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causa (von Cicero u. nach ihm noch von Vergil u. auch in Inschr. caussa geschr., s. Quint. 1, 7, 20; vgl. Osann Cic. de rep. 1, 6. p. 20), ae, f. (v. cūdo), der Fall, I) der veranlassende, die Veranlassung, der Anlaß, der Grund (Beweggrund), der Umstand, die Ursache, Quelle, Schuld von etw. (Ggstz. effecta u. facta, n. pl.; vgl. Cic. de fat. 34 die Definition von causa), a) übh.: causa parva, Ter., parvula, Caes.: magna, Cic., maior, Liv.: c. levis, gravis, Cic.: c. evidens (Ggstz. c. abdita od. obscura od. in obscuro posita), Cels.: c. perspicua (Ggstz. obscura), Cic.: c. externa, Cic.: c. iusta, iustior, Cic.: c. vera, Ter.: c. probabilis, Cic. – cum causa, mit (triftigem, stichhaltigem) Grund, Ggstz. sine causa, Cic.: non sine causa fieri, Cels. – qua de causa, Cic.: quibus de causis, Quint.: his de causis, Cic.: quacunque de causa, Cels.: aliquibus de causis, Cels.: gravi de causa, Cic.: iustis de causis, Cic. – qua ex causa, Cic.: quibus ex causis, Quint., od. ex quibus causis, Plin. ep.: u. ex hac causa, ex his causis, Cels. – ex alia causa, Cels.: nulla alia ex causa, Sen.: multis ex causis, ex pluribus causis, Quint.: obscura aliqua ex causa, Cic. – ob eam causam, Cic.: ob eas causas, Caes.: u. ob eandem causam, Liv.: ob quam causam u. quam ob causam, quas ob causas, Liv.: ob aliam causam, non ob aliam causam, Liv.: ob nullam aliam causam, nullam aliam ob causam, nullam ob aliam causam, Liv. (s. über die Verbindung mit ob übh. Fabri Liv. 24, 8, 5). – propter eam quam dixi causam, Cic. – mit Ang. wessen? wozu? durch Genet., selten (nicht bei Cic.) durch den Infin., od. durch ad mit Akk., c. adventus, Nep.: c. belli, Cic. u.a. (auch v. Pers., s. Fabri Liv. 21, 21, 2): c. criminis, Cic.: c. mortis, v. Pers., Cic., v. einem Umstande, Liv.: parvulae causae vel falsae suscipionis vel terroris repentini, kl. U., die in f. V. od. pl. Schr. liegen, Caes.: quae tot scelerum suscipiendorum causa? Cic.: durch Infin., quae causa fuit consurgere in arma, Verg.: dolor huic et cura Neaerae coniugis ereptae causa perire fuit, Tibull.: durch ad mit Akk., satis vehemens causa ad obiurgandum, Ter. – m. weiterer Ang. weshalb? warum? causae, propter quas, Quint.: ob eam causam, quia speciem habet admirabilem, Thaumante dicitur esse natus, Cic.: cur causa Zenoni non fuerit, quamobrem etc., Cic.: multae causae sunt, quam ob rem etc., Ter. (s. Spengel Ter. Andr. 382): causam Ulixi fuisse, quare interfecerit Aiacem, Cornif. rhet.: quidnam esse causae, cur etc., Cic.: quae causa sit, cur etc., Cic.: cuius rei cum causam quaererem quidnam esset cur in quoquo oratore plurimum esset, ita maxime is pertimesceret, has causas inveniebam duas, Cic. – m. weiterer Ang. des Grundes, weil, daß od. daß nicht usw. durch quod, quo (= ut eo) ut, ne, quin, quominus (s. Fabri Sall. Cat. 51, 41. Weißenb. Liv. 5, 55, 5 u. 40, 26, 5), zB. propter hanc causam, quod etc., Cic.: ob eam causam, ut od. ne etc., Cic.: neque ob eam causam, quo facilius consequerer, Cic.: ea est causa, ut veteres cloacae nunc privata passim subeant tecta, Liv.: huius epistulae non solum ea causa est, ut ne quis a me dies intermittatur, quin etc.... sed etiam haec iustior, ut a te impetrarem, ut etc., Cic.: num quid est causae, quin amicos nostros Stoicos dimittamus? Cic.: quibus aut emerita stipendia aut morbus causae essent, quominus militarent, Liv.: eis causis, quominus dimicare vellet, movebatur, Caes. – Redensarten: in causa esse, U., Sch. sein (vgl. no. II, a am A.), zB. in causa haec sunt, Cic. ep. 1, 1. § 1: in causa (est) amor primum, deinde quod (weil usw.) etc., Plin. ep. 7, 5, 1: vim morbi in causa esse, quo serius perficeretur, Liv. 40, 26, 5: u. esse alci in causa, ut etc., Quint. 12, 5, 2. – afferre causam, causam consilii sui, den Grund angeben von usw., Cic.: afferre causam explicandae philosophiae, Veranlassung geben zu usw., Cic.: alci inferre causam belli, iurgii, gegen jmd. einen Grund zum Kr., zum Streite geltend machen, suchen (vgl. no. II a. E.), Cic. de imp. Pomp. 65. Phaedr. 1, 1, 4: alci causam alcis rei dare, Veranlassung geben zu etw. (zB. harum litterarum), Cic.: esse causam alcis rei (v. Pers.u. Lebl.), Cic. u.a. (auch von mehreren, zB. dicuntur causa mortis fuisse, Quint.: nos causa belli sumus, Liv.): causae esse, Caes., alci causae esse, Liv.: nancisci causam alcis rei, Cic.: quaerere causam eius rei u. novi consilii, nach der U. fragen, Cic. u. Liv. (vgl. quaerit causae quid sit tam repentini consilii, Nep.). – habere multas et graves causas corrumpendi iudicii, Cic.: nec umquam bellorum civilium semen et causa deerit, Cic.: causam alcis rei sustinere, von etw. die Schuld tragen, Cic. – b) der entschuldigende Grund, der Entschuldigungsgrund, die Entschuldigung, die Ausrede, der Einwand, tibi causa est de hac re, Ter.: causam accipere (gelten lassen), Cic. – c) der bemäntelnde, erdichtete Grund, der Vorwand, das Vorgeben (πρόφασις; vgl. Ruhnk. Ter. Andr. 1, 3, 8), causas fingere, Ov.: causam invenire, Ter.: causam interponens (als Vorwand angebend, unter dem Vorwand) se collegas exspectare, Nep.: u. ebenso causam interserens te hostem esse Atheniensibus, Nep. – mit Ang. wessen? durch Genet., muri causam opponere, Cic.: bes. per causam m. Genet. = unter dem Vorwande einer Sache (griech. κατά πρόφασιν), zB. per causam supplementi equitatusque cogendi, Caes.: per causam renovati ab Aequis belli, Liv. (s. Drak. Liv. 2, 32, 1. Broukh. Tibull. 1, 6 [7], 26). – mit Ang. wozu? durch Genet. od. ad m. Akk., causas novarum postulationum quaerere, Cic.: causam bellandi reperire, Nep.: causam habere ad iniuriam, Cic. – m. weiterer Ang. weshalb? iam diu aliquam causam quaerere, quamobrem etc., Ter. – m. weiterer Ang. daß od. daß nicht, fingere causam peracutam, ut etc., Cic.: fingere causas, ut etc., Tibull.: fingere causas, ne etc., Ter. – d) der eingewendete Grund, die Einwendung, der Einwand, causam hau dico, ich mache keinen Einw., Plaut.: nullam od. non causam dico, quin etc., ich habe nichts einzuwenden, daß usw., Plaut. u. Ter.: num quid causae est od. num quae causa est, quin etc., Plaut.: neu causa ulla restet relicua, quin etc., Ter.: causae nihil dicimus, quin etc., Cic. Quinct. 57. Vgl. Brix Plaut. capt. 350. Lorenz Einl. zu Plaut. Pseud. S. 9. Anm. 9. – e) als mediz. t. t., der Krankheitsanlaß, Krankheitszustand (s. Fabri Liv. 22, 8, 3), causa levis (Ggstz. causa gravior), Liv.: causa tenuissima, Cic.: causae externae, Liv.: tantum causam metuere, Cels.: afferre valetudinis causas, Quint. – dah. bei Spät. = Krankheit, Cael. Aur., Veget. u.a. – f) Abl. causā m. Genet. od. Pronom. possess., aus Ursache, auf Veranlassung, in Rücksicht auf, im Interesse eines Ggstds., um... willen, wegen, halber, auch zu, α) m. Genet., gew. dem Genet. nachgestellt, selten (des Gegensatzes, Nachdrucks wegen) ihm vorangesetzt, fili causā, Plaut.: tempestatis causā, auf V. des Wetters, durch das W., Cic.: temporis causā, der Zeit u. Umstände wegen, im Drange des Augenblicks, Cic.: rei publicae causā, Cic.: ioci causā, Cic.: delectationis causā, Cels.: animi causā, s. animus no. II, A, 2, d: auxilii causā, Caes.: contumeliae causā (Ggstz. honoris causā), Cic.: mortis causā patris sui, Liv.: honoris causā, s. honōs: fidei causā, Sall.: exempli causā, Cic.: verbi causā, Cic.: liberorum quaerendorum causā, Plaut. u. Suet.: liberûm quaesundûm causā, Enn. fr.: voluptatum adipiscendarum causā, Cic.: dissimulandi causā, Sall.: u. alcis causā cupere, velle, velle omnia, debere omnia, Cic. – vor dem Genet., causā virginis, Ter. Eun. 202: causā antiquitatis, Vulcat. Sedig. fr. bei Gell. 15, 24. v. 13: causā amicorum, Cic. de amic. 57: causā ignominiae, Liv. 40, 41, 11 H.: causā ludorum, Liv. 40, 44, 10 H.: causā detrectandi sacramenti, Suet. Aug. 24 R., causā conservandae vocis, Augustin. conf. 6, 3, 3, s. Madvig Emendatt. Liv. p. 474. – zwischen zwei Genet., aedificandi causā theatri, Amm. 29, 6, 11. – β) m. Pronom. poss., meā causā, um meinetwillen, meinetwegen, in meinem Interesse, mir zuliebe, Cic. (auch causā meā des Verses wegen bei den Komik. u. bei Hor. sat. 1, 4, 97): u. so tuā causā, nostrā causā, vestrā causā, Cic.: alienā potius causā quam suā, Quint.
II) der obwaltende, a) die obwaltende Angelegenheit, Sache, der Gegenstand, Punkt, die Sachlage, der Sachverhalt, Alexandrina causa, Cic.: nec praetermittebat fere quicquam, quod esset in causa, was zur Sache gehörte, Cic. Brut. 303 (vgl. oben no. I, a in causa esse): et causam et hominem probare, Caes.: super tali causa eodem missum esse, Nep.: sic egit causam tuam, ut etc., Cic.: cui senatus dederat publicam (al. publice) causam, ut etc., den offiziellen Auftrag, Cic. – im Ggstz. zu Nebenumständen, armis inferiores, non causā fuisse, Cic.: parum precibus, parum causā proficere, Liv. – b) die obwaltende Lage, Stellung, der obwaltende Fall, obwaltende Zustand, suam causam non nosse, alienas facile discere, Cic.: num alia in causa M. Cato fuit, aliā ceteri qui etc., Cic.: (Regulus) erat in meliore causa, Cic.: in eadem causa erant Usipetes et Tenchteri, Caes.: (praedia) soluta meliore causā sunt quam obligata, Cic. – c) das obwaltende freundschaftliche Verhältnis, die freundschaftliche Beziehung zu jmd., das Freundschaftsverhältnis, die Verbindung, quicum tibi affinitas, societas, omnes denique causae et necessitudines veteres intercedebant, Cic.: ad eas causas quibus inter nos amore sumus, officiis, vetustate coniuncti patriae caritas accessit, Cic.: explicare breviter, quae mihi sit ratio et causa cum Caesare, Cic. – d) das Interesse, das man verfolgt, die Sache, Partei, die man verficht (s. die Auslgg. zu Cic. de imp. Pomp. 2): causa senatoria, popularis, Iustin.: populi Romani vera, Cic.: c. Caesaris melior, Quint.: suarum partium c., Quint.: c., quam Pompeius susceperat, Cic.: causam imperii cognoscere, Cic.: causam rei publicae non tenere, Cic. (s. Halm Cic. Sull. 32): u. ad causam publicam accedere, das Interesse des Staates zu vertreten beginnen, Cic.: causam populi agere (Ggstz. causam optimatium agere), Nep.: rem in causam plebis inclinare, Quint.: ea causa, quae est senatui, quae est dis hominibusque gratissima, Cic.: ii, quorum est una causa, Cic.: non omnibus Sullae causa grata, Cic.: utrum militantium
adversarii estis, an causam agitis ? Liv.: omnis familiae causa consistit tibi, das Interesse für usw. (die Sorge für die Unterhaltung der usw.), Plaut. asin. 520. – e) der in Frage stehende od. gestellte Gegenstand, Punkt, α) = ὑπόθεσις die Aufgabe, der Stoff, das Thema, der Streitpunkt (s. Cic. top. 79. Quint. 3, 5, 7), sowohl einer philosophischen Erörterung usw., poscere eorum aliquem qui adsunt causam disserendi, Cic.: quod vero maxime rem causamque continet, Cic. – als einer rednerischen Darstellung, der Fall, verae causae aut forenses, wirkliche Geschäfts-od. Gerichtsfälle, Cic.: causarum, quae sint a communi quaestione seiunctae, partim in iudiciis versari, partim in deliberationibus, Cic. – β) der obwaltende Rechtsfall, die Rechtssache, die Rechtsfrage, die gerichtliche Sache, die Streitfrage, der Prozeß, causa capitis, causa capitis aut famae, Cic.: maiestatis, Tac. – causae forenses, Cic.: causae malae, optimae, Cic.: causae privatae, publicae, Cic.: c. centumviralis, Cic.: c. liberalis, Cic.: c. superior, Ggstz. c. inferior, Cic.: c. parvula, Bagatellsache, Cic.: c. tenuis, Cic.: c. vera (gerechte), Cic.: causa iudicata atque damnata, Cic.: causā indictā, ohne Prozeß, Cic.: causā cognitā (Ggstz. causā
incognitā), Cic. – actio, actor causae, Cic.: causae dictio, Cic.: orationes causarum, Cic. – accedere causae od. ad causam, Cic.: adesse in hac causa, Cic.: adesse tali causae, Quint.: agere causam, s. ago no. II, B, 5, c (S. 270): causam defendere, Cic.: causas defensitare, Cic. – causam dicere = den Prozeß führen (v. gerichtl. Redner) u. = sich verteidigen od. sich verteidigen lassen (v. Angeklagten, Ggstz. accusare), Cic.: causam parricidii dicere (v. gerichtl. Redner), Liv.: coronae subreptae de Capitolio causam dicere (v. Angeklagten), Porphyr.: causam ex vinculis dicere (v. Angeklagten), Caes. u. Liv. – causam discere, sich vortragen lassen (v. Sachwalter), Cic.: causam docere alqm, einem Sachwalter vortragen, Cic.: causam orare, perorare, Cic. – causam alci inferre, Auct. b. Hisp. 1, 4 u. ICt. (versch. v. oben no. I, a). – causam recipere, suscipere, Cic.: causā desistere (v. Kläger), Cic.: causā premi, mit seinem Pr. ins Gedränge kommen, Sen.: in causis iudiciisque versari, Cic. – causam tenere, obtinere, sustinere, den Prozeß gewinnen, Cic.: u. so auch vincere causam suam, Ov. – u. causam perdere, seines Interesses verlustig gehen, den Pr. verlieren, Cic.: causā cadere, infolge eines Formfehlers den Pr. verlieren, Cic., Suet. u. ICt. (s. Piderit Cic. de or. 1, 66. Halm Cic. Mur. 9). – causa labefactatur ad iudicem, Cic. – f) die ganze jurist. Beschaffenheit eines Rechtsobjekts, bes. die damit verbundenen Lasten und Vorteile, tota causa fundi, ICt.: fundus cum sua causa transit, ICt.: dominium cum sua causa transferre, ICt.: bona cum causa, ICt.: dah. oft sine causa, ohne Nutzen od. Vorteil, umsonst, Eccl. (s. Rönsch Itala p. 306). – / Nicht selten steht causa mit einem gewissen Lautspiele in einem Satze in der Bedeutung von no. I u. von no. II nebeneinander, zB. meā causā causam accipite, Ter. heaut. 47: his de causis ego huic causae patronus exstiti, Cic. Rosc. Am. 5 (dazu Halm).
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causa (von Cicero u. nach ihm noch von Vergil u. auch in Inschr. caussa geschr., s. Quint. 1, 7, 20; vgl. Osann Cic. de rep. 1, 6. p. 20), ae, f. (v. cūdo), der Fall, I) der veranlassende, die Veranlassung, der Anlaß, der Grund (Beweggrund), der Umstand, die Ursache, Quelle, Schuld von etw. (Ggstz. effecta u. facta, n. pl.; vgl. Cic. de fat. 34 die Definition von causa), a) übh.: causa parva, Ter., parvula, Caes.: magna, Cic., maior, Liv.: c. levis, gravis, Cic.: c. evidens (Ggstz. c. abdita od. obscura od. in obscuro posita), Cels.: c. perspicua (Ggstz. obscura), Cic.: c. externa, Cic.: c. iusta, iustior, Cic.: c. vera, Ter.: c. probabilis, Cic. – cum causa, mit (triftigem, stichhaltigem) Grund, Ggstz. sine causa, Cic.: non sine causa fieri, Cels. – qua de causa, Cic.: quibus de causis, Quint.: his de causis, Cic.: quacunque de causa, Cels.: aliquibus de causis, Cels.: gravi de causa, Cic.: iustis de causis, Cic. – qua ex causa, Cic.: quibus ex causis, Quint., od. ex quibus causis, Plin. ep.: u. ex hac causa, ex his causis, Cels. – ex alia causa, Cels.: nulla alia ex causa, Sen.: multis ex causis, ex pluribus causis, Quint.: obscura aliqua ex causa, Cic. – ob eam causam, Cic.: ob eas causas, Caes.: u. ob eandem causam, Liv.: ob quam causam u. quam ob causam, quas ob causas, Liv.: ob aliam causam, non ob aliam causam, Liv.: ob nullam aliam causam, nullam aliam ob————causam, nullam ob aliam causam, Liv. (s. über die Verbindung mit ob übh. Fabri Liv. 24, 8, 5). – propter eam quam dixi causam, Cic. – mit Ang. wessen? wozu? durch Genet., selten (nicht bei Cic.) durch den Infin., od. durch ad mit Akk., c. adventus, Nep.: c. belli, Cic. u.a. (auch v. Pers., s. Fabri Liv. 21, 21, 2): c. criminis, Cic.: c. mortis, v. Pers., Cic., v. einem Umstande, Liv.: parvulae causae vel falsae suscipionis vel terroris repentini, kl. U., die in f. V. od. pl. Schr. liegen, Caes.: quae tot scelerum suscipiendorum causa? Cic.: durch Infin., quae causa fuit consurgere in arma, Verg.: dolor huic et cura Neaerae coniugis ereptae causa perire fuit, Tibull.: durch ad mit Akk., satis vehemens causa ad obiurgandum, Ter. – m. weiterer Ang. weshalb? warum? causae, propter quas, Quint.: ob eam causam, quia speciem habet admirabilem, Thaumante dicitur esse natus, Cic.: cur causa Zenoni non fuerit, quamobrem etc., Cic.: multae causae sunt, quam ob rem etc., Ter. (s. Spengel Ter. Andr. 382): causam Ulixi fuisse, quare interfecerit Aiacem, Cornif. rhet.: quidnam esse causae, cur etc., Cic.: quae causa sit, cur etc., Cic.: cuius rei cum causam quaererem quidnam esset cur in quoquo oratore plurimum esset, ita maxime is pertimesceret, has causas inveniebam duas, Cic. – m. weiterer Ang. des Grundes, weil, daß od. daß nicht usw. durch quod, quo (= ut eo) ut, ne, quin, quominus (s. Fabri Sall.————Cat. 51, 41. Weißenb. Liv. 5, 55, 5 u. 40, 26, 5), zB. propter hanc causam, quod etc., Cic.: ob eam causam, ut od. ne etc., Cic.: neque ob eam causam, quo facilius consequerer, Cic.: ea est causa, ut veteres cloacae nunc privata passim subeant tecta, Liv.: huius epistulae non solum ea causa est, ut ne quis a me dies intermittatur, quin etc.... sed etiam haec iustior, ut a te impetrarem, ut etc., Cic.: num quid est causae, quin amicos nostros Stoicos dimittamus? Cic.: quibus aut emerita stipendia aut morbus causae essent, quominus militarent, Liv.: eis causis, quominus dimicare vellet, movebatur, Caes. – Redensarten: in causa esse, U., Sch. sein (vgl. no. II, a am A.), zB. in causa haec sunt, Cic. ep. 1, 1. § 1: in causa (est) amor primum, deinde quod (weil usw.) etc., Plin. ep. 7, 5, 1: vim morbi in causa esse, quo serius perficeretur, Liv. 40, 26, 5: u. esse alci in causa, ut etc., Quint. 12, 5, 2. – afferre causam, causam consilii sui, den Grund angeben von usw., Cic.: afferre causam explicandae philosophiae, Veranlassung geben zu usw., Cic.: alci inferre causam belli, iurgii, gegen jmd. einen Grund zum Kr., zum Streite geltend machen, suchen (vgl. no. II a. E.), Cic. de imp. Pomp. 65. Phaedr. 1, 1, 4: alci causam alcis rei dare, Veranlassung geben zu etw. (zB. harum litterarum), Cic.: esse causam alcis rei (v. Pers.u. Lebl.), Cic. u.a. (auch von mehreren, zB. dicuntur causa mortis fuisse, Quint.: nos causa belli————sumus, Liv.): causae esse, Caes., alci causae esse, Liv.: nancisci causam alcis rei, Cic.: quaerere causam eius rei u. novi consilii, nach der U. fragen, Cic. u. Liv. (vgl. quaerit causae quid sit tam repentini consilii, Nep.). – habere multas et graves causas corrumpendi iudicii, Cic.: nec umquam bellorum civilium semen et causa deerit, Cic.: causam alcis rei sustinere, von etw. die Schuld tragen, Cic. – b) der entschuldigende Grund, der Entschuldigungsgrund, die Entschuldigung, die Ausrede, der Einwand, tibi causa est de hac re, Ter.: causam accipere (gelten lassen), Cic. – c) der bemäntelnde, erdichtete Grund, der Vorwand, das Vorgeben (πρόφασις; vgl. Ruhnk. Ter. Andr. 1, 3, 8), causas fingere, Ov.: causam invenire, Ter.: causam interponens (als Vorwand angebend, unter dem Vorwand) se collegas exspectare, Nep.: u. ebenso causam interserens te hostem esse Atheniensibus, Nep. – mit Ang. wessen? durch Genet., muri causam opponere, Cic.: bes. per causam m. Genet. = unter dem Vorwande einer Sache (griech. κατά πρόφασιν), zB. per causam supplementi equitatusque cogendi, Caes.: per causam renovati ab Aequis belli, Liv. (s. Drak. Liv. 2, 32, 1. Broukh. Tibull. 1, 6 [7], 26). – mit Ang. wozu? durch Genet. od. ad m. Akk., causas novarum postulationum quaerere, Cic.: causam bellandi reperire, Nep.: causam habere ad iniuriam, Cic. – m. weiterer Ang. weshalb? iam diu ali-————quam causam quaerere, quamobrem etc., Ter. – m. weiterer Ang. daß od. daß nicht, fingere causam peracutam, ut etc., Cic.: fingere causas, ut etc., Tibull.: fingere causas, ne etc., Ter. – d) der eingewendete Grund, die Einwendung, der Einwand, causam hau dico, ich mache keinen Einw., Plaut.: nullam od. non causam dico, quin etc., ich habe nichts einzuwenden, daß usw., Plaut. u. Ter.: num quid causae est od. num quae causa est, quin etc., Plaut.: neu causa ulla restet relicua, quin etc., Ter.: causae nihil dicimus, quin etc., Cic. Quinct. 57. Vgl. Brix Plaut. capt. 350. Lorenz Einl. zu Plaut. Pseud. S. 9. Anm. 9. – e) als mediz. t. t., der Krankheitsanlaß, Krankheitszustand (s. Fabri Liv. 22, 8, 3), causa levis (Ggstz. causa gravior), Liv.: causa tenuissima, Cic.: causae externae, Liv.: tantum causam metuere, Cels.: afferre valetudinis causas, Quint. – dah. bei Spät. = Krankheit, Cael. Aur., Veget. u.a. – f) Abl. causā m. Genet. od. Pronom. possess., aus Ursache, auf Veranlassung, in Rücksicht auf, im Interesse eines Ggstds., um... willen, wegen, halber, auch zu, α) m. Genet., gew. dem Genet. nachgestellt, selten (des Gegensatzes, Nachdrucks wegen) ihm vorangesetzt, fili causā, Plaut.: tempestatis causā, auf V. des Wetters, durch das W., Cic.: temporis causā, der Zeit u. Umstände wegen, im Drange des Augenblicks, Cic.: rei publicae causā, Cic.: ioci causā, Cic.: delectationis causā,————Cels.: animi causā, s. animus no. II, A, 2, d: auxilii causā, Caes.: contumeliae causā (Ggstz. honoris causā), Cic.: mortis causā patris sui, Liv.: honoris causā, s. honos: fidei causā, Sall.: exempli causā, Cic.: verbi causā, Cic.: liberorum quaerendorum causā, Plaut. u. Suet.: liberûm quaesundûm causā, Enn. fr.: voluptatum adipiscendarum causā, Cic.: dissimulandi causā, Sall.: u. alcis causā cupere, velle, velle omnia, debere omnia, Cic. – vor dem Genet., causā virginis, Ter. Eun. 202: causā antiquitatis, Vulcat. Sedig. fr. bei Gell. 15, 24. v. 13: causā amicorum, Cic. de amic. 57: causā ignominiae, Liv. 40, 41, 11 H.: causā ludorum, Liv. 40, 44, 10 H.: causā detrectandi sacramenti, Suet. Aug. 24 R., causā conservandae vocis, Augustin. conf. 6, 3, 3, s. Madvig Emendatt. Liv. p. 474. – zwischen zwei Genet., aedificandi causā theatri, Amm. 29, 6, 11. – β) m. Pronom. poss., meā causā, um meinetwillen, meinetwegen, in meinem Interesse, mir zuliebe, Cic. (auch causā meā des Verses wegen bei den Komik. u. bei Hor. sat. 1, 4, 97): u. so tuā causā, nostrā causā, vestrā causā, Cic.: alienā potius causā quam suā, Quint.II) der obwaltende, a) die obwaltende Angelegenheit, Sache, der Gegenstand, Punkt, die Sachlage, der Sachverhalt, Alexandrina causa, Cic.: nec praetermittebat fere quicquam, quod esset in causa, was zur Sache gehörte, Cic. Brut. 303 (vgl. oben no. I, a————in causa esse): et causam et hominem probare, Caes.: super tali causa eodem missum esse, Nep.: sic egit causam tuam, ut etc., Cic.: cui senatus dederat publicam (al. publice) causam, ut etc., den offiziellen Auftrag, Cic. – im Ggstz. zu Nebenumständen, armis inferiores, non causā fuisse, Cic.: parum precibus, parum causā proficere, Liv. – b) die obwaltende Lage, Stellung, der obwaltende Fall, obwaltende Zustand, suam causam non nosse, alienas facile discere, Cic.: num alia in causa M. Cato fuit, aliā ceteri qui etc., Cic.: (Regulus) erat in meliore causa, Cic.: in eadem causa erant Usipetes et Tenchteri, Caes.: (praedia) soluta meliore causā sunt quam obligata, Cic. – c) das obwaltende freundschaftliche Verhältnis, die freundschaftliche Beziehung zu jmd., das Freundschaftsverhältnis, die Verbindung, quicum tibi affinitas, societas, omnes denique causae et necessitudines veteres intercedebant, Cic.: ad eas causas quibus inter nos amore sumus, officiis, vetustate coniuncti patriae caritas accessit, Cic.: explicare breviter, quae mihi sit ratio et causa cum Caesare, Cic. – d) das Interesse, das man verfolgt, die Sache, Partei, die man verficht (s. die Auslgg. zu Cic. de imp. Pomp. 2): causa senatoria, popularis, Iustin.: populi Romani vera, Cic.: c. Caesaris melior, Quint.: suarum partium c., Quint.: c., quam Pompeius susceperat, Cic.: causam imperii cognoscere, Cic.: causam rei publicae————non tenere, Cic. (s. Halm Cic. Sull. 32): u. ad causam publicam accedere, das Interesse des Staates zu vertreten beginnen, Cic.: causam populi agere (Ggstz. causam optimatium agere), Nep.: rem in causam plebis inclinare, Quint.: ea causa, quae est senatui, quae est dis hominibusque gratissima, Cic.: ii, quorum est una causa, Cic.: non omnibus Sullae causa grata, Cic.: utrum militantiumadversarii estis, an causam agitis ? Liv.: omnis familiae causa consistit tibi, das Interesse für usw. (die Sorge für die Unterhaltung der usw.), Plaut. asin. 520. – e) der in Frage stehende od. gestellte Gegenstand, Punkt, α) = ὑπόθεσις die Aufgabe, der Stoff, das Thema, der Streitpunkt (s. Cic. top. 79. Quint. 3, 5, 7), sowohl einer philosophischen Erörterung usw., poscere eorum aliquem qui adsunt causam disserendi, Cic.: quod vero maxime rem causamque continet, Cic. – als einer rednerischen Darstellung, der Fall, verae causae aut forenses, wirkliche Geschäfts- od. Gerichtsfälle, Cic.: causarum, quae sint a communi quaestione seiunctae, partim in iudiciis versari, partim in deliberationibus, Cic. – β) der obwaltende Rechtsfall, die Rechtssache, die Rechtsfrage, die gerichtliche Sache, die Streitfrage, der Prozeß, causa capitis, causa capitis aut famae, Cic.: maiestatis, Tac. – causae forenses, Cic.: causae malae, optimae, Cic.: causae privatae, publicae, Cic.: c. centum-————viralis, Cic.: c. liberalis, Cic.: c. superior, Ggstz. c. inferior, Cic.: c. parvula, Bagatellsache, Cic.: c. tenuis, Cic.: c. vera (gerechte), Cic.: causa iudicata atque damnata, Cic.: causā indictā, ohne Prozeß, Cic.: causā cognitā (Ggstz. causāincognitā), Cic. – actio, actor causae, Cic.: causae dictio, Cic.: orationes causarum, Cic. – accedere causae od. ad causam, Cic.: adesse in hac causa, Cic.: adesse tali causae, Quint.: agere causam, s. ago no. II, B, 5, c (S. 270): causam defendere, Cic.: causas defensitare, Cic. – causam dicere = den Prozeß führen (v. gerichtl. Redner) u. = sich verteidigen od. sich verteidigen lassen (v. Angeklagten, Ggstz. accusare), Cic.: causam parricidii dicere (v. gerichtl. Redner), Liv.: coronae subreptae de Capitolio causam dicere (v. Angeklagten), Porphyr.: causam ex vinculis dicere (v. Angeklagten), Caes. u. Liv. – causam discere, sich vortragen lassen (v. Sachwalter), Cic.: causam docere alqm, einem Sachwalter vortragen, Cic.: causam orare, perorare, Cic. – causam alci inferre, Auct. b. Hisp. 1, 4 u. ICt. (versch. v. oben no. I, a). – causam recipere, suscipere, Cic.: causā desistere (v. Kläger), Cic.: causā premi, mit seinem Pr. ins Gedränge kommen, Sen.: in causis iudiciisque versari, Cic. – causam tenere, obtinere, sustinere, den Prozeß gewinnen, Cic.: u. so auch vincere causam suam, Ov. – u. causam perdere, seines Interesses verlustig gehen, den————Pr. verlieren, Cic.: causā cadere, infolge eines Formfehlers den Pr. verlieren, Cic., Suet. u. ICt. (s. Piderit Cic. de or. 1, 66. Halm Cic. Mur. 9). – causa labefactatur ad iudicem, Cic. – f) die ganze jurist. Beschaffenheit eines Rechtsobjekts, bes. die damit verbundenen Lasten und Vorteile, tota causa fundi, ICt.: fundus cum sua causa transit, ICt.: dominium cum sua causa transferre, ICt.: bona cum causa, ICt.: dah. oft sine causa, ohne Nutzen od. Vorteil, umsonst, Eccl. (s. Rönsch Itala p. 306). – ⇒ Nicht selten steht causa mit einem gewissen Lautspiele in einem Satze in der Bedeutung von no. I u. von no. II nebeneinander, zB. meā causā causam accipite, Ter. heaut. 47: his de causis ego huic causae patronus exstiti, Cic. Rosc. Am. 5 (dazu Halm). -
3 bellum
bellum (ante-class. and poet. duel-lum), i, n. [Sanscr. dva, dvi, dus; cf. Germ. zwei; Engl. two, twice; for the change from initial du- to b-, cf. bis for duis, and v. the letter B, and Varr. L. L. 5, § 73 Mull.; 7, § 49 ib.], war.I.Form duellum: duellum, bellum, videlicet quod duabus partibus de victoria contendentibus dimicatur. Inde est perduellis, qui pertinaciter retinet bellum, Paul. ex Fest. p. 66, 17 Mull.:II.bellum antea duellum vocatum eo quod duae sunt dimicantium partes... Postea mutata littera dictum bellum,
Isid. Orig. 18, 1, 9: hos pestis necuit, pars occidit illa duellis, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 9, 861 P. (Ann. v. 549 Vahl.):legiones reveniunt domum Exstincto duello maximo atque internecatis hostibus,
Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 35:quae domi duellique male fecisti,
id. As. 3, 2, 13.—So in archaic style, or in citations from ancient documents:quique agent rem duelli,
Cic. Leg. 2, 8, 21:aes atque ferrum, duelli instrumenta,
id. ib. 2, 18, 45 (translated from the Platonic laws):puro pioque duello quaerendas (res) censeo,
Liv. 1, 32, 12 (quoted from ancient transactions); so,quod duellum populo Romano cum Carthaginiensi est,
id. 22, 10, 2:victoriaque duelli populi Romani erit,
id. 23, 11, 2:si duellum quod cum rege Antiocho sumi populus jussit,
id. 36, 2, 2;and from an ancient inscription' duello magno dirimendo, etc.,
id. 40, 52, 5.— Poet.:hic... Pacem duello miscuit,
Hor. C. 3, 5, 38:cadum Marsi memorem duelli,
id. ib. 3, 14, 18:vacuum duellis Janum Quirini clausit,
id. ib. 4, 15, 8; cf. id. Ep. 1, 2, 7; 2, 1, 254; 2, 2, 98; Ov. F. 6, 201; Juv. 1, 169— [p. 227]Form bellum.A.War, warfare (abstr.), or a war, the war (concr.), i.e. hostilities between two nations (cf. tumultus).1.Specifying the enemy.a.By adjj. denoting the nation:b.omnibus Punicis Siciliensibusque bellis,
Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 47, § 124:aliquot annis ante secundum Punicum bellum,
id. Ac. 2, 5, 13:Britannicum bellum,
id. Att. 4, 16, 13:Gallicum,
id. Prov. Cons. 14, 35:Germanicum,
Caes. B. G. 3, 28:Sabinum,
Liv. 1, 26, 4:Parthicum,
Vell. 2, 46, 2;similarly: bellum piraticum,
the war against the pirates, Vell. 2, 33, 1.—Sometimes the adj. refers to the leader or king of the enemy:Sertorianum bellum,
Cic. Phil. 11, 8, 18:Mithridaticum,
id. Imp. Pomp. 3, 7:Jugurthinum,
Hor. Epod. 9, 23; Vell. 2, 11, 1;similarly: bellum regium,
the war against kings, Cic. Imp. Pomp. 17, 50. —Or it refers to the theatre of the war:bellum Africanum, Transalpinum,
Cic. Imp. Pomp. 10, 28:Asiaticum,
id. ib. 22, 64:Africum,
Caes. B. C. 2, 32 fin.:Actiacum,
Vell. 2, 86, 3:Hispaniense,
id. 2, 55, 2.—With gen. of the name of the nation or its leader: bellum Latinorum, the Latin war, i. e. against the Latins, Cic. N. D. 2, 2, 6:c.Venetorum,
Caes. B. G. 3, 16:Helvetiorum,
id. ib. 1, 40 fin.;1, 30: Ambiorigis,
id. ib. 6, 29, 4:Pyrrhi, Philippi,
Cic. Phil. 11, 7, 17:Samnitium,
Liv. 7, 29, 2.—With cum and abl. of the name.(α).Attributively:(β).cum Jugurtha, cum Cimbris, cum Teutonis bellum,
Cic. Imp. Pomp. 20, 60:belli causa cum Samnitibus,
Liv. 7, 29, 3:hunc finem bellum cum Philippo habuit,
id. 33, 35, 12:novum cum Antiocho instabat bellum,
id. 36, 36, 7; cf. id. 35, 40, 1; 38, 58, 8; 39, 1, 8; 44, 14, 7.—With cum dependent on the verb:d.quia bellum Aetolis esse dixi cum Aliis,
Plaut. Capt. prol. 59:novi consules... duo bella habuere... alterum cum Tiburtibus,
Liv. 7, 17, 2; esp. with gero, v. 2. b. a infra.—With adversus and acc. of the name.(α).Attributively:(β).bellum adversus Philippum,
Liv. 31, 1, 8:bellum populus adversus Vestinos jussit,
id. 8, 29, 6.—With adversus dependent on the verb: quod homines populi Hermunduli adversus populum Romanum bellum fecere, Cincius ap. Gell. 16, 14, 1: nos pro vobis bellum suscepimus adversus Philippum. Liv. 31, 31, 18:e.ut multo acrius adversus duos quam adversus unum pararet bellum,
id. 45, 11, 8:bellum quod rex adversus Datamem susceperat,
Nep. Dat. 8, 5.—With contra and acc.:f.cum bellum nefarium contra aras et focos, contra vitam fortunasque nostras... non comparari, sed geri jam viderem,
Cic. Phil. 3, 1, 1:causam belli contra patriam inferendi,
id. ib. 2, 22, 53.—With in and acc. (very rare):g. h. k.Athenienses in Peloponnesios sexto et vicesimo anno bellum gerentes,
Nep. Lys. 1, 1.—With dat. of the enemy after inferre and facere, v. 2. a. k infra.—2.With verbs.a.Referring to the beginning of the war.(α).Bellum movere or commovere, to bring about, stir up a war:(β).summa erat observatio in bello movendo,
Cic. Off. 1, 11, 37:bellum commotum a Scapula,
id. Fam. 9, 13, 1:nuntiabant alii... in Apulia servile bellum moveri,
Sall. C. 30, 2:is primum Volscis bellum in ducentos amplius... annos movit,
Liv. 1, 53, 2:insequenti anno Veiens bellum motum,
id. 4, 58, 6:dii pium movere bellum,
id. 8, 6, 4; cf. Verg. A. 10, 627; id. G. 1, 509; so,concitare,
Liv. 7, 27, 5; and ciere ( poet.), Verg. A. 1, 541; 6, 829; 12, 158.—Bellum parare, comparare, apparare, or se praeparare bello, to prepare a war, or for a war:(γ).cum tam pestiferum bellum pararet,
Cic. Att. 9, 13, 3:bellum utrimque summopere parabatur,
Liv. 1, 23, 1; cf. id. 45, 11, 8 (v. II. A. 1. d. b supra); Nep. Hann. 2, 6; Quint. 12, 3, 5; Ov. M. 7, 456; so,parare alicui,
Nep. Alcib. 9, 5:bellum terra et mari comparat,
Cic. Att. 10, 4, 3:tantum bellum... Cn. Pompeius extrema hieme apparavit, ineunte vere suscepit, media aestate confecit,
id. Imp. Pomp. 12, 3, 5:bellum omnium consensu apparari coeptum,
Liv. 4, 55, 7:numquam imperator ita paci credit, ut non se praeparet bello,
Sen. Vit. Beat. 26, 2.—Bellum differre, to postpone a war:(δ).nec jam poterat bellum differri,
Liv. 2, 30, 7:mors Hamilcaris et pueritia Hannibalis distulerunt bellum,
id. 21, 2, 3; cf. id. 5, 5, 3.—Bellum sumere, to undertake, begin a war (not in Caesar):(ε).omne bellum sumi facile, ceterum aegerrume desinere,
Sall. J. 83, 1:prius tamen omnia pati decrevit quam bellum sumere,
id. ib. 20, 5:de integro bellum sumit,
id. ib. 62, 9:iis haec maxima ratio belli sumendi fuerat,
Liv. 38, 19, 3:sumi bellum etiam ab ignavis, strenuissimi cujusque periculo geri,
Tac. H. 4, 69; cf. id. A. 2, 45; 13, 34; 15, 5; 15, 7; id. Agr. 16.—Bellum suscipere (rarely inire), to undertake, commence a war, join in a war:(ζ).bellum ita suscipiatur ut nihil nisi pax quaesita videatur,
Cic. Off. 1, 23, 80:suscipienda quidem bella sunt ob eam causam ut, etc.,
id. ib. 1, 11, 35:judicavit a plerisque ignoratione... bellum esse susceptum,
join, id. Marcell. 5, 13; id. Imp. Pomp. 12, 35 (v. supra):cum avertisset plebem a suscipiendo bello,
undertaking, Liv. 4, 58, 14:senatui cum Camillo agi placuit ut bellum Etruscum susciperet,
id. 6, 9, 5:bella non causis inita, sed ut eorum merces fuit,
Vell. 2, 3, 3.—Bellum consentire = bellum consensu decernere, to decree a war by agreement, to ratify a declaration of war (rare):(η).consensit et senatus bellum,
Liv. 8, 6, 8:bellum erat consensum,
id. 1, 32, 12.—Bellum alicui mandare, committere, decernere, dare, gerendum dare, ad aliquem deferre, or aliquem bello praeficere, praeponere, to assign a war to one as a commander, to give one the chief command in a war:(θ).sed ne tum quidem populus Romanus ad privatum detulit bellum,
Cic. Phil. 11, 8, 18:populus Romanus consuli... bellum gerendum dedit,
id. ib.:cur non... eidem... hoc quoque bellum regium committamus?
id. Imp. Pomp. 17, 50:Camillus cui id bellum mandatum erat,
Liv. 5, 26, 3:Volscum bellum M. Furio extra ordinem decretum,
id. 6, 22, 6:Gallicum bellum Popilio extra ordinem datum,
id. 7, 23, 2:quo die a vobis maritimo bello praepositus est imperator,
Cic. Imp. Pomp. 15, 44:cum ei (bello) imperatorem praeficere possitis, in quo sit eximia belli scientia,
id. ib. 16, 49:hunc toti bello praefecerunt,
Caes. B. G. 5, 11 fin.:alicui bellum suscipiendum dare,
Cic. Imp. Pomp. 19, 58:bellum administrandum permittere,
id. ib. 21, 61.—Bellum indicere alicui, to declare war against (the regular expression; coupled with facere in the ancient formula of the pater patratus), also bellum denuntiare: ob eam rem ego... populo Hermundulo... bellum (in)dico facioque, Cincius ap. Gell. 16, 14, 1:(κ).ob eam rem ego populusque Romanus populis... Latinis bellum indico facioque,
Liv. 1, 32, 13:Corinthiis bellum indicamus an non?
Cic. Inv. 1, 12, 17:ex quo intellegi potest, nullum bellum esse justum nisi quod aut rebus repetitis geratur, aut denuntiatum ante sit et indictum,
id. Off. 1, 11, 36; id. Rep. 3, 23, 35:bellum indici posse existimabat,
Liv. 1, 22, 4:ni reddantur (res) bellum indicere jussos,
id. 1, 22, 6:ut... nec gererentur solum sed etiam indicerentur bella aliquo ritu, jus... descripsit quo res repetuntur,
id. 1, 32, 5; cf. id. 1, 32, 9; 2, 18, 11; 2, 38, 5; Verg. A. 7, 616.—Bellum inferre alicui (cf. contra aliquem, 1. e. supra; also bellum facere; absol., with dat., or with cum and abl.), to begin a war against ( with), to make war on:(λ).Denseletis nefarium bellum intulisti,
Cic. Pis. 34, 84:ei civitati bellum indici atque inferri solere,
id. Verr. 2, 1, 31, § 79:qui sibi Galliaeque bellum intulissent,
Caes. B. G. 4, 16; Nep. Them. 2, 4; Verg. A. 3, 248:bellumne populo Romano Lampsacena civitas facere conabatur?
Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 31, § 79:bellum patriae faciet,
id. Mil. 23, 63; id. Cat. 3, 9, 22:civitatem Eburonum populo Romano bellum facere ausam,
Caes. B. G. 5, 28; cf. id. ib. 7, 2;3, 29: constituit bellum facere,
Sall. C. 26, 5; 24, 2:occupant bellum facere,
they are the first to begin the war, Liv. 1, 14, 4:ut bellum cum Priscis Latinis fieret,
id. 1, 32, 13:populus Palaepolitanis bellum fieri jussit,
id. 8, 22, 8; cf. Nep. Dion, 4, 3; id. Ages. 2, 1.— Coupled with instruere, to sustain a war:urbs quae bellum facere atque instruere possit,
Cic. Agr. 2, 28, 77.—Bellum facere had become obsolete at Seneca's time, Sen. Ep. 114, 17.—Bellum oritur or exoritur, a war begins:subito bellum in Gallia ex, ortum est,
Caes. B. G. 3, 7:aliud multo propius bellum ortum,
Liv. 1, 14, 4:Veiens bellum exortum,
id. 2, 53, 1.—(ante-class. and poet. ), i, n. [Sanscr. dva, dvi, dus; cf. Germ. zwei; Engl. two, twice; for the change from initial du- to b-, cf. bis for duis, and v. the letter B, and Varr. L. L. 5, § 73 Mull.; 7, § 49 ib.], war.I.Form duellum: duellum, bellum, videlicet quod duabus partibus de victoria contendentibus dimicatur. Inde est perduellis, qui pertinaciter retinet bellum, Paul. ex Fest. p. 66, 17 Mull.:II.bellum antea duellum vocatum eo quod duae sunt dimicantium partes... Postea mutata littera dictum bellum,
Isid. Orig. 18, 1, 9: hos pestis necuit, pars occidit illa duellis, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 9, 861 P. (Ann. v. 549 Vahl.):legiones reveniunt domum Exstincto duello maximo atque internecatis hostibus,
Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 35:quae domi duellique male fecisti,
id. As. 3, 2, 13.—So in archaic style, or in citations from ancient documents:quique agent rem duelli,
Cic. Leg. 2, 8, 21:aes atque ferrum, duelli instrumenta,
id. ib. 2, 18, 45 (translated from the Platonic laws):puro pioque duello quaerendas (res) censeo,
Liv. 1, 32, 12 (quoted from ancient transactions); so,quod duellum populo Romano cum Carthaginiensi est,
id. 22, 10, 2:victoriaque duelli populi Romani erit,
id. 23, 11, 2:si duellum quod cum rege Antiocho sumi populus jussit,
id. 36, 2, 2;and from an ancient inscription' duello magno dirimendo, etc.,
id. 40, 52, 5.— Poet.:hic... Pacem duello miscuit,
Hor. C. 3, 5, 38:cadum Marsi memorem duelli,
id. ib. 3, 14, 18:vacuum duellis Janum Quirini clausit,
id. ib. 4, 15, 8; cf. id. Ep. 1, 2, 7; 2, 1, 254; 2, 2, 98; Ov. F. 6, 201; Juv. 1, 169— [p. 227]Form bellum.A.War, warfare (abstr.), or a war, the war (concr.), i.e. hostilities between two nations (cf. tumultus).1.Specifying the enemy.a.By adjj. denoting the nation:b.omnibus Punicis Siciliensibusque bellis,
Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 47, § 124:aliquot annis ante secundum Punicum bellum,
id. Ac. 2, 5, 13:Britannicum bellum,
id. Att. 4, 16, 13:Gallicum,
id. Prov. Cons. 14, 35:Germanicum,
Caes. B. G. 3, 28:Sabinum,
Liv. 1, 26, 4:Parthicum,
Vell. 2, 46, 2;similarly: bellum piraticum,
the war against the pirates, Vell. 2, 33, 1.—Sometimes the adj. refers to the leader or king of the enemy:Sertorianum bellum,
Cic. Phil. 11, 8, 18:Mithridaticum,
id. Imp. Pomp. 3, 7:Jugurthinum,
Hor. Epod. 9, 23; Vell. 2, 11, 1;similarly: bellum regium,
the war against kings, Cic. Imp. Pomp. 17, 50. —Or it refers to the theatre of the war:bellum Africanum, Transalpinum,
Cic. Imp. Pomp. 10, 28:Asiaticum,
id. ib. 22, 64:Africum,
Caes. B. C. 2, 32 fin.:Actiacum,
Vell. 2, 86, 3:Hispaniense,
id. 2, 55, 2.—With gen. of the name of the nation or its leader: bellum Latinorum, the Latin war, i. e. against the Latins, Cic. N. D. 2, 2, 6:c.Venetorum,
Caes. B. G. 3, 16:Helvetiorum,
id. ib. 1, 40 fin.;1, 30: Ambiorigis,
id. ib. 6, 29, 4:Pyrrhi, Philippi,
Cic. Phil. 11, 7, 17:Samnitium,
Liv. 7, 29, 2.—With cum and abl. of the name.(α).Attributively:(β).cum Jugurtha, cum Cimbris, cum Teutonis bellum,
Cic. Imp. Pomp. 20, 60:belli causa cum Samnitibus,
Liv. 7, 29, 3:hunc finem bellum cum Philippo habuit,
id. 33, 35, 12:novum cum Antiocho instabat bellum,
id. 36, 36, 7; cf. id. 35, 40, 1; 38, 58, 8; 39, 1, 8; 44, 14, 7.—With cum dependent on the verb:d.quia bellum Aetolis esse dixi cum Aliis,
Plaut. Capt. prol. 59:novi consules... duo bella habuere... alterum cum Tiburtibus,
Liv. 7, 17, 2; esp. with gero, v. 2. b. a infra.—With adversus and acc. of the name.(α).Attributively:(β).bellum adversus Philippum,
Liv. 31, 1, 8:bellum populus adversus Vestinos jussit,
id. 8, 29, 6.—With adversus dependent on the verb: quod homines populi Hermunduli adversus populum Romanum bellum fecere, Cincius ap. Gell. 16, 14, 1: nos pro vobis bellum suscepimus adversus Philippum. Liv. 31, 31, 18:e.ut multo acrius adversus duos quam adversus unum pararet bellum,
id. 45, 11, 8:bellum quod rex adversus Datamem susceperat,
Nep. Dat. 8, 5.—With contra and acc.:f.cum bellum nefarium contra aras et focos, contra vitam fortunasque nostras... non comparari, sed geri jam viderem,
Cic. Phil. 3, 1, 1:causam belli contra patriam inferendi,
id. ib. 2, 22, 53.—With in and acc. (very rare):g. h. k.Athenienses in Peloponnesios sexto et vicesimo anno bellum gerentes,
Nep. Lys. 1, 1.—With dat. of the enemy after inferre and facere, v. 2. a. k infra.—2.With verbs.a.Referring to the beginning of the war.(α).Bellum movere or commovere, to bring about, stir up a war:(β).summa erat observatio in bello movendo,
Cic. Off. 1, 11, 37:bellum commotum a Scapula,
id. Fam. 9, 13, 1:nuntiabant alii... in Apulia servile bellum moveri,
Sall. C. 30, 2:is primum Volscis bellum in ducentos amplius... annos movit,
Liv. 1, 53, 2:insequenti anno Veiens bellum motum,
id. 4, 58, 6:dii pium movere bellum,
id. 8, 6, 4; cf. Verg. A. 10, 627; id. G. 1, 509; so,concitare,
Liv. 7, 27, 5; and ciere ( poet.), Verg. A. 1, 541; 6, 829; 12, 158.—Bellum parare, comparare, apparare, or se praeparare bello, to prepare a war, or for a war:(γ).cum tam pestiferum bellum pararet,
Cic. Att. 9, 13, 3:bellum utrimque summopere parabatur,
Liv. 1, 23, 1; cf. id. 45, 11, 8 (v. II. A. 1. d. b supra); Nep. Hann. 2, 6; Quint. 12, 3, 5; Ov. M. 7, 456; so,parare alicui,
Nep. Alcib. 9, 5:bellum terra et mari comparat,
Cic. Att. 10, 4, 3:tantum bellum... Cn. Pompeius extrema hieme apparavit, ineunte vere suscepit, media aestate confecit,
id. Imp. Pomp. 12, 3, 5:bellum omnium consensu apparari coeptum,
Liv. 4, 55, 7:numquam imperator ita paci credit, ut non se praeparet bello,
Sen. Vit. Beat. 26, 2.—Bellum differre, to postpone a war:(δ).nec jam poterat bellum differri,
Liv. 2, 30, 7:mors Hamilcaris et pueritia Hannibalis distulerunt bellum,
id. 21, 2, 3; cf. id. 5, 5, 3.—Bellum sumere, to undertake, begin a war (not in Caesar):(ε).omne bellum sumi facile, ceterum aegerrume desinere,
Sall. J. 83, 1:prius tamen omnia pati decrevit quam bellum sumere,
id. ib. 20, 5:de integro bellum sumit,
id. ib. 62, 9:iis haec maxima ratio belli sumendi fuerat,
Liv. 38, 19, 3:sumi bellum etiam ab ignavis, strenuissimi cujusque periculo geri,
Tac. H. 4, 69; cf. id. A. 2, 45; 13, 34; 15, 5; 15, 7; id. Agr. 16.—Bellum suscipere (rarely inire), to undertake, commence a war, join in a war:(ζ).bellum ita suscipiatur ut nihil nisi pax quaesita videatur,
Cic. Off. 1, 23, 80:suscipienda quidem bella sunt ob eam causam ut, etc.,
id. ib. 1, 11, 35:judicavit a plerisque ignoratione... bellum esse susceptum,
join, id. Marcell. 5, 13; id. Imp. Pomp. 12, 35 (v. supra):cum avertisset plebem a suscipiendo bello,
undertaking, Liv. 4, 58, 14:senatui cum Camillo agi placuit ut bellum Etruscum susciperet,
id. 6, 9, 5:bella non causis inita, sed ut eorum merces fuit,
Vell. 2, 3, 3.—Bellum consentire = bellum consensu decernere, to decree a war by agreement, to ratify a declaration of war (rare):(η).consensit et senatus bellum,
Liv. 8, 6, 8:bellum erat consensum,
id. 1, 32, 12.—Bellum alicui mandare, committere, decernere, dare, gerendum dare, ad aliquem deferre, or aliquem bello praeficere, praeponere, to assign a war to one as a commander, to give one the chief command in a war:(θ).sed ne tum quidem populus Romanus ad privatum detulit bellum,
Cic. Phil. 11, 8, 18:populus Romanus consuli... bellum gerendum dedit,
id. ib.:cur non... eidem... hoc quoque bellum regium committamus?
id. Imp. Pomp. 17, 50:Camillus cui id bellum mandatum erat,
Liv. 5, 26, 3:Volscum bellum M. Furio extra ordinem decretum,
id. 6, 22, 6:Gallicum bellum Popilio extra ordinem datum,
id. 7, 23, 2:quo die a vobis maritimo bello praepositus est imperator,
Cic. Imp. Pomp. 15, 44:cum ei (bello) imperatorem praeficere possitis, in quo sit eximia belli scientia,
id. ib. 16, 49:hunc toti bello praefecerunt,
Caes. B. G. 5, 11 fin.:alicui bellum suscipiendum dare,
Cic. Imp. Pomp. 19, 58:bellum administrandum permittere,
id. ib. 21, 61.—Bellum indicere alicui, to declare war against (the regular expression; coupled with facere in the ancient formula of the pater patratus), also bellum denuntiare: ob eam rem ego... populo Hermundulo... bellum (in)dico facioque, Cincius ap. Gell. 16, 14, 1:(κ).ob eam rem ego populusque Romanus populis... Latinis bellum indico facioque,
Liv. 1, 32, 13:Corinthiis bellum indicamus an non?
Cic. Inv. 1, 12, 17:ex quo intellegi potest, nullum bellum esse justum nisi quod aut rebus repetitis geratur, aut denuntiatum ante sit et indictum,
id. Off. 1, 11, 36; id. Rep. 3, 23, 35:bellum indici posse existimabat,
Liv. 1, 22, 4:ni reddantur (res) bellum indicere jussos,
id. 1, 22, 6:ut... nec gererentur solum sed etiam indicerentur bella aliquo ritu, jus... descripsit quo res repetuntur,
id. 1, 32, 5; cf. id. 1, 32, 9; 2, 18, 11; 2, 38, 5; Verg. A. 7, 616.—Bellum inferre alicui (cf. contra aliquem, 1. e. supra; also bellum facere; absol., with dat., or with cum and abl.), to begin a war against ( with), to make war on:(λ).Denseletis nefarium bellum intulisti,
Cic. Pis. 34, 84:ei civitati bellum indici atque inferri solere,
id. Verr. 2, 1, 31, § 79:qui sibi Galliaeque bellum intulissent,
Caes. B. G. 4, 16; Nep. Them. 2, 4; Verg. A. 3, 248:bellumne populo Romano Lampsacena civitas facere conabatur?
Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 31, § 79:bellum patriae faciet,
id. Mil. 23, 63; id. Cat. 3, 9, 22:civitatem Eburonum populo Romano bellum facere ausam,
Caes. B. G. 5, 28; cf. id. ib. 7, 2;3, 29: constituit bellum facere,
Sall. C. 26, 5; 24, 2:occupant bellum facere,
they are the first to begin the war, Liv. 1, 14, 4:ut bellum cum Priscis Latinis fieret,
id. 1, 32, 13:populus Palaepolitanis bellum fieri jussit,
id. 8, 22, 8; cf. Nep. Dion, 4, 3; id. Ages. 2, 1.— Coupled with instruere, to sustain a war:urbs quae bellum facere atque instruere possit,
Cic. Agr. 2, 28, 77.—Bellum facere had become obsolete at Seneca's time, Sen. Ep. 114, 17.—Bellum oritur or exoritur, a war begins:b.subito bellum in Gallia ex, ortum est,
Caes. B. G. 3, 7:aliud multo propius bellum ortum,
Liv. 1, 14, 4:Veiens bellum exortum,
id. 2, 53, 1.—Referring to the carrying on of the war: bellum gerere, to carry on a war; absol., with cum and abl., per and acc., or in and abl. (cf.:(β).bellum gerere in aliquem, 1. a. and f. supra): nisi forte ego vobis... cessare nunc videor cum bella non gero,
Cic. Sen. 6, 18:cum Celtiberis, cum Cimbris bellum ut cum inimicis gerebatur,
id. Off. 1, 12, 38:cum ei bellum ut cum rege Perse gereret obtigisset,
id. Div. 1, 46, 103:erant hae difficultates belli gerendi,
Caes. B. G. 3, 10:bellum cum Germanis gerere constituit,
id. ib. 4, 6:Cn. Pompeius in extremis terris bellum gerebat,
Sall. C. 16, 5:bellum quod Hannibale duce Carthaginienses cum populo Romano gessere,
Liv. 21, 1, 1:alter consul in Sabinis bellum gessit,
id. 2, 62, 3:de exercitibus per quos id bellum gereretur,
id. 23, 25, 5:Chabrias bella in Aegypto sua sponte gessit,
Nep. Chabr, 2, 1.—Sometimes bellum administrare only of the commander, Cic. Imp. Pomp. 15, 43; Nep. Chabr. 2, 1. —Also (very rare):bellum bellare,
Liv. 8, 40, 1 (but belligerantes is absol., Enn. ap. Cic. Off. 1, 12, 38; Ann. v. 201 Vahl.);in the same sense: bellum agere,
Nep. Hann. 8, 3. —As a synonym:bello persequi aliquem,
Nep. Con. 4, 1; cf. Liv. 3, 25, 3.—Trahere or ducere bellum, to protract a war:(γ).necesse est enim aut trahi id bellum, aut, etc.,
Cic. Att. 10, 8, 2:bellum trahi non posse,
Sall. J. 23, 2:belli trahendi causa,
Liv. 5, 11, 8:morae qua trahebant bellum paenitebat,
id. 9, 27, 5:suadere institui ut bellum duceret,
Cic. Fam. 7, 3, 2:bellum enim ducetur,
id. ad Brut. 1, 18, 6; Nep. Alcib. 8, 1; id. Dat. 8, 4;similarly: cum his molliter et per dilationes bellum geri oportet?
Liv. 5, 5, 1.—Bellum repellere, defendere, or propulsare, to ward off, defend one ' s self against a war:c.bellum Gallicum C. Caesare imperatore gestum est, antea tantummodo repulsum,
Cic. Prov. Cons. 13, 32:quod bellum non intulerit sed defenderit,
Caes. B. G. 1, 44:Samnitium vix a se ipsis eo tempore propulsantium bellum,
Liv. 8, 37, 5.—Referring to the end of a war.(α).Bellum deponere, ponere, or omittere, to give up, discontinue a war:(β).in quo (i.e. bello) et gerendo et deponendo jus ut plurimum valeret lege sanximus,
Cic. Leg. 2, 14, 34:(bellum) cum deponi victores velint,
Sall. J. 83, 1:bellum decem ferme annis ante depositum erat,
Liv. 31, 1, 8:nos depositum a vobis bellum et ipsi omisimus,
id. 31, 31, 19:dicit posse condicionibus bellum poni,
Sall. J. 112, 1:bellum grave cum Etruria positum est,
id. H. Fragm. 1, 9 Dietsch:velut posito bello,
Liv. 1, 53, 5:manere bellum quod positum simuletur,
id. 1, 53, 7:posito ubique bello,
Tac. H. 2, 52; cf. Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 93; Verg. A. 1, 291:omisso Romano bello Porsinna filium Arruntem Ariciam... mittit,
Liv. 2, 14, 5.—Bellum componere, to end a war by agreement, make peace:(γ).timerent ne bellum componeretur,
Cic. Fam. 10, 33, 3:si bellum compositum foret,
Sall. J. 97, 2:belli componendi licentiam,
id. ib. 103, 3; cf. Nep. Ham. 1, 5; id. Hann. 6, 2; id. Alcib. 8, 3; Verg. A. 12, 109;similarly: bellum sedare,
Nep. Dat. 8, 5.—Bellum conficere, perficere, finire, to finish, end a war; conficere (the most usual term) and perficere, = to finish a war by conquering; finire (rare), without implying success:d.is bellum confecerit qui Antonium oppresserit,
Cic. Fam. 11, 12, 2:bellumque maximum conficies,
id. Rep. 6, 11, 11:confecto Mithridatico bello,
id. Prov. Cons. 11, 27; cf. id. Fam. 5, 10, 3; id. Imp. Pomp. 14, 42:quo proelio... bellum Venetorum confectum est,
Caes. B. G. 3, 16; cf. id. ib. 1, 30; 1, 44; 1, 54; 3, 28;4, 16: bello confecto de Rhodiis consultum est,
Sall. C. 51, 5; cf. id. J. 36, 1; 114, 3:neminem nisi bello confecto pecuniam petiturum esse,
Liv. 24, 18, 11; cf. id. 21, 40, 11; 23, 6, 2; 31, 47, 4; 32, 32, 6;36, 2, 3: bello perfecto,
Caes. B. C. 3, 18, 5; Liv. 1, 38, 3:se quo die hostem vidisset perfecturum (i. e. bellum),
id. 22, 38, 7; 31, 4, 2; cf. id. 3, 24, 1; 34, 6, 12; Just. 5, 2, 11:neque desiturum ante... quam finitum aliqua tolerabili condicione bellum videro,
Liv. 23, 12, 10: finito ex maxima parte.. [p. 228] italico bello, Vell. 2, 17, 1; Curt. 3, 1, 9; Tac. A. 15, 17; Just. 16, 2, 6; 24, 1, 8; Verg. A. 11, 116.—Less usual connections:3.bellum delere: non modo praesentia sed etiam futura bella delevit,
Cic. Lael. 3, 11; cf. Nep. Alcib. 8, 4:alere ac fovere bellum,
Liv. 42, 11, 5:bellum navare alicui,
Tac. H. 5, 25:spargere,
id. A. 3, 21; id. Agr. 38; Luc. 2, 682:serere,
Liv. 21, 10, 4:circumferre,
Tac. A. 13, 37:exercere,
id. ib. 6, 31:quam celeriter belli impetus navigavit ( = quam celeriter navale bellum gestum est),
Cic. Imp. Pomp. 12, 34; so Flor. 2, 2, 17:bellum ascendit in rupes,
id. 4, 12, 4:bellum serpit in proximos,
id. 2, 9, 4; cf. id. 2, 2, 15:bella narrare,
Cic. Or. 9, 30:canere bella,
Quint. 10, 1, 91:bella legere,
Cic. Imp. Pomp. 10, 28.—As object denoting place or time.a.Proficisci ad bellum, to depart for the war.(α).Of the commander:(β).consul sortitu ad bellum profectus,
Cic. Phil. 14, 2, 4; cf. id. Cat. 1, 13, 33:ipse ad bellum Ambiorigis profectus,
Caes. B. G. 6, 29, 4:ut duo ex tribunis ad bellum proficiscerentur,
Liv. 4, 45, 7; cf. id. 6, 2, 9: Nep. Alcib. 4, 1; Sall. H. 2, 96 Dietsch. —Post-class.:in bellum,
Just. 2, 11, 9; Gell. 17, 9, 8.—Of persons partaking in a war:b.si proficiscerer ad bellum,
Cic. Fam. 7, 3, 1. —Ad bellum mittere, of the commander, Cic. Imp. Pomp. 17, 50; 21, 62.—c.In bella ruere, Verg. A. 7, 782; 9, 182:d.in bella sequi,
id. ib. 8, 547.—Of time.(α).In the locative case belli, in war, during war; generally with domi ( = domi militiaeque):(β).valete, judices justissimi, domi bellique duellatores,
Plaut. Capt. prol. 68; so,domi duellique,
id. As. 3, 2, 13 (v. I. supra):quibuscunque rebus vel belli vel domi poterunt rem publicam augeant,
Cic. Off. 2, 24, 85:paucorum arbitrio belli domique agitabatur,
Sall. J. 41, 7:animus belli ingens, domi modicus,
id. ib. 63, 2; Liv. 2, 50, 11; 1, 36, 6; so id. 3, 43, 1; cf.:bello domique,
id. 1, 34, 12:domi belloque,
id. 9, 26, 21; and:neque bello, neque domi,
id. 4, 35, 3.—Without domi:simul rem et gloriam armis belli repperi,
Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 60 (where belli may be taken with gloriam; cf.Wagn. ad loc.): magnae res temporibus illis a fortissimis viris... belli gerebantur,
Cic. Rep. 2, 32, 86.—In bello or in bellis, during war or wars, in the war, in the wars; with adj.:(γ).ad haec quae in civili bello fecerit,
Cic. Phil. 2, 19, 47; cf. id. ib. 14, 8, 22:in ipso bello eadem sensi,
id. Marcell. 5, 14:in Volsco bello virtus enituit,
Liv. 2, 24, 8:in eo bello,
id. 23, 46, 6:in Punicis bellis, Plin.8, 14, 14, § 37: in bello Trojano,
id. 30, 1, 2, § 5.—Without adj.:ut fit in bello, capitur alter filius,
Plaut. Capt. prol. 25:qui in bello occiderunt,
Cic. Fam. 9, 5, 2:quod in bello saepius vindicatum est in eos, etc.,
Sall. C. 9, 4:non in bello solum, sed etiam in pace,
Liv. 1, 15, 8; 2, 23, 2:in bello parta,
Quint. 5, 10, 42; 12, 1, 28.—Abl. bello or bellis = in bello or in bellis (freq.); with adjj.: nos semper omnibus Punicis Siciliensibusque bellis amicitiam fidemque populi Romani secuti sumus. Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 47, § 124:(δ).bello Italico,
id. Pis. 36, 87:Veienti bello,
id. Div. 1, 44, 100:domestico bello,
id. Planc. 29, 70:qui Volsco, Aurunco Sabinoque militassent bello,
Liv. 23, 12, 11:victor tot intra paucos dies bellis,
id. 2, 27, 1:nullo bello, multis tamen proeliis victus,
id. 9, 18, 9:bello civili,
Quint. 11, 1, 36.—With gen.:praesentiam saepe divi suam declarant, ut et apud Regillum bello Latinorum,
Cic. N. D. 2, 2, 6:suam felicitatem Helvetiorum bello esse perspectam,
Caes. B. G. 1, 40.—Without attrib.:qui etiam bello victis regibus regna reddere consuevit,
Cic. Sest. 26, 57:res pace belloque gestas,
Liv. 2, 1, 1:egregieque rebus bello gestis,
id. 1, 33, 9; so id. 23, 12, 11:ludi bello voti,
id. 4, 35. 3:princeps pace belloque,
id. 7, 1, 9:Cotyn bello juvisse Persea,
id. 45, 42, 7:bello parta,
Quint. 5, 10, 15; cf. id. 7, 4, 22; Ov. M. 8, 19.—Inter bellum (rare):4.cujus originis morem necesse est... inter bellum natum esse,
Liv. 2, 14, 2:inter haec bella consules... facti,
id. 2, 63, 1.—Bellum in attributive connection.a.Justum bellum.(α).A righteous war, Cic. Off. 1, 11, 36 (v. II. A. 2. a. th supra):(β).justum piumque bellum,
Liv. 1, 23, 4:non loquor apud recusantem justa bella populum,
id. 7, 30, 17; so Ov. M. 8, 58; cf.: illa injusta sunt bella quae sine causa suscepta sunt, Cic. Rep. 3, 23, 35.—A regular war (opp. a raid, etc.):b.in fines Romanos excucurrerunt, populabundi magis quam justi more belli,
Liv. 1, 15, 1.—For the different kinds of war: domesticum, civile, intestinum, externum, navale, maritimum, terra marique gestum, servile, sociale; v. hh. vv.—c.Belli eventus or exitus, the result of a war:d.quicunque belli eventus fuisset,
Cic. Marcell. 8, 24:haud sane alio animo belli eventum exspectabant,
Sall. C. 37, 9:eventus tamen belli minus miserabilem dimicationem fecit,
Liv. 1, 23, 2; cf. id. 7, 11, 1:exitus hujus calamitosissimi belli,
Cic. Fam. 6, 21, 1:cum esset incertus exitus et anceps fortuna belli,
id. Marcell. 5, 15; so id. Off. 2, 8,:Britannici belli exitus exspectatur,
id. Att. 4, 16, 13:cetera bella maximeque Veiens incerti exitus erant,
Liv. 5, 16, 8.—Fortuna belli, the chances of war:e.adeo varia fortuna belli ancepsque Mars fuit ut,
Liv. 21, 1, 2; cf. Cic. Marcell. 5, 15 (v. c. supra).—Belli artes, military skill:f.cuilibet superiorum regum belli pacisque et artibus et gloria par,
Liv. 1, 35, 1:haud ignotas belli artes,
id. 21, 1, 2:temperata et belli et pacis artibus erat civitas,
id. 1, 21, 6.—Jus belli, the law of war: jura belli, the rights ( law) of war:g.in re publica maxime servanda sunt jura belli,
Cic. Off. 1, 11, 34:sunt et belli sicut pacis jura,
Liv. 5, 27, 6:jure belli res vindicatur,
Gai. Inst. 3, 94.—Belli duces praestantissimos, the most excellent captains, generals, Cic. Or. 1, 2, 7:h.trium simul bellorum victor,
a victor in three wars, Liv. 6, 4, 1 (cf.:victor tot bellis,
id. 2, 27, 1). —Belli vulnera, Cic. Marcell. 8, 24.—B.Transf.1.Of things concr. and abstr.:2.qui parietibus, qui tectis, qui columnis ac postibus meis... bellum intulistis,
Cic. Dom. 23, 60:bellum contra aras et focos,
id. Phil. 3, 1, 1:miror cur philosophiae... bellum indixeris,
id. Or. 2, 37, 155:ventri Indico bellum,
Hor. S. 1, 5, 8.—Of animals:3.milvo est quoddam bellum quasi naturale cum corvo,
Cic. N. D. 2, 49, 125:hanc Juno Esse jussit gruem, populisque suis indicere bellum,
Ov. M. 6, 92.—With individuals:4.quid mihi opu'st... cum eis gerere bellum, etc.,
Plaut. Stich. 1, 2, 14:nihil turpius quam cum eo bellum gerere quicum familiariter vixeris,
Cic. Lael. 21, 77:cum mihi uni cum improbis aeternum videam bellum susceptum,
id. Sull. 9, 28:hoc tibi juventus Romana indicimus bellum,
Liv. 2, 12, 11:falsum testem justo ac pio bello persequebatur,
id. 3, 25, 3:tribunicium domi bellum patres territat,
id. 3, 24, 1; cf. Plin. Ep. 1, 2, 57.—Ironically:equus Trojanus qui tot invictos viros muliebre bellum gerentes tulerit ac texerit,
Cic. Cael. 28, 67.—In mal. part., Hor. C. 3, 26, 3; 4, 1, 2.—5.Personified as god of war ( = Janus):6.tabulas duas quae Belli faciem pictam habent,
Plin. 35, 4, 10, § 27:sunt geminae Belli portae, etc.,
Verg. A. 7, 607:mortiferumque averso in limine Bellum,
id. ib. 6, 279.—Plur.: bella, army ( poet.):7.permanet Aonius Nereus violentus in undis, Bellaque non transfert (i.e. Graecorum exercitum),
Ov. M. 12, 24:sed victae fera bella deae vexere per aequora,
Sil. 7, 472:quid faciat bellis obsessus et undis?
Stat. Th. 9, 490.—Battle, = proelium:8.rorarii dicti a rore: qui bellum committebant ante,
Varr. L. L. 7, 3, 92:quod in bello saepius vindicatum in eos qui... tardius, revocati, bello excesserant,
Sall. C. 9, 4:praecipua laus ejus belli penes consules fuit,
Liv. 8, 10, 7:commisso statim bello,
Front. Strat. 1, 11, 2:Actia bella,
Verg. A. 8, 675:ingentem pugnam, ceu cetera nusquam Bella forent,
id. ib. 2, 439; cf. Flor. 3, 5, 11; Just. 2, 12; 18, 1 fin.; 24, 8; Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 98 (form duellum); Ov. H. 1, 1, 69; Verg. A. 8, 547; 12, 390; 12, 633; Stat. Th. 3, 666. —Bellum = liber de bello:b.quam gaudebat Bello suo Punico Naevius!
Cic. Sen. 14, 50.Referring to the carrying on of the war: bellum gerere, to carry on a war; absol., with cum and abl., per and acc., or in and abl. (cf.:(β).bellum gerere in aliquem, 1. a. and f. supra): nisi forte ego vobis... cessare nunc videor cum bella non gero,
Cic. Sen. 6, 18:cum Celtiberis, cum Cimbris bellum ut cum inimicis gerebatur,
id. Off. 1, 12, 38:cum ei bellum ut cum rege Perse gereret obtigisset,
id. Div. 1, 46, 103:erant hae difficultates belli gerendi,
Caes. B. G. 3, 10:bellum cum Germanis gerere constituit,
id. ib. 4, 6:Cn. Pompeius in extremis terris bellum gerebat,
Sall. C. 16, 5:bellum quod Hannibale duce Carthaginienses cum populo Romano gessere,
Liv. 21, 1, 1:alter consul in Sabinis bellum gessit,
id. 2, 62, 3:de exercitibus per quos id bellum gereretur,
id. 23, 25, 5:Chabrias bella in Aegypto sua sponte gessit,
Nep. Chabr, 2, 1.—Sometimes bellum administrare only of the commander, Cic. Imp. Pomp. 15, 43; Nep. Chabr. 2, 1. —Also (very rare):bellum bellare,
Liv. 8, 40, 1 (but belligerantes is absol., Enn. ap. Cic. Off. 1, 12, 38; Ann. v. 201 Vahl.);in the same sense: bellum agere,
Nep. Hann. 8, 3. —As a synonym:bello persequi aliquem,
Nep. Con. 4, 1; cf. Liv. 3, 25, 3.—Trahere or ducere bellum, to protract a war:(γ).necesse est enim aut trahi id bellum, aut, etc.,
Cic. Att. 10, 8, 2:bellum trahi non posse,
Sall. J. 23, 2:belli trahendi causa,
Liv. 5, 11, 8:morae qua trahebant bellum paenitebat,
id. 9, 27, 5:suadere institui ut bellum duceret,
Cic. Fam. 7, 3, 2:bellum enim ducetur,
id. ad Brut. 1, 18, 6; Nep. Alcib. 8, 1; id. Dat. 8, 4;similarly: cum his molliter et per dilationes bellum geri oportet?
Liv. 5, 5, 1.—Bellum repellere, defendere, or propulsare, to ward off, defend one ' s self against a war:c.bellum Gallicum C. Caesare imperatore gestum est, antea tantummodo repulsum,
Cic. Prov. Cons. 13, 32:quod bellum non intulerit sed defenderit,
Caes. B. G. 1, 44:Samnitium vix a se ipsis eo tempore propulsantium bellum,
Liv. 8, 37, 5.—Referring to the end of a war.(α).Bellum deponere, ponere, or omittere, to give up, discontinue a war:(β).in quo (i.e. bello) et gerendo et deponendo jus ut plurimum valeret lege sanximus,
Cic. Leg. 2, 14, 34:(bellum) cum deponi victores velint,
Sall. J. 83, 1:bellum decem ferme annis ante depositum erat,
Liv. 31, 1, 8:nos depositum a vobis bellum et ipsi omisimus,
id. 31, 31, 19:dicit posse condicionibus bellum poni,
Sall. J. 112, 1:bellum grave cum Etruria positum est,
id. H. Fragm. 1, 9 Dietsch:velut posito bello,
Liv. 1, 53, 5:manere bellum quod positum simuletur,
id. 1, 53, 7:posito ubique bello,
Tac. H. 2, 52; cf. Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 93; Verg. A. 1, 291:omisso Romano bello Porsinna filium Arruntem Ariciam... mittit,
Liv. 2, 14, 5.—Bellum componere, to end a war by agreement, make peace:(γ).timerent ne bellum componeretur,
Cic. Fam. 10, 33, 3:si bellum compositum foret,
Sall. J. 97, 2:belli componendi licentiam,
id. ib. 103, 3; cf. Nep. Ham. 1, 5; id. Hann. 6, 2; id. Alcib. 8, 3; Verg. A. 12, 109;similarly: bellum sedare,
Nep. Dat. 8, 5.—Bellum conficere, perficere, finire, to finish, end a war; conficere (the most usual term) and perficere, = to finish a war by conquering; finire (rare), without implying success:d.is bellum confecerit qui Antonium oppresserit,
Cic. Fam. 11, 12, 2:bellumque maximum conficies,
id. Rep. 6, 11, 11:confecto Mithridatico bello,
id. Prov. Cons. 11, 27; cf. id. Fam. 5, 10, 3; id. Imp. Pomp. 14, 42:quo proelio... bellum Venetorum confectum est,
Caes. B. G. 3, 16; cf. id. ib. 1, 30; 1, 44; 1, 54; 3, 28;4, 16: bello confecto de Rhodiis consultum est,
Sall. C. 51, 5; cf. id. J. 36, 1; 114, 3:neminem nisi bello confecto pecuniam petiturum esse,
Liv. 24, 18, 11; cf. id. 21, 40, 11; 23, 6, 2; 31, 47, 4; 32, 32, 6;36, 2, 3: bello perfecto,
Caes. B. C. 3, 18, 5; Liv. 1, 38, 3:se quo die hostem vidisset perfecturum (i. e. bellum),
id. 22, 38, 7; 31, 4, 2; cf. id. 3, 24, 1; 34, 6, 12; Just. 5, 2, 11:neque desiturum ante... quam finitum aliqua tolerabili condicione bellum videro,
Liv. 23, 12, 10: finito ex maxima parte.. [p. 228] italico bello, Vell. 2, 17, 1; Curt. 3, 1, 9; Tac. A. 15, 17; Just. 16, 2, 6; 24, 1, 8; Verg. A. 11, 116.—Less usual connections:3.bellum delere: non modo praesentia sed etiam futura bella delevit,
Cic. Lael. 3, 11; cf. Nep. Alcib. 8, 4:alere ac fovere bellum,
Liv. 42, 11, 5:bellum navare alicui,
Tac. H. 5, 25:spargere,
id. A. 3, 21; id. Agr. 38; Luc. 2, 682:serere,
Liv. 21, 10, 4:circumferre,
Tac. A. 13, 37:exercere,
id. ib. 6, 31:quam celeriter belli impetus navigavit ( = quam celeriter navale bellum gestum est),
Cic. Imp. Pomp. 12, 34; so Flor. 2, 2, 17:bellum ascendit in rupes,
id. 4, 12, 4:bellum serpit in proximos,
id. 2, 9, 4; cf. id. 2, 2, 15:bella narrare,
Cic. Or. 9, 30:canere bella,
Quint. 10, 1, 91:bella legere,
Cic. Imp. Pomp. 10, 28.—As object denoting place or time.a.Proficisci ad bellum, to depart for the war.(α).Of the commander:(β).consul sortitu ad bellum profectus,
Cic. Phil. 14, 2, 4; cf. id. Cat. 1, 13, 33:ipse ad bellum Ambiorigis profectus,
Caes. B. G. 6, 29, 4:ut duo ex tribunis ad bellum proficiscerentur,
Liv. 4, 45, 7; cf. id. 6, 2, 9: Nep. Alcib. 4, 1; Sall. H. 2, 96 Dietsch. —Post-class.:in bellum,
Just. 2, 11, 9; Gell. 17, 9, 8.—Of persons partaking in a war:b.si proficiscerer ad bellum,
Cic. Fam. 7, 3, 1. —Ad bellum mittere, of the commander, Cic. Imp. Pomp. 17, 50; 21, 62.—c.In bella ruere, Verg. A. 7, 782; 9, 182:d.in bella sequi,
id. ib. 8, 547.—Of time.(α).In the locative case belli, in war, during war; generally with domi ( = domi militiaeque):(β).valete, judices justissimi, domi bellique duellatores,
Plaut. Capt. prol. 68; so,domi duellique,
id. As. 3, 2, 13 (v. I. supra):quibuscunque rebus vel belli vel domi poterunt rem publicam augeant,
Cic. Off. 2, 24, 85:paucorum arbitrio belli domique agitabatur,
Sall. J. 41, 7:animus belli ingens, domi modicus,
id. ib. 63, 2; Liv. 2, 50, 11; 1, 36, 6; so id. 3, 43, 1; cf.:bello domique,
id. 1, 34, 12:domi belloque,
id. 9, 26, 21; and:neque bello, neque domi,
id. 4, 35, 3.—Without domi:simul rem et gloriam armis belli repperi,
Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 60 (where belli may be taken with gloriam; cf.Wagn. ad loc.): magnae res temporibus illis a fortissimis viris... belli gerebantur,
Cic. Rep. 2, 32, 86.—In bello or in bellis, during war or wars, in the war, in the wars; with adj.:(γ).ad haec quae in civili bello fecerit,
Cic. Phil. 2, 19, 47; cf. id. ib. 14, 8, 22:in ipso bello eadem sensi,
id. Marcell. 5, 14:in Volsco bello virtus enituit,
Liv. 2, 24, 8:in eo bello,
id. 23, 46, 6:in Punicis bellis, Plin.8, 14, 14, § 37: in bello Trojano,
id. 30, 1, 2, § 5.—Without adj.:ut fit in bello, capitur alter filius,
Plaut. Capt. prol. 25:qui in bello occiderunt,
Cic. Fam. 9, 5, 2:quod in bello saepius vindicatum est in eos, etc.,
Sall. C. 9, 4:non in bello solum, sed etiam in pace,
Liv. 1, 15, 8; 2, 23, 2:in bello parta,
Quint. 5, 10, 42; 12, 1, 28.—Abl. bello or bellis = in bello or in bellis (freq.); with adjj.: nos semper omnibus Punicis Siciliensibusque bellis amicitiam fidemque populi Romani secuti sumus. Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 47, § 124:(δ).bello Italico,
id. Pis. 36, 87:Veienti bello,
id. Div. 1, 44, 100:domestico bello,
id. Planc. 29, 70:qui Volsco, Aurunco Sabinoque militassent bello,
Liv. 23, 12, 11:victor tot intra paucos dies bellis,
id. 2, 27, 1:nullo bello, multis tamen proeliis victus,
id. 9, 18, 9:bello civili,
Quint. 11, 1, 36.—With gen.:praesentiam saepe divi suam declarant, ut et apud Regillum bello Latinorum,
Cic. N. D. 2, 2, 6:suam felicitatem Helvetiorum bello esse perspectam,
Caes. B. G. 1, 40.—Without attrib.:qui etiam bello victis regibus regna reddere consuevit,
Cic. Sest. 26, 57:res pace belloque gestas,
Liv. 2, 1, 1:egregieque rebus bello gestis,
id. 1, 33, 9; so id. 23, 12, 11:ludi bello voti,
id. 4, 35. 3:princeps pace belloque,
id. 7, 1, 9:Cotyn bello juvisse Persea,
id. 45, 42, 7:bello parta,
Quint. 5, 10, 15; cf. id. 7, 4, 22; Ov. M. 8, 19.—Inter bellum (rare):4.cujus originis morem necesse est... inter bellum natum esse,
Liv. 2, 14, 2:inter haec bella consules... facti,
id. 2, 63, 1.—Bellum in attributive connection.a.Justum bellum.(α).A righteous war, Cic. Off. 1, 11, 36 (v. II. A. 2. a. th supra):(β).justum piumque bellum,
Liv. 1, 23, 4:non loquor apud recusantem justa bella populum,
id. 7, 30, 17; so Ov. M. 8, 58; cf.: illa injusta sunt bella quae sine causa suscepta sunt, Cic. Rep. 3, 23, 35.—A regular war (opp. a raid, etc.):b.in fines Romanos excucurrerunt, populabundi magis quam justi more belli,
Liv. 1, 15, 1.—For the different kinds of war: domesticum, civile, intestinum, externum, navale, maritimum, terra marique gestum, servile, sociale; v. hh. vv.—c.Belli eventus or exitus, the result of a war:d.quicunque belli eventus fuisset,
Cic. Marcell. 8, 24:haud sane alio animo belli eventum exspectabant,
Sall. C. 37, 9:eventus tamen belli minus miserabilem dimicationem fecit,
Liv. 1, 23, 2; cf. id. 7, 11, 1:exitus hujus calamitosissimi belli,
Cic. Fam. 6, 21, 1:cum esset incertus exitus et anceps fortuna belli,
id. Marcell. 5, 15; so id. Off. 2, 8,:Britannici belli exitus exspectatur,
id. Att. 4, 16, 13:cetera bella maximeque Veiens incerti exitus erant,
Liv. 5, 16, 8.—Fortuna belli, the chances of war:e.adeo varia fortuna belli ancepsque Mars fuit ut,
Liv. 21, 1, 2; cf. Cic. Marcell. 5, 15 (v. c. supra).—Belli artes, military skill:f.cuilibet superiorum regum belli pacisque et artibus et gloria par,
Liv. 1, 35, 1:haud ignotas belli artes,
id. 21, 1, 2:temperata et belli et pacis artibus erat civitas,
id. 1, 21, 6.—Jus belli, the law of war: jura belli, the rights ( law) of war:g.in re publica maxime servanda sunt jura belli,
Cic. Off. 1, 11, 34:sunt et belli sicut pacis jura,
Liv. 5, 27, 6:jure belli res vindicatur,
Gai. Inst. 3, 94.—Belli duces praestantissimos, the most excellent captains, generals, Cic. Or. 1, 2, 7:h.trium simul bellorum victor,
a victor in three wars, Liv. 6, 4, 1 (cf.:victor tot bellis,
id. 2, 27, 1). —Belli vulnera, Cic. Marcell. 8, 24.—B.Transf.1.Of things concr. and abstr.:2.qui parietibus, qui tectis, qui columnis ac postibus meis... bellum intulistis,
Cic. Dom. 23, 60:bellum contra aras et focos,
id. Phil. 3, 1, 1:miror cur philosophiae... bellum indixeris,
id. Or. 2, 37, 155:ventri Indico bellum,
Hor. S. 1, 5, 8.—Of animals:3.milvo est quoddam bellum quasi naturale cum corvo,
Cic. N. D. 2, 49, 125:hanc Juno Esse jussit gruem, populisque suis indicere bellum,
Ov. M. 6, 92.—With individuals:4.quid mihi opu'st... cum eis gerere bellum, etc.,
Plaut. Stich. 1, 2, 14:nihil turpius quam cum eo bellum gerere quicum familiariter vixeris,
Cic. Lael. 21, 77:cum mihi uni cum improbis aeternum videam bellum susceptum,
id. Sull. 9, 28:hoc tibi juventus Romana indicimus bellum,
Liv. 2, 12, 11:falsum testem justo ac pio bello persequebatur,
id. 3, 25, 3:tribunicium domi bellum patres territat,
id. 3, 24, 1; cf. Plin. Ep. 1, 2, 57.—Ironically:equus Trojanus qui tot invictos viros muliebre bellum gerentes tulerit ac texerit,
Cic. Cael. 28, 67.—In mal. part., Hor. C. 3, 26, 3; 4, 1, 2.—5.Personified as god of war ( = Janus):6.tabulas duas quae Belli faciem pictam habent,
Plin. 35, 4, 10, § 27:sunt geminae Belli portae, etc.,
Verg. A. 7, 607:mortiferumque averso in limine Bellum,
id. ib. 6, 279.—Plur.: bella, army ( poet.):7.permanet Aonius Nereus violentus in undis, Bellaque non transfert (i.e. Graecorum exercitum),
Ov. M. 12, 24:sed victae fera bella deae vexere per aequora,
Sil. 7, 472:quid faciat bellis obsessus et undis?
Stat. Th. 9, 490.—Battle, = proelium:8.rorarii dicti a rore: qui bellum committebant ante,
Varr. L. L. 7, 3, 92:quod in bello saepius vindicatum in eos qui... tardius, revocati, bello excesserant,
Sall. C. 9, 4:praecipua laus ejus belli penes consules fuit,
Liv. 8, 10, 7:commisso statim bello,
Front. Strat. 1, 11, 2:Actia bella,
Verg. A. 8, 675:ingentem pugnam, ceu cetera nusquam Bella forent,
id. ib. 2, 439; cf. Flor. 3, 5, 11; Just. 2, 12; 18, 1 fin.; 24, 8; Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 98 (form duellum); Ov. H. 1, 1, 69; Verg. A. 8, 547; 12, 390; 12, 633; Stat. Th. 3, 666. —Bellum = liber de bello:quam gaudebat Bello suo Punico Naevius!
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4 infero
īn-fero, intulī, illātum, īnferre, hinein- od. hintragen, -bringen, -werfen, in, an, auf, zu etwas werfen, -bringen, -setzen usw., I) eig.: A) im allg.: alqd domum, Colum.: alqd in ignem, Caes.: ignes tectis, Feuer anlegen, anzünden, Cic.: ignem gentibus, Hor.: scalas ad moenia, Liv.: spolia templo, Liv.: semina arvis, Tac.: alqm in equum, aufs Pferd setzen, Caes.: in scopulum, treiben, Liv. – B) insbes.: a) beisetzen, begraben, alienum, Cic.: corpus eodem, Nep. – b) auf die Tafel bringen, -setzen, aufsetzen, mensam secundam, Plin.: lancem, Plin.: aliis atque aliis vasis cibi inferebantur, Vulg. Esther 1, 7. – c) bringen, eintragen (vom Rechnen usw.), rationes, Cic.: pecuniam aerario, Plin. ep.: in rationes, ICt, od. rationibus, Colum., in Rechnung bringen: rationibus inferri, in Rechnung kommen, Suet.: dah. anrechnen, sumptum civibus, Cic. – d) beitragen, in die Kasse zahlen, vigesimam, Plin. pan.: tributum alci, Colum. – e) darbringen, opfern, spumantia cymbia lacte, Verg.: honores Anchisae, Verg.: satura lanx, quae referta variis multisque primitiis in sacro apud priscos dis inferebatur, Diom. 485 sg. – f) manus alci, Cic., od. in alqm, Cic., an jmd. Hand legen: alci vim, Gewalt antun, Cic. – g) signa, den Feind angreifen, Liv.: signa in hostem, Caes., od. hostibus, Auct. b. Afr.: dictator dextro cornu adversus Faliscos, sinistro contra Veientem Capitolinus Quinctius intulit signa, Liv. – h) bellum m. Dat. od. m. in u. Akk. des Landes, ein Land mit Krieg überziehen, die Offensive gegen ein Land ergreifen, Cic. u. Nep.: bellum alci, mit Krieg überziehen, bekriegen, Cic.: ebenso bellum contra patriam, Cic.: inf. arma, Krieg anfangen, mit Krieg überziehen, Liv. u. Curt.: ebenso usque a rubro mari arma inf. Italiae, Italien bekriegen, Nep. – i) pedem, den Fuß hinein- od. hinsetzen, d.i. hinein- od. hingehen, Cic.: in aedes, Plaut.: so auch gressum, Verg.: nostro limine intulit pedes, setzte den Fuß über die Schwelle, Prop. – u. feindl., pedem inferre, auf jmd. losgehen, jmd. angreifen, alci, Liv.: so auch gradum, pugnam, Liv. – k) refl. u. medial: α) refl., se inferre, hinein- od. hingehen, sich begeben, bes. mit dem Nbbgr. der Schnelligkeit, sich hinein- od. hereinstürzen, feindl. = eindringen, einfallen, lucus, quo se persaepe inferebat, Liv.: se per medios, Verg.: se foribus, Verg.: se flammae, Vell. – absol., viden ignavum, ut se inferat, wie er einhertritt, Plaut.: ut magnifice infert sese, Plaut. – feindl., effusi se stantibus vobis intulerint, Liv.: adeo concitato impetu inferre se, ut etc., Liv. – β) medial, inferri in urbem, Liv.: in ignes medios equo, Liv.: flumen mari Hadriatico infertur, Liv. – II) übtr.: A) im allg.: artes Latio, Hor.: nefas, einführen, Curt.: terrorem in oppida, verbreiten, Curt.: se in periculum, stürzen, Cic.: se ipse inferebat et intro dabat, mischte sich ein, Cic. – B) insbes.: a) vorbringen, crimina, Cic.: sermonem de alqa re, das G. auf etw. bringen, Cic.: mentionem alcis rei, einer Sache Erwähnung tun, etw. in Anregung bringen, Liv.: causam, Caes., alci, wider jmd., Auct. b. Afr.: alci causam belli, einen Vorwand suchen (vom Zaune brechen), ihn zu bekriegen, Cic.: causam iurgii, herbeiziehen, Phaedr. – b) zufügen, beibringen, einflößen, einjagen, vim, antun, Curt.: alci terrorem, alci mortem, periculum, Cic.: terrorem in alqm, Liv.: sibi voluntariam necem, Lact.: spem alci, Caes. – c) erregen od. zu erregen suchen, eintreten lassen, veranlassen, moram, cunctationem, Caes.: misericordiam, invidiam, Cic.: iniurias in alqm, Cic. – d) folgern, schließen, einen Schluß ziehen, Cic. de inv. 1, 87. Quint. 5, 11, 27. – / Ungew. Fut. inferebis, Apic. 4, 159 cod.: Partiz. infertus, Apul. met. 4, 26 cod. F.
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5 infero
īn-fero, intulī, illātum, īnferre, hinein- od. hintragen, -bringen, -werfen, in, an, auf, zu etwas werfen, -bringen, -setzen usw., I) eig.: A) im allg.: alqd domum, Colum.: alqd in ignem, Caes.: ignes tectis, Feuer anlegen, anzünden, Cic.: ignem gentibus, Hor.: scalas ad moenia, Liv.: spolia templo, Liv.: semina arvis, Tac.: alqm in equum, aufs Pferd setzen, Caes.: in scopulum, treiben, Liv. – B) insbes.: a) beisetzen, begraben, alienum, Cic.: corpus eodem, Nep. – b) auf die Tafel bringen, -setzen, aufsetzen, mensam secundam, Plin.: lancem, Plin.: aliis atque aliis vasis cibi inferebantur, Vulg. Esther 1, 7. – c) bringen, eintragen (vom Rechnen usw.), rationes, Cic.: pecuniam aerario, Plin. ep.: in rationes, ICt, od. rationibus, Colum., in Rechnung bringen: rationibus inferri, in Rechnung kommen, Suet.: dah. anrechnen, sumptum civibus, Cic. – d) beitragen, in die Kasse zahlen, vigesimam, Plin. pan.: tributum alci, Colum. – e) darbringen, opfern, spumantia cymbia lacte, Verg.: honores Anchisae, Verg.: satura lanx, quae referta variis multisque primitiis in sacro apud priscos dis inferebatur, Diom. 485 sg. – f) manus alci, Cic., od. in alqm, Cic., an jmd. Hand legen: alci vim, Gewalt antun, Cic. – g) signa, den Feind angreifen, Liv.: signa in hostem, Caes., od. hostibus, Auct. b. Afr.: dictator dextro cornu adversus Faliscos, sinistro————contra Veientem Capitolinus Quinctius intulit signa, Liv. – h) bellum m. Dat. od. m. in u. Akk. des Landes, ein Land mit Krieg überziehen, die Offensive gegen ein Land ergreifen, Cic. u. Nep.: bellum alci, mit Krieg überziehen, bekriegen, Cic.: ebenso bellum contra patriam, Cic.: inf. arma, Krieg anfangen, mit Krieg überziehen, Liv. u. Curt.: ebenso usque a rubro mari arma inf. Italiae, Italien bekriegen, Nep. – i) pedem, den Fuß hinein- od. hinsetzen, d.i. hinein- od. hingehen, Cic.: in aedes, Plaut.: so auch gressum, Verg.: nostro limine intulit pedes, setzte den Fuß über die Schwelle, Prop. – u. feindl., pedem inferre, auf jmd. losgehen, jmd. angreifen, alci, Liv.: so auch gradum, pugnam, Liv. – k) refl. u. medial: α) refl., se inferre, hinein- od. hingehen, sich begeben, bes. mit dem Nbbgr. der Schnelligkeit, sich hinein- od. hereinstürzen, feindl. = eindringen, einfallen, lucus, quo se persaepe inferebat, Liv.: se per medios, Verg.: se foribus, Verg.: se flammae, Vell. – absol., viden ignavum, ut se inferat, wie er einhertritt, Plaut.: ut magnifice infert sese, Plaut. – feindl., effusi se stantibus vobis intulerint, Liv.: adeo concitato impetu inferre se, ut etc., Liv. – β) medial, inferri in urbem, Liv.: in ignes medios equo, Liv.: flumen mari Hadriatico infertur, Liv. – II) übtr.: A) im allg.: artes Latio, Hor.: nefas, einführen, Curt.: terrorem in oppida, verbreiten, Curt.: se in periculum, stürzen, Cic.: se ipse————inferebat et intro dabat, mischte sich ein, Cic. – B) insbes.: a) vorbringen, crimina, Cic.: sermonem de alqa re, das G. auf etw. bringen, Cic.: mentionem alcis rei, einer Sache Erwähnung tun, etw. in Anregung bringen, Liv.: causam, Caes., alci, wider jmd., Auct. b. Afr.: alci causam belli, einen Vorwand suchen (vom Zaune brechen), ihn zu bekriegen, Cic.: causam iurgii, herbeiziehen, Phaedr. – b) zufügen, beibringen, einflößen, einjagen, vim, antun, Curt.: alci terrorem, alci mortem, periculum, Cic.: terrorem in alqm, Liv.: sibi voluntariam necem, Lact.: spem alci, Caes. – c) erregen od. zu erregen suchen, eintreten lassen, veranlassen, moram, cunctationem, Caes.: misericordiam, invidiam, Cic.: iniurias in alqm, Cic. – d) folgern, schließen, einen Schluß ziehen, Cic. de inv. 1, 87. Quint. 5, 11, 27. – ⇒ Ungew. Fut. inferebis, Apic. 4, 159 cod.: Partiz. infertus, Apul. met. 4, 26 cod. F. -
6 semen
sēmen, ĭnis, n. [root sa-, sē-; cf.: sero, sevi; Saturnus, sator, etc.].I.Seed.1.Of plants, Cato, R. R. 17; 27; 31 fin.; 34; Varr. R. R. 1, 40 sq.:2.semen manu spargere,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 18, 50:terra semen excepit,
id. Sen. 15, 51; id. N. D. 2, 32, 81; Ov. M. 1, 108; 7, 623 et saep.—Of men, animals, etc., Plaut. Am. 5, 2, 9; Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 4; 2, 3, 4; 3, 7, 10 al.; Lucr. 4, 1031; 4, 1034 sq.; Cels. 4, 19; Ov. M. 1, 748; 15, 760 et saep.—3.Poet., of the elements of other bodies (of fire, water, stones, etc.):B.ignis semina convolvunt e nubibus,
Lucr. 6, 201 sq.; 6, 444; 6, 507;6, 841: quaerit pars semina flammae in venis silicis,
Verg. A. 6, 6; Ov. M. 11, 144 et saep.:in animis quasi virtutum igniculi et semina,
Cic. Fin. 5, 7, 18; so id. Div. 1, 3, 6:alicujus quaestionis,
Liv. 40, 19.—kat exochên, spelt-seed, spelt, Plin. 18, 8, 19, § 82; 18, 24, 55, § 198; Col. 2, 12, 1; cf. Isid. Orig. 17, 3, 6.—II.Transf.A.A shoot used for propagating; a graft, scion, set, slip, cutting, Varr. R. R. 1, 40, 5; Verg. G. 2, 354; Col. 3, 3, 4; 3, 4, 1; 5, 10, 1 et saep.—2.A stock, race (very rare):3.genus ac semen,
Cic. Agr. 2, 35, 95; so (with genus) id. Phil. 4, 5, 13:ipsa regio semine orta,
Liv. 1, 47:videndum, ut boni seminis pecus habeas,
Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 4.—Posterity, progeny, offspring, child ( poet.):II.non tulit in cineres labi sua Phoebus eosdem Semina, sed natum flammis Eripuit,
Ov. M. 2, 629; so,semina,
id. ib. 10, 470; 15, 216; id. F. 2, 383; id. Tr. 2, 415; Sen. Herc. Fur. 987; Vulg. Gen. 15, 5 et saep.—Trop., as in all languages, seed, i. e. origin, occasion, ground, cause; of persons, an author, prompter, insligator, etc. (class.).(α).Sing. (the predom. signif. in Cic.):(β).stirps ac semen malorum omnium,
Cic. Cat. 1, 12, 30:bellorum civilium semen et causa,
id. Off. 2, 8, 29, cf. ut in seminibus est causa arborum et stirpium:sic hujus belli semen ut fuisti (for which, just before: causam belli in personā tuā constitisse),
id. Phil. 2, 22, 55:sceleris,
Plaut. Rud. 2, 2, 21.—Plur.:in animis, quasi virtutum igniculi atque semina,
Cic. Fin. 5, 7, 18:quod et Zeno in suis commentariis quasi semina quaedam sparsisset,
id. Div. 1, 3, 6:si virtutes sunt, ad quas nobis initia quaedam ac semina sunt concessa naturā,
Quint. 2, 20, 6:loquaces, seditiosos, semina discordiarum (tribunos plebis),
Liv. 3, 19, 5:vix tamen illa semina erant futurae luxuriae,
the small beginnings, id. 39, 6, 9; cf. id. 40, 19, 9:discordiae,
Tac. H. 1, 53; 4, 18 fin.:belli,
id. A. 4, 27; 16, 7:rebellionis,
id. ib. 11, 19:motus,
id. ib. 3, 41. futuri exitii, id. ib. 4, 60:ejus facultatis,
Quint. 2, 20, 6:quamquam semina ejus (translationis) quaedam apud Aristotelen reperiuntur,
id. 3, 6, 60:quaedam probationum,
id. 4, 2, 54:veteris eloquentiae,
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7 consisto
con-sisto, stĭti, stĭtum, 3, v. n., to place one's self anywhere, to stand still, stand, halt, stop, make a stop (very freq. and class. in prose and poetry).I.Lit.A.In gen.:B.jam hunc non ausim praeterire, quin consistam et conloquar,
Plaut. Aul. 3, 4, 14:otiose nunc jam ilico hic consiste,
Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 2:ubi ad ipsum veni diverticulum, constiti,
id. Eun. 4, 2, 7; cf. Hor. S. 1, 9, 62:uti et viatores consistere cogant,
Caes. B. G. 4, 5:neque is (Demosthenes) consistens in loco, sed inambulans atque ascensu ingrediens arduo,
Cic. de Or. 1, 61, 261:si ludius constitit aut tibicen repente conticuit,
id. Har. Resp. 11, 23; cf. id. Arch. 8, 19:plura scribam ad te cum constitero: nunc eram plane in medio mari,
id. Att. 5, 12, 3: constitit nusquam primo quam ad Vada venit, Brut. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 13, 2:in quibus oppidis consistere praetores et conventum agere solebant,
Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 11, § 28:Romae post praeturam,
id. ib. 2, 1, 39, §101: ire modo ocius, interdum consistere,
Hor. S. 1, 9, 9:in muro consistendi potestas erat nulli,
Caes. B. G. 2, 6:omnes ordines, tota in illā contione Italia constitit,
Cic. Sest. 50, 107:ad mensam consistere et ministrare,
id. Tusc. 5, 21, 61; so,ad aras,
Ov. M. 10, 274:ad ramos,
id. ib. 10, 510:ante domum,
id. ib. 2, 766:ante torum,
id. ib. 15, 653:in aede,
id. ib. 15, 674:in medio,
id. ib. 10, 601; and with a simple abl.:limine,
id. ib. 4, 486; 9, 397; Stat. Th. 1, 123; Verg. A. 1, 541:post eum,
Quint. 1, 10, 27:in pedes,
Sen. Ep. 121, 9:calce aliquem super ipsum debere consistere,
trample on, Cels. 8, 14, 19.—In partic.1.To set, become hard or solid:2.frigore constitit Ister,
has been frozen, Ov. Tr. 5, 10, 1; cf.unda,
id. M. 9, 662: sanguis, Poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 2, 17, 38:alvus,
Cato, R. R. 126; 156, 4; cf.:cum jam perfecte mustum deferbuit et constitit,
Col. 12, 21, 3:album ex ovo, quo facilius consistat,
Cels. 4, 20, 15.—Cum aliquo, to station or place one's self with some one for conversation, to stand with:3.in hoc jam loco cum altero Constitit,
Plaut. Cist. 4, 2, 31; id. Curc. 4, 2, 16 sq.:cum hoc consistit, hunc amplexatur,
Cic. Verr. 1, 7, 19.—To take one's place, take position, assume a place or attitude for an action, etc.;4.of a musician: ut constitit,
Suet. Ner. 21;of an actor: in scaenā vero postquam solus constitit,
Phaedr. 5, 5, 13;of an orator: in communibus suggestis,
Cic. Tusc. 5, 20, 59:Aesopus mediā subito in turbā constitit,
Phaedr. 4, 5, 29;for shooting: post acer Mnestheus adducto constitit arcu,
Verg. A. 5, 507; cf.of athletes, etc.,
id. ib. 5, 426; Plin. 7, 20, 19, § 83:inter duas acies,
Liv. 7, 10, 9:cum aliquo,
Petr. 19, 5.—Hence,Milit. t. t., to halt, make a halt, take a position, to make a stand (opp. to a march, flight, or disorder):5.locus, ubi constitissent,
Caes. B. G. 1, 13:qui in superiore acie constiterant,
id. ib. 1, 24; cf.:in sinistrā parte acies,
id. ib. 2, 23:in fluctibus,
id. ib. 4, 24:sub muro,
id. ib. 7, 48:juxta,
id. ib. 2, 26 al.:pro opere,
Sall. J. 92, 8:equites Ariovisti pari intervallo constiterunt,
Caes. B. G. 1, 43:constitit utrumque agmen,
Liv. 21, 46, 4:sic regii constiterant,
id. 42, 58, 10 et saep.:ut reliquae (legiones) consistere non auderent,
Caes. B. G. 2, 17:in locis superioribus consistere,
id. ib. 3, 6:a fugā,
Liv. 10, 36, 11:naves eorum nostris adversae constiterunt,
Caes. B. G. 3, 14.—Jurid. t. t., to appear as accuser before a court of justice:6.cum debitoribus,
Dig. 5, 3, 49:cum matre,
Sen. Ira, 2, 7, 3:adversus dominos,
Dig. 5, 1, 53.—Poet.:7.fert animus propius consistere,
i. e. take a nearer view, Ov. A. A. 3, 467.—To have a stand as a dealer, occupy a place of business:II.ede ubi consistas,
Juv. 3, 296:in tabernā,
Varr. L. L. 5, § 5 Müll.:IN SCHOLA,
Inscr. Orell. 4085; cf.:locum consistendi Romanis in Galliā non fore,
Caes. B. G. 7, 37; 7, 42.—Trop.A.In gen., to rest, remain, stand, Lucr. 2, 332; cf. id. 2, 322:B.patiamini eo transire illius turpitudinis infamiam, ubi cetera maleficia consistunt,
Cic. Clu. 30, 83; cf.:ut unde orta culpa esset, ibi poena consisteret,
Liv. 28, 26, 3:ante oculos rectum pietasque pudorque constiterant,
Ov. M. 7, 73. —In partic.1.To pause, to dwell upon, delay, stop:2.in uno nomine,
Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 38, § 95:ipsa mihi veritas manum inicit et paulisper consistere et commorari cogit,
id. Rosc. Com. 16, 48; cf. id. de Or. 3, 31, 124:in singulis,
id. Part. Or. 35, 120.— Impers. pass.:ista quae spectantur, ad quae consistitur,
Sen. Vit. Beat. 2, 4.—(Acc. to I. B. 2.) To be or remain firm, unshaken, immovable, steadfast, to be at rest, to stand one's ground, to continue, endure, subsist, be, exist:* 3.mente consistere,
Cic. Phil. 2, 28, 68; so,neque mente nec linguā neque ore,
id. Q. Fr. 2, 3, 2:praeclare in forensibus causis,
id. Or. 9, 30:in dicendo,
id. Clu. 39, 108:verbo quidem superabis me ipso judice, re autem ne consistes quidem ullo judice,
id. Caecin. 21, 59; cf.of the cause itself: quia magistratus aliquis reperiebatur, apud quem Alfeni causa consisteret,
id. Quint. 22, 71; cf.also: modo ut tibi constiterit fructus otii tui,
id. Fam. 7, 1, 1:in quo (viro) non modo culpa nulla, sed ne suspitio quidem potuit consistere,
id. Rosc. Am. 52, 152; cf. id. Clu. 29, 78:confiteor... me consistere in meo praesidio sic, ut non fugiendi hostis sed capiendi loci causā cessisse videar,
id. de Or. 2, 72, 294:vitam consistere tutam,
to remain, continue safe, Lucr. 6, 11 Lachm. N. cr.:constitit in nullā qui fuit ante color,
Ov. A. A. 1, 120:sunt certi denique fines, Quos ultra citraque nequit consistere rectum,
Hor. S. 1, 1, 107; Plin. 14, 6, 8, § 68:quales cum vertice celso Aëriae quercus constiterunt,
Verg. A. 3, 679:nullo in loco, nullā in personā... consistunt (ista quae vires atque opes humanae vocantur),
Val. Max. 6, 9, ext. 7: spes est hunc miserum aliquando tandem posse consistere, to take a firm stand (the figure derived from fleeing soldiers), Cic. Quint. 30, 94:si prohibent consistere vires,
Ov. M. 7, 573.—Cum aliquo, to agree with: videsne igitur Zenonem tuum cum Aristone verbis consistere, re dissidere, cum Aristotele et illis re consentire, verbis discrepare, Cic. Fin. 4, 26, 72.—4.In gen., to be, exist:(β).vix binos oratores laudabiles constitisse,
Cic. Brut. 97, 333:sine agricultoribus nec consistere mortales nec ali posse manifestum est,
Col. 1, praef. § 6; Varr. R. R. 3, 8 fin.:quadringentis centum Venerios non posse casu consistere,
to occur, lake place, be thrown, Cic. Div. 2, 21, 48: summa studia officii inter nos certatim constiterunt, Lentul. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 34, 3: sed non in te quoque constitit idem Exitus, take or have place, Ov. M. 12, 297.—With in, ex, or the simple abl. (in Quint. also with circa and inter; v. infra), to consist in or of, to depend upon:5.major pars victūs eorum in lacte, caseo, carne consistit,
Caes. B. G. 6, 22:omnis per se natura duabus Constitit in rebus,
Lucr. 1, 420:e quibus haec rerum summa consistat,
id. 1, 236; so with ex, id. 1, 839; 1, 873 al.; with abl.:deveniunt in talis disposturas, Qualibus haec rerum consistit summa,
id. 1, 1028; 5, 61; 5, 66:vita omnis in venationibus atque in studiis rei militaris consistit,
Caes. B. G. 6, 21:in eo salus et vita optimi cujusque consistit,
Cic. Phil. 3, 8, 19:in hoc summa judicii causaque tota consistit,
id. Quint. 9, 32; cf. id. de Or. 1, 40, 182:causam belli in personā tuā,
id. Phil. 2, 22, 53:in quibus vita beata,
id. Tusc. 5, 14, 40:in unā honestate omne bonum,
id. ib. 5, 14, 42:in nomine controversia,
Quint. 7, 3, 7; 8, 3, 57:in actu rhetoricen,
id. 2, 18, 2; 6, 3, 42:spes omnis consistebat Datami in se locique naturā,
Nep. Dat. 8, 3.—With abl., Quint. 12, 10, 59:omnis quaestio circa res personasque consistere videtur,
id. 3, 5, 7; 6, 3, 19:quaestio inter utile atque honestum consistet,
id. 3, 8, 24. —As opp. to progressive motion, to come to a stand, stand still, stop, rest, take rest, cease:► Consisto as v.sola Ubi quiesco, omnis familiae causa consistit tibi,
Plaut. As. 3, 1, 9:omnis administratio belli consistit,
Caes. B. C. 2, 12:vel concidat omne caelum omnisque terra consistat necesse est,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 23, 54:forensium rerum labor et ambitionis occupatio constitisset,
id. de Or. 1, 1, 1:usura,
id. Att. 6, 1, 7: diarroia, id. Fam. 7, 26, 2; cf.:videndum, morbus an increscat, an consistat, an minuatur,
remains unchanged, Cels. 3, 2; and:cursus pituitae,
id. 6, 6:cum ad Trebiam terrestre constitisset bellum,
Liv. 21, 49, 1:cum bellum Ligustinum ad Pisas constitisset,
id. 35, 4, 1; 22, 32, 4:infractaque constitit ira,
Ov. M. 6, 627:Gaius ejusque posteri in equestri ordine constitere usque ad Augusti patrem,
Suet. Aug. 2; cf.:maledictum, quod intra verba constitit,
stopped at, went no farther than, Quint. Decl. 279.a. = constituo formerly stood Lucr. 6, 11; Sall. J. 49, 6; but these passages are corrected in recent editions. It is now found only Gell. 5, 10, 9, a doubtful passage, where Hertz reads: cum ad judices coniiciendae [consistendae] causae gratiā venissent. -
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ignōro, āvi, ātum, 1 (old form of inf. pres. pass. ignorarier, Ter. Phorm. 5, 7, 38), v. a. and n. [ignarus], not to know (a person or thing), to have no knowledge of, to be unacquainted with, to be ignorant of, to mistake, misunderstand (a person or thing—class.; cf. nescio).—Constr. with acc., with acc. and inf., or rel. clause, with de, quin, or absol.(α).With acc.:(β).siquidem istius regis (Anci) matrem habemus, ignoramus patrem,
Cic. Rep. 2, 18:erras si id credis et me ignoras, Clinia,
do not know me, mistake me, Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 52:isti te ignorabant,
id. Eun. 5, 8, 59; cf.:qui illum ignorabant,
Cic. Ac. 2, 2, 4:et illum et me vehementer ignoras,
id. Rab. Post. 12, 33; Just. 13, 2, 11; Liv. 26, 12:cum exercitu tirone, ignoto adhuc duci suo ignorantique ducem,
id. 21, 43, 14; cf.§ 18: illi iniqui jus ignorant,
Plaut. Am. prol. 37:si haec ignoremus, multa nobis et magna ignoranda sint,
Cic. Rep. 1, 13:istam voluptatem Epicurus ignorat?
id. Fin. 2, 3, 7:quod tu quidem minime omnium ignoras,
id. Or. 68, 227:ignoro causam (belli), detestor exitum,
id. Phil. 8, 2, 7 fin.:Juppiter, ignoro pristina furta tua,
Prop. 2, 2, 4:motus astrorum,
Juv. 3, 43.—In pass., not to be [p. 882] known or recognized:ignoratur parens,
Ter. Phorm. 2, 3, 10:fugitive, etiam nunc credis, te ignorarier?
id. ib. 5, 7, 38:sciscitantes quisnam esset, nam ignorabatur,
Suet. Vit. 17:ignoratus Romanos palantes repente aggreditur,
unknown, undiscovered, Sall. J. 54, 9; cf.:servili habitu per tenebras ignoratus evasit,
Tac. H. 4, 36; 3, 23; 74:haec omnia ignorari possunt,
Quint. 3, 5, 6; Ov. Tr. 1, 5, 18:Archimedis ignoratum a Syracusanis indagavi sepulcrum,
Cic. Tusc. 5, 23, 64:Cn. Octavii eloquentia, quae fuerat ante consulatum ignorata,
id. Brut. 47, 176:aut ignoratae premit artis crimine turpi,
Hor. A. P. 262.— Hence, to be changed, disguised: pallam illam ad phrygionem ut referas, ut reconcinnetur.... Men. Hercle;eādem ea ignorabitur, ne uxor cognoscat te habere,
Plaut. Men. 2, 3, 74:non esse eam dices faxo: ita ignorabitur,
id. ib. 3, 2, 3.—With acc. and inf.:(γ).quis ignorabat, Q. Pompeium fecisse foedus, eādem in causā esse Mancinum?
Cic. Rep. 3, 18;Quint. prooem. § 1: neque ignoro, toto illo tempore vix tantum effici, quantum, etc.,
id. 1, 1, 17; 2, 4, 38; 3, 6, 78; cf.:neque illud ignoro, in iisdem fere esse et ornatum,
id. 8, 6, 3.—With rel. or interrog.-clause:* (δ).cum id quam vere fiat ignores,
Cic. Lael. 26, 97:ignorante rege, uter eorum esset Orestes,
id. ib. 7, 24:ipsa vero sapientia, si se ignorabit, sapientia sit necne, etc.,
id. Ac. 2, 8, 24:non ignoro, quanti ejus nomen putetis,
id. N. D. 3, 31, 78:non ignorans, quanta ex dissensionibus incommoda oriri consuessent,
Caes. B. G. 7, 33, 1:quid optandum foret ignorasse,
Juv. 10, 103.—With de:(ε).ignorat etiam de filio,
Cic. Att. 8, 14, 3.—With quin:(ζ).quis ignorat quin, etc.,
Cic. Fl. 27, 64; Quint. 12, 7, 8; Sulp. Sev. Dial. 1, 3, 8. —Absol.:(η).an vero vos soli ignoratis? vos hospites in hac urbe versamini,
Cic. Mil. 12, 33; Quint. 9, 4, 119:cur ego, si nequeo ignoroque, poëta salutor?
Hor. A. P. 87:ita nunc ignorans suo sibi servit patri,
Plaut. Capt. prol. 50.—With inf. (very rare):II.laetitiae causas ignorat dicere miles, Laetaturque tamen,
Claud. Nupt. Hon. 186. —To take no notice of, pay no attention to, ignore, disregard (rare):mille modis amor ignorandust,
Plaut. Trin. 2, 1, 30:quorum ego nec benevolentiam erga me ignorare, nec auctoritatem aspernare debeam,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 1, 4:haec tamen ignorat quid sidus triste minetur Saturni,
Juv. 6, 569.—Hence, ignōrans, antis, P. a., not knowing, unaware, ignorant of a thing (very rare):ille, eventus belli non ignorans,
Caes. B. G. 6, 42, 1.— Adv.: ignō-ranter, ignorantly:ignoranter vel simpliciter non faciunt, quod, etc.,
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9 praecido
praecīdo, cīdī, cīsum, ere [ prae + caedo ]1)а) отрезывать, обрезывать, обрубать (alicui nasum Just, manūs C, Hirt); отрубать, отсекать (caput alicujus C, Pt)p. ancoram C — рубить якорный канатб) обстригать ( barbam PM); перерезать, преграждать ( iter PM); срезать, т. е. объезжать, миновать ( omnes sinūs maris Sen)3) ограничивать ( libertatem vivendi C); лишать, отнимать (p. alicui spem, sibi reditum C); исключать4) устранять ( causam belli H)5) отказывать, отклонять (plane aliquid C)6) вкратце излагать, быть кратким7) разрезать, разрубать ( cotem novaculā C)8) прерывать (incipere aliquid dicere, deinde p. rhH.); рвать, порывать ( amicitias C)9) очерчивать -
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prae-cīdo, cīdī, cīsum, ere (prae u. caedo), I) vorn abschneiden, was vorn ist abschneiden, A) eig. u. übtr.: 1) im allg.: a) eig.: linguam alci, Plaut., alcis, Amm.: sibi linguam dentibus, sich vorn abbeißen, Hyg.: digitum, Varro fr.: alci manus, Hirt. b. G. u. Sen. fr.: alci caput, Liv.: alci auriculas, Petron.: pinnarum caules, Plin.: fistulas, quibus aqua suppeditabatur Iovis optimi maximi templis ac sedibus, Cic.: ancoras, das Ankertau kappen, Cic.: haerentis in salo naviculae funem magis praecidere, quam solvere, Hieron.: alci summas manus et pedes, Vulg.: barbam, Plin.: Trinacria Italiā praecisa, abgerissen, getrennt, Manil. – Partiz. subst., praecīsum, ī, n., ein abgeschnittenes Stück Fleisch, Naev. com. 65. Lucil. 569. – b) übtr., eine Örtlichkeit usw. abschneiden, omnes sinus (Buchten), Sen. ep. 53, 1. – iter, Plin. 8, 84. – 2) prägn., verschneiden, praecisi fanatici, Lampr. Heliog. 7, 2: Partiz. subst., praecisi (Verschnittene) et professi impudentiam, Sen. de prov. 5, 3. – B) bildl.: 1) im allg.: pr. (alci) linguam, jmd. verstummen machen, Plaut. mil. 1721. – 2) insbes.: a) kurz fassen, abkürzen, brevi praecidam, Cic.: praecide, mach es kurz, Cic. – dah. abbrechen mitten im Reden, Cornif. rhet.: praecisa velut ante legitimum finem oratio, Quint. – b) abschneiden, benehmen, spem, Cic.: sibi reditum, Cic.: omnes causas omnibus, Cic.: causam belli, die Spitze abbrechen, Hor.: sibi istam licentiam libertatemque dicendi, beschränken, Cic. – c) rund abschlagen, plane, Cic.: plane sine exceptione, Cic. – II) zerschneiden, A) eig.: canem, Liv.: cotem novaculā, Cic. – B) bildl., ein Verhältnis, einen Zustand kurz abbrechen, amicitias magis decere censent sapientes sensim diluere, quam repente praecidere, Cic. de off. 1, 120: etiamsi mors aliorum longius vitam passa est procedere, aliorum in medio flore praecidit, aliorum interrupit ipsa principia, Sen. ep. 66, 42. – III) was vorn ist, schlagen, alci os (auf das M.), Plaut. Cas. 404, wo aber wohl percide os tu illi zu lesen ist; vgl. Plaut. Pers. 283 R. Sen. nat. qu. 4, 4, 1 u. oben percīdo.
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praecīdo, ĕre, cīdi, cīsum [prae + caedo] - tr. - [st2]1 [-] frapper par-devant. [st2]2 [-] couper par-devant. [st2]3 [-] couper ras, couper court, couper entièrement. [st2]4 [-] retrancher, supprimer. [st2]5 [-] couper en ligne droite. [st2]6 [-] interrompre, abréger (un discours).* * *praecīdo, ĕre, cīdi, cīsum [prae + caedo] - tr. - [st2]1 [-] frapper par-devant. [st2]2 [-] couper par-devant. [st2]3 [-] couper ras, couper court, couper entièrement. [st2]4 [-] retrancher, supprimer. [st2]5 [-] couper en ligne droite. [st2]6 [-] interrompre, abréger (un discours).* * *Praecido, praecidis, praecidi, praecisum, pen. pro. praecidere. Cic. Couper, Rongner, Escourter.\Causam belli praecidere. Horat. Oster toute occasion de guerre.\Spem alicuius rei praecidere. Cic. Oster tout espoir.\Praecidere. Cic. Quoter et marquer l'article qu'on veult impugner, Designer preciseement.\Praecidere sua authoritate aliquid ex oratione alterius. Cicero. Tailler et rongner, Retrancher.\Praecidere plane. Cic. Nier rondement quelque chose à aucun, Nier tout à trac, Luy en couper la broche. -
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prae-cīdo, cīdī, cīsum, ere (prae u. caedo), I) vorn abschneiden, was vorn ist abschneiden, A) eig. u. übtr.: 1) im allg.: a) eig.: linguam alci, Plaut., alcis, Amm.: sibi linguam dentibus, sich vorn abbeißen, Hyg.: digitum, Varro fr.: alci manus, Hirt. b. G. u. Sen. fr.: alci caput, Liv.: alci auriculas, Petron.: pinnarum caules, Plin.: fistulas, quibus aqua suppeditabatur Iovis optimi maximi templis ac sedibus, Cic.: ancoras, das Ankertau kappen, Cic.: haerentis in salo naviculae funem magis praecidere, quam solvere, Hieron.: alci summas manus et pedes, Vulg.: barbam, Plin.: Trinacria Italiā praecisa, abgerissen, getrennt, Manil. – Partiz. subst., praecīsum, ī, n., ein abgeschnittenes Stück Fleisch, Naev. com. 65. Lucil. 569. – b) übtr., eine Örtlichkeit usw. abschneiden, omnes sinus (Buchten), Sen. ep. 53, 1. – iter, Plin. 8, 84. – 2) prägn., verschneiden, praecisi fanatici, Lampr. Heliog. 7, 2: Partiz. subst., praecisi (Verschnittene) et professi impudentiam, Sen. de prov. 5, 3. – B) bildl.: 1) im allg.: pr. (alci) linguam, jmd. verstummen machen, Plaut. mil. 1721. – 2) insbes.: a) kurz fassen, abkürzen, brevi praecidam, Cic.: praecide, mach es kurz, Cic. – dah. abbrechen mitten im Reden, Cornif. rhet.: praecisa velut ante legitimum finem oratio, Quint. – b) abschneiden, benehmen, spem, Cic.: sibi reditum, Cic.: omnes causas————omnibus, Cic.: causam belli, die Spitze abbrechen, Hor.: sibi istam licentiam libertatemque dicendi, beschränken, Cic. – c) rund abschlagen, plane, Cic.: plane sine exceptione, Cic. – II) zerschneiden, A) eig.: canem, Liv.: cotem novaculā, Cic. – B) bildl., ein Verhältnis, einen Zustand kurz abbrechen, amicitias magis decere censent sapientes sensim diluere, quam repente praecidere, Cic. de off. 1, 120: etiamsi mors aliorum longius vitam passa est procedere, aliorum in medio flore praecidit, aliorum interrupit ipsa principia, Sen. ep. 66, 42. – III) was vorn ist, schlagen, alci os (auf das M.), Plaut. Cas. 404, wo aber wohl percide os tu illi zu lesen ist; vgl. Plaut. Pers. 283 R. Sen. nat. qu. 4, 4, 1 u. oben percīdo.Ausführliches Lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch > praecido
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13 abripere
похищать, отнимать, напр. res vi abrepta (1. 1 § 1 D. 13, 3);per causam belli parentibus abrepti filii (1. 18 D. 27, 1);
lucrum abr. (1. 1 § 4 D. 41, 5);
per violentiam abreptum (1. 1 C. 9, 20).
Латинско-русский словарь к источникам римского права > abripere
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14 bellum
1) война, per causam belli parentibus abrepti (1. 18 D. 27, 1); (1. 51 pr. D. 41, 1), vindicari (Gai. III. 64). 2) военная служба (1. 19. C. Th. 7, 20).Латинско-русский словарь к источникам римского права > bellum
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15 pervicax
pervĭcax, ācis, adj. [per and root vicof vinco], firm, determined; esp. in a bad sense, stubborn, obstinate, headstrong, wilful (not in Cic. or Cæs.): tu pertinaciam esse, Antiloche, hanc praedicas: Ego pervicaciam aio et eā me uti volo... Nam pervicacem dici me esse et vincere Perfacile patior: pertinacem nil moror? Att. ap. Non. 432, 32 sq. (Trag. Rel. v. 8 Rib.); cf.:B. II.adversus peritos pervicax,
Tac. H. 1, 26; Ter. Hec. 4, 1, 17:musa,
Hor. C. 3, 3, 70:accusatio,
Tac. A. 13, 33; 3, 33:pervicacissimi Latinorum,
Flor. 1, 11, 11:pervicacioris irae fuit,
Curt. 8, 6, 1:homines pervicaci audaciā, pertinaci spe,
App. de Deo Socr. p. 43 fin. —Transf., in a good sense, steadfast, firm:recti pervicax, constans adversus metus,
Tac. H. 4, 5.—Hence, adv.: pervĭ-cācĭter, stoutly, stiffly, stubbornly, obstinately:pervicaciter perstare,
Dig. 26, 10, 3. — Comp.:pervicacius causam belli quaerere,
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16 causa
causa (by Cicero, and also a little after him, caussa, Quint. 1, 7, 20; so Fast. Praenest. pp. 321, 322; Inscr. Orell. 3681; 4077; 4698 al.; in Mon. Ancyr. 3, 1 dub.), ae, f. [perh. root cav- of caveo, prop. that which is defended or protected; cf. cura], that by, on account of, or through which any thing takes place or is done; a cause, reason, motive, inducement; also, in gen., an occasion, opportunity (opp. effectis, Quint. 6, 3, 66; 7, 3, 29:I.factis,
id. 4, 2, 52; 12, 1, 36 al.; very freq. in all periods, and in all kinds of discourse. In its different meanings syn. with ratio, principium, fons, origo, caput; excusatio, defensio; judicium, controversia, lis; partes, actio; condicio, negotium, commodum, al.).In gen.: causa ea est, quae id efficit, cujus est causa; ut vulnus mortis; cruditas morbi;b.ignis ardoris. Itaque non sic causa intellegi debet, ut quod cuique antecedat, id ei causa sit, sed quod cuique efficienter antecedat,
Cic. Fat. 15, 34:justa et magna et perspicua,
id. Rosc. Am. 14, 40: id. Phil. 2, 22, 53; id. Att. 16, 7, 6:sontica causa, v. sonticus.—Followed by a particle of cause: causa, quamobrem, etc.,
Ter. And. 5, 1, 18; id. Eun. 1, 2, 65; id. [p. 304] Heaut. 2, 3, 95; id. Hec. 3, 3, 22; 3, 5, 2; 4, 4, 73; Cic. Fin. 4, 16, 44:causa, quare, etc.,
Cic. Inv. 2, 20, 60:causa, cur, etc.,
id. Ac. 1, 3, 10; Quint. 11, 3, 16; 2, 3, 11; Hor. C. 1, 16, 19 al.:causa quod, etc.,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 46, § 109; id. Phil. 6, 1, 1; Quint. 2, 1, 1; 5, 10, 30 al.:ut, etc.,
Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 7; Ter. Eun. 3, 3, 6; Cic. Fam. 1, 8, 4 al.:haud causa quin, etc.,
Plaut. Most. 2, 2, 4:quae causa est quin,
id. Capt. 2, 2, 103:quid causae est quin,
Ter. And. 3, 4, 21; Cic. Tusc. 5, 11, 32; Hor. S. 1, 1, 20:nulla causa est quin,
Cic. Fam. 2, 17, 1:causa quominus,
Sall. C. 51, 41; Liv. 34, 56, 9:causa ne,
id. 34, 39, 9:nihil causae est cur non, etc.,
Quint. 11, 3, 59:causae propter quas, etc.,
id. 4, 2, 12; 5, 7, 24; 8, 6, 23.—With gen. obj.:is, qui causa mortis fuit,
Cic. Phil. 9, 3, 7; Liv. 21, 21, 1; Quint. 7, 3, 18; 7, 4, 42:salutis,
Lucr. 3, 349:morbi,
id. 3, 502; Verg. G. 4, 397; Hor. C. 2, 2, 14:nos causa belli sumus,
Liv. 1, 13, 3:causa mortis fuistis,
Quint. 7, 3, 32; Sen. Ira, 2, 27, 3:explicandae philosophiae,
Cic. Div. 2, 2, 6:nec vero umquam bellorum civilium semen et causa deerit,
id. Off. 2, 8, 29; so,belli,
Sall. C. 2, 2; Verg. A. 7, 553; Hor. C. 2, 1, 2; id. S. 1, 3, 108; id. Ep. 1, 2, 9:felix qui potuit rerum cognoscere causas,
Verg. G. 2, 490:vera objurgandi causa,
Ter. And. 1, 1, 131; cf. with ad:causa ad objurgandum,
id. ib. 1, 1, 123; id. Hec. 4, 4, 71; and poet. with inf.:consurgere in arma,
Verg. A. 10, 90:perire,
Tib. 3, 2, 30:gestare carinas,
Luc. 5, 464.— With prepp.:cum causā,
with good reason, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 8, § 21; id. de Or. 2, 60, 247; Varr. R. R. 1, 17, 4:sine causā,
without good reason, Cic. Div. 2, 28, 61; id. Fat. 9, 18; id. de Or. 2, 60, 246; id. Att. 13, 22, 1; Caes. B. G. 1, 14; Nep. Alcib. 6, 2; Quint. 1, 10, 35; 1, 12, 9:his de causis,
Cic. Att. 6, 1, 6:id nisi gravi de causā non fecisset,
id. ib. 7, 7, 3:justis de causis,
id. Fam. 5, 20, 2:quā de causā,
id. Off. 1, 41, 147; id. Ac. 1, 12, 43; Caes. B. G. 1, 1:quibus de causis,
Quint. 4, 2, 15;less freq. in ante-Aug. prose: quā ex causa,
Cic. Rep. 2, 7, 13; id. Mur. 17, 36; but very freq. in Quint., Sen., and the younger Plin.; so,nullā aliā ex causā,
Sen. Ep. 29, 1:multis ex causis,
Quint. 5, 12, 3:quibus ex causis,
id. 4, 2, 15; Plin. Ep. 6, 6, 8:ex plurimis causis,
id. ib. 1, 3, 6:ex his (causis),
id. ib. 5, 8, 6:—ob eam causam scribo, ut, etc., Cic. Fam. 1, 8, 4:illa festinatio fuit ob illam causam, ne, etc.,
id. Verr. 2, 2, 40, § 99; Nep. Milt. 6, 2:ob eam causam, quia, etc.,
Cic. N. D. 3, 20, 51:ob eas causas,
Caes. B. G. 1, 10:ob eam ipsam causam,
Cic. Brut. 7, 29:quam ob causam,
Nep. Paus. 2, 6:propter eam quam dixi causam,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 46, § 110:causae propter quas,
Quint. 4, 2, 12.—In causā esse, to be the cause of, responsible for, etc. (rare):in causā haec sunt,
Cic. Fam. 1, 1, 1:vim morbi in causā esse, quo serius perficeretur,
Liv. 40, 26, 5:verecundiam multis in causā fuisse, ut, etc.,
Quint. 12, 5, 2; Plin. Ep. 6, 10, 3; 7, 5, 1; Plin. 9, 30, 49, § 94; cf.:tarditatis causa in senatu fuit,
Liv. 4, 58, 4.—Causā, in abl. with gen. or possess. adj. (usu. put after the noun), as patris causā, meā causā, on account of, for the sake of (in the best prose, almost always referring to the future, and implying a purpose; cf. propter with acc. of the pre-existing cause or motive):II.honoris tui causā huc ad te venimus,
Plaut. Poen. 3, 3, 25; Ter. Phorm. 5, 7, 35; Cic. Fam. 13, 26, 2 al.:animi causa, v. animus, II., etc.: exempli causā, v. exemplum: causā meā,
Plaut. Most. 5, 2, 47; id. Poen. 1, 2, 160; id. Am. 1, 3, 42 al.; Ter. Heaut. prol. 41; 5, 5, 23 al.;causā meāpte,
id. ib. 4, 3, 8:nostra causa,
id. Phorm. 4, 4, 14; Cic. Ac. 2, 38, 120; Quint. 7, 4, 9:vestrā magis hoc causā volebam quam meā,
Cic. de Or. 1, 35. 162:aliena potius causa quam sua,
Quint. 3, 7, 16.—Put before the noun:rastros capsit causă potiendi agri,
Enn. Ann. 324 Vahl.:quidquid hujus feci, causā virginis Feci,
Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 122; so Liv. 26, 32, 6; 31, 12, 4; 39, 14, 8; 40, 41 fin.; 40, 44, 10.—Rarely with propter in the same sense:vestrarum sedum templorumque causā, propter salutem meorum civium,
Cic. Sest. 20, 45.—With gen. of pers. or reflex. pron. instead of possess. very rare (v. Lahmeyer ad Cic. Lael. 16, 57):quod illi semper sui causā fecerant,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 52, § 121.Esp.A.= justa causa, good reason, just cause, full right:B.cum causā accedere ad accusandum,
with good reason, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 8, § 21; so,cum causā,
id. de Or. 2, 60, 247; Varr. R. R. 1, 17, 4; 3, 16, 7;and the contrary: sine causā,
without good reason, Cic. Div. 2, 28, 61; id. de Or. 2, 60, 246; Caes. B. G. 1, 14; Nep. Alcib. 6, 2 al.—An apology, excuse, Cato, R. R. 2, 2; Plaut. Capt. 3, 4, 92; Ter. Phorm. 2, 1, 42; Cic. Fam. 16, 19 fin.; Verg. A. 9, 219 al.—C.Causam alicui dare alicujus rei, occasion:D.qui (Nebatius) mihi dedit causam harum litterarum,
Cic. Fam. 11, 27, 8;for which poët.: Bacchus et ad culpam causas dedit,
Verg. G. 2, 455 Forbig. ad loc.—A feigned cause, a pretext, pretence, = praetextus, prophasis:E.habere causam,
Plaut. As. 4, 1, 44:fingere falsas causas,
Ter. Hec. 4, 4, 71; id. And. 1, 3, 8 Ruhnk.; 4, 1, 18; id. Phorm. 2, 1, 4:fingit causas ne det,
id. Eun. 1, 2, 58; cf. Tib. 1, 6, 11:morae facere,
to pretend reasons for the delay, Sall. J. 36, 2:inferre causam,
Caes. B. G. 1, 39, 2:causam interponere,
Nep. Them. 7, 1; cf. id. Milt. 4, 1:bellandi,
id. Ham. 3, 1:belli,
Tac. A. 12, 45:jurgii,
Phaedr. 1, 1, 4 al. (On the other hand, causa, a true cause, is opp. to praetextus, a pretext, Suet. Caes. 30.)—So freq. per causam, under the pretext, Caes. B. C. 3, 24; 3, 76; 3, 87; Liv. 2, 32, 1 Drak.; 22, 61, 8; Suet. Caes. 2; id. Oth. 3; id. Vesp. 1; Tib. 1, 6, 26; Ov. H. 20, 140; id. Tr. 2, 452.—In judic. lang. t. t., a cause, judicial process, lawsuit:2.privatae,
Cic. Inv. 1, 3, 4:publicae,
id. de Or. 3, 20, 74; id. Rosc. Am. 21, 59:capitis aut famae,
id. Fam. 9, 21, 1:causam agere,
id. de Or. 2, 48, 199; Quint. 6, 1, 54; 7, 2, 55; 10, 7, 30;11, 1, 67 et saep.: constituere,
Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 1, § 1:perorare,
id. Quint. 24, 77:defendere,
Quint. 3, 6, 9; 12, 1, 24; 12, 1, 37; Suet. Caes. 49:exponere,
Quint. 2, 5, 7:perdere,
Cic. Rosc. Com. 4, 10:obtinere,
id. Fam. 1, 4, 1:tenere (= obticere),
Ov. M. 13, 190: causā cadere, v. cado, II.: causam dicere, to defend one ' s self, or to make a defence (as an advocate), Cic. Rosc. Am. 5, 12 and 13; 21, 54; id. Sest. 8, 18; id. Quint. 8, 31; Liv. 29, 19, 5; Quint. 5, 11, 39; 8, 2, 24; Suet. Caes. 30 et saep.— Poet.: causa prior, the first part of the process, i. e. the trial, Ov. M. 15, 37.—Hence,Out of the sphere of judicial proceedings, the party, faction, cause that one defends:b.ne condemnare causam illam, quam secutus esset, videretur, etc.,
Cic. Lig. 9, 27 sq.:suarum partium causa,
Quint. 3, 8, 57:causa Caesaris melior,
id. 5, 11, 42; Tac. A. 1, 36 al. —Hence,Meton.(α).A relation of friendship, connection:(β).quīcum tibi adfininitas, societas, omnes denique causae et necessitudines veteres intercedebant,
Cic. Quint. 15, 48:explicare breviter, quae mihi sit ratio et causa cum Caesare,
id. Prov. Cons. 17, 40; id. Fam. 13, 19, 1.—In gen., = condicio, a condition, state, situation, relation, position:(γ).ut nonnumquam mortem sibi ipse consciscere aliquis debeat, alius in eādem causā non debeat: num enim aliā in causā M. Cato fuit, alia ceteri, qui se in Africā Caesari tradiderunt?
Cic. Off. 1, 31, 112; so Caes. B. G. 4, 4 Herz.:(Regulus) erat in meliore causā quam, etc.,
Cic. Off. 3, 27, 100; id. Agr. 3, 2, 9 (where for causa in the foll. clause is condicio):atque in hoc genere mea causa est, ut, etc.,
id. Fam. 2, 4, 1; cf. id. ib. 9, 13, 1.—= negotium, a cause, business undertaken for any one, an employment:F.cui senatus dederat publice causam, ut mihi gratias ageret,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 73, § 170:quod nemo eorum rediisset, qui super tali causā eodem missi erant,
Nep. Paus. 4, 1.—In medic. lang., a cause for disease:G.causam metuere,
Cels. 3, 3; so Sen. Cons. ad Marc. 11 fin.; Plin. 28, 15, 61, § 218.—Hence in late Lat. for disease, Cael. Aur. Tard. 5, 10, 95; id. Acut. 2, 29, 157; Veg. 1, 25, 1; 3, 6, 11; 3, 45, 5; 4, 4, 2 al.—That which lies at the basis of a rhetorical representation, matter, subject, hupothesis, Cic. Top. 21, 79; id. Inv. 1, 6, 8; Auct. Her. 1, 11, 18; Quint. 3, 5, 7 sq. -
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.):(β).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.—Referring to things and places, over against (it), opposite (to it), on the opposite side (mostly post-Aug.):b.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.—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:(β).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.—Of things:2.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.—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.:(β).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.—In post-Aug. prose (very rare):3.at si aquae et ejus rei quam contra pensabis par pondus erit, nec pessum ibit, nec exstabit, etc.,
Sen. Q. N. 3, 25, 5.—Of reciprocal actions, = vicissim, in turn, in return, back, on my, his, etc., part, likewise, counter-.(α).In gen.:(β).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.—With dat. pers.:(γ).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.—With item:(δ).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.—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;(ε).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.—Implying also opposition: Pe. Conpellabo. Ph. Orationis aciem contra conferam, Plaut. Ep. 4, 1, 20:B.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.Of opposition, strife, etc., against; constr. absol., with dat., and ne, quominus or quin.1.Of physical exertion.(α).Lit.:(β).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.—Trop.:2.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.—Of mental exertion:3.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. —Of hostile opposition in gen.(α).Lit.:(β).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.—Trop.:4.aut alio quovis (sc. colore) qui contra pugnet et obstet,
Lucr. 2, 794; 2, 868.—Of warfare.(α).Lit.:(β).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.—Trop.:5.quod ubi viderunt corvi, contra auxiliantur, velut adversus communem hostem,
Plin. 10, 74, 95, § 205.—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:(γ).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.—On the part of the adversary:(δ).inveniendum contra est, quo distet haec causa a ceteris,
Quint. 5, 10, 114; 9, 2, 35; 12, 8, 10.—Of judgments against the parties or against opinions:6.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.—Of literary opposition.(α).Mostly with verbs of saying; v. 9. a. g.—(β).With other verbs:7.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.—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:8.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.—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, 153:9.si quis sub hoc pacto vendiderit ancillam ne prostitueretur, et si contra factum esset,
and if the contract was violated, Dig. 18, 1, 56.—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:(β).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.—To make charges against (rare):(γ).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.—In gen., to speak on the other side of a question:(δ).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.—To oppose or object to a proposition, motion, or petition:(ε). (ζ).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.—Abl. absol. impers.:b.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.—With acc. neutr. pron., to object, to make or raise an objection, to reply; esp. in legal proceedings:c.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.—With dat., written in one word (post-Aug.).(α).To oppose a person by speaking against his views:(β).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.—To oppose an opinion, with dat. of the thing:(γ).cum plures tantum sententiis aliorum contradicerent,
opposed the opinions, Tac. H. 1, 39.—To object to a motion or petition, with dat. of the petitioner:(δ).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.—With dat. of the petition:(ε).preces erant, sed quibus contradici non posset,
which could not be denied, Tac. H. 4, 46 fin.; Dig. 3, 1, 1, § 2.—To contest the validity of a law (rare):(ζ).quibus (legibus) contradici potest,
Quint. 7, 7, 4.—To contradict an assertion (very rare):d.pro certis autem habemus... cuicunque adversarius non contradicit,
Quint. 5, 10, 13.—With quin, to object:C.praetor Samnitibus respondit... nec contra dici quin amicitia de integro reconcilietur,
there was no objection to a reconciliation, Liv. 8, 2, 2.To one's disadvantage; mostly predic. with esse, unfavorable, adverse, damaging (post-Aug.;D.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.Of logical opposition, with negative force.1.Of a direct contrast.a.Predicatively, with esse, fieri, etc., the contrary, the opposite:b.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.—With evenire, accidere, sentire, scribere, habere, etc.:c.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. —Referring to a word or phrase in the same predicate.(α).To an adverb, in an opposite manner, otherwise, differently, not, etc.:(β).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.—To a predicative adjective, not, the opposite, the reverse, etc.:(γ).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.—To a verbal predicate:(δ).an frater fratri exsistat heres, an contra ( = annon),
Dig. 34, 5, 19.—To a subject infinitive:(ε).laudare testem vel contra pertinet ad momentum judiciorum,
praising or censuring a witness, Quint. 3, 7, 2.—To a clause, translated by not or by a repetition of the clause with a negative:(ζ).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.—To an attributive genitive:2.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.—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;b.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.—Belonging to the same predicate:E.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.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:b.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.—Introducing a secondary or parallel opposition of thought: in loco umidiore far potius serunt quam triticum;2.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.—In opposition to a dependent clause:3.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.—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:(β).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.—With contrasted examples or illustrations, often after ut or sic:(γ).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.—With contrasted actions, assumptions, etc.:(δ).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.—After a negative clause, affirming the opposite idea, et contra or contraque, but on the contrary:b.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.—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;(β).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.—Sed contra, after a negative sentence (class.):(γ).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.—Contra autem (rare;(δ).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.—Contra vero (very rare;(ε).not in Cic.), used for contra: contra vero quercus infinitam habet aeternitatem,
Vitr. 2, 9, 8; 6, 1, 3; Cels. 3, 6 fin. —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:(β).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.—Vel contra:(γ).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.—Seu contra:d.seu tristis veniam, seu contra laetus amicis,
Prop. 1, 11, 25.—With causal conjunctions, nam contra (very rare;4.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. —In late Lat., e contra (also one word, ēcontrā) = contra,(α).In the meaning, the contrary (D. 1.):(β).aliis vero econtra videtur,
Hier. Ep. 12.—Et econtra = et contra (E. 3. a.):5.honestiorum provectu et econtra suppliciis,
Aur. Vict. Caes. 39, 45.—For quod contra, v. II. E. 1. c.—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);b.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.—Immo contra (post-Aug.).(α).= no, on the contrary, refuting opinions, after questions and in the form of a dialogue:(β).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.—= sed contra, but on the contrary:c.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.—Item contra = an emphatic et contra (very rare):F.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.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:(β).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.—With ac:(γ).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.—With ac and atque:(δ).si denique aliquid non contra ac liceret factum diceretur, sed contra atque oporteret,
Cic. Balb. 3, 7.—With quam (post-Aug.):2.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.—Of moral opposition of acts contrary to rules and principles (cf. II. 3. g infra); so always with quam:II.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.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;b.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.—Of the heavenly bodies:c.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.—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:d.contra autem E littera I erit ubi secat circinationem linea,
opposite the point E will be the letter I, Vitr. 9, 7, 4.—Of buildings, etc.:e.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.—Of places on the human body:2.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. —Of actions, opposite, towards, against, facing (syn.:a.adversus, ad, e regione,
Caes. B. G. 7, 61).In gen.:b.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.—Dependent on verbs of motion (very rare without the idea of hostility):c.(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.—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.:e.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.—Of local actions with hostile intent.(α).Lit.:(β).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.—Trop.:f.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.—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:(β).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. —Contra aliquem ire:3.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.—Transf.,a.To persons placed together for comparison:b.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.—To things compared, as if weighed against each other as to their value, strength, etc.(α).Lit. (very rare):(β).quamcunque vis rem expende, et contra aquam statue... Si gravior est, leviorem rem... feret, etc.,
Sen. Q. N. 3, 25, 5.—Prop.:c.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,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):d.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.—Transf., of replies, with aiebat, inquit, etc.; both in friendly and inimical sense; esp., contra ea, contra haec, = the adv. contra:B.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).Denoting hostility or disadvantage.1.With verbs of hostile action.a.Of physical exertion:b.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. —Referring to warfare (usu. adversus), bellum gerere (rarely for cum or adversus; but contra patriam, contra aras, etc., not cum patria, etc.; cf.c.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.—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:(β).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.—Venire contra aliquem, to appear as counsel for one's adversary:(γ).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.—With dicere and other verbs of saying. (aa) Of a lawyer pleading against a lawyer:d.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. —Of literary adversaries, mostly with verbs of saying and writing:e.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.—Of public and political adversaries (syn. adversus and in).(α).In gen.:(β).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.—Of political speaking:f.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.—Of hostile or criminal acts in gen. (syn.:2.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.—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, 6:3.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.—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:4.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.—Dependent on adjectives (rare):5.contra se ipse misericors,
to his own injury, Phaedr. 4, 18, 3:severissimus judex contra fures,
Lampr. Alex. Sev. 28.—With nouns.a.Acc. to 1. b.:b.ut quam maximae contra Hannibalem copiae sint,
Cic. Inv. 1, 12, 17; cf. Vell. 2, 76, 3.—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:(β).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.—Of an address against the party, either in judicial or political affairs:c.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.—Acc. to 1. f.:C.contra patres concitatio et seditio,
Cic. Brut. 14, 56.—Of animals:contra volpium genus communibus inimicitiis,
Plin. 10, 76, 96, § 207.With inanimate and abstract objects.1.Directly dependent on verbs (cf. B. 1.).a.Of physical or moral exertion:b.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.—Of warfare (lit. and trop.):c.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.—Of legal contention.(α).Of the actions of the counsel or prosecutor: dicere, or perorare, agere contra aliquid, to plead against, contest something:(β).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.—Of judicial decisions contradicting documents, etc.:(γ).contra tabulas judicare,
Cic. de Or. 2, 70, 281:contra testamentum,
Dig. 2, 17, § 1:contra sententiam dicere,
ib. 49, 8, 1, § 2.—Admittere aliquem contra bona, to admit a petition for bonorum possessio (cf.:d.inmittere in bona),
Dig. 38, 2, 3, § 6.—Of antagonism in literary and ethical questions.(α).To contend that something is false:(β).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.—Of criticism, hostility to principles, etc.:(γ).contra Iliadem et Odysseam scribere,
Vitr. 7, praef. 8:contra quorum disciplinam ingenium ejus exarserat,
Cic. Tusc. 5, 29, 83.—Ethically:e.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.—Of public and political acts and speeches:f.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.—Of hostility, injury, wrongs, etc.(α).In gen.:(β).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.—In partic.: facere contra aliquid (syn. adversus), to commit an offence against, to transgress, etc.:2.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.—Predicatively with esse (usu. impers.), in violation of, in conflict with, contrary to (cf. 3. g).(α).With esse expressed as the predicate:(β).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.—With verbal predicate, referring to an indef. pron. or adj., with esse understood:(γ).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. —Contra officium, substantively, = id quod contra officium est:3.Sic inter recte factum atque peccatum, officium et contra officium, media locabat quaedam,
Cic. Ac. 1, 10, 37.—Adverbially with the predicate.(α).In order to oppose, in opposition to, with hostile intent (cf. B. 3.):(β).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.—With the force of a clause of manner, injuriously to, etc.:(γ).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.—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;4.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.—Dependent on substt.a.Of physical strife:b.scit ille imparem sibi luctatum contra nexus (draconis),
Plin. 8, 12, 12, § 33. —Of warfare:c.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.—Of legal contention:d.causa contra scriptum,
Cic. Inv. 2, 46, 135.—Of political speaking:e.divina M. Tullii eloquentia contra leges agrarias,
Quint. 2, 16, 7; 9, 3, 50; Gell. 18, 7, 7.—Of literary opposition:f.Caesaris vituperatio contra laudationem meam,
Cic. Att. 12, 40, 1.—Of hostility, etc.:g.cujus factum, inceptum, conatumve contra patriam,
Cic. Cat. 2, 12, 27:ullum factum dictumve nostrum contra utilitatem vestram,
Liv. 6, 40, 5.—Of injury:h.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.—Of violation, disregard, etc. (cf. 3. g):5.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.—Dependent on adjectives (very rare; cf.D.II. D. 2. c. infra): contraque patris impii regnum impotens, avum resolvam,
Sen. Herc. Fur. 966.Of defence, protection, and resistance (syn.: adversus, ab).1.Against persons.a.Dependent on verbs:b.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.—Dependent on adjectives, mostly participial:2.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.—Against inanimate and abstract things.a.Dependent on verbs:b.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.—Dependent on substt.:c.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.—Dependent on adjectives (in Cic. freq. with P. a. predicatively used; otherwise very rare;3.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.—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:(β).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.—Dependent on substt.:(γ).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.—Dependent on adjectives:(δ).vinum quod salutare contra pestilentiam sit,
Pall. 11, 14, 17.—Appositively, as a remedy:E.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.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.b.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. —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.):c.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.—Quod contra, by anastrophe (v. F. 1.), contrary to which, whereas, while on the contrary (only once in Lucr. and three times in Cic.):2.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).—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:F.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).Sometimes by anastrophe after its noun.1.In prose, after relatives, esp. in Cic.:2.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.—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. -
18 contra dicta
contrā, adv. and prep. [stem con, i. e. cum, through a comparative form conter; cf.: alter, uter, inter, praeter, etc.; in abl. fem. form like the locative adverbs ea, qua, etc.; cf.: ultra, intra, extra, citra], orig., in comparison with; hence, over against, fronting, in front, opposite, in opposition to, against, contrary to, opposed to, etc.I.Adv. (referring to an opposed object often with the force of a preposition with ellipsis of a pronoun, = against it, against him, etc.).A.Local.1.Lit., of position in front of a person, place, or thing.a.With verb of being or position expressed or understood.(α).Referring to living beings, opposite, in face of, face to face, facing, in front of, fronting, confronting (not in Cic., Caes., or Sall.):(β).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.—Referring to things and places, over against (it), opposite (to it), on the opposite side (mostly post-Aug.):b.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.—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:(β).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.—Of things:2.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.—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.:(β).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.—In post-Aug. prose (very rare):3.at si aquae et ejus rei quam contra pensabis par pondus erit, nec pessum ibit, nec exstabit, etc.,
Sen. Q. N. 3, 25, 5.—Of reciprocal actions, = vicissim, in turn, in return, back, on my, his, etc., part, likewise, counter-.(α).In gen.:(β).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.—With dat. pers.:(γ).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.—With item:(δ).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.—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;(ε).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.—Implying also opposition: Pe. Conpellabo. Ph. Orationis aciem contra conferam, Plaut. Ep. 4, 1, 20:B.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.Of opposition, strife, etc., against; constr. absol., with dat., and ne, quominus or quin.1.Of physical exertion.(α).Lit.:(β).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.—Trop.:2.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.—Of mental exertion:3.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. —Of hostile opposition in gen.(α).Lit.:(β).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.—Trop.:4.aut alio quovis (sc. colore) qui contra pugnet et obstet,
Lucr. 2, 794; 2, 868.—Of warfare.(α).Lit.:(β).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.—Trop.:5.quod ubi viderunt corvi, contra auxiliantur, velut adversus communem hostem,
Plin. 10, 74, 95, § 205.—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:(γ).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.—On the part of the adversary:(δ).inveniendum contra est, quo distet haec causa a ceteris,
Quint. 5, 10, 114; 9, 2, 35; 12, 8, 10.—Of judgments against the parties or against opinions:6.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.—Of literary opposition.(α).Mostly with verbs of saying; v. 9. a. g.—(β).With other verbs:7.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.—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:8.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.—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, 153:9.si quis sub hoc pacto vendiderit ancillam ne prostitueretur, et si contra factum esset,
and if the contract was violated, Dig. 18, 1, 56.—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:(β).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.—To make charges against (rare):(γ).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.—In gen., to speak on the other side of a question:(δ).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.—To oppose or object to a proposition, motion, or petition:(ε). (ζ).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.—Abl. absol. impers.:b.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.—With acc. neutr. pron., to object, to make or raise an objection, to reply; esp. in legal proceedings:c.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.—With dat., written in one word (post-Aug.).(α).To oppose a person by speaking against his views:(β).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.—To oppose an opinion, with dat. of the thing:(γ).cum plures tantum sententiis aliorum contradicerent,
opposed the opinions, Tac. H. 1, 39.—To object to a motion or petition, with dat. of the petitioner:(δ).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.—With dat. of the petition:(ε).preces erant, sed quibus contradici non posset,
which could not be denied, Tac. H. 4, 46 fin.; Dig. 3, 1, 1, § 2.—To contest the validity of a law (rare):(ζ).quibus (legibus) contradici potest,
Quint. 7, 7, 4.—To contradict an assertion (very rare):d.pro certis autem habemus... cuicunque adversarius non contradicit,
Quint. 5, 10, 13.—With quin, to object:C.praetor Samnitibus respondit... nec contra dici quin amicitia de integro reconcilietur,
there was no objection to a reconciliation, Liv. 8, 2, 2.To one's disadvantage; mostly predic. with esse, unfavorable, adverse, damaging (post-Aug.;D.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.Of logical opposition, with negative force.1.Of a direct contrast.a.Predicatively, with esse, fieri, etc., the contrary, the opposite:b.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.—With evenire, accidere, sentire, scribere, habere, etc.:c.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. —Referring to a word or phrase in the same predicate.(α).To an adverb, in an opposite manner, otherwise, differently, not, etc.:(β).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.—To a predicative adjective, not, the opposite, the reverse, etc.:(γ).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.—To a verbal predicate:(δ).an frater fratri exsistat heres, an contra ( = annon),
Dig. 34, 5, 19.—To a subject infinitive:(ε).laudare testem vel contra pertinet ad momentum judiciorum,
praising or censuring a witness, Quint. 3, 7, 2.—To a clause, translated by not or by a repetition of the clause with a negative:(ζ).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.—To an attributive genitive:2.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.—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;b.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.—Belonging to the same predicate:E.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.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:b.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.—Introducing a secondary or parallel opposition of thought: in loco umidiore far potius serunt quam triticum;2.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.—In opposition to a dependent clause:3.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.—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:(β).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.—With contrasted examples or illustrations, often after ut or sic:(γ).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.—With contrasted actions, assumptions, etc.:(δ).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.—After a negative clause, affirming the opposite idea, et contra or contraque, but on the contrary:b.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.—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;(β).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.—Sed contra, after a negative sentence (class.):(γ).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.—Contra autem (rare;(δ).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.—Contra vero (very rare;(ε).not in Cic.), used for contra: contra vero quercus infinitam habet aeternitatem,
Vitr. 2, 9, 8; 6, 1, 3; Cels. 3, 6 fin. —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:(β).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.—Vel contra:(γ).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.—Seu contra:d.seu tristis veniam, seu contra laetus amicis,
Prop. 1, 11, 25.—With causal conjunctions, nam contra (very rare;4.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. —In late Lat., e contra (also one word, ēcontrā) = contra,(α).In the meaning, the contrary (D. 1.):(β).aliis vero econtra videtur,
Hier. Ep. 12.—Et econtra = et contra (E. 3. a.):5.honestiorum provectu et econtra suppliciis,
Aur. Vict. Caes. 39, 45.—For quod contra, v. II. E. 1. c.—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);b.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.—Immo contra (post-Aug.).(α).= no, on the contrary, refuting opinions, after questions and in the form of a dialogue:(β).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.—= sed contra, but on the contrary:c.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.—Item contra = an emphatic et contra (very rare):F.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.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:(β).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.—With ac:(γ).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.—With ac and atque:(δ).si denique aliquid non contra ac liceret factum diceretur, sed contra atque oporteret,
Cic. Balb. 3, 7.—With quam (post-Aug.):2.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.—Of moral opposition of acts contrary to rules and principles (cf. II. 3. g infra); so always with quam:II.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.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;b.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.—Of the heavenly bodies:c.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.—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:d.contra autem E littera I erit ubi secat circinationem linea,
opposite the point E will be the letter I, Vitr. 9, 7, 4.—Of buildings, etc.:e.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.—Of places on the human body:2.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. —Of actions, opposite, towards, against, facing (syn.:a.adversus, ad, e regione,
Caes. B. G. 7, 61).In gen.:b.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.—Dependent on verbs of motion (very rare without the idea of hostility):c.(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.—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.:e.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.—Of local actions with hostile intent.(α).Lit.:(β).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.—Trop.:f.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.—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:(β).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. —Contra aliquem ire:3.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.—Transf.,a.To persons placed together for comparison:b.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.—To things compared, as if weighed against each other as to their value, strength, etc.(α).Lit. (very rare):(β).quamcunque vis rem expende, et contra aquam statue... Si gravior est, leviorem rem... feret, etc.,
Sen. Q. N. 3, 25, 5.—Prop.:c.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,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):d.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.—Transf., of replies, with aiebat, inquit, etc.; both in friendly and inimical sense; esp., contra ea, contra haec, = the adv. contra:B.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).Denoting hostility or disadvantage.1.With verbs of hostile action.a.Of physical exertion:b.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. —Referring to warfare (usu. adversus), bellum gerere (rarely for cum or adversus; but contra patriam, contra aras, etc., not cum patria, etc.; cf.c.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.—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:(β).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.—Venire contra aliquem, to appear as counsel for one's adversary:(γ).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.—With dicere and other verbs of saying. (aa) Of a lawyer pleading against a lawyer:d.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. —Of literary adversaries, mostly with verbs of saying and writing:e.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.—Of public and political adversaries (syn. adversus and in).(α).In gen.:(β).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.—Of political speaking:f.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.—Of hostile or criminal acts in gen. (syn.:2.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.—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, 6:3.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.—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:4.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.—Dependent on adjectives (rare):5.contra se ipse misericors,
to his own injury, Phaedr. 4, 18, 3:severissimus judex contra fures,
Lampr. Alex. Sev. 28.—With nouns.a.Acc. to 1. b.:b.ut quam maximae contra Hannibalem copiae sint,
Cic. Inv. 1, 12, 17; cf. Vell. 2, 76, 3.—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:(β).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.—Of an address against the party, either in judicial or political affairs:c.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.—Acc. to 1. f.:C.contra patres concitatio et seditio,
Cic. Brut. 14, 56.—Of animals:contra volpium genus communibus inimicitiis,
Plin. 10, 76, 96, § 207.With inanimate and abstract objects.1.Directly dependent on verbs (cf. B. 1.).a.Of physical or moral exertion:b.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.—Of warfare (lit. and trop.):c.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.—Of legal contention.(α).Of the actions of the counsel or prosecutor: dicere, or perorare, agere contra aliquid, to plead against, contest something:(β).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.—Of judicial decisions contradicting documents, etc.:(γ).contra tabulas judicare,
Cic. de Or. 2, 70, 281:contra testamentum,
Dig. 2, 17, § 1:contra sententiam dicere,
ib. 49, 8, 1, § 2.—Admittere aliquem contra bona, to admit a petition for bonorum possessio (cf.:d.inmittere in bona),
Dig. 38, 2, 3, § 6.—Of antagonism in literary and ethical questions.(α).To contend that something is false:(β).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.—Of criticism, hostility to principles, etc.:(γ).contra Iliadem et Odysseam scribere,
Vitr. 7, praef. 8:contra quorum disciplinam ingenium ejus exarserat,
Cic. Tusc. 5, 29, 83.—Ethically:e.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.—Of public and political acts and speeches:f.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.—Of hostility, injury, wrongs, etc.(α).In gen.:(β).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.—In partic.: facere contra aliquid (syn. adversus), to commit an offence against, to transgress, etc.:2.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.—Predicatively with esse (usu. impers.), in violation of, in conflict with, contrary to (cf. 3. g).(α).With esse expressed as the predicate:(β).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.—With verbal predicate, referring to an indef. pron. or adj., with esse understood:(γ).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. —Contra officium, substantively, = id quod contra officium est:3.Sic inter recte factum atque peccatum, officium et contra officium, media locabat quaedam,
Cic. Ac. 1, 10, 37.—Adverbially with the predicate.(α).In order to oppose, in opposition to, with hostile intent (cf. B. 3.):(β).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.—With the force of a clause of manner, injuriously to, etc.:(γ).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.—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;4.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.—Dependent on substt.a.Of physical strife:b.scit ille imparem sibi luctatum contra nexus (draconis),
Plin. 8, 12, 12, § 33. —Of warfare:c.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.—Of legal contention:d.causa contra scriptum,
Cic. Inv. 2, 46, 135.—Of political speaking:e.divina M. Tullii eloquentia contra leges agrarias,
Quint. 2, 16, 7; 9, 3, 50; Gell. 18, 7, 7.—Of literary opposition:f.Caesaris vituperatio contra laudationem meam,
Cic. Att. 12, 40, 1.—Of hostility, etc.:g.cujus factum, inceptum, conatumve contra patriam,
Cic. Cat. 2, 12, 27:ullum factum dictumve nostrum contra utilitatem vestram,
Liv. 6, 40, 5.—Of injury:h.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.—Of violation, disregard, etc. (cf. 3. g):5.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.—Dependent on adjectives (very rare; cf.D.II. D. 2. c. infra): contraque patris impii regnum impotens, avum resolvam,
Sen. Herc. Fur. 966.Of defence, protection, and resistance (syn.: adversus, ab).1.Against persons.a.Dependent on verbs:b.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.—Dependent on adjectives, mostly participial:2.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.—Against inanimate and abstract things.a.Dependent on verbs:b.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.—Dependent on substt.:c.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.—Dependent on adjectives (in Cic. freq. with P. a. predicatively used; otherwise very rare;3.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.—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:(β).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.—Dependent on substt.:(γ).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.—Dependent on adjectives:(δ).vinum quod salutare contra pestilentiam sit,
Pall. 11, 14, 17.—Appositively, as a remedy:E.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.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.b.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. —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.):c.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.—Quod contra, by anastrophe (v. F. 1.), contrary to which, whereas, while on the contrary (only once in Lucr. and three times in Cic.):2.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).—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:F.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).Sometimes by anastrophe after its noun.1.In prose, after relatives, esp. in Cic.:2.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.—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. -
19 causa (caussa)
causa (caussa) ae, f [1 CAV-], a cause, reason, motive, inducement, occasion, opportunity: te causae inpellebant leves, T.: obscura: accedit illa quoque causa: causa, quam ob rem, etc., T.: satis esse causa, quā re, etc., Cs.: si causa nulla est, cur, etc.: causa quod, etc.: ea est causa, ut cloacae subeant, etc., L.: quid causae est quin: nulla causa est quin: causa quo minus, S.: is, qui causa mortis fuit: morbi, V.: nos causa belli sumus, L.: rerum cognoscere causas, V.: Vera obiurgandi causa, T.—Poet.: Bacchus et ad culpam causas dedit (i. e. culparum causa fuit), V.: consurgere in arma, V.: quae rebus sit causa novandis, V.: meo subscribi causa sepulchro, i. e. of my death, O. — In phrases: cum causā, with good reason: sine causā, without good reason: sine ullā apertā causā: his de causis, Cs.: quā de causā: quā ex causa: eā causā, S.: ob eam causam, Cs.: ob eam ipsam causam: quam ob causam, N.: propter eam quam dixi causam: in causā haec sunt, are responsible: vim morbi in causā esse, quo, etc., L.: non paucitatem... causae fuisse cogitabant, to have been the cause, Cs.—Esp., abl. with gen. or possess. adj., on account of, for the sake of: alqm honoris causā nominare, with due respect: omnium nostrum causā: vitandae suspitionis causā: meā causā, T.: meāpte causā, T.: vestrā reique p. causā: vestrarum sedum templorumque causā; cf. quod illi semper sui causā fecerant: additur illius hoc iam causā, quicum agitur.—Meton., an apology, excuse: non causam dico quin ferat, etc., T.: causas nequiquam nectis inanīs, V.—Poet.: Et geminas, causam lacrimis, sacraverat aras, i. e. a place to weep, V.—A feigned cause, pretext, pretence: fingit causas ne det, T.: morae causas facere, reasons for the delay, S.: causas innecte morandi, V.: inferre causam, Cs.: bellandi, N.: per causam exercendorum remigum, under the pretext, Cs.: per causam renovati belli, L.: gratiam per hanc causam conciliare.—In law, a cause, judicial process, lawsuit: causam agere: publicam dicere: proferre: perdere: tenere, O.: causae actor accessi: causam dicere, to defend (oneself or as advocate): linguam causis acuere, for pleading, H.: extra causam esse, not to the point: plura extra causam dixisse: atque peracta est causa prior, i. e. the hearing before the decision, O.—A side, party, faction, cause: condemnare causam illam: et causam et hominem probare, Cs.: publica, the common weal, O.—A relation of friendship, connection: omnes causae et necessitudines veteres: quae mihi sit causa cum Caesare. —A condition, state, situation, relation, position: num enim aliā in causā M. Cato fuit, aliā ceteri, etc.: in eādem causā fuerunt, Cs.: in meliore causā. — A commission, business undertaken, employment: cui senatus dederat publice causam, ut mihi gratias ageret: super tali causā eodem missi, N.—In rhet., a concrete question, case for discussion. -
20 ago
ago, ēgī, āctum, ere (griech. ἄγω, altind. ájati, ›geht, treibt‹), in Bewegung setzen, d.i. machen, daß etw. vorwärts geht, I) eig., im Raume = führend, leitend in Bewegung setzen, treiben, 1) im allg. = treiben, führen, leiten, α) Tiere als Treiber, Hirt usw., tauros, Verg.: nobile armentum, Aur. Vict.: mercede caballum, Hor.: capellas protenus, hinwegtreiben, Verg.: ex loco infesto porro armentum, Liv.: ex agris in urbem pecora armentaque, Iul. Obs.: bovem Romam, Liv.: boves ad flumina, Verg.: pecora per calles, Curt.: greges ante se, Sen.: elephantos ante agmen, Curt.: belua in hostes imperio, in suos metu agitur, Curt.: celso Nysae de vertice agere tigres, Verg.: m. 1. Sup., pecus venum, Pacuv. tr. 121: pecus pastum, Varr. LL. 6, 41: capellas pastas potum, Verg. ecl. 9, 24: poet. m. Infin., omne cum Proteus pecus egit altos visere montes, Hor. carm. 1, 2, 8. – β) Menschen als Führer, Treiber usw., reliquum agmen pecudum more, vor sich her treiben, Curt.: copulā vinctum ante se Thyum, Nep.: in via cursores et Numidas et multum ante se pulveris, Sen.: captivos prae se, Curt.: virgis proditorem in urbem, Liv.: per omnem vicum alqm verbere, Tac.: alqm ad mortem, zum Tode führen, Tac.: servum suum sub furca ad supplicium, Val. Max.: captivos sub curribus Indos, im Triumph aufführen, Mart.: u. animos per orbem agi, von der Seelenwanderung, Sen. – dah. auch (wie ἄγειν) = »mitbringen, mitnehmen«, multis milibus actis armatorum ex ea regione, Liv. – u. der milit. t.t. agmen agere, den Zug in Bewegung setzen = mit ihm aufbrechen, ihn marschieren lassen, nunc agendo, nunc sustinendo agmen, Liv.: agmen agens equitum, führend, Verg.: u. vom Zuge der Schiffe, agmen agens, Verg.: gew. im Passiv, agmen agitur, der Zug (das Heer) bewegt sich, bricht auf, marschiert, m. Advv., wie citius, raptim u. dgl., Liv. (s. die Belege bei Fabri Liv. 21, 61, 4). – u. in der Umgangsspr., agere se, »sich treiben« = »gehen, kommen« (s. Spengel Ter. Andr. 708. Hildebr. Apul. met. 5, 2. p. 310), quo agis te? wohin gehst du? Plaut.: quo hinc te agis? Ter.: unde agis te? od. bl. unde agis? woher kommst du? Plaut.: ebenso ecce gubernator sese Palinurus agebat, kam daher, Verg. – γ) ein Pferd (als Reiter od. Fuhrmann), ein Fahrzeug (Wagen, Schiff) treiben = führen, leiten, lenken, steuern, iumenta od. currum, die Tiere od. den Wagen lenken, den Wagenlenker machen, Wagenlenker sein, Liv., Curt. u.a.: equum ad vallum, an den W. heranreiten, Tac.: equum in hostem, auf den F. lossprengen, Curt.: per patris corpus carpentum, den Wagen über des V. Leichnam lenken, Liv.: u. so super ipsum corpus carpentum, Aur. Vict.: currus in diversum, Sen.: adductos intus agere equos, sprichw. (s. intus), Ov. fast. 6, 586. – colles, quos agimus praeter navem, Lucr.: navim agere ignarus navis timet, Hor.: dic, unde onustam celocem agere praedicem, sag, von wo du deinen Kutter geladen hierher treibst (scherzh. = von wo du angetrunken herkommst), Plaut.: instructas quadriremes ad urbem, Curt.: in litus naves, auf den Strand treiben, -laufen lassen, Liv.: ratem in amnem, Ov.: rex classem in diversam partem agi iusserat, Curt.: simul naves in adversum amnem agebantur, wurden stromaufwärts geführt, Tac.: quibus (Austris) feliciter acti, Ov. – δ) übh. etw. Lebl. in Bewegung setzen, treiben, es sich bewegen-, es gehen machen, in Gang bringen, von Menschen usw., agens carmine quercus (von Orpheus), Verg.: vocem cubantes excitant (bringen in Gang), et cum egerunt (u. wenn sie sie in Bewegung gesetzt haben), Cic.: tantas moles nullā ope, quae cerneretur, admotas deorum numine agi credebant, Curt. – v. Lebl., nubes ventus agens, Lucr.: Pactolus aureas undas agens, Varr. fr.: maiore vi ac mole undas (v. einem Flusse), Curt.: longeque fluctus (v. Meere), Curt.: flumen maiore impetu adversum agitur, strömt mit desto größerer Gewalt nach der entgegengesetzten Richtung, Curt.: duplex agitur per lumbos spira, doppelt läuft durch die Lenden das Rückgrat hin, Verg.: agentes frigora venti, mitbringend, Verg.: trisulcum fulmen igni fervido actum, Varr. fr.: corpora agunt contagia late, verbreiten weit, Ov.: intus agere lacrimas, verschlucken, Albinov. eleg. 114. – ε) als milit. t.t. die Belagerungsmaschinen gegen einen Ort hin in Bewegung setzen, vorschieben, näher rücken, vineas turresque ad oppidum, Caes.: testudinem, Sall.
2) insbes.: a) zu rascherer Bewegung antreiben, nach einem Ziele (bes. wider Willen, gewaltsam) forttreiben, fortführen, fortreißen, α) Tiere u. Menschen, equo temere acto, sein Pf. aufs Geratewohl angetrieben, Liv.: u. sprichw., agas asellum, du magst den Esel antreiben (er wird doch nicht schnell laufen lernen; vgl. Hor. sat. 1, 1, 90) = du bist und bleibst der alte, Cic. de or. 2, 258. – ne se avium modo, quas naturalis levitas ageret ad sidera (aufschwinge zu den Sternen), inani ac puerili mentis affectu efferret, Curt.: quā impetus egit equos, wohin wildes Gelüst trieb die Pf., Ov.: quā quemque metus agebat, diffugerunt, Curt.: diffugiunt, quo quemque agit error, Ov. – dah. im Passiv, agi = fortgetrieben-, fortgerissen-, fortgeführt od. umhergeführt werden, rennen, stürmen, fliegen usw., turbā fugientium actus, mit fortgerissen, Liv.: quo multitudo omnis agebatur, rannte, stürmte, Liv.: agi per auras, durch die Lüfte geführt werden, Verg.: agi longis erroribus (auf. l. Irrfahrten), Vell. u. Verg. – β) Dinge, membris agit atra venena, treibt heraus aus den Gl., Verg.: u. (nach der Lehre Epikurs, daß alles Sein u. Geschehen aus zufälligen Bewegungen von Atomen herrühre) quibus forte temere humana negotia volvi agique persuasum est, sich im bunten Wirbel drehe, Curt. 5, 11 (31), 10. – u. bes. animam agere, »den Lebenshauch austreiben« = »in den letzten Zügen liegen, den Geist aufgeben« (vgl. Cic. Tusc. 1, 19), Cael. (b. Cic.), Liv. u.a.: im Wortspiel, eodem tempore et gestum et animam agere, gleichs. die Seele aus dem Leibe heraustreiben, Cic.: est tanti, habere animam, ut agam, leben, um zu sterben, Sen.: ne quod agas desit, agas animam, damit du etwas zu treiben habest, treib dir die Seele aus, Mart.: u. scherzh. res (mein Vermögen) quom animam agebat, Plaut. – b) beunruhigend, jagend, verfolgend forttreiben od. in Bewegung setzen, α) Tiere u. Menschen = umhertreiben, jagen, hetzen, verfolgen, cervos (v. Hunden), Verg.: apros latratu turbabis agens, scheuchst du mit bellender Meute in die Flucht, Verg.: egi per iuga longa canes, Ov. – ceteros ruerem, agerem etc., Ter.: amantes aestuantes (v. Amor), Varr. fr.: obvios, fortstoßen, Suet.: glebis aut saxis aut fustibus alqm de fundo praecipitem, Cic.: u. bes. vom Verfolgen der Feinde (vgl. Fabri Liv. 24, 42, 3), praecipites Pompeianos, Caes.: cursu palantes Troas, Verg. – u.m. Angabe wohin? fugientes hostes ad naves, Iustin.: exsulem populum Rom. in hostium urbem, Liv.: alqm in exsilium, Liv.: hostem penitus in intimas solitudines, Suet.: Narseum in ultimas regni solitudines, Eutr.: poet. m. Dat. loc., puerum Orco (in den O.), Hor. sat. 2, 5, 49. – β) Dinge, certatim remis mare, aufregen, Val. Flacc.: acta boreā pinus, hin- u. hergetrieben, gejagt, Ov. – c) ( wie ἄγειν) von irgendwo weg-, forttreiben, bes. gefangen od. als Beute, inde actae boves, Liv.: reliquum agmen (hostium) more pecudum intactum agebatur, iubente rege, ut caedibus abstineretur, Curt.: dah. raubend weg-, forttreiben, rauben, redigunt actas in sua rura boves, Ov. – u. so praedam od. praedas (pecoris et mancipiorum) agere, »Vieh (u. Sklaven) als Beute mit fortnehmen« u. übh. »Beute machen, plündern« (griech. λεηλατειν), Sall., Liv. u.a.; vgl. pulchram praedam agat, eine schöne Beute machte (= einen schönen Fund täte), si quis illam invenerit aulam onustam auri, Plaut. aulul. 610 sq. – dah. insbes., ferre od. (selten) portare et agere ( wie φέρειν καὶ ἄγειν) = totes u. lebendes Eigentum »fortschaffen (ferre) u. fortführen (agere)«, teils von den Eigentümern (also im nichtfeindlichen Sinne), res, quae ferri agique possunt, bewegliche Habe, Liv.: simul animadvertit multa undique portari agique, Caes. b.c. 2, 25, 2: teils von Feinden »ausplündern u. wegschleppen«, cum ferret cuncta atque ageret, Liv.: postquam res sociorum ante oculos prope suos ferri agique vidit, Liv.: hi ferre agere plebem plebisque res, Liv. (vgl. Fabri Liv. 22, 3, 7. Drak. Liv. 33, 13, 10. Ruperti Tac. hist. 1, 2, 11): u. bildl. (wie im Griech.), principes fori agunt feruntque cuncta, reißen alles mit sich fort, schalten und walten nach Willkür, Tac. dial. 8, 2. – d) mit einer gewissen körperlichen Anstrengung (schlagend, stoßend, werfend, biegend usw.) wohin treiben, bes. so, daß es festsitzt, eindringt usw., sublicae oblique agebantur, wurden eingerammt, Caes.: pinus ab alto ad terram, von oben bis auf den Boden biegen, Ov.: fundam circum caput, schwingen, Verg.: per costas pugionem, stoßen, Aur. Vict.: per utrumque gladium Val. Max.: hasta alci per armos acta, Verg.: dah. in crucem agere, ans Kreuz schlagen, heften, Cic. u.a. – e) »in fortlaufender Richtung gestalten«, α) in räumlicher Ausdehnung anlegen, unser ziehen, führen, fundamenta, Cic.: parietem, Cic.: aggerem, Caes.: cuniculos, Caes.: cuniculos ad aerarium, Cic., od. per magna spatia, Plin.: cloacam maximam sub terram, Liv.: molem mari, ins Meer hineinbauen, Curt.: amnem occultas egisse vias subter mare, sich einen Weg gebahnt, Verg. – so bes. als t.t. der Feldmetzkunst, limitem agere, »die Grenzmark ziehen«, Tac.: u. poet., latum per agmen limitem agit ferro, haut sich Bahn querdurch, Verg.: u. im Bilde, idem limes agendus erit, d.i. das gleiche Mittel anzuwenden, Ov. – β) von Gewächsen = nach innen od. außen treiben, hervortreiben, ansetzen, radices, Varr.: radices in profundum, Plin.: u. im Bilde, vera gloria radices agit atque propagatur, Cic. – u. so gemmas, coliculum, folia, florem, frondem, Varr., Col. u. Plin.: poet., ossa robur agunt, die Gebeine werden zu hartem Holze, Ov.: u. se laetus ad auras palmes agit, sich fröhlich zur Luft aufschwinget das Reis, Verg.: actae ad sidera pinus, emporgewachsen, reichend, Verg. – γ) übh. aus sich heraustreiben, zum Vorschein bringen, scintillas, Funken sprühen, Lucr.: spumas, Sch. treiben, schäumen, Lucr.: cum spumas ageret in ore, sein Maul schäumte, Cic.: rimas, Risse, Sprünge bekommen, sich spalten (vom Holz, von Bäumen, vom Erdboden usw.), Cic. u.a.
II) übtr.: A) im allg.: a) übh. in tätige Bewegung setzen, treiben, führen, leiten, bringen, animus cuncta agit atque habet, Sall.: u. so alqm transversum agere, jmd. auf Abwege treiben, -führen (von glücklichen Umständen usw.), Sall., Sen. u.a. (vgl. Kritz Sall. Iug. 6, 3): per reges actum genus omne Latinos, das durch alle lat. Könige durchging, Verg. Aen. 12, 530. – u. Tros Tyriusque mihi nullo discrimine agetur, behandelt werden, Verg. Aen. 1, 574. – mit Ang. wohin? od. wozu? durch ein Adv. od. durch in od. ad m. Akk., α) = in einen Zustand treiben, versetzen, bringen, animum in admirationem curae priscorum, Plin.: alqm in furorem, in insaniam, Quint.: in desperationem agi, Liv. epit.: si quis ad illa te agat, versetzte dich ein Gott hin, Hor. – β) zu einem Entschlusse, zu einer Vornahme treiben, führen, bestimmen, bringen, matre agente, auf Antrieb der M., Capit.: poëmata dulcia sunto et quocumque volent animum auditoris agunto, Hor.: alqm confestim od. praecipitem ad certamen, Liv.: pravis et externis religionibus captas mentes velut furialibus stimulis ad omne scelus et ad omnem libidinem agere, Liv.: irā deorum ad tantum nefas agi, Curt.: ag. Latinos falsis criminibus in arma, Liv.: in favorem aut odium contactu valentiorum agi, sich bestimmen lassen, Tac.: alqm in fraudem, zum Verrat treiben, Verg.: poet. m. folg. Infin., desertas quaerere terras auguriis agimur divum, Verg. Aen. 3, 4 sq. – b) in unruhige Bewegung setzen, umhertreiben, jagen, verfolgen, beunruhigen, plagen, quälen u. dgl., amor me ludificat, fugat, agit, Plaut.: agunt eum praecipitem poenae civium Romanorum, Cic.: acerba fata Romanos agunt, Hor.: diris agam vos, Hor.: agentia verba, Worte, die zur Verzweiflung treiben, Hor. – c) in stürmische Bewegung setzen, ubi (multitudo) aut studio agitur aut irā, in Bewegung gesetzt, aufgeregt wird, Curt. 6, 9 (33), 6: dah. aus dem Gleichgewicht heben, -bringen, erschüttern, perpetua naturalis bonitas, quae nullis casibus neque agitur neque minuitur, weder aus dem Gleichgewicht gebracht, erschüttert wird, Nep. Att. 9, 1. – d) in tätige Bewegung setzen, treiben, anregen, anfeuern, in Tätigkeit-, in Übung erhalten, seu te discus agit, Hor. sat. 2, 2, 13: non anxia mentem agit spes, Claud. cons. Prob. et Ol. 65 sq. – e) refl. agere (absol.) od. agere se, α) agere (absol.) = irgendwo sich umhertreiben, sein Wesen treiben, sich aufhalten, sich befinden, weilen, edoctus, ubi ageret, Dict.: in partibus orientis, Lact.: clerus Romae agens, Cypr.: sub Alpibus, Flor.: sub extremis Alpium radicibus inter Arsiam Titiumque flumen, Flor.: multum et familiariter cum alqo, viel u. vertraut mit jmd. umgehen, Sall.: inter Vinios... variā et pudendā sorte, mit Leuten wie Vinius... umgehen, Tac.: inter homines (v. Christus), weilen, Lact.: agere inter homines desinere, aufhören unter den Menschen zu weilen = sterben, Tac.: in carne mortali, Lact. – v. Völkern, irgendwo wohnen, hausen, Batavi donec trans Rhenum agebant, Tac.: Africa, quae procul a mari incultius agebat, Sall.: Gaetulos partim in tuguriis, alios incultius vagos agere, Sall.: plerumque sub silvis, Flor. – v. Staaten, unter dem u. dem stehen, octo civitates quae sub ipsis agebant, Eutr. 2, 2: Thracia, Cilicia, Commagene, quae sub regibus amicis egerant, Eutr. 7, 19. – von Soldaten = stehen, in der Schlacht, auf Posten, im Winterquartier usw., apud primos, Sall.: totum diem in armis, Dict.: circa muros et in stationibus solute ac neglegenter, Liv.: haud longe, Tac.: trans Padum, Tac.: Lugduni, Tac.: in vico Marcoduro incuriosius, Tac.: ala in finibus suis agens, Tac.: Chauci inter auxilia Romana agentes, Tac.; vgl. Kritz Tac. Agr. 18, 2. Heräus Tac. hist. 2, 39, 11. – v. Beamten (Statthaltern), im Amte sein, dienstlich tätig sein, haud procul inde, Tac.: Minturnis, Tac.: Antiochiae et circa Armeniam, Eutr.: in Raetia et Norico, Eutr. – β) m. se u. absol., auf eine gewisse Weise sein Wesen treiben, es so u. so treiben, irgendwie sich benehmen, sich zeigen, sich verhalten, tantā mobilitate Numidae sese agunt, Sall.: quanto ferocius ante se egerint, Tac.: sic se agere, Rutil. Lup.: non ex institutione Stoica se agere, Sen.: se ingenti modestiā agere, Eutr.: contra Gordianos superbissime, Capit. Gord. 30 in.: ut nummularii probe se agant circa omne negotium suum, ICt.: neglegenter se et avare agentes, Eutr.: sed agant se, ut volunt, Sulpic. Sev. Vgl. Ruhnken Rutil. Lup. 2, 4 extr. – u. (ohne se) quemadmodum sanis hominibus agendum est od. quemadmodum sanos agere conveniat, Cels.: agere insolentius, Eutr.: feroces pro victoribus agere, sich wie S. benehmen (ohne es zu sein), Sall.: agere pro dei sacerdote, Cypr.: libertinos, qui pro equitibus Romanis agerent, Suet.: tota civitas laeta agere, Sall.: quieti ac sine terrore egēre, Dict.: sermone, cultu etc. ut Germani agunt, Tac.
B) eine Zeit, eine Tätigkeit od. einen Zustand vor sich gehen machen: 1) eine Zeit gleichs. »heraufführen u. ablaufen lassen«, sie den Kreislauf vollenden lassen, cum Tithonia coniunx quintae tempora lucis aget, Ov.: ver illud erat, ver magnus agebat orbis, Frühling hatte der große Weltumfang, Verg. – dah. α) mit annus u. einer Ordinalzahl = im...ten Jahre stehen (= es erreicht, aber noch nicht überschritten haben), so u. so alt sein (s. Ruhnken Suet. Caes. 1), quartum annum agere incipientes, Varr.: quartum annum ago et octogesimum, Cic.: qui sextum et octogesimum annum agens causam dixerit, Liv.: annum plenum nonum decimum agens, ICt.: annum agens vicesimum aetatis, Eutr.: quinquagesimum et quartum agens aetatis annum, Suet.: erst spätlat. mit Plur. von annus und einer Kardinalzahl, decem et octo annos agens, Capit. Anton. phil. 5, 1; vgl. Capit. Gord. 15, 2 u. 22, 2: decem et novem agebat annos, Augustin. de civ. dei 15, 12, 1. – u. (von einem Zeitabschnitt) im Passiv, agi, im Ablauf begriffen sein, ablaufen, u. im Perfect. = abgelaufen-, verflossen-, am Ende sein, postquam ad te venit, mensis agitur hic iam septimus, Ter.: ut tunc principium anni agebatur, man im Anfange des Jahres stand, Liv.: Vergilii aetate incognita, a cuius obitu XC aguntur anni, der nunmehr 90 Jahre tot ist, Plin.: bis tricenis annis actis, Laber. fr.: actis in regno XV annis, Iustin.: menses iam tibi esse actos vides, Plaut.: mensibus actis, Varr. LL. – β) eine Zeit (die Lebenszeit, die Jahre, einen Zeitabschnitt) zubringen, hinbringen, verleben, aevum agere consuetis in armis, Pacuv. fr.: aetatem domi, Enn. fr.: aetatem cum uno viro, mit einem M. leben, Ter.: aetatem procul a re publica, Sall.: aetatem in litteris, Cic.: vitam pudice, Ter.: vitam sanctissime honestissimeque, Cic.: vitam ruri, Ter. u. Liv.: silvestrem vitam, im Walde leben, Solin.: tolerabilem senectutem, Cic.: pleraque tempora in venando, Sall.: medium tempus ad proconsulatum usque in otio secessuque, Suet.: dies in terra, noctes in aqua (vom Krokodil), Plin.: noctem inter gaudia, Verg.: noctem quietam, non insomnem, Tac.: totam eam noctem cum magno animi metu perpetuis vigiliis, Liv.: nec tranquillior nox diem tam foede actum excepit, Liv.: hiemem sub tectis suis, Liv., od. in castris, Sall.: ibi hiberna, Liv.: ad Tarentum aestiva, Liv. – dah. absol. = leben, existieren, homines, qui tum agebant, Tac.: ne sine solacio ageret (lebe, bleibe), Tac.: agere procul, fern stehen, Tac.: per mollitiem, in W. dahinleben, Sall.: sine legibus certis, sine magistratibus, Liv.: arbitrio alieno, Dict.: incertā pace, Liv.: in otio, Flor.: adhuc usque id est per longam temporum seriem agentes, Cypr.
2) eine Tätigkeit od. einen Zustand vor sich gehen lassen, in bezug auf etw. tätig sein, handeln, etw. treiben, betreiben, tun, beginnen, besorgen, verrichten, ausführen, vollführen, haec agens, während er damit beschäftigt war, Liv. u. Curt. (s. Wölffl. Liv. Krit. S. 28): omnia quae fiunt (entsteht, in der Natur), quaeque aguntur (getan wird, von Menschen), Cic.: ibi quid agat secum cogitat, Enn. fr.: sed eos (deos) non curare opinor, quid agat humanum genus, Enn. fr.: quaeso, ne temere hanc rem agas, ne iracunditer, Caecil. fr.: o, quid agis? ach, was beginnst du? Hor.: quid vos agitis? was treibt ihr (was beschäftigt euch)? Cic.: nihil agis, quin ego audiam, Cic.: cum scribas et aliquid agas eorum, quorum consuesti, Luccei. bei Cic.: nec quicquam raptim aut forte temere egeritis, Liv.: quod agendum aut faciendum sit, id non recusem, Cic.: agerent facerentque, ut e re publica ducerent, Liv.: agerent (sie sollten nur zumachen) ac ferirent, Tac.: omnes fere res asperas per Iugurtham agere, Sall.: quae cuncta etsi consilio ductuque alterius agebantur, Tac.: castrensis iurisdictio... plura manu agens, vieles tätlich bewirkend, Tac.: multa agendo nihil agere, Phaedr.: operose nihil agere, Sen.: dum aliud agitur (nebenbei), ediscere alqd, Quint.: cuncta impetu militum acta, ging vor sich, Tac.: iucundi acti labores, Cic. – agere res egregias, Eutr.: multa in Hispania bene, Eutr.: multa strenue, Eutr.: nihil non tranquillum et placidum, Eutr.: nihil iniustum ad augendum fiscum, Eutr.: nihil quasi Romanus egit, er benahm sich in keinem Stücke wie ein Römer, Eutr. – in der Umgangsspr., quid agis?was treibst du? was machst du? wie geht's? Plaut., Cic. u.a.: quid agit? was macht sie? wie geht es ihr? Ter.: quid agitur? was macht man? wie geht's? was gibt's? wie stehen die Sachen? Komik. – ebenso bei Fragen der Verlegenheit, des Zweifels, der Furcht, quid faciam? quid agam? was soll ich tun? was soll ich anfangen? Komik.: quid ages? Ter.: ebenso quid ago? quid agimus? Komik. u.a. (s. Brix Plaut. mil. 250 u. trin. 1062): u. in der indir. Frage, neque satis centurionibus constabat, quid agerent, Caes. – u. die Formeln, age, si quid agis, als drängende Aufforderung, »mach! mach!«, »mach Ernst mit deinem Vorsaße!« Plaut. (s. Lorenz Plaut. mil. 214. Brix Plaut. trin. 981). – age, ut vis, mach's, wie du willst, Plaut.: u. so age, age, ut lubet, Ter. – quod agis, id agas, bleib bei deinem Vorsatze, Plaut.: u. so age porro, tamen istuc ago, ich bleibe doch dabei (bei dem von dir empfohlenen Verfahren), Ter. – absol., se non interfuisse, sed egisse (dabei [als Zeuge] tätig gewesen sei, zu tun gehabt habe) dicit, Cic.: industria in agendo, celeritas in conficiendo, Cic.: defessa iubendo est saeva Iovis coniunx; ego sum indefessus agendo, Ov.: vigilando, agendo, bene consulendo prospere omnia cedunt, Sall. – bes. m. Advv., auf irgend eine Weise handeln, verfahren, zu Werke gehen, lenius, Sall.: pariter, Sall.: facile iusteque, Tac.: cum (consules) primo anno bene egissent, ihre Verwaltung gut war, Eutr.: u. so cum humane nobiscum hiems egerit, Sen. – dah. male, bene, praeclare agere cum alqo, übel-, gut- (glimpflich), sehr gut mit jmd. verfahren, - ihn behandeln, Plaut. u. Cic.: ebenso cum omnibus Romae aequo iure, Eutr.: u. im Passiv, male, bene agitur cum alqo, »es steht mit jmd. –, geht jmdm. übel, gut, vortrefflich«, Cic.: u. so egregie actum nobis (= nobiscum) est, siquidem etc., Dict.: u. bl. praeclare agitur, si etc., Cic.
Dah. a) aliquid agere, handeln, tätig sein, im Ggstz. zum Müßiggang, zur Ruhe, zur Überlegung, qui talibus diebus imprudens aliquid egisset, Macr.: virtus agit aliquid, Sen. – u. ohne aliquid, zB. surgamus, eamus, agamus, Lucil. fr.: quod (daß sie) egerunt,... quod reliquerunt, Cic.: bes. im Partic. Praes., im Gerundio u. Gerundivo, agentes audentesque, Liv.: aliud agendi tempus, aliud quiescendi, Cic.: agendum atque obviam eundum est, Sall. fr.: Maecenas... vir providens atque agendi sciens, gewandter Geschäftsmann, Vell.: audendum atque agendum, non consultandum in tanto malo esse, Liv.; vgl. Fabri Sall. Cat. 21, 3. Korte Sall. Cat. 52, 59. Kritz Sall. hist. fr. 1, 45, 7. Benecke Cic. de imp. Cn. Pomp. 3, 8. p. 90; u. (über die Verbindung aud. et ag.) Fabri Liv. 21, 40, 6. – u. der Ggstz. nihil agere, nichts tun, untätig sein, müßig gehen, numquam se plus agere, quam cum nihil ageret, Cic.: nihil agendo homines male agere discunt, Cato. fr.: iam dies hic sextus est, cum nihil egi, Pompon. fr. – b) = so u. so viel ausrichten, bewirken, etiam quicquam egisti? Afran. fr.: non nihil egisti hoc loco, Cic.: nihilo plus agas, quam si des operam etc., du dürftest nicht mehr ausrichten = das wäre ebensoviel, als wenn du usw., Ter.: nihil agit in amore inermus, Caecil. fr.: nihil agis, das hilft dir nichts, Ter.: nihil agis, dolor, du richtest nichts aus, vermagst nichts über mich, Cic.: u. so ars nihil sane egisse videatur, nisi etc., Cic.: non multum egerit, dürfte nicht viel ausrichten, Cur. b. Cic.; vgl. Ruhnken Rutil. Lup. 2, 11 extr. – dah. so u. soviel vermögen, ausmachen, von dem u. dem Einfluß sein, multum agit sexus, aetas, condicio, Quint.: argumenta ac testes quid egerint, Quint. – c) etwas ernstlich betreiben, α) auf etw. achten, aufpassen, achtgeben (s. Ruhnk. Ter. Andr. 1, 2, 15. Arntzen Plin. pan. 5, 3. p. 28), hoc agam, ich werde aufpassen, lauern, Ter.: hoc (istuc) od. hanc rem age, hoc od. hanc rem agite, aufgepaßt, achtgegeben, Komik. u.a. (s. Lorenz Plaut. Pseud. 149): hocine agis an non? hörst du denn darauf? Ter.: at iam hoc non agis, du passest nicht auf, Ter.: id ago sedulo, ich denke ernstlich daran, Ter.: u. so nisi id agat et adsit, darauf achtet u. bei der Hand ist, Cic.: quae suā sponte, etiam si id non agas, cadunt, Cic.: cras agamus haec, wollen wir auf dieses Thema weiter Bedacht nehmen, es weiter verfolgen, Cic. – u. der Ggstz., alias res agere, Komik u. Cic., od. aliud agere, Cic., »andere Dinge (Allotria, Nebendinge) treiben, sich mit andern Dingen befassen«, d.h. »nicht aufmerken, unaufmerksam-, unachtsam-, zerstreut sein«. – β) etw. im Werke od. im Sinne haben, auf etw. sinnen, denken, ausgehen, mit etw. umgehen, etw. beabsichtigen, im Schilde führen, mit etw. vorzüglich sich abgeben, etw. sich besonders angelegen sein lassen (vgl. Ochsner Cic. Ecl. p. 285), aliud agentes (vorhabend), aliud simulantes (vorgebend), Cic.: nescio quid mens mea maius agat, Ov.: observabo, quam rem agat, Plaut.: quid agat, quid consilii captet, Ter.: quid cogitent, Cic.: id s egissent, Cic.: in omni vita nihil aliud egi, habe es mir zur Aufgabe meines Lebens gemacht, Cic.: fratri proditionem, Tac.: de intranda Britannia, Tac. – u. bes. id agere ( selten hoc agere od. bl. agere), ut od. ne etc., das im Werke od. Sinne haben, das sich zum Hauptgeschäfte machen, daß od. daß nicht usw., damit umgehen, darauf ausgehen, -denken, sich ein besonderes Geschäft daraus machen, es darauf absehen, beabsichtigen, zu usw., qui tum, cum maxime fallunt, id agunt, ut viri boni esse videantur, Cic.: non enim id agit, ut insidietur et observet, sed iam favet, Cic.: id agere ac moliri coepit, ut desciscerent ab Insubribus Cenomani, Liv.: id agendum, ut ea facere videamur irati, Cic.: non ergo id agitur, ut aliquid assensu meo comprobem, darauf kommt es mir nicht an, daß ich usw., Cic.: certiorem eum fecit, id agi, ut pons dissolveretur, Nep.: id ab isto actum esse, ut ille suppositus facile et libenter se illum, qui non erat, esse simularet, Cic. – ego id agam, quī mihi ne detur, Ter.: itaque neque tu multum interfuisti rebus gerendis, et ego id semper egi, ne interessem, Cic. – tu, dum tua navis in alto est, hoc age (sieh zu), ut mutata retrorsum te ferat aura, Hor. ep. 1, 18, 87 sq. – qui hoc agit, ut prior sit, Quint. 10, 2, 10.
3) etwas mit dem gehörigen äußern Vortrag (s. āctio no. II) in Handlung setzen, darstellen, a) v. Redner, darstellen, vortragen, deklamieren (vgl. Gernhard Cic. de sen. 16), id cum pronuntiamus, agimus, Varr. LL.: haec ille egit, Cic.: quae sic ab illo acta esse constabat, oculis, voce, gestu, ut etc., Cic.: absol., agere cum dignitate ac venustate, Cic. – b) vom Rhapsoden usw., vortragen, hersagen, rezitieren, carmen, Val. Flacc. 1, 783; 4, 87. – c) vom Schauspieler, α) durch bloßes Gebärdenspiel od. durch die Rede mit dem nötigen Gebärdenspiel darstellen, vortragen, spielen, in scaena gestum, als Schauspieler auftreten, Cic.: mimum, Suet. u. Macr. (vgl. ag. choros, Prop.): canticum aliquanto magis vigente motu, die Handlung der Monodie (canticum) mit weit lebendigerem Gebärdenspiel darstellen, Liv.: numquam agit hunc versum Roscius eo gestu, quo potest etc., mit solchem Feuer spielen, Cic.: haec (diese Septenare) quantis ab illo (Aesopo) clamoribus agebantur! Cic. – u. so fabulam (comoediam, tragoediam), ein Stück darstellen, spielen, Komik. u. Cic., u. aufführen (spielen) lassen, zur Aufführung bringen, Komik. (s. Wagner Ter. heaut. p. 27): novam fabulam, Varr. LL.: statariam, Ter.: u. so Menandri Eunuchum, das Stück des M. »der Eunuch«, Ter. – primas partes (die erste Rolle, die Hauptrolle), Ter.: u. so (im Bilde) priores partes, Cic.: Amphionis partes (Rolle), Varr. fr. – so auch eandem personam in triclinio agere (v. einem Mimen), Macr. sat. 2, 7, 17: u. bildl., hanc personam induisti; agenda est, Sen. de ben. 2, 17, 2: agenda est persona, quam mihi miles imposuit, Vopisc. Prob. 10, 7. – β) agere alqm (servum, lenonem, Ballionem u. dgl.), die Person (eines Stückes auf der Bühne) darstellen, Ter. u. Cic.: u. bes. übtr., im gewöhnl. Leben jmds. Rolle, jmd. spielen, abgeben, machen = sich (im Ernst od. aus Heuchelei) benehmen wie usw., senatorem, den Senator spielen, Tac.: nobilem. den Vornehmen spielen, Cael. in Cic. ep.: amicum, convivam, patrem familias, Sen.: filium, Sen, rhet.: ministrum imperatoris, Tac.: Rhodi specei secessus exsulem, als Verbannter leben, Tac.: bonum consulem, Plin. pan.: abstinentissimum virum, Liv. epit.: propugnatores sceleris, als Verfechter des V. auftreten, Iustin. Vgl. Bremi Suet. Tib. 12. – dah. d) Dank u. Lob mündlich od. schriftlich an den Tag legen, ausdrücken, aussprechen, bezeigen, sagen, alci gratias od. (im feierlichen Tone, Gebet usw.) grates, Cic.: alci gratias pro alqa re, Plaut.: dis laudes gratesque, Liv.; vgl. gratia.
4) machen, daß eine Veranstaltung ein Zustand vor sich geht: a) ein Fest od. eine festliche Veranstaltung übh. begehen, feiern, halten, festos dies anniversarios, Cic.: festum diem, Iustin.: diem natalem u. bl. natalem, Tibull.: Idus, Hor.: quinquatrus iucunde, Suet.: diem festum Dianae per triduum, Liv.: festum genialiter, Ov.: choros, aufführen, Prop. u. Cypr.: triumphum de alqo, Cic.: acto cum gloria triumpho, Vell. – b) Zustände aller Art, α) der Ruhe = etw. halten, beobachten (längere Zeit) in etw. verharren, pacem, Sall. fr.: otia, Ov.: alta silentia, Ov.: medium, die M. halten, Vell.: morem, einer S. nachleben, Sall. fr. – β) der Tätigkeit = halten, versehen, vornehmen, treiben, vollziehen, vigilias ad aedes sacras, Cic., od. in portu, Liv.: excubias alci, Tac., od. circa cubiculum alcis, Suet.: stationem, Posten stehen (v. Soldaten), Liv., u. stationem in castris, die Wache haben (v. Befehlshaber), Tac. – popularia per ludum, Laber. fr.: nugas, Plaut.: ioca atque seria cum humillimis, Sall.: arbitria, s. arbitrium: curam alcis od. alcis rei od. m. pro od. de u. Abl., s. cūra (no. I, 1 u. no. II): delectum, s. dēlēctus (no. I): paenitentiam, s. paenitentia: mensuram agere alcis rei, s. mēnsūra: sua vota, seine Wünsche betreiben, vortragen, Ov. – u. bes. γ) der leitenden Tätigkeit im öffentl. Dienste, etw. halten = anstellen, vornehmen, veranstalten, verwalten, leiten, vollziehen, senatum, S. halten, XII tabb. (b. Cic.) u. Suet.: censum, recensum, Liv.: delectum, Quint.: delectum acerbe, Liv. epit.: forum od. conventum, einen Gerichts- od. Kreistag halten, Cic., Caes. u.a.: censuram, das Zensoramt verwalten, Ov. u. Vell.: regnum, Liv.: honorem, bekleiden, Liv.: u. so proconsulatum, Capitol. (s. Gronov. observv. 4, 14. p. 452 sq. Oudend. Caes. b.G. 2, 28, 2). – u. von Einkünften, sie verwalten, eintreiben, beitreiben, Iudaicum fiscum acerbissime, Suet.: publicum quadragesimae in Asia, Suet. – bes. agere bellum, einen Krieg »planmäßig betreiben, planmäßig (durch zweckmäßig getroffene Anstalten) führen«, Sall. u.a. (vgl. Kritz Sall. hist. fr. 2, 50, 11. Drak. Liv. epit. 49; nicht bei Caes. u. Nep., in denen jetzt überall bellum gerere gelesen wird, s. Nipperdey spicileg. in Corn. Nepot. p. 69): aber Samnitium bella, quae continua per quartum iam volumen... agimus, mit denen wir es (als Schriftsteller) zu tun haben, Liv. 10, 31, 10. – auch levibus proeliis cum Gallis actis, geliefert, Liv. 22, 9, 6 H. ( andere factis). – c) in der Opferspr. =machen, d.i. »das Opfertier mit dem Hammer niederschlagen u. dann schlachten«, indem der Opferschlächter (popa) fragte: agone? mach od. tu ich's? s. Varr. LL. 6, 12. Ov. fast. 1, 321 sq. Sen. contr. 2, 11. § 19; worauf der Priester antwortete: age od. hoc age, so mach od. tu es, s. Suet. Cal. 58, 2; Galb. 20, 1. Sen. de clem. 1, 12, 2.
5) machen, daß eine Verhandlung über etw. vor sich geht, a) übh. etw. betreiben, mit jmd. wegen etw. verhandeln, reden, sich unterreden, sich besprechen, unterhandeln, etw. besprechen, ab- od. ausmachen, in jmd. mit Bitten, Zureden usw. dringen, jmd. bitten, ermahnen, jmdm. zusprechen, den Vorschlag, Antrag, das Ansinnen machen, cum alqo alqd od. de alqa re od. m. folg. ut od. ne mit Konj., auch oft m. Abl. eines Substantivums od. Gerundiums der Art, wie etwas verhandelt usw. wird (s. Fabri Liv. 24, 32, 5), non ago hoc per sagam pretio conductam, Turpil. fr.: ut agerem cum Lucceio de vestra vetere gratia reconcilianda, Cic.: quod mecum per litteras agis (schriftlich verhandelst), mallem coram egisses (mündlich besprochen, abgemacht hättest), Cic.: utrum per procuratorem ageres, an per te ipsum, Cic.: estne hic ipsus, de quo agebam, von dem ich sprach, Ter.: de quibus in foro atque in negotiis agendi non est otium, Varr. fr.: ne agendi cum eo Dioni esset potestas, sich mit ihm zu besprechen, Nep.: hactenus vobiscum verbis actum, Dict. – egit cum Cimone, ut etc., machte dem C. den Antrag usw., Nep.: egit mecum accurate multis verbis, ut etc., Cic.: non imperio modo, sed consilio etiam ac prope precibus agens cum magistro equitum, ut etc., befahl er nicht bloß, sondern riet auch seinem Reiterobersten, ja er bat ihn beinahe usw., Liv.: agere varie rogando alternis suadendoque coepit, ut etc., drang auf alle Weise, bald mit Bitten, bald mit Zureden in ihn, daß usw., Liv. – is ita cum Caesare egit (dieser äußerte gegen Cäsar): si pacem faceret etc., Caes.: quae (patria) sic agit (sich so vernehmen läßt) et quodammodo tacita tecum loquitur, Cic. – absol. = den Unterhändler machen, unterhandeln, agente Serviliā, Cic.: illo auctore atque agente, Caes.: agendi viam non video, Cic.
b) als publiz. t.t.: α) im Senate od. vor dem Volke etw. betreiben, verhandeln, zur Entscheidung bringen, einen entscheidenden Antrag stellen od. Beschluß fassen, in senatu de alqo od. de re, Cic.: agitur in curia de alqa re, Suet. – cum populo, Cic.: cum populo de alqo, vor dem Volke in einem förmlichen Antrage, Cic.: u. so verb. cum populo patribusque od. cum populo, cum plebe agendi ius, XII tabb. (b. Cic.) u. Cic. – oft absol., ut ante, quam rogatio lata esset, nulla res ageretur, Cic.: omnia potius actum iri, quam de provinciis, Cic.: u. so de pace, de condicionibus u. dgl., Cic.: de pace cum Sylla, Eutr.: nihil omnino actum esse de nobis, die Verhandlung über mich sei so gut als gar keine, Cic. – u. agi per senatum, per populum, durch den S., durch das V. entschieden werden, -geschehen, Cic.: u. so multitudinis arbitrio res maximas agi, Cic. – numquam Curio sustinuisset, si cum eo agi coeptum esset, wenn man entscheidende Beschlüsse gegen ihn gefaßt hätte, ernstlich gegen ihn aufgetreten wäre, Cic. – β) agere causam alcis, jmds. polit. Sache betreiben, jmds. Sache führen, sich jmds. annehmen, für jmd. Partei nehmen, Cic.: agere causam populi, Nep.: utrum militantium adversarii estis an causam agitis ? Liv.
c) als gerichtl. t.t., etw. vor Gericht betreiben, sowohl in fremdem als in eigenem Namen, als Verteidiger od. Kläger: α) v. Vert., agere causam od. rem, eine Sache, einen Prozeß führen, eine Sache verteidigen, causam, Varr. LL.: causas agere et componere, Lucr.: causas amicorum tractare atque agere, Cic.: causas Latine, Eutr.: rem de scripto, Cic.: causam contra alqm apud consulem, Cic.: bonam causam apud aequos iudices, Liv.: apud quos iudices causa agebatur, vor denen der Pr. geführt wurde, Cic.: cum proxime res agentur, wenn der nächste Gerichtstag ist, Plin. ep. – absol., agere = ein Rechtsgeschäft betreiben, bes. als Redner u. Sachwalter-, als Verteidiger auftreten, hospes in agendo, Fremdling in (Rechts-)Geschäften, Cic.: princeps in agendo, Wortführer in der Verhandlung, Cic.: ad od. apud alqm (iudicem), Cic.: egit ipse pro se (verteidigte sich selbst), nullo accusante, Plin. ep.: si agendi necessitas instat, Plin. ep.: nihil cum Verre de cotidianis criminibus acturus sum, mit V. rechten. Cic. – β) vom Kläger od. der Partei, die ihr Recht verfolgt u. dgl., eine Klage anstellen, einen Prozeß anhängig machen, mit u. ohne (ex) iure, lege (auf Grund des Rechtes, eines Gesetzes) u. dgl., sein Recht geltend machen, den Weg Rechtens od. des Gesetzes einschlagen, klagbar werden, klagen, prozessieren, rechten, quid agas mecum ex iure civili et praetorio, non habes, Cic.: u. so ag. ex syngrapha, Cic.: tamquam ex syngrapha (als hätte man einen schriftlichen Vertrag) cum populo, Cic.: comminus (persönlich), Apul. – tabellis obsignatis ag. cum alqo, jmdm. das vollzogene Protokoll vorhalten, Cic. – ag. summo iure, das strengste Recht geltend machen, Cic.: ut iure non rescriptis (principum) ageretur, Capit. – lege agito ergo, nimm das Recht in Anspruch, Ter.: agere lege in hereditatem, Cic.: lege agendo, in der Gerichtsverhandlung, Cic.: vetuit de iisdem rebus pluribus legibus agere, wiederholt zu klagen, Suet. – non enim gladiis tecum, sed litibus agetur, man wird nicht mit der Gewalt der Waffen, sondern auf dem Wege der Klage gegen dich vorgehen, Cic.: causā quam vi agere malle, Tac. – u. ohne lege u. dgl., grave (crimen est), me agente, te accusante, nullum, Cic.: cum alqo agere de alqa re, Cic.: agere ab alqo (von od. auf seiten jmds.), zB. a petitore (Kläger), a possessore (Beklagten), Plin. ep. 6, 2, 2: alter iniquum putabat plus secum agi, quam quod erat in actione, daß von ihm mehr gefordert werde, als es die Klage gestattete, Cic. – übtr., omnia pro suo iure agere, alles ganz seinem Rechte gemäß verhandeln, Ter.: agerent tecum lege Pythagorei, es würden gegen dich klagbar werden die P., Cic.: nihil, tamquam accusator, criminose nec dubia argumentis colligendo ago, ich deute nicht wie ein Ankläger alles schlimm u. suche nicht das Zweifelhafte durch Schlüsse zu erweisen, Liv. – bes. αα) agere m. Genet. des Verbrechens = klagbar werden, klagen wegen usw., mit u. ohne cum alqo (gegen jmd.), furti, Cic.: iniuriarum, Cic. u.a.: iniuriarum cum alqo, adulterii cum alqo, Quint. – ββ) alqm reum agere, s. reus. – γ) agitur de re od. (gew.) res, v. Gegenstande der Klage = es handelt sich um etw., die Frage dreht sich um etw., es wird debattiert über usw., es ist etw. Gegenstand der Debatte, es ist die Rede von etw. (s. Korte Sall. Cat. 52, 10), qua de re agitur od. quae res agitur, der Streitpunkt, Cic. (s. Manuzzi Cic. Mur. 13): praesertim cum de maximis vestris vectigalibus agatur, Cic.: non agitur, inquis, de hoc, an amicitia propter se ipsam expetenda sit, Sen.: non capitis ei res agitur, sed pecuniae, Ter.: aguntur iniuriae sociorom, Cic.: agitur, liberine vivamus an mortem obeamus, Cic. – übtr. u. prägn., es handelt sich um etw., es gilt etw., es ist etw. in Frage = es steht auf dem Spiele, ist in Gefahr (s. die Auslgg. zu Nep. Att. 15, 2; Fabri Liv. 23, 49, 8; die Auslgg. zu Hor. ep. 1, 18, 84; Ruhnken Ter. heaut. 2, 3, 113 eine Menge Belege), non agitur de vectigalibus, neque de sociorum iniuriis; libertas et anima nostra in dubio est, Sall.: id quod agitur, Plaut.: quasi istic mea res minor agatur quam tua, als ob in deiner Angelegenheit (istic) auf meiner Seite weniger auf dem Spiele stände, als auf deiner, Ter.: tua res agitur, paries cum proximus ardet, Hor.: in quo (bello) agitur populi Romani gloria: agitur salus sociorum atque amicorum, aguntur certissima populi Romani vectigalia, Cic.: cum fama eius ageretur, Liv.: agitur pars tertia mundi, Ov. – im Perf., acta res est od. gew. actum est, eig. die Verhandlung ist-, die Akten sind geschlossen = es ist aus, -vorbei damit, acta haec res est, perii, Ter.: actumst, ilicet, peristi, Ter.: si prorogatur, actum est, Cic.: actum est (ich bin zugrunde gerichtet), si etc., Ter.: actum erat, nisi etc., es wäre aus gewesen, wenn nicht usw., Flor. – u. so actum est de etc., es ist mit jmd. od. etw. aus od. vorbei, es ist um jmd. od. etw. geschehen, es ist jmd. od. etw. verloren, de collo meo, Plaut. trin. 595: de Servio, de imperio, Liv.: quod scribis εγγήραμα, actum de isto est, damit ist's schon vorbei, darauf habe ich schon verzichtet, Cic. – dah. ego sum is, qui dicam me non laborare; actum habiturum, quod egerint, ich dagegen bin bereit zu erklären, daß ich keineswegs gesonnen bin, mich abzumühen, indem ich gern das als abgemacht betrachten will, was sie abgemacht wissen wollen, Cic. Tusc. 3, 50. – u. so sprichw., rem actam od. bl. actum (acta) agere, eine abgemachte Sache noch einmal vornehmen = sich vergebliche Mühe geben, tun od. besprechen, was sich nicht mehr ändern läßt, etwa unser leeres Stroh dreschen, stultus es, rem actam agis, es hilft dir nichts, Plaut.: rem actam hodierno die agi (eine schon abgemachte Sache werde verhandelt werden), et frustra habiturum orationem, qui etc., Liv.: Ph. actum, aiunt, ne agas (laß, was du nicht mehr ändern kannst). D. non agam? (ich lassen?) Ter.: u. so tu, malum! inquies, actum ne agas, zum Henker! wirst du sagen, gib acht, es ist zu spät, Cic.: sed acta ne agamus, aber reden wir nicht von dem, was nicht zu ändern ist, Cic.: praeposteris utimur consiliis et acta agimus (und haben vorgetan und nachgedacht) quod vetamur vetere proverbio, Cic. – / Archaist. axim = egerim, Pacuv. tr. 297: axit = egerit, Paul. ex Fest. 3, 3. – Futur. Akt. agebo, Virgil. gramm. epit. 10 (Class. auct. ed. Mai 5, 141). – parag. Infin. Präs. agier, gerichtliche Formel bei Cic. top. 66; ep. 7, 12, 2; de off. 3, 61 u. 70.
/ Imperat. age, agite, fast wie eine Partikel des Aufrufs, der Ermunterung (dah. auch age in der Anrede an mehrere), wie unser wohlan! auf! (oft verstärkt durch andere Partikeln, bes. durch dum u. sis, dah. verb. agedum, agidum (Plaut. trin. 369), agitedum, agesis), I) bei dringender Aufforderung u. Ermahnung, wohlan! auf! auf denn! hurtig! a) übh.: age face, Plaut.: age fiat, Ter.: agedum ergo, accede huc modo, Plaut.: agitedum ite mecum, Liv. (u. so oft agedum u. agitedum b. Liv., s. Drak. Liv. 3, 62, 4): agesis tu sine pennis vola, Plaut.: age nunc refer animum, sis, ad veritatem, Cic.: en od. eia age rumpe moras, Verg.: nunc age, Verg.: quin age, auf denn! Verg.: age, quaeso, Hor.: age age, egredere, Turpil. fr.: age age, usque exsecra, Plaut. – age m. 1. pers. plur. verbi, age age nunc iam experiamur, Ter.: age agitemus convivium etc., Plaut. – u.m. 2. pers. plur. (seit der august. Zeit, bes. bei Dichtern, s. die Auslgg. zu Prop. 1, 1, 21. Burm. Val. Flacc. 3, 311), mittite agedum legatos, Liv. – b) bei Übergängen in der Rede, um auf das Folgende bes. aufmerksam zu machen (oft mit nunc, vero, porro), age nunc iter... comparate, Cic.: age vero... considerate, Cic.: age porro tu cur... imperasti? und nun ferner, Cic. Vgl. Seyffert Schol. Lat. 1. § 26. – c) bei lebhafter Anrede in Fragen, fast wie dic, sag an! sprich! wohlan! age ecquid fit? Plaut.: age scis quid loquar? Ter.: age, numquid etc., Petron. – II) beim Wunsch, in der Unterhaltung abzubrechen u. zu anderem überzugehen: a) als Zeichen der Mißbilligung von Gesagtem, wie unser: geh! laß das! ach! age novi tuum animum, geh, ich kenne dich; ach, ich kenne dich besser, Ter.: sicine agis, Parmeno? age, wie kannst du so sprechen? laß das! Ter.: age, inepte! ach, Possen! Ter.: age, hoc malum mihi commune est cum omnibus, ach leider usw., Cic. – b) als Zeichen der Zustimmung, bes. aber zugleich mit dem Wunsche, auf etwas anderes zu kommen, age u. age age, wohlan, es sei! gut! meinetwegen, ich bin's zufrieden! (s. Brix Plaut. mil. 1024. Meißner Ter. Andr. 310), age sit ita factum, quae causa cur Romam properaret? Cic.: age age, ut tibi maxime concinnum est, Plaut.: age age iam ducat, gut, gut, er mag sie heiraten, Ter. – dah. age sane, age ergo, age igitur, age sane igitur, recht wohl, wohl denn, sehr wohl, ich bin's od. wir sind's zufrieden! (s. Brix Plaut. mil. 1024. Gronov Liv. 1, 57, 8), age sane, inquam, Cic.: age sane, omnes, Liv.: age ergo recipe hoc actutum, Plaut.: age igitur, Plaut. u. Ter.: age sane igitur, Plaut. – c) als Zeichen scheinbarer od. erzwungener Zustimmung, wo man nicht ja od. nein sagen u. lieber weitergehen will, wie unser: nun gut! schon gut! nur zu! age, veniam, Ter.: age, age, exponamus adulescenti, Cic. – dah. d) fast wie fac, bei einem angegebenen Falle, gesetzt, age vero laudo aliquem; num offendo? Caecin. b. Cic.: bes. mit si, age si paruerit etc., Cic.: u. so Hor. sat. 2, 3, 117 u.a.
/ Part. praes. agēns, entis, I) Adj.: 1) = δραστικός, sprechend, ausdrucksvoll, lebhaft, (doch nur im Zushg., wie) imagines agentes acres, insignitae, Cic. de or. 2, 358: aliquid agentes imagines (Ggstz. mutae et vagae), Cornif. rhet. 3, 37: acer orator, incensus et agens, Cic. Brut. 317. – 2) als gramm. t.t., verba agentia, i.e. activa, Gell. 18, 12. § 1 u. 10. – II) Subst.: 1) = actor, der Sachwalter, Anwalt, Kläger, Quint. u.a. – 2) = agrimensor, der Feldmesser, Gromat. vet. – 3) agens in rebus od. agens rerum od. bl. agens (gew. im Plur.), ein kaiserl. Beauftragter od. Kommissar zu Revisionen in Militär- u. Zivilangelegenheiten, ag. in reb., Amm. 14, 11, 19 u. oft in Dig. u. bei a. Spät., ag. rer. b. Aur. Vict. Caes. 39, 44.
/ Partic. Perf. Pass. subst. ācta, ōrum, n., I) die Handlungen, das Vollbrachte, die Taten, Werke als sprechende Zeugen der Tätigkeit jmds. (dagegen facta, das durch jmd. Geschehene übh.; res od. res gestae, ausgeführte Taten, bes. Kriegstaten, vgl. Cic. de or. 2, 63), belli domique acta, Ov.: acta belli, Suet.: Herculis, Quint.: pueritiae acta recordari, Quint.: ordinem actorum suorum commemorare, Vell.: nunc quācunque nos commovimus, ad Caesaris non modo acta, verum etiam cogitata revocamur, Cic. – II) öffentliche Verhandlungen, im Senate, in den Komitien usw., also namentl. Gesetze, Anordnungen u. Verfügungen der Magistrate u. später der Kaiser (dah. von Cic. Phil. 1, 18 mit leges zusammengestellt). Diese acta wurden dem Senat zur Prüfung u. Genehmigung od. Verwerfung vorgelegt; dah. acta alcis servare, Cic., confirmare, Vell. u. Suet., rata habere, Liv., tueri, Suet.; u. das Gegenteil, acta alcis dissolvere, rescindere, Cic. u. Liv. – in acta principum iurare, schwören, daß man die Verfügungen des Kaisers aufrecht erhalten wolle, s. Tac. ann. 1, 72; 4, 42; vgl. Ruperti Tac. ann. 1, 7, 3. Lipsii exc. in Tac. ann. 16, 22. – bes. die aufgezeichneten Verhandlungen, das Verzeichnis, Register dieser acta, die Urkunden, a) des Senats u. Volks: α) des Senats, die amtlichen Tagebücher od. Protokolle, in denen sowohl der Gegenstand der Diskussion mit Anträgen u. Beschlüssen, als die Meinungen der Hauptsprecher und bei wichtigen Verhören die Aussagen der Zeugen niedergelegt wurden, acta senatus, Suet.: acta patrum, Tac. – β) des Volks, acta diurna od. bl. diurna populi Rom. od. bl. diurna, die Staatszeitung, der Staatsanzeiger (Tac. u. Suet.), acta publica (Tac. u.a.), diurna Urbis acta (Tac.), acta urbana (Cic. u. Plin. ep.), rerum urbanarum acta (Cic.), acta populi (Vopisc.) u. bl. acta (Cic., Sen. u.a.) gen., die röm. Tagesberichte, Tageschronik, eine Art Zeitung, Vorfälle im Staats- u. Privatleben (zB. Geburten), die täglich von Staats wegen verzeichnet u. zur Kenntnis des Volks durch Aufstellung an öffentlichen Orten gebracht, dann von Schreibern in Abschriften bis in die entferntesten Gegenden des röm. Reichs verschickt wurden, acta facere, eine Urkunde (über die Geburt eines Kindes usw.) aufsetzen od. aufsetzen lassen, Serv. Verg. Aen. 2, 502: talia diurnis Urbis actis mandare, in die Zeitung setzen, Tac.: u. so beneficia in acta non mitto, lasse ich nicht in die Zeitung setzen, Sen. de ben. 2, 10, 4: sic in fastos actaque publica relatum est, Suet.: habebam acta urbana usque ad Nonas Martias (als er in Cilicien war), Cic. ad Att. 6, 2, 6. Vgl. K. Zells Ferienschriften, Neue Folge, 1. Bd. S. 3 ff. (Über die Zeitungen der alten Römer). – b) die Protokolle, Gerichtsakten = Verhandlungen vor Gericht, d.h. Reden u. Handlungen der Parteien, Zwischenreden des Richters usw., oft bei Ascon. u. in Dig. (zB. ut ex actis apparet, Ascon.): mit dem zu Protokoll gegebenen Urteil des Magistrats, das aus diesen Akten dann vom Ausrufer vorgelesen wurde, Amm. 22, 3, 4: apud acta promittere, zu Protokoll versprechen, Paul. dig. 2, 4, 17: profiteri apud acta (zu Protokoll geben) se esse ancillam, Cod. Iust. 7, 16, 26: professio donationis apud acta facta, zu Pr. gegebene Schenkung, Fr. Vat. § 266a: alius scribit, alius subscribit, alius obsignat, alius actis refert, Tert. adv. Marc. 5, 1: das dabei tätige Kanzleipersonal hieß ab actis (mit den ihnen untergeordneten exceptores u. chartularii), Cod. Theod. u. Inscr. – c) als milit. t.t., obsequiorum, militarium numerorum, pecuniae acta, Listen über Kommandos, Stand u. Zahlungen, in die zugleich jedes noch so kleine Ereignis der Legion eingetragen wurde, Veget. mil. 2, 19.
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