, 88; so,

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

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

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

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

    contra disputare and contra scribere,

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

    nec qui contra dicunt causam difficilem repellunt,

    Cic. Fin. 3, 1, 2:

    ad coarguendos qui contra disputant,

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

    quam palam principes dixerunt contra!

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

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

    Cic. Att. 1, 14, 5:

    filius ejus incolumitatem optat: contradicit pater,

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

    contradicente nullo,

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

    contradixit edicto,

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

    explorandum videtur an etiam contradicto aliquando judicio consuetudo firmata sit,

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

    ego enim, te disputante, quid contra dicerem meditabar,

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

    ut contra si quid dicere velit non audiatur,

    id. Fin. 5, 10, 27:

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

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

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

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

    quia neque reprehendi quae contra dicuntur possunt, etc.,

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

    seu proposita confirmamus, sive contra dicta dissolvimus,

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

    dicitur contra, nullum esse testamentum,

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

    solitum se etiam Thraseae contradicere,

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

    tibi,

    Suet. Aug. 54:

    Curioni...,

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

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

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

    cum plures tantum sententiis aliorum contradicerent,

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

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

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

    cum ambienti ut legibus solveretur multi contradicerent,

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

    preces erant, sed quibus contradici non posset,

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

    quibus (legibus) contradici potest,

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

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

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

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

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

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

    Quint. 7, 3, 14:

    cum verba (legis) contra sint,

    id. 7, 1, 49:

    sed experimentum contra fuit,

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

    ubi fortuna contra fuit,

    id. ib. 3, 18:

    si fortuna contra daret,

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

    quod fieri totum contra manifesta docet res,

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

    in stultitia contra est,

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

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

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

    quod contra est,

    Sall. J. 85, 21:

    quis non credat, etc.? Contra autem est,

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

    contra fore si, etc.,

    ib. 34, 2, 39, § 2:

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

    ib. 41, 3, 49:

    ego contra puto (i. e. esse),

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

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

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

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

    id. Att. 10, 8, 2:

    contra evenit in iis morbis,

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

    ego contra sentio,

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

    Proculus contra (sc. sentit),

    ib. 35, 2, 1, § 14; 33, 7, 25:

    licet Celsus contra scribat,

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

    cujus disparem mitioremque naturam contra interpretabatur,

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

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

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

    quod contra, id turpe,

    id. Off. 1, 27, 94:

    sit sapienter usus aut contra,

    Quint. 2, 5, 15:

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

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

    ut aliae (res) probabiles videantur aliae contra,

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

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

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

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

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

    laudare testem vel contra pertinet ad momentum judiciorum,

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

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

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

    mihi contra,

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

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

    Sall. J. 88, 2:

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

    Quint. 2, 4, 21:

    alii a propositione accusatoris contraque loci oriuntur,

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

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

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

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

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

    quae etiam contra valent,

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

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

    Cic. Or. 36, 123:

    cum emtor venditori, vel contra, heres exstitit,

    Dig. 35, 2, 48:

    in quibus patrium pro possessivo dicitur, vel contra,

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

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

    id. 1, 5, 68:

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

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

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

    Cic. Or. 42, 143:

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

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

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

    Cic. Div. in Caecil. 11, 35:

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

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

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

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

    contra mercator, navim jactantibus austris Militia est potior?

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

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

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

    contra in aridiore hordeum potius quam far,

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    at contra,

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

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

    id. ib. 2, 7, 23:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    Cic. Off. 1, 30, 109:

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

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

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

    Cic. Balb. 22, 51:

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

    Dig. 13, 7, 21:

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

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

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

    Cic. Sull. 7, 21:

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

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

    et contra,

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

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

    Lucr. 2, 400:

    cogunt,

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    Liv. 45, 18, 1:

    tu ne cede malis, sed contra audentior ito,

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    num aut scriptum neget, aut contra factum infitietur?

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

    si imbres defuere, aut contra abundavere,

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

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

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

    seu tristis veniam, seu contra laetus amicis,

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

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

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

    aliis vero econtra videtur,

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

    honestiorum provectu et econtra suppliciis,

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

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

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

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

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

    proinde ne submiseris te, immo contra fige stabilem gradum,

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

    immo contra ea,

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

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

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

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

    Varr. R. R. 1, 7, 6:

    simulacrum Jovis, contra atque ante fuerat, ad orientem convertere,

    Cic. Cat. 3, 8, 20; id. Sull. 24, 69:

    judicium suscepturos contra atque omnis Italia populusque Romanus judicavisset,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 12; id. B. G. 4, 13; Plin. 12, 19, 43, § 95.—
    (β).
    With ac:

    itaque contra est ac dicitis,

    Cic. Fin. 4, 15, 41:

    vides, omnia fere contra ac dicta sint evenisse,

    id. Div. 2, 24, 53; so id. Verr. 2, 4, 6, § 11; id. Or. 40, 137:

    cum contra ac Deiotarus sensit victoria belli judicaret,

    id. Phil. 11, 13, 34:

    Petreius ubi videt, Catilinam, contra ac ratus erat, magna vi tendere, etc.,

    Sall. C. 60, 5.—
    (γ).
    With ac and atque:

    si denique aliquid non contra ac liceret factum diceretur, sed contra atque oporteret,

    Cic. Balb. 3, 7.—
    (δ).
    With quam (post-Aug.):

    cui contra quam proposuerat aliqua cesserunt,

    Sen. Ira, 3, 6, 5; Plin. 10, 53, 74, § 149; 11, 21, 24, § 72; Gell. 6 (7), 8, 6:

    contra quam licet,

    id. 1, 3, 19; Sil. 15, 107.—
    2.
    Of moral opposition of acts contrary to rules and principles (cf. II. 3. g infra); so always with quam:

    mater Aviti, generi sui, contra quam fas erat, amore capta,

    contrary to the divine law, Cic. Clu. 5, 12:

    ut senatus, contra quam ipse censuisset, ad vestitum rediret,

    contrary to its own resolution, id. Pis. 8, 18:

    contra quam ista causa postulasset,

    id. Caecin. 24, 67:

    contra quam sanctum legibus est,

    Liv. 30, 19, 9; Cic. Leg. 2, 5, 11; id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 1, § 2; id. Dom. 46, 122:

    contraque faciunt quam polliceri videntur,

    Auct. Her. 4, 3, 6; Cic. de Or. 2, 20, 86.
    II.
    Prep. with acc., before, against, facing, towards, opposite to, contrary to (acc. to many scholars not ante-class.; cf. Hand, Turs. II. p. 108; but found Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 24 Fleck., a line omitted by Lorenz as a gloss; id. Pers. 1, 1, 13 Ritschl; Att. ap. Non. p. 469, 15, or Trag. Rel. v. 476 Rib.; cf. also Plaut. Poen. 5, 6, 18; Cato, R. R. 18, 1, and v. I. A. 1. a. b, and I. A. 1. b. a supra).
    A.
    Local uses.
    1.
    Opposite, over against, facing.
    a.
    Of countries and places (mostly of those separated by water;

    adversus and e regione mostly of places opposite by land): insulae natura triquetra, cujus unum latus est contra Galliam,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 13; 3, 9; 4, 20:

    ad insulam quae est contra Massiliam,

    id. B. C. 1, 56; 3, 23:

    Rhodios, pacatis contra insulam suam terris, etc.,

    Liv. 37, 15, 7; 3, 26, 8:

    Carthago Italiam contra,

    Verg. A. 1, 13; 5, 124; Ov. M. 14, 17:

    insulae quae contra Tauri promuntorium inopportune navigantibus objacent, Chelidoniae nominantur,

    Mel. 2, 7; Plin. 3, 26, 30, § 151; 6, 28, 32, § 152; 5, 7, 7, § 41; Tac. A. 3, 1; id. H. 2, 17.—
    b.
    Of the heavenly bodies:

    donique (luna) eum (sc. solem) contra pleno bene lumine fulsit,

    Lucr. 5, 708:

    contra Volucris rostrum posita est Lyra,

    Vitr. 9, 4, 5; Sen. Q. N. 1, 5, 9; 1, 8, 3; Plin. 2, 31, 31, § 99; 5, 10, 10, § 56.—So, tertium (latus Britanniae) est contra septem triones, opposite ( facing); hence, contra meridiem and contra ortus (instead of ad or adversus meridiem, etc.), facing the south and east, Plin. 6, 24, 24, § 85; 17, 2, 2, § 22. —So of a person standing in the sunlight:

    cum minima umbra (i. e. a sole) contra medium fiet hominem,

    Plin. 18, 33, 76, § 327; cf.:

    contra mediam faciem meridies erit,

    id. 18, 33, 76, § 326.—
    c.
    Of opposite ends of a line.
    (α).
    Of the diameter of the earth: esse e regione nobis e contraria parte terrae qui adversis vestigiis stent contra nostra vestigia, quos antipodas vocatis, Cic. Ac. 2, 39, 123.—
    (β).
    Of a line drawn:

    contra autem E littera I erit ubi secat circinationem linea,

    opposite the point E will be the letter I, Vitr. 9, 7, 4.—
    d.
    Of buildings, etc.:

    contra hoc aviarium est aliud minus in quo quae mortuae sunt aves curator servare solet,

    Varr. R. R. 3, 5, 5; Vitr. 5, 6, 3; 3, 5, 15:

    (statuam) quae fuerit contra Jovis Statoris aedem in vestibulo Superbi domus,

    Plin. 34, 6, 13, § 29:

    contra medium fere porticum diaeta paulum recedit,

    Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 20; 2, 17, 5; Suet. Aug. 44.—
    e.
    Of places on the human body:

    id quod contra stomachum est,

    Cels. 4, 5 (4, 12 med.); 7, 7;

    4, 20 (13).—Of the direction of the intestines, etc.: ea... contra medium alvum orsa,

    Cels. 4, 1 fin. —
    2.
    Of actions, opposite, towards, against, facing (syn.:

    adversus, ad, e regione,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 61).
    a.
    In gen.:

    quamvis subito... quamque Rem contra speculum ponas, apparet imago,

    Lucr. 4, 156: Democritus... clipeum constituit contra exortum Hyperionis, Laber. ap. Gell. 10, 17, 4:

    et contra magnum potes hos (i.e. oculos) attollere solem, Nec tremis...?

    Prop. 1, 15, 37; Col. 7, 3, 8:

    rex constiterat contra pedites,

    Curt. 10, 9, 13; 9, 5, 1:

    ne contra septentrionem paveris,

    Plin. 18, 33, 76, § 330; 28, 6, 19, § 69:

    contra solem varie refulgens,

    placed in the sun, id. 37, 10, 63, § 173; 10, 54, 75, § 151; 37, 6, 22, § 83;

    37, 7, 25, § 95: cum terrestres volucres contra aquam clangores dabunt,

    id. 18, 35, 87, § 363; 19, 8, 39, § 131.—
    b.
    Dependent on verbs of motion (very rare without the idea of hostility):

    (Dinocrates) incessit contra tribunal regis jus dicentis,

    towards, Vitr. 2, praef. 1.—So trop., of actions done for a purpose:

    lege Cornelia de sicariis tenetur qui, cum in magistratu esset, eorum quid fecerit contra hominis necem quod legibus permissum non sit,

    Dig. 48, 8, 4.—
    c.
    Appositively, with the predicate: (elephanti) tanta narratur clementia contra minus validos, ut, etc., if fronting weaker animals, if brought in contact with them (not to be connected with clementia), Plin. 8, 7, 7, § 23.—Similarly: dum... fidens non est contra feram, if fronting the animal (not dependent on fidens), Plin. 8, 16, 21, § 57.—
    d.
    Against an opposing action, etc.:

    contra vim atque impetum fluminis conversa,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 17, 5:

    cum plateae contra directos ventos erunt conformatae,

    Vitr. 1, 6, 8:

    ut contra ventum gregem pascamus,

    Col. 7, 3, 12; Sen. Q. N. 2, 31, 2; Plin. 29, 3, 12, § 52; 17, 2, 2, § 21; 8, 16, 21, § 54:

    contra fluminum impetus aggeribus,

    id. 35, 14, 48, § 169:

    capite in sole contra pilum peruncto,

    id. 27, 4, 5, § 17; 18, 35, 88, § 364; Varr. ap. Plin. 7, 20, 19, § 83; Sil. 14, 352; Dig. 9, 2, 29, § 4. [p. 455] — Trop.:

    contra fortunam tenendus est cursus,

    Sen. Prov. 5, 9.—Prov.:

    contra stimulum calces,

    kick against the pricks, Isid. Orig. 1, 36, 28 (al. calcitres); cf. Amm. 18, 5, 1.—
    e.
    Of local actions with hostile intent.
    (α).
    Lit.:

    quae vis Coclitem contra omnes hostium copias tenuit?

    Cic. Par. 1, 2, 12:

    Pompeium Cartejae receptum scribis: jam igitur contra hunc exercitum (sc. constitit),

    id. Att. 15, 20, 3:

    pertimescam, credo, ne mihi non liceat contra vos in contione consistere,

    to face you, id. Agr. 1, 8, 25; Lepidus ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 34, 1; Caes. B. C. 1, 26:

    a fronte contra hostem pedum quindecim fossam fieri jussit,

    id. ib. 1, 41; 1, 42; id. B. G. 7, 62:

    Tullus adversus Veientem hostem derigit suos: Albanos contra legionem Fidenatium collocat,

    Liv. 1, 27, 5; 24, 41, 5; 38, 4, 5; Verg. A. 12, 279; Front. Strat. 2, 2, 13; 2, 3, 17.—Appositively, with a local verb understood:

    terribilis haec contra fugientes belua est, fugax contra insequentes,

    i. e. if fronting, if placed opposite, Plin. 8, 25, 38, § 92.—
    (β).
    Trop.:

    castra sunt in Italia contra populum Romanum in Etruriae faucibus collocata,

    Cic. Cat. 1, 2, 5; id. Mil. 1, 2; Quint. 7, 7, 5:

    tum contra hanc Romam illa altera Roma quaeretur,

    will be as a rival against this Rome, Cic. Agr. 2, 22, 86:

    cui rationi contra homines barbaros atque imperitos locus fuisset, hac ne ipsum quidem sperare, etc.,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 40:

    (Cicero) plerumque contra inimicos atque obtrectatores plus vindicat sibi,

    when fronting adversaries, Quint. 11, 1, 23.—
    f.
    In partic.
    (α).
    Stare contra aliquem (opp. stare ab aliquo); usu. implying hostility; mostly trop., to stand against, to be arrayed against, to face, oppose:

    quod contra hoc exemplum nulla staret eorum ratio,

    Auct. Her. 4, 5, 7:

    contra populi studium,

    Cic. Brut. 34, 126:

    contra civium perditorum... dementiam a senatu et a bonorum causa,

    id. ib. 79, 273; so,

    a mendacio contra veritatem,

    id. Inv. 1, 3, 4:

    contra cives in acie,

    id. Att. 16, 11, 2:

    et adversi contra stetit ora juvenci,

    opposite, Verg. A. 5, 477; 5, 414:

    haec enim (ratio) sola... stat contra fortunam,

    Sen. Ep. 14, 4, 2: contra leonem etiam stetit, fronted, i. e. hunted, Spart. Carac. 5 fin. —
    (β).
    Contra aliquem ire:

    aut saevos Libyae contra ire leones,

    Stat. Th. 9, 16.— Trop.:

    uti contra injurias armati eatis,

    Sall. J. 31, 6:

    interritus (sapiens) et contra illa (mala) ibit et inter illa,

    Sen. Ep. 59, 8; cf.: contra venire, II. B. 1. c. b infra, and v. also II. B. 2. b. and II. B. 1. b. infra.—
    3.
    Transf.,
    a.
    To persons placed together for comparison:

    C. vero Caesar, si foro tantum vacasset, non alius ex nostris contra Ciceronem nominaretur,

    Quint. 10, 1, 114:

    CORONATO CONTRA OMNES SCAENICOS,

    Inscr. Grut. p. 331, n. 4.—
    b.
    To things compared, as if weighed against each other as to their value, strength, etc.
    (α).
    Lit. (very rare):

    quamcunque vis rem expende, et contra aquam statue... Si gravior est, leviorem rem... feret, etc.,

    Sen. Q. N. 3, 25, 5.—
    (β).
    Prop.:

    cujus (i. e. generis humani) causa videtur cuncta alia genuisse natura, magna saeva mercede contra tanta sua munera,

    Plin. 7, 1, 1, § 1:

    qui amicus esse coepit quia expedit, placebit ei aliquod pretium contra amicitiam,

    Sen. Ep. 9, 9:

    numquam ulli fortiores cives fuerunt quam qui ausi sunt eum contra tantas opes ejus... condemnare,

    Cic. Fam. 7, 2, 3:

    tantum studium bonorum in me exstitisse, contra incredibilem contentionem clarissimi et potentissimi viri,

    id. ib. 7, 2, 2; Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 9, 3:

    nomen prorogans nostrum et memoriam extendens contra brevitatem aevi,

    as a compensation for, Plin. 2, 63, 63, § 154.—So esp., valere contra, to weigh against, counterbalance, avail or prevail against: non vereor ne meae vitae modestia parum valitura sit contra falsos rumores, Matius ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 28, 8:

    (illa facta) pro periculo potius quam contra salutem valere debere,

    Cic. Part. Or. 35, 120; id. Off. 3, 29, 104:

    contrane lucrum nil valere Pauperis ingenium?

    Hor. Epod. 11, 11; Sen. Ben. 4, 15, 1; id. Cons. Helv. 5, 5; so,

    robur habere contra: si contra unamquamlibet partem fortunae satis tibi roboris est,

    id. ib. 13, 2;

    so of counterchecks: in Creta decem qui cosmoe vocantur, ut contra consulare imperium tribuni plebis, sic illi contra vim regiam constituti,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 33, 58.—Of antidotes: cimicum natura contra serpentium morsus valere dicitur, item contra venena omnia, Plin. 29, 4, 17, § 61.—Hence,
    c.
    Colloq., aliquid contra aurum est, something is worth gold, is superb, both predicatively and attributively (cf.: auro contra, I. A. 2. supra): hujusce pomaria in summa Sacra Via ubi poma veneunt, contra aurum imago, a spectacle for gold, i. e. a magnificent sight, Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 10 MSS. (al. aliter):

    numcubi hic vides citrum... num quod emblema aut lithostratum? quae illic omnia contra aurum,

    superb, id. ib. 3, 2, 4 MSS. (Schneid. omits aurum, ex conj.):

    oneravi vinum, et tunc erat contra aurum,

    Petr. 7, 6.—
    d.
    Transf., of replies, with aiebat, inquit, etc.; both in friendly and inimical sense; esp., contra ea, contra haec, = the adv. contra:

    contra ea Titurius sero facturos clamitabat, etc.,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 29:

    contra ea Verginius unum Ap. Claudium et legum expertem et, etc., aiebat,

    Liv. 3, 57, 1; 24, 45, 4:

    quae contra breviter fata est vates,

    Verg. A. 6, 398:

    contra quod disertus Tu impie fecisti inquit, etc.,

    Quint. 7, 1, 53 (cf.: contra ea, II. E. 1. infra).
    B.
    Denoting hostility or disadvantage.
    1.
    With verbs of hostile action.
    a.
    Of physical exertion:

    pugnavere et tertio consulatu ejus viginti (elephanti) contra pedites quingentos,

    Plin. 8, 7, 7, § 22:

    proelium Afri contra Aegyptios primi fecere fustibus,

    id. 7, 56, 57, § 200; 8, 40, 61, § 142. —
    b.
    Referring to warfare (usu. adversus), bellum gerere (rarely for cum or adversus; but contra patriam, contra aras, etc., not cum patria, etc.; cf.

    bellum, II. A. 1. e.): a quo prohibitos esse vos contra Caesarem gerere bellum (opp. pro),

    Cic. Lig. 8, 25; id. Phil. 5, 10, 27; Liv. Ep. 129.—With bellum suscipere:

    contra Antonium,

    Cic. Phil. 8, 2, 5; so,

    contra patriam,

    id. Sull. 20, 58:

    pugnare contra patriam,

    id. ib. 25, 70:

    contra conjuges et liberos,

    Sen. Ben. 5, 15, 5:

    armatum esse contra populum Romanum,

    Cic. Prov. Cons. 13, 32.—With arma ferre (freq.), Cic. Phil. 2, 29, 72; 13, 21, 47; Liv. 28, 28, 15; Nep. Att. 4, 2; Tib. 1, 6, 30; Ov. M. 4, 609; 13, 269; id. P. 1, 1, 26.—With arma sumere or capere, Cic. Rab. Perd. 6, 19; id. Phil. 4, 1, 2; 4, 3, 7:

    armis contendere contra,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 13:

    arma alicui dare (trop.),

    Cic. Phil. 2, 21, 53:

    aciem instruere (trop.),

    Liv. 25, 4, 4:

    exercitum comparare,

    Cic. Phil. 3, 6, 14; 4, 1, 2:

    exercitum instruere,

    id. Cat. 2, 11, 24:

    exercitum ducere and adducere,

    id. Phil. 4, 2, 5; 3, 4, 11:

    exercitum contra Philippum mittere,

    id. Inv. 1, 12, 17:

    naves ducere contra,

    Hor. Epod. 4, 19:

    ducere contra hostes,

    Liv. 1, 27, 4:

    florem Italiae educere contra,

    Cic. Cat. 2, 11, 24:

    proficisci contra,

    to march against, Liv. 1, 11, 3; 8, 2, 5:

    auxilium ferre Rutulis contra Latinos,

    Plin. 14, 12, 14, § 88:

    juvare aliquem contra,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 35:

    consilium inire contra Sequanos,

    to take hostile measures against, id. B. G. 6, 12.—
    c.
    Of legal contention (more freq. adversus, except with verbs of saying).
    (α).
    In gen., with agere or causam agere, to act as counsel against a party or his attorney:

    cum agerem contra hominem disertissimum nostrae civitatis,

    Cic. Caecin. 33, 97; id. Brut. 63, 226; Sen. Ben. 4, 15, 3; Quint. 11, 1, 59.—Causam recipere or suscipere contra, to accept a retainer against:

    (causam) quam receperam contra pueros Octavios,

    Cic. Att. 13, 49, 1; Quint. 6, 1, 12; Plin. Ep. 4, 17, 1.—Adesse alicui contra, to appear, act as one's counsel against:

    rogavit me Caecilius ut adessem contra Satrium,

    Cic. Att. 1, 1, 3; Plin. Ep. 1, 7, 5 al.; cf.:

    esse contra,

    id. ib. 1, 18, 3.— Trop.: conquesturus venit;

    at contra se adfuit et satisfacienti satisfecit,

    Sen. Fragm. Amic. 14, 1, 89:

    causam defendere contra,

    against the accuser, Cic. de Or. 1, 39, 178:

    statuere contra aliquem (sc. causam),

    to establish a case against an adversary, id. Or. 10, 34:

    actio competit contra,

    Dig. 49, 14, 41:

    querelam instituere contra,

    ib. 5, 2, 21, § 1:

    bonorum possessionem petere contra,

    ib. 5, 2, 23:

    jus obtinere contra,

    Cic. Quint. 9, 34:

    pugnare contra,

    to struggle against the accuser, id. Sull. 17, 49; id. Verr. 1, 11, 33:

    id quod mihi contra illos datum est,

    i. e. a local advantage over, id. Tull. 14, 33:

    judicare contra aliquem,

    id. Fl. 20, 48; Dig. 21, 2, 55; 5, 2, 14; Just. Inst. 4, 17, 2:

    pronuntiare contra,

    Paul. Sent. 5, 34, 2: dare sententiam contra, Dig. 21, 2, 56, § 1:

    decernere contra,

    Cic. Fl. 31, 76:

    appellare contra aliquem,

    Dig. 49, 1, 3; 49, 5, 6; cf.:

    contra sententiam,

    Cod. Just. 7, 62, 32, § 2.—Sentire contra aliquem, to have an opinion unfavorable to:

    cur vos (cum) aliquid contra me sentire dicatis, etc.,

    Cic. Caecin. 27, 79.—
    (β).
    Venire contra aliquem, to appear as counsel for one's adversary:

    quid tu, Saturi, qui contra hunc venis, existimas aliter?

    Cic. Rosc. Com. 6, 18; id. Mur. 4, 9; id. Phil. 8, 6, 18.—Venire contra rem alicujus, to give advice damaging one's interests:

    contra rem suam me venisse questus est,

    Cic. Phil. 2, 2, 3.—
    (γ).
    With dicere and other verbs of saying. (aa) Of a lawyer pleading against a lawyer:

    ipse ille Mucius, quid in illa causa cum contra te diceret, attulit quod? etc.,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 57, 244:

    cum ille contra me pro Sex. Naevio diceret,

    id. Brut. 60, 2, 7; id. de Or. 2, 7, 30; id. Rosc. Am. 15, 45; id. Div. in Caecil. 14, 44; id. Planc. 2, 5; id. Brut. 26, 102; so,

    causam dicere,

    id. Or. 2, 23, 98:

    causam perorare,

    id. Quint. 24, 77.—(bb) Of a lawyer's pleading against the parties: dic mihi, M. Pinari, num si contra te dixero mihi male dicturus es? Servil. ap. Cic. de Or. 2, 65, 261; 3, 34, 138; 1, 14, 60; id. Or. 35, 123; Quint. 11, 1, 57; cf. with ellipsis of acc.:

    quorum alter pro Aufldia, contra dixit alter,

    id. 10, 1, 22.—(ng) Of a party against a lawyer:

    si Gaditani contra me dicerent,

    if the Gaditani were my adversaries, Cic. Balb. 17, 38.—(dd) Of witnesses and experts, and the pleadings against them:

    si decressent legationem quae contra istum diceret,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 4, § 12: contra testes dicere (opp. a testibus or pro testibus). Auct. Her. 2, 6, 9; Cic. de Or. 2, 27, 118 (cf.:

    testimonium in aliquem dicere,

    id. Sull. 17, 48; Quint. 7, 4, 36):

    contra juris consultos dicere,

    against their legal opinions, Cic. Caecin. 24, 69.—So of witnesses in scientific questions:

    contra testes dicendum est,

    Sen. Q. N. 7, 16, 1.—(ee) Dicere or contendere aliquid contra aliquem, to maintain a point against:

    cum interrogamus adversarios... quid contra nos dici possit,

    Auct. Her. 4, 23, 33:

    tamenne vereris ut possis hoc contra Hortensium contendere?

    Cic. Quint. 25, 78. —
    d.
    Of literary adversaries, mostly with verbs of saying and writing:

    cum scriberem contra Epicurios,

    Cic. Att. 13, 38, 1:

    contra Epicurum satis superque dictum est,

    id. N. D. 2, 1, 2:

    contra Brutum,

    id. Tusc. 5, 8, 21:

    contra Academiam,

    id. Ac. 2, 19, 63; id. Fin. 1, 1, 2; 5, 8, 22; id. Tusc. 5, 11, 32; 5, 30, 84; id. Ac. 2, 4, 17:

    contra autem omnia disputatur a nostris,

    id. Off. 2, 2, 8.—
    e.
    Of public and political adversaries (syn. adversus and in).
    (α).
    In gen.:

    sentire contra,

    Cic. Mil. 2, 5:

    pugnare contra bonos,

    id. Sull. 25, 71:

    contra eos summa ope nitebatur nobilitas,

    Sall. C. 38, 2; Cic. Sest. 19, 42; 52, 112:

    (tribuni) qui aut contra consulem, aut pro studio ejus pugnabant,

    Liv. 39, 32, 12.—
    (β).
    Of political speaking:

    cum (Cato) eo ipso anno contra Serv. Galbam ad populum summa contentione dixisset,

    Cic. Brut. 20, 80; so id. Imp. Pomp. 17, 53; Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 9, 1.—
    f.
    Of hostile or criminal acts in gen. (syn.:

    adversus, in): inire consilia contra,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 38, 110; id. Cat. 1, 7, 18:

    manum comparare contra aliquem,

    id. Sull. 24, 68:

    conjurationem facere,

    id. ib. 4, 12:

    congredi,

    id. Lig. 3, 9; Sall. J. 64, 4:

    aliquid contra imperatorem moliri,

    Just. Inst. 4, 18, 3:

    nec dolor armasset contra sua viscera matrem,

    against her own offspring Ov. R. Am. 59.—Facere contra (more freq. with abstr. objects; cf. II. C. 1. f. b infra): nunc te contra Caesarem facere summae stultitiae est, to take parts against, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 16, 2:

    eae (res) contra nos ambae faciunt,

    operate against us, id. Quint. 1, 1.—With verbs of saying, etc.:

    homo disertus non intellegit, eum quem contra dicit laudari a se?

    Cic. Phil. 2, 8, 18; 2, 1, 2; 2, 21, 51; Sen. Ep. 15, 3, 70:

    epigramma quod contra quamdam Gelliam scripsit,

    Lampr. Alex. Sev. 38:

    disputare contra deos, in two signif.: contra deum licet disputare liberius,

    to accuse, reproach a god, Cic. N. D. 3, 31, 76; but: mala et impia consuetudo est contra deos disputandi, to reason against the gods, i. e. against their existence, id. ib. 2, 67, 168.—
    2.
    Predicatively, with esse (videri, etc.), against, injurious to, unfavorable, prejudicial, to one's disadvantage: ut [p. 456] ex senatusconsulto neque cujus intersit, neque contra quem sit intellegi possit, Cic. Mur. 32, 68; id. de Or. 3, 20, 75; 2, 74, 299; 2, 81, 330; id. Sull. 13, 39; Sen. Ben. 6, 31, 6:

    licentiam malis dare certe contra bonos est,

    injurious to, Quint. 4, 2, 75:

    res contra nos est, of unfavorable chances in a lawsuit,

    id. 4, 66, 1; 4, 2, 75; 5, 13, 32.—Often, contra aliquem = quod est contra aliquem, referring to indef. pronouns or adjectives:

    nihil contra me fecit odio mei = nihil quod esset contra me,

    Cic. Har. Resp. 3, 5; id. Off. 3, 31, 112:

    quibus (temporibus) aliquid contra Caesarem Pompeio suaserim,

    id. Phil. 2, 10, 24.—
    3.
    Added adverb. to the predicate, mostly referring to purpose, with hostile intent, for the purpose of some hostile act, in order to oppose, in opposition:

    Caesarine eam (provinciam) tradituri fuistis, an contra Caesarem retenturi?

    or keep it against Caesar, Cic. Lig. 7, 23:

    sero enim resistimus ei quem per annos decem aluimus contra nos,

    id. Att. 7, 5, 5:

    judicium illud pecunia esse temptatum non pro Cluentio, sed contra Cluentium,

    id. Clu. 4, 9; id. Imp. Pomp. 17, 52; id. Ac. 2, 28, 92:

    cum quae facitis ejusmodi sint ut ea contra vosmet ipsos facere videamini,

    id. Rosc. Am. 36, 104; Sen. Ep. 3, 7, 3: Curio se contra eum totum parat, i. e. to speak against him, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 8, 10; Caes. B. C. 1, 85 ter; Sen. Q. N. 1, 7, 1; Plin. 16, 39, 74, § 192; Plin. Pan. 41.—So with the force of a temporal clause:

    fidem meam quam essent contra Massam Baebium experti,

    in the suit against, Plin. Ep. 3, 4, 4.—
    4.
    Dependent on adjectives (rare):

    contra se ipse misericors,

    to his own injury, Phaedr. 4, 18, 3:

    severissimus judex contra fures,

    Lampr. Alex. Sev. 28.—
    5.
    With nouns.
    a.
    Acc. to 1. b.:

    ut quam maximae contra Hannibalem copiae sint,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 12, 17; cf. Vell. 2, 76, 3.—
    b.
    Acc. to 1. c. and 1. e.; so esp., oratio contra (cf.: oratio in).
    (α).
    Oratio contra (never in), of an address against the counsel of a party or against the prosecutor:

    quid in omni oratione Crassus vel apud centumviros contra Scaevolam, vel contra accusatorem Brutum, cum pro Cn. Plancio diceret?

    Cic. de Or. 2, 54, 220; cf.:

    Cato pro se contra Cassium = in oratione contra,

    Gell. 10, 15, 3; so,

    haec perpetua defensio contra Scaevolam,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 54, 221:

    orationem illam egregiam quam (Aeschines) in Ctesiphontem contra Demosthenem dixerat,

    id. ib. 3, 56, 213.—
    (β).
    Of an address against the party, either in judicial or political affairs:

    unam orationem contra Gracchum reliquit,

    Cic. Brut. 26, 99:

    (Demosthenis) oratio contra Leptinem... contra Aeschinem falsae legationis,

    id. Or. 31, 111; Gell. 10, 24, 10; 10, 18, 91; Cic. Brut. 46, 169; Quint. 12, 10, 61; Cic. de Or. 2, 11, 45; id. Brut. 44, 164; Gell. 13, 25 (24), 15; cf. Quint. 4, 3, 13; 11, 2, 25.—
    c.
    Acc. to 1. f.:

    contra patres concitatio et seditio,

    Cic. Brut. 14, 56.—Of animals:

    contra volpium genus communibus inimicitiis,

    Plin. 10, 76, 96, § 207.
    C.
    With inanimate and abstract objects.
    1.
    Directly dependent on verbs (cf. B. 1.).
    a.
    Of physical or moral exertion:

    cum fulmina contra Tot paribus streperet clipeis,

    Verg. A. 10, 567:

    pugnandum tamquam contra morbum, sic contra senectutem,

    Cic. Sen. 11, 35:

    contra verum niti,

    Sall. J. 35, 8:

    contra fortunam luctari,

    Sen. Ben. 7, 15, 2; id. Brev. Vit. 10, 1; id. Ep. 78, 15; 99, 32; cf. Cic. Off. 1, 31, 110.—
    b.
    Of warfare (lit. and trop.):

    bellum contra aras, focos, vitam fortunasque gerere,

    Cic. Phil. 3, 1, 1:

    bellum gerimus... contra arma verbis,

    id. Fam. 12, 22, 1.—So of logical contradictions:

    artificis autem est invenire in actione adversarii quae semet ipsa pugnent,

    Quint. 5, 13, 30.—
    c.
    Of legal contention.
    (α).
    Of the actions of the counsel or prosecutor: dicere, or perorare, agere contra aliquid, to plead against, contest something:

    contra argumenta, rumores, tabulas, quaestiones (opp. ab argumentis, etc.),

    Auct. Her. 2, 6, 9 sqq.; Cic. de Or. 2, 27, 118:

    contra ratiocinationem,

    id. Inv. 2, 50, 153: contra scriptum dicere, to contest, controvert a written law or a document, id. ib. 2, 47, 138; 2, 48, 143; id. Brut. 39, 145; Quint. 7, 7, 1:

    contra caput dicere,

    to plead against life, Cic. Quint. 13, 44 (cf.:

    servum in caput domini interrogare,

    Paul. Sent. 1, 1, 34; 5, 16, 5 and 8; 5, 46, 3): contra libertatem agere, Dig. 40, 12, 26.—Pregn.:

    contra rerum naturam, contraque consuetudinem hominum dicere (opp. contra nos dicere),

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 15, 45.—
    (β).
    Of judicial decisions contradicting documents, etc.:

    contra tabulas judicare,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 70, 281:

    contra testamentum,

    Dig. 2, 17, § 1:

    contra sententiam dicere,

    ib. 49, 8, 1, § 2.—
    (γ).
    Admittere aliquem contra bona, to admit a petition for bonorum possessio (cf.:

    inmittere in bona),

    Dig. 38, 2, 3, § 6.—
    d.
    Of antagonism in literary and ethical questions.
    (α).
    To contend that something is false:

    dicere, disputare, disserere contra opinionem or sententiam,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 4, 8; 5, 19, 55; id. de Or. 3, 18, 67; id. Fin. 5, 4, 10; id. Ac. 2, 18, 60; Sen. Ira, 1, 3, 3; id. Ep. 87, 5; 102, 5 (cf.:

    in sententiam dicere,

    in support of an opinion, Caes. B. G. 1, 45):

    contra sensus dicere,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 31, 101:

    contra rhetoricen dicere,

    Quint. 2, 17, 40.—
    (β).
    Of criticism, hostility to principles, etc.:

    contra Iliadem et Odysseam scribere,

    Vitr. 7, praef. 8:

    contra quorum disciplinam ingenium ejus exarserat,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 29, 83.—
    (γ).
    Ethically:

    contra voluptatem dicere,

    that pleasure is a moral evil, Cic. Fin. 5, 8, 21:

    contra mortem loqui,

    that death is no evil, Sen. Ep. 82, 7;

    in both senses: contra vitia, pericula, fortunam, ambitionem,

    id. ib. 100, 10:

    contra fortunam gloriari,

    that fortune has no power over him, Cic. Tusc. 5, 9, 26; Sen. Ep. 26, 5.—
    e.
    Of public and political acts and speeches:

    contra potentiam accusatorum dicere,

    Cic. Brut. 44, 164:

    contra legem dicere or verba facere,

    id. Imp. Pomp. 15, 53; Liv. 34, 8, 1:

    rogationem ferre contra coloniam ( = contra legem de colonia deducenda),

    Cic. Clu. 51, 140; Auct. Her. 1, 17, 21; Plin. 8, 17, 24, § 64.—
    f.
    Of hostility, injury, wrongs, etc.
    (α).
    In gen.:

    senatusconsulto quod contra dignitatem tuam fieret,

    directed against, Cic. Fam. 12, 29, 2:

    contra rem publicam se commovere,

    id. Cat. 1, 26; 1, 3, 7:

    incitari,

    id. Sest. 47, 100:

    consilia inire,

    id. Agr. 2, 3, 8:

    conjurationem facere,

    Sall. C. 30, 6:

    contra salutem urbis incitari,

    Cic. Cat. 3, 8, 20:

    cogitare aliquid contra salutem,

    id. ib. 3, 9, 21: contra voluntatem or studium dicere, to oppose one's will in a speech:

    esse aliquem in civitate qui contra ejus (Chrysogoni) voluntatem dicere auderet,

    id. Rosc. Am. 22, 60; id. Phil. 1, 11, 28; id. de Or. 3, 34, 138; id. Mur. 4, 10; Tac. H. 2, 91:

    ne quid contra aequitatem contendas, ne quid pro injuria,

    do not array yourself against equity, Cic. Off. 2, 20, 71.— Trop.:

    quis non contra Marii arma, contra Suliae proscriptionem irascitur? ( = Mario propter arma, Sullae propter proscriptionem),

    Sen. Ira, 2, 2, 3.—
    (β).
    In partic.: facere contra aliquid (syn. adversus), to commit an offence against, to transgress, etc.:

    si quis ad Antonium profectus esset... senatus existimaturum eum contra rem publicam fecisse,

    Cic. Phil. 8, 11, 33; id. Mil. 5, 13; 6, 14; id. Off. 3, 10, 43; 3, 25, 95; S. C. ap. Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 8, 6; Liv. 25, 4, 7; so,

    contra salutem rei publicae facere,

    Cic. Dom. 38, 102:

    contra majestatem,

    against the emperor, Dig. 48, 4, 5:

    contra leges,

    Cic. Dom. 18, 48; id. Vatin. 7, 18; id. Fin. 2, 17, 55; id. Mur. 32, 67; id. de Or. 3, 19, 70; cf. id. Clu. 34, 92; id. Mur. 32, 68; id. Dom. 14, 38; id. Phil. 10, 6, 13; Gai Inst. 4, 121:

    contra edictum (praetoris),

    Cic. Verr 2, 3, 10, § 25; Dig. 39, 1, 20, § 1:

    contra foedus,

    Cic. Balb. 6, 16:

    contra jusjurandum ac fidem,

    id. Off. 3, 10, 43; id. Lael. 3, 30, 74; id. Verr. 2, 3, 3, § 7; Prop. 3, 30, 44 (2, 32, 44).—And ironically:

    tune contra Caesaris nutum (sc. facies)?

    Cic. Att. 14, 10, 1.—Rarely contra ea facere = contra facere, adverb. (cf. I. B. 8. and II. E. 1. b.):

    corpus in civitatem inferri non licet... et qui contra ea fecerit, extra ordinem punitur,

    Paul. Sent. 1, 21, 2; 1, 21, 12.—
    2.
    Predicatively with esse (usu. impers.), in violation of, in conflict with, contrary to (cf. 3. g).
    (α).
    With esse expressed as the predicate:

    hominem hominis incommodo suum augere commodum magis est contra naturam quam mors,

    Cic. Off. 3, 5, 21; id. Fin. 3, 9, 31; id. N. D. 3, 13, 33; Sen. Ep. 5, 4; Plin. 7, 8, 6, § 45:

    contra leges or legem est,

    Cic. Pis. 13, 30; id. Mur. 32, 67:

    contra officium est,

    id. Off. 3, 10, 43; 1, 10, 32; 1, 6, 19; cf. id. Lael. 11, 39; id. Off. 3, 15, 63; Liv. 6, 40, 5; Sen. Q. N. 2, 37, 2; Gai Inst. 3, 157; Dig. 30, 1, 112, § 3; 16, 3, 1, § 7.—With ellipsis of object (naturam), Cic. Fin. 5, 29, 89; cf.:

    adeo res ista non habet ullam moram quae contra causas ignium sit,

    unfavorable to the formation of fire, Sen. Q. N. 2, 26, 7.—
    (β).
    With verbal predicate, referring to an indef. pron. or adj., with esse understood:

    scis hunc... nihil umquam contra rem tuam cogitasse ( = nihil quod contra rem tuam esset),

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 50, 147; id. Mil. 5, 13:

    aliquid contra animum audiendi,

    something against our liking, Sen. Const. 19, 2.—So mostly with facere:

    si quid Socrates aut Aristippus contra morem consuetudinemque fecerint,

    Cic. Off. 1, 41, 148; id. Att. 3, 23, 2; 2, 22, 2; id. Off. 3, 15, 63; Sall. C. 15, 1; Dig. 8, 2, 11; 8, 2, 17; 35, 1, 79, § 2. —
    (γ).
    Contra officium, substantively, = id quod contra officium est:

    Sic inter recte factum atque peccatum, officium et contra officium, media locabat quaedam,

    Cic. Ac. 1, 10, 37.—
    3.
    Adverbially with the predicate.
    (α).
    In order to oppose, in opposition to, with hostile intent (cf. B. 3.):

    eidem illam proscriptionem capitis mei contra salutem rei publicae rogatam esse dicebant,

    that the proposal of the law was an attack on the republic, Cic. Prov. Cons. 19, 45; id. Rab. Perd. 12, 35; id. Phil. 10, 10, 22:

    imperator contra postulata Bocchi nuntios mittit,

    to reply to the demands, Sall. J. 83, 3; 25, 6; so,

    advocare contra,

    Sen. Cons. Polyb. 12, 4; id. Ep. 15, 2, 52:

    si contra mortem te praeparaveris,

    to meet death, id. ib. 11, 3, 8.—
    (β).
    With the force of a clause of manner, injuriously to, etc.:

    quibus contra valetudinis commodum laborandum est,

    Cic. Mur. 23, 47; Suet. Aug. 78:

    contra hominis salutem,

    with danger to a man's life, Cod. Just. 7, 62, 29.—
    (γ).
    In gen., of conflict with some rule or principle, contrary to, in violation of, without regard to ( = ita ut contra sit; cf. 2. supra; very freq. from the class. period;

    syn. adversus): ceperitne pecunias contra leges P. Decius,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 31, 136; id. Verr. 2, 1, 4, § 10; id. Fl. 34, 86:

    pecuniam contra leges auferre,

    id. Verr. 1, 18, 56; 2, 1, 10, § 27; 2, 5, 18, § 46; id. Har. Resp. 26, 56:

    contra legem,

    id. Rab. Perd. 3, 8; id. Dom. 16, 41:

    contra jus fasque,

    id. Har. Resp. 16, 34; id. Quint. 6, 28:

    contra jus,

    Liv. 5, 4, 14; id. Dom. 13, 55; id. Verr. 2, 5, 13, § 34:

    contra jus gentium,

    Liv. 4, 32, 5; 9, 10, 10; 21, 25, 7; 5, 36, 6;

    6, 1, 6: contra juris rigorem,

    Dig. 40, 5, 24, § 10 et saep.:

    contra testimonium aliquid judicare,

    without regard to, Cic. Brut. 31, 117:

    aliquid contra verecundiam disputare,

    contrary to the rules of decency, id. Off. 1, 35, 128:

    aliquid contra fidem constituere,

    Quint. 5, 13, 34:

    quae majores nostri contra lubidinem animi sui recte atque ordine fecere,

    contrary to the dictates of passion, Sall. C. 51, 4; id. J. 33, 1; cf. of logical opposition, II. E. 2. infra.—
    4.
    Dependent on substt.
    a.
    Of physical strife:

    scit ille imparem sibi luctatum contra nexus (draconis),

    Plin. 8, 12, 12, § 33. —
    b.
    Of warfare:

    imperatorum copia contra tuum furorem,

    Cic. Mur. 39, 83:

    Parthorum gloria contra nomen Romanum,

    Liv. 9, 18, 6: in castris perditorum contra patriam, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 23, 6.—
    c.
    Of legal contention:

    causa contra scriptum,

    Cic. Inv. 2, 46, 135.—
    d.
    Of political speaking:

    divina M. Tullii eloquentia contra leges agrarias,

    Quint. 2, 16, 7; 9, 3, 50; Gell. 18, 7, 7.—
    e.
    Of literary opposition:

    Caesaris vituperatio contra laudationem meam,

    Cic. Att. 12, 40, 1.—
    f.
    Of hostility, etc.:

    cujus factum, inceptum, conatumve contra patriam,

    Cic. Cat. 2, 12, 27:

    ullum factum dictumve nostrum contra utilitatem vestram,

    Liv. 6, 40, 5.—
    g.
    Of injury:

    vitae cupiditas contra rem publicam,

    Cic. Planc. 37, 90: contra serpentes venenum, fatal to serpents, or as a defence against serpents, Plin. 7, 2, 2, § 15.—
    h.
    Of violation, disregard, etc. (cf. 3. g):

    iter contra senatus auctoritatem,

    Cic. Phil. 2, 19, 48:

    contra consuetudinem somnium,

    Plin. 10, 77, 98, § 211:

    bonorum possessio contra tabulas,

    Dig. 37, 4, 3, § 13; Gai Inst. 3, 41.—
    5.
    Dependent on adjectives (very rare; cf.

    II. D. 2. c. infra): contraque patris impii regnum impotens, avum resolvam,

    Sen. Herc. Fur. 966.
    D.
    Of defence, protection, and resistance (syn.: adversus, ab).
    1.
    Against persons.
    a.
    Dependent on verbs:

    cum populus Romanus suam auctoritatem vel contra omnes qui dissentiunt possit defendere,

    Cic. Imp. Pomp. 22, 63: si ego consul rem publicam [p. 457] contra te et gregales tuos defendissem, id. Sest. 52, 111; 22, 49; 8, 20; id. Fam. 11, 27, 7; id. Phil. 2, 18, 45:

    contra quem multum omnes boni providerunt,

    provided a great defence, id. Mur. 38, 81: formula qua utitur patronus contra libertum qui eum in jus vocat, as a defence against, Gai Inst. 4, 46. —And of protection of plants against injurious animals:

    contra haec animalia proderit, si, etc.,

    Pall. 10, 3, 2.—
    b.
    Dependent on adjectives, mostly participial:

    paratus contra,

    Cic. Mil. 21, 56:

    nihil satis firmum contra Metellum,

    Sall. J. 80, 1:

    contra potentes nemo est munitus satis,

    Phaedr. 2, 6, 1.—
    2.
    Against inanimate and abstract things.
    a.
    Dependent on verbs:

    contra avium morsus munitur vallo aristarum,

    Cic. Sen. 15, 51:

    propugnaculum, quo contra omnes meos impetus usurum se putat,

    id. Verr. 2, 3, 16, § 40; 2, 5, 39, § 102:

    publicam causam contra vim armatam suscipere,

    id. Dom. 34, 91; id. Quint. 30, 94; id. Leg. 3, 3, 9:

    contra tantas difficultates providere,

    Sall. J. 90, 1; 76, 4; so,

    contra ea,

    id. ib. 57, 5:

    patricii vi contra vim resistunt,

    Liv. 3, 13, 4; Plin. 14, 2, 4, § 28; Tac. Agr. 45; Sen. Prov. 4, 12; id. Const. 5, 4.—
    b.
    Dependent on substt.:

    suffragia contra oppugnationem vestrae majestatis,

    Cic. Rab. Perd. 12, 35:

    defensio contra vim,

    id. Mil. 5, 14:

    patronus justitiae fuit contra orationem Phili,

    id. Lael. 7, 25; Plin. 29, 2, 9, § 30; 14, 3, 4, § 40:

    contra labores patientia,

    id. 23, 1, 22, § 37.—
    c.
    Dependent on adjectives (in Cic. freq. with P. a. predicatively used; otherwise very rare;

    in later prose freq.): nec est quidquam Cilicia contra Syriam munitius,

    against an attack from the side of Syria, Cic. Fam. 14, 4, 4:

    ut nullius res tuta, nullius domus clausa, nullius vita saepta, nullius pudicitia munita contra tuam cupiditatem posset esse,

    id. Verr. 2, 5, 15, § 39; id. Fin. 1, 16, 51; id. Mil. 25, 67; id. Tusc. 5, 8, 19; 5, 27, 76:

    vir contra audaciam firmissimus,

    id. Rosc. Am. 30, 85; Sall. J. 33, 2; 28, 5:

    fortis contra dolorem,

    Sen. Ep. 98, 18; Quint. 12, 1, 10:

    callosus,

    Plin. 11, 37, 54, § 147; 14, 2, 4, § 23:

    far contra hiemes firmissimum,

    id. 18, 8, 19, § 83:

    equus tenax contra vincula,

    Ov. Am. 3, 4, 13:

    contraque minantia fata pervigil,

    Claud. I. Cons. Stil. 1, 284.—
    3.
    Of remedies against sickness and its causes, poison, etc.; so only in Plin.; in Pall. only of preventives and of protection against hurtful animals, and against mental perturbations in gen.; cf. infra (syn. ad in Cat., Cic., Cels., Col.; adversus only in Celsus, who also has in with abl.).
    (α).
    Dependent on verbs:

    cujus et vinum et uva contra serpentium ictus medetur,

    Plin. 14, 18, 22, § 117; 7, 2, 2, § 13:

    prodest et contra suspiria et tussim,

    id. 20, 13, 50, § 128:

    valet potum contra venena,

    id. 28, 7, 21, § 74; 29, 4, 22, § 71; 29, 4, 26, § 81; 28, 8, 27, § 98; 16, 37, 71, § 180; 35, 6, 14, § 34; 28, 6, 18, §§ 65-67.—
    (β).
    Dependent on substt.:

    remedium contra morsus,

    Plin. 8, 32, 50, § 118; 10, 59, 79, § 163:

    contra venena esse omnia remedio,

    id. 16, 44, 95, § 251; 17, 24, 37, § 240; 7, 1, 1, § 4.—
    (γ).
    Dependent on adjectives:

    vinum quod salutare contra pestilentiam sit,

    Pall. 11, 14, 17.—
    (δ).
    Appositively, as a remedy:

    cujus lacteum succum miris laudibus celebrat... contra serpentes et venena,

    Plin. 5, 1, 1, § 16; 29, 4, 26, § 83. —So of remedies against affections:

    Tiberium tonante caelo coronari ea (lauro) solitum ferunt contra fulminum metus,

    Plin. 15, 30, 40, § 135; cf. Sen. Ira, 2, 21, 1; id. Tranq. 5. 1.
    E.
    Of logical opposition.
    1.
    With a neuter demonstrative (contra ea, contra haec, contra quae, quod contra = contra, adv.).
    a.
    The contrary, the reverse (very rare; cf.

    I. D. 1.): sed mihi contra ea videtur,

    but to me the contrary seems true, Sall. J. 85, 1:

    omnia quae contra haec sunt, omnia quae contra sunt,

    and vice versa, Quint. 5, 10, 90. —
    b.
    Contra ea, on the contrary, in logical antithesis (not in Cic. and Sall.; once in Caes. and Quint.; several times in Liv. and Nep.; cf.: contra ea, in other uses, II. A. 2. e. a, II. D. 2. a., II. A. 3. d., II. C. 1. f.):

    omnes arderent cupiditate pugnandi... contra ea Caesar... spatiumque interponendum... putabat ( = at contra),

    but Caesar on the contrary, Caes. B. C. 3, 74: superbe ab Samnitibus... legati prohibiti commercio sunt;

    contra ea benigne ab Siculorum tyrannis adjuti,

    Liv. 4, 52, 6; 2, 60, 1; 21, 20, 6;

    44, 43, 5: pater... Thracem me genuit, contra ea mater Atheniensem,

    Nep. Iphicr. 3, 4; id. praef. 6; id. Alcib. 8, 1.—And after a question, with immo (cf. I. E. 5. b.):

    an infirmissimi omnium... (sumus)? Immo contra ea vel viribus nostris, vel, etc., tuti (sumus),

    Liv. 41, 24, 8.—
    c.
    Quod contra, by anastrophe (v. F. 1.), contrary to which, whereas, while on the contrary (only once in Lucr. and three times in Cic.):

    illud in his rebus vereor ne forte rearis, Inpia te rationis inire elementa viamque indugredi sceleris: quod contra saepius illa Religio peperit scelerosa atque impia facta,

    whereas on the contrary, Lucr. 1, 81:

    cujus a me corpus crematum est, quod contra decuit ab illo meum (sc. cremari),

    Cic. Sen. 23, 84:

    quod contra oportebat delicto dolere, correctione gaudere,

    id. Lael. 24, 90 (B. and K. place a comma after oportebat; cf.

    Nauck ad loc.): reliquum est ut eum nemo judicio defenderit: quod contra copiosissime defensum esse contendi,

    id. Quint. 28, 87 (many consider contra in all these passages as an adverb; cf. Hand, Turs. II. p. 121 sq.; some explain quod as an ancient ablative, = qua re;

    v. Ritschl,

    Plaut. Exc. p. 57, Munro ad Lucr. 1, 82).—
    2.
    With an abstract noun, with the force of the adverb contra with ac or atque (I. F. 1.), contrary to, contrary to what, etc. (esp. in Sall., not in Cic.; cf. praeter): celeriter contraque omnium opinionem confecto itinere, contrary to the opinion ( = contra ac rati erant), Caes. B. G. 6, 30:

    contra opinionem Jugurthae ad Thalam perveniunt,

    Sall. J. 75, 9; Hirt. B. G. 8, 40.—Contra spem either contrary to the opinion, or against the hope:

    Metellus contra spem suam laetissume excipitur ( = contra ac ratus, veritus est),

    Sall. J. 88, 1; so,

    cetera contra spem salva invenit,

    Liv. 9, 23, 17:

    contra spem omnium L. Furium optavit,

    id. 6, 25, 5; Curt. 8, 4, 45;

    but: at Jugurtha contra spem nuntio accepto ( = contra ac speraverat),

    Sall. J. 28, 1; Liv. 24, 45, 3:

    postquam... Jugurtha contra timorem animi praemia sceleris adeptum sese videt,

    Sall. J. 20, 1:

    ipse in Numidiam procedit, ubi contra belli faciem tuguria plena hominumque... erant ( = contra ac in bello evenire solet),

    id. ib. 46, 5:

    contra famam,

    Plin. 13, 22, 43, § 126; 7, 53, 54, § 180:

    segniterque et contra industriam absconditae formicae,

    slowly, and in a manner different from their usual activity, id. 18, 35, 88, § 364.—Of persons:

    frigidam potionem esse debere, contra priores auctores, Asclepiades confirmavit,

    contrary to the opinion of the former physicians, Cels. 4, 26 (19).
    F.
    Sometimes by anastrophe after its noun.
    1.
    In prose, after relatives, esp. in Cic.:

    quos contra disputant,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 15, 47:

    quem contra dicit,

    id. Phil. 2, 8, 18 (v. II. B. 1. f.):

    quem contra veneris,

    id. Mur. 4, 9:

    quas contra, praeter te, etc.,

    id. Vatin. 7, 18:

    eos ipsos quos contra statuas,

    id. Or. 10, 34:

    quos contra me senatus armavit,

    id. Att. 10, 8, 8:

    quam contra multa locutus est,

    Sen. Ep. 82, 7, Plin. Ep. 1, 23, 3; Claud. in Rufin. 1, 332; v. also E. 1. c. supra.—
    2.
    After other words ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

    hunc igitur contra mittam contendere causam,

    Lucr. 4, 471:

    dicere eos contra,

    id. 4, 484:

    donique eum contra,

    id. 5, 708:

    agmina contra,

    Verg. A. 12, 279:

    magnum Alciden contra,

    id. ib. 5, 414:

    Paridem contra,

    id. ib. 5, 370:

    Italiam contra,

    id. ib. 1, 13:

    deos contra,

    Ov. P. 1, 1, 26:

    Messania moenia contra,

    id. M. 14, 17:

    litora Calabriae contra,

    Tac. A. 3, 1.

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  • 55 imperium

    impĕrĭum ( inp-), ĭi, n. [impero], a command, order, direction.
    I.
    Lit. (mostly ante-class. and post-Aug.): si quid opus est, impera: imperium exsequar. Plaut. Am. 3, 3, 1; cf.:

    nunc pergam eri imperium exsequi,

    id. ib. 1, 1, 106:

    eri imperia persequi,

    id. ib. 2, 1, 75:

    imperium exsequi,

    id. Men. 5, 6, 16; Ter. Eun. 4, 1, 22:

    obsequens obediensque est mori atque imperiis patris,

    Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 55; cf. id. Trin. 2, 2, 21; id. Men. 5, 7, 1:

    tuo facit jussu, tuo imperio paret,

    id. As. 1, 2, 21:

    malus et nequam est homo, qui nihili imperium eri Sui servus facit,

    id. Ps. 4, 7, 1; cf. id. As. 2, 4, 10:

    quod hi neque ad concilia veniebant neque imperio parebant,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 2 fin.:

    imperium neglegere,

    id. ib. 5, 7, 7:

    neque ab uno omnia imperia administrari poterant,

    id. ib. 2, 22 fin.:

    imperio Jovis huc venio,

    Verg. A. 5, 726; cf.:

    et Jovis imperium et cari praecepta parentis Edocet,

    id. ib. 5, 747:

    imperiis deūm propalam expositis,

    Liv. 8, 6, 12:

    quidam (pueri) imperia indignantur,

    Quint. 1, 3, 6:

    aegri quoquo neglecto medentium imperio, etc.,

    Plin. Pan. 22, 3:

    elephanti inest imperiorum obedientia,

    Plin. 8, 1, 1, § 1:

    naturae imperio gemimus, cum, etc.,

    Juv. 15, 138:

    cujus paruit imperiis,

    id. 14, 331.
    II.
    Transf., the right or power of commanding, authority, command, control (freq. and class.).
    A.
    In gen.: Mes. Nempe jubes? Me. Jubeo hercle, si quid imperii est in te mihi, Plaut. Men. 5, 7, 41; cf. id. Pers. 3, 1, 15:

    Appius et caecus et senex tenebat non modo auctoritatem sed etiam imperium in suos,

    Cic. de Sen. 11, 37:

    reges in ipsos imperium est Jovis,

    Hor. C. 3, 1, 6:

    eone es ferox, quia habes imperium in beluas?

    Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 25:

    mater, cujus sub imperio'st, mala,

    id. Heaut. 2, 2, 4: An. Sta ilico. Ge. Hem, sates pro imperio! quisquis es, i. e. authorilatively, imperiously, id. Phorm. 1, 4, 19:

    domesticum,

    Cic. Caecin. 18, 52; id. Inv. 2, 47, 140:

    (Juppiter) Divosque mortalesque turbas Imperio regit unus aequo,

    Hor. C. 3, 4, 48; cf.:

    sed me jussa deūm... Imperiis egere suis,

    Verg. A. 6, 463:

    Phyllius illic Imperio pueri volucresque ferumque leonem Tradiderat domitos,

    Ov. M. 7, 373:

    agricolae habent rationem cum terra, quae numquam recusat imperium,

    Cic. de Sen. 15, 51.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    In publicists' lang., supreme power, sovereignty, sway, dominion, empire (cf.: principatus, dominatus, regnum; potestas, potentia).
    (α).
    Sing.: Tarquinio dedit imperium simul et sola regni, Enn. ap. Fest. p. 298 Müll. (Ann. v. 151 Vahl.); cf.:

    navorum imperium servare est induperantum,

    id. ib. 169 Müll. (Ann. v. 413 Vahl.); and:

    ipse (Numa rex) de suo imperio curiatam legem tulit,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 13; 2, 17; 18; [p. 901] 20;

    21: homo dominandi cupidus aut imperii singularis,

    sole dominion, id. ib. 1, 33:

    singulare et potestas regia,

    id. ib. 2, 9:

    esse consul cum summo imperio et potestate,

    id. Verr. 1, 13, 37; id. Fl. 8, 18; cf.:

    cum summo imperio et potestate versari,

    id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 10, 31:

    qui (App. Claudius) tum erat summo imperio,

    id. Fin. 2, 20, 66:

    omne imperium nostri penes singulos esse voluerunt,

    id. Rep. 1, 40; 2, 32:

    de imperio Caesaris... gravissime decernitur,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 5, 4:

    imperium extra ordinem dare,

    Cic. Phil. 11, 10, 25:

    quod imperium potest esse praestantius quam, etc.,

    id. Rep. 1, 17:

    eos qui antea commodis fuerint moribus, imperio, potestate, prosperis rebus immutari,

    id. Lael. 15, 54:

    ad deponendum imperium tardior esse,

    id. Rep. 2, 12:

    expertes imperii,

    id. ib. 1, 31:

    deponentium imperium tyrannorum,

    Quint. 9, 2, 67 et saep.:

    sub populi Romani imperium dicionemque cadere,

    Cic. Font. 1, 2; so,

    with dicio,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 31, 7; cf.:

    Gallia sub populi Romani imperium redacta,

    id. ib. 5, 29, 4:

    totam ad imperium populi Romani Ciliciam adjunxit,

    Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 12, 35:

    majestas est in imperio atque in omni populi Romani dignitate,

    Quint. 7, 3, 35:

    cum duobus ducibus de imperio in Italia decertatum est, Pyrrho et Hannibale,

    Cic. Lael. 8, 28; cf.:

    de imperio dimicare,

    id. Off. 1, 12, 38:

    spes diuturnitatis atque imperii,

    id. Rep. 2, 3; cf.:

    sedem et domum summo imperio praebere,

    id. ib. 2, 5 fin.:

    quod ipse suae civitatis imperium obtenturus esset,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 3, 6:

    civitati imperium totius provinciae pollicetur,

    id. ib. 7, 64 fin.:

    cum abunde expertus esset quam bene umeris tuis sederet imperium,

    Plin. Pan. 10 fin.:

    auctoritate magis quam imperio regere,

    Liv. 1, 7, 8; cf.:

    nec illum pro imperio submovere posse... quia ita dicatur: si vobis videtur, discedite, Quirites,

    id. 2, 56, 12.—
    (β).
    Plur.:

    nec vero imperia expetenda ac potius aut non accipienda interdum aut deponenda nonnumquam,

    i. e. public offices, Cic. Off. 1, 20, 68:

    (cives) mandant imperia,

    id. Rep. 1, 31; cf.:

    honores, magistratus, imperia, potestates, opes amicitiae anteponere,

    id. Lael. 17, 63:

    cui (duci) dantur imperia et ea continuantur, etc.,

    id. Rep. 1, 44:

    ita cepi et gessi maxima imperia, ut, etc.,

    id. Fam. 3, 7, 5:

    vides tyranni satellites in imperiis,

    id. Att. 14, 5, 2:

    quod praestare dicant Gallorum quam Romanorum imperia perferre,

    dominion, government, Caes. B. G. 1, 17, 3:

    qui mobilitate ac levitate animi novis imperiis studebant,

    id. ib. 2, 1, 3:

    imperia legum potentiora quam hominum,

    Liv. 2, 1, 1. —
    b.
    Hence, transf., concr.
    (α).
    Dominion, realm, empire (esp. freq. since the Aug. per.):

    duae urbes inimicissimae huic imperio,

    Cic. Lael. 3, 11:

    jam ipsa terra ita mihi parva visa est, ut me imperii nostri pæniteret,

    id. Rep. 6, 16 fin.:

    nostrum,

    id. ib. 3, 29; cf.:

    finium imperii nostri propagatio,

    id. Prov. Cons. 12, 29:

    fines imperii propagavit,

    id. Rep. 3, 12:

    imperium Oceano, famam qui terminet astris,

    Verg. A. 1, 287:

    per quas (artes) imperi Porrecta majestas ad ortus Solis ab Hesperio cubili,

    Hor. C. 4, 15, 14:

    adjectis Britannis Imperio,

    id. ib. 3, 5, 4:

    quem vocet divum populus ruentis Imperi rebus?

    id. ib. 1, 2, 26;

    1, 37, 8: immensum imperii corpus stare ac librari sine rectore non potest,

    Tac. H. 1, 16:

    reges socii, membra partesque imperii,

    Suet. Aug. 48:

    breviarium totius imperii,

    id. ib. 101:

    rationarium imperii,

    id. ib. 28:

    imperii fines Tiberinum natare,

    Juv. 8, 265:

    noverat luxuriam imperii veterem,

    i. e. of the Roman court, id. 4, 137.—
    c.
    Trop., rule, control (very rare but class.):

    illud vide, si in animis hominum regale imperium sit, unius fore dominatum, consilii scilicet,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 38.—Iron.:

    imperium judiciorum tenere,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 31, § 77:

    coactae imperio sexus,

    i. e. the ambition, Juv. 6, 135.—
    2.
    Law t. t., the jurisdiction or discretion of a magistrate:

    omnia autem judicia aut legitimo jure consistunt aut imperio continentur,

    Gai. Inst. 4, 103:

    ideo autem imperio contineri judicia dicuntur, quia tamdiu valent, quamdiu is qui ea praecepit imperium habet,

    id. ib. 4, 105; cf. 3, 181 al.—
    3.
    Milit., the chief command, command.
    (α).
    Sing.:

    victum atque expugnatum oppidum est Imperio atque auspicio Amphitruonis maxime,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 37; 1, 1, 41: re impetrata contendunt, ut ipsis summa imperii transdatur, Caes. B. G. 7, 63, 5:

    delatam sibi summam imperii,

    Suet. Ner. 3:

    censet enim etiam ex iis, qui cum imperio sint,

    Cic. Fam. 1, 1, 3:

    nostri imperii dignitas,

    id. ib. 1, 7, 4:

    novem annis, quibus in imperio fuit,

    Suet. Caes. 25:

    legionum curam et imperium alicui demandare,

    id. ib. 76:

    alicui imperium prorogare,

    id. Tib. 30:

    imperii tempus explere,

    id. Caes. 26: cum imperio aut magistratu, i. e. a military or civil command, Suet. Tib. 12:

    qui dabat olim imperium, fasces, etc.,

    Juv. 10, 79; cf. in the foll.—
    (β).
    Plur.:

    mandant (cives) imperia, magistratus,

    i. e. military and civil commands, Cic. Rep. 1, 31; cf.:

    magistratus, imperia, amicitiae anteponere,

    id. Lael. 17, 63;

    so opp. magistratus,

    Suet. Caes. 54; 75; id. Aug. 61.—
    b.
    Transf.
    (α).
    Concr.: imperia, i. q. imperatores, commanding officers, commanders, generals:

    imperia, potestates, legationes, quom senatus creverit populusve jusserit, ex urbe exeunto,

    Cic. Leg. 3, 3, 9:

    nacti vacuas ab imperiis Sardiniam et Siciliam,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 31, 1; Val. Max. 1, 1, 9.—
    (β).
    Erat plena lictorum et imperiorum provincia, differta praefectis atque exactoribus, Caes. B. C. 3, 32, 4.—
    (γ).
    (Acc. to imperator, II. B. 3.) The imperial government, the government:

    tandem quasi coactus recepit imperium,

    Suet. Tib. 24; 55; 67; id. Calig. 12; 16; 24; id. Claud. 11; 35; 36 et saep.

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  • 56 inperium

    impĕrĭum ( inp-), ĭi, n. [impero], a command, order, direction.
    I.
    Lit. (mostly ante-class. and post-Aug.): si quid opus est, impera: imperium exsequar. Plaut. Am. 3, 3, 1; cf.:

    nunc pergam eri imperium exsequi,

    id. ib. 1, 1, 106:

    eri imperia persequi,

    id. ib. 2, 1, 75:

    imperium exsequi,

    id. Men. 5, 6, 16; Ter. Eun. 4, 1, 22:

    obsequens obediensque est mori atque imperiis patris,

    Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 55; cf. id. Trin. 2, 2, 21; id. Men. 5, 7, 1:

    tuo facit jussu, tuo imperio paret,

    id. As. 1, 2, 21:

    malus et nequam est homo, qui nihili imperium eri Sui servus facit,

    id. Ps. 4, 7, 1; cf. id. As. 2, 4, 10:

    quod hi neque ad concilia veniebant neque imperio parebant,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 2 fin.:

    imperium neglegere,

    id. ib. 5, 7, 7:

    neque ab uno omnia imperia administrari poterant,

    id. ib. 2, 22 fin.:

    imperio Jovis huc venio,

    Verg. A. 5, 726; cf.:

    et Jovis imperium et cari praecepta parentis Edocet,

    id. ib. 5, 747:

    imperiis deūm propalam expositis,

    Liv. 8, 6, 12:

    quidam (pueri) imperia indignantur,

    Quint. 1, 3, 6:

    aegri quoquo neglecto medentium imperio, etc.,

    Plin. Pan. 22, 3:

    elephanti inest imperiorum obedientia,

    Plin. 8, 1, 1, § 1:

    naturae imperio gemimus, cum, etc.,

    Juv. 15, 138:

    cujus paruit imperiis,

    id. 14, 331.
    II.
    Transf., the right or power of commanding, authority, command, control (freq. and class.).
    A.
    In gen.: Mes. Nempe jubes? Me. Jubeo hercle, si quid imperii est in te mihi, Plaut. Men. 5, 7, 41; cf. id. Pers. 3, 1, 15:

    Appius et caecus et senex tenebat non modo auctoritatem sed etiam imperium in suos,

    Cic. de Sen. 11, 37:

    reges in ipsos imperium est Jovis,

    Hor. C. 3, 1, 6:

    eone es ferox, quia habes imperium in beluas?

    Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 25:

    mater, cujus sub imperio'st, mala,

    id. Heaut. 2, 2, 4: An. Sta ilico. Ge. Hem, sates pro imperio! quisquis es, i. e. authorilatively, imperiously, id. Phorm. 1, 4, 19:

    domesticum,

    Cic. Caecin. 18, 52; id. Inv. 2, 47, 140:

    (Juppiter) Divosque mortalesque turbas Imperio regit unus aequo,

    Hor. C. 3, 4, 48; cf.:

    sed me jussa deūm... Imperiis egere suis,

    Verg. A. 6, 463:

    Phyllius illic Imperio pueri volucresque ferumque leonem Tradiderat domitos,

    Ov. M. 7, 373:

    agricolae habent rationem cum terra, quae numquam recusat imperium,

    Cic. de Sen. 15, 51.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    In publicists' lang., supreme power, sovereignty, sway, dominion, empire (cf.: principatus, dominatus, regnum; potestas, potentia).
    (α).
    Sing.: Tarquinio dedit imperium simul et sola regni, Enn. ap. Fest. p. 298 Müll. (Ann. v. 151 Vahl.); cf.:

    navorum imperium servare est induperantum,

    id. ib. 169 Müll. (Ann. v. 413 Vahl.); and:

    ipse (Numa rex) de suo imperio curiatam legem tulit,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 13; 2, 17; 18; [p. 901] 20;

    21: homo dominandi cupidus aut imperii singularis,

    sole dominion, id. ib. 1, 33:

    singulare et potestas regia,

    id. ib. 2, 9:

    esse consul cum summo imperio et potestate,

    id. Verr. 1, 13, 37; id. Fl. 8, 18; cf.:

    cum summo imperio et potestate versari,

    id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 10, 31:

    qui (App. Claudius) tum erat summo imperio,

    id. Fin. 2, 20, 66:

    omne imperium nostri penes singulos esse voluerunt,

    id. Rep. 1, 40; 2, 32:

    de imperio Caesaris... gravissime decernitur,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 5, 4:

    imperium extra ordinem dare,

    Cic. Phil. 11, 10, 25:

    quod imperium potest esse praestantius quam, etc.,

    id. Rep. 1, 17:

    eos qui antea commodis fuerint moribus, imperio, potestate, prosperis rebus immutari,

    id. Lael. 15, 54:

    ad deponendum imperium tardior esse,

    id. Rep. 2, 12:

    expertes imperii,

    id. ib. 1, 31:

    deponentium imperium tyrannorum,

    Quint. 9, 2, 67 et saep.:

    sub populi Romani imperium dicionemque cadere,

    Cic. Font. 1, 2; so,

    with dicio,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 31, 7; cf.:

    Gallia sub populi Romani imperium redacta,

    id. ib. 5, 29, 4:

    totam ad imperium populi Romani Ciliciam adjunxit,

    Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 12, 35:

    majestas est in imperio atque in omni populi Romani dignitate,

    Quint. 7, 3, 35:

    cum duobus ducibus de imperio in Italia decertatum est, Pyrrho et Hannibale,

    Cic. Lael. 8, 28; cf.:

    de imperio dimicare,

    id. Off. 1, 12, 38:

    spes diuturnitatis atque imperii,

    id. Rep. 2, 3; cf.:

    sedem et domum summo imperio praebere,

    id. ib. 2, 5 fin.:

    quod ipse suae civitatis imperium obtenturus esset,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 3, 6:

    civitati imperium totius provinciae pollicetur,

    id. ib. 7, 64 fin.:

    cum abunde expertus esset quam bene umeris tuis sederet imperium,

    Plin. Pan. 10 fin.:

    auctoritate magis quam imperio regere,

    Liv. 1, 7, 8; cf.:

    nec illum pro imperio submovere posse... quia ita dicatur: si vobis videtur, discedite, Quirites,

    id. 2, 56, 12.—
    (β).
    Plur.:

    nec vero imperia expetenda ac potius aut non accipienda interdum aut deponenda nonnumquam,

    i. e. public offices, Cic. Off. 1, 20, 68:

    (cives) mandant imperia,

    id. Rep. 1, 31; cf.:

    honores, magistratus, imperia, potestates, opes amicitiae anteponere,

    id. Lael. 17, 63:

    cui (duci) dantur imperia et ea continuantur, etc.,

    id. Rep. 1, 44:

    ita cepi et gessi maxima imperia, ut, etc.,

    id. Fam. 3, 7, 5:

    vides tyranni satellites in imperiis,

    id. Att. 14, 5, 2:

    quod praestare dicant Gallorum quam Romanorum imperia perferre,

    dominion, government, Caes. B. G. 1, 17, 3:

    qui mobilitate ac levitate animi novis imperiis studebant,

    id. ib. 2, 1, 3:

    imperia legum potentiora quam hominum,

    Liv. 2, 1, 1. —
    b.
    Hence, transf., concr.
    (α).
    Dominion, realm, empire (esp. freq. since the Aug. per.):

    duae urbes inimicissimae huic imperio,

    Cic. Lael. 3, 11:

    jam ipsa terra ita mihi parva visa est, ut me imperii nostri pæniteret,

    id. Rep. 6, 16 fin.:

    nostrum,

    id. ib. 3, 29; cf.:

    finium imperii nostri propagatio,

    id. Prov. Cons. 12, 29:

    fines imperii propagavit,

    id. Rep. 3, 12:

    imperium Oceano, famam qui terminet astris,

    Verg. A. 1, 287:

    per quas (artes) imperi Porrecta majestas ad ortus Solis ab Hesperio cubili,

    Hor. C. 4, 15, 14:

    adjectis Britannis Imperio,

    id. ib. 3, 5, 4:

    quem vocet divum populus ruentis Imperi rebus?

    id. ib. 1, 2, 26;

    1, 37, 8: immensum imperii corpus stare ac librari sine rectore non potest,

    Tac. H. 1, 16:

    reges socii, membra partesque imperii,

    Suet. Aug. 48:

    breviarium totius imperii,

    id. ib. 101:

    rationarium imperii,

    id. ib. 28:

    imperii fines Tiberinum natare,

    Juv. 8, 265:

    noverat luxuriam imperii veterem,

    i. e. of the Roman court, id. 4, 137.—
    c.
    Trop., rule, control (very rare but class.):

    illud vide, si in animis hominum regale imperium sit, unius fore dominatum, consilii scilicet,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 38.—Iron.:

    imperium judiciorum tenere,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 31, § 77:

    coactae imperio sexus,

    i. e. the ambition, Juv. 6, 135.—
    2.
    Law t. t., the jurisdiction or discretion of a magistrate:

    omnia autem judicia aut legitimo jure consistunt aut imperio continentur,

    Gai. Inst. 4, 103:

    ideo autem imperio contineri judicia dicuntur, quia tamdiu valent, quamdiu is qui ea praecepit imperium habet,

    id. ib. 4, 105; cf. 3, 181 al.—
    3.
    Milit., the chief command, command.
    (α).
    Sing.:

    victum atque expugnatum oppidum est Imperio atque auspicio Amphitruonis maxime,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 37; 1, 1, 41: re impetrata contendunt, ut ipsis summa imperii transdatur, Caes. B. G. 7, 63, 5:

    delatam sibi summam imperii,

    Suet. Ner. 3:

    censet enim etiam ex iis, qui cum imperio sint,

    Cic. Fam. 1, 1, 3:

    nostri imperii dignitas,

    id. ib. 1, 7, 4:

    novem annis, quibus in imperio fuit,

    Suet. Caes. 25:

    legionum curam et imperium alicui demandare,

    id. ib. 76:

    alicui imperium prorogare,

    id. Tib. 30:

    imperii tempus explere,

    id. Caes. 26: cum imperio aut magistratu, i. e. a military or civil command, Suet. Tib. 12:

    qui dabat olim imperium, fasces, etc.,

    Juv. 10, 79; cf. in the foll.—
    (β).
    Plur.:

    mandant (cives) imperia, magistratus,

    i. e. military and civil commands, Cic. Rep. 1, 31; cf.:

    magistratus, imperia, amicitiae anteponere,

    id. Lael. 17, 63;

    so opp. magistratus,

    Suet. Caes. 54; 75; id. Aug. 61.—
    b.
    Transf.
    (α).
    Concr.: imperia, i. q. imperatores, commanding officers, commanders, generals:

    imperia, potestates, legationes, quom senatus creverit populusve jusserit, ex urbe exeunto,

    Cic. Leg. 3, 3, 9:

    nacti vacuas ab imperiis Sardiniam et Siciliam,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 31, 1; Val. Max. 1, 1, 9.—
    (β).
    Erat plena lictorum et imperiorum provincia, differta praefectis atque exactoribus, Caes. B. C. 3, 32, 4.—
    (γ).
    (Acc. to imperator, II. B. 3.) The imperial government, the government:

    tandem quasi coactus recepit imperium,

    Suet. Tib. 24; 55; 67; id. Calig. 12; 16; 24; id. Claud. 11; 35; 36 et saep.

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  • 57 oculus

    ŏcŭlus (sync. oclus, Prud. steph. 10, 592 dub.), i, m. [kindr. with Sanscr. akshi and aksha, from the root ītsh, videre; Gr. ossomai, osse; Goth. augō; Germ. Auge; Engl. eye], an eye.
    I.
    Lit.:

    quae (natura) primum oculos membranis tenuissimis vestivit et saepsit... sed lubricos oculos fecit et mobiles,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 57, 142; cf. Cels. 7, 7, 13; Plin. 11, 37, 52, § 139 sq.; Cic. de Or. 3, 59, 221:

    venusti,

    id. Tusc. 5, 16, 46:

    eminentes,

    prominent, id. Vatin. 2, 4:

    oculi tanquam speculatores,

    id. N. D. 2, 57, 140:

    acuti,

    id. Planc. 27, 69:

    maligni,

    Verg. A. 5, 654:

    minaces,

    Luc. 2, 26: oculos conicere in aliquem, to cast or fix one's eyes upon, Cic. Clu. 19, 54:

    oculos conjecit in hostem,

    Verg. A. 12, 483: adicere alicui rei, to cast one's eyes upon, glance at:

    ad eorum ne quem oculos adiciat suos,

    Plaut. As. 4, 1, 24; to covet, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 15, § 37:

    adicere ad rem aliquam,

    id. Agr. 2, 10, 25:

    de aliquo nusquam deicere,

    to never turn one's eyes away from, to regard with fixed attention, id. Verr. 2, 4, 15, § 33:

    deicere ab aliquā re,

    to turn away, id. Phil. 1, 1, 1:

    in terram figere,

    to fix one's eyes upon the ground, Tac. H. 4, 72:

    deicere in terram,

    to cast down to, Quint. 1, 11, 9:

    demittere,

    Ov. M. 15, 612:

    erigere,

    id. ib. 4, 146: attollere. Verg. A. 4, 688; Ov. M. 2, 448:

    circumferre,

    id. ib. 6, 169:

    premere,

    Verg. A. 9, 487: deponere, to fix, Hor C. 1, 36, 18:

    distorquere,

    id. S. 1, 9, 65:

    spargere,

    to direct hither and thither, Pers. 5, 33:

    oculis cernere,

    to see with one's own eyes, Nep. Timol. 2, 2:

    oculos auferre spectanti,

    to blind the eyes of an observer, to cheat him before his eyes, Liv. 6, 15 fin.: ponere sibi aliquid ante oculos. i. e. to imagine to one's self any thing, Cic. Agr. 2, 20, 53:

    proponere oculis suis aliquid,

    id. Sest. 7, 17:

    esse ante oculos,

    to be before one's eyes, id. Lael. 11, 38: res posita in oculis, and ante oculos, that lies before one's eyes, is apparent, evident:

    de rebus ante oculos positis,

    id. Ac. 1, 2, 5:

    omnia sunt enim posita ante oculos,

    id. de Or. 1, 43, 192:

    inque meis oculis candida Delos erat,

    before my eyes, Ov. H. 21, 82: vivere in oculis, habitare in oculis, to live in the sight of, in the presence of, in intercourse with:

    in maximā celebritate atque in oculis civium quondam viximus,

    Cic. Off. 3, 1, 3:

    habitavi in oculis,

    id. Planc. 27, 66; cf.:

    in foro palam Syracusis in ore atque in oculis provinciae,

    id. Verr. 2, 2, 33, § 81; Liv. 22, 12; 35, 10; Tac. H. 4, 77:

    habere in oculis,

    to keep in sight, to watch, observe, Plaut. Ps. 3, 2, 66:

    in oculis omnium submergi,

    Curt. 9, 4, 11:

    se ante oculos suos trucidari sinerent,

    Liv. 2, 6, 2; 4, 14, 5; Auct. Her. 4, 36, 48: ab oculis alicujus abire (ire), to leave one's presence:

    Abin' hinc ab oculis?

    Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 147; id. Truc. 2, 5, 24; Sen. Ep. 36, 10; cf.:

    ab oculis recedere,

    Plin. Ep. 2, 1, 11:

    ab oculis concedere,

    Cic. Cat. 1, 7, 17:

    (angues) conspecti repente ex oculis abierunt,

    out of sight, Liv. 25, 16, 2:

    prodigii species ex oculis elapsa,

    id. 26, 19, 7:

    (avem) ablatam ex oculis,

    Tac. H. 2, 50:

    facesserent propere ex urbe ab ore atque oculis populi Romani,

    Liv. 6, 17, 8:

    sub oculis alicujus,

    before a person's eyes, in his presence, Caes. B. C. 1, 71; Vell. 2, 79, 4:

    sub oculis domini esse,

    Col. 9, 5, 2:

    quos honores sub oculis tuis gessit,

    Plin. Ep. 10, 11, 2:

    sub avi oculis necari,

    Just. 1, 4, 5; Flor. 4, 7, 8:

    hostes sub oculis erant,

    Liv. 22, 14, 3; 26, 38, 9:

    sub oculis Caesaris,

    Tac. A. 2, 35: hunc oculis suis nostrarum numquam quisquam vidit, with his own eyes, i. e. actually, in person, Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 10:

    numquam ante hunc diem meis oculis eam videram,

    id. Hec. 5, 4, 23: ad oculum, for display, to be seen:

    non ad oculum servientes,

    Vulg. Eph. 1, 18; id. Col. 3, 22.—As a term of endearment, the apple of my eye, my darling:

    ubi isti sunt quibus vos oculi estis, quibus vitae estis, quibus deliciae?

    Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 46:

    bene vale, ocule mi!

    id. Curc. 1, 3, 47 —Hence, in a double sense:

    par oculorum in amicitiā M. Antonii triumviri,

    Suet. Rhet. 5.—The ancients swore by their eyes:

    si voltis per oculos jurare, nihilo magis facietis,

    Plaut. Men. 5, 9, 1.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    The power of seeing, sight, vision: ut eum quoque oculum, quo bene videret, amitteret, lost, i. e. became blind, Cic. Div. 1, 24, 48:

    oculos perdere,

    id. Har. Resp. 18, 37:

    restituere alicui,

    Suet. Vesp. 7; cf.:

    oculis usurpare rem,

    i. e. see, Lucr. 1, 301.—
    2.
    A luminary, said of the sun and stars ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose): mundi oculus. i. e. the sun, Ov. M. 4, 228:

    stellarum oculi,

    Plin. 2, 5, 4, § 10.—
    3.
    A spot resembling an eye, as on a panther's hide, a peacock's tail, etc., Plin. 8, 17, 23, § 62:

    pavonum caudae,

    id. 13, 15, 30, § 96. —So arch. t. t.:

    oculus volutae,

    Vitr. 3, 5. —
    4.
    Of plants.
    a.
    An eye, bud, bourgeon: oculos imponere, i. e. to bud, inoculate, Verg. G. 2, 73:

    gemmans,

    Col. 4, 24, 16.—
    b.
    A bulb or knob on many roots, on the reed, etc.:

    harundinis,

    Cato, R. R. 6, 3; Varr. R. R. 1, 24, 3:

    seritur harundo bulbo radicis, quem alii oculum vocant,

    Plin. 17, 20, 33, § 144.—
    c.
    A plant, called also aizoum majus, Plin. 25, 13, 102, § 160. —
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    A principal ornament: hi duo illos oculos orae maritimae effoderunt ( Corinth and Carthage), Cic. N. D. 3, 38, 91:

    ex duobus Graeciae oculis,

    i. e. Athens and Sparta, Just. 5, 8, 4.—
    B.
    The eye of the soul, the mind's eye:

    eloquentiam quam nullis nisi mentis oculis videre possumus,

    Cic. Or. 29, 101:

    acrioribus mentis oculis intueri,

    Col. 3, 8, 1:

    oculos pascere re aliquā,

    to feast one's eyes on any thing, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 26, § 65; cf.:

    concupiscentia oculorum,

    Vulg. 1 Joh. 2, 16: fructum oculis (dat.) capere ex aliquā re, Nep. Eum. 11, 2: oculi dolent, the eyes ache, i. e. one is afflicted by something seen, Ter. Ph. 5, 8, 64; Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 14, 1; cf.:

    pietas, pater, oculis dolorem prohibet,

    i. e. forbids me to take offence, Plaut. As. 5, 1, 4: in oculis, in the eye, i. e. in view, hoped or expected:

    frumenti spes, quae in oculis fuerat, utrosque frustrata pariter,

    Liv. 26, 39, 23:

    acies et arma in oculis erant,

    Curt. 3, 6, 3:

    Philotae supplicium in oculis erat,

    id. 8, 6, 21:

    esse in oculis,

    to be beloved, esteemed, Cic. Att. 6, 2, 5:

    esse in oculis multitudinis,

    id. Tusc. 2, 26, 63: ferre, gestare in oculis, to love, esteem, value:

    oderat tum, cum, etc....jam fert in oculis,

    id. Phil. 6, 4, 11:

    rex te ergo in oculis,

    Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 11: aequis oculis videre, i. e. contentedly, with satisfaction (like aequo animo), Curt. 8, 2, 9: ante oculos, in mind, in view:

    mors ante oculos debet esse,

    Sen. Ep. 12, 6; Plin. Ep. 3, 16, 6; also plain, obvious:

    simul est illud ante oculos,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 85, 349:

    sit ante oculos Nero,

    i. e. set him before you, consider him, Tac. H. 1, 16: ante oculos habere, to keep in mind (post-class.):

    habe ante oculos hanc esse terram,

    Plin. Ep. 8, 24, 4:

    mortalitatem,

    id. ib. 2, 10, 4; Just. 5, 6, 1; for which (late Lat.) prae oculis: prae oculis habere terrorem futuri judicii, Greg. M. Ep. 2, 48;

    3, 27 al.: nec jam fas ullum prae oculis habent,

    Amm. 30, 4, 18: ob oculos versari, to be before the mind, etc.:

    mors (ei) ob oculos versatur,

    Cic. Rab. Post. 14, 39; Liv. 28, 19, 14; cf.:

    usu versatur ante oculos vobis Glaucia,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 35, 98; id. Fin. 2, 22, 75; 5, 1, 3; id. Dom. 55, 141; Liv. 34, 36, 6: ponere aliquid ante oculos, to call up in mind, imagine, etc.:

    eā (translatione) utimur rei ante oculos ponendae causā,

    Auct. Her. 4, 34, 45:

    ora eorum ponite vobis ante oculos,

    Cic. Phil. 13, 2, 4:

    calamitatem Cottae sibi ante oculos ponunt,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 37:

    exsilium Cn. Marci sibi proponunt ante oculos,

    Liv. 2, 54, 6:

    conjurationem ante oculos ponere,

    id. 24, 24, 8:

    studia eorum vobis ante oculos proponere,

    Auct. Her. 4, 36, 48;

    rarely: constituere sibi aliquid ante oculos,

    Cic. Cael. 32, 79; Aug. Serm. 233, 3: ante oculos ponere (proponere), with ellips. of dat. of person, Cic. Marc. 2, 5; id. Deiot. 7, 20; id. Phil. 2, 45, 115; 11, 3, 7; id. N. D. 1, 41, 114:

    nec a re publicā deiciebam oculos,

    id. Phil. 1, 1, 1.

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  • 58 transmitto

    trans-mitto or trāmitto, mīsi, missum, 3, v. a.
    I.
    To send, carry, or convey across, over, or through; to send off, despatch, transmit from one place or person to another (syn.: transfero, traicio, traduco).
    A.
    Lit.:

    mihi illam ut tramittas: argentum accipias,

    Plaut. Ep. 3, 4, 27:

    illam sibi,

    id. ib. 1, 2, 52:

    exercitus equitatusque celeriter transmittitur (i. e. trans flumen),

    are conveyed across, Caes. B. G. 7, 61:

    legiones,

    Vell. 2, 51, 1:

    cohortem Usipiorum in Britanniam,

    Tac. Agr. 28:

    classem in Euboeam ad urbem Oreum,

    Liv. 28, 5, 18:

    magnam classem in Siciliam,

    id. 28, 41, 17:

    unde auxilia in Italiam transmissurus erat,

    id. 23, 32, 5; 27, 15, 7: transmissum per viam tigillum, thrown over or across, id. 1, 26, 10:

    ponte transmisso,

    Suet. Calig. 22 fin.: in partem campi pecora et armenta, Tac. A. 13, 55:

    materiam in formas,

    Col. 7, 8, 6.—
    2.
    To cause to pass through:

    per corium, per viscera Perque os elephanto bracchium transmitteres,

    you would have thrust through, penetrated, Plaut. Mil. 1, 30; so,

    ensem per latus,

    Sen. Herc. Oet. 1165:

    facem telo per pectus,

    id. Thyest. 1089:

    per medium amnem transmittit equum,

    rides, Liv. 8, 24, 13:

    (Gallorum reguli) exercitum per fines suos transmiserunt,

    suffered to pass through, id. 21, 24, 5:

    abies folio pinnato densa, ut imbres non transmittat,

    Plin. 16, 10, 19, § 48:

    Favonios,

    Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 19; Tac. A. 13, 15:

    ut vehem faeni large onustam transmitteret,

    Plin. 36, 15, 24, § 108.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    To carry over, transfer, etc.:

    bellum in Italiam,

    Liv. 21, 20, 4; so,

    bellum,

    Tac. A. 2, 6:

    vitia cum opibus suis Romam (Asia),

    Just. 36, 4, 12: vim in aliquem, to send against, i. e. employ against, Tac. A. 2, 38.—
    2.
    To hand over, transmit, commit:

    et quisquam dubitabit, quin huic hoc tantum bellum transmittendum sit, qui, etc.,

    should be intrusted, Cic. Imp. Pomp. 14, 42:

    alicui signa et summam belli,

    Sil. 7, 383:

    hereditas transmittenda alicui,

    to be made over, Plin. Ep. 8, 18, 7; and with inf.:

    et longo transmisit habere nepoti,

    Stat. S. 3, 3, 78 (analog. to dat habere, Verg. A. 9, 362;

    and, donat habere,

    id. ib. 5, 262);

    for which: me famulo famulamque Heleno transmisit habendam,

    id. ib. 3, 329:

    omne meum tempus amicorum temporibus transmittendum putavi,

    should be devoted, Cic. Imp. Pomp. 1, 1:

    poma intacta ore servis,

    Tac. A. 4, 54.—
    3.
    To let go: animo transmittente quicquid acceperat, letting pass through, i. e. forgetting, Sen. Ep. 99, 6:

    mox Caesarem vergente jam senectā munia imperii facilius tramissurum,

    would let go, resign, Tac. A. 4, 41:

    Junium mensem transmissum,

    passed over, omitted, id. ib. 16, 12 fin.:

    Gangen amnem et quae ultra essent,

    to leave unconquered, Curt. 9, 4, 17:

    leo imbelles vitulos Transmittit,

    Stat. Th. 8, 596.—
    II.
    To go or pass over or across, to cross over; to cross, pass, go through, traverse, etc.
    A.
    Lit.
    1.
    In gen.
    (α).
    Act.:

    grues cum maria transmittant,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 49, 125:

    cur ipse tot maria transmisit,

    id. Fin. 5, 29, 87; so,

    maria,

    id. Rep. 1, 3, 6:

    satis constante famā jam Iberum Poenos transmisisse,

    Liv. 21, 20, 9 (al. transisse):

    quem (Euphratem) ponte,

    Tac. A. 15, 7:

    fluvium nando,

    Stat. Th. 9, 239:

    lacum nando,

    Sil. 4, 347:

    murales fossas saltu,

    id. 8, 554:

    equites medios tramittunt campos,

    ride through, Lucr. 2, 330; cf.:

    cursu campos (cervi),

    run through, Verg. A. 4, 154: quantum Balearica torto Funda potest plumbo medii transmittere caeli, can send with its hurled bullet, i. e. can send its bullet, Ov. M. 4, 710:

    tectum lapide vel missile,

    to fling over, Plin. 28, 4, 6, § 33; cf.:

    flumina disco,

    Stat. Th. 6, 677.—In pass.:

    duo sinus fuerunt, quos tramitti oporteret: utrumque pedibus aequis tramisimus,

    Cic. Att. 16, 6, 1:

    transmissus amnis,

    Tac. A. 12, 13:

    flumen ponte transmittitur,

    Plin. Ep. 8, 8, 5.—
    (β).
    Neutr.:

    ab eo loco conscendi ut transmitterem,

    Cic. Phil. 1, 3, 7:

    cum exercitus vestri numquam a Brundisio nisi summā hieme transmiserint,

    id. Imp. Pomp. 12, 32:

    cum a Leucopetrā profectus (inde enim tramittebam) stadia circiter CCC. processissem, etc.,

    id. Att. 16, 7, 1; 8, 13, 1; 8, 11, 5:

    ex Corsicā subactā Cicereius in Sardiniam transmisit,

    Liv. 42, 7, 2; 32, 9, 6:

    ab Lilybaeo Uticam,

    id. 25, 31, 12:

    ad vastandam Italiae oram,

    id. 21, 51, 4; 23, 38, 11; 24, 36, 7:

    centum onerariae naves in Africam transmiserunt,

    id. 30, 24, 5; Suet. Caes. 58:

    Cyprum transmisit,

    Curt. 4, 1, 27. — Pass. impers.:

    in Ebusum insulam transmissum est,

    Liv. 22, 20, 7.—
    * 2.
    In partic., to go over, desert to a party:

    Domitius transmisit ad Caesa rem,

    Vell. 2, 84 fin. (syn. transfugio).—
    B.
    Trop. (post-Aug.).
    1.
    In gen., to pass over, leave untouched or disregarded (syn praetermitto):

    haud fas, Bacche, tuos taci tum tramittere honores,

    Sil. 7, 162; cf.:

    sententiam silentio, deinde oblivio,

    Tac. H. 4, 9 fin.:

    nihil silentio,

    id. ib. 1, 13;

    4, 31: aliquid dissimulatione,

    id. A. 13, 39:

    quae ipse pateretur,

    Suet. Calig. 10; id. Vesp. 15. —
    2.
    In partic., of time, to pass, spend (syn. ago):

    tempus quiete,

    Plin. Ep. 9, 6, 1: so,

    vitam per obscurum,

    Sen. Ep. 19, 2: [p. 1893] steriles annos, Stat. S. 4, 2, 12:

    aevum,

    id. ib. 1, 4, 124:

    quattuor menses hiemis inedia,

    Plin. 8, 25, 38, § 94:

    vigiles noctes,

    Stat. Th. 3, 278 et saep. — Transf.:

    febrium ardorem,

    i. e. to undergo, endure, Plin. Ep. 1, 22, 7; cf.

    discrimen,

    id. ib. 8, 11, 2:

    secessus, voluptates, etc.,

    id. ib. 6, 4, 2.

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  • 59 iter

    1) путь, движение, поездка, путешествие, переход, марш
    (in) itinere Ter etc. — на (в) пути, дорогой
    ex itinere — с пути (epistulam mittere C, Sl) или с ходу, на марше ( aggrĕdi aliquem Cs)
    parare (comparare) se ad i. L — собираться в путь
    ingredi (inire QC) i. C (committere se itineri C) — отправиться (пуститься) в путь
    i. facere C — идти, ехать, но тж. L прокладывать (строить) дорогу
    i. habere Cs — находиться в пути или предпринимать путешествие
    2) пропуск, право прохода, свободный проход
    dare alicui i. in provinciam Cs — пропустить кого-л. через провинцию
    3) дорога, тропа (itinera pedestria Cs; itinera munire Nep; i. angustum et difficile Cs)
    4) ход, движение, развитие ( disputationis C)
    5) путь, способ, средство (salutis V; ad honores PJ)
    6) анат. канал (i. urinae CC)
    7) направление, ответвление ( amnis duo itinĕra aperit QC)

    Латинско-русский словарь > iter

  • 60 obrepo

    ob-rēpo, rēpsī, rēptum, ere
    1) подползать, тихо подбираться, подкрадываться (Galli in obsidione Capitolii obrepentes AG; feles obrepunt avibus — dat. PM)
    2) застигать врасплох, настигать ( mors obrepit Pl); незаметно наступать (obrepsit aies C; obrepit non intellecta senectus J)
    3) прокрасться, достигнуть происками (o. ad honores C); перехитрить, обмануть (alicui AG, Dig)

    Латинско-русский словарь > obrepo

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