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  • 1 effero

    [st1]1 [-] effĕro, āre, āvi, ātum [ex + fera]: - tr. - [abcl][b]a - rendre farouche, donner un air sauvage. - [abcl]b - rendre insensible, abrutir. - [abcl]c - transformer en animal sauvage.[/b] [st1]2 [-] effĕro (ecfĕro), ferre, extŭli, elātum [ex + fero]: - tr. - [abcl][b]a - porter dehors, tirer dehors. - [abcl]b - emporter, enlever, piller. - [abcl]c - exporter, transporter. - [abcl]d - sortir (qqch). - [abcl]e - sortir (un mort de sa maison), enterrer. - [abcl]f - faire naître, rapporter, produire, donner ( → récolte, fruits). - [abcl]g - faire connaître, produire au grand jour, mettre en évidence, divulguer, manifester, publier, proclamer. - [abcl]h - exprimer, exposer, énoncer, dire. - [abcl]i - élever, soulever. - [abcl]j - louer, exalter, célébrer.[/b]    - pedem portâ efferre: sortir de chez soi.    - in suos humeros efferre: enlever sur ses épaules.    - efferre aliquem in murum, Caes. B. G. 7.47: élever qqn sur le mur.    - efferre aliquem laudibus: vanter qqn.    - efferre aliquem ad caelum: porter qqn aux nues, élever qqn jusqu'aux nues.    - efferre aliquem (summis) laudibus ad caelum: porter qqn aux nues, élever qqn jusqu'aux nues.    - efferre aliquem in summum odium, Tac. H. 4, 42: nourrir une très grande haine contre qqn.    - inventum est magno esse usui posse si haec esset in altitudinem turris elata, Caes. BC. 2, 8: on découvrit [que ce pourrait être d’une grande utilité si cette tour était élevée en hauteur] = on découvrit qu’il serait bien utile de hausser cette tour.    - efferre aliquid in vulgus: étaler qqch au grand jour, divulguer qqch.    - in volgus militum elatum est, quâ arrogantiâ in colloquio Ariovistus usus, Caes. B. G. 1, 46, 4: la foule des soldats sut l'arrogance que manifesta Arioviste lors de l'entrevue.    - efferre vexilla e castris: enlever les étendards du camp.    - se efferre, se produire au-dehors, se montrer, s’enorgueillir.    - victoria se efferunt: ils s'enorgueillissent de leur victoire.    - efferri (passif): être jeté hors de soi, être transporté de (joie), se laisser emporter.    - efferri laetitiâ: être transporté de joie.    - efferri odio: se laisser emporter par la haine.    - efferri dolore: être accablé de douleur.    - elatus, a, um (au fig.): élevé, fier, noble.    - elati spe celeris victoriae, Caes. BG. 7, 47: soulevés par l'espoir d'une prompte victoire.    - elatus ad justam fiduciam sui repetivit, ut in senatum introiret, Liv. 27, 8, 7: [porté jusqu'à une légitime confiance en lui] = plein d'une hardiesse légitime, il réclama (le droit) de siéger au sénat.
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    [st1]1 [-] effĕro, āre, āvi, ātum [ex + fera]: - tr. - [abcl][b]a - rendre farouche, donner un air sauvage. - [abcl]b - rendre insensible, abrutir. - [abcl]c - transformer en animal sauvage.[/b] [st1]2 [-] effĕro (ecfĕro), ferre, extŭli, elātum [ex + fero]: - tr. - [abcl][b]a - porter dehors, tirer dehors. - [abcl]b - emporter, enlever, piller. - [abcl]c - exporter, transporter. - [abcl]d - sortir (qqch). - [abcl]e - sortir (un mort de sa maison), enterrer. - [abcl]f - faire naître, rapporter, produire, donner ( → récolte, fruits). - [abcl]g - faire connaître, produire au grand jour, mettre en évidence, divulguer, manifester, publier, proclamer. - [abcl]h - exprimer, exposer, énoncer, dire. - [abcl]i - élever, soulever. - [abcl]j - louer, exalter, célébrer.[/b]    - pedem portâ efferre: sortir de chez soi.    - in suos humeros efferre: enlever sur ses épaules.    - efferre aliquem in murum, Caes. B. G. 7.47: élever qqn sur le mur.    - efferre aliquem laudibus: vanter qqn.    - efferre aliquem ad caelum: porter qqn aux nues, élever qqn jusqu'aux nues.    - efferre aliquem (summis) laudibus ad caelum: porter qqn aux nues, élever qqn jusqu'aux nues.    - efferre aliquem in summum odium, Tac. H. 4, 42: nourrir une très grande haine contre qqn.    - inventum est magno esse usui posse si haec esset in altitudinem turris elata, Caes. BC. 2, 8: on découvrit [que ce pourrait être d’une grande utilité si cette tour était élevée en hauteur] = on découvrit qu’il serait bien utile de hausser cette tour.    - efferre aliquid in vulgus: étaler qqch au grand jour, divulguer qqch.    - in volgus militum elatum est, quâ arrogantiâ in colloquio Ariovistus usus, Caes. B. G. 1, 46, 4: la foule des soldats sut l'arrogance que manifesta Arioviste lors de l'entrevue.    - efferre vexilla e castris: enlever les étendards du camp.    - se efferre, se produire au-dehors, se montrer, s’enorgueillir.    - victoria se efferunt: ils s'enorgueillissent de leur victoire.    - efferri (passif): être jeté hors de soi, être transporté de (joie), se laisser emporter.    - efferri laetitiâ: être transporté de joie.    - efferri odio: se laisser emporter par la haine.    - efferri dolore: être accablé de douleur.    - elatus, a, um (au fig.): élevé, fier, noble.    - elati spe celeris victoriae, Caes. BG. 7, 47: soulevés par l'espoir d'une prompte victoire.    - elatus ad justam fiduciam sui repetivit, ut in senatum introiret, Liv. 27, 8, 7: [porté jusqu'à une légitime confiance en lui] = plein d'une hardiesse légitime, il réclama (le droit) de siéger au sénat.
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    I.
        Effero, pen. corr. effers, extuli, pen. corr. elatum, pe. prod. efferre. Terent. Porter hors.
    \
        Efferre pedem domo, vel porta. Cic. Mettre le pied hors de la maison, ou de la porte, Sortir de la maison.
    \
        Efferre pedem aliquo. Cic. Aller en quelque lieu.
    \
        Efferri pedibus. Plin. Estre porté en terre les pieds devant.
    \
        Efferre de custodia. Colum. Tirer hors.
    \
        Gressum efferre aruis. Seneca. S'en aller, Sortir hors des, etc.
    \
        Verecundiam secum efferre. Cic. Emporter.
    \
        Efferre. Liuius. Eslever.
    \
        Efferre caput vndis. Colum. Mettre la teste hors de l'eaue.
    \
        Efferre clamorem. Plaut. Crier à haulte voix.
    \
        Effert se alueo Nilus. Plin. Il se desborde et desrive.
    \
        Patriam demersam efferre. Cic. Relever.
    \
        Efferre cadauer. Liuius. Porter en terre, Colporter.
    \
        Efferri funere, et cum funere. Cic. Estre colporté pour estre enterré ou ards avec grand convoy, Estre porté en terre avec convoy.
    \
        Efferre aliquem ad summum imperium per omnes honorum gradus. Cic. L'eslever.
    \
        Efferre laudibus, vel summis laudibus in caelum. Cic. Donner grandes louanges à aucun, Le louer haultement, L'exaulcer et exalter.
    \
        Virtus aliquem efferre ad laudem dicitur. Cic. Eslever, Exaulcer, Exalter.
    \
        Verbis aliquem efferre. Cic. Louer de parolles, Exalter.
    \
        Efferre sese. Cic. S'eslever et glorifier.
    \
        Efferre sese sermonibus et verbis. Cic. Se vanter et louer.
    \
        Efferri iracundia, odio, dolore. Cic. Faire le haultain, ou Estre courroucé oultre mesure, et comme transporté de courroux.
    \
        Efferre se laetitia. Cic. Estre joyeux oultre mesure.
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        Haec me laetitia extulerunt. Cic. Ces choses m'ont grandement resjouy.
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        Efferre. Liuius. Emporter.
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        Efferre in humeros. Cic. Porter sur ses espaules.
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        Efferre in terram de naue. Liuius. Porter hors de la navire sur la terre.
    \
        Efferre. Terent. Divulguer et publier une chose secrette.
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        Efferre malum aliquod. Cic. Surmonter, Vaincre.
    \
        Efferre dicitur ager. Cic. Produire.
    \
        Efferre. Quintil. Proferer, Prononcer, Dire.
    \
        Efferri in amorem. Plinius. Estre aimé.
    II.
        Effero, efferas, pen. corr. efferare. Plin. Faire et rendre tout sauvage, Effaroucher, Faire cruel comme une beste sauvage.

    Dictionarium latinogallicum > effero

  • 2 Laus

    1.
    laus, laudis ( gen. plur. laudium, Sid. Carm. 23, 32), f. [for claus, from clavid, kindred to cluo and the Greek kleWos], praise, commendation, glory, fame, renown, esteem (cf.: gloria, praeconium, elogium).
    I.
    Lit.:

    in laude vivere,

    Cic. Fam. 15, 6, 1:

    ut is cum populo Romano et in laude et in gratia esse possit,

    id. Verr. 1, 17, 51:

    cum te (omnes) summis laudibus ad caelum extulerunt,

    id. Fam. 9, 14, 1:

    divinis laudibus ornare aliquem,

    id. ib. 2, 15, 1:

    Bruti nostri cotidianis assiduisque laudibus, quas ab eo de nobis haberi permulti mihi renuntiaverunt, commotum istum aliquando scripsisse ad me credo,

    id. Att. 13, 38, 1:

    laude afficere aliquem,

    id. Off. 2, 13, 47:

    omni laude cumulare,

    id. de Or. 1, 26, 118:

    summam alicui laudem tribuere,

    id. Fam. 5, 2, 10:

    illustri laude celebrari,

    id. Mur. 7, 16:

    maximam laudem ex re aliqua sibi parere,

    id. Off. 2, 13, 47:

    ornare aliquem suis laudibus et onerare alienis,

    id. Phil. 2, 11, 25:

    aliquem laudibus efferre,

    Juv. 6, 182:

    neque ego hoc in tua laude pono,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, [p. 1044] 91, §

    212. Fabio laudi datum est, quod pingeret,

    id. Tusc. 1, 2, 3:

    eloquentiae, humanitatis,

    id. de Or. 1, 23, 106:

    brevitas laus est interdum in aliqua parte dicendi, in universa eloquentia laudem non habet,

    id. Brut. 13, 50:

    laudis titulique cupido,

    Juv. 10, 143:

    supremae laudes,

    i. e. a funeral oration, Plin. 7, 43, 45, § 159:

    vitiatam memoriam funebribus laudibus reor,

    Liv. 8, 40. —
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    A praiseworthy thing, a ground for praise, a laudable or glorious action, a laudable enterprise; a merit, desert, Cic. Fam. 2, 4, 2:

    abundans bellicis laudibus,

    id. Off. 1, 22, 78:

    nostras laudes in astra sustulit,

    id. Att. 2, 25, 1:

    summa laus tua et Bruti est, quod exercitum praeter spem existimamini comparasse,

    id. Fam. 12, 4, 2:

    cum ceteris tuis laudibus, hanc esse vel maximam, quod, etc.,

    id. de Or. 2, 73, 296:

    magna laus, et grata hominibus, unum hominem elaborare, etc.,

    id. Mur. 9, 19:

    Suevi maximam putant esse laudem, vacare agros, etc.,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 3, 1:

    Pericles hac laude (dicendi) clarissimus fuit,

    Cic. Brut. 7, 28; Verg. A. 5, 355; 1, 461:

    conferre nostris tu potes te laudibus?

    Phaedr. 4, 23, 3:

    conscientia laudis,

    worth, desert, id. 2, epil. 11:

    te censeri laude tuorum noluerim,

    Juv. 8, 74.—
    B.
    Of things, estimation, worth, value, repute (post-Aug.):

    Cois amphoris laus est maxima,

    Plin. 35, 12, 46, § 161:

    coccum Galatiae in maxima laude est,

    id. 9, 41, 65, § 141:

    peculiaris laus ejus, quod fatigato corpori succurrit,

    id. 22, 22, 38, § 81:

    Creticae cotes diu maximam laudem habuere,

    id. 36, 22, 47, § 164.
    2.
    Laus, Laudis, f., the name of several cities.—Esp., a city in Cisalpine Gaul, northwest of Placentia, now Lodi Vecchia, Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 15, 1;

    also called Laus Pompeia,

    Plin. 3, 17, 21, § 124.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > Laus

  • 3 laus

    1.
    laus, laudis ( gen. plur. laudium, Sid. Carm. 23, 32), f. [for claus, from clavid, kindred to cluo and the Greek kleWos], praise, commendation, glory, fame, renown, esteem (cf.: gloria, praeconium, elogium).
    I.
    Lit.:

    in laude vivere,

    Cic. Fam. 15, 6, 1:

    ut is cum populo Romano et in laude et in gratia esse possit,

    id. Verr. 1, 17, 51:

    cum te (omnes) summis laudibus ad caelum extulerunt,

    id. Fam. 9, 14, 1:

    divinis laudibus ornare aliquem,

    id. ib. 2, 15, 1:

    Bruti nostri cotidianis assiduisque laudibus, quas ab eo de nobis haberi permulti mihi renuntiaverunt, commotum istum aliquando scripsisse ad me credo,

    id. Att. 13, 38, 1:

    laude afficere aliquem,

    id. Off. 2, 13, 47:

    omni laude cumulare,

    id. de Or. 1, 26, 118:

    summam alicui laudem tribuere,

    id. Fam. 5, 2, 10:

    illustri laude celebrari,

    id. Mur. 7, 16:

    maximam laudem ex re aliqua sibi parere,

    id. Off. 2, 13, 47:

    ornare aliquem suis laudibus et onerare alienis,

    id. Phil. 2, 11, 25:

    aliquem laudibus efferre,

    Juv. 6, 182:

    neque ego hoc in tua laude pono,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, [p. 1044] 91, §

    212. Fabio laudi datum est, quod pingeret,

    id. Tusc. 1, 2, 3:

    eloquentiae, humanitatis,

    id. de Or. 1, 23, 106:

    brevitas laus est interdum in aliqua parte dicendi, in universa eloquentia laudem non habet,

    id. Brut. 13, 50:

    laudis titulique cupido,

    Juv. 10, 143:

    supremae laudes,

    i. e. a funeral oration, Plin. 7, 43, 45, § 159:

    vitiatam memoriam funebribus laudibus reor,

    Liv. 8, 40. —
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    A praiseworthy thing, a ground for praise, a laudable or glorious action, a laudable enterprise; a merit, desert, Cic. Fam. 2, 4, 2:

    abundans bellicis laudibus,

    id. Off. 1, 22, 78:

    nostras laudes in astra sustulit,

    id. Att. 2, 25, 1:

    summa laus tua et Bruti est, quod exercitum praeter spem existimamini comparasse,

    id. Fam. 12, 4, 2:

    cum ceteris tuis laudibus, hanc esse vel maximam, quod, etc.,

    id. de Or. 2, 73, 296:

    magna laus, et grata hominibus, unum hominem elaborare, etc.,

    id. Mur. 9, 19:

    Suevi maximam putant esse laudem, vacare agros, etc.,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 3, 1:

    Pericles hac laude (dicendi) clarissimus fuit,

    Cic. Brut. 7, 28; Verg. A. 5, 355; 1, 461:

    conferre nostris tu potes te laudibus?

    Phaedr. 4, 23, 3:

    conscientia laudis,

    worth, desert, id. 2, epil. 11:

    te censeri laude tuorum noluerim,

    Juv. 8, 74.—
    B.
    Of things, estimation, worth, value, repute (post-Aug.):

    Cois amphoris laus est maxima,

    Plin. 35, 12, 46, § 161:

    coccum Galatiae in maxima laude est,

    id. 9, 41, 65, § 141:

    peculiaris laus ejus, quod fatigato corpori succurrit,

    id. 22, 22, 38, § 81:

    Creticae cotes diu maximam laudem habuere,

    id. 36, 22, 47, § 164.
    2.
    Laus, Laudis, f., the name of several cities.—Esp., a city in Cisalpine Gaul, northwest of Placentia, now Lodi Vecchia, Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 15, 1;

    also called Laus Pompeia,

    Plin. 3, 17, 21, § 124.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > laus

  • 4 effero

    1.
    ef-fĕro or ecfĕro (cf. Neue, Formenl. 2, 766), extŭli, ēlatum, efferre or ecferre, v. a., to bring or carry out, to bring forth (very freq. and class.).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.:

    ex navi,

    Plaut. Am. 2, 1, 82; cf.

    tela, etc., ex aedibus Cethegi,

    Cic. Cat. 3, 3 fin.:

    argentum jubeo jam intus efferri foras,

    Plaut. Bacch. 1, 1, 62; cf. id. ib. 4, 9, 127; id. Most. 2, 1, 58; id. Mil. 4, 8, 4:

    argentum ad aliquem,

    id. Epid. 5, 1, 27; id. Truc. 3, 1, 16:

    machaeram huc,

    id. Mil. 2, 5, 53; cf. id. Stich. 2, 2, 28:

    puerum extra aedes usquam,

    Ter. Hec. 4, 1, 48:

    cistellam domo,

    id. Eun. 4, 6, 15; cf.:

    cibaria sibi quemque domo,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 5, 3:

    frumentum ab Ilerda,

    id. B. C. 1, 78, 1:

    piscem de custodia,

    Col. 8, 17 fin.:

    litteras,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 45, 4:

    mucronem,

    Cic. Cat. 2, 1, 2; cf.:

    vexilla, signa, arma (e castris, extra fines, etc.),

    Liv. 10, 19; 27, 2; 29, 21; Tac. H. 3, 31 al.:

    ferrum a latere deripuit, elatumque deferebat in pectus,

    id. A. 1, 35 fin.: Colchis pedem, Enn. ap. Non. 297, 20; so,

    pedem,

    Verg. A. 2, 657; cf.

    pedem aedibus,

    Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 19:

    pedem portā,

    Cic. Att. 6, 8, 5; 7, 2, 6; Suet. Tib. 38:

    pedem quoquam,

    Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 97:

    se hinc (ignis),

    Lucr. 6, 89 and 385:

    se vallo (equus),

    Tac. A. 15, 7:

    Furium longius extulit cursus,

    Liv. 3, 5; cf.:

    Messium impetus per hostes extulit,

    id. 4, 29.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    Like the Gr. ekpherô, to carry out (of the house) for burial, to bear to the grave, to bury (cf.: cremo, humo, sepelio, prosequor): optumum'st Loces illum efferendum;

    nam jam credo mortuus est,

    Plaut. Aul. 3, 6, 32; id. Most. 4, 3, 8 sqq.; Ter. And. 1, 1, 90 Don. and Ruhnk.; 1, 1, 101; Cic. N. D. 3, 32, 80; Nep. Att. 17; Liv. 2, 33; 3, 18 fin.; Quint. 8, 5, 21; Suet. Aug. 99; Hor. S. 2, 5, 85; Vulg. Luc. 7, 12.—
    b.
    Transf.: meo unius funere elata populi Romani esset res publica, carried to burial, i. e. overthrown, destroyed, Liv. 28, 28; 24, 22; 31, 29.—
    2.
    Of a fruit-bearing soil, to bring forth, bear, produce:

    id, quod agri efferant,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 4 fin.; id. Brut. 4, 16; cf. also id. Verr. 2, 3, 47 fin.; 86 al.—
    b.
    Transf.:

    ea, quae efferant aliquid ex sese, perfectiores habere naturas quam, etc.,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 33 fin.; cf. Quint. 10, 1, 109; poet.:

    (Italia) genus acre virum,

    Verg. G. 2, 169.—
    3.
    Of motion in an upward direction (cf.: erigo and educo, II. B. 1.), to lift up, elevate, raise, exalt, Lucil. ap. Non. 297, 25:

    aliquem in murum,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 47 fin.:

    pars operis in altitudinem turris elata,

    id. B. C. 2, 8 fin.; cf. Quint. 11, 3, 103; and Suet. Calig. 32:

    corvus e conspectu elatus,

    Liv. 7, 26:

    pulvis elatus,

    id. 4, 33:

    elata super capita scuta,

    Tac. H. 3, 27: jubar (luna), Petron. Poët. 89, 2, 54; poet.:

    caput Auctumnus agris extulit,

    Hor. Epod. 2, 18.
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    To set forth, spread abroad, utter, publish, proclaim:

    clamorem,

    to raise, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 73:

    quod neque in vulgum disciplinam efferri velint, neque, etc.,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 14, 4; cf. Plin. 2, 12, 9:

    vocem ejus in vulgus,

    Tac. A. 12, 21:

    tuum peccatum foras,

    Ter. Phorm. 5, 7, 65 Ruhnk.:

    hoc foras,

    Cic. Phil. 10, 3; so,

    clandestina consilia,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 1, 6:

    rem,

    id. ib. 7, 2, 2:

    has meas ineptias,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 24, 111:

    divinitus dicta,

    id. ib. 3, 1 fin. et saep.—With a rel. clause:

    posteaquam in volgus militum elatum est, qua arrogantia in colloquio Ariovistus usus, etc.,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 46, 4.—
    2.
    In partic., of speech, to utter, pronounce, express, declare:

    verbum de verbo expressum extulit,

    Ter. Ad. prol. 11:

    ut verba inter se ra tione conjuncta sententiam efferant,

    Varr. L. L. 8, § 1 Müll.:

    si graves sententiae inconditis verbis efferuntur,

    Cic. Or. 44, 150; cf. Quint. 9, 4, 13:

    quae incisim aut membratim efferuntur, ea, etc.,

    Cic. Or. 67; cf. Quint. 9, 4, 33; 8, 3, 40; 10, 2, 17: pleraque utroque modo efferuntur, luxuriatur, luxuriat, etc., id. 9, 3, 7; cf. id. 1, 5, 16; 64; 2, 14, 2.—
    B.
    In the pass., qs. to be carried out of one's self by passions, feelings, etc.; to be carried away, transported, hurried away: usque adeo studio atque odio illius efferor ira, Lucil. ap. Cic. Tusc. 4, 21 fin.; so,

    studio,

    Cic. de Sen. 23, 83; id. Att. 1, 8, 2; id. N. D. 1, 20 fin.; Caes. B. C. 1, 45, 2; cf.

    cupiditate,

    Cic. Div. 1, 24, 49:

    vi naturae atque ingenii,

    id. Mur. 31, 65:

    laetitia,

    id. Deiot. 9, 26 (cf. act.:

    comitia ista praeclara, quae me laetitia extulerunt,

    id. Fam. 2, 10):

    incredibili gaudio,

    id. Fam. 10, 12, 2; cf. id. Rep. 3, 30; Suet. Caes. 22:

    voluptate canendi ac saltandi,

    id. Calig. 54:

    popularitate,

    id. Ner. 53.—
    C.
    (Acc. to I. B. 3.) To raise, elevate, exalt:

    pretia alicujus rei,

    Varr. R. R. 3, 6 fin.:

    quorum animi altius se extulerunt,

    Cic. Rep. 3, 3:

    aliquem ad summum imperium per omnes honorum gradus,

    id. Cat. 1, 11, 28; cf.:

    aliquem supra leges,

    Tac. A. 2, 34; and:

    aliquem geminatis consulatibus,

    id. ib. 1, 3; cf. also id. ib. 4, 40:

    aliquem pecunia aut honore,

    Sall. J. 49, 4:

    patriam demersam extuli,

    Cic. Sull. 31, 87; cf. Nep. Dion. 6; Cic. Prov. Cons. 14, 34:

    aliquem maximis laudibus,

    id. Off. 2, 10, 36; cf. Caes. B. C. 3, 87:

    aliquem summis laudibus ad caelum,

    Cic. Fam. 9, 14; cf. Nep. Dion. 7 fin.:

    aliquid maximis laudibus,

    Cic. Lael. 7, 24:

    aliquem laudibus,

    Tac. A. 3, 72:

    aliquem verbis,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 14, 52:

    aliquid versibus,

    id. Rep. 1, 14;

    and simply aliquid,

    id. Verr. 2, 4, 56; Tac. A. 2, 63:

    aliquem in summum odium,

    id. H. 4, 42; cf.:

    rem in summam invidiam,

    Quint. 8, 4, 19.—
    2.
    In partic., with se, to raise, elevate one's self; to rise, advance (cf.:

    appareo, eluceo, exsisto): cum (virtus) se extulit et ostendit suum lumen,

    Cic. Lael. 27; cf.

    so with a figure borrowed from the heavenly bodies: qua in urbe (Athenis) primum se orator extulit,

    id. Brut. 7, 26:

    volo se efferat in adolescente fecunditas,

    id. de Or. 2, 21.—
    b.
    In a bad sense, with se, or in the [p. 629] pass., to lift up one's self, to carry one's self high; to be puffed up, haughty, proud on account of any thing (the figure being borrowed from a prancing horse; cf. Liv. 30, 20; and Quint. 10, 3, 10):

    nec cohibendo efferentem se fortunam, quanto altius elatus erat, eo foedius corruit (Atilius),

    Liv. 30, 30:

    quod aut cupias ardenter aut adeptus ecferas te insolenter,

    Cic. Tusc. 4, 17, 39:

    qui enim victoria se ecferunt, quasi victos nos intuentur,

    id. Fam. 9, 2, 2; cf.:

    se altius et incivilius,

    Flor. 1, 26, 8:

    sese audacia, scelere atque superbia,

    Sall. J. 14, 11:

    hic me magnifice effero,

    Ter. Heaut. 4, 3, 31:

    (fortunati) efferuntur fere fastidio et contumacia,

    Cic. Lael. 15, 54:

    se efferre in potestate,

    to be insolent in office, id. de Or. 2, 84, 342.—Esp. freq. in the part. perf.:

    stulta ac barbara arrogantia elati,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 59, 3:

    recenti victoria,

    id. B. G. 5, 47, 4:

    spe celeris victoriae,

    id. ib. 7, 47, 3:

    gloria,

    id. B. C. 3, 79, 6:

    elatus et inflatus his rebus,

    Cic. Agr. 2, 35, 97:

    secunda fortuna magnisque opibus,

    Nep. Alcib. 7, 3; id. Milt. 7, 2:

    elatus ad vanam fiduciam,

    Curt. 3, 19, 10;

    but also: ad justam fiduciam,

    Liv. 27, 8, 7 et saep.—In the act. (rare, and with a fig. perh. borrowed from the wind): is demum vir erit, cujus animum nec prospera (fortuna) flatu suo efferet ( elates, inflates), nec adversa infringet, Liv. 45, 8 fin. —
    D.
    Ante-class. and very rare, to carry out to the end, to support, endure: laborem, Att. ap. Cic. Sest. 48; cf.: malum patiendo, to get rid of, do away with, Cic. Poët. Tusc. 4, 29, 63 (but not in Lucr. 1, 141, where the better reading is sufferre).—Hence, ēlā-tus, a, um, P. a. (acc. to I. B. 3. and II. C. 2.), exalted, lofty, high (rare; cf.: superbus, insolens, arrogans, etc.).
    A.
    Lit.:

    modo in elatiora modo in depressiora clivi,

    Col. 2, 4, 10:

    elatissimae lucernae,

    Tert. Apol. 53.—
    B.
    Trop.:

    animus magnus elatusque,

    Cic. Off. 1, 18, 61; id. Tusc. 1, 40, 96:

    verba,

    high-sounding, id. Or. 36, 124;

    hoc casu elatior Julianus,

    Amm. 21, 4, 7; Vulg. Rom. 1, 30:

    insula opibus,

    Nep. Milt. 7, 2. — Adv.: ēlāte, loftily, proudly:

    elate et ample loqui, opp. humiliter demisseque sentire,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 9:

    dicere (opp. summisse),

    id. Opt. Gen. 4, 10.— Comp.:

    se gerere,

    Nep. Paus. 2, 3:

    elatius et arrogantius praefatur,

    Gell. 9, 15, 4.
    2.
    ef-fĕro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [ex-ferus], to make wild, savage, fierce (class.; most freq. since the Aug. per.).
    I.
    Physically:

    terram immanitate beluarum efferari,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 39, 99:

    speciem oris,

    Liv. 2, 23; cf.

    vultum,

    Suet. Calig. 50:

    efferantia sese ulcera,

    becoming aggravated, malignant, Plin. 26, 14, 87, § 146.— Poet.:

    Mars efferat aurum,

    i. e. works up into weapons, Stat. Achill. 1, 425; cf.:

    homo qui magnae artis subtilitate tantum efferavit argentum,

    i. e. wrought into the figures of beasts, App. M. 5, p. 159, 14.—
    II.
    Mentally:

    gentes sic immanitate efferatae,

    Cic. N. D. 1, 23; cf. id. Tusc. 4, 14, 32:

    militem dux ipse efferavit,

    Liv. 23, 5; cf. id. 2, 29:

    animos,

    id. 1, 19; 25, 26:

    ingenia,

    Curt. 8, 2; 9, 19:

    efferavit ea caedes Thebanos omnes ad exsecrabile odium Romanorum,

    exasperated, Liv. 33, 29; cf. Vulg. Dan. 8, 7.—Hence, effĕrātus, a, um, P. a., wild, savage, fierce:

    sunt enim multa ecferata et immania, quaedam autem humanitatis quoque habent primam speciem,

    Cic. Tusc. 4, 14, 32:

    vultus,

    Petr. 82, 1:

    animi,

    Vulg. 2 Macc. 5, 11.— Comp.:

    mores ritusque,

    Liv. 34, 24.— Sup.:

    effectus,

    Sen. Ep. 121, 4:

    canes in homines,

    Jul. Val. Rer. Gest. Alex. M. 3, 18.— Adv.: effĕrāte, fiercely:

    saevire,

    Lact. 5, 20, 10.

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  • 5 laus

    [st1]1 [-] laus, laudis, f.:    - gén. plur. laudum ; qqf laudium Cic. Phil. 2, 28 (ms V) ; Sid. Carm. 23, 31. a - louange, éloge (surtout au plur.)    - laudem adipisci, vituperationem vitare Cic. Prov. 44: obtenir des éloges, éviter le blâme.    - summam laudem tribuere, Cic. Fam. 5, 2, 10: accorder les plus grands éloges.    - aliquem laudibus ferre, Cic. Rep. 1, 67: louer qqn.    - aliquem summis laudibus ad caelum efferre, Cic. Fam. 9, 14, 1: louer qqn en le portant aux nues.    - funebres laudes, Liv. 8, 40, 4: éloges funèbres.    - singularum rerum laudes vituperationesque conscribere, Cic. Br. 47: rédiger sur chaque objet le pour et le contre, la thèse favorable et la thèse contraire. b - gloire, considération, honneur, estime, renom.    - maximam laudem sibi parere, Cic. Off. 2, 47: s'attirer la plus grande considération.    - cum laude, Cic. Off. 2, 47: honorablement.    - in laude vivere, Cic. Fam. 15, 6, 1: vivre estimé.    - magnam eloquentiae laudem consequi, Cic. Br. 279: atteindre une grande réputation d'éloquence.    - sapientiae laude perfrui, Cic. Br. 9: jouir sans interruption de l'estime accordée à la sagesse.    - populi Romani laus est urbem Cyzicenorum esse servatam, Cic. Arch. 21: au peuple romain revient l'honneur de ce que Cyzique fut sauvée.    - ab ista laude absum, Cic.: on ne peut me refuser cet honneur.    - in summa laude esse, Plin.: être en grand renom. c - mérite, action glorieuse, action d'éclat, titre de gloire.    - maxima laus est + prop. inf.: **la plus belle action glorieuse est que...** = le plus beau titre de gloire est de.    - quarum laudum gloriam adamaris, Cic. Fam. 2, 4, 2: les mérites dont la gloire t'a séduit.    - brevitas laus est... Cic. Br. 50: la brièveté est un mérite...    - ut esset perfecta illa bene loquendi laus, Cic. Br. 252: que cette qualité de bien parler fût portée à sa perfection.    - quod quartum numerat in orationis laudibus, Cic. Or. 79: ce qui vient en quatrième lieu, selon lui, parmi les qualités du style.    - virtutis laus in actione consistit, Cic. Off. 1, 19: le mérite de la vertu consiste dans l'action.    - quae sunt ex media laude justitiae, Cic. Off. 1, 63: choses qui sont en plein dans ce qui constitue le mérite de la justice.    - sed tamen est laus aliqua humanitatis, Cic. Mur. 65: mais pourtant il y a qq mérite à être humain.    - quae forsitan laus sit, Cic. Br. 33: ce qui est peut-être un mérite.    - ut et in laude et in vitio nomen hoc sit, Cic. Tusc. 4, 17: en sorte que ce mot est pris à la fois en bonne et en mauvaise part.    - si cothurni laus illa esset, Cic. Fin. 3, 46: si le mérite d'un cothurne était....    - legere laudes patrum, Virg.: lire les hauts faits des ancêtres. d - entreprise louable, valeur.    - laus alicujus rei: la valeur de qqch.    - laus dicendi, Cic.: talents oratoires.    - signi vitia.., laudes, Plin. Ep. 3, 6, 2: défauts..., qualités d'une statue. [st1]2 [-] Laus, Laudis, f.: Laus (ville de la Gaule Cisalpine). [st1]3 [-] Laus Pompeia: ville de la Gaule Transpadane (auj. Lodi).
    * * *
    [st1]1 [-] laus, laudis, f.:    - gén. plur. laudum ; qqf laudium Cic. Phil. 2, 28 (ms V) ; Sid. Carm. 23, 31. a - louange, éloge (surtout au plur.)    - laudem adipisci, vituperationem vitare Cic. Prov. 44: obtenir des éloges, éviter le blâme.    - summam laudem tribuere, Cic. Fam. 5, 2, 10: accorder les plus grands éloges.    - aliquem laudibus ferre, Cic. Rep. 1, 67: louer qqn.    - aliquem summis laudibus ad caelum efferre, Cic. Fam. 9, 14, 1: louer qqn en le portant aux nues.    - funebres laudes, Liv. 8, 40, 4: éloges funèbres.    - singularum rerum laudes vituperationesque conscribere, Cic. Br. 47: rédiger sur chaque objet le pour et le contre, la thèse favorable et la thèse contraire. b - gloire, considération, honneur, estime, renom.    - maximam laudem sibi parere, Cic. Off. 2, 47: s'attirer la plus grande considération.    - cum laude, Cic. Off. 2, 47: honorablement.    - in laude vivere, Cic. Fam. 15, 6, 1: vivre estimé.    - magnam eloquentiae laudem consequi, Cic. Br. 279: atteindre une grande réputation d'éloquence.    - sapientiae laude perfrui, Cic. Br. 9: jouir sans interruption de l'estime accordée à la sagesse.    - populi Romani laus est urbem Cyzicenorum esse servatam, Cic. Arch. 21: au peuple romain revient l'honneur de ce que Cyzique fut sauvée.    - ab ista laude absum, Cic.: on ne peut me refuser cet honneur.    - in summa laude esse, Plin.: être en grand renom. c - mérite, action glorieuse, action d'éclat, titre de gloire.    - maxima laus est + prop. inf.: **la plus belle action glorieuse est que...** = le plus beau titre de gloire est de.    - quarum laudum gloriam adamaris, Cic. Fam. 2, 4, 2: les mérites dont la gloire t'a séduit.    - brevitas laus est... Cic. Br. 50: la brièveté est un mérite...    - ut esset perfecta illa bene loquendi laus, Cic. Br. 252: que cette qualité de bien parler fût portée à sa perfection.    - quod quartum numerat in orationis laudibus, Cic. Or. 79: ce qui vient en quatrième lieu, selon lui, parmi les qualités du style.    - virtutis laus in actione consistit, Cic. Off. 1, 19: le mérite de la vertu consiste dans l'action.    - quae sunt ex media laude justitiae, Cic. Off. 1, 63: choses qui sont en plein dans ce qui constitue le mérite de la justice.    - sed tamen est laus aliqua humanitatis, Cic. Mur. 65: mais pourtant il y a qq mérite à être humain.    - quae forsitan laus sit, Cic. Br. 33: ce qui est peut-être un mérite.    - ut et in laude et in vitio nomen hoc sit, Cic. Tusc. 4, 17: en sorte que ce mot est pris à la fois en bonne et en mauvaise part.    - si cothurni laus illa esset, Cic. Fin. 3, 46: si le mérite d'un cothurne était....    - legere laudes patrum, Virg.: lire les hauts faits des ancêtres. d - entreprise louable, valeur.    - laus alicujus rei: la valeur de qqch.    - laus dicendi, Cic.: talents oratoires.    - signi vitia.., laudes, Plin. Ep. 3, 6, 2: défauts..., qualités d'une statue. [st1]2 [-] Laus, Laudis, f.: Laus (ville de la Gaule Cisalpine). [st1]3 [-] Laus Pompeia: ville de la Gaule Transpadane (auj. Lodi).
    * * *
        Laus, laudis, foem. gene. Terent. Louange, Recommandation, Los.
    \
        Laus caseo Romae, ex prouinciis Nemausensi, etc. Plin. On loue à Rome les fourmages qui viennent de, etc.
    \
        In laude olei nominatur id quoque. Plin. Entre les louanges de l'huile, cela y est aussi nommé.
    \
        Armatae laudes. Claudianus. Louanges des prouesses et vaillances faictes en guerre.
    \
        Laude afficere. Cic. Louer.
    \
        Concedere laudem alicui. Cic. Le louer.
    \
        Cumulatus orator omni laude. Cic. Parfaict en toute louange, Comblé en toute louange.
    \
        Id Metello laudi datum est. Cic. On loua Metellus de cela.
    \
        Quod omnes laudes habet, id est optimum. Cic. Qui est loué en tout et par tout.
    \
        Habere laudes de aliquo. Cic. Louer aucun.
    \
        Laudem non habet breuitas in eloquentia. Cic. N'est point louee ny estimee.
    \
        Latine loqui est in magna laude ponendum. Cic. C'est une chose fort à louer et estimer que de bien parler Latin.
    \
        Si dignum se maioribus suis praebuerit, tua laus ex aliqua parte fuerit. Cic. Tu en seras loué en partie.

    Dictionarium latinogallicum > laus

  • 6 prosequor

    prō-sĕquor, cūtus (quūtus), 3, v. dep. a., to follow (in a friendly or hostile manner), to accompany, attend; to follow after, pursue (class.; cf.: comitor, stipo).
    I.
    Lit.:

    novum maritum volo rus prosequi,

    Plaut. Cas. 4, 2, 3:

    eum milites electi circiter CXX. sunt prosecuti,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 91:

    Dianam ture odoribusque incensis prosecutae sunt,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 35, § 77; id. Att. 6, 3, 6:

    unum omnes illum prosequebantur,

    Nep. Alc. 6, 3:

    aliquem in domum,

    Gell. 18, 1, 16:

    exsequias,

    to attend a funeral, Ov. Tr. 1, 8, 14; so,

    defunctum in conditorium,

    Petr. 111; cf.:

    Bassus noster videtur mihi prosequi se,

    to attend his own funeral, Sen. Ep. 30, 5:

    lacrimis ad saevas prosequor usque fores,

    Ov. Am. 1, 4, 62; Cic. Planc. 10, 26:

    Aeneas Prosequitur lacrimans longe,

    Verg. A. 6, 476; 12, 72.—In a hostile sense, to follow after, pursue:

    fugientes prosequi,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 41:

    hostem,

    id. ib. 2, 8:

    novissimos multa millia passuum prosecuti,

    id. B. G. 2, 11; 5, 9:

    iste iratus hominem verbis vehementioribus prosequitur,

    i. e. assailed, attacked, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 29, § 73:

    aliquem contumeliosis vocibus,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 69:

    speculatores, qui prosequerentur agmen, missi,

    Liv. 27, 15; 30, 29:

    armati qui eos prosequebantur,

    Curt. 3, 13, 9:

    aliquem lapidibus,

    Petr. 90.—Of animals:

    eādem cane anxie prosequente,

    Just. 1, 4, 11; Sil. 4, 615.—With abl., of following with the eyes:

    oculis abeuntem prosequor udis,

    Ov. H. 12, 55; 5, 55:

    aliquos visu,

    Stat. Th. 5, 483.—
    B.
    Transf., of inanim. and abstr. subjects, to follow, pursue; to accompany, attend:

    prosequitur surgens a puppi ventus euntes,

    Verg. A. 3, 130:

    naves mitterent quae se prosequerentur,

    Liv. 30, 25; cf.

    exercitus,

    id. 7, 33; Curt. 3, 3, 24:

    datae duae triremes ad prosequendum,

    Tac. H. 2, 9:

    Cattos suos saltus Hercynius prosequitur simul atque deponit,

    goes as far as their territory extends, and then ceases, id. G. 30:

    eadem (existimatio Quintum) usque ad rogum prosequatur,

    Cic. Quint. 31, 99; cf.:

    (amici) mortui vivunt: tantus eos honos prosequitur amicorum,

    id. Lael. 7, 23.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    To honor, adorn, or present one with a thing, to bestow any thing upon one; constr. with abl., rarely with cum and abl.:

    benevolentiā, aut misericordiā prosequi aliquem,

    Cic. Brut. 1, 4:

    aliquem honorificis verbis,

    id. Tusc. 2, 25, 61:

    virtutem alicujus gratā memoriā,

    id. Phil. 14, 11, 30:

    nomen alicujus grato animo,

    id. ib. 4, 1, 3:

    memoriam cujuspiam clamore et plausu,

    id. ib. 10, 4, 8:

    aliquem laudibus,

    Liv. 9, 8:

    aliquem beneficiis ac liberalitate,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 41, § 94:

    cum me in illo tristi et acerbo luctu atque discessu non lacrimis solum tuis, sed animo, corpore, copiis prosecutus esses,

    id. Planc. 30, 73; cf.:

    reliquum est ut tuam profectionem amore prosequar, reditum spe exspectem,

    id. Fam. 15, 21, 5:

    delictum veniā,

    Tac. A. 13, 35:

    Maximum libenter apud te testimonio prosequar,

    Plin. Ep. 10, 85 (17):

    prosecuti cum donis legatos sunt,

    Liv. 39, 55, 4:

    decedentem domum cum favore ac laudibus prosecuti sunt,

    id. 2, 31, 11:

    Senatus gratias egit Caesari, quod et ipse cum summo honore mentionem ejus prosecutus esset,

    Plin. Ep. 8, 6, 5; cf.:

    aliquem uberrimo congiario,

    Suet. Caes. 27:

    milites,

    id. Aug. 49.—
    B.
    To pursue, continue, follow up, to go on or proceed with an idea or theme:

    si (rem) non ad extremum, sed usque eo, quo opus erit, prosequemur,

    Auct. Her. 1, 9, 14:

    non prosequar longius,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 30, 83:

    illius vero mortis opportunitatem benevolentiā prosequamur,

    id. Brut. 1, 4:

    pascua versu,

    to describe at length, Verg. G. 3, 340:

    stilo munificentiae rationem,

    Plin. Ep. 1, 8, 8:

    ut latius, quae cujusque adfectus natura sit, prosequamur,

    Quint. 5, 8, 2; 2, 6, 1: uno libello carissimam mihi memoriam prosequi, Plin. Ep. 3, 10, 3: ex ordine domesticos motus, to pursue, go through with, describe in order, Flor 3, 12, 14:

    similitudinem,

    to follow up, Sen. Ep. 13, 3.— Absol., to proceed with one's speaking ( poet.):

    prosequitur pavitans, et ficto pectore fatur,

    Verg. A. 2, 107.

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  • 7 fero

    I tulī(арх. tetulī), lātum, ferre
    1)
    а) носить (faces in Capitolium C; nomen alicujus C, H, Su); нести (aliquid umeris H, Pt)
    leve fit, quod bene fertur, onus погов. O — тяжесть, которую умело носят, становится лёгкой
    б) производить, пождать (terra fruges fert C; olea fert fructum Q)
    aliquem f. Tib — быть беременной кем-л.
    aliquem alicui f. поэт. Sil — рожать кого-л. кому-л.
    f. arma contra C (adversus Nep, in L) aliquem и alicui Sil — идти войной на кого-л.
    signa f. Cs — выступать в поход (ср. 5.)
    signa in hostem f. L, тж. f. manum Lcn — идти на врага
    pedem f. V — ступать, ходить
    gradūs ingentes f. O — делать большие шаги
    quod putas annum secum tulisse? Pt — сколько ему, по-твоему, было лет?
    se f. или ferri — идти, двигаться, мчаться, нестись, устремляться ( alicui obviam C)
    omni cogitatione ferri ad aliquid Nep — стремиться к чему-л. всеми помыслами
    2) поднимать, воздевать ( caelo manus H); возносить, воссылать ( preces Junoni V)
    3) получать (gratiam alicujus rei L; responsum ab aliquo C)
    ille crucem scelēris pretium tulit, hic diadēma впоследствии погов. J — за (одно и то же) преступление тот был распят на кресте, а этот получил награду
    victoriam ex aliquo f. L — одержать победу над кем-л.
    4)
    а) уносить (aliquem ex proelio L)
    б) похищать, грабить (f. et agere L)
    aliquid impune Cs (inultum Ter) f. — совершив что-л., остаться безнаказанным
    animus fert O, Su — душа влечёт, т. е. хочется ( aliquid facere)
    5) приносить, подносить, преподносить (argentum ad aliquem Pl; alicui tribūtum L, QC; praemia V)
    alicui oscula f. O — целовать кого-л.
    signa f. V — давать (делать) знак (ср. 1.)
    finem alicui (alicujus) rei f. V etc. — положить конец чему-л.
    alicui luctum f. L — причинять кому-л. скорбь
    aliquem (in) oculis f. C — горячо любить кого-л.
    se f. — вести себя
    se f. alumnum alicujus Ap — объявлять себя чьим-л. питомцем
    7) показывать, обнаруживать
    apertissime aliquid (prae se) f. C — открыто выражать (обнаруживать, выставлять напоказ) что-л.
    obscure (или clam) aliquid f. C, L — скрывать что-л.
    imaginem alicujus f. Pl — выдавать себя за кого-л.
    8) выносить, сносить, переносить, терпеть, выдерживать (aliquid aequo animo Ter; impĕtum hostis Cs; plāgas silentio C; miserias Ter; aliquem Ter, C etc.)
    moleste f. de aliquo C — жалеть кого-л.
    non feram, non patiar, non sinam C — (этого) я не потерплю, не допущу, не позволю
    alicui opem auxiliumque f. C — оказывать кому-л. помощь (помогать)
    alicui fidem f. V — оказывать кому-л. доверие
    10) сообщать, доносить, докладывать (vera, responsum alicui V)
    11) предлагать, вносить
    f. aliquam C — предлагать кого-л. в жёны
    legem (rogationem) f. C — вносить законопроект
    f. de aliquā re (ut) C, VP — вносить предложение о чём-л. (чтобы)
    12) гласить, определять, требовать
    f. sententiam de aliqua re Sen — выносить приговор (решать вопрос) о чём-л. (ср. 8.)
    quid res, quid tempus ferat C — (то), чего потребуют обстоятельства и время
    natura fert, ut... C — природой установлено, что...
    13)
    а) говорить, разносить, распространять (famam L, T, O etc.)
    б) восхвалять, прославлять (bella sermonibus L; aliquem laudibus in caelum C)
    14) думать, обдумывать, размышлять (dic, quid fers Pl)
    de Lentulo sic fero, ut debeo C к — Лентулу я отношусь так, как должен (относиться)
    II fero dat. /abl. sg. к ferus

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  • 8 prosequor

    prō-sequor, secūtus sum, sequī depon.
    1) провожать, сопровождать (aliquem usque ad portam C; abeuntem T)
    p. exsequias C (defunctum Pt) — провожать покойника
    2) снабжать, одарять ( aliquem magnis donis L); удостаивать (aliquem aliqua re C etc.)
    p. aliquem laudibus L, bAl, Col и laudationibus Pt — хвалить кого-л.
    p. aliquem benevolentiā C — быть благосклонным к кому-л.
    p. honorificis verbis C — обращаться к кому-л. с любезными речами
    p. aliquem beneficiis C — делать добро, оказывать услуги кому-л.
    3) следовать (aliquem p. et. imitari C)
    4) преследовать (fugientes, hostem Cs)

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  • 9 effero

    I ef-fero (ecfero), extulī, ēlātum, efferre [ fero ]
    1)
    e. pedem domo C (или se e. V, T etc.) — выходить из дому
    e. signa (vexilla, arma) L — выступить в поход
    3) издавать, испускать ( clamorem Pl)
    e. lucem V — испускать свет, сиять
    4) приносить (effer aquam V; ager effert fruges C)
    5) хоронить (aliquem Pl etc.)
    6) претерпевать, выносить (quemvis laborem Lcr; mălum patiendo e. Poëta ap. C)
    7) вносить, записывать ( in album C)
    8) произносить, выражать ( graves sententias C)
    9) делать известным, разглашать, распространять (e. clandestina consilia Cs)
    10) уносить, увлекать, завлекать ( impetus eum extulit ad castra L)
    aliquem in summum odium e. T — сделать кого-л. предметом сильнейшей ненависти
    13) возвысить (aliquem ad summum imperium C; aliquem supra leges T)
    14) превозносить, прославлять, хвалить (aliquem laudibus C; aliquid verbis C)
    e. se — проявляться, выказывать себя ( virtus se effert C)
    e. se или pass. efferri — зазнаваться, возгордиться (recenti victoriā Cs; opibus Nep)
    II effero, āvī, ātum, āre [ efferus ]
    1) делать диким, свирепым ( animos L)
    2) приводить в бешенство, озлоблять ( ea caedes efferavit Thebanos L)

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  • 10 onero

    ŏnĕro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [onus].
    I.
    To load, lade, burden, freight with any thing (class.).
    A.
    Lit.:

    navim magnam multis mercibus,

    Plaut. Men. prol. 25:

    naves, ad celeritatem onerandi subductionesque, paulo facit humiliores,

    for loading expeditiously, Caes. B. G. 5, 1:

    jumenta,

    Sall. J. 75, 6:

    naves commeatu, etc.,

    id. ib. 86, 1:

    costas aselli pomis,

    Verg. G. 1, 274:

    tauri cervix oneratur aratro,

    is loaded, burdened, Ov. A. A. 1, 19:

    aures lapillis,

    id. ib. 3, 129; cf.:

    umerum pallio,

    Ter. Phorm. 5, 6, 4:

    ventrem,

    to load, fill, Sall. Or. Rep. Ord. 1:

    epulis onerari,

    to overload, gorge one's self, Ov. P. 1, 10, 31:

    vino et epulis onerati,

    Sall. J. 76, 6:

    cibus, qui in aegritudine alat neque oneret,

    without oppressing the stomach, Plin. 29, 3, 11, § 48:

    vaccas,

    to cause them to be covered, Pall. 8, 4.—
    2.
    Transf., in gen., to load, cover ( poet.):

    dapibus mensas onerare,

    to cover, Verg. G. 4, 133:

    manusque ambas jaculis oneravit acutis,

    id. A. 10, 868:

    jaculo palmas oneravit acuto,

    i. e. armed, id. ib. 11, 574 (but armavit is the better read.; v. Forbig. ad loc.): membra [p. 1266] sepulcro, id. ib. 10, 558; cf.:

    ossa aggere terrae,

    id. ib. 11, 212:

    aliquem saxis,

    to stone, Phaedr. 3, 2, 4.—
    B.
    Trop., to load, burden, weary; to oppress, overwhelm, overload (with good or evil; cf. Forbig. ad Verg. A. 10, 620), etc.:

    me amoenitate oneravit dies,

    has overwhelmed me, Plaut. Capt. 4, 1, 7.:

    laetitiā senem,

    id. ib. 4, 2, 47:

    malignitateomnis mortalis,

    id. ib. 3, 1, 5:

    diem commoditatibus,

    Ter. Phorm. 5, 6, 1:

    aliquem mendaciis,

    Cic. Fam. 3, 10, 7; cf. Plaut. Mil. 3, 3, 61:

    judicem argumentis,

    id. N. D. 3, 3, 8:

    aethera votis,

    Verg. A. 9, 24:

    verbis lassas onerantibus aures,

    Hor. S. 1, 10, 10:

    aliquem pugnis,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 172:

    maledictis,

    id. Ps. 1, 3, 123; cf.

    contumeliis,

    Cic. Phil. 2, 38, 99; for which only absol. Sejanum, Tac. A. 4. 68:

    aliquem injuriis,

    Ter. And. 5, 1, 8:

    aliquem malis,

    Verg. A. 4, 549:

    aliquem laudibus,

    Liv. 4, 13:

    spe praemiorum,

    id. 35, 11:

    promissis,

    Sall. J. 12, 3:

    honoribus,

    Just. 5, 4, 13.—
    C.
    Transf., to make heavier or more burdensome, to render more oppressive, to heighten, to aggravate (only since the Aug. per.;

    esp. freq. in Tac. and the younger Plin.): injuriam alicujus invidiā,

    Liv. 38, 56 fin.:

    pericula alicujus,

    Tac. A. 16, 30:

    curas,

    id. H. 2, 52:

    delectum avaritiā et luxu,

    to aggravate, make worse, render more odious, id. ib. 4, 14:

    onerat te quaesturae tuae famā, quam ex Bithyniā optimam revexisti,

    Plin. Ep. 8, 24, 8; 1, 8, 5; id. Pan. 24, 1; 73, 6.—
    II.
    To load, stow, or heap up any thing in any thing ( poet.):

    vina cadis,

    Verg. A. 1, 195:

    canistris Dona Cereris,

    id. ib. 8, 180.— Hence, ŏnĕrātus, a, um, P. a., filled, full; with gen.: oneratus frugum et floris Liberi, Pac. ap. Non. 498, 12 (Trag. Rel. p. 95 Rib.).—
    B.
    Loaded, i. e. deceived, befooled:

    ille est oneratus recte,

    Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 115:

    ego illum probe jam oneratum huc admovebo,

    id. Mil. 3, 3, 61.

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  • 11 orno

    orno, āvi, ātum, 1 (old form of the perf. ORNAVET, Column. Rostr.; v. infra), v. a. [perh. root var-, cover; Sanscr. varna-, color], to fit out, furnish, provide with necessaries; to equip, to get ready, prepare (class.; syn. exorno, concinno).
    I.
    In gen.:

    age nunc, orna te,

    Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 10:

    prandium domi,

    id. Rud. 1, 2, 53: ornatur ferro Enn. ap. Gell. 16, 10 (Ann. v. 190 Vahl.):

    aliquem armis,

    Verg. A. 12, 344:

    decemviros apparitoribus, scribis, librariis, praeconibus, architectis, praeterea mulis, tabernaculis, centuriis, supellectili,

    Cic. Agr. 2, 13, 32:

    aliquem pecuniā,

    Plin. Ep. 3, 21, 3: CLASESQVE-NAVALES-PRIMOS-ORNAVET, fitted out, Column. Rostr.:

    maximas classes,

    Cic. Imp. Pomp. 4, 9; cf. Liv. 9, 30:

    naves,

    id. 40, 26:

    convivium,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 20, § 44:

    copias omnibus rebus,

    id. Imp. Pomp. 8, 20:

    provincias,

    to furnish money, arms, and attendants to governors setting out for their provinces, id. Att. 3, 24, 1; id. ib. 4, 18, 2; Liv. 40, 36, 5; so,

    consules,

    id. ib. —Hence, to trim, provide with oil:

    lampades,

    Vulg. Matt. 25, 7.—
    II.
    In partic., to ornament, adorn, embellish, deck, set off.
    A.
    Lit.:

    Italiam ornare quam domum suam, maluit: quamquam, Italiā ornatā, domus ipsa mihi videtur ornatior,

    Cic. Off. 2, 22, 76:

    scuta ad forum ornandum,

    Liv. 9, 40:

    cornua sertis,

    Verg. A. 7, 488:

    monilia collum,

    Ov. M. 5, 52.—Of dressing the hair, Ov. Am. 1, 14, 5:

    capillos,

    id. ib. 2, 7, 23; Prop. 1, 2, 1.—
    B.
    Trop., to adorn, decorate, set off; to commend, praise, extol; to honor, show honor to, distinguish:

    aliquid magnificentius augere atque ornare,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 21, 94:

    seditiones ipsas,

    id. ib. 2, 28, 124:

    aliquem suis sententiis,

    id. Fam. 15, 4, 11: dicere, laudandum adulescentem, ornandum, tollendum, Brut. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 20, 1:

    civitatem omnibus rebus,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 33:

    aliquem maximis beneficiis,

    Cic. Att. 6, 1, 5:

    aliquem laudibus,

    id. Phil. 2, 11, 25:

    egressum alicujus frequentiā suā,

    id. Pis. 13, 31:

    candidatum suffragio,

    Plin. Ep. 2, 1, 8: aliquem ornare, to bestow honor upon, advance to honor, Cic. Fam. 1, 1:

    hederā poëtam,

    Verg. E. 7, 25.—Ironically:

    ornatus esses,

    would have been rewarded, Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 22.—Hence, ornātus, a, um, P. a.
    A.
    Fitted out, furnished, provided with necessaries, equipped, accoutred, splendidly furnished (class.;

    syn.: instructus, praeditus): sapiens plurimis artibus instructus et ornatus,

    Cic. Fin. 2, 34, 112:

    scutis telisque parati ornatique,

    id. Caecin. 21, 60:

    equus ornatus,

    Liv. 27, 19:

    elephantus,

    Nep. Hann. 3, 4:

    naves paratissimae, atque omni genere armorum ornatissimae,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 14:

    fundus,

    Cic. Quint. 31, 98:

    Graecia copiis non instructa solum, sed etiam ornata,

    not provided merely, but also splendidly furnished, id. Phil. 10, 4, 9.— Transf.:

    ingenio bono,

    Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 89.—
    B.
    In partic., ornamented, adorned, decked, decorated, embellished, handsome, ornate:

    sepulcrum floribus ornatum,

    Cic. Fl. 38, 95.— Comp.:

    nihil ornatius,

    Cic. Sen. 16, 57.—Esp., adorned with all good qualities, excellent, distinguished, eminent, illustrious:

    lectissimus atque ornatissimus adulescens,

    Cic. Div. in Caecil. 9, 29:

    in dicendo,

    id. de Or. 1, 10, 42; id. ib. 1, 11, 49:

    homo ornatissimus loco, ordine, nomine, virtute, ingenio, copiis,

    honored, respected, id. Verr. 2, 1, 48, § 127:

    ornati elaboratique versus,

    embellished, id. Or. 11, 36:

    oratio,

    id. de Or. 1, 12, 50:

    locus ad dicendum ornatissimus,

    admirably adapted, id. Imp. Pomp. 1, 1.—Hence, adv.: ornātē, with ornament, ornamentally, ornately, elegantly (class.):

    dicere,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 14, 53:

    apte, distincte, ornate dicere,

    id. Off. 1, 1, 2.— Comp.:

    causas agere ornatius,

    Cic. Fam. 9, 21, 1.— Sup.:

    causam ornatissime et copiosissime defendere,

    Cic. Brut. 5, 21.

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  • 12 uro

    ūro, ussī, ustum, ere
    1)
    а) жечь, палить (sol urit O, PM; uri sole PM)
    б) разжигать ( Cyclōpum officinas H); прижигать ( vulnera CC): сжигать (mortuos C; urbes L; terras C, O; sitis guttur urit O); уничтожать огнём, опустошать пожарами (agros L, QC; Galliam C); энкаустически выжигать (colores O; tabulam coloribus O)
    3) замораживать ( ustus a frigore Pontus O); губить холодом, леденить ( herba per nives usta O)
    4) больно жать, натирать (calceus urit H; juga juvencos urunt O)
    5) разжигать, возбуждать ( invidiam L)
    6) томить, обуревать ( amor urit aliquem V)
    uri in aliquo O — быть влюблённым в кого-л.
    7) тревожить, беспокоить, удручать, угнетать, мучить (pestilentia urbem urit L; Italia bello urebatur L)
    8) сердить, раздражать ( aliquem Ter)
    9) воодушевлять, поощрять ( aliquem laudibus VF)

    Латинско-русский словарь > uro

  • 13 mulceo

    mulcĕo, si, sum (rarely mulctum), 2, v. a. [Sanscr. root marc, take hold of; Gr. marptô, marptis; cf. mulco], to stroke; to touch or move lightly (syn. palpo; poet. and in post-Aug. prose).
    I.
    Lit.:

    manu mulcens barbam,

    Ov. F. 1, 259:

    caput,

    Quint. 11, 3, 158:

    vitulum,

    Ov. A. A. 2, 341:

    colla,

    id. M. 10, 118:

    mulcebant Zephyri flores,

    rustle through, id. ib. 1, 108:

    aura mulcet rosas,

    Prop. 4 (5), 7, 60:

    virgā mulcere capillos,

    to touch lightly, Ov. M. 14, 295:

    aristas,

    id. F. 5, 161:

    mulcere alternos (pueros) et corpora fingere linguā,

    Verg. A. 8, 634:

    aëra motu,

    Lucr. 4, 136:

    aethera pennis,

    to move, Cic. Arat. 88: mulserat huc navem compulsam fluctibu' pontus, had wafted hither, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 870 P. (Ann. v. 257 Vahl.).—
    B.
    Transf., to make sweet or pleasant:

    pocula succis Lyaei,

    Sil. 7, 169. —
    II.
    Trop., to soothe, soften, appease, allay; to caress, flatter, delight, etc. (syn.:

    blandior. placo, lenio, sedo): mulcentem tigres, of Orpheus,

    Verg. G. 4, 510:

    aliquem dictis,

    id. A. 5, 464:

    fluctūs,

    id. ib. 1, 66:

    iras,

    id. ib. 7, 755:

    jure,

    Vell. 2, 117, 3.— To alleviate, mitigate:

    variā vulnera mulcet ope,

    alleviates the pain of his wounds, Ov. F. 5, 401:

    dolores nervorum,

    Plin. 22, 24, 50, § 107:

    os stomachumque,

    id. 22, 24, 51, § 110:

    ebrietatem,

    id. 21, 20, 81, § 138:

    lassitudinem,

    id. 37, 5, 16, § 63:

    corpora fessa,

    Ov. M. 11, 625: aliquem laudibus, to flatter, Pac. ap. Paul. ex Fest. s. v. Mulciber, p. 144 Müll. (Trag. Rel. p. 109 Rib.):

    puellas carmine,

    to delight, Hor. C. 3, 11, 24:

    animos admiratione,

    Quint. 1, 10, 9:

    aures figmentis verborum novis,

    to delight, Gell. 20, 9, 1.—Hence, mulsus, a, um, P. a.
    A.
    Adj., mixed with honey; sweet as honey, honey-sweet (post-Aug.):

    mulsa (sc. aqua),

    honey-water, hydromel, Col. 12, 12, 3:

    acetum,

    vinegar and honey mixed together, honey-vinegar, Cato, R. R. 157, 6:

    lac,

    Plin. 10, 22, 27, § 52:

    mulsa pira,

    Col. 5, 10, 18.— Trop., of words, etc., sweet as honey, honeyed (Plautin.):

    ut mulsa dicta dicis!

    Plaut. Rud. 2, 3, 34:

    loqui,

    id. Poen. 1, 2, 112.—
    B. 1.
    mulsa, ae, f., a term of endearment, my sweetheart, my honey (Plautin.):

    age, mulsa mea,

    Plaut. Stich. 5, 5, 14; id. Cas. 2, 6, 20.—
    2.
    mulsum, i, n. (sc. vinum), honey-wine, mead, i. e. wine mixed or made with honey (class.):

    commisce mulsum,

    Plaut. Pers. 1, 3, 7; id. Bacch. 4, 9, 48:

    frigidum,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 70, 282:

    aceti, for mulsum acetum,

    honeyvinegar, Ser. Samm. 49, 714.

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  • 14 illustro

    illustro ( inl-), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [illustris], to light up, make light, illuminate (class.; esp. freq. in the trop. signif.).
    I.
    Lit.:

    o, qua sol habitabiles Illustrat oras, maxime principum?

    Hor. C. 4, 14, 6:

    placida nocte leniter illustrante stellas,

    Plin. 2, 18, 16, § 80:

    ergastulum angustis illustratum fenestris,

    Col. 1, 6, 3 (but Cic. Rep. 6, 17, read lustret).—
    II.
    Trop. (acc. to illustris, II. A. and B.).
    A.
    To make clear to the mind, to clear up, elucidate, illustrate, explain:

    ut ea consilia, quae clam essent inita contra salutem urbis, illustrarentur,

    Cic. Cat. 3, 8, 20; cf.:

    illustrantur, erumpunt omnia,

    id. ib. 1, 3, 6; id. Rep. 2, 18; Lucr. 1, 137:

    omnia illustrata, patefacta, comperta sunt per me,

    Cic. Cat. 3, 1, 3; 3, 9, 21; cf.:

    si modo id patefactum et illustratum est,

    id. Lael. 26, 97; and:

    jus obscurum et ignotum patefacere et illustrare,

    id. de Or. 1, 39, 177:

    philosophiam veterem Latinis litteris illustrare,

    id. Ac. 1, 1, 3; cf. id. Brut. 64, 228:

    illustrant eam (orationem) quasi stellae quaedam translata verba atque immutata,

    place in the right light, embellish, set off, adorn, id. Or. 27, 92; cf. id. Inv. 2, 15, 49:

    de illustranda oratione ut diceres,

    id. de Or. 3, 36, 144:

    orationem,

    Quint. 4, 3, 4; 8, 6, 14; 11, 1, 2.—
    B.
    To render famous, renowned, illustrious: aliquem laudibus, Luccei. ap. Cic. Fam. 5, 14, 1:

    quem Brutus cognomine suo illustravit,

    Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 82:

    familiam,

    Suet. Galb. 3:

    illustrabit, mihi crede, tuam amplitudinem hominum injuria,

    Cic. Fam. 1, 6, 2: humilius genus illustrasse factis, Quint. 3, 7, 10:

    summa quibus illustratur forum ingenia,

    id. 10, 1, 122; cf.:

    Padus poenā Phaëthontis illustratus,

    Plin. 3, 16, 20, § 117:

    vina maxime illustrata Messalae potu et salute,

    id. 14, 6, 8, § 69; Quint. 10, 1, 67; cf.:

    quid prius illustrem satiris Musaque pedestri?

    Hor. S. 2, 6, 17; Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 91.

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  • 15 inlustro

    illustro ( inl-), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [illustris], to light up, make light, illuminate (class.; esp. freq. in the trop. signif.).
    I.
    Lit.:

    o, qua sol habitabiles Illustrat oras, maxime principum?

    Hor. C. 4, 14, 6:

    placida nocte leniter illustrante stellas,

    Plin. 2, 18, 16, § 80:

    ergastulum angustis illustratum fenestris,

    Col. 1, 6, 3 (but Cic. Rep. 6, 17, read lustret).—
    II.
    Trop. (acc. to illustris, II. A. and B.).
    A.
    To make clear to the mind, to clear up, elucidate, illustrate, explain:

    ut ea consilia, quae clam essent inita contra salutem urbis, illustrarentur,

    Cic. Cat. 3, 8, 20; cf.:

    illustrantur, erumpunt omnia,

    id. ib. 1, 3, 6; id. Rep. 2, 18; Lucr. 1, 137:

    omnia illustrata, patefacta, comperta sunt per me,

    Cic. Cat. 3, 1, 3; 3, 9, 21; cf.:

    si modo id patefactum et illustratum est,

    id. Lael. 26, 97; and:

    jus obscurum et ignotum patefacere et illustrare,

    id. de Or. 1, 39, 177:

    philosophiam veterem Latinis litteris illustrare,

    id. Ac. 1, 1, 3; cf. id. Brut. 64, 228:

    illustrant eam (orationem) quasi stellae quaedam translata verba atque immutata,

    place in the right light, embellish, set off, adorn, id. Or. 27, 92; cf. id. Inv. 2, 15, 49:

    de illustranda oratione ut diceres,

    id. de Or. 3, 36, 144:

    orationem,

    Quint. 4, 3, 4; 8, 6, 14; 11, 1, 2.—
    B.
    To render famous, renowned, illustrious: aliquem laudibus, Luccei. ap. Cic. Fam. 5, 14, 1:

    quem Brutus cognomine suo illustravit,

    Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 82:

    familiam,

    Suet. Galb. 3:

    illustrabit, mihi crede, tuam amplitudinem hominum injuria,

    Cic. Fam. 1, 6, 2: humilius genus illustrasse factis, Quint. 3, 7, 10:

    summa quibus illustratur forum ingenia,

    id. 10, 1, 122; cf.:

    Padus poenā Phaëthontis illustratus,

    Plin. 3, 16, 20, § 117:

    vina maxime illustrata Messalae potu et salute,

    id. 14, 6, 8, § 69; Quint. 10, 1, 67; cf.:

    quid prius illustrem satiris Musaque pedestri?

    Hor. S. 2, 6, 17; Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 91.

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  • 16 fero

    fĕro, ferre, tŭli (tĕtŭli, arch.), lātum - tr. et intr. -    - voir l'article fero du Gaffiot.    - la conjugaison    - [gr]gr. ϕέρω.    - inf. passif ferrier Plaut. Rud. 367 == redoublement arch. tetuli, Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 84; 168; id. Men. 4, 2, 25; 66; id. Rud. prol. 68: tetulisti, Att. and Caecil. ap. Non. 178, 17 sq.: tetulit, Plaut. Most. 2, 2, 40; id. Men. 2, 3, 30; Ter. And. 5, 1, 13: tetulerunt, Lucr. 6, 672: tetulissem, Ter. And. 4, 5, 13: tetulisse, Plaut. Rud. 4, 1, 2: tetulero, id. Cist. 3, 19: tetulerit, id. Poen. 3, 1, 58; id. Rud. 4, 3, 101.    - fero, feram, feras [] fero, feram, feras → ferus.    - impératif présent: fer, ferte. [st1]1 [-] porter, tenir, avoir en soi, avoir sur soi.    - arma ferre: porter les armes.    - ferre aliquem in sinu (in oculis): porter qqn dans son coeur.    - ferre census corpore suos, Ov.: avoir sa fortune sur soi.    - alicui opem (auxilium) ferre: porter secours à qqn. [st1]2 [-] (porter en avant), transporter, mouvoir, emporter, entraîner, pousser.    - non feret quin vapulet, Plaut.: il ne s'en tirera pas sans être rossé.    - ferre caelo manus, Hor.: lever les mains au ciel.    - ferre signa: porter les enseignes, se mettre en marche, lever le camp.    - ferre signa in hostem: marcher à l'ennemi.    - in Capitolium faces ferre, Cic.: mettre le feu au Capitole.    - animus me fert: mon esprit me pousse (à), je veux.    - quo cujusque animus fert, eo discedunt, Sall. J. 54: ils se dispersent pour aller où ils veulent.    - qua quemque animus fert, effugite superbiam regiam, Liv. 40: comme chacun le veut, fuyez la tyrannie du roi.    - mens tulit nos exscindere Thebas, Stat. Th. 4: nous voulions détruire Thèbes. [st1]3 [-] mettre en mouvement, déplacer, diriger, mener, faire avancer, conduire.    - itinera duo ad portum ferebant, Caes.: deux chemins menaient au port.    - alicui sese obviam ferre, Cic.: se porter au-devant de qqn.    - si qua ad verum via ferret, Liv.: si quelque chemin menait à la vérité. [st1]4 [-] (porter devant soi), montrer, présenter, offrir, donner; apporter, proposer.    - prae se ferre: porter devant soi, étaler, afficher, montrer, manifester, déclarer.    - nec vero, cum venit, prae se fert aut qui sit aut unde veniat aut etiam quid velit, Cic. Rep. 2: et, en approchant, il ne montre pas clairement ni qui il est, ni d'où il vient, ni même ce qu'il veut.    - cui sum amicus, idque me ejus officio debere esse prae me semper tuli, Cic. Phil.: je suis son ami et j'ai toujours avoué clairement que je me devais de l'être en raison du service qu'il m'a rendu.    - palam se ferre, Suet.: s'afficher.    - ferre osculum, Ov.: donner un baiser.    - ferre sententiam, Vic.: apporter son avis.    - suffragium (sententiam) ferre: apporter son suffrage, donner son suffrage, voter.    - ad plebem ferre ut: proposer au peuple que...    - aliquem judicem ferre: proposer qqn comme juge.    - rogationem ferre: présenter un projet de loi, proposer une loi.    - legem ferre: présenter une loi, proposer une loi.    - legem ad populum (ad plebem) ferre: présenter une loi au peuple.    - ferre suprema, Virg.: rendre les derniers devoirs. [st1]5 [-] (porter en haut), élever, vanter, célébrer.    - aliquem in caelum ferre: porter qqn aux nues.    - laudibus aliquem in caelum ferre, Cic. Fam. 10: porter qqn aux nues, combler qqn d'éloges.    - ad astra aliquem ferre: porter qqn aux nues, combler qqn d'éloges.    - gloria hujus ad caelum fertur, Lucr.: sa gloire est portée aux nues.    - incerta in majus ferri solent, Liv. 21: on grossit ordinairement ce qu'on ne connaît pas. [st1]6 [-] apporter, amener, procurer, causer, faire, provoquer.    - fructum ferre: procurer un profit, un avantage.    - ferre voluptatem: causer du plaisir.    - ferre solacia: procurer des consolations. [st1]7 [-] emporter, enlever, piller, dévaster, détruire.    - ferre atque agere (agere ferreque): piller, ravager.    - hi ferre agere plebem, Liv. 3, 37: ils volaient et pillaient la plèbe.    - (aufert, en prose) omnia fert aetas, Virg.: le temps emporte tout.    - incensa ferunt Pergama, Virg.: ils pillent Troie en flammes. [st1]8 [-] emporter, recevoir, obtenir, recueillir, remporter.    - praemium ferre: obtenir une récompense.    - nihil ex certamine ferre, Liv.: ne rien emporter du combat.    - non tacitum feres, Cic.: tu n'auras pas mon silence.    - quod posces, feres, Plaut. Merc. 2: tu auras ce que tu demandes.    - ferre victoriam ex aliquo, Liv.: remporter la victoire sur qqn.    - ferre suffragia, Suet.: remporter les suffrages.    - plura in eorum tribubus suffragia quam uterque in omnibus ferre, Suet.: recueillir plus de suffrages dans leurs tribus que tous les deux dans toutes les autres.    - ferre centuriam, Cic.: obtenir les voix d'une centurie.    - tribus plerasque ferre, Cic. Planc.: obtenir les voix de la plupart des tribus. [st1]9 [-] porter, comporter, vouloir, exiger, demander; permettre, admettre.    - natura fert ut: la nature veut que.    - quod natura fert in omnibus fere rebus, Cic. Tusc. 2, 5: ce que la nature veut dans presque tous les domaines.    - ut fors tulit: comme le hasard le voulut, au gré du hasard.    - si occasio tulerit, Cic.: si l'occasion le permet.    - si vestra voluntas feret, Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 24: si tel est votre désir.    - si ita ferret, Tac.: s'il devait en être ainsi.    - ut aetas illa fert, Cic. Clu. 60: comme c'est l'habitude à cet âge.    - ut mea fert opinio, Cic. Clu. 16: d'après mon avis. [st1]10 [-] supporter, endurer, subir, souffrir.    - dolorem ferre aequo animo: supporter sans peine la douleur, se résigner.    - aegre, graviter, moleste aliquid ferre: supporter qqch avec peine, avec chagrin, avec indignation.    - repulsam ferre: essuyer un échec.    - ferre impetum: soutenir le choc.    - servo nubere tuli, Ov. H. 5: je me suis résignée à épouser un esclave.    - ferunt aures hominum illa laudari, Cic. de Or. 2: les hommes endurent de pareilles louanges.    - non ferendum est quod, Quint.: il ne faut pas supporter que.    - adversas ferre difficile esset sine eo qui illas gravius etiam quam tu ferret, Cic. Lael.: il serait difficile de supporter les malheurs sans quelqu'un qui les supporte encore plus péniblement que nous.    - ingratae patriae injuriam non tulit, Cic. Lael.: il ne supporta pas l'injustice d'une patrie ingrate.    - quis tam esset ferreus qui eam vitam ferre posset? Cic. Lael.: qui serait assez insensible pour supporter pareille vie? [st1]11 [-] produire, rapporter, engendrer, enfanter.    - ferundo arbor peribit, Cato, R. R. 6: l'arbre périra à force de produire.    - angulus iste feret piper et thus, Hor. Ep. 1: ce coin de terre te donnera du poivre et de l'encens.    - ignorans nurum ventrem ferre, Liv. 1: ignorant que sa bru était enceinte.    - au fig. haec aetas oratorem... tulit, Cic. Br. 45: cette époque produisit un orateur... [st1]12 [-] (porter partout), annoncer, rapporter, raconter, répandre, divulguer.    - ferre + prop. inf.: rapporter que, dire que.    - tormentis servorum Macronem praesedisse commentarii ad senatum missi ferebant, Tac. An. 6: les documents envoyés au sénat indiquaient que Macron avait présidé à la torture des esclaves.    - ferunt (fertur) + prop. inf.: on rapporte que, on dit que.    - ubi nunc ficus Ruminalis est, Romularem vocatam ferunt, Liv. 1: où il y a maintenant le figuier Ruminal, qu'on a appelé, dit-on, Romulaire.    - ut Graeci ferunt, Cic.: à ce que disent les Grecs. [st1]15 [-] locutions remarquables.    - expensum ferre: inscrire au chapitre des dépenses, porter en dépenses.    - acceptum ferre: inscrire au chapitre des recettes, porter en recettes.
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    fĕro, ferre, tŭli (tĕtŭli, arch.), lātum - tr. et intr. -    - voir l'article fero du Gaffiot.    - la conjugaison    - [gr]gr. ϕέρω.    - inf. passif ferrier Plaut. Rud. 367 == redoublement arch. tetuli, Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 84; 168; id. Men. 4, 2, 25; 66; id. Rud. prol. 68: tetulisti, Att. and Caecil. ap. Non. 178, 17 sq.: tetulit, Plaut. Most. 2, 2, 40; id. Men. 2, 3, 30; Ter. And. 5, 1, 13: tetulerunt, Lucr. 6, 672: tetulissem, Ter. And. 4, 5, 13: tetulisse, Plaut. Rud. 4, 1, 2: tetulero, id. Cist. 3, 19: tetulerit, id. Poen. 3, 1, 58; id. Rud. 4, 3, 101.    - fero, feram, feras [] fero, feram, feras → ferus.    - impératif présent: fer, ferte. [st1]1 [-] porter, tenir, avoir en soi, avoir sur soi.    - arma ferre: porter les armes.    - ferre aliquem in sinu (in oculis): porter qqn dans son coeur.    - ferre census corpore suos, Ov.: avoir sa fortune sur soi.    - alicui opem (auxilium) ferre: porter secours à qqn. [st1]2 [-] (porter en avant), transporter, mouvoir, emporter, entraîner, pousser.    - non feret quin vapulet, Plaut.: il ne s'en tirera pas sans être rossé.    - ferre caelo manus, Hor.: lever les mains au ciel.    - ferre signa: porter les enseignes, se mettre en marche, lever le camp.    - ferre signa in hostem: marcher à l'ennemi.    - in Capitolium faces ferre, Cic.: mettre le feu au Capitole.    - animus me fert: mon esprit me pousse (à), je veux.    - quo cujusque animus fert, eo discedunt, Sall. J. 54: ils se dispersent pour aller où ils veulent.    - qua quemque animus fert, effugite superbiam regiam, Liv. 40: comme chacun le veut, fuyez la tyrannie du roi.    - mens tulit nos exscindere Thebas, Stat. Th. 4: nous voulions détruire Thèbes. [st1]3 [-] mettre en mouvement, déplacer, diriger, mener, faire avancer, conduire.    - itinera duo ad portum ferebant, Caes.: deux chemins menaient au port.    - alicui sese obviam ferre, Cic.: se porter au-devant de qqn.    - si qua ad verum via ferret, Liv.: si quelque chemin menait à la vérité. [st1]4 [-] (porter devant soi), montrer, présenter, offrir, donner; apporter, proposer.    - prae se ferre: porter devant soi, étaler, afficher, montrer, manifester, déclarer.    - nec vero, cum venit, prae se fert aut qui sit aut unde veniat aut etiam quid velit, Cic. Rep. 2: et, en approchant, il ne montre pas clairement ni qui il est, ni d'où il vient, ni même ce qu'il veut.    - cui sum amicus, idque me ejus officio debere esse prae me semper tuli, Cic. Phil.: je suis son ami et j'ai toujours avoué clairement que je me devais de l'être en raison du service qu'il m'a rendu.    - palam se ferre, Suet.: s'afficher.    - ferre osculum, Ov.: donner un baiser.    - ferre sententiam, Vic.: apporter son avis.    - suffragium (sententiam) ferre: apporter son suffrage, donner son suffrage, voter.    - ad plebem ferre ut: proposer au peuple que...    - aliquem judicem ferre: proposer qqn comme juge.    - rogationem ferre: présenter un projet de loi, proposer une loi.    - legem ferre: présenter une loi, proposer une loi.    - legem ad populum (ad plebem) ferre: présenter une loi au peuple.    - ferre suprema, Virg.: rendre les derniers devoirs. [st1]5 [-] (porter en haut), élever, vanter, célébrer.    - aliquem in caelum ferre: porter qqn aux nues.    - laudibus aliquem in caelum ferre, Cic. Fam. 10: porter qqn aux nues, combler qqn d'éloges.    - ad astra aliquem ferre: porter qqn aux nues, combler qqn d'éloges.    - gloria hujus ad caelum fertur, Lucr.: sa gloire est portée aux nues.    - incerta in majus ferri solent, Liv. 21: on grossit ordinairement ce qu'on ne connaît pas. [st1]6 [-] apporter, amener, procurer, causer, faire, provoquer.    - fructum ferre: procurer un profit, un avantage.    - ferre voluptatem: causer du plaisir.    - ferre solacia: procurer des consolations. [st1]7 [-] emporter, enlever, piller, dévaster, détruire.    - ferre atque agere (agere ferreque): piller, ravager.    - hi ferre agere plebem, Liv. 3, 37: ils volaient et pillaient la plèbe.    - (aufert, en prose) omnia fert aetas, Virg.: le temps emporte tout.    - incensa ferunt Pergama, Virg.: ils pillent Troie en flammes. [st1]8 [-] emporter, recevoir, obtenir, recueillir, remporter.    - praemium ferre: obtenir une récompense.    - nihil ex certamine ferre, Liv.: ne rien emporter du combat.    - non tacitum feres, Cic.: tu n'auras pas mon silence.    - quod posces, feres, Plaut. Merc. 2: tu auras ce que tu demandes.    - ferre victoriam ex aliquo, Liv.: remporter la victoire sur qqn.    - ferre suffragia, Suet.: remporter les suffrages.    - plura in eorum tribubus suffragia quam uterque in omnibus ferre, Suet.: recueillir plus de suffrages dans leurs tribus que tous les deux dans toutes les autres.    - ferre centuriam, Cic.: obtenir les voix d'une centurie.    - tribus plerasque ferre, Cic. Planc.: obtenir les voix de la plupart des tribus. [st1]9 [-] porter, comporter, vouloir, exiger, demander; permettre, admettre.    - natura fert ut: la nature veut que.    - quod natura fert in omnibus fere rebus, Cic. Tusc. 2, 5: ce que la nature veut dans presque tous les domaines.    - ut fors tulit: comme le hasard le voulut, au gré du hasard.    - si occasio tulerit, Cic.: si l'occasion le permet.    - si vestra voluntas feret, Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 24: si tel est votre désir.    - si ita ferret, Tac.: s'il devait en être ainsi.    - ut aetas illa fert, Cic. Clu. 60: comme c'est l'habitude à cet âge.    - ut mea fert opinio, Cic. Clu. 16: d'après mon avis. [st1]10 [-] supporter, endurer, subir, souffrir.    - dolorem ferre aequo animo: supporter sans peine la douleur, se résigner.    - aegre, graviter, moleste aliquid ferre: supporter qqch avec peine, avec chagrin, avec indignation.    - repulsam ferre: essuyer un échec.    - ferre impetum: soutenir le choc.    - servo nubere tuli, Ov. H. 5: je me suis résignée à épouser un esclave.    - ferunt aures hominum illa laudari, Cic. de Or. 2: les hommes endurent de pareilles louanges.    - non ferendum est quod, Quint.: il ne faut pas supporter que.    - adversas ferre difficile esset sine eo qui illas gravius etiam quam tu ferret, Cic. Lael.: il serait difficile de supporter les malheurs sans quelqu'un qui les supporte encore plus péniblement que nous.    - ingratae patriae injuriam non tulit, Cic. Lael.: il ne supporta pas l'injustice d'une patrie ingrate.    - quis tam esset ferreus qui eam vitam ferre posset? Cic. Lael.: qui serait assez insensible pour supporter pareille vie? [st1]11 [-] produire, rapporter, engendrer, enfanter.    - ferundo arbor peribit, Cato, R. R. 6: l'arbre périra à force de produire.    - angulus iste feret piper et thus, Hor. Ep. 1: ce coin de terre te donnera du poivre et de l'encens.    - ignorans nurum ventrem ferre, Liv. 1: ignorant que sa bru était enceinte.    - au fig. haec aetas oratorem... tulit, Cic. Br. 45: cette époque produisit un orateur... [st1]12 [-] (porter partout), annoncer, rapporter, raconter, répandre, divulguer.    - ferre + prop. inf.: rapporter que, dire que.    - tormentis servorum Macronem praesedisse commentarii ad senatum missi ferebant, Tac. An. 6: les documents envoyés au sénat indiquaient que Macron avait présidé à la torture des esclaves.    - ferunt (fertur) + prop. inf.: on rapporte que, on dit que.    - ubi nunc ficus Ruminalis est, Romularem vocatam ferunt, Liv. 1: où il y a maintenant le figuier Ruminal, qu'on a appelé, dit-on, Romulaire.    - ut Graeci ferunt, Cic.: à ce que disent les Grecs. [st1]15 [-] locutions remarquables.    - expensum ferre: inscrire au chapitre des dépenses, porter en dépenses.    - acceptum ferre: inscrire au chapitre des recettes, porter en recettes.
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        Fero, fers, tuli, latum, ferre. Porter.
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        Ferre ab altero argentum. Plaut. Recevoir de luy.
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        Quod posces, feres. Plaut. Tu obtiendras et emporteras ce que tu demanderas.
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        - hercle nunc ferat Sex talenta magna argenti pro istis praesentaria, Nunquam acciperem. Plaut. S'il m'apportoit.
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        Ferre. Producere. Plin. Porter, Produire.
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        Elephantes fert Africa. Plin. Produit.
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        Non feret quin vapulet. Plaut. Il ne se passera pas qu'il ne soit batu.
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        Ferre, pro Dicere. Tacit. Ex C. Caesare se genitum ferebat. Il disoit.
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        Ferre. Cic. Endurer quelque chose, Souffrir et porter patiemment.
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        Ferre acceptum. Iuris. Enregistrer ce qu'on a receu, et en tenir compte au chapitre des receptes.
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        Ferre acerbe. Cic. Acerbe ferebam, si huius salus, etc. J'estoye marri, etc.
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        Quae fert adolescentia. Terent. A quoy la jeunesse s'addonne.
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        Aduersas res ferre. Cic. Porter patiemment les adversitez.
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        AEgre ferre. Terent. Estre marri et desplaisant d'une chose.
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        Dum aetas tulit, amauit. Terentius. Tandis que l'aage s'y addonnoit, et que l'aage le portoit.
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        Si modo fert animus, gradere, et scitabere ab ipso. Ouid. S'il te plaist.
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        Fert animus causas tantarum exponere rerum. Lucan. Mon cueur desire de, etc. Je veulx.
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        Qualem animum iudex in consilium feret. Quintil. Quelle affection il apporte.
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        Ferre animo aequo. Terent. Porter patiemment.
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        Iniquo animo ferre. Cic. Estre mal content.
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        Ferre annos et vetustatem, siue perferre, dicuntur vina proprie: tamen ad alia transferuntur. Quintil. Estre de garde, Durer long temps.
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        Arma contra patriam ferre. Cic. S'armer à l'encontre de son pays, Porter les armes et faire la guerre contre, etc.
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        In astra ferre. Cic. Louer haultement aucun, Le monter jusques au ciel.
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        Atrociter ferre. Cic. Estre fort mal content et desplaisant.
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        Quum semel auras tulerunt. Virg. Ont accoustumé l'air.
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        Auxilium alicui ferre. Terent. Donner secours, Aider, Secourir.
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        Bella ferre. Horat. Endurer les travaulx de guerre avec les autres gensdarmes.
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        Belle aliquid ferre. Cic. Porter ou endurer doulcement, sans se fascher et ennuyer.
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        Ferre ad vel in caelum. Cic. Monter ou mettre jusques aux nues, Louer haultement.
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        Deos quaeso vt hodie camum et furcam feras. Plaut. Que tu sois pendu aujourdhuy.
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        Centuriam ferre. Cic. Avoir pour nous les voix de toute une centurie en quelque election, Estre esleu par toute une centurie.
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        Haud clam tulit iram aduersus Praetorem. Liu. Ne dissimula point le courroux qu'il avoit contre le Preteur, Il monstra bien qu'il estoit marri contre, etc.
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        Commentarii ferunt. Tacit. Le portent, Il est escript és commentaires.
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        Si ita commodum vestrum fert. Cic. Si c'est vostre commodité et prouffit.
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        Conditionem ferre, quod et Offerre dicitur, et Ponere. Terent. Faire une offre et parti.
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        Grauioribus verbis, quam tua consuetudo ferebat. Cic. Que ta coustume ne portoit, ou Que tu n'avois de coustume.
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        Contumelias ferre. Plaut. Endurer.
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        Crimina in aliquem ferre. Tacit. Blasmer aucun, et mal dire de luy.
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        Desyderium coniunctissimi viri atque amantissimi ferre nullo modo possem. Cic. Je ne pourroye nullement endurer, ou porter le regret.
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        Dolorem ferre alicui. Virgil. Donner ennuy, Le contrister et ennuyer.
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        Exequias ferre. Ouid. Faire les funerailles.
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        Exitum eundem ferre. Caes. Endurer.
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        Ferre expensum. Cic. Tenir compte de ce qu'on a despendu.
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        Extra causam ferre. Quint. Mettre hors du propos.
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        Vt ferunt fabulae. Cic. Comme les fables le racontent.
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        Vt villicum hanc perdoceamus vt ferat fallaciam. Plaut. Comment il pourra faire et mettre en execution ceste tromperie.
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        Famam ferre. Plaut. Semer un bruit.
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        Ita fama ferebant. Liu. On le disoit ainsi, Le bruit estoit tel.
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        Quod est ferundum feras. Terent. Endure.
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        Fidem ferre alicui rei. Virg. La croire, Y adjouster foy.
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        - fero ad te alia flagitia ingentia Boni illius adolescentis. Terent. Je t'apporte, Je vien te raconter.
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        Fortiter ferre. Cic. Endurer constamment.
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        Fraudem ferre. Liu. Tromper, ou porter dommage.
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        Frigoraque et famem tulistis. Catull. Vous avez enduré.
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        Fructum ferre dicuntur arbores. Plin. Porter fruict.
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        Additur vt Pallas, singularis industriae fructum meritissimo ferat. Plin. iunior. A fin que Pallas recoyve le fruict et le prouffit de, etc.
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        Quumque ea contentio mihi magnum etiam foris fructum tulisset. Cic. M'eust porté grand prouffit.
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        Fructum ex aliquo ferre. Pollio ad Ciceronem. Recevoir prouffit.
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        Quos tandem fructus huiusce necessitudinis in istius imperio tulit? Cic. Quels fruicts a il remporté de, etc.
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        Ferre gloriam belli perpetrati. Liu. Remporter la gloire et le loz d'avoir mis fin à une guerre.
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        Ferri ad gloriam. Cic. Suyvre la gloire.
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        Gratiam et gloriam haud immeritam annonae leuatae tulit. Liu. On luy sceut bon gré, et non sans cause, d'avoir, etc.
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        Grauiter ferre. Terent. Estre marri.
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        Hoc ab isto praedone ereptum esse, grauiter et acerbe homines ferebant. Cic. Estoyent marriz.
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        Gressus ferre aliquo. Aller.
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        Imaginem alicuius ferre. Plaut. Representer aucun, et resembler.
    \
        Impetum ferre. Caes. Endurer et soustenir.
    \
        Impune ferre. Caes. Demourer impuni.
    \
        In aliquo quidpiam ferre. Quintil. Supporter.
    \
        Incommoda ferre. Cic. Donner ennuy et fascherie.
    \
        Indigne ferre. Plin. Estre mal content.
    \
        Infortunium ferre. Terent. Recevoir malencontre.
    \
        Ingrate aliquid ferre. Tacit. Estre mal content.
    \
        Iniuriam ferre. Cic. Endurer.
    \
        Nae illud haud inultum, si viuo, ferent. Terent. Ils n'en demourront pas quictes, ou impuniz.
    \
        Iracunde ferre. Plin. Se courroucer de quelque chose.
    \
        Iudicem tibi fero. Liu. Mots que anciennement l'un des deux contendans disoit maintesfois à l'autre, qui valoyent autant comme de dire, Je croiray de nostre different tout le premier, et l'en feray juge. Et aucunesfois avoyent accoustumé de le nommer, disans, Je m'en rapporte à un tel, et le vous offre, qu'il soit juge de nostre different.
    \
        Cum laborem belli ferre non posset, etc. Caes. Ne peust porter et endurer la peine.
    \
        Laete atque insolenter ferre. Cic. Demener grand joye pour quelque chose.
    \
        Laetitiam ferre. Cic. Demener joye.
    \
        Laudem. Caes. Avoir honneur, Estre loué.
    \
        Laudem mihi mea facta ferent. Virgil. M'apporteront louange.
    \
        Laudibus ferre. Plin. iunior. Louer.
    \
        Lenissime ferre aliquid. Cic. Ne s'en point fascher ne ennuyer.
    \
        Faciet quae feret libido. Sallust. Il fera ce qu'il luy viendra en volunté et à plaisir.
    \
        Lucem ferre. Plin. iunior. Endurer de veoir la lumiere.
    \
        Fer contra manum. Plaut. Baille la main.
    \
        Manum ferre. Virgil. S'entrebatre, Combatre.
    \
        Fer me. Terent. Supporte moy.
    \
        Ferres me, si ego idem dicerem? Cic. L'endurerois tu de moy?
    \
        Miserias ferre. Terent. Les porter patiemment.
    \
        Moderate ferre dolorem. Cic. Endurer.
    \
        Modice ferre. Cic. Porter par mesure, Porter patiemment.
    \
        Moleste ferre. Cic. Estre mal content.
    \
        Molliter ferre. Cic. Endurer doulcement quelque chose.
    \
        Munus ferre. Horat. Recevoir un don.
    \
        Prout cuiusque eorum qui negotiis praeerant, aut natura, aut studium ferebat. Caes. Selon que leur naturelle inclination estoit.
    \
        Natura fert vt extrema, etc. Cic. C'est une chose naturelle, Nature apporte que, etc.
    \
        Vereor ne grauioribus vtar verbis, quam natura mea fert. Cic. Que ma nature ne porte.
    \
        Nomen alicuius ferre. Cic. Porter le nom de la maison et famille d'aucun.
    \
        Nomen ferre insani. Horat. Estre appelé, etc.
    \
        In notitiam alicuius ferre. Plin. iunior. Luy faire à scavoir.
    \
        Ferre obscure aliquid. Cicero. Dissimuler et cacher quelque chose.
    \
        Neque id occulte fert. Terent. Il ne le fait pas en cachette ne en secret, Il le dit hault et cler.
    \
        Sic oculos, sic ille manus, sic ora ferebat. Virg. Il te resembloit des yeulx, des mains, et de visage.
    \
        Aliquem in oculis ferre. Cic. Fort aimer aucun, tellement qu'on ne peult durer sans le veoir tousjours, Ne le veoir point à demi.
    \
        Odium pro labore ferre. Terent. Remporter haine, Estre hay.
    \
        Opem ferre. Terent. Aider, Donner secours, Secourir.
    \
        Opem atque auxilium afflictae Reip. Cic. Donner aide et secours à, etc.
    \
        Vt fert mea opinio. Cic. Comme je pense, A mon advis, Selon mon opinion.
    \
        Opus aliquod cum labore ferre. Plaut. Endurer.
    \
        Ferre per ora hominum. Plin. Dire beaucoup de bien d'aucun, Louer grandement.
    \
        Ora ad ora ferre. Ouid. Baiser, Mettre bouche contre bouche.
    \
        Osculum alicui. Plin. iunior. Baiser aucun.
    \
        Ferre palam. Plaut. Divulguer, Publier, et semer par tout.
    \
        Palmam ferre. Cic. Emporter le pris, Estre le plus prisé.
    \
        Ego illi maximam partem feram. Terent. Je l'endureray en la plus part.
    \
        Partum ferre dicitur foemina. Plin. Estre grosse.
    \
        Passibus rapidis ferri. Virgil. Courir vistement.
    \
        Personam alienam ferre. Liu. Jouer le rolle d'autruy ne convenant pas à sa nature.
    \
        Plagas silentio. Cic. Endurer d'estre fouetté sans dire mot.
    \
        Ad plebem ferre. Cic. Demander au peuple s'il luy plaist que quelque chose se face.
    \
        Ferre ad populum: Sub. legem. Liu. Quand le Magistrat d'une Republicque venoit en lieu public portant au peuple une loy, et la luy recitant, et le suppliant qu'il luy pleust luy donner authorité de loy.
    \
        Ferre praedam. Ouid. Emporter la proye.
    \
        Praemium. Terent. Estre guerdonné.
    \
        Praesidium. Cic. Donner secours.
    \
        Preces Deo. Virgil. Prier.
    \
        Pretium ob stultitiam. Terent. Recevoir le loyer de sa folie.
    \
        Primas ferre. Cic. Emporter le pris sur touts les autres, Estre le plus excellent, Estre le premier.
    \
        Priuilegium de aliquo ferre. Cic. Quand és villes populaires un Magistrat prioit le peuple d'ordonner quelque chose nommeement et directement au prejudice de quelqu'un de ceulx de la ville.
    \
        Ferre quaestionem. Cic. Quand és villes populaires un Magistrat faisoit requeste au peuple pour donner juges extraordinaires pour congnoistre et juger du cas imposé à aucun.
    \
        In quaestionem seruum ferre. Cic. Presenter et exhiber son serf pour estre mis en la torture, pour scavoir de luy la verité d'aucun cas.
    \
        Ita sui periculi rationes ferre ac postulare. Cic. Le danger où il se voyoit le conseilloit d'ainsi le faire, Ses affaires le portoyent et requeroyent ainsi.
    \
        Repulsam ferre. Cic. Estre refusé, Estre esconduict.
    \
        Incoepi dum res tetulit: nunc non fert, feras. Terent. Quand le temps s'y addonnoit, Quand le temps le portoit.
    \
        Si ita res fert. Cic. S'il est besoing.
    \
        Ferre rem vulgo. Liu. Divulguer.
    \
        Responsum ferre. Liu. Avoir response.
    \
        Ferre salutem alicui. Plaut. Le saluer.
    \
        Ferre se aliquo. Virgil. Aller.
    \
        Sese obuiam alicui ferre. Cic. Aller au devant de luy.
    \
        Se tractandum ferre. Plin. Endurer d'estre manié.
    \
        Sententiam ferre. Cic. Dire son opinion.
    \
        Signa. Caesar. Marcher à enseignes desployees droict contre les ennemis.
    \
        Similitudinem. Plin. Resembler.
    \
        Sinu ferre. Martial. Porter en son seing.
    \
        Sitim ferre. Plin. iunior. Endurer la soif.
    \
        Neque enim diutius ferre solicitudinem possum. Plin. iunior. Je ne puis plus endurer ceste doubte et soulci, j'en veulx sortir quoy que ce soit.
    \
        Spem ferre alicuius. Virgil. Avoir esperance de luy.
    \
        Ferri sua sponte in aliquid. Senec. Suyvre et tendre à quelque chose par inclination naturelle.
    \
        Sublimem aliquem ferre. Plaut. Eslever en hault.
    \
        Ferri sublime. Plin. Estre eslevé en hault.
    \
        Subsidium ferre. Caesar. Donner secours.
    \
        Suffragium. Cic. Donner sa voix en quelque election.
    \
        Supplicium. Caesar. Estre puni.
    \
        Suppetias. Plaut. Donner secours.
    \
        Susque deque fero. Gell. Il ne m'en chault, Je ne m'en soulcie point.
    \
        Ferre tabellas alicui. Plaut. Porter lettres.
    \
        Dum tempus ad eam rem tulit. Terent. Tandis qu'il estoit en l'aage de ce faire.
    \
        Ita tempus ferebat. Cic. Le temps le portoit ainsi, Le temps en estoit, Le temps le debvoit, Le temps le requeroit, Le temps le vouloit.
    \
        Fert terra illos viros. Virgil. Produit.
    \
        Tales innumerabiles nostra ciuitas tulit. Cic. A produict.
    \
        Tribum. Cic. Avoir une tribu, Emporter une tribu: C'est à dire, obtenir toutes les voix d'une tribu en quelque election, Estre esleu par toute une tribu.
    \
        Tributum, Curtius. Payer tribut.
    \
        Ferre vana ad aliquem. Liu. Luy rapporter choses vaines.
    \
        Ventrem ferre dicitur foemina. Varro. Liu. Estre grosse.
    \
        Verbera ferre. Martial. Estre batu.
    \
        Verbera alicuius. Ouid. Endurer d'estre batu par aucun.
    \
        Verbera in aliquem. Ouid. Batre aucun.
    \
        Vestigia sua ad aliquem. Ouid. Aller vers aucun.
    \
        Ferunt eo vestigia. Liu. Les pas s'addressent là.
    \
        Vina quae vetustatem ferunt. Cic. Vins vieulx qui sont encores bons, et ne sont point empirez, Vins de garde.
    \
        Itinera duo, quae extra murum ad portam ferebant. Caes. Menoyent droict à la porte.
    \
        Victoriam ex re aliqua ferre. Liu. Emporter la victoire.
    \
        Vim alicuius ferre. Terent. Porter et endurer.
    \
        Si vestra voluntas feret. Cic. Si vous voulez.
    \
        Nihil iam mihi isthaec res voluptatis ferunt. Terent. Ces choses ne me donnent plus de plaisir, ne d'esbat, Je ne pren plus de plaisir à ces choses.
    \
        Quos spiritus gessisset, vultu ferebat. Tacit. Il monstroit en son visage, etc.
    \
        Fertur ad terram vitis. Cic. La vigne panche ou tombe en terre.
    \
        Quam Iuno fertur terris magis omnibus vnam Posthabita coluisse Samo. Virgil. On dit que Juno, etc.
    \
        Faustulo fuisse nomen ferunt. Liu. On dit qu'il avoit nom, etc.
    \
        Ferri. Plaut. Estre transporté.
    \
        Saltu supra venabula fertur. Virgil. Il saulte par dessus, etc.
    \
        Fruges tellus inarata ferebat. Ouid. Produisoit.
    \
        Superanda omnis fortuna ferendo. Virgil. En souffrant, En endurant.
    \
        Ferendo honori esse. Liu. Estre idoine et suffisant pour estre constitué en quelque dignité.
    \
        Esse oneri ferendo. Liu. Estre suffisant et fort assez pour porter quelque charge.

    Dictionarium latinogallicum > fero

  • 17 onero

    ŏnĕro, āre, āvi, ātum - tr. - [st2]1 [-] charger, couvrir, remplir. [st2]2 [-] au fig. surcharger, accabler, obséder, combler. [st2]3 [-] aggraver, accroître, augmenter. [st2]4 [-] charger, accuser.    - onerare aliquem catenis, Hor.: charger qqn de chaînes.    - onerare ossa aggere terrae, Virg.: ensevelir les restes de qqn.    - onerat cibus, Plin.: cet aliment est lourd.    - laudibus onerare: combler de louanges.    - navem commeatu onerare: charger un navire de vivres.    - aliquem onerare pugnis: accabler qqn de coups de poings.    - onerare vina cadis, Virg.: remplir de vin les tonneaux.
    * * *
    ŏnĕro, āre, āvi, ātum - tr. - [st2]1 [-] charger, couvrir, remplir. [st2]2 [-] au fig. surcharger, accabler, obséder, combler. [st2]3 [-] aggraver, accroître, augmenter. [st2]4 [-] charger, accuser.    - onerare aliquem catenis, Hor.: charger qqn de chaînes.    - onerare ossa aggere terrae, Virg.: ensevelir les restes de qqn.    - onerat cibus, Plin.: cet aliment est lourd.    - laudibus onerare: combler de louanges.    - navem commeatu onerare: charger un navire de vivres.    - aliquem onerare pugnis: accabler qqn de coups de poings.    - onerare vina cadis, Virg.: remplir de vin les tonneaux.
    * * *
        Onero, oneras, pen. corr. onerare. Virgil. Charger.
    \
        Annonam onerare. Vlp. Encherir les vivres, Faire encherir.
    \
        Iniuriis, maledictis onerare aliquem. Terent. Plaut. Luy dire force injures.
    \
        Argumentis quamplurimis onerare iudicem. Cic. Fascher, Ennuyer.
    \
        O fortuna, quantis commoditatibus, hero meo hunc onerasti diem! Terent. O fortune, que tu as aujourd'huy empesché mon maistre de grands biens que tu luy fais!
    \
        Imaginibus onerari. Plin. iunior. Quand le hault nom de noz ancestres nous charge, et impose necessité de bien faire.
    \
        Laudibus onerare. Liu. Fort louer.
    \
        Mendaciis onerare. Cic. Charger la reputation d'aucun par faulx rapport.
    \
        Etiamne aures nostras tuo odio onerabis? Sallustius. Nous fascheras et ennuyeras tu encores?
    \
        Populum onerare. Plin. iunior. Le charger d'imposts.
    \
        Promissis onerare aliquem. Liuius. Luy promettre merveilles, Faire de grandes promesses.
    \
        Pugnis onerare. Plaut. Donner force coups de poing, Charger de coups, etc.
    \
        Rationes onerare. Colu. Charger ses comptes de despense inutile, Faire trop grande despense et trop de fraiz, Coucher trop de mises, ou de parties, Ferrer le mulet.

    Dictionarium latinogallicum > onero

  • 18 tollo

    tollo, sustŭli, sublātum, 3, v. a. ( perf. tollit, Pers. 4, 2:

    tollisse,

    Dig. 46, 4, 13) [root Sanscr. tul-, tulajāmi, lift up, weigh; Gr. tal-, tel, in tlênai, talanton; cf.: tuli, tlātus (latus), tolerare], to lift or take up, to raise, always with the predom. idea of motion upwards or of removal from a former situation.
    I.
    To lift up, raise up, elevate, exalt, etc. (syn.: effero, elevo).
    A.
    Lit.
    1.
    In gen.: unus erit quem tu tolles in caerula caeli templa, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 6 Müll. (Ann. v. 66 Vahl.): pileum ad caelum tollit, Plaut. Fragm. ap. Non. 220, 15:

    fulgor ibi ad caelum se tollit,

    Lucr. 2, 325;

    for which also: aliquem tollere in caelum,

    Cic. Phil. 11, 10, 24:

    quem (Herculem) in caelum ista ipsa sustulit fortitudo,

    id. Tusc. 4, 22, 50; id. Rep. 1, 16, 25:

    tollam ego ted in collum,

    Plaut. Bacch. 3, 6, 42:

    Phaëthon optavit, ut in currum patris tolleretur: sublatus est,

    Cic. Off. 3, 25, 94; cf. id. N. D. 3, 31, 76:

    aliquem in equum,

    id. Deiot. 10, 28:

    quos in crucem sustulit,

    id. Verr. 2, 1, 3, § 7:

    aliquem in crucem,

    id. ib. 2, 1, 5, §

    13: aquila in sublime sustulit testudinem,

    Phaedr. 2, 6, 4:

    in arduos Tollor Sabinos,

    Hor. C. 3, 4, 22 et saep.:

    ut me hic jacentem aliquis tollat,

    Plaut. Ps. 5, 1, 2; so,

    jacentes,

    id. Most. 1, 4, 17: mulum suum tollebat Fufius, lifted up, raised up, Varr. ap. Plin. 7, 20, 19, § 83:

    nequeo caput tollere,

    Plaut. Truc. 2, 6, 45:

    sustulimus manus et ego et Balbus,

    Cic. Fam. 7, 5, 2:

    manus,

    id. Verr. 2, 4, 3, § 5:

    gradum,

    Plaut. Bacch. 3, 6, 6: scorpius caudā sublatā, Lucil. ap. Non. 385, 31:

    lubrica convolvit sublato pectore terga (coluber),

    Verg. A. 2, 474:

    terrā,

    Ov. M. 15, 192:

    de terrā,

    Cic. Caecin. 21, 60:

    se tollere a terrā,

    id. Tusc. 5, 13, 37:

    ignis e speculā sublatus,

    id. Verr. 2, 5, 35, § 93.—
    2.
    In partic.
    a.
    Tollere liberos, to take up, i. e. to accept, acknowledge; and so, to raise up, bring up, educate as one's own (from the custom of laying new-born children on the ground at the father's feet; cf.

    suscipio): quod erit natum, tollito,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 3:

    puerum,

    id. Men. prol. 33; Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 21, 42 (Trag. v. 67 Vahl.):

    natum filium,

    Quint. 4, 2, 42:

    nothum,

    id. 3, 6, 97:

    puellam,

    Ter. Heaut. 4, 1, 15; cf. id. And. 1, 3, 14.—Also of the mother:

    si quod peperissem, id educarem ac tollerem,

    Plaut. Truc. 2, 4, 45.—
    (β).
    Transf., in gen., to get, beget a child:

    qui ex Fadiā sustulerit liberos,

    Cic. Phil. 13, 10, 23:

    decessit morbo aquae intercutis, sublato filio Nerone ex Agrippinā,

    Suet. Ner. 5 fin. —
    b.
    Nautical t. t.: tollere ancoras, to lift the anchor, weigh anchor; esp. in part. pass.:

    sublatis ancoris,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 23; id. B. C. 1, 31; Liv. 22, 19, 6. —
    (β).
    Transf. out of the nautical sphere, to break up, proceed:

    si vultis ancoras tollere,

    Varr. R. R. 3, 17, 1.—
    c.
    To build, raise, erect:

    tollam altius tectum,

    Cic. Har. Resp. 15, 33:

    si juxta habeas aedificia, eaque jure tuo altius tollas,

    Dig. 39, 2, 26.—
    d.
    To take on board, carry, of vessels or vehicles:

    navem, metretas quae trecentas tolleret, parasse,

    Plaut. Merc. 1, 1, 75:

    naves, quae equites sustulerant,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 28:

    altera navis ducentos ex legione tironum sustulerat,

    id. B. C. 3, 28;

    Auct. B. Afr. 54: tollite me, Teucri,

    Verg. A. 3, 601:

    ut se sublatum in lembum ad Cotym deveheret,

    Liv. 45, 6, 2:

    Maecenas me tollere raedā vellet,

    Hor. S. 2, 6, 42:

    Talem te Bacchus... sustulit in currus,

    Ov. A. A. 3, 157. —
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    To raise, lift, lift up, elevate, set up, etc.: tollitur in caelum clamor exortus utrimque, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1 (Ann. v. 422 Vahl.):

    clamorem in caelum,

    Verg. A. 11, 745:

    clamores ad sidera,

    id. ib. 2, 222; cf.:

    clamor magnus se tollit ad auras,

    rises, id. ib. 11, 455:

    clamor a vigilibus tollitur,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 43, § 94:

    clamorem,

    Flor. 3, 8, 6:

    cachinnum,

    Cic. Fat. 5, 10:

    risum,

    Hor. A. P. 381: litterulae meae tui desiderio oblanguerunt: hac tamen epistulā oculos paulum sustulerunt, have opened [p. 1877] their eyes again, have reanimated them, Cic. Fam. 16, 10, 2.—Esp. with animos: ne in secunda tollere animos et in mala demittere, to elevate, Lucil. ap. Non. 286, 6:

    animos,

    Plaut. Truc. 2, 8, 10; Ter. Hec. 3, 5, 57:

    animos alicui,

    to raise, excite, animate, Liv. 3, 67, 6:

    nec dubium est quin omnis Hispania sublatura animos fuerit,

    id. 35, 1, 3;

    opp. abicere animos,

    Sen. Ben. 3, 28, 7:

    aliquid dicendo augere et tollere altius (opp. extenuare et abicere),

    Cic. de Or. 3, 26, 104:

    ad caelum te tollimus verissimis ac justissimis laudibus,

    id. Fam. 15, 9, 1:

    monumentum illud, quod tu tollere laudibus solebas,

    id. Att. 4, 16, 8 (14):

    nostras laudes in astra,

    id. ib. 2, 25, 1:

    Daphnim tuum ad astra,

    Verg. E. 5, 51:

    tergeminis tollere honoribus,

    Hor. C. 1, 1, 8:

    vos Tempe tollite laudibus,

    id. ib. 1, 21, 9 (cf. also Brut. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 20, 1; v. infra, II. A. 2.):

    supra modum se tollens oratio,

    Quint. 4, 2, 61; cf.:

    se eadem geometria tollit ad rationem usque mundi,

    id. 1, 10, 46; 1, 2, 26:

    amicum Tollere (i. q. consolari),

    to cheer up, console, Hor. S. 2, 8, 61.—
    2.
    To take on one, assume, bear, endure:

    providere non solum quid oneris in praesentia tollant,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 1, § 1:

    at Apollodorus poenas sustulit,

    id. N. D. 3, 33, 82. —
    II.
    To take up a thing from its place, to take away, remove, to bear or carry away, make way with, take away with one (syn.: aufero, adimo).
    A.
    Lit.
    1.
    In gen.:

    frumentum de areā,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 14, § 36:

    solem e mundo tollere videntur, qui amicitiam e vitā tollunt,

    id. Lael. 13, 47:

    ut aliquis nos deus ex hac hominum frequentiā tolleret,

    id. ib. 23, 87:

    simulacra ex delubris,

    id. Div. in Caecil. 1, 3; so,

    pecunias e fano,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 105:

    sphaeram ex urbe (Syracusis),

    Cic. Rep. 1, 14, 21:

    praedam,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 14:

    posita,

    id. ib. 6, 17:

    patinam,

    Hor. S. 1, 3, 80; cf.:

    his sublatis,

    id. ib. 2, 8, 10:

    mensam tolli jubet,

    Cic. Pis. 27, 67:

    me per hostes Denso paventem sustulit aëre,

    Hor. C. 2, 7, 14:

    jubet sublata reponi Pocula,

    Verg. A. 8, 175:

    cuncta,

    id. ib. 8, 439:

    tecum me tolle per undas,

    id. ib. 6, 370:

    me quoque tolle simul,

    Ov. M. 11, 441:

    tollite me, Libyes, comitem poenaeque necisque,

    Sil. 6, 500.—
    2.
    In partic.
    a.
    Pregn., to take off, carry off, make away with, to kill, destroy, ruin, etc.:

    aliquem de medio,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 7, 20:

    aliquem e medio,

    Liv. 24, 6, 1:

    aliquem ferro, veneno,

    Cic. N. D. 3, 33, 81:

    Titanas fulmine (Juppiter),

    Hor. C. 3, 4, 44: quem febris una potuit tollere, Lucil. ap. Non. 406, 25:

    me truncus illapsus cerebro Sustulerat, nisi, etc.,

    Hor. C. 2, 17, 28:

    tollet anum vitiato melle cicuta,

    id. S. 2, 1, 56:

    sorbitio tollit quem dira cicutae,

    Pers. 4, 2:

    majores nostri Carthaginem et Numantiam funditus sustulerunt,

    laid waste, Cic. Off. 1, 11, 35:

    ademptus Hector Tradidit fessis leviora tolli Pergama Graiis,

    Hor. C. 2, 4, 11.—In a play with I. B. supra: te dixisse, laudandum adulescentem (Caesarem), ornandum, tollendum, Brut. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 20, 1; cf.:

    se non esse commissurum, ut tolli posset,

    id. ib. 11, 20, 1.—
    b.
    Milit. t. t.: tollere signa, to break up for marching, to decamp, Caes. B. C. 2, 20; Auct. B. Alex. 57, 1.—
    B.
    Trop., to do away with, remove; to abolish, annul, abrogate, cancel (very freq., esp. in Cic.;

    syn.: oblittero, aboleo): rei memoriam tollere ac delere,

    Cic. Quint. 21, 70; cf.

    metum,

    id. Rosc. Am. 2, 6:

    sublatā benevolentiā amicitiae nomen tollitur,

    id. Lael. 5, 19; cf.:

    maximum ornamentum amicitiae tollit, qui ex eā tollit verecundiam,

    id. ib. 22, 82:

    dubitationem,

    id. Rep. 1, 7, 12:

    errorem,

    id. ib. 1, 24, 38:

    librariorum menda,

    id. Att. 13, 23, 2:

    ut id nomen ex omnibus libris tollatur,

    id. ib. 13, 44, 3:

    legem,

    id. Leg. 2, 12, 31:

    veteres leges novis legibus,

    id. de Or. 1, 58, 247:

    dictaturam funditus ex re publicā,

    id. Phil. 1, 1, 3:

    sublato Areopago,

    id. Rep. 1, 27, 43:

    deos,

    to deny the existence of, id. N. D. 1, 30, 85; id. Ac. 2, 11, 33:

    diem,

    to consume in speechmaking, id. Leg. 3, 18, 40; id. Dom. 17, 45:

    morbus facile tollitur,

    is removed, Cels. 2, 14; 4, 18; so,

    dolores et tumores,

    Plin. 26, 12, 75, § 122:

    foeditates cicatricum maculasque,

    id. 33, 6, 35, § 110:

    muliebrem luctum,

    Hor. Epod. 16, 39:

    querelas,

    id. Ep. 1, 12, 3.—Hence,

    sublātus

    , a, um, P. a. (acc. to I. B.), elated, proud, haughty (rare):

    quo proelio sublati Helvetii,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 15:

    hac victoriā,

    id. ib. 5, 38: quibus omnibus rebus, id. B. C. 2, 37:

    rebus secundis,

    Verg. A. 10, 502:

    gloriā,

    Tac. A. 13, 11 et saep.:

    fidens magis et sublatior ardet,

    Ov. Hal. 54. — Adv.:

    sublātē

    , highly, loftily. *
    1.
    Lit.:

    Nilus diebus centum sublatius fluens, minuitur postea,

    higher, Amm. 22, 15, 12. —
    2.
    Trop.:

    sublate ampleque dicere (opp. attenuate presseque),

    loftily, with elevation, Cic. Brut. 55, 201:

    sublatius dicere,

    more proudly, id. Dom. 36, 95:

    sublatius insolescentes,

    Amm. 15, 12, 1.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > tollo

  • 19 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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  • 20 contra dicta

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

    feminam scelestam te, adstans contra, contuor,

    Plaut. Pers. 2, 2, 26:

    ut confidenter mihi contra adstitit,

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

    signum contra, quoad longissume oculi ferebant, animo finivit,

    Liv. 1, 18, 8:

    stat contra starique jubet,

    Juv. 3, 290:

    stat contra dicitque tibi tua pagina Fures!

    Mart. 1, 55, 12:

    ulmus erat contra,

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

    templa vides contra,

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

    contra conserta manu,

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

    contra jacet Cancer patulam distentus in alvum,

    Manil. 2, 253:

    posita contra Hispania,

    Tac. Agr. 11:

    promuntorium quod contra procedit,

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

    arguam hanc vidisse apud te contra conservum meum,

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

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

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

    accede ad me atque adi contra,

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

    adspicedum contra me = contra adspice me,

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

    contra adspicere,

    id. Mil. 2, 1, 45:

    contra intueri,

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

    cum veniret contra Marcianus,

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    te ut deludam contra, lusorem meum,

    Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 71:

    quae me amat, quam ego contra amo,

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

    qui arguat se, eum contra vincat jurejurando suo,

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

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

    Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 54:

    audi nunc contra jam,

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

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

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

    Mettius Tullo gratulatur, contra Tullus Mettium benigne alloquitur,

    Liv. 1, 28, 1:

    contra ut me diligat illa,

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

    cui latrans contra senex,

    Phaedr. 5, 10, 7:

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

    Plin. Ep. 7, 6, 4.—

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

    Gell. 15, 9, 9; cf.:

    contra talia reddit,

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

    consulo quem dolum doloso contra conservo parem,

    Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 45:

    facere contra huic aegre,

    Ter. Eun. 4, 1, 10:

    hiscine contra insidiabere?

    id. Hec. 1. 1, 13:

    tibi contra gratiam Referre,

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

    item a me contra factum est,

    Plaut. Aul. prol. 20:

    puellam senex Amat et item contra filius,

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

    Consonat terra,

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

    confer gradum Contra pariter,

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

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

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

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

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

    si scias quod donum huic dono contra comparet,

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

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

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

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

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

    agedum pauca accipe contra,

    Hor. S. 1, 4, 38.—So in battle:

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

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

    oratio contra a Demosthene pro Ctesiphonte edita,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 56, 213:

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

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

    concurrunt... aetheriae nubes contra pugnantibu' ventis,

    struggling against each other, Lucr. 6. 98:

    nec nos obniti contra... Sufficimus,

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

    at ille contra nititur,

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

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

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

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

    Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 1, § 4:

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

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

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

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

    siti contra... pugnandum,

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

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

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

    contra etiam aliquid abs te profectum ex multis audivi,

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

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

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

    ut eos adversarios existimemus qui arma contra ferant,

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

    quid quod exercitum contra duxit?

    Auct. Her. 4, 16, 23:

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

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

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

    Liv. 7, 39, 17:

    cum Romanae legiones contra direxerint,

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

    et huic contra itum ad amnem Erinden,

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

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

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

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

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

    inveniendum contra est, quo distet haec causa a ceteris,

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

    ne spoliaret fama probatum hominem si contra judicasset,

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

    astrologorum artem contra convincere tendit,

    Lucr. 5, 728:

    contra nunc illud pone, etc.,

    Sen. Ben. 7, 14, 6:

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

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

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

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

    honores contra petere,

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

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

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

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

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

    cum contra dicturus Hortensius esset,

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

    hoc... contra dicente Cotta judicatum est,

    id. Caecin. 33, 97:

    dixisse ut contra nemo videretur,

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

    contra autem qui dicet, similitudinem infirmare debebit,

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

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

    Cic. Clu. 48, 134:

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

    id. Quint. 29, 88; so,

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

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

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

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

    contra disputare and contra scribere,

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

    nec qui contra dicunt causam difficilem repellunt,

    Cic. Fin. 3, 1, 2:

    ad coarguendos qui contra disputant,

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

    quam palam principes dixerunt contra!

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

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

    Cic. Att. 1, 14, 5:

    filius ejus incolumitatem optat: contradicit pater,

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

    contradicente nullo,

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

    contradixit edicto,

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

    explorandum videtur an etiam contradicto aliquando judicio consuetudo firmata sit,

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

    ego enim, te disputante, quid contra dicerem meditabar,

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

    ut contra si quid dicere velit non audiatur,

    id. Fin. 5, 10, 27:

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

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

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

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

    quia neque reprehendi quae contra dicuntur possunt, etc.,

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

    seu proposita confirmamus, sive contra dicta dissolvimus,

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

    dicitur contra, nullum esse testamentum,

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

    solitum se etiam Thraseae contradicere,

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

    tibi,

    Suet. Aug. 54:

    Curioni...,

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

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

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

    cum plures tantum sententiis aliorum contradicerent,

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

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

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

    cum ambienti ut legibus solveretur multi contradicerent,

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

    preces erant, sed quibus contradici non posset,

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

    quibus (legibus) contradici potest,

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

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

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

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

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

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

    Quint. 7, 3, 14:

    cum verba (legis) contra sint,

    id. 7, 1, 49:

    sed experimentum contra fuit,

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

    ubi fortuna contra fuit,

    id. ib. 3, 18:

    si fortuna contra daret,

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

    quod fieri totum contra manifesta docet res,

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

    in stultitia contra est,

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

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

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

    quod contra est,

    Sall. J. 85, 21:

    quis non credat, etc.? Contra autem est,

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

    contra fore si, etc.,

    ib. 34, 2, 39, § 2:

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

    ib. 41, 3, 49:

    ego contra puto (i. e. esse),

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

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

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

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

    id. Att. 10, 8, 2:

    contra evenit in iis morbis,

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

    ego contra sentio,

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

    Proculus contra (sc. sentit),

    ib. 35, 2, 1, § 14; 33, 7, 25:

    licet Celsus contra scribat,

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

    cujus disparem mitioremque naturam contra interpretabatur,

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

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

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

    quod contra, id turpe,

    id. Off. 1, 27, 94:

    sit sapienter usus aut contra,

    Quint. 2, 5, 15:

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

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

    ut aliae (res) probabiles videantur aliae contra,

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

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

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

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

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

    laudare testem vel contra pertinet ad momentum judiciorum,

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

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

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

    mihi contra,

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

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

    Sall. J. 88, 2:

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

    Quint. 2, 4, 21:

    alii a propositione accusatoris contraque loci oriuntur,

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

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

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

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

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

    quae etiam contra valent,

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

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

    Cic. Or. 36, 123:

    cum emtor venditori, vel contra, heres exstitit,

    Dig. 35, 2, 48:

    in quibus patrium pro possessivo dicitur, vel contra,

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

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

    id. 1, 5, 68:

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

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

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

    Cic. Or. 42, 143:

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

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

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

    Cic. Div. in Caecil. 11, 35:

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

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

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

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

    contra mercator, navim jactantibus austris Militia est potior?

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

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

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

    contra in aridiore hordeum potius quam far,

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    at contra,

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

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

    id. ib. 2, 7, 23:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    Cic. Off. 1, 30, 109:

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

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

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

    Cic. Balb. 22, 51:

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

    Dig. 13, 7, 21:

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

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

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

    Cic. Sull. 7, 21:

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

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

    et contra,

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

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

    Lucr. 2, 400:

    cogunt,

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    Liv. 45, 18, 1:

    tu ne cede malis, sed contra audentior ito,

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    num aut scriptum neget, aut contra factum infitietur?

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

    si imbres defuere, aut contra abundavere,

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

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

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

    seu tristis veniam, seu contra laetus amicis,

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

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

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

    aliis vero econtra videtur,

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

    honestiorum provectu et econtra suppliciis,

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

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

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

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

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

    proinde ne submiseris te, immo contra fige stabilem gradum,

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

    immo contra ea,

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    judicium suscepturos contra atque omnis Italia populusque Romanus judicavisset,

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

    itaque contra est ac dicitis,

    Cic. Fin. 4, 15, 41:

    vides, omnia fere contra ac dicta sint evenisse,

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

    cum contra ac Deiotarus sensit victoria belli judicaret,

    id. Phil. 11, 13, 34:

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

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

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

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

    cui contra quam proposuerat aliqua cesserunt,

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

    contra quam licet,

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

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

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

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

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

    contra quam ista causa postulasset,

    id. Caecin. 24, 67:

    contra quam sanctum legibus est,

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

    contraque faciunt quam polliceri videntur,

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

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

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

    ad insulam quae est contra Massiliam,

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

    Rhodios, pacatis contra insulam suam terris, etc.,

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

    Carthago Italiam contra,

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

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

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

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

    Lucr. 5, 708:

    contra Volucris rostrum posita est Lyra,

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

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

    Plin. 18, 33, 76, § 327; cf.:

    contra mediam faciem meridies erit,

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

    contra autem E littera I erit ubi secat circinationem linea,

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

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

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

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

    Plin. 34, 6, 13, § 29:

    contra medium fere porticum diaeta paulum recedit,

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

    id quod contra stomachum est,

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

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

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

    adversus, ad, e regione,

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

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

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

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

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

    rex constiterat contra pedites,

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

    ne contra septentrionem paveris,

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

    contra solem varie refulgens,

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

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

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

    (Dinocrates) incessit contra tribunal regis jus dicentis,

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

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

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

    contra vim atque impetum fluminis conversa,

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

    cum plateae contra directos ventos erunt conformatae,

    Vitr. 1, 6, 8:

    ut contra ventum gregem pascamus,

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

    contra fluminum impetus aggeribus,

    id. 35, 14, 48, § 169:

    capite in sole contra pilum peruncto,

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

    contra fortunam tenendus est cursus,

    Sen. Prov. 5, 9.—Prov.:

    contra stimulum calces,

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

    quae vis Coclitem contra omnes hostium copias tenuit?

    Cic. Par. 1, 2, 12:

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

    id. Att. 15, 20, 3:

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

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

    a fronte contra hostem pedum quindecim fossam fieri jussit,

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

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

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

    terribilis haec contra fugientes belua est, fugax contra insequentes,

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

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

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

    tum contra hanc Romam illa altera Roma quaeretur,

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

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

    Caes. B. G. 1, 40:

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

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

    quod contra hoc exemplum nulla staret eorum ratio,

    Auct. Her. 4, 5, 7:

    contra populi studium,

    Cic. Brut. 34, 126:

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

    id. ib. 79, 273; so,

    a mendacio contra veritatem,

    id. Inv. 1, 3, 4:

    contra cives in acie,

    id. Att. 16, 11, 2:

    et adversi contra stetit ora juvenci,

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

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

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

    aut saevos Libyae contra ire leones,

    Stat. Th. 9, 16.— Trop.:

    uti contra injurias armati eatis,

    Sall. J. 31, 6:

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

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

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

    Quint. 10, 1, 114:

    CORONATO CONTRA OMNES SCAENICOS,

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

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

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

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

    Plin. 7, 1, 1, § 1:

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

    Sen. Ep. 9, 9:

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

    Cic. Fam. 7, 2, 3:

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

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

    nomen prorogans nostrum et memoriam extendens contra brevitatem aevi,

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

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

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

    contrane lucrum nil valere Pauperis ingenium?

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

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

    id. ib. 13, 2;

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

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

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

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

    oneravi vinum, et tunc erat contra aurum,

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

    contra ea Titurius sero facturos clamitabat, etc.,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 29:

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

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

    quae contra breviter fata est vates,

    Verg. A. 6, 398:

    contra quod disertus Tu impie fecisti inquit, etc.,

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

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

    Plin. 8, 7, 7, § 22:

    proelium Afri contra Aegyptios primi fecere fustibus,

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

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

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

    contra Antonium,

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

    contra patriam,

    id. Sull. 20, 58:

    pugnare contra patriam,

    id. ib. 25, 70:

    contra conjuges et liberos,

    Sen. Ben. 5, 15, 5:

    armatum esse contra populum Romanum,

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

    armis contendere contra,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 13:

    arma alicui dare (trop.),

    Cic. Phil. 2, 21, 53:

    aciem instruere (trop.),

    Liv. 25, 4, 4:

    exercitum comparare,

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

    exercitum instruere,

    id. Cat. 2, 11, 24:

    exercitum ducere and adducere,

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

    exercitum contra Philippum mittere,

    id. Inv. 1, 12, 17:

    naves ducere contra,

    Hor. Epod. 4, 19:

    ducere contra hostes,

    Liv. 1, 27, 4:

    florem Italiae educere contra,

    Cic. Cat. 2, 11, 24:

    proficisci contra,

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

    auxilium ferre Rutulis contra Latinos,

    Plin. 14, 12, 14, § 88:

    juvare aliquem contra,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 35:

    consilium inire contra Sequanos,

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

    cum agerem contra hominem disertissimum nostrae civitatis,

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

    (causam) quam receperam contra pueros Octavios,

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

    rogavit me Caecilius ut adessem contra Satrium,

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

    esse contra,

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

    at contra se adfuit et satisfacienti satisfecit,

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

    causam defendere contra,

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

    statuere contra aliquem (sc. causam),

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

    actio competit contra,

    Dig. 49, 14, 41:

    querelam instituere contra,

    ib. 5, 2, 21, § 1:

    bonorum possessionem petere contra,

    ib. 5, 2, 23:

    jus obtinere contra,

    Cic. Quint. 9, 34:

    pugnare contra,

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

    id quod mihi contra illos datum est,

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

    judicare contra aliquem,

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

    pronuntiare contra,

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

    decernere contra,

    Cic. Fl. 31, 76:

    appellare contra aliquem,

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

    contra sententiam,

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

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

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

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

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

    contra rem suam me venisse questus est,

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

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

    Cic. de Or. 1, 57, 244:

    cum ille contra me pro Sex. Naevio diceret,

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

    causam dicere,

    id. Or. 2, 23, 98:

    causam perorare,

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

    quorum alter pro Aufldia, contra dixit alter,

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

    si Gaditani contra me dicerent,

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

    si decressent legationem quae contra istum diceret,

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

    testimonium in aliquem dicere,

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

    contra juris consultos dicere,

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

    contra testes dicendum est,

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

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

    Auct. Her. 4, 23, 33:

    tamenne vereris ut possis hoc contra Hortensium contendere?

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

    cum scriberem contra Epicurios,

    Cic. Att. 13, 38, 1:

    contra Epicurum satis superque dictum est,

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

    contra Brutum,

    id. Tusc. 5, 8, 21:

    contra Academiam,

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

    contra autem omnia disputatur a nostris,

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

    sentire contra,

    Cic. Mil. 2, 5:

    pugnare contra bonos,

    id. Sull. 25, 71:

    contra eos summa ope nitebatur nobilitas,

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

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

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

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

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

    adversus, in): inire consilia contra,

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

    manum comparare contra aliquem,

    id. Sull. 24, 68:

    conjurationem facere,

    id. ib. 4, 12:

    congredi,

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

    aliquid contra imperatorem moliri,

    Just. Inst. 4, 18, 3:

    nec dolor armasset contra sua viscera matrem,

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

    eae (res) contra nos ambae faciunt,

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

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

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

    epigramma quod contra quamdam Gelliam scripsit,

    Lampr. Alex. Sev. 38:

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

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

    licentiam malis dare certe contra bonos est,

    injurious to, Quint. 4, 2, 75:

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

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

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

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

    quibus (temporibus) aliquid contra Caesarem Pompeio suaserim,

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

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

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

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

    id. Att. 7, 5, 5:

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

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

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

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

    fidem meam quam essent contra Massam Baebium experti,

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

    contra se ipse misericors,

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

    severissimus judex contra fures,

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

    ut quam maximae contra Hannibalem copiae sint,

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

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

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

    Cato pro se contra Cassium = in oratione contra,

    Gell. 10, 15, 3; so,

    haec perpetua defensio contra Scaevolam,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 54, 221:

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

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

    unam orationem contra Gracchum reliquit,

    Cic. Brut. 26, 99:

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

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

    contra patres concitatio et seditio,

    Cic. Brut. 14, 56.—Of animals:

    contra volpium genus communibus inimicitiis,

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

    cum fulmina contra Tot paribus streperet clipeis,

    Verg. A. 10, 567:

    pugnandum tamquam contra morbum, sic contra senectutem,

    Cic. Sen. 11, 35:

    contra verum niti,

    Sall. J. 35, 8:

    contra fortunam luctari,

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

    bellum contra aras, focos, vitam fortunasque gerere,

    Cic. Phil. 3, 1, 1:

    bellum gerimus... contra arma verbis,

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

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

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

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

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

    contra ratiocinationem,

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

    contra caput dicere,

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

    servum in caput domini interrogare,

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

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

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

    contra tabulas judicare,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 70, 281:

    contra testamentum,

    Dig. 2, 17, § 1:

    contra sententiam dicere,

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

    inmittere in bona),

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

    dicere, disputare, disserere contra opinionem or sententiam,

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

    in sententiam dicere,

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

    contra sensus dicere,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 31, 101:

    contra rhetoricen dicere,

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

    contra Iliadem et Odysseam scribere,

    Vitr. 7, praef. 8:

    contra quorum disciplinam ingenium ejus exarserat,

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

    contra voluptatem dicere,

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

    contra mortem loqui,

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

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

    id. ib. 100, 10:

    contra fortunam gloriari,

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

    contra potentiam accusatorum dicere,

    Cic. Brut. 44, 164:

    contra legem dicere or verba facere,

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

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

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

    senatusconsulto quod contra dignitatem tuam fieret,

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

    contra rem publicam se commovere,

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

    incitari,

    id. Sest. 47, 100:

    consilia inire,

    id. Agr. 2, 3, 8:

    conjurationem facere,

    Sall. C. 30, 6:

    contra salutem urbis incitari,

    Cic. Cat. 3, 8, 20:

    cogitare aliquid contra salutem,

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

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

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

    ne quid contra aequitatem contendas, ne quid pro injuria,

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

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

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

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

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

    contra salutem rei publicae facere,

    Cic. Dom. 38, 102:

    contra majestatem,

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

    contra leges,

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

    contra edictum (praetoris),

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

    contra foedus,

    Cic. Balb. 6, 16:

    contra jusjurandum ac fidem,

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

    tune contra Caesaris nutum (sc. facies)?

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

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

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

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

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

    contra leges or legem est,

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

    contra officium est,

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

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

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

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

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

    aliquid contra animum audiendi,

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

    si quid Socrates aut Aristippus contra morem consuetudinemque fecerint,

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

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

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

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

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

    imperator contra postulata Bocchi nuntios mittit,

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

    advocare contra,

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

    si contra mortem te praeparaveris,

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

    quibus contra valetudinis commodum laborandum est,

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

    contra hominis salutem,

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

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

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

    pecuniam contra leges auferre,

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

    contra legem,

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

    contra jus fasque,

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

    contra jus,

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

    contra jus gentium,

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

    6, 1, 6: contra juris rigorem,

    Dig. 40, 5, 24, § 10 et saep.:

    contra testimonium aliquid judicare,

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

    aliquid contra verecundiam disputare,

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

    aliquid contra fidem constituere,

    Quint. 5, 13, 34:

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

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

    scit ille imparem sibi luctatum contra nexus (draconis),

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

    imperatorum copia contra tuum furorem,

    Cic. Mur. 39, 83:

    Parthorum gloria contra nomen Romanum,

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

    causa contra scriptum,

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

    divina M. Tullii eloquentia contra leges agrarias,

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

    Caesaris vituperatio contra laudationem meam,

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

    cujus factum, inceptum, conatumve contra patriam,

    Cic. Cat. 2, 12, 27:

    ullum factum dictumve nostrum contra utilitatem vestram,

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

    vitae cupiditas contra rem publicam,

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

    iter contra senatus auctoritatem,

    Cic. Phil. 2, 19, 48:

    contra consuetudinem somnium,

    Plin. 10, 77, 98, § 211:

    bonorum possessio contra tabulas,

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

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

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

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

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

    contra quem multum omnes boni providerunt,

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

    contra haec animalia proderit, si, etc.,

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

    paratus contra,

    Cic. Mil. 21, 56:

    nihil satis firmum contra Metellum,

    Sall. J. 80, 1:

    contra potentes nemo est munitus satis,

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

    contra avium morsus munitur vallo aristarum,

    Cic. Sen. 15, 51:

    propugnaculum, quo contra omnes meos impetus usurum se putat,

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

    publicam causam contra vim armatam suscipere,

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

    contra tantas difficultates providere,

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

    contra ea,

    id. ib. 57, 5:

    patricii vi contra vim resistunt,

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

    suffragia contra oppugnationem vestrae majestatis,

    Cic. Rab. Perd. 12, 35:

    defensio contra vim,

    id. Mil. 5, 14:

    patronus justitiae fuit contra orationem Phili,

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

    contra labores patientia,

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

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

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

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

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

    vir contra audaciam firmissimus,

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

    fortis contra dolorem,

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

    callosus,

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

    far contra hiemes firmissimum,

    id. 18, 8, 19, § 83:

    equus tenax contra vincula,

    Ov. Am. 3, 4, 13:

    contraque minantia fata pervigil,

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

    cujus et vinum et uva contra serpentium ictus medetur,

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

    prodest et contra suspiria et tussim,

    id. 20, 13, 50, § 128:

    valet potum contra venena,

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

    remedium contra morsus,

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

    contra venena esse omnia remedio,

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

    vinum quod salutare contra pestilentiam sit,

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    omnia quae contra haec sunt, omnia quae contra sunt,

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

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

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

    contra ea benigne ab Siculorum tyrannis adjuti,

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

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

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

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

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

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

    whereas on the contrary, Lucr. 1, 81:

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

    Cic. Sen. 23, 84:

    quod contra oportebat delicto dolere, correctione gaudere,

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

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

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

    v. Ritschl,

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

    contra opinionem Jugurthae ad Thalam perveniunt,

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

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

    Sall. J. 88, 1; so,

    cetera contra spem salva invenit,

    Liv. 9, 23, 17:

    contra spem omnium L. Furium optavit,

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

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

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

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

    Sall. J. 20, 1:

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

    id. ib. 46, 5:

    contra famam,

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

    segniterque et contra industriam absconditae formicae,

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

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

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

    quos contra disputant,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 15, 47:

    quem contra dicit,

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

    quem contra veneris,

    id. Mur. 4, 9:

    quas contra, praeter te, etc.,

    id. Vatin. 7, 18:

    eos ipsos quos contra statuas,

    id. Or. 10, 34:

    quos contra me senatus armavit,

    id. Att. 10, 8, 8:

    quam contra multa locutus est,

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

    hunc igitur contra mittam contendere causam,

    Lucr. 4, 471:

    dicere eos contra,

    id. 4, 484:

    donique eum contra,

    id. 5, 708:

    agmina contra,

    Verg. A. 12, 279:

    magnum Alciden contra,

    id. ib. 5, 414:

    Paridem contra,

    id. ib. 5, 370:

    Italiam contra,

    id. ib. 1, 13:

    deos contra,

    Ov. P. 1, 1, 26:

    Messania moenia contra,

    id. M. 14, 17:

    litora Calabriae contra,

    Tac. A. 3, 1.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > contra dicta

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