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1 alternus
alternus adj. [alter], one after the other, alternate, in turn, reciprocal: ex duabus orationibus capita alterna recitare: alternis trabibus ac saxis, beams alternating with stones, Cs.: pes, H.: alterni si congrediamur, every other one of us, V.: in hoc alterno pavore, i. e. panic alternately in either army, L.: fratrem alternā morte redimere, by dying and reviving with him in turn, V.: alternis paene verbis laudans, with almost every other word, L.: amant alterna Camenae, responsive song, V.: alternis aptum sermonibus, dialogue, H.—Of verses, alternate hexameter and pentameter, elegiac: pedes alternos esse oportebit: canere alterno carmine, O. — In courts the parties took turns in challenging judges; hence, alterna consilia reicere, to reject by turns: reiectio iudicum alternorum.* * *alterna, alternum ADJalternate, one after the/every other, by turns, successive; mutual; reciprocal -
2 rēiectiō
rēiectiō ōnis, f [re-+IA-], a throwing back, rejection, repudiation: civitatis: iudicum, a challenging: reiectione interpositā. -
3 lacessitio
lăcessītĭo, ōnis, f. [lacesso], an exciting, provoking, challenging, Amm. 19, 3, 1. -
4 provocatio
prōvŏcātĭo, ōnis, f. [id.].I.A calling out, summoning, challenging to combat (post-Aug.):II.ex provocatione hostem interemit,
Vell. 1, 12, 4; Plin. 7, 20, 19, § 81; 7, 28, 29, § 101; 33, 1, 4, § 12.—A stimulus, provocation, encouragement (late Lat.):III.in provocationem caritatis,
Vulg. Heb. 10, 24. —A citation before a higher tribunal, an appeal (freq. and class.):ad populum provocatio esto,
Cic. Leg. 3, 3, 6; cf.:Publicola legem ad populum tulit... ne quis magistratus civem Romanum adversus provocationem necaret neve verberaret,
id. Rep. 2, 31, 53; 2, 36, 61; 2, 37, 62; 3, 32, 44; id. de Or. 2, 48, 99; id. Agr. 2, 13, 33; Liv. 1, 26:provocationem interponere,
to appeal, Dig. 49, 1, 18:est provocatio,
an appeal lies, Liv. 3, 55; Sen. Ep. 108, 31:appellatio provocatioque,
Liv. 3, 56 et saep.; Plin. praef. § 10.—In plur.:provocationes omnium rerum,
Cic. Rep. 1, 40, 62. -
5 provocatorius
prōvŏcātōrĭus, a, um, adj. [provocator], of or belonging to challenging, provocatory:dona,
given to one who had challenged and slain an enemy, Gell. 2, 11, 3. -
6 rejectio
I.Lit.:II.sanguinis,
i. e. throwing up, Plin. 23, 8, 76, § 146; Pall. 3, 31, 2.—Trop., a rejecting, re jection (so in good prose, esp. freq. in Cic.).A.In gen.:B.selectio et item rejectio,
Cic. Fin. 3, 6, 20:quod si civi Romano licet esse Gaditanum, sive exilio, sive postliminio, sive rejectione hujus civitatis,
id. Balb. 12, 29.—In partic.1.In jurid. lang., a challenging, rejection of a judge:b.judicum,
Cic. Verr. 1, 6, 16; so id. Planc. 15, 36. — Absol.:rejectione interpositā,
Cic. Sull. 33, 92; id. Att. 1, 16, 3.—Transf., in gen.:2.excutere, quicquid dici potest, et velut rejectione factā ad optimum pervenire,
Quint. 7, 1, 34: eruditorum, Plin. H. N. praef. § 7.—Rhet. t. t.a.In alium, a shifting off from one ' s self to another, Cic. de Or. 3, 53, 204 (al. trajectio; v. Orell. N. cr.); cited also in Quint. 9, 1, 30.—b.= Gr. apodiôxis, the setting aside of considerations which are not pertinent, Jul. Rufin. Schem. Lex. § 12.
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