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  • 1 revoco

    rĕ-vŏco, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.
    I.
    To call back, recall (class. and freq., esp. in the trop. sense).
    A.
    Lit.
    1.
    In gen.:

    quotiens foras ire volo, me retines, revocas,

    Plaut. Men. 1, 2, 5; cf. Suet. Claud. 15 fin.:

    de meo cursu rei publicae sum voce revocatus,

    Cic. Fam. 10, 1, 1:

    aliquem ex itinere,

    id. Div. 2, 8, 20; Suet. Aug. 98; id. Tib. 21:

    revocatus de exsilio Camillus,

    Liv. 5, 46:

    revocatum ex provinciā,

    Suet. Claud. 1:

    Caesar in Italiam revocabatur,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 18 fin.:

    spes Campanae defectionis Samnites rursus ad Caudium revocavit,

    Liv. 9, 27:

    quid me intro revocas?

    Plaut. Rud. 5, 2, 12.— Absol.:

    heus abiit: quin revocas?

    Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 12; id. Ep. 2, 2, 17; id. Truc. 1, 2, 19: exclusit; revocat;

    redeam?

    Ter. Eun. 1, 1, 4; Hor. S. 2, 3, 264; Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 22; Liv. 30, 20: abeo;

    et revocas nono post mense,

    Hor. S. 1, 6, 61; Ov. M. 1, 503.—
    b.
    Transf., of things, to draw or fetch back, to withdraw, turn back, etc.:

    lumina revocata,

    Ov. M. 7, 789:

    oculos meos,

    id. H. 16, 232:

    cupidas manus,

    id. A. A. 1, 452:

    pedem ab alto,

    Verg. A. 9, 125; cf.

    gradum,

    id. ib. 6, 128:

    deficientem capillum a vertice,

    to stroke back, Suet. Caes. 45:

    habenas,

    Sil. 16, 344:

    manus post terga,

    to bind, Sen. Thyest. 685:

    proscissam terram in liram,

    to bring back, restore, Col. 2, 10, 5; cf.:

    in vitibus revocantur ea, quae, etc.,

    are pruned, Cic. de Or. 2, 21, 88; v. infra, B. 1. — Poet.:

    gelidos artus in vivum calorem,

    Ov. M. 4, 248.—
    2.
    In partic.
    a.
    Milit. t. t.
    (α).
    To call back, recall; to call off, withdraw soldiers from a march or from any enterprise:

    his rebus cognitis Caesar legiones equitatumque revocari atque itinere desistere jubet,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 11:

    insequentes nostros, ne longius prosequerentur, Sulla revocavit,

    id. B. C. 3, 51; Liv. 25, 14:

    quae receptui canunt, ut eos etiam revocent,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 2, 3:

    tardius revocati proelio excesserant,

    Sall. C. 9, 4; cf. Verg. A. 5, 167:

    equites,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 80:

    reliquas copias,

    id. B. G. 7, 35:

    naves omnes,

    id. B. C. 3, 14:

    hos certo signo,

    id. ib. 1, 27 fin.;

    1, 28: milites ab opere,

    id. B. G. 2, 20:

    legiones ab opere,

    id. B. C. 1, 82:

    aestus crescens revocaverat fatigatos,

    Amm. 24, 4, 17.—
    (β).
    To recall to duty soldiers from a furlough:

    milites,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 31, § 89:

    veteranos,

    Tac. H. 2, 82:

    inter ceteros conveteranos suos revocatus,

    Inscr. Orell. 3580.—
    (γ).
    In gen., to call back, recall:

    (Neptunus Tritona) jubet fluctus et flumina signo Jam revocare dato,

    Ov. M. 1, 335.—
    b.
    A theatrical t. t., to call for the repetition of a speech, a vocal performance, etc., to call back a player; to encore:

    Livius (Andronicus), cum saepius revocatus vocem obtudisset, etc.,

    Liv. 7, 2:

    Diphilus tragoedus revocatus aliquoties a populo,

    Val. Max. 6, 2, 9:

    quoties ego hunc (sc. Archiam) vidi magnum numerum versuum dicere ex tempore! quoties revocatum eandem rem dicere commutatis verbis atque sententiis,

    Cic. Arch. 8, 18:

    revocatus praeco, iterum pronunciavit eadem,

    Liv. 33, 32.—Also with an inanim. object:

    cum Orestem fabulam doceret Euripides, primos tres versus revocasse dicitur Socrates,

    to have encored, Cic. Tusc. 4, 29, 63. — Absol.:

    revocasse et repeti coëgisse,

    Plin. Ep. 3, 5, 12.— Impers. pass.:

    nominatim sum appellatus in Bruto Tullius qui libertatem civibus stabiliverat. Milies revocatum est,

    Cic. Sest. 58, 123.—
    c.
    To recall from death, bring back to life:

    quā servetis revocatum a morte Dareta,

    Verg. A. 5, 476; cf.:

    Paeoniis revocatum herbis et amore Dianae,

    id. ib. 7, 769:

    dysentericos a morte revocari,

    Plin. 23, 6, 60, § 113.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    In gen., to call back, recall, resume; to withdraw, retire; to regain, recover; to draw back, draw off or away; to withhold, restrain, etc.:

    facilius sicut in vitibus revocantur ea, quae sese nimium profuderunt,

    are checked, pruned, Cic. de Or. 2, 21, 88: et vires et corpus amisi: sed si morbum depulero, facile illa revocabo, will regain, recover, id. Fam. 7, 26, 2:

    quae (studia) remissa temporibus, longo intervallo intermissa revocavi,

    id. Tusc. 1, 1, 1; cf.:

    quod, utcunque praetermissum, revocari non posset,

    Liv. 44, 40:

    praetermissa,

    Plin. 18, 6, 8, § 44:

    quae (philosophia) nunc prope dimissa revocatur,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 4, 11:

    veteres artes,

    Hor. C. 4, 15, 12:

    priscos mores,

    Liv. 39, 41:

    antiquam duramque militiam,

    Tac. A. 1, 20 fin.:

    quaedam exoleta,

    Suet. Claud. 22:

    omissa,

    id. Vesp. 16; id. Dom. 4 et saep.:

    nonnumquam animum incitatum revoco ipse et reflecto,

    Cic. Sull. 16, 46; cf. id. Att. 13, 1:

    vinolenti dubitant, haesitant, revocant se interdum,

    recover themselves, bethink themselves, id. Ac. 2, 17, 52:

    ut quaedam contra naturam depravata restituerentur et corrigerentur ab naturā, cum se ipsa revocasset aut arte atque medicinā,

    had recovered herself, id. Div. 2, 46, 96:

    revocare se non poterat familiaritate implicatus,

    could not withdraw, id. Pis. 29, 70:

    primae revocabo exordia pugnae,

    Verg. A. 7, 40; cf. Sen. Ben. 7, 25, 2 al.:

    revocari in memoriam somnii,

    Just. 1, 5, 3; 7, 1, 8.— Poet., with inf.: nec tamen illa suae revocatur parcere famae, nor can she be induced, persuaded, etc., Prop. 1, 16, 11:

    memoriam ad referendam gratiam admonitione revocare,

    to bring, induce, Sen. Ben. 5, 25, 6: scalam nobis in memoriam revocare, Aug. Civ. Dei, 16, 38, 2; id. Serm. 280, 1:

    in memoriam rursus revocatus,

    Petr. 10:

    revocat tua forma parentem (with recordor),

    Sil. 16, 193:

    magni est ingenii revocare mentem a sensibus,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 16, 38; cf.:

    eos ab illā consuetudine,

    id. Rep. 2, 13, 25:

    quos (homines) spes praedandi studiumque bellandi ab agriculturā et cottidiano labore revocabat,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 17:

    aliquam a cupiditate,

    Cic. Clu. 5, 12:

    aliquem a turpissimo consilio,

    id. Att. 3, 15, 4:

    aliquem a tanto scelere,

    id. Cat. 3, 5, 10; cf. id. ib. 1, 9, 22:

    animum ab irā,

    Ov. Tr. 2, 557:

    jam lapsos ab errore,

    Quint. 2, 6, 2:

    perterritos animos a metu,

    id. 2, 16, 8 et saep.:

    ab errore ad rectiorem viam,

    Lact. 1, 1, 21: cum ex saevis et perditis rebus ad meliorem statum fortuna revocatur, Cic. ap. Amm. 15, 5, 23:

    disceptationem ab rege ad Romanos revocabant,

    Liv. 41, 20:

    rebus institutis ad humanitatem atque mansuetudinem revocavit animos hominum studiis bellandi jam immanes ac feros,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 14, 27:

    ad quam eos quasi formulam dicendi revocent,

    id. Opt. Gen. 5, 15:

    ad quae me exempla revocas,

    id. Verr. 2, 3, 90, § 210; Quint. 10, 7, 32:

    rem paene ad manus,

    Cic. Clu. 49, 136:

    me ad pristina studia revocavi,

    id. Brut. 3, 11:

    me ad meum munus pensumque revocabo,

    id. de Or. 3, 30, 119:

    se ad industriam,

    id. Brut. 94, 323:

    se rursus ad moestitiam,

    id. Tusc. 3, 27, 64:

    se ad se,

    id. Ac. 2, 16, 51:

    vilicum ad rationem,

    compel to an account, Cato, R. R. 2, 2:

    libertinos ingratos revocavit in servitutem,

    Suet. Claud. 25:

    fortunae possessionesque omnium in dubium incertumque revocabuntur,

    Cic. Caecin. 27, 76:

    ad spem consulatūs in partem revocandam aspirare non auderet,

    to bring over to his side, Liv. 4, 35:

    quod temporis hortorum aut villarum curae seponitur, in animum revocabo,

    will transfer to my mind, Tac. A. 14, 54:

    abi, Quo blandae juvenum te revocant preces (= a me ad se vocant, Orell.),

    Hor. C. 4, 1, 7.—
    2.
    In partic.
    a.
    Pregn.: ad aliquid, to apply, reduce, refer a thing to something as a standard (syn. referre) (Ciceron.):

    impuri cujusdam et ambitiosi et omnia ad suam potentiam revocantis esse sententiam,

    Cic. Lael. 16, 59:

    misericordiā movetur, si is, qui audit, adduci potest, ut illa, quae de altero deplorentur, ad suas res revocet,

    id. de Or. 2, 52, 211:

    omnia ad artem et ad praecepta,

    id. ib. 2, 11, 44:

    omnia ad scientiam,

    id. Fin. 2, 13, 43:

    illa de urbis situ ad rationem,

    id. Rep. 2, 11, 22:

    rationem ad veritatem,

    id. Off. 3, 21, 84:

    rem ad illam rationem conjecturamque,

    id. Dom. 6, 15.—
    b.
    To recall, revoke, retract, cancel (not so till after the Aug. per.): si facta mihi revocare liceret. Ov. M. 9, 617:

    promissum suum,

    Sen. Ben. 4, 39, 2:

    sententiam suam,

    Dig. 48, 18, 1 fin.:

    libertatem (shortly after: in servitutem retrahi),

    Tac. A. 13, 26:

    litteras,

    Suet. Vesp. 8:

    legatum ad quingenta,

    id. Galb. 5.—
    c.
    As law t. t.: domum, domum suam revocare, to appeal to a judge of one ' s own country or city: (legatis) revocandi domum suam jus datur, Dig. 5, 1, 2, §§ 3, 4, and 5.—
    II.
    To ask back again, to invite in return: mutuo vocare, Non. (rare): domum suam istum non fere quisquam vocabat. Nec mirum;

    qui neque in urbe viveret neque revocaturus esset,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 18, 52; Varr. ap. Non. 167, 14:

    cum vulpem revocasset,

    Phaedr. 1, 25, 7; Lact. 6, 12, 3.—Hence, transf.:

    tribuni plebis quoniam adhuc praesens certamen contentionemque fugerunt: nunc in meam contionem prodeant, et, quo provocati ad me venire noluerunt, revocati saltem revertantur,

    i. e. now that they are invited to come back, Cic. Agr. 3, 1, 1.—
    III.
    To call again, summon anew (rare):

    itaque hominem populus revocat, et retrahatur necesse est,

    i. e. to answer a renewed accusation, Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 4 (6), 6:

    tribuni de integro agere coeperunt revocaturosque se easdem tribus renuntiarunt,

    Liv. 45, 36 fin.; cf. id. 40, 46:

    refectum est convivium et rursus Quartilla ad bibendum revocavit,

    challenged us again, Petr. 23:

    convivam in diem posterum,

    Suet. Claud. 32.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > revoco

  • 2 consequor

    cōn-sequor, secūtus (sequūtus) sum, sequī depon.
    1) следовать, идти следом (aliquem continuo, strenue Pl)
    c. aliquem vestigiis C — идти за кем-л. по пятам
    c. aliquem usque ad fores Pl — последовать за кем-л. до дверей
    2) следовать во времени, наступать
    3) проистекать, быть следствием
    4) следовать, придерживаться ( mediam viam L); подражать, следовать примеру (c. aliquem C)
    5) преследовать (hostes QC; copias Helvetiorum Cs; aliquem fugientem L)
    6) нагонять, догонять (aliquem in itinere Pompejus ap. C); сравняться, догнать (aliquem aliqua re C, Nep); наверстать (quae praeterita erant superioribus diebus Col); выпадать на долю, настигать ( aliquem mors consecuta est Ter)
    7)
    а) достигать, добиваться ( potentiam C)
    per quae si consĕqui potuimus, ut vita prorogetur... CC — если этим путём нам удастся продлить жизнь (больного)..
    б) добывать ( gloriam in rebus bellicis O)! стяжать (amplissimum nomen, laudem egregiam C); обрести ( dominationem Nep)
    usus, quem consecuti sumus C — приобретённый нами опыт
    в) выработать, развить ( eloquentiam C); одержать ( gloriosam victoriam C)
    ex aliquā re largiter c. bAfr — извлечь большую пользу из чего-л.
    9) понять, постичь, охватить ( aliquid memoriā C)

    Латинско-русский словарь > consequor

  • 3 deprehendo

    dē-prehendo (dēprēndo), prehendī (prēndī), prebēnsum (prēnsum), ere
    1) схватить, поймать, захватить (aliquem ex itinere Cs; naves onerarias Cs); перехватить ( litteras L); догнать, настигнуть ( navigia Lcr)
    deprehensus negare non potuit C — будучи уличён (пойман), он не смог отпираться
    2)
    а) застать, застигнуть (d. hostes sine duce Cs; d. aliquem in manifesto scelere C); застигать врасплох, т. е. ставить в тупик ( testes deprehensi Q); подметить, открыть, обнаружить (facīnus C; astrorum caelique motus Pt)
    pudore deprehensi sceleris T — из-за стыда, что преступление было раскрыто
    б) увидеть (res magnas in minimis rebus C; aliquid in theatro Ap); заметить (gladium L, venenum apud aliquem C)
    3) pass. deprehendi оказаться ( stultior aliquo H)

    Латинско-русский словарь > deprehendo

  • 4 consequor

    con-sĕquor, sĕcūtus (or sĕquūtus; v. sequor), 3, v. dep. a.
    I.
    To follow, follow up, press upon, go after, attend, accompany, pursue any person or thing (class. in prose and poetry); constr. with acc. or absol.
    A.
    Lit.
    1.
    In gen. (rare).
    (α).
    With acc.:

    consecutus est me usque ad fores,

    Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 93:

    me continuo,

    id. Am. 3, 1, 20:

    te tam strenue,

    id. Rud. 2, 6, 9:

    prope nos,

    id. ib. 4, 3, 11; cf.:

    litteras suas prope,

    Liv. 41, 10, 12:

    vocem gradu,

    Plaut. Rud. 1, 4, 21.—
    (β).
    Absol.: ita vos decet;

    Consequimini,

    Plaut. Mil. 3, 3, 22:

    hic se conjecit intro: ego consequor,

    Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 36:

    ego rectā consequor,

    id. Hec. 3, 3, 12; Nep. Them. 7, 2:

    comitibus non consecutis,

    without attendants, Cic. Tusc. 5, 34, 97.—
    2.
    In partic.
    a.
    To follow after or pursue in a hostile manner:

    reliquas copias Helvetiorum,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 13:

    reliquos,

    id. ib. 1, 53:

    consequuntur equites nostri, ut erat praeceptum, Auct. B. G. 8, 27: consecutis strenue hostibus,

    Curt. 5, 4, 34:

    fugientem (Servium),

    Liv. 1, 48, 4.— Absol.:

    ita mihi videntur omnia, mare, terra, caelum consequi, ut, etc.,

    Plaut. Am. 5, 1, 3 Fleck. Codd. (Ussing, concoqui).—
    b.
    To follow, come after, in time: hunc Cethegum consecutus est aetate Cato, Cic. Brut. 15, 61:

    Sallustium (Livius, etc.),

    Vell. 2, 36, 3:

    has tam prosperas res consecuta est subita mutatio,

    Nep. Dion, 6, 1; cf. id. Cim. 3, 2:

    si haec in eum annum qui consequitur redundarint,

    Cic. Mur. 39, 85; cf.:

    omnes anni consequentes,

    id. Sen. 6, 19:

    tempus,

    id. Fin. 1, 20, 67:

    reliquis consecutis diebus,

    id. Phil. 1, 13, 32:

    ejusmodi tempora post tuam profectionem consecuta esse,

    id. Fam. 1, 5, a, 1; Auct. Her. 2, 5, 8: haec cum Crassus dixisset, silentium est consecutum. Cic. de Or. 1, 35, 160; cf. id. ib. 3, 2, 6; id. Tusc. 4, 8, 19:

    hominem consequitur aliquando, numquam comitatur divinitas,

    i. e. after death, Curt. 8, 5, 16.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    In gen. (rare):

    minas jam decem habet a me filia... Hasce ornamentis consequentur alterae,

    Ter. Heaut. 4, 7, 9:

    his diebus, quae praeterita erunt superiore mense, opera consequi oportet,

    to make up, Col. 11, 2, 90.—Far more freq.,
    2.
    In partic.
    a.
    To follow a model, copy, an authority, example, opinion, etc.; to imitate, adopt, obey, etc.:

    Chrysippum Diogenes consequens partum Jovis dejungit a fabulā,

    Cic. N. D. 1, 15, 41:

    eum morem,

    id. Leg. 2, 7, 18:

    alicujus sententiam,

    Plaut. As. 2, 1, 13:

    necesse'st consilia consequi consimilia,

    Ter. Heaut. 1, 2, 35; so,

    sententias (principum),

    Cic. Cat. 3, 6, 13:

    suum quoddam institutum,

    id. Off. 1, 32, 116:

    exilitatem,

    id. Brut. 82, 284:

    mediam consilii viam,

    Liv. 24, 45, 7.—
    b.
    To follow a preceding cause as an effect, to ensue, result, to be the consequence, to arise or proceed from:

    rebus ab ipsis Consequitur sensus,

    Lucr. 1, 461; 3, 929; 4, 867; cf. id. 3, 477: ex quo fit ut pudorem rubor, terrorem pallor et tremor consequatur, Cic. Tusc. 4, 8, 19:

    quam eorum opinionem magni errores consecuti sunt,

    id. ib. 1, 16, 36:

    quod dictum magna invidia consecuta est,

    Nep. Dion, 6, 4:

    ex quo illud naturā consequi, ut communem utilitatem nostrae anteponamus,

    Cic. Fin. 3, 19, 64; Quint. 6, 3, 44; 2, 3, 2:

    quia libertatem pax consequebatur,

    Cic. Phil. 1, 13, 32.—
    (β).
    Of a logical sequence, to follow:

    si quod primum in conexo est, necessarium est, fit etiam quod consequitur necessarium,

    Cic. Fat. 7, 14; 5, 9; cf. under P. a.—
    II.
    Meton. (causa pro effectu), by following after any person or thing, to reach, overtake, come up with, attain to, arrive at.
    A.
    Lit.
    (α).
    With acc.:

    si statim navigas, nos Leucade consequere,

    Cic. Fam. 16, 1, 2:

    aliquem in itinere,

    id. Inv. 2, 4, 15; Pompeius ap. Cic. Att. 8, 12, A, §

    3: fugientem,

    Liv. 1, 48, 4; Curt. 4, 9, 25; Dig. 42, 8, 10, § 16; cf. Verg. A. 11, 722:

    cohortes,

    Suet. Caes. 31:

    virum,

    Ov. M. 10, 672:

    rates,

    id. ib. 8, 143 et saep.—
    (β).
    Absol.:

    si adcelerare volent, ad vesperam consequentur,

    Cic. Cat. 2, 4, 6:

    prius quam alter, qui nec procul aberat, consequi posset,

    Liv. 1, 25, 10: Fabius equites praemittit, ut... agmen morarentur dum consequeretur ipse, Auct. B. G. 8, 28 init.:

    interim reliqui legati sunt consecuti,

    came up, Nep. Them. 7, 2.—
    B.
    Trop., to reach, overtake, obtain (cf. assequor).
    1.
    Ingen.
    a.
    With things as objects (so most freq.), to obtain, acquire, get, attain, reach:

    ut opes quam maximas consequantur,

    Cic. Off. 1, 19, 64; cf.

    quaestum,

    id. Imp. Pomp. 12, 34:

    amplissimos honores,

    id. Planc. 5, 13:

    magistratum,

    id. ib. 25, 60:

    eam rem (i. e. regna),

    Caes. B. G. 2, 1:

    dum sua quisque spolia consequi studet,

    Curt. 4, 9, 19.—With ab:

    nec dubitat quin ego a te nutu hoc consequi possem,

    Cic. Fam. 13, 1, 5: ab aliquo suum consequi, Gai Inst. 2, 55; Dig. 15, 1, 9, § 1; Cic. Planc. 23, 55.—With ex:

    fructum amplissimum ex vestro judicio,

    Cic. Imp. Pomp. 1, 2:

    gloriosam victoriam ex rei publicae causā,

    id. Cael. 7, 18:

    aliquid commodi ex laboriosā exercitatione corporis,

    id. Fin. 1, 10, 35; Quint. 7, 2, 42.—With per:

    omnia per senatum (corresp. with adsequi per populum),

    Cic. Fam. 1, 7, 10; Quint. 3, 8, 34. —With abl.:

    ut omnem gloriam... omni curā atque industriā consequare,

    Cic. Fam. 1, 7, 9; 1, 5, b, 2 fin.:

    suis erga aliquem meritis inpunitatem,

    id. Planc. 1, 3:

    tantam gloriam duabus victoriis,

    Nep. Them. 6, 3; id. Dat. 5, 2; id. Att. 19, 2; 21, 1; Quint. 10, 1, 8; 10, 1, 102; Ov. Tr. 5, 7, 68.—With in and abl.:

    si quid in dicendo consequi possum,

    Cic. Imp. Pomp. 1, 2:

    in hac pernicie rei publicae... gratiam,

    id. Off. 2, 22, 79:

    Achillis gloriam in rebus bellicis,

    Quint. 12, 11, 27; cf. Nep. Ages. 2, 5.—With ut or ne:

    hoc consequi, ut ne, etc.,

    Cic. Fam. 1, 2, 4:

    nec legum repertores sine summā vi orandi consecutos, ut. etc.,

    Quint. 2, 16, 9; 5, 10, 125; 8, 3, 70; Vell. 2, 124, 4; Cels. 7, 26, 3; vix per matrem consecutus, ut, etc., Suet Tib. 12:

    per quae si consequi potuimus, ut, etc.,

    Cels. 3, 19:

    sicut hic Cicero consequitur, ne, etc.,

    Quint. 9, 2, 62.— Absol.: quibus ex rebus largiter erat consecutus, made great profit, Auct. B. Afr. 62; cf.:

    non quod minore numero militum consequi difficile factu putaret, sed ut, etc., Auct. B. Alex. 30, 3: non est turpe non consequi, dummodo sequaris,

    Sen. Ben. 5, 5, 4.—With inf. as object:

    vere enim illud dicitur, perverse dicere homines perverse dicendo facillime consequi,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 33, 150.—
    b.
    Sometimes with a personal object, and with a thing as subject (cf. capio, II.), to reach, come to, overtake:

    matrem ipsam ex aegritudine hac miseram mors consecuta'st,

    Ter. Phorm. 5, 1, 23:

    tanta prosperitas Caesarem est consecuta. ut, etc.,

    Nep. Att. 19, 3; Quint. 7, 4, 19:

    si aliqua nos incommoda ex iis materiis consequentur,

    id. 2, 10, 14; cf. I. B. 2, b. supra.—
    2.
    In partic.
    a.
    To become like or equal to a person or thing in any property or quality, to attain, come up to, to equal (cf. adsequor):

    aliquem majorem,

    Cic. Brut. 64, 228:

    nullam partem tuorum meritorum,

    id. Fam. 1, 8, 6; cf.:

    ad consequendos, quos priores ducimus, accendimur,

    Vell. 1, 17, 7:

    verborum prope numerum sententiarum numero,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 13, 56; Col. 11, 2, 90.—
    b.
    To reach with the sight, to distinguish (rare): animalia [p. 430] minuta, quae non possunt oculi consequi, Varr. R. R. 1, 12, 2.—
    c.
    To attain to something intellectually or by speech, to understand, perceive, learn, know:

    similitudinem veri,

    Cic. Univ. 3 init.:

    plura,

    Nep. Alcib. 2, 1: quantum conjecturā, Caes. ap. Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 10 (12), 4:

    omnis illorum conatus investigare et consequi,

    Cic. Verr. 1, 16, 48; id. Fam. 1, 8, 6: omnia alicujus facta aut memoriā consequi aut oratione complecti. id. Verr. 2, 4, 26, § 57:

    tantam causam diligentiā consequi et memoriā complecti,

    id. Div. in Caecil. 12, 39.—
    d.
    Of speech or lang., to attain, be equal to, impress fully, do justice to, etc.:

    vestram magnitudinem multitudinemque beneficiorum,

    Cic. Red. Quir. 2, 5:

    laudes ejus verbis,

    id. Phil. 5, 13, 35, cf. id. Fragm. ap. Non. p. 270, 21: omnia verbis, Ov M. 15 419; cf. Cic. Dom. 50, 129.—Hence, consĕquens, entis, P. a. (acc. to I. B.).
    A.
    According to reason, correspondent, suitable, fit:

    in conjunctis verbis quod non est consequens vituperandum est,

    Cic. Part. Or. 6, 18; cf. Quint. 4, 3, 5; 5, 10, 75.—Hence,
    2.
    Consequens est = consentaneum est, it is in accordance with reason, fit, suitable, etc.; with ut or acc. and inf.:

    consequens esse videtur, ut scribas, etc.,

    Cic. Leg. 1, 5, 15:

    consequens est, eos invitos non potuisse retineri,

    Quint. 5, 10, 77; so,

    dicere,

    Gell. 1, 4, 7; Dig. 43, 23, 15 fin. —
    B.
    That follows logically, consequent; with dat.:

    assentior, eorum quae posuisti alterum alteri consequens esse,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 8, 21; cf. id. ib. 5, 7, 18.— Comp.:

    quid consequentius, quam ut, etc.,

    Aug. Trin. 15, 19 fin. — Sup. apparently not in use.—Hence, subst.: consĕ-quens, entis, n., a consequence:

    teneamus illud necesse est, cum consequens aliquod falsum sit, illud, cujus id consequens sit, non posse esse verum,

    Cic. Fin. 4, 24, 68:

    consequentibus vestris sublatis, prima tolluntur,

    id. ib. 4, 19, 55; id. de Or. 2, 53, 215; id. Top. 12, 53; Quint. 5, 10, 2; 6, 3, 66.— Hence, consĕquenter, adv. (post-class.).
    1.
    In an accordant, suitable manner, suitably, conformably; with dat.:

    prioribus dicere,

    Dig. 35, 2, 11; so ib. 10, 2, 18; App. M. 11, p. 257.— Absol., Hier. Ep. 22, n. 13.—
    2.
    In consequence, consequently, App. M. 10 init. — Comp. and sup. not in use.
    ► Pass.: quae vix ab hominibus consequi possunt anuesthai, Orbilius ap. Prisc. p. 791 P.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > consequor

  • 5 convenio

    con-venio, vēnī, ventum, īre
    1) сходиться, съезжаться, собираться (milites, qui ex provincia convenerant Cs; unum in locum и uno in loco C; Romam C; clam inter se c. C); стекаться (munera conveniunt Pl; multae causae convenisse videntur C)
    civitates, quae in id forum conveniunt C — общины, принадлежащие к этой одной политикоадминистративной системе (подчинённые одному центру)
    2) обращаться, встречаться ( aliquem in itinere Cs)
    conventus non sum ab eo C — он ко мне не обращался (не заходил ко мне, не говорил со мной)
    se conveniri non vult C — он не хочет, чтобы к нему обращались
    conveniri ab aliquo C — быть встреченным кем-л.
    3) соглашаться, быть согласным ( cum aliquo и inter se)
    inter omnes convenit PM — все согласны (в том, что)
    4) impers.
    (res) convenit Pl — ладно, улажено, решено
    neminem voluerunt esse judicem, nisi qui inter adversarios convenisset C — (наши предки) установили, что никто не может быть судьёю иначе, как с согласия (тяжущихся) сторон
    putares hoc convenisse Pt — можно было подумать, что таков был уговор
    in colloquium convenit, condiciones non convenerunt Nep — (Ганнибал) вступил в переговоры (со Сципионом), но об условиях (мира они) не договорились
    5) подходить, согласовываться, соответствовать, подобать (in или ad aliquid, alicui rei, cum re aliqua)
    hoc maxime in eum convenire videbatur C — это, казалось, больше всего относилось к нему
    negavit id suae virtuti c. Nep — он утверждал, что это не соответствует его доблести
    6) impers. convĕnit прилично, подобает, к лицу, следует ( aliquid dicere Ter)
    7) impers. (преим. с bene, optime, pulchre) существуют хорошие отношения (inter aliquos Ter; cum aliquo optime C; pulchre alicui Ctl)
    cui cum paupertate bene convenit, dives est Sen — кто хорошо сжился с бедностью, тот богат
    8) сочетаться, сцепляться, соединяться ( primordia rerum conveniunt Lcr); ( о животных) спариваться Lcr, PM; (о людях) вступать в половую связь Ap

    Латинско-русский словарь > convenio

  • 6 iter

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

    dicam in itinere,

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

    hoc ipsa in itinere dum narrat,

    id. Heaut. 2, 3, 30:

    huc quia habebas iter,

    Plaut. As. 2, 3, 6:

    iter illi saepius in forum,

    Plin. Pan. 77:

    in diversum iter equi concitati,

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

    cum illi iter instaret et subitum et longum,

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

    ut in itinere copia frumenti suppeteret,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 3:

    qui eo itineris causa convenerant,

    id. ib. 7, 55:

    sine ullo maleficio iter per provinciam facere,

    id. ib. 1, 7:

    in ipso itinere confligere,

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

    Catilina ex itinere plerisque consularibus litteras mittit,

    Sall. C. 34, 2:

    committere se itineri,

    Cic. Phil. 12, 10:

    ingredi pedibus,

    id. de Sen. 10:

    conficere pulverulentā viā,

    id. Att. 5, 14:

    iter mihi est Lanuvium,

    id. Mil. 10:

    iter habere Capuam,

    id. Att. 8, 11:

    facere in Apuliam,

    id. ib.:

    agere,

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

    intendere,

    Liv. 21, 29:

    maturare,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 63:

    properare,

    Tac. H. 3, 40:

    conficere,

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

    constituere,

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

    urgere,

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

    agere in aliquam partem,

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

    convertere,

    to direct, Cic. Att. 3, 3:

    facere,

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

    comparare,

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

    supprimere,

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

    retro vertere,

    Liv. 28, 3:

    ferre per medium mare,

    Verg. A. 7, 810:

    ferre Inachias urbes,

    Stat. Th. 1, 326:

    continuare die ac nocte,

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

    desistere itinere,

    id. B. G. 5, 11:

    coeptum dimittere,

    Ov. M. 2, 598:

    frangere,

    Stat. Th. 12, 232:

    impedire,

    Ov. H. 21, 74:

    instituere,

    Hor. C. 3, 27, 5:

    peragere,

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

    rumpere,

    Hor. C. 3, 27, 5:

    itinere prohibere aliquem,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 9:

    ex itinere redire,

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

    revertere,

    Cic. Div. 1, 15, 26:

    Boii ex itinere nostros adgressi,

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

    tutum alicui praestare,

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

    iter terrestre facturus,

    Just. 12, 10, 7:

    inde terrestri itinere frumentum advehere,

    Tac. H. 4, 35:

    terrestri itinere ducere legiones,

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

    pedestri itinere confecto,

    Suet. Claud. 17:

    pedestri itinere Romam pervenire,

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

    cum dierum iter quadraginta processerit,

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

    magnis diurnis nocturnisque itineribus contendere,

    id. ib. 1, 38:

    itinera multo majora fugiens quam ego sequens,

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

    confecto justo itinere ejus diei,

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

    5, § 22: itineribus deviis proticisci in provinciam,

    Cic. Att. 14, 10:

    erant omnino itinera duo, quibus itineribus domo exire possent,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 6:

    pedestria itinera concisa aestuariis,

    id. ib. 3, 9:

    patefacere alicui iter in aliquem locum,

    Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 11:

    in diversum iter equi concitati,

    Liv. 1, 28:

    ut deviis itineribus milites duceret,

    Nep. Eum. 3, 5:

    itinere devio per ignorantiam locorum retardati,

    Suet. Galb. 20:

    exercitum per insidiosa itinera ducere,

    id. Caes. 58:

    qua rectum iter in Persidem ducebat,

    Curt. 13, 11, 19:

    ferro aperire,

    Sall. C. 58, 7:

    fodiendo, substruendo iter facere,

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

    iter urinae,

    the urethra, Cels. 7, 25:

    iter vocis,

    Verg. A. 7, 534:

    itinera aquae,

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

    Rubos fessi pervenimus utpote longum carpentes iter,

    Hor. S. 1, 5, 95:

    non utile carpis iter,

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

    ne suus hoc illis clauserit auctor iter,

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

    iter patefacere,

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

    aquaeductus, haustus, iter, actus a patre sumitur,

    Cic. Caecin. 26, 74:

    negat se posse iter ulli per provinciam dare,

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

    patiamur illum ire nostris itineribus,

    Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 3:

    verum iter gloriae,

    id. Phil. 1, 14, 33:

    videmus naturam suo quodam itinere ad ultimum pervenire,

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

    iter amoris nostri et officii mei,

    id. Att. 4, 2, 1:

    salutis,

    Verg. A. 2, 387:

    fecit iter sceleri,

    Ov. M. 15, 106:

    labi per iter declive senectae,

    id. ib. 15, 227:

    vitae diversum iter ingredi,

    Juv. 7, 172:

    duo itinera audendi,

    Tac. H. 4, 49:

    novis et exquisitis eloquentiae itineribus opus est,

    id. Or. 19:

    pronum ad honores,

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

    novum ad principatum,

    id. Pan. 7, 1.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > iter

  • 7 prohibeo

    prŏhĭbĕo, ēre, hĭbŭi, hĭbĭtum [pro + habeo]    - tr. - tenir éloigné.    - arch. subj.-opt. prohibessit Enn. Tr. 323; Cato, Agr. 141, 2; Plaut. Ps. 14; d. Cic. Leg. 3, 6 II probeat = prohibeat Lucr. 1, 977, cf. Lucr. 3, 862. [st1]1 [-] tenir éloigné, tenir à distance, séparer, écarter, éloigner.    - prohibere aliquem (ab) aliqua re: éloigner qqn de qqch.    - finibus hostes prohibere, Caes.: écarter les ennemis des frontières.    - prohibere naves portu, Caes.: ne pas laisser les navires entrer dans le port.    - itinere exercitum prohibere: couper le passage à une armée.    - commeatu milites prohibere: couper les vivres aux soldats.    - se suosque ab injuria prohibent, Caes. BG. 2, 28, 3: ils se tiennent éloignés eux et les leurs de toute injustice (s'interdisent toute...).    - prohibere hostes suis finibus Caes. BG. 1, 1, 4: écarter les ennemis de son territoire.    - prohiberi jure suffragii, Cic. Rep. 2, 40: être écarté du droit de vote. --- cf. Cic. Fam. 6, 6, 9 ; Sest. 85, etc.    - vim hostium ab oppidis prohibere, Caes.: [tenir éloigné des villes la violence des ennemis] = défendre les villes de la violence des ennemis.    - quod di prohibeant, Ter. And. 3, 3, 36: puissent les dieux écarter ce malheur!    - prohibenda maxime est ira in puniendo, Cic. Off. 1, 89: ce qu'il faut écarter surtout, c'est la colère, quand il s'agit de punir. [st1]2 [-] empêcher, défendre, prohiber, interdire.    - prohibenda est ira in puniendo, Cic. Off. 1, 25, 89: il faut s'abstenir de se mettre en colère quand on punit.    - lex prohibet civem occidere: la loi empêche de tuer un citoyen.    - ridere prohibentur: on les empêche de rire.    - prohibere hostes rapinis, Caes.: empêcher les ennemis de piller.    - hostem a pugna prohibere, Caes. BG. 4: empêcher l'ennemi de combattre.    - id eos ut prohiberet, praetori mandatum est, Liv. 39, 45, 7: la mission de les empêcher de faire cela fut confiée au préteur.    - prohibere parentes alicui, Plaut. Curc. 605: tenir ses parents éloignés pour qqn = lui cacher ses parents, l'empêcher de les trouver.    - prohibere aditum alicui, B. Afr. 31: empêcher l'accès à qqn. --- cf. Sil. 6, 27.    - prohibere ut [contesté]: empêcher que.    - dii prohibeant ut... Cic. *Amer. 151 (mss): puissent les dieux empêcher que.    - prohibere ne, quominus, quin: empêcher que.    - nec, quin erumperet, prohiberi poterat, Liv.: et on ne pouvait l'empêcher de faire une sortie.    - me di omnes id non prohibebant quin... Plaut. Amp. 1051: pas un dieu ne m'empêchera de faire ceci à savoir...    - quod potuisti prohibere ne fieret, Cic. Caecil. 33: ce que tu as eu le pouvoir d'empêcher. --- cf. Liv. 24, 43, 4.    - se prohibitum esse quominus, Cic. Verr. 1, 85: [il disait] qu'il avait été empêché de. --- cf. Cic. Verr. 2, 14; Fam. 12, 5, 1 ; Liv. 25, 35, 6.    - non prohiberi quin... Liv. 26, 40, 4: ne pas être empêché de. --- [sans nég.] Tac. An. 14, 29.    - avec inf. prohibere aliquem exire... Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 7: empêcher qqn de sortir. --- cf. Off. 3, 47 ; Sest. 32.    - scribere fletu prohibeor, Cic Att. 11, 9, 3: les larmes m'empêchent d'écrire. --- cf. Cic. Verr. 5, 117 ; Caec. 66; 84.    - de legatis a me prohibitis proficisci, Cic. Fam. 3, 9, 1: touchant les députés que j'ai empêchés de partir. --- cf. Cic. Verr. 3, 144.    - ad prohibenda circumdari opera, Liv. 3, 28, 7: pour empêcher les travaux de circonvallation. --- cf. Liv. 22, 60, 3.    - avec inf. passif pecuniam exigi lex prohibet, Cic. Agr. 2, 72: la loi empêche qu'on fasse rentrer l'argent.    - cf. Cic. Fin. 5, 25; Fam. 12, 5, 2 ; Caes. BG. 6,29,5 ; Liv. 2, 34, 11, etc.    - avec acc. seul munitiones Caesaris prohibere, Caes. BC. 3, 44, 1: empêcher les fortifications de César. --- cf. Cic. Cat. 2, 26.    - recta imperans prohibensque contraria, Cic. Nat. 1, 36: commandant le bien et empêchant son contraire. --- cf. Cic. Leg. 1, 18.    - d'où le neutre prohibita: les choses interdites. --- Sen. Ep. 83, 19.    - absol. prohibere: empêcher, interdire, prohiber. --- Cic. Leg. 1, 42. [st1]3 [-] défendre, protéger, garantir, préserver.    - prohibere ab + abl.: préserver de.    - prohibere rem publicam a periculo, Cic. Pomp. 19: préserver l'état des dangers. --- cf. Cic. Br. 330; Caes. BG. 5, 21, 1; 6, 23, 9 ; BC. 1, 23, 3.    - prohibere tenuiores injuriā, Cic. Off. 2, 41: préserver les plus faibles de l'injustice. --- cf. Cic. Pomp. 18 ; Caes. BG. 6, 10, 5 ; Liv. 22, 14, 2.    - id te Juppiter prohibessit ! Plaut. Ps. 14: que Jupiter t'en préserve [te préserve relativement à cela].
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    prŏhĭbĕo, ēre, hĭbŭi, hĭbĭtum [pro + habeo]    - tr. - tenir éloigné.    - arch. subj.-opt. prohibessit Enn. Tr. 323; Cato, Agr. 141, 2; Plaut. Ps. 14; d. Cic. Leg. 3, 6 II probeat = prohibeat Lucr. 1, 977, cf. Lucr. 3, 862. [st1]1 [-] tenir éloigné, tenir à distance, séparer, écarter, éloigner.    - prohibere aliquem (ab) aliqua re: éloigner qqn de qqch.    - finibus hostes prohibere, Caes.: écarter les ennemis des frontières.    - prohibere naves portu, Caes.: ne pas laisser les navires entrer dans le port.    - itinere exercitum prohibere: couper le passage à une armée.    - commeatu milites prohibere: couper les vivres aux soldats.    - se suosque ab injuria prohibent, Caes. BG. 2, 28, 3: ils se tiennent éloignés eux et les leurs de toute injustice (s'interdisent toute...).    - prohibere hostes suis finibus Caes. BG. 1, 1, 4: écarter les ennemis de son territoire.    - prohiberi jure suffragii, Cic. Rep. 2, 40: être écarté du droit de vote. --- cf. Cic. Fam. 6, 6, 9 ; Sest. 85, etc.    - vim hostium ab oppidis prohibere, Caes.: [tenir éloigné des villes la violence des ennemis] = défendre les villes de la violence des ennemis.    - quod di prohibeant, Ter. And. 3, 3, 36: puissent les dieux écarter ce malheur!    - prohibenda maxime est ira in puniendo, Cic. Off. 1, 89: ce qu'il faut écarter surtout, c'est la colère, quand il s'agit de punir. [st1]2 [-] empêcher, défendre, prohiber, interdire.    - prohibenda est ira in puniendo, Cic. Off. 1, 25, 89: il faut s'abstenir de se mettre en colère quand on punit.    - lex prohibet civem occidere: la loi empêche de tuer un citoyen.    - ridere prohibentur: on les empêche de rire.    - prohibere hostes rapinis, Caes.: empêcher les ennemis de piller.    - hostem a pugna prohibere, Caes. BG. 4: empêcher l'ennemi de combattre.    - id eos ut prohiberet, praetori mandatum est, Liv. 39, 45, 7: la mission de les empêcher de faire cela fut confiée au préteur.    - prohibere parentes alicui, Plaut. Curc. 605: tenir ses parents éloignés pour qqn = lui cacher ses parents, l'empêcher de les trouver.    - prohibere aditum alicui, B. Afr. 31: empêcher l'accès à qqn. --- cf. Sil. 6, 27.    - prohibere ut [contesté]: empêcher que.    - dii prohibeant ut... Cic. *Amer. 151 (mss): puissent les dieux empêcher que.    - prohibere ne, quominus, quin: empêcher que.    - nec, quin erumperet, prohiberi poterat, Liv.: et on ne pouvait l'empêcher de faire une sortie.    - me di omnes id non prohibebant quin... Plaut. Amp. 1051: pas un dieu ne m'empêchera de faire ceci à savoir...    - quod potuisti prohibere ne fieret, Cic. Caecil. 33: ce que tu as eu le pouvoir d'empêcher. --- cf. Liv. 24, 43, 4.    - se prohibitum esse quominus, Cic. Verr. 1, 85: [il disait] qu'il avait été empêché de. --- cf. Cic. Verr. 2, 14; Fam. 12, 5, 1 ; Liv. 25, 35, 6.    - non prohiberi quin... Liv. 26, 40, 4: ne pas être empêché de. --- [sans nég.] Tac. An. 14, 29.    - avec inf. prohibere aliquem exire... Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 7: empêcher qqn de sortir. --- cf. Off. 3, 47 ; Sest. 32.    - scribere fletu prohibeor, Cic Att. 11, 9, 3: les larmes m'empêchent d'écrire. --- cf. Cic. Verr. 5, 117 ; Caec. 66; 84.    - de legatis a me prohibitis proficisci, Cic. Fam. 3, 9, 1: touchant les députés que j'ai empêchés de partir. --- cf. Cic. Verr. 3, 144.    - ad prohibenda circumdari opera, Liv. 3, 28, 7: pour empêcher les travaux de circonvallation. --- cf. Liv. 22, 60, 3.    - avec inf. passif pecuniam exigi lex prohibet, Cic. Agr. 2, 72: la loi empêche qu'on fasse rentrer l'argent.    - cf. Cic. Fin. 5, 25; Fam. 12, 5, 2 ; Caes. BG. 6,29,5 ; Liv. 2, 34, 11, etc.    - avec acc. seul munitiones Caesaris prohibere, Caes. BC. 3, 44, 1: empêcher les fortifications de César. --- cf. Cic. Cat. 2, 26.    - recta imperans prohibensque contraria, Cic. Nat. 1, 36: commandant le bien et empêchant son contraire. --- cf. Cic. Leg. 1, 18.    - d'où le neutre prohibita: les choses interdites. --- Sen. Ep. 83, 19.    - absol. prohibere: empêcher, interdire, prohiber. --- Cic. Leg. 1, 42. [st1]3 [-] défendre, protéger, garantir, préserver.    - prohibere ab + abl.: préserver de.    - prohibere rem publicam a periculo, Cic. Pomp. 19: préserver l'état des dangers. --- cf. Cic. Br. 330; Caes. BG. 5, 21, 1; 6, 23, 9 ; BC. 1, 23, 3.    - prohibere tenuiores injuriā, Cic. Off. 2, 41: préserver les plus faibles de l'injustice. --- cf. Cic. Pomp. 18 ; Caes. BG. 6, 10, 5 ; Liv. 22, 14, 2.    - id te Juppiter prohibessit ! Plaut. Ps. 14: que Jupiter t'en préserve [te préserve relativement à cela].
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        Prohibeo, prohibes, pe. corr. prohibui, prohibitum, pen. corr. prohibere, Ex pro et habeo compositum. Virgil. Engarder et empescher que quelque chose ne se face, Prohiber.
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        Facias licet, nemo prohibet. Cic. Personne ne t'engarde.
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        Nihil prohibet quominus mense Iulio veruacta subigantur. Columel. Rien n'empesche et n'engarde que, etc.
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        Accusatiuo et ablatiuo cum praepositione. Caesar, Caesarem certiorem faciunt, sese non facile ab oppidis vim hostium prohibere. Qu'ils n'engardent pas aiseement que les ennemis ne, etc.
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        Prohibere operas aditu. Cic. Les garder d'entrer.
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        Dolorem dentium prohibet haec herba. Plin. Garde d'avoir mal aux dents.
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        Domo prohibere. Terent. Engarder d'entrer en la maison.
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        Aliquem ab iniuria prohibere. Sallust. Garder qu'on ne luy face tort.
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        Itinere prohibere. Caesar. Empescher le passage.
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        Potione prohibere per triduum. Columel. Garder de boire par trois jours.
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        Prohibete a vobis vim meam. Plaut. Gardez que je ne vous donne malencontre.
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        Voce prohibere aliquem. Cic. Le garder de parler.

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  • 8 intercludo

    interclūdo, ĕre, clūsi, clūsum [inter + claudo] - tr. - [st1]1 [-] couper, barrer.    - intercludere fugam, Caes. BG 7, 11, 8: couper la fuite.    - intercludere iter, Cic. Att. 8, 11 d, 2: couper le chemin.    - intercludere voluptatis aditus Cic. Fin. 2, 118, fermer les voies d'accès au plaisir. --- cf. Cic. R. Post. 3. [st1]2 [-] cerner, envelopper.    - intercludere aliquem: cerner, envelopper qqn.    - cf. Caes. BG. 4, 12, 5 ; C. 3, 69 ; Cic. Fam. 14, 14, 1 ; Caec. 84 ; Leg. 2, 75.    - intercludere alicui iter, Cic. Att. 8, 11 d, 4: couper le chemin à qqn.    - intercludere alicui omnes aditus ad aliquem, Cic. Amer. 110: fermer à qqn tout accès auprès de qqn.    - intercludere aliquem aliqua re: séparer qqn de qqch.    - intercludere frumento aliquem, Caes. BG. 1, 48, 2: couper à qqn les approvisionnements de blé.    - omni interclusus itinere, Caes. BC. 2, 20, 7: tous les chemins lui étant coupés.    - cf. BG. 1, 23, 3 ; 3, 23, 6 ; 7, 44, 4 ; BC. 1, 72, 1; Cic. Att. 7, 9, 2.    - legiones a praesidio atque impedimentis interclusae, Caes. BG. 7, 59, 5: les légions séparées de leurs réserves et de leurs bagages.    - cf. BG. 7, 1, 6; BC. 1, 43, 2; 3, 41, 3; Cic. Fam. 3, 1, 4 ; Liv. 1, 27, 10 ; 30, 70, 5 ; 26, 40, 4. [st1]4 [-] empêcher.    - intercludor dolore quominus scribam, Cic. Att. 8, 8, 2: la douleur m'empêche d'écrire. [st1]5 [-] couvrir, protéger.    - intercludere peltā, Stat. S. 5, 1, 131: couvrir d'un bouclier.
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    interclūdo, ĕre, clūsi, clūsum [inter + claudo] - tr. - [st1]1 [-] couper, barrer.    - intercludere fugam, Caes. BG 7, 11, 8: couper la fuite.    - intercludere iter, Cic. Att. 8, 11 d, 2: couper le chemin.    - intercludere voluptatis aditus Cic. Fin. 2, 118, fermer les voies d'accès au plaisir. --- cf. Cic. R. Post. 3. [st1]2 [-] cerner, envelopper.    - intercludere aliquem: cerner, envelopper qqn.    - cf. Caes. BG. 4, 12, 5 ; C. 3, 69 ; Cic. Fam. 14, 14, 1 ; Caec. 84 ; Leg. 2, 75.    - intercludere alicui iter, Cic. Att. 8, 11 d, 4: couper le chemin à qqn.    - intercludere alicui omnes aditus ad aliquem, Cic. Amer. 110: fermer à qqn tout accès auprès de qqn.    - intercludere aliquem aliqua re: séparer qqn de qqch.    - intercludere frumento aliquem, Caes. BG. 1, 48, 2: couper à qqn les approvisionnements de blé.    - omni interclusus itinere, Caes. BC. 2, 20, 7: tous les chemins lui étant coupés.    - cf. BG. 1, 23, 3 ; 3, 23, 6 ; 7, 44, 4 ; BC. 1, 72, 1; Cic. Att. 7, 9, 2.    - legiones a praesidio atque impedimentis interclusae, Caes. BG. 7, 59, 5: les légions séparées de leurs réserves et de leurs bagages.    - cf. BG. 7, 1, 6; BC. 1, 43, 2; 3, 41, 3; Cic. Fam. 3, 1, 4 ; Liv. 1, 27, 10 ; 30, 70, 5 ; 26, 40, 4. [st1]4 [-] empêcher.    - intercludor dolore quominus scribam, Cic. Att. 8, 8, 2: la douleur m'empêche d'écrire. [st1]5 [-] couvrir, protéger.    - intercludere peltā, Stat. S. 5, 1, 131: couvrir d'un bouclier.
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        Intercludo, intercludis, interclusi, interclusum, pen. prod. intercludere, Ab inter et cludo compositum, n interiecta litera, euphoniae causa. Varro. Clorre, Bouscher, Estoupper et couper les passages et chemins.
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        Ita vt in quibusdam sit interclusa anima. Varro. Aucuns en sont mors, esteincts et suffoquez.
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        Metuo ne iam intercludamini, vt quum velitis exire, non liceat. Cic. Que vous soyez encloz ou enfermez des ennemis.
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        Intercludere. Virgil. Empescher.
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        Aditus ad aliquem intercludere. Cic. Fermer les chemins, Clorre les passages.
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        Aduentum inimicorum intercludere corporibus suis. Estre soymesme en la guerre, et mettre son corps au devant pour garder que les ennemis n'entrent.
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        Commeatum inimicis intercludere. Plaut. Garder les passages qu'ils n'ayent des vivres, Couper les vivres aux ennemis.
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        Intercludi re frumentaria. Caesar. Estre enclos des ennemis tellement qu'on ne puisse avoir des bleds.
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        Fugam intercludere. Cic. Fermer les chemins, et garder que lon ne puisse fuir.
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        Libertatem intercludere. Cic. Empescher.
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        Dolore intercludi. Cic. Estre empesché par la douleur qu'on sent.

    Dictionarium latinogallicum > intercludo

  • 9 in

       - formes arch. endŏ et indŭ, cf. Enn. ap. Gell. 12, 4; id. ap. Macr. S. 6, 2; Lucil. ap. Lact. 5, 9, 20; Lucr. 2, 1096; 5, 102; 6, 890 etc.; gr. ἐν, ἐν-θα, ἐν-θεν, εἰς, i. e. ἐν-ς, ἀνά.    - voir l'article in de Gaffiot. [ABCU]A - ĭn, prép. [st1]1 [-] avec l'accusatif pour indiquer le lieu où l'on va, le but, l'aboutissement, la conformité, la distributivité, le temps (jusqu'à, pour) dans, en, sur, jusqu'à, pour, contre, conformément à, par (distributif).    - eo in urbem: je vais en ville.    - in meridiem: du côté du midi.    - in latitudinem: dans le sens de la largeur.    - in altitudinem: en hauteur.    - dormire in lucem: dormir jusqu'au jour.    - in diem vivere: vivre au jour le jour.    - in omnes partes: sous tous les rapports.    - in multam noctem: jusqu'au milieu de la nuit.    - amor in patria: l'amour pour la patrie.    - in rem esse: être utile.    - dicere in aliquem: parler contre qqn.    - in Verrem oratio: discours contre Verrès.    - in verba alicujus jurare: jurer selon la formule de qqn, prononcer le serment dicté par qqn.    - pacem dare in has leges: accorder la paix à ces conditions.    - servilem in modum: à la façon d'un esclave.    - in capita: par tête.    - in militem: par soldats.    - in singulos equites tunicas dare: donner une tunique à chaque cavalier.    - in perpetuum: pour toujours.    - in posterum diem: pour le lendemain.    - emere in diem: acheter pour une date fixée.    - in sex menses: pour six mois.    - in dies (singulos): [jour par jour] = au jour le jour.    - in universum: en général.    - in vicem (invicem, in vices): à son tour, en retour. [st1]2 [-] avec l'ablatif pour indiquer le lieu où l'on est, le temps dans diverses locutions dans, sur, en, à propos de, quand il s'agit de, parmi, pour    - sum in horto: je suis dans le jardin.    - in paucis diebus: en peu de jours.    - in primo congressu: au premier choc.    - in amicis eligendis: quand il s'agit de choisir des amis.    - in bonis oratoribus: parmi les bons orateurs.    - in salute reipublicae: quand il y va du salut de la république.    - in manu: à portée de la main.    - in aere alieno esse: avoir des dettes.    - in suis summis esse: ne pas avoir de dettes.    - in tempore: à temps.    - in oculis: sous les yeux.    - in tanta re: lorsqu'il s'agit d'une affaire si importante.    - in magna inopia: étant donné la disette.    - misericordes in furibus aerarii: compatissants pour les voleurs du trésor public. [ABCU]B - in, préfixe in-, i- parfois devant g ou n il- ou in- devant l im- ou in- devant m, p ir- ou in- devant r [st1]1 [-] dans, sur, contre (in-cidere → in + cadere: tomber sur; im- ponere ou in-ponere: placer sur; il-ludere ou in-ludere: jouer sur, se moquer de; ir-rumpere ou in-rumpere: s'élancer contre, s'élancer dans; in-fodere: creuser pour mettre dedans, enfouir). [st1]2 [-] valeur négative (i-gnavus: sans activité, paresseux, mou; i-gnoscere: ne pas reconnaître, pardonner; in-ers → in + ars: étranger à tout art, sans talent; il-lautus ou in-lautus: qui n'est pas lavé, sale; im-motus ou in-motus: immobile). [ABCU]C - in', pour isne.    - in' ? Ter.: vas-tu?
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       - formes arch. endŏ et indŭ, cf. Enn. ap. Gell. 12, 4; id. ap. Macr. S. 6, 2; Lucil. ap. Lact. 5, 9, 20; Lucr. 2, 1096; 5, 102; 6, 890 etc.; gr. ἐν, ἐν-θα, ἐν-θεν, εἰς, i. e. ἐν-ς, ἀνά.    - voir l'article in de Gaffiot. [ABCU]A - ĭn, prép. [st1]1 [-] avec l'accusatif pour indiquer le lieu où l'on va, le but, l'aboutissement, la conformité, la distributivité, le temps (jusqu'à, pour) dans, en, sur, jusqu'à, pour, contre, conformément à, par (distributif).    - eo in urbem: je vais en ville.    - in meridiem: du côté du midi.    - in latitudinem: dans le sens de la largeur.    - in altitudinem: en hauteur.    - dormire in lucem: dormir jusqu'au jour.    - in diem vivere: vivre au jour le jour.    - in omnes partes: sous tous les rapports.    - in multam noctem: jusqu'au milieu de la nuit.    - amor in patria: l'amour pour la patrie.    - in rem esse: être utile.    - dicere in aliquem: parler contre qqn.    - in Verrem oratio: discours contre Verrès.    - in verba alicujus jurare: jurer selon la formule de qqn, prononcer le serment dicté par qqn.    - pacem dare in has leges: accorder la paix à ces conditions.    - servilem in modum: à la façon d'un esclave.    - in capita: par tête.    - in militem: par soldats.    - in singulos equites tunicas dare: donner une tunique à chaque cavalier.    - in perpetuum: pour toujours.    - in posterum diem: pour le lendemain.    - emere in diem: acheter pour une date fixée.    - in sex menses: pour six mois.    - in dies (singulos): [jour par jour] = au jour le jour.    - in universum: en général.    - in vicem (invicem, in vices): à son tour, en retour. [st1]2 [-] avec l'ablatif pour indiquer le lieu où l'on est, le temps dans diverses locutions dans, sur, en, à propos de, quand il s'agit de, parmi, pour    - sum in horto: je suis dans le jardin.    - in paucis diebus: en peu de jours.    - in primo congressu: au premier choc.    - in amicis eligendis: quand il s'agit de choisir des amis.    - in bonis oratoribus: parmi les bons orateurs.    - in salute reipublicae: quand il y va du salut de la république.    - in manu: à portée de la main.    - in aere alieno esse: avoir des dettes.    - in suis summis esse: ne pas avoir de dettes.    - in tempore: à temps.    - in oculis: sous les yeux.    - in tanta re: lorsqu'il s'agit d'une affaire si importante.    - in magna inopia: étant donné la disette.    - misericordes in furibus aerarii: compatissants pour les voleurs du trésor public. [ABCU]B - in, préfixe in-, i- parfois devant g ou n il- ou in- devant l im- ou in- devant m, p ir- ou in- devant r [st1]1 [-] dans, sur, contre (in-cidere → in + cadere: tomber sur; im- ponere ou in-ponere: placer sur; il-ludere ou in-ludere: jouer sur, se moquer de; ir-rumpere ou in-rumpere: s'élancer contre, s'élancer dans; in-fodere: creuser pour mettre dedans, enfouir). [st1]2 [-] valeur négative (i-gnavus: sans activité, paresseux, mou; i-gnoscere: ne pas reconnaître, pardonner; in-ers → in + ars: étranger à tout art, sans talent; il-lautus ou in-lautus: qui n'est pas lavé, sale; im-motus ou in-motus: immobile). [ABCU]C - in', pour isne.    - in' ? Ter.: vas-tu?
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        Caue ne illi obiectes nunc, in aegritudine Te has emisse. Plaut. Que tu te repens de les avoir acheté, ou Que tu les as acheté à regret et contre ton coeur.
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        In aere alieno esse. Cic. Estre endebté.
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        Immane est facinus, verum in aetate vtile et conducibile. Plaut. En temps et lieu, Aucunesfois.
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        In aeuo nostro. Plin. De nostre temps.
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        In_aeternum. Plin. iunior. Eternellement, A jamais.
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        In agendo. Terent. En jouant la farce.
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        In apparando consumunt diem. Terent. A appareiller.
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        In alio facere. Gell. Quae ita acerbitas est, si idem fiat in te, quod tute in alio feceris? A un autre.
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        Inuadere in aliquem. Tacit. Assaillir aucun.
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        In aliquo referam gratiam. Plaut. En quelque autre chose.
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        In ambiguo esse. Plaut. Estre en doubte.
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        In amicitiam et in amicitia alicuius esse. Cic. Estre son ami.
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        In animis nostris et iudiciis es. Plin. iun. Tu as gaigné nostre coeur.
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        In animo est. Liu. J'ay fantasie et vouloir de, etc.
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        Designati Consules in eum annum fuerant. Liu. Pour ceste annee.
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        Magistratibus in annum creatis. Liu. Pour un an.
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        Inducias in triginta annos impetrarunt. Liu. Pour trente ans.
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        Sestertia centena in annum accepit. Suet. Pour une annee.
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        In annos singulos. Liu. Quae bina milia aeris in annos singulos penderent. Par chascun an.
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        In ante diem XV. Cal. distulit. Cic. Jusques au quinzieme jour des Calendes.
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        In apertum proferre aliquod opus. Cic. Publier.
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        Vti re aliqua in argumentum. Quint. Pour argument et preuve.
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        In armis erant. Liu. Ils estoyent en armes, En champ de bataille.
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        In articulo ipso temporis. Cic. Sur le point du temps.
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        In assem. Columel. En tout, Toutes sommes assemblees.
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        In aurem dicere. Plin. En l'oreille.
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        Neminem docere, in authoritatem scientiae est. Plin. Donne reputation d'estre scavant.
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        Sentio, nisi in bonis, amicitiam esse non posse. Cic. Entre les gens de bien.
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        Cui praeter honestum nihil est in bonis. Cic. Il n'estime nul autre bien qu'honnesteté.
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        In breui. Quintil. En brief, Briefvement.
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        Ire in caedes. Tacit. Aller faire meurtres.
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        In caelo esse. Cic. Estre le plus heureux du monde.
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        Sextantibus collatis in capita. Liu. Pour homme.
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        Dare aliquid in casum. Tacit. Mettre en hazard, Mettre à l'adventure, Adventurer, Hazarder.
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        In cibo et vino. Cic. En mangeant et beuvant.
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        Olera ferre in coenam seni. Terent. Pour le soupper.
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        In coenas singulas. Gell. Pour chascun soupper.
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        In cogitando. Plaut. Multum in cogitando dolorem indipiscor. D'y penser, ou en y pensant.
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        In cognoscendo tute ipse aderis Chaerea. Terent. Quand ce viendra à la recongnoistre.
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        In commune consulere. Terent. Autant pour l'un que pour l'autre.
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        In commune consultare. Plin. iunior. Ensemble.
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        In commune dicere. Plin. Tout ensemble, En general.
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        In commune loqui. Plin. iunior. Parler ensemble, Deviser.
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        In commune vocare honores. Liu. Mettre les offices en commun, Constituer en dignité aussi tost le filz d'un privé, que le filz d'un Senateur, Garder equalité en la collation des dignitez sans acception des personnes.
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        In conspectum aspice. Plaut. Devant toy, Devant tes yeulx.
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        In contrarium. Plin. Au contraire.
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        A quo factum sit, in controuersiam venit. Quintil. On est endebat et different.
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        In crastinum. Plaut. Demain, Pour demain.
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        In culpa inuenire aliquem. Terent. Trouver que c'est sa faulte de quelque chose.
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        In culpam dicere. Gell. Pour reproche et blasme.
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        In denegando modo quis pudor est paululum. Terent. Quand ce vient à renier la chose.
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        In diem istuc Parmeno est fortasse quod minitare. Terent. Tu me menaces de bien loing, Il y a long temps d'ici là.
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        In qua die. Terent. En quel jour.
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        In diem viuere. Cicero. Au jour la journee, Sans se soulcier du lendemain.
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        In diem abiit praesens quod fuerat malum. Terent. Ta punition n'est seulement que differee, Tu n'y pers que l'attente.
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        In diem. Ouid. Pour un jour seulement.
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        In hunc diem. Plaut. Pour aujourdhuy.
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        In hunc diem a me vt caueant ne credant mihi. Plaut. Du jourdhuy, ou desormais.
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        Illi heri me vocauerant in hunc diem. Plaut. Pour aujourdhuy.
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        In hunc diem. Plaut. Jusques aujourdhuy.
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        Confirmarunt Consules se his supplicationibus in hunc annum non vsuros. Caelius ad Ciceronem. De ceste annee.
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        In dies. Plaut. De jour en jour, Par chascun jour, Touts les jours.
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        Crescente in dies multitudine. Liu. Journellement.
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        In dies singulos. Cic. Par chascun jour.
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        In his diebus. Plaut. Ces jours ci.
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        Fere in diebus paucis quibus haec acta sunt, Chrysis vicina haec moritur. Terent. Peu de temps apres.
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        In difficili est casus ille. Scaeuola. Il est difficile.
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        In disciplinam tradere puerum. Suet. Bailler pour estre enseigné et endoctriné.
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        In diuersum. Plin. Donec in diuersum abducat a nidis. Autre part.
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        In diuersum sterni. Colum. Du travers.
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        Filiam suam despondit in diuitias maximas. Plaut. A un fort riche compaignon.
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        In diuitiis esse. Plaut. Estre riche.
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        In domo, pro Domi. Quintil. En la maison.
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        In dotem esse, et doti esse, Iulianus. Pour dot.
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        In dubio est animus. Terent. En doubte.
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        In dubio est vita. Terent. En dangier.
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        In dubio fuit vtrum L. Manilius, etc. Liu. On a doubté autresfois si, etc.
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        Iam ferme in exitu annus erat. Liu. L'annee estoit ja presque finee.
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        Quae in exemplum assumimus. Quintil. Que nous prenons pour preuve et exemple.
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        In expedito esse. Quintil. Prest et appareillé.
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        Sum in expectatione omnium rerum, quid in Gallia, etc. Plancus ad Ciceronem. J'attens toutes nouvelles de, etc.
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        In fabulis esse. Suet. Coena quoque eius secretior in fabulis fuit. On se mocquoit, et en faisoit on des contes, Il en fut moult parlé.
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        Quum exitus haud in facili essent. Liu. Ne fussent pas faciles.
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        In familiaribus alicuius esse. Cic. Estre du nombre de ses familiers.
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        In futurum. Plin. iunior. Pour l'advenir, Pour le temps advenir.
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        In genua astat. Plaut. Il est à genoulx, Agenouillé.
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        In gloria esse. Plin. Estre prisé et loué.
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        In gloriam referre aliquid. Liu. Pour en estre loué et honoré.
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        In hoc factum est. Colum. Pour servir à ce, Pour ce.
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        Cannensis praedicta clades in haec ferme verba erat. Liu. En telz mots.
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        In hoc similis illi. Cic. En ce.
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        In hoc sumus sapientes, quod, etc. Cic. En cela sommes, etc.
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        In hac parte. Plin. En ce.
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        In honore hominum, et in honore famae esse. Plin. iunior. Estre honoré des hommes, et avoir grand bruit.
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        In honore mensarum est buteo accipitrum genus. Plin. Est fort estimé en banquets.
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        In horam viuere. Cic. Ne se soulcier de son vivre sinon d'heure en autre.
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        In hora vna. Plaut. En une heure.
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        In horas expectare. Plin. iunior. D'heure en heure.
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        In horas, pro Saepissime. Horat. A toute heure, A touts propos, D'heure en heure.
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        In istac finem faciat. Terent. Avec ceste là.
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        Depicta tabula in imaginem rei. Quintil. A la semblance.
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        In immensum. Plin. Sans mesure, Oultre mesure.
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        In incertum. Liu. A toutes adventures, A l'adventure.
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        Res omnis in incerto sita est. Plaut. Est incertaine.
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        In incerto est vtrum, etc. Liu. Il est incertain, On ne scait si, etc.
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        In re incipiunda. Terent. Quand ce veint à commencer.
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        In infinitum epistolam extendam, si gaudio meo indulgeam. Plin. iunior. Sans fin.
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        In ingressu. Plin. iunior. A l'entree.
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        In insidiis esse. Terent. Faire le guet, Guetter, Estre aux embusches.
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        In integro res est. Cic. La chose est encore en son entier, Il n'y a encore rien faict, On en peult faire ce qu'on veult.
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        Quum tibi in integro tota res esset. Cic. Tu n'avois encore rien entamé ne commencé.
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        In integrum restitutus. Cic. Remis en son entier.
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        In inuidia et in odio esse apud aliquem. Cic. Estre envié et hay.
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        In itinere. Terent. Sur le chemin, En allant.
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        In itinere est Antonius. Brutus Ciceroni. Il est en chemin.
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        In iugerum, In iugera singula. Cic. Pour chascun demi arpent.
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        In legem. Senec. Pour loy, Au lieu de loy.
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        In loco. Terent. En temps et en lieu.
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        In loco fratris amare. Terent. Autant que son frere, que s'il estoit son frere.
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        In beneficii loco petere aliquid ab altero. Cic. Le requerir d'un plaisir.
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        In loco posita aedilitas. Cic. Baillee à celuy à qui elle appartenoit et qui en estoit digne.
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        In locum alterius consulatum petere. Cic. Pour tenir sa place, Au lieu de luy.
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        In longum trahere. Plin. Alonger.
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        In lucem semper Acerra bibit. Martial. Jusques au jour.
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        In manibus est res. Cic. L'affaire est sur le poinct d'estre despesché.
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        Quos libros Bruto mittimus, in manibus habent librarii. Cic. Mes escrivains les ont entre les mains, et les escrivent.
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        Ecce in manibus vir et praestantissimo ingenio, et flagrantistudio. Cic. Voici ci pres sans aller plus loing.
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        Libelli nominum vestrorum consiliique huius in manibus erant omnium. Cic. Il n'y avoit piece qui n'eust le roole de vous autres.
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        Non vacat, quia vindemiae in manibus. Plin. iunior. Car nous faisons vendenges.
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        Quum tantum belli in manibus esset. Liu. Veu les grands empeschements des guerres qu'ils avoyent sur les bras.
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        Quam spem nunc habeat in manibus. Cic. Qu'il ha à ceste heure.
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        Victoria in manibus est. Liu. La victoire est en nostre puissance, La victoire est nostre si nous voulons.
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        In manu mea est. Cic. Il est en moy et en ma puissance.
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        Tibi in manu est ne fiat. Terent. Il est en toy que la chose ne se face.
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        Si quidem licebit per illos, quibus est in manu. Plaut. Qui gouvernent l'affaire.
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        Agas quod in manu est. Plaut. Fay ce que tu pourras, ou ce que tu as entre mains.
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        Quo eueniat, diis in manu est. Plaut. C'est à Dieu d'en faire ce que luy plaira.
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        In materiam adhaerescere. Cic. S'attacher au bois.
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        In me. Terent. En moy.
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        Mater virginis in medio est. Terent. Au milieu, et devant voz yeulx.
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        In medium relinquere. Gell. Laisser la chose à disputer aux autres, En laisser penser à un chascun ce qu'il vouldra.
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        In memoriam redire et regredi. Plaut. Se souvenir.
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        In memoriam sempiternam. Cic. Pour perpetuelle memoire.
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        Vnum in mente est mihi nunc, satis vt commode, etc. Plau. J'ay une chose en la fantasie.
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        Qui istuc in mente est tibi, mi vir, percontarier? Plaut. Dont te vient la fantasie de, etc.
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        Nunc vero mihi in mentem fuit. Plautus. Il m'en souvient orprimes.
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        Illud de Rhodio dictum in mentem venit. Terent. Il me souvient, Il me vient en memoire.
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        In meridiem spectat. Cato. Il est tourné droict au midi.
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        In metu esse. Plaut. Terent. Estre en crainte, Avoir paour.
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        In militem, in capita, in naues, et similia. Var. Pour chasque homme de guerre.
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        In centum sues, decem verres satis esse putant. Var. Pour chasque cent de truyes.
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        In modum seruorum. Tacit. A la facon des serfz.
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        Peto a te maiorem in modum. Cic. Tresfort, Le plus fort que je puis.
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        In modum peregrinum. Plaut. En estrange facon.
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        In seruilem modum lacerati atque extorti. Liu. A la facon de serfz, Comme serfz.
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        In modum perpetuum perii. Plaut. A tousjours et à jamais.
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        In modum amici. Sueton. A la facon d'un ami, En ami.
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        In mora Tribuni erant. Liu. Retardoyent, Empeschoyent.
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        In more est. Plin. C'est la coustume.
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        In morem. Virgil. Selon la coustume.
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        In morte. Plaut. A la mort, Quand il mouroit.
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        In multum velociores. Plin. Beaucoup plus, etc.
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        In noctes singulas. Plaut. Par chasques nuicts.
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        In nominando. Var. En nommant.
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        In nouissimis esse. Cic. Estre des derniers et des moins estimez.
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        In noxa, vel noxia esse. Terent. Estre coulpable d'aucun cas, En estre attainct et convaincu.
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        In numerum ludere. Virgil. Danser de mesure.
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        In numerato habere. Quintil. Avoir tout comptant et tout prest.
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        In obliquum alios sequi. Liu. De travers, A la traverse.
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        In occulto. Plaut. En cachette.
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        Secreto et in occulto. Caes. A part, et en lieu privé.
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        In oculis exercitus. Cic. En la presence de son ost.
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        In oculis habitare. Cic. Ne partir ou bouger de la ville, et se monstrer ou faire veoir touts les jours.
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        In odio esse. Cic. Estre hay.
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        In odio. Plin. Par despit et haine.
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        In opere faciundo. Terent. En faisant la besongne.
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        In orbem se tutari. Liu. En rond.
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        In orbem. Liu. Par tour.
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        Vt vnus fasces haberet, et hoc insigne regium in orbem suam cuiusque vicem per omnes iret. Liu. Chascun sa fois et en son tour, Tour à tour.
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        In ordine. Plaut. Par ordre.
    \
        In ordinem reponere. Colum. En ordre.
    \
        In os. Senec. Si in ora parentum filios iugulat. En leur presence, A leur visage.
    \
        In ore est omni populo. Terent. Tout le peuple en bruit, Tout le monde en parle, Tout le monde parle de luy, On ne parle que de luy.
    \
        In pariundo. Terent. En travail d'enfant, En enfantant.
    \
        In parte causae. Plinius iunior. En certain poinct et partie du proces.
    \
        Velut ipse in parte laboris ac periculi fuissem. Liu. Comme si j'eusse porté une partie du faiz.
    \
        Cunctis in partes muneris sui benigne pollicentibus operam. Liu. Chascun en son endroict, Pour sa part, et pour le regard de sa charge.
    \
        In partem dimidiam decoquere. Colum. Jusques à la moitié.
    \
        In vtranque partem. Cic. De costé et d'autre.
    \
        In paucos dies. Liu. Pour quelque peu de temps.
    \
        Vbi vidi, ego me in pedes. Sub. conieci. Terent. Et moy de fuir.
    \
        Hinc me coniicerem protinus in pedes. Terent. Je m'en fuiroye.
    \
        In pedes nasci, Vide NASCOR. Naistre les pieds devant.
    \
        In pedem. Cic. Pour chasque pied.
    \
        In pedes soleas inducere. Cic. Chausser.
    \
        In perendinum. Plaut. Apres demain.
    \
        In perpetuum, contrarium habet In tempus. Terent. A tousjours et à jamais.
    \
        In perpetuum. Cic. Pour jamais.
    \
        In plenum. Plin. En general, Pour en parler en general.
    \
        In portu sum. Cic. A port, En sauveté.
    \
        In posterum. Cic. Doresenavant, D'ici en avant, Ci apres, Le temps advenir.
    \
        In posteritatem. Cic. Au temps advenir.
    \
        In potestate alicuius esse. Cic. En sa puissance et subjection, Se rendre obeissant à luy.
    \
        Tuum esse in potiundo periculum non vis. Terent. Tu ne veuls que la jouissance en soit tienne au danger d'autruy.
    \
        In praesentia. Pour le present. Presentement. Terentius, - ne in praesentia haec hinc abeat.
    \
        Auferre in praesentia. Terent. Presentement et tout à l'heure.
    \
        Si scripturam spreuissem in praesentia. Terent. Tout alors que, etc.
    \
        Debes animaduertere quot in praesentia cohortes contra te habeat. Caesar. Cic. Maintenant, A ceste heure.
    \
        Quum emere vellet in palatio domum, et pecuniam in praesens non haberet. Gell. Alors, A l'heure, Presentement.
    \
        In praesenti Cicero dixit de tempore in quo loquebatur: vt, Haec ad te in praesenti scripsi, vt speres, etc. Maintenant, Presentement.
    \
        In praeteritum. Quintil. Pour le temps passé.
    \
        In pretio esse. Plin. Estre prisé et estimé.
    \
        In primis. Sallust. Principalement, Plus que toute autre chose.
    \
        Omnes cupimus, ego in primis, quamprimum te videre. Cic. Plus que touts les autres.
    \
        In primis rogo te ad hominem ventosissimum Lepidum mittas, etc. Brutus ad Ciceronem. Tout premierement, Devant toutes choses.
    \
        In principibus. Cic. Entre les plus grans, Du nombre des plus grans.
    \
        In principio. Plaut. Iam in principio id mihi placet. Pour le commencement.
    \
        Blande in principio alloqui. Terent. Du commencement.
    \
        In priuato, et In publico, contraria. Liu. En privé et secrettement en sa maison.
    \
        In probro esse. Terent. Estre deshonoré, Estre à deshonneur, Estre honni.
    \
        In procliui est. Terent. Il est facile et aisé.
    \
        Iram in promptu gerere. Plaut. Se courroucer incontinent et tout à coup.
    \
        In promptu causa est. Ouid. La cause est evidente et manifeste.
    \
        Quum illa pateant, in promptuque sint omnibus. Cic. Veu que ces choses sont ouvertes et evidentes à touts.
    \
        In propatulo. Plin. iunior. Devant touts, Publiquement.
    \
        In propatulo aedium. Liu. Devant les maisons, En pleine rue.
    \
        Iam in propinquo certamen erat. Liu. Le combat estoit prest à donner.
    \
        In proximo. Terent. Tout aupres de nous.
    \
        In publico. Plin. Devant touts, Parmi les rues.
    \
        In publicum redigere bona. Liu. Confisquer.
    \
        In punctum. Sueton. Pour chascun poinct.
    \
        In queis sumus. Cic. Entre lesquels nous sommes.
    \
        In querelis mens. Plaut. Pleine de querelles.
    \
        In quinquennio. Cic. En cinq ans.
    \
        Duabus epistolis tuis perdiligenter in eandem rationem scriptis. Cic. Touchant le mesme affaire.
    \
        In reliquum tempus. Cic. Pour le temps advenir.
    \
        In remedio esse. Plin. Servir de remede.
    \
        In rem praesentem venire. Cic. Venir sur les lieux contentieux qui toutesfois se faisoit en autre maniere que celle d'aujourdhuy, Faire veue des lieux, Monstrer au doigt et à l'oeil.
    \
        Non potui te magis in rem praesentem perducere. Pli. iunior. Je ne t'eusse sceu plus clairement donner à entendre la chose.
    \
        In rem praesentem excurrere. Plin. iunior. Aller sur le lieu.
    \
        Ego in re praesenti inuenisse videor, quemadmodum huic periculo occurrerem. Plin. iunior. Moy estant sur le lieu.
    \
        In re praesenti, ex copia piscaria Consulere licebit quid emam. Plaut. Quand je seray là.
    \
        Fui illic in re praesenti. Plaut. Là, En ce lieu là, Quand la chose se faisoit.
    \
        In re praesenti deliberabis et constitues. Traianus ad Plinium. Sur le lieu.
    \
        Omnia quae in re praesenti accidisse credibile est. Quint. Alors, A l'heure, Sur le lieu.
    \
        In re mea est. Plaut. A mon prouffit.
    \
        In re ipsa. Terent. Par experience.
    \
        In eam rem siquid habebo. Plaut. Qui serve à cela, Qui soit afferent et pertinent à la matiere.
    \
        In rem nostram est. Plaut. C'est nostre prouffit.
    \
        Si in rem est vtrique, vt fiant, accersi iube. Terent. Si c'est le prouffit de touts deux.
    \
        In rem ventris. Plaut. Au prouffit du ventre.
    \
        In rem iurare. Vlpian. Jurer ou prester le serment de ce dont est proces simplement, non de son faict seulement, Jurer de la chose dont est question.
    \
        In rem concepta actio, vel scripta. Vlpian. Une action qu'il est permis intenter eu esgard à la chose seulement dont en icelle est question, non à la personne contre laquelle on agit, ou Une action de sa nature personnelle, laquelle à la maniere de reelles, compette contre touts ceulx qui detiennent la chose dont est question.
    \
        In illius respectum, iste populo praesideat. Senec. Pour l'esgard et en faveur de luy, Quand pour le respect des vertus du pere, on constitue le filz en dignité, combien que de soy il ne l'ait merité.
    \
        In ridiculo haberi. Plaut. Estre mocqué.
    \
        In saginam se coniicere. Plaut. Se mettre à gourmander et yvrongner.
    \
        In senecta. Plaut. En vieillesse.
    \
        Qui estis in senioribus. Plaut. Qui estes des plus anciens.
    \
        In sententia eadem esse. Cic. Tenir tousjours son opinion, Estre tousjours d'une opinion, Perseverer en son, etc.
    \
        In serum. Sueton. Jusques sur le soir.
    \
        In singulas ciuitates imposita pecunia. Liu. Sur chascune cité.
    \
        In singulos, HS. quinquagenis millibus dannari mauultis? Cic. Aimez vous mieulx estre condemnez un chascun de vous, etc.
    \
        In solatio est. Plaut. Cela me console.
    \
        In solutum accipere. Senec. Pour payement.
    \
        In solem proferre. Colum. Au soleil.
    \
        In somnis. Plaut. En dormant.
    \
        In speciem. Liu. Par faulx semblant.
    \
        Ducentes paucos in speciem captiuos. Liu. Faisants semblant de mener avec eulx, Pour monstre, Pour faire monstre.
    \
        Tenui vulnere in speciem. Liu. Ce semble à veoir.
    \
        Praeclara classis in speciem. Cic. D'apparence, Ce semble à veoir.
    \
        In spem vniuersae praedae flumen traiiciunt. Liu. En esperance d'avoir tout le pillage et la despouille.
    \
        In spem venire. Cic. Esperer.
    \
        In summa. Plin. iunior. En somme, Somme toute.
    \
        Hoc vix ab Apronio in summo beneficio impetratum est. Cic. Pour tout le plaisir qu'il leur eust peu faire.
    \
        In summum euadere. Liu. Au dessus, Au plus hault.
    \
        In superuacuum. Senec. En vain.
    \
        In suspenso relinquere. Plin. iunior. Laisser en doubte, et en balance, Laisser suspens, et comme entre deux fers.
    \
        In tam breui spatio. Terent. En si peu de temps.
    \
        Ista vulgo infixa sit fama in tantum, vt in maledictis, etc. Plin. Tant et si fort que, etc.
    \
        In talibus viris. Cic. De telles gens.
    \
        In te est mihi salus. Plaut. Mon aide et salut gist en toy.
    \
        In te. Plaut. Contre toy.
    \
        In tempore. Plaut. Liu. A temps, Tout à poinct, A l'heure qu'il falloit, Bien à poinct.
    \
        In tempore ipso Spes mihi sancta subuenit. Plaut. Tout à temps, Lors que besoing en estoit.
    \
        In ipso tempore eccum ipsum obuiam Chremetem. Terent. A l'heure qu'il falloit.
    \
        Studebat in coenae tempus. Plin. iunior. Jusques à ce qu'il falloit soupper.
    \
        In praesens tempus, pro Nunc. Cic. Maintenant.
    \
        In omne tempus. Cic. A tousjours et à jamais.
    \
        In tormentis esse. Plin. iunior. Estre tormenté.
    \
        In totum. Plin. iunior. Du tout, Totalement.
    \
        In tranquillo. Terent. En tranquillité, et sans plus de debat.
    \
        In transcursu. Plin. En passant.
    \
        Tractare aliquid in transitu. Quint. Legierement et en passant.
    \
        In triduo hoc. Plaut. D'ici à trois jours.
    \
        In triduo excludunt. Plin. Trois jours apres.
    \
        In turpissimis rebus habere. Caesar. Estimer entre les choses vilaines.
    \
        In tunicis albis venerunt. Plin. iun. Vestus d'habillements blancs.
    \
        In tussiendo. Plaut. En toussant.
    \
        In tuto res est. Plaut. La chose est en seureté.
    \
        In tutum eduxit legiones. Plaut. En lieu seur.
    \
        In vesperum parata. Plaut. Pour le vespre.
    \
        In via. Plaut. En chemin.
    \
        In vicem eorum succedente corporea cicatrice. Plin. En leur lieu et place.
    \
        In vicino sunt terrae. Plin. Prochaines.
    \
        In viros diuidere. Plaut. A chascun homme.
    \
        Suturae in vnguem commissae. Cels. Coustures dentelees des os de la teste, Coustures en forme d'ongles enclavez les uns dedens les autres, Assemblements ou assemblages à queue d'aronde.
    \
        In vniuersum. Quintil. En general.
    \
        In volatu. Plin. En volant.
    \
        Pessima Decemuirorum in vulgus fama est. Liu. Au grand deshonneur et reproche que le commun bailla.
    \
        In vulgus gratum. Cic. Aggreable au commun.

    Dictionarium latinogallicum > in

  • 10 recipio

    rĕ-cĭpĭo, cēpi, ceptum, 3 ( fut. apoc. recipie, for recipiam, Cato ap. Fest. p. 138 and 236 Müll.; v. dico init.:

    recepso, for recepero,

    Cat. 44, 19), v. a. [capio].
    I.
    To take back, get back, bring back; to retake, regain, recover.
    A.
    Lit. (very freq. and class.):

    dandis recipiendisque meritis,

    Cic. Lael. 8, 26:

    tu me sequere ad trapezitam... recipe actutum,

    Plaut. Curc. 5, 3, 49 (just before, ni argentum refers); cf.:

    centum talenta et credidisse eos constat, et non recepisse,

    Quint. 5, 10, 111; and (opp. mutuum dare) Mart. 3, 40, 4:

    si velit suos recipere, obsides sibi remittat,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 8 fin.:

    obsides,

    Suet. Aug. 21:

    reges,

    Liv. 2, 15:

    recepto amico,

    Hor. C. 2, 7, 27; 4, 2, 47. — Freq. of places, etc., once captured and lost, to retake:

    cum Tarento amisso... aliquot post annos Maximus id oppidum recepisset... nunquam ego (Tarentum) recepissem, nisi tu perdidisses,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 67, 273; cf. id. Sen. 4, 11:

    Lavinium,

    Liv. 2, 39;

    so of other things: recipere suas res amissas,

    Liv. 3, 63:

    praeda omnis recepta est,

    id. 3, 3:

    signa, quae ademerant Parthi,

    Suet. Tib. 9:

    arma,

    Liv. 9, 11; Curt. 4, 12, 17: pectore in adverso totum cui comminus ensem Condidit assurgenti, et multā morte recepit, drew out again, = retraxit, Verg. A. 9, 348; so,

    sagittam ab alterā parte,

    Cels. 7, 5, 2: suos omnes incolumes receperunt (sc. ex oppido in castra), drew off, withdrew, = reduxerunt, Caes. B. G. 7, 12 fin.; so,

    milites defessos,

    id. B. C. 1, 45 fin.:

    exercitum,

    Liv. 10, 42:

    equitatum navibus ad se intra munitiones,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 58:

    illum ego... medio ex hoste recepi,

    bore away, rescued, Verg. A. 6, 111.—
    b.
    With se, to draw back, withdraw from or to any place, to betake one ' s self anywhere; in milit. lang., to retire, retreat:

    se ex eo loco,

    Plaut. Aul. 4, 8, 10; cf.:

    se e fano,

    id. Poen. 4, 1, 5:

    se ex opere,

    id. Men. 5, 3, 7:

    se ex hisce locis,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 10, § 21:

    se e Siciliā,

    id. Brut. 92, 318:

    se ex fugā,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 20 fin.; id. B. C. 3, 102:

    se inde,

    id. B. G. 5, 15:

    se hinc,

    id. B. C. 1, 45 et saep.:

    recipe te,

    Plaut. Trin. 4, 3, 8:

    se,

    Cic. Off. 3, 10, 45 (just before, reverti); Caes. B. C. 3, 45 (coupled with loco excedere); 3, 46; cf.:

    sui recipiendi facultas,

    id. B. G. 3, 4 fin.; 6, 37;

    for which: se recipiendi spatium,

    Liv. 10, 28:

    recipe te ad erum,

    Plaut. Trin. 4, 3, 20:

    se ad dominum,

    id. ib. 4, 3, 1:

    se ad nos,

    Cic. Att. 4, 15, 2:

    se ad suos,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 46; 7, 82; id. B. C. 3, 38; 3, 50; 3, 52 fin.:

    se ad Caesarem (Allobroges, legati),

    id. B. G. 1, 11; 4, 38:

    se ad agmen,

    id. ib. 7, 13; id. B. C. 3, 75 fin.:

    se penitus ad extremos fines,

    id. B. G. 6, 10:

    se ad legionem,

    id. ib. 7, 50 fin.:

    se ad oppidum llerdam,

    id. B. C. 1, 45:

    se ad ordines suos,

    id. ib. 2, 41:

    se ad signa,

    id. B. G. 5, 34 fin.; id. B. C. 1, 43 fin.:

    se a pabulo ad stabulum,

    Plaut. Mil. 2, 3, 33:

    inde se in currus,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 33 fin.:

    se ex castris in oppidum,

    id. B. C. 2, 35:

    se in castra,

    id. B. G. 2. 11 fin.; 2, 24; 3, 6; 3, 26 fin.;

    4, 15 et saep.: se in fines,

    id. ib. 4, 16:

    se in Galliam,

    id. ib. 4, 19 fin.:

    se in montem,

    id. ib. 1, 25: se in antiquas munitiones, id. B. C. 3, 54 fin.:

    se in silvas ad suos,

    id. B. G. 2, 19:

    se in castra ad urbem,

    id. B. C. 2, 25; 2, 26; cf.:

    se retro in castra,

    Liv. 23, 36;

    and with this cf.: sese retro in Bruttios,

    id. 23, 37;

    and so, se, with rursus,

    Plaut. Capt. 1, 2, 25; id. Pers. 4, 5, 6; id. Rud. 4, 6, 19; Caes. B. G. 5, 34 fin.; id. B. C. 2, 41 et saep.:

    se in novissimos,

    Liv. 7, 40:

    se intra munitiones,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 44; cf.:

    se intra montes,

    id. B. C. 1, 65:

    se per declive,

    id. ib. 3, 51:

    se sub murum,

    id. ib. 2, 14:

    se trans Rhenum,

    id. B. G. 6, 41:

    se Larissam versus,

    id. B. C. 3, 97:

    se domum ex hostibus,

    Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 52:

    se domum,

    id. ib. 2, 2, 31; id. Capt. 1, 2, 25; id. Aul. 2, 1, 55:

    se Adrumetum,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 23:

    se Hispalim,

    id. ib. 2, 20:

    se Dyrrhachium ad Pompeium,

    id. ib. 3, 9 fin.:

    se illuc,

    Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 10; id. Merc. 5, 2, 40; id. Ps. 3, 1, 23 al.; cf.:

    se huc esum ad praesepim suam,

    id. Curc. 2, 1, 13:

    se eo,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 25 et saep. — In the same meaning, without se: neque sepulcrum, quo recipiat, habeat portum corporis, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 44, 107 (Trag. v. 415 Vahl.); cf.

    of a military retreat: si quo erat longius prodeundum aut celerius recipiendum,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 48 fin.; so without se after the verbum finitum several times in Plaut.:

    rursum in portum recipimus,

    Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 60:

    dum recipis,

    id. Rud. 3, 6, 42:

    actutum face recipias,

    id. Merc. 2, 4, 30. —
    2.
    Transf.
    (α).
    In business lang., to keep back, retain, reserve (cf. Gell. 17, 6, 6):

    posticulum hoc recepit, quom aedis vendidit,

    Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 157; so in a sale, Crassus ap. Cic. de Or. 2, 55, 226; Cic. Top. 26, 100; Dig. 19, 1, 53; 8, 4, 10: mulier magnam dotem dat et magnam pecuniam recipit, Cato ap. Gell. 17, 6, 8. — With object-clause, Cato, R. R. 149, 2. — With dat.:

    aqua, itinere, actu domini usioni recipitur,

    Cato, R. R. 149, 2.—
    (β).
    To restore (late Lat.):

    urbem munitissimam,

    to fortify anew, Amm. 16, 3, 2. —
    B.
    Trop., to get back, bring back; to receive again, regain, recover:

    ut antiquam frequentiam recipere vastam ac desertam bellis urbem paterentur,

    Liv. 24, 3:

    jus,

    Quint. 5, 10, 118:

    et totidem, quot dixit, verba recepit,

    got back, Ov. M. 3, 384:

    quam (vitam) postquam recepi,

    received again, id. ib. 15, 535: anhelitum, to recover one ' s breath, Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 21; id. Merc. 3, 4, 16; cf.

    spiritum,

    Quint. 11, 3, 55:

    animam,

    Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 26; Quint. 6, prooem. §

    13: a tanto pavore recipere animos,

    Liv. 21, 5, 16 Weissenb.:

    a pavore animum,

    id. 2, 50, 10:

    e pavore recepto animo,

    id. 44, 10, 1;

    for which: animos ex pavore,

    id. 21, 5 fin.:

    recepto animo,

    Curt. 6, 9, 2; 9, 5, 29:

    animum vultumque,

    Ov. F. 4, 615:

    mente receptā,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 104:

    (vocem) ab acutissimo sono usque ad gravissimum sonum recipere,

    to bring it back, Cic. de Or. 1, 59, 251. —

    In zeugma (cf. I. A. supra): arma et animos,

    Curt. 4, 12, 17.—
    b.
    With se.
    (α).
    To betake one ' s self, withdraw, retire from or to any place:

    ad ingenium vetus versutum te recipis tuum,

    Plaut. As. 2, 1, 7:

    ad frugem bonam,

    Cic. Cael. 12, 28:

    ad reliquam cogitationem belli,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 17 fin.:

    se a voluptatibus in otium,

    Plin. Pan. 82, 8:

    se in principem,

    to resume his princely air, id. ib. 76, 5.— More freq.,
    (β).
    To recover, to collect one ' s self:

    difficulter se recipiunt,

    regain strength, Varr. R. R. 2, 5, 17:

    quae cum intuerer stupens, ut me recepi, Quis hic, inquam, etc.,

    Cic. Rep. 6, 18, 18:

    nullum spatium respirandi recipiendique se dedit,

    Liv. 10, 28:

    se ex terrore ac fugā,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 12:

    se ex timore,

    id. ib. 4, 34:

    se ex fugā,

    id. ib. 4, 27:

    nondum totā me mente recepi,

    Ov. M. 5, 275.
    II.
    (Acc. to re, I. b.) To take to one ' s self, admit, accept, receive; constr. with the simple acc., with ad, or in and acc., in and abl., with simple abl., with a local acc.
    A.
    Lit.
    (α).
    With simple acc.:

    quos homines quondam Laurentis terra recepit, Enn. ap. Prisc. p 762 P. (Ann. v. 35 Vahl.): (ego) excludor, ille recipitur,

    Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 79:

    aliquem,

    Cic. Off. 3, 11, 48:

    hic nulla munitio est, quae perterritos recipiat,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 39; cf.:

    hos tutissimus portus recipiebat,

    id. B. C. 3, 27; 1, 15; cf. id. ib. 3, 11 fin.;

    3, 35: eum Jugurtha accuratissime recepit,

    Sall. J. 16, 3:

    neque quisquam aut expulsus invidiosius aut receptus est laetius,

    Vell. 2, 45, 3; Quint. 7, 1, 14; 9, 2, 89:

    nisi nos vicina Trivici Villa recepisset,

    Hor. S. 1, 5, 80 [p. 1533] et saep.:

    quisnam istic fluvius est, quem non recipiat mare?

    Plaut. Curc. 1, 1, 86; cf. Caes. B. G. 4, 10; and:

    (Peneus) accipit amnem Orcon nec recipit,

    i. e. does not take it to itself, does not mingle with it, Plin. 4, 8, 15, § 31:

    equus frenum recepit,

    received, submitted to, Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 36:

    necesse erat, ab latere aperto tela recipi,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 35. —
    (β).
    With ad:

    recipe me ad te,

    Plaut. Cist. 3, 9; id. Am. 3, 2, 11; id. Rud. 2, 3, 20; id. Ps. 3, 6, 6; Ter. Heaut. 3, 3, 6; Suet. Caes. 63:

    aliquem ad epulas,

    Cic. Top. 5, 25; cf.:

    ad lusum,

    Suet. Ner. 11. —
    (γ).
    With in and acc.:

    recipe me in tectum,

    Plaut. Rud. 2, 7, 16:

    concubinam in aedes,

    id. Mil. 4, 3, 3:

    nos in custodiam tuam,

    id. Rud. 3, 3, 34:

    Tarquinium in civitatem,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 20, 35; id. Balb. 13, 31; Liv. 2, 5; Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 6:

    aliquem in ordinem senatorium,

    Cic. Phil. 7, 5, 15:

    aliquem in fidem,

    id. Fam. 13, 19, 2; id. Att. 15, 14, 3; Caes. B. G. 2, 15; 4, 22:

    aliquem in civitatem,

    Cic. Balb. 12, 29:

    aliquem in caelum,

    id. N. D. 3, 15, 39:

    aliquem in deditionem,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 21 fin.; Liv. 8, 13; Suet. Calig. 14 al.:

    aliquem in jus dicionemque,

    Liv. 21, 61:

    aliquem in amicitiam,

    Sall. J. 14, 5; 5, 4 Kritz N. cr.:

    aliquam in matrimonium,

    Suet. Caes. 50; Just. 9, 5, 9 et saep. —
    (δ).
    With in and abl. (rare and in purely local relations; v. Kritz ad Sall. J. 5, 4):

    aliquem in loco,

    Plaut. Stich. 5, 4, 3:

    loricati in equis recipiuntur, Auct. B. Hisp. 4, 2: sidera in caelo recepta,

    Ov. M. 2, 529 (but in Liv. 24, 32, 6, the correct read. is tuto Hexapylo, without in; v. Weissenb. ad h. l.). —
    (ε).
    With simple abl. (mostly in purely local relations):

    ut tuo recipias tecto servesque nos,

    Plaut. Rud. 1, 5, 18; so,

    aliquem tecto,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 66 fin.:

    exercitum tectis ac sedibus suis,

    Cic. Agr. 2, 33, 90:

    aliquem suis urbibus,

    id. Fl. 25, 61:

    aliquem civitate,

    id. Balb. 14, 32:

    aliquem finibus suis,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 6; 7, 20 fin.:

    aliquem oppido ac portu,

    id. B. C. 3, 12; 3, 102 fin.:

    aliquem moenibus,

    Sall. J. 28, 2:

    Romulus caelo receptus,

    Quint. 3, 7, 5:

    receptus Terra Neptunus,

    Hor. A. P. 63 et saep. —
    (ζ).
    With local acc.:

    me Acheruntem recipere Orcus noluit,

    Plaut. Most. 2, 2, 68:

    aliquem domum suam,

    Cic. Arch. 3, 5; cf.:

    aliquem domum ad se hospitio,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 20.—
    (η).
    Absol.:

    plerosque hi, qui receperant, celant,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 76.—
    2.
    Transf.
    a.
    In business lang., to take in, receive as the proceeds of any thing:

    dena milia sestertia ex melle,

    Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 11:

    pecuniam ex novis vectigalibus,

    Cic. Agr. 2, 23, 62:

    pecunia, quae recipi potest,

    id. ib. 2, 18, 47. —
    b.
    In gladiator's lang.: recipe ferrum, receive your death-blow, the cry of the people to a vanquished gladiator whom they were not inclined to spare, Cic. Sest. 37, 80; id. Tusc. 2, 17, 41 Kühn.; Sen. Tranq. 11, 1;

    for which: totum telum corpore,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 12, 33; and:

    ense recepto,

    Luc. 2, 194 Corte.—
    c.
    Milit. t. t., to seize, capture, take possession of, occupy: mittit in Siciliam Curionem pro praetore cum legionibus duo;

    eundem, cum Siciliam recepisset, etc.,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 30:

    Praeneste non vi, sed per deditionem receptum est,

    Liv. 6, 29:

    Aegyptum sine certamine,

    Just. 11, 11, 1:

    eo oppido recepto,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 13 fin.:

    civitatem,

    id. ib. 6, 8; 7, 90; id. B. C. 1, 12; 1, 16; 1, 30;

    3, 16: Aetoliam,

    id. ib. 3, 55:

    rempublicam armis,

    Sall. C. 11, 4:

    Alciden terra recepta vocat,

    the subjugated earth, Prop. 5, 9, 38. —
    d.
    In the later medical lang., of medicines, to receive, i. e. be compounded of various ingredients:

    antidotos recipit haec: stoechados, marrubii, etc.,

    Scrib. Comp. 106; so id. ib. 27; 28; 37; 52 al. (hence the mod. Lat. receptum, receipt, and recipe).—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    To take to or upon one ' s self, to assume; to receive, accept, admit, allow, endechomai:

    non edepol istaec tua dicta nunc in aures recipio,

    Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 34; cf. Quint. 11, 1, 91:

    jusjurandum,

    id. 5, 6, 1; 3; cf. id. 7, 1, 24: in semet ipsum religionem recipere, to draw upon one ' s self, Liv. 10, 40:

    quae legibus cauta sunt, quae persuasione in mores recepta sunt,

    admitted, Quint. 5, 10, 13; cf. id. 10, 7, 15:

    antiquitas recepit fabulas... haec aetas autem respuit,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 10; cf. Quint. 6, 4, 19:

    nec inconstantiam virtus recipit nec varietatem natura patitur,

    Cic. Rep. 3, 11, 18; cf. Vell. 2, 130, 3: non recipit istam Conjunctionem honestas, Cic. Off. 3, 33, 119:

    assentatio nocere nemini potest, nisi ei, qui eam recipit atque eă delectatur,

    id. Lael. 26, 97:

    timor misericordiam non recipit,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 26:

    casus recipere (res),

    to admit, be liable to, id. B. C. 1, 78; so,

    aliquem casum (res),

    id. ib. 3, 51:

    re jam non ultra recipiente cunctationem,

    Liv. 29, 24; Vell. 2, 52, 3:

    sed hoc distinctionem recipit,

    Just. Inst. 1, 12 pr.:

    si recipiatur poëtica fabulositas,

    Plin. 7, 28, 29, § 101:

    in hoc genere prorsus recipio hanc brevem annotationem,

    Quint. 10, 7, 31; cf. id. 8, 3, 31:

    nos necessarios maxime atque in usum receptos (tropos) exequemur,

    id. 8, 6, 2; cf. id. 8, 6, 32; 5, 11, 20; 11, 3, 104; so with a subj.-clause, id. 1, 3, 14; 6, 3, 103; Plin. 28, 2, 5, § 24 al.—
    (β).
    Of opinions, etc., to adopt, embrace (late Lat.):

    alicujus sententiam,

    Sulp. Sev. Chron. 2, 39, 1:

    opinionem,

    id. Dial. 1, 17, 5.—
    2.
    In partic.
    a.
    To take upon one ' s self, undertake, accept the performance of a task consigned or intrusted to one (whereas suscipio denotes, in gen., the voluntary undertaking of any action; cf.:

    spondeo, stipulor, polliceor): recepi causam Siciliae... ego tamen hoc onere suscepto et receptā causā Siciliensi amplexus animo sum aliquanto amplius. Suscepi enim causam totius ordinis, etc.,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 1, § 1:

    in hoc judicio mihi Siculorum causam receptam, populi Romani susceptam esse videor,

    id. Div. in Caecil. 8, 26; and:

    in quo est illa magna offensio vel neglegentiae susceptis rebus vel perfidiae receptis,

    id. de Or. 2, 24, 101; cf. also Quint. 12, 1, 39:

    verebamini, ne non id facerem, quod recepissem semel?

    Ter. Phorm. 5, 7, 9:

    causam Sex. Roscii,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 1, 2:

    mandatum,

    id. ib. 38, 112:

    officium,

    id. Verr. 2, 5, 71, § 183:

    curam ad se,

    Suet. Tit. 6.—
    b.
    To take an obligation upon one ' s self, to pledge one ' s self, pass one ' s word, be surety for a thing, to warrant, promise, engage a thing to any one, = anadechomai (a favorite word of Cic., esp. in his Epistles): Pe. Tute unus si recipere hoc ad te dicis... Pa. Dico et recipio Ad me, Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 74; cf.:

    ad me recipio: Faciet,

    Ter. Heaut. 5, 5, 12:

    promitto in meque recipio, fore eum, etc.,

    Cic. Fam. 13, 10, 3; cf.:

    spondeo in meque recipio eos esse, etc.,

    id. ib. 13, 17, 3.—With obj.-clause:

    promitto, recipio, spondeo, C. Caesarem talem semper fore civem, qualis hodie sit,

    Cic. Phil. 5, 18, 51; so with hoc, id. Fam. 13, 50, 2 (with spondeo); 6, 12, 3; 13, 41, 2 (with confirmo); id. Att. 5, 13, 2; Caecin. ap. Cic. Fam. 6, 7, 4; Liv. 7, 14 Drak.; 33, 13 fin.:

    pro Cassio et te, si quid me velitis recipere, recipiam,

    Cic. Fam. 11, 1, 4. — With de:

    de aestate polliceris vel potius recipis,

    Cic. Att. 13, 1, 2; Liv. 40, 35; cf.

    also: sed fidem recepisse sibi et ipsum et Appium de me,

    had given him a solemn assurance, Cic. Att. 2, 22, 2.— With dat. (after the analogy of promitto, polliceor, spondeo):

    ea, quae tibi promitto ac recipio,

    Cic. Fam. 5, 8, 5; cf.: omnia ei et petenti recepi et ultro pollicitus sum, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 21, 1; 7, 1:

    mihi,

    id. ib. 10, 13, 3; Caes. B. C. 3, 82 fin.:

    quid sibi is de me recepisset, in memoriam redegit,

    Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 9.—With dat. and obj.-clause:

    mihi in Cumano diligentissime se, ut annui essemus, defensurum receperat,

    Cic. Att. 5, 17, 5;

    so,

    id. Fam. 6, 12, 3 Manut. (with confirmare); 13, 72, 1; Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 17, 1; Caes. B. C. 3, 17; Suet. Caes. 23 fin. —
    c.
    In jurid. lang.: recipere nomen, of the prætor, to receive or entertain a charge against one, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 38, § 94; 2, 2, 42, § 102; Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 8, 2; Val. Max. 3, 7, 9;

    for which: recipere reum,

    Tac. A. 2, 74 fin.; 4, 21:

    aliquem inter reos,

    id. ib. 3, 70; 13, 10. —Hence,
    A.
    rĕceptus, a, um, P. a. (acc. to II. B. 1.), received, usual, current, customary (post-class. and very rare):

    auctoritas receptior,

    Tert. adv. Marc. 4, 5: scriptores receptissimi, Sol. praef.—
    B.
    rĕceptum, i, n. subst. (acc. to II. B. 2. b.), an engagement, obligation, guaranty:

    satis est factum Siculis, satis promisso nostro ac recepto,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 53, § 139; cf.:

    promissum et receptum intervertit,

    id. Phil. 2, 32, 79.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > recipio

  • 11 contra

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

    feminam scelestam te, adstans contra, contuor,

    Plaut. Pers. 2, 2, 26:

    ut confidenter mihi contra adstitit,

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

    signum contra, quoad longissume oculi ferebant, animo finivit,

    Liv. 1, 18, 8:

    stat contra starique jubet,

    Juv. 3, 290:

    stat contra dicitque tibi tua pagina Fures!

    Mart. 1, 55, 12:

    ulmus erat contra,

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

    templa vides contra,

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

    contra conserta manu,

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

    contra jacet Cancer patulam distentus in alvum,

    Manil. 2, 253:

    posita contra Hispania,

    Tac. Agr. 11:

    promuntorium quod contra procedit,

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

    arguam hanc vidisse apud te contra conservum meum,

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

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

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

    accede ad me atque adi contra,

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

    adspicedum contra me = contra adspice me,

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

    contra adspicere,

    id. Mil. 2, 1, 45:

    contra intueri,

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

    cum veniret contra Marcianus,

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    te ut deludam contra, lusorem meum,

    Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 71:

    quae me amat, quam ego contra amo,

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

    qui arguat se, eum contra vincat jurejurando suo,

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

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

    Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 54:

    audi nunc contra jam,

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

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

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

    Mettius Tullo gratulatur, contra Tullus Mettium benigne alloquitur,

    Liv. 1, 28, 1:

    contra ut me diligat illa,

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

    cui latrans contra senex,

    Phaedr. 5, 10, 7:

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

    Plin. Ep. 7, 6, 4.—

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

    Gell. 15, 9, 9; cf.:

    contra talia reddit,

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

    consulo quem dolum doloso contra conservo parem,

    Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 45:

    facere contra huic aegre,

    Ter. Eun. 4, 1, 10:

    hiscine contra insidiabere?

    id. Hec. 1. 1, 13:

    tibi contra gratiam Referre,

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

    item a me contra factum est,

    Plaut. Aul. prol. 20:

    puellam senex Amat et item contra filius,

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

    Consonat terra,

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

    confer gradum Contra pariter,

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

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

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

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

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

    si scias quod donum huic dono contra comparet,

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

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

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

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

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

    agedum pauca accipe contra,

    Hor. S. 1, 4, 38.—So in battle:

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

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

    oratio contra a Demosthene pro Ctesiphonte edita,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 56, 213:

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

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

    concurrunt... aetheriae nubes contra pugnantibu' ventis,

    struggling against each other, Lucr. 6. 98:

    nec nos obniti contra... Sufficimus,

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

    at ille contra nititur,

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

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

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

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

    Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 1, § 4:

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

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

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

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

    siti contra... pugnandum,

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

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

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

    contra etiam aliquid abs te profectum ex multis audivi,

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

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

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

    ut eos adversarios existimemus qui arma contra ferant,

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

    quid quod exercitum contra duxit?

    Auct. Her. 4, 16, 23:

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

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

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

    Liv. 7, 39, 17:

    cum Romanae legiones contra direxerint,

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

    et huic contra itum ad amnem Erinden,

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

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

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

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

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

    inveniendum contra est, quo distet haec causa a ceteris,

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

    ne spoliaret fama probatum hominem si contra judicasset,

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

    astrologorum artem contra convincere tendit,

    Lucr. 5, 728:

    contra nunc illud pone, etc.,

    Sen. Ben. 7, 14, 6:

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

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

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

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

    honores contra petere,

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

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

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

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

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

    cum contra dicturus Hortensius esset,

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

    hoc... contra dicente Cotta judicatum est,

    id. Caecin. 33, 97:

    dixisse ut contra nemo videretur,

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

    contra autem qui dicet, similitudinem infirmare debebit,

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

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

    Cic. Clu. 48, 134:

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

    id. Quint. 29, 88; so,

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

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

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

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

    contra disputare and contra scribere,

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

    nec qui contra dicunt causam difficilem repellunt,

    Cic. Fin. 3, 1, 2:

    ad coarguendos qui contra disputant,

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

    quam palam principes dixerunt contra!

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

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

    Cic. Att. 1, 14, 5:

    filius ejus incolumitatem optat: contradicit pater,

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

    contradicente nullo,

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

    contradixit edicto,

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

    explorandum videtur an etiam contradicto aliquando judicio consuetudo firmata sit,

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

    ego enim, te disputante, quid contra dicerem meditabar,

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

    ut contra si quid dicere velit non audiatur,

    id. Fin. 5, 10, 27:

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

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

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

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

    quia neque reprehendi quae contra dicuntur possunt, etc.,

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

    seu proposita confirmamus, sive contra dicta dissolvimus,

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

    dicitur contra, nullum esse testamentum,

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

    solitum se etiam Thraseae contradicere,

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

    tibi,

    Suet. Aug. 54:

    Curioni...,

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

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

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

    cum plures tantum sententiis aliorum contradicerent,

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

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

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

    cum ambienti ut legibus solveretur multi contradicerent,

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

    preces erant, sed quibus contradici non posset,

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

    quibus (legibus) contradici potest,

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

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

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

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

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

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

    Quint. 7, 3, 14:

    cum verba (legis) contra sint,

    id. 7, 1, 49:

    sed experimentum contra fuit,

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

    ubi fortuna contra fuit,

    id. ib. 3, 18:

    si fortuna contra daret,

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

    quod fieri totum contra manifesta docet res,

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

    in stultitia contra est,

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

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

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

    quod contra est,

    Sall. J. 85, 21:

    quis non credat, etc.? Contra autem est,

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

    contra fore si, etc.,

    ib. 34, 2, 39, § 2:

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

    ib. 41, 3, 49:

    ego contra puto (i. e. esse),

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

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

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

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

    id. Att. 10, 8, 2:

    contra evenit in iis morbis,

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

    ego contra sentio,

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

    Proculus contra (sc. sentit),

    ib. 35, 2, 1, § 14; 33, 7, 25:

    licet Celsus contra scribat,

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

    cujus disparem mitioremque naturam contra interpretabatur,

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

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

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

    quod contra, id turpe,

    id. Off. 1, 27, 94:

    sit sapienter usus aut contra,

    Quint. 2, 5, 15:

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

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

    ut aliae (res) probabiles videantur aliae contra,

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

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

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

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

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

    laudare testem vel contra pertinet ad momentum judiciorum,

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

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

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

    mihi contra,

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

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

    Sall. J. 88, 2:

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

    Quint. 2, 4, 21:

    alii a propositione accusatoris contraque loci oriuntur,

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

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

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

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

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

    quae etiam contra valent,

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

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

    Cic. Or. 36, 123:

    cum emtor venditori, vel contra, heres exstitit,

    Dig. 35, 2, 48:

    in quibus patrium pro possessivo dicitur, vel contra,

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

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

    id. 1, 5, 68:

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

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

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

    Cic. Or. 42, 143:

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

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

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

    Cic. Div. in Caecil. 11, 35:

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

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

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

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

    contra mercator, navim jactantibus austris Militia est potior?

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

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

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

    contra in aridiore hordeum potius quam far,

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    at contra,

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

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

    id. ib. 2, 7, 23:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    Cic. Off. 1, 30, 109:

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

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

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

    Cic. Balb. 22, 51:

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

    Dig. 13, 7, 21:

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

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

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

    Cic. Sull. 7, 21:

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

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

    et contra,

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

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

    Lucr. 2, 400:

    cogunt,

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    Liv. 45, 18, 1:

    tu ne cede malis, sed contra audentior ito,

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    num aut scriptum neget, aut contra factum infitietur?

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

    si imbres defuere, aut contra abundavere,

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

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

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

    seu tristis veniam, seu contra laetus amicis,

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

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

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

    aliis vero econtra videtur,

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

    honestiorum provectu et econtra suppliciis,

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

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

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

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

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

    proinde ne submiseris te, immo contra fige stabilem gradum,

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

    immo contra ea,

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    judicium suscepturos contra atque omnis Italia populusque Romanus judicavisset,

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

    itaque contra est ac dicitis,

    Cic. Fin. 4, 15, 41:

    vides, omnia fere contra ac dicta sint evenisse,

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

    cum contra ac Deiotarus sensit victoria belli judicaret,

    id. Phil. 11, 13, 34:

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

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

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

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

    cui contra quam proposuerat aliqua cesserunt,

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

    contra quam licet,

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

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

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

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

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

    contra quam ista causa postulasset,

    id. Caecin. 24, 67:

    contra quam sanctum legibus est,

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

    contraque faciunt quam polliceri videntur,

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

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

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

    ad insulam quae est contra Massiliam,

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

    Rhodios, pacatis contra insulam suam terris, etc.,

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

    Carthago Italiam contra,

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

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

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

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

    Lucr. 5, 708:

    contra Volucris rostrum posita est Lyra,

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

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

    Plin. 18, 33, 76, § 327; cf.:

    contra mediam faciem meridies erit,

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

    contra autem E littera I erit ubi secat circinationem linea,

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

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

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

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

    Plin. 34, 6, 13, § 29:

    contra medium fere porticum diaeta paulum recedit,

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

    id quod contra stomachum est,

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

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

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

    adversus, ad, e regione,

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

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

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

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

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

    rex constiterat contra pedites,

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

    ne contra septentrionem paveris,

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

    contra solem varie refulgens,

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

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

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

    (Dinocrates) incessit contra tribunal regis jus dicentis,

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

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

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

    contra vim atque impetum fluminis conversa,

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

    cum plateae contra directos ventos erunt conformatae,

    Vitr. 1, 6, 8:

    ut contra ventum gregem pascamus,

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

    contra fluminum impetus aggeribus,

    id. 35, 14, 48, § 169:

    capite in sole contra pilum peruncto,

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

    contra fortunam tenendus est cursus,

    Sen. Prov. 5, 9.—Prov.:

    contra stimulum calces,

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

    quae vis Coclitem contra omnes hostium copias tenuit?

    Cic. Par. 1, 2, 12:

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

    id. Att. 15, 20, 3:

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

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

    a fronte contra hostem pedum quindecim fossam fieri jussit,

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

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

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

    terribilis haec contra fugientes belua est, fugax contra insequentes,

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

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

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

    tum contra hanc Romam illa altera Roma quaeretur,

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

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

    Caes. B. G. 1, 40:

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

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

    quod contra hoc exemplum nulla staret eorum ratio,

    Auct. Her. 4, 5, 7:

    contra populi studium,

    Cic. Brut. 34, 126:

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

    id. ib. 79, 273; so,

    a mendacio contra veritatem,

    id. Inv. 1, 3, 4:

    contra cives in acie,

    id. Att. 16, 11, 2:

    et adversi contra stetit ora juvenci,

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

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

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

    aut saevos Libyae contra ire leones,

    Stat. Th. 9, 16.— Trop.:

    uti contra injurias armati eatis,

    Sall. J. 31, 6:

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

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

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

    Quint. 10, 1, 114:

    CORONATO CONTRA OMNES SCAENICOS,

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

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

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

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

    Plin. 7, 1, 1, § 1:

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

    Sen. Ep. 9, 9:

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

    Cic. Fam. 7, 2, 3:

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

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

    nomen prorogans nostrum et memoriam extendens contra brevitatem aevi,

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

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

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

    contrane lucrum nil valere Pauperis ingenium?

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

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

    id. ib. 13, 2;

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

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

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

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

    oneravi vinum, et tunc erat contra aurum,

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

    contra ea Titurius sero facturos clamitabat, etc.,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 29:

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

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

    quae contra breviter fata est vates,

    Verg. A. 6, 398:

    contra quod disertus Tu impie fecisti inquit, etc.,

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

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

    Plin. 8, 7, 7, § 22:

    proelium Afri contra Aegyptios primi fecere fustibus,

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

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

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

    contra Antonium,

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

    contra patriam,

    id. Sull. 20, 58:

    pugnare contra patriam,

    id. ib. 25, 70:

    contra conjuges et liberos,

    Sen. Ben. 5, 15, 5:

    armatum esse contra populum Romanum,

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

    armis contendere contra,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 13:

    arma alicui dare (trop.),

    Cic. Phil. 2, 21, 53:

    aciem instruere (trop.),

    Liv. 25, 4, 4:

    exercitum comparare,

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

    exercitum instruere,

    id. Cat. 2, 11, 24:

    exercitum ducere and adducere,

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

    exercitum contra Philippum mittere,

    id. Inv. 1, 12, 17:

    naves ducere contra,

    Hor. Epod. 4, 19:

    ducere contra hostes,

    Liv. 1, 27, 4:

    florem Italiae educere contra,

    Cic. Cat. 2, 11, 24:

    proficisci contra,

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

    auxilium ferre Rutulis contra Latinos,

    Plin. 14, 12, 14, § 88:

    juvare aliquem contra,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 35:

    consilium inire contra Sequanos,

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

    cum agerem contra hominem disertissimum nostrae civitatis,

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

    (causam) quam receperam contra pueros Octavios,

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

    rogavit me Caecilius ut adessem contra Satrium,

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

    esse contra,

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

    at contra se adfuit et satisfacienti satisfecit,

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

    causam defendere contra,

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

    statuere contra aliquem (sc. causam),

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

    actio competit contra,

    Dig. 49, 14, 41:

    querelam instituere contra,

    ib. 5, 2, 21, § 1:

    bonorum possessionem petere contra,

    ib. 5, 2, 23:

    jus obtinere contra,

    Cic. Quint. 9, 34:

    pugnare contra,

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

    id quod mihi contra illos datum est,

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

    judicare contra aliquem,

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

    pronuntiare contra,

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

    decernere contra,

    Cic. Fl. 31, 76:

    appellare contra aliquem,

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

    contra sententiam,

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

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

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

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

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

    contra rem suam me venisse questus est,

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

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

    Cic. de Or. 1, 57, 244:

    cum ille contra me pro Sex. Naevio diceret,

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

    causam dicere,

    id. Or. 2, 23, 98:

    causam perorare,

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

    quorum alter pro Aufldia, contra dixit alter,

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

    si Gaditani contra me dicerent,

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

    si decressent legationem quae contra istum diceret,

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

    testimonium in aliquem dicere,

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

    contra juris consultos dicere,

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

    contra testes dicendum est,

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

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

    Auct. Her. 4, 23, 33:

    tamenne vereris ut possis hoc contra Hortensium contendere?

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

    cum scriberem contra Epicurios,

    Cic. Att. 13, 38, 1:

    contra Epicurum satis superque dictum est,

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

    contra Brutum,

    id. Tusc. 5, 8, 21:

    contra Academiam,

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

    contra autem omnia disputatur a nostris,

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

    sentire contra,

    Cic. Mil. 2, 5:

    pugnare contra bonos,

    id. Sull. 25, 71:

    contra eos summa ope nitebatur nobilitas,

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

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

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

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

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

    adversus, in): inire consilia contra,

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

    manum comparare contra aliquem,

    id. Sull. 24, 68:

    conjurationem facere,

    id. ib. 4, 12:

    congredi,

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

    aliquid contra imperatorem moliri,

    Just. Inst. 4, 18, 3:

    nec dolor armasset contra sua viscera matrem,

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

    eae (res) contra nos ambae faciunt,

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

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

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

    epigramma quod contra quamdam Gelliam scripsit,

    Lampr. Alex. Sev. 38:

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

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

    licentiam malis dare certe contra bonos est,

    injurious to, Quint. 4, 2, 75:

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

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

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

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

    quibus (temporibus) aliquid contra Caesarem Pompeio suaserim,

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

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

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

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

    id. Att. 7, 5, 5:

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

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

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

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

    fidem meam quam essent contra Massam Baebium experti,

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

    contra se ipse misericors,

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

    severissimus judex contra fures,

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

    ut quam maximae contra Hannibalem copiae sint,

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

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

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

    Cato pro se contra Cassium = in oratione contra,

    Gell. 10, 15, 3; so,

    haec perpetua defensio contra Scaevolam,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 54, 221:

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

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

    unam orationem contra Gracchum reliquit,

    Cic. Brut. 26, 99:

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

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

    contra patres concitatio et seditio,

    Cic. Brut. 14, 56.—Of animals:

    contra volpium genus communibus inimicitiis,

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

    cum fulmina contra Tot paribus streperet clipeis,

    Verg. A. 10, 567:

    pugnandum tamquam contra morbum, sic contra senectutem,

    Cic. Sen. 11, 35:

    contra verum niti,

    Sall. J. 35, 8:

    contra fortunam luctari,

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

    bellum contra aras, focos, vitam fortunasque gerere,

    Cic. Phil. 3, 1, 1:

    bellum gerimus... contra arma verbis,

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

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

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

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

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

    contra ratiocinationem,

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

    contra caput dicere,

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

    servum in caput domini interrogare,

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

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

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

    contra tabulas judicare,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 70, 281:

    contra testamentum,

    Dig. 2, 17, § 1:

    contra sententiam dicere,

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

    inmittere in bona),

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

    dicere, disputare, disserere contra opinionem or sententiam,

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

    in sententiam dicere,

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

    contra sensus dicere,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 31, 101:

    contra rhetoricen dicere,

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

    contra Iliadem et Odysseam scribere,

    Vitr. 7, praef. 8:

    contra quorum disciplinam ingenium ejus exarserat,

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

    contra voluptatem dicere,

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

    contra mortem loqui,

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

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

    id. ib. 100, 10:

    contra fortunam gloriari,

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

    contra potentiam accusatorum dicere,

    Cic. Brut. 44, 164:

    contra legem dicere or verba facere,

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

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

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

    senatusconsulto quod contra dignitatem tuam fieret,

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

    contra rem publicam se commovere,

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

    incitari,

    id. Sest. 47, 100:

    consilia inire,

    id. Agr. 2, 3, 8:

    conjurationem facere,

    Sall. C. 30, 6:

    contra salutem urbis incitari,

    Cic. Cat. 3, 8, 20:

    cogitare aliquid contra salutem,

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

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

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

    ne quid contra aequitatem contendas, ne quid pro injuria,

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

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

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

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

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

    contra salutem rei publicae facere,

    Cic. Dom. 38, 102:

    contra majestatem,

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

    contra leges,

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

    contra edictum (praetoris),

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

    contra foedus,

    Cic. Balb. 6, 16:

    contra jusjurandum ac fidem,

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

    tune contra Caesaris nutum (sc. facies)?

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

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

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

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

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

    contra leges or legem est,

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

    contra officium est,

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

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

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

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

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

    aliquid contra animum audiendi,

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

    si quid Socrates aut Aristippus contra morem consuetudinemque fecerint,

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

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

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

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

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

    imperator contra postulata Bocchi nuntios mittit,

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

    advocare contra,

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

    si contra mortem te praeparaveris,

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

    quibus contra valetudinis commodum laborandum est,

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

    contra hominis salutem,

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

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

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

    pecuniam contra leges auferre,

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

    contra legem,

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

    contra jus fasque,

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

    contra jus,

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

    contra jus gentium,

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

    6, 1, 6: contra juris rigorem,

    Dig. 40, 5, 24, § 10 et saep.:

    contra testimonium aliquid judicare,

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

    aliquid contra verecundiam disputare,

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

    aliquid contra fidem constituere,

    Quint. 5, 13, 34:

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

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

    scit ille imparem sibi luctatum contra nexus (draconis),

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

    imperatorum copia contra tuum furorem,

    Cic. Mur. 39, 83:

    Parthorum gloria contra nomen Romanum,

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

    causa contra scriptum,

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

    divina M. Tullii eloquentia contra leges agrarias,

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

    Caesaris vituperatio contra laudationem meam,

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

    cujus factum, inceptum, conatumve contra patriam,

    Cic. Cat. 2, 12, 27:

    ullum factum dictumve nostrum contra utilitatem vestram,

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

    vitae cupiditas contra rem publicam,

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

    iter contra senatus auctoritatem,

    Cic. Phil. 2, 19, 48:

    contra consuetudinem somnium,

    Plin. 10, 77, 98, § 211:

    bonorum possessio contra tabulas,

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

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

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

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

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

    contra quem multum omnes boni providerunt,

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

    contra haec animalia proderit, si, etc.,

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

    paratus contra,

    Cic. Mil. 21, 56:

    nihil satis firmum contra Metellum,

    Sall. J. 80, 1:

    contra potentes nemo est munitus satis,

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

    contra avium morsus munitur vallo aristarum,

    Cic. Sen. 15, 51:

    propugnaculum, quo contra omnes meos impetus usurum se putat,

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

    publicam causam contra vim armatam suscipere,

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

    contra tantas difficultates providere,

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

    contra ea,

    id. ib. 57, 5:

    patricii vi contra vim resistunt,

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

    suffragia contra oppugnationem vestrae majestatis,

    Cic. Rab. Perd. 12, 35:

    defensio contra vim,

    id. Mil. 5, 14:

    patronus justitiae fuit contra orationem Phili,

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

    contra labores patientia,

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

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

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

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

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

    vir contra audaciam firmissimus,

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

    fortis contra dolorem,

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

    callosus,

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

    far contra hiemes firmissimum,

    id. 18, 8, 19, § 83:

    equus tenax contra vincula,

    Ov. Am. 3, 4, 13:

    contraque minantia fata pervigil,

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

    cujus et vinum et uva contra serpentium ictus medetur,

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

    prodest et contra suspiria et tussim,

    id. 20, 13, 50, § 128:

    valet potum contra venena,

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

    remedium contra morsus,

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

    contra venena esse omnia remedio,

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

    vinum quod salutare contra pestilentiam sit,

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    omnia quae contra haec sunt, omnia quae contra sunt,

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

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

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

    contra ea benigne ab Siculorum tyrannis adjuti,

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

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

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

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

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

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

    whereas on the contrary, Lucr. 1, 81:

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

    Cic. Sen. 23, 84:

    quod contra oportebat delicto dolere, correctione gaudere,

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

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

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

    v. Ritschl,

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

    contra opinionem Jugurthae ad Thalam perveniunt,

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

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

    Sall. J. 88, 1; so,

    cetera contra spem salva invenit,

    Liv. 9, 23, 17:

    contra spem omnium L. Furium optavit,

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

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

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

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

    Sall. J. 20, 1:

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

    id. ib. 46, 5:

    contra famam,

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

    segniterque et contra industriam absconditae formicae,

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

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

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

    quos contra disputant,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 15, 47:

    quem contra dicit,

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

    quem contra veneris,

    id. Mur. 4, 9:

    quas contra, praeter te, etc.,

    id. Vatin. 7, 18:

    eos ipsos quos contra statuas,

    id. Or. 10, 34:

    quos contra me senatus armavit,

    id. Att. 10, 8, 8:

    quam contra multa locutus est,

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

    hunc igitur contra mittam contendere causam,

    Lucr. 4, 471:

    dicere eos contra,

    id. 4, 484:

    donique eum contra,

    id. 5, 708:

    agmina contra,

    Verg. A. 12, 279:

    magnum Alciden contra,

    id. ib. 5, 414:

    Paridem contra,

    id. ib. 5, 370:

    Italiam contra,

    id. ib. 1, 13:

    deos contra,

    Ov. P. 1, 1, 26:

    Messania moenia contra,

    id. M. 14, 17:

    litora Calabriae contra,

    Tac. A. 3, 1.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > contra

  • 12 contra dicta

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

    feminam scelestam te, adstans contra, contuor,

    Plaut. Pers. 2, 2, 26:

    ut confidenter mihi contra adstitit,

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

    signum contra, quoad longissume oculi ferebant, animo finivit,

    Liv. 1, 18, 8:

    stat contra starique jubet,

    Juv. 3, 290:

    stat contra dicitque tibi tua pagina Fures!

    Mart. 1, 55, 12:

    ulmus erat contra,

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

    templa vides contra,

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

    contra conserta manu,

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

    contra jacet Cancer patulam distentus in alvum,

    Manil. 2, 253:

    posita contra Hispania,

    Tac. Agr. 11:

    promuntorium quod contra procedit,

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

    arguam hanc vidisse apud te contra conservum meum,

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

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

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

    accede ad me atque adi contra,

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

    adspicedum contra me = contra adspice me,

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

    contra adspicere,

    id. Mil. 2, 1, 45:

    contra intueri,

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

    cum veniret contra Marcianus,

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    te ut deludam contra, lusorem meum,

    Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 71:

    quae me amat, quam ego contra amo,

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

    qui arguat se, eum contra vincat jurejurando suo,

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

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

    Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 54:

    audi nunc contra jam,

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

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

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

    Mettius Tullo gratulatur, contra Tullus Mettium benigne alloquitur,

    Liv. 1, 28, 1:

    contra ut me diligat illa,

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

    cui latrans contra senex,

    Phaedr. 5, 10, 7:

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

    Plin. Ep. 7, 6, 4.—

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

    Gell. 15, 9, 9; cf.:

    contra talia reddit,

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

    consulo quem dolum doloso contra conservo parem,

    Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 45:

    facere contra huic aegre,

    Ter. Eun. 4, 1, 10:

    hiscine contra insidiabere?

    id. Hec. 1. 1, 13:

    tibi contra gratiam Referre,

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

    item a me contra factum est,

    Plaut. Aul. prol. 20:

    puellam senex Amat et item contra filius,

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

    Consonat terra,

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

    confer gradum Contra pariter,

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

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

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

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

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

    si scias quod donum huic dono contra comparet,

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

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

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

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

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

    agedum pauca accipe contra,

    Hor. S. 1, 4, 38.—So in battle:

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

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

    oratio contra a Demosthene pro Ctesiphonte edita,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 56, 213:

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

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

    concurrunt... aetheriae nubes contra pugnantibu' ventis,

    struggling against each other, Lucr. 6. 98:

    nec nos obniti contra... Sufficimus,

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

    at ille contra nititur,

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

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

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

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

    Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 1, § 4:

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

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

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

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

    siti contra... pugnandum,

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

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

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

    contra etiam aliquid abs te profectum ex multis audivi,

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

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

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

    ut eos adversarios existimemus qui arma contra ferant,

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

    quid quod exercitum contra duxit?

    Auct. Her. 4, 16, 23:

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

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

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

    Liv. 7, 39, 17:

    cum Romanae legiones contra direxerint,

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

    et huic contra itum ad amnem Erinden,

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

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

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

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

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

    inveniendum contra est, quo distet haec causa a ceteris,

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

    ne spoliaret fama probatum hominem si contra judicasset,

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

    astrologorum artem contra convincere tendit,

    Lucr. 5, 728:

    contra nunc illud pone, etc.,

    Sen. Ben. 7, 14, 6:

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

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

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

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

    honores contra petere,

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

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

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

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

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

    cum contra dicturus Hortensius esset,

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

    hoc... contra dicente Cotta judicatum est,

    id. Caecin. 33, 97:

    dixisse ut contra nemo videretur,

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

    contra autem qui dicet, similitudinem infirmare debebit,

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

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

    Cic. Clu. 48, 134:

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

    id. Quint. 29, 88; so,

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

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

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

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

    contra disputare and contra scribere,

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

    nec qui contra dicunt causam difficilem repellunt,

    Cic. Fin. 3, 1, 2:

    ad coarguendos qui contra disputant,

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

    quam palam principes dixerunt contra!

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

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

    Cic. Att. 1, 14, 5:

    filius ejus incolumitatem optat: contradicit pater,

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

    contradicente nullo,

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

    contradixit edicto,

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

    explorandum videtur an etiam contradicto aliquando judicio consuetudo firmata sit,

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

    ego enim, te disputante, quid contra dicerem meditabar,

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

    ut contra si quid dicere velit non audiatur,

    id. Fin. 5, 10, 27:

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

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

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

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

    quia neque reprehendi quae contra dicuntur possunt, etc.,

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

    seu proposita confirmamus, sive contra dicta dissolvimus,

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

    dicitur contra, nullum esse testamentum,

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

    solitum se etiam Thraseae contradicere,

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

    tibi,

    Suet. Aug. 54:

    Curioni...,

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

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

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

    cum plures tantum sententiis aliorum contradicerent,

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

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

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

    cum ambienti ut legibus solveretur multi contradicerent,

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

    preces erant, sed quibus contradici non posset,

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

    quibus (legibus) contradici potest,

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

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

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

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

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

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

    Quint. 7, 3, 14:

    cum verba (legis) contra sint,

    id. 7, 1, 49:

    sed experimentum contra fuit,

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

    ubi fortuna contra fuit,

    id. ib. 3, 18:

    si fortuna contra daret,

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

    quod fieri totum contra manifesta docet res,

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

    in stultitia contra est,

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

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

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

    quod contra est,

    Sall. J. 85, 21:

    quis non credat, etc.? Contra autem est,

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

    contra fore si, etc.,

    ib. 34, 2, 39, § 2:

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

    ib. 41, 3, 49:

    ego contra puto (i. e. esse),

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

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

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

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

    id. Att. 10, 8, 2:

    contra evenit in iis morbis,

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

    ego contra sentio,

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

    Proculus contra (sc. sentit),

    ib. 35, 2, 1, § 14; 33, 7, 25:

    licet Celsus contra scribat,

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

    cujus disparem mitioremque naturam contra interpretabatur,

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

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

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

    quod contra, id turpe,

    id. Off. 1, 27, 94:

    sit sapienter usus aut contra,

    Quint. 2, 5, 15:

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

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

    ut aliae (res) probabiles videantur aliae contra,

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

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

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

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

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

    laudare testem vel contra pertinet ad momentum judiciorum,

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

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

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

    mihi contra,

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

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

    Sall. J. 88, 2:

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

    Quint. 2, 4, 21:

    alii a propositione accusatoris contraque loci oriuntur,

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

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

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

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

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

    quae etiam contra valent,

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

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

    Cic. Or. 36, 123:

    cum emtor venditori, vel contra, heres exstitit,

    Dig. 35, 2, 48:

    in quibus patrium pro possessivo dicitur, vel contra,

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

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

    id. 1, 5, 68:

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

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

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

    Cic. Or. 42, 143:

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

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

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

    Cic. Div. in Caecil. 11, 35:

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

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

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

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

    contra mercator, navim jactantibus austris Militia est potior?

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

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

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

    contra in aridiore hordeum potius quam far,

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    at contra,

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

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

    id. ib. 2, 7, 23:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    Cic. Off. 1, 30, 109:

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

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

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

    Cic. Balb. 22, 51:

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

    Dig. 13, 7, 21:

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

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

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

    Cic. Sull. 7, 21:

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

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

    et contra,

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

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

    Lucr. 2, 400:

    cogunt,

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

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

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

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

    Sen. Q. N. 3, 6, 2; 1, 3, 1; id. Ep. 100, 7; Plin. 7, 53, 54, § 186; Suet. Galb. 15; Tac. A. 4, 28.—
    (β).
    Sed contra, after a negative sentence (class.):

    non quo acui ingenia adulescentium nollem, sed contra ingenia obtundi nolui,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 24, 93; id. Att. 9, 15, 3; id. Ac. 1, 10, 35; id. Fl. 11, 26:

    arma populi Romani non liberis servitutem, sed contra servientibus libertatem adferre,

    Liv. 45, 18, 1:

    tu ne cede malis, sed contra audentior ito,

    Verg. A. 6, 95; Plin. Ep. 1, 10, 12.—PostAug. also without a preceding negation:

    obiisse nostro Laium scelere autumant superi inferique: sed animus contra innocens... negat,

    Sen. Oedip. 765; Symm. Ep. 6, 81.—
    (γ).
    Contra autem (rare;

    in Cic. only where different subjects have contrasted predicates in dependent clauses): quia pacis est insigne toga, contra autem arma tumultus atque belli,

    Cic. Pis. 30, 73.—In later writers = contra alone:

    sub septemtrione aedificia... conversa ad calidas partes oportere fieri videntur. Contra autem sub impetu solis meridiani regionibus conversa ad septemtrionem... sunt facienda,

    Vitr. 6, 1, 2; Gell. 14, 2, 19; Dig. 7, 1, 25, § 3; 34, 3, 25.—
    (δ).
    Contra vero (very rare;

    not in Cic.), used for contra: contra vero quercus infinitam habet aeternitatem,

    Vitr. 2, 9, 8; 6, 1, 3; Cels. 3, 6 fin. —
    (ε).
    Atqui contra, App. Mag. p. 287, 24.—
    c.
    With disjunctive conjunctions, aut contra, vel contra, seu contra, or on the contrary, or conversely (always without change of subject).
    (α).
    Aut contra:

    num aut scriptum neget, aut contra factum infitietur?

    Cic. Part. Or. 38, 133: quae (mens) aut languescit... aut contra tumescit, etc., Quint. 1, 2, 18:

    si imbres defuere, aut contra abundavere,

    Plin. 17, 24, 37, § 228.—
    (β).
    Vel contra:

    hinc enim quaestiones oriuntur: Injuriam fecisti, sed quia magistratus, majestatis actio est? Vel contra: Licuit... quia magistratus?

    Quint. 5, 10, 40; 9, 4, 96; Suet. Galb. 3; Dig. 35, 2, 56, § 4; 8, 4, 6.—
    (γ).
    Seu contra:

    seu tristis veniam, seu contra laetus amicis,

    Prop. 1, 11, 25.—
    d.
    With causal conjunctions, nam contra (very rare;

    never contra enim): falso queritur de natura sua genus humanum quod, etc. Nam contra, reputando, neque majus aliud, neque praestabilius invenies,

    Sall. J. 1, 1; Quint. 1, 1, 1; 9, 2, 23. —
    4.
    In late Lat., e contra (also one word, ēcontrā) = contra,
    (α).
    In the meaning, the contrary (D. 1.):

    aliis vero econtra videtur,

    Hier. Ep. 12.—
    (β).
    Et econtra = et contra (E. 3. a.):

    honestiorum provectu et econtra suppliciis,

    Aur. Vict. Caes. 39, 45.—For quod contra, v. II. E. 1. c.—
    5.
    With emphatic particles.
    a.
    Quin contra, nay on the contrary, opposing an affirmative sentence to a preceding negative statement (quin etiam amplifies without opposition; sed contra opposes without amplification; quin contra both opposes and amplifies);

    not before Livy: num qui enim socordius rempublicam administrari post Calvi tribunatum... quam? etc. Quin contra patricios aliquot damnatos... neminem plebeium,

    Liv. 6, 37, 8; 31, 31, 9; 35, 26, 10; 37, 15, 3.—
    b.
    Immo contra (post-Aug.).
    (α).
    = no, on the contrary, refuting opinions, after questions and in the form of a dialogue:

    existimas nunc me detrahere tibi multas voluptates?... Immo contra, nolo tibi umquam deesse laetitiam,

    Sen. Ep. 23, 3; Dig. 33, 7, 5; 33, 7, 29.—
    (β).
    = sed contra, but on the contrary:

    proinde ne submiseris te, immo contra fige stabilem gradum,

    Sen. Cons. Marc. 5, 6; id. Cons. Polyb. 15, 2; cf. prep.:

    immo contra ea,

    Liv. 41, 24, 8; cf. II. E. 1. b. infra.—
    c.
    Item contra = an emphatic et contra (very rare):

    quoniam... beate vivere alii in alio, vos in voluptate ponitis, item contra miseriam in dolore, etc.,

    Cic. Fin. 2, 27, 86; cf. I. A. 3. g supra.
    F.
    With a comparative clause introduced by ac, atque, or quam, representing a logical or moral opposition (contra atque debuit = non ita ut debuit; cf. Cic. Or. 3, 19, 70); cf. prep., II. C. 3. g, and II. E. 2. infra.
    1.
    Of logical opposition, contrary to, different from, otherwise than; in the best prose only with atque or ac.
    (α).
    With atque:

    item, contra atque apud nos, fieri ad Elephantinem ut neque ficus neque vites amittant folia,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 7, 6:

    simulacrum Jovis, contra atque ante fuerat, ad orientem convertere,

    Cic. Cat. 3, 8, 20; id. Sull. 24, 69:

    judicium suscepturos contra atque omnis Italia populusque Romanus judicavisset,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 12; id. B. G. 4, 13; Plin. 12, 19, 43, § 95.—
    (β).
    With ac:

    itaque contra est ac dicitis,

    Cic. Fin. 4, 15, 41:

    vides, omnia fere contra ac dicta sint evenisse,

    id. Div. 2, 24, 53; so id. Verr. 2, 4, 6, § 11; id. Or. 40, 137:

    cum contra ac Deiotarus sensit victoria belli judicaret,

    id. Phil. 11, 13, 34:

    Petreius ubi videt, Catilinam, contra ac ratus erat, magna vi tendere, etc.,

    Sall. C. 60, 5.—
    (γ).
    With ac and atque:

    si denique aliquid non contra ac liceret factum diceretur, sed contra atque oporteret,

    Cic. Balb. 3, 7.—
    (δ).
    With quam (post-Aug.):

    cui contra quam proposuerat aliqua cesserunt,

    Sen. Ira, 3, 6, 5; Plin. 10, 53, 74, § 149; 11, 21, 24, § 72; Gell. 6 (7), 8, 6:

    contra quam licet,

    id. 1, 3, 19; Sil. 15, 107.—
    2.
    Of moral opposition of acts contrary to rules and principles (cf. II. 3. g infra); so always with quam:

    mater Aviti, generi sui, contra quam fas erat, amore capta,

    contrary to the divine law, Cic. Clu. 5, 12:

    ut senatus, contra quam ipse censuisset, ad vestitum rediret,

    contrary to its own resolution, id. Pis. 8, 18:

    contra quam ista causa postulasset,

    id. Caecin. 24, 67:

    contra quam sanctum legibus est,

    Liv. 30, 19, 9; Cic. Leg. 2, 5, 11; id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 1, § 2; id. Dom. 46, 122:

    contraque faciunt quam polliceri videntur,

    Auct. Her. 4, 3, 6; Cic. de Or. 2, 20, 86.
    II.
    Prep. with acc., before, against, facing, towards, opposite to, contrary to (acc. to many scholars not ante-class.; cf. Hand, Turs. II. p. 108; but found Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 24 Fleck., a line omitted by Lorenz as a gloss; id. Pers. 1, 1, 13 Ritschl; Att. ap. Non. p. 469, 15, or Trag. Rel. v. 476 Rib.; cf. also Plaut. Poen. 5, 6, 18; Cato, R. R. 18, 1, and v. I. A. 1. a. b, and I. A. 1. b. a supra).
    A.
    Local uses.
    1.
    Opposite, over against, facing.
    a.
    Of countries and places (mostly of those separated by water;

    adversus and e regione mostly of places opposite by land): insulae natura triquetra, cujus unum latus est contra Galliam,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 13; 3, 9; 4, 20:

    ad insulam quae est contra Massiliam,

    id. B. C. 1, 56; 3, 23:

    Rhodios, pacatis contra insulam suam terris, etc.,

    Liv. 37, 15, 7; 3, 26, 8:

    Carthago Italiam contra,

    Verg. A. 1, 13; 5, 124; Ov. M. 14, 17:

    insulae quae contra Tauri promuntorium inopportune navigantibus objacent, Chelidoniae nominantur,

    Mel. 2, 7; Plin. 3, 26, 30, § 151; 6, 28, 32, § 152; 5, 7, 7, § 41; Tac. A. 3, 1; id. H. 2, 17.—
    b.
    Of the heavenly bodies:

    donique (luna) eum (sc. solem) contra pleno bene lumine fulsit,

    Lucr. 5, 708:

    contra Volucris rostrum posita est Lyra,

    Vitr. 9, 4, 5; Sen. Q. N. 1, 5, 9; 1, 8, 3; Plin. 2, 31, 31, § 99; 5, 10, 10, § 56.—So, tertium (latus Britanniae) est contra septem triones, opposite ( facing); hence, contra meridiem and contra ortus (instead of ad or adversus meridiem, etc.), facing the south and east, Plin. 6, 24, 24, § 85; 17, 2, 2, § 22. —So of a person standing in the sunlight:

    cum minima umbra (i. e. a sole) contra medium fiet hominem,

    Plin. 18, 33, 76, § 327; cf.:

    contra mediam faciem meridies erit,

    id. 18, 33, 76, § 326.—
    c.
    Of opposite ends of a line.
    (α).
    Of the diameter of the earth: esse e regione nobis e contraria parte terrae qui adversis vestigiis stent contra nostra vestigia, quos antipodas vocatis, Cic. Ac. 2, 39, 123.—
    (β).
    Of a line drawn:

    contra autem E littera I erit ubi secat circinationem linea,

    opposite the point E will be the letter I, Vitr. 9, 7, 4.—
    d.
    Of buildings, etc.:

    contra hoc aviarium est aliud minus in quo quae mortuae sunt aves curator servare solet,

    Varr. R. R. 3, 5, 5; Vitr. 5, 6, 3; 3, 5, 15:

    (statuam) quae fuerit contra Jovis Statoris aedem in vestibulo Superbi domus,

    Plin. 34, 6, 13, § 29:

    contra medium fere porticum diaeta paulum recedit,

    Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 20; 2, 17, 5; Suet. Aug. 44.—
    e.
    Of places on the human body:

    id quod contra stomachum est,

    Cels. 4, 5 (4, 12 med.); 7, 7;

    4, 20 (13).—Of the direction of the intestines, etc.: ea... contra medium alvum orsa,

    Cels. 4, 1 fin. —
    2.
    Of actions, opposite, towards, against, facing (syn.:

    adversus, ad, e regione,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 61).
    a.
    In gen.:

    quamvis subito... quamque Rem contra speculum ponas, apparet imago,

    Lucr. 4, 156: Democritus... clipeum constituit contra exortum Hyperionis, Laber. ap. Gell. 10, 17, 4:

    et contra magnum potes hos (i.e. oculos) attollere solem, Nec tremis...?

    Prop. 1, 15, 37; Col. 7, 3, 8:

    rex constiterat contra pedites,

    Curt. 10, 9, 13; 9, 5, 1:

    ne contra septentrionem paveris,

    Plin. 18, 33, 76, § 330; 28, 6, 19, § 69:

    contra solem varie refulgens,

    placed in the sun, id. 37, 10, 63, § 173; 10, 54, 75, § 151; 37, 6, 22, § 83;

    37, 7, 25, § 95: cum terrestres volucres contra aquam clangores dabunt,

    id. 18, 35, 87, § 363; 19, 8, 39, § 131.—
    b.
    Dependent on verbs of motion (very rare without the idea of hostility):

    (Dinocrates) incessit contra tribunal regis jus dicentis,

    towards, Vitr. 2, praef. 1.—So trop., of actions done for a purpose:

    lege Cornelia de sicariis tenetur qui, cum in magistratu esset, eorum quid fecerit contra hominis necem quod legibus permissum non sit,

    Dig. 48, 8, 4.—
    c.
    Appositively, with the predicate: (elephanti) tanta narratur clementia contra minus validos, ut, etc., if fronting weaker animals, if brought in contact with them (not to be connected with clementia), Plin. 8, 7, 7, § 23.—Similarly: dum... fidens non est contra feram, if fronting the animal (not dependent on fidens), Plin. 8, 16, 21, § 57.—
    d.
    Against an opposing action, etc.:

    contra vim atque impetum fluminis conversa,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 17, 5:

    cum plateae contra directos ventos erunt conformatae,

    Vitr. 1, 6, 8:

    ut contra ventum gregem pascamus,

    Col. 7, 3, 12; Sen. Q. N. 2, 31, 2; Plin. 29, 3, 12, § 52; 17, 2, 2, § 21; 8, 16, 21, § 54:

    contra fluminum impetus aggeribus,

    id. 35, 14, 48, § 169:

    capite in sole contra pilum peruncto,

    id. 27, 4, 5, § 17; 18, 35, 88, § 364; Varr. ap. Plin. 7, 20, 19, § 83; Sil. 14, 352; Dig. 9, 2, 29, § 4. [p. 455] — Trop.:

    contra fortunam tenendus est cursus,

    Sen. Prov. 5, 9.—Prov.:

    contra stimulum calces,

    kick against the pricks, Isid. Orig. 1, 36, 28 (al. calcitres); cf. Amm. 18, 5, 1.—
    e.
    Of local actions with hostile intent.
    (α).
    Lit.:

    quae vis Coclitem contra omnes hostium copias tenuit?

    Cic. Par. 1, 2, 12:

    Pompeium Cartejae receptum scribis: jam igitur contra hunc exercitum (sc. constitit),

    id. Att. 15, 20, 3:

    pertimescam, credo, ne mihi non liceat contra vos in contione consistere,

    to face you, id. Agr. 1, 8, 25; Lepidus ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 34, 1; Caes. B. C. 1, 26:

    a fronte contra hostem pedum quindecim fossam fieri jussit,

    id. ib. 1, 41; 1, 42; id. B. G. 7, 62:

    Tullus adversus Veientem hostem derigit suos: Albanos contra legionem Fidenatium collocat,

    Liv. 1, 27, 5; 24, 41, 5; 38, 4, 5; Verg. A. 12, 279; Front. Strat. 2, 2, 13; 2, 3, 17.—Appositively, with a local verb understood:

    terribilis haec contra fugientes belua est, fugax contra insequentes,

    i. e. if fronting, if placed opposite, Plin. 8, 25, 38, § 92.—
    (β).
    Trop.:

    castra sunt in Italia contra populum Romanum in Etruriae faucibus collocata,

    Cic. Cat. 1, 2, 5; id. Mil. 1, 2; Quint. 7, 7, 5:

    tum contra hanc Romam illa altera Roma quaeretur,

    will be as a rival against this Rome, Cic. Agr. 2, 22, 86:

    cui rationi contra homines barbaros atque imperitos locus fuisset, hac ne ipsum quidem sperare, etc.,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 40:

    (Cicero) plerumque contra inimicos atque obtrectatores plus vindicat sibi,

    when fronting adversaries, Quint. 11, 1, 23.—
    f.
    In partic.
    (α).
    Stare contra aliquem (opp. stare ab aliquo); usu. implying hostility; mostly trop., to stand against, to be arrayed against, to face, oppose:

    quod contra hoc exemplum nulla staret eorum ratio,

    Auct. Her. 4, 5, 7:

    contra populi studium,

    Cic. Brut. 34, 126:

    contra civium perditorum... dementiam a senatu et a bonorum causa,

    id. ib. 79, 273; so,

    a mendacio contra veritatem,

    id. Inv. 1, 3, 4:

    contra cives in acie,

    id. Att. 16, 11, 2:

    et adversi contra stetit ora juvenci,

    opposite, Verg. A. 5, 477; 5, 414:

    haec enim (ratio) sola... stat contra fortunam,

    Sen. Ep. 14, 4, 2: contra leonem etiam stetit, fronted, i. e. hunted, Spart. Carac. 5 fin. —
    (β).
    Contra aliquem ire:

    aut saevos Libyae contra ire leones,

    Stat. Th. 9, 16.— Trop.:

    uti contra injurias armati eatis,

    Sall. J. 31, 6:

    interritus (sapiens) et contra illa (mala) ibit et inter illa,

    Sen. Ep. 59, 8; cf.: contra venire, II. B. 1. c. b infra, and v. also II. B. 2. b. and II. B. 1. b. infra.—
    3.
    Transf.,
    a.
    To persons placed together for comparison:

    C. vero Caesar, si foro tantum vacasset, non alius ex nostris contra Ciceronem nominaretur,

    Quint. 10, 1, 114:

    CORONATO CONTRA OMNES SCAENICOS,

    Inscr. Grut. p. 331, n. 4.—
    b.
    To things compared, as if weighed against each other as to their value, strength, etc.
    (α).
    Lit. (very rare):

    quamcunque vis rem expende, et contra aquam statue... Si gravior est, leviorem rem... feret, etc.,

    Sen. Q. N. 3, 25, 5.—
    (β).
    Prop.:

    cujus (i. e. generis humani) causa videtur cuncta alia genuisse natura, magna saeva mercede contra tanta sua munera,

    Plin. 7, 1, 1, § 1:

    qui amicus esse coepit quia expedit, placebit ei aliquod pretium contra amicitiam,

    Sen. Ep. 9, 9:

    numquam ulli fortiores cives fuerunt quam qui ausi sunt eum contra tantas opes ejus... condemnare,

    Cic. Fam. 7, 2, 3:

    tantum studium bonorum in me exstitisse, contra incredibilem contentionem clarissimi et potentissimi viri,

    id. ib. 7, 2, 2; Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 9, 3:

    nomen prorogans nostrum et memoriam extendens contra brevitatem aevi,

    as a compensation for, Plin. 2, 63, 63, § 154.—So esp., valere contra, to weigh against, counterbalance, avail or prevail against: non vereor ne meae vitae modestia parum valitura sit contra falsos rumores, Matius ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 28, 8:

    (illa facta) pro periculo potius quam contra salutem valere debere,

    Cic. Part. Or. 35, 120; id. Off. 3, 29, 104:

    contrane lucrum nil valere Pauperis ingenium?

    Hor. Epod. 11, 11; Sen. Ben. 4, 15, 1; id. Cons. Helv. 5, 5; so,

    robur habere contra: si contra unamquamlibet partem fortunae satis tibi roboris est,

    id. ib. 13, 2;

    so of counterchecks: in Creta decem qui cosmoe vocantur, ut contra consulare imperium tribuni plebis, sic illi contra vim regiam constituti,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 33, 58.—Of antidotes: cimicum natura contra serpentium morsus valere dicitur, item contra venena omnia, Plin. 29, 4, 17, § 61.—Hence,
    c.
    Colloq., aliquid contra aurum est, something is worth gold, is superb, both predicatively and attributively (cf.: auro contra, I. A. 2. supra): hujusce pomaria in summa Sacra Via ubi poma veneunt, contra aurum imago, a spectacle for gold, i. e. a magnificent sight, Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 10 MSS. (al. aliter):

    numcubi hic vides citrum... num quod emblema aut lithostratum? quae illic omnia contra aurum,

    superb, id. ib. 3, 2, 4 MSS. (Schneid. omits aurum, ex conj.):

    oneravi vinum, et tunc erat contra aurum,

    Petr. 7, 6.—
    d.
    Transf., of replies, with aiebat, inquit, etc.; both in friendly and inimical sense; esp., contra ea, contra haec, = the adv. contra:

    contra ea Titurius sero facturos clamitabat, etc.,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 29:

    contra ea Verginius unum Ap. Claudium et legum expertem et, etc., aiebat,

    Liv. 3, 57, 1; 24, 45, 4:

    quae contra breviter fata est vates,

    Verg. A. 6, 398:

    contra quod disertus Tu impie fecisti inquit, etc.,

    Quint. 7, 1, 53 (cf.: contra ea, II. E. 1. infra).
    B.
    Denoting hostility or disadvantage.
    1.
    With verbs of hostile action.
    a.
    Of physical exertion:

    pugnavere et tertio consulatu ejus viginti (elephanti) contra pedites quingentos,

    Plin. 8, 7, 7, § 22:

    proelium Afri contra Aegyptios primi fecere fustibus,

    id. 7, 56, 57, § 200; 8, 40, 61, § 142. —
    b.
    Referring to warfare (usu. adversus), bellum gerere (rarely for cum or adversus; but contra patriam, contra aras, etc., not cum patria, etc.; cf.

    bellum, II. A. 1. e.): a quo prohibitos esse vos contra Caesarem gerere bellum (opp. pro),

    Cic. Lig. 8, 25; id. Phil. 5, 10, 27; Liv. Ep. 129.—With bellum suscipere:

    contra Antonium,

    Cic. Phil. 8, 2, 5; so,

    contra patriam,

    id. Sull. 20, 58:

    pugnare contra patriam,

    id. ib. 25, 70:

    contra conjuges et liberos,

    Sen. Ben. 5, 15, 5:

    armatum esse contra populum Romanum,

    Cic. Prov. Cons. 13, 32.—With arma ferre (freq.), Cic. Phil. 2, 29, 72; 13, 21, 47; Liv. 28, 28, 15; Nep. Att. 4, 2; Tib. 1, 6, 30; Ov. M. 4, 609; 13, 269; id. P. 1, 1, 26.—With arma sumere or capere, Cic. Rab. Perd. 6, 19; id. Phil. 4, 1, 2; 4, 3, 7:

    armis contendere contra,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 13:

    arma alicui dare (trop.),

    Cic. Phil. 2, 21, 53:

    aciem instruere (trop.),

    Liv. 25, 4, 4:

    exercitum comparare,

    Cic. Phil. 3, 6, 14; 4, 1, 2:

    exercitum instruere,

    id. Cat. 2, 11, 24:

    exercitum ducere and adducere,

    id. Phil. 4, 2, 5; 3, 4, 11:

    exercitum contra Philippum mittere,

    id. Inv. 1, 12, 17:

    naves ducere contra,

    Hor. Epod. 4, 19:

    ducere contra hostes,

    Liv. 1, 27, 4:

    florem Italiae educere contra,

    Cic. Cat. 2, 11, 24:

    proficisci contra,

    to march against, Liv. 1, 11, 3; 8, 2, 5:

    auxilium ferre Rutulis contra Latinos,

    Plin. 14, 12, 14, § 88:

    juvare aliquem contra,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 35:

    consilium inire contra Sequanos,

    to take hostile measures against, id. B. G. 6, 12.—
    c.
    Of legal contention (more freq. adversus, except with verbs of saying).
    (α).
    In gen., with agere or causam agere, to act as counsel against a party or his attorney:

    cum agerem contra hominem disertissimum nostrae civitatis,

    Cic. Caecin. 33, 97; id. Brut. 63, 226; Sen. Ben. 4, 15, 3; Quint. 11, 1, 59.—Causam recipere or suscipere contra, to accept a retainer against:

    (causam) quam receperam contra pueros Octavios,

    Cic. Att. 13, 49, 1; Quint. 6, 1, 12; Plin. Ep. 4, 17, 1.—Adesse alicui contra, to appear, act as one's counsel against:

    rogavit me Caecilius ut adessem contra Satrium,

    Cic. Att. 1, 1, 3; Plin. Ep. 1, 7, 5 al.; cf.:

    esse contra,

    id. ib. 1, 18, 3.— Trop.: conquesturus venit;

    at contra se adfuit et satisfacienti satisfecit,

    Sen. Fragm. Amic. 14, 1, 89:

    causam defendere contra,

    against the accuser, Cic. de Or. 1, 39, 178:

    statuere contra aliquem (sc. causam),

    to establish a case against an adversary, id. Or. 10, 34:

    actio competit contra,

    Dig. 49, 14, 41:

    querelam instituere contra,

    ib. 5, 2, 21, § 1:

    bonorum possessionem petere contra,

    ib. 5, 2, 23:

    jus obtinere contra,

    Cic. Quint. 9, 34:

    pugnare contra,

    to struggle against the accuser, id. Sull. 17, 49; id. Verr. 1, 11, 33:

    id quod mihi contra illos datum est,

    i. e. a local advantage over, id. Tull. 14, 33:

    judicare contra aliquem,

    id. Fl. 20, 48; Dig. 21, 2, 55; 5, 2, 14; Just. Inst. 4, 17, 2:

    pronuntiare contra,

    Paul. Sent. 5, 34, 2: dare sententiam contra, Dig. 21, 2, 56, § 1:

    decernere contra,

    Cic. Fl. 31, 76:

    appellare contra aliquem,

    Dig. 49, 1, 3; 49, 5, 6; cf.:

    contra sententiam,

    Cod. Just. 7, 62, 32, § 2.—Sentire contra aliquem, to have an opinion unfavorable to:

    cur vos (cum) aliquid contra me sentire dicatis, etc.,

    Cic. Caecin. 27, 79.—
    (β).
    Venire contra aliquem, to appear as counsel for one's adversary:

    quid tu, Saturi, qui contra hunc venis, existimas aliter?

    Cic. Rosc. Com. 6, 18; id. Mur. 4, 9; id. Phil. 8, 6, 18.—Venire contra rem alicujus, to give advice damaging one's interests:

    contra rem suam me venisse questus est,

    Cic. Phil. 2, 2, 3.—
    (γ).
    With dicere and other verbs of saying. (aa) Of a lawyer pleading against a lawyer:

    ipse ille Mucius, quid in illa causa cum contra te diceret, attulit quod? etc.,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 57, 244:

    cum ille contra me pro Sex. Naevio diceret,

    id. Brut. 60, 2, 7; id. de Or. 2, 7, 30; id. Rosc. Am. 15, 45; id. Div. in Caecil. 14, 44; id. Planc. 2, 5; id. Brut. 26, 102; so,

    causam dicere,

    id. Or. 2, 23, 98:

    causam perorare,

    id. Quint. 24, 77.—(bb) Of a lawyer's pleading against the parties: dic mihi, M. Pinari, num si contra te dixero mihi male dicturus es? Servil. ap. Cic. de Or. 2, 65, 261; 3, 34, 138; 1, 14, 60; id. Or. 35, 123; Quint. 11, 1, 57; cf. with ellipsis of acc.:

    quorum alter pro Aufldia, contra dixit alter,

    id. 10, 1, 22.—(ng) Of a party against a lawyer:

    si Gaditani contra me dicerent,

    if the Gaditani were my adversaries, Cic. Balb. 17, 38.—(dd) Of witnesses and experts, and the pleadings against them:

    si decressent legationem quae contra istum diceret,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 4, § 12: contra testes dicere (opp. a testibus or pro testibus). Auct. Her. 2, 6, 9; Cic. de Or. 2, 27, 118 (cf.:

    testimonium in aliquem dicere,

    id. Sull. 17, 48; Quint. 7, 4, 36):

    contra juris consultos dicere,

    against their legal opinions, Cic. Caecin. 24, 69.—So of witnesses in scientific questions:

    contra testes dicendum est,

    Sen. Q. N. 7, 16, 1.—(ee) Dicere or contendere aliquid contra aliquem, to maintain a point against:

    cum interrogamus adversarios... quid contra nos dici possit,

    Auct. Her. 4, 23, 33:

    tamenne vereris ut possis hoc contra Hortensium contendere?

    Cic. Quint. 25, 78. —
    d.
    Of literary adversaries, mostly with verbs of saying and writing:

    cum scriberem contra Epicurios,

    Cic. Att. 13, 38, 1:

    contra Epicurum satis superque dictum est,

    id. N. D. 2, 1, 2:

    contra Brutum,

    id. Tusc. 5, 8, 21:

    contra Academiam,

    id. Ac. 2, 19, 63; id. Fin. 1, 1, 2; 5, 8, 22; id. Tusc. 5, 11, 32; 5, 30, 84; id. Ac. 2, 4, 17:

    contra autem omnia disputatur a nostris,

    id. Off. 2, 2, 8.—
    e.
    Of public and political adversaries (syn. adversus and in).
    (α).
    In gen.:

    sentire contra,

    Cic. Mil. 2, 5:

    pugnare contra bonos,

    id. Sull. 25, 71:

    contra eos summa ope nitebatur nobilitas,

    Sall. C. 38, 2; Cic. Sest. 19, 42; 52, 112:

    (tribuni) qui aut contra consulem, aut pro studio ejus pugnabant,

    Liv. 39, 32, 12.—
    (β).
    Of political speaking:

    cum (Cato) eo ipso anno contra Serv. Galbam ad populum summa contentione dixisset,

    Cic. Brut. 20, 80; so id. Imp. Pomp. 17, 53; Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 9, 1.—
    f.
    Of hostile or criminal acts in gen. (syn.:

    adversus, in): inire consilia contra,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 38, 110; id. Cat. 1, 7, 18:

    manum comparare contra aliquem,

    id. Sull. 24, 68:

    conjurationem facere,

    id. ib. 4, 12:

    congredi,

    id. Lig. 3, 9; Sall. J. 64, 4:

    aliquid contra imperatorem moliri,

    Just. Inst. 4, 18, 3:

    nec dolor armasset contra sua viscera matrem,

    against her own offspring Ov. R. Am. 59.—Facere contra (more freq. with abstr. objects; cf. II. C. 1. f. b infra): nunc te contra Caesarem facere summae stultitiae est, to take parts against, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 16, 2:

    eae (res) contra nos ambae faciunt,

    operate against us, id. Quint. 1, 1.—With verbs of saying, etc.:

    homo disertus non intellegit, eum quem contra dicit laudari a se?

    Cic. Phil. 2, 8, 18; 2, 1, 2; 2, 21, 51; Sen. Ep. 15, 3, 70:

    epigramma quod contra quamdam Gelliam scripsit,

    Lampr. Alex. Sev. 38:

    disputare contra deos, in two signif.: contra deum licet disputare liberius,

    to accuse, reproach a god, Cic. N. D. 3, 31, 76; but: mala et impia consuetudo est contra deos disputandi, to reason against the gods, i. e. against their existence, id. ib. 2, 67, 168.—
    2.
    Predicatively, with esse (videri, etc.), against, injurious to, unfavorable, prejudicial, to one's disadvantage: ut [p. 456] ex senatusconsulto neque cujus intersit, neque contra quem sit intellegi possit, Cic. Mur. 32, 68; id. de Or. 3, 20, 75; 2, 74, 299; 2, 81, 330; id. Sull. 13, 39; Sen. Ben. 6, 31, 6:

    licentiam malis dare certe contra bonos est,

    injurious to, Quint. 4, 2, 75:

    res contra nos est, of unfavorable chances in a lawsuit,

    id. 4, 66, 1; 4, 2, 75; 5, 13, 32.—Often, contra aliquem = quod est contra aliquem, referring to indef. pronouns or adjectives:

    nihil contra me fecit odio mei = nihil quod esset contra me,

    Cic. Har. Resp. 3, 5; id. Off. 3, 31, 112:

    quibus (temporibus) aliquid contra Caesarem Pompeio suaserim,

    id. Phil. 2, 10, 24.—
    3.
    Added adverb. to the predicate, mostly referring to purpose, with hostile intent, for the purpose of some hostile act, in order to oppose, in opposition:

    Caesarine eam (provinciam) tradituri fuistis, an contra Caesarem retenturi?

    or keep it against Caesar, Cic. Lig. 7, 23:

    sero enim resistimus ei quem per annos decem aluimus contra nos,

    id. Att. 7, 5, 5:

    judicium illud pecunia esse temptatum non pro Cluentio, sed contra Cluentium,

    id. Clu. 4, 9; id. Imp. Pomp. 17, 52; id. Ac. 2, 28, 92:

    cum quae facitis ejusmodi sint ut ea contra vosmet ipsos facere videamini,

    id. Rosc. Am. 36, 104; Sen. Ep. 3, 7, 3: Curio se contra eum totum parat, i. e. to speak against him, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 8, 10; Caes. B. C. 1, 85 ter; Sen. Q. N. 1, 7, 1; Plin. 16, 39, 74, § 192; Plin. Pan. 41.—So with the force of a temporal clause:

    fidem meam quam essent contra Massam Baebium experti,

    in the suit against, Plin. Ep. 3, 4, 4.—
    4.
    Dependent on adjectives (rare):

    contra se ipse misericors,

    to his own injury, Phaedr. 4, 18, 3:

    severissimus judex contra fures,

    Lampr. Alex. Sev. 28.—
    5.
    With nouns.
    a.
    Acc. to 1. b.:

    ut quam maximae contra Hannibalem copiae sint,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 12, 17; cf. Vell. 2, 76, 3.—
    b.
    Acc. to 1. c. and 1. e.; so esp., oratio contra (cf.: oratio in).
    (α).
    Oratio contra (never in), of an address against the counsel of a party or against the prosecutor:

    quid in omni oratione Crassus vel apud centumviros contra Scaevolam, vel contra accusatorem Brutum, cum pro Cn. Plancio diceret?

    Cic. de Or. 2, 54, 220; cf.:

    Cato pro se contra Cassium = in oratione contra,

    Gell. 10, 15, 3; so,

    haec perpetua defensio contra Scaevolam,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 54, 221:

    orationem illam egregiam quam (Aeschines) in Ctesiphontem contra Demosthenem dixerat,

    id. ib. 3, 56, 213.—
    (β).
    Of an address against the party, either in judicial or political affairs:

    unam orationem contra Gracchum reliquit,

    Cic. Brut. 26, 99:

    (Demosthenis) oratio contra Leptinem... contra Aeschinem falsae legationis,

    id. Or. 31, 111; Gell. 10, 24, 10; 10, 18, 91; Cic. Brut. 46, 169; Quint. 12, 10, 61; Cic. de Or. 2, 11, 45; id. Brut. 44, 164; Gell. 13, 25 (24), 15; cf. Quint. 4, 3, 13; 11, 2, 25.—
    c.
    Acc. to 1. f.:

    contra patres concitatio et seditio,

    Cic. Brut. 14, 56.—Of animals:

    contra volpium genus communibus inimicitiis,

    Plin. 10, 76, 96, § 207.
    C.
    With inanimate and abstract objects.
    1.
    Directly dependent on verbs (cf. B. 1.).
    a.
    Of physical or moral exertion:

    cum fulmina contra Tot paribus streperet clipeis,

    Verg. A. 10, 567:

    pugnandum tamquam contra morbum, sic contra senectutem,

    Cic. Sen. 11, 35:

    contra verum niti,

    Sall. J. 35, 8:

    contra fortunam luctari,

    Sen. Ben. 7, 15, 2; id. Brev. Vit. 10, 1; id. Ep. 78, 15; 99, 32; cf. Cic. Off. 1, 31, 110.—
    b.
    Of warfare (lit. and trop.):

    bellum contra aras, focos, vitam fortunasque gerere,

    Cic. Phil. 3, 1, 1:

    bellum gerimus... contra arma verbis,

    id. Fam. 12, 22, 1.—So of logical contradictions:

    artificis autem est invenire in actione adversarii quae semet ipsa pugnent,

    Quint. 5, 13, 30.—
    c.
    Of legal contention.
    (α).
    Of the actions of the counsel or prosecutor: dicere, or perorare, agere contra aliquid, to plead against, contest something:

    contra argumenta, rumores, tabulas, quaestiones (opp. ab argumentis, etc.),

    Auct. Her. 2, 6, 9 sqq.; Cic. de Or. 2, 27, 118:

    contra ratiocinationem,

    id. Inv. 2, 50, 153: contra scriptum dicere, to contest, controvert a written law or a document, id. ib. 2, 47, 138; 2, 48, 143; id. Brut. 39, 145; Quint. 7, 7, 1:

    contra caput dicere,

    to plead against life, Cic. Quint. 13, 44 (cf.:

    servum in caput domini interrogare,

    Paul. Sent. 1, 1, 34; 5, 16, 5 and 8; 5, 46, 3): contra libertatem agere, Dig. 40, 12, 26.—Pregn.:

    contra rerum naturam, contraque consuetudinem hominum dicere (opp. contra nos dicere),

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 15, 45.—
    (β).
    Of judicial decisions contradicting documents, etc.:

    contra tabulas judicare,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 70, 281:

    contra testamentum,

    Dig. 2, 17, § 1:

    contra sententiam dicere,

    ib. 49, 8, 1, § 2.—
    (γ).
    Admittere aliquem contra bona, to admit a petition for bonorum possessio (cf.:

    inmittere in bona),

    Dig. 38, 2, 3, § 6.—
    d.
    Of antagonism in literary and ethical questions.
    (α).
    To contend that something is false:

    dicere, disputare, disserere contra opinionem or sententiam,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 4, 8; 5, 19, 55; id. de Or. 3, 18, 67; id. Fin. 5, 4, 10; id. Ac. 2, 18, 60; Sen. Ira, 1, 3, 3; id. Ep. 87, 5; 102, 5 (cf.:

    in sententiam dicere,

    in support of an opinion, Caes. B. G. 1, 45):

    contra sensus dicere,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 31, 101:

    contra rhetoricen dicere,

    Quint. 2, 17, 40.—
    (β).
    Of criticism, hostility to principles, etc.:

    contra Iliadem et Odysseam scribere,

    Vitr. 7, praef. 8:

    contra quorum disciplinam ingenium ejus exarserat,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 29, 83.—
    (γ).
    Ethically:

    contra voluptatem dicere,

    that pleasure is a moral evil, Cic. Fin. 5, 8, 21:

    contra mortem loqui,

    that death is no evil, Sen. Ep. 82, 7;

    in both senses: contra vitia, pericula, fortunam, ambitionem,

    id. ib. 100, 10:

    contra fortunam gloriari,

    that fortune has no power over him, Cic. Tusc. 5, 9, 26; Sen. Ep. 26, 5.—
    e.
    Of public and political acts and speeches:

    contra potentiam accusatorum dicere,

    Cic. Brut. 44, 164:

    contra legem dicere or verba facere,

    id. Imp. Pomp. 15, 53; Liv. 34, 8, 1:

    rogationem ferre contra coloniam ( = contra legem de colonia deducenda),

    Cic. Clu. 51, 140; Auct. Her. 1, 17, 21; Plin. 8, 17, 24, § 64.—
    f.
    Of hostility, injury, wrongs, etc.
    (α).
    In gen.:

    senatusconsulto quod contra dignitatem tuam fieret,

    directed against, Cic. Fam. 12, 29, 2:

    contra rem publicam se commovere,

    id. Cat. 1, 26; 1, 3, 7:

    incitari,

    id. Sest. 47, 100:

    consilia inire,

    id. Agr. 2, 3, 8:

    conjurationem facere,

    Sall. C. 30, 6:

    contra salutem urbis incitari,

    Cic. Cat. 3, 8, 20:

    cogitare aliquid contra salutem,

    id. ib. 3, 9, 21: contra voluntatem or studium dicere, to oppose one's will in a speech:

    esse aliquem in civitate qui contra ejus (Chrysogoni) voluntatem dicere auderet,

    id. Rosc. Am. 22, 60; id. Phil. 1, 11, 28; id. de Or. 3, 34, 138; id. Mur. 4, 10; Tac. H. 2, 91:

    ne quid contra aequitatem contendas, ne quid pro injuria,

    do not array yourself against equity, Cic. Off. 2, 20, 71.— Trop.:

    quis non contra Marii arma, contra Suliae proscriptionem irascitur? ( = Mario propter arma, Sullae propter proscriptionem),

    Sen. Ira, 2, 2, 3.—
    (β).
    In partic.: facere contra aliquid (syn. adversus), to commit an offence against, to transgress, etc.:

    si quis ad Antonium profectus esset... senatus existimaturum eum contra rem publicam fecisse,

    Cic. Phil. 8, 11, 33; id. Mil. 5, 13; 6, 14; id. Off. 3, 10, 43; 3, 25, 95; S. C. ap. Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 8, 6; Liv. 25, 4, 7; so,

    contra salutem rei publicae facere,

    Cic. Dom. 38, 102:

    contra majestatem,

    against the emperor, Dig. 48, 4, 5:

    contra leges,

    Cic. Dom. 18, 48; id. Vatin. 7, 18; id. Fin. 2, 17, 55; id. Mur. 32, 67; id. de Or. 3, 19, 70; cf. id. Clu. 34, 92; id. Mur. 32, 68; id. Dom. 14, 38; id. Phil. 10, 6, 13; Gai Inst. 4, 121:

    contra edictum (praetoris),

    Cic. Verr 2, 3, 10, § 25; Dig. 39, 1, 20, § 1:

    contra foedus,

    Cic. Balb. 6, 16:

    contra jusjurandum ac fidem,

    id. Off. 3, 10, 43; id. Lael. 3, 30, 74; id. Verr. 2, 3, 3, § 7; Prop. 3, 30, 44 (2, 32, 44).—And ironically:

    tune contra Caesaris nutum (sc. facies)?

    Cic. Att. 14, 10, 1.—Rarely contra ea facere = contra facere, adverb. (cf. I. B. 8. and II. E. 1. b.):

    corpus in civitatem inferri non licet... et qui contra ea fecerit, extra ordinem punitur,

    Paul. Sent. 1, 21, 2; 1, 21, 12.—
    2.
    Predicatively with esse (usu. impers.), in violation of, in conflict with, contrary to (cf. 3. g).
    (α).
    With esse expressed as the predicate:

    hominem hominis incommodo suum augere commodum magis est contra naturam quam mors,

    Cic. Off. 3, 5, 21; id. Fin. 3, 9, 31; id. N. D. 3, 13, 33; Sen. Ep. 5, 4; Plin. 7, 8, 6, § 45:

    contra leges or legem est,

    Cic. Pis. 13, 30; id. Mur. 32, 67:

    contra officium est,

    id. Off. 3, 10, 43; 1, 10, 32; 1, 6, 19; cf. id. Lael. 11, 39; id. Off. 3, 15, 63; Liv. 6, 40, 5; Sen. Q. N. 2, 37, 2; Gai Inst. 3, 157; Dig. 30, 1, 112, § 3; 16, 3, 1, § 7.—With ellipsis of object (naturam), Cic. Fin. 5, 29, 89; cf.:

    adeo res ista non habet ullam moram quae contra causas ignium sit,

    unfavorable to the formation of fire, Sen. Q. N. 2, 26, 7.—
    (β).
    With verbal predicate, referring to an indef. pron. or adj., with esse understood:

    scis hunc... nihil umquam contra rem tuam cogitasse ( = nihil quod contra rem tuam esset),

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 50, 147; id. Mil. 5, 13:

    aliquid contra animum audiendi,

    something against our liking, Sen. Const. 19, 2.—So mostly with facere:

    si quid Socrates aut Aristippus contra morem consuetudinemque fecerint,

    Cic. Off. 1, 41, 148; id. Att. 3, 23, 2; 2, 22, 2; id. Off. 3, 15, 63; Sall. C. 15, 1; Dig. 8, 2, 11; 8, 2, 17; 35, 1, 79, § 2. —
    (γ).
    Contra officium, substantively, = id quod contra officium est:

    Sic inter recte factum atque peccatum, officium et contra officium, media locabat quaedam,

    Cic. Ac. 1, 10, 37.—
    3.
    Adverbially with the predicate.
    (α).
    In order to oppose, in opposition to, with hostile intent (cf. B. 3.):

    eidem illam proscriptionem capitis mei contra salutem rei publicae rogatam esse dicebant,

    that the proposal of the law was an attack on the republic, Cic. Prov. Cons. 19, 45; id. Rab. Perd. 12, 35; id. Phil. 10, 10, 22:

    imperator contra postulata Bocchi nuntios mittit,

    to reply to the demands, Sall. J. 83, 3; 25, 6; so,

    advocare contra,

    Sen. Cons. Polyb. 12, 4; id. Ep. 15, 2, 52:

    si contra mortem te praeparaveris,

    to meet death, id. ib. 11, 3, 8.—
    (β).
    With the force of a clause of manner, injuriously to, etc.:

    quibus contra valetudinis commodum laborandum est,

    Cic. Mur. 23, 47; Suet. Aug. 78:

    contra hominis salutem,

    with danger to a man's life, Cod. Just. 7, 62, 29.—
    (γ).
    In gen., of conflict with some rule or principle, contrary to, in violation of, without regard to ( = ita ut contra sit; cf. 2. supra; very freq. from the class. period;

    syn. adversus): ceperitne pecunias contra leges P. Decius,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 31, 136; id. Verr. 2, 1, 4, § 10; id. Fl. 34, 86:

    pecuniam contra leges auferre,

    id. Verr. 1, 18, 56; 2, 1, 10, § 27; 2, 5, 18, § 46; id. Har. Resp. 26, 56:

    contra legem,

    id. Rab. Perd. 3, 8; id. Dom. 16, 41:

    contra jus fasque,

    id. Har. Resp. 16, 34; id. Quint. 6, 28:

    contra jus,

    Liv. 5, 4, 14; id. Dom. 13, 55; id. Verr. 2, 5, 13, § 34:

    contra jus gentium,

    Liv. 4, 32, 5; 9, 10, 10; 21, 25, 7; 5, 36, 6;

    6, 1, 6: contra juris rigorem,

    Dig. 40, 5, 24, § 10 et saep.:

    contra testimonium aliquid judicare,

    without regard to, Cic. Brut. 31, 117:

    aliquid contra verecundiam disputare,

    contrary to the rules of decency, id. Off. 1, 35, 128:

    aliquid contra fidem constituere,

    Quint. 5, 13, 34:

    quae majores nostri contra lubidinem animi sui recte atque ordine fecere,

    contrary to the dictates of passion, Sall. C. 51, 4; id. J. 33, 1; cf. of logical opposition, II. E. 2. infra.—
    4.
    Dependent on substt.
    a.
    Of physical strife:

    scit ille imparem sibi luctatum contra nexus (draconis),

    Plin. 8, 12, 12, § 33. —
    b.
    Of warfare:

    imperatorum copia contra tuum furorem,

    Cic. Mur. 39, 83:

    Parthorum gloria contra nomen Romanum,

    Liv. 9, 18, 6: in castris perditorum contra patriam, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 23, 6.—
    c.
    Of legal contention:

    causa contra scriptum,

    Cic. Inv. 2, 46, 135.—
    d.
    Of political speaking:

    divina M. Tullii eloquentia contra leges agrarias,

    Quint. 2, 16, 7; 9, 3, 50; Gell. 18, 7, 7.—
    e.
    Of literary opposition:

    Caesaris vituperatio contra laudationem meam,

    Cic. Att. 12, 40, 1.—
    f.
    Of hostility, etc.:

    cujus factum, inceptum, conatumve contra patriam,

    Cic. Cat. 2, 12, 27:

    ullum factum dictumve nostrum contra utilitatem vestram,

    Liv. 6, 40, 5.—
    g.
    Of injury:

    vitae cupiditas contra rem publicam,

    Cic. Planc. 37, 90: contra serpentes venenum, fatal to serpents, or as a defence against serpents, Plin. 7, 2, 2, § 15.—
    h.
    Of violation, disregard, etc. (cf. 3. g):

    iter contra senatus auctoritatem,

    Cic. Phil. 2, 19, 48:

    contra consuetudinem somnium,

    Plin. 10, 77, 98, § 211:

    bonorum possessio contra tabulas,

    Dig. 37, 4, 3, § 13; Gai Inst. 3, 41.—
    5.
    Dependent on adjectives (very rare; cf.

    II. D. 2. c. infra): contraque patris impii regnum impotens, avum resolvam,

    Sen. Herc. Fur. 966.
    D.
    Of defence, protection, and resistance (syn.: adversus, ab).
    1.
    Against persons.
    a.
    Dependent on verbs:

    cum populus Romanus suam auctoritatem vel contra omnes qui dissentiunt possit defendere,

    Cic. Imp. Pomp. 22, 63: si ego consul rem publicam [p. 457] contra te et gregales tuos defendissem, id. Sest. 52, 111; 22, 49; 8, 20; id. Fam. 11, 27, 7; id. Phil. 2, 18, 45:

    contra quem multum omnes boni providerunt,

    provided a great defence, id. Mur. 38, 81: formula qua utitur patronus contra libertum qui eum in jus vocat, as a defence against, Gai Inst. 4, 46. —And of protection of plants against injurious animals:

    contra haec animalia proderit, si, etc.,

    Pall. 10, 3, 2.—
    b.
    Dependent on adjectives, mostly participial:

    paratus contra,

    Cic. Mil. 21, 56:

    nihil satis firmum contra Metellum,

    Sall. J. 80, 1:

    contra potentes nemo est munitus satis,

    Phaedr. 2, 6, 1.—
    2.
    Against inanimate and abstract things.
    a.
    Dependent on verbs:

    contra avium morsus munitur vallo aristarum,

    Cic. Sen. 15, 51:

    propugnaculum, quo contra omnes meos impetus usurum se putat,

    id. Verr. 2, 3, 16, § 40; 2, 5, 39, § 102:

    publicam causam contra vim armatam suscipere,

    id. Dom. 34, 91; id. Quint. 30, 94; id. Leg. 3, 3, 9:

    contra tantas difficultates providere,

    Sall. J. 90, 1; 76, 4; so,

    contra ea,

    id. ib. 57, 5:

    patricii vi contra vim resistunt,

    Liv. 3, 13, 4; Plin. 14, 2, 4, § 28; Tac. Agr. 45; Sen. Prov. 4, 12; id. Const. 5, 4.—
    b.
    Dependent on substt.:

    suffragia contra oppugnationem vestrae majestatis,

    Cic. Rab. Perd. 12, 35:

    defensio contra vim,

    id. Mil. 5, 14:

    patronus justitiae fuit contra orationem Phili,

    id. Lael. 7, 25; Plin. 29, 2, 9, § 30; 14, 3, 4, § 40:

    contra labores patientia,

    id. 23, 1, 22, § 37.—
    c.
    Dependent on adjectives (in Cic. freq. with P. a. predicatively used; otherwise very rare;

    in later prose freq.): nec est quidquam Cilicia contra Syriam munitius,

    against an attack from the side of Syria, Cic. Fam. 14, 4, 4:

    ut nullius res tuta, nullius domus clausa, nullius vita saepta, nullius pudicitia munita contra tuam cupiditatem posset esse,

    id. Verr. 2, 5, 15, § 39; id. Fin. 1, 16, 51; id. Mil. 25, 67; id. Tusc. 5, 8, 19; 5, 27, 76:

    vir contra audaciam firmissimus,

    id. Rosc. Am. 30, 85; Sall. J. 33, 2; 28, 5:

    fortis contra dolorem,

    Sen. Ep. 98, 18; Quint. 12, 1, 10:

    callosus,

    Plin. 11, 37, 54, § 147; 14, 2, 4, § 23:

    far contra hiemes firmissimum,

    id. 18, 8, 19, § 83:

    equus tenax contra vincula,

    Ov. Am. 3, 4, 13:

    contraque minantia fata pervigil,

    Claud. I. Cons. Stil. 1, 284.—
    3.
    Of remedies against sickness and its causes, poison, etc.; so only in Plin.; in Pall. only of preventives and of protection against hurtful animals, and against mental perturbations in gen.; cf. infra (syn. ad in Cat., Cic., Cels., Col.; adversus only in Celsus, who also has in with abl.).
    (α).
    Dependent on verbs:

    cujus et vinum et uva contra serpentium ictus medetur,

    Plin. 14, 18, 22, § 117; 7, 2, 2, § 13:

    prodest et contra suspiria et tussim,

    id. 20, 13, 50, § 128:

    valet potum contra venena,

    id. 28, 7, 21, § 74; 29, 4, 22, § 71; 29, 4, 26, § 81; 28, 8, 27, § 98; 16, 37, 71, § 180; 35, 6, 14, § 34; 28, 6, 18, §§ 65-67.—
    (β).
    Dependent on substt.:

    remedium contra morsus,

    Plin. 8, 32, 50, § 118; 10, 59, 79, § 163:

    contra venena esse omnia remedio,

    id. 16, 44, 95, § 251; 17, 24, 37, § 240; 7, 1, 1, § 4.—
    (γ).
    Dependent on adjectives:

    vinum quod salutare contra pestilentiam sit,

    Pall. 11, 14, 17.—
    (δ).
    Appositively, as a remedy:

    cujus lacteum succum miris laudibus celebrat... contra serpentes et venena,

    Plin. 5, 1, 1, § 16; 29, 4, 26, § 83. —So of remedies against affections:

    Tiberium tonante caelo coronari ea (lauro) solitum ferunt contra fulminum metus,

    Plin. 15, 30, 40, § 135; cf. Sen. Ira, 2, 21, 1; id. Tranq. 5. 1.
    E.
    Of logical opposition.
    1.
    With a neuter demonstrative (contra ea, contra haec, contra quae, quod contra = contra, adv.).
    a.
    The contrary, the reverse (very rare; cf.

    I. D. 1.): sed mihi contra ea videtur,

    but to me the contrary seems true, Sall. J. 85, 1:

    omnia quae contra haec sunt, omnia quae contra sunt,

    and vice versa, Quint. 5, 10, 90. —
    b.
    Contra ea, on the contrary, in logical antithesis (not in Cic. and Sall.; once in Caes. and Quint.; several times in Liv. and Nep.; cf.: contra ea, in other uses, II. A. 2. e. a, II. D. 2. a., II. A. 3. d., II. C. 1. f.):

    omnes arderent cupiditate pugnandi... contra ea Caesar... spatiumque interponendum... putabat ( = at contra),

    but Caesar on the contrary, Caes. B. C. 3, 74: superbe ab Samnitibus... legati prohibiti commercio sunt;

    contra ea benigne ab Siculorum tyrannis adjuti,

    Liv. 4, 52, 6; 2, 60, 1; 21, 20, 6;

    44, 43, 5: pater... Thracem me genuit, contra ea mater Atheniensem,

    Nep. Iphicr. 3, 4; id. praef. 6; id. Alcib. 8, 1.—And after a question, with immo (cf. I. E. 5. b.):

    an infirmissimi omnium... (sumus)? Immo contra ea vel viribus nostris, vel, etc., tuti (sumus),

    Liv. 41, 24, 8.—
    c.
    Quod contra, by anastrophe (v. F. 1.), contrary to which, whereas, while on the contrary (only once in Lucr. and three times in Cic.):

    illud in his rebus vereor ne forte rearis, Inpia te rationis inire elementa viamque indugredi sceleris: quod contra saepius illa Religio peperit scelerosa atque impia facta,

    whereas on the contrary, Lucr. 1, 81:

    cujus a me corpus crematum est, quod contra decuit ab illo meum (sc. cremari),

    Cic. Sen. 23, 84:

    quod contra oportebat delicto dolere, correctione gaudere,

    id. Lael. 24, 90 (B. and K. place a comma after oportebat; cf.

    Nauck ad loc.): reliquum est ut eum nemo judicio defenderit: quod contra copiosissime defensum esse contendi,

    id. Quint. 28, 87 (many consider contra in all these passages as an adverb; cf. Hand, Turs. II. p. 121 sq.; some explain quod as an ancient ablative, = qua re;

    v. Ritschl,

    Plaut. Exc. p. 57, Munro ad Lucr. 1, 82).—
    2.
    With an abstract noun, with the force of the adverb contra with ac or atque (I. F. 1.), contrary to, contrary to what, etc. (esp. in Sall., not in Cic.; cf. praeter): celeriter contraque omnium opinionem confecto itinere, contrary to the opinion ( = contra ac rati erant), Caes. B. G. 6, 30:

    contra opinionem Jugurthae ad Thalam perveniunt,

    Sall. J. 75, 9; Hirt. B. G. 8, 40.—Contra spem either contrary to the opinion, or against the hope:

    Metellus contra spem suam laetissume excipitur ( = contra ac ratus, veritus est),

    Sall. J. 88, 1; so,

    cetera contra spem salva invenit,

    Liv. 9, 23, 17:

    contra spem omnium L. Furium optavit,

    id. 6, 25, 5; Curt. 8, 4, 45;

    but: at Jugurtha contra spem nuntio accepto ( = contra ac speraverat),

    Sall. J. 28, 1; Liv. 24, 45, 3:

    postquam... Jugurtha contra timorem animi praemia sceleris adeptum sese videt,

    Sall. J. 20, 1:

    ipse in Numidiam procedit, ubi contra belli faciem tuguria plena hominumque... erant ( = contra ac in bello evenire solet),

    id. ib. 46, 5:

    contra famam,

    Plin. 13, 22, 43, § 126; 7, 53, 54, § 180:

    segniterque et contra industriam absconditae formicae,

    slowly, and in a manner different from their usual activity, id. 18, 35, 88, § 364.—Of persons:

    frigidam potionem esse debere, contra priores auctores, Asclepiades confirmavit,

    contrary to the opinion of the former physicians, Cels. 4, 26 (19).
    F.
    Sometimes by anastrophe after its noun.
    1.
    In prose, after relatives, esp. in Cic.:

    quos contra disputant,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 15, 47:

    quem contra dicit,

    id. Phil. 2, 8, 18 (v. II. B. 1. f.):

    quem contra veneris,

    id. Mur. 4, 9:

    quas contra, praeter te, etc.,

    id. Vatin. 7, 18:

    eos ipsos quos contra statuas,

    id. Or. 10, 34:

    quos contra me senatus armavit,

    id. Att. 10, 8, 8:

    quam contra multa locutus est,

    Sen. Ep. 82, 7, Plin. Ep. 1, 23, 3; Claud. in Rufin. 1, 332; v. also E. 1. c. supra.—
    2.
    After other words ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

    hunc igitur contra mittam contendere causam,

    Lucr. 4, 471:

    dicere eos contra,

    id. 4, 484:

    donique eum contra,

    id. 5, 708:

    agmina contra,

    Verg. A. 12, 279:

    magnum Alciden contra,

    id. ib. 5, 414:

    Paridem contra,

    id. ib. 5, 370:

    Italiam contra,

    id. ib. 1, 13:

    deos contra,

    Ov. P. 1, 1, 26:

    Messania moenia contra,

    id. M. 14, 17:

    litora Calabriae contra,

    Tac. A. 3, 1.

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    [st1]1 [-] mŏror, āri, ātus sum: a - intr. - s'attarder, agir avec lenteur, tarder à; s’arrêter, séjourner, demeurer, rester.    - eamus ergo ad cenam: quid stas? Thr. ubi vis: non moror, Ter. Eun. 3, 2, 6: eh bien, allons dîner: qu'attends-tu? Thr. quand tu voudras; je ne te retiens pas.    - quid multis moror? Ter. And. 1, 1, 87: pourquoi tarder à parler davantage? (= abrégeons).    - ne multis morer, Cic. Verr. 2, 4: bref!    - Brundisii moratus es, Cic. Fam. 15: tu as fait une halte à Brindes.    - haud multa moratus, Virg. En. 3: sans tarder, aussitôt.    - nec plura moratus, Virg. En. 5: sans tarder, aussitôt.    - rosa quo locorum Sera moretur, Hor.: où se trouve encore la rose tardive.    - Corycia semper qui puppe moraris, Juv. 14: toi qui restes toujours sur un navire corycien.    - ab omnibus sciscitor qui ex ista regione veniunt quid agas, ubi et cum quibus moreris, Sen. Ep. 32: à tous ceux qui viennent de ta région, je demande ce que tu fais, où et avec qui tu demeures.    - nec morati sunt quin decurrerent ad castra, Liv. 40, 31, 8: et ils ne tardèrent pas à fondre sur le camp.    - morati, ōrum, m. Liv.: les soldats laissés en arrière.    - ad sexcentos moratorum in citeriore ripā cepit, Liv.: il fit prisonniers environ six cents hommes, qui étaient restés sur l'autre bord.    - ad duo milia aut moratorum aut palantium per agros, Liv. 24: environ deux mille hommes, restés en arrière ou qui erraient dans les campagnes. b - tr. - retarder, retenir, empêcher, différer, s'opposer à.    - praemittit equites, qui primum impetum sustineant ac morentur, Caes. B. C. 2, 26: il envoya au-devant la cavalerie pour soutenir le premier choc et ralentir (l'attaque).    - morari ab itinere hostem, Liv. 23, 28, 9: retarder l'ennemi dans sa marche.    - argentum non morabor quin feras, Plaut. As.: je ne t'empêche pas d'emmener tout de suite l'argent.    - tribunos appellavit et, nullo morante arreptus a viatore, Liv. 3: il en appela aux tribuns et, personne n'intervenant, il fut arrêté par l'huissier.    - nihil morari aliquem: ne pas retenir qqn, le laisser partir.    - nihil amplius vos moramur, Capitol.: nous ne vous retenons plus (formule par laquelle le président congédiait l'assemblée).    - C. Sempronium nihil moror, Liv. 4: je ne retiens plus C. Sempronius ( = je retire mon accusation contre C. Sempronius). c - tr. - avec une négation ne pas s'opposer (à une chose), pas être attaché (à une chose), ne pas y tenir, ne pas s'en soucier (non moror, nihil moror...).    - aliquid nihil morari (aliquid non morari): ne pas être attaché à qqch, ne pas se soucier de qqch, ne pas faire cas de qqch.    - vina nihil moror illius orae, Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 16: je n'estime pas les vins de ce canton.    - nec dona moror, Virg. En. 5: et je n'attends pas de récompenses.    - nil ego istos moror faeceos mores, Plaut. Trin. 2: je n'ai aucun goût pour ces moeurs ignobles.    - nihil moror barbarico ritu esse, Plaut.: je ne me soucie pas de la nourriture des barbares.    - nihil moror mihi istius modi clientes, Plaut.: je ne me soucie pas des clients de cette espèce.    - i quo properabas, nihil moror, Plaut.: va où tu courais, je m'y oppose pas (= cela m'est égal).    - nihil moror eos salvos esse, Cic. Phil. 13: il m'est bien égal qu'ils aient la vie sauve.    - nil moror eum tibi esse amicum, Plaut. Trin. 2: il m'est bien égal que tu l'aies pour ami.    - nihil ego moror quominus decemviratu abeam, Liv. 3: ce n'est pas moi qui mettrai du retard à quitter le décemvirat. d - tr. - retenir l'attention de, intéresser, captiver, charmer.    - morari populum, Hor.: intéresser le peuple.    - morari oculos auresque, Hor.: charmer les yeux et les oreilles. [st1]2 [-] mōror, āri: Plaut. Suet. être fou, extravaguer, déraisonner.    - cf. grec. μωρός: sot, fou, insensé.
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    [st1]1 [-] mŏror, āri, ātus sum: a - intr. - s'attarder, agir avec lenteur, tarder à; s’arrêter, séjourner, demeurer, rester.    - eamus ergo ad cenam: quid stas? Thr. ubi vis: non moror, Ter. Eun. 3, 2, 6: eh bien, allons dîner: qu'attends-tu? Thr. quand tu voudras; je ne te retiens pas.    - quid multis moror? Ter. And. 1, 1, 87: pourquoi tarder à parler davantage? (= abrégeons).    - ne multis morer, Cic. Verr. 2, 4: bref!    - Brundisii moratus es, Cic. Fam. 15: tu as fait une halte à Brindes.    - haud multa moratus, Virg. En. 3: sans tarder, aussitôt.    - nec plura moratus, Virg. En. 5: sans tarder, aussitôt.    - rosa quo locorum Sera moretur, Hor.: où se trouve encore la rose tardive.    - Corycia semper qui puppe moraris, Juv. 14: toi qui restes toujours sur un navire corycien.    - ab omnibus sciscitor qui ex ista regione veniunt quid agas, ubi et cum quibus moreris, Sen. Ep. 32: à tous ceux qui viennent de ta région, je demande ce que tu fais, où et avec qui tu demeures.    - nec morati sunt quin decurrerent ad castra, Liv. 40, 31, 8: et ils ne tardèrent pas à fondre sur le camp.    - morati, ōrum, m. Liv.: les soldats laissés en arrière.    - ad sexcentos moratorum in citeriore ripā cepit, Liv.: il fit prisonniers environ six cents hommes, qui étaient restés sur l'autre bord.    - ad duo milia aut moratorum aut palantium per agros, Liv. 24: environ deux mille hommes, restés en arrière ou qui erraient dans les campagnes. b - tr. - retarder, retenir, empêcher, différer, s'opposer à.    - praemittit equites, qui primum impetum sustineant ac morentur, Caes. B. C. 2, 26: il envoya au-devant la cavalerie pour soutenir le premier choc et ralentir (l'attaque).    - morari ab itinere hostem, Liv. 23, 28, 9: retarder l'ennemi dans sa marche.    - argentum non morabor quin feras, Plaut. As.: je ne t'empêche pas d'emmener tout de suite l'argent.    - tribunos appellavit et, nullo morante arreptus a viatore, Liv. 3: il en appela aux tribuns et, personne n'intervenant, il fut arrêté par l'huissier.    - nihil morari aliquem: ne pas retenir qqn, le laisser partir.    - nihil amplius vos moramur, Capitol.: nous ne vous retenons plus (formule par laquelle le président congédiait l'assemblée).    - C. Sempronium nihil moror, Liv. 4: je ne retiens plus C. Sempronius ( = je retire mon accusation contre C. Sempronius). c - tr. - avec une négation ne pas s'opposer (à une chose), pas être attaché (à une chose), ne pas y tenir, ne pas s'en soucier (non moror, nihil moror...).    - aliquid nihil morari (aliquid non morari): ne pas être attaché à qqch, ne pas se soucier de qqch, ne pas faire cas de qqch.    - vina nihil moror illius orae, Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 16: je n'estime pas les vins de ce canton.    - nec dona moror, Virg. En. 5: et je n'attends pas de récompenses.    - nil ego istos moror faeceos mores, Plaut. Trin. 2: je n'ai aucun goût pour ces moeurs ignobles.    - nihil moror barbarico ritu esse, Plaut.: je ne me soucie pas de la nourriture des barbares.    - nihil moror mihi istius modi clientes, Plaut.: je ne me soucie pas des clients de cette espèce.    - i quo properabas, nihil moror, Plaut.: va où tu courais, je m'y oppose pas (= cela m'est égal).    - nihil moror eos salvos esse, Cic. Phil. 13: il m'est bien égal qu'ils aient la vie sauve.    - nil moror eum tibi esse amicum, Plaut. Trin. 2: il m'est bien égal que tu l'aies pour ami.    - nihil ego moror quominus decemviratu abeam, Liv. 3: ce n'est pas moi qui mettrai du retard à quitter le décemvirat. d - tr. - retenir l'attention de, intéresser, captiver, charmer.    - morari populum, Hor.: intéresser le peuple.    - morari oculos auresque, Hor.: charmer les yeux et les oreilles. [st1]2 [-] mōror, āri: Plaut. Suet. être fou, extravaguer, déraisonner.    - cf. grec. μωρός: sot, fou, insensé.
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        Moror, moraris, moratus sum, morari. Quintil. Retarder, Detenir, Amuser de parolles, Faire muser.
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        Gladium educere conantis dextram moratur manum. Caesar. Retient et arreste.
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        Egomet conuiuas moror. Terent. Je fay trop attendre ceulx que j'ay invité.
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        Longius morari in loco aliquo. Propert. Demeurer long temps.
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        Morari emori. Catull. Tarder de mourir.
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        Carmina morantur oculos alicuius, auresque. Horat. Retiennent.
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        Eamus intro. PH. non moror. Plaut. Il ne tient pas à moy que nous n'allions.
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        - ne affinem morer, Quin vt accersat me, meam, etc. Plaut. Que je ne le retarde, ou Que je ne le face trop attendre.
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        Ac ne pluribus moremur in re confessa, in regione Italiae octaua, etc. Plin. Que ne nous arrestions en, etc.
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        Diutius morari aut expectare praesidium, non necesse habui. Lentulus. Attendre.
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        Morari. Brutus ad Ciceronem. Demourer et s'arrester en quelque lieu.
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        Morari apud aliquem. Pomponius. Demeurer, Habiter.
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        Clamores, imperia, purpuram nihil moror. Plau. Je n'ay que faire, Il ne me chault, Je ne fay compte de, etc.
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        Mihi negauit eius operam se morarier. Plaut. Elle m'a dict qu'elle n'avoit que faire de son aide.
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        Nihil ne ego quidem moror quominus Decemuiratu abeam. Liu. Je n'empesche point, Je ne suis point delayant, Je ne refuse point.
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        Morari solutionem. Paulus. Differer, ou Delayer de payer.
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        Morandi, morando, morandum, Gerundium. Virgil. - ipsumque morando Sustinuit. En la retenant.

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  • 14 differo

    dif-fĕro, distŭli, dīlātum, differre ( inf. differrier, Lucr. 1, 1088. In tmesi:

    disque tulissent,

    Plaut. Trin. 4, 1, 14), v. a. and n.
    I.
    Act., to carry different ways; to spread abroad, scatter, disperse, separate (cf.: reicere, proferre, procrastinare, producere, ampliare, prorogare—class.).
    A.
    Lit.:

    scintillas agere ac late differre favillam,

    Lucr. 2, 675; cf.:

    favillam longe (ventus),

    id. 6, 692:

    nubila (vis venti),

    id. 1, 273; Verg. G. 3, 197:

    ignem (ventus),

    Caes. B. C. 2, 14, 2:

    casae venti magnitudine ignem distulerunt,

    id. B. G. 5, 43, 2:

    majorem partem classis (vis Africi),

    Vell. 2, 79, 2:

    rudentes fractosque remos (Eurus),

    Hor. Epod. 10, 6 et saep.; cf. Plaut. Trin. 4, 1, 14:

    nos cum scapha tempestas dextrovorsum Differt ab illis,

    id. Rud. 2, 3, 39; cf. Lucr. 1, 1088: cytisum, to plant apart, in separate rows = disserere, digerere, Varr. R. R. 1, 43; Col. 11, 3, 30 sq.; 38; 42 al.; cf.:

    ulmos in versum,

    Verg. G. 4, 144:

    ut formicae frustillatim (te) differant,

    Plaut. Curc. 4, 4, 20; cf.:

    insepulta membra (lupi),

    Hor. Epod. 5, 99; and:

    Mettum in diversa (quadrigae),

    Verg. A. 8, 643. —
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    To distract, disquiet, disturb a person (only ante-class.): vorsor in amoris rota miser, Exanimor, feror, differor, distrahor, diripior, Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 5:

    differor clamore,

    id. Ep. 1, 2, 15:

    cupidine ejus,

    id. Poen. 1, 1, 28; cf.:

    amore istius,

    id. Mil. 4, 4, 27:

    laetitia,

    id. Truc. 4, 1, 3:

    doloribus,

    Ter. Ad. 3, 4, 40.—Less freq. act.:

    aliquem dictis,

    to confound, Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 125; cf. Ter. And. 2, 4, 5 Ruhnk.—
    2.
    To spread abroad, publish, divulge; with a personal object, to cry down, to defame (mostly anteclass. and post-Aug.; not in Cic., Caes., or Sall.).
    (α).
    With acc. rei: cum de me ista foris sermonibus differs, Lucil. ap. Non. 284, 16; cf.:

    rumores famam differant licebit nosque carpant,

    Varr. ib. 18:

    commissam libertatem populo Rom. sermonibus,

    Liv. 34, 49:

    promissum jus anulorum fama distulit,

    Suet. Caes. 33.—With acc. and inf.:

    ne mi hanc famam differant, Me dedidisse, etc.,

    Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 63; Ter. Heaut. prol. 16; Nep. Dion. 10; Val. Fl. 1, 753.—With quasi and dependent clause:

    rumore ab obtrectatoribus dilato, quasi eundem mox et discruciatum necasset,

    Suet. Aug. 14 et saep.— Pass. impers.:

    quo pertinuit differri etiam per externos, tamquam veneno interceptus esset,

    Tac. A. 3, 12; cf. id. ib. 4, 25.—
    (β).
    With acc. pers.:

    aliquem pipulo,

    Plaut. Aul. 3, 2, 32 (cf. Varr. L. L. 7, § 103 Müll., and see pipulum): aliquem maledicendo sermonibus, Lucil. ap. Non. 284, 24:

    dominos variis rumoribus,

    Tac. A. 1, 4:

    te circum omnes alias puellas,

    to bring into disrepute with them, Prop. 1, 4, 22.—In the pass.: differor sermone miser, Caecil. ap. Gell. 2, 93, 10:

    alterna differor invidia,

    Prop. 1, 16, 48.—
    3.
    With reference to time, to defer, put off, protract, delay any thing; with a personal object also to put off, amuse with promises, get rid of (class. and very freq.).
    (α).
    With acc. rei:

    cetera praesenti sermoni reserventur: hoc tamen non queo differre, etc.,

    Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 8:

    differre quotidie ac procrastinare rem,

    id. Rosc. Am. 9 fin.:

    saepe vadimonia,

    id. Quint. 5 fin.:

    iter in praesentia,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 85, 4:

    pleraque (with omittere in praesens tempus),

    Hor. A. P. 44:

    distulit ira sitim,

    Ov. M. 6, 366 et saep.:

    differri jam hora non potest,

    Cic. Phil. 6, 7, 19:

    tempus,

    id. ib. 8, 8; id. Prov. Cons. 11 fin.; Liv. 3, 46; Ov. M. 1, 724 al.:

    diem de die,

    Liv. 25, 25 et saep.—With inf.:

    quaerere distuli,

    Hor. Od. 4, 4, 21; so Liv. 42, 2 (but not Suet. Caes. 81, where agere belongs to proposuerat, cf. id. Aug. 72; id. Calig. 49).—With quin:

    nihil dilaturi, quin periculum summae rerum facerent,

    Liv. 6, 22 fin.; so Suet. Caes. 4; with in and acc.:

    reliqua in crastinum,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 44 fin.:

    in posterum diem,

    id. Deiot. 7, 21; cf. Caes. B. C. 1, 65 fin.:

    in posterum,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 32; Caes. B. G. 7, 11, 5:

    in aliud tempus,

    Cic. Brut. 87; Caes. B. C. 1, 86, 2:

    in adventum tuum,

    Cic. Fam. 2, 3 fin.:

    diem edicti in a. d. IV. Kal. Dec.,

    id. Phil. 3, 8, 20:

    curandi tempus in annum,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 39 et saep. — Poet.:

    tropaea in pueros suos,

    to reserve for, Prop. 4, 6, 82.—Rarely with ad:

    aliquid ad crudelitatis tempus,

    Cic. Vat. 11 fin.; cf. the foll.—
    (β).
    With acc. pers.:

    sin autem differs me in tempus aliud,

    Cic. Fam. 5, 12, 10; Liv. 26, 51; 41, 8:

    differri non posse adeo concitatos animos,

    id. 7, 14:

    dilatus per frustrationem,

    id. 25, 25; cf.:

    aliquem variis frustrationibus,

    Just. 9, 6 fin.:

    Campanos,

    Liv. 26, 33:

    aliquem petentem,

    Suet. Vesp. 23 Ern.:

    caros amicos (opp. properare),

    Mart. 13, 55 et saep.— Poet.: vivacem anum, to preserve alive, i. e. to postpone her death, Ov. M. 13, 519; cf.:

    decimum dilatus in annum (belli) Hector erat,

    id. ib. 12, 76:

    aliquem in spem impetrandi tandem honoris,

    Liv. 39, 32:

    aliquem in septimum diem,

    Suet. Tib. 32; id. Caes. 82 Oud.; id. Aug. 44 fin. et saep.— Rarely with ad:

    legati ad novos magistratus dilati,

    Liv. 41, 8:

    aliquem ad finem muneris,

    Suet. Vit. 12:

    quas (legationes) par tim dato responso ex itinere dimisit, partim distulit Tarraconem,

    Liv. 26, 51.—Once with post:

    aliquid post bellum differre,

    Liv. 4, 6, 4.—
    (γ).
    Absol. Prov.: differ;

    habent parvae commoda magna morae,

    Ov. F. 3, 394.
    II.
    Neut., to differ, be different (esp. freq. since the Ciceron. period—cf.:

    discrepare, distare, interesse): qui re consentientes vocabulis differebant,

    Cic. Fin. 4, 2 fin.; cf.:

    naturis differunt, voluntate autem similes sunt,

    id. de Or. 2, 23: verbo [p. 575] differre, re esse unum, id. Caecin. 21, 59:

    distare aliquid aut ex aliqua parte differre,

    id. ib. 14:

    nihil aut non fere multum differre,

    id. Brut. 40 fin.:

    paulum differre,

    id. Agr. 2, 31, 85 et saep.:

    nec quicquam differre, utrumne... an, etc.,

    Hor. S. 2, 3, 251; cf.:

    quid enim differt, barathrone Dones quicquid habes, an? etc.,

    id. ib. 166.—
    (β).
    With ab:

    ita ut pauxillum differat a cavillulis,

    Plaut. Truc. 3, 2, 18:

    quidnam esset illud, quo ipsi (poëtae) differrent ab oratoribus,

    Cic. Or. 19, 66; id. Off. 1, 27 fin.:

    quid hoc ab illo differt?

    id. Caecin. 14:

    non multum ab hostili expugnatione,

    id. de Imp. Pomp. 5 fin.:

    multum a Gallica consuetudine,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 14; cf. ib. 6, 21; 6, 28, 5:

    hoc fere ab reliquis differunt, quod, etc.,

    id. ib. 6, 18, 3 et saep.—
    (γ).
    With inter (esp. impers.):

    si nihil inter deum et deum differt,

    Cic. N. D. 1, 29, 80; id. Off. 1, 28, 99; id. Fin. 4, 25, 70:

    nequid inter privatum et magistratum differat,

    id. Rep. 1, 43:

    ut non multum differat inter summos et mediocres viros,

    id. Off. 2, 8, 30: multa sunt alia, quae inter locum et locum plurimum differunt (for which, shortly before, inter locorum naturas quantum intersit), id. Fat. 4:

    haec cogitatione inter se differunt, re quidem copulata sunt,

    id. Tusc. 4, 11: inter se aliqua re, id. Opt. gen. 2, 6; id. N. D. 1, 7, 16; Caes. B. G. 1, 1, 2; 6, 11, 1; Quint. 12, 10, 22; 34; 67 et saep.:

    quae quidem inter se plurimum differunt,

    id. 5, 14, 27.—
    (δ).
    Rarely with cum:

    occasio cum tempore hoc differt,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 27:

    hoc genus causae cum superiore hoc differt, quod, etc.,

    id. ib. 2, 30, 92 Orell. N. cr. —
    (ε).
    Likewise rarely, differre in aliqua re, Lucr. 3, 314; Nep. Ages. 7 fin. —
    (ζ).
    Rarely, and only poet. or in post-Aug. prose, with dat.:

    quod pede certo Differt sermoni sermo merus,

    Hor. S. 1, 4, 48:

    tragico differre colori,

    id. A. P. 236; Quint. 2, 21, 10; Plin. 9, 35, 54, § 107; cf. id. 9, 8, 7, § 23.—Hence, diffĕ-rens, entis, P. a., different, superior:

    differentius nomen,

    a more excellent name, Vulg. Heb. 1, 4; in Quintilian subst. n. (opp. proprium), a difference, Quint. 5, 10, 55; 58; 6, 3, 66; 7, 3, 3; 25 sq.—
    * Adv.: diffĕren-ter, differently, Sol. 1.

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  • 15 deflecto

    dēflecto, ĕre, flexi, flectum - tr. - [st1]1 [-] abaisser en ployant, courber, fléchir.    - ramum deflectere, Col. 5, 11, 14: courber une branche. [st1]2 [-] faire dévier, détourner.    - amnes in alium cursum deflexi, Cic. Div. 1, 38: rivières détournées suivant un autre cours.    - aliquem ab aliqua re deflectere: détourner qqn de qqch.    - ab aliquo oculos deflectere: détourner ses yeux de qqn.    - poét. novam viam deflectere, Liv. 39, 27, 10: en changeant de direction prendre une route nouvelle.    - fig. rem ad verba deflectere, Cic. Caec. 51: mettre l'idée sous la dépendance des mots = s'en tenir à la lettre.    - deflectere aliquem de via, Cic. Rep. 1, 68: détourner qqn du chemin.    - ab aliqua re aliquem deflectere, Quint. 10, 1, 91: détourner qqn de qqch.    - deflectere aliquid in melius, Sen. Ben. 6, 8, 1: faire tourner qqch au mieux.    - deflectere virtutes in vitia, Suet. Dom. 3: changer en vices ses vertus.    - deflectere dotes puellae in pejus, Ov. R. Am. 325: déprécier les bonnes qualités d'une jeune fille. - intr. - [st1]3 [-] se détourner, s'écarter.    - viā deflectere, Tac. H. 2, 70: se détourner de son chemin.    - in Tuscos deflectere, Plin. Ep. 4, 1, 3: se détourner pour aller en Toscane.    - fig. de recta regione, de via, Cic. Verr. 5, 176; Off, 2, 9: se détourner de la ligne droite, de sa route.    - oratio redeat illuc, unde deflexit, Cic. Tusc. 5, 80: revenons à ce point, dont nous nous sommes écartés.    - cerva ad Gallos, lupus ad Romanos cursum deflexit, Liv. 10, 27: la biche se dirigea vers les Gaulois, et le loup vers les Romains.    - deflectere in Tuscos: *se détourner du côté des Toscans* = dévier sa route pour aller en Toscane.    - deflexit jam aliquantulum de spatio curriculoque consuetudo majorum, Cic. Lael. 12: déjà la conduite des anciens s'est écartée un peu de la bonne ligne.    - se de curriculo petitionis deflectere animumque ad accusandum transferre, Cic. Mur. 22: retirer sa candidature et se concentrer sur l'accusation.
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    dēflecto, ĕre, flexi, flectum - tr. - [st1]1 [-] abaisser en ployant, courber, fléchir.    - ramum deflectere, Col. 5, 11, 14: courber une branche. [st1]2 [-] faire dévier, détourner.    - amnes in alium cursum deflexi, Cic. Div. 1, 38: rivières détournées suivant un autre cours.    - aliquem ab aliqua re deflectere: détourner qqn de qqch.    - ab aliquo oculos deflectere: détourner ses yeux de qqn.    - poét. novam viam deflectere, Liv. 39, 27, 10: en changeant de direction prendre une route nouvelle.    - fig. rem ad verba deflectere, Cic. Caec. 51: mettre l'idée sous la dépendance des mots = s'en tenir à la lettre.    - deflectere aliquem de via, Cic. Rep. 1, 68: détourner qqn du chemin.    - ab aliqua re aliquem deflectere, Quint. 10, 1, 91: détourner qqn de qqch.    - deflectere aliquid in melius, Sen. Ben. 6, 8, 1: faire tourner qqch au mieux.    - deflectere virtutes in vitia, Suet. Dom. 3: changer en vices ses vertus.    - deflectere dotes puellae in pejus, Ov. R. Am. 325: déprécier les bonnes qualités d'une jeune fille. - intr. - [st1]3 [-] se détourner, s'écarter.    - viā deflectere, Tac. H. 2, 70: se détourner de son chemin.    - in Tuscos deflectere, Plin. Ep. 4, 1, 3: se détourner pour aller en Toscane.    - fig. de recta regione, de via, Cic. Verr. 5, 176; Off, 2, 9: se détourner de la ligne droite, de sa route.    - oratio redeat illuc, unde deflexit, Cic. Tusc. 5, 80: revenons à ce point, dont nous nous sommes écartés.    - cerva ad Gallos, lupus ad Romanos cursum deflexit, Liv. 10, 27: la biche se dirigea vers les Gaulois, et le loup vers les Romains.    - deflectere in Tuscos: *se détourner du côté des Toscans* = dévier sa route pour aller en Toscane.    - deflexit jam aliquantulum de spatio curriculoque consuetudo majorum, Cic. Lael. 12: déjà la conduite des anciens s'est écartée un peu de la bonne ligne.    - se de curriculo petitionis deflectere animumque ad accusandum transferre, Cic. Mur. 22: retirer sa candidature et se concentrer sur l'accusation.
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        Deflecto, deflectis, deflexi, deflexum, deflectere. Colum. Flechir et ployer quelque chose.
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        Ex itinere ad visendum aliquem deflectere. Sueton. Se destourner du chemin pour aller veoir aucun.
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        Carinam deflectere aliquo. Lucan. Tourner, Destourner.
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        Deflexit consuetudo maiorum de spatio et curriculo. Cic. La maniere de faire de noz ancestres a un peu flechi, et s'est un peu esgaree hors de son chemin et de sa lice, S'est un peu changee et muee.
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        Deflexit de via consuetudo. Cic. La coustume a flechi, et costoyé hors le chemin.
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        Deflectere se de curriculo petitionis, et animum ad accusandum transferre. Cic. Delaisser la voye qu'on avoit prinse de poursuyvre et briguer un estat, et se tourner et entrer au chemin d'accusation, Laisser la poursuite des estats, et se tourner et appliquer à accuser.
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        Deflectere de cursu suarum actionum. Caelius ad Ciceronem. Se departir de sa maniere accoustumee de faire és choses concernantes la republique.
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        Deflectemus in Thuscos. Plin. iunior. Nous tournerons chemin et costoyerons vers, etc.
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        Lumina. Ouid. Destourner ses yeulx, Tourner ses yeulx arriere.
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        Deflectere de recto. Cic. Se jecter ou mettre hors du droict chemin.
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        Deflectere rem ad verba. Cic. Ployer et faire revenir les choses aux mots.
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        Belli deflectere tumultus. Stat. Tourner la guerre ailleurs.

    Dictionarium latinogallicum > deflecto

  • 16 in

    I 1. praep.
    cum. acc. на вопрос «куда?»
    1) в (ire in urbem Pl etc.; mittere in Asiam Nep; mutare aliquid in aliquid PM etc.)
    2) в направлении, к ( conspicere sursum in caelum Pl)
    3) по отношению к (amor in patriam C; indulgentia in aliquem C)
    5) относительно, о ( hoc dicitur in philosophiam C)
    7) в пользу, в защиту или в похвалу (carmen in aliquem scribere C; senatūs consultum in aliquem factum Cs; in libertatem alicujus pugnare L)
    8) на (in umeros suos efferre C; ascendere in equum C; dividere in partes tres Cs; invitare aliquem in postĕrum diem C)
    9) до
    10) ради, для (cibo in vitam, non in voluptatem uti VP)
    11) по, по примеру, подобно
    in barbarum T — как варвар;— выражения
    in omne tempus C — навеки, навсегда
    in tempus T — на время, временно
    in utramque partem C etc. — в обоих направлениях, тж. за и против
    valere in aliquem C, L — иметь силу (быть действительным) по отношению к кому-л.
    in rem esse L — быть полезным, целесообразным
    in universum L — в целом, в общем
    in luctum alicujus C — кому-л. на горе; иногда с acc. на вопрос «где?»
    aliquem in potestatem habere Sl — иметь власть над кем-л.
    in potestatem alicujus esse C etc. — находиться в чьей-л. власти
    non in pejus, sed in melius CC — не к худшему, а к лучшему
    in omnia VP Q — во всём, во всех отношениях
    2. cum abl. на вопрос «где?»
    1) в (in urbe vivere C; in veste domesticā esse O; in fluvio Cs)
    2) на (coronam habere in capite C; arx in monte sita L; in foro esse C)
    3) у, среди ( in barbaris Cs)
    6) в течение (in multis annis Nep; bis in die C; in diebus paucis Ter)
    7) во время (in bello C; in deliberando C; in itinere Cs)
    8) при, в условиях
    9) в отношении, по отношению к (fidelis in amicis Sl; crudelis in hoste C)
    10) вследствие, из-за (in amicitia alicujus vituperari C)
    12) в зависимости или во власти
    non est in medico semper, relevetur ut aeger O — не всегда во власти врача исцелить больного;— выражения
    aliquam in matrimonio habere C, Nep — быть на ком-л. женатым
    in Geminis nasci Pt — родиться под знаком (созвездием) Близнецов; иногда с abl. на вопрос «куда?»
    gratum esse in aliquo C — быть благодарным кому-л.
    II 1. in- (перед b, p, m — im-; перед l— il-; перед r— ir-)
    praef. priv. не-, без-
    2.
    приставка, соотв. русским в-, на-, воз-, при-
    imponēre — налагать, возлагать, прикладывать
    III īn' Pl (= isne) 2 л. sg. praes. к eo + ne

    Латинско-русский словарь > in

  • 17 consequor

    consequor, sequi, secutus sum (sequutus sum) - tr. et intr. - [st2]1 [-] suivre, aller après. [st2]2 [-] poursuivre. [st2]3 [-] suivre, venir après, venir ensuite. [st2]4 [-] être la conséquence de, s'ensuivre, résulter. [st2]5 [-] suivre, se conformer. [st2]6 [-] atteindre, rejoindre, rattraper. [st2]7 [-] acquérir, parvenir à, obtenir (un résultat). [st2]8 [-] échoir à (avec un sujet de ch.), arriver (comme conséquence). [st2]9 [-] atteindre (en mérite), égaler. [st2]10 [-] atteindre (par les sens, par la pensée ou par la parole), concevoir, comprendre, exprimer.    - quod dictum invidia consecuta est, Nep.: parole qui eut pour conséquence de le rendre odieux.    - has prosperas res consecuta est subita mutatio, Nep. Dion. 6, 1: de ce bonheur résulta un changement soudain.    - consequi aliquid ab aliquo: obtenir qqch. de qqn.    - consequi aliquid ex re: retirer qqch. de qqch.    - hoc consequi ut: obtenir ce résultat que.    - hoc consequi ne: obtenir ce résultat d’empêcher que.    - nec, si id ipsi minus consequi possumus, idcirco minus id ita faciendum esse sentimus, Cic. Tusc. 2, 8: et si nous ne pouvons pas personnellement y parvenir, nous ne voyons pas pour autant qu'on ne doive pas le faire.    - consequi amplissimos honores: arriver aux plus grands honneurs.
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    consequor, sequi, secutus sum (sequutus sum) - tr. et intr. - [st2]1 [-] suivre, aller après. [st2]2 [-] poursuivre. [st2]3 [-] suivre, venir après, venir ensuite. [st2]4 [-] être la conséquence de, s'ensuivre, résulter. [st2]5 [-] suivre, se conformer. [st2]6 [-] atteindre, rejoindre, rattraper. [st2]7 [-] acquérir, parvenir à, obtenir (un résultat). [st2]8 [-] échoir à (avec un sujet de ch.), arriver (comme conséquence). [st2]9 [-] atteindre (en mérite), égaler. [st2]10 [-] atteindre (par les sens, par la pensée ou par la parole), concevoir, comprendre, exprimer.    - quod dictum invidia consecuta est, Nep.: parole qui eut pour conséquence de le rendre odieux.    - has prosperas res consecuta est subita mutatio, Nep. Dion. 6, 1: de ce bonheur résulta un changement soudain.    - consequi aliquid ab aliquo: obtenir qqch. de qqn.    - consequi aliquid ex re: retirer qqch. de qqch.    - hoc consequi ut: obtenir ce résultat que.    - hoc consequi ne: obtenir ce résultat d’empêcher que.    - nec, si id ipsi minus consequi possumus, idcirco minus id ita faciendum esse sentimus, Cic. Tusc. 2, 8: et si nous ne pouvons pas personnellement y parvenir, nous ne voyons pas pour autant qu'on ne doive pas le faire.    - consequi amplissimos honores: arriver aux plus grands honneurs.
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        Consequor, penul. corr. consequeris, consequutus sum, consequi. Caesar. Suyvre et aller apres, Suyvre de pres.
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        Consequi gradu vocem. Plaut. Suyvre aucun selon que sa voix nous monstre où il est.
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        Consequi aliquem. Cic. Rataindre aucun et acconsuyvre.
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        Cursu feras consequi. Seneca. Rataindre à la course.
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        Consequi aliquem itinere. Cic. Rataindre en cheminant.
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        Aliquem certamine consequi. Virgil. Vaincre, Surmonter.
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        Consequi. Terentius, Vbi animus semel se cupiditate deuincit mala, Necesse est consilia consequi consimilia. Que semblables conseils s'en ensuyvent.
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        Annus qui consequitur. Cic. L'annee ensuyvant.
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        Consequi videtur vt doceamus, etc. Author ad Herennium. Il semble qu'il s'ensuyve, etc.
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        Proximo, altero, tertio, denique reliquis consequutis diebus. Cic. Les autres jours ensuyvants.
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        Consequuta est mors matrem ex aegritudine. Terent. Elle a esté si malade que la mort en est ensuyvie.
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        Consequi, per translationem. Cic. Parvenir à ses attentes, Venir au dessus ou à chef de ses besongnes et entreprinses, Obtenir, Gaigner.
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        Quod ad popularem rationem attinet, hoc videmur esse consequuti, vt nequid agi cum populo sine vi possit. Cic. Nous avons gaigné ce poinct.
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        Animo aliquid consequi. Cic. Comprendre en son esprit.
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        Quantum coniectura consequebar. Cic. Selon que je povoye comprendre par conjectures.
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        Siquid dicendo consequi possum. Cic. S'il y a en moy aucune vertu et faculté de bien parler, et povoir d'expliquer un plaidoyer, Si je puis faire quelque chose par bien parler.
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        Dictis omnia consequi. Ouid. Dire tout.
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        Memoria consequi aliquid. Cic. Avoir souvenance de quelque chose. \ Consequi aliquid nutu ab aliquo. Cic. Obtenir.
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        Aliquid verbis. Cic. Quanta et qualia sunt, verbis consequi non possum. Je ne scauroye dire ne exprimer.
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        Commodum. Quintil. Recevoir prouffit.
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        Dignitatem et gloriam consequi. Cic. Acquerir.
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        Famam malignitatis consequi. Plin. iunior. Venir à avoir bruit d'estre fascheux, rude, difficile, et ennuyeux, Gaigner le bruit et renommee d'estre, etc.
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        Amplissimum fructum consequi. Cic. Recevoir.
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        Omni cura et industria gloriam consequi. Cic. Acquerir.
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        Ne illam quidem consequuntur, quam putant, gratiam. Cic. On ne leur en scait pas tel gré qu'ils pensent, Ils ne gaignent pas la grace des gens comme ils pensent.
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        Laudem ab aliquo consequi. Plin. iunior. Recevoir.
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        Magistratum aliquem consequi. Cic. Obtenir.
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        Magnitudinem, multitudinemque beneficiorum alicuius enumerare aut consequi non posse. Cic. Dire, ou Nombrer.
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        Opes quammaximas consequi. Cic. Gaigner, Acquerir grandes richesses.
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        Questum. Cic. Faire gaing.
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        Erga se studium alicuius, alterius commendatione consequi. Cic. Gaigner la faveur et amitié, etc.
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        Idem vitium consequuntur. Quintil. Ils encourent le mesme vice.
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        Ille me in Tribunatu liberorum iure praecessit: ego illum in Praetura sum consequutus. Plin. Il a esté plus tost Tribun que moy par le benefice et nombre de ses enfans, mais je l'ay attaint quand c'est venu à la Preture, et l'avons esté ensemble.
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        In libro suo aliquem consequi. Cic. Suyvre, Imiter.
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        Institutum suum consequi. Cic. Suum quoddam institutum consequuntur. Poursuyvent une facon de faire qui leur est propre.
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        Morem aliquem. Cic. Eum morem consequar. Je suyvray ceste maniere de faire.

    Dictionarium latinogallicum > consequor

  • 18 labor

    [st1]1 [-] lābor, lābi, lapsus sum: - intr. -    - inf. arch. labier. a - glisser, couler, s'écouler, s'échapper, s'enfuir, fuir.    - labuntur anni: les années s’écoulent.    - labente die, Virg.: à la chute du jour.    - flumina sub terra labentia, Virg.: les fleuves qui coulent sous terre.    - sanguis tardior labebatur, Tac.: le sang circulait plus lentement. b - tomber en glissant, glisser, menacer ruine, s'écrouler, trébucher, chanceler, tomber.    - labi ex equo, Liv. (labi equo, Hor.): tomber de cheval.    - labi ex rupe, Curt.: tomber du haut d'un rocher.    - lapsa cadunt folia, Virg.: les feuilles se détachent et tombent.    - atra silex jam jam lapsura, Virg. En. 6: une roche noire, bientôt sur le point de glisser. c - faire un faux pas, faillir, s'égarer, se tromper.    - labi in officio, Cic.: manquer à son devoir.    - labentem rem publicam fulcire, Cic.: soutenir l’Etat chancelant.    - sed longius labor, Cic.: mais je m'écarte trop de mon sujet.    - labi mente: - [abcl]a - perdre la raison. - [abcl]b - Cels. tomber en défaillance, s'évanouir.    - recto itinere labi: s'écarter de la route directe.    - labi in aliqua re, Cic.: faillir en qqch. d - se laisser aller à, tomber dans, incliner vers, être entraîné.    - ad opinionem labi, Cic.: se laisser aller à une opinion, se ranger à une opinion.    - ad aliquem labi, Cic.: se ranger à l'avis de qqn.    - labor eo ut Epicuro assentiar, Cic.: j'en viens à partager l'avis d'Epicure. e - tomber dans un mauvais état, être en décadence, s'affaiblir.    - miserere domus labentis, Virg. En. 4: prends pitié d'une famille qui s'éteint. [st1]2 [-] lăbŏr (arch. lăbōs), ōris, m.: a - labeur, peine, effort, fatigue, travail, charge, tâche; activité, énergie, résistance (au travail).    - magno labore (magno cum labore): à force de travail.    - labor omnia vincit improbus, Virg.: un travail acharné vient à bout de tout.    - labore se reficere: se remettre de sa fatigue.    - labor est + inf.: il est difficile de.    - loca montana quae ipsis (= Romanis) capere labor erat, Liv. 39, 1: région montagneuse dont il leur était difficile de s'emparer.    - cotidiana exercitatione summi esse laboris, Caes.: être d'une très grande résistance grâce à un entraînement quotidien.    - certum 'st ad frugem adplicare animum, quamquam ibi labos grandis capitur, Plaut.: c'en est fait, je me voue à la sagesse, quelque laborieuse que soit la tâche qu'elle impose. b - souffrance, douleur, calamité, malheur, épreuve, désastre.    - Lucinae labores, Virg.: les douleurs de l'enfantement.    - maximus earum (apium) labor est initio veris, Col.: pour elles (les abeilles) la période la plus critique se situe au début du printemps. c - inquiétude, malaise, maladie, défaillance; éclipse.    - sulphurosi fontes labores nervorum reficiunt,Vitr. 8: les sources sulfureuses guérissent les maladies nerveuses.    - mox et frumentis labor additus, Virg.: bientôt la maladie frappa aussi les blés.    - labores lunae, solis: éclipses de la lune, du soleil. d - résultat d'un travail, ouvrage, oeuvre.    - boum labores diluere, Virg.: inonder le travail des boeufs (inonder les champs où les boeufs ont travaillé).    - periit labor irritus anni, Virg.: le travail de l'année est annéanti.    - pocula, veterum labor, V.-Fl.: coupes, oeuvre d'artistes anciens.
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    [st1]1 [-] lābor, lābi, lapsus sum: - intr. -    - inf. arch. labier. a - glisser, couler, s'écouler, s'échapper, s'enfuir, fuir.    - labuntur anni: les années s’écoulent.    - labente die, Virg.: à la chute du jour.    - flumina sub terra labentia, Virg.: les fleuves qui coulent sous terre.    - sanguis tardior labebatur, Tac.: le sang circulait plus lentement. b - tomber en glissant, glisser, menacer ruine, s'écrouler, trébucher, chanceler, tomber.    - labi ex equo, Liv. (labi equo, Hor.): tomber de cheval.    - labi ex rupe, Curt.: tomber du haut d'un rocher.    - lapsa cadunt folia, Virg.: les feuilles se détachent et tombent.    - atra silex jam jam lapsura, Virg. En. 6: une roche noire, bientôt sur le point de glisser. c - faire un faux pas, faillir, s'égarer, se tromper.    - labi in officio, Cic.: manquer à son devoir.    - labentem rem publicam fulcire, Cic.: soutenir l’Etat chancelant.    - sed longius labor, Cic.: mais je m'écarte trop de mon sujet.    - labi mente: - [abcl]a - perdre la raison. - [abcl]b - Cels. tomber en défaillance, s'évanouir.    - recto itinere labi: s'écarter de la route directe.    - labi in aliqua re, Cic.: faillir en qqch. d - se laisser aller à, tomber dans, incliner vers, être entraîné.    - ad opinionem labi, Cic.: se laisser aller à une opinion, se ranger à une opinion.    - ad aliquem labi, Cic.: se ranger à l'avis de qqn.    - labor eo ut Epicuro assentiar, Cic.: j'en viens à partager l'avis d'Epicure. e - tomber dans un mauvais état, être en décadence, s'affaiblir.    - miserere domus labentis, Virg. En. 4: prends pitié d'une famille qui s'éteint. [st1]2 [-] lăbŏr (arch. lăbōs), ōris, m.: a - labeur, peine, effort, fatigue, travail, charge, tâche; activité, énergie, résistance (au travail).    - magno labore (magno cum labore): à force de travail.    - labor omnia vincit improbus, Virg.: un travail acharné vient à bout de tout.    - labore se reficere: se remettre de sa fatigue.    - labor est + inf.: il est difficile de.    - loca montana quae ipsis (= Romanis) capere labor erat, Liv. 39, 1: région montagneuse dont il leur était difficile de s'emparer.    - cotidiana exercitatione summi esse laboris, Caes.: être d'une très grande résistance grâce à un entraînement quotidien.    - certum 'st ad frugem adplicare animum, quamquam ibi labos grandis capitur, Plaut.: c'en est fait, je me voue à la sagesse, quelque laborieuse que soit la tâche qu'elle impose. b - souffrance, douleur, calamité, malheur, épreuve, désastre.    - Lucinae labores, Virg.: les douleurs de l'enfantement.    - maximus earum (apium) labor est initio veris, Col.: pour elles (les abeilles) la période la plus critique se situe au début du printemps. c - inquiétude, malaise, maladie, défaillance; éclipse.    - sulphurosi fontes labores nervorum reficiunt,Vitr. 8: les sources sulfureuses guérissent les maladies nerveuses.    - mox et frumentis labor additus, Virg.: bientôt la maladie frappa aussi les blés.    - labores lunae, solis: éclipses de la lune, du soleil. d - résultat d'un travail, ouvrage, oeuvre.    - boum labores diluere, Virg.: inonder le travail des boeufs (inonder les champs où les boeufs ont travaillé).    - periit labor irritus anni, Virg.: le travail de l'année est annéanti.    - pocula, veterum labor, V.-Fl.: coupes, oeuvre d'artistes anciens.
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    I.
        Labor, priore prod. laberis, pen. corr. lapsus sum, labi. Cic. Cheoir et tomber petit à petit.
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        Labi, Glisser, Griller, Couler.
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        Anguis labitur, pisces in aqua, muraena, et quicquid motu lubrico est, labitur. Glisse ou eschappe en glissant et se coulant.
    \
        Pennis labi. Virgil. Voler, ou Descendre en volant.
    \
        Occulte labitur aetas. Ouid. S'en va, Se passe, S'escoule.
    \
        Lachrymae labuntur. Ouid. Tombent.
    \
        Labi. Cic. Tomber en povreté.
    \
        Labi. Cic. Faillir, Errer.
    \
        Labebar longius, nisi me retinuissem. Cic. Je sortoye fort hors de propos, si etc.
    \
        Labi in adulationem. Tacit. Tomber en flaterie, Devenir flateur.
    \
        Labi imprudentia. Cic. Faillir par imprudence.
    \
        Labi mente. Celsus. Perdre l'entendement.
    II.
        Labor, priore correpta, laboris, ma. g. Labeur, Peine et travail, soit de corps ou d'esprit.
    \
        Sine labore. Cic. Sans peine et travail.
    \
        Lunae labores. Virgil. Eclipse de lune.
    \
        Solis labores. Virgil. Eclipse de soleil.
    \
        Effusus labor omnis. Virgil. Toute la peine a esté perdue.
    \
        Nullo labore aliquid facere. Cic. Sans peine.
    \
        Imponere laborem. Cic. Bailler peine, Imposer et encharger.
    \
        Iniungere laborem alicui. Quintil. Enjoindre.
    \
        Labori esse alicui. Cic. Luy bailler peine, ennuy et fascherie.
    \
        Esse in labore. Plin. Estre à la besongne, Labourer, Travailler, Besongner.
    \
        Suscipere laborem. Cic. Prendre peine.
    \
        Labor, apud poetas frequenter pro periculo, calamitate, vel alio quouis incommodo. Virg. Ennuy, Peine, Povreté, Adversité, Peril, Danger, Mal, Disette.
    \
        Primos Lucinae experta labores. Virgil. Estant au travail de son premier enfant.

    Dictionarium latinogallicum > labor

  • 19 converto

    con-verto (vorto), vertī (vortī), versum (vorsum), ere
    1) поворачивать, оборачивать, вращать (manum Q; cuspidem V)
    2)
    а) менять направление, поворачивать, сворачивать
    fugam c. V и gressūs c. Sil — возвращаться обратно
    б) направлять (naves in eam partem, quo ventus fert Cs)
    c. se — повернуться, оборачиваться
    gladium in se c. VM — обратить меч на себя (т. е. заколоться)
    c. signa ad hostem Cs — давать отпор врагу
    c. terga и c. se Cs — повернуть тыл, обратиться в бегство, бежать
    c. aliquem — заставить кого-л. обернуться ( illa vox Herculem convertit L)
    3)
    а) обращать, устремлять (oculos V etc.)
    c. animos hominum in aliquem (in se) C etc., тж. omnium oculos ad и in se c. Nep, QC — обращать внимание людей на кого-л. (на себя)
    spelunca conversa ad aquilonem C — пещера, обращённая на север
    c. se ad philosophiam C — обратиться к философии
    c. aliquem Su — внушать кому-л. другой образ мыслей
    converti ad aliquem C etc. — обратиться к кому-л.
    c. aliquid ad se или in rem suam C — обратить что-л. в свою пользу
    c. aliquid in culpam C — вменить что-л. в вину
    in eundem colorem se c. C — принять тот же цвет
    5) переводить (orationes e Graeco C; aliquid in Latinum C)
    c. castra castris Cs — менять один лагерь на другой (т. е. переходить с места на место)
    7)
    conversi casūs грам. C (= casūs obliqui) — косвенные падежи
    б) переменять ( odium in amorem VM); перестраивать ( rem publicam C)
    8) возвращаться (eodem Lcr; in regnum suum Sl)
    ad sapientiora c. T — образумиться
    9) превращаться (num in vitium virtus possit c.? C); обращаться ( ad pedites Sl)
    10) меняться, кончаться, заканчиваться ( imperium regium — v. l. se — convertit in superbiam Sl)
    11) ритор. переставлять ( verba C)

    Латинско-русский словарь > converto

  • 20 circumduco

    circum-dūco, dūxī, ductum, ere
    1) водить кругом, обводить ( cohortes longiore itinere Cs)
    aliquem vicatim c. Su — водить кого-л. по деревням
    c. aliquem aliquid Pl, Cs — проводить кого-л. по чему-л.
    reliquam diei partem per aliquid c. Su — провести остаток дня в чём-л. (в каком-л. занятии)
    orbes circumducti majores minoribus Sen — большие круги, обведённые вокруг меньших, т. е. концентрические
    umbram alicujus rei lineis c. PM — очертить контур чего-л.
    2) обманывать, провести, надуть ( aliquem Pl)
    c. aliquem aliquā re Pl — надуть кого-л. на чём-л., мошеннически выманить что-л. у кого-л.
    3) ритор. раздувать многословием, распространяться, растягивать
    unum sensum longiore ambitu c. Q — развивать одну какую-л. мысль в растянутой фразе
    4) растягивать произношение, произносить протяжно ( syllabam Q)
    5) перечеркнуть широким кругом (ср. «похерить»), т. е. отменить, аннулировать ( edictum Dig) или отвергнуть, отклонить ( causam appellationis CJ)

    Латинско-русский словарь > circumduco

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