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1 lītigiōsus
lītigiōsus adj. [litigium], full of disputes, quarrelsome: fora, O.: disputatio, persistent: homo minime, contentious.—In controversy, disputed: praediolum: ager, O.* * *litigiosa, litigiosum ADJquarrelsome, contentions -
2 pūgnāx
pūgnāx ācis, adj. with comp. and sup. [pugno], fond of fighting, combative, warlike, martial: centuriones: Minerva, O.: filius Thetidis, H.: gentes pugnacissimae, Cu.: Cumque sit ignis aquae pugnax, at war with, O.— Combative, quarrelsome, contentious, passionate: oratio pugnacior: exordium dicendi.— Obstinate, pertinacious: nimis pugnax esse noluit: contra senatorem.* * *(gen.), pugnacis ADJ -
3 altercabilis
altercabilis, altercabile ADJquarrelsome, contentious -
4 contentiosus
contentiosa, contentiosum ADJpersistent, obstinate, headstrong; argumentive, quarrelsome, contentious -
5 altercabilis
altercābĭlis, e, adj. [altercor], quarrelsome, contentious:sermo,
Arn. 5, p. 156. -
6 contentiosus
contentĭōsus, a, um, adj. [contentio], pertaining to contention, contentious, disputatious, headstrong, obstinate, pertinacious (mostly post-class.):contentiosa et pugnax oratio,
Plin. Ep. 2, 19, 4:jurisdictio,
Dig. 1, 16, 2.— Comp.:quid contentiosius, quam, etc.,
Aug. Ep. 174:pernicies,
obstinate, App. M. 8, p. 202, 23.— Adv.: con-tentĭōsē, pertinaciously, obstinately:dicere,
Hier. ad Jovin. 2, 10.— Comp.:loqui,
Quint. Decl. 18, 6.— Sup., Aug. Civ. Dei, 20, 1. -
7 litigiose
lītĭgĭōsus, a, um, adj. [litigium], full of disputes, quarrelsome.I.Lit.:B.fora,
Ov. F. 4, 188:disputatio,
Cic. Fin. 5, 26, 76.—Fond of disputes, contentious, litigious:II.homo minime litigiosus,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 14, § 37:duae anus, quibus nihil litigiosius,
Sid. Ep. 8, 3:homines pertinacissimi et litigiosissimi,
Aug. Ep. 68.—Transf., of the object of dispute, disputed:B.praediolum,
Cic. de Or. 3, 27, 106.—Esp. of the subject of a lawsuit, contested, claimed:de rebus litigiosis et convenire et transigere possumus,
Paul. Sent. 1, 2, 5:fundum litigiosum emere,
Gai. Inst. 4, 117:pecora,
Paul. Sent. 5, 18, 3.— Adv.: lītĭgĭōsē, contentiously, Aug. c. Duas Epp. Pel. 3, 4, 13. -
8 litigiosus
lītĭgĭōsus, a, um, adj. [litigium], full of disputes, quarrelsome.I.Lit.:B.fora,
Ov. F. 4, 188:disputatio,
Cic. Fin. 5, 26, 76.—Fond of disputes, contentious, litigious:II.homo minime litigiosus,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 14, § 37:duae anus, quibus nihil litigiosius,
Sid. Ep. 8, 3:homines pertinacissimi et litigiosissimi,
Aug. Ep. 68.—Transf., of the object of dispute, disputed:B.praediolum,
Cic. de Or. 3, 27, 106.—Esp. of the subject of a lawsuit, contested, claimed:de rebus litigiosis et convenire et transigere possumus,
Paul. Sent. 1, 2, 5:fundum litigiosum emere,
Gai. Inst. 4, 117:pecora,
Paul. Sent. 5, 18, 3.— Adv.: lītĭgĭōsē, contentiously, Aug. c. Duas Epp. Pel. 3, 4, 13. -
9 pugnax
I.Lit.:B.centuriones pugnaces,
Cic. Phil. 8, 9, 26:acer et pugnax,
id. Rep. 5, 8, 10 (from Non. 337, 31):Minerva,
Ov. Tr. 3, 9, 7:Achivi,
Hor. C. 3, 3, 27:filius Thetidis,
id. ib. 4, 6, 8:gens,
Tac. Agr. 17:hastas,
Prop. 3, 7 (4, 8), 25:pugnacissimus quique,
Tac. H. 4, 60:gentes pugnacissimae,
Curt. 3, 9, 3: hac legione noli pugnacius quidquam putare, Asin. Pol. ap. Cic. Fam, 10, 31, 5:aries,
Col. 7, 3, 6; cf.:galli gallinacei pugnacissimi duo,
Petr. 86:ensis,
Ov. Tr. 5, 7, 48.— Poet., with inf.:tenui pugnax instare veruto,
Sil. 3, 363.—Trop., of a speech or of the speaker, combative, quarrelsome, contentious:II.oratio pugnacior (opp. pacatior),
Cic. Brut. 31, 121:oratio pugnax et contentiosa,
Plin. Ep. 2, 19, 5:exordium dicendi vehemens et pugnax, non saepe esse debeat,
Cic. de Or. 2, 78, 317.—Transf., in gen., obstinate, refractory, pertinacious:Graecus nimis pugnax esse noluit,
Cic. Pis. 28, 70: non est pugnax in vitiis, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 13, 1.—Of things, concrete and abstract; with dat.:ignis aquae pugnax,
Ov. M. 1, 432; Plin. 15, 3, 4, § 13:musta,
harsh, id. 14, 20, 25, § 125:quid ferri duritiā pugnacius?
id. 36, 16, 25, § 127.—Hence, adv.: pugnācĭter, contentiously, violently, obstinately:certare cum aliis pugnaciter,
Cic. Ac. 2, 20, 65:dicere,
Quint. 9, 4, 126:ferire,
Sen. Q. N. 1, 2, 11.— Comp.:alia pugnacius dicenda,
Quint. 9, 4, 130.— Sup.:pugnacissime defendere sententiam,
Cic. Ac. 2, 3, 9. -
10 rixatorius
rixātōrĭus, a, um, adj. [id.], of or relating to a quarrel, brawling, contentious:aliud (with jurgiosum),
Fronto Ep. M. Caes. 4, 12.
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