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1 peto

pĕto, īvi and ĭi, ītum, 3 ( perf. petīt, Verg. A. 9, 9;
Ov F. 1, 109: petisti,
Cic. Cat. 1, 5, 11; Verg. A. 4, 100; 12, 359:
petistis,
Auct. Her. 4, 15, 22:
petissem,
Cic. Verr. 1, 55, 145; Ov. M. 5, 26; Liv. 30, 25, 2:
petisse,
Cic. Quint. 11, 37; id. Verr. 2, 4, 63, § 140; Ov. [p. 1365] M. 9, 623; cf. Neue, Formenl. 2, 516 sq.), v. a. [Sanscr. root pat-, to fall upon, fly, find; Gr. pet- in piptô (pi-petô), to fall; cf. Lat. impetus and in petomai, to fly; cf. Lat. penna, acci-pit-er, etc.; the root of piptô, and therefore orig. to fall, fall upon; hence, to endeavor to reach or attain any thing].
I.
To fall upon any thing.
A.
Lit.
1.
In a hostile sense, to rush at, attack, assault, assail; to let fly at, aim a blow at, thrust at, etc. (class.; cf.:
invado, aggredior): gladiatores et vitando caute, et petendo vehementer,
Cic. Or. 68, 228:
cujus latus mucro ille petebat,
id. Lig. 3, 9:
non latus aut ventrem, sed caput et collum petere,
to thrust at, id. Mur. 26, 52:
aliquem spiculo infeste,
Liv. 2, 20:
aliquem mālo,
to throw an apple at any one, Verg. E. 3, 64:
alicui ungue genas,
Ov. A. A. 2, 452:
aliquem saxis, id. de Nuce, 2: aprum jaculis,
Suet. Tib. 72:
aëra disco,
Hor. S. 2, 2, 13:
bello Penatìs,
Verg. A. 3, 603:
armis patriam,
Vell. 2, 68, 3.—
2.
Without the notion of hostility: petere collum alicujus amplexu, to fall upon one's neck, to embrace one, M. Cael. ap. Quint. 4, 2, 124.—Esp. freq., to seek, to direct one's course to, to go or repair to, to make for, travel to a place:
grues loca calidiora petentes,
Cic. N. D. 2, 49, 125:
Cyzicum,
id. Fam. 14, 4, 3:
Dyrrhachium,
id. Planc. 41, 97:
naves,
to seek, take refuge in their ships, Nep. Milt. 5, 5:
caelum pennis,
to fly, Ov. F. 3, 457:
Graiis Phasi petite viris,
visited by the Greeks, id. P. 4, 10, 52:
Metellus Postumium ad bellum gerendum Africam petentem,... urbem egredi passus non est,
attempting to go, starting, Val. Max. 1, 1, 2.— Transf., of things, to proceed or go towards:
campum petit amnis,
Verg. G. 3, 522:
mons petit astra,
towers toward the stars, Ov. M. 1, 316: aliquem, to seek, go to a person:
reginam,
Verg. A. 1, 717:
ut te supplex peterem, et tua limina adirem,
id. ib. 6, 115: aliquid in locum or ad aliquem, to go to a place or person for something, to go in quest of, go to fetch:
visum est tanti in extremam Italiam petere Brundisium ostreas,
to go to Brundisium for oysters, Plin. 9, 54, 79, § 169:
myrrham ad Troglodytas,
id. 12, 15, 33, § 66:
harena ad Aethiopas usque petitur,
id. 36, 6, 9, § 51:
collis, in quem vimina petebantur,
id. 16, 10, 15, § 37:
quaeque trans maria petimus,
fetch, id. 19, 4, 19, §§ 58, 52.—
II.
Trop.
A.
To attack, assail one with any thing (class.):
aiiquem epistulā,
Cic. Att. 2, 2, 2:
aliquem fraude et insidiis,
Liv. 40, 55:
aliquem falsis criminibus,
Tac. A. 4, 31.—
B.
To demand, seek, require (cf. posco).
1.
In gen.:
ita petit asparagus,
Varr. R. R. 1, 23:
ex iis tantum, quantum res petet, hauriemus,
Cic. de Or. 3, 31, 123:
aliquem in vincula,
Quint. 7, 1, 55:
aliquem ad supplicium,
id. 7, 6, 6: poenas ab aliquo, to seek satisfaction from or revenge one's self on any one. ut poenas ab optimo quoque peteret sui doloris, Cic. Att. 1, 16, 7:
ut merito ab eā poenas liberi sui petere debuerint,
Quint. 3, 11, 12.—
2.
In partic.
a.
To demand or claim at law, to bring an action to recover, to sue for any thing (syn.:
postulo): causam dicere Prius unde petitur... Quam ille qui petit,
Ter. Eun. prol. 11:
qui per se litem contestatur, sibi soli petit,
Cic. Rosc Com. 18, 53: aliquando cum servis Habiti furti egit;
nuper ab ipso Habito petere coepit,
id. Clu. 59, 163:
qui non calumniā litium alienos fundos, sed castris, exercitu, signis inferendis petebat,
id. Mil. 27, 74.—
b.
To beg, beseech, ask, request, desire, entreat (syn.: rogo, flagito, obsecro); constr with ab and abl. of pers. (cf. infra); ante- and postclass., with acc. of pers.:
vos volo, vos peto atque obsecro,
Plaut. Curc. 1, 2, 60; freq. with ut:
a te etiam atque etiam peto atque contendo, ut, etc.,
Cic. Fam. 13, 1, 5:
peto quaesoque, ut, etc.,
id. ib. 5, 4, 2:
peto igitur a te, vel, si pateris, oro, ut,
id. ib. 9, 13, 3:
petere in beneficii loco et gratiae, ut,
id. Verr 2, 3, 82, § 189:
petere precibus per litteras ab aliquo, ut,
id. Sull. 19, 55:
pacem ab aliquo,
Caes. B. G. 2, 13:
opem ab aliquo,
Cic. Tusc. 5, 2, 5:
vitam nocenti,
Tac. A. 2, 31:
petito, ut intrare urbem liceret,
Just. 43, 5, 6.—Also, with id or illud, and ut, etc.: illud autem te peto, ut, etc., Dolab. ap. Cic. Fam. 9, 9, 2.—With obj.-clause (mostly poet.):
arma umeris arcumque animosa petebat Ferre,
Stat. Achill. 1, 352; cf.: cum peteret (solum) donari quasi proprio suo deo, Suet. Aug. 5: petit aes sibi dari eis artous, Gell. 9, 2, 1.—De aliquo (for ab aliquo), to beg or request of one (post-class.):
si de me petisses, ut, etc.,
Dig. 13, 6, 5.—Ab aliquo aliquid alicui, to beg a thing of one person for another (class.):
M. Curtio tribunatum a Caesare petivi,
Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 15, 3: ab aliquo pro aliquo petere, to intercede for:
in eorum studiis, qui a te pro Ligario petunt,
Cic. Lig. 10, 31.—With ex and abl. pers. (v. infra d.):
eum petit litteris, ut ad Britanniam proficisceretur,
Capitol. Pertin. 3, 5; Eutr. 2, 24.—Hence, pĕtītum, i, n., a prayer, desire, request, entreaty, Cat. 68, 39.—
(β).
Polit. t. t., to apply or solicit for an office, to be a candidate for office (different from ambire, to go about among the people to collect their votes, to canvass, which took place after the petitio):
nemo est ex iis, qui nunc petunt, qui, etc.,
Cic. Att. 1, 1, 2:
consulatum,
id. Phil. 2, 30, 76:
praeturam,
id. Verr. 1, 8, 23; Liv. 1, 35.—
c.
To solicit a person, to seek to possess, to woo:
libidine sic accensa (Sempronia) ut viros saepius peteret quam peteretur,
Sall. C. 25, 3:
cum te tam multi peterent, tu me una petisti,
Prop. 3, 13, 27:
formosam quisque petit,
id. 3, 32, 4:
multi illam petiere,
Ov. M. 1, 478; cf.: quae tuus Vir petet, cave, ne neges;
Ne petitum aliunde eat,
Cat. 61, 151.—
d.
To endeavor to obtain or pursue, to seek, strive after any thing, Plaut. Ep. 1, 2, 40:
fugā salutem petere,
Nep. Hann. 11, 4:
praedam pedibus,
Ov. M. 1, 534:
gloriam,
Sall. C. 54, 5:
eloquentiae principatum,
Cic. Or. 17, 56:
sanguinis profusio vel fortuita vel petita,
intentional, designed, produced by artificial means, Cels. 2, 8.—With inf.:
bene vivere,
Hor. Ep. 1, 11, 29:
victricemque petunt dextrae conjungere dextram,
Ov. M. 8, 421; 14, 571:
conubiis natam sociare Latinis,
Verg. A. 7, 96:
aliquem transfigere ferro,
Mart. 5, 51, 3.—With ex and abl., over, in the case of:
ex hostibus victoriam petere,
Liv. 8, 33, 13:
supplicium ex se, non victoriam peti,
id. 28, 19, 11:
imperium ex victis hostibus populum Romanum petere,
id. 30, 16, 7.—
e.
To fetch any thing:
qui argentum petit,
Plaut. Ep. 1, 1, 53:
cibum e flammā,
Ter. Eun, 3, 2, 38:
altius initium rei demonstrandae,
Cic. Caecin. 4, 10:
aliquid a Graecis,
id. Ac. 1, 2, 8:
a litteris exiguam doloris oblivionem,
to obtain, id. Fam. 5, 15, 4:
suspirium alte,
to fetch a deep sigh, Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 57; cf.:
latere petitus imo spiritus,
Hor. Epod. 11, 10; and:
gemitus alto de corde petiti,
Ov. M. 2, 622:
haec ex veteri memoriā petita,
Tac. H. 3, 5, 1.—
f.
To take, betake one's self to any thing:
iter a Vibone Brundisium terrā petere contendi,
Cic. Planc. 40, 96:
diversas vias,
Val. Fl. 1, 91:
alium cursum,
to take another route, Cic. Att. 3, 8, 2:
aliam in partem petebant fugam,
betook themselves to flight, fled, Caes. B. G. 2, 24.—
g.
To refer to, relate to ( poet.):
Trojanos haec monstra petunt,
Verg. A. 9, 128.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > peto
2 data

1.
do, dĕdi, dătum, dăre (also in a longer form, dănunt = dant, Pac., Naev., and Caecil. ap. Non. 97, 14 sq.; Plaut. Most. 1, 2, 48; id. Ps. 3, 1, 1 et saep.; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 68, 12 Müll.— Subj.:
duim = dem,
Plaut. Aul. 4, 6, 6; Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 38:
duis,
Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 81; id. Men. 2, 1, 42:
duas = des,
id. Merc. 2, 3, 67; id. Rud. 5, 3, 12; an old formula in Liv. 10, 19:
duit,
Plaut. As. 2, 4, 54; id. Aul. 1, 1, 23; an old formula in Liv. 22, 10 init.:
duint,
Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 126; id. Ps. 4, 1, 25; id. Trin. 2, 4, 35; Ter. And. 4, 1, 43; id. Phorm. 3, 2, 34 al.— Imper.: DVITOR, XII. Tab. ap. Plin. 21, 3, 5 ex conject.—Inf.: DASI = dari, acc. to Paul. ex Fest. p. 68, 13 Müll.:
dane = dasne,
Plaut. Truc. 2, 4, 22.—The pres. pass., first pers., dor, does not occur), v. a. [Sanscr. dā, da-dā-mi, give; Gr. di-dô-mi, dôtêr, dosis; cf.: dos, donum, damnum], to give; and hence, with the greatest variety of application, passing over into the senses of its compounds, derivatives, and synonyms (edere, tradere, dedere; reddere, donare, largiri, concedere, exhibere, porrigere, praestare, impertire, suppeditare, ministrare, subministrare, praebere, tribuere, offerre, etc.), as, to give away, grant, concede, allow, permit; give up, yield, resign; bestow, present, confer, furnish, afford; offer, etc. (very freq.).
I.
In gen.:
eam carnem victoribus danunt, Naev. ap. Non. l. l.: ea dona, quae illic Amphitruoni sunt data,
Plaut. Am. prol. 138; cf.:
patera, quae dono mi illic data'st,
id. ib. 1, 3, 36:
dandis recipiendisque meritis,
Cic. Lael. 8; cf.:
ut par sit ratio acceptorum et datorum,
id. ib. 16, 58: ut obsides accipere non dare consuerint, Caes. B. G. 1, 4 fin.:
obsides,
id. ib. 1, 19, 1;
1, 31, 7 et saep.: patriam (sc. mundum) dii nobis communem secum dederunt,
Cic. Rep. 1, 13:
hominibus animus datus est ex illis sempiternis ignibus,
id. ib. 6, 15; cf. ib. 6, 17:
ea dant magistratus magis, quae etiamsi nolint, danda sint,
id. ib. 1, 31; cf.
imperia,
id. ib. 1, 44:
centuria, ad summum usum urbis fabris tignariis data,
id. ib. 2, 22:
Lycurgus agros locupletium plebi, ut servitio, colendos dedit,
id. ib. 3, 9 fin.:
ei filiam suam in matrimonium dat,
Caes. B. G. 1, 3, 5:
litteras ad te numquam habui cui darem, quin dederim,
Cic. Fam. 12, 19: litteras (ad aliquem), to write to one, saep.; cf. id. Att. 5, 11;
and in the same signif.: aliquid ad aliquem,
id. ib. 10, 8 fin.:
litteras alicui, said of the writer,
to give one a letter to deliver, id. ib. 5, 15 fin.;
of the bearer, rarely,
to deliver a letter to one, id. ib. 5, 4 init.: colloquium dare, to join in a conference, converse ( poet.), Lucr. 4, 598 (Lachm.;
al. videmus): colloquiumque sua fretus ab urbe dedit,
parley, challenge, Prop. 5, 10, 32:
dare poenas,
to give satisfaction, to suffer punishment, Sall. C. 18:
alicui poenas dare,
to make atonement to any one; to suffer for any thing, Ov. M. 6, 544; Sall. C. 51, 31;
v. poena: decus sibi datum esse justitia regis existimabant,
Cic. Rep. 1, 41:
quoniam me quodammodo invitas et tui spem das,
id. ib. 1, 10:
dabant hae feriae tibi opportunam sane facultatem ad explicandas tuas litteras,
id. ib. 1, 9; cf.:
ansas alicui ad reprehendendum,
id. Lael. 16, 59:
multas causas suspicionum offensionumque,
id. ib. 24:
facultatem per provinciam itineris faciundi,
Caes. B. G. 1, 7, 5;
for which: iter alicui per provinciam,
id. ib. 1, 8, 3; Liv. 8, 5; 21, 20 al.:
modicam libertatem populo,
Cic. Rep. 2, 31:
consilium,
id. Lael. 13:
praecepta,
id. ib. 4 fin.:
tempus alicui, ut, etc.,
id. Rep. 1, 3:
inter se fidem et jusjurandum,
Caes. B. G. 1, 3 fin.:
operam,
to bestow labor and pains on any thing, Cic. de Or. 1, 55:
operam virtuti,
id. Lael. 22, 84;
also: operam, ne,
id. ib. 21, 78:
veniam amicitiae,
id. ib. 17:
vela (ventis),
to set sail, id. de Or. 2, 44, 187:
dextra vela dare,
to steer towards the right, Ov. 3, 640:
me librum L. Cossinio ad te perferendum dedisse,
Cic. Att. 2, 1:
sin homo amens diripiendam urbem daturus est,
id. Fam. 14, 14 et saep.: ita dat se res, so it is circumstanced, so it is, Poëta ap. Cic. N. D. 2, 26; cf.:
prout tempus ac res se daret,
Liv. 28, 5 et saep.— Impers.: sic datur, so it goes, such is fate, i. e. you have your reward, Plaut. Truc. 4, 8, 4; id. Ps. 1, 2, 22; id. Men. 4, 2, 40; 64; id. Stich. 5, 6, 5.— Part. perf. sometimes (mostly in poets) subst.: dăta, ōrum, n., gifts, presents, Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 72; Prop. 3, 15, 6 (4, 14, 6 M.); Ov. M. 6, 363 (but not in Cic. Clu. 24, 66, where dona data belong together, as in the archaic formula in Liv. 22, 10 init.:
DATVM DONVM DVIT, P. R. Q.).— Prov.: dantur opes nulli nunc nisi divitibus,
Mart. 5, 81, 2; cf.:
dat census honores,
Ov. F. 1, 217.—
(β).
Poet. with inf.:
da mihi frui perpetuā virginitate,
allow me, Ov. M. 1, 486; id. ib. 8, 350:
di tibi dent captā classem reducere Trojā,
Hor. S. 2, 3, 191; so id. ib. 1, 4, 39; id. Ep. 1, 16, 61; id. A. P. 323 et saep.—
(γ).
With ne:
da, femina ne sim,
Ov. M. 12, 202.
II.
In partic.
A.
In milit. lang.
1.
Nomina, to enroll one's self for military service, to enlist, Cic. Phil. 7, 4, 13; Liv. 2, 24; 5, 10; cf.
transf. beyond the military sphere,
Plaut. Ps. 4, 6, 38.—
2.
Manus (lit., as a prisoner of war, to stretch forth the hands to be fettered; cf. Cic. Lael. 26, 99;
hence),
to yield, surrender, Nep. Ham. 1, 4;
and more freq. transf. beyond the milit. sphere,
to yield, acquiesce, Plaut. Pers. 5, 2, 72; Cic. Lael. 26, 99; id. Att. 2, 22, 2; Caes. B. G. 5, 31, 3; Ov. H. 4, 14; id. F. 3, 688; Verg. A. 11, 568; Hor. Epod. 17, 1 al.—
3.
Terga, for the usual vertere terga; v. tergum.—
B.
To grant, consent, permit.
1.
Esp. in jurid. lang.: DO, DICO, ADDICO, the words employed by the praetor in the execution of his office; viz. DO in the granting of judges, actions, exceptions, etc.; DICO in pronouncing sentence of judgment; ADDICO in adjudging the property in dispute to one or the other party; cf. Varr. L. L. 6, § 30 Müll.;
hence called tria verba,
Ov. F. 1, 47.—
2.
Datur, it is permitted, allowed, granted; with subj. clause: quaesitis diu terris, ubi sistere detur, Ov. M. 1, 307:
interim tamen recedere sensim datur,
Quint. 11, 3, 127:
ex quo intellegi datur, etc.,
Lact. 5, 20, 11.—
C.
In philos. lang., to grant a proposition:
in geometria prima si dederis, danda sunt omnia: dato hoc, dandum erit illud (followed by concede, etc.),
Cic. Fin. 5, 28, 83; id. Tusc. 1, 11, 25; id. Inv. 1, 31 fin. —
D.
Designating the limit, to put, place, carry somewhere; and with se, to betake one's self somewhere:
tum genu ad terram dabo,
to throw, Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 17; cf.:
aliquem ad terram,
Liv. 31, 37; Flor. 4, 2 fin.:
me haec deambulatio ad languorem dedit!
has fatigued me, Ter. Heaut. 4, 6, 3:
hanc mihi in manum dat,
id. And. 1, 5, 62:
praecipitem me in pistrinum dabit,
id. ib. 1, 3, 9:
hostes in fugam,
Caes. B. G. 5, 51 fin.:
hostem in conspectum,
to bring to view, Liv. 3, 69 fin.:
aliquem in vincula,
to cast into prison, Flor. 3, 10, 18; cf.:
arma in profluentes,
id. 4, 12, 9:
aliquem usque Sicanium fretum,
Val. Fl. 2, 28:
aliquem leto,
to put to death, to kill, Phaedr. 1, 22, 9:
se in viam,
to set out on a journey, Cic. Fam. 14, 12:
sese in fugam,
id. Verr. 2, 4, 43 fin.; cf.:
se fugae,
id. Att. 7, 23, 2:
Socrates, quam se cumque in partem dedisset, omnium fuit facile princeps,
id. de Or. 3, 16, 60 et saep.—
E.
Designating the effect, to cause, make, bring about, inflict, impose:
qui dederit damnum aut malum,
Ter. And. 1, 1, 116:
nec consulto alteri damnum dari sine dolo malo potest,
Cic. Tull. 14, 34; 16, 39; cf.:
malum dare,
id. N. D. 1, 44, 122:
hoc quī occultari facilius credas dabo,
Ter. Hec. 5, 4, 29:
inania duro vulnera dat ferro,
Ov. M. 3, 84:
morsus,
Prop. 5, 5, 39; cf.:
motus dare,
to impart motion, Lucr. 1, 819 al. (but motus dare, to make motion, to move, be moved, id. 2, 311):
stragem,
id. 1, 288:
equitum ruinas,
to overthrow, id. 5, 1329.—With part. fut. pass.:
pectora tristitiae dissolvenda dedit,
caused to be delivered from sadness, Tib. 1, 7, 40.—
Prov.: dant animos vina,
Ov. M. 12, 242. —
F.
Aliquid alicui, to do any thing for the sake of another; to please or humor another; to give up, sacrifice any thing to another (for the more usual condonare): da hoc illi mortuae, da ceteris amicis ac familiaribus, da patriae, Sulp. ap. Cic. Fam. 4, 5 fin.: aliquid auribus alicujus, Trebon. ib. 12, 16:
Caere hospitio Vestalium cultisque diis,
Liv. 7, 20:
plus stomacho quam consilio,
Quint. 10, 1, 117 et saep.:
ut concessisti illum senatui, sic da hunc populo,
i. e. forgive him, for the sake of the people, Cic. Lig. 12, 37:
dabat et famae, ut, etc.,
Tac. A. 1, 7.—Hence,
b.
Se alicui, to give one's self up wholly, to devote, dedicate one's self to a person or thing, to serve:
dedit se etiam regibus,
Cic. Rab. Post. 2, 4; so Ter. Eun. 3, 3, 10; id. Heaut. 4, 3, 10; Poëta ap. Cic. Fam. 2, 8, 2; Cic. Att. 7, 12, 3; Nep. Att. 9; Tac. A. 1, 31:
mihi si large volantis ungula se det equi,
Stat. Silv, 2, 2, 38; 1, 1, 42; 5, 3, 71 al.; Aus. Mosel. 5, 448; cf. Ov. H. 16, 161:
se et hominibus Pythagoreis et studiis illis,
Cic. Rep. 1, 111:
se sermonibus vulgi,
id. ib. 6, 23:
se jucunditati,
id. Off. 1, 34 al.:
se populo ac coronae,
to present one's self, appear, id. Verr. 2, 3, 19; cf.:
se convivio,
Suet. Caes. 31 et saep.:
si se dant (judices) et sua sponte quo impellimus inclinant,
Cic. de Or. 2, 44, 187.—
G.
Of discourse, to announce, tell, relate, communicate (like accipere, for to learn, to hear, v. accipio, II.; mostly ante-class. and poet.):
erili filio hanc fabricam dabo,
Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 132:
quam ob rem has partes didicerim, paucis dabo,
Ter. Heaut. prol. 10; cf. Verg. E. 1, 19:
imo etiam dabo, quo magis credas,
Ter. Phorm. 5, 6, 37:
da mihi nunc, satisne probas?
Cic. Ac. 1, 3, 10:
Thessalici da bella ducis,
Val. Fl. 5, 219:
is datus erat locus colloquio,
appointed, Liv. 33, 13:
fixa canens... Saepe dedit sedem notas mutantibus urbes,
i. e. foretold, promised, Luc. 5, 107.—In pass., poet. i. q.: narratur, dicitur, fertur, etc., is said:
seu pius Aeneas eripuisse datur,
Ov. F. 6, 434; Stat. Th. 7, 315; Claud. Rapt. Pros. 3, 337.—
H.
Fabulam, to exhibit, produce a play (said of the author; cf.:
docere fabulam, agere fabulam),
Cic. Brut. 18 fin.; id. Tusc. 1, 1 fin.; Ter. Eun. prol. 9; 23; id. Heaut. prol. 33; id. Hec. prol. 1 Don.;
and transf.,
Cic. Clu. 31, 84; cf.
also: dare foras librum = edere,
Cic. Att. 13, 22, 3.—
I.
Verba (alicui), to give [p. 605] empty words, i. e. to deceive, cheat, Plaut. Capt. 5, 1, 25; id. Ps. 4, 5, 7; id. Rud. 2, 2, 19; Ter. And. 1, 3, 6 Ruhnk.; Quadrig. ap. Gell. 17, 2, 24; Cic. Phil. 13, 16 fin.; id. Att. 15, 16 A.; Hor. S. 1, 3, 22; Pers. 4, 45; Mart. 2, 76 et saep.—
K.
Alicui aliquid (laudi, crimini, vitio, etc.), to impute, assign, ascribe, attribute a thing to any one, as a merit, a crime, a fault, etc.:
nunc quam rem vitio dent, quaeso animum attendite,
Ter. And. prol. 8:
hoc vitio datur,
id. Ad. 3, 3, 64:
inopiā criminum summam laudem Sex. Roscio vitio et culpae dedisse,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 16, 48; id. Off. 1, 21, 71; 2, 17, 58; id. Div. in Caecil. 10; id. Brut. 80, 277 et saep.—
L.
Alicui cenam, epulas, etc., to give one a dinner, entertain at table (freq.):
qui cenam parasitis dabit,
Plaut. Capt. 4, 4, 2; 3, 1, 35; id. Stich. 4, 1, 8; Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 45; Cic. Fam. 9, 20, 2; id. Mur. 36, 75:
prandium dare,
id. ib. 32, 67; cf. Sen. Ben. 1, 14, 1; Tac. A. 2, 57 al.—
M.
To grant, allow, in gen. (rare, but freq. as impers.; v. B. 2. supra):
dari sibi diem postulabat,
a respite, Plin. Ep. 3, 9, 32.
2.
- do, -dāre ( obsol., found only in the compounds, abdo, condo, abscondo, indo, etc.), 1, v. a. [Sanscr. root dhā-, da-dhāmi, set, put, place; Gr. the-, tithêmi; Ger. thun, thue, that; Eng. do, deed, etc.]. This root is distinct from 1. do, Sanscr. dā, in most of the Arian langg.; cf. Pott. Etym. Forsch. 2, 484; Corss. Ausspr. 2, 410;
but in Italy the two seem to have been confounded, at least in compounds,
Curt. Gr. Etym. p. 254 sq.; cf. Max Müller, Science of Lang. Ser. 2, p. 220, N. Y. ed.; Fick, Vergl. Wört. p. 100.
3.
do, acc. of domus, v. domus init.

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do, dĕdi, dătum, dăre (also in a longer form, dănunt = dant, Pac., Naev., and Caecil. ap. Non. 97, 14 sq.; Plaut. Most. 1, 2, 48; id. Ps. 3, 1, 1 et saep.; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 68, 12 Müll.— Subj.:
duim = dem,
Plaut. Aul. 4, 6, 6; Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 38:
duis,
Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 81; id. Men. 2, 1, 42:
duas = des,
id. Merc. 2, 3, 67; id. Rud. 5, 3, 12; an old formula in Liv. 10, 19:
duit,
Plaut. As. 2, 4, 54; id. Aul. 1, 1, 23; an old formula in Liv. 22, 10 init.:
duint,
Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 126; id. Ps. 4, 1, 25; id. Trin. 2, 4, 35; Ter. And. 4, 1, 43; id. Phorm. 3, 2, 34 al.— Imper.: DVITOR, XII. Tab. ap. Plin. 21, 3, 5 ex conject.—Inf.: DASI = dari, acc. to Paul. ex Fest. p. 68, 13 Müll.:
dane = dasne,
Plaut. Truc. 2, 4, 22.—The pres. pass., first pers., dor, does not occur), v. a. [Sanscr. dā, da-dā-mi, give; Gr. di-dô-mi, dôtêr, dosis; cf.: dos, donum, damnum], to give; and hence, with the greatest variety of application, passing over into the senses of its compounds, derivatives, and synonyms (edere, tradere, dedere; reddere, donare, largiri, concedere, exhibere, porrigere, praestare, impertire, suppeditare, ministrare, subministrare, praebere, tribuere, offerre, etc.), as, to give away, grant, concede, allow, permit; give up, yield, resign; bestow, present, confer, furnish, afford; offer, etc. (very freq.).
I.
In gen.:
eam carnem victoribus danunt, Naev. ap. Non. l. l.: ea dona, quae illic Amphitruoni sunt data,
Plaut. Am. prol. 138; cf.:
patera, quae dono mi illic data'st,
id. ib. 1, 3, 36:
dandis recipiendisque meritis,
Cic. Lael. 8; cf.:
ut par sit ratio acceptorum et datorum,
id. ib. 16, 58: ut obsides accipere non dare consuerint, Caes. B. G. 1, 4 fin.:
obsides,
id. ib. 1, 19, 1;
1, 31, 7 et saep.: patriam (sc. mundum) dii nobis communem secum dederunt,
Cic. Rep. 1, 13:
hominibus animus datus est ex illis sempiternis ignibus,
id. ib. 6, 15; cf. ib. 6, 17:
ea dant magistratus magis, quae etiamsi nolint, danda sint,
id. ib. 1, 31; cf.
imperia,
id. ib. 1, 44:
centuria, ad summum usum urbis fabris tignariis data,
id. ib. 2, 22:
Lycurgus agros locupletium plebi, ut servitio, colendos dedit,
id. ib. 3, 9 fin.:
ei filiam suam in matrimonium dat,
Caes. B. G. 1, 3, 5:
litteras ad te numquam habui cui darem, quin dederim,
Cic. Fam. 12, 19: litteras (ad aliquem), to write to one, saep.; cf. id. Att. 5, 11;
and in the same signif.: aliquid ad aliquem,
id. ib. 10, 8 fin.:
litteras alicui, said of the writer,
to give one a letter to deliver, id. ib. 5, 15 fin.;
of the bearer, rarely,
to deliver a letter to one, id. ib. 5, 4 init.: colloquium dare, to join in a conference, converse ( poet.), Lucr. 4, 598 (Lachm.;
al. videmus): colloquiumque sua fretus ab urbe dedit,
parley, challenge, Prop. 5, 10, 32:
dare poenas,
to give satisfaction, to suffer punishment, Sall. C. 18:
alicui poenas dare,
to make atonement to any one; to suffer for any thing, Ov. M. 6, 544; Sall. C. 51, 31;
v. poena: decus sibi datum esse justitia regis existimabant,
Cic. Rep. 1, 41:
quoniam me quodammodo invitas et tui spem das,
id. ib. 1, 10:
dabant hae feriae tibi opportunam sane facultatem ad explicandas tuas litteras,
id. ib. 1, 9; cf.:
ansas alicui ad reprehendendum,
id. Lael. 16, 59:
multas causas suspicionum offensionumque,
id. ib. 24:
facultatem per provinciam itineris faciundi,
Caes. B. G. 1, 7, 5;
for which: iter alicui per provinciam,
id. ib. 1, 8, 3; Liv. 8, 5; 21, 20 al.:
modicam libertatem populo,
Cic. Rep. 2, 31:
consilium,
id. Lael. 13:
praecepta,
id. ib. 4 fin.:
tempus alicui, ut, etc.,
id. Rep. 1, 3:
inter se fidem et jusjurandum,
Caes. B. G. 1, 3 fin.:
operam,
to bestow labor and pains on any thing, Cic. de Or. 1, 55:
operam virtuti,
id. Lael. 22, 84;
also: operam, ne,
id. ib. 21, 78:
veniam amicitiae,
id. ib. 17:
vela (ventis),
to set sail, id. de Or. 2, 44, 187:
dextra vela dare,
to steer towards the right, Ov. 3, 640:
me librum L. Cossinio ad te perferendum dedisse,
Cic. Att. 2, 1:
sin homo amens diripiendam urbem daturus est,
id. Fam. 14, 14 et saep.: ita dat se res, so it is circumstanced, so it is, Poëta ap. Cic. N. D. 2, 26; cf.:
prout tempus ac res se daret,
Liv. 28, 5 et saep.— Impers.: sic datur, so it goes, such is fate, i. e. you have your reward, Plaut. Truc. 4, 8, 4; id. Ps. 1, 2, 22; id. Men. 4, 2, 40; 64; id. Stich. 5, 6, 5.— Part. perf. sometimes (mostly in poets) subst.: dăta, ōrum, n., gifts, presents, Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 72; Prop. 3, 15, 6 (4, 14, 6 M.); Ov. M. 6, 363 (but not in Cic. Clu. 24, 66, where dona data belong together, as in the archaic formula in Liv. 22, 10 init.:
DATVM DONVM DVIT, P. R. Q.).— Prov.: dantur opes nulli nunc nisi divitibus,
Mart. 5, 81, 2; cf.:
dat census honores,
Ov. F. 1, 217.—
(β).
Poet. with inf.:
da mihi frui perpetuā virginitate,
allow me, Ov. M. 1, 486; id. ib. 8, 350:
di tibi dent captā classem reducere Trojā,
Hor. S. 2, 3, 191; so id. ib. 1, 4, 39; id. Ep. 1, 16, 61; id. A. P. 323 et saep.—
(γ).
With ne:
da, femina ne sim,
Ov. M. 12, 202.
II.
In partic.
A.
In milit. lang.
1.
Nomina, to enroll one's self for military service, to enlist, Cic. Phil. 7, 4, 13; Liv. 2, 24; 5, 10; cf.
transf. beyond the military sphere,
Plaut. Ps. 4, 6, 38.—
2.
Manus (lit., as a prisoner of war, to stretch forth the hands to be fettered; cf. Cic. Lael. 26, 99;
hence),
to yield, surrender, Nep. Ham. 1, 4;
and more freq. transf. beyond the milit. sphere,
to yield, acquiesce, Plaut. Pers. 5, 2, 72; Cic. Lael. 26, 99; id. Att. 2, 22, 2; Caes. B. G. 5, 31, 3; Ov. H. 4, 14; id. F. 3, 688; Verg. A. 11, 568; Hor. Epod. 17, 1 al.—
3.
Terga, for the usual vertere terga; v. tergum.—
B.
To grant, consent, permit.
1.
Esp. in jurid. lang.: DO, DICO, ADDICO, the words employed by the praetor in the execution of his office; viz. DO in the granting of judges, actions, exceptions, etc.; DICO in pronouncing sentence of judgment; ADDICO in adjudging the property in dispute to one or the other party; cf. Varr. L. L. 6, § 30 Müll.;
hence called tria verba,
Ov. F. 1, 47.—
2.
Datur, it is permitted, allowed, granted; with subj. clause: quaesitis diu terris, ubi sistere detur, Ov. M. 1, 307:
interim tamen recedere sensim datur,
Quint. 11, 3, 127:
ex quo intellegi datur, etc.,
Lact. 5, 20, 11.—
C.
In philos. lang., to grant a proposition:
in geometria prima si dederis, danda sunt omnia: dato hoc, dandum erit illud (followed by concede, etc.),
Cic. Fin. 5, 28, 83; id. Tusc. 1, 11, 25; id. Inv. 1, 31 fin. —
D.
Designating the limit, to put, place, carry somewhere; and with se, to betake one's self somewhere:
tum genu ad terram dabo,
to throw, Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 17; cf.:
aliquem ad terram,
Liv. 31, 37; Flor. 4, 2 fin.:
me haec deambulatio ad languorem dedit!
has fatigued me, Ter. Heaut. 4, 6, 3:
hanc mihi in manum dat,
id. And. 1, 5, 62:
praecipitem me in pistrinum dabit,
id. ib. 1, 3, 9:
hostes in fugam,
Caes. B. G. 5, 51 fin.:
hostem in conspectum,
to bring to view, Liv. 3, 69 fin.:
aliquem in vincula,
to cast into prison, Flor. 3, 10, 18; cf.:
arma in profluentes,
id. 4, 12, 9:
aliquem usque Sicanium fretum,
Val. Fl. 2, 28:
aliquem leto,
to put to death, to kill, Phaedr. 1, 22, 9:
se in viam,
to set out on a journey, Cic. Fam. 14, 12:
sese in fugam,
id. Verr. 2, 4, 43 fin.; cf.:
se fugae,
id. Att. 7, 23, 2:
Socrates, quam se cumque in partem dedisset, omnium fuit facile princeps,
id. de Or. 3, 16, 60 et saep.—
E.
Designating the effect, to cause, make, bring about, inflict, impose:
qui dederit damnum aut malum,
Ter. And. 1, 1, 116:
nec consulto alteri damnum dari sine dolo malo potest,
Cic. Tull. 14, 34; 16, 39; cf.:
malum dare,
id. N. D. 1, 44, 122:
hoc quī occultari facilius credas dabo,
Ter. Hec. 5, 4, 29:
inania duro vulnera dat ferro,
Ov. M. 3, 84:
morsus,
Prop. 5, 5, 39; cf.:
motus dare,
to impart motion, Lucr. 1, 819 al. (but motus dare, to make motion, to move, be moved, id. 2, 311):
stragem,
id. 1, 288:
equitum ruinas,
to overthrow, id. 5, 1329.—With part. fut. pass.:
pectora tristitiae dissolvenda dedit,
caused to be delivered from sadness, Tib. 1, 7, 40.—
Prov.: dant animos vina,
Ov. M. 12, 242. —
F.
Aliquid alicui, to do any thing for the sake of another; to please or humor another; to give up, sacrifice any thing to another (for the more usual condonare): da hoc illi mortuae, da ceteris amicis ac familiaribus, da patriae, Sulp. ap. Cic. Fam. 4, 5 fin.: aliquid auribus alicujus, Trebon. ib. 12, 16:
Caere hospitio Vestalium cultisque diis,
Liv. 7, 20:
plus stomacho quam consilio,
Quint. 10, 1, 117 et saep.:
ut concessisti illum senatui, sic da hunc populo,
i. e. forgive him, for the sake of the people, Cic. Lig. 12, 37:
dabat et famae, ut, etc.,
Tac. A. 1, 7.—Hence,
b.
Se alicui, to give one's self up wholly, to devote, dedicate one's self to a person or thing, to serve:
dedit se etiam regibus,
Cic. Rab. Post. 2, 4; so Ter. Eun. 3, 3, 10; id. Heaut. 4, 3, 10; Poëta ap. Cic. Fam. 2, 8, 2; Cic. Att. 7, 12, 3; Nep. Att. 9; Tac. A. 1, 31:
mihi si large volantis ungula se det equi,
Stat. Silv, 2, 2, 38; 1, 1, 42; 5, 3, 71 al.; Aus. Mosel. 5, 448; cf. Ov. H. 16, 161:
se et hominibus Pythagoreis et studiis illis,
Cic. Rep. 1, 111:
se sermonibus vulgi,
id. ib. 6, 23:
se jucunditati,
id. Off. 1, 34 al.:
se populo ac coronae,
to present one's self, appear, id. Verr. 2, 3, 19; cf.:
se convivio,
Suet. Caes. 31 et saep.:
si se dant (judices) et sua sponte quo impellimus inclinant,
Cic. de Or. 2, 44, 187.—
G.
Of discourse, to announce, tell, relate, communicate (like accipere, for to learn, to hear, v. accipio, II.; mostly ante-class. and poet.):
erili filio hanc fabricam dabo,
Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 132:
quam ob rem has partes didicerim, paucis dabo,
Ter. Heaut. prol. 10; cf. Verg. E. 1, 19:
imo etiam dabo, quo magis credas,
Ter. Phorm. 5, 6, 37:
da mihi nunc, satisne probas?
Cic. Ac. 1, 3, 10:
Thessalici da bella ducis,
Val. Fl. 5, 219:
is datus erat locus colloquio,
appointed, Liv. 33, 13:
fixa canens... Saepe dedit sedem notas mutantibus urbes,
i. e. foretold, promised, Luc. 5, 107.—In pass., poet. i. q.: narratur, dicitur, fertur, etc., is said:
seu pius Aeneas eripuisse datur,
Ov. F. 6, 434; Stat. Th. 7, 315; Claud. Rapt. Pros. 3, 337.—
H.
Fabulam, to exhibit, produce a play (said of the author; cf.:
docere fabulam, agere fabulam),
Cic. Brut. 18 fin.; id. Tusc. 1, 1 fin.; Ter. Eun. prol. 9; 23; id. Heaut. prol. 33; id. Hec. prol. 1 Don.;
and transf.,
Cic. Clu. 31, 84; cf.
also: dare foras librum = edere,
Cic. Att. 13, 22, 3.—
I.
Verba (alicui), to give [p. 605] empty words, i. e. to deceive, cheat, Plaut. Capt. 5, 1, 25; id. Ps. 4, 5, 7; id. Rud. 2, 2, 19; Ter. And. 1, 3, 6 Ruhnk.; Quadrig. ap. Gell. 17, 2, 24; Cic. Phil. 13, 16 fin.; id. Att. 15, 16 A.; Hor. S. 1, 3, 22; Pers. 4, 45; Mart. 2, 76 et saep.—
K.
Alicui aliquid (laudi, crimini, vitio, etc.), to impute, assign, ascribe, attribute a thing to any one, as a merit, a crime, a fault, etc.:
nunc quam rem vitio dent, quaeso animum attendite,
Ter. And. prol. 8:
hoc vitio datur,
id. Ad. 3, 3, 64:
inopiā criminum summam laudem Sex. Roscio vitio et culpae dedisse,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 16, 48; id. Off. 1, 21, 71; 2, 17, 58; id. Div. in Caecil. 10; id. Brut. 80, 277 et saep.—
L.
Alicui cenam, epulas, etc., to give one a dinner, entertain at table (freq.):
qui cenam parasitis dabit,
Plaut. Capt. 4, 4, 2; 3, 1, 35; id. Stich. 4, 1, 8; Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 45; Cic. Fam. 9, 20, 2; id. Mur. 36, 75:
prandium dare,
id. ib. 32, 67; cf. Sen. Ben. 1, 14, 1; Tac. A. 2, 57 al.—
M.
To grant, allow, in gen. (rare, but freq. as impers.; v. B. 2. supra):
dari sibi diem postulabat,
a respite, Plin. Ep. 3, 9, 32.
2.
- do, -dāre ( obsol., found only in the compounds, abdo, condo, abscondo, indo, etc.), 1, v. a. [Sanscr. root dhā-, da-dhāmi, set, put, place; Gr. the-, tithêmi; Ger. thun, thue, that; Eng. do, deed, etc.]. This root is distinct from 1. do, Sanscr. dā, in most of the Arian langg.; cf. Pott. Etym. Forsch. 2, 484; Corss. Ausspr. 2, 410;
but in Italy the two seem to have been confounded, at least in compounds,
Curt. Gr. Etym. p. 254 sq.; cf. Max Müller, Science of Lang. Ser. 2, p. 220, N. Y. ed.; Fick, Vergl. Wört. p. 100.
3.
do, acc. of domus, v. domus init.

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con-do, dĭdi, dĭtum, 3, v. a. [con- = cum, and 2. do], lit., to bring, lay or put together (very freq. in all periods and species of composition).
I.
With the access. idea of uniting, to put or join together into a whole, to form, fashion, produce, make by joining together.
A.
Prop., of the founding of towns or states, to found, establish: Romam, Enn. ap. Varr. R. R. 3, 1, 2, and Suet. Aug. 7 fin. (Ann. v. 494 Vahl.):
oppida,
Varr. L. L. 5, § 142; Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 8:
urbem,
Lucr. 5, 1107; Cic. Cat. 3, 1, 2; Sall. C. 6, 1; Liv. 1, 19, 1; Suet. Aug. 18; 47; Just. 2, 4, 15; 2, 15, 1:
arces,
Verg. E. 2, 61:
locum,
Hor. S. 1, 5, 92: colonias. Vell. 1, 15; Just. 16, 3, 7:
civitatem,
Cic. Rep. 1, 7, 12:
regna,
Just. 2, 1 init.:
imperium Poenorum,
id. 19, 1, 1.—Hence, often ante and post Romam conditam, before and after the foundation of Rome, Cic. Tusc. 1, 1, 3; cf. Liv. praef. § 6 al.—
(β).
Transf. to the inhabitants:
Romanam gentem,
Verg. A. 1, 33:
genus hominum,
Just. 2, 6, 11.—Hence, mid.:
optato conduntur Thybridis alveo,
they settle, Verg. A. 7, 303 (condi proprie dicuntur, qui sibi statuunt civitatem. Conduntur ergo; sedem stabilem locant, Serv.). —
b.
Of the erecting, building of other things, to make, construct, build:
aram,
Liv. 1, 7, 11; 28, 46, 16:
sepulcrum,
Hor. Epod. 9, 26:
moenia,
Verg. A. 1, 276; Ov. M. 3, 13; 14, 775; Just. 2, 12, 4.—
c.
Of written productions, to compose, write, celebrate, write or treat of, describe: SIVE CARMEN CONDIDISSET, Fragm. XII. Tab. ap. Cic. Rep. 4, 10, 12; so,
carmen,
Lucr. 5, 2; Hor. S. 2, 1, 82; id. Ep. 1, 3, 24; id. A. P. 436; Liv. 27, 37, 7; 31, 12, 10; Quint. 10, 1, 56 et saep.:
poëma,
Cic. Att. 1, 16, 15:
longas Iliadas,
Prop. 2, 1, 14:
bella,
Verg. E. 6, 7:
Caesaris acta,
Ov. Tr. 2, 336:
proelia,
Stat. Th. 1, 8:
festa numeris,
Ov. F. 6, 24:
alterum satirae genus,
Quint. 10, 1, 95:
aliqua in hac materiā,
id. 3, 1, 19:
prosam orationem,
Plin. 5, 29, 31, § 112:
historiam,
id. 12, 4, 8, § 18; cf.:
aliquid annalibus,
id. 2, 9, 6, § 43:
praecepta medendi,
id. 26, 2, 6, § 10:
laudes alicujus,
id. 22, 13, 15, § 35.— Rarely,
(β).
Absol.:
si etiamnum Homero condente Aegyptus non erat,
Plin. 13, 13, 27, § 88.—
B.
Trop., to establish, found, to be the author of, to produce, make:
jusjurandum,
Plaut. Rud. 5, 3, 18:
aurea saecula,
Verg. A. 6, 793:
collegium novum,
Liv. 5, 52, 11:
morem,
Plin. 11, 37, 55, § 150:
nova fata,
Verg. A. 10, 35:
aeternam famam ingenio suo,
Phaedr. 3, prol. 53; so,
nomen memorandum,
Sil. 4, 37:
militarem disciplinam artemque bellandi,
Flor. 1, 3, 1:
somniorum intellegentiam (Joseph),
Just. 36, 2, 8.—Of the gods:
portenta sua,
to fuifil, accomplish, Sil. 16, 126.— Impers.:
naturā rerum conditum est, ut, etc.,
Dig. 19, 5, 4.—
II.
With the access. idea of carefulness, to put away, to lay, put, or place somewhere for preservation, etc.; to lay up, store or treasure up (opp. promo).
A.
In gen.
1.
Prop.
(α).
Aliquid:
pecuniam,
Cic. Clu. 26, 72:
frumentum,
id. N. D. 2, 63, 157; Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 140: condere et reponere fructus, [p. 409] Cic. N. D. 2, 62, 156:
agri multa efferunt, quae... mandentur condita vetustati,
id. ib. 2, 60, 151; cf. id. Brut. 4, 16; Varr. R. R. 1, 62;
Auct. B. Afr. 65: vinum,
Varr. R. R. 1, 13; cf. Mart. 13, 111, 2; Verg. E. 3, 43; Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 12:
aliquid proprio horreo,
id. C. 1, 1, 9:
Sabinum testā levi,
id. ib. 1, 20, 3:
pressa mella puris amphoris,
id. Epod. 2, 15:
messem,
Tib. 1, 1, 42:
fruges,
Paul. Sent. 2, 8, 2.—
(β).
With the designation of the place (most freq. by in and acc.):
minas viginti in crumenam,
Plaut. Truc. 3, 1, 9:
mustum in dolium,
Varr. R. R. 1, 65, 1:
cineres in urnas,
Suet. Calig. 15:
barbam in auream pyxidem,
id. Ner. 12; cf. id. ib. 47:
legem in aerarium,
id. ib. 28:
libri in sacrarium conditi,
Gell. 1, 19, 10; cf.
the foll.: te in pistrinum,
Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 120; cf.:
aliquem in custodiam,
Liv. 31, 23, 9; Tac. H. 4, 2:
aliquem in carcerem,
to thrust into prison, imprison, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 29, § 76; Liv. 26, 16, 6; 29, 22, 7; 30, 21, 5;
45, 42, 5: aliquem in vincula,
id. 23, 38, 7; 26, 34, 4. —With adv.:
argentum intro,
Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 120; id. Truc. 5, 28:
sortes eo,
Cic. Div. 2, 41, 86 Orell. N. cr. —With in and abl.:
litteras publicas in aerario sanctiore,
to keep, lay up, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 63, § 140:
se (aves) in foliis,
Verg. G. 4, 473:
novissimo die dein (argyritin) condunt in plumbeo vase,
Plin. 33, 6, 35, § 109.—With abl.:
condidit (libros Sibyllinos) duobus forulis auratis sub Palatini Apollinis basi,
Suet. Aug. 31; Scrib. Comp. 145.—With locat.:
id domi nostrae,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 2, § 5; cf.:
ut ei jam exploratus et domi conditus consulatus videretur,
i. e. he was sure of it, id. Mur. 24, 49.—
2.
Trop.: teneo omnia;
in pectore condita sunt,
Plaut. Ps. 4, 1, 31:
mandata corde memori,
Cat. 64, 231:
tu, qui omne bonum in visceribus medullisque condideris,
Cic. Tusc. 5, 9, 27:
in causis conditae sunt res futurae,
lie, are contained, id. Div. 1, 56, 128. —Hence,
B.
Esp.,
1.
In econom. lang., to preserve, pickle (for which the access. form condio, īre, became prevalent):
lentiscum in acetum (cf. just before, oleae quomodo condiantur),
Cato, R. R. 117:
ficus in orcas,
Col. 12, 15, 2:
fructum in cados,
Plin. 13, 4, 9, § 48:
corna in liquidā faece,
Ov. M. 8, 666:
oleum,
Suet. Caes. 53.—
2.
In medic. lang., to set:
ossa,
Cels. 8, 23:
calcem,
id. 8, 22:
articulum,
id. 8, 24.—
3.
To inter, bury (cf. compono, II. B. 1. c.):
mortuos cerā circumlitos,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 45, 108:
aliquem sepulcro,
id. Leg. 2, 22, 56; Verg. A. 3, 67; Ov. M. 7, 618; 8, 235:
ossa parentis terrā,
Verg. A. 5, 48; so,
aliquem terrā,
Plin. 7, 54, 55, § 187:
corpora defunctorum in lapide sarcophago,
id. 36, 17, 27, § 131:
fraternas umbras tumulo,
Ov. F. 5, 451; so id. M. 14, 442; Val. Fl. 5, 198:
ossa peregrinā ripā,
Ov. M. 2, 337:
in Tomitanā condar humo?
id. P. 3, 1, 6:
inhumatos Manes,
Luc. 9, 151:
Alexandrum intemperantiā bibendi... condidit,
brought to the grave, Sen. Ep. 83, 23:
patrem,
Phaedr. 4, 4, 30:
fulgura publica condere,
Juv. 6, 587, v. fulgur; cf.:
Aruns dispersos fulminis ignes Colligit et terrae maesto cum murmure condit,
Luc. 1, 606 sq. —
b.
Poet., of time, to pass, spend, live through, bring to a close:
saecla vivendo,
Lucr. 3, 1090:
longos soles cantando,
Verg. E. 9, 52:
cum referetque diem condetque relatum,
i. e. morning and evening, id. G. 1, 458:
diem collibus in suis,
Hor. C. 4, 5, 29:
diem,
Stat. Th. 10, 54; Plin. Ep. 9, 36, 4; id. Pan. 80 fin.; Macr. Somn. Scip. 1, 20 fin.:
noctem,
Sil. 4, 482.—In respect to lustrum, v. 2. lustrum, I.—
4.
Transf., to conceal, hide, secrete, suppress:
Sibyllam quidem sepositam et conditam habeamus, ut... injussu senatūs ne legantur quidem libri,
Cic. Div. 2, 54, 112:
quicquid sub terrā est in apricum proferet aetas, Defodiet condetque nitentia,
Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 25:
lumen,
Lucr. 4, 434; so,
lunam (nubes),
Hor. C. 2, 16, 3:
aliquid jocoso furto,
id. ib. 1, 10, 8:
vultus,
Ov. M. 2, 330; cf.:
vultum aequore,
id. ib. 11, 255:
enses,
to sheathe, Hor. Epod. 7, 2:
ferrum,
Phaedr. 5, 2, 8:
gladium,
Quint. 8, prooem. §
15: scuta latentia,
Verg. A. 3, 237:
oculos,
to close, shut, Ov. Tr. 3, 3, 44 (but oculi conditi, v. P. a. infra); so,
lumina,
Prop. 4 (5), 11, 64:
se in viscera (terrae),
Ov. M. 2, 274:
se sub lectum,
Suet. Calig. 51.—Mid., Plin. 8, 57, 82, § 223:
nocte... aliquot Numidarum turmas medio in saltu condiderat,
i. e. placed in ambush, Liv. 27, 26, 8; so, hostis in silvis armatum militem condidit, Curt. 8, 1, 4; cf.:
ibi Dahas condidit,
id. 7, 7, 32:
(Danai) notā conduntur in alvo,
concealed themselves, Verg. A. 2, 401:
fera murmura,
Prop. 4 (5), 4, 61:
iram,
Tac. A. 2, 28.—With abl.:
his mensibus pisces jacent speluncis conditi,
Plin. 9, 16, 24, § 56:
huic sollertiā est inanium ostrearum testis se condere,
id. 8, 31, 51, § 98:
luna condita tenebris,
Tac. A. 1, 28:
aliquid alvo,
to swallow, Sil. 6, 199.—
5.
Poet.
a.
To thrust or strike in deep, to plunge (cf. abscondo):
ensem in pectus,
Ov. M. 13, 392:
digitos in lumina,
id. ib. 13, 561; 12, 295;
5, 423: ensem totum alicui in adverso pectore,
Verg. A. 9, 348:
telum jugulo,
Ov. M. 13, 459; Sen. Oedip. 1037; cf. pass.:
nihil tam facile in corpus quam sagitta conditur,
Cels. 7, 5, n. 2.—
(β).
Trop.:
stimulos caecos in pectore,
Ov. M. 1, 727.—
b.
To hide by sailing away, to lose sight of:
navita condit urbes,
Val. Fl. 2, 443; cf. abscondo.—Hence,
1.
condĭtus, a, um, P. a., close, secret, deep (rare):
praecordia,
Hor. S. 1, 4, 89:
oculi,
deep set, Plin. 11, 37, 53, § 141.—
2.
condĭta, ōrum, n., the laid up store (late Lat.), Cod. Th. 7, 4, 3; Dig. 32, 95 al.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > condita
5 condo

con-do, dĭdi, dĭtum, 3, v. a. [con- = cum, and 2. do], lit., to bring, lay or put together (very freq. in all periods and species of composition).
I.
With the access. idea of uniting, to put or join together into a whole, to form, fashion, produce, make by joining together.
A.
Prop., of the founding of towns or states, to found, establish: Romam, Enn. ap. Varr. R. R. 3, 1, 2, and Suet. Aug. 7 fin. (Ann. v. 494 Vahl.):
oppida,
Varr. L. L. 5, § 142; Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 8:
urbem,
Lucr. 5, 1107; Cic. Cat. 3, 1, 2; Sall. C. 6, 1; Liv. 1, 19, 1; Suet. Aug. 18; 47; Just. 2, 4, 15; 2, 15, 1:
arces,
Verg. E. 2, 61:
locum,
Hor. S. 1, 5, 92: colonias. Vell. 1, 15; Just. 16, 3, 7:
civitatem,
Cic. Rep. 1, 7, 12:
regna,
Just. 2, 1 init.:
imperium Poenorum,
id. 19, 1, 1.—Hence, often ante and post Romam conditam, before and after the foundation of Rome, Cic. Tusc. 1, 1, 3; cf. Liv. praef. § 6 al.—
(β).
Transf. to the inhabitants:
Romanam gentem,
Verg. A. 1, 33:
genus hominum,
Just. 2, 6, 11.—Hence, mid.:
optato conduntur Thybridis alveo,
they settle, Verg. A. 7, 303 (condi proprie dicuntur, qui sibi statuunt civitatem. Conduntur ergo; sedem stabilem locant, Serv.). —
b.
Of the erecting, building of other things, to make, construct, build:
aram,
Liv. 1, 7, 11; 28, 46, 16:
sepulcrum,
Hor. Epod. 9, 26:
moenia,
Verg. A. 1, 276; Ov. M. 3, 13; 14, 775; Just. 2, 12, 4.—
c.
Of written productions, to compose, write, celebrate, write or treat of, describe: SIVE CARMEN CONDIDISSET, Fragm. XII. Tab. ap. Cic. Rep. 4, 10, 12; so,
carmen,
Lucr. 5, 2; Hor. S. 2, 1, 82; id. Ep. 1, 3, 24; id. A. P. 436; Liv. 27, 37, 7; 31, 12, 10; Quint. 10, 1, 56 et saep.:
poëma,
Cic. Att. 1, 16, 15:
longas Iliadas,
Prop. 2, 1, 14:
bella,
Verg. E. 6, 7:
Caesaris acta,
Ov. Tr. 2, 336:
proelia,
Stat. Th. 1, 8:
festa numeris,
Ov. F. 6, 24:
alterum satirae genus,
Quint. 10, 1, 95:
aliqua in hac materiā,
id. 3, 1, 19:
prosam orationem,
Plin. 5, 29, 31, § 112:
historiam,
id. 12, 4, 8, § 18; cf.:
aliquid annalibus,
id. 2, 9, 6, § 43:
praecepta medendi,
id. 26, 2, 6, § 10:
laudes alicujus,
id. 22, 13, 15, § 35.— Rarely,
(β).
Absol.:
si etiamnum Homero condente Aegyptus non erat,
Plin. 13, 13, 27, § 88.—
B.
Trop., to establish, found, to be the author of, to produce, make:
jusjurandum,
Plaut. Rud. 5, 3, 18:
aurea saecula,
Verg. A. 6, 793:
collegium novum,
Liv. 5, 52, 11:
morem,
Plin. 11, 37, 55, § 150:
nova fata,
Verg. A. 10, 35:
aeternam famam ingenio suo,
Phaedr. 3, prol. 53; so,
nomen memorandum,
Sil. 4, 37:
militarem disciplinam artemque bellandi,
Flor. 1, 3, 1:
somniorum intellegentiam (Joseph),
Just. 36, 2, 8.—Of the gods:
portenta sua,
to fuifil, accomplish, Sil. 16, 126.— Impers.:
naturā rerum conditum est, ut, etc.,
Dig. 19, 5, 4.—
II.
With the access. idea of carefulness, to put away, to lay, put, or place somewhere for preservation, etc.; to lay up, store or treasure up (opp. promo).
A.
In gen.
1.
Prop.
(α).
Aliquid:
pecuniam,
Cic. Clu. 26, 72:
frumentum,
id. N. D. 2, 63, 157; Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 140: condere et reponere fructus, [p. 409] Cic. N. D. 2, 62, 156:
agri multa efferunt, quae... mandentur condita vetustati,
id. ib. 2, 60, 151; cf. id. Brut. 4, 16; Varr. R. R. 1, 62;
Auct. B. Afr. 65: vinum,
Varr. R. R. 1, 13; cf. Mart. 13, 111, 2; Verg. E. 3, 43; Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 12:
aliquid proprio horreo,
id. C. 1, 1, 9:
Sabinum testā levi,
id. ib. 1, 20, 3:
pressa mella puris amphoris,
id. Epod. 2, 15:
messem,
Tib. 1, 1, 42:
fruges,
Paul. Sent. 2, 8, 2.—
(β).
With the designation of the place (most freq. by in and acc.):
minas viginti in crumenam,
Plaut. Truc. 3, 1, 9:
mustum in dolium,
Varr. R. R. 1, 65, 1:
cineres in urnas,
Suet. Calig. 15:
barbam in auream pyxidem,
id. Ner. 12; cf. id. ib. 47:
legem in aerarium,
id. ib. 28:
libri in sacrarium conditi,
Gell. 1, 19, 10; cf.
the foll.: te in pistrinum,
Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 120; cf.:
aliquem in custodiam,
Liv. 31, 23, 9; Tac. H. 4, 2:
aliquem in carcerem,
to thrust into prison, imprison, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 29, § 76; Liv. 26, 16, 6; 29, 22, 7; 30, 21, 5;
45, 42, 5: aliquem in vincula,
id. 23, 38, 7; 26, 34, 4. —With adv.:
argentum intro,
Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 120; id. Truc. 5, 28:
sortes eo,
Cic. Div. 2, 41, 86 Orell. N. cr. —With in and abl.:
litteras publicas in aerario sanctiore,
to keep, lay up, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 63, § 140:
se (aves) in foliis,
Verg. G. 4, 473:
novissimo die dein (argyritin) condunt in plumbeo vase,
Plin. 33, 6, 35, § 109.—With abl.:
condidit (libros Sibyllinos) duobus forulis auratis sub Palatini Apollinis basi,
Suet. Aug. 31; Scrib. Comp. 145.—With locat.:
id domi nostrae,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 2, § 5; cf.:
ut ei jam exploratus et domi conditus consulatus videretur,
i. e. he was sure of it, id. Mur. 24, 49.—
2.
Trop.: teneo omnia;
in pectore condita sunt,
Plaut. Ps. 4, 1, 31:
mandata corde memori,
Cat. 64, 231:
tu, qui omne bonum in visceribus medullisque condideris,
Cic. Tusc. 5, 9, 27:
in causis conditae sunt res futurae,
lie, are contained, id. Div. 1, 56, 128. —Hence,
B.
Esp.,
1.
In econom. lang., to preserve, pickle (for which the access. form condio, īre, became prevalent):
lentiscum in acetum (cf. just before, oleae quomodo condiantur),
Cato, R. R. 117:
ficus in orcas,
Col. 12, 15, 2:
fructum in cados,
Plin. 13, 4, 9, § 48:
corna in liquidā faece,
Ov. M. 8, 666:
oleum,
Suet. Caes. 53.—
2.
In medic. lang., to set:
ossa,
Cels. 8, 23:
calcem,
id. 8, 22:
articulum,
id. 8, 24.—
3.
To inter, bury (cf. compono, II. B. 1. c.):
mortuos cerā circumlitos,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 45, 108:
aliquem sepulcro,
id. Leg. 2, 22, 56; Verg. A. 3, 67; Ov. M. 7, 618; 8, 235:
ossa parentis terrā,
Verg. A. 5, 48; so,
aliquem terrā,
Plin. 7, 54, 55, § 187:
corpora defunctorum in lapide sarcophago,
id. 36, 17, 27, § 131:
fraternas umbras tumulo,
Ov. F. 5, 451; so id. M. 14, 442; Val. Fl. 5, 198:
ossa peregrinā ripā,
Ov. M. 2, 337:
in Tomitanā condar humo?
id. P. 3, 1, 6:
inhumatos Manes,
Luc. 9, 151:
Alexandrum intemperantiā bibendi... condidit,
brought to the grave, Sen. Ep. 83, 23:
patrem,
Phaedr. 4, 4, 30:
fulgura publica condere,
Juv. 6, 587, v. fulgur; cf.:
Aruns dispersos fulminis ignes Colligit et terrae maesto cum murmure condit,
Luc. 1, 606 sq. —
b.
Poet., of time, to pass, spend, live through, bring to a close:
saecla vivendo,
Lucr. 3, 1090:
longos soles cantando,
Verg. E. 9, 52:
cum referetque diem condetque relatum,
i. e. morning and evening, id. G. 1, 458:
diem collibus in suis,
Hor. C. 4, 5, 29:
diem,
Stat. Th. 10, 54; Plin. Ep. 9, 36, 4; id. Pan. 80 fin.; Macr. Somn. Scip. 1, 20 fin.:
noctem,
Sil. 4, 482.—In respect to lustrum, v. 2. lustrum, I.—
4.
Transf., to conceal, hide, secrete, suppress:
Sibyllam quidem sepositam et conditam habeamus, ut... injussu senatūs ne legantur quidem libri,
Cic. Div. 2, 54, 112:
quicquid sub terrā est in apricum proferet aetas, Defodiet condetque nitentia,
Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 25:
lumen,
Lucr. 4, 434; so,
lunam (nubes),
Hor. C. 2, 16, 3:
aliquid jocoso furto,
id. ib. 1, 10, 8:
vultus,
Ov. M. 2, 330; cf.:
vultum aequore,
id. ib. 11, 255:
enses,
to sheathe, Hor. Epod. 7, 2:
ferrum,
Phaedr. 5, 2, 8:
gladium,
Quint. 8, prooem. §
15: scuta latentia,
Verg. A. 3, 237:
oculos,
to close, shut, Ov. Tr. 3, 3, 44 (but oculi conditi, v. P. a. infra); so,
lumina,
Prop. 4 (5), 11, 64:
se in viscera (terrae),
Ov. M. 2, 274:
se sub lectum,
Suet. Calig. 51.—Mid., Plin. 8, 57, 82, § 223:
nocte... aliquot Numidarum turmas medio in saltu condiderat,
i. e. placed in ambush, Liv. 27, 26, 8; so, hostis in silvis armatum militem condidit, Curt. 8, 1, 4; cf.:
ibi Dahas condidit,
id. 7, 7, 32:
(Danai) notā conduntur in alvo,
concealed themselves, Verg. A. 2, 401:
fera murmura,
Prop. 4 (5), 4, 61:
iram,
Tac. A. 2, 28.—With abl.:
his mensibus pisces jacent speluncis conditi,
Plin. 9, 16, 24, § 56:
huic sollertiā est inanium ostrearum testis se condere,
id. 8, 31, 51, § 98:
luna condita tenebris,
Tac. A. 1, 28:
aliquid alvo,
to swallow, Sil. 6, 199.—
5.
Poet.
a.
To thrust or strike in deep, to plunge (cf. abscondo):
ensem in pectus,
Ov. M. 13, 392:
digitos in lumina,
id. ib. 13, 561; 12, 295;
5, 423: ensem totum alicui in adverso pectore,
Verg. A. 9, 348:
telum jugulo,
Ov. M. 13, 459; Sen. Oedip. 1037; cf. pass.:
nihil tam facile in corpus quam sagitta conditur,
Cels. 7, 5, n. 2.—
(β).
Trop.:
stimulos caecos in pectore,
Ov. M. 1, 727.—
b.
To hide by sailing away, to lose sight of:
navita condit urbes,
Val. Fl. 2, 443; cf. abscondo.—Hence,
1.
condĭtus, a, um, P. a., close, secret, deep (rare):
praecordia,
Hor. S. 1, 4, 89:
oculi,
deep set, Plin. 11, 37, 53, § 141.—
2.
condĭta, ōrum, n., the laid up store (late Lat.), Cod. Th. 7, 4, 3; Dig. 32, 95 al.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > condo
6 abripio

ab-ripio, ripuī, reptum, ere [ rapio ]

1)

а) (поспешно) уносить, утаскивать, тащить ( aliquem in vincula C); насильно уводить ( aliquem in servitutem bAfr); вырывать, исторгать (е complexu parentum L); отрывать, отторгать ( partem ab āliqua re C)

a. aliquid mordicus Pl или morsu Ph — откусить что-л

б) влечь, увлекать ( aliquem ad aliquid C); уносить, сносить (abripi tempestate C, Q, L и vi fluminis Cs)

se a. — вырываться, устремляться, бросаться (se a. foras Pl, se a. domum Su); охватывать ( pavor aliquem abripit T); брать с бою, захватывать ( equos armaque T)

2) грабить, похищать ( simulacra numinum T); умыкать, похищать (virginem, conjugem Cs, C etc.)

a. a similitudine alicujus C — лишать сходства с кем-л.

abrepto amore Prp — без (лишённый) любви

Латинско-русский словарь > abripio
7 condo

con-do, didī, ditum, ere

1) воздвигать, сооружать, строить (aram L; moenia, arcem V); заселять, колонизовать (locum H; insulam VP); класть начало, учреждать (imperium Fl; gentem V; colonias VP); основывать (urbem C etc.)

ante Romam conditam C — до основания Рима

ab urbe condĭtā L, VM etc. — от основания города (Рима)

a (ab) condito aevo PM — от сотворения мира

2) слагать, сочинять ( carmen C); составлять, писать (leges L; historiam, librum PM); воспевать (bella V; acta alicujus O)

Homero condente PM — когда пел Гомер, т. е. во времена Гомера

3) вкладывать, вдевать ( cervices nodo Pt); втыкать, вонзать (venabulum urso M; ensem in pectus O)

4) мед. вправлять (prolapsa intestina, ossa CC)

5) прятать (aliquid in pyxidem Su; aliquid in aerarium Vr, Su; caput inter nubila V — о молве); убирать (frumentum C; aliquid proprio horreo H); сберегать, хранить ( pecuniam C); вкладывать в ножны (gladium Sen, Q; pugionem Su)

6) укладывать ( puerum in cunas Pl)

7) упрятать, засадить (aliquem in carcerem C, L); заковать ( aliquem in vincula L); похоронить (reliquias ossaque alicujus terra V; aliquem sepulcro V и in sepulcro C)

8) погубить, свести в могилу

Alexandrum intemperantia bibendi condidit Sen — Александра свело в могилу пьянство

9) pass. таиться, содержаться, быть заключённым ( in causis conditae sunt res futurae C)

tenere aliquid conditum mente V — твёрдо (за)помнить

10)

а) укрывать, прятать ( aliquem in silvis QG)

aliquid c. furto H — похищать что-л

б) окутывать, обволакивать ( lunam condunt nubes H); таить, хранить (iram T; jurgia sub tacitā laetitia Prp)

se c. — скрываться, прятаться, укрываться (deserto in litore V; in foliis V)

sol se condit in undas V — солнце погружается в волны

in altitudinem conditus T — замкнувшись в себе, уйдя в себя

11) закрывать, смыкать ( alicujus lumina O)

in aeternum conditi oculi Ap — навек закрывшиеся глаза; но

conditi oculi PM — глубоко сидящие (впалые) глаза

12) ( о времени) проводить, (про)жить (diem collibus in suis H; saecula vivendo Lcr)

longissimus dies cito conditur PJ — (даже) самый долгий день быстро проходит

Латинско-русский словарь > condo
8 vinculum

vinculum (vinclum), i, n. [st2]1 [-] lien, attache. [st2]2 [-] ruban (d'une coiffure), bandeau, couronne. [st2]3 [-] laisse (pour les chiens). [st2]4 [-] courroie (de ceste). [st2]5 [-] lacet (pour prendre les oiseaux). [st2]6 [-] ceinture (de tunique). [st2]7 [-] Tib. cordon (de chaussure); chaussure. [st2]8 [-] cordon (pour sceller les lettres). [st2]9 [-] cordon (pour fermer un tonneau, une jarre). [st2]10 [-] câble, amarre (de navire). [st2]11 [-] liens (d'un prisonnier), chaînes, fers, menottes. [st2]12 [-] lien, noeud, engagement.    - ducere in vincula aliquem: conduire qqn dans les fers, conduire qqn en prison.    - conjicere in vincula aliquem: jeter qqn dans les fers, jeter qqn en prison.    - moribus suis Orgetoricem ex vinculis causam dicere coegerunt, Caes. BG. 1, 4: selon leurs coutumes, ils forcèrent Orgétorix à plaider sa cause après s'être constitué prisonnier.
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vinculum (vinclum), i, n. [st2]1 [-] lien, attache. [st2]2 [-] ruban (d'une coiffure), bandeau, couronne. [st2]3 [-] laisse (pour les chiens). [st2]4 [-] courroie (de ceste). [st2]5 [-] lacet (pour prendre les oiseaux). [st2]6 [-] ceinture (de tunique). [st2]7 [-] Tib. cordon (de chaussure); chaussure. [st2]8 [-] cordon (pour sceller les lettres). [st2]9 [-] cordon (pour fermer un tonneau, une jarre). [st2]10 [-] câble, amarre (de navire). [st2]11 [-] liens (d'un prisonnier), chaînes, fers, menottes. [st2]12 [-] lien, noeud, engagement.    - ducere in vincula aliquem: conduire qqn dans les fers, conduire qqn en prison.    - conjicere in vincula aliquem: jeter qqn dans les fers, jeter qqn en prison.    - moribus suis Orgetoricem ex vinculis causam dicere coegerunt, Caes. BG. 1, 4: selon leurs coutumes, ils forcèrent Orgétorix à plaider sa cause après s'être constitué prisonnier.
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    Vinculum, vinculi, pen. corr. Dicimus et Vinclum, vincli, per syncopam. Colum. Un lieu.

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    - digitorum vincula collo Iniicit. Ouid. Il m'empoigne au col, et me serre des doigts.

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    Fabrilia. Ouid. Chaines de fer.

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    Iuncea. Ouid. Liens de jonc.

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    Addere manus alicuius in vincla. Ouid. Luy lier les mains.

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    Adhibere vincula captis. Ouid. Lier ceuls qu'on a prins.

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    Adimere vincula canibus. Ouid. Deslier.

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    Arcebant vincula palma. Virg. Luy estraignoyent et serroyent les mains, Elle avoit les mains liees.

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    Demere vincla pedibus. Ouid. Deslier les souliers.

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    Excidere vinclis. Virgil. Eschapper hors des liens.

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    Exutae vinclis palmae. Virgil. Mains desliees.

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    Imposita capiti vincla. Seneca. Couronne mise sur la teste.

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    Indere vincula. Tacit. Lier.

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    Leuare vincla alicui. Virgil. Le deslier.

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    Nectere vincula alicui. Virgil. Le lier.

Dictionarium latinogallicum > vinculum
9 adhibeo

ădhĭbĕo, ēre, hĭbŭi, hĭbĭtum [ad + habeo], tr. [st1]1 [-] mettre auprès, approcher, appliquer, offrir, présenter.    - adhibere vincula captis, Ov.: enchaîner des captifs.    - adhibere vultus ad aliquem, Ov.: tourner ses regards vers qqn.    - adhibere se ad rationem, Lucr.: s'appliquer à la raison.    - adhibere motum judici, Cic.: faire passer un sentiment dans le coeur du juge.    - adhibere odores ad deos, Cic.: offrir de l'encens aux dieux.    - adhibere cultus diis immortalibus, Cic. N. D. 1, 2: adresser un culte aux dieux immortels.    - medicinam alicui adhibere: appliquer un remède à qqn.    - judicium aliqua re acrius adhibere, Quint. 12, 10, 76: soumettre qqch au jugement de personnes plus sévères.    - adhibere alicui calcaria, Cic. Brut. 56: appliquer l'éperon à qqn, employer l'éperon avec qqn. [st1]2 [-] ajouter, joindre.    - nihil ad panem adhibere: ne rien ajouter à son pain.    - adhibere ad panem nasturtium, Cic.: manger du cresson avec son pain.    - adhibere heredem fratri, Dig.: donner un cohéritier à son frère. [st1]3 [-] employer, mettre en oeuvre.    - adhibere manus medicas ad vulnera, Virg. G. 3: *employer les mains du médecin pour sa blessure* = avoir recours aux mains du médecin pour sa blessure.    - adhibete aurîs (s.-ent. ad ea) quae ego loquor, Plaut. Ps.: tendez l'oreille à ce que je vous dis.    - in aliqua re curam et diligentiam adhibere: consacrer ses soins attentifs à qqch.    - adhibere numerum iambicum in fabulis, Cic.: faire usage de l'iambe dans ses pièces.    - adhibere machinas ad... Cic.: faire jouer des ressorts pour...    - adhibere patientiam, Liv.: faire preuve de patience.    - sic se adhibere ut... Cic.: se conduire de manière que. [st1]4 [-] faire venir près de soi, mander, consulter, faire appel à, appeler, invoquer, avoir recours à, produire (des témoins).    - oratorem adhibere: faire appel à un orateur, recourir à un orateur.    - adhibere testes: produire des témoins.    - adhibere in auxilium: appeler à son secours.    - adhibere medicum, Cic.: faire venir un médecin.    - adhibere aliquem in partem periculi, Ov. M. 11, 447: associer qqn à ses périls.    - auspicia adhibere: prendre les auspices.    - convivio (cenae) aliquem adhibere: inviter qqn à sa table.    - me Regulus non adhibuerat, Plin. Ep. 1, 5, 4: Régulus ne m'avait pas invité. [st1]5 [-] accueillir, traiter.    - aliquem adhibere + adv. de manière: traiter qqn (de telle ou telle manière).    - bene aliquem adhibere: bien traiter qqn.    - severius aliquem adhibere: traiter qqn assez (trop) sévèrement.    - adhibere aliquem liberaliter, Cic.: traiter qqn dignement.
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ădhĭbĕo, ēre, hĭbŭi, hĭbĭtum [ad + habeo], tr. [st1]1 [-] mettre auprès, approcher, appliquer, offrir, présenter.    - adhibere vincula captis, Ov.: enchaîner des captifs.    - adhibere vultus ad aliquem, Ov.: tourner ses regards vers qqn.    - adhibere se ad rationem, Lucr.: s'appliquer à la raison.    - adhibere motum judici, Cic.: faire passer un sentiment dans le coeur du juge.    - adhibere odores ad deos, Cic.: offrir de l'encens aux dieux.    - adhibere cultus diis immortalibus, Cic. N. D. 1, 2: adresser un culte aux dieux immortels.    - medicinam alicui adhibere: appliquer un remède à qqn.    - judicium aliqua re acrius adhibere, Quint. 12, 10, 76: soumettre qqch au jugement de personnes plus sévères.    - adhibere alicui calcaria, Cic. Brut. 56: appliquer l'éperon à qqn, employer l'éperon avec qqn. [st1]2 [-] ajouter, joindre.    - nihil ad panem adhibere: ne rien ajouter à son pain.    - adhibere ad panem nasturtium, Cic.: manger du cresson avec son pain.    - adhibere heredem fratri, Dig.: donner un cohéritier à son frère. [st1]3 [-] employer, mettre en oeuvre.    - adhibere manus medicas ad vulnera, Virg. G. 3: *employer les mains du médecin pour sa blessure* = avoir recours aux mains du médecin pour sa blessure.    - adhibete aurîs (s.-ent. ad ea) quae ego loquor, Plaut. Ps.: tendez l'oreille à ce que je vous dis.    - in aliqua re curam et diligentiam adhibere: consacrer ses soins attentifs à qqch.    - adhibere numerum iambicum in fabulis, Cic.: faire usage de l'iambe dans ses pièces.    - adhibere machinas ad... Cic.: faire jouer des ressorts pour...    - adhibere patientiam, Liv.: faire preuve de patience.    - sic se adhibere ut... Cic.: se conduire de manière que. [st1]4 [-] faire venir près de soi, mander, consulter, faire appel à, appeler, invoquer, avoir recours à, produire (des témoins).    - oratorem adhibere: faire appel à un orateur, recourir à un orateur.    - adhibere testes: produire des témoins.    - adhibere in auxilium: appeler à son secours.    - adhibere medicum, Cic.: faire venir un médecin.    - adhibere aliquem in partem periculi, Ov. M. 11, 447: associer qqn à ses périls.    - auspicia adhibere: prendre les auspices.    - convivio (cenae) aliquem adhibere: inviter qqn à sa table.    - me Regulus non adhibuerat, Plin. Ep. 1, 5, 4: Régulus ne m'avait pas invité. [st1]5 [-] accueillir, traiter.    - aliquem adhibere + adv. de manière: traiter qqn (de telle ou telle manière).    - bene aliquem adhibere: bien traiter qqn.    - severius aliquem adhibere: traiter qqn assez (trop) sévèrement.    - adhibere aliquem liberaliter, Cic.: traiter qqn dignement.
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    Adhibeo, adhibes, pe. cor. adhibui, adhibitum, pen. corr. adhibere, Ex ad, et habeo. Tenir une chose pres, Joindre une chose à une autre, Appliquer, Approcher quelque chose.

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    Ad maiores causas Hortensius adhiberi coeptus est. Cic. On commencea de l'appeler, et de s'en aider, ou servir aux proces de grande importance.

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    Ad ornatum corporis adhibetur vestis. Cic. On en use, ou s'en sert pour, etc.

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    Ad deliberationes eas, quas habebat domi de Repub. principes ciuitatis adhibebat. Cic. Il appeloit et faisoit venir, ou Amettoit et laissoit venir.

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    Ad panem aliquid adhibere. Cic. Adjouster, ou mettre quelque chose avec le pain, Manger avec le pain quelque autre chose.

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    Ad partus adhibetur Iuno Lucina. Cic. On l'invoque aux enfantements.

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    Adhibere coenae aliquem. Quintil. Recevoir à sa table, Quand un grand personnage fait venir à sa table un homme de moindre estat.

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    Adhibere animum. Cic. Estre attentif.

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    Arbitrum. Cic. Prendre pour arbitre.

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    Artem. Cic. User d'artifice, S'aider de ruse.

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    Audaciam. Caes. User de hardiesse, S'enhardir, S'adventurer.

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    Aures. Cic. Escouter attentivement, ou diligemment.

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    Authoritatem ad monendum. Cic. Oultre la parolle, avoir en soy authorité, ou gravité et bonne majesté, par laquelle celuy que nous admonnestons nous ait en reverence.

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    Auxilium. Celsus. User d'aide, ou de remede.

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    Blanditias. Ouid. User de flatteries, Flatter.

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    Calcaria equo adhibere. Cic. Picquer des esperons, Bailler ou donner des esperons à un cheval.

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    Cautionem. Cic. User de prudence, Se donner de garde, Se guetter, Se conduire sagement, Y tenir l'oeil.

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    Celeritatem. Cic. Se haster, ou Diligenter, Faire diligence.

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    Cibum et potum. Cic. Boire et manger.

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    Collegium Praetorum. Cic. Appeler, Faire venir, Faire assembler.

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    Conscientiam alicuius. Tacit. Faire quelque chose en sceu d'un autre, Se deceler à quelcun de ce qu'on veult faire, Luy dire son secret.

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    Consilium in suffragium. Cic. User de conseil et meure deliberation pour donner les voix en l'election.

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    Adhibere sibi aliquem ad vel in consilium. Cic. Consulter avec un autre, Luy demander conseil.

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    Te adhibe in consilium. Cic. Conseille toy par toymesme.

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    Consolationem alicui. Cic. Consoler, User de consolation envers aucun.

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    Consuetudinem. Cic. S'accoustumer, Prendre accoustumance.

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    Contentionem. Cic. S'efforcer, Mettre peine.

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    Correctionem. Cic. Corriger.

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    Crudelitatem in aliquem. Cic. User de cruaulté envers quelcun.

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    Adhibere curationem. Cic. Grauioribus morbis periculosas curationes et ancipites adhibere coguntur. User de cures et traictements, Curer.

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    Curam. Cic. Prendre soing de quelque chose, En soigner.

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    Delectum adhibere. Cic. Discerner entre une chose et autre, Mettre difference.

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    Deos. Ouid. Appeler, ou Invoquer à nostre aide.

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    Diligentiam. Cic. Mettre, ou Faire diligence, User de diligence.

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    Diligentiam in amicitiis comparandis. Cic. Estre diligent à acquerir des amities.

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    Diligentiam in se. Cic. Estre soigneux de soy, Estre diligent à penser de soy.

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    Doctrinam. Cic. User de doctrine.

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    Dolorem animi. Cic. Se trister et ennuyer, Prendre tristesse et ennuy.

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    Dolum, fraudem, calumniam. Cic. User de cautelle, de finesse, etc.

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    Festinationem. Colum. Se haster, Faire bonne diligence.

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    Fidem alicui. Cic. Croire et adjouster foy à aucun.

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    Fidem in amicorum periculis. Cic. Se monstrer vray et feal ami au besoing et au danger ou necessité de ses amis.

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    Fletum in funeribus. Cic. Plourer à l'enterrement des morts.

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    Flores adhibet orator in causis. Cic. Frictionem. Cels. Frotter.

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    Genus victus adhibere. Celsus. User de maniere de nourriture, ou de vivre.

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    Grauitatem in dolore. Cic. Se monstrer grave et constant en son adversité, User de constance, etc.

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    Ignes. Cic. Mettre le feu en quelque lieu.

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    Iudicium. Cic. User de jugement.

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    Iudicium suum adhibere. Cic. Interposer son jugement.

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    Laudatorem. Cic. Exhiber, Alleguer quelcun qui en die bien.

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    Lectionem ad aliquid. Cic. Lire quelque chose.

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    Ludos. Cic. Apporter et bailler passetemps, comme farces, et autres choses. \ Lumen. Cic. Donner, ou bailler lumiere.

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    Machinas omnes adhibere ad tenendum adolescentem. Cic. User de touts moyens pour retenir un adolescent.

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    Magnificentiam et despicientiam rerum humanarum. Ci. Estre magnifique, et mespriser les choses humaines.

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    Magnitudinem animi. Cic. Estre ferme et constant.

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    Manus genibus. Ouid. Mettre les mains aux genouls.

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    Manus medicas ad vulnera. Virg. Medeciner les playes.

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    Manus pomis. Senec. Mettre les mains sur les pommes.

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    Manus vectigalibus. Ci. Mettre les mains dessus le revenu du peuple.

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    Medicum. Cic. Faire venir le medecin, User du medecin, Se faire medeciner. \ Medicinam. Cic. User de medecine, Medeciner.

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    Memoriam. Cic. His rebus adhibeat tanquam lumen aliquod, memoriam. Adjouster.

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    Misericordiam. Cic. User de pitié, Avoir pitié.

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    Moderationem. Cic. User de modestie, Estre modeste.

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    Modum. Cic. User de mesure, Tenir moyen.

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    Sumptibus adhibere modum. Plin. iunior. Despendre par raison, Ne point despendre excessivement.

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    Motus iudici. Cic. Esmouvoir le juge.

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    Munditiem. Cic. User de netteté, ou d'honnesteté.

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    Necessitatem. Cic. Contraindre.

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    Neruos. Cic. S'efforcer, S'employer.

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    Officium adhibere erga aliquem. Cic. Luy faire plaisir.

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    Orationem ad aliquem. Cic. Cum adhibemus ad eos orationem huiusmodi. Quand nous parlons à euls en ceste maniere, Quand nous usons de tels propos.

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    Odores ad deos. Cic. User de bonnes senteurs en leurs sacrifices.

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    Odorem rebus. Lucret. Bailler, Donner.

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    Ornamenta ad rem aliquam. Cic. Bailler.

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    Parsimoniam. Plaut. Espargner, Estre de bon gouvernement.

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    Patronum. Cic. S'aider d'un advocat, Prendre quelcun pour son advocat.

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    Plagas. Celsus. Battre, Frapper.

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    Praeparationem in rebus agendis. Cic. Faire ses preparatifs, User de, etc. \ Preces diis. Cic. Prier, User de prieres.

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    Prudentiam ad omnes res. Cic. User de prudence et discretion.

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    Querelas. Tibul. Se complaindre.

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    Rationem. Cic. User de raison.

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    Adhibe te ad veram rationem. Lucretius. Sois attentif à entendre la vraye raison.

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    Adhibere nobis religionem. Cic. Faire conscience.

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    Remedium. Cic. Mettre remede, Appliquer un remede à une playe.

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    Reuerentiam aduersus homines. Cic. Avoir crainte, ou honte d'offenser les gents.

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    Saeuitiam in aliquem. Cic. User de cruaulté envers aucun, Luy estre cruel. \ Sapientiam. Cic. User de sapience.

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    Adhibere se ita, etc. Cic. Se gouverner tellement que, etc.

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    Sermonem. Cic. His sermo quum adhibetur. Quand on parle à euls.

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    Seueritatem in filio. Cic. Tenir rudesse à son fils, user de rudesse envers son filz.

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    Quintum filium seuerius adhibebo. Cic. Je monstreray visage rude et severe à ton filz Quintus.

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    Hos castris adhibe socios. Virg. Pren les pour compaignons, Associe les avec toy.

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    Solatia. Plin. iunior. Consoler, Donner consolation.

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    Solertiam. Caesar. Mettre cueur et peine, L'esprit et diligence.

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    Speciem in dicendo. Cic. Donner couleur ou lustre à son parler, Farder son langage.

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    Stimulos. Lucret. Poindre, Picquer, Aguillonner, Stimuler.

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    Studium ad aliquid. Cic. Mettre son estude à quelque chose.

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    Supplicium. Cic. Punir, Affliger, Tormenter.

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    Tempus adhibere ad considerandas res. Cic. Mettre et employer du temps.

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    Testes. Cic. Amener, ou produire tesmoings, Prendre à tesmoings.

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    Deum testem. Cic. Jurer Dieu, Prendre ou Appeler Dieu à tesmoing.

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    Titulum humatis. Liuius. Mettre un epitaphe sur les trespassez au lieu où ils sont enterrez.

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    Tormentum. Cic. Employer engins, User de, etc.

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    Tympanum. Plaut. Jouer du tabourin.

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    Vanitatem orationis. Cic. Mentir à son escient.

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    Vim. Cic. Faire force, Forcer, Contraindre.

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    Adhibere vim veritati. Cic. Forcer verité par faulx tesmoings, ou autrement.

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    Vires in re aliqua. Quintil. S'efforcer, S'employer, Mettre son povoir.

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    Virtutem. Cic. Se monstrer vertueux, Se porter vertueusement.

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    Vsum. Cic. S'accoustumer.

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    Vincula alicui. Ouid. Le lier.

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    Vinum aegrotis. Cic. Bailler du vin à boire aux malades.

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    Huc adhibe vultus. Ouid. Tourne ton visage deca, Regarde nous.

Dictionarium latinogallicum > adhibeo
10 intendo

intendo, ĕre, intendi, intentum (intensum) - tr. - [st1]1 [-] tendre, bander, raidir; étendre, allonger.    - tendere balistam in aliquem, Plaut. Bacch.: armer la baliste contre qqn.    - arcum intendere: tendre un arc.    - nox visa intendi, Liv. 7, 28: on vit la nuit s'étendre.    - vespera intendente (s.-ent. se), Amm.: sur le soir.    - intendere stupea vincula collo, Virg. En. 2: mettre une corde de chanvre au cou.    - cutem intendere, Plin.: distendre la peau.    - primam syllabam intendere, Gell.: allonger la première syllabe.    - vela secundi intendunt Zephyri, Virg. En. 5: des Zéphyrs favorables gonflent les voiles. [st1]2 [-] tendre sur, appliquer, tapisser, couvrir, orner.    - intendere sertis, Virg.: tapisser de guirlandes. [st1]3 [-] tendre vers, diriger contre, lancer; diriger des menaces contre, menacer.    - aciem in omnes partes intendere, Cic.: porter ses regards de tous côtés.    - intendere pugnam parem in omnes pares, Liv.: engager le combat sur tous les points à la fois.    - telum in aliquem intendere: diriger une arme contre qqn.    - litem alicui intendere: intenter un procès à qqn.    - intendere bellum, Liv.: porter la guerre.    - intendere probra, Tac.: adresser des injures.    - intendere minas, Tac.: faire des menaces.    - periculum quod in omnem intenditur, Cic.: le péril qui menace tout le monde.    - nobilitas, nec ii modo in quos crimen intendebatur sed universi, Liv. 9: tous les nobles, et pas seulement ceux qui étaient poursuivis comme criminels. [st1]4 [-] diriger (ses pas), se diriger.    - quo intendam? Ter.: où (dois-je) aller?    - intendere iter aliquo, Liv.: se diriger quelque part.    - intendere coeptum iter, Liv.: poursuivre sa marche. [st1]5 [-] tendre (l'esprit ou les sens), rendre attentif, être attentif, s'appliquer, songer à, se proposer de, viser à.    - intendi animo in..., Liv.: être attentif à...    - intendere animum ad...: appliquer son attention à.    - ministros temptare arduum videbatur mulieris usu sceleris intentae adversus insidias, Tac. An. 14, 3: il paraissait difficile de corrompre les serviteurs d'une femme [ rendue attentive aux trahisons] = qui se méfiait des trahisons [en raison de son habitude du crime] = car elle était habituée aux crimes.    - intendere aures ad... Ov.: tendre l'oreille à...    - intendere animum ad aliquid, Cic (in aliquid, Sall.; alicui rei, Hor.): appliquer son esprit à qqch.    - intendere vim rei, Quint.: concentrer ses efforts sur une chose.    - intendere libro, Plin.-jn.: donner son attention à un livre.    - quocumque intenderat, res adversae erant, Sall. J. 74: partout où il dirigeait ses pensées, le destin lui était contraire.    - animum cogo sibi intentum esse, Sen.: j'oblige mon esprit à être attentif à lui-même.    - quod intenderat, Sall.: ce qu'il avait projeté.    - haud segniter intendit, Tac. An. 11: elle prit une résolution hardie.    - intendere ad nuptias, Just.: songer au mariage.    - totus in se intendit, Sen.: il est absorbé dans sa propre contemplation.    - intentus in aliquem: portant son attention sur qqn.    - intendere eodem: viser au même but.    - intendere ut... Cic.: viser à...    - intendere se ad firmitatem, Cic.: travailler à se fortifier.    - intendere se adversarium in..., Cic.: se porter l'adversaire de...    - intendere aliquem ad custodiae curam, Liv.: inciter qqn à se tenir sur ses gardes.    - intendere (animo) aliquid: se proposer qqch. [st1]6 [-] donner de l'intensité, augmenter, renforcer, grandir, hausser, forcer (son, voix).    - intendentibus se tenebris, Liv.: alors que l'obscurité croissait.    - intendere vocem, Virg.: déployer sa voix, grossir sa voix.    - intendere pretia, Tac.: faire monter les prix.    - intendere formidinem, Tac.: accroître l'effroi.    - intendere luxum principis, Tac.: ranimer les plaisirs du prince.    - intendere odium, Tac.: redoubler de haine.    - intendere leges, Plin.-jn.: faire une application rigoureuse des lois. [st1]7 [-] affirmer, prétendre énergiquement.    - intendit se oportere facere: il prétendit qu’il devait faire.    - hanc se intendit esse, Ter.: elle soutient qu'elle est cette personne.    - voir intentus
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intendo, ĕre, intendi, intentum (intensum) - tr. - [st1]1 [-] tendre, bander, raidir; étendre, allonger.    - tendere balistam in aliquem, Plaut. Bacch.: armer la baliste contre qqn.    - arcum intendere: tendre un arc.    - nox visa intendi, Liv. 7, 28: on vit la nuit s'étendre.    - vespera intendente (s.-ent. se), Amm.: sur le soir.    - intendere stupea vincula collo, Virg. En. 2: mettre une corde de chanvre au cou.    - cutem intendere, Plin.: distendre la peau.    - primam syllabam intendere, Gell.: allonger la première syllabe.    - vela secundi intendunt Zephyri, Virg. En. 5: des Zéphyrs favorables gonflent les voiles. [st1]2 [-] tendre sur, appliquer, tapisser, couvrir, orner.    - intendere sertis, Virg.: tapisser de guirlandes. [st1]3 [-] tendre vers, diriger contre, lancer; diriger des menaces contre, menacer.    - aciem in omnes partes intendere, Cic.: porter ses regards de tous côtés.    - intendere pugnam parem in omnes pares, Liv.: engager le combat sur tous les points à la fois.    - telum in aliquem intendere: diriger une arme contre qqn.    - litem alicui intendere: intenter un procès à qqn.    - intendere bellum, Liv.: porter la guerre.    - intendere probra, Tac.: adresser des injures.    - intendere minas, Tac.: faire des menaces.    - periculum quod in omnem intenditur, Cic.: le péril qui menace tout le monde.    - nobilitas, nec ii modo in quos crimen intendebatur sed universi, Liv. 9: tous les nobles, et pas seulement ceux qui étaient poursuivis comme criminels. [st1]4 [-] diriger (ses pas), se diriger.    - quo intendam? Ter.: où (dois-je) aller?    - intendere iter aliquo, Liv.: se diriger quelque part.    - intendere coeptum iter, Liv.: poursuivre sa marche. [st1]5 [-] tendre (l'esprit ou les sens), rendre attentif, être attentif, s'appliquer, songer à, se proposer de, viser à.    - intendi animo in..., Liv.: être attentif à...    - intendere animum ad...: appliquer son attention à.    - ministros temptare arduum videbatur mulieris usu sceleris intentae adversus insidias, Tac. An. 14, 3: il paraissait difficile de corrompre les serviteurs d'une femme [ rendue attentive aux trahisons] = qui se méfiait des trahisons [en raison de son habitude du crime] = car elle était habituée aux crimes.    - intendere aures ad... Ov.: tendre l'oreille à...    - intendere animum ad aliquid, Cic (in aliquid, Sall.; alicui rei, Hor.): appliquer son esprit à qqch.    - intendere vim rei, Quint.: concentrer ses efforts sur une chose.    - intendere libro, Plin.-jn.: donner son attention à un livre.    - quocumque intenderat, res adversae erant, Sall. J. 74: partout où il dirigeait ses pensées, le destin lui était contraire.    - animum cogo sibi intentum esse, Sen.: j'oblige mon esprit à être attentif à lui-même.    - quod intenderat, Sall.: ce qu'il avait projeté.    - haud segniter intendit, Tac. An. 11: elle prit une résolution hardie.    - intendere ad nuptias, Just.: songer au mariage.    - totus in se intendit, Sen.: il est absorbé dans sa propre contemplation.    - intentus in aliquem: portant son attention sur qqn.    - intendere eodem: viser au même but.    - intendere ut... Cic.: viser à...    - intendere se ad firmitatem, Cic.: travailler à se fortifier.    - intendere se adversarium in..., Cic.: se porter l'adversaire de...    - intendere aliquem ad custodiae curam, Liv.: inciter qqn à se tenir sur ses gardes.    - intendere (animo) aliquid: se proposer qqch. [st1]6 [-] donner de l'intensité, augmenter, renforcer, grandir, hausser, forcer (son, voix).    - intendentibus se tenebris, Liv.: alors que l'obscurité croissait.    - intendere vocem, Virg.: déployer sa voix, grossir sa voix.    - intendere pretia, Tac.: faire monter les prix.    - intendere formidinem, Tac.: accroître l'effroi.    - intendere luxum principis, Tac.: ranimer les plaisirs du prince.    - intendere odium, Tac.: redoubler de haine.    - intendere leges, Plin.-jn.: faire une application rigoureuse des lois. [st1]7 [-] affirmer, prétendre énergiquement.    - intendit se oportere facere: il prétendit qu’il devait faire.    - hanc se intendit esse, Ter.: elle soutient qu'elle est cette personne.    - voir intentus
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    Intendo, intendis, intendi, intentum et intensum, intendere. Cic. Tendre.

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    Intendere arcum, cui contrarium est Remittere. Pli. Bander.

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    Pergin'sceleste intendere? Plaut. Continuer, Perseverer, Poursuyvre.

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    Intendere alicui rei. Plin. iunior. Entendre à quelque chose, et y prendre garde.

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    Quae conuenire intendentibus vt Oratores fiant, existimo. Quintil. Qui s'efforcent et taschent d'estre Orateurs.

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    Prima parte orationis hoc intendit, vt actionem, etc. Quint. Il pretend à cela, Il tend à cela.

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    Intendi acies longius non potest. Cic. La veue ne se peult pas estendre plus loing.

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    Aciem acrem in omnes partes intendere. Cic. Regarder attentivement de toutes parts.

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    Actionem. Quintil. Intenter une action contre aucun, Dresser et encommencer aucune poursuite contre aucun, Poursuyvre aucun en justice, Intenter un proces.

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    Animum intendere, cui contrarium est Relaxare. Plin. iun. Esveiller son esprit et le rendre attentif à faire quelque chose.

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    Ad illa mihi pro se quisque acriter intendat animum, quae vita, qui mores fuerint. Liu. Prenne garde ou applique son esprit à regarder et considerer quelle, etc.

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    Quo animum intendat, facile perspicio. Cic. A quoy c'est qu'il pretend.

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    Animum in regnum intendere. Sallust. Tascher d'obtenir le royaume.

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    Animum alicui rei. Horat. Appliquer son esprit à quelque chose.

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    Si, quod animo intenderat, perficere potuisset. Cic. Ce qu'il avoit proposé et intention de faire, Ce à quoy il tendoit.

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    Intendi animo in rem aliquam. Liu. Estre ententif.

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    Ardorem exercitus. Tacit. Augmenter.

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    Bellum in aliquem intendere. Liuius. Tourner la guerre contre luy.

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    Ad id vnum omnes cogitationes intendit. Liuius. Il tourne toutes ses pensees à cela seul.

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    Repudio consilium quod primum intenderam. Terent. Que j'avoye pensé de prendre premierement et de suyvre, ou Auquel je tendoye.

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    Crimen in aliquem. Liu. Le blasmer.

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    Cupiditates. Tacit. Augmenter.

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    Curam alicui rei. Plin. Avoir soing de quelque chose.

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    Totam curam in belli apparatum intendit. Liu. Il met toute sa cure, tout son soing et solicitude à, etc.

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    Fruditionem suam. Plin. iunior. Desployer son scavoir.

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    Fallaciam in aliquem. Terent. Faire quelque finesse et tromperie.

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    Falsum. Cic. Mettre en faict, ou en avant une chose faulse.

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    Formidinem. Tacit. Accroistre, Augmenter.

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    Formulam iniuriarum alicui intendere. Sueton. Le mettre en proces en cas d'injure, Intenter proces en matiere d'injure.

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    Fugam longiorem intendere. Liu. S'enfuir plus loing.

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    Gloriam. Tacit. Augmenter, Accroistre.

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    Intendunt in ea quae perspicua sunt. Cic. Entendent et s'amusent à choses cleres.

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    Os in hostem intendit. Tacit. Il tourna son visage contre, etc.

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    Incerti quam in partem intenderent iter. Liu. Ne scachants où ils alloyent.

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    Iter coeptum in Italiam intendere. Liu. Poursuyvre son chemin en Italie.

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    Iter ad Praetorem. Liu. S'en aller au Preteur.

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    Laborem et studium intendere: cui contrarium est Releuare. Plin. iun. Accroistre et augmenter.

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    Laborem suum in aliquid. Quintil. Appliquer, Employer.

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    Litem alicui. Cic. Intenter un proces contre aucun, Le mettre en proces.

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    Lusus principis intendere. Tacit. Augmenter.

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    Manus. Ouid. Tendre les mains.

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    Metum. Tacit. Faire paour.

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    Neruos intendere et Remittere, contraria. Plin. Estendre.

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    Oculos. Plin. iun. Regarder attentivement sans cligner les yeulx, Ficher ses yeux droict à quelque chose.

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    Officia. Sallust. S'efforcer de faire son debvoir.

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    Periculum. Cic. Menacer de faire desplaisir.

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    Se ad firmitatem intendere. Cic. Se roidir.

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    Se aduersarium in aliquem intendere. Caelius ad Ciceronem. Se declarer son ennemi.

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    Se bona fide in multa simul intendere animus totum potest. Quintil. S'estendre et appliquer.

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    Hanc se intendit esse, vt est audacia. Terent. Elle feinct d'estre ceste ci de quoy nous parlons.

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    Vela. Virgil. Estendre les voiles au vent.

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    Quo nunc primum intendam? Terent. De quel costé iray je?

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    Intendit petere Apuliam. Liu. Il s'en va en Apulie, Il dresse son chemin vers Apulie.

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    Intendere. Cels. Augmenter, Accroistre.

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    Intendere vincula collo. Virgil. Lier par le col.

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    Intendere locum sertis. Virg. Mettre des bouquets par la voye, Poursemer un lieu de bouquets.

Dictionarium latinogallicum > intendo
11 coicio

cōnĭcĭo (also conjĭcio and cōicio; cf. Munro ad Lucr. 2, 1061; Laber. ap. Gell. 16, 7, 5), jēci, jectum, 3, v. a. (arch. temp. perf. conjexi, Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 99) [jacio].
I.
To throw or bring together, to unite, = cogo, colligo.
A.
Lit. (very rare):
cum semina rerum coaluerint quae, conjecta repente, etc.,
Lucr. 2, 1061; cf. id. 2, 1073 sq.:
palliolum in collum,
Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 10; id. Capt. 4, 1, 12 (cf. id. ib. 4, 2, 9:
collecto pallio): sarcinas in medium,
Liv. 10, 36, 1 Weissenb. (MSS. in medio); ib. § 13; 31, 27, 7: tecta, quae conjectis celeriter stramentis erant inaedificata, Auct. B. G. 8, 5. —
B.
Trop.
1.
To throw together in speaking, to dispute, contend, discuss, manage judicially (ante-class.): verba inter sese, to bandy words, Afran. ap. Non. p. 267, 28;
so without verba: noli, mea mater, me praesente cum patre, conicere,
id. ib. p. 267, 30;
p. 268, 3: causam conicere hodie ad te volo (conicere, agere, Non.),
id. ib. p. 267, 32; cf. the law formula: ante meridiem causam coiciunto, Fragm. XII. Tab. ap. Auct. Her. 2, 13, 20; and Gell. 17, 2, 10.—
2.
Like the Gr. sumballein (v. Lidd. and Scott in h. v. III. 2.), to put together logically, connect, unite; hence (causa pro effectu), to draw a conclusion from collected particulars, to conclude, infer, conjecture (not in Quint., who very freq. employed the synon. colligo):
aliquid ex aliquā re,
Lucr. 1, 751; 2, 121; Nep. Eum. 2, 2; id. Timoth. 4, 2:
annos sexaginta natus es aut plus, ut conicio,
Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 11:
quid illud mali est? nequeo satis mirari, neque conicere,
id. Eun. 3, 4, 9:
cito conjeci, Lanuvii te fuisse,
Cic. Att. 14, 21, 1:
de futuris,
Nep. Them. 1, 4:
quam multos esse oporteret, ex ipso navigio,
Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 28, § 71:
conicito, possisne necne, etc.,
Plaut. Cas. 1, 1, 6:
tu conicito cetera, Quid ego ex hac inopiā capiam,
Ter. Phorm. 1, 3, 15.—
b.
In partic., t. t. of the lang. of augury, to prophesy, foretell, divine from omens, signs ( a dream, oracle, etc.); to interpret an omen, a dream, an oracle, etc.:
somnium huic,
Plaut. Curc. 2, 2, 3:
qui de matre suaviandā ex oraculo Apollinis tam acute arguteque conjecerit,
Cic. Brut. 14, 53:
male conjecta maleque interpretata falsa sunt, etc.,
id. Div. 1, 52, 119; cf. id. ib. 2, 31, 66:
num igitur quae tempestas impendeat vatis melius coniciet quam gubernator? etc.,
id. ib. 2, 5, 12:
bene qui coniciet, vatem hunc perhibebo optumum (transl. of a Greek verse),
id. ib. 2, 5, 12; cf. conjectura, II., conjector, and conjectrix.—
II.
To throw, cast, urge, drive, hurl, put, place, etc., a person or thing with force, quickly, etc., to or towards; and conicere se, to betake, cast, or throw one's self hastily or in flight somewhere (very freq. and class. in prose and poetry).
A.
Lit.
(α).
With in:
tela in nostros,
Caes. B. G. 1, 26; 1, 46; Nep. Dat. 9, 5:
pila in hostes,
Caes. B. G. 1, 52: aliquem in carcerem, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 7, § 17; id. Tusc. 1, 40, 96; Suet. Caes. 17:
in vincula,
Caes. B. G. 4, 27; Sall. C. 42, 3; Nep. Milt. 7 fin.; id. Paus. 3, 5; id. Pelop. 5, 1; Liv. 29, 9, 8, and id. 19, 2, 4 et saep.:
in catenas,
Caes. B. G. 1, 47 fin.; Liv. 29, 21, 2:
in compedes,
Suet. Vit. 12:
in custodiam,
Nep. Phoc. 3, 4; Gai Inst. 1, 13; Suet. Aug. 27 al.: incolas vivos constrictosque in flammam, Auct. B. Afr. 87; cf.:
te in ignem,
Plaut. Rud. 3, 4, 64:
in eculeum,
Cic. Tusc. 5, 5, 13:
hostem in fugam,
Caes. B. G. 4, 12:
exercitum in angustias,
Curt. 5, 3, 21:
navem in portum (vis tempestatis),
Cic. Inv. 2, 32, 98:
serpentes vivas in vasa fictilia,
Nep. Hann. 10, 4:
cultros in guttura velleris atri,
to thrust into, Ov. M. 7, 245; cf.:
ferrum in guttura,
id. ib. 3, 90:
se in signa manipulosque,
Caes. B. G. 6, 40:
se in paludem,
Liv. 1, 12, 10:
se in sacrarium,
Nep. Them. 8, 4:
se in ultimam provinciam Tarsum usque,
Cic. Att. 5, 16, 4:
se in fugam,
id. Cael. 26, 63; so,
se in pedes,
to take to one's heels, Ter. Phorm. 1, 4, 13 (cf.: se conferre in pedes, Enn. ap. Non. p. 518, 20, and Plaut. Bacch. 3, 1, 7; and:
quin, pedes, vos in curriculum conicitis?
id. Merc. 5, 2, 91):
se intro,
Lucil. 28, 47; Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 36.—
(β).
With dat. (rare):
alii spolia... Coniciunt igni,
Verg. A. 11, 194:
huic dea unum anguem Conicit,
id. ib. 7, 347:
facem juveni conjecit,
id. ib. 7, 456:
conjectaque vincula collo accipit,
thrown about the neck, Ov. Tr. 4, 1, 83.—
(γ).
With ad:
animus domicilia mutet ad alias animalium formas conjectus,
removed, transposed, Sen. Ep. 88, 29.—
(δ).
With acc. alone (mostly poet.):
magnus decursus aquaï Fragmina coniciens silvarum arbustaque tota,
bearing down, prostrating, Lucr. 1, 284:
jaculum,
Verg. A. 9, 698:
tela,
Ov. M. 5, 42:
cultros,
id. ib. 15, 735:
thyrsos,
id. ib. 11, 28:
venabula manibus,
id. ib. 12, 454:
domus inflammata conjectis ignibus,
Cic. Att. 4, 3, 2:
telum inbelle sine ictu,
Verg. A. 2, 544.—
(ε).
With inter:
jaculum inter ilia,
Ov. M. 8, 412.—
B.
Trop., to bring, direct, turn, throw, urge, drive, force something eagerly, quickly to or towards, etc.
(α).
With in:
aliquem in morbum ex aegritudine,
Plaut. Poen. prol. 69:
aliquem in laetitiam,
Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 51:
(hostes) in terrorem ac tumultum,
Liv. 34, 28, 3:
in metum,
id. 39, 25, 11:
in periculum,
Suet. Oth. 10:
rem publicam in perturbationes,
Cic. Fam. 12, 1, 1:
aliquem in nuptias,
Ter. And. 3, 4, 23; cf. id. ib. 3, 5, 14;
4, 1, 43: (Catilinam) ex occultis insidiis in apertum latrocinium,
Cic. Cat. 2, 1, 1:
aliquem in tricas,
Plaut. Pers. 5, 2, 18; Liv. 36, 12, 4:
se in saginam ad regem aliquem,
Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 99: se mirificam in latebram, to fly to (in disputing), Cic. Div. 2, 20, 46:
se in noctem,
to commit one's self to the night, travel by night, id. Mil. 19, 49: se mente ac voluntate in versum, to devote or apply one's self with zeal to the art of poetry, id. de Or. 3, 50, 194:
oculos in aliquem,
id. Clu. 19, 54; id. Lael. 2, 9; Tac. H. 1, 17:
orationem tam improbe in clarissimos viros,
Cic. Sest. 18, 40:
tantam pecuniam in propylaea,
to throw away, squander, id. Off. 2, 17, 60; cf.:
cum sestertium milies in culinam conjecisset (Apicius),
Sen. Cons. Helv. 10, 9:
culpam in unum vigilem,
Liv. 5, 47, 10:
crimina in tuam nimiam diligentiam,
Cic. Mur. 35, 73:
maledicta in ejus vitam,
id. Planc. 12, 31: causas tenues simultatum in gregem locupletium, i. e. to cause, occasion, Auct. B. Alex. 49:
crimen in quae tempora,
Liv. 3, 24, 5:
omen in illam provinciam,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 6, § 18.—
(β).
Absol.:
oculos,
Cic. de Or. 2, 55, 225:
petitiones ita conjectae (the fig. taken from aiming at a thing with weapons),
id. Cat. 1, 6, 15: in disputando conjecit illam vocem Cn. Pompeius, omnes oportere senatui dicto audientes esse, threw out or let fall, etc., Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 4, 4.—
* (γ).
With sub:
id vos sub legis superbissimae vincula conicitis,
Liv. 4, 4, 10.—
2.
Of a verbal bringing forward, etc., to urge, press, treat, adduce: rem ubi paciscuntur, in comitio aut in foro causam coiciunto, XII. Tab. ap. Auct. Her. 2, 13, 20: causam coicere ad te volo, Afran. ap. Non. p. 267, 32 (Com. Rel. v. 216 Rib.):
verba inter se acrius,
id. ib. p. 267, 27 (Com. Rel. v. 309 ib.): is cum filio Cojecerat nescio quid de ratiunculā, id. ap. Suet. Vit. Ner. 11 (Com. Rel. v. 191 ib.).—
3.
To throw, place, put into, include in, etc.: eum fasciculum, quo illam (epistulam) conjeceram, Cic. Att. 2, 13, 1:
ex illo libello, qui in epistulam conjectus est,
id. ib. 9, 13, 7:
conjeci id (prooemium) in eum librum, quem tibi misi,
id. ib. 16, 6, 4:
pluraque praeterea in eandem epistulam conjeci,
id. ib. 7, 16, 1; cf.:
quod multos dies epistulam in manibus habui... ideo multa conjecta sunt aliud alio tempore,
id. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 7, § 23:
legem in decimam tabulam,
id. Leg. 2, 25, 64; id. Caecin. 22, 63.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > coicio
12 conicio

cōnĭcĭo (also conjĭcio and cōicio; cf. Munro ad Lucr. 2, 1061; Laber. ap. Gell. 16, 7, 5), jēci, jectum, 3, v. a. (arch. temp. perf. conjexi, Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 99) [jacio].
I.
To throw or bring together, to unite, = cogo, colligo.
A.
Lit. (very rare):
cum semina rerum coaluerint quae, conjecta repente, etc.,
Lucr. 2, 1061; cf. id. 2, 1073 sq.:
palliolum in collum,
Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 10; id. Capt. 4, 1, 12 (cf. id. ib. 4, 2, 9:
collecto pallio): sarcinas in medium,
Liv. 10, 36, 1 Weissenb. (MSS. in medio); ib. § 13; 31, 27, 7: tecta, quae conjectis celeriter stramentis erant inaedificata, Auct. B. G. 8, 5. —
B.
Trop.
1.
To throw together in speaking, to dispute, contend, discuss, manage judicially (ante-class.): verba inter sese, to bandy words, Afran. ap. Non. p. 267, 28;
so without verba: noli, mea mater, me praesente cum patre, conicere,
id. ib. p. 267, 30;
p. 268, 3: causam conicere hodie ad te volo (conicere, agere, Non.),
id. ib. p. 267, 32; cf. the law formula: ante meridiem causam coiciunto, Fragm. XII. Tab. ap. Auct. Her. 2, 13, 20; and Gell. 17, 2, 10.—
2.
Like the Gr. sumballein (v. Lidd. and Scott in h. v. III. 2.), to put together logically, connect, unite; hence (causa pro effectu), to draw a conclusion from collected particulars, to conclude, infer, conjecture (not in Quint., who very freq. employed the synon. colligo):
aliquid ex aliquā re,
Lucr. 1, 751; 2, 121; Nep. Eum. 2, 2; id. Timoth. 4, 2:
annos sexaginta natus es aut plus, ut conicio,
Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 11:
quid illud mali est? nequeo satis mirari, neque conicere,
id. Eun. 3, 4, 9:
cito conjeci, Lanuvii te fuisse,
Cic. Att. 14, 21, 1:
de futuris,
Nep. Them. 1, 4:
quam multos esse oporteret, ex ipso navigio,
Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 28, § 71:
conicito, possisne necne, etc.,
Plaut. Cas. 1, 1, 6:
tu conicito cetera, Quid ego ex hac inopiā capiam,
Ter. Phorm. 1, 3, 15.—
b.
In partic., t. t. of the lang. of augury, to prophesy, foretell, divine from omens, signs ( a dream, oracle, etc.); to interpret an omen, a dream, an oracle, etc.:
somnium huic,
Plaut. Curc. 2, 2, 3:
qui de matre suaviandā ex oraculo Apollinis tam acute arguteque conjecerit,
Cic. Brut. 14, 53:
male conjecta maleque interpretata falsa sunt, etc.,
id. Div. 1, 52, 119; cf. id. ib. 2, 31, 66:
num igitur quae tempestas impendeat vatis melius coniciet quam gubernator? etc.,
id. ib. 2, 5, 12:
bene qui coniciet, vatem hunc perhibebo optumum (transl. of a Greek verse),
id. ib. 2, 5, 12; cf. conjectura, II., conjector, and conjectrix.—
II.
To throw, cast, urge, drive, hurl, put, place, etc., a person or thing with force, quickly, etc., to or towards; and conicere se, to betake, cast, or throw one's self hastily or in flight somewhere (very freq. and class. in prose and poetry).
A.
Lit.
(α).
With in:
tela in nostros,
Caes. B. G. 1, 26; 1, 46; Nep. Dat. 9, 5:
pila in hostes,
Caes. B. G. 1, 52: aliquem in carcerem, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 7, § 17; id. Tusc. 1, 40, 96; Suet. Caes. 17:
in vincula,
Caes. B. G. 4, 27; Sall. C. 42, 3; Nep. Milt. 7 fin.; id. Paus. 3, 5; id. Pelop. 5, 1; Liv. 29, 9, 8, and id. 19, 2, 4 et saep.:
in catenas,
Caes. B. G. 1, 47 fin.; Liv. 29, 21, 2:
in compedes,
Suet. Vit. 12:
in custodiam,
Nep. Phoc. 3, 4; Gai Inst. 1, 13; Suet. Aug. 27 al.: incolas vivos constrictosque in flammam, Auct. B. Afr. 87; cf.:
te in ignem,
Plaut. Rud. 3, 4, 64:
in eculeum,
Cic. Tusc. 5, 5, 13:
hostem in fugam,
Caes. B. G. 4, 12:
exercitum in angustias,
Curt. 5, 3, 21:
navem in portum (vis tempestatis),
Cic. Inv. 2, 32, 98:
serpentes vivas in vasa fictilia,
Nep. Hann. 10, 4:
cultros in guttura velleris atri,
to thrust into, Ov. M. 7, 245; cf.:
ferrum in guttura,
id. ib. 3, 90:
se in signa manipulosque,
Caes. B. G. 6, 40:
se in paludem,
Liv. 1, 12, 10:
se in sacrarium,
Nep. Them. 8, 4:
se in ultimam provinciam Tarsum usque,
Cic. Att. 5, 16, 4:
se in fugam,
id. Cael. 26, 63; so,
se in pedes,
to take to one's heels, Ter. Phorm. 1, 4, 13 (cf.: se conferre in pedes, Enn. ap. Non. p. 518, 20, and Plaut. Bacch. 3, 1, 7; and:
quin, pedes, vos in curriculum conicitis?
id. Merc. 5, 2, 91):
se intro,
Lucil. 28, 47; Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 36.—
(β).
With dat. (rare):
alii spolia... Coniciunt igni,
Verg. A. 11, 194:
huic dea unum anguem Conicit,
id. ib. 7, 347:
facem juveni conjecit,
id. ib. 7, 456:
conjectaque vincula collo accipit,
thrown about the neck, Ov. Tr. 4, 1, 83.—
(γ).
With ad:
animus domicilia mutet ad alias animalium formas conjectus,
removed, transposed, Sen. Ep. 88, 29.—
(δ).
With acc. alone (mostly poet.):
magnus decursus aquaï Fragmina coniciens silvarum arbustaque tota,
bearing down, prostrating, Lucr. 1, 284:
jaculum,
Verg. A. 9, 698:
tela,
Ov. M. 5, 42:
cultros,
id. ib. 15, 735:
thyrsos,
id. ib. 11, 28:
venabula manibus,
id. ib. 12, 454:
domus inflammata conjectis ignibus,
Cic. Att. 4, 3, 2:
telum inbelle sine ictu,
Verg. A. 2, 544.—
(ε).
With inter:
jaculum inter ilia,
Ov. M. 8, 412.—
B.
Trop., to bring, direct, turn, throw, urge, drive, force something eagerly, quickly to or towards, etc.
(α).
With in:
aliquem in morbum ex aegritudine,
Plaut. Poen. prol. 69:
aliquem in laetitiam,
Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 51:
(hostes) in terrorem ac tumultum,
Liv. 34, 28, 3:
in metum,
id. 39, 25, 11:
in periculum,
Suet. Oth. 10:
rem publicam in perturbationes,
Cic. Fam. 12, 1, 1:
aliquem in nuptias,
Ter. And. 3, 4, 23; cf. id. ib. 3, 5, 14;
4, 1, 43: (Catilinam) ex occultis insidiis in apertum latrocinium,
Cic. Cat. 2, 1, 1:
aliquem in tricas,
Plaut. Pers. 5, 2, 18; Liv. 36, 12, 4:
se in saginam ad regem aliquem,
Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 99: se mirificam in latebram, to fly to (in disputing), Cic. Div. 2, 20, 46:
se in noctem,
to commit one's self to the night, travel by night, id. Mil. 19, 49: se mente ac voluntate in versum, to devote or apply one's self with zeal to the art of poetry, id. de Or. 3, 50, 194:
oculos in aliquem,
id. Clu. 19, 54; id. Lael. 2, 9; Tac. H. 1, 17:
orationem tam improbe in clarissimos viros,
Cic. Sest. 18, 40:
tantam pecuniam in propylaea,
to throw away, squander, id. Off. 2, 17, 60; cf.:
cum sestertium milies in culinam conjecisset (Apicius),
Sen. Cons. Helv. 10, 9:
culpam in unum vigilem,
Liv. 5, 47, 10:
crimina in tuam nimiam diligentiam,
Cic. Mur. 35, 73:
maledicta in ejus vitam,
id. Planc. 12, 31: causas tenues simultatum in gregem locupletium, i. e. to cause, occasion, Auct. B. Alex. 49:
crimen in quae tempora,
Liv. 3, 24, 5:
omen in illam provinciam,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 6, § 18.—
(β).
Absol.:
oculos,
Cic. de Or. 2, 55, 225:
petitiones ita conjectae (the fig. taken from aiming at a thing with weapons),
id. Cat. 1, 6, 15: in disputando conjecit illam vocem Cn. Pompeius, omnes oportere senatui dicto audientes esse, threw out or let fall, etc., Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 4, 4.—
* (γ).
With sub:
id vos sub legis superbissimae vincula conicitis,
Liv. 4, 4, 10.—
2.
Of a verbal bringing forward, etc., to urge, press, treat, adduce: rem ubi paciscuntur, in comitio aut in foro causam coiciunto, XII. Tab. ap. Auct. Her. 2, 13, 20: causam coicere ad te volo, Afran. ap. Non. p. 267, 32 (Com. Rel. v. 216 Rib.):
verba inter se acrius,
id. ib. p. 267, 27 (Com. Rel. v. 309 ib.): is cum filio Cojecerat nescio quid de ratiunculā, id. ap. Suet. Vit. Ner. 11 (Com. Rel. v. 191 ib.).—
3.
To throw, place, put into, include in, etc.: eum fasciculum, quo illam (epistulam) conjeceram, Cic. Att. 2, 13, 1:
ex illo libello, qui in epistulam conjectus est,
id. ib. 9, 13, 7:
conjeci id (prooemium) in eum librum, quem tibi misi,
id. ib. 16, 6, 4:
pluraque praeterea in eandem epistulam conjeci,
id. ib. 7, 16, 1; cf.:
quod multos dies epistulam in manibus habui... ideo multa conjecta sunt aliud alio tempore,
id. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 7, § 23:
legem in decimam tabulam,
id. Leg. 2, 25, 64; id. Caecin. 22, 63.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > conicio
13 conjicio

con-jicio, jēcī, jectum, ere [ jacio ]

1)

а) сбрасывать ( ligna in flumen L); сносить, свозить, сваливать ( sarcīnas in acervum L)

c. sortes C — бросать жребий

c. aliquem in sortem (или alicujus sortem) C — заставить кого-л. участвовать в жеребьёвке

б) набрасывать, накидывать (pallium in collum Pl; vincula collo O — dat.); забрасывать, заносить ( navis vi tempestatis in portum conjecta est C)

2) соображать, заключать, догадываться (aliquid ex aliquā re Lcr; c. eum ibi fuisse C; callide c. de futuris Nep)

annos sexaginta natus es, ut conjicio Ter — тебе, полагаю, лет шестьдесят

3) толковать ( somnium Pl); предсказывать (quae tempestas impendeat C; aegrotum e morbo evasurum esse C)

4) бросать, кидать, метать (vasa in naves Nep; tela in nostros Cs; pila in hostes L; aliquem in carcerem C, Just, Su, in custodiam Nep, in vincula C)

conjecla sagitta V — пущенная стрела

c. hostem in fugam Cs — обратить противника в бегство

aquam in ōs non c. Pt — не выпить ни глотка воды

c. se — броситься, устремиться (in paludem L; in sacrarium Nep)

se c. in fugam C или in pedes Ter — броситься бежать

se in versum c. C — наброситься на (засесть за) стихи

5) вонзать (cultros in guttura, но ferrum in gutture O)

6) повергать, ввергать (aliquem in morbum Pl; rem publicam in perturbationes C)

aliquem in periculum c. Su — подвергать кого-л. опасности

c. aliquem in laetitiam Ter — обрадовать кого-л.

c. aliquem in terrorem L — устрашить (ужаснуть) кого-л.

c. exercitum in angustias Su — поставить армию в затруднительное положение

7) направлять, обращать (oculos in aliquem C; orationem in claros viros C; querelas alicui Tib)

petitiones ita c., ut vitari non possint C — направить (наносить) удары так, чтобы от них нельзя было увернуться

c. maledicta in aliquem C — осыпать кого-л. бранью

c. auxilia in mediam aciem Cs — поставить вспомогательные отряды в середину строя

8) класть, вкладывать ( в кушанье) ( piper et cumī num Pt); завёртывать ( aliquos in duas pelles Pt)

c. filum in acum CC — вдеть нитку в иголку

c. libellum in epistulam C — вложить книжку в письмо (приложить к письму)

se in noctem c. C — отважиться уйти ночью

proelium in noctem c. bAfr — затянуть бой до ночи

aliquem in breve tempus c. Ter — ограничить кого-либо коротким временем

c. legem in decimam tabulam C — внести закон в десятую таблицу

c. causam rhH. — внести на обсуждение вопрос

c. pecuniam in aliquid C — употребить (истратить) деньги на что-л.

c. culpam (crimen) in aliquem Cs etc. — свалить вину (преступление) на кого-л

Латинско-русский словарь > conjicio
14 vinclum

vincŭlum, or (also in class. prose), contr., vinclum, i, n. [id.], that with which any thing is bound, a band, bond, rope, cord, fetter, tie (cf.: catena, manica, compes).
I.
Lit.:
corpora constricta vinculis,
Cic. de Or. 1, 52, 226:
nodos et vincula rupit,
Verg. A. 5, 510:
hic fessas non vincula naves Ulla tenent,
id. ib. 1, 168:
Chio solvite vincla cado,
Tib. 2, 1, 28:
tunicarum vincla relaxat,
Ov. F. 2, 321:
quamvis Charta sit a vinclis non labefacta suis,
i. e. the seal, id. P. 3, 7, 6:
chartae sua vincula dempsi,
id. Tr. 4, 7, 7:
epistolae laxare,
Nep. Paus. 4, 1:
pennarum vincula,
Ov. M. 8, 226:
et Tyrrhena pedum circumdat vincula plantis,
Verg. A. 8, 458;
so of sandals,
Tib. 1, 5, 66; Ov. F. 1, 410; 2, 324; 3, 823.—
2.
Esp. in the plur., of the fetters of prisoners, and hence sometimes to be rendered prison; and vincula publica, the state-prison:
mitto vincla, mitto carcerem, mitto verbera, mitto secures,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 24, § 59:
aliquem aeternis tenebris vinculisque mandare,
id. Cat. 4, 5, 10:
de convivio in vincla atque in tenebras abripi,
id. Verr. 2, 4, 10, § 24: in vincula conjectus, Caes. B. G, 3, 9;
4, 27: in vincula duci,
Liv. 3, 13, 4; 3, 49, 2; 3, 56, 4; 3, 57, 5; 5, 9, 4; 9, 34, 24; 38, 56, 9; Vell. 2, 7, 2 al.:
in vinculis et catenis,
Liv. 6, 16, 2;
ex vinculis causam dicere,
i. e. to plead in chains, Caes. B. G. 1, 4:
publica,
Nep. Milt. 7, 6; id. Paus. 2, 2; id. Cim. 1, 1; Paul. Sent. 5, 17, 3; 5, 26, 1.—
II.
Trop., a bond, fetter, tie, band:
qui ex corporum vinculis tamquam e carcere evolaverunt,
Cic. Rep. 6, 14, 14:
vinculum ad astringendam fidem,
id. Off. 3, 31, 111; cf.:
victum ingens vinculum fidei,
Liv. 8, 28, 8:
vincula revellit non modo judiciorum, sed etiam utilitatis vitaeque communis,
Cic. Caecin. 25, 70:
vinculum ingens immodicae cupiditatis injectum est,
Liv. 10, 13, 14: quae (beneficium et gratia) sunt vincula concordiae, Cic. Fin. 2, 35, 117:
vinculis et propinquitatis et affinitatis conjunctus,
id. Planc. 11, 27:
vincla summae conjunctionis,
id. Att. 6, 2, 1:
accedit maximum vinculum, quod ita rem publicam geris, ut, etc.,
id. Fam. 15, 11, 2:
quod vinclum, quaeso, deest nostrae conjunctioni,
id. ib. 5, 15, 2:
ne cui me vinclo vellem jugali,
Verg. A. 4, 16; cf. Ov. M. 9, 549:
excusare laborem et mercenaria vincla,
Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 67.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > vinclum
15 vinculum

vincŭlum, or (also in class. prose), contr., vinclum, i, n. [id.], that with which any thing is bound, a band, bond, rope, cord, fetter, tie (cf.: catena, manica, compes).
I.
Lit.:
corpora constricta vinculis,
Cic. de Or. 1, 52, 226:
nodos et vincula rupit,
Verg. A. 5, 510:
hic fessas non vincula naves Ulla tenent,
id. ib. 1, 168:
Chio solvite vincla cado,
Tib. 2, 1, 28:
tunicarum vincla relaxat,
Ov. F. 2, 321:
quamvis Charta sit a vinclis non labefacta suis,
i. e. the seal, id. P. 3, 7, 6:
chartae sua vincula dempsi,
id. Tr. 4, 7, 7:
epistolae laxare,
Nep. Paus. 4, 1:
pennarum vincula,
Ov. M. 8, 226:
et Tyrrhena pedum circumdat vincula plantis,
Verg. A. 8, 458;
so of sandals,
Tib. 1, 5, 66; Ov. F. 1, 410; 2, 324; 3, 823.—
2.
Esp. in the plur., of the fetters of prisoners, and hence sometimes to be rendered prison; and vincula publica, the state-prison:
mitto vincla, mitto carcerem, mitto verbera, mitto secures,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 24, § 59:
aliquem aeternis tenebris vinculisque mandare,
id. Cat. 4, 5, 10:
de convivio in vincla atque in tenebras abripi,
id. Verr. 2, 4, 10, § 24: in vincula conjectus, Caes. B. G, 3, 9;
4, 27: in vincula duci,
Liv. 3, 13, 4; 3, 49, 2; 3, 56, 4; 3, 57, 5; 5, 9, 4; 9, 34, 24; 38, 56, 9; Vell. 2, 7, 2 al.:
in vinculis et catenis,
Liv. 6, 16, 2;
ex vinculis causam dicere,
i. e. to plead in chains, Caes. B. G. 1, 4:
publica,
Nep. Milt. 7, 6; id. Paus. 2, 2; id. Cim. 1, 1; Paul. Sent. 5, 17, 3; 5, 26, 1.—
II.
Trop., a bond, fetter, tie, band:
qui ex corporum vinculis tamquam e carcere evolaverunt,
Cic. Rep. 6, 14, 14:
vinculum ad astringendam fidem,
id. Off. 3, 31, 111; cf.:
victum ingens vinculum fidei,
Liv. 8, 28, 8:
vincula revellit non modo judiciorum, sed etiam utilitatis vitaeque communis,
Cic. Caecin. 25, 70:
vinculum ingens immodicae cupiditatis injectum est,
Liv. 10, 13, 14: quae (beneficium et gratia) sunt vincula concordiae, Cic. Fin. 2, 35, 117:
vinculis et propinquitatis et affinitatis conjunctus,
id. Planc. 11, 27:
vincla summae conjunctionis,
id. Att. 6, 2, 1:
accedit maximum vinculum, quod ita rem publicam geris, ut, etc.,
id. Fam. 15, 11, 2:
quod vinclum, quaeso, deest nostrae conjunctioni,
id. ib. 5, 15, 2:
ne cui me vinclo vellem jugali,
Verg. A. 4, 16; cf. Ov. M. 9, 549:
excusare laborem et mercenaria vincla,
Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 67.

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16 peto

pĕto, ĕre, pĕtīvi (pĕtĭi), pĕtītum - tr. -    - parf. petīt, Virg. En. 9, 9; Ov. F. 1, 109; petisti, Cic. Cat. 1, 5, 11; Virg. En. 4, 100; 12, 359; petistis, Auct. Her. 4, 15, 22; petissem, Cic. Verr. 1, 55, 145; Ov. M. 5, 26; Liv. 30, 25, 2; petisse, Cic. Quint. 11, 37; Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 63, § 140; Ov. M. 9, 623.    - chercher à atteindre. [st1]1 [-] diriger sa course vers, chercher à gagner.    - petere loca calidiora, Cic. Nat. 2. 125: chercher à gagner des pays plus chauds. --- cf. Cic. Planc. 97, etc.    - petere naves, Nep. Milt. 5, 5: chercher à rejoindre les navires.    - genitor, quem primum petebam, Virg. En. 2, 635: mon père, que je cherchais à atteindre le premier.    - poét. campum petit amnis, Virg. G, 3, 522: la rivière s'en va vers la plaine.    - mons petit astra, Ov. M. 1, 316: la montagne monte vers les astres.    - iter terra petere, Cic. Planc. 97: prendre un chemin par terre.    - petere fugam, Caes. BG. 2, 24, 1: prendre la fuite. [st1]2 [-] attaquer, assaillir, viser.    - [abst] Cic. Or. 228.    - caput petere, Cic. Quinct. 29: attaquer (viser) à la tête. --- cf. Cic. Mur. 52, etc.    - petere aliquem spiculo, Liv. 2, 20, 2: attaquer qqn avec une lance.    - petere aliquem bello, Virg. En. 3, 603: faire la guerre à qqn.    - fig. petere aliquem epistula, Cic. Att. 2. 2, 2: attaquer qqn par lettre.    - petere aliquem fraude, Liv. 40, 55, 3 tendre des pièges à qqn. [st1]3 [-] aborder.    - ut te supplex peterem, Virg. En. 6, 115: [il me recommandait] de t'aborder en suppliant.    - petere collum amplexu, Cael. d. Quint. 4, 2, 124: se jeter au cou de qqn.    - chercher à obtenir. [st1]4 [-] rechercher, aspirer à; aller chercher.    - fuga salutem petere, Caes. BG. 3, 15, 2: chercher son salut dans la fuite.    - eloquentiae principatum petere, Cic. Or. 56, aspirer au premier rang dans l'éloquence.    - petere aut fugere aliquid, Cic. Fin. 1, 30: rechercher ou fuir qqch.    - petere victoriam ex aliquo, Liv. 8, 33, 13: chercher la victoire sur qqn.    - petere Brundisium ostreas, Plin. 9, 169: aller chercher des huîtres à Brindes.    - petere cibum e flamma, Ter. Eun. 491: aller chercher à manger dans les flammes d'un bûcher. --- Cic. Caec. 4, 10; Ac. 1, 2, 8.    - [poét. avec inf. ] chercher à. --- Lucr. 3, 86 ; Virg. En. 7, 96 ; Hor. Ep. 1, 11, 29. [st1]5 [-] briguer [une magistrature].    - Cic. Phil. 2, 76 ; Att. 1, 1, 2 ; Verr. pr. 23.    - de iis, qui nunc petunt, Caesar certus putatur, Cic. Att. 1: parmi les candidats actuels, César est le seul qui soit sûr de son élection. [st1]6 [-] demander, solliciter.    - petere opem ab aliquo, Tusc. 5, 5: demander assistance à qqn.    - petere ab aliquo aliquid alicui, Cic. Q. 2, 15, 3: demander à qqn qqch pour qqn.    - petere ab aliquo pro aliquo, Cic. Lig. 31: intercéder auprès de qqn pour qqn.    - petere ab aliquo (et qqf. ex aliquo Cic. Fam. 15, 6, 2) ut: demander à qqn que. --- cf. Cic. Clu. 43 ; Fam. 13, 49, etc.    - petere ne ou petere ut ne: demander que ne... pas. --- Cic. Amer. 25 ; Cael. 30.    - a vobis peto, primum ut consilium probetis meum, deinde ne frustra dehortando impedire conemini, Nep.: je vous demande, premièrement, d'approuver mon dessein, et ensuite de ne pas tenter vainement de m'y faire renoncer par des exhortations.    - petere + subj. seul abs te peto cures ut... Cic. Fam. 13, 34: je te demande de prendre soin que... --- cf. 13, 39; Caes. BG. 6, 1, 2.    - petere + prop. inf. --- Suet. Aug. 5; Gell. 4, 8, 5. [st1]7 [-] demander, réclamer, demander en justice.    - quantum res petet, de Or. 3, 123: autant que la chose le réclamera.    - petere poenas ab aliquo, Caes. Att. 1, 16, 7: tirer vengeance de qqn.    - calumnia litium alienos fundos petere, Cic. Mil. 74: réclamer les propriétés d'autrui par des procès de pure chicane.    - abst petere: être demandeur dans une affaire, poursuivre.    - te petere oporteret, Cic. Verr. 4, 70: c'est à toi qu'il conviendrait d'être demandeur. [st1]8 [-] chercher, faire venir de, tirer de.    - a litteris oblivionem petere, Cic. Fam. 5, 15, 4: chercher l'oubli dans les études littéraires.    - prooemium alte petitum, Cic. Clu. 58: préambule tiré de loin. --- cf. Cic. Caec. 10.    - latere petitus imo spiritus, Hor. Epo. 11, 10: soupir tiré du fond de la poitrine.    - petere exempla ex summorum hominum factis, Cic. Prov. 20: prendre des exemples à la vie des plus grands hommes.
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pĕto, ĕre, pĕtīvi (pĕtĭi), pĕtītum - tr. -    - parf. petīt, Virg. En. 9, 9; Ov. F. 1, 109; petisti, Cic. Cat. 1, 5, 11; Virg. En. 4, 100; 12, 359; petistis, Auct. Her. 4, 15, 22; petissem, Cic. Verr. 1, 55, 145; Ov. M. 5, 26; Liv. 30, 25, 2; petisse, Cic. Quint. 11, 37; Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 63, § 140; Ov. M. 9, 623.    - chercher à atteindre. [st1]1 [-] diriger sa course vers, chercher à gagner.    - petere loca calidiora, Cic. Nat. 2. 125: chercher à gagner des pays plus chauds. --- cf. Cic. Planc. 97, etc.    - petere naves, Nep. Milt. 5, 5: chercher à rejoindre les navires.    - genitor, quem primum petebam, Virg. En. 2, 635: mon père, que je cherchais à atteindre le premier.    - poét. campum petit amnis, Virg. G, 3, 522: la rivière s'en va vers la plaine.    - mons petit astra, Ov. M. 1, 316: la montagne monte vers les astres.    - iter terra petere, Cic. Planc. 97: prendre un chemin par terre.    - petere fugam, Caes. BG. 2, 24, 1: prendre la fuite. [st1]2 [-] attaquer, assaillir, viser.    - [abst] Cic. Or. 228.    - caput petere, Cic. Quinct. 29: attaquer (viser) à la tête. --- cf. Cic. Mur. 52, etc.    - petere aliquem spiculo, Liv. 2, 20, 2: attaquer qqn avec une lance.    - petere aliquem bello, Virg. En. 3, 603: faire la guerre à qqn.    - fig. petere aliquem epistula, Cic. Att. 2. 2, 2: attaquer qqn par lettre.    - petere aliquem fraude, Liv. 40, 55, 3 tendre des pièges à qqn. [st1]3 [-] aborder.    - ut te supplex peterem, Virg. En. 6, 115: [il me recommandait] de t'aborder en suppliant.    - petere collum amplexu, Cael. d. Quint. 4, 2, 124: se jeter au cou de qqn.    - chercher à obtenir. [st1]4 [-] rechercher, aspirer à; aller chercher.    - fuga salutem petere, Caes. BG. 3, 15, 2: chercher son salut dans la fuite.    - eloquentiae principatum petere, Cic. Or. 56, aspirer au premier rang dans l'éloquence.    - petere aut fugere aliquid, Cic. Fin. 1, 30: rechercher ou fuir qqch.    - petere victoriam ex aliquo, Liv. 8, 33, 13: chercher la victoire sur qqn.    - petere Brundisium ostreas, Plin. 9, 169: aller chercher des huîtres à Brindes.    - petere cibum e flamma, Ter. Eun. 491: aller chercher à manger dans les flammes d'un bûcher. --- Cic. Caec. 4, 10; Ac. 1, 2, 8.    - [poét. avec inf. ] chercher à. --- Lucr. 3, 86 ; Virg. En. 7, 96 ; Hor. Ep. 1, 11, 29. [st1]5 [-] briguer [une magistrature].    - Cic. Phil. 2, 76 ; Att. 1, 1, 2 ; Verr. pr. 23.    - de iis, qui nunc petunt, Caesar certus putatur, Cic. Att. 1: parmi les candidats actuels, César est le seul qui soit sûr de son élection. [st1]6 [-] demander, solliciter.    - petere opem ab aliquo, Tusc. 5, 5: demander assistance à qqn.    - petere ab aliquo aliquid alicui, Cic. Q. 2, 15, 3: demander à qqn qqch pour qqn.    - petere ab aliquo pro aliquo, Cic. Lig. 31: intercéder auprès de qqn pour qqn.    - petere ab aliquo (et qqf. ex aliquo Cic. Fam. 15, 6, 2) ut: demander à qqn que. --- cf. Cic. Clu. 43 ; Fam. 13, 49, etc.    - petere ne ou petere ut ne: demander que ne... pas. --- Cic. Amer. 25 ; Cael. 30.    - a vobis peto, primum ut consilium probetis meum, deinde ne frustra dehortando impedire conemini, Nep.: je vous demande, premièrement, d'approuver mon dessein, et ensuite de ne pas tenter vainement de m'y faire renoncer par des exhortations.    - petere + subj. seul abs te peto cures ut... Cic. Fam. 13, 34: je te demande de prendre soin que... --- cf. 13, 39; Caes. BG. 6, 1, 2.    - petere + prop. inf. --- Suet. Aug. 5; Gell. 4, 8, 5. [st1]7 [-] demander, réclamer, demander en justice.    - quantum res petet, de Or. 3, 123: autant que la chose le réclamera.    - petere poenas ab aliquo, Caes. Att. 1, 16, 7: tirer vengeance de qqn.    - calumnia litium alienos fundos petere, Cic. Mil. 74: réclamer les propriétés d'autrui par des procès de pure chicane.    - abst petere: être demandeur dans une affaire, poursuivre.    - te petere oporteret, Cic. Verr. 4, 70: c'est à toi qu'il conviendrait d'être demandeur. [st1]8 [-] chercher, faire venir de, tirer de.    - a litteris oblivionem petere, Cic. Fam. 5, 15, 4: chercher l'oubli dans les études littéraires.    - prooemium alte petitum, Cic. Clu. 58: préambule tiré de loin. --- cf. Cic. Caec. 10.    - latere petitus imo spiritus, Hor. Epo. 11, 10: soupir tiré du fond de la poitrine.    - petere exempla ex summorum hominum factis, Cic. Prov. 20: prendre des exemples à la vie des plus grands hommes.
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    Peto, petis, petiui, petitum, pe. prod. petere. Demander, Prier, Faire requeste, Requerir.

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    Colloquium petere. Caesar. Demander à parlementer.

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    Petere mutuum. Plaut. Emprunter.

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    Sanguinem et vitam alicuius petere. Cic. Pourchasser sa mort.

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    Veniam petere. Caesar. Demander pardon.

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    Consulatum petere. Cic. Briguer et pourchasser à estre Consul.

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    Coniugium petere. Ouid. Appeter et pourchasser.

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    Inde gloriam petiit. Plin. De là il eut gloire.

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    Imperium, ac summatum sibi petere. Lucret. Cercher, Tascher à avoir, Pourchasser.

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    Petere somnum. Quintil. Aller dormir.

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    Amplexum alicuius petere. Virgil. Aller embrasser.

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    Petere poenas ab aliquo. Cic. Cercher moyen de se venger, Demander ou pourchasser la vengeance.

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    Sedes apibus, statioque petenda. Virgil. Il fault eslire et prendre place pour les mousches.

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    Petere cibum. Terent. Rogasse vellem, vnde mihi peterem cibum. Où il veult que je prenne dequoy vivre, Où il veult que je cerche ma vie.

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    E flamma te petere cibum posse arbitror. Terent. Tu es si povre, que je pense que tu oserois bien prendre la viande du milieu de la flamme, Pour un morceau de pain tu te jecterois dedens le feu.

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    Argumentum hoc Epicurus a paruis petiuit. Cic. A prins.

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    Paulo longius exordium rei demonstrandae petam. Cic. Je iray cercher le commencement de mon oraison un peu plus hault, ou plus loing.

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    Initium a natura petere. Cic. Commencer.

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    Laudem e macello petere. Cic. Cercher d'estre loué.

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    Originem summi boni a primo ortu animantium petere. Cic. Cercher la source du souverain bien du, etc.

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    Alte suspirium petere. Plaut. Souspirer du profond du coeur, Aller querir un souspir jusques au, etc.

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    Iura Cordubam petunt. Plin. Vont plaider à Cordube, Ils sont du ressort de Cordube.

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    Petunt igitur in Elymaeos arborem cupresso similem. Plin. Ils vont querir jusques au pays des, etc.

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    Petere aliquid in nubila. Plin. L'aller querir jusques aux nues.

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    Volumina in Dardani sepulchrum petita. Plin. Qu'on est allé querir jusques dedens son sepulchre.

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    Trans mare aliquid petere. Plin. L'aller querir par dela la mer.

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    Ab India petere aliquid. Plin. L'aller querir au pays, etc.

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    Petere aliquem dextra. Virgil. Luy tendre la main dextre.

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    Petere blanditiis. Quintil. Amadouer, Blandir, Papelarder.

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    Aliquem literis petere. Cic. Agacer, Provoquer.

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    Criminibus aliquem petere. Tacit. L'accuser de crime.

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    Petere. Virgil. Liu. Frapper.

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    Petere. Cic. Ruer coups sur aucun.

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    Petere iugulum. Cic. Tuer.

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    Petere aliquem telis. Liu. Luy tirer quelque dard ou traict.

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    Petere aliquem. Cic. Assaillir aucun avec violence.

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    Petere aliquem. Plancus Ciceroni. Mettre gents en embusche contre luy.

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    Petere insidiis vitam alicuius. Plin. Espier de tuer aucun.

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    Veneficio aliquem petere. Author ad Heren. Tascher à l'empoisonner.

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    Vnum me petunt. Cic. Ils n'en veulent qu'à moy.

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    Quem petit, et summis annixus viribus vrget. Virgil. Lequel il suit.

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    Custodem in vincla petiuit. Virgil. L'a mené en prison.

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    Petuntur in vincula qui parentes suos non alunt. Quint. On demande qu'ils soyent mis en prison.

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    Petere locum aliquem. Cic. Aller en quelque lieu.

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    Ardua petere. Stat. Monter une montaigne.

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    Parnassus petit astra duobus verticibus. Ouid. Va jusques au ciel.

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    Caelum petere. Plin. Voler droict au ciel.

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    Cursum alium petere. Cic. Mener sa navire par un autre lieu.

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    Cursu petere deserta. Virgil. S'encourir aux deserts.

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    Fugam petere. Liu. S'enfuir.

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    Fuga salutem petere. Caesar. Se sauver par fuir.

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    Romam petit fons ille. Plin. S'en va et coule droict à Rome.

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    Secretum petere. Plin. iunior. Se retirer en quelque lieu à part.

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    Sublime petere. Plin. Tascher à monter.

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    Supera petere. Cic. Tendre et tirer tousjours en hault.

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    Vento petere vrbem aliquam. Virgil. Y aller par navigation à voiles.

Dictionarium latinogallicum > peto
17 contra

contrā, adv. and prep. [stem con, i. e. cum, through a comparative form conter; cf.: alter, uter, inter, praeter, etc.; in abl. fem. form like the locative adverbs ea, qua, etc.; cf.: ultra, intra, extra, citra], orig., in comparison with; hence, over against, fronting, in front, opposite, in opposition to, against, contrary to, opposed to, etc.
I.
Adv. (referring to an opposed object often with the force of a preposition with ellipsis of a pronoun, = against it, against him, etc.).
A.
Local.
1.
Lit., of position in front of a person, place, or thing.
a.
With verb of being or position expressed or understood.
(α).
Referring to living beings, opposite, in face of, face to face, facing, in front of, fronting, confronting (not in Cic., Caes., or Sall.):
feminam scelestam te, adstans contra, contuor,
Plaut. Pers. 2, 2, 26:
ut confidenter mihi contra adstitit,
id. Capt. 3, 5, 6; Lucr. 4, 223; 6, 929:
signum contra, quoad longissume oculi ferebant, animo finivit,
Liv. 1, 18, 8:
stat contra starique jubet,
Juv. 3, 290:
stat contra dicitque tibi tua pagina Fures!
Mart. 1, 55, 12:
ulmus erat contra,
in front of her, Ov. M. 14, 661:
templa vides contra,
in front (of us), id. ib. 7, 587.—Of position in front of the enemy:
contra conserta manu,
Plaut. Mil. 1, 1, 3: contra consistere, to make front against them, Caes. B. G. 2, 17.—
(β).
Referring to things and places, over against (it), opposite (to it), on the opposite side (mostly post-Aug.):
contra jacet Cancer patulam distentus in alvum,
Manil. 2, 253:
posita contra Hispania,
Tac. Agr. 11:
promuntorium quod contra procedit,
Plin. 4, 2, 3, § 6: relinquendae autem contra erunt vacuae tabellae, on the opposite side, i. e. of the leaf, Quint. 10, 3, 32: illo quaerente cur non decidant contra siti, the antipodes (cf. Cic. Ac. 2, 39, 123; v. II. A. 1. c. a), Plin. 2, 65, 65, § 161.—With the governing verb understood:
arguam hanc vidisse apud te contra conservum meum,
face to face, Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 91:
jam omnia contra circaque hostium plena erant, Liv 5, 37, 8: eadem verba contra (i. e. ponuntur),
side by side, Quint. 9, 3, 36; Verg. A. 6, 23.—
b.
With verbs of motion, so as to be opposite to an object or face to face with a person, variously rendered.
(α).
Referring to persons:
accede ad me atque adi contra,
come right up to me, Plaut. Rud. 1, 4, 23; id. Bacch. 3, 6, 6: hostes crebri cadunt; nostri contra ingruunt, advance to their front (in Plaut. hostility is not implied in contra), id. Am. 1, 1, 84: quis nos pater aut cognatu' volet contra tueri, face to face, eye to eye, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 12 Mull. (Trag. Rel. v. 444 Rib.); Att. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1, 55 (Trag. Rel. v. 538 ib.):
adspicedum contra me = contra adspice me,
Plaut. Most. 5, 1, 56 Lorenz ad lec.:
contra adspicere,
id. Mil. 2, 1, 45:
contra intueri,
Liv. 1, 16, 6; 9, 6, 8; Sen. Q. N. 1, 3, 6:
cum veniret contra Marcianus,
Quint. 6, 3, 95; Plin. 9, 46, 70, § 152.—
(β).
Of things:
hic ubi sol radiis... Adversa fulsit nimborum aspergine contra,
Lucr. 6, 525; Cels. 8, 8, 1:
quam (turrim) promoti contra validi asseres... perfregere,
Tac. H. 4, 30.—Reciprocally: oscula non pervenientia contra, not coming through (the wall) so as to meet, Ov. M. 4, 80.—
2.
Transf. to equivalents of weight, value, and price; so,
(α).
In Plaut. only in the colloq. phrases auro contra, aurichalco contra, and contra auro (sc. posito); lit., for gold placed against; cf.:
aes contrarium, s. v. contrarius: (servus) non carus'st auro contra,
at his weight in gold, Plaut. Ep. 3, 3, 30: jam auro contra constat filius, id. Truc. 2, 6, 57 (Speng. aurichalco): auro contra cedo modestum amatorem! A me aurum accipe. Pa. Cedo mihi contra aurichalco quoi ego sano serviam, id. Curc. 1, 3, 45 sq.; id. Mil. 3, 1, 63; 4, 2, 85; id. Ps. 2, 3, 23.—
(β).
In post-Aug. prose (very rare):
at si aquae et ejus rei quam contra pensabis par pondus erit, nec pessum ibit, nec exstabit, etc.,
Sen. Q. N. 3, 25, 5.—
3.
Of reciprocal actions, = vicissim, in turn, in return, back, on my, his, etc., part, likewise, counter-.
(α).
In gen.:
te ut deludam contra, lusorem meum,
Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 71:
quae me amat, quam ego contra amo,
id. Merc. 5. 2, 77; id. Cist. 1, 1, 96; id. Trin. 4, 2, 55; id. As. 2, 2, 110:
qui arguat se, eum contra vincat jurejurando suo,
make a victorious counter-charge, id. Mil. 2, 2, 37:
si laudabit haec Illius formam, tu hujus contra (i. e. lauda),
Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 54:
audi nunc contra jam,
listen in turn, id. Phorm. 4, 4, 18; id. Ad. 5, 4, 23:
at tu mihi contra nunc videre fortunatus, Phaedria, Cui, etc.,
you likewise seem fortunate to me, id. Phorm. 1, 3, 21:
Mettius Tullo gratulatur, contra Tullus Mettium benigne alloquitur,
Liv. 1, 28, 1:
contra ut me diligat illa,
Cat. 76. 23; Hor. S. 1, 3, 27 Orell. ad loc.—Hence, with ellipsis of inquit, = respondit:
cui latrans contra senex,
Phaedr. 5, 10, 7:
scietis, inquam, etc., contra Nigrinus: ad quem missi sunt? ego, etc.,
Plin. Ep. 7, 6, 4.—
Rarely with inquit, etc., expressed: at ille contra, renidens, Audi, inquit, discipule, etc.,
Gell. 15, 9, 9; cf.:
contra talia reddit,
Claud. B. Gild. 379.—
(β).
With dat. pers.:
consulo quem dolum doloso contra conservo parem,
Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 45:
facere contra huic aegre,
Ter. Eun. 4, 1, 10:
hiscine contra insidiabere?
id. Hec. 1. 1, 13:
tibi contra gratiam Referre,
id. ib. 4, 2, 7.—
(γ).
With item:
item a me contra factum est,
Plaut. Aul. prol. 20:
puellam senex Amat et item contra filius,
id. Cas. prol. 49; id. Pers. 5, 2, 36; id. Am. 1, 1, 67; Ter. Ad. 1, 1, 25.—
(δ).
Combining a reciprocal with a local relation (A. 1. a. a, and b. a): contra carinantes verba, exchanging abusive words ( face to face), Enn. ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 8, 361 (Ann. v. 181 Vahl.): tubae utrimque contra canunt;
Consonat terra,
Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 73; 1, 1, 86:
confer gradum Contra pariter,
id. Ps. 2, 4, 18; id. Truc. 1, 2, 28:
video amicam... Ubi contra adspexit me, etc.,
id. Mil. 2, 1, 45; Verg. E. 7, 8; cf. Lucr. 4, 243:
vesper adest, juvenes consurgite!... Cernitis, innuptae, juvenes? consurgite contra!
Cat. 62, 6.—
(ε).
Implying also opposition: Pe. Conpellabo. Ph. Orationis aciem contra conferam, Plaut. Ep. 4, 1, 20:
si scias quod donum huic dono contra comparet,
what counter gift, Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 63: quod Scipio postulavit... ut, etc. Et quod contra collega postulavit ne, etc., Annal. Trib. Pleb. ap. Gell. 7 (6), 19, 5:
si vobis aequa et honesta postulatio videtur, ego contra brevem postulationem adfero,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 2, 7; Nep. Epam. 6, 1;
Auct. B. Alex. 24: illo licente contra liceri audeat nemo,
to bid in opposition, Caes. B. G. 1, 18; Liv. 4, 53, 6:
agedum pauca accipe contra,
Hor. S. 1, 4, 38.—So in battle:
Numidae... Romanorum ordines conturbare... neque contra feriundi copia erat,
Sall. J. 50, 4; and in law: et ab eo is qui adoptat vindicat... et illo contra non vindicante, etc., Gai Inst. 1, 134; 2, 24.—Esp. in replies:
oratio contra a Demosthene pro Ctesiphonte edita,
Cic. de Or. 3, 56, 213:
dicit accusator haec: primum, etc.... quid contra reus?
id. Clu. 30, 81; id. Fin. 5, 22, 63; Curt. 4, 1, 10; 7, 9, 1.
B.
Of opposition, strife, etc., against; constr. absol., with dat., and ne, quominus or quin.
1.
Of physical exertion.
(α).
Lit.:
concurrunt... aetheriae nubes contra pugnantibu' ventis,
struggling against each other, Lucr. 6. 98:
nec nos obniti contra... Sufficimus,
bear up, battle against, Verg. A. 5, 21; Ov. M. 9, 50; 2, 434:
at ille contra nititur,
resists, Plin. 2, 38, 38, § 103; 7, 20, 19, § 82:
pars remigum, tamquam imperitia... officia nautarum impediebant. Mox contra tendere,
rowed in an opposite direction, Tac. H. 4, 16.—
(β).
Trop.:
te rogo ne contrahas ac demittas animum, neque te obrui tamquam fluctu... sinas, contraque erigas ac resistas,
Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 1, § 4:
et torrens judicem vel nitentem contra feret, cogatque ire qua rapiet,
Quint. 12, 10, 61.— With ne: vi contra niti, ne advorsus eum fiat, Cato ap. Gell. 7 (6), 3, 16.—With quominus, Lucr. 1, 780.—
2.
Of mental exertion:
si tibi vera videntur, Dede manus, aut, si falsum est, accingere contra,
arm yourself against them, Lucr. 2, 1043; 2, 280. —With dat.:
siti contra... pugnandum,
Cels. 4, 2 fin. —
3.
Of hostile opposition in gen.
(α).
Lit.:
quod animadversum est in eo qui contra omni ratione pugnarunt, non debeo reprehendere,
who made opposition in every way, Cic. Rosc. Am. 47, 137; id. Verr. 2, 2, 43, § 107:
contra etiam aliquid abs te profectum ex multis audivi,
something inimical, id. Fam. 5, 5, 2.—
(β).
Trop.:
aut alio quovis (sc. colore) qui contra pugnet et obstet,
Lucr. 2, 794; 2, 868.—
4.
Of warfare.
(α).
Lit.:
ut eos adversarios existimemus qui arma contra ferant,
Cic. Off. 1, 25, 87; 1, 12, 37; Vell. 2, 28, 4; cf.:
quid quod exercitum contra duxit?
Auct. Her. 4, 16, 23:
ut si qua ex parte obviam contra veniretur, acie instructa depugnarent,
if they should be attacked by an open charge, Caes. B. G. 7, 28:
issentque confestim ad urbem ni venire contra exercitum... audissent,
Liv. 7, 39, 17:
cum Romanae legiones contra direxerint,
would oppose their march, Tac. H. 4, 58; id. A. 6, 44.—With dat.:
et huic contra itum ad amnem Erinden,
Tac. A. 11, 10.—
(β).
Trop.:
quod ubi viderunt corvi, contra auxiliantur, velut adversus communem hostem,
Plin. 10, 74, 95, § 205.—
5.
Of legal contests.
(α).
With verbs of saying; v. 9. a.—
(β).
Venire contra, of any legal act with the intention to hurt the adversary:
quid? si omnium mortalium Sthenio nemo inimicior quam hic C. Claudius... fuit? si de litteris corruptis contra venit, etc.?
if he made a charge of forgery against him? Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 43, § 107; cf. II. B. c. b.—
(γ).
On the part of the adversary:
inveniendum contra est, quo distet haec causa a ceteris,
Quint. 5, 10, 114; 9, 2, 35; 12, 8, 10.—
(δ).
Of judgments against the parties or against opinions:
ne spoliaret fama probatum hominem si contra judicasset,
given an adverse decision, Cic. Off. 3, 19, 77; cf. Val. Max. 7, 2, 4; Cic. Caecin. 24, 69.—
6.
Of literary opposition.
(α).
Mostly with verbs of saying; v. 9. a. g.—
(β).
With other verbs:
astrologorum artem contra convincere tendit,
Lucr. 5, 728:
contra nunc illud pone, etc.,
Sen. Ben. 7, 14, 6:
habeat (liber meus) etiam quosdam qui contra sentiant et adversentur,
some dissentients and opponents, Quint. 3, 1, 5; 2, 17, 40; 3, 8, 69.—
7.
Of public and political opposition.
(α).
With verbs of saying; v. 9. a. d.—
(β).
With petere, to be a candidate for office in opposition to another:
nihil enim supererat de quo certarent, nihil quod contra peterent,
no office was left for which to canvass against each other, Cic. Agr. 2, 33, 91:
honores contra petere,
Quint. 6, 1, 17.—With ire, with dat., of an opposing vote in the senate (cf.:
pedibus ire): sententia Cassii ut nemo unus contra ire ausus est, ita dissonae voces respondebant,
Tac. A. 14, 45.—
8.
Of violation of law, contracts, etc.: contra facere, or contra committere, to violate, transgress a law, etc.: leges esse non ex ejus qui contra commiserit utilitate, spectari oportere, not in the interest of the transgressor, Cic. Inv. 2, 48, 153:
si quis sub hoc pacto vendiderit ancillam ne prostitueretur, et si contra factum esset,
and if the contract was violated, Dig. 18, 1, 56.—
9.
With verbs of saying, etc., contra dicere; less freq. disputare, disserere, pugnare, in the sense of dicere, and contra scribere (often contradico, in one word, in post-Aug. writers; esp. with dat.).
a.
Absol.
(α).
Contra dicere, to speak as counsel of the adversary, to plead his cause, in legal proceedings:
cum contra dicturus Hortensius esset,
would speak on the other side, Cic. Quint. 24, 77:
hoc... contra dicente Cotta judicatum est,
id. Caecin. 33, 97:
dixisse ut contra nemo videretur,
id. Brut. 53, 198: ut contra Crassus... exorsus est, began on the other side, id. ib. § 197.—Hence: qui contra dicit, the adversary or counsel of the adversary:
contra autem qui dicet, similitudinem infirmare debebit,
Cic. Inv. 2, 50, 151; id. Part. Or. 21, 108.—In the same sense: agens contra: si nos... impares agentium contra ingeniis dixerimus, that we are unequal to the talents of our adversary's counsel, [p. 453] Quint. 4, 1, 8.—
(β).
To make charges against (rare):
si qui contra vellet dicere, usurum esse eum suo testimonio,
Cic. Clu. 48, 134:
qua ratione nemo neque tum item fecerit, neque nunc contra dicat,
id. Quint. 29, 88; so,
contra disputare, of objections to or against a witness: nihil contra disputabo priusquam dixerit,
id. Fl. 21, 51.—
(γ).
In gen., to speak on the other side of a question:
fiebat autem ita, ut cum is qui audire vellet dixisset quid sibi videretur, tum ego contra dicerem,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 4, 8; id. Fin. 2, 1, 2; so,
contra disputare and contra scribere,
id. Or. 1, 19, 85; Vitr. 3, 1, 6; Quint. 2, 17, 13; Dig. 9, 2, 21, § 1.—Hence: qui contra dicunt or disputant, the opponents:
nec qui contra dicunt causam difficilem repellunt,
Cic. Fin. 3, 1, 2:
ad coarguendos qui contra disputant,
to refule his opponents, Quint. 2, 15, 26.—
(δ).
To oppose or object to a proposition, motion, or petition:
quam palam principes dixerunt contra!
protested against it, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 16, § 41; Caes. B. C. 1, 32; Cic. Clu. 47, 130.—With pugnare:
cum decerneretur frequenti senatu, contra pugnante Pisone, etc.,
Cic. Att. 1, 14, 5:
filius ejus incolumitatem optat: contradicit pater,
the father objects, Quint. 9, 2, 85; 9, 2, 83; Plin. ap. Gell. 9, 16, 5; Cic. Dom. 33, 87:
contradicente nullo,
Suet. Caes. 20; Dig. 3, 3, 15.—
(ε).
To reply:
contradixit edicto,
answered by an edict, Suet. Aug. 56. —
(ζ).
Abl. absol. impers.:
explorandum videtur an etiam contradicto aliquando judicio consuetudo firmata sit,
whether the custom has been confirmed by judgment upon a judicial contest, Dig. 1, 3, 34.—
b.
With acc. neutr. pron., to object, to make or raise an objection, to reply; esp. in legal proceedings:
ego enim, te disputante, quid contra dicerem meditabar,
Cic. N. D. 3, 1, 1:
ut contra si quid dicere velit non audiatur,
id. Fin. 5, 10, 27:
aiebat illum primo sane diu multa contra (i. e. dixisse), ad extremum autem, etc.,
id. Att. 2, 22, 2.— Hence: quod contra dicitur, or quae contra dicuntur, the objections:
ut et id quod intenderemus confirmare, et id quod contra diceretur refellere (possemus),
refute the objections, Cic. de Or. 1, 20, 90:
quia neque reprehendi quae contra dicuntur possunt, etc.,
id. ib. 2, 81, 331; id. Inv. 2, 44, 127; Quint. 1, 2, 17.—In the same sense, as subst.: contrā dicta, orum, n. plur.:
seu proposita confirmamus, sive contra dicta dissolvimus,
or refute the objections, Quint. 4, prooem. 6.—With acc. and inf.:
dicitur contra, nullum esse testamentum,
the objection is made that there is no testament, Cic. Agr. 2, 6, 42.—
c.
With dat., written in one word (post-Aug.).
(α).
To oppose a person by speaking against his views:
solitum se etiam Thraseae contradicere,
to oppose even Thrasea, Tac. H. 2, 91:
tibi,
Suet. Aug. 54:
Curioni...,
id. Rhet. 1. —Hence of answers and replies in law: quid si filium testatoris heres ejus prohibuit? Huic contradici potest: ergo pietatis, etc., he may be answered by this plea, etc., Dig. 11, 7, 14, § 13.—And of advisory answers opposed to one's legal views:
volenti mihi ream adulterii postulare eam, etc., contradictum est,
my views were disapproved, rejected, Dig. 48, 5, 11, § 10.—
(β).
To oppose an opinion, with dat. of the thing:
cum plures tantum sententiis aliorum contradicerent,
opposed the opinions, Tac. H. 1, 39.—
(γ).
To object to a motion or petition, with dat. of the petitioner:
patrem qui damnavit optat ne is torqueatur: pater ei contradicit,
the father objects, Quint. 9, 2, 81:
cum ambienti ut legibus solveretur multi contradicerent,
Suet. Caes. 18; Dig. 40, 5, 14; 40, 12, 33.—
(δ).
With dat. of the petition:
preces erant, sed quibus contradici non posset,
which could not be denied, Tac. H. 4, 46 fin.; Dig. 3, 1, 1, § 2.—
(ε).
To contest the validity of a law (rare):
quibus (legibus) contradici potest,
Quint. 7, 7, 4.—
(ζ).
To contradict an assertion (very rare):
pro certis autem habemus... cuicunque adversarius non contradicit,
Quint. 5, 10, 13.—
d.
With quin, to object:
praetor Samnitibus respondit... nec contra dici quin amicitia de integro reconcilietur,
there was no objection to a reconciliation, Liv. 8, 2, 2.
C.
To one's disadvantage; mostly predic. with esse, unfavorable, adverse, damaging (post-Aug.;
but cf. II. B. 2.): ut eum qui responsurus est vel tacere, vel etiam invitum id quod sit contra cogat fateri,
Quint. 7, 3, 14:
cum verba (legis) contra sint,
id. 7, 1, 49:
sed experimentum contra fuit,
unsuccessful, Tac. H. 2, 97 fin.:
ubi fortuna contra fuit,
id. ib. 3, 18:
si fortuna contra daret,
should be unfavorable, id. ib. 1, 65 fin.; id. A. 15, 13.
D.
Of logical opposition, with negative force.
1.
Of a direct contrast.
a.
Predicatively, with esse, fieri, etc., the contrary, the opposite:
quod fieri totum contra manifesta docet res,
but experience teaches that just the contrary is true, Lucr. 3, 686; 4, 1088:
in stultitia contra est,
with fools the reverse is true, Cic. Clu. 31, 84:
in hac quidem re vereor ne etiam contra (i. e. sit),
id. Att. 12, 46; id. Off. 1, 15, 49:
quod contra est,
Sall. J. 85, 21:
quis non credat, etc.? Contra autem est,
Sen. Q. N. 3, 25, 12; id. Ep. 7, 3; Dig. 37, 4, 4:
contra fore si, etc.,
ib. 34, 2, 39, § 2:
immo forsitan et contra (i. e. erit),
ib. 41, 3, 49:
ego contra puto (i. e. esse),
Plin. Ep. 1, 20, 7; Lampr. Alex. Sev. 25.—
b.
With evenire, accidere, sentire, scribere, habere, etc.:
utrumque contra accidit: istic enim bellum est exortum, hic pax consecuta,
of both the contrary has happened, Cic. Fam. 12, 18, 2; so Dig. 38, 2, 51:
id ego contra puto (sc.: faciendum esse),
id. Att. 10, 8, 2:
contra evenit in iis morbis,
Sen. Ep. 52, 7; Plin. 2, 65, 65, § 163:
ego contra sentio,
Sen. Clem. 1, 15, 5; Sedig. ap. Gell. 15, 24, 4; Dig. 40, 2, 25:
Proculus contra (sc. sentit),
ib. 35, 2, 1, § 14; 33, 7, 25:
licet Celsus contra scribat,
ib. 9, 2, 21, § 1: contra probatur, Gai Inst. 2, 78; Dig. 33, 7, 12, § 34.—Very rarely referring to a term in the same clause:
cujus disparem mitioremque naturam contra interpretabatur,
interpreted in an opposite sense, misinterpreted, misunderstood, Tac. H. 4, 86 fin. —
c.
Referring to a word or phrase in the same predicate.
(α).
To an adverb, in an opposite manner, otherwise, differently, not, etc.:
nam ad summam totius rei pertinet, caute an contra demonstrata res sit,
Cic. de Or. 2, 81, 330: quod viriliter animoque fit, id, etc.;
quod contra, id turpe,
id. Off. 1, 27, 94:
sit sapienter usus aut contra,
Quint. 2, 5, 15:
lactuca locis apricis optume autumno ponitur, mediterraneis aut frigidis contra ( = pessime),
Col. 11, 3, 25.—
(β).
To a predicative adjective, not, the opposite, the reverse, etc.:
ut aliae (res) probabiles videantur aliae contra,
improbable, Cic. Ac. 2, 32, 103; id. Off. 2, 2, 7:
quid est quod me impediat ea quae probabilia mihi videantur sequi, quae contra, improbare,
id. ib. 2, 2, 8; id. Or. 2, 31, 135; Quint. 4, 2, 52.—
(γ).
To a verbal predicate:
an frater fratri exsistat heres, an contra ( = annon),
Dig. 34, 5, 19.—
(δ).
To a subject infinitive:
laudare testem vel contra pertinet ad momentum judiciorum,
praising or censuring a witness, Quint. 3, 7, 2.—
(ε).
To a clause, translated by not or by a repetition of the clause with a negative:
quae secundum naturam essent, ea sumenda et quadam aestimatione dignanda docebat, contraque contraria,
those that were not, not, Cic. Ac. 1, 10, 36: quod cuidam aut sapiens videor quod una non jerim, aut felix fuisse;
mihi contra,
id. Att. 9, 12, 4: an credibile est, incestum cum filia commissum? Et contra, veneficum in noverca, adulterum in luxurioso? and incredible, etc., Quint. 5, 10, 19; so Dig. 9, 1, 2, § 1.—
(ζ).
To an attributive genitive:
Marius cognoscere quid boni utrisque or contra esset (i. e. mali),
Sall. J. 88, 2:
verum de origine laudis contraque perspiciemus suo tempore (i. e. vituperationis),
Quint. 2, 4, 21:
alii a propositione accusatoris contraque loci oriuntur,
the accuser and the accused, id. 7, 2, 31;
so in several titles of the Digests, as Depositi vel contra, = actio depositi, vel contraria actio depositarii,
Dig. 16, 3 tit.; so ib. 16, 17, 1; 16, 13, 6; 16, 13, 7.—
2.
Reversing the relation of terms in the preceding sentence, the reverse, conversely, vice versa, etc.
a.
With its own predicate: saepe... corpus aegret, Cum tamen ex alia laetamur parte latenti;
Et retro fit uti contra sit saepe vicissim, Cum miser ex animo laetatur corpore toto,
Lucr. 3, 108: illa altera argumentatio, quasi retro et contra, prius sumit, etc., ( proceeding), so to speak, backward and in inverted order, Cic. Part. Or. 13, 46: neque illud ignoro, etc.; sed non idem accidit contra, but the converse is not true, Quint. 8, 6, 3; Gell. 4, 2, 5: ut vocabula verbis, verba rursus adverbiis, nomina appositis et pronominibus essent priora. Nam fit contra quoque frequenter non indecore. for often, not inelegantly, the order is reversed, Quint. 9, 4, 24:
quae etiam contra valent,
i. e. if the terms are reversed, id. 3, 7, 25; 9, 2, 49; 8, 6, 25; 9, 4, 72.—
b.
Belonging to the same predicate:
ut quidque erit dicendum ita dicet, nec satura jejune, nec grandia minute, nec item contra,
Cic. Or. 36, 123:
cum emtor venditori, vel contra, heres exstitit,
Dig. 35, 2, 48:
in quibus patrium pro possessivo dicitur, vel contra,
Quint. 1, 5, 45; 5, 10, 71:
junguntur autem aut ex nostro et peregrino, ut biclinium, aut contra, ut epitogium et Anticato,
id. 1, 5, 68:
ut capras in montosis potius locis quam in herbidis (pascar), equas contra,
but with mares the reverse is the case, Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 16:
itaque ille dicere melius quam praecipere, nos contra fortasse possumus,
Cic. Or. 42, 143:
qua collegi solent ex his quae faciunt ea quae faciuntur, aut contra,
or vice versa, Quint. 5, 10, 80; Dig. 14, 1, 1, § 12; 48, 5, 23, § 4.
E.
In logical antithesis of clauses with a merely rhet. force, on the contrary, on the other hand, vice versa; sometimes almost = sed or autem (freq.).
1.
In independent clauses.
a.
Opposing persons or parties: fortunam insanam esse... perhibent philosophi... Sunt autem alii philosophi qui contra Fortunam negant ullam exstare, Pac. ap. Auct. Her. 2, 23, 36 (Trag. Rel. v. 372 Rib.); Caecil. ap. Cic. Tusc. 4, 32, 68; Varr. R. R. 1, 8, 1:
ego etiam quae tu sine Verre commisisti Verri crimini daturus sum... Tu, contra, ne quae ille quidem fecit, obicies,
Cic. Div. in Caecil. 11, 35:
ego contra ostendo, non modo nihil fecisse Sex. Roscium, sed, etc.,
id. Rosc. Am. 29, 79; id. Phil. 8, 3, 8; id. Off. 1, 30, 108; id. Fin. 5, 22, 62:
in Italia bellum gerimus, in sede ac solo nostro... Hannibal contra in aliena, in hostili est terra,
Liv. 22, 39, 13; 21, 50, 2; 3, 15, 2; 6, 7, 4; 9, 35, 4 et saep.; Nep. Alcib. 8, 1; Vell. 2, 31, 4; Sen. Ep. 9, 14; id. Ira, 2, 33, 6; Plin. 35, 10, 37, § 113; Tac. H. 3, 84; 3, 57; Suet. Tib. 2; id. Vit. 2; Just. 2, 1, 10; 8, 4, 11:
contra mercator, navim jactantibus austris Militia est potior?
Hor. S. 1, 1, 6; 1, 2, 30; 1, 3, 27; Prop. 2, 1, 45; 2, 23, 13 (3, 17, 3); Sen. Hippol. 214;
so with versa vice: barbarae gentes (Alexandrum) non ut hostem, sed ut parentem luxerunt... Contra Macedones versa vice non ut civem, sed ut hostem amissum gaudebant,
Just. 13, 1, 7.—
b.
Introducing a secondary or parallel opposition of thought: in loco umidiore far potius serunt quam triticum;
contra in aridiore hordeum potius quam far,
Varr. R. R. 1, 9, 4; 1, 1, 47: si nihil esset quod inane vocaret, Omne foret solidum;
nisi contra corpora certe Essent, etc., Omne quod est spatium vacuum constaret inane,
Lucr. 1, 521; 4, 348; cf.:
justa omnia decora sunt, injusta contra, ut turpia, sic indecora,
Cic. Off. 1, 27, 94; id. N. D. 2, 15, 41; id. de Or. 3, 33, 136; id. Quint. 30, 93: id. Off. 3, 21, 84; id. Leg. 2, 1, 2: facilem esse rem... si modo unum omnes sentiant; contra in dissensione nullam se salutem perspicere, Caes. B. G, 5, 31; Liv. 25, 30, 3; Sen. Ben. 1, 5, 2; Plin. 12, 19, 42, § 92; 11, 14, 14, § 35; Suet. Caes. 73; Gell. 1, 4, 5:
si male rem gerere insani est, contra bene, sani,
Hor. S. 2, 3, 74.—
2.
In opposition to a dependent clause:
ut hi miseri, sic contra illi beati quos, etc.,
Cic. Tusc. 5, 6, 16; so id. de Or. 1, 45, 198; Quint. 9, 3, 39:
cui ego rei tantum abest ut impedimento sim, ut contra te M. Manli adhorter, etc.,
Liv. 6, 15, 5; 6, 31, 4:
cum virtus adeo neminem spe ac pollicitatione corrumpat, ut contra in se inpendere jubeat, ac, etc.,
Sen. Ben. 4, 1, 2: aut igitur negemus quidquam ratione confici, cum contra nihil sine ratione recte fieri possit, aut, etc., whereas on the contrary, etc., Cic. Tusc. 4, 38, 84; cf.:
at contra,
Lucr. 2, 392.—
3.
With co-ordinate conjunctions.
a.
Copulative, et contra or contraque (never with ac or atque); also nec contra (rare), and on the other hand.
(α).
With reference to a reason or conclusion, after nam, enim, cum, or itaque: nam et ratione uti... omnique in re quid sit veri videre et tueri decet, contraque falli [p. 454]... tam dedecet quam, etc., Cic. Off. 1, 27, 94:
malus est enim custos... metus, contraque benevolentia fidelis,
id. ib. 2, 7, 23:
cum reficiat animos varietas ipsa, contraque sit aliquanto difficilius in labore uno perseverare,
Quint. 1, 12, 4; 3, 8, 32; 8, 6, 20:
itaque in probris maxime in promptu est, si quid tale dici potest, etc. Contraque in laudibus, etc.,
Cic. Off. 1, 18, 61; cf. Suet. Calig. 51; so with nec:
nam nec comoedia cothurnis assurgit, nec contra tragoedia socculo ingreditur,
Quint. 10, 2, 22.—
(β).
With contrasted examples or illustrations, often after ut or sic:
audivi ex majoribus natu, hoc idem fuisse in P. Scipione Nasica, contraque patrem ejus... nullam comitatem habuisse sermonis,
Cic. Off. 1, 30, 109:
ut suspitionibus credi oportere, et contra suspitionibus credi non oportere,
id. Inv. 2, 15, 48; Quint. 8, 4, 1; 5, 10, 48; 9, 3, 7; 9, 4, 52; 11, 1, 14; Sen. Ep. 82, 14; Dig. 17, 1, 22, § 4.—
(γ).
With contrasted actions, assumptions, etc.:
atque utinam qui ubique sunt propugnatores hujus imperii possent in hanc civitatem venire, et contra oppugnatores rei publicae de civitate exterminari!
Cic. Balb. 22, 51:
domo pignori data, et area ejus tenebitur... et contra jus soli sequitur aedificium,
Dig. 13, 7, 21:
equo et asina genitos mares, hinnos antiqui vocabant: contraque mulos quos asini et equae generassent,
Plin. 8, 44, 69, § 17: ceterum potest ex lege quidem esse judicium, sed legitimum non esse, et contra ex lege non esse, sed legitimum esse, Gai Inst. 4, 109; Plin. 2, 65, 65, § 161; 35, 15, 5, § 183.—
(δ).
After a negative clause, affirming the opposite idea, et contra or contraque, but on the contrary:
in quo (consulatu) ego imperavi nihil, et contra patribus conscriptis et bonis omnibus parui,
Cic. Sull. 7, 21:
nunc vero cum ne pulsus quidem ita sim ut superare non possim, contraque a populo Romano semper sim defensus, etc.,
id. Dom. 33, 88; id. Fin. 2, 17, 55; id. Marcell. 6, 20; so,
et contra,
Suet. Tit. 7.—
b.
With adversative conjunctions, at contra, sed contra, contra autem, contra vero (not verum contra, nor contra tamen).
(α).
At contra (freq.), merely a strengthened contra (v. 1. supra): huc accedit uti mellis lactisque liquores Jucundo sensu linguae tractentur in ore;
At contra taetri absinthi natura... foedo pertorqueat ora sapore,
Lucr. 2, 400:
cogunt,
id. 2, 74; 1, 366; 2, 235 et saep.: nos qui domi sumus, tibi beati videmur;
at contra nobis tu quidem... prae nobis beatus,
Cic. Fam. 4, 4, 2; id. Tusc. 1, 3, 5; id. Rosc. Am. 45, 131; id. Verr. 2, 5, 26, § 66; Sall. J. 36, 2; 4, 7; 15, 3; id. C. 12, 5:
ideo siccas aiunt Aethiopiae solitudines... At contra constat Germaniam abundare rivis,
Sen. Q. N. 3, 6, 2; 1, 3, 1; id. Ep. 100, 7; Plin. 7, 53, 54, § 186; Suet. Galb. 15; Tac. A. 4, 28.—
(β).
Sed contra, after a negative sentence (class.):
non quo acui ingenia adulescentium nollem, sed contra ingenia obtundi nolui,
Cic. de Or. 3, 24, 93; id. Att. 9, 15, 3; id. Ac. 1, 10, 35; id. Fl. 11, 26:
arma populi Romani non liberis servitutem, sed contra servientibus libertatem adferre,
Liv. 45, 18, 1:
tu ne cede malis, sed contra audentior ito,
Verg. A. 6, 95; Plin. Ep. 1, 10, 12.—PostAug. also without a preceding negation:
obiisse nostro Laium scelere autumant superi inferique: sed animus contra innocens... negat,
Sen. Oedip. 765; Symm. Ep. 6, 81.—
(γ).
Contra autem (rare;
in Cic. only where different subjects have contrasted predicates in dependent clauses): quia pacis est insigne toga, contra autem arma tumultus atque belli,
Cic. Pis. 30, 73.—In later writers = contra alone:
sub septemtrione aedificia... conversa ad calidas partes oportere fieri videntur. Contra autem sub impetu solis meridiani regionibus conversa ad septemtrionem... sunt facienda,
Vitr. 6, 1, 2; Gell. 14, 2, 19; Dig. 7, 1, 25, § 3; 34, 3, 25.—
(δ).
Contra vero (very rare;
not in Cic.), used for contra: contra vero quercus infinitam habet aeternitatem,
Vitr. 2, 9, 8; 6, 1, 3; Cels. 3, 6 fin. —
(ε).
Atqui contra, App. Mag. p. 287, 24.—
c.
With disjunctive conjunctions, aut contra, vel contra, seu contra, or on the contrary, or conversely (always without change of subject).
(α).
Aut contra:
num aut scriptum neget, aut contra factum infitietur?
Cic. Part. Or. 38, 133: quae (mens) aut languescit... aut contra tumescit, etc., Quint. 1, 2, 18:
si imbres defuere, aut contra abundavere,
Plin. 17, 24, 37, § 228.—
(β).
Vel contra:
hinc enim quaestiones oriuntur: Injuriam fecisti, sed quia magistratus, majestatis actio est? Vel contra: Licuit... quia magistratus?
Quint. 5, 10, 40; 9, 4, 96; Suet. Galb. 3; Dig. 35, 2, 56, § 4; 8, 4, 6.—
(γ).
Seu contra:
seu tristis veniam, seu contra laetus amicis,
Prop. 1, 11, 25.—
d.
With causal conjunctions, nam contra (very rare;
never contra enim): falso queritur de natura sua genus humanum quod, etc. Nam contra, reputando, neque majus aliud, neque praestabilius invenies,
Sall. J. 1, 1; Quint. 1, 1, 1; 9, 2, 23. —
4.
In late Lat., e contra (also one word, ēcontrā) = contra,
(α).
In the meaning, the contrary (D. 1.):
aliis vero econtra videtur,
Hier. Ep. 12.—
(β).
Et econtra = et contra (E. 3. a.):
honestiorum provectu et econtra suppliciis,
Aur. Vict. Caes. 39, 45.—For quod contra, v. II. E. 1. c.—
5.
With emphatic particles.
a.
Quin contra, nay on the contrary, opposing an affirmative sentence to a preceding negative statement (quin etiam amplifies without opposition; sed contra opposes without amplification; quin contra both opposes and amplifies);
not before Livy: num qui enim socordius rempublicam administrari post Calvi tribunatum... quam? etc. Quin contra patricios aliquot damnatos... neminem plebeium,
Liv. 6, 37, 8; 31, 31, 9; 35, 26, 10; 37, 15, 3.—
b.
Immo contra (post-Aug.).
(α).
= no, on the contrary, refuting opinions, after questions and in the form of a dialogue:
existimas nunc me detrahere tibi multas voluptates?... Immo contra, nolo tibi umquam deesse laetitiam,
Sen. Ep. 23, 3; Dig. 33, 7, 5; 33, 7, 29.—
(β).
= sed contra, but on the contrary:
proinde ne submiseris te, immo contra fige stabilem gradum,
Sen. Cons. Marc. 5, 6; id. Cons. Polyb. 15, 2; cf. prep.:
immo contra ea,
Liv. 41, 24, 8; cf. II. E. 1. b. infra.—
c.
Item contra = an emphatic et contra (very rare):
quoniam... beate vivere alii in alio, vos in voluptate ponitis, item contra miseriam in dolore, etc.,
Cic. Fin. 2, 27, 86; cf. I. A. 3. g supra.
F.
With a comparative clause introduced by ac, atque, or quam, representing a logical or moral opposition (contra atque debuit = non ita ut debuit; cf. Cic. Or. 3, 19, 70); cf. prep., II. C. 3. g, and II. E. 2. infra.
1.
Of logical opposition, contrary to, different from, otherwise than; in the best prose only with atque or ac.
(α).
With atque:
item, contra atque apud nos, fieri ad Elephantinem ut neque ficus neque vites amittant folia,
Varr. R. R. 1, 7, 6:
simulacrum Jovis, contra atque ante fuerat, ad orientem convertere,
Cic. Cat. 3, 8, 20; id. Sull. 24, 69:
judicium suscepturos contra atque omnis Italia populusque Romanus judicavisset,
Caes. B. C. 3, 12; id. B. G. 4, 13; Plin. 12, 19, 43, § 95.—
(β).
With ac:
itaque contra est ac dicitis,
Cic. Fin. 4, 15, 41:
vides, omnia fere contra ac dicta sint evenisse,
id. Div. 2, 24, 53; so id. Verr. 2, 4, 6, § 11; id. Or. 40, 137:
cum contra ac Deiotarus sensit victoria belli judicaret,
id. Phil. 11, 13, 34:
Petreius ubi videt, Catilinam, contra ac ratus erat, magna vi tendere, etc.,
Sall. C. 60, 5.—
(γ).
With ac and atque:
si denique aliquid non contra ac liceret factum diceretur, sed contra atque oporteret,
Cic. Balb. 3, 7.—
(δ).
With quam (post-Aug.):
cui contra quam proposuerat aliqua cesserunt,
Sen. Ira, 3, 6, 5; Plin. 10, 53, 74, § 149; 11, 21, 24, § 72; Gell. 6 (7), 8, 6:
contra quam licet,
id. 1, 3, 19; Sil. 15, 107.—
2.
Of moral opposition of acts contrary to rules and principles (cf. II. 3. g infra); so always with quam:
mater Aviti, generi sui, contra quam fas erat, amore capta,
contrary to the divine law, Cic. Clu. 5, 12:
ut senatus, contra quam ipse censuisset, ad vestitum rediret,
contrary to its own resolution, id. Pis. 8, 18:
contra quam ista causa postulasset,
id. Caecin. 24, 67:
contra quam sanctum legibus est,
Liv. 30, 19, 9; Cic. Leg. 2, 5, 11; id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 1, § 2; id. Dom. 46, 122:
contraque faciunt quam polliceri videntur,
Auct. Her. 4, 3, 6; Cic. de Or. 2, 20, 86.
II.
Prep. with acc., before, against, facing, towards, opposite to, contrary to (acc. to many scholars not ante-class.; cf. Hand, Turs. II. p. 108; but found Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 24 Fleck., a line omitted by Lorenz as a gloss; id. Pers. 1, 1, 13 Ritschl; Att. ap. Non. p. 469, 15, or Trag. Rel. v. 476 Rib.; cf. also Plaut. Poen. 5, 6, 18; Cato, R. R. 18, 1, and v. I. A. 1. a. b, and I. A. 1. b. a supra).
A.
Local uses.
1.
Opposite, over against, facing.
a.
Of countries and places (mostly of those separated by water;
adversus and e regione mostly of places opposite by land): insulae natura triquetra, cujus unum latus est contra Galliam,
Caes. B. G. 5, 13; 3, 9; 4, 20:
ad insulam quae est contra Massiliam,
id. B. C. 1, 56; 3, 23:
Rhodios, pacatis contra insulam suam terris, etc.,
Liv. 37, 15, 7; 3, 26, 8:
Carthago Italiam contra,
Verg. A. 1, 13; 5, 124; Ov. M. 14, 17:
insulae quae contra Tauri promuntorium inopportune navigantibus objacent, Chelidoniae nominantur,
Mel. 2, 7; Plin. 3, 26, 30, § 151; 6, 28, 32, § 152; 5, 7, 7, § 41; Tac. A. 3, 1; id. H. 2, 17.—
b.
Of the heavenly bodies:
donique (luna) eum (sc. solem) contra pleno bene lumine fulsit,
Lucr. 5, 708:
contra Volucris rostrum posita est Lyra,
Vitr. 9, 4, 5; Sen. Q. N. 1, 5, 9; 1, 8, 3; Plin. 2, 31, 31, § 99; 5, 10, 10, § 56.—So, tertium (latus Britanniae) est contra septem triones, opposite ( facing); hence, contra meridiem and contra ortus (instead of ad or adversus meridiem, etc.), facing the south and east, Plin. 6, 24, 24, § 85; 17, 2, 2, § 22. —So of a person standing in the sunlight:
cum minima umbra (i. e. a sole) contra medium fiet hominem,
Plin. 18, 33, 76, § 327; cf.:
contra mediam faciem meridies erit,
id. 18, 33, 76, § 326.—
c.
Of opposite ends of a line.
(α).
Of the diameter of the earth: esse e regione nobis e contraria parte terrae qui adversis vestigiis stent contra nostra vestigia, quos antipodas vocatis, Cic. Ac. 2, 39, 123.—
(β).
Of a line drawn:
contra autem E littera I erit ubi secat circinationem linea,
opposite the point E will be the letter I, Vitr. 9, 7, 4.—
d.
Of buildings, etc.:
contra hoc aviarium est aliud minus in quo quae mortuae sunt aves curator servare solet,
Varr. R. R. 3, 5, 5; Vitr. 5, 6, 3; 3, 5, 15:
(statuam) quae fuerit contra Jovis Statoris aedem in vestibulo Superbi domus,
Plin. 34, 6, 13, § 29:
contra medium fere porticum diaeta paulum recedit,
Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 20; 2, 17, 5; Suet. Aug. 44.—
e.
Of places on the human body:
id quod contra stomachum est,
Cels. 4, 5 (4, 12 med.); 7, 7;
4, 20 (13).—Of the direction of the intestines, etc.: ea... contra medium alvum orsa,
Cels. 4, 1 fin. —
2.
Of actions, opposite, towards, against, facing (syn.:
adversus, ad, e regione,
Caes. B. G. 7, 61).
a.
In gen.:
quamvis subito... quamque Rem contra speculum ponas, apparet imago,
Lucr. 4, 156: Democritus... clipeum constituit contra exortum Hyperionis, Laber. ap. Gell. 10, 17, 4:
et contra magnum potes hos (i.e. oculos) attollere solem, Nec tremis...?
Prop. 1, 15, 37; Col. 7, 3, 8:
rex constiterat contra pedites,
Curt. 10, 9, 13; 9, 5, 1:
ne contra septentrionem paveris,
Plin. 18, 33, 76, § 330; 28, 6, 19, § 69:
contra solem varie refulgens,
placed in the sun, id. 37, 10, 63, § 173; 10, 54, 75, § 151; 37, 6, 22, § 83;
37, 7, 25, § 95: cum terrestres volucres contra aquam clangores dabunt,
id. 18, 35, 87, § 363; 19, 8, 39, § 131.—
b.
Dependent on verbs of motion (very rare without the idea of hostility):
(Dinocrates) incessit contra tribunal regis jus dicentis,
towards, Vitr. 2, praef. 1.—So trop., of actions done for a purpose:
lege Cornelia de sicariis tenetur qui, cum in magistratu esset, eorum quid fecerit contra hominis necem quod legibus permissum non sit,
Dig. 48, 8, 4.—
c.
Appositively, with the predicate: (elephanti) tanta narratur clementia contra minus validos, ut, etc., if fronting weaker animals, if brought in contact with them (not to be connected with clementia), Plin. 8, 7, 7, § 23.—Similarly: dum... fidens non est contra feram, if fronting the animal (not dependent on fidens), Plin. 8, 16, 21, § 57.—
d.
Against an opposing action, etc.:
contra vim atque impetum fluminis conversa,
Caes. B. G. 4, 17, 5:
cum plateae contra directos ventos erunt conformatae,
Vitr. 1, 6, 8:
ut contra ventum gregem pascamus,
Col. 7, 3, 12; Sen. Q. N. 2, 31, 2; Plin. 29, 3, 12, § 52; 17, 2, 2, § 21; 8, 16, 21, § 54:
contra fluminum impetus aggeribus,
id. 35, 14, 48, § 169:
capite in sole contra pilum peruncto,
id. 27, 4, 5, § 17; 18, 35, 88, § 364; Varr. ap. Plin. 7, 20, 19, § 83; Sil. 14, 352; Dig. 9, 2, 29, § 4. [p. 455] — Trop.:
contra fortunam tenendus est cursus,
Sen. Prov. 5, 9.—Prov.:
contra stimulum calces,
kick against the pricks, Isid. Orig. 1, 36, 28 (al. calcitres); cf. Amm. 18, 5, 1.—
e.
Of local actions with hostile intent.
(α).
Lit.:
quae vis Coclitem contra omnes hostium copias tenuit?
Cic. Par. 1, 2, 12:
Pompeium Cartejae receptum scribis: jam igitur contra hunc exercitum (sc. constitit),
id. Att. 15, 20, 3:
pertimescam, credo, ne mihi non liceat contra vos in contione consistere,
to face you, id. Agr. 1, 8, 25; Lepidus ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 34, 1; Caes. B. C. 1, 26:
a fronte contra hostem pedum quindecim fossam fieri jussit,
id. ib. 1, 41; 1, 42; id. B. G. 7, 62:
Tullus adversus Veientem hostem derigit suos: Albanos contra legionem Fidenatium collocat,
Liv. 1, 27, 5; 24, 41, 5; 38, 4, 5; Verg. A. 12, 279; Front. Strat. 2, 2, 13; 2, 3, 17.—Appositively, with a local verb understood:
terribilis haec contra fugientes belua est, fugax contra insequentes,
i. e. if fronting, if placed opposite, Plin. 8, 25, 38, § 92.—
(β).
Trop.:
castra sunt in Italia contra populum Romanum in Etruriae faucibus collocata,
Cic. Cat. 1, 2, 5; id. Mil. 1, 2; Quint. 7, 7, 5:
tum contra hanc Romam illa altera Roma quaeretur,
will be as a rival against this Rome, Cic. Agr. 2, 22, 86:
cui rationi contra homines barbaros atque imperitos locus fuisset, hac ne ipsum quidem sperare, etc.,
Caes. B. G. 1, 40:
(Cicero) plerumque contra inimicos atque obtrectatores plus vindicat sibi,
when fronting adversaries, Quint. 11, 1, 23.—
f.
In partic.
(α).
Stare contra aliquem (opp. stare ab aliquo); usu. implying hostility; mostly trop., to stand against, to be arrayed against, to face, oppose:
quod contra hoc exemplum nulla staret eorum ratio,
Auct. Her. 4, 5, 7:
contra populi studium,
Cic. Brut. 34, 126:
contra civium perditorum... dementiam a senatu et a bonorum causa,
id. ib. 79, 273; so,
a mendacio contra veritatem,
id. Inv. 1, 3, 4:
contra cives in acie,
id. Att. 16, 11, 2:
et adversi contra stetit ora juvenci,
opposite, Verg. A. 5, 477; 5, 414:
haec enim (ratio) sola... stat contra fortunam,
Sen. Ep. 14, 4, 2: contra leonem etiam stetit, fronted, i. e. hunted, Spart. Carac. 5 fin. —
(β).
Contra aliquem ire:
aut saevos Libyae contra ire leones,
Stat. Th. 9, 16.— Trop.:
uti contra injurias armati eatis,
Sall. J. 31, 6:
interritus (sapiens) et contra illa (mala) ibit et inter illa,
Sen. Ep. 59, 8; cf.: contra venire, II. B. 1. c. b infra, and v. also II. B. 2. b. and II. B. 1. b. infra.—
3.
Transf.,
a.
To persons placed together for comparison:
C. vero Caesar, si foro tantum vacasset, non alius ex nostris contra Ciceronem nominaretur,
Quint. 10, 1, 114:
CORONATO CONTRA OMNES SCAENICOS,
Inscr. Grut. p. 331, n. 4.—
b.
To things compared, as if weighed against each other as to their value, strength, etc.
(α).
Lit. (very rare):
quamcunque vis rem expende, et contra aquam statue... Si gravior est, leviorem rem... feret, etc.,
Sen. Q. N. 3, 25, 5.—
(β).
Prop.:
cujus (i. e. generis humani) causa videtur cuncta alia genuisse natura, magna saeva mercede contra tanta sua munera,
Plin. 7, 1, 1, § 1:
qui amicus esse coepit quia expedit, placebit ei aliquod pretium contra amicitiam,
Sen. Ep. 9, 9:
numquam ulli fortiores cives fuerunt quam qui ausi sunt eum contra tantas opes ejus... condemnare,
Cic. Fam. 7, 2, 3:
tantum studium bonorum in me exstitisse, contra incredibilem contentionem clarissimi et potentissimi viri,
id. ib. 7, 2, 2; Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 9, 3:
nomen prorogans nostrum et memoriam extendens contra brevitatem aevi,
as a compensation for, Plin. 2, 63, 63, § 154.—So esp., valere contra, to weigh against, counterbalance, avail or prevail against: non vereor ne meae vitae modestia parum valitura sit contra falsos rumores, Matius ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 28, 8:
(illa facta) pro periculo potius quam contra salutem valere debere,
Cic. Part. Or. 35, 120; id. Off. 3, 29, 104:
contrane lucrum nil valere Pauperis ingenium?
Hor. Epod. 11, 11; Sen. Ben. 4, 15, 1; id. Cons. Helv. 5, 5; so,
robur habere contra: si contra unamquamlibet partem fortunae satis tibi roboris est,
id. ib. 13, 2;
so of counterchecks: in Creta decem qui cosmoe vocantur, ut contra consulare imperium tribuni plebis, sic illi contra vim regiam constituti,
Cic. Rep. 2, 33, 58.—Of antidotes: cimicum natura contra serpentium morsus valere dicitur, item contra venena omnia, Plin. 29, 4, 17, § 61.—Hence,
c.
Colloq., aliquid contra aurum est, something is worth gold, is superb, both predicatively and attributively (cf.: auro contra, I. A. 2. supra): hujusce pomaria in summa Sacra Via ubi poma veneunt, contra aurum imago, a spectacle for gold, i. e. a magnificent sight, Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 10 MSS. (al. aliter):
numcubi hic vides citrum... num quod emblema aut lithostratum? quae illic omnia contra aurum,
superb, id. ib. 3, 2, 4 MSS. (Schneid. omits aurum, ex conj.):
oneravi vinum, et tunc erat contra aurum,
Petr. 7, 6.—
d.
Transf., of replies, with aiebat, inquit, etc.; both in friendly and inimical sense; esp., contra ea, contra haec, = the adv. contra:
contra ea Titurius sero facturos clamitabat, etc.,
Caes. B. G. 5, 29:
contra ea Verginius unum Ap. Claudium et legum expertem et, etc., aiebat,
Liv. 3, 57, 1; 24, 45, 4:
quae contra breviter fata est vates,
Verg. A. 6, 398:
contra quod disertus Tu impie fecisti inquit, etc.,
Quint. 7, 1, 53 (cf.: contra ea, II. E. 1. infra).
B.
Denoting hostility or disadvantage.
1.
With verbs of hostile action.
a.
Of physical exertion:
pugnavere et tertio consulatu ejus viginti (elephanti) contra pedites quingentos,
Plin. 8, 7, 7, § 22:
proelium Afri contra Aegyptios primi fecere fustibus,
id. 7, 56, 57, § 200; 8, 40, 61, § 142. —
b.
Referring to warfare (usu. adversus), bellum gerere (rarely for cum or adversus; but contra patriam, contra aras, etc., not cum patria, etc.; cf.
bellum, II. A. 1. e.): a quo prohibitos esse vos contra Caesarem gerere bellum (opp. pro),
Cic. Lig. 8, 25; id. Phil. 5, 10, 27; Liv. Ep. 129.—With bellum suscipere:
contra Antonium,
Cic. Phil. 8, 2, 5; so,
contra patriam,
id. Sull. 20, 58:
pugnare contra patriam,
id. ib. 25, 70:
contra conjuges et liberos,
Sen. Ben. 5, 15, 5:
armatum esse contra populum Romanum,
Cic. Prov. Cons. 13, 32.—With arma ferre (freq.), Cic. Phil. 2, 29, 72; 13, 21, 47; Liv. 28, 28, 15; Nep. Att. 4, 2; Tib. 1, 6, 30; Ov. M. 4, 609; 13, 269; id. P. 1, 1, 26.—With arma sumere or capere, Cic. Rab. Perd. 6, 19; id. Phil. 4, 1, 2; 4, 3, 7:
armis contendere contra,
Caes. B. G. 2, 13:
arma alicui dare (trop.),
Cic. Phil. 2, 21, 53:
aciem instruere (trop.),
Liv. 25, 4, 4:
exercitum comparare,
Cic. Phil. 3, 6, 14; 4, 1, 2:
exercitum instruere,
id. Cat. 2, 11, 24:
exercitum ducere and adducere,
id. Phil. 4, 2, 5; 3, 4, 11:
exercitum contra Philippum mittere,
id. Inv. 1, 12, 17:
naves ducere contra,
Hor. Epod. 4, 19:
ducere contra hostes,
Liv. 1, 27, 4:
florem Italiae educere contra,
Cic. Cat. 2, 11, 24:
proficisci contra,
to march against, Liv. 1, 11, 3; 8, 2, 5:
auxilium ferre Rutulis contra Latinos,
Plin. 14, 12, 14, § 88:
juvare aliquem contra,
Caes. B. C. 1, 35:
consilium inire contra Sequanos,
to take hostile measures against, id. B. G. 6, 12.—
c.
Of legal contention (more freq. adversus, except with verbs of saying).
(α).
In gen., with agere or causam agere, to act as counsel against a party or his attorney:
cum agerem contra hominem disertissimum nostrae civitatis,
Cic. Caecin. 33, 97; id. Brut. 63, 226; Sen. Ben. 4, 15, 3; Quint. 11, 1, 59.—Causam recipere or suscipere contra, to accept a retainer against:
(causam) quam receperam contra pueros Octavios,
Cic. Att. 13, 49, 1; Quint. 6, 1, 12; Plin. Ep. 4, 17, 1.—Adesse alicui contra, to appear, act as one's counsel against:
rogavit me Caecilius ut adessem contra Satrium,
Cic. Att. 1, 1, 3; Plin. Ep. 1, 7, 5 al.; cf.:
esse contra,
id. ib. 1, 18, 3.— Trop.: conquesturus venit;
at contra se adfuit et satisfacienti satisfecit,
Sen. Fragm. Amic. 14, 1, 89:
causam defendere contra,
against the accuser, Cic. de Or. 1, 39, 178:
statuere contra aliquem (sc. causam),
to establish a case against an adversary, id. Or. 10, 34:
actio competit contra,
Dig. 49, 14, 41:
querelam instituere contra,
ib. 5, 2, 21, § 1:
bonorum possessionem petere contra,
ib. 5, 2, 23:
jus obtinere contra,
Cic. Quint. 9, 34:
pugnare contra,
to struggle against the accuser, id. Sull. 17, 49; id. Verr. 1, 11, 33:
id quod mihi contra illos datum est,
i. e. a local advantage over, id. Tull. 14, 33:
judicare contra aliquem,
id. Fl. 20, 48; Dig. 21, 2, 55; 5, 2, 14; Just. Inst. 4, 17, 2:
pronuntiare contra,
Paul. Sent. 5, 34, 2: dare sententiam contra, Dig. 21, 2, 56, § 1:
decernere contra,
Cic. Fl. 31, 76:
appellare contra aliquem,
Dig. 49, 1, 3; 49, 5, 6; cf.:
contra sententiam,
Cod. Just. 7, 62, 32, § 2.—Sentire contra aliquem, to have an opinion unfavorable to:
cur vos (cum) aliquid contra me sentire dicatis, etc.,
Cic. Caecin. 27, 79.—
(β).
Venire contra aliquem, to appear as counsel for one's adversary:
quid tu, Saturi, qui contra hunc venis, existimas aliter?
Cic. Rosc. Com. 6, 18; id. Mur. 4, 9; id. Phil. 8, 6, 18.—Venire contra rem alicujus, to give advice damaging one's interests:
contra rem suam me venisse questus est,
Cic. Phil. 2, 2, 3.—
(γ).
With dicere and other verbs of saying. (aa) Of a lawyer pleading against a lawyer:
ipse ille Mucius, quid in illa causa cum contra te diceret, attulit quod? etc.,
Cic. de Or. 1, 57, 244:
cum ille contra me pro Sex. Naevio diceret,
id. Brut. 60, 2, 7; id. de Or. 2, 7, 30; id. Rosc. Am. 15, 45; id. Div. in Caecil. 14, 44; id. Planc. 2, 5; id. Brut. 26, 102; so,
causam dicere,
id. Or. 2, 23, 98:
causam perorare,
id. Quint. 24, 77.—(bb) Of a lawyer's pleading against the parties: dic mihi, M. Pinari, num si contra te dixero mihi male dicturus es? Servil. ap. Cic. de Or. 2, 65, 261; 3, 34, 138; 1, 14, 60; id. Or. 35, 123; Quint. 11, 1, 57; cf. with ellipsis of acc.:
quorum alter pro Aufldia, contra dixit alter,
id. 10, 1, 22.—(ng) Of a party against a lawyer:
si Gaditani contra me dicerent,
if the Gaditani were my adversaries, Cic. Balb. 17, 38.—(dd) Of witnesses and experts, and the pleadings against them:
si decressent legationem quae contra istum diceret,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 4, § 12: contra testes dicere (opp. a testibus or pro testibus). Auct. Her. 2, 6, 9; Cic. de Or. 2, 27, 118 (cf.:
testimonium in aliquem dicere,
id. Sull. 17, 48; Quint. 7, 4, 36):
contra juris consultos dicere,
against their legal opinions, Cic. Caecin. 24, 69.—So of witnesses in scientific questions:
contra testes dicendum est,
Sen. Q. N. 7, 16, 1.—(ee) Dicere or contendere aliquid contra aliquem, to maintain a point against:
cum interrogamus adversarios... quid contra nos dici possit,
Auct. Her. 4, 23, 33:
tamenne vereris ut possis hoc contra Hortensium contendere?
Cic. Quint. 25, 78. —
d.
Of literary adversaries, mostly with verbs of saying and writing:
cum scriberem contra Epicurios,
Cic. Att. 13, 38, 1:
contra Epicurum satis superque dictum est,
id. N. D. 2, 1, 2:
contra Brutum,
id. Tusc. 5, 8, 21:
contra Academiam,
id. Ac. 2, 19, 63; id. Fin. 1, 1, 2; 5, 8, 22; id. Tusc. 5, 11, 32; 5, 30, 84; id. Ac. 2, 4, 17:
contra autem omnia disputatur a nostris,
id. Off. 2, 2, 8.—
e.
Of public and political adversaries (syn. adversus and in).
(α).
In gen.:
sentire contra,
Cic. Mil. 2, 5:
pugnare contra bonos,
id. Sull. 25, 71:
contra eos summa ope nitebatur nobilitas,
Sall. C. 38, 2; Cic. Sest. 19, 42; 52, 112:
(tribuni) qui aut contra consulem, aut pro studio ejus pugnabant,
Liv. 39, 32, 12.—
(β).
Of political speaking:
cum (Cato) eo ipso anno contra Serv. Galbam ad populum summa contentione dixisset,
Cic. Brut. 20, 80; so id. Imp. Pomp. 17, 53; Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 9, 1.—
f.
Of hostile or criminal acts in gen. (syn.:
adversus, in): inire consilia contra,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 38, 110; id. Cat. 1, 7, 18:
manum comparare contra aliquem,
id. Sull. 24, 68:
conjurationem facere,
id. ib. 4, 12:
congredi,
id. Lig. 3, 9; Sall. J. 64, 4:
aliquid contra imperatorem moliri,
Just. Inst. 4, 18, 3:
nec dolor armasset contra sua viscera matrem,
against her own offspring Ov. R. Am. 59.—Facere contra (more freq. with abstr. objects; cf. II. C. 1. f. b infra): nunc te contra Caesarem facere summae stultitiae est, to take parts against, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 16, 2:
eae (res) contra nos ambae faciunt,
operate against us, id. Quint. 1, 1.—With verbs of saying, etc.:
homo disertus non intellegit, eum quem contra dicit laudari a se?
Cic. Phil. 2, 8, 18; 2, 1, 2; 2, 21, 51; Sen. Ep. 15, 3, 70:
epigramma quod contra quamdam Gelliam scripsit,
Lampr. Alex. Sev. 38:
disputare contra deos, in two signif.: contra deum licet disputare liberius,
to accuse, reproach a god, Cic. N. D. 3, 31, 76; but: mala et impia consuetudo est contra deos disputandi, to reason against the gods, i. e. against their existence, id. ib. 2, 67, 168.—
2.
Predicatively, with esse (videri, etc.), against, injurious to, unfavorable, prejudicial, to one's disadvantage: ut [p. 456] ex senatusconsulto neque cujus intersit, neque contra quem sit intellegi possit, Cic. Mur. 32, 68; id. de Or. 3, 20, 75; 2, 74, 299; 2, 81, 330; id. Sull. 13, 39; Sen. Ben. 6, 31, 6:
licentiam malis dare certe contra bonos est,
injurious to, Quint. 4, 2, 75:
res contra nos est, of unfavorable chances in a lawsuit,
id. 4, 66, 1; 4, 2, 75; 5, 13, 32.—Often, contra aliquem = quod est contra aliquem, referring to indef. pronouns or adjectives:
nihil contra me fecit odio mei = nihil quod esset contra me,
Cic. Har. Resp. 3, 5; id. Off. 3, 31, 112:
quibus (temporibus) aliquid contra Caesarem Pompeio suaserim,
id. Phil. 2, 10, 24.—
3.
Added adverb. to the predicate, mostly referring to purpose, with hostile intent, for the purpose of some hostile act, in order to oppose, in opposition:
Caesarine eam (provinciam) tradituri fuistis, an contra Caesarem retenturi?
or keep it against Caesar, Cic. Lig. 7, 23:
sero enim resistimus ei quem per annos decem aluimus contra nos,
id. Att. 7, 5, 5:
judicium illud pecunia esse temptatum non pro Cluentio, sed contra Cluentium,
id. Clu. 4, 9; id. Imp. Pomp. 17, 52; id. Ac. 2, 28, 92:
cum quae facitis ejusmodi sint ut ea contra vosmet ipsos facere videamini,
id. Rosc. Am. 36, 104; Sen. Ep. 3, 7, 3: Curio se contra eum totum parat, i. e. to speak against him, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 8, 10; Caes. B. C. 1, 85 ter; Sen. Q. N. 1, 7, 1; Plin. 16, 39, 74, § 192; Plin. Pan. 41.—So with the force of a temporal clause:
fidem meam quam essent contra Massam Baebium experti,
in the suit against, Plin. Ep. 3, 4, 4.—
4.
Dependent on adjectives (rare):
contra se ipse misericors,
to his own injury, Phaedr. 4, 18, 3:
severissimus judex contra fures,
Lampr. Alex. Sev. 28.—
5.
With nouns.
a.
Acc. to 1. b.:
ut quam maximae contra Hannibalem copiae sint,
Cic. Inv. 1, 12, 17; cf. Vell. 2, 76, 3.—
b.
Acc. to 1. c. and 1. e.; so esp., oratio contra (cf.: oratio in).
(α).
Oratio contra (never in), of an address against the counsel of a party or against the prosecutor:
quid in omni oratione Crassus vel apud centumviros contra Scaevolam, vel contra accusatorem Brutum, cum pro Cn. Plancio diceret?
Cic. de Or. 2, 54, 220; cf.:
Cato pro se contra Cassium = in oratione contra,
Gell. 10, 15, 3; so,
haec perpetua defensio contra Scaevolam,
Cic. de Or. 2, 54, 221:
orationem illam egregiam quam (Aeschines) in Ctesiphontem contra Demosthenem dixerat,
id. ib. 3, 56, 213.—
(β).
Of an address against the party, either in judicial or political affairs:
unam orationem contra Gracchum reliquit,
Cic. Brut. 26, 99:
(Demosthenis) oratio contra Leptinem... contra Aeschinem falsae legationis,
id. Or. 31, 111; Gell. 10, 24, 10; 10, 18, 91; Cic. Brut. 46, 169; Quint. 12, 10, 61; Cic. de Or. 2, 11, 45; id. Brut. 44, 164; Gell. 13, 25 (24), 15; cf. Quint. 4, 3, 13; 11, 2, 25.—
c.
Acc. to 1. f.:
contra patres concitatio et seditio,
Cic. Brut. 14, 56.—Of animals:
contra volpium genus communibus inimicitiis,
Plin. 10, 76, 96, § 207.
C.
With inanimate and abstract objects.
1.
Directly dependent on verbs (cf. B. 1.).
a.
Of physical or moral exertion:
cum fulmina contra Tot paribus streperet clipeis,
Verg. A. 10, 567:
pugnandum tamquam contra morbum, sic contra senectutem,
Cic. Sen. 11, 35:
contra verum niti,
Sall. J. 35, 8:
contra fortunam luctari,
Sen. Ben. 7, 15, 2; id. Brev. Vit. 10, 1; id. Ep. 78, 15; 99, 32; cf. Cic. Off. 1, 31, 110.—
b.
Of warfare (lit. and trop.):
bellum contra aras, focos, vitam fortunasque gerere,
Cic. Phil. 3, 1, 1:
bellum gerimus... contra arma verbis,
id. Fam. 12, 22, 1.—So of logical contradictions:
artificis autem est invenire in actione adversarii quae semet ipsa pugnent,
Quint. 5, 13, 30.—
c.
Of legal contention.
(α).
Of the actions of the counsel or prosecutor: dicere, or perorare, agere contra aliquid, to plead against, contest something:
contra argumenta, rumores, tabulas, quaestiones (opp. ab argumentis, etc.),
Auct. Her. 2, 6, 9 sqq.; Cic. de Or. 2, 27, 118:
contra ratiocinationem,
id. Inv. 2, 50, 153: contra scriptum dicere, to contest, controvert a written law or a document, id. ib. 2, 47, 138; 2, 48, 143; id. Brut. 39, 145; Quint. 7, 7, 1:
contra caput dicere,
to plead against life, Cic. Quint. 13, 44 (cf.:
servum in caput domini interrogare,
Paul. Sent. 1, 1, 34; 5, 16, 5 and 8; 5, 46, 3): contra libertatem agere, Dig. 40, 12, 26.—Pregn.:
contra rerum naturam, contraque consuetudinem hominum dicere (opp. contra nos dicere),
Cic. Rosc. Am. 15, 45.—
(β).
Of judicial decisions contradicting documents, etc.:
contra tabulas judicare,
Cic. de Or. 2, 70, 281:
contra testamentum,
Dig. 2, 17, § 1:
contra sententiam dicere,
ib. 49, 8, 1, § 2.—
(γ).
Admittere aliquem contra bona, to admit a petition for bonorum possessio (cf.:
inmittere in bona),
Dig. 38, 2, 3, § 6.—
d.
Of antagonism in literary and ethical questions.
(α).
To contend that something is false:
dicere, disputare, disserere contra opinionem or sententiam,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 4, 8; 5, 19, 55; id. de Or. 3, 18, 67; id. Fin. 5, 4, 10; id. Ac. 2, 18, 60; Sen. Ira, 1, 3, 3; id. Ep. 87, 5; 102, 5 (cf.:
in sententiam dicere,
in support of an opinion, Caes. B. G. 1, 45):
contra sensus dicere,
Cic. Ac. 2, 31, 101:
contra rhetoricen dicere,
Quint. 2, 17, 40.—
(β).
Of criticism, hostility to principles, etc.:
contra Iliadem et Odysseam scribere,
Vitr. 7, praef. 8:
contra quorum disciplinam ingenium ejus exarserat,
Cic. Tusc. 5, 29, 83.—
(γ).
Ethically:
contra voluptatem dicere,
that pleasure is a moral evil, Cic. Fin. 5, 8, 21:
contra mortem loqui,
that death is no evil, Sen. Ep. 82, 7;
in both senses: contra vitia, pericula, fortunam, ambitionem,
id. ib. 100, 10:
contra fortunam gloriari,
that fortune has no power over him, Cic. Tusc. 5, 9, 26; Sen. Ep. 26, 5.—
e.
Of public and political acts and speeches:
contra potentiam accusatorum dicere,
Cic. Brut. 44, 164:
contra legem dicere or verba facere,
id. Imp. Pomp. 15, 53; Liv. 34, 8, 1:
rogationem ferre contra coloniam ( = contra legem de colonia deducenda),
Cic. Clu. 51, 140; Auct. Her. 1, 17, 21; Plin. 8, 17, 24, § 64.—
f.
Of hostility, injury, wrongs, etc.
(α).
In gen.:
senatusconsulto quod contra dignitatem tuam fieret,
directed against, Cic. Fam. 12, 29, 2:
contra rem publicam se commovere,
id. Cat. 1, 26; 1, 3, 7:
incitari,
id. Sest. 47, 100:
consilia inire,
id. Agr. 2, 3, 8:
conjurationem facere,
Sall. C. 30, 6:
contra salutem urbis incitari,
Cic. Cat. 3, 8, 20:
cogitare aliquid contra salutem,
id. ib. 3, 9, 21: contra voluntatem or studium dicere, to oppose one's will in a speech:
esse aliquem in civitate qui contra ejus (Chrysogoni) voluntatem dicere auderet,
id. Rosc. Am. 22, 60; id. Phil. 1, 11, 28; id. de Or. 3, 34, 138; id. Mur. 4, 10; Tac. H. 2, 91:
ne quid contra aequitatem contendas, ne quid pro injuria,
do not array yourself against equity, Cic. Off. 2, 20, 71.— Trop.:
quis non contra Marii arma, contra Suliae proscriptionem irascitur? ( = Mario propter arma, Sullae propter proscriptionem),
Sen. Ira, 2, 2, 3.—
(β).
In partic.: facere contra aliquid (syn. adversus), to commit an offence against, to transgress, etc.:
si quis ad Antonium profectus esset... senatus existimaturum eum contra rem publicam fecisse,
Cic. Phil. 8, 11, 33; id. Mil. 5, 13; 6, 14; id. Off. 3, 10, 43; 3, 25, 95; S. C. ap. Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 8, 6; Liv. 25, 4, 7; so,
contra salutem rei publicae facere,
Cic. Dom. 38, 102:
contra majestatem,
against the emperor, Dig. 48, 4, 5:
contra leges,
Cic. Dom. 18, 48; id. Vatin. 7, 18; id. Fin. 2, 17, 55; id. Mur. 32, 67; id. de Or. 3, 19, 70; cf. id. Clu. 34, 92; id. Mur. 32, 68; id. Dom. 14, 38; id. Phil. 10, 6, 13; Gai Inst. 4, 121:
contra edictum (praetoris),
Cic. Verr 2, 3, 10, § 25; Dig. 39, 1, 20, § 1:
contra foedus,
Cic. Balb. 6, 16:
contra jusjurandum ac fidem,
id. Off. 3, 10, 43; id. Lael. 3, 30, 74; id. Verr. 2, 3, 3, § 7; Prop. 3, 30, 44 (2, 32, 44).—And ironically:
tune contra Caesaris nutum (sc. facies)?
Cic. Att. 14, 10, 1.—Rarely contra ea facere = contra facere, adverb. (cf. I. B. 8. and II. E. 1. b.):
corpus in civitatem inferri non licet... et qui contra ea fecerit, extra ordinem punitur,
Paul. Sent. 1, 21, 2; 1, 21, 12.—
2.
Predicatively with esse (usu. impers.), in violation of, in conflict with, contrary to (cf. 3. g).
(α).
With esse expressed as the predicate:
hominem hominis incommodo suum augere commodum magis est contra naturam quam mors,
Cic. Off. 3, 5, 21; id. Fin. 3, 9, 31; id. N. D. 3, 13, 33; Sen. Ep. 5, 4; Plin. 7, 8, 6, § 45:
contra leges or legem est,
Cic. Pis. 13, 30; id. Mur. 32, 67:
contra officium est,
id. Off. 3, 10, 43; 1, 10, 32; 1, 6, 19; cf. id. Lael. 11, 39; id. Off. 3, 15, 63; Liv. 6, 40, 5; Sen. Q. N. 2, 37, 2; Gai Inst. 3, 157; Dig. 30, 1, 112, § 3; 16, 3, 1, § 7.—With ellipsis of object (naturam), Cic. Fin. 5, 29, 89; cf.:
adeo res ista non habet ullam moram quae contra causas ignium sit,
unfavorable to the formation of fire, Sen. Q. N. 2, 26, 7.—
(β).
With verbal predicate, referring to an indef. pron. or adj., with esse understood:
scis hunc... nihil umquam contra rem tuam cogitasse ( = nihil quod contra rem tuam esset),
Cic. Rosc. Am. 50, 147; id. Mil. 5, 13:
aliquid contra animum audiendi,
something against our liking, Sen. Const. 19, 2.—So mostly with facere:
si quid Socrates aut Aristippus contra morem consuetudinemque fecerint,
Cic. Off. 1, 41, 148; id. Att. 3, 23, 2; 2, 22, 2; id. Off. 3, 15, 63; Sall. C. 15, 1; Dig. 8, 2, 11; 8, 2, 17; 35, 1, 79, § 2. —
(γ).
Contra officium, substantively, = id quod contra officium est:
Sic inter recte factum atque peccatum, officium et contra officium, media locabat quaedam,
Cic. Ac. 1, 10, 37.—
3.
Adverbially with the predicate.
(α).
In order to oppose, in opposition to, with hostile intent (cf. B. 3.):
eidem illam proscriptionem capitis mei contra salutem rei publicae rogatam esse dicebant,
that the proposal of the law was an attack on the republic, Cic. Prov. Cons. 19, 45; id. Rab. Perd. 12, 35; id. Phil. 10, 10, 22:
imperator contra postulata Bocchi nuntios mittit,
to reply to the demands, Sall. J. 83, 3; 25, 6; so,
advocare contra,
Sen. Cons. Polyb. 12, 4; id. Ep. 15, 2, 52:
si contra mortem te praeparaveris,
to meet death, id. ib. 11, 3, 8.—
(β).
With the force of a clause of manner, injuriously to, etc.:
quibus contra valetudinis commodum laborandum est,
Cic. Mur. 23, 47; Suet. Aug. 78:
contra hominis salutem,
with danger to a man's life, Cod. Just. 7, 62, 29.—
(γ).
In gen., of conflict with some rule or principle, contrary to, in violation of, without regard to ( = ita ut contra sit; cf. 2. supra; very freq. from the class. period;
syn. adversus): ceperitne pecunias contra leges P. Decius,
Cic. de Or. 2, 31, 136; id. Verr. 2, 1, 4, § 10; id. Fl. 34, 86:
pecuniam contra leges auferre,
id. Verr. 1, 18, 56; 2, 1, 10, § 27; 2, 5, 18, § 46; id. Har. Resp. 26, 56:
contra legem,
id. Rab. Perd. 3, 8; id. Dom. 16, 41:
contra jus fasque,
id. Har. Resp. 16, 34; id. Quint. 6, 28:
contra jus,
Liv. 5, 4, 14; id. Dom. 13, 55; id. Verr. 2, 5, 13, § 34:
contra jus gentium,
Liv. 4, 32, 5; 9, 10, 10; 21, 25, 7; 5, 36, 6;
6, 1, 6: contra juris rigorem,
Dig. 40, 5, 24, § 10 et saep.:
contra testimonium aliquid judicare,
without regard to, Cic. Brut. 31, 117:
aliquid contra verecundiam disputare,
contrary to the rules of decency, id. Off. 1, 35, 128:
aliquid contra fidem constituere,
Quint. 5, 13, 34:
quae majores nostri contra lubidinem animi sui recte atque ordine fecere,
contrary to the dictates of passion, Sall. C. 51, 4; id. J. 33, 1; cf. of logical opposition, II. E. 2. infra.—
4.
Dependent on substt.
a.
Of physical strife:
scit ille imparem sibi luctatum contra nexus (draconis),
Plin. 8, 12, 12, § 33. —
b.
Of warfare:
imperatorum copia contra tuum furorem,
Cic. Mur. 39, 83:
Parthorum gloria contra nomen Romanum,
Liv. 9, 18, 6: in castris perditorum contra patriam, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 23, 6.—
c.
Of legal contention:
causa contra scriptum,
Cic. Inv. 2, 46, 135.—
d.
Of political speaking:
divina M. Tullii eloquentia contra leges agrarias,
Quint. 2, 16, 7; 9, 3, 50; Gell. 18, 7, 7.—
e.
Of literary opposition:
Caesaris vituperatio contra laudationem meam,
Cic. Att. 12, 40, 1.—
f.
Of hostility, etc.:
cujus factum, inceptum, conatumve contra patriam,
Cic. Cat. 2, 12, 27:
ullum factum dictumve nostrum contra utilitatem vestram,
Liv. 6, 40, 5.—
g.
Of injury:
vitae cupiditas contra rem publicam,
Cic. Planc. 37, 90: contra serpentes venenum, fatal to serpents, or as a defence against serpents, Plin. 7, 2, 2, § 15.—
h.
Of violation, disregard, etc. (cf. 3. g):
iter contra senatus auctoritatem,
Cic. Phil. 2, 19, 48:
contra consuetudinem somnium,
Plin. 10, 77, 98, § 211:
bonorum possessio contra tabulas,
Dig. 37, 4, 3, § 13; Gai Inst. 3, 41.—
5.
Dependent on adjectives (very rare; cf.
II. D. 2. c. infra): contraque patris impii regnum impotens, avum resolvam,
Sen. Herc. Fur. 966.
D.
Of defence, protection, and resistance (syn.: adversus, ab).
1.
Against persons.
a.
Dependent on verbs:
cum populus Romanus suam auctoritatem vel contra omnes qui dissentiunt possit defendere,
Cic. Imp. Pomp. 22, 63: si ego consul rem publicam [p. 457] contra te et gregales tuos defendissem, id. Sest. 52, 111; 22, 49; 8, 20; id. Fam. 11, 27, 7; id. Phil. 2, 18, 45:
contra quem multum omnes boni providerunt,
provided a great defence, id. Mur. 38, 81: formula qua utitur patronus contra libertum qui eum in jus vocat, as a defence against, Gai Inst. 4, 46. —And of protection of plants against injurious animals:
contra haec animalia proderit, si, etc.,
Pall. 10, 3, 2.—
b.
Dependent on adjectives, mostly participial:
paratus contra,
Cic. Mil. 21, 56:
nihil satis firmum contra Metellum,
Sall. J. 80, 1:
contra potentes nemo est munitus satis,
Phaedr. 2, 6, 1.—
2.
Against inanimate and abstract things.
a.
Dependent on verbs:
contra avium morsus munitur vallo aristarum,
Cic. Sen. 15, 51:
propugnaculum, quo contra omnes meos impetus usurum se putat,
id. Verr. 2, 3, 16, § 40; 2, 5, 39, § 102:
publicam causam contra vim armatam suscipere,
id. Dom. 34, 91; id. Quint. 30, 94; id. Leg. 3, 3, 9:
contra tantas difficultates providere,
Sall. J. 90, 1; 76, 4; so,
contra ea,
id. ib. 57, 5:
patricii vi contra vim resistunt,
Liv. 3, 13, 4; Plin. 14, 2, 4, § 28; Tac. Agr. 45; Sen. Prov. 4, 12; id. Const. 5, 4.—
b.
Dependent on substt.:
suffragia contra oppugnationem vestrae majestatis,
Cic. Rab. Perd. 12, 35:
defensio contra vim,
id. Mil. 5, 14:
patronus justitiae fuit contra orationem Phili,
id. Lael. 7, 25; Plin. 29, 2, 9, § 30; 14, 3, 4, § 40:
contra labores patientia,
id. 23, 1, 22, § 37.—
c.
Dependent on adjectives (in Cic. freq. with P. a. predicatively used; otherwise very rare;
in later prose freq.): nec est quidquam Cilicia contra Syriam munitius,
against an attack from the side of Syria, Cic. Fam. 14, 4, 4:
ut nullius res tuta, nullius domus clausa, nullius vita saepta, nullius pudicitia munita contra tuam cupiditatem posset esse,
id. Verr. 2, 5, 15, § 39; id. Fin. 1, 16, 51; id. Mil. 25, 67; id. Tusc. 5, 8, 19; 5, 27, 76:
vir contra audaciam firmissimus,
id. Rosc. Am. 30, 85; Sall. J. 33, 2; 28, 5:
fortis contra dolorem,
Sen. Ep. 98, 18; Quint. 12, 1, 10:
callosus,
Plin. 11, 37, 54, § 147; 14, 2, 4, § 23:
far contra hiemes firmissimum,
id. 18, 8, 19, § 83:
equus tenax contra vincula,
Ov. Am. 3, 4, 13:
contraque minantia fata pervigil,
Claud. I. Cons. Stil. 1, 284.—
3.
Of remedies against sickness and its causes, poison, etc.; so only in Plin.; in Pall. only of preventives and of protection against hurtful animals, and against mental perturbations in gen.; cf. infra (syn. ad in Cat., Cic., Cels., Col.; adversus only in Celsus, who also has in with abl.).
(α).
Dependent on verbs:
cujus et vinum et uva contra serpentium ictus medetur,
Plin. 14, 18, 22, § 117; 7, 2, 2, § 13:
prodest et contra suspiria et tussim,
id. 20, 13, 50, § 128:
valet potum contra venena,
id. 28, 7, 21, § 74; 29, 4, 22, § 71; 29, 4, 26, § 81; 28, 8, 27, § 98; 16, 37, 71, § 180; 35, 6, 14, § 34; 28, 6, 18, §§ 65-67.—
(β).
Dependent on substt.:
remedium contra morsus,
Plin. 8, 32, 50, § 118; 10, 59, 79, § 163:
contra venena esse omnia remedio,
id. 16, 44, 95, § 251; 17, 24, 37, § 240; 7, 1, 1, § 4.—
(γ).
Dependent on adjectives:
vinum quod salutare contra pestilentiam sit,
Pall. 11, 14, 17.—
(δ).
Appositively, as a remedy:
cujus lacteum succum miris laudibus celebrat... contra serpentes et venena,
Plin. 5, 1, 1, § 16; 29, 4, 26, § 83. —So of remedies against affections:
Tiberium tonante caelo coronari ea (lauro) solitum ferunt contra fulminum metus,
Plin. 15, 30, 40, § 135; cf. Sen. Ira, 2, 21, 1; id. Tranq. 5. 1.
E.
Of logical opposition.
1.
With a neuter demonstrative (contra ea, contra haec, contra quae, quod contra = contra, adv.).
a.
The contrary, the reverse (very rare; cf.
I. D. 1.): sed mihi contra ea videtur,
but to me the contrary seems true, Sall. J. 85, 1:
omnia quae contra haec sunt, omnia quae contra sunt,
and vice versa, Quint. 5, 10, 90. —
b.
Contra ea, on the contrary, in logical antithesis (not in Cic. and Sall.; once in Caes. and Quint.; several times in Liv. and Nep.; cf.: contra ea, in other uses, II. A. 2. e. a, II. D. 2. a., II. A. 3. d., II. C. 1. f.):
omnes arderent cupiditate pugnandi... contra ea Caesar... spatiumque interponendum... putabat ( = at contra),
but Caesar on the contrary, Caes. B. C. 3, 74: superbe ab Samnitibus... legati prohibiti commercio sunt;
contra ea benigne ab Siculorum tyrannis adjuti,
Liv. 4, 52, 6; 2, 60, 1; 21, 20, 6;
44, 43, 5: pater... Thracem me genuit, contra ea mater Atheniensem,
Nep. Iphicr. 3, 4; id. praef. 6; id. Alcib. 8, 1.—And after a question, with immo (cf. I. E. 5. b.):
an infirmissimi omnium... (sumus)? Immo contra ea vel viribus nostris, vel, etc., tuti (sumus),
Liv. 41, 24, 8.—
c.
Quod contra, by anastrophe (v. F. 1.), contrary to which, whereas, while on the contrary (only once in Lucr. and three times in Cic.):
illud in his rebus vereor ne forte rearis, Inpia te rationis inire elementa viamque indugredi sceleris: quod contra saepius illa Religio peperit scelerosa atque impia facta,
whereas on the contrary, Lucr. 1, 81:
cujus a me corpus crematum est, quod contra decuit ab illo meum (sc. cremari),
Cic. Sen. 23, 84:
quod contra oportebat delicto dolere, correctione gaudere,
id. Lael. 24, 90 (B. and K. place a comma after oportebat; cf.
Nauck ad loc.): reliquum est ut eum nemo judicio defenderit: quod contra copiosissime defensum esse contendi,
id. Quint. 28, 87 (many consider contra in all these passages as an adverb; cf. Hand, Turs. II. p. 121 sq.; some explain quod as an ancient ablative, = qua re;
v. Ritschl,
Plaut. Exc. p. 57, Munro ad Lucr. 1, 82).—
2.
With an abstract noun, with the force of the adverb contra with ac or atque (I. F. 1.), contrary to, contrary to what, etc. (esp. in Sall., not in Cic.; cf. praeter): celeriter contraque omnium opinionem confecto itinere, contrary to the opinion ( = contra ac rati erant), Caes. B. G. 6, 30:
contra opinionem Jugurthae ad Thalam perveniunt,
Sall. J. 75, 9; Hirt. B. G. 8, 40.—Contra spem either contrary to the opinion, or against the hope:
Metellus contra spem suam laetissume excipitur ( = contra ac ratus, veritus est),
Sall. J. 88, 1; so,
cetera contra spem salva invenit,
Liv. 9, 23, 17:
contra spem omnium L. Furium optavit,
id. 6, 25, 5; Curt. 8, 4, 45;
but: at Jugurtha contra spem nuntio accepto ( = contra ac speraverat),
Sall. J. 28, 1; Liv. 24, 45, 3:
postquam... Jugurtha contra timorem animi praemia sceleris adeptum sese videt,
Sall. J. 20, 1:
ipse in Numidiam procedit, ubi contra belli faciem tuguria plena hominumque... erant ( = contra ac in bello evenire solet),
id. ib. 46, 5:
contra famam,
Plin. 13, 22, 43, § 126; 7, 53, 54, § 180:
segniterque et contra industriam absconditae formicae,
slowly, and in a manner different from their usual activity, id. 18, 35, 88, § 364.—Of persons:
frigidam potionem esse debere, contra priores auctores, Asclepiades confirmavit,
contrary to the opinion of the former physicians, Cels. 4, 26 (19).
F.
Sometimes by anastrophe after its noun.
1.
In prose, after relatives, esp. in Cic.:
quos contra disputant,
Cic. Ac. 2, 15, 47:
quem contra dicit,
id. Phil. 2, 8, 18 (v. II. B. 1. f.):
quem contra veneris,
id. Mur. 4, 9:
quas contra, praeter te, etc.,
id. Vatin. 7, 18:
eos ipsos quos contra statuas,
id. Or. 10, 34:
quos contra me senatus armavit,
id. Att. 10, 8, 8:
quam contra multa locutus est,
Sen. Ep. 82, 7, Plin. Ep. 1, 23, 3; Claud. in Rufin. 1, 332; v. also E. 1. c. supra.—
2.
After other words ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):
hunc igitur contra mittam contendere causam,
Lucr. 4, 471:
dicere eos contra,
id. 4, 484:
donique eum contra,
id. 5, 708:
agmina contra,
Verg. A. 12, 279:
magnum Alciden contra,
id. ib. 5, 414:
Paridem contra,
id. ib. 5, 370:
Italiam contra,
id. ib. 1, 13:
deos contra,
Ov. P. 1, 1, 26:
Messania moenia contra,
id. M. 14, 17:
litora Calabriae contra,
Tac. A. 3, 1.

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contrā, adv. and prep. [stem con, i. e. cum, through a comparative form conter; cf.: alter, uter, inter, praeter, etc.; in abl. fem. form like the locative adverbs ea, qua, etc.; cf.: ultra, intra, extra, citra], orig., in comparison with; hence, over against, fronting, in front, opposite, in opposition to, against, contrary to, opposed to, etc.
I.
Adv. (referring to an opposed object often with the force of a preposition with ellipsis of a pronoun, = against it, against him, etc.).
A.
Local.
1.
Lit., of position in front of a person, place, or thing.
a.
With verb of being or position expressed or understood.
(α).
Referring to living beings, opposite, in face of, face to face, facing, in front of, fronting, confronting (not in Cic., Caes., or Sall.):
feminam scelestam te, adstans contra, contuor,
Plaut. Pers. 2, 2, 26:
ut confidenter mihi contra adstitit,
id. Capt. 3, 5, 6; Lucr. 4, 223; 6, 929:
signum contra, quoad longissume oculi ferebant, animo finivit,
Liv. 1, 18, 8:
stat contra starique jubet,
Juv. 3, 290:
stat contra dicitque tibi tua pagina Fures!
Mart. 1, 55, 12:
ulmus erat contra,
in front of her, Ov. M. 14, 661:
templa vides contra,
in front (of us), id. ib. 7, 587.—Of position in front of the enemy:
contra conserta manu,
Plaut. Mil. 1, 1, 3: contra consistere, to make front against them, Caes. B. G. 2, 17.—
(β).
Referring to things and places, over against (it), opposite (to it), on the opposite side (mostly post-Aug.):
contra jacet Cancer patulam distentus in alvum,
Manil. 2, 253:
posita contra Hispania,
Tac. Agr. 11:
promuntorium quod contra procedit,
Plin. 4, 2, 3, § 6: relinquendae autem contra erunt vacuae tabellae, on the opposite side, i. e. of the leaf, Quint. 10, 3, 32: illo quaerente cur non decidant contra siti, the antipodes (cf. Cic. Ac. 2, 39, 123; v. II. A. 1. c. a), Plin. 2, 65, 65, § 161.—With the governing verb understood:
arguam hanc vidisse apud te contra conservum meum,
face to face, Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 91:
jam omnia contra circaque hostium plena erant, Liv 5, 37, 8: eadem verba contra (i. e. ponuntur),
side by side, Quint. 9, 3, 36; Verg. A. 6, 23.—
b.
With verbs of motion, so as to be opposite to an object or face to face with a person, variously rendered.
(α).
Referring to persons:
accede ad me atque adi contra,
come right up to me, Plaut. Rud. 1, 4, 23; id. Bacch. 3, 6, 6: hostes crebri cadunt; nostri contra ingruunt, advance to their front (in Plaut. hostility is not implied in contra), id. Am. 1, 1, 84: quis nos pater aut cognatu' volet contra tueri, face to face, eye to eye, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 12 Mull. (Trag. Rel. v. 444 Rib.); Att. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1, 55 (Trag. Rel. v. 538 ib.):
adspicedum contra me = contra adspice me,
Plaut. Most. 5, 1, 56 Lorenz ad lec.:
contra adspicere,
id. Mil. 2, 1, 45:
contra intueri,
Liv. 1, 16, 6; 9, 6, 8; Sen. Q. N. 1, 3, 6:
cum veniret contra Marcianus,
Quint. 6, 3, 95; Plin. 9, 46, 70, § 152.—
(β).
Of things:
hic ubi sol radiis... Adversa fulsit nimborum aspergine contra,
Lucr. 6, 525; Cels. 8, 8, 1:
quam (turrim) promoti contra validi asseres... perfregere,
Tac. H. 4, 30.—Reciprocally: oscula non pervenientia contra, not coming through (the wall) so as to meet, Ov. M. 4, 80.—
2.
Transf. to equivalents of weight, value, and price; so,
(α).
In Plaut. only in the colloq. phrases auro contra, aurichalco contra, and contra auro (sc. posito); lit., for gold placed against; cf.:
aes contrarium, s. v. contrarius: (servus) non carus'st auro contra,
at his weight in gold, Plaut. Ep. 3, 3, 30: jam auro contra constat filius, id. Truc. 2, 6, 57 (Speng. aurichalco): auro contra cedo modestum amatorem! A me aurum accipe. Pa. Cedo mihi contra aurichalco quoi ego sano serviam, id. Curc. 1, 3, 45 sq.; id. Mil. 3, 1, 63; 4, 2, 85; id. Ps. 2, 3, 23.—
(β).
In post-Aug. prose (very rare):
at si aquae et ejus rei quam contra pensabis par pondus erit, nec pessum ibit, nec exstabit, etc.,
Sen. Q. N. 3, 25, 5.—
3.
Of reciprocal actions, = vicissim, in turn, in return, back, on my, his, etc., part, likewise, counter-.
(α).
In gen.:
te ut deludam contra, lusorem meum,
Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 71:
quae me amat, quam ego contra amo,
id. Merc. 5. 2, 77; id. Cist. 1, 1, 96; id. Trin. 4, 2, 55; id. As. 2, 2, 110:
qui arguat se, eum contra vincat jurejurando suo,
make a victorious counter-charge, id. Mil. 2, 2, 37:
si laudabit haec Illius formam, tu hujus contra (i. e. lauda),
Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 54:
audi nunc contra jam,
listen in turn, id. Phorm. 4, 4, 18; id. Ad. 5, 4, 23:
at tu mihi contra nunc videre fortunatus, Phaedria, Cui, etc.,
you likewise seem fortunate to me, id. Phorm. 1, 3, 21:
Mettius Tullo gratulatur, contra Tullus Mettium benigne alloquitur,
Liv. 1, 28, 1:
contra ut me diligat illa,
Cat. 76. 23; Hor. S. 1, 3, 27 Orell. ad loc.—Hence, with ellipsis of inquit, = respondit:
cui latrans contra senex,
Phaedr. 5, 10, 7:
scietis, inquam, etc., contra Nigrinus: ad quem missi sunt? ego, etc.,
Plin. Ep. 7, 6, 4.—
Rarely with inquit, etc., expressed: at ille contra, renidens, Audi, inquit, discipule, etc.,
Gell. 15, 9, 9; cf.:
contra talia reddit,
Claud. B. Gild. 379.—
(β).
With dat. pers.:
consulo quem dolum doloso contra conservo parem,
Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 45:
facere contra huic aegre,
Ter. Eun. 4, 1, 10:
hiscine contra insidiabere?
id. Hec. 1. 1, 13:
tibi contra gratiam Referre,
id. ib. 4, 2, 7.—
(γ).
With item:
item a me contra factum est,
Plaut. Aul. prol. 20:
puellam senex Amat et item contra filius,
id. Cas. prol. 49; id. Pers. 5, 2, 36; id. Am. 1, 1, 67; Ter. Ad. 1, 1, 25.—
(δ).
Combining a reciprocal with a local relation (A. 1. a. a, and b. a): contra carinantes verba, exchanging abusive words ( face to face), Enn. ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 8, 361 (Ann. v. 181 Vahl.): tubae utrimque contra canunt;
Consonat terra,
Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 73; 1, 1, 86:
confer gradum Contra pariter,
id. Ps. 2, 4, 18; id. Truc. 1, 2, 28:
video amicam... Ubi contra adspexit me, etc.,
id. Mil. 2, 1, 45; Verg. E. 7, 8; cf. Lucr. 4, 243:
vesper adest, juvenes consurgite!... Cernitis, innuptae, juvenes? consurgite contra!
Cat. 62, 6.—
(ε).
Implying also opposition: Pe. Conpellabo. Ph. Orationis aciem contra conferam, Plaut. Ep. 4, 1, 20:
si scias quod donum huic dono contra comparet,
what counter gift, Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 63: quod Scipio postulavit... ut, etc. Et quod contra collega postulavit ne, etc., Annal. Trib. Pleb. ap. Gell. 7 (6), 19, 5:
si vobis aequa et honesta postulatio videtur, ego contra brevem postulationem adfero,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 2, 7; Nep. Epam. 6, 1;
Auct. B. Alex. 24: illo licente contra liceri audeat nemo,
to bid in opposition, Caes. B. G. 1, 18; Liv. 4, 53, 6:
agedum pauca accipe contra,
Hor. S. 1, 4, 38.—So in battle:
Numidae... Romanorum ordines conturbare... neque contra feriundi copia erat,
Sall. J. 50, 4; and in law: et ab eo is qui adoptat vindicat... et illo contra non vindicante, etc., Gai Inst. 1, 134; 2, 24.—Esp. in replies:
oratio contra a Demosthene pro Ctesiphonte edita,
Cic. de Or. 3, 56, 213:
dicit accusator haec: primum, etc.... quid contra reus?
id. Clu. 30, 81; id. Fin. 5, 22, 63; Curt. 4, 1, 10; 7, 9, 1.
B.
Of opposition, strife, etc., against; constr. absol., with dat., and ne, quominus or quin.
1.
Of physical exertion.
(α).
Lit.:
concurrunt... aetheriae nubes contra pugnantibu' ventis,
struggling against each other, Lucr. 6. 98:
nec nos obniti contra... Sufficimus,
bear up, battle against, Verg. A. 5, 21; Ov. M. 9, 50; 2, 434:
at ille contra nititur,
resists, Plin. 2, 38, 38, § 103; 7, 20, 19, § 82:
pars remigum, tamquam imperitia... officia nautarum impediebant. Mox contra tendere,
rowed in an opposite direction, Tac. H. 4, 16.—
(β).
Trop.:
te rogo ne contrahas ac demittas animum, neque te obrui tamquam fluctu... sinas, contraque erigas ac resistas,
Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 1, § 4:
et torrens judicem vel nitentem contra feret, cogatque ire qua rapiet,
Quint. 12, 10, 61.— With ne: vi contra niti, ne advorsus eum fiat, Cato ap. Gell. 7 (6), 3, 16.—With quominus, Lucr. 1, 780.—
2.
Of mental exertion:
si tibi vera videntur, Dede manus, aut, si falsum est, accingere contra,
arm yourself against them, Lucr. 2, 1043; 2, 280. —With dat.:
siti contra... pugnandum,
Cels. 4, 2 fin. —
3.
Of hostile opposition in gen.
(α).
Lit.:
quod animadversum est in eo qui contra omni ratione pugnarunt, non debeo reprehendere,
who made opposition in every way, Cic. Rosc. Am. 47, 137; id. Verr. 2, 2, 43, § 107:
contra etiam aliquid abs te profectum ex multis audivi,
something inimical, id. Fam. 5, 5, 2.—
(β).
Trop.:
aut alio quovis (sc. colore) qui contra pugnet et obstet,
Lucr. 2, 794; 2, 868.—
4.
Of warfare.
(α).
Lit.:
ut eos adversarios existimemus qui arma contra ferant,
Cic. Off. 1, 25, 87; 1, 12, 37; Vell. 2, 28, 4; cf.:
quid quod exercitum contra duxit?
Auct. Her. 4, 16, 23:
ut si qua ex parte obviam contra veniretur, acie instructa depugnarent,
if they should be attacked by an open charge, Caes. B. G. 7, 28:
issentque confestim ad urbem ni venire contra exercitum... audissent,
Liv. 7, 39, 17:
cum Romanae legiones contra direxerint,
would oppose their march, Tac. H. 4, 58; id. A. 6, 44.—With dat.:
et huic contra itum ad amnem Erinden,
Tac. A. 11, 10.—
(β).
Trop.:
quod ubi viderunt corvi, contra auxiliantur, velut adversus communem hostem,
Plin. 10, 74, 95, § 205.—
5.
Of legal contests.
(α).
With verbs of saying; v. 9. a.—
(β).
Venire contra, of any legal act with the intention to hurt the adversary:
quid? si omnium mortalium Sthenio nemo inimicior quam hic C. Claudius... fuit? si de litteris corruptis contra venit, etc.?
if he made a charge of forgery against him? Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 43, § 107; cf. II. B. c. b.—
(γ).
On the part of the adversary:
inveniendum contra est, quo distet haec causa a ceteris,
Quint. 5, 10, 114; 9, 2, 35; 12, 8, 10.—
(δ).
Of judgments against the parties or against opinions:
ne spoliaret fama probatum hominem si contra judicasset,
given an adverse decision, Cic. Off. 3, 19, 77; cf. Val. Max. 7, 2, 4; Cic. Caecin. 24, 69.—
6.
Of literary opposition.
(α).
Mostly with verbs of saying; v. 9. a. g.—
(β).
With other verbs:
astrologorum artem contra convincere tendit,
Lucr. 5, 728:
contra nunc illud pone, etc.,
Sen. Ben. 7, 14, 6:
habeat (liber meus) etiam quosdam qui contra sentiant et adversentur,
some dissentients and opponents, Quint. 3, 1, 5; 2, 17, 40; 3, 8, 69.—
7.
Of public and political opposition.
(α).
With verbs of saying; v. 9. a. d.—
(β).
With petere, to be a candidate for office in opposition to another:
nihil enim supererat de quo certarent, nihil quod contra peterent,
no office was left for which to canvass against each other, Cic. Agr. 2, 33, 91:
honores contra petere,
Quint. 6, 1, 17.—With ire, with dat., of an opposing vote in the senate (cf.:
pedibus ire): sententia Cassii ut nemo unus contra ire ausus est, ita dissonae voces respondebant,
Tac. A. 14, 45.—
8.
Of violation of law, contracts, etc.: contra facere, or contra committere, to violate, transgress a law, etc.: leges esse non ex ejus qui contra commiserit utilitate, spectari oportere, not in the interest of the transgressor, Cic. Inv. 2, 48, 153:
si quis sub hoc pacto vendiderit ancillam ne prostitueretur, et si contra factum esset,
and if the contract was violated, Dig. 18, 1, 56.—
9.
With verbs of saying, etc., contra dicere; less freq. disputare, disserere, pugnare, in the sense of dicere, and contra scribere (often contradico, in one word, in post-Aug. writers; esp. with dat.).
a.
Absol.
(α).
Contra dicere, to speak as counsel of the adversary, to plead his cause, in legal proceedings:
cum contra dicturus Hortensius esset,
would speak on the other side, Cic. Quint. 24, 77:
hoc... contra dicente Cotta judicatum est,
id. Caecin. 33, 97:
dixisse ut contra nemo videretur,
id. Brut. 53, 198: ut contra Crassus... exorsus est, began on the other side, id. ib. § 197.—Hence: qui contra dicit, the adversary or counsel of the adversary:
contra autem qui dicet, similitudinem infirmare debebit,
Cic. Inv. 2, 50, 151; id. Part. Or. 21, 108.—In the same sense: agens contra: si nos... impares agentium contra ingeniis dixerimus, that we are unequal to the talents of our adversary's counsel, [p. 453] Quint. 4, 1, 8.—
(β).
To make charges against (rare):
si qui contra vellet dicere, usurum esse eum suo testimonio,
Cic. Clu. 48, 134:
qua ratione nemo neque tum item fecerit, neque nunc contra dicat,
id. Quint. 29, 88; so,
contra disputare, of objections to or against a witness: nihil contra disputabo priusquam dixerit,
id. Fl. 21, 51.—
(γ).
In gen., to speak on the other side of a question:
fiebat autem ita, ut cum is qui audire vellet dixisset quid sibi videretur, tum ego contra dicerem,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 4, 8; id. Fin. 2, 1, 2; so,
contra disputare and contra scribere,
id. Or. 1, 19, 85; Vitr. 3, 1, 6; Quint. 2, 17, 13; Dig. 9, 2, 21, § 1.—Hence: qui contra dicunt or disputant, the opponents:
nec qui contra dicunt causam difficilem repellunt,
Cic. Fin. 3, 1, 2:
ad coarguendos qui contra disputant,
to refule his opponents, Quint. 2, 15, 26.—
(δ).
To oppose or object to a proposition, motion, or petition:
quam palam principes dixerunt contra!
protested against it, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 16, § 41; Caes. B. C. 1, 32; Cic. Clu. 47, 130.—With pugnare:
cum decerneretur frequenti senatu, contra pugnante Pisone, etc.,
Cic. Att. 1, 14, 5:
filius ejus incolumitatem optat: contradicit pater,
the father objects, Quint. 9, 2, 85; 9, 2, 83; Plin. ap. Gell. 9, 16, 5; Cic. Dom. 33, 87:
contradicente nullo,
Suet. Caes. 20; Dig. 3, 3, 15.—
(ε).
To reply:
contradixit edicto,
answered by an edict, Suet. Aug. 56. —
(ζ).
Abl. absol. impers.:
explorandum videtur an etiam contradicto aliquando judicio consuetudo firmata sit,
whether the custom has been confirmed by judgment upon a judicial contest, Dig. 1, 3, 34.—
b.
With acc. neutr. pron., to object, to make or raise an objection, to reply; esp. in legal proceedings:
ego enim, te disputante, quid contra dicerem meditabar,
Cic. N. D. 3, 1, 1:
ut contra si quid dicere velit non audiatur,
id. Fin. 5, 10, 27:
aiebat illum primo sane diu multa contra (i. e. dixisse), ad extremum autem, etc.,
id. Att. 2, 22, 2.— Hence: quod contra dicitur, or quae contra dicuntur, the objections:
ut et id quod intenderemus confirmare, et id quod contra diceretur refellere (possemus),
refute the objections, Cic. de Or. 1, 20, 90:
quia neque reprehendi quae contra dicuntur possunt, etc.,
id. ib. 2, 81, 331; id. Inv. 2, 44, 127; Quint. 1, 2, 17.—In the same sense, as subst.: contrā dicta, orum, n. plur.:
seu proposita confirmamus, sive contra dicta dissolvimus,
or refute the objections, Quint. 4, prooem. 6.—With acc. and inf.:
dicitur contra, nullum esse testamentum,
the objection is made that there is no testament, Cic. Agr. 2, 6, 42.—
c.
With dat., written in one word (post-Aug.).
(α).
To oppose a person by speaking against his views:
solitum se etiam Thraseae contradicere,
to oppose even Thrasea, Tac. H. 2, 91:
tibi,
Suet. Aug. 54:
Curioni...,
id. Rhet. 1. —Hence of answers and replies in law: quid si filium testatoris heres ejus prohibuit? Huic contradici potest: ergo pietatis, etc., he may be answered by this plea, etc., Dig. 11, 7, 14, § 13.—And of advisory answers opposed to one's legal views:
volenti mihi ream adulterii postulare eam, etc., contradictum est,
my views were disapproved, rejected, Dig. 48, 5, 11, § 10.—
(β).
To oppose an opinion, with dat. of the thing:
cum plures tantum sententiis aliorum contradicerent,
opposed the opinions, Tac. H. 1, 39.—
(γ).
To object to a motion or petition, with dat. of the petitioner:
patrem qui damnavit optat ne is torqueatur: pater ei contradicit,
the father objects, Quint. 9, 2, 81:
cum ambienti ut legibus solveretur multi contradicerent,
Suet. Caes. 18; Dig. 40, 5, 14; 40, 12, 33.—
(δ).
With dat. of the petition:
preces erant, sed quibus contradici non posset,
which could not be denied, Tac. H. 4, 46 fin.; Dig. 3, 1, 1, § 2.—
(ε).
To contest the validity of a law (rare):
quibus (legibus) contradici potest,
Quint. 7, 7, 4.—
(ζ).
To contradict an assertion (very rare):
pro certis autem habemus... cuicunque adversarius non contradicit,
Quint. 5, 10, 13.—
d.
With quin, to object:
praetor Samnitibus respondit... nec contra dici quin amicitia de integro reconcilietur,
there was no objection to a reconciliation, Liv. 8, 2, 2.
C.
To one's disadvantage; mostly predic. with esse, unfavorable, adverse, damaging (post-Aug.;
but cf. II. B. 2.): ut eum qui responsurus est vel tacere, vel etiam invitum id quod sit contra cogat fateri,
Quint. 7, 3, 14:
cum verba (legis) contra sint,
id. 7, 1, 49:
sed experimentum contra fuit,
unsuccessful, Tac. H. 2, 97 fin.:
ubi fortuna contra fuit,
id. ib. 3, 18:
si fortuna contra daret,
should be unfavorable, id. ib. 1, 65 fin.; id. A. 15, 13.
D.
Of logical opposition, with negative force.
1.
Of a direct contrast.
a.
Predicatively, with esse, fieri, etc., the contrary, the opposite:
quod fieri totum contra manifesta docet res,
but experience teaches that just the contrary is true, Lucr. 3, 686; 4, 1088:
in stultitia contra est,
with fools the reverse is true, Cic. Clu. 31, 84:
in hac quidem re vereor ne etiam contra (i. e. sit),
id. Att. 12, 46; id. Off. 1, 15, 49:
quod contra est,
Sall. J. 85, 21:
quis non credat, etc.? Contra autem est,
Sen. Q. N. 3, 25, 12; id. Ep. 7, 3; Dig. 37, 4, 4:
contra fore si, etc.,
ib. 34, 2, 39, § 2:
immo forsitan et contra (i. e. erit),
ib. 41, 3, 49:
ego contra puto (i. e. esse),
Plin. Ep. 1, 20, 7; Lampr. Alex. Sev. 25.—
b.
With evenire, accidere, sentire, scribere, habere, etc.:
utrumque contra accidit: istic enim bellum est exortum, hic pax consecuta,
of both the contrary has happened, Cic. Fam. 12, 18, 2; so Dig. 38, 2, 51:
id ego contra puto (sc.: faciendum esse),
id. Att. 10, 8, 2:
contra evenit in iis morbis,
Sen. Ep. 52, 7; Plin. 2, 65, 65, § 163:
ego contra sentio,
Sen. Clem. 1, 15, 5; Sedig. ap. Gell. 15, 24, 4; Dig. 40, 2, 25:
Proculus contra (sc. sentit),
ib. 35, 2, 1, § 14; 33, 7, 25:
licet Celsus contra scribat,
ib. 9, 2, 21, § 1: contra probatur, Gai Inst. 2, 78; Dig. 33, 7, 12, § 34.—Very rarely referring to a term in the same clause:
cujus disparem mitioremque naturam contra interpretabatur,
interpreted in an opposite sense, misinterpreted, misunderstood, Tac. H. 4, 86 fin. —
c.
Referring to a word or phrase in the same predicate.
(α).
To an adverb, in an opposite manner, otherwise, differently, not, etc.:
nam ad summam totius rei pertinet, caute an contra demonstrata res sit,
Cic. de Or. 2, 81, 330: quod viriliter animoque fit, id, etc.;
quod contra, id turpe,
id. Off. 1, 27, 94:
sit sapienter usus aut contra,
Quint. 2, 5, 15:
lactuca locis apricis optume autumno ponitur, mediterraneis aut frigidis contra ( = pessime),
Col. 11, 3, 25.—
(β).
To a predicative adjective, not, the opposite, the reverse, etc.:
ut aliae (res) probabiles videantur aliae contra,
improbable, Cic. Ac. 2, 32, 103; id. Off. 2, 2, 7:
quid est quod me impediat ea quae probabilia mihi videantur sequi, quae contra, improbare,
id. ib. 2, 2, 8; id. Or. 2, 31, 135; Quint. 4, 2, 52.—
(γ).
To a verbal predicate:
an frater fratri exsistat heres, an contra ( = annon),
Dig. 34, 5, 19.—
(δ).
To a subject infinitive:
laudare testem vel contra pertinet ad momentum judiciorum,
praising or censuring a witness, Quint. 3, 7, 2.—
(ε).
To a clause, translated by not or by a repetition of the clause with a negative:
quae secundum naturam essent, ea sumenda et quadam aestimatione dignanda docebat, contraque contraria,
those that were not, not, Cic. Ac. 1, 10, 36: quod cuidam aut sapiens videor quod una non jerim, aut felix fuisse;
mihi contra,
id. Att. 9, 12, 4: an credibile est, incestum cum filia commissum? Et contra, veneficum in noverca, adulterum in luxurioso? and incredible, etc., Quint. 5, 10, 19; so Dig. 9, 1, 2, § 1.—
(ζ).
To an attributive genitive:
Marius cognoscere quid boni utrisque or contra esset (i. e. mali),
Sall. J. 88, 2:
verum de origine laudis contraque perspiciemus suo tempore (i. e. vituperationis),
Quint. 2, 4, 21:
alii a propositione accusatoris contraque loci oriuntur,
the accuser and the accused, id. 7, 2, 31;
so in several titles of the Digests, as Depositi vel contra, = actio depositi, vel contraria actio depositarii,
Dig. 16, 3 tit.; so ib. 16, 17, 1; 16, 13, 6; 16, 13, 7.—
2.
Reversing the relation of terms in the preceding sentence, the reverse, conversely, vice versa, etc.
a.
With its own predicate: saepe... corpus aegret, Cum tamen ex alia laetamur parte latenti;
Et retro fit uti contra sit saepe vicissim, Cum miser ex animo laetatur corpore toto,
Lucr. 3, 108: illa altera argumentatio, quasi retro et contra, prius sumit, etc., ( proceeding), so to speak, backward and in inverted order, Cic. Part. Or. 13, 46: neque illud ignoro, etc.; sed non idem accidit contra, but the converse is not true, Quint. 8, 6, 3; Gell. 4, 2, 5: ut vocabula verbis, verba rursus adverbiis, nomina appositis et pronominibus essent priora. Nam fit contra quoque frequenter non indecore. for often, not inelegantly, the order is reversed, Quint. 9, 4, 24:
quae etiam contra valent,
i. e. if the terms are reversed, id. 3, 7, 25; 9, 2, 49; 8, 6, 25; 9, 4, 72.—
b.
Belonging to the same predicate:
ut quidque erit dicendum ita dicet, nec satura jejune, nec grandia minute, nec item contra,
Cic. Or. 36, 123:
cum emtor venditori, vel contra, heres exstitit,
Dig. 35, 2, 48:
in quibus patrium pro possessivo dicitur, vel contra,
Quint. 1, 5, 45; 5, 10, 71:
junguntur autem aut ex nostro et peregrino, ut biclinium, aut contra, ut epitogium et Anticato,
id. 1, 5, 68:
ut capras in montosis potius locis quam in herbidis (pascar), equas contra,
but with mares the reverse is the case, Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 16:
itaque ille dicere melius quam praecipere, nos contra fortasse possumus,
Cic. Or. 42, 143:
qua collegi solent ex his quae faciunt ea quae faciuntur, aut contra,
or vice versa, Quint. 5, 10, 80; Dig. 14, 1, 1, § 12; 48, 5, 23, § 4.
E.
In logical antithesis of clauses with a merely rhet. force, on the contrary, on the other hand, vice versa; sometimes almost = sed or autem (freq.).
1.
In independent clauses.
a.
Opposing persons or parties: fortunam insanam esse... perhibent philosophi... Sunt autem alii philosophi qui contra Fortunam negant ullam exstare, Pac. ap. Auct. Her. 2, 23, 36 (Trag. Rel. v. 372 Rib.); Caecil. ap. Cic. Tusc. 4, 32, 68; Varr. R. R. 1, 8, 1:
ego etiam quae tu sine Verre commisisti Verri crimini daturus sum... Tu, contra, ne quae ille quidem fecit, obicies,
Cic. Div. in Caecil. 11, 35:
ego contra ostendo, non modo nihil fecisse Sex. Roscium, sed, etc.,
id. Rosc. Am. 29, 79; id. Phil. 8, 3, 8; id. Off. 1, 30, 108; id. Fin. 5, 22, 62:
in Italia bellum gerimus, in sede ac solo nostro... Hannibal contra in aliena, in hostili est terra,
Liv. 22, 39, 13; 21, 50, 2; 3, 15, 2; 6, 7, 4; 9, 35, 4 et saep.; Nep. Alcib. 8, 1; Vell. 2, 31, 4; Sen. Ep. 9, 14; id. Ira, 2, 33, 6; Plin. 35, 10, 37, § 113; Tac. H. 3, 84; 3, 57; Suet. Tib. 2; id. Vit. 2; Just. 2, 1, 10; 8, 4, 11:
contra mercator, navim jactantibus austris Militia est potior?
Hor. S. 1, 1, 6; 1, 2, 30; 1, 3, 27; Prop. 2, 1, 45; 2, 23, 13 (3, 17, 3); Sen. Hippol. 214;
so with versa vice: barbarae gentes (Alexandrum) non ut hostem, sed ut parentem luxerunt... Contra Macedones versa vice non ut civem, sed ut hostem amissum gaudebant,
Just. 13, 1, 7.—
b.
Introducing a secondary or parallel opposition of thought: in loco umidiore far potius serunt quam triticum;
contra in aridiore hordeum potius quam far,
Varr. R. R. 1, 9, 4; 1, 1, 47: si nihil esset quod inane vocaret, Omne foret solidum;
nisi contra corpora certe Essent, etc., Omne quod est spatium vacuum constaret inane,
Lucr. 1, 521; 4, 348; cf.:
justa omnia decora sunt, injusta contra, ut turpia, sic indecora,
Cic. Off. 1, 27, 94; id. N. D. 2, 15, 41; id. de Or. 3, 33, 136; id. Quint. 30, 93: id. Off. 3, 21, 84; id. Leg. 2, 1, 2: facilem esse rem... si modo unum omnes sentiant; contra in dissensione nullam se salutem perspicere, Caes. B. G, 5, 31; Liv. 25, 30, 3; Sen. Ben. 1, 5, 2; Plin. 12, 19, 42, § 92; 11, 14, 14, § 35; Suet. Caes. 73; Gell. 1, 4, 5:
si male rem gerere insani est, contra bene, sani,
Hor. S. 2, 3, 74.—
2.
In opposition to a dependent clause:
ut hi miseri, sic contra illi beati quos, etc.,
Cic. Tusc. 5, 6, 16; so id. de Or. 1, 45, 198; Quint. 9, 3, 39:
cui ego rei tantum abest ut impedimento sim, ut contra te M. Manli adhorter, etc.,
Liv. 6, 15, 5; 6, 31, 4:
cum virtus adeo neminem spe ac pollicitatione corrumpat, ut contra in se inpendere jubeat, ac, etc.,
Sen. Ben. 4, 1, 2: aut igitur negemus quidquam ratione confici, cum contra nihil sine ratione recte fieri possit, aut, etc., whereas on the contrary, etc., Cic. Tusc. 4, 38, 84; cf.:
at contra,
Lucr. 2, 392.—
3.
With co-ordinate conjunctions.
a.
Copulative, et contra or contraque (never with ac or atque); also nec contra (rare), and on the other hand.
(α).
With reference to a reason or conclusion, after nam, enim, cum, or itaque: nam et ratione uti... omnique in re quid sit veri videre et tueri decet, contraque falli [p. 454]... tam dedecet quam, etc., Cic. Off. 1, 27, 94:
malus est enim custos... metus, contraque benevolentia fidelis,
id. ib. 2, 7, 23:
cum reficiat animos varietas ipsa, contraque sit aliquanto difficilius in labore uno perseverare,
Quint. 1, 12, 4; 3, 8, 32; 8, 6, 20:
itaque in probris maxime in promptu est, si quid tale dici potest, etc. Contraque in laudibus, etc.,
Cic. Off. 1, 18, 61; cf. Suet. Calig. 51; so with nec:
nam nec comoedia cothurnis assurgit, nec contra tragoedia socculo ingreditur,
Quint. 10, 2, 22.—
(β).
With contrasted examples or illustrations, often after ut or sic:
audivi ex majoribus natu, hoc idem fuisse in P. Scipione Nasica, contraque patrem ejus... nullam comitatem habuisse sermonis,
Cic. Off. 1, 30, 109:
ut suspitionibus credi oportere, et contra suspitionibus credi non oportere,
id. Inv. 2, 15, 48; Quint. 8, 4, 1; 5, 10, 48; 9, 3, 7; 9, 4, 52; 11, 1, 14; Sen. Ep. 82, 14; Dig. 17, 1, 22, § 4.—
(γ).
With contrasted actions, assumptions, etc.:
atque utinam qui ubique sunt propugnatores hujus imperii possent in hanc civitatem venire, et contra oppugnatores rei publicae de civitate exterminari!
Cic. Balb. 22, 51:
domo pignori data, et area ejus tenebitur... et contra jus soli sequitur aedificium,
Dig. 13, 7, 21:
equo et asina genitos mares, hinnos antiqui vocabant: contraque mulos quos asini et equae generassent,
Plin. 8, 44, 69, § 17: ceterum potest ex lege quidem esse judicium, sed legitimum non esse, et contra ex lege non esse, sed legitimum esse, Gai Inst. 4, 109; Plin. 2, 65, 65, § 161; 35, 15, 5, § 183.—
(δ).
After a negative clause, affirming the opposite idea, et contra or contraque, but on the contrary:
in quo (consulatu) ego imperavi nihil, et contra patribus conscriptis et bonis omnibus parui,
Cic. Sull. 7, 21:
nunc vero cum ne pulsus quidem ita sim ut superare non possim, contraque a populo Romano semper sim defensus, etc.,
id. Dom. 33, 88; id. Fin. 2, 17, 55; id. Marcell. 6, 20; so,
et contra,
Suet. Tit. 7.—
b.
With adversative conjunctions, at contra, sed contra, contra autem, contra vero (not verum contra, nor contra tamen).
(α).
At contra (freq.), merely a strengthened contra (v. 1. supra): huc accedit uti mellis lactisque liquores Jucundo sensu linguae tractentur in ore;
At contra taetri absinthi natura... foedo pertorqueat ora sapore,
Lucr. 2, 400:
cogunt,
id. 2, 74; 1, 366; 2, 235 et saep.: nos qui domi sumus, tibi beati videmur;
at contra nobis tu quidem... prae nobis beatus,
Cic. Fam. 4, 4, 2; id. Tusc. 1, 3, 5; id. Rosc. Am. 45, 131; id. Verr. 2, 5, 26, § 66; Sall. J. 36, 2; 4, 7; 15, 3; id. C. 12, 5:
ideo siccas aiunt Aethiopiae solitudines... At contra constat Germaniam abundare rivis,
Sen. Q. N. 3, 6, 2; 1, 3, 1; id. Ep. 100, 7; Plin. 7, 53, 54, § 186; Suet. Galb. 15; Tac. A. 4, 28.—
(β).
Sed contra, after a negative sentence (class.):
non quo acui ingenia adulescentium nollem, sed contra ingenia obtundi nolui,
Cic. de Or. 3, 24, 93; id. Att. 9, 15, 3; id. Ac. 1, 10, 35; id. Fl. 11, 26:
arma populi Romani non liberis servitutem, sed contra servientibus libertatem adferre,
Liv. 45, 18, 1:
tu ne cede malis, sed contra audentior ito,
Verg. A. 6, 95; Plin. Ep. 1, 10, 12.—PostAug. also without a preceding negation:
obiisse nostro Laium scelere autumant superi inferique: sed animus contra innocens... negat,
Sen. Oedip. 765; Symm. Ep. 6, 81.—
(γ).
Contra autem (rare;
in Cic. only where different subjects have contrasted predicates in dependent clauses): quia pacis est insigne toga, contra autem arma tumultus atque belli,
Cic. Pis. 30, 73.—In later writers = contra alone:
sub septemtrione aedificia... conversa ad calidas partes oportere fieri videntur. Contra autem sub impetu solis meridiani regionibus conversa ad septemtrionem... sunt facienda,
Vitr. 6, 1, 2; Gell. 14, 2, 19; Dig. 7, 1, 25, § 3; 34, 3, 25.—
(δ).
Contra vero (very rare;
not in Cic.), used for contra: contra vero quercus infinitam habet aeternitatem,
Vitr. 2, 9, 8; 6, 1, 3; Cels. 3, 6 fin. —
(ε).
Atqui contra, App. Mag. p. 287, 24.—
c.
With disjunctive conjunctions, aut contra, vel contra, seu contra, or on the contrary, or conversely (always without change of subject).
(α).
Aut contra:
num aut scriptum neget, aut contra factum infitietur?
Cic. Part. Or. 38, 133: quae (mens) aut languescit... aut contra tumescit, etc., Quint. 1, 2, 18:
si imbres defuere, aut contra abundavere,
Plin. 17, 24, 37, § 228.—
(β).
Vel contra:
hinc enim quaestiones oriuntur: Injuriam fecisti, sed quia magistratus, majestatis actio est? Vel contra: Licuit... quia magistratus?
Quint. 5, 10, 40; 9, 4, 96; Suet. Galb. 3; Dig. 35, 2, 56, § 4; 8, 4, 6.—
(γ).
Seu contra:
seu tristis veniam, seu contra laetus amicis,
Prop. 1, 11, 25.—
d.
With causal conjunctions, nam contra (very rare;
never contra enim): falso queritur de natura sua genus humanum quod, etc. Nam contra, reputando, neque majus aliud, neque praestabilius invenies,
Sall. J. 1, 1; Quint. 1, 1, 1; 9, 2, 23. —
4.
In late Lat., e contra (also one word, ēcontrā) = contra,
(α).
In the meaning, the contrary (D. 1.):
aliis vero econtra videtur,
Hier. Ep. 12.—
(β).
Et econtra = et contra (E. 3. a.):
honestiorum provectu et econtra suppliciis,
Aur. Vict. Caes. 39, 45.—For quod contra, v. II. E. 1. c.—
5.
With emphatic particles.
a.
Quin contra, nay on the contrary, opposing an affirmative sentence to a preceding negative statement (quin etiam amplifies without opposition; sed contra opposes without amplification; quin contra both opposes and amplifies);
not before Livy: num qui enim socordius rempublicam administrari post Calvi tribunatum... quam? etc. Quin contra patricios aliquot damnatos... neminem plebeium,
Liv. 6, 37, 8; 31, 31, 9; 35, 26, 10; 37, 15, 3.—
b.
Immo contra (post-Aug.).
(α).
= no, on the contrary, refuting opinions, after questions and in the form of a dialogue:
existimas nunc me detrahere tibi multas voluptates?... Immo contra, nolo tibi umquam deesse laetitiam,
Sen. Ep. 23, 3; Dig. 33, 7, 5; 33, 7, 29.—
(β).
= sed contra, but on the contrary:
proinde ne submiseris te, immo contra fige stabilem gradum,
Sen. Cons. Marc. 5, 6; id. Cons. Polyb. 15, 2; cf. prep.:
immo contra ea,
Liv. 41, 24, 8; cf. II. E. 1. b. infra.—
c.
Item contra = an emphatic et contra (very rare):
quoniam... beate vivere alii in alio, vos in voluptate ponitis, item contra miseriam in dolore, etc.,
Cic. Fin. 2, 27, 86; cf. I. A. 3. g supra.
F.
With a comparative clause introduced by ac, atque, or quam, representing a logical or moral opposition (contra atque debuit = non ita ut debuit; cf. Cic. Or. 3, 19, 70); cf. prep., II. C. 3. g, and II. E. 2. infra.
1.
Of logical opposition, contrary to, different from, otherwise than; in the best prose only with atque or ac.
(α).
With atque:
item, contra atque apud nos, fieri ad Elephantinem ut neque ficus neque vites amittant folia,
Varr. R. R. 1, 7, 6:
simulacrum Jovis, contra atque ante fuerat, ad orientem convertere,
Cic. Cat. 3, 8, 20; id. Sull. 24, 69:
judicium suscepturos contra atque omnis Italia populusque Romanus judicavisset,
Caes. B. C. 3, 12; id. B. G. 4, 13; Plin. 12, 19, 43, § 95.—
(β).
With ac:
itaque contra est ac dicitis,
Cic. Fin. 4, 15, 41:
vides, omnia fere contra ac dicta sint evenisse,
id. Div. 2, 24, 53; so id. Verr. 2, 4, 6, § 11; id. Or. 40, 137:
cum contra ac Deiotarus sensit victoria belli judicaret,
id. Phil. 11, 13, 34:
Petreius ubi videt, Catilinam, contra ac ratus erat, magna vi tendere, etc.,
Sall. C. 60, 5.—
(γ).
With ac and atque:
si denique aliquid non contra ac liceret factum diceretur, sed contra atque oporteret,
Cic. Balb. 3, 7.—
(δ).
With quam (post-Aug.):
cui contra quam proposuerat aliqua cesserunt,
Sen. Ira, 3, 6, 5; Plin. 10, 53, 74, § 149; 11, 21, 24, § 72; Gell. 6 (7), 8, 6:
contra quam licet,
id. 1, 3, 19; Sil. 15, 107.—
2.
Of moral opposition of acts contrary to rules and principles (cf. II. 3. g infra); so always with quam:
mater Aviti, generi sui, contra quam fas erat, amore capta,
contrary to the divine law, Cic. Clu. 5, 12:
ut senatus, contra quam ipse censuisset, ad vestitum rediret,
contrary to its own resolution, id. Pis. 8, 18:
contra quam ista causa postulasset,
id. Caecin. 24, 67:
contra quam sanctum legibus est,
Liv. 30, 19, 9; Cic. Leg. 2, 5, 11; id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 1, § 2; id. Dom. 46, 122:
contraque faciunt quam polliceri videntur,
Auct. Her. 4, 3, 6; Cic. de Or. 2, 20, 86.
II.
Prep. with acc., before, against, facing, towards, opposite to, contrary to (acc. to many scholars not ante-class.; cf. Hand, Turs. II. p. 108; but found Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 24 Fleck., a line omitted by Lorenz as a gloss; id. Pers. 1, 1, 13 Ritschl; Att. ap. Non. p. 469, 15, or Trag. Rel. v. 476 Rib.; cf. also Plaut. Poen. 5, 6, 18; Cato, R. R. 18, 1, and v. I. A. 1. a. b, and I. A. 1. b. a supra).
A.
Local uses.
1.
Opposite, over against, facing.
a.
Of countries and places (mostly of those separated by water;
adversus and e regione mostly of places opposite by land): insulae natura triquetra, cujus unum latus est contra Galliam,
Caes. B. G. 5, 13; 3, 9; 4, 20:
ad insulam quae est contra Massiliam,
id. B. C. 1, 56; 3, 23:
Rhodios, pacatis contra insulam suam terris, etc.,
Liv. 37, 15, 7; 3, 26, 8:
Carthago Italiam contra,
Verg. A. 1, 13; 5, 124; Ov. M. 14, 17:
insulae quae contra Tauri promuntorium inopportune navigantibus objacent, Chelidoniae nominantur,
Mel. 2, 7; Plin. 3, 26, 30, § 151; 6, 28, 32, § 152; 5, 7, 7, § 41; Tac. A. 3, 1; id. H. 2, 17.—
b.
Of the heavenly bodies:
donique (luna) eum (sc. solem) contra pleno bene lumine fulsit,
Lucr. 5, 708:
contra Volucris rostrum posita est Lyra,
Vitr. 9, 4, 5; Sen. Q. N. 1, 5, 9; 1, 8, 3; Plin. 2, 31, 31, § 99; 5, 10, 10, § 56.—So, tertium (latus Britanniae) est contra septem triones, opposite ( facing); hence, contra meridiem and contra ortus (instead of ad or adversus meridiem, etc.), facing the south and east, Plin. 6, 24, 24, § 85; 17, 2, 2, § 22. —So of a person standing in the sunlight:
cum minima umbra (i. e. a sole) contra medium fiet hominem,
Plin. 18, 33, 76, § 327; cf.:
contra mediam faciem meridies erit,
id. 18, 33, 76, § 326.—
c.
Of opposite ends of a line.
(α).
Of the diameter of the earth: esse e regione nobis e contraria parte terrae qui adversis vestigiis stent contra nostra vestigia, quos antipodas vocatis, Cic. Ac. 2, 39, 123.—
(β).
Of a line drawn:
contra autem E littera I erit ubi secat circinationem linea,
opposite the point E will be the letter I, Vitr. 9, 7, 4.—
d.
Of buildings, etc.:
contra hoc aviarium est aliud minus in quo quae mortuae sunt aves curator servare solet,
Varr. R. R. 3, 5, 5; Vitr. 5, 6, 3; 3, 5, 15:
(statuam) quae fuerit contra Jovis Statoris aedem in vestibulo Superbi domus,
Plin. 34, 6, 13, § 29:
contra medium fere porticum diaeta paulum recedit,
Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 20; 2, 17, 5; Suet. Aug. 44.—
e.
Of places on the human body:
id quod contra stomachum est,
Cels. 4, 5 (4, 12 med.); 7, 7;
4, 20 (13).—Of the direction of the intestines, etc.: ea... contra medium alvum orsa,
Cels. 4, 1 fin. —
2.
Of actions, opposite, towards, against, facing (syn.:
adversus, ad, e regione,
Caes. B. G. 7, 61).
a.
In gen.:
quamvis subito... quamque Rem contra speculum ponas, apparet imago,
Lucr. 4, 156: Democritus... clipeum constituit contra exortum Hyperionis, Laber. ap. Gell. 10, 17, 4:
et contra magnum potes hos (i.e. oculos) attollere solem, Nec tremis...?
Prop. 1, 15, 37; Col. 7, 3, 8:
rex constiterat contra pedites,
Curt. 10, 9, 13; 9, 5, 1:
ne contra septentrionem paveris,
Plin. 18, 33, 76, § 330; 28, 6, 19, § 69:
contra solem varie refulgens,
placed in the sun, id. 37, 10, 63, § 173; 10, 54, 75, § 151; 37, 6, 22, § 83;
37, 7, 25, § 95: cum terrestres volucres contra aquam clangores dabunt,
id. 18, 35, 87, § 363; 19, 8, 39, § 131.—
b.
Dependent on verbs of motion (very rare without the idea of hostility):
(Dinocrates) incessit contra tribunal regis jus dicentis,
towards, Vitr. 2, praef. 1.—So trop., of actions done for a purpose:
lege Cornelia de sicariis tenetur qui, cum in magistratu esset, eorum quid fecerit contra hominis necem quod legibus permissum non sit,
Dig. 48, 8, 4.—
c.
Appositively, with the predicate: (elephanti) tanta narratur clementia contra minus validos, ut, etc., if fronting weaker animals, if brought in contact with them (not to be connected with clementia), Plin. 8, 7, 7, § 23.—Similarly: dum... fidens non est contra feram, if fronting the animal (not dependent on fidens), Plin. 8, 16, 21, § 57.—
d.
Against an opposing action, etc.:
contra vim atque impetum fluminis conversa,
Caes. B. G. 4, 17, 5:
cum plateae contra directos ventos erunt conformatae,
Vitr. 1, 6, 8:
ut contra ventum gregem pascamus,
Col. 7, 3, 12; Sen. Q. N. 2, 31, 2; Plin. 29, 3, 12, § 52; 17, 2, 2, § 21; 8, 16, 21, § 54:
contra fluminum impetus aggeribus,
id. 35, 14, 48, § 169:
capite in sole contra pilum peruncto,
id. 27, 4, 5, § 17; 18, 35, 88, § 364; Varr. ap. Plin. 7, 20, 19, § 83; Sil. 14, 352; Dig. 9, 2, 29, § 4. [p. 455] — Trop.:
contra fortunam tenendus est cursus,
Sen. Prov. 5, 9.—Prov.:
contra stimulum calces,
kick against the pricks, Isid. Orig. 1, 36, 28 (al. calcitres); cf. Amm. 18, 5, 1.—
e.
Of local actions with hostile intent.
(α).
Lit.:
quae vis Coclitem contra omnes hostium copias tenuit?
Cic. Par. 1, 2, 12:
Pompeium Cartejae receptum scribis: jam igitur contra hunc exercitum (sc. constitit),
id. Att. 15, 20, 3:
pertimescam, credo, ne mihi non liceat contra vos in contione consistere,
to face you, id. Agr. 1, 8, 25; Lepidus ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 34, 1; Caes. B. C. 1, 26:
a fronte contra hostem pedum quindecim fossam fieri jussit,
id. ib. 1, 41; 1, 42; id. B. G. 7, 62:
Tullus adversus Veientem hostem derigit suos: Albanos contra legionem Fidenatium collocat,
Liv. 1, 27, 5; 24, 41, 5; 38, 4, 5; Verg. A. 12, 279; Front. Strat. 2, 2, 13; 2, 3, 17.—Appositively, with a local verb understood:
terribilis haec contra fugientes belua est, fugax contra insequentes,
i. e. if fronting, if placed opposite, Plin. 8, 25, 38, § 92.—
(β).
Trop.:
castra sunt in Italia contra populum Romanum in Etruriae faucibus collocata,
Cic. Cat. 1, 2, 5; id. Mil. 1, 2; Quint. 7, 7, 5:
tum contra hanc Romam illa altera Roma quaeretur,
will be as a rival against this Rome, Cic. Agr. 2, 22, 86:
cui rationi contra homines barbaros atque imperitos locus fuisset, hac ne ipsum quidem sperare, etc.,
Caes. B. G. 1, 40:
(Cicero) plerumque contra inimicos atque obtrectatores plus vindicat sibi,
when fronting adversaries, Quint. 11, 1, 23.—
f.
In partic.
(α).
Stare contra aliquem (opp. stare ab aliquo); usu. implying hostility; mostly trop., to stand against, to be arrayed against, to face, oppose:
quod contra hoc exemplum nulla staret eorum ratio,
Auct. Her. 4, 5, 7:
contra populi studium,
Cic. Brut. 34, 126:
contra civium perditorum... dementiam a senatu et a bonorum causa,
id. ib. 79, 273; so,
a mendacio contra veritatem,
id. Inv. 1, 3, 4:
contra cives in acie,
id. Att. 16, 11, 2:
et adversi contra stetit ora juvenci,
opposite, Verg. A. 5, 477; 5, 414:
haec enim (ratio) sola... stat contra fortunam,
Sen. Ep. 14, 4, 2: contra leonem etiam stetit, fronted, i. e. hunted, Spart. Carac. 5 fin. —
(β).
Contra aliquem ire:
aut saevos Libyae contra ire leones,
Stat. Th. 9, 16.— Trop.:
uti contra injurias armati eatis,
Sall. J. 31, 6:
interritus (sapiens) et contra illa (mala) ibit et inter illa,
Sen. Ep. 59, 8; cf.: contra venire, II. B. 1. c. b infra, and v. also II. B. 2. b. and II. B. 1. b. infra.—
3.
Transf.,
a.
To persons placed together for comparison:
C. vero Caesar, si foro tantum vacasset, non alius ex nostris contra Ciceronem nominaretur,
Quint. 10, 1, 114:
CORONATO CONTRA OMNES SCAENICOS,
Inscr. Grut. p. 331, n. 4.—
b.
To things compared, as if weighed against each other as to their value, strength, etc.
(α).
Lit. (very rare):
quamcunque vis rem expende, et contra aquam statue... Si gravior est, leviorem rem... feret, etc.,
Sen. Q. N. 3, 25, 5.—
(β).
Prop.:
cujus (i. e. generis humani) causa videtur cuncta alia genuisse natura, magna saeva mercede contra tanta sua munera,
Plin. 7, 1, 1, § 1:
qui amicus esse coepit quia expedit, placebit ei aliquod pretium contra amicitiam,
Sen. Ep. 9, 9:
numquam ulli fortiores cives fuerunt quam qui ausi sunt eum contra tantas opes ejus... condemnare,
Cic. Fam. 7, 2, 3:
tantum studium bonorum in me exstitisse, contra incredibilem contentionem clarissimi et potentissimi viri,
id. ib. 7, 2, 2; Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 9, 3:
nomen prorogans nostrum et memoriam extendens contra brevitatem aevi,
as a compensation for, Plin. 2, 63, 63, § 154.—So esp., valere contra, to weigh against, counterbalance, avail or prevail against: non vereor ne meae vitae modestia parum valitura sit contra falsos rumores, Matius ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 28, 8:
(illa facta) pro periculo potius quam contra salutem valere debere,
Cic. Part. Or. 35, 120; id. Off. 3, 29, 104:
contrane lucrum nil valere Pauperis ingenium?
Hor. Epod. 11, 11; Sen. Ben. 4, 15, 1; id. Cons. Helv. 5, 5; so,
robur habere contra: si contra unamquamlibet partem fortunae satis tibi roboris est,
id. ib. 13, 2;
so of counterchecks: in Creta decem qui cosmoe vocantur, ut contra consulare imperium tribuni plebis, sic illi contra vim regiam constituti,
Cic. Rep. 2, 33, 58.—Of antidotes: cimicum natura contra serpentium morsus valere dicitur, item contra venena omnia, Plin. 29, 4, 17, § 61.—Hence,
c.
Colloq., aliquid contra aurum est, something is worth gold, is superb, both predicatively and attributively (cf.: auro contra, I. A. 2. supra): hujusce pomaria in summa Sacra Via ubi poma veneunt, contra aurum imago, a spectacle for gold, i. e. a magnificent sight, Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 10 MSS. (al. aliter):
numcubi hic vides citrum... num quod emblema aut lithostratum? quae illic omnia contra aurum,
superb, id. ib. 3, 2, 4 MSS. (Schneid. omits aurum, ex conj.):
oneravi vinum, et tunc erat contra aurum,
Petr. 7, 6.—
d.
Transf., of replies, with aiebat, inquit, etc.; both in friendly and inimical sense; esp., contra ea, contra haec, = the adv. contra:
contra ea Titurius sero facturos clamitabat, etc.,
Caes. B. G. 5, 29:
contra ea Verginius unum Ap. Claudium et legum expertem et, etc., aiebat,
Liv. 3, 57, 1; 24, 45, 4:
quae contra breviter fata est vates,
Verg. A. 6, 398:
contra quod disertus Tu impie fecisti inquit, etc.,
Quint. 7, 1, 53 (cf.: contra ea, II. E. 1. infra).
B.
Denoting hostility or disadvantage.
1.
With verbs of hostile action.
a.
Of physical exertion:
pugnavere et tertio consulatu ejus viginti (elephanti) contra pedites quingentos,
Plin. 8, 7, 7, § 22:
proelium Afri contra Aegyptios primi fecere fustibus,
id. 7, 56, 57, § 200; 8, 40, 61, § 142. —
b.
Referring to warfare (usu. adversus), bellum gerere (rarely for cum or adversus; but contra patriam, contra aras, etc., not cum patria, etc.; cf.
bellum, II. A. 1. e.): a quo prohibitos esse vos contra Caesarem gerere bellum (opp. pro),
Cic. Lig. 8, 25; id. Phil. 5, 10, 27; Liv. Ep. 129.—With bellum suscipere:
contra Antonium,
Cic. Phil. 8, 2, 5; so,
contra patriam,
id. Sull. 20, 58:
pugnare contra patriam,
id. ib. 25, 70:
contra conjuges et liberos,
Sen. Ben. 5, 15, 5:
armatum esse contra populum Romanum,
Cic. Prov. Cons. 13, 32.—With arma ferre (freq.), Cic. Phil. 2, 29, 72; 13, 21, 47; Liv. 28, 28, 15; Nep. Att. 4, 2; Tib. 1, 6, 30; Ov. M. 4, 609; 13, 269; id. P. 1, 1, 26.—With arma sumere or capere, Cic. Rab. Perd. 6, 19; id. Phil. 4, 1, 2; 4, 3, 7:
armis contendere contra,
Caes. B. G. 2, 13:
arma alicui dare (trop.),
Cic. Phil. 2, 21, 53:
aciem instruere (trop.),
Liv. 25, 4, 4:
exercitum comparare,
Cic. Phil. 3, 6, 14; 4, 1, 2:
exercitum instruere,
id. Cat. 2, 11, 24:
exercitum ducere and adducere,
id. Phil. 4, 2, 5; 3, 4, 11:
exercitum contra Philippum mittere,
id. Inv. 1, 12, 17:
naves ducere contra,
Hor. Epod. 4, 19:
ducere contra hostes,
Liv. 1, 27, 4:
florem Italiae educere contra,
Cic. Cat. 2, 11, 24:
proficisci contra,
to march against, Liv. 1, 11, 3; 8, 2, 5:
auxilium ferre Rutulis contra Latinos,
Plin. 14, 12, 14, § 88:
juvare aliquem contra,
Caes. B. C. 1, 35:
consilium inire contra Sequanos,
to take hostile measures against, id. B. G. 6, 12.—
c.
Of legal contention (more freq. adversus, except with verbs of saying).
(α).
In gen., with agere or causam agere, to act as counsel against a party or his attorney:
cum agerem contra hominem disertissimum nostrae civitatis,
Cic. Caecin. 33, 97; id. Brut. 63, 226; Sen. Ben. 4, 15, 3; Quint. 11, 1, 59.—Causam recipere or suscipere contra, to accept a retainer against:
(causam) quam receperam contra pueros Octavios,
Cic. Att. 13, 49, 1; Quint. 6, 1, 12; Plin. Ep. 4, 17, 1.—Adesse alicui contra, to appear, act as one's counsel against:
rogavit me Caecilius ut adessem contra Satrium,
Cic. Att. 1, 1, 3; Plin. Ep. 1, 7, 5 al.; cf.:
esse contra,
id. ib. 1, 18, 3.— Trop.: conquesturus venit;
at contra se adfuit et satisfacienti satisfecit,
Sen. Fragm. Amic. 14, 1, 89:
causam defendere contra,
against the accuser, Cic. de Or. 1, 39, 178:
statuere contra aliquem (sc. causam),
to establish a case against an adversary, id. Or. 10, 34:
actio competit contra,
Dig. 49, 14, 41:
querelam instituere contra,
ib. 5, 2, 21, § 1:
bonorum possessionem petere contra,
ib. 5, 2, 23:
jus obtinere contra,
Cic. Quint. 9, 34:
pugnare contra,
to struggle against the accuser, id. Sull. 17, 49; id. Verr. 1, 11, 33:
id quod mihi contra illos datum est,
i. e. a local advantage over, id. Tull. 14, 33:
judicare contra aliquem,
id. Fl. 20, 48; Dig. 21, 2, 55; 5, 2, 14; Just. Inst. 4, 17, 2:
pronuntiare contra,
Paul. Sent. 5, 34, 2: dare sententiam contra, Dig. 21, 2, 56, § 1:
decernere contra,
Cic. Fl. 31, 76:
appellare contra aliquem,
Dig. 49, 1, 3; 49, 5, 6; cf.:
contra sententiam,
Cod. Just. 7, 62, 32, § 2.—Sentire contra aliquem, to have an opinion unfavorable to:
cur vos (cum) aliquid contra me sentire dicatis, etc.,
Cic. Caecin. 27, 79.—
(β).
Venire contra aliquem, to appear as counsel for one's adversary:
quid tu, Saturi, qui contra hunc venis, existimas aliter?
Cic. Rosc. Com. 6, 18; id. Mur. 4, 9; id. Phil. 8, 6, 18.—Venire contra rem alicujus, to give advice damaging one's interests:
contra rem suam me venisse questus est,
Cic. Phil. 2, 2, 3.—
(γ).
With dicere and other verbs of saying. (aa) Of a lawyer pleading against a lawyer:
ipse ille Mucius, quid in illa causa cum contra te diceret, attulit quod? etc.,
Cic. de Or. 1, 57, 244:
cum ille contra me pro Sex. Naevio diceret,
id. Brut. 60, 2, 7; id. de Or. 2, 7, 30; id. Rosc. Am. 15, 45; id. Div. in Caecil. 14, 44; id. Planc. 2, 5; id. Brut. 26, 102; so,
causam dicere,
id. Or. 2, 23, 98:
causam perorare,
id. Quint. 24, 77.—(bb) Of a lawyer's pleading against the parties: dic mihi, M. Pinari, num si contra te dixero mihi male dicturus es? Servil. ap. Cic. de Or. 2, 65, 261; 3, 34, 138; 1, 14, 60; id. Or. 35, 123; Quint. 11, 1, 57; cf. with ellipsis of acc.:
quorum alter pro Aufldia, contra dixit alter,
id. 10, 1, 22.—(ng) Of a party against a lawyer:
si Gaditani contra me dicerent,
if the Gaditani were my adversaries, Cic. Balb. 17, 38.—(dd) Of witnesses and experts, and the pleadings against them:
si decressent legationem quae contra istum diceret,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 4, § 12: contra testes dicere (opp. a testibus or pro testibus). Auct. Her. 2, 6, 9; Cic. de Or. 2, 27, 118 (cf.:
testimonium in aliquem dicere,
id. Sull. 17, 48; Quint. 7, 4, 36):
contra juris consultos dicere,
against their legal opinions, Cic. Caecin. 24, 69.—So of witnesses in scientific questions:
contra testes dicendum est,
Sen. Q. N. 7, 16, 1.—(ee) Dicere or contendere aliquid contra aliquem, to maintain a point against:
cum interrogamus adversarios... quid contra nos dici possit,
Auct. Her. 4, 23, 33:
tamenne vereris ut possis hoc contra Hortensium contendere?
Cic. Quint. 25, 78. —
d.
Of literary adversaries, mostly with verbs of saying and writing:
cum scriberem contra Epicurios,
Cic. Att. 13, 38, 1:
contra Epicurum satis superque dictum est,
id. N. D. 2, 1, 2:
contra Brutum,
id. Tusc. 5, 8, 21:
contra Academiam,
id. Ac. 2, 19, 63; id. Fin. 1, 1, 2; 5, 8, 22; id. Tusc. 5, 11, 32; 5, 30, 84; id. Ac. 2, 4, 17:
contra autem omnia disputatur a nostris,
id. Off. 2, 2, 8.—
e.
Of public and political adversaries (syn. adversus and in).
(α).
In gen.:
sentire contra,
Cic. Mil. 2, 5:
pugnare contra bonos,
id. Sull. 25, 71:
contra eos summa ope nitebatur nobilitas,
Sall. C. 38, 2; Cic. Sest. 19, 42; 52, 112:
(tribuni) qui aut contra consulem, aut pro studio ejus pugnabant,
Liv. 39, 32, 12.—
(β).
Of political speaking:
cum (Cato) eo ipso anno contra Serv. Galbam ad populum summa contentione dixisset,
Cic. Brut. 20, 80; so id. Imp. Pomp. 17, 53; Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 9, 1.—
f.
Of hostile or criminal acts in gen. (syn.:
adversus, in): inire consilia contra,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 38, 110; id. Cat. 1, 7, 18:
manum comparare contra aliquem,
id. Sull. 24, 68:
conjurationem facere,
id. ib. 4, 12:
congredi,
id. Lig. 3, 9; Sall. J. 64, 4:
aliquid contra imperatorem moliri,
Just. Inst. 4, 18, 3:
nec dolor armasset contra sua viscera matrem,
against her own offspring Ov. R. Am. 59.—Facere contra (more freq. with abstr. objects; cf. II. C. 1. f. b infra): nunc te contra Caesarem facere summae stultitiae est, to take parts against, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 16, 2:
eae (res) contra nos ambae faciunt,
operate against us, id. Quint. 1, 1.—With verbs of saying, etc.:
homo disertus non intellegit, eum quem contra dicit laudari a se?
Cic. Phil. 2, 8, 18; 2, 1, 2; 2, 21, 51; Sen. Ep. 15, 3, 70:
epigramma quod contra quamdam Gelliam scripsit,
Lampr. Alex. Sev. 38:
disputare contra deos, in two signif.: contra deum licet disputare liberius,
to accuse, reproach a god, Cic. N. D. 3, 31, 76; but: mala et impia consuetudo est contra deos disputandi, to reason against the gods, i. e. against their existence, id. ib. 2, 67, 168.—
2.
Predicatively, with esse (videri, etc.), against, injurious to, unfavorable, prejudicial, to one's disadvantage: ut [p. 456] ex senatusconsulto neque cujus intersit, neque contra quem sit intellegi possit, Cic. Mur. 32, 68; id. de Or. 3, 20, 75; 2, 74, 299; 2, 81, 330; id. Sull. 13, 39; Sen. Ben. 6, 31, 6:
licentiam malis dare certe contra bonos est,
injurious to, Quint. 4, 2, 75:
res contra nos est, of unfavorable chances in a lawsuit,
id. 4, 66, 1; 4, 2, 75; 5, 13, 32.—Often, contra aliquem = quod est contra aliquem, referring to indef. pronouns or adjectives:
nihil contra me fecit odio mei = nihil quod esset contra me,
Cic. Har. Resp. 3, 5; id. Off. 3, 31, 112:
quibus (temporibus) aliquid contra Caesarem Pompeio suaserim,
id. Phil. 2, 10, 24.—
3.
Added adverb. to the predicate, mostly referring to purpose, with hostile intent, for the purpose of some hostile act, in order to oppose, in opposition:
Caesarine eam (provinciam) tradituri fuistis, an contra Caesarem retenturi?
or keep it against Caesar, Cic. Lig. 7, 23:
sero enim resistimus ei quem per annos decem aluimus contra nos,
id. Att. 7, 5, 5:
judicium illud pecunia esse temptatum non pro Cluentio, sed contra Cluentium,
id. Clu. 4, 9; id. Imp. Pomp. 17, 52; id. Ac. 2, 28, 92:
cum quae facitis ejusmodi sint ut ea contra vosmet ipsos facere videamini,
id. Rosc. Am. 36, 104; Sen. Ep. 3, 7, 3: Curio se contra eum totum parat, i. e. to speak against him, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 8, 10; Caes. B. C. 1, 85 ter; Sen. Q. N. 1, 7, 1; Plin. 16, 39, 74, § 192; Plin. Pan. 41.—So with the force of a temporal clause:
fidem meam quam essent contra Massam Baebium experti,
in the suit against, Plin. Ep. 3, 4, 4.—
4.
Dependent on adjectives (rare):
contra se ipse misericors,
to his own injury, Phaedr. 4, 18, 3:
severissimus judex contra fures,
Lampr. Alex. Sev. 28.—
5.
With nouns.
a.
Acc. to 1. b.:
ut quam maximae contra Hannibalem copiae sint,
Cic. Inv. 1, 12, 17; cf. Vell. 2, 76, 3.—
b.
Acc. to 1. c. and 1. e.; so esp., oratio contra (cf.: oratio in).
(α).
Oratio contra (never in), of an address against the counsel of a party or against the prosecutor:
quid in omni oratione Crassus vel apud centumviros contra Scaevolam, vel contra accusatorem Brutum, cum pro Cn. Plancio diceret?
Cic. de Or. 2, 54, 220; cf.:
Cato pro se contra Cassium = in oratione contra,
Gell. 10, 15, 3; so,
haec perpetua defensio contra Scaevolam,
Cic. de Or. 2, 54, 221:
orationem illam egregiam quam (Aeschines) in Ctesiphontem contra Demosthenem dixerat,
id. ib. 3, 56, 213.—
(β).
Of an address against the party, either in judicial or political affairs:
unam orationem contra Gracchum reliquit,
Cic. Brut. 26, 99:
(Demosthenis) oratio contra Leptinem... contra Aeschinem falsae legationis,
id. Or. 31, 111; Gell. 10, 24, 10; 10, 18, 91; Cic. Brut. 46, 169; Quint. 12, 10, 61; Cic. de Or. 2, 11, 45; id. Brut. 44, 164; Gell. 13, 25 (24), 15; cf. Quint. 4, 3, 13; 11, 2, 25.—
c.
Acc. to 1. f.:
contra patres concitatio et seditio,
Cic. Brut. 14, 56.—Of animals:
contra volpium genus communibus inimicitiis,
Plin. 10, 76, 96, § 207.
C.
With inanimate and abstract objects.
1.
Directly dependent on verbs (cf. B. 1.).
a.
Of physical or moral exertion:
cum fulmina contra Tot paribus streperet clipeis,
Verg. A. 10, 567:
pugnandum tamquam contra morbum, sic contra senectutem,
Cic. Sen. 11, 35:
contra verum niti,
Sall. J. 35, 8:
contra fortunam luctari,
Sen. Ben. 7, 15, 2; id. Brev. Vit. 10, 1; id. Ep. 78, 15; 99, 32; cf. Cic. Off. 1, 31, 110.—
b.
Of warfare (lit. and trop.):
bellum contra aras, focos, vitam fortunasque gerere,
Cic. Phil. 3, 1, 1:
bellum gerimus... contra arma verbis,
id. Fam. 12, 22, 1.—So of logical contradictions:
artificis autem est invenire in actione adversarii quae semet ipsa pugnent,
Quint. 5, 13, 30.—
c.
Of legal contention.
(α).
Of the actions of the counsel or prosecutor: dicere, or perorare, agere contra aliquid, to plead against, contest something:
contra argumenta, rumores, tabulas, quaestiones (opp. ab argumentis, etc.),
Auct. Her. 2, 6, 9 sqq.; Cic. de Or. 2, 27, 118:
contra ratiocinationem,
id. Inv. 2, 50, 153: contra scriptum dicere, to contest, controvert a written law or a document, id. ib. 2, 47, 138; 2, 48, 143; id. Brut. 39, 145; Quint. 7, 7, 1:
contra caput dicere,
to plead against life, Cic. Quint. 13, 44 (cf.:
servum in caput domini interrogare,
Paul. Sent. 1, 1, 34; 5, 16, 5 and 8; 5, 46, 3): contra libertatem agere, Dig. 40, 12, 26.—Pregn.:
contra rerum naturam, contraque consuetudinem hominum dicere (opp. contra nos dicere),
Cic. Rosc. Am. 15, 45.—
(β).
Of judicial decisions contradicting documents, etc.:
contra tabulas judicare,
Cic. de Or. 2, 70, 281:
contra testamentum,
Dig. 2, 17, § 1:
contra sententiam dicere,
ib. 49, 8, 1, § 2.—
(γ).
Admittere aliquem contra bona, to admit a petition for bonorum possessio (cf.:
inmittere in bona),
Dig. 38, 2, 3, § 6.—
d.
Of antagonism in literary and ethical questions.
(α).
To contend that something is false:
dicere, disputare, disserere contra opinionem or sententiam,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 4, 8; 5, 19, 55; id. de Or. 3, 18, 67; id. Fin. 5, 4, 10; id. Ac. 2, 18, 60; Sen. Ira, 1, 3, 3; id. Ep. 87, 5; 102, 5 (cf.:
in sententiam dicere,
in support of an opinion, Caes. B. G. 1, 45):
contra sensus dicere,
Cic. Ac. 2, 31, 101:
contra rhetoricen dicere,
Quint. 2, 17, 40.—
(β).
Of criticism, hostility to principles, etc.:
contra Iliadem et Odysseam scribere,
Vitr. 7, praef. 8:
contra quorum disciplinam ingenium ejus exarserat,
Cic. Tusc. 5, 29, 83.—
(γ).
Ethically:
contra voluptatem dicere,
that pleasure is a moral evil, Cic. Fin. 5, 8, 21:
contra mortem loqui,
that death is no evil, Sen. Ep. 82, 7;
in both senses: contra vitia, pericula, fortunam, ambitionem,
id. ib. 100, 10:
contra fortunam gloriari,
that fortune has no power over him, Cic. Tusc. 5, 9, 26; Sen. Ep. 26, 5.—
e.
Of public and political acts and speeches:
contra potentiam accusatorum dicere,
Cic. Brut. 44, 164:
contra legem dicere or verba facere,
id. Imp. Pomp. 15, 53; Liv. 34, 8, 1:
rogationem ferre contra coloniam ( = contra legem de colonia deducenda),
Cic. Clu. 51, 140; Auct. Her. 1, 17, 21; Plin. 8, 17, 24, § 64.—
f.
Of hostility, injury, wrongs, etc.
(α).
In gen.:
senatusconsulto quod contra dignitatem tuam fieret,
directed against, Cic. Fam. 12, 29, 2:
contra rem publicam se commovere,
id. Cat. 1, 26; 1, 3, 7:
incitari,
id. Sest. 47, 100:
consilia inire,
id. Agr. 2, 3, 8:
conjurationem facere,
Sall. C. 30, 6:
contra salutem urbis incitari,
Cic. Cat. 3, 8, 20:
cogitare aliquid contra salutem,
id. ib. 3, 9, 21: contra voluntatem or studium dicere, to oppose one's will in a speech:
esse aliquem in civitate qui contra ejus (Chrysogoni) voluntatem dicere auderet,
id. Rosc. Am. 22, 60; id. Phil. 1, 11, 28; id. de Or. 3, 34, 138; id. Mur. 4, 10; Tac. H. 2, 91:
ne quid contra aequitatem contendas, ne quid pro injuria,
do not array yourself against equity, Cic. Off. 2, 20, 71.— Trop.:
quis non contra Marii arma, contra Suliae proscriptionem irascitur? ( = Mario propter arma, Sullae propter proscriptionem),
Sen. Ira, 2, 2, 3.—
(β).
In partic.: facere contra aliquid (syn. adversus), to commit an offence against, to transgress, etc.:
si quis ad Antonium profectus esset... senatus existimaturum eum contra rem publicam fecisse,
Cic. Phil. 8, 11, 33; id. Mil. 5, 13; 6, 14; id. Off. 3, 10, 43; 3, 25, 95; S. C. ap. Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 8, 6; Liv. 25, 4, 7; so,
contra salutem rei publicae facere,
Cic. Dom. 38, 102:
contra majestatem,
against the emperor, Dig. 48, 4, 5:
contra leges,
Cic. Dom. 18, 48; id. Vatin. 7, 18; id. Fin. 2, 17, 55; id. Mur. 32, 67; id. de Or. 3, 19, 70; cf. id. Clu. 34, 92; id. Mur. 32, 68; id. Dom. 14, 38; id. Phil. 10, 6, 13; Gai Inst. 4, 121:
contra edictum (praetoris),
Cic. Verr 2, 3, 10, § 25; Dig. 39, 1, 20, § 1:
contra foedus,
Cic. Balb. 6, 16:
contra jusjurandum ac fidem,
id. Off. 3, 10, 43; id. Lael. 3, 30, 74; id. Verr. 2, 3, 3, § 7; Prop. 3, 30, 44 (2, 32, 44).—And ironically:
tune contra Caesaris nutum (sc. facies)?
Cic. Att. 14, 10, 1.—Rarely contra ea facere = contra facere, adverb. (cf. I. B. 8. and II. E. 1. b.):
corpus in civitatem inferri non licet... et qui contra ea fecerit, extra ordinem punitur,
Paul. Sent. 1, 21, 2; 1, 21, 12.—
2.
Predicatively with esse (usu. impers.), in violation of, in conflict with, contrary to (cf. 3. g).
(α).
With esse expressed as the predicate:
hominem hominis incommodo suum augere commodum magis est contra naturam quam mors,
Cic. Off. 3, 5, 21; id. Fin. 3, 9, 31; id. N. D. 3, 13, 33; Sen. Ep. 5, 4; Plin. 7, 8, 6, § 45:
contra leges or legem est,
Cic. Pis. 13, 30; id. Mur. 32, 67:
contra officium est,
id. Off. 3, 10, 43; 1, 10, 32; 1, 6, 19; cf. id. Lael. 11, 39; id. Off. 3, 15, 63; Liv. 6, 40, 5; Sen. Q. N. 2, 37, 2; Gai Inst. 3, 157; Dig. 30, 1, 112, § 3; 16, 3, 1, § 7.—With ellipsis of object (naturam), Cic. Fin. 5, 29, 89; cf.:
adeo res ista non habet ullam moram quae contra causas ignium sit,
unfavorable to the formation of fire, Sen. Q. N. 2, 26, 7.—
(β).
With verbal predicate, referring to an indef. pron. or adj., with esse understood:
scis hunc... nihil umquam contra rem tuam cogitasse ( = nihil quod contra rem tuam esset),
Cic. Rosc. Am. 50, 147; id. Mil. 5, 13:
aliquid contra animum audiendi,
something against our liking, Sen. Const. 19, 2.—So mostly with facere:
si quid Socrates aut Aristippus contra morem consuetudinemque fecerint,
Cic. Off. 1, 41, 148; id. Att. 3, 23, 2; 2, 22, 2; id. Off. 3, 15, 63; Sall. C. 15, 1; Dig. 8, 2, 11; 8, 2, 17; 35, 1, 79, § 2. —
(γ).
Contra officium, substantively, = id quod contra officium est:
Sic inter recte factum atque peccatum, officium et contra officium, media locabat quaedam,
Cic. Ac. 1, 10, 37.—
3.
Adverbially with the predicate.
(α).
In order to oppose, in opposition to, with hostile intent (cf. B. 3.):
eidem illam proscriptionem capitis mei contra salutem rei publicae rogatam esse dicebant,
that the proposal of the law was an attack on the republic, Cic. Prov. Cons. 19, 45; id. Rab. Perd. 12, 35; id. Phil. 10, 10, 22:
imperator contra postulata Bocchi nuntios mittit,
to reply to the demands, Sall. J. 83, 3; 25, 6; so,
advocare contra,
Sen. Cons. Polyb. 12, 4; id. Ep. 15, 2, 52:
si contra mortem te praeparaveris,
to meet death, id. ib. 11, 3, 8.—
(β).
With the force of a clause of manner, injuriously to, etc.:
quibus contra valetudinis commodum laborandum est,
Cic. Mur. 23, 47; Suet. Aug. 78:
contra hominis salutem,
with danger to a man's life, Cod. Just. 7, 62, 29.—
(γ).
In gen., of conflict with some rule or principle, contrary to, in violation of, without regard to ( = ita ut contra sit; cf. 2. supra; very freq. from the class. period;
syn. adversus): ceperitne pecunias contra leges P. Decius,
Cic. de Or. 2, 31, 136; id. Verr. 2, 1, 4, § 10; id. Fl. 34, 86:
pecuniam contra leges auferre,
id. Verr. 1, 18, 56; 2, 1, 10, § 27; 2, 5, 18, § 46; id. Har. Resp. 26, 56:
contra legem,
id. Rab. Perd. 3, 8; id. Dom. 16, 41:
contra jus fasque,
id. Har. Resp. 16, 34; id. Quint. 6, 28:
contra jus,
Liv. 5, 4, 14; id. Dom. 13, 55; id. Verr. 2, 5, 13, § 34:
contra jus gentium,
Liv. 4, 32, 5; 9, 10, 10; 21, 25, 7; 5, 36, 6;
6, 1, 6: contra juris rigorem,
Dig. 40, 5, 24, § 10 et saep.:
contra testimonium aliquid judicare,
without regard to, Cic. Brut. 31, 117:
aliquid contra verecundiam disputare,
contrary to the rules of decency, id. Off. 1, 35, 128:
aliquid contra fidem constituere,
Quint. 5, 13, 34:
quae majores nostri contra lubidinem animi sui recte atque ordine fecere,
contrary to the dictates of passion, Sall. C. 51, 4; id. J. 33, 1; cf. of logical opposition, II. E. 2. infra.—
4.
Dependent on substt.
a.
Of physical strife:
scit ille imparem sibi luctatum contra nexus (draconis),
Plin. 8, 12, 12, § 33. —
b.
Of warfare:
imperatorum copia contra tuum furorem,
Cic. Mur. 39, 83:
Parthorum gloria contra nomen Romanum,
Liv. 9, 18, 6: in castris perditorum contra patriam, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 23, 6.—
c.
Of legal contention:
causa contra scriptum,
Cic. Inv. 2, 46, 135.—
d.
Of political speaking:
divina M. Tullii eloquentia contra leges agrarias,
Quint. 2, 16, 7; 9, 3, 50; Gell. 18, 7, 7.—
e.
Of literary opposition:
Caesaris vituperatio contra laudationem meam,
Cic. Att. 12, 40, 1.—
f.
Of hostility, etc.:
cujus factum, inceptum, conatumve contra patriam,
Cic. Cat. 2, 12, 27:
ullum factum dictumve nostrum contra utilitatem vestram,
Liv. 6, 40, 5.—
g.
Of injury:
vitae cupiditas contra rem publicam,
Cic. Planc. 37, 90: contra serpentes venenum, fatal to serpents, or as a defence against serpents, Plin. 7, 2, 2, § 15.—
h.
Of violation, disregard, etc. (cf. 3. g):
iter contra senatus auctoritatem,
Cic. Phil. 2, 19, 48:
contra consuetudinem somnium,
Plin. 10, 77, 98, § 211:
bonorum possessio contra tabulas,
Dig. 37, 4, 3, § 13; Gai Inst. 3, 41.—
5.
Dependent on adjectives (very rare; cf.
II. D. 2. c. infra): contraque patris impii regnum impotens, avum resolvam,
Sen. Herc. Fur. 966.
D.
Of defence, protection, and resistance (syn.: adversus, ab).
1.
Against persons.
a.
Dependent on verbs:
cum populus Romanus suam auctoritatem vel contra omnes qui dissentiunt possit defendere,
Cic. Imp. Pomp. 22, 63: si ego consul rem publicam [p. 457] contra te et gregales tuos defendissem, id. Sest. 52, 111; 22, 49; 8, 20; id. Fam. 11, 27, 7; id. Phil. 2, 18, 45:
contra quem multum omnes boni providerunt,
provided a great defence, id. Mur. 38, 81: formula qua utitur patronus contra libertum qui eum in jus vocat, as a defence against, Gai Inst. 4, 46. —And of protection of plants against injurious animals:
contra haec animalia proderit, si, etc.,
Pall. 10, 3, 2.—
b.
Dependent on adjectives, mostly participial:
paratus contra,
Cic. Mil. 21, 56:
nihil satis firmum contra Metellum,
Sall. J. 80, 1:
contra potentes nemo est munitus satis,
Phaedr. 2, 6, 1.—
2.
Against inanimate and abstract things.
a.
Dependent on verbs:
contra avium morsus munitur vallo aristarum,
Cic. Sen. 15, 51:
propugnaculum, quo contra omnes meos impetus usurum se putat,
id. Verr. 2, 3, 16, § 40; 2, 5, 39, § 102:
publicam causam contra vim armatam suscipere,
id. Dom. 34, 91; id. Quint. 30, 94; id. Leg. 3, 3, 9:
contra tantas difficultates providere,
Sall. J. 90, 1; 76, 4; so,
contra ea,
id. ib. 57, 5:
patricii vi contra vim resistunt,
Liv. 3, 13, 4; Plin. 14, 2, 4, § 28; Tac. Agr. 45; Sen. Prov. 4, 12; id. Const. 5, 4.—
b.
Dependent on substt.:
suffragia contra oppugnationem vestrae majestatis,
Cic. Rab. Perd. 12, 35:
defensio contra vim,
id. Mil. 5, 14:
patronus justitiae fuit contra orationem Phili,
id. Lael. 7, 25; Plin. 29, 2, 9, § 30; 14, 3, 4, § 40:
contra labores patientia,
id. 23, 1, 22, § 37.—
c.
Dependent on adjectives (in Cic. freq. with P. a. predicatively used; otherwise very rare;
in later prose freq.): nec est quidquam Cilicia contra Syriam munitius,
against an attack from the side of Syria, Cic. Fam. 14, 4, 4:
ut nullius res tuta, nullius domus clausa, nullius vita saepta, nullius pudicitia munita contra tuam cupiditatem posset esse,
id. Verr. 2, 5, 15, § 39; id. Fin. 1, 16, 51; id. Mil. 25, 67; id. Tusc. 5, 8, 19; 5, 27, 76:
vir contra audaciam firmissimus,
id. Rosc. Am. 30, 85; Sall. J. 33, 2; 28, 5:
fortis contra dolorem,
Sen. Ep. 98, 18; Quint. 12, 1, 10:
callosus,
Plin. 11, 37, 54, § 147; 14, 2, 4, § 23:
far contra hiemes firmissimum,
id. 18, 8, 19, § 83:
equus tenax contra vincula,
Ov. Am. 3, 4, 13:
contraque minantia fata pervigil,
Claud. I. Cons. Stil. 1, 284.—
3.
Of remedies against sickness and its causes, poison, etc.; so only in Plin.; in Pall. only of preventives and of protection against hurtful animals, and against mental perturbations in gen.; cf. infra (syn. ad in Cat., Cic., Cels., Col.; adversus only in Celsus, who also has in with abl.).
(α).
Dependent on verbs:
cujus et vinum et uva contra serpentium ictus medetur,
Plin. 14, 18, 22, § 117; 7, 2, 2, § 13:
prodest et contra suspiria et tussim,
id. 20, 13, 50, § 128:
valet potum contra venena,
id. 28, 7, 21, § 74; 29, 4, 22, § 71; 29, 4, 26, § 81; 28, 8, 27, § 98; 16, 37, 71, § 180; 35, 6, 14, § 34; 28, 6, 18, §§ 65-67.—
(β).
Dependent on substt.:
remedium contra morsus,
Plin. 8, 32, 50, § 118; 10, 59, 79, § 163:
contra venena esse omnia remedio,
id. 16, 44, 95, § 251; 17, 24, 37, § 240; 7, 1, 1, § 4.—
(γ).
Dependent on adjectives:
vinum quod salutare contra pestilentiam sit,
Pall. 11, 14, 17.—
(δ).
Appositively, as a remedy:
cujus lacteum succum miris laudibus celebrat... contra serpentes et venena,
Plin. 5, 1, 1, § 16; 29, 4, 26, § 83. —So of remedies against affections:
Tiberium tonante caelo coronari ea (lauro) solitum ferunt contra fulminum metus,
Plin. 15, 30, 40, § 135; cf. Sen. Ira, 2, 21, 1; id. Tranq. 5. 1.
E.
Of logical opposition.
1.
With a neuter demonstrative (contra ea, contra haec, contra quae, quod contra = contra, adv.).
a.
The contrary, the reverse (very rare; cf.
I. D. 1.): sed mihi contra ea videtur,
but to me the contrary seems true, Sall. J. 85, 1:
omnia quae contra haec sunt, omnia quae contra sunt,
and vice versa, Quint. 5, 10, 90. —
b.
Contra ea, on the contrary, in logical antithesis (not in Cic. and Sall.; once in Caes. and Quint.; several times in Liv. and Nep.; cf.: contra ea, in other uses, II. A. 2. e. a, II. D. 2. a., II. A. 3. d., II. C. 1. f.):
omnes arderent cupiditate pugnandi... contra ea Caesar... spatiumque interponendum... putabat ( = at contra),
but Caesar on the contrary, Caes. B. C. 3, 74: superbe ab Samnitibus... legati prohibiti commercio sunt;
contra ea benigne ab Siculorum tyrannis adjuti,
Liv. 4, 52, 6; 2, 60, 1; 21, 20, 6;
44, 43, 5: pater... Thracem me genuit, contra ea mater Atheniensem,
Nep. Iphicr. 3, 4; id. praef. 6; id. Alcib. 8, 1.—And after a question, with immo (cf. I. E. 5. b.):
an infirmissimi omnium... (sumus)? Immo contra ea vel viribus nostris, vel, etc., tuti (sumus),
Liv. 41, 24, 8.—
c.
Quod contra, by anastrophe (v. F. 1.), contrary to which, whereas, while on the contrary (only once in Lucr. and three times in Cic.):
illud in his rebus vereor ne forte rearis, Inpia te rationis inire elementa viamque indugredi sceleris: quod contra saepius illa Religio peperit scelerosa atque impia facta,
whereas on the contrary, Lucr. 1, 81:
cujus a me corpus crematum est, quod contra decuit ab illo meum (sc. cremari),
Cic. Sen. 23, 84:
quod contra oportebat delicto dolere, correctione gaudere,
id. Lael. 24, 90 (B. and K. place a comma after oportebat; cf.
Nauck ad loc.): reliquum est ut eum nemo judicio defenderit: quod contra copiosissime defensum esse contendi,
id. Quint. 28, 87 (many consider contra in all these passages as an adverb; cf. Hand, Turs. II. p. 121 sq.; some explain quod as an ancient ablative, = qua re;
v. Ritschl,
Plaut. Exc. p. 57, Munro ad Lucr. 1, 82).—
2.
With an abstract noun, with the force of the adverb contra with ac or atque (I. F. 1.), contrary to, contrary to what, etc. (esp. in Sall., not in Cic.; cf. praeter): celeriter contraque omnium opinionem confecto itinere, contrary to the opinion ( = contra ac rati erant), Caes. B. G. 6, 30:
contra opinionem Jugurthae ad Thalam perveniunt,
Sall. J. 75, 9; Hirt. B. G. 8, 40.—Contra spem either contrary to the opinion, or against the hope:
Metellus contra spem suam laetissume excipitur ( = contra ac ratus, veritus est),
Sall. J. 88, 1; so,
cetera contra spem salva invenit,
Liv. 9, 23, 17:
contra spem omnium L. Furium optavit,
id. 6, 25, 5; Curt. 8, 4, 45;
but: at Jugurtha contra spem nuntio accepto ( = contra ac speraverat),
Sall. J. 28, 1; Liv. 24, 45, 3:
postquam... Jugurtha contra timorem animi praemia sceleris adeptum sese videt,
Sall. J. 20, 1:
ipse in Numidiam procedit, ubi contra belli faciem tuguria plena hominumque... erant ( = contra ac in bello evenire solet),
id. ib. 46, 5:
contra famam,
Plin. 13, 22, 43, § 126; 7, 53, 54, § 180:
segniterque et contra industriam absconditae formicae,
slowly, and in a manner different from their usual activity, id. 18, 35, 88, § 364.—Of persons:
frigidam potionem esse debere, contra priores auctores, Asclepiades confirmavit,
contrary to the opinion of the former physicians, Cels. 4, 26 (19).
F.
Sometimes by anastrophe after its noun.
1.
In prose, after relatives, esp. in Cic.:
quos contra disputant,
Cic. Ac. 2, 15, 47:
quem contra dicit,
id. Phil. 2, 8, 18 (v. II. B. 1. f.):
quem contra veneris,
id. Mur. 4, 9:
quas contra, praeter te, etc.,
id. Vatin. 7, 18:
eos ipsos quos contra statuas,
id. Or. 10, 34:
quos contra me senatus armavit,
id. Att. 10, 8, 8:
quam contra multa locutus est,
Sen. Ep. 82, 7, Plin. Ep. 1, 23, 3; Claud. in Rufin. 1, 332; v. also E. 1. c. supra.—
2.
After other words ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):
hunc igitur contra mittam contendere causam,
Lucr. 4, 471:
dicere eos contra,
id. 4, 484:
donique eum contra,
id. 5, 708:
agmina contra,
Verg. A. 12, 279:
magnum Alciden contra,
id. ib. 5, 414:
Paridem contra,
id. ib. 5, 370:
Italiam contra,
id. ib. 1, 13:
deos contra,
Ov. P. 1, 1, 26:
Messania moenia contra,
id. M. 14, 17:
litora Calabriae contra,
Tac. A. 3, 1.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > contra dicta
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do, dăre, dĕdi, dătum - tr. -    - Quelques formes archaïques:    - danunt = dant    - duim = dem    - duis = des    - duit = det    - duint = dent    - duas = des    - dane = dasne.    - voir datum.    - voir datus.    - voir dato. [st1]1 [-] donner, offrir, confier, remettre, admettre, accorder, permettre, concéder, présenter.    - Ea causa illam (= ancillam) emi, dono quam darem matri meae - Ne duas (illam), neve te advexisse dixeris, Plaut. Merc.: Je l'ai achetée pour la donner à ma mère - Ne la lui donne pas et ne dis pas que tu l'as ramenée.    - dare alicui aliquid in manus: donner qqch à qqn en mains propres.    - dare alicui copiam: donner à qqn la possibilité.    - manus dare: se rendre.    - dare terga: tourner le dos, fuir.    - dare ut: - [abcl]a - accorder de (que). - [abcl]b - admettre que.    - id certe non dant ut... Cic.: ils n'admettent certainement pas que...    - dabat et famae, ut... Tac.: il tenait aussi à faire croire que...    - da femina ne sim, Ov. M. 12: accorde-moi de n'être pas femme.    - dare iter alicui per provinciam: permettre à qqn de passer par la province.    - dare + adj. verbal: donner à (l’adjectif verbal a le sens de l’infinitif de but.)    - agros locupletium colendos dedit, Cic.: il donna les terres des riches à cultiver.    - dare id alicui cogitendum, Cic.: soumettre cela aux réflexions de qqn.    - dare operam alicui rei: se consacrer à qqch.    - dare operam ut + subj.: faire en sorte que.    - dare bibere: donner à boire.    - da mihi castra sequi: permets-moi de suivre le camp.    - dare inter sese: [donner entre eux]= échanger mutuellement.    - dantur opes nulli nunc nisi divitibus, Mart. 5, 81, 2: on ne prête qu'aux riches.    - dare nomen: donner son nom, s’enrôler (pour le service militaire).    - impers. - datur: il est donné, il est permis, on permet, on peut.    - interim recedere sensim datur, Quint. 11, 3, 127: on peut toutefois se reculer tout doucement.    - nonne cernere datur...? Plin-jn.: ne nous est-il pas donné de voir...?    - dari sibi diem postulabat, Plin. Ep. 9: il demanda qu'on lui accordât un délai.    - locus se dat: l’occasion se présente.    - ut res dant sese, Ter.: selon que les choses se présentent, selon les circonstances. [st1]2 [-] mettre, remettre, livrer, abandonner; jeter, placer; servir (à table).    - data pridie Kal. Decembr.: (lettre) datée de la veille des calendes de décembre.    - hostes in fugam dare: mettre les ennemis en fuite.    - aliquem in custodiam dare: mettre qqn en prison.    - ad terram aliquem dare: jeter qqn à terre.    - dare se aegritudini: s'abandonner à la tristesse.    - dare aliquem leto, Phaedr.: mettre à mort qqn.    - dare diripiendam urbem, Cic.: livrer la ville au pillage.    - dare praedae, Liv.: livrer au pillage.    - dare funera in rogos, Ov.: jeter des cadavres sur les bûchers.    - dare alicui turdum, Hor.: servir une grive à qqn. [st1]3 [-] attribuer, imputer; fixer (un jour); imposer.    - avec double dat. - vitio alicui aliquid dare: reprocher qqch à qqn.    - crimini dedit mihi meam fidem: il m’a reproché ma bonne foi.    - dare aliquid alicui laudi: louer qqn pour qqch.    - dare diem colloquio: fixer un jour pour un entretien.    - dare diem alicui: assigner qqn en justice.    - dare alicui negotium ut...: donner à qqn la mission de...    - Fabio datum ut... Liv.: on chargea Fabius de... [st1]4 [-] causer, provoquer, produire.    - alicui damnum dare: causer du dommage à qqn.    - dare foras librum (= edere librum), Cic. Att. 13: publier un livre.    - dabat omnia tellus, Ov.: la terre produisait tout. [st1]5 [-] dire, exposer, raconter.    - iste deus qui sit, da nobis, Virg.: dis-nous quel est ce dieu.    - quam ob rem has partes didicerim, paucis dabo, Ter. Heaut.: pourquoi ai-je appris ce rôle? Je vais le dire en peu de mots.    - Thessalici da bella ducis, Val. Fl. 5: chante les combats du héros thessalien. [st1]6 [-] nommer, prononcer (un jugement); juger.    - dare sententiam: prononcer une sentence.    - absentibus secundum praesentes dabat, Suet.: il donnait gain de cause aux parties présentes contre les absents.    - dare litem secundum aliquem: donner gain de cause à qqn.    - si contra te lis data erit, Gell.: si c'est à toi qu'on donne tort. [st1]7 [-] faire jouer, jouer, représenter une pièce (de théâtre).    - dare fabulam: jouer une pièce. [st1]8 [-] locutions diverses.    - in pedes se dare: s’enfuir.    - se dare alicui, alicui rei: se consacrer à qqn, à qqch.    - dare operam alicui rei: s'adonner à qqch, s'appliquer à qqch.    - dare operam valetudini: s'occuper de sa santé.    - poenas dare: subir un châtiment, être puni.    - sic datur, Plaut.: tel est ton destin! tu as ce que tu mérites: attrape!    - dare tabellam de aliquo: **donner au juge un bulletin pour qu'il prononce la sentence de qqn** = faire prononcer une sentence.
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do, dăre, dĕdi, dătum - tr. -    - Quelques formes archaïques:    - danunt = dant    - duim = dem    - duis = des    - duit = det    - duint = dent    - duas = des    - dane = dasne.    - voir datum.    - voir datus.    - voir dato. [st1]1 [-] donner, offrir, confier, remettre, admettre, accorder, permettre, concéder, présenter.    - Ea causa illam (= ancillam) emi, dono quam darem matri meae - Ne duas (illam), neve te advexisse dixeris, Plaut. Merc.: Je l'ai achetée pour la donner à ma mère - Ne la lui donne pas et ne dis pas que tu l'as ramenée.    - dare alicui aliquid in manus: donner qqch à qqn en mains propres.    - dare alicui copiam: donner à qqn la possibilité.    - manus dare: se rendre.    - dare terga: tourner le dos, fuir.    - dare ut: - [abcl]a - accorder de (que). - [abcl]b - admettre que.    - id certe non dant ut... Cic.: ils n'admettent certainement pas que...    - dabat et famae, ut... Tac.: il tenait aussi à faire croire que...    - da femina ne sim, Ov. M. 12: accorde-moi de n'être pas femme.    - dare iter alicui per provinciam: permettre à qqn de passer par la province.    - dare + adj. verbal: donner à (l’adjectif verbal a le sens de l’infinitif de but.)    - agros locupletium colendos dedit, Cic.: il donna les terres des riches à cultiver.    - dare id alicui cogitendum, Cic.: soumettre cela aux réflexions de qqn.    - dare operam alicui rei: se consacrer à qqch.    - dare operam ut + subj.: faire en sorte que.    - dare bibere: donner à boire.    - da mihi castra sequi: permets-moi de suivre le camp.    - dare inter sese: [donner entre eux]= échanger mutuellement.    - dantur opes nulli nunc nisi divitibus, Mart. 5, 81, 2: on ne prête qu'aux riches.    - dare nomen: donner son nom, s’enrôler (pour le service militaire).    - impers. - datur: il est donné, il est permis, on permet, on peut.    - interim recedere sensim datur, Quint. 11, 3, 127: on peut toutefois se reculer tout doucement.    - nonne cernere datur...? Plin-jn.: ne nous est-il pas donné de voir...?    - dari sibi diem postulabat, Plin. Ep. 9: il demanda qu'on lui accordât un délai.    - locus se dat: l’occasion se présente.    - ut res dant sese, Ter.: selon que les choses se présentent, selon les circonstances. [st1]2 [-] mettre, remettre, livrer, abandonner; jeter, placer; servir (à table).    - data pridie Kal. Decembr.: (lettre) datée de la veille des calendes de décembre.    - hostes in fugam dare: mettre les ennemis en fuite.    - aliquem in custodiam dare: mettre qqn en prison.    - ad terram aliquem dare: jeter qqn à terre.    - dare se aegritudini: s'abandonner à la tristesse.    - dare aliquem leto, Phaedr.: mettre à mort qqn.    - dare diripiendam urbem, Cic.: livrer la ville au pillage.    - dare praedae, Liv.: livrer au pillage.    - dare funera in rogos, Ov.: jeter des cadavres sur les bûchers.    - dare alicui turdum, Hor.: servir une grive à qqn. [st1]3 [-] attribuer, imputer; fixer (un jour); imposer.    - avec double dat. - vitio alicui aliquid dare: reprocher qqch à qqn.    - crimini dedit mihi meam fidem: il m’a reproché ma bonne foi.    - dare aliquid alicui laudi: louer qqn pour qqch.    - dare diem colloquio: fixer un jour pour un entretien.    - dare diem alicui: assigner qqn en justice.    - dare alicui negotium ut...: donner à qqn la mission de...    - Fabio datum ut... Liv.: on chargea Fabius de... [st1]4 [-] causer, provoquer, produire.    - alicui damnum dare: causer du dommage à qqn.    - dare foras librum (= edere librum), Cic. Att. 13: publier un livre.    - dabat omnia tellus, Ov.: la terre produisait tout. [st1]5 [-] dire, exposer, raconter.    - iste deus qui sit, da nobis, Virg.: dis-nous quel est ce dieu.    - quam ob rem has partes didicerim, paucis dabo, Ter. Heaut.: pourquoi ai-je appris ce rôle? Je vais le dire en peu de mots.    - Thessalici da bella ducis, Val. Fl. 5: chante les combats du héros thessalien. [st1]6 [-] nommer, prononcer (un jugement); juger.    - dare sententiam: prononcer une sentence.    - absentibus secundum praesentes dabat, Suet.: il donnait gain de cause aux parties présentes contre les absents.    - dare litem secundum aliquem: donner gain de cause à qqn.    - si contra te lis data erit, Gell.: si c'est à toi qu'on donne tort. [st1]7 [-] faire jouer, jouer, représenter une pièce (de théâtre).    - dare fabulam: jouer une pièce. [st1]8 [-] locutions diverses.    - in pedes se dare: s’enfuir.    - se dare alicui, alicui rei: se consacrer à qqn, à qqch.    - dare operam alicui rei: s'adonner à qqch, s'appliquer à qqch.    - dare operam valetudini: s'occuper de sa santé.    - poenas dare: subir un châtiment, être puni.    - sic datur, Plaut.: tel est ton destin! tu as ce que tu mérites: attrape!    - dare tabellam de aliquo: **donner au juge un bulletin pour qu'il prononce la sentence de qqn** = faire prononcer une sentence.
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    Do, das, dedi, datum, dare. Donner, et faire celuy à qui l'on donne, seigneur de la chose donnee.

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    Da te mihi. Terent. Fay ce que je te diray.

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    Alicui se dare. Cic. S'addonner à suyvre aucun et le hanter, et aucunement s'assubjectir à luy.

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    Si viuo, adeo exornatum dabo, vt dum viuat, meminerit semper mei. Terent. Je l'accoustreray en telle sorte.

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    Oculos natura nobis ad motus animorum declarandos dedit. Cic. Nous a donné pour, etc.

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    Quis enim tibi dederit aut Deum omnia posse, aut, etc. Qui est ce qui t'accordera que, etc.

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    Puero quoque hoc a me dabis. Cic. De par moy.

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    Sed do hoc vobis et concedo, esse multos, etc. Cic. Je vous donne, accorde, et concede cela que, etc.

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    Da hoc illi mortuae, da caeteris amicis Cic. Fay cela pour l'amour et en faveur de la trespassee et de tes autres amis.

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    Exinde me ilico protinam dedi. Plaut. Je suis saillie incontinent hors de là.

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    Dare, Dicere. Plaut. Declarer, Dire.

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    Paucis dabo. Terent. Je declareray en brief.

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    Dare, Facere. Terent. Pol haud paternum istud dedisti. Ton pere ne t'avoit pas monstré de faire ceci, Tu as faict ici un tour que tu n'as pas apprins de ton pere.

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    Dabo statuam faciendam. Plaut. Je bailleray à faire.

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    Datur haec sexaginta minis. Plaut. On te la laisse pour, etc.

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    Vt res dant sese. Terent. Selon que les choses s'addonnent, ou viennent à poinct.

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    Vt se initia dederint, perscribas. Cic. Comme s'est porté le commencement.

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    Quod datur, accipio. Cic. Je me contente de ce qu'on me baille.

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    Dare actionem dicitur iudex, quando actiorem ad intendendam actionem admittit. Dicitur et Dare iudicium. Vlp. Vide actionem dare in AGO. Presenter ou mettre en barbe.

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    Dare aditum. Colum. Donner ou faire entree, Donner accez.

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    Adiumentum. Plaut. Aider, Faire avance.

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    Adiutorem ad rem aliquam. Terent. Donner aucun pour aide.

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    In adoptionem filium. Quintil. Donner son fils pour estre adopté par un autre.

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    In aequor se dare. Virgil. Se jecter en la mer.

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    Amplexus dare. Virgil. Embrasser.

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    Animam sub fasce dare. Virgil. Mourir soubs le fardeau.

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    Animos dare. Virgil. Donner courage, Encourager.

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    Animum suum alicui. Plaut. Mettre son cueur et son affection en luy.

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    Dant animum ad loquendum libere. Liu. Me donnent cueur et hardiesse de parler librement.

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    Animum moerori. Cic. Se contrister.

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    Annos venatibus. Valer. Flac. User ou employer son aage à la chasse.

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    Ansam ad reprehendendum. Cic. Bailler occasion.

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    Dare aquam in aluum. Celsus. Jecter dedens le ventre, comme un clystere.

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    Aquam manibus. Plaut. Verser de l'eaue sur les mains, Bailler à laver.

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    Arbitros dare. Caesar. Prouvoir les parties d'arbitres.

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    Auribus alicuius dare. Trebonius Ciceroni. Flatter aucun.

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    Aures dare. Seneca. Escouter, Prester l'oreille.

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    Aures suas alicui. Cic. Prester l'oreille, Donner audience.

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    Rem authorem. Plaut. Vide AVTHOR. Monstrer par effect.

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    Auxilia dare. Liu. Donner ou envoyer secours.

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    Beneficium dare. Cic. Faire plaisir.

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    Dare bibere. Terent. Donner à boire.

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    Boni multum alicui dare. Plaut. Faire grand bien.

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    Brachia dare ad funes. Ouid. Tendre les bras pour empoigner les chordes.

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    Brachia collo. Virgil. Accoller.

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    Caliginem dare. Liu. Donner obscurité.

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    Campo se dare. Virgil. Se mettre en plain champ.

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    Cantus dare. Virgil. Chanter.

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    Ad carnuficem dare. Plaut. Mettre entre les mains du bourreau.

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    Dare se in casum. Liu. Se mettre à l'adventure, et au hazard, Se hazarder.

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    Rem in casum dare, praelioque experiri statuit. Tacit. Adventurer.

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    In caueam dabo te. Plaut. Je te mettray en une cage.

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    Causam recusandi dare. Cic. Donner occasion.

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    Cibum ouibus dare. Varro. Donner à manger.

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    Ciuitatem alicui dare. Cic. Octroyer le droict de citoyen et de bourgeois en une ville.

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    Clamorem ad astra dare. Sil. Crier hault à merveilles.

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    Claritatem alicui dare. Plin. Le mettre en reputation, et luy donner bruit.

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    Claritatem arti alicui. Plin. La mettre en bruit.

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    Coenam alicui. Plaut. Donner à soupper.

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    Cognitionem Consulibus dat lex. Cic. Leur donne povoir et authorité d'en congnoistre.

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    Lacertis colla dare. Stat. Se laisser accoller.

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    Retro colla dare. Ouid. Tourner le col derriere.

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    Colloquium alicui dare. Liu. Le laisser parlementer avec soy.

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    Se comitem alicui. Liu. L'accompaigner, Luy faire compagnie.

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    Commeatum militi dare. Liu. Vide COMMEATVS. Luy donner congé pour quelque temps.

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    Connubia gentibus. Ouid. Donner des femmes en mariage.

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    Consilium dare. Terent. Donner conseil.

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    In conspectum dare. Terent. Presenter aucun, Mettre devant les yeulx, Mettre en barbe.

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    Se in conspectum alicuius dare. Cic. Se monstrer.

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    Se in consuetudinem vel familiaritatem alterius. Cic. Le hanter ordinairement, Prendre familiarité avec luy, Estre grandement son familier.

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    Copiam dare. Terent. Donner permission, Permettre.

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    Crimini dare. Cic. Accuser aucun, Mettre sus quelque cas à quelqu'un.

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    Crucibus. Plaut. Crucifier.

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    Curam alicui dare. Cic. Luy bailler charge.

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    In custodiam vel custodias dare. Liu. Emprisonner, Mettre en prison.

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    Se in custodiam dare. Cic. S'emprisonner soymesme.

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    Damnum dare. Plaut. Nuire et faire dommage.

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    Auxilia decus id non dant. Plin. Ne font pas avoir cest honneur.

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    Vos illi fugati exercitus dedistis decus. Liu. Vous luy avez donné l'honneur d'avoir mis en fuite, etc.

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    Defensionem dare. Suet. Ouir quelqu'un en ses defenses.

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    Dare se in delicias. Seneca. S'addonner à delices.

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    Dare dexteras. Plaut. Toucher en la main d'un autre.

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    Dextris inter se datis. Liuius. Ayant touché en la main l'un de l'autre.

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    Dexteram dare misero. Virgil. Aider et secourir.

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    Dare dextras, fidemque, haud impune adultero fore. Liu. Promettez en touchant en la main l'un de l'autre.

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    Haec vbi dicta dedit, stringit gladium. Liu. Apres avoir dict ces parolles.

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    Dicta dulcia dare. Plaut. Parler doulcement.

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    Diem. Cic. Donner jour, Adjourner.

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    Dari sibi diem ad diluenda crimina postulant. Plin. iunior. Ils demandent delay.

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    In discrimen legiones dare. Tacit. Mettre en danger.

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    Dare in diuitias filiam. Plaut. Marier richement.

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    Quo documentum dedistis hostibus, non cum Scipionibus extinctum esse nomen Romanum. Liu. Vous leur avez donné à congnoistre.

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    Dolorem alicui dare. Cic. Contrister aucun, Luy donner et faire ennuy.

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    Dolores ingentes. Horat. Donner et faire grans ennuis.

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    Se dolori dare. Plin. iunior. Se contrister.

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    Dare dono. Virgil. Donner en pur don.

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    Dotem dare. Terent. Donner dot, Assigner.

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    Dubitationem alicui. Caesar. Mettre en doubte et en crainte.

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    Duras alicui dare. Sub. poenas. Terent. Luy bailler fort à faire.

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    Epulas oculis dare. Plaut. Repaistre ses yeulx.

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    Esui dare. Plin. Bailler à manger.

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    Exceptionem alicui dare. Cic. Bailler exception.

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    Excidio ac ruinis opus aliquod dare. Liu. Destruire et ruiner, Demolir.

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    Da me excruciatum. Plaut. Tormente moy.

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    Exercitum ducendum dare. Liu. Donner la charge de conduire l'armee. \ Exilium dare alicui. Tacit. Bannir.

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    Exitio dare. Tacit. Faire mourir.

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    Expectationem dare. Cic. Mettre les gens en esperance.

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    Experimentum insignis artificii. Sueton. Faire preuve, Faire chef d'oeuvre.

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    Exuuias ad hostes dare. Plaut. Estre despouillé des ennemis.

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    Fabulam dare. Cic. Jouer une farce, ou Bailler une farce pour estre jouee. \ Factum dare. Plaut. Rendre faict.

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    Dare facere. Cic. Donner ou faire.

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    - dare facultatem obsecro Huic pariundi. Terent. Donnez luy l'aisance d'enfanter, Donnez luy le moyen.

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    His ego duobus generibus facultatem ad se aere alieno liberandas aut leuandas dedi. Cic. Je leur donnay le moyen.

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    Data est mihi facultas, vt meo arbitratu facerem. Cic. On m'a donné permission.

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    Famae aliquid dare. Horat. Faire quelque chose pour acquerir bruit et renommee.

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    Famae dare. Tacit. Publier, Divulguer, Semer par tout.

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    Famam celeritatis dare. Plin. Donner bruit.

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    Fidem dare. Cic. Promettre, Asseurer, Jurer.

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    Dare fiduciam. Liu. Asseurer, Donner hardiesse.

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    Flammas. Ouid. Jecter flamme.

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    Fluctibus dare se. Valer. Flac. Aller sur la mer, Se mettre sur mer.

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    Foenore dare. Plaut. Prester à usure, ou à interest.

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    In foenus. Varro. Bailler à usure, ou à interest.

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    Foras se dare. Lucret. Sortir dehors.

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    Foras vestem dare. Plaut. Prester sa robbe à quelqu'un qui n'est point de nostre maison.

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    Dare fraenos impotenti naturae et indomito animali. Liu. Bailler un mors pour donter, Bailler une bride, Tenir en bride et subjection.

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    Fructum meliorem arbores dare dicuntur. Columel. Porter meilleur fruict.

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    Fugam, stragemque. Liu. Mettre en fuite et tuer beaucoup de gens.

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    Dare aliquem in fugam. Caesar. Le faire fuir, Le mettre en fuite, Luy donner la chasse.

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    Gemitum dare. Virgil. Gemir.

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    Se gemitui dare. Cic. Se prendre à escrier doloreusement, et Mener dueil.

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    Gemmas digitis dare. Ouidius. Mettre en ses doigts des anneaux garniz de pierreries.

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    Dare aliquid gratiae alicuius. Liu. Faire quelque chose pour l'amour d'aucun.

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    Gustum dare. Senec. Donner une preuve ou essay, Faire une monstre de quelque chose parquoy on puist juger du reste, Donner à gouster et taster.

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    Gyros. Virgil. Apprendre à voltiger un cheval.

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    Habenas laxas dare. Virgil. Lascher la bride.

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    Quin te hilarem das mihi? Plautus. Que ne te resjouis tu, et fais bonne chere avec moy?

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    Dare aliquid honori alicuius. Senec. Faire quelque chose pour l'honneur d'aucun.

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    Hospitium dare. Ouid. Loger quelqu'un.

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    Hostem. Tacit. Presenter en barbe.

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    Iacturam dare. Plaut. Porter dommage.

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    Immunitatem muneris alicuius. Cic. Donner exemption d'aucune charge, Exempter.

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    Impetum dare. Liu. Donner dedens les ennemis, Courir de grand force et randon dedens les ennemis.

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    Impressionem. Liu. Donner de grande puissance dedens les ennemis, Choquer.

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    Impunitatem dare. Cic. Remettre la peine, Donner grace et remission ou pardon.

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    Incommodum. Cic. Faire dommage.

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    Indicia. Cic. Donner signes ou enseignes.

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    Inducias. Liu. Donner treves.

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    Insidias alicui dare. Plaut. Guetter, Espier, Tromper.

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    Iter. Liu. Donner passage.

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    Dare se itineribus. Cic. Se mettre à cheminer, S'acheminer.

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    Iucunditati se dare. Cic. S'esjouir.

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    Iugulum. Cic. Presenter le gosier pour souffrir et endurer la mort.

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    Iumentum. Terent. Donner aide, Aider et secourir.

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    Quum ius mihi dederis referendi ad te de quibus dubito. Plin. iunior. Veu que tu m'as donné loy et permission.

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    Iusiurandum. Plaut. Promettre par son serment, Promettre avec jurement.

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    Labem dare. Lucret. Cheoir, Tomber.

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    Se labori dare. Cic. Se mettre à travailler.

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    Lachrymas dare. Virgil. Larmoyer, Pleurer.

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    Me haec deambulatio ad languorem dedit. Terent. M'a fort lassé. \ Se in laqueum dare. Plaut. Se pendre.

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    Dat nemo largius. Terent. Il n'y a homme qui donne plus liberalement que luy.

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    Laudem alicui rei dare. Plin. La louer et priser.

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    Laudi dare. Cic. Louer.

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    Laxamentum legi dare. Cic. Donner quelque relasche.

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    Do lego. Iabolenus. Je luy donne et laisse.

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    Letho dare. Virgil. Tuer, Mettre à mort.

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    Libellos de re aliqua dare. Quintil. Composer et publier.

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    Pueris licentiam ludendi. Cic. Donner congé.

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    Linamentum dare in plagam. Celsus. Mettre de la charpie dedens la playe, ou une tente.

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    Lintea ventis dare. Ouid. Mettre la voile au vent.

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    Literas alicui dare. Cic. Bailler.

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    Literas alicui per aliquem. Cic. Envoyer par aucun.

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    Literas alicui ad aliquem. Cic. Bailler à quelqu'un pour porter à un autre.

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    Ad tuas literas ego eo ipso die dederam. Cic. Ce mesme jour j'avoye faict response à tes lettres.

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    Se alicui generi literarum dare. Cic. S'addonner, etc.

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    Locum dare. Plaut. Donner lieu.

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    Dare locum, pro Cedere. Terent. Faire place.

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    Ad ludendum se dare. Cic. S'addonner à jouer.

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    Magistros rerum esse dedit. Virg. Il les a faict et establi maistres et gouverneurs.

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    Malum alicui dare. Plaut. Faire du mal.

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    Mammam. Terent. Allaicter.

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    Dare mancipio, vel mancupio. Plaut. Vendre avec promesse de garantir.

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    Mandata dare. Cic. Bailler charge et commission.

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    Aliquid in mandatis. Plaut. Donner charge de quelque chose specialement parmi d'autres.

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    De manu pabulum porcis dare, cui opponitur Foris. Columel. De celuy qu'on ha de provision en sa maison, quand ils ne trouvent dequoy paistre aux champs.

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    Manum alicui dare. Plaut. Toucher en la main d'aucun en signe d'accord.

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    Manus alicui. Cic. Luy bailler ses mains, confessant estre vaincu, Se rendre et consentir à aucun, Luy donner gaigné.

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    Do manus. Cic. J'ay tort, Je le quicte, Je le vous donne gaigné.

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    Manus intus dare. Celsus. Mettre dedens, Fourrer dedens.

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    In manu dare. Cic. Bailler entre les mains, ou manuellement.

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    Aliquid in manum. Terent. Donner à aucun quelque chose secrettement, et sans tesmoing: comme à un juge qu'on veult corrompre, Mettre dedens la main.

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    Aliquid in manus hominum. Plin. iunior. Publier et mettre entre les mains des hommes quelque chose qu'on a faict.

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    Dare virginem alicui in manum. Terent. Quand un pere ou les tuteurs donnoyent une fille à aucun en mariage pour estre sa mere de famille et en puissance du mari, ce que toutes femmes n'estoyent pas.

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    Manu plena dare. Senec. Donner largement et beaucoup.

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    Dare manibus alterius. Liu. Faire quelque chose pour l'amour d'un trespassé. \ Materiam inuidiae. Cic. Donner occasion.

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    Ei filiam suam in matrimonium dat. Caesar. Il luy baille sa fille en mariage.

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    Super medicamentum glutinans dandum. Cels. Il fault mettre le medicament ou emplastre dessus.

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    Memoriae dare. Gell. Mettre par memoire et escrire.

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    Merita. Cic. Faire plaisir.

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    Modum alicui. Horat. Donner mesure.

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    Ad mortem dare. Plaut. Faire mourir, Mettre à mort.

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    Mores suos alteri dare. Plin. Luy apprendre sa facon de faire.

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    Motus dare. Virgil. Danser.

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    Muneri dare aliquid. Quintil. Donner en don.

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    Murmura dare. Ouid. Murmurer.

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    Mutuum. Terent. Cic. Prester.

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    Natalia dare. Cic. Faire banquet le jour de sa nativité.

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    Animal neci dare. Virgil. Tuer.

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    Dare negotium. Terent. Bailler charge.

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    Corpus in neruum ac supplicia dare. Liu. Pour estre mis au sep, et estre tormenté.

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    Nomen militiae et ad militiam dare. Liu. Se faire enrouler.

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    Nomen dare suo authori dicitur libellus. Ouid. Donner bruit et renommee.

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    Nomen alicui rei. Plin. Luy bailler nom, ou imposer.

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    Nouitatem vetustis dare. Plin. Faire une vieille chose neufve.

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    In nuptias dare. Terent. Bailler en mariage.

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    Nuptum dare filiam. Plaut. Bailler sa fille en mariage.

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    Obliuioni dare. Liu. Oublier.

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    Obsides dare. Caesar. Bailler ostage.

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    Obsidio datus alicui. Tacit. Baillé en ostage.

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    Obuiam dari. Terent. Estre rencontré.

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    Nihil est quod malim, quam illam totam familiam dari mihi obuiam. Terent. Rencontrer.

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    Operam. Terent. Mettre peine.

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    Operam alicui dare. Plaut. Luy aider.

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    Da mihi paulum operae. Terent. Aide moy un petit.

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    Ei rei operam dabant. Plaut. Ils ne taschoyent qu'à cela.

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    Ne te abduceret, operam dedi. Plaut. J'ay mis peine, J'ay donné ordre que, etc.

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    Benigne vt operam detis ad nostrum gregem. Plaut. Que vous nous oyez paisiblement.

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    Operam amori et desidiae. Plaut. Estre amoureux et s'addonner à paresse.

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    Operam aurium alicui dare. Plaut. L'escouter.

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    Operam auscultando. Plaut. Escouter.

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    Dare operam fabulae. Plaut. Escouter une fable.

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    Operam dare Platoni, et caeteris, pro Discipulum ei esse. Cic. L'ouir et estudier soubs luy, Estre son disciple.

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    Operam veteri domino. Plaut. Servir.

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    Id operam do vt, etc. Terent. Je mets peine à cela que, etc.

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    Operam liberis. Cic. Engendrer enfants.

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    Operam malam alicui dare. Plaut. Nuire.

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    Operam mutuam. Gell. Aider pour la pareille, A la charge d'en faire autant pour eulx, Prester une corvee.

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    Operam promissam. Plaut. Aider comme on a promis.

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    Operam rei. Terent. Mettre peine à acquerir des biens.

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    Operam sermoni reliquo. Cic. Parachever le reste de quelque propos.

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    Operam sermoni alicuius. Plaut. Escouter ce qu'il dit.

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    Operam somno. Plaut. Liu. Dormir.

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    Dare operam iuris ciuilis studio Q. Scaeuolae. Cic. Apprendre le droict civil soubs Scevola.

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    Operam tonsoribus. Suet. Faire accoustrer sa barbe et ses cheveuls et se faire peigner par le barbier.

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    Operam virtuti. Cic. Estudier à vertu.

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    - da mihi operam, vt Narrem quae volo. Plaut. Laisse moy raconter ce que je veulx.

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    Si des operam vt cum ratione insanias. Terent. Si tu mets peine, etc. \ Dabitur opera. Plaut. On y mettra peine.

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    Operas in portu dare. Cic. Avoir charge et entendre au faict du peage des ports et passages.

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    Operas in scriptura pro magistro. Cic. Entendre au faict de la ferme des forests et herbages pour le fermier.

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    Optionem dare. Liu. Donner le cheois.

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    Orationem alicui. Plaut. Donner audience, Laisser parler.

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    Oratorem. Plaut. Envoyer embassade.

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    Osculum dare, Osculari. Plaut. Baiser.

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    Se otio dare. Plaut. Se reposer.

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    Pacem dare. Plaut. Donner paix.

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    Danda palma docto oratori. Cic. Luy fault donner le pris.

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    Dare palmam alicui rei. Plin. La priser par dessus une autre.

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    Do palmam huic consilio. Terent. Ce conseil est le meilleur, Je luy donne le pris.

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    Partes alicui dare. Liu. Luy bailler charge.

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    Eloquentia, varietate, copia quam se cunque in partem dedisset, omnium fuit facile princeps. Cic. De quelque part qu'il se tournast.

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    Pausam conciliis. Lucret. Donner repos, Mettre fin.

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    Pectus dare ensibus. Seneca. Presenter et exposer sa poictrine aux espees.

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    In sumptum pecunias. Terent. Pour faire la despence.

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    Se in pedes dare. Terent. S'enfuir, Gaigner aux pieds.

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    Perniciem alicui dare. Cic. Donner malencontre.

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    Nae ego cum illo pignus haud ausim dare. Plaut. Je n'oseroye pas gager contre luy.

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    Da pignus, ni nunc peieres. Plaut. Fay gajure à moy que tu te parjures.

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    Pignori dare. Plaut. Bailler en gage, Engager.

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    Plagas dare. Plaut. Estre fouetté et batu.

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    Plausum. Cic. Heurter ou Frapper des pieds, Claquer des mains en signe de faveur.

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    Plausum pennis dare. Virgil. Battre des aelles.

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    Poculum alicui. Cic. Luy bailler quelque bruvage.

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    Poenas. Cic. Estre puni pour quelque meffaict, Comparoir quelque faulte.

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    Dedit poenas populo Romano. Cic. Le peuple romain a esté vengé de luy.

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    Potestatem. Plaut. Donner povoir et puissance.

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    In potestatem. Liu. Livrer entre les mains.

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    Potui dare. Celsus. Donner pour bruvages.

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    Potum arenti solo. Plin. Arrouser.

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    Praecipitem dare. Terent. Ruer du hault en bas, Precipiter.

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    In praeceps. Liu. Jecter du hault en bas. Et per translationem, Ruiner et destruire.

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    Praecepta dare. Virgil. Donner enseignements et doctrine.

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    Praeceptum. Liu. Faire commandement.

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    Ad eas res ab Epicuro praecepta dantur. Cic. Enseignements sont donnez.

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    In praemium. Liu. Pour remuneration et guerdon.

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    Quod praesens, tanquam in manu datur, iucundius est. Cic. Ce qu'on donne et qu'on livre quand et quand.

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    Dare praestare. Scaeuola. Bailler et delivrer.

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    Prandium. Plaut. Donner à disner.

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    Dare precibus alicuius. Plin. iunior. Octroyer la requeste à aucun, Faire quelque chose pour les prieres d'aucun.

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    Primas alicui rei dare. Cic. L'estimer la plus excellente de toutes les autres, Luy donner le premier lieu, La priser sur toutes les autres.

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    Principatum. Cic. Donner le premier lieu.

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    - quod dedit Principium adueniens? Terent. Quelle entree a il faicte?

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    Principium alicui rei dare. Lucret. Donner commencement.

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    Prolem dare. Virgil. Engendrer lignee.

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    Promissa. Catullus. Promettre.

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    Prouincias magistratibus, aut iis qui magistratu abierunt. Cic. Assigner et bailler à un d'iceulx le gouvernement de quelque province.

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    In publicum aliquid dare. Plin. iunior. Publier.

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    Pugnam. Plaut. Donner un assault, et faire quelque fascherie.

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    Ad purgationes cloacarum dare. Plin. iunior. Condemner à curer et nettoyer les esgousts de la ville.

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    In quaestionem dare seruos dicebatur dominus. Author ad Heren. Quand le maistre anciennement livroit ses serfs, et consentoit qu'on leur baillast la torture pour enquerir la verité de quelque faict concernant l'interest d'autruy.

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    Quietem membris dare. Virgil. Donner repos.

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    Quieti corpora. Liu. Reposer et dormir.

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    Se dare quieti ex labore. Caes. Se reposer apres avoir travaillé.

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    Rationem dare. Plaut. Donner le moyen de faire quelque chose.

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    Receptum facilem aut celerem. Caesar. Bailler aisee retraicte à gens de guerre.

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    Recessum. Caesar. Donner lieu pour reculer.

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    Reditum gloriosum alicui. Cic. Donner retour honorable.

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    Seruos ad remum dabamus. Liu. Nous fournissions chascun d'un nombre de serfs pour tirer à la rame.

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    Requiem nullam dare. Plin. iunior. Ne cesser.

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    Responsum dare. Cic. Faire response.

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    Risus alicui dare. Horat. Luy donner occasion de rire, le faire rire.

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    Oculis ruborem dare. Ouid. Faire rougir.

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    Dare in ruborem. Plaut. Faire devenir rouge.

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    Ruinam dare. Virgil. Tomber impetueusement.

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    Dare saltus. Ouid. Saulter.

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    Salutem alicui. Cic. Luy sauver la vie.

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    Salutem aduenienti. Plaut. Le saluer.

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    Quaenam vnquam ob mortem Myrtili poenis luendis dabitur satietas supplicii? Cic. Quand sera on saoul de, etc.

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    Dare se alicui. Terent. Se donner à aucun, et se mettre en sa sauvegarde. C'est aussi se laisser gouverner par aucun, et faire tout ce qu'il vouldra.

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    Alicui se dare ad docendum. Cic. Prendre la peine d'enseigner aucun.

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    Senatum legatis dare. Liu. Assembler le Senat pour donner audience aux embassadeurs.

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    Sententiam dare. Cic. Dire sa sentence.

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    Ad sepulturam dare. Cic. Enterrer.

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    Se sermonibus vulgi dare. Cic. Tascher à avoir la grace du peuple, et estre haultement loué de luy.

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    Se in sermonem aliorum dare familiariter. Cic. Se mesler parmi leur propos.

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    Seruandum dare. Terent. Donner en garde, Donner à garder.

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    Signum dare. Terent. Faire signe.

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    Signum oculis. Plautus, Oculis mihi signum dedit ne se appellarem. Il me feit signe des yeulx que je ne disse point son nom.

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    Signum tuba. Caes. Sonner la trompette.

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    Signum receptui. Liu. Sonner la retraicte.

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    Signi satis dedit, siquid esset quod posset dicere, se tacere non posse. Cic. Il a assez monstré et donné à congnoistre que, etc.

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    Silentium dare. Terent. Se taire, Faire silence, Ne faire point de bruit.

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    Solatia. Cic. Donner grand soulas et passetemps.

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    Se somno dare. Cic. Se mettre à dormir.

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    Membra sopori dare. Horat. Dormir.

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    Spatium conglobandi se, respirandi, aut docendi aliquem: et ad se colligendum et deliberandum. Liu. Caesar. Cic. Donner le temps et le loisir.

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    Speciem indolis clarum dare. Plin. iunior. Donner quelque grand signe et enseigne de bonté naturelle.

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    Specimen sui. Liu. Faire preuve de soy.

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    Spectandum dare. Plaut. Monstrer à quelqu'un, Bailler à regarder.

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    Spem dare. Plaut. Cic. Donner esperance.

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    Spiramentum. Plin. Bailler air.

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    In splendorem bullas forium dare. Plaut. Les brunir et faire reluire.

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    In stipendium pecuniam dare. Caesar. Pour la soulde des gensd'armes.

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    Stragem dare, pro Facere. Liu. Faire grande tuerie de gens.

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    Studii plurimum in literis dare. Quintil. Mettre grande estude aux lettres.

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    Suauium dare. Cic. Atticae meis verbis suauium des. Baise la à ma requeste.

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    Supplicium alicui de se dare. Plaut. Estre puni par aucun.

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    Suspicionem timoris dare. Caes. Faire semblant qu'on ha crainte, Mettre les gens en souspecon qu'on ha crainte d'eulx.

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    Symbolum dare. Terent. Contribuer à l'escot pour sa part avec les autres.

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    Da te hodie mihi. Terent. Je te prie fay aujourd'huy à ma fantasie, Fay ce que je vouldray.

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    Tempus, menses, diem alicui rei dare. Cic. Employer.

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    Tempus colloquio non dare. Caes. N'assigner point jour pour parlementer.

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    Nesciebas quam eiusmodi homini raro tempus se daret? Plaut. Combien peu souvent l'opportunite et occasion s'addonnoit.

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    Dum tempus datur. Terentius. Ce pendant que nous avons le temps.

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    Terga dare. Liu. Monstrer les talons, Tourner le dos et s'enfuir.

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    Ad terram dare. Suet. Jecter par terre.

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    Testes in aliquem dare. Cic. Produire tesmoings.

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    Testem Iouem dare. Plaut. Jurer par Jupiter.

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    Testimonium dare. Cic. Porter tesmoignage.

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    Testimonium quod ei apud me dederas. Cic. Le tesmoignage que tu m'avois porté de luy.

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    In timorem dare. Plaut. Faire peur à quelqu'un, Espovanter.

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    Se in tormenta dare. Cic. Aller franchement aux torments.

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    Transitum. Liu. Donner passage.

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    Tribunali reliquam partem diei dare. Plin. iunior. Employer certaines heures du jour à ouir les plaids, et dire droict, et rendre justice.

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    Turbas dare. Plaut. Faire troubles, Fascheries, Grandes crieries.

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    Vadem. Cic. Donner caution en matiere capitale de se representer au jour.

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    Vbera. Ouid. Allaicter, Donner la mammelle.

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    Vela. Ouid. Faire voile.

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    Vela in altum dare. liu. Desployer les voiles pour aller en haulte mer.

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    Vela dare, per translationem. Cic. Faire voile.

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    Ad id, vnde aliquis flatus ostenditur, vela do. Cic. Je fay voile à touts vents.

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    Vela indignationi dare. Plin. iunior. Parler de grande vehemence et cholere, et se laisser quasi emporter à son affection.

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    Veniam. Plaut. Pardonner.

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    Age, da veniam. Terent. Accorde luy sa requeste, Ne le tiens plus en si grand transe.

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    Da mihi hanc veniam. Cic. Fay moy ce bien de me laisser, etc. Octroye moy ceste requeste.

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    Veniam alicuius diei dare. Liu. Dispenser aucun de povoir faire en un jour, ce qui ne se povoit faire par les loix, Dispenser aucun contre la rigueur d'un jour qui est festé ou ferié.

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    Verbera Ponto dare. Ouid. Battre la mer.

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    Verba dare alicui. Valer. Flac. Le laisser parler.

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    In verba dare recuperatores. Cic. Quaerebant quae in verba recuperatores daret. Ils demandoyent la teneur de la commission addressant à ceulx qui devoyent congnoistre de la cause.

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    Verba alicui dare. Plaut. Paistre aucun de parolles et le tromper.

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    Viam. Plaut. Liu. Faire voye.

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    Dare viam, per translationem. Cic. Donner le moyen.

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    In viam se dare. Cic. Se mettre en chemin, S'acheminer.

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    Victum dare. Plaut. Donner à manger.

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    In vincula dare. Liu. Mettre en prison.

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    Vitio dare. Cic. Blasmer ou reprendre.

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    Voces dare. Ouid. Parler, Prononcer parolles.

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    Alicui voluptatem. Plaut. Resjouir aucun et bailler esbat.

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    Voluptatibus se dare. Cic. S'addonner à voluptez.

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    Vsum nominis dare. Ouid. Permettre qu'on use de quelque nom.

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    Vsuram horae gladiatori isti ad viuendum non dedissem. Cic. Je ne l'eusse pas laissé vivre une heure.

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    Vsuram lucis dare. Cic. Laisser vivre aucun, Ne le tuer point.

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    Vtendum aliquid dare. Plaut. Prester quelque chose.

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    Vxorem alicui dare. Terent. Luy bailler sa fille ou parente à femme.

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    Datum. Teren. Est istuc datum profecto, vt grata mihi sint quae facio omnia. C'est un don que Dieu m'a donné, etc.

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    Datum III Idus Iunii. Cic. Donné le, etc. ou Ces lettres furent donnees aux messagiers le, etc.

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    Siccine oportet ire amicos homini amanti operam datum? Plaut. L'aider en ceste maniere?

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    Quantum mihi cernere datur. Plin. iunior. Autant que je puis veoir, Selon que je puis veoir et juger.

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    Si dabitur. Quintil. Si je puis, S'il m'est permis.

Dictionarium latinogallicum > do
20 aliquid

ălĭquis, aliquid; plur. aliqui [alius-quis; cf. Engl. somebody or other, i.e. some person [p. 88] obscurely definite; v. Donald. Varron. p. 381 sq.] ( fem. sing. rare).— Abl. sing. aliqui, Plaut. Aul. prol. 24; id. Most. 1, 3, 18; id. Truc. 5, 30; id. Ep. 3, 1, 11.— Nom. plur. masc. aliques, analog. to ques, from quis, acc. to Charis. 133 P.— Nom. and acc. plur. neutr. always aliqua.— Dat. and abl. plur. aliquibus, Liv. 22, 13;
oftener aliquis,
id. 26, 15; 26, 49; Plin. 2, 48, 49, § 131.—Alicui, trisyl., Tib. 4, 7, 2), indef. subst. pron., some one, somebody, any one, something, any thing; in the plur., some, any (it is opp. to an object definitely stated, as also to no one, nobody. The synn. quis, aliquis, and quidam designate an object not denoted by name; quis leaves not merely the object, but even its existence, uncertain; hence it is in gen. used in hypoth. and conditional clauses, with si, nisi, num, quando, etc.; aliquis, more emphatic than quis, denotes that an object really exists, but that nothing depends upon its individuality; no matter of what kind it may be, if it is only one, and not none; quidam indicates not merely the existence and individuality of an object, but that it is known as such to the speaker, only that he is not acquainted with, or does not choose to give, its more definite relations; cf. Jahn ad Ov. M. 9, 429, and the works there referred to).
I.
A.. In gen.: nam nos decebat domum Lugere, ubi esset aliquis in lucem editus, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 48, 115 (as a transl. of Eurip. Cresph. Fragm. ap. Stob. tit. 121, Edei gar hêmas sullogon poioumenous Ton phunta thrênein, etc.):
Ervom tibi aliquis cras faxo ad villam adferat,
Plaut. Most. 1, 1, 65:
hunc videre saepe optabamus diem, Quom ex te esset aliquis, qui te appellaret patrem,
Ter. Hec. 4, 4, 30:
utinam modo agatur aliquid!
Cic. Att. 3, 15:
aliquid facerem, ut hoc ne facerem,
I would do any thing, that I might not do this, Ter. And. 1, 5, 24; so id. Phorm. 5, 6, 34:
fit plerumque, ut ei, qui boni quid volunt adferre, adfingant aliquid, quo faciant id, quod nuntiant, laetius,
Cic. Phil. 1, 3:
quamvis enim demersae sunt leges alicujus opibus,
id. Off. 2, 7, 24:
quod motum adfert alicui,
to any thing, id. Tusc. 1, 23, 53: te donabo ego hodie aliqui (abl.), Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 18; so, gaudere aliqui me volo, in some thing (or some way), id. Truc. 5, 30:
nec manibus humanis (Deus) colitur indigens aliquo,
any thing, Vulg. Act. 17, 25:
non est tua ulla culpa, si te aliqui timuerunt,
Cic. Marcell. 6 fin.:
in narratione, ut aliqua neganda, aliqua adicienda, sic aliqua etiam tacenda,
Quint. 4, 2, 67:
sunt aliqua epistulis eorum inserta,
Tac. Or. 25:
laudare aliqua, ferre quaedam,
Quint. 2, 4, 12:
quaero, utrum aliquid actum an nihil arbitremur,
Cic. Tusc. 5, 6, 15: quisquis est ille, si modo est aliquis (i. e. if only there is some one), qui, etc., id. Brut. 73, 255; so id. Ac. 2, 43, 132, etc.; Liv. 2, 10 fin.:
nunc aliquis dicat mihi: Quid tu?
Hor. S. 1, 3, 19; so id. ib. 2, 2, 94; 2, 2, 105; 2, 3, 6; 2, 5, 42, and id. Ep. 2, 1, 206.— Fem. sing.:
Forsitan audieris aliquam certamine cursus Veloces superāsse viros,
Ov. M. 10, 560:
si qua tibi spon sa est, haec tibi sive aliqua est,
id. ib. 4, 326.—
B.
Not unfrequently with adj.:
Novo modo novum aliquid inventum adferre addecet,
Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 156:
novum aliquid advertere,
Tac. A. 15, 30:
judicabant esse profecto aliquid naturā pulchrum atque praeclarum,
Cic. Sen. 13, 43:
mihi ne diuturnum quidem quidquam videtur, in quo est aliquid extremum,
in which there is any end, id. ib. 19, 69; cf. id. ib. 2, 5:
dignum aliquid elaborare,
Tac. Or. 9:
aliquid improvisum, inopinatum,
Liv. 27, 43:
aliquid exquisitum,
Tac. A. 12, 66:
aliquid illustre et dignum memoriā,
id. Or. 20:
sanctum aliquid et providum,
id. G. 8:
insigne aliquid faceret eis,
Ter. Eun. 5, 5, 31:
aliquid magnum,
Verg. A. 9, 186, and 10, 547:
quos magnum aliquid deceret, Juv 8, 263: dicens se esse aliquem magnum,
Vulg. Act. 8, 9:
majus aliquid et excelsius,
Tac. A. 3, 53:
melius aliquid,
Vulg. Heb. 11, 40:
deterius aliquid,
ib. Joan. 5, 14.—Also with unus, to designate a single, but not otherwise defined person:
ad unum aliquem confugiebant,
Cic. Off. 2, 12, 41 (cf. id. ib. 2, 12, 42: id si ab uno justo et bono viro consequebantur, erant, etc.): sin aliquis excellit unus e multis;
effert se, si unum aliquid adfert,
id. de Or. 3, 33, 136; so id. Verr. 2, 2, 52:
aliquis unus pluresve divitiores,
id. Rep. 1, 32: nam si natura non prohibet et esse virum bonum et esse dicendiperitum:
cur non aliquis etiam unus utrumque consequi possit? cur autem non se quisque speret fore illum aliquem?
that one, Quint. 12, 1, 31; 1, 12, 2.—
C.
Partitive with ex, de, or the gen.:
aliquis ex vobis,
Cic. Cael. 3:
aliquem ex privatis audimus jussisse, etc.,
Plin. 13, 3, 4, § 22:
ex principibus aliquis,
Vulg. Joan. 7, 48; ib. Rom. 11, 14:
aliquis de tribus nobis,
Cic. Leg. 3, 7:
si de iis aliqui remanserint,
Vulg. Lev. 26, 39; ib. 2 Reg. 9, 3:
suorum aliquis,
Cic. Phil. 8, 9:
exspectabam aliquem meorum,
id. Att. 13, 15: succurret fortasse alicui vestrūm, Brut. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 1:
trium rerum aliqua consequemur,
Cic. Part. 8, 30:
impetratum ab aliquo vestrūm,
Tac. Or. 15; so Vulg. 1 Cor. 6, 1:
principum aliquis,
Tac. G. 13:
cum popularibus et aliquibus principum,
Liv. 22, 13:
horum aliquid,
Vulg. Lev. 15, 10.—
D.
Aliquid (nom. or acc.), with gen. of a subst. or of a neutr, adj. of second decl. instead of the adj. aliqui, aliqua, aliquod, agreeing with such word:
aliquid pugnae,
Plaut. Capt. 3, 4, 54:
vestimenti aridi,
id. Rud. 2, 6, 16:
consilii,
id. Ep. 2, 2, 71:
monstri,
Ter. And. 1, 5, 15:
scitamentorum,
Plaut. Men. 1, 3, 26:
armorum,
Tac. G. 18:
boni,
Plaut. Aul. 4, 6, 5; Ter. And. 2, 3, 24; Vulg. Joan. 1, 46:
aequi,
Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 33:
mali,
Plaut. Ep. 1, 1, 60; Ter. Eun. 5, 5, 29:
novi,
Q. Cic. Pet. Cons. 1, 1; Vulg. Act. 17, 21:
potionis,
Plaut. Men. 5, 2, 22:
virium,
Cic. Fam. 11, 18:
falsi,
id. Caecin. 1, 3:
vacui,
Quint. 10, 6, 1:
mdefensi,
Liv. 26, 5 al. —Very rarely in abl.:
aliquo loci morari,
Dig. 18, 7, 1.—
E.
Frequently, esp. in Cic., with the kindred words aliquando, alicubi, aliquo, etc., for the sake of emphasis or rhetorical fulness, Cic. Planc. 14, 35:
asperius locutus est aliquid aliquando,
id. ib. 13, 33; id. Sest. 6, 14; id. Mil. 25, 67:
non despero fore aliquem aliquando,
id. de Or. 1, 21, 95; id. Rep. 1, 9; id. Or. 42, 144; id. Fam. 7, 11 med.: evadat saltem aliquid aliquā, quod conatus sum, Lucil. ap. Non. 293, 1; App. Mag. p. 295, 17 al.—
F.
In conditional clauses with si, nisi, quod si, etc.:
si aliquid de summā gravitate Pompeius dimisisset,
Cic. Phil. 13, 1: si aliquid ( really any thing, in contrast with nihil) dandum est voluptati, id. Sen. 13, 44: quod si non possimus aliquid proficere suadendo, Lucc. ap. Cic. Fam. 5, 14, 5:
Quod si de iis aliqui remanserint,
Vulg. Lev. 26, 39:
si quando aliquid tamquam aliqua fabella narratur,
Cic. de Or. 2, 59:
si quis vobis aliquid dixerit,
Vulg. Matt. 21, 3; ib. Luc. 19, 8:
si aliquem, cui narraret, habuisset,
Cic. Lael. 23, 88:
si aliquem nacti sumus, cujus, etc.,
id. ib. 8, 27:
cui (puero) si aliquid erit,
id. Fam. 14, 1:
nisi alicui suorum negotium daret,
Nep. Dion, 8, 2:
si aliquid eorum praestitit,
Liv. 24, 8.—
G.
In negative clauses with ne:
Pompeius cavebat omnia, no aliquid vos timeretis,
Cic. Mil. 24, 66:
ne, si tibi sit pecunia adempta, aliquis dicat,
Nep. Epam. 4, 4:
ne alicui dicerent,
Vulg. Luc. 8, 46.—
H.
In Plaut. and Ter. collect. with a plur. verb (cf. tis, Matth. Gr. 673): aperite atque Erotium aliquis evocate, open, some one (of you), etc., Plaut. Men. 4, 2, 111 (cf. id. Ps. 5, 1, 37:
me adesse quis nuntiate): aperite aliquis actutum ostium,
Ter. Ad. 4, 4, 27.—
I.
In Verg. once with the second person sing.:
Exoriare aliquis nostris ex ossibus ultor, Qui face Dardanios ferroque sequare colonos,
Verg. A. 4, 625.
► In the following passages, with the critical authority added, aliquis seems to stand for the adj.
aliqui, as nemo sometimes stands with a noun for the adj. nullus:
nos quibus est alicunde aliquis objectus labos,
Ter. Hec. 3, 1, 6 Fleck.;
Et ait idem, ut aliquis metus adjunctus sit ad gratiam,
Cic. Div. in Caecil. 7, 24 B. and K.:
num igitur aliquis dolor in corpore est?
id. Tusc. 1, 34, 82 iid.:
ut aliquis nos deus tolleret,
id. Am. 23, 87 iid.: sin casus aliquis interpellārit, Matius ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 28, 8 iid.:
si deus aliquis vitas repente mutāsset,
Tac. Or. 41 Halm:
sic est aliquis oratorum campus,
id. ib. 39 id.:
sive sensus aliquis argutā sententiā effulsit,
id. ib. 20 id. A similar use of aliquid for the adj. aliquod was asserted to exist in Plaut. by Lind. ad Cic. Inv. 2, 6, 399, and this is repeated by Klotz, s. v. aliquis, but Lemaire's Index gives only one instance: ni occupo aliquid mihi consilium, Plaut. Men. 5, 2, 94, where Brix now reads aliquod.
II.
Esp.
A.
With alius, aliud: some or any other, something else, any thing else:
dum aliud aliquid flagitii conficiat,
Ter. Phorm. 5, 2, 5:
potest fieri, ut alius aliquis Cornelius sit,
Cic. Fragm. B. VI. 21:
ut per alium aliquem te ipsum ulciscantur,
id. Div. in Caecil. 6, 22:
non est in alio aliquo salus,
Vulg. Act. 4, 12:
aliquid aliud promittere,
Petr. 10, 5 al. —
B.
And with the idea of alius implied, in opp. to a definite object or objects, some or any other, something else, any thing else: aut ture aut vino aut aliqui (abl.) semper supplicat, Plaut. Aul prol. 24:
vellem aliquid Antonio praeter illum libellum libuisset scribere,
Cic. Brut. 44:
aut ipse occurrebat aut aliquos mittebat,
Liv. 34, 38:
cum seditionem sedare vellem, cum frumentum imperarem..., cum aliquid denique rei publicae causā gererem,
Cic. Verr. 1, 27, 20: commentabar declamitans saepe cum M. Pisone et cum Q. Pompeio aut cum aliquo cotidie id. Brut. 90, 310; Vell. 1, 17; Tac. A. 1, 4: (Tiberius) neque spectacula omnino edidit;
et iis, quae ab aliquo ederentur, rarissime interfuit,
Suet. Tib. 47.—
C.
In a pregn. signif. as in Gr. tis, ti, something considerable, important, or great = aliquid magnum (v. supra. I. B.; cf. in Gr. hoti oiesthe ti poiein ouden poiountes, Plat. Symp. 1, 4):
non omnia in ducis, aliquid et in militum manu esse,
Liv. 45, 36.—Hence, esp.,
1.
Esse aliquem or aliquid, to be somebody or something, i. e to be of some worth, value, or note, to be esteemed:
atque fac, ut me velis esse aliquem,
Cic. Att. 3, 15 fin.:
aude aliquid brevibus Gyaris dignum, si vis esse aliquis,
Juv. 1, 73:
an quidquam stultius quam quos singulos contemnas, eos esse aliquid putare universos?
Cic. Tusc. 5, 36, 104:
exstitit Theodas dicens se esse aliquem,
Vulg. Act. 5, 36: si umquam in dicendo fuimus aliquid. Cic. Att. 4, 2:
ego quoque aliquid sum,
id. Fam. 6, 18:
qui videbantur aliquid esse,
Vulg. Gal. 2, 2; 2, 6: quod te cum Culeone scribis de privilegio locutum, est aliquid ( it is something, it is no trifle):
sed, etc.,
Cic. Att. 3, 15: est istuc quidem aliquid, sed, etc.; id. Sen. 3; id. Cat. 1, 4:
est aliquid nupsisse Jovi,
Ov. F. 6, 27:
Est aliquid de tot Graiorum milibus unum A Diomede legi,
id. M. 13, 241:
est aliquid unius sese dominum fecisse lacertae,
Juv. 3, 230:
omina sunt aliquid,
Ov. Am. 1, 12, 3; so,
crimen abesse,
id. F. 1, 484:
Sunt aliquid Manes,
Prop. 5, 7, 1:
est aliquid eloquentia,
Quint. 1, prooem. fin. —
2.
Dicere aliquid, like legein ti, to say something worth the while:
diceres aliquid et magno quidem philosopho dignum,
Cic. Tusc. 3, 16, 35; cf. Herm. ad Vig. 731; 755; so, assequi aliquid, to effect something considerable:
Etenim si nunc aliquid assequi se putant, qui ostium Ponti viderunt,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 20, 45.—
3.
In colloquial lang.: fiet aliquid, something important or great, will, may come to pass or happen: Ch. Invenietur, exquiretur, aliquid fiet. Eu. Enicas. Jam istuc aliquid fiet, metuo, Plaut. Merc. 2, 4, 25:
mane, aliquid fiet, ne abi,
id. Truc. 2, 4, 15; Ter. And. 2, 1, 14.—
D.
Ad aliquid esse, in gram. lang., to refer or relate to something else, e. g. pater, filius, frater, etc. (v. ad):
idem cum interrogantur, cur aper apri et pater patris faciat, il lud nomen positum, hoc ad aliquid esse contendunt,
Quint. 1, 6, 13 Halm.—
E.
Atque aliquis, poet. in imitation of hôide de tis, and thus some one (Hom. II. 7, 178;
7, 201 al.): Atque aliquis, magno quaerens exempla timori, Non alios, inquit, motus, etc.,
Luc. 2, 67 Web.; Stat. Th. 1, 171; Claud. Eutr. 1, 350.—
F.
It is sometimes omitted before qui, esp. in the phrase est qui, sunt qui:
praemittebatque de stipulatoribus suis, qui perscrutarentur, etc.,
Cic. Off. 2, 7, 25:
sunt quibus in satirā videar nimis acer,
Hor. S. 2, 1, 1:
sunt qui adiciant his evidentiam, quae, etc.,
Quint. 4, 2, § 63 (cf. on the contr. § 69: verum in his quoque confessionibus est aliquid. quod ex invidiā detrahi possit).—
G.
Aliquid, like nihil (q. v. I. g), is used of persons:
Hinc ad Antonium nemo, illinc ad Caesarem cotidie aliquid transfugiebat,
Vell. 2, 84, 2 (cf. in Gr. tôn d allôn ou per ti... oute theôn out anthrôpôn, Hom. H. Ven. 34 sq. Herm.).— Hence the advv.
A.
ălĭquid (prop. acc. denoting in what respect, with a verb or [p. 89] adj.; so in Gr. ti), somewhat, in something, in some degree, to some extent:
illud vereor, ne tibi illum succensere aliquid suspicere,
Cic. Deiot. 13, 35:
si in me aliquid offendistis,
at all, in any respect, id. Mil. 36, 99:
quos tamen aliquid usus ac disciplina sublevarent,
somewhat, Caes. B. G. 1, 40:
Philippi regnum officere aliquid videtur libertati vestrae,
Liv. 31, 29:
Nos aliquid Rutulos contra juvisse nefandum est?
Verg. A. 10, 84:
neque circumcisio aliquid valet,
Vulg. Gal. 6, 15:
perlucens jam aliquid, incerta tamen lux,
Liv. 41, 2:
aliquid et spatio fessus,
Plin. 5, 9, 10, § 54; cf. Hand, Turs. I. p. 259; Ellendt ad Cic. de Or. 1, 9, 35.—
B.
ălĭquō (from aliquoi, old dat. denoting direction whither; cf.: eo, quo, alio, etc.).
1.
Somewhither (arch.), to some place, somewhere; in the comic poets sometimes also with a subst. added, which designates the place more definitely:
ut aliquo ex urbe amoveas,
Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 94:
aliquo abicere,
Ter. Ad. 4, 7, 26:
concludere,
id. Eun. 4, 3, 25 (cf. id. Ad. 4, 2, 13, in cellam aliquam concludere):
ab eorum oculis aliquo concederes,
Cic. Cat. 1, 17:
demigrandum potius aliquo est quam, etc.,
id. Dom. 100:
aliquem aliquo impellere,
id. Vatin. 15:
aliquo exire,
id. Q. Fr. 3, 1:
aliquo advenire vel sicunde discedere,
Suet. Calig. 4; Plaut. Rud. 2, 6, 51; id. Men. 5, 1, 3:
in angulum Aliquo abire,
Ter. Ad. 5, 2, 10; 3, 3, 6:
aliquem rus aliquo educere,
Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 3.—With a gen., like quo, ubi, etc.: migrandum Rhodum aut aliquo terrarum, Brut. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 1, 5.—
2.
With the idea of alio implied, = alio quo, somewhere else, to some other place (cf. aliquis, II. B.):
dum proficiscor aliquo,
Ter. And. 2, 1, 28:
at certe ut hinc concedas aliquo,
id. Heaut. 3, 3, 11:
si te parentes timerent atque odissent tui, ab eorum oculis aliquo concederes,
Cic. Cat. 1, 7, 17; cf. Hand, Turs. I. p. 265.—
C.
ălĭquam, adv. (prop. acc. fem.), = in aliquam partem, in some degree; only in connection with diu, multus, and plures.
1.
Aliquam diu (B. and K.), or together aliquamdiu (Madv., Halm, Dietsch), awhile, for a while, for some time; also pregn., for some considerable time (most freq. in the histt., esp. Cæs. and Livy; also in Cic.).
a.
Absol.:
ut non aliquando condemnatum esse Oppianicum, sed aliquam diu incolumem fuisse miremini,
Cic. Clu. 9, 25:
Aristum Athenis audivit aliquam diu,
id. Ac. 1, 3, 12:
in vincula conjectus est, in quibus aliquamdiu fuit,
Nep. Con. 5, 3;
id. Dion, 3, 1: quā in parte rex affuit, ibi aliquamdiu certatum,
Sall. J. 74, 3; Liv. 3, 70, 4.—
b.
Often followed by deinde, postea, postremo, tandem, etc.:
pugnatur aliquamdiu pari contentione: deinde, etc., Auct. B. G. 8, 19, 3: cunctati aliquamdiu sunt: pudor deinde commovit aciem,
Liv. 2, 10, 9; so id. 1, 16:
quos aliquamdiu inermos timuissent, hos postea armatos superāssent,
Caes. B. G. 1, 40, 6:
controversia aliquamdiu fuit: postremo, etc.,
Liv. 3, 32, 7; 25, 15, 14; 45, 6, 6:
ibi aliquamdiu atrox pugna stetit: tandem, etc.,
Liv. 29, 2, 15; 34, 28, 4 and 11; Suet. Ner. 6.—
* c.
With donec, as a more definite limitation of time, some time... until, a considerable time... until:
exanimis aliquamdiu jacuit, donec, etc.,
Suet. Caes. 82. —
d.
Meton., for a long distance; most freq. of rivers:
Rhodanus aliquamdiu Gallias dirimit,
Mel. 2, 5, 5; so id. 3, 5, 6; 3, 9, 8 al.—Of the Corycian cave in Cilicia:
deinde aliquamdiu perspicuus, mox, et quo magis subitur, obscurior,
Mel. 1, 13.—
2.
Aliquam multi, or aliquammulti, somewhat many, considerable in number or quantity (mostly post-class.):
sunt vestrūm aliquam multi, qui L. Pisonem cognōrunt,
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 25, § 56 B. and K.: aliquammultos non comparuisse, * Gell. 3, 10, 17 Hertz:
aliquammultis diebus decumbo,
App. Mag. p. 320, 10.—Also adv.: aliquam multum, something much, to a considerable distance, considerably:
sed haec defensio, ut dixi, aliquam multum a me remota est,
App. Mag. p. 276, 7 dub.—And comp. * aliquam plures, somewhat more, considerably more:
aliquam pluribus et amarioribus perorantem,
Tert. Apol. 12 dub.; cf. Hand, Turs. I. p. 243.—
D.
ălĭquā, adv. (prop. abl. fem.).
1.
Somewhere (like mod. Engl. somewhere for somewhither):
antevenito aliquā aliquos,
Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 66: aliquā evolare si posset, * Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 26, § 67:
si quā evasissent aliquā,
Liv. 26, 27, 12.—
2.
Transf. to action, in some way or other, in some manner, = aliquo modo:
aliquid aliquā sentire,
Plaut. Merc. 2, 2, 62: evadere aliquā, Lucil. ap. Non. 293, 1:
aliquid aliquā resciscere,
Ter. Phorm. 5, 1, 19, and 4, 1, 19: aliquā nocere, * Verg. E. 3, 15:
aliquā obesse,
App. Mag. p. 295, 17.—
E.
ălĭqui, adv. (prop. abl. = aliquo modo), in some way, somehow:
Quamquam ego tibi videor stultus, gaudere me aliqui volo,
Plaut. Truc. 5, 30 (but in this and like cases, aliqui may be treated as the abl. subst.; cf. supra, I. A.); cf. Hand, Turs. I. p. 242.
► The forms aliqua, neutr.
plur., and aliquam, acc., and aliquā, abl., used adverbially, may also be referred to the adj. ălĭqui, ălĭqua, ălĭquod.

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