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1 variō
variō āvī, ātus, āre [varius], to diversify, variegate, change: maculis ortum (sol), V.: variabant tempora cani, O.: ubi caeruleum variabunt sidera caelum, O.: formas variatus in omnīs, metamorphosed, O.—Fig., to cause to change, diversify, vary, make various, interchange, alternate: ille variabit (vocem): voluptatem: rem prodigialiter unam, H.: sententias, L.: vices, V.: bellum variante fortunā eventum ferre, with varying success, L.: variatis hominum sententiis, i. e. amid the conflicting voices: quae de Marcelli morte variant auctores, report variously, L.: senatus consuli coeptus; ibi cum sententiis variaretur, there was a difference of opinion, L.—To be diversified, be variegated, change, alter, waver, vary, be various, differ: abeunt redeuntque mei variantque timores, O.: ita fama variat, ut, etc., L.: si (lex) nec causis nec personis variet, L.— Impers: ibi si variaret, if there were a difference of opinion, L.* * *variare, variavi, variatus Vmark with contrasting colors, variegate; vary, waver; fluctuate, change -
2 vārus
vārus adj. [CVR-], bent, turned awry, crooked: a pectore manūs, O.—Poet.: Alterum (genus hominum) huic varum, i. e. different from this, H. —With legs bent inward, knock-kneed: hunc varum distortis cruribus Balbutit, H.* * *vara, varum ADJbent-outwards; bandy; bow-legged; contrasting -
3 contentio
contentĭo, ōnis, f. [contendo] (acc. to contendo, II.), an eager stretching, a straining, exertion of the powers of body or mind, tension, effort, a vigorous struggling or striving for something, a struggle after (very freq. and in good prose).I.In gen.A.Prop.:B.contentio et summissio vocis,
Cic. Off. 1, 41, 146; id. de Or. 1, 61, 261:vocis,
id. Tusc. 2, 24, 56:vocis aut lateris,
Plin. 26, 13, 85, § 137 al.:gravitatis et ponderum,
of gravitation, Cic. N. D. 2, 45, 116:animi (opp. relaxatio),
id. de Or. 2, 5, 21; cf. id. Arch. 6, 12 et saep.—With gen. of the object:disputationis,
Cic. de Or. 3, 61, 230:honorum (with ambitio),
id. Off. 1, 25, 87; cf.palmae,
Quint. 1, 2, 24:dignitatis,
id. 4, 5, 12; cf.:libertatis dignitatisque,
Liv. 4, 6, 11 al. —Transf.1.Labored, formal speech (opp. talk, conversation): quoniam magna vis orationis est, eaque duplex, altera contentionis, altera sermonis;* 2.contentio disceptationibus tribuatur judiciorum... sermo in circulis, etc.,
Cic. Off. 1, 37, 132; 2, 14, 48 Heine ad loc.; cf.: sermo est oratio remissa et finitima cottidianae locutioni;contentio est oratio acris, etc.,
Auct. Her. 3, 13, 23.—Gregum = admissura, Censor. 5.—II.In partic.A.(Acc. to contendo, II. B. 2.) A contest, contention, strife (with weapons or words), a fight, dispute, controversy (so most freq.):B.contentiones proeliorum,
Cic. Off. 1, 26, 90; cf.:magna belli,
id. Sest. 27, 58:contentiones, quae cum inimicissimis fiunt,
id. Off. 1, 38, 137; so with cum, id. Phil. 2, 3, 7; id. Leg. 3, 11, 25 al.:cum aliquo de aliquā re,
Quint. 4, 2, 132:de aliquā re,
Cic. Leg. 3, 10, 24; Liv. 4, 6, 4; Quint. 5, 14, 12 al.:adversus procuratores,
Tac. Agr. 9:inter aliquos,
Cic. Sest. 21, 47; Quint. 10, 1, 47; Suet. Claud. 15 et saep.; cf.:inter aliquos de aliquā re,
Cic. Ac. 2, 43, 132 et saep.:contentionis cupidiores quam veritatis,
id. de Or. 1, 11, 47; Curt. 8, 4, 33.—(Acc. to contendo, II. B. 3.) A comparison, contrast:2.si contentio quaedam et comparatio fiat,
Cic. Off. 1, 17, 57; 1, 43, 152; cf. id. Inv. 1, 12, 17:quaedam hominum ipsorum,
id. Planc. 2, 5; id. Inv. 2, 39, 114:fortunarum,
id. Pis. 22, 51.—Hence,T. t.a.In rhetoric, a contrasting of one thought with another, antithesis, Auct. Her. 4, 15, 21; Cic. de Or. 3, 53, 203; Quint. 9, 1, 31; 9, 2, 2.—b.In gram., comparison, Varr. L. L. 8, § 75 Müll. -
4 discriminatio
discrīmĭnātĭo, ōnis, f. [id.], rhet. t. t., = paradiastolê, the contrasting of opposite thoughts, Rufin. Schem. lex. § 20.
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