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1 consuetudo
cōnsuētūdo, inis, f. (consuesco), die Beigewöhnung, I) an eine Sache, die Gewöhnung, angenommene Gewohnheit, das gewohnte, herkömmliche Verfahren, das Herkommen, der Brauch (Gebrauch), die Observanz, sowohl im Privatleben als im öffentlichen Leben (vgl. mos), a) übh. (oft verb. c. et exercitatio od. exercitatioque u. c. ac mos, mos consuetudoque, c. institutumque, c. et disciplina), absol., od. m. Ang. dessen, der die Gewohnheit hat, im Genet. od. durch Adi., od. m. Ang. der Sache, bei der die G. herrscht, im Genet. subst. od. Gerundii, consuetudo exercitatioque facilitatem maxime parit, Quint.: haec consuetudo iam naturae vim obtinet propter vetustatem, Cic.: mihi bene facere iam ex consuetudine in naturam vertit, Sall.: depravatio consuetudinis, Sall.: ius consuetudinis, das Recht der Observanz, das Gewohnheitsrecht, Cic. – m. Genet., c. populi Romani, Caes.: c. Graecorum, Cic.: c. maiorum, Cic.: c. medicorum, Cic.: c. vitae, teils = Herkommen des L. übh., teils = Lebensweise, Cic. (vgl. cotidianae vitae c., Ter., u. unten no. b, α): c. victus, Lebensweise, Cic. (vgl. no. II, a): c. sermonis nostri, unser Sprachgebrauch, Cic. (vgl. unten no. b, β): c. fori et pristinus mos iudiciorum, Cic. – c. oculorum, gewohnter, wiederholter Anblick, Cic. – una pars et c. earum epistularum, quibus secundis rebus uti solebamus, die eine gewohnte (scherzh.) Art, Cic. – c. incommodorum, G. an usw., Cic. – c. vivendi, Lebensweise, Quint.: male vivendi, Lact.: peccandi, Cic.: dicendi, scribendi, loquendi, Cic. u. Quint. – c. antiqua, Suet.: assidua, Quint.: quaedam barbara c., Caes.: c. bona (Ggstz. c. mala), Cic. u. (Ggstz. melior) Varr. LL. – mos consuetudoque civilis, die Sitte u. die herkömmlichen bürgerlichen Formen, Cic. – vita hominum consuetudoque communis, allgemeine Observanz, Cic.: communis vitae c., das gewöhnliche, gemeine Leben (vgl. communis vita et vulgaris hominum c.), Cic.: communis c. sermonis od. loquendi, der gewöhnliche, gemeine Sprachgebrauch, Cic. u. Quint.: c. diuturna, Cic.: illa immanis ac barbara c. hominum immolandorum, Cic.: c. longa, Quint.: c. regia, Brauch (Verwaltung) unter den Königen, Eutr.: mea vitae perpetua c., Cic.: c. pessuma, Quint.: c. usitata, Gewohnheitsrecht, Quint.: c. vetus, Cic.: c. vulgaris, Cic. – abhorrere a consuetudine communis sensus (v. der herkömmlichen Denkweise), Cic.: adducere alqm od. se in eam consuetudinem, ut etc., jmd. od. sich so gewöhnen, daß usw., Nep. u. Caes. (vgl. ad quam nos consuetudinem a familiaribus nostris adducti, Cic.): sic alitur c. perditarum contionum, Cic.: hanc consuetudinem libenter ascivimus, Cic.: assimulare castrorum consuetudinem, Nep. – ab omnium Siculorum consuetudine discedere, Cic.: plerumque autem parentum praeceptis imbuti ad eorum consuetudinem moremque deducimur, Cic. – est consuetudo Siculorum ceterorumque Graecorum, ut etc., Cic.: doctorum est ista consuetudo eaque Graecorum, ut etc., Cic.: populi Romani hanc esse consuetudinem, ut etc., Caes.: est hoc Gallicae consuetudinis, ut etc., Caes.: non est meae consuetudinis rationem reddere, qua de causa etc., Cic.: non esse consuetudinem populi Romani accipere ab hoste armato condicionem, Caes.: quod antea in consuetudine fuerit bonorum, Cic.: ut est c., wie es Gebrauch (Rechtsgebrauch, Observanz) ist, Cic.: ut barbarorum fere consuetudo est, Hirt. b. G.: ut fert Gallica c., Caes.: maiore strepitu et tumultu, quam populi Romani fert c., castra moveri iubet, Caes. – sin consuetudinem meam, quam in re publica habui, tenuero, Cic. – haec consuetudo, quae increbruit, Cic.: alqm in suam rationem consuetudinemque inducere, Cic.: in adeundis periculis consuetudinem imitari medicorum, Cic.: consuetudinem aestimationis introducere, Cic.: hanc consuetudinem inveterascere nolle, Caes.: sensim hanc consuetudinem et disciplinam minuere (abnehmen lassen), post vero Sullae victoriam penitus amittere (gänzlich verloren gehen lassen od. aufgeben), Cic.: mutare consuetudinem dicendi, Cic.: eius rei nonnullam consuetudinem nancisci, Cic.: obdurescere alcis rei consuetudine, Cic.: recedere a consuetudine vulgari, ab usitata consuetudine, a iucundissima consuetudine, Quint. u. Cic.: longo intervallo veterem consuetudinem referre, Cic.: longo intervallo hanc consuetudinem maiorum repetere ac referre, Cic.: consuetudinem suam in civibus conservandis retinere, Lentul. in Cic. ep.: cenarum rectarum consuetudinem revocare, Suet.: senatum ad pristinam virtutem consuetudinemque revocare, Cic.: consuetudinem sequens, gewohnheitsmäßig, Gell.: si paulatim haec consuetudo serpere ac prodire coeperit, Cic.: suam consuetudinem in patrociniis tuendis servare, Vatin. in Cic. ep.: in iudicio non morem consuetudinemque servare, Cic.: tenere consuetudinem suam od. consuetudinem a Socrate traditam, Cic.: consuetudine eā inter se quam saepissime uti, Cic.: vetere in nova (fabula) uti consuetudine, Ter. – tenuit (erhält sich) consuetudo, ut etc., Quint. 2, 1, 1: vetus consuetudo tenuit, ut etc., Veget. mil. 2, 8, 8. – in consuetudinem venire, teils v. Dingen = zur Gew. werden, zB. quod iam in c. venit, Cic.: quod a nostris hominibus saepissime usurpatum iam in proverbii c. venit, Cic.; teils v. Pers. = die Gew. annehmen, zB. in c. Alexandrinae vitae licentiaeque v., Caes.: in eam iam benignitatis c. venisse, ut etc., Cic.: paulatim in c. eius regni occupandi venisse, Auct. b. Alex. – frequens et assidua nobis contentio iam prope in consuetudinem vertit, wurde uns zur G., Tac. dial.: in consuetudinem vertit (es wurde Gebrauch), ut consules suo quoque nomine quantum principi debeant profiteantur, Plin. pan. – m. Praepp. od. im bl. Abl. als Adverbial-Ausdr., ad consuetudinem Graecorum, nach der G. der Gr. (zB. disputare), Cic.: ad nostram consuetudinem, Nep.: ex consuetudine, Sall.: ex consuetudine sua, Caes.: u. bl. consuetudine, Cic.: consuetudine suā, Caes.: consuetudine populi Romani, Caes.: quādam barbarā consuetudine, Caes.: vetere ac iam pridem receptā populi Rom. consuetudine, Tac.: consuetudine peccandi liberā, Cic.: pro mea consuetudine, Cic.: praeter consuetudinem, Cic.: praeter consuetudinem ac morem maiorum, Suet.: extra consuetudinem, Caes.: contra consuetudinem, Hirt. b. G. u. Sen. (vgl. si quid contra morem consuetudinemque civilem fecerint, Cic.): supra consuetudinem, Cels.
b) insbes.: α) die Gewöhnung = die (gewohnte) Lebensweise (vollst. c. vitae, victus u. dgl., s. oben no. a), imago consuetudinis atque vitae (öffentl. Wirksamkeit) Epaminondae, Nep.: deflectere a pristina consuetudine, Phaedr.: ad superiorem consuetudinem reverti, Cic.: longinquā malā consuetudine aegrum traducere in meliorem, Varr. LL.: neque vino neque consuetudine reliquā abstinere, Suet.: imitari Persarum consuetudinem, Nep. – β) die gewöhnliche Ausdrucksweise, der (herrschende) Sprachgebrauch (vollst. c. sermonis, loquendi, s. oben no. a), c. recta (Ggstz. c., quae depravata est), Varr. LL.: c. indocta, der Spr. ohne gelehrte Bildung, Cic.: c. saeculi, Sen.: consuetudinem vitiosam et corruptam purā et incorruptā consuetudine emendare, Cic.: consuetudinem imitari, Cic.: uti pravissimā consuetudinis regulā, Cic.: in consuetudinem nostram non caderet, würde mit unserem Spr. nicht übereinstimmen, Cic. – dah. meton., eine bestimmte Sprache, c. Latina, nostra, Col.: c. Graeca, Col. – γ) die gewöhnliche Annahme, omnia quae in consuetudine probantur, nach der gew. Annahme (im gewöhnlichen Leben) als ausgemacht gilt, Cic. Acad. 2, 75: ideo (aquilam) armigeram Iovis consuetudo iudicat, Plin. 10, 15.
II) die Beigewöhnung an eine Person od. ein persönl. Verhältnis, der gesellige Umgang, der gesellige Verhältnis, die Geselligheit, a) übh. (vollst. c. victus; verb. consuetudo ac familiaritas, domesticus usus et c. u. dgl.), c. multa et iucunda, Cic.: c. iucundissima, Cic.: longinqua, Caes.: c. paucorum dierum, Cic.: c. superiorum annorum, Caes.: c. nutrimentorum (der ersten Jugendjahre), Suet.: c. legationis (des Legaten mit dem Feldherrn), Hirt. b. G.: mihi non ignota in consuetudine et familiaritate suavitas tua, Cic.: inductus consuetudine ac familiaritate, Cic. – dare se in consuetudinem sic prorsus, ut etc., Cic.: devincire alqm consuetudine suā sic, ut etc., Nep.: cum Metellis erat ei non modo hospitium, verum etiam domesticus usus et consuetudo, Cic.: Atticus noster maiorem mihi cum Cassinio consuetudinem fecit, Cic.: insinuare in consuetudinem alcis, Cic.: immergere se blanditiis et assentationibus penitus in consuetudinem alcis, Cic.: intermittere consuetudinem, Cic.: permanere in eadem amicitiae consuetudine, Cic.: revocare alqm in consuetudinem pristinam, Cic.: postea prorsus ab instituta nostra paucorum dierum consuetudine longe refugit, seitdem hat er den zwischen uns in den wenigen Tagen eingeleiteten Verkehr völlig abgebrochen, Cic.: ut eos consuetudine adhibitā (bei fortgesetztem Umgang) facile internosceremus, Cic. – im Plur., nostri amores mores consuetudines, Plaut.: amicitiae, consuetudines, vicinitates, clientelae, Cic.: consuetudines victus non possunt esse cum multis, Cic.: consuetudines, amicitias, res rationesque iungere cum alqo, Cic. – b) insbes., der zärtliche, vertraute Umgang der Eheleute, Octaviae consuetudinem cito aspernari, Suet. Ner. 35, 1: Agrippinae consuetudine teneri, sehr an der A. hängen, Suet. Tib. 7, 2. – u. das zärtliche Verhältnis der Liebenden, gew. im unedlen Sinne = das Liebesverhältnis, c. parva, Ter.: c. eius, Ter.: turpis dominae consuetudo cum servo, turpis domino cum ancilla, Quint.: huic (libertinae) consuetudo cum Aebutio fuit, Liv.: erat ei cum Fulvia stupri vetus consuetudo, Sall.: stupri consuetudinem facere cum alqo, Suet.: consuetudinem habere cum fratris uxore, Suet.
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2 consuetudo
cōnsuētūdo, inis, f. (consuesco), die Beigewöhnung, I) an eine Sache, die Gewöhnung, angenommene Gewohnheit, das gewohnte, herkömmliche Verfahren, das Herkommen, der Brauch (Gebrauch), die Observanz, sowohl im Privatleben als im öffentlichen Leben (vgl. mos), a) übh. (oft verb. c. et exercitatio od. exercitatioque u. c. ac mos, mos consuetudoque, c. institutumque, c. et disciplina), absol., od. m. Ang. dessen, der die Gewohnheit hat, im Genet. od. durch Adi., od. m. Ang. der Sache, bei der die G. herrscht, im Genet. subst. od. Gerundii, consuetudo exercitatioque facilitatem maxime parit, Quint.: haec consuetudo iam naturae vim obtinet propter vetustatem, Cic.: mihi bene facere iam ex consuetudine in naturam vertit, Sall.: depravatio consuetudinis, Sall.: ius consuetudinis, das Recht der Observanz, das Gewohnheitsrecht, Cic. – m. Genet., c. populi Romani, Caes.: c. Graecorum, Cic.: c. maiorum, Cic.: c. medicorum, Cic.: c. vitae, teils = Herkommen des L. übh., teils = Lebensweise, Cic. (vgl. cotidianae vitae c., Ter., u. unten no. b, α): c. victus, Lebensweise, Cic. (vgl. no. II, a): c. sermonis nostri, unser Sprachgebrauch, Cic. (vgl. unten no. b, β): c. fori et pristinus mos iudiciorum, Cic. – c. oculorum, gewohnter, wiederholter Anblick, Cic. – una pars et c. earum epistularum, quibus secundis rebus uti solebamus, die eine————gewohnte (scherzh.) Art, Cic. – c. incommodorum, G. an usw., Cic. – c. vivendi, Lebensweise, Quint.: male vivendi, Lact.: peccandi, Cic.: dicendi, scribendi, loquendi, Cic. u. Quint. – c. antiqua, Suet.: assidua, Quint.: quaedam barbara c., Caes.: c. bona (Ggstz. c. mala), Cic. u. (Ggstz. melior) Varr. LL. – mos consuetudoque civilis, die Sitte u. die herkömmlichen bürgerlichen Formen, Cic. – vita hominum consuetudoque communis, allgemeine Observanz, Cic.: communis vitae c., das gewöhnliche, gemeine Leben (vgl. communis vita et vulgaris hominum c.), Cic.: communis c. sermonis od. loquendi, der gewöhnliche, gemeine Sprachgebrauch, Cic. u. Quint.: c. diuturna, Cic.: illa immanis ac barbara c. hominum immolandorum, Cic.: c. longa, Quint.: c. regia, Brauch (Verwaltung) unter den Königen, Eutr.: mea vitae perpetua c., Cic.: c. pessuma, Quint.: c. usitata, Gewohnheitsrecht, Quint.: c. vetus, Cic.: c. vulgaris, Cic. – abhorrere a consuetudine communis sensus (v. der herkömmlichen Denkweise), Cic.: adducere alqm od. se in eam consuetudinem, ut etc., jmd. od. sich so gewöhnen, daß usw., Nep. u. Caes. (vgl. ad quam nos consuetudinem a familiaribus nostris adducti, Cic.): sic alitur c. perditarum contionum, Cic.: hanc consuetudinem libenter ascivimus, Cic.: assimulare castrorum consuetudinem, Nep. – ab omnium Siculorum consuetudine discedere, Cic.: plerumque autem————parentum praeceptis imbuti ad eorum consuetudinem moremque deducimur, Cic. – est consuetudo Siculorum ceterorumque Graecorum, ut etc., Cic.: doctorum est ista consuetudo eaque Graecorum, ut etc., Cic.: populi Romani hanc esse consuetudinem, ut etc., Caes.: est hoc Gallicae consuetudinis, ut etc., Caes.: non est meae consuetudinis rationem reddere, qua de causa etc., Cic.: non esse consuetudinem populi Romani accipere ab hoste armato condicionem, Caes.: quod antea in consuetudine fuerit bonorum, Cic.: ut est c., wie es Gebrauch (Rechtsgebrauch, Observanz) ist, Cic.: ut barbarorum fere consuetudo est, Hirt. b. G.: ut fert Gallica c., Caes.: maiore strepitu et tumultu, quam populi Romani fert c., castra moveri iubet, Caes. – sin consuetudinem meam, quam in re publica habui, tenuero, Cic. – haec consuetudo, quae increbruit, Cic.: alqm in suam rationem consuetudinemque inducere, Cic.: in adeundis periculis consuetudinem imitari medicorum, Cic.: consuetudinem aestimationis introducere, Cic.: hanc consuetudinem inveterascere nolle, Caes.: sensim hanc consuetudinem et disciplinam minuere (abnehmen lassen), post vero Sullae victoriam penitus amittere (gänzlich verloren gehen lassen od. aufgeben), Cic.: mutare consuetudinem dicendi, Cic.: eius rei nonnullam consuetudinem nancisci, Cic.: obdurescere alcis rei consuetudine, Cic.: recedere a consuetudine vulgari, ab usitata con-————suetudine, a iucundissima consuetudine, Quint. u. Cic.: longo intervallo veterem consuetudinem referre, Cic.: longo intervallo hanc consuetudinem maiorum repetere ac referre, Cic.: consuetudinem suam in civibus conservandis retinere, Lentul. in Cic. ep.: cenarum rectarum consuetudinem revocare, Suet.: senatum ad pristinam virtutem consuetudinemque revocare, Cic.: consuetudinem sequens, gewohnheitsmäßig, Gell.: si paulatim haec consuetudo serpere ac prodire coeperit, Cic.: suam consuetudinem in patrociniis tuendis servare, Vatin. in Cic. ep.: in iudicio non morem consuetudinemque servare, Cic.: tenere consuetudinem suam od. consuetudinem a Socrate traditam, Cic.: consuetudine eā inter se quam saepissime uti, Cic.: vetere in nova (fabula) uti consuetudine, Ter. – tenuit (erhält sich) consuetudo, ut etc., Quint. 2, 1, 1: vetus consuetudo tenuit, ut etc., Veget. mil. 2, 8, 8. – in consuetudinem venire, teils v. Dingen = zur Gew. werden, zB. quod iam in c. venit, Cic.: quod a nostris hominibus saepissime usurpatum iam in proverbii c. venit, Cic.; teils v. Pers. = die Gew. annehmen, zB. in c. Alexandrinae vitae licentiaeque v., Caes.: in eam iam benignitatis c. venisse, ut etc., Cic.: paulatim in c. eius regni occupandi venisse, Auct. b. Alex. – frequens et assidua nobis contentio iam prope in consuetudinem vertit, wurde uns zur G., Tac. dial.: in consuetudinem vertit (es wurde Gebrauch), ut con-————sules suo quoque nomine quantum principi debeant profiteantur, Plin. pan. – m. Praepp. od. im bl. Abl. als Adverbial-Ausdr., ad consuetudinem Graecorum, nach der G. der Gr. (zB. disputare), Cic.: ad nostram consuetudinem, Nep.: ex consuetudine, Sall.: ex consuetudine sua, Caes.: u. bl. consuetudine, Cic.: consuetudine suā, Caes.: consuetudine populi Romani, Caes.: quādam barbarā consuetudine, Caes.: vetere ac iam pridem receptā populi Rom. consuetudine, Tac.: consuetudine peccandi liberā, Cic.: pro mea consuetudine, Cic.: praeter consuetudinem, Cic.: praeter consuetudinem ac morem maiorum, Suet.: extra consuetudinem, Caes.: contra consuetudinem, Hirt. b. G. u. Sen. (vgl. si quid contra morem consuetudinemque civilem fecerint, Cic.): supra consuetudinem, Cels.b) insbes.: α) die Gewöhnung = die (gewohnte) Lebensweise (vollst. c. vitae, victus u. dgl., s. oben no. a), imago consuetudinis atque vitae (öffentl. Wirksamkeit) Epaminondae, Nep.: deflectere a pristina consuetudine, Phaedr.: ad superiorem consuetudinem reverti, Cic.: longinquā malā consuetudine aegrum traducere in meliorem, Varr. LL.: neque vino neque consuetudine reliquā abstinere, Suet.: imitari Persarum consuetudinem, Nep. – β) die gewöhnliche Ausdrucksweise, der (herrschende) Sprachgebrauch (vollst. c. sermonis, loquendi, s. oben no. a), c. recta (Ggstz. c., quae depravata est), Varr. LL.: c. indocta,————der Spr. ohne gelehrte Bildung, Cic.: c. saeculi, Sen.: consuetudinem vitiosam et corruptam purā et incorruptā consuetudine emendare, Cic.: consuetudinem imitari, Cic.: uti pravissimā consuetudinis regulā, Cic.: in consuetudinem nostram non caderet, würde mit unserem Spr. nicht übereinstimmen, Cic. – dah. meton., eine bestimmte Sprache, c. Latina, nostra, Col.: c. Graeca, Col. – γ) die gewöhnliche Annahme, omnia quae in consuetudine probantur, nach der gew. Annahme (im gewöhnlichen Leben) als ausgemacht gilt, Cic. Acad. 2, 75: ideo (aquilam) armigeram Iovis consuetudo iudicat, Plin. 10, 15.II) die Beigewöhnung an eine Person od. ein persönl. Verhältnis, der gesellige Umgang, der gesellige Verhältnis, die Geselligheit, a) übh. (vollst. c. victus; verb. consuetudo ac familiaritas, domesticus usus et c. u. dgl.), c. multa et iucunda, Cic.: c. iucundissima, Cic.: longinqua, Caes.: c. paucorum dierum, Cic.: c. superiorum annorum, Caes.: c. nutrimentorum (der ersten Jugendjahre), Suet.: c. legationis (des Legaten mit dem Feldherrn), Hirt. b. G.: mihi non ignota in consuetudine et familiaritate suavitas tua, Cic.: inductus consuetudine ac familiaritate, Cic. – dare se in consuetudinem sic prorsus, ut etc., Cic.: devincire alqm consuetudine suā sic, ut etc., Nep.: cum Metellis erat ei non modo hospitium, verum etiam domesticus usus et consuetudo, Cic.: Atticus noster maiorem mihi————cum Cassinio consuetudinem fecit, Cic.: insinuare in consuetudinem alcis, Cic.: immergere se blanditiis et assentationibus penitus in consuetudinem alcis, Cic.: intermittere consuetudinem, Cic.: permanere in eadem amicitiae consuetudine, Cic.: revocare alqm in consuetudinem pristinam, Cic.: postea prorsus ab instituta nostra paucorum dierum consuetudine longe refugit, seitdem hat er den zwischen uns in den wenigen Tagen eingeleiteten Verkehr völlig abgebrochen, Cic.: ut eos consuetudine adhibitā (bei fortgesetztem Umgang) facile internosceremus, Cic. – im Plur., nostri amores mores consuetudines, Plaut.: amicitiae, consuetudines, vicinitates, clientelae, Cic.: consuetudines victus non possunt esse cum multis, Cic.: consuetudines, amicitias, res rationesque iungere cum alqo, Cic. – b) insbes., der zärtliche, vertraute Umgang der Eheleute, Octaviae consuetudinem cito aspernari, Suet. Ner. 35, 1: Agrippinae consuetudine teneri, sehr an der A. hängen, Suet. Tib. 7, 2. – u. das zärtliche Verhältnis der Liebenden, gew. im unedlen Sinne = das Liebesverhältnis, c. parva, Ter.: c. eius, Ter.: turpis dominae consuetudo cum servo, turpis domino cum ancilla, Quint.: huic (libertinae) consuetudo cum Aebutio fuit, Liv.: erat ei cum Fulvia stupri vetus consuetudo, Sall.: stupri consuetudinem facere cum alqo, Suet.: consuetudinem habere cum fratris uxore, Suet.Ausführliches Lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch > consuetudo
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3 cōnsuētūdō
cōnsuētūdō inis, f [consuetus], a custom, habit, use, usage, way, practice, familiarity, experience, tradition, precedent: exercitatio ex quā consuetudo gignitur: consuetudine quasi alteram naturam effici: a maioribus tradita, the traditions: populi R. hanc esse consuetudinem, ut, etc., Cs.: itineris, way of marching, Cs.: non est meae consuetudinis rationem reddere: maior tumultus, quam populi R. fert consuetudo, Cs.: consuetudinem tenere: cottidianae vitae, T.: vitae sermonisque nostri, daily life and speech: communis sensūs: in proverbii consuetudinem venit, a familiar proverb: in consuetudinem licentiae venire, become used to, Cs.: Gallica, way of life, Cs.: sortium, way of casting, Ta.: mala, H.: (linguā) longinquā consuetudine uti, long familiarity, Cs.: bene facere iam ex consuetudine in naturam vortit, by practice, S.: in consuetudine probari, generally: ex consuetudine, as usual, S.: pro meā consuetudine, according to my custom: consuetudine suā civitatem servare, character, Cs.: consuetudine pro nihilo habere, familiarity, S.: praeter consuetudinem, unexpectedly: in castris praeter consuetudinem tumultuari, unusual disorder, Cs. —Customary right, common law, usage: vetus maiorum: consuetudine ius esse putatur id, etc.: ut est consuetudo. — In gram., a usage, idiom, form of speech: verbum nostrae consuetudinis.—Social intercourse, companionship, familiarity, conversation: cum hominibus nostris consuetudines iungebat: victūs cum multis: dedit se in consuetudinem: consuetudine devinctus, T. — An amour, illicit love: parva, T.: hospitae, T.; cf. cum Fulviā stupri, S.* * *habit/custom/usage/way; normal/general/customary practice, tradition/convention; experience; empirical knowledge; sexual/illicit intercourse, intimacy, affair -
4 consuetudo
consuētūdo, ĭnis, f. [st1]1 [-] habitude, coutume, usage. - consuetudine (pro consuetudine, ex consuetudine): suivant la coutume, comme c'est l'usage. - consuetudo mea fert (consuetudinis meae est), Cic.: c'est mon habitude, c'est ma manière. - non est meae consuetudinis + inf. Cic.: il n'est pas dans mes habitudes de. - consuetudo vivendi (consuetudo vitae): genre de vie. - in eam se consuetudinem adduxerunt ut...: ils se sont accoutumés à. - est hoc Gallicae consuetudinis, uti viatores consistere cogant, Caes. BG. 6: on a l'habitude, en Gaule, de forcer les voyageurs à s'arrêter. [st1]2 [-] usage d'une langue, langue, langage. - consuetudo sermonis ou consuetudo loquendi ou consuetudo: usage de la langue. - consuetudini Latinae tradere, Col. 12: traduire en latin. - consuetudine nostrā, Col.: dans notre langue. - epistularum consuetudo: correspondance épistolaire. [st1]3 [-] liaison, commerce, familiarité, relation sociale, relation amoureuse, intrigue amoureuse. - (eos) consuetudine sua devinxit, Nep. 25, 1, 4: il se les attacha par son commerce (par le charme de sa société). - cum hominibus nostris consuetudines jungebat, Cic. Dej.: il nouait des relations avec nos concitoyens. - se dare in consuetudinem, Cic.: se lier d'amitié. - consuetudo victūs, Cic.: vie commune. - consuetudo stupri, Sall.: liaison coupable. - erat ei cum Fulvia, muliere nobili, stupri vetus consuetudo, Sall. C. 25, 3: il avait une vieille liaison avec Fulvie, une femme noble.* * *consuētūdo, ĭnis, f. [st1]1 [-] habitude, coutume, usage. - consuetudine (pro consuetudine, ex consuetudine): suivant la coutume, comme c'est l'usage. - consuetudo mea fert (consuetudinis meae est), Cic.: c'est mon habitude, c'est ma manière. - non est meae consuetudinis + inf. Cic.: il n'est pas dans mes habitudes de. - consuetudo vivendi (consuetudo vitae): genre de vie. - in eam se consuetudinem adduxerunt ut...: ils se sont accoutumés à. - est hoc Gallicae consuetudinis, uti viatores consistere cogant, Caes. BG. 6: on a l'habitude, en Gaule, de forcer les voyageurs à s'arrêter. [st1]2 [-] usage d'une langue, langue, langage. - consuetudo sermonis ou consuetudo loquendi ou consuetudo: usage de la langue. - consuetudini Latinae tradere, Col. 12: traduire en latin. - consuetudine nostrā, Col.: dans notre langue. - epistularum consuetudo: correspondance épistolaire. [st1]3 [-] liaison, commerce, familiarité, relation sociale, relation amoureuse, intrigue amoureuse. - (eos) consuetudine sua devinxit, Nep. 25, 1, 4: il se les attacha par son commerce (par le charme de sa société). - cum hominibus nostris consuetudines jungebat, Cic. Dej.: il nouait des relations avec nos concitoyens. - se dare in consuetudinem, Cic.: se lier d'amitié. - consuetudo victūs, Cic.: vie commune. - consuetudo stupri, Sall.: liaison coupable. - erat ei cum Fulvia, muliere nobili, stupri vetus consuetudo, Sall. C. 25, 3: il avait une vieille liaison avec Fulvie, une femme noble.* * *Consuetudo, pen. prod. consuetudinis. Plaut. Coustume, Accoustumance, Habituation.\Ad Graecorum consuetudinem disputare. Cic. A la maniere, Selon la coustume des Grecs.\Contra morem consuetudinemque ciuilem facere. Cic. Contre les us et coustumes.\Pro mea consuetudine. Cic. Ainsi que j'ay de coustume.\Si corpus supra consuetudinem incaluit. Celsus. Plus que de coustume.\Secundum consuetudinem praecedentium temporum. Plin. iunior. Selon la coustume.\Victus alicuius consuetudo. Cic. La maniere de vivre d'aucun.\Consuetudine aliquid facere. Cic. Par accoustumance.\Assidua consuetudo. Quintil. Continuelle accoustumance.\Quotidiana consuetudine augetur familiaritas. Cic. Par conversation et hantise journelle.\Consuetudo maiorum deflexit de curriculo. Cic. La maniere de faire des anciens.\Non est meae consuetudinis. Cic. Je n'ay point de coustume, Ce n'est point ma coustume.\Inualescit quotidie magis consuetudo. Quintil. Croist, S'augmente, S'accroist.\Consuetudinem alicuius rei nancisci. Cic. Se duire et faconner à quelque chose.\Veterem consuetudinem longo interuallo referre. Cic. Remettre sus, Ramener.\Serpit ac prodit consuetudo. Cic. S'accroist et augmente, ou s'advance petit à petit.\Orthographia consuetudini seruit. Quintil. Est subjecte à la coustume, Suit la coustume.\Tenere consuetudinem. Cic. Entretenir.\Tenuit consuetudo. Quintil. La coustume a esté telle.\Consuetudini Latinae tradidit Cicero OEconomicum Xenophontis. Columel. Il l'a rendu tel que les Latins le peuvent accoustumer et entendre, ou L'a rendu et mis en langaige que les Latins ont accoustumé d'user, L'a traduict de Grec en Latin.\In prouerbii consuetudinem venire. Cic. Venir en usage, et estre ja accoustumé pour proverbe.\Consuetudo. Terent. Conversation et familiarité, Hantement, Hantise, Accointance, Habitude.\Clausit mihi consuetudinem pudor. Cic. Je suis si honteux, que je ne l'ay encore osé hanter, Ma honte m'a gardé de le hanter.\Congredi quotidiana consuetudine cum aliquo. Caesar. Hanter aucun tous les jours.\In consuetudinem se dare. Cic. Accointer.\Consuetudinem facere alicui cum altero. Cic. Bailler congnoissance et accointance.\In alicuius consuetudinem se insinuare. Cicero. S'accointer d'aucun. -
5 consuetudo
consŭētūdo, ĭnis, f. [consuesco].I.A being accustomed, custom, habit, use, usage.A.In gen. (very freq. in all periods, esp. in prose):(β).exercitatio ex quā consuetudo gignitur,
Cic. de Or. 2, 87, 358:dicunt... consuetudine quasi alteram naturam effici,
id. Fin. 5, 25, 74:ad parentium consuetudinem moremque deducimur,
id. Off. 1, 32, 118; id. Mil. 1, 1; id. Clu. 38, 96:majorum,
id. Div. in Caecil. 21, 67; cf. id. ib. 2, 5:Siculorum ceterorumque Graecorum,
id. Verr. 2, 2, 52, § 129; id. de Or. 2, 3, 13; Caes. B. G. 1, 45; cf. id. ib. 1, 43:eorum dierum,
id. ib. 2, 17:non est meae consuetudinis rationem reddere, etc.,
Cic. Rab. Perd. 1, 1: con [p. 441] suetudo mea fert, id. Caecin. 29, 85:consuetudinem tenere, etc.,
id. Phil. 1, 11, 27:haec ad nostram consuetudinem sunt levia,
Nep. Epam. 2, 3:contra morem consuetudinemque civilem aliquid facere,
Cic. Off. 1, 41, 148:quod apud Germanos ea consuetudo esset, ut, etc.,
Caes. B. G. 1, 50; cf. with ut, id. ib. 4, 5:cottidianae vitae,
Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 42:virtutem ex consuetudine vitae sermonisque nostri interpretemur,
Cic. Lael. 6, 21; cf.:vitae meae,
id. Rab. Perd. 1, 2;and sermonis,
id. Fat. 11, 24; Quint. 1, 6, 45:communis sensūs,
Cic. de Or. 1, 3, 12:jam in proverbii consuetudinem venit,
id. Off. 2, 15, 55:victūs,
id. Att. 12, 26, 2; Caes. B. G. 1, 31:otii,
Quint. 1, 3, 11 al.:peccandi,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 76, § 176; Quint. 7, 2, 44:splendidior loquendi,
Cic. Brut. 20, 78:loquendi,
Quint. 1, 6, 43; 11, 1, 12:dicendi,
Cic. Mur. 13, 29; Quint. 2, 4, 16:docendi,
id. 2, 5, 2:vivendi,
id. 1, 6, 45:immanis ac barbara hominum immolandorum,
Cic. Font. 10, 21; cf.:classium certis diebus audiendarum,
Quint. 10, 5, 21 al.:indocta,
Cic. Or. 48, 161: mala, * Hor. S. 1, 3, 36:assidua,
Quint. 1, 1, 13:longa,
id. 2, 5, 2:vetus,
id. 1, 6, 43:communis,
id. 11, 1, 12; 12, 2, 19:vulgaris,
id. 2, 13, 11; Cic. de Or. 1, 58, 248:bene facere jam ex consuetudine in naturam vortit,
Sall. J. 85, 9:omnia quae in consuetudine probantur,
generally, Cic. Ac. 2, 24, 75:negant umquam solam hanc alitem (aquilam) fulmine exanimatam. Ideo armigeram Jovis consuetudo judicavit,
the general opinion, Plin. 10, 3, 4, § 15.—With prepp., ex consuetudine, pro consuetudine, and absol. consuetudine, according to or from custom, by or from habit, in a usual or customary manner, etc.:B.Germani celeriter ex consuetudine suā phalange factā impetus gladiorum exceperunt,
Caes. B. G. 1, 52; so with ex, Sall. J. 71, 4; 85, 9; Quint. 2, 5, 1; Suet. Ner. 42 al.:pro meā consuetudine,
according to my custom, Cic. Arch. 12, 32:consuetudine suā Caesar sex legiones expeditas ducebat,
Caes. B. G. 2, 19; 2, 32:consuetudine animus rursus te huc inducet,
Plaut. Merc. 5, 4, 41:huc cum se consuetudine reclinaverunt,
Caes. B. G. 6, 27 fin.; so id. ib. 7, 24, 2; Sall. J. 31, 25 al.—Less freq.: praeter consuetudinem, contrary to experience, unexpectedly (opp. praeter naturam), Cic. Div. 2, 28, 60:plures praeter consuetudinem armatos apparere,
contrary to custom, Nep. Hann. 12, 4; cf.:contra consuetudinem,
Cic. Off. 1, 41, 148:supra consuetudinem,
Cels. 2, 2.—Esp.1.Customary right, usage as a common law:2.(jus) constat ex his partibus: naturā, lege, consuetudine, judicato... consuetudine jus est id, quod sine lege aeque ac si legitimum sit, usitatum est,
Auct. Her. 2, 13, 19; Cic. Inv. 2, 54, 162:consuetudine jus esse putatur id, quod voluntate omnium sine lege vetustas comprobavit,
id. ib. 2, 22, 67; Varr. ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 7, 601; Cic. Caecin. 8, 23; id. Div. in Caecil. 2, 5; Dig. 1, 3, 32.—In gram. (instead of consuetudo loquendi; cf. supra), a usage or idiom of language, Varr. L. L. in 8th and 9th books on almost every page; Cic. Or. 47, 157; Quint. 1, 6, 3; 1, 6, 16; 2, 5, 2.—Hence,3.In Col. for language in gen.:II.consuetudini Latinae oeconomicum Xenophontis tradere,
Col. 12, praef. §7: nostra (opp. Graeca),
id. 6, 17, 7.—Social intercourse, companionship, familiarity, conversation (freq. and class; in an honorable sense most freq. in Cic.).A.In gen.:B.(Deiotarus) cum hominibus nostris consuetudines, amicitias, res rationesque jungebat,
Cic. Deiot. 9, 27; so in plur.:victūs cum multis,
id. Mil. 8, 21; and in sing.:victūs,
id. Or. 10, 33:domesticus usus et consuetudo est alicui cum aliquo,
id. Rosc. Am. 6, 15; cf. id. Fam. 13, 23, 1:consuetudine conjuncti inter nos sumus,
id. Att. 1, 16, 11:consuetudine ac familiaritate,
id. Quint. 3, 12;so with familiaritas,
id. Fam. 10, 3, 1:dare se in consuetudinem,
id. Pis. 28, 68:insinuare in alicujus consuetudinem,
id. Fam. 4, 13, 6; cf.:immergere se in consuetudinem alicujus,
id. Clu. 13, 36:epistularum,
epistolary correspondence, id. Fam. 4, 13, 1:nutrimentorum,
community, Suet. Calig. 9.—In partic., intercourse in love, in an honorable, and more freq. in a dishonorable sense, a love affair, an amour, love intrique, illicit intercourse, Ter. And. 3, 3, 28; id. Hec. 3, 3, 44; Suet. Tib. 7; id. Ner. 35; Ter. And. 1, 1, 83; 1, 5, 44; 2, 6, 8; Liv. 39, 9, 6 and 7; Quint. 5, 11, 34; Suet. Tit. 10 al.—So also freq.: consuetudo stupri,
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6 Consuetūdo est altera natura
Привычка - вторая натура.Источник выражения - Цицерон, "О высшем благе и высшем зле", V, 25, 74 (в изложении взглядов философов эпикурейской школы): Consuetudine quasi altera quaedam natura efficitur. "Привычкой создается как бы некая вторая природа".ср. Макробий, "Сатурналии", VII, 9, 7: Consuetudo, quam secundam naturam pronuntiavit usus. "Привычка, которую общеизвестная поговорка объявила второй природой"Та же мысль встречается у Аристотеля (Реторика, I, 11, 1370 а 6).ср. А. С. Пушкин "Евгений Онегин", гл. 2, XXXIПривычка свыше нам дана, Замена счастию она.- Не хвалясь, могу сказать, что делал все, что мог, пока была сила в костях. Я бы и сейчас не прочь повоевать, ибо consuetudo altera natura. (Генрик Сенкевич, Потоп.)Латинско-русский словарь крылатых слов и выражений > Consuetūdo est altera natura
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7 consuetudo
1) обычай, а) то, что обыкновенно случается, что имеет место: contra consuetud. tempestatis (1. 78 § 3 D. 18, 1);natura generandi et consuet. (1. 9 pr. D. 28, 2);
ex consuetud. avolare et revolare (1. 5 § 5 D. 41, 1); (I. 17 § 1 D. 39, 3); (1. 23 § 1 D. 33, 8);
consuet. loquendi, свойство языка (1. 132 pr. D. 50, 16), (1. 8 pr. D. 38, 16);
b) образ жизни, жизнь: consuet. patrisfam. (1. 21 § 1 D. 28, 1. 1. 50 § 3 D. 30. 1. 75 D. 32);
ad bonam vitae consuetud. reverti (1. 30. pr. D. 34);
c) продолжительное применение известного правила (1. 1 § 23 D. 39, 3):- qui diu usus est servitute - habuisse longa consuetudine velut jure impositam servitutem videatur (1. 1 C. 3, 34, 1. 13 § 1 D. 8, 4);
d) oсоб. обычное право, т. е. совокупность юридических воззрений и правил, возникших из народного сознания и воплощенных в обычай (1. 32 - 35. 38-40 D. 1, 4. tit. C. 8, 53. I. 32 cit. 1. 32 eod. 1. 35 eod. - 1. 2 C. cit.); (l. 31 § 20 D. 21, 1);
2) обхождение, обращение, знакомство, напр. individua vitae consuet. (§ 1 J. 1, 9);consuet. civitatis, provinciae (1. 34 D. cit. 1. 3 § 6 D. 22, 5), loci, regionis (1. 6 § 1 D. 3, 4. 1. 71 D. 18, 1. 1. 6 D. 21, 2), fori, judicii (1. 1 § 10 D. 50, 13).
3) в 1. 2 § 20. 24 C. 1, 27 обознач. consuet. старинную пошлину: "notitia consuetudinum, quas in sacro laterculo - dux praebere debet uniuscuiusque limitis".mulierum consuetudinis causa, non matrimonii continere (1. 34 pr. D. 48, 5); (1. 121 § 1 D. 45, 1); (1. 24 D. 23, 2).
Латинско-русский словарь к источникам римского права > consuetudo
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8 Consuetudo est аlterа natura
привычка – вторая натураЛатинско-русский словарь крылатых слов и выражений > Consuetudo est аlterа natura
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9 Привычка - вторая натура
Латинско-русский словарь крылатых слов и выражений > Привычка - вторая натура
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10 deflecto
dēflecto, ĕre, flexi, flectum - tr. - [st1]1 [-] abaisser en ployant, courber, fléchir. - ramum deflectere, Col. 5, 11, 14: courber une branche. [st1]2 [-] faire dévier, détourner. - amnes in alium cursum deflexi, Cic. Div. 1, 38: rivières détournées suivant un autre cours. - aliquem ab aliqua re deflectere: détourner qqn de qqch. - ab aliquo oculos deflectere: détourner ses yeux de qqn. - poét. novam viam deflectere, Liv. 39, 27, 10: en changeant de direction prendre une route nouvelle. - fig. rem ad verba deflectere, Cic. Caec. 51: mettre l'idée sous la dépendance des mots = s'en tenir à la lettre. - deflectere aliquem de via, Cic. Rep. 1, 68: détourner qqn du chemin. - ab aliqua re aliquem deflectere, Quint. 10, 1, 91: détourner qqn de qqch. - deflectere aliquid in melius, Sen. Ben. 6, 8, 1: faire tourner qqch au mieux. - deflectere virtutes in vitia, Suet. Dom. 3: changer en vices ses vertus. - deflectere dotes puellae in pejus, Ov. R. Am. 325: déprécier les bonnes qualités d'une jeune fille. - intr. - [st1]3 [-] se détourner, s'écarter. - viā deflectere, Tac. H. 2, 70: se détourner de son chemin. - in Tuscos deflectere, Plin. Ep. 4, 1, 3: se détourner pour aller en Toscane. - fig. de recta regione, de via, Cic. Verr. 5, 176; Off, 2, 9: se détourner de la ligne droite, de sa route. - oratio redeat illuc, unde deflexit, Cic. Tusc. 5, 80: revenons à ce point, dont nous nous sommes écartés. - cerva ad Gallos, lupus ad Romanos cursum deflexit, Liv. 10, 27: la biche se dirigea vers les Gaulois, et le loup vers les Romains. - deflectere in Tuscos: *se détourner du côté des Toscans* = dévier sa route pour aller en Toscane. - deflexit jam aliquantulum de spatio curriculoque consuetudo majorum, Cic. Lael. 12: déjà la conduite des anciens s'est écartée un peu de la bonne ligne. - se de curriculo petitionis deflectere animumque ad accusandum transferre, Cic. Mur. 22: retirer sa candidature et se concentrer sur l'accusation.* * *dēflecto, ĕre, flexi, flectum - tr. - [st1]1 [-] abaisser en ployant, courber, fléchir. - ramum deflectere, Col. 5, 11, 14: courber une branche. [st1]2 [-] faire dévier, détourner. - amnes in alium cursum deflexi, Cic. Div. 1, 38: rivières détournées suivant un autre cours. - aliquem ab aliqua re deflectere: détourner qqn de qqch. - ab aliquo oculos deflectere: détourner ses yeux de qqn. - poét. novam viam deflectere, Liv. 39, 27, 10: en changeant de direction prendre une route nouvelle. - fig. rem ad verba deflectere, Cic. Caec. 51: mettre l'idée sous la dépendance des mots = s'en tenir à la lettre. - deflectere aliquem de via, Cic. Rep. 1, 68: détourner qqn du chemin. - ab aliqua re aliquem deflectere, Quint. 10, 1, 91: détourner qqn de qqch. - deflectere aliquid in melius, Sen. Ben. 6, 8, 1: faire tourner qqch au mieux. - deflectere virtutes in vitia, Suet. Dom. 3: changer en vices ses vertus. - deflectere dotes puellae in pejus, Ov. R. Am. 325: déprécier les bonnes qualités d'une jeune fille. - intr. - [st1]3 [-] se détourner, s'écarter. - viā deflectere, Tac. H. 2, 70: se détourner de son chemin. - in Tuscos deflectere, Plin. Ep. 4, 1, 3: se détourner pour aller en Toscane. - fig. de recta regione, de via, Cic. Verr. 5, 176; Off, 2, 9: se détourner de la ligne droite, de sa route. - oratio redeat illuc, unde deflexit, Cic. Tusc. 5, 80: revenons à ce point, dont nous nous sommes écartés. - cerva ad Gallos, lupus ad Romanos cursum deflexit, Liv. 10, 27: la biche se dirigea vers les Gaulois, et le loup vers les Romains. - deflectere in Tuscos: *se détourner du côté des Toscans* = dévier sa route pour aller en Toscane. - deflexit jam aliquantulum de spatio curriculoque consuetudo majorum, Cic. Lael. 12: déjà la conduite des anciens s'est écartée un peu de la bonne ligne. - se de curriculo petitionis deflectere animumque ad accusandum transferre, Cic. Mur. 22: retirer sa candidature et se concentrer sur l'accusation.* * *Deflecto, deflectis, deflexi, deflexum, deflectere. Colum. Flechir et ployer quelque chose.\Ex itinere ad visendum aliquem deflectere. Sueton. Se destourner du chemin pour aller veoir aucun.\Carinam deflectere aliquo. Lucan. Tourner, Destourner.\Deflexit consuetudo maiorum de spatio et curriculo. Cic. La maniere de faire de noz ancestres a un peu flechi, et s'est un peu esgaree hors de son chemin et de sa lice, S'est un peu changee et muee.\Deflexit de via consuetudo. Cic. La coustume a flechi, et costoyé hors le chemin.\Deflectere se de curriculo petitionis, et animum ad accusandum transferre. Cic. Delaisser la voye qu'on avoit prinse de poursuyvre et briguer un estat, et se tourner et entrer au chemin d'accusation, Laisser la poursuite des estats, et se tourner et appliquer à accuser.\Deflectere de cursu suarum actionum. Caelius ad Ciceronem. Se departir de sa maniere accoustumee de faire és choses concernantes la republique.\Deflectemus in Thuscos. Plin. iunior. Nous tournerons chemin et costoyerons vers, etc.\Lumina. Ouid. Destourner ses yeulx, Tourner ses yeulx arriere.\Deflectere de recto. Cic. Se jecter ou mettre hors du droict chemin.\Deflectere rem ad verba. Cic. Ployer et faire revenir les choses aux mots.\Belli deflectere tumultus. Stat. Tourner la guerre ailleurs. -
11 longinquus
longinquus, a, um [longus] [st1]1 [-] long, étendu, spacieux. - longinqua linea, Plin. 9, 17, 26, 59: longue ligne. - longinqua oculorum acies, Gell.: vue qui porte loin. [st1]2 [-] éloigné, lointain, distant, à une grande distance. - longinquiores loci, Caes. BG. 4: lieux plus éloignés. - saltus et saturi petito longinqua Tarenti, Virg. G. 2: gagne les défilés boisés et les lointains pâturages de la grasse Tarente. - longinqua imperii, Tac. An. 3: les parties éloignées de l'empire. - e longinquo intueri, Plin. 35: observer de loin. - longinqua vulnera (= e longinquo accepta), Luc. 3, 568: blessures faites de loin. [st1]3 [-] vivant éloigné, étranger. - homo longinquus et alienigena, Cic. Dej. 3, 10: homme d'un pays lointain et un étranger. - aequaliter in longinquos, in propinquos irruere, Cic. Mil. 28, 76: se ruer sans distinction sur les gens éloignés et les voisins. - longinquus piscis, Ov. Ib. 150: poisson d'une mer lointaine. [st1]4 [-] long, qui dure longtemps; lointain, éloigné (dans le temps). - longinqua consuetudo, Caes. BG. 1: longue habitude. - longinqua mala consuetudo, Varr.: mauvaise habitude invétérée. - longinquum istuc amanti est, Plaut.: c'est bien long pour un amant. - in longinquum tempus aliquid differre, Cic.: reporter qqch à une date lointaine. [st1]5 [-] ancien, antique. - longinqua monumenta, Plin. 13: monuments antiques.* * *longinquus, a, um [longus] [st1]1 [-] long, étendu, spacieux. - longinqua linea, Plin. 9, 17, 26, 59: longue ligne. - longinqua oculorum acies, Gell.: vue qui porte loin. [st1]2 [-] éloigné, lointain, distant, à une grande distance. - longinquiores loci, Caes. BG. 4: lieux plus éloignés. - saltus et saturi petito longinqua Tarenti, Virg. G. 2: gagne les défilés boisés et les lointains pâturages de la grasse Tarente. - longinqua imperii, Tac. An. 3: les parties éloignées de l'empire. - e longinquo intueri, Plin. 35: observer de loin. - longinqua vulnera (= e longinquo accepta), Luc. 3, 568: blessures faites de loin. [st1]3 [-] vivant éloigné, étranger. - homo longinquus et alienigena, Cic. Dej. 3, 10: homme d'un pays lointain et un étranger. - aequaliter in longinquos, in propinquos irruere, Cic. Mil. 28, 76: se ruer sans distinction sur les gens éloignés et les voisins. - longinquus piscis, Ov. Ib. 150: poisson d'une mer lointaine. [st1]4 [-] long, qui dure longtemps; lointain, éloigné (dans le temps). - longinqua consuetudo, Caes. BG. 1: longue habitude. - longinqua mala consuetudo, Varr.: mauvaise habitude invétérée. - longinquum istuc amanti est, Plaut.: c'est bien long pour un amant. - in longinquum tempus aliquid differre, Cic.: reporter qqch à une date lointaine. [st1]5 [-] ancien, antique. - longinqua monumenta, Plin. 13: monuments antiques.* * *Longinquus, Adiectiuum. Cic. Loingtain.\AEuum longinquum. Lucret. Long aage.\Longinquis bellis obruti. Plin. Qui durent long temps.\Fornax longinqua. Plin. Longue.\Itinera longinqua acturi Sarmatae, etc. Plin. Longs voyages.\Longinquos respicit montes. Plin. Loingtains.\Morbus longinquus. Liu. Qui dure long temps.\Sermo longinquus: cui Breuis opponitur. Plaut. Long propos.\Ex longinquo venire. Plin. De loing.\E longinquo multa annuntiare. Plin. De loing.\Longinquum amanti istuc. Plaut. Il dure long temps.\Longinquum loqui. Plaut. Tenir long proces.\Longinqui. Cic. Loingtains, Qui demeurent loing de nous. -
12 usus
1.ūsus, a, um, Part. of utor.2. I.Lit.A.In gen.1.The use, employment, exercise of any thing; with gen. obj.:2.virtus in usu sui tota posita est: usus autem ejus est maximus civitatis gubernatio,
Cic. Rep. 1, 2, 2:cetera, ad virtutis usum idonea,
id. Ac. 1, 6, 22.— Absol.:Quaeque ipsi doceant in usu habere,
Plin. Ep. 1, 10, 10:nec rhus Latinum nomen habet, cum in usum pluribus modis veniat,
Plin. 24, 11, 54, § 91.—Wear, a wearing out or away ( poet.):3.ferreus adsiduo consumitur anulus usu,
Ov. A. A. 1, 473:silices tenuantur ab usu,
id. ib. 3, 91.—Use, enjoyment, [p. 1939] fruition:4.et usu rerum necessarium et dignitate spoliatum iri,
Caes. B. G. 7, 66:tantumque nobis in nostrum privatum usum, quantum ipsi superesse posset, remitteret,
Cic. Rep. 1, 8, 13:cave sis ne tu te usu perduis (i. e. ex usu tui),
lose control of yourself, Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 225 Ussing ad loc.—Use, practice, exercise:5.tantum usu cottidiano et exercitatione efficiunt, uti, etc.,
Caes. B. G. 4, 33:quod adsiduus usus uni rei deditus et ingenium et artem saepe vincit,
Cic. Balb. 20, 45:cum rerum magnarum tractatio atque usus cum illarum artium studiis et cognitione conjungitur,
id. Rep. 3, 3, 5:ad eam doctrinam, quam suo quisque studio adsecutus esset, adjungeretur usus frequens,
id. de Or. 1, 4, 15:docuit nos longa vita ususque rerum maximarum,
id. ib. 2, 50, 204:usu quidem in re publicā rerum maximarum facile omnis viceris,
id. Rep. 1, 23, 37.—Use, experience, discipline, skill acquired by practice (cf. experientia): Da. O Geta, provinciam Cepisti duram. Ge. Mi usus venit, hoc scio, i. e. I have found it so by experience, Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 23 (al. usu venit; v. infra, II. C. 2.):6.vir tali prudentiā, etiam usu atque exercitatione praeditus,
Cic. Clu. 31, 84:res posita in usu militari,
id. Imp. Pomp. 10, 28:usum in re publicā magnum habere,
id. Phil. 10, 2, 6: magnum in re militari usum habere, Caes B G. 1, 39; id. B. C. 2, 34:non recusare se, quin nullius usus imperator existimaretur,
id. ib. 3, 45:nullo usu rei militaris percepto,
id. B. G. 6, 40; id. B. C. 3, 84:usu nauticarum rerum ceteros antecedunt,
id. B. G. 3, 8:ne usu manuque reliquorum opinionem fallerent,
id. B. C. 3, 86:et Marius aut belli usum aut studia volgi amissurus,
Sall. J. 84, 3; cf. id. ib. 89, 6:dantur duo usu sapientiāque praestantes,
Nep. Timoth. 3, 2:seris venit usus ab annis,
Ov. M. 6, 29:tum foeda clades, Romanisque usu incognita,
Flor. 2, 2, 23. —Personified:adiciam quod me docuit usus, magister egregius,
experience, Plin. Ep. 1, 20, 12:usum et esse et haberi optimum dicendi magistrum,
id. ib. 6, 29, 4.—Use, habit, usage, custom, practice:B.usum loquendi populo concessi: scientiam mihi reservavi,
Cic. Or. 48, 160:dicendi omnis ratio in medio posita communi quodam in usu,
id. de Or. 1, 3, 12:neque quem usum belli haberent, aut quibus institutis uterentur,
Caes. B. G. 4, 20:(vitulos) ad studium atque usum formabis agrestem,
Verg. G. 3, 163:est omnino Capitoni in usu claros viros colere,
it is his custom, Plin. Ep. 1, 17, 3:populum auctoritate suā ad usum frugalitatis revocavit,
Just. 20, 4, 5:ab his Galli usum vitae cultioris didicerunt,
id. 43, 4, 1:at horum recitatio usu jam recepta est,
Plin. Ep. 7, 17, 3:cadent vocabula, si volet usus,
Hor. A. P. 71.—In partic.1.In jurid. lang.a.Usus et fructus, usus fructusque, and more frequently in one word, ūsusfructus, the use and enjoyment of property belonging to another, usufruct:b. (α).usus enim ejus fundi et fructus testamento viri fuerat Caesenniae,
Cic. Caecin. 7, 19:sibi horum usus fructusque contingat,
Sen. Ep. 73, 9:rem nobis eripit casus, usum fructumque apud nos relinquit,
id. ib. 98, 11:usumfructum omnium bonorum suorum Caesenniae legat, ut frueretur una cum filio,
Cic. Caecin. 4, 11; cf.:ususfructus est jus alienis rebus utendi fruendi, salvā rerum substantiā,
Dig. 7, 1, 1; v. the entire title, usufructu: dominus proprietatis alii usumfructum in jure cedere potest, Gai inst. 2, 30 sqq.; 2, 86; Ulp. Fragm. 15, 3.—In the connection usus et auctoritas, or without the copula, usus auctoritas; v. auctoritas; and cf. Rein, Röm. Privatr. p. 144 sq.—(β).In the phrase usu capere, to acquire by prescription (often as one word; v. 1. usucapio); hence, com.: Mer. Quojus nunc es? Sos. Tuos:2.nam pugnis usu fecisti tuom,
Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 218.—Intercourse, familiarity, association, intimacy, society (cf.:b.consuetudo, conversatio): domesticus usus et consuetudo,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 6, 15:quocum mihi est magnus usus,
id. Fam. 7, 32, 1; 9, 25, 2:conjunctus magno usu familiaritatis,
id. ib. 13, 52:in tanto usu nostro tantāque amicitiā,
id. Planc. 2, 5:inter nosmet ipsos vetus usus intercedit,
id. Fam. 13, 23, 1: ut insinuaret se in quam maxime familiarem usum, Liv. 40, 21, 11:recens praestat nec longo cognitus usu,
Ov. Tr. 3, 5, 9:natio nullo commercio colens mutuos usus,
Curt. 7, 3, 5:neminem in usu habes nisi tibi dilectum,
Plin. Pan. 88.—Hence,In mal. part., Tib. 1, 9, 55; Ov. R. Am. 357.—3.Use, practice, reality (opp. species):II.ut (liberi) in usum boni sint et in speciem populo,
Plaut. Most. 1, 2, 42:illam alteram (partem Numidiae) specie quam usu potiorem Adherbal possedit,
Sall. J. 16, 5:ut non in usum sic ad speciem imperii,
Flor. 3, 13, 4.Transf.A.Use, usefulness, value, utility, benefit, profit, advantage:B.levis fructus, exiguus usus,
Cic. Rep. 1, 17, 26:(arborum) consectio magnos usus affert ad navigia facienda,
id. N. D. 2, 60, 152:propter lini inopiam atque ejus usus inscientiam,
Caes. B. G. 3, 13:naves factae subito ex umidā materiā non eundem usum celeritatis habebant,
capacity, fitness, id. B. C. 1, 58:natis in usum laetitiae scyphis Pugnare,
service, Hor. C. 1, 27, 1:aurum cogere humanos in usus,
id. ib. 3, 3, 51:pater, si das hujus mihi nominis usum,
Ov. M. 2, 36:nescis, quo valeat numus? quem praebeat usum?
Hor. S. 1, 1, 73:quidve ad amicitias, usus rectumne trahat nos,
id. ib. 2, 6, 75:neque quisquam omnium libidini simul et usui paruit,
Sall. C. 51, 2:plures quam quot satis in usum erant ignes,
Liv. 36, 10, 12:servos quos domum quis ducet suo usu,
Dig. 50, 16, 203:cicuta quoque venenum est... ad multa tamen usus non omittendi,
Plin. 25, 13, 95, § 151.—In partic., usui or ex usu esse, to be of use, service, or benefit, to be useful, serviceable, advantageous, or profitable:esse usui civitati, ea, quae sunt usui ad armandas naves,
Caes. B. G. 5, 1; id. B. C. 1, 19; Liv. 3, 33, 5; cf.:(Satrius) fuit et mihi et Quinto fratri magno usui in nostris petitionibus,
Cic. Att. 1, 1, 3:magno usui rei publicae esse,
id. Phil. 10, 11, 26; Caes. B. G. 3, 14:bono usui esse,
Plaut. Curc. 4, 2, 15:peritos legum ad condenda nova jura usui fore credebant,
Liv. 3, 33, 5:declararent, utrum proelium ex usu esset necne,
Caes. B. G. 1, 50; so,ex usu esse,
Cic. Tusc. 4, 7, 14; Plin. 25, 13, 110, § 175:ad omnia haec magis opportunus nec magis ex usu tuo Nemo'st,
Ter. Eun. 5, 9 (8), 47. —Use, occasion, need, want, necessity:2. a.non te instruere domum tuam voluerunt in provinciā, sed illum usum provinciae supplere,
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 5, § 9:quae belli usus poscunt, suppeditare,
Liv. 26, 43, 7:illuc euntium, quā quemque suorum usuum causae ferrent,
id. 6, 25, 9.—Usus est (most freq. ante-class., esp. after the analogy of opus est with the abl.).(α).Absol.:(β).egomet mihi fero, quod usu'st,
Plaut. Merc. 5, 2, 13:ubicumque usus siet,
id. Bacch. 4, 4, 9; and, with ellipsis of subst. verb:dico ut usus fieri,
id. As. 2, 2, 109:si quando usus esset,
Cic. Off. 1, 26, 92: Me. Mihi sic est usus: tibi ut opus facto'st, face. Ch. An cuiquam est usus homini, se ut cruciet? Me. Mihi, Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 28 sq.; cf.:ut equites Pompeianorum impetum, cum adesset usus, sustinere non possent,
Caes. B. C. 3, 84, 4.—With abl.:(γ).viginti jam usu'st filio argenti minis,
Plaut. As. 1, 1, 76; cf. id. Bacch. 4, 4, 55; 4, 9, 47:mulier quae se suamque aetatem spernit, speculo ei usus est,
id. Most. 1, 3, 93:curatore usus est,
Cic. Leg. 3, 4, 10:ad eam rem usus est tuā mihi operā,
Plaut. Pers. 2, 5, 27:tacere nequeo misera, quod tacito usus est,
id. Cist. 1, 2, 10:argento invento,
id. Ps. 1, 1, 48:facto,
id. Am. 1, 3, 7; id. Rud. 2, 3, 67; id. Stich. 1, 1, 56 al.:dicto,
id. Trin. 2, 4, 102:navis, quibus usus non est, omnis praecidisse,
Cic. Att. 9, 6, 3:quibus (navibus) consuli usus non esset,
Liv. 30, 41, 8:nunc viribus usus, Nunc manibus rapidis, omni nunc arte magistrā,
Verg. A. 8, 441:ad eam rem usu'st homine astuto, docto, scito et callido,
Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 151.—Pleonast.:non usus facto'st mihi nunc hunc intro sequi,
Ter. Hec. 3, 1, 47.—With ut:(δ).nunc ad me ut veniat usu'st Acroteleutium,
Plaut. Mil. 4, 3, 39; cf. Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 28 supra.—With gen.:b.alii offerunt se, si quo usus operae sit,
Liv. 26, 9, 9.—Usus venit (not in Cic.):(β).si quis usus venerit, Meminisse ego hanc rem vos volo,
Plaut. Cist. 1, 2, 28: quom ad praetorem usus veniet, id. Poen. 3, 4, 17; id. Bacch. 2, 3, 129:si usus vene rit,
id. Merc. 3, 1, 20:non usus veniet, spero,
Ter. Heaut. 3, 2, 42:ut, si usus veniat, suum quisque locum teneat,
if occasion should arise, Caes. B. G. 7, 80.—With abl.:C.ubi usus veniat contra consertā manu,
Plaut. Mil. 1, 1, 3.—A fit occasion or opportunity to be used.1.Usus est or adest, an occasion or opportunity offers:2.de ceteris studiis alio loco dicemus, si usus fuerit,
Cic. Tusc. 4, 3, 5.—Esp.: usu venit, it happens, occurs, befalls, chances:nam quid homini potest turpius, quid viro miserius aut acerbius usu venire?
Cic. Quint. 15, 49; id. Verr. 2, 5, 39, § 101:si id culpa senectutis accideret, eadem mihi usu venirent,
id. Sen. 3, 7:idem solet in demonstratione usu venire,
id. Inv. 1, 10, 14; 1, 54, 104:quod item in poëmatis, in picturis usu venit,
id. Off. 3, 3, 15:hoc illud eis usu venire solet, ut, etc.,
id. Ac. 2, 11, 35:cum praesertim mihi usu venturum non arbitrarer, ut, etc.,
id. Fam. 3, 8, 6: et, id quod usu venerat, Eumolpidas demigravit, actually occurred (however strange), Nep. Alcib. 4, 5:id quod numquam antea usu venerat,
id. ib. 6, 3:praemeditatus, quid sibi esset usu venturum,
Auct. Her. 2, 5, 8:Caesar biduum in iis locis moratus, quod haec de Vercingetorige usu ventura opinione perceperat,
Caes. B. G. 7, 9:usu venire ut abhorreant, etc.,
Cic. Fin. 1, 3, 8.—Separated or in a reversed order:non venit idem usu mihi quod tu tibi scribis,
Cic. Att. 7, 26, 1:quod cuipiam Thraco venisse usu fabula est,
Gell. 19, 12, 6:quid, quod usu memoria patrum venit, ut, etc.,
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13 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. -
14 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,
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15 malus [1]
1. malus, a, um (vgl. gotisch) smals, ahd. smal, klein, gering), Compar. pēior, n. pēius, iōris, Superl. pessimus, a, um, schlecht seiner Natur und seinem Wesen nach (Ggstz. bonus), fast in allen Beziehungen entsprechend dem griech. κακός, I) gleichs. subjektiv, schlecht an sich in physischer, intellektueller u. moralischer Hinsicht, nichtsnutzig, gering, A) in phys.u. intell. Hinsicht: 1) im allg.: mala tu merx es, eine schlechte Ware, als Schimpfwort, ein schlechtes, nichtsnutziges Stück, Plaut.: vinum, Hor.: aper, Hor.: herbae, Unkraut, Cato. – haud malum huic est pondus pugno, kein geringes G., Plaut. – mala et imbecilla vox, Quint. – mali versus, Cic.: verba suā naturā bona aut mala, Quint. (versch. v. mala verba unten no. II, 1, e). – malum et inconstans in eligendo genere dicendi ingenium (Geschmack), Quint.: loquendi consuetudo, Cic.
2) insbes.: a) dem Ansehen nach schlecht, unansehnlich, häßlich, ancilla formā malā (vgl. κακώ εἰδος), Plaut.: ne crure malo, ne sit pede turpi, Hor.: facies, Quint. – v. Pers., haud mala est mulier, nicht übel, Plaut.: m. mancipium, Ter. – subst., faciem in peius effingere, ins Häßliche ziehen, verhunzen, Plin. ep. – b) von Geburt schlecht, niedrig, malo genere natus (Ggstz. bono genere natus), Cornif. rhet. 3, 13. – c) zum Geschäft schlecht, untüchtig, untaug lich (ohne moral. Beziehung), sutor, Phaedr.: poëta, Cic. u.a. – d) zum Kampf untüchtig, schwach, iuxta boni malique, strenui et imbelles inulti obtruncari, Sall.: terra malos nunc educat homines aut pusillos, Iuven.
B) in moralischer Hinsicht, schlecht, böse, bösartig, böswillig, gottlos, niederträchtig, schurkisch, ein Schurke, Bösewicht, von Gesinnung und Handlungsweise, 1) übh.: ingenium malum pravumque, Sall. u. Plin. ep.: mala mens, malus animus, Ter.: malā mente facere, Quint.: m. mores, Sall.: m. consuetudo, Cic.: m. conscientia, Quint. – v. leb. Wesen, m. philosophus, Cic.: m. servus, Quint.: m. princeps, Tac.: m. puella, Prop.: m. serpentes, Sen.: tuus m. genius, Flor.: peior an ignavior sit, deliberari non potest, Sall.: pessimus atque optimus vir, Quint.: is omnium pessimus deterrimusque est, Gell. – subst., malus aut fur, Hor.: malarum mala disciplina, Plaut.: pessima, pessime, Plaut.: bes. im Plur., mali, die Schlechten, Bösen, Cic. u.a. – zuw. im milderen Sinne, schlau, pfiffig, schalkhaft, lose (vgl. Brix Plaut. mil. 190), o hominem malum, Plaut.: delituit mala, Plaut.: pessumarum pessuma, Plaut.: puellae pessimae, die bitterbösen, heillosen Mädchen, Catull. – od. als verstärkendes Beiwort der Schlechten, mali fures, schurkische, Hor.
2) emphat.: a) politisch schlecht = übelgesinnt, schlecht denkend, demagogisch, cives, Nep. u. Sall.: u. subst., mali, die Übelgesinnten, Demagogen, Sall. u. Nep.: mali atque scelesti, Sall. – b) schlecht, unsittlich = unkeusch, verworfen, pueri boni malique, Catull.: non m. ancilla, Plaut.: m. adultera, Catull.: m. adulterium, Catull. – c) schlecht = eigennützig, habsüchtig, m. mater, Ter. heaut. 233.
II) gleichs. objektiv, 1) adi., schlecht, übel, böse in bezug auf die Empfindung, das Befinden, die Lage jmds., schlimm, arg, leidig, schädlich, gefährlich, verderblich, heillos, ungünstig, unglücklich, a) vom körperl. und geistigen Befinden, valetudo, Sen.: quasi mala valetudo animi, Cic.: fuisse malā mente, nicht recht bei Sinnen, Tibull. (versch. m. mens oben no. I, B, 1). – v. Pers., cum aeger peior fiat, Cels.: cum (aegroti) pessimi fiant, Cels. – dah. malum et mortiferum est, si etc., es steht schlimm, Cels. – b) v. phys. Übeln od. Zuständen, leidig, lästig, drückend, tempestas, Hor., tempestates, Cato: tussis, Catull.: scabies, Hor.: odor, Cels. u. Hor.: aetas, das böse, drückende Alter (Ggstz. bona aetas, die Jugend), Plaut. – od. schlimm, gefährlich, morbus, vulnus, Cels.: curatio, Cels. – od. zu arg, zu groß, mala copia stomachum sollicitat, das Übermaß, Hor. – c) von Örtlichkeiten, tempestas melior, via peior, Hor. – ite in malas oras, ungesunde, verderbliche, Catull. – d) v. schädlichen Dingen, falx, Verg.: furis manus, Catull. – bes. von Gift u. giftigen od. vergifteten Dingen, virus, Verg.: cicuta, Hor.: gramina, Verg.: herbae, Tibull.: dapes. Hor. – e) v. der Zunge, Reden usw., übel, schlimm = anzüglich, schmähend, Schmäh-, lingua, Petron.: verba (κακοὶ λόγοι), Plaut. u. Catull. (versch. von mala verba b. Quint., s. oben no. I, A, 1): carmen, Schmähgedicht, Hor.: quaedam fabula, Catull.: querimoniae, unselige, schnöde, Hor. – od. beschreiend, bezaubernd, lingua, Verg.: carmen, XII tabb. fr. – f) von Nachrichten und Gerüchten, schlimm, übel = nachteilig, unglücklich, nuntius, Cic.: rumor, Hor. – g) v. Gesinnung u. Denkart, übel, schlecht, malam opinionem habere de alqo, Cic. – h) v. Lebens- u. Gemütszuständen, fama, übler, schlechter Ruf (κακώ δόξα), Sall. – pudor, die leidige, unzeitige, falsche Scham (αἰδὼς κακή), Hor.: u. so ambitio, Sall. u. Hor.: libido, schnöde Lust, Liv.: maeror, schlimmer, heftiger, Plaut. – i) v. menschl. Handlungen, Verhältnissen u. Lagen, böse, schlimm, nachteilig, unrecht, schädlich, gefährlich, facinora, Sall. u.a.: artes, schlechte, verderbliche Mittel, Sall.: exemplum, Sall.: malo more, durch unrechtmäßiges, schlechtes Verfahren, Sall.: pessimum facinus peiore exemplo admittere, Liv.: malam rem alci dare, einen Denkzettel geben, abstrafen, Plaut.: u. so malam rem merere, einen Denkzettel (Strafe) verdienen, Plaut.: malam rem sibi quaerere, reperire, arcessere, sich einen D. holen (sich Strafe zuziehen), Plaut. Vgl. Brix Plaut. mil. 274 u. trin. 1045. – od. übel, schlecht, schlimm = ungünstig, nachteilig, unglücklich, traurig, arbitrium (Wahl), Liv.: pugna, Cic. u.a.: proelia, Fronto: exitus, Sall.: fatum, Catull.: et post malam segetem serendum est, man muß auch nach einer schlechten Ernte säen, Sen. – mala res (Lage), spes multo asperior, Sall.: res peiore loco non potis est esse, es kann nicht schlimmer stehen, Ter.: dah. videte nunc, quam versa et mutata in peiorem partem sint omnia, sich zum Schlimmen gewendet, Cic.; vgl. subst., detorquere in peius (zum Schlimmern), Sen.: in peius mutari, sich verschlimmern (verschlechtern), Quint.: in peius ruere, sich verschlimmern, Verg.: rapere in peiorem partem, übel, ungünstig auslegen, Ter. – u. Acc. neutr. als Objekt (poet. für das Adv. male), ne gallina malum responset dura palato, Hor. – endlich insbes. k) von Vorbedeutungen und allem, was dazu gehört, übel, ungünstig, unglücklich, unheilbringend, auspicium, Plaut. u. Cic.: avis, ales, Hor.
2) subst., wie κακόν, malum, ī, n. (Superl. pessimum, ī, n.) u. (wie κακά) Plur. mala, ōrum, n., das Übel, a) ein am Körper haftendes phys. oder geistiges Übel, Leiden, wie Krankheit, Fieber, Gebrechen, Fehler, m. corporis, stomachi, Cels.: mala ventris, Cels.: est a te nactus utrumque m. (Podagra u. Bocksgestank), Catull.: m. magnum, modicum, Cels.: maximum pervigiliae m., Iustin.: ne in cotidianam febrim id malum vertat, Cels. – bona malaque (Gebrechen) corporis, Suet. – von artistischen Gebrechen u. Mängeln, dum mea delectent mala me, Hor. – v. geistigen od. moral. Gebrechen, m. magnum est hoc, quod non possum tibi ostendere, Sen.: bona aut mala, Vorzüge od. Fehler, Sall.: cum tua pervideas oculis mala lippus inunctis, Hor.: m. publicum, das allgemeine Gebrechen, Sall.: mala nequitiae, Phaedr. u. Iuven. – b) von außen kommendes Übel, Leid, Unheil, und zwar von Strafe, Schlägen, Mißhandlungen, Folter, Marter (vgl. Gronov Sen. de ira 1, 16 u. die Auslgg. zu Sall. Iug. 100, 5), malo cogi, Ter.: ne malum habeat, es ihm schlimm ergehe, Cic. (u. so malum habebis, Sen. rhet., malum magnum habebis, Plaut.): malo domare od. coërcere alqm, Liv. u. Sall.: malum minitari, Ter. u. Hor.: malum minari alci, Plaut. u. Liv.: malum dare alci, einen Denkzettel geben, abstrafen, Ter.: dabitur malum, es wird dir schlecht bekommen, Plaut.: sine malo (Prügel) fateri, Ter.: vi, malo, plagis adduci, ut etc., Cic.: malum militibus meis, nisi quieverint, der Henker hole meine Leute, Liv. – von Schimpf-, Scheltworten (s. Brix Plaut. Men. 717), mala alci dicere, Catull. u. Tibull.: mala od. omnia mala alci ingerere, Plaut. – vom Unfall, hoc malo perturbati, Caes. – v. Gefahr, Drangsal, Not, m. anceps, Sall.: magnum malum est, ubi etc., Cels.: aeger in malis est, es sieht schlimm aus mit dem K., Cels. – v. Schaden, Unglück, Verderben, m. externum, v. Krieg, Nep.: mala civilia, Cic.: mala publica, öffentliche Schulden, Liv.: super haec mala, Unglück im Kriege, Iustin.: nihil mali accĭdisse Scipioni, Cic.: ut in parcendo uni malum publicum (ein Nachteil für den Staat) fiat, Liv.: eos atque alios omnes malum publicum alebat, sie und alle anderen fanden ihren Vorteil beim Unglück des Staates, Sall. – malo rei publicae, zum Schaden, Unglück, Verderben des Staates, Sall.: nimium felix malo suo, zu seinem Unglück, Vell.: malo cum tuo, Plaut.: malo esse alci, Cic. u. (Ggstz. lucro esse) Plaut.: so auch pessimo publico (aedificare, facere u. dgl.), zum größten Nachteile des allgem. Besten, des Staates, Varro, Liv. u.a. (s. die Auslgg. zu Liv. 2, 1, 3). – v. einer Übeltat, irritamenta malorum, Ov.: famam exstingui veterum malorum, Verg. – v. Tieren, ein schädliches Tier, eine Landplage, Plin. 8, 89; 11, 88 u. 106. – als Ausruf sowohl des heftigsten Unwillens als auch der nur gelinde gereizten Stimmung, in relativen Frage- u. Ausrufungssätzen, unser zum Henker, zum Kuckuk, zum Teufel, der Henker, der Teufel! Wetter! Tausend! od. milder in aller Welt! (vgl. Brix Plaut. Men. 390. Wagner Ter. heaut. 319. Westerh. Ter. eun. 4, 7, 10. Gernh. Cic. de off. 2, 53. Mützell Curt. 8, 14 [51], 41), quid tibi, malum, hic ante aedes clamitatio est? Plaut.: quae, malum, est ista tanta audacia atque amentia? Cic.: quae, malum, ratio est expertis alia experiri, wie in aller Welt kommt ihr dazu, Liv.: quae, malum, amentia te coëgit, Curt. – / Superl. malissimus als ungebr. angeführt von Varro LL. 8, 75. – Gesteigerter Superl. pessimissimus, Sen. ep. 81, 21 codd. optt.; od. pessimus gesteigert durch maxime, wie si vero saevior, maxime pessima est (apis), Colum. 9, 3, 3.
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16 malus
1. malus, a, um (vgl. gotisch) smals, ahd. smal, klein, gering), Compar. pēior, n. pēius, iōris, Superl. pessimus, a, um, schlecht seiner Natur und seinem Wesen nach (Ggstz. bonus), fast in allen Beziehungen entsprechend dem griech. κακός, I) gleichs. subjektiv, schlecht an sich in physischer, intellektueller u. moralischer Hinsicht, nichtsnutzig, gering, A) in phys.u. intell. Hinsicht: 1) im allg.: mala tu merx es, eine schlechte Ware, als Schimpfwort, ein schlechtes, nichtsnutziges Stück, Plaut.: vinum, Hor.: aper, Hor.: herbae, Unkraut, Cato. – haud malum huic est pondus pugno, kein geringes G., Plaut. – mala et imbecilla vox, Quint. – mali versus, Cic.: verba suā naturā bona aut mala, Quint. (versch. v. mala verba unten no. II, 1, e). – malum et inconstans in eligendo genere dicendi ingenium (Geschmack), Quint.: loquendi consuetudo, Cic.2) insbes.: a) dem Ansehen nach schlecht, unansehnlich, häßlich, ancilla formā malā (vgl. κακώ εἰδος), Plaut.: ne crure malo, ne sit pede turpi, Hor.: facies, Quint. – v. Pers., haud mala est mulier, nicht übel, Plaut.: m. mancipium, Ter. – subst., faciem in peius effingere, ins Häßliche ziehen, verhunzen, Plin. ep. – b) von Geburt schlecht, niedrig, malo genere natus (Ggstz. bono genere natus), Cornif. rhet. 3, 13. – c) zum Geschäft schlecht, untüchtig, untaug-————lich (ohne moral. Beziehung), sutor, Phaedr.: poëta, Cic. u.a. – d) zum Kampf untüchtig, schwach, iuxta boni malique, strenui et imbelles inulti obtruncari, Sall.: terra malos nunc educat homines aut pusillos, Iuven.B) in moralischer Hinsicht, schlecht, böse, bösartig, böswillig, gottlos, niederträchtig, schurkisch, ein Schurke, Bösewicht, von Gesinnung und Handlungsweise, 1) übh.: ingenium malum pravumque, Sall. u. Plin. ep.: mala mens, malus animus, Ter.: malā mente facere, Quint.: m. mores, Sall.: m. consuetudo, Cic.: m. conscientia, Quint. – v. leb. Wesen, m. philosophus, Cic.: m. servus, Quint.: m. princeps, Tac.: m. puella, Prop.: m. serpentes, Sen.: tuus m. genius, Flor.: peior an ignavior sit, deliberari non potest, Sall.: pessimus atque optimus vir, Quint.: is omnium pessimus deterrimusque est, Gell. – subst., malus aut fur, Hor.: malarum mala disciplina, Plaut.: pessima, pessime, Plaut.: bes. im Plur., mali, die Schlechten, Bösen, Cic. u.a. – zuw. im milderen Sinne, schlau, pfiffig, schalkhaft, lose (vgl. Brix Plaut. mil. 190), o hominem malum, Plaut.: delituit mala, Plaut.: pessumarum pessuma, Plaut.: puellae pessimae, die bitterbösen, heillosen Mädchen, Catull. – od. als verstärkendes Beiwort der Schlechten, mali fures, schurkische, Hor.2) emphat.: a) politisch schlecht = übelgesinnt,————schlecht denkend, demagogisch, cives, Nep. u. Sall.: u. subst., mali, die Übelgesinnten, Demagogen, Sall. u. Nep.: mali atque scelesti, Sall. – b) schlecht, unsittlich = unkeusch, verworfen, pueri boni malique, Catull.: non m. ancilla, Plaut.: m. adultera, Catull.: m. adulterium, Catull. – c) schlecht = eigennützig, habsüchtig, m. mater, Ter. heaut. 233.II) gleichs. objektiv, 1) adi., schlecht, übel, böse in bezug auf die Empfindung, das Befinden, die Lage jmds., schlimm, arg, leidig, schädlich, gefährlich, verderblich, heillos, ungünstig, unglücklich, a) vom körperl. und geistigen Befinden, valetudo, Sen.: quasi mala valetudo animi, Cic.: fuisse malā mente, nicht recht bei Sinnen, Tibull. (versch. m. mens oben no. I, B, 1). – v. Pers., cum aeger peior fiat, Cels.: cum (aegroti) pessimi fiant, Cels. – dah. malum et mortiferum est, si etc., es steht schlimm, Cels. – b) v. phys. Übeln od. Zuständen, leidig, lästig, drückend, tempestas, Hor., tempestates, Cato: tussis, Catull.: scabies, Hor.: odor, Cels. u. Hor.: aetas, das böse, drückende Alter (Ggstz. bona aetas, die Jugend), Plaut. – od. schlimm, gefährlich, morbus, vulnus, Cels.: curatio, Cels. – od. zu arg, zu groß, mala copia stomachum sollicitat, das Übermaß, Hor. – c) von Örtlichkeiten, tempestas melior, via peior, Hor. – ite in malas oras, ungesunde, verderbliche, Catull. – d) v. schädlichen Dingen, falx,————Verg.: furis manus, Catull. – bes. von Gift u. giftigen od. vergifteten Dingen, virus, Verg.: cicuta, Hor.: gramina, Verg.: herbae, Tibull.: dapes. Hor. – e) v. der Zunge, Reden usw., übel, schlimm = anzüglich, schmähend, Schmäh-, lingua, Petron.: verba (κακοὶ λόγοι), Plaut. u. Catull. (versch. von mala verba b. Quint., s. oben no. I, A, 1): carmen, Schmähgedicht, Hor.: quaedam fabula, Catull.: querimoniae, unselige, schnöde, Hor. – od. beschreiend, bezaubernd, lingua, Verg.: carmen, XII tabb. fr. – f) von Nachrichten und Gerüchten, schlimm, übel = nachteilig, unglücklich, nuntius, Cic.: rumor, Hor. – g) v. Gesinnung u. Denkart, übel, schlecht, malam opinionem habere de alqo, Cic. – h) v. Lebens- u. Gemütszuständen, fama, übler, schlechter Ruf (κακώ δόξα), Sall. – pudor, die leidige, unzeitige, falsche Scham (αἰδὼς κακή), Hor.: u. so ambitio, Sall. u. Hor.: libido, schnöde Lust, Liv.: maeror, schlimmer, heftiger, Plaut. – i) v. menschl. Handlungen, Verhältnissen u. Lagen, böse, schlimm, nachteilig, unrecht, schädlich, gefährlich, facinora, Sall. u.a.: artes, schlechte, verderbliche Mittel, Sall.: exemplum, Sall.: malo more, durch unrechtmäßiges, schlechtes Verfahren, Sall.: pessimum facinus peiore exemplo admittere, Liv.: malam rem alci dare, einen Denkzettel geben, abstrafen, Plaut.: u. so malam rem merere, einen Denkzettel (Strafe) verdienen, Plaut.: malam rem sibi————quaerere, reperire, arcessere, sich einen D. holen (sich Strafe zuziehen), Plaut. Vgl. Brix Plaut. mil. 274 u. trin. 1045. – od. übel, schlecht, schlimm = ungünstig, nachteilig, unglücklich, traurig, arbitrium (Wahl), Liv.: pugna, Cic. u.a.: proelia, Fronto: exitus, Sall.: fatum, Catull.: et post malam segetem serendum est, man muß auch nach einer schlechten Ernte säen, Sen. – mala res (Lage), spes multo asperior, Sall.: res peiore loco non potis est esse, es kann nicht schlimmer stehen, Ter.: dah. videte nunc, quam versa et mutata in peiorem partem sint omnia, sich zum Schlimmen gewendet, Cic.; vgl. subst., detorquere in peius (zum Schlimmern), Sen.: in peius mutari, sich verschlimmern (verschlechtern), Quint.: in peius ruere, sich verschlimmern, Verg.: rapere in peiorem partem, übel, ungünstig auslegen, Ter. – u. Acc. neutr. als Objekt (poet. für das Adv. male), ne gallina malum responset dura palato, Hor. – endlich insbes. k) von Vorbedeutungen und allem, was dazu gehört, übel, ungünstig, unglücklich, unheilbringend, auspicium, Plaut. u. Cic.: avis, ales, Hor.2) subst., wie κακόν, malum, ī, n. (Superl. pessimum, ī, n.) u. (wie κακά) Plur. mala, ōrum, n., das Übel, a) ein am Körper haftendes phys. oder geistiges Übel, Leiden, wie Krankheit, Fieber, Gebrechen, Fehler, m. corporis, stomachi, Cels.: mala ventris, Cels.: est a te nactus utrumque m. (Podagra u.————Bocksgestank), Catull.: m. magnum, modicum, Cels.: maximum pervigiliae m., Iustin.: ne in cotidianam febrim id malum vertat, Cels. – bona malaque (Gebrechen) corporis, Suet. – von artistischen Gebrechen u. Mängeln, dum mea delectent mala me, Hor. – v. geistigen od. moral. Gebrechen, m. magnum est hoc, quod non possum tibi ostendere, Sen.: bona aut mala, Vorzüge od. Fehler, Sall.: cum tua pervideas oculis mala lippus inunctis, Hor.: m. publicum, das allgemeine Gebrechen, Sall.: mala nequitiae, Phaedr. u. Iuven. – b) von außen kommendes Übel, Leid, Unheil, und zwar von Strafe, Schlägen, Mißhandlungen, Folter, Marter (vgl. Gronov Sen. de ira 1, 16 u. die Auslgg. zu Sall. Iug. 100, 5), malo cogi, Ter.: ne malum habeat, es ihm schlimm ergehe, Cic. (u. so malum habebis, Sen. rhet., malum magnum habebis, Plaut.): malo domare od. coërcere alqm, Liv. u. Sall.: malum minitari, Ter. u. Hor.: malum minari alci, Plaut. u. Liv.: malum dare alci, einen Denkzettel geben, abstrafen, Ter.: dabitur malum, es wird dir schlecht bekommen, Plaut.: sine malo (Prügel) fateri, Ter.: vi, malo, plagis adduci, ut etc., Cic.: malum militibus meis, nisi quieverint, der Henker hole meine Leute, Liv. – von Schimpf-, Scheltworten (s. Brix Plaut. Men. 717), mala alci dicere, Catull. u. Tibull.: mala od. omnia mala alci ingerere, Plaut. – vom Unfall, hoc malo perturbati, Caes. – v. Gefahr, Drang-————sal, Not, m. anceps, Sall.: magnum malum est, ubi etc., Cels.: aeger in malis est, es sieht schlimm aus mit dem K., Cels. – v. Schaden, Unglück, Verderben, m. externum, v. Krieg, Nep.: mala civilia, Cic.: mala publica, öffentliche Schulden, Liv.: super haec mala, Unglück im Kriege, Iustin.: nihil mali accĭdisse Scipioni, Cic.: ut in parcendo uni malum publicum (ein Nachteil für den Staat) fiat, Liv.: eos atque alios omnes malum publicum alebat, sie und alle anderen fanden ihren Vorteil beim Unglück des Staates, Sall. – malo rei publicae, zum Schaden, Unglück, Verderben des Staates, Sall.: nimium felix malo suo, zu seinem Unglück, Vell.: malo cum tuo, Plaut.: malo esse alci, Cic. u. (Ggstz. lucro esse) Plaut.: so auch pessimo publico (aedificare, facere u. dgl.), zum größten Nachteile des allgem. Besten, des Staates, Varro, Liv. u.a. (s. die Auslgg. zu Liv. 2, 1, 3). – v. einer Übeltat, irritamenta malorum, Ov.: famam exstingui veterum malorum, Verg. – v. Tieren, ein schädliches Tier, eine Landplage, Plin. 8, 89; 11, 88 u. 106. – als Ausruf sowohl des heftigsten Unwillens als auch der nur gelinde gereizten Stimmung, in relativen Frage- u. Ausrufungssätzen, unser zum Henker, zum Kuckuk, zum Teufel, der Henker, der Teufel! Wetter! Tausend! od. milder in aller Welt! (vgl. Brix Plaut. Men. 390. Wagner Ter. heaut. 319. Westerh. Ter. eun. 4, 7, 10. Gernh. Cic. de off. 2, 53.————Mützell Curt. 8, 14 [51], 41), quid tibi, malum, hic ante aedes clamitatio est? Plaut.: quae, malum, est ista tanta audacia atque amentia? Cic.: quae, malum, ratio est expertis alia experiri, wie in aller Welt kommt ihr dazu, Liv.: quae, malum, amentia te coëgit, Curt. – ⇒ Superl. malissimus als ungebr. angeführt von Varro LL. 8, 75. – Gesteigerter Superl. pessimissimus, Sen. ep. 81, 21 codd. optt.; od. pessimus gesteigert durch maxime, wie si vero saevior, maxime pessima est (apis), Colum. 9, 3, 3.————————2. mālus, ī, f. (malum, der Apfel), der Apfelbaum, malus bifera, Varro.: malus silvestris, Plin.: malus Persica, der Pfirsichbaum, Plin. u. Macr.: malus granata, der Granatapfelbaum, Isid. orig. 17, 7, 6: et steriles platani malos gessere valentes, Verg. georg. 2, 70.————————3. mālus, ī, m. (aus *mādos od. *mazdos = ahd. mast Stange, nhd. Mast), jeder senkrecht stehende Balken, der Ständer, I) im allg.: malos exaequantes altitudinem iugi subrexit, Frontin. strat. 3, 8, 3. – II) insbes.: 1) der Mast, Mastbaum (auch arbor mali, arbor malus u. bl. arbor, s. arbor no. I, 2, b), malus navis, Vulg. Isai. 30, 17: malum erigere, Cic., od. attollere, Verg.: malum inclinare, Liv.: malos scandere, Cic.: escendere in malum, Varro fr. u. Liv.: ascendere in malum, Oros.: antemnas ad malos destinare, Caes. – 2) im Zirkus u. Theater der Mast, an dem die übergespannten Tücher befestigt waren, Lucr. 6, 110. Liv. 39, 7, 8. – 3) das in der Kelter geradestehende Holz, der Baum, Plin. 18, 318. – 4) turrium mali, die langen Eckständer der Türme, Caes. b. G. 7, 22, 5. -
17 latus
[st1]1 [-] lătus, ĕris, n.: a - flanc, côté; aile, flanc (d'une armée). - dolor lateris: point de côté, pleurésie. - ad latus alicujus sedere: être assis à côté de qqn. - latere aperto: **du côté qui n’est pas protégé par le bouclier**= sur le flanc droit. - aggredi latere (aggredi ex latere): prendre en flanc (une armée). - ex itinere nostros ab latere aperto adgressi circumvenere, Caes. BG. 1, 25: immédiatement ils prirent les nôtres en flanc et nous enveloppèrent. - mutare latus, Virg.: changer de côté (quand on est couché). - latus offendit, Cic Clu. 175: il s'est blessé au flanc. - a latere alicujus numquam discedere, Cic. Lael. 1: ne pas quitter les côtés de qqn. - latus dare, V.-FL. 4, 304: prêter le flanc, donner prise. - latus praebere adulatoribus, Sen. Nat. 4, pr. 3: prêter le flanc aux adulateurs. - alicui latus tegere, Hor. R. S. 2, 5, 18: couvrir le côté de qqn, marcher à sa gauche. - alicui latus claudere Juv. 3, 131: couvrir le côté de qqn, marcher à sa gauche. - alicui latus cingere Liv. 32, 29, 8: couvrir le côté de qqn, marcher à sa gauche. - a tergo, a fronte, a lateribus tenebitur, Cic. Phil. 3, 13, 32: de front, par derrière, sur ses flancs, il se verra cerné. - a fronte atque ab utroque latere cratibus ac pluteis protegebat, Caes. BC. 1, 25: en avant et de chaque côté des fascines et des mantelets assuraient la protection. b - poumons, reins; corps. - au plur. latera, Cic. Verr. 4, 67; CM. 14; de Or. 1, 255: les poumons. - laterum contentio, Cic. Br. 313: effort des poumons. - au sing. Quint. 10, 7, 2; 12, 11, 2. - poét. latus fessum longā militiā, Hor. 0. 2, 7, 18: les membres fatigués par une longue campagne. c - côté (des choses), flanc; bord, partie latérale; direction oblique, biais. - latus unum castrorum, Caes. BG. 2, 5, 5: un des côtés du camp. - latus insulae, Caes.: bord d'une île. - latera putei, Plin.: parois d'un puits. - latus montis, Virg.: flanc d'une montagne. - latus, Quint. 1, 10, 3 ; Plin. 37, 26: côté (d'un angle, d'un triangle). d - société, entourage, compagnon, ami inséparable, acolyte. - ab latere tyranni, Liv. 24, 5, 13: de l'entourage du tyran. - ille tuum dulce latus, Mart. 6, 68, 4: lui, ton compagnon chéri. - sollicitare a latere alicujus, Curt.: chercher à corrompre les amis de qqn. e - ligne collatérale, côté, parenté, famille. - a meo tuoque latere, Plin. Ep. 8, 10, 3: de mon côté comme du tien. - ex lateribus cognati, Dig.: les collatéraux. - ex latere uxorem ducere, Dig.: épouser une parente collatérale. [st1]2 [-] lātus, a, um [arch. stlatus]: - [gr]gr. τλητός. a - large, étendu, vaste, spacieux, ample. - latum mare, Cic. Verr. 4, 103: large mer. - palus non latior pedibus quinquaginta, Caes. BG. 7, 19, 1: marais dont la largeur ne dépasse pas cinquante pieds. - fossae quindecim pedes latae, Caes. BG. 7, 72, 3: fossés de quinze pieds de large. - au fig. lata gloria, Plin. Ep. 4, 12, 7: une gloire qui s'étend au loin. - latum, i, n.: largeur. - in latum crescere, Ov.: s'élargir. - lati fines, Caes. BG. 6, 22, 3: propriétés étendues. b - en tenant un large espace en personnage important, qui se rengorge, fier, superbe. - latus ut in circo spatiere, Hor. S. 2, 3, 183: pour te promener en te rengorgeant dans le Cirque. - cum praesente populo lati incesserunt, Sen. Ep. 76, 31: devant le peuple ils ont marché fièrement. c - ample, riche, abondant (en parl. du style). - oratio Academicorum liberior et latior, quam patitur consuetudo judiciorum et fori, Cic. Brut. 120: chez les Académiciens, langage trop libre et trop lâche pour s'accommoder à la pratique des tribunaux et du forum. - nonne Aeschines his latior et audentior, Quint. 12, 10, 23: Eschine n'a-t-il pas plus d'ampleur et de hardiesse qu'eux. d - lent (en parl. du débit). - Cotta noster, cujus tu illa lata non numquam imitaris, Cic.: notre ami Cotta, dont tu imites quelquefois la prononciation traînante. [st1]3 [-] lātus, a, um: part. passé de fero; porté. - condiciones latae: conditions proposées. - lato ad populum ut... Liv.: la proposition ayant été faite au peuple que...* * *[st1]1 [-] lătus, ĕris, n.: a - flanc, côté; aile, flanc (d'une armée). - dolor lateris: point de côté, pleurésie. - ad latus alicujus sedere: être assis à côté de qqn. - latere aperto: **du côté qui n’est pas protégé par le bouclier**= sur le flanc droit. - aggredi latere (aggredi ex latere): prendre en flanc (une armée). - ex itinere nostros ab latere aperto adgressi circumvenere, Caes. BG. 1, 25: immédiatement ils prirent les nôtres en flanc et nous enveloppèrent. - mutare latus, Virg.: changer de côté (quand on est couché). - latus offendit, Cic Clu. 175: il s'est blessé au flanc. - a latere alicujus numquam discedere, Cic. Lael. 1: ne pas quitter les côtés de qqn. - latus dare, V.-FL. 4, 304: prêter le flanc, donner prise. - latus praebere adulatoribus, Sen. Nat. 4, pr. 3: prêter le flanc aux adulateurs. - alicui latus tegere, Hor. R. S. 2, 5, 18: couvrir le côté de qqn, marcher à sa gauche. - alicui latus claudere Juv. 3, 131: couvrir le côté de qqn, marcher à sa gauche. - alicui latus cingere Liv. 32, 29, 8: couvrir le côté de qqn, marcher à sa gauche. - a tergo, a fronte, a lateribus tenebitur, Cic. Phil. 3, 13, 32: de front, par derrière, sur ses flancs, il se verra cerné. - a fronte atque ab utroque latere cratibus ac pluteis protegebat, Caes. BC. 1, 25: en avant et de chaque côté des fascines et des mantelets assuraient la protection. b - poumons, reins; corps. - au plur. latera, Cic. Verr. 4, 67; CM. 14; de Or. 1, 255: les poumons. - laterum contentio, Cic. Br. 313: effort des poumons. - au sing. Quint. 10, 7, 2; 12, 11, 2. - poét. latus fessum longā militiā, Hor. 0. 2, 7, 18: les membres fatigués par une longue campagne. c - côté (des choses), flanc; bord, partie latérale; direction oblique, biais. - latus unum castrorum, Caes. BG. 2, 5, 5: un des côtés du camp. - latus insulae, Caes.: bord d'une île. - latera putei, Plin.: parois d'un puits. - latus montis, Virg.: flanc d'une montagne. - latus, Quint. 1, 10, 3 ; Plin. 37, 26: côté (d'un angle, d'un triangle). d - société, entourage, compagnon, ami inséparable, acolyte. - ab latere tyranni, Liv. 24, 5, 13: de l'entourage du tyran. - ille tuum dulce latus, Mart. 6, 68, 4: lui, ton compagnon chéri. - sollicitare a latere alicujus, Curt.: chercher à corrompre les amis de qqn. e - ligne collatérale, côté, parenté, famille. - a meo tuoque latere, Plin. Ep. 8, 10, 3: de mon côté comme du tien. - ex lateribus cognati, Dig.: les collatéraux. - ex latere uxorem ducere, Dig.: épouser une parente collatérale. [st1]2 [-] lātus, a, um [arch. stlatus]: - [gr]gr. τλητός. a - large, étendu, vaste, spacieux, ample. - latum mare, Cic. Verr. 4, 103: large mer. - palus non latior pedibus quinquaginta, Caes. BG. 7, 19, 1: marais dont la largeur ne dépasse pas cinquante pieds. - fossae quindecim pedes latae, Caes. BG. 7, 72, 3: fossés de quinze pieds de large. - au fig. lata gloria, Plin. Ep. 4, 12, 7: une gloire qui s'étend au loin. - latum, i, n.: largeur. - in latum crescere, Ov.: s'élargir. - lati fines, Caes. BG. 6, 22, 3: propriétés étendues. b - en tenant un large espace en personnage important, qui se rengorge, fier, superbe. - latus ut in circo spatiere, Hor. S. 2, 3, 183: pour te promener en te rengorgeant dans le Cirque. - cum praesente populo lati incesserunt, Sen. Ep. 76, 31: devant le peuple ils ont marché fièrement. c - ample, riche, abondant (en parl. du style). - oratio Academicorum liberior et latior, quam patitur consuetudo judiciorum et fori, Cic. Brut. 120: chez les Académiciens, langage trop libre et trop lâche pour s'accommoder à la pratique des tribunaux et du forum. - nonne Aeschines his latior et audentior, Quint. 12, 10, 23: Eschine n'a-t-il pas plus d'ampleur et de hardiesse qu'eux. d - lent (en parl. du débit). - Cotta noster, cujus tu illa lata non numquam imitaris, Cic.: notre ami Cotta, dont tu imites quelquefois la prononciation traînante. [st1]3 [-] lātus, a, um: part. passé de fero; porté. - condiciones latae: conditions proposées. - lato ad populum ut... Liv.: la proposition ayant été faite au peuple que...* * *I.Latus, Participium a fero, fers, Vide FERO. Qui est porté.\Latus, latior, latissimus: cuius contrarium est Angustus. Terent. Large, De grande estendue, Lay.\Buccina tortilis in latum. Ouid. En eslargissant.II.Latus, lateris, pen. corr. n. g. Virgil. Le costé, Lez, ou Lé.\Adiungere aliquem lateri filii. Quintil. Luy bailler et deputer aucun qui soit ordinairement avec luy pour le gouverner et conduire.\Haeret lateri lethalis arundo. Virgil. La fleiche mortelle est fichee au costé.\Latus ense peregit. Ouid. Il luy a trespercé, ou traversé le costé d'une espee.\Resoluit latus ense. Ouid. Il desceinct son espee, Il oste son espee de son costé.\Submittere latus. Ouid. Se coucher sur le costé.\Latus. Cic. Force, et longue haleine.\Homines a latere. Curtius. Les grands et familiers amis qu'on ha tousjours à son costé. -
18 indoctus
indoctus, a, um [st1]1 [-] qui n'est pas instruit, qui n'est pas cultivé, ignorant. - Cic. Br. 178. - est habitus indoctior, Cic. Tusc. 1, 4: il fut considéré comme un homme mal dégrossi. - indocti, Cic. Ac. 1, 4: les ignorants. [st1]2 [-] ignorant de, qui ne connaît pas. - avec gén. Hor. P. 380; Gell. 7, 3,8. - avec acc. Gell. 9, 10, 5. - avec inf. Hor. O. 2, 6, 2. [st1]3 [-] en parl. des choses qui ne doit rien à l'art, à la science. - indocta consuetudo, Cic. Or. 161: la coutume sans l'art, instinctive. - poét. canere indoctum, Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 9: faire entendre des chants qui ne doivent rien à l'art.* * *indoctus, a, um [st1]1 [-] qui n'est pas instruit, qui n'est pas cultivé, ignorant. - Cic. Br. 178. - est habitus indoctior, Cic. Tusc. 1, 4: il fut considéré comme un homme mal dégrossi. - indocti, Cic. Ac. 1, 4: les ignorants. [st1]2 [-] ignorant de, qui ne connaît pas. - avec gén. Hor. P. 380; Gell. 7, 3,8. - avec acc. Gell. 9, 10, 5. - avec inf. Hor. O. 2, 6, 2. [st1]3 [-] en parl. des choses qui ne doit rien à l'art, à la science. - indocta consuetudo, Cic. Or. 161: la coutume sans l'art, instinctive. - poét. canere indoctum, Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 9: faire entendre des chants qui ne doivent rien à l'art.* * *Indoctus, Adiectiuum, Docto contrarium. Plaut. Qui n'est point apprins, Mal apprins, Indocte.\Canere indoctum. Horat. Chanter une chanson lourdement et indoctement composee. -
19 superior
sŭpĕrĭor, ĭus (gén. -ōris) compar. de superus. [st2]1 [-] supérieur, plus haut, plus élevé; le plus haut. [st2]2 [-] plus vieux, passé, précédent, antérieur. [st2]3 [-] supérieur (par le rang...), plus fort, plus puissant. - superior domus, Cic.: le haut de la maison, le dernier étage. - praeter caput et labrum superius, Caes.: excepté la tête et la lèvre supérieure. - superius bellum Punicum, Liv. 28: la guerre Punique précédente. - post superius incommodum, Caes. BC. 2: après le précédent échec. - superiore nocte: la nuit précédente. - ut erat superiorum dierum consuetudo, Caes. BC. 1: comme c'était l'habitude les jours précédents. - superioribus temporibus: les jours précédents. - consules novi, sicut superiores, Romae manserunt, Liv. 9: les nouveaux consuls, comme ceux de l'année précédente, demeurèrent à Rome. - superiores: nos devanciers, les anciens, les ancêtres. - omnes superioris aetatis: tous ceux qui étaient d'un âge plus avancé. - superiores ordines: les grades supérieurs. - multo superior est pater quam filius: le père est de beaucoup supérieur à son fils. - superior Dionysius, Nep.: Denis l'Ancien. - superius, adv.: compar. de supra - [abcl]a - plus haut. - [abcl]b - ci-dessus, précédemment. - ut superius demonstravimus: comme on l'a montré ci-dessus.* * *sŭpĕrĭor, ĭus (gén. -ōris) compar. de superus. [st2]1 [-] supérieur, plus haut, plus élevé; le plus haut. [st2]2 [-] plus vieux, passé, précédent, antérieur. [st2]3 [-] supérieur (par le rang...), plus fort, plus puissant. - superior domus, Cic.: le haut de la maison, le dernier étage. - praeter caput et labrum superius, Caes.: excepté la tête et la lèvre supérieure. - superius bellum Punicum, Liv. 28: la guerre Punique précédente. - post superius incommodum, Caes. BC. 2: après le précédent échec. - superiore nocte: la nuit précédente. - ut erat superiorum dierum consuetudo, Caes. BC. 1: comme c'était l'habitude les jours précédents. - superioribus temporibus: les jours précédents. - consules novi, sicut superiores, Romae manserunt, Liv. 9: les nouveaux consuls, comme ceux de l'année précédente, demeurèrent à Rome. - superiores: nos devanciers, les anciens, les ancêtres. - omnes superioris aetatis: tous ceux qui étaient d'un âge plus avancé. - superiores ordines: les grades supérieurs. - multo superior est pater quam filius: le père est de beaucoup supérieur à son fils. - superior Dionysius, Nep.: Denis l'Ancien. - superius, adv.: compar. de supra - [abcl]a - plus haut. - [abcl]b - ci-dessus, précédemment. - ut superius demonstravimus: comme on l'a montré ci-dessus.* * *Superior, Comparatiuus a supra, vel a superus adiectiuo. Superieur. Cicero, Pertinet ad superiorem diuisionem. Qui est ci dessus escripte.\Domus superior. Cic. Le hault estage d'une maison.\Superioribus temporibus nullas de te literas misi. Cic. Le temps par ci devant passé, Les jours passez.\Superior aetas. Cic. L'aage que j'ay par ci devant vescu.\Superiores. Cicero. Noz ancestres et devanciers.\Superiores, Caesar. Qui sont les plus forts.\Inuident homines maxime paribus, aut inferioribus, aut superioribus. Cic. A leurs superieurs.\Superiorem esse largitione. Cic. Vaincre un autre en presents et dons. -
20 artifex
[st1]1 [-] artifex, artificis, m. (subst.): - [abcl][b]a - artiste. - [abcl]b - au fig. artisan, auteur, ouvrier.[/b] [st1]2 [-] artifex, artificis (adj.): - [abcl][b]a - maître dans, habile, adroit, industrieux, ingénieux. - [abcl]b - fait avec art, représenté avec art, composé avec art, artistique, artificiel.[/b] - artifex scenicus, Cic.: comédien, acteur. - Cotta in ambitione artifex, Q. Cic. Petit. Cons. 12, 47: Cotta, maître en fait d'intrigue. - artifices saltationis, Suet. Tit. 7.: habiles à danser. - artifex morbi, Prop.: médecin. - consuetudo est artifex suavitatis, Cic. Or. 48, 161: l'habitude fait trouver de la douceur.* * *[st1]1 [-] artifex, artificis, m. (subst.): - [abcl][b]a - artiste. - [abcl]b - au fig. artisan, auteur, ouvrier.[/b] [st1]2 [-] artifex, artificis (adj.): - [abcl][b]a - maître dans, habile, adroit, industrieux, ingénieux. - [abcl]b - fait avec art, représenté avec art, composé avec art, artistique, artificiel.[/b] - artifex scenicus, Cic.: comédien, acteur. - Cotta in ambitione artifex, Q. Cic. Petit. Cons. 12, 47: Cotta, maître en fait d'intrigue. - artifices saltationis, Suet. Tit. 7.: habiles à danser. - artifex morbi, Prop.: médecin. - consuetudo est artifex suavitatis, Cic. Or. 48, 161: l'habitude fait trouver de la douceur.* * *I.Artifex, pen. corr. artificis, pe. cor. Ouvrier, ou Ouvriere, Artisan.\Artifex mundi, Deus. Cic. Qui a fait le monde.\Artifex alicuius negotii. Sallust. Ouvrier de quelque chose.\Artifex statuarum. Quintil. Qui scait faire images et statues.\Dicendi artifices et doctores, Graeci. Ci. Ouvriers de bien parler.\Artifex ad corrumpendum iudicium. Cic. Qui est ouvrier de corrompre les juges, Qui en fait mestier, et le scait bien faire.\Sceleris infandi artifex. Senec. L'autheur.\Scenici artifices. Cic. Joueurs de farces.II.Artifex, Adiect. Qui est ingenieusement faict, ou par art.
См. также в других словарях:
Consuetudo vero certissima loquendi magistra utendumque plane sermone, ut nummo cui publica forma es… — Consuetudo vero certissima loquendi magistra utendumque plane sermone, ut nummo cui publica forma est. См. Ходячая монета … Большой толково-фразеологический словарь Михельсона (оригинальная орфография)
Servanda est consuetudo loci ubi causa agitur — The custom or usage of the place where the action is brought should be observed. The maxim is one of the civil law. Decouche v Savetier, 3 Johnson s Ch (Md) 190 … Ballentine's law dictionary
consuetudo est optimus interpres legum — /konswatyuwdow est optamas intarpriyz liygam/ Custom is the best expounder of the laws … Black's law dictionary
consuetudo loci observanda est — /konswatyuwdow lowsay obzarvasnda est/ The custom of a place is to be observed … Black's law dictionary
consuetudo manerii et loci observanda est — /konswatyuwdow maniriyay et lowsay obzarvaenda est/ A custom of a manor and place is to be observed … Black's law dictionary
consuetudo regni angliae est lex angliae — /konswatyuwdow regnay asggliyiy est leks aerjgliyiy/ The custom of the kingdom of England is the law of England. 2 Bl.Comm. 422 … Black's law dictionary
consuetudo est optimus interpres legum — /konswatyuwdow est optamas intarpriyz liygam/ Custom is the best expounder of the laws … Black's law dictionary
consuetudo loci observanda est — /konswatyuwdow lowsay obzarvasnda est/ The custom of a place is to be observed … Black's law dictionary
consuetudo manerii et loci observanda est — /konswatyuwdow maniriyay et lowsay obzarvaenda est/ A custom of a manor and place is to be observed … Black's law dictionary
consuetudo regni angliae est lex angliae — /konswatyuwdow regnay asggliyiy est leks aerjgliyiy/ The custom of the kingdom of England is the law of England. 2 Bl.Comm. 422 … Black's law dictionary
Consuetudo est altera lex — Custom is another kind of law … Ballentine's law dictionary
