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mōs, mōris, m. - sine more: - [abcl]a - sans mesure, sans frein, sans bornes, violemment. - [abcl]b - sans loi, sans règle. - [abcl]c - contrairement à la règle. - atra tempestas sine more furit, Virg. En. 5: une noire tempête se déchaîne avec une violence inouïe. [st1]1 [-] volonté (de qqn), désir, caprice. - suo more vivere, Ter.: vivre à sa fantaisie, vivre à sa guise. - alieno more vivere, Ter.: vivre selon le caprice d'autrui, dépendre des autres. - morem gerere alicui: faire la volonté de qqn, obéir à qqn, être complaisant pour qqn. - geram tibi morem, Cic. Tusc. 1: je me plierai à ce que tu désires. - cum Dion non desisteret obsecrare Dionysium ut Platonem Athenis arcesseret, ille, qui in aliqua re vellet patrem imitari, morem ei gessit, Nep.: comme Dion ne cessait de supplier Denys de faire venir Platon d’Athènes, ce tyran, qui voulait sur quelque point faire comme son père, fit ce qu'il désirait. - regis voluntati morem gerendum putavit, Nep.: il crut devoir obéir à la volonté du roi. - gestus est ei mos, tresque legati Athenas missi sunt, Nep.: on fit ce qu'il voulait et on envoya trois députés à Athènes. - adulescenti morem gestum oportuit, Ter. Ad.: il fallait se plier aux caprices de ce jeune homme. - molestus certe ei fuero atque animo morem gessero, Ter. And.: je lui aurai du moins fait de la peine et j'aurai déchargé ma colère. [st1]2 [-] coutume, usage, tradition; droit coutumier. - mos: loi non écrite, usage, tradition, coutume [] lex: loi écrite. - morem facit usus, Ov.: l'usage fait loi. - mos hominum (moris hominum) est ut: les hommes ont pour habitude de. - mos est ut...: l'usage est que... - mos est + inf.: c’est une coutume de. - majorum more: suivant la coutume des ancêtres, suivant la tradition. - nostro more: suivant nos usages. - sine more facinus, Stat.: crime sans exemple, crime inouï. - praeter morem, Ter.: contre la coutume. - in morem venire: passer en usage. - quod moris est (ut moris est), Tac.: comme c'est l'usage. - reis moris est summittere capillum, Plin. Ep. 7: la coutume des accusés est de laisser pousser leurs cheveux. - moris est ab imperatore consules invitari ad cenam, Val.-Max.: il est d'usage que les consuls soient invités à dîner par le général. - negavit moris esse Graecorum ut in convivio virorum accumberent mulieres, Cic. Verr. 2, 1: il affirma qu'il n'est pas dans l'habitude des Grecs que les femmes paraissent dans un festin à côté des hommes. - fecerat sibi morem Alexamenus circumeundi, Liv. 35: Alexamène avait pris l'habitude de parcourir... [st1]3 [-] surtout au plur. conduite, procédé, manière d'agir, genre de vie, habitude, caractère, moeurs, naturel. - qui istic mos est? Ter. Heaut.: quelle est cette manière d'agir? - corrumpunt mores bonos colloquia mala, Vulg. 1 Cor. 15: les mauvaises compagnies corrompent les bonnes moeurs. - est mos hominum, ut nolint eundem pluribus rebus excellere, Cic. Br. 84: les hommes ont l'habitude de ne pas vouloir que la même personne excellent en plusieurs domaines à la fois. - periere mores, Sen.: c'en est fait de la vertu! - mores feri immanisque natura, Cic. Rosc. Am. 13: des moeurs féroces et un naturel barbare. - mores perditi, Cic.: moeurs perverses. - conveniunt mores; valeant qui inter nos discidium volunt, Ter. And.: nos caractères s'accordent; au diable ceux qui veulent nous brouiller! - nota tibi est hominis probitas, Caesar, noti mores, Cic. Dej.: tu connais, César, la probité de cet homme, tu connais son caractère. [st1]4 [-] règle de conduite, loi, norme. - constituere regni mores, Liv.: fixer les règles du gouvernement. - pacis imponere morem, Virg.: imposer les conditions de la paix. - moresque viris et moenia ponet, Virg. En. 1: et il établira pour ses hommes des lois et des remparts. [st1]5 [-] manière d'être, manière, état, nature. - mores siderum, Plin.: cours des astres. - mos caeli, Virg.: l'état du ciel. - more ou in morem ou ad morem + gén.: à la manière de, comme. - in morem stagni, Virg.: comme un lac. - pecudum in morem, Flor.: comme des troupeaux.* * *mōs, mōris, m. - sine more: - [abcl]a - sans mesure, sans frein, sans bornes, violemment. - [abcl]b - sans loi, sans règle. - [abcl]c - contrairement à la règle. - atra tempestas sine more furit, Virg. En. 5: une noire tempête se déchaîne avec une violence inouïe. [st1]1 [-] volonté (de qqn), désir, caprice. - suo more vivere, Ter.: vivre à sa fantaisie, vivre à sa guise. - alieno more vivere, Ter.: vivre selon le caprice d'autrui, dépendre des autres. - morem gerere alicui: faire la volonté de qqn, obéir à qqn, être complaisant pour qqn. - geram tibi morem, Cic. Tusc. 1: je me plierai à ce que tu désires. - cum Dion non desisteret obsecrare Dionysium ut Platonem Athenis arcesseret, ille, qui in aliqua re vellet patrem imitari, morem ei gessit, Nep.: comme Dion ne cessait de supplier Denys de faire venir Platon d’Athènes, ce tyran, qui voulait sur quelque point faire comme son père, fit ce qu'il désirait. - regis voluntati morem gerendum putavit, Nep.: il crut devoir obéir à la volonté du roi. - gestus est ei mos, tresque legati Athenas missi sunt, Nep.: on fit ce qu'il voulait et on envoya trois députés à Athènes. - adulescenti morem gestum oportuit, Ter. Ad.: il fallait se plier aux caprices de ce jeune homme. - molestus certe ei fuero atque animo morem gessero, Ter. And.: je lui aurai du moins fait de la peine et j'aurai déchargé ma colère. [st1]2 [-] coutume, usage, tradition; droit coutumier. - mos: loi non écrite, usage, tradition, coutume [] lex: loi écrite. - morem facit usus, Ov.: l'usage fait loi. - mos hominum (moris hominum) est ut: les hommes ont pour habitude de. - mos est ut...: l'usage est que... - mos est + inf.: c’est une coutume de. - majorum more: suivant la coutume des ancêtres, suivant la tradition. - nostro more: suivant nos usages. - sine more facinus, Stat.: crime sans exemple, crime inouï. - praeter morem, Ter.: contre la coutume. - in morem venire: passer en usage. - quod moris est (ut moris est), Tac.: comme c'est l'usage. - reis moris est summittere capillum, Plin. Ep. 7: la coutume des accusés est de laisser pousser leurs cheveux. - moris est ab imperatore consules invitari ad cenam, Val.-Max.: il est d'usage que les consuls soient invités à dîner par le général. - negavit moris esse Graecorum ut in convivio virorum accumberent mulieres, Cic. Verr. 2, 1: il affirma qu'il n'est pas dans l'habitude des Grecs que les femmes paraissent dans un festin à côté des hommes. - fecerat sibi morem Alexamenus circumeundi, Liv. 35: Alexamène avait pris l'habitude de parcourir... [st1]3 [-] surtout au plur. conduite, procédé, manière d'agir, genre de vie, habitude, caractère, moeurs, naturel. - qui istic mos est? Ter. Heaut.: quelle est cette manière d'agir? - corrumpunt mores bonos colloquia mala, Vulg. 1 Cor. 15: les mauvaises compagnies corrompent les bonnes moeurs. - est mos hominum, ut nolint eundem pluribus rebus excellere, Cic. Br. 84: les hommes ont l'habitude de ne pas vouloir que la même personne excellent en plusieurs domaines à la fois. - periere mores, Sen.: c'en est fait de la vertu! - mores feri immanisque natura, Cic. Rosc. Am. 13: des moeurs féroces et un naturel barbare. - mores perditi, Cic.: moeurs perverses. - conveniunt mores; valeant qui inter nos discidium volunt, Ter. And.: nos caractères s'accordent; au diable ceux qui veulent nous brouiller! - nota tibi est hominis probitas, Caesar, noti mores, Cic. Dej.: tu connais, César, la probité de cet homme, tu connais son caractère. [st1]4 [-] règle de conduite, loi, norme. - constituere regni mores, Liv.: fixer les règles du gouvernement. - pacis imponere morem, Virg.: imposer les conditions de la paix. - moresque viris et moenia ponet, Virg. En. 1: et il établira pour ses hommes des lois et des remparts. [st1]5 [-] manière d'être, manière, état, nature. - mores siderum, Plin.: cours des astres. - mos caeli, Virg.: l'état du ciel. - more ou in morem ou ad morem + gén.: à la manière de, comme. - in morem stagni, Virg.: comme un lac. - pecudum in morem, Flor.: comme des troupeaux.* * *Mos, moris, masc. gen. Honorable coustume, ou Bonne et louable maniere de vivre.\Mores laudantur qui sunt ex placido et concitato mitissimi. Colum. Les conditions, Les meurs bonnes ou mauvaises.\Mos obliuisci hominibus, neque nouisse quoius nihili sit facienda gratia. Plaut. C'est la coustume des hommes, ou leur maniere de faire, C'est la facon et la guise.\- mos nunquam illi fuit patri meo, Vt exprobraret quod bonus faceret boni. Plau. Jamais mon pere n'eut ceste maniere de faire, etc.\Vt mos est. Cic. Ainsi qu'il est de coustume.\Moris est. Cic. Negauit moris esse Graecorum vt in conuiuio, etc. Ce n'estoit point la coustume des Grecs.\More habent licentiam. Plaut. Par la coustume.\Petere honorem pro flagitio, more fit. Plaut. C'est la coustume.\More rotat fundae. Ouid. Comme une sonde.\More magis hoc quidem scribo, quam quo te admonendum putem. Cic. Par coustume, ou suyvant ma coustume et maniere de faire.\More hominum euenit, vt quod sim nactus mali, Prius rescisceres tu, quam ego quod tibi euenit boni. Terent. Comme il advient communeement à tout le monde.\Quibus more maiorum concessum est, vel omnes adire prouincias, etc. Cic. Par la coustume, ou Selon la coustume des anciens, Ainsi qu'il est accoustumé d'ancienneté.\More noualium proscindatur terra. Colum. A la facon de, etc.\More meo. Cic. Selon ma coustume et maniere de faire, A ma guise, A ma mode.\Nouo more aliquid facere. Cic. Faire une chose qu'on n'a point accoustumé de faire.\Multi more isto atque exemplo viuunt, quos quum censeas Tibi amicos, reperiuntur falsi falsimoniis. Plaut. En ceste maniere, ou Beaucoup ont ceste maniere de vivre, ceste mode et guise ou facon.\Ad morem. Quintil. Materias sibiipsi fingunt, et ad morem actionum prosequuntur. A la maniere de, etc.\De more. Virgil. Selon la coustume.\Ex more. Horat. Selon la coustume.\Priscoque deos ex more precatus. Ouid. A la maniere ancienne, A la mode du temps jadis.\In morem fluminis. Virgil. A la facon et maniere d'un fleuve.\Est hoc in more positum, institutoque maiorum, vt ii qui, etc. Cic. C'est une chose accoustumee de toute ancienneté.\Eas potissimum religiones tenerent, quae essent in more maiorum. Cic. Que les anciens avoyent accoustumé.\Moribus, Pro more et consuetudine. Cic. Et de fundo Cecinna moribus deduceretur. Selon la maniere accoustumee, Selon la coustume.\AEqui mores modicis erroribus. Iuue. Doulx et gracieux aux petites faultes.\Bonis moribus conuenit. Iustinianus. Il est d'honneste. Bud.\Bonus mos. Plaut. Bonne facon de faire.\Intorti mores. Pers. Depravez et corrompuz.\Curui mores. Pers. Vices.\Pallentes mores. Pers. Qui rendent l'homme palle, Vices pour lesquels l'homme pallist, craignant d'en estre reprins et puni.\Praeclarum a maioribus morem accepimus rogandi iudicis. Cic. Nous avons prins et receu de noz ancestres une louable coustume.\Adumbrare morem alicuius. Curtius. Faire comme luy, Imiter sa maniere de faire.\Maternosque bibit mores, exemplaque discit. Claudian. Elle apprend les conditions de sa mere dés la mamelle, dés son enfance.\Condere mores alicuius gentis. Curtius. Instituer, Reigler ses meurs.\Morem gerere alicui. Terent. Obeir et faire la volunté d'aucun.\Morem gerere animo. Plaut. Faire à son plaisir.\Pacis morem imponere populis. Virgil. Les loix et conditions de paix.\Perducere aliquid in morem. Ci. Amener, ou Tirer à coustume.\Prosternere mores ciuiles. Plin. Ruiner.\Pallentes radere mores. Pers. Reprendre les vices qui font pallir ceulx qui en sont entachez, de paour d'estre diffamez ou puniz.\Morem antiquum referre. Sueton. Ramener et reduire, ou remettre sus une ancienne coustume. -
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rătĭo, ōnis, f. [reor, ratus] - voir l'article ratio de Gaffiot. [st1]1 [-] calcul. - digitis rationem computare, Plaut. Mil. 204: compter sur ses doigts. - rationem puta, Plaut. Most. 297: compte, calcule. - ratione inita, Caes. BG. 7, 71, 4: le calcul fait, tout compte fait. - au fig. vix ratio iniri potest... Caes. BG. 7, 24, 4 ; Liv. 29, 17, 19: c'est à peine possible de calculer (de déterminer)... - au fig. subducta utilitatis ratione, Cic. Fin. 2, 78: en faisant le calcul de l'intérêt. - rationem ducere, Cic. Verr. 2, 129: calculer, supputer. - au plur. rationibus subductis, Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 10: après avoir établi mes calculs. - au fig. periculi sui rationes, Cic. Verr. 5, 105: les calculs de ses risques. [st1]2 [-] résultat du calcul, évaluation, chiffre. - istaec ratio maxumast, Plaut. Trin. 413: c'est là le plus gros chiffre. - ad mensurae exiguam rationem, Cic. Verr. 3, 215: selon une faible évaluation de la mesure, selon une mesure chichement établie. - ad nostrorum annalium rationem, Cic. Br. 49: par rapport à l'évaluation de nos annales, par rapport au chiffre de nos années d'existence historique (cf. ut populi Romani aetas est, Cic. Br. 39: par rapport à l'âge du peuple romain). - pro ratione pecuniae, Cic. Att. 6, 35: vu l'évaluation de la somme, vu le chiffre. - au fig. ad meam rationem, Cic. Verr. 4, 13: par rapport à moi. - ad antiquae religionis rationem, Cic. Verr. 4, 10, par rapport aux scrupules d'autrefois. [st1]3 [-] compte (au pr. et au fig.) - putatur ratio cum argentario... Plaut. Aul. 527: on fait le compte avec le banquier... - ubi disputatast ratio cum argentario, Plaut. Aul. 528: quand on s'est mis d'accord sur le compte avec le banquier. - ratio acceptorum et datorum, Cic. Lael.: les recettes et les dépenses, la balance. - ratio accepti atque expensi, Plaut.: les recettes et les dépenses, la balance. - bene ratio accepti atque expensi inter nos convenit, Plaut. Most. 304: nous avons des comptes de recettes et dépenses qui se balancent exactement. - ut par sit ratio acceptorum et datorum, Cic. Lael. 59: pour que la balance soit égale entre le reçu et le donné. - rationem et numerum habere, Cic. Verr. 5, 71: avoir le compte et le chiffre exacts. - rationem habere + gén. ou ut + subj.: tenir compte de, se soucier de, se rendre compte de, prendre en compte. - ejus absentis rationem habere, Caes. BC. 1: tenir compte de son absence. - habere rationem posteritatis, Caes. BC. 1, 13: tenir compte de l'avenir. - salutis suae rationem ducere, Cic.: tenir compte de son salut, songer à son salut. - habebant rationem quotidie piratarum, Cic. Verr. 5, 71: ils tenaient un compte journalier des pirates, cf. Caes. BG. 6, 19, 2. - habenda ratio est ut... Cic. Lael. 24, 89: il faut prendre soin de... - avec sub. inter. habeo rationem quid a populo Romano acceperim, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 14 § 36: je me rends compte de ce que j'ai reçu du peuple romain. - neque illud rationis habuisti, eam provinciam ad summam stultitiam venisse, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 15: et tu ne t'es pas rendu compte que cette fonction était tombée sur le plus fou des hommes. - quibus in tabulis nominatim ratio confecta erat, qui numerus domo exisset, Caes. BG. 1, 29, 1: sur ces registres était consigné un compte nominatif de tous ceux qui avaient émigré, cf. Cic. Phil. 5, 16. - rationem reddere, Plaut. Men. 206; Cic. Verr. 4. 140: rendre un compte, remettre un compte. - quattuor minae periere, ut ratio redditur, Plaut. Men. 1, 3, 23: les quatre mines sont perdues quand on fait le compte. - rationem referre, Cic. Verr. 1, 98: rendre un compte, remettre un compte. - pecuniam in rationem inducere, Cic. Verr. 1, 106: porter une somme en compte. - septem millia. Py. tantum esse oportet: recte rationem tenes, Plaut. Mil. 1, 1, 47: sept mille. Py. ça doit être tout: tu comptes bien. - grandem (pecuniam) quemadmodum in rationem inducerent, non videbant, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 41, 106: ils ne voyaient pas de quelle manière ils pourraient porter en compte une somme considérable. - digitis rationem computare, Plaut. Mil.: compter sur ses doigts. - au plur. rationes referre, Cic. Fam. 5, 20, 1; rationes conferre, Cic. Fam. 5, 20, 2 ; rationes conficere, Cic. Att. 6, 7, 2: rendre, remettre des comptes; les rapprocher, les collationner, les dresser; les arrêter d'une manière définitive. - rationes deponere, Cic. Fam. 5, 20, 2 ; rationes relinquere, Cic. Att. 6, 7, 2: déposer ses comptes (en parl. du magistrat qui quitte sa prov.), les laisser (dans les deux principales villes de la province, Cic. Fam. 5, 20, 2). - rationes totidem verbis referre ad aerarium, Cic. Fam. 5, 20, 2: remettre au trésor une copie textuelle de ses comptes. - rationes societatis, Cic. Quinct. 19: les comptes d'une société. - au fig. rationem reddere alicujus rei, Cic. Caec. 28: rendre compte de qqch. - rationem reddere de aliqua re, Cic. Verr. 4, 141: rendre compte de qqch. - uter igitur facilius suae sententiae rationem redderet, isne qui... an ille qui...? Cic. Clu.: qui donc rendrait plus facilement compte de son vote, celui qui... ou celui qui...? - tibi ego rationem reddam? Plaut. Aul. 1, 1, 6: faut-il que je te rende des comptes? - ab aliquo rationem reposcere, Caes. BG. 5, 30, 2: réclamer des comptes à qqn. - ut habere rationem possis, quo loco me... convenias, Cic. Fam. 3, 6, 6: pour que tu puisses calculer l'endroit où me joindre... - clarorum virorum non minus otii quam negotii rationem exstare oportere, Cic. Planc. 66: (ce mot de Caton) que les grands hommes doivent produire le compte (la justification) aussi bien de leurs loisirs que de leurs occupations. - petitionis tuae ratio mihi semper fuit explorata, Cic. Fam. 15, 13, 1: j'ai toujours considéré le compte de ta candidature comme réglé (le succès assuré). - non habet explicatam aut exploratam rationem salutis suae, Cic. Fam. 6, 1: l'affaire de son salut n'est pas mise au net pour lui ni assurée. - corporis bona facilem quamdam rationem habere censebant, Cic. Fin. 4, 19: les biens du corps, selon eux, comportaient un règlement facile (question facile à résoudre). [st1]4 [-] registre, rôle. - ratio carceris, Cic. Verr. 5, 147: le registre d'écrou. - rationes imperii, Suet. Calig. 16.: les comptes de l'empire. [st1]5 [-] compte des opérations que l'on fait avec qqn, relations commerciales, d'intérêts; affaires, intérêts. - magnae pecuniae rationem habere cum aliquo, Cic. Verr. 2, 187: être en compte avec qqn pour des sommes importantes. - istos inter se non res, non ratio conjunxit, Cic. Verr. 3, 22: ces individus furent unis entre eux non point par les affaires, non point par les comptes. - cf. Cic. Verr. 2. 172; 5, 8 ; Plaut. Amp. 4; Plaut. Ps. 626. - de tota illa ratione atque re Gallicana, Cic. Quinct. 15: sur tout ce qui concernait ces opérations et ces propriétés de Gaule. - omnes, quibuscum ratio huic aut est aut fuit, Cic. Quinct. 75: tous ceux avec qui il est ou a été en relations d'affaires. - quae ratio tibi cum eo intercesserat? Cic. Com. 41: quel compte était intervenu entre lui et toi? cf. Cic. Verr. 2, 188. - magnā ratione cum aliquo contractā, Cic. Sull. 56: un grand compte étant à régler avec qqn. - haec ratio pecuniarum, Cic. Pomp. 19: ces comptes d'argent, ce mouvement d'argent. - au fig. agricolae habent rationem cum terra, Cic. CM 51: les laboureurs sont en affaires avec le sol, ont affaire au sol. - cum omnibus Musis rationem habere, Cic. Att. 2, 5, 2: nouer des relations, entrer en commerce avec toutes les Muses. - pacis quae potest esse cum eo ratio? Cic. Phil. 4, 14: quels rapports la paix peut-elle avoir avec lui? - publicani suas rationes et copias in illam provinciam contulerunt, Cic. Pomp. 17: les publicains ont transporté dans cette province leurs intérêts et leurs ressources. - non est alienum meis rationibus istum... reservari, Cic. Verr. 5, 173: il n'est pas contraire à mes intérêts que cet homme soit réservé à... ; cf. Cic. Fam. 3, 10, 5. [st1]6 [-] calcul, compte, considération, égard. - rationem alicujus rei ducere, Cic. Amer. 128: tenir compte de qqch, cf. Cic. Caecil. 16 ; Quinct. 53 ; Fam. 7, 3, 1. - duxi meam rationem, Cic. Att. 8, 11 D, 7: j'ai tenu compte de moi, de mes intérêts, cf. Cic. Verr. 1, 126. - valetudinis, rei familiaris habere rationem, Cic. Fin. 5, 48: tenir compte de sa santé, de son patrimoine. - habuit victoriae rationem, habuit humanitatis, Cic. Verr. 4, 120: il tint compte de.. = il fit la part de la victoire, la part de l'humanité. - sauciorum et aegrorum habitā ratione, Caes. BC. 3, 75, 1: en tenant compte des..., en ayant égard aux blessés et aux malades. - hanc rationem habere, Cic. Verr. 5, 101 = hujus rei rationem: tenir compte de cela, réfléchir à cela. - habeo rationem quid... acceperim, Cic. Verr. 5, 36: je me rends compte de la mission que j'ai reçue... - neque illud rationis habuisti + prop. inf. Cic. Verr. 5, 38: tu n'as pas pris en considération que..., cf. Cic. Verr. 2, 70. - habuisti rationem, ut mihi consuleres, Cic. Fam. 3, 5, 1: tu as pris en considération (de veiller à mes intérêts) le soin de mes intérêts. - occurrebat illa ratio: quid Cleomene fiet? Cic. Verr. 5, 104: à sa pensée se présentait ce calcul (ces considérations, réflexions): quel sera le sort de Cléomène? - similis ratio pudoris, Cic. Caec. 77: la même considération de pudeur. - praecipere tempestatum rationem et praedonum et locorum, Cic. Mur. 4: enseigner la considération de = recommander d'avoir égard aux tempêtes, aux pirates, aux passages dangereux. - propter rationem brevitatis, Cic. Verr. 1, 103: en considération de la brièveté. - propter aerariam rationem, Cic. Quinct. 17: parce qu'il fallait tenir compte de la monnaie (de la différence des monnaies). [st1]7 [-] système, procédé, méthode, plan... - tua ratio est, ut... Cic. Verr. pr. 34: ta méthode est de..., cf. Cic. de Or. 2, 292. - inita ratio est, ut... Cic. Rep. 2, 61: on inaugura un nouveau système, à savoir... - reperta est eadem istius ratio in praesidiis, quae in classibus, Cic. Verr. 5, 87: son système se retrouva le même en fait de garnisons qu'en fait de flottes. - haec in philosophia ratio contra omnia disserendi, Cic. Nat. 1, 11: cette méthode philosophique d'argumenter contre tout. - vitae meae rationes ab ineunte aetate susceptae, Cic. Pomp. 1: le plan de conduite que j'ai adopté depuis ma jeunesse. - novae bellandi rationes, Caes. BC. 3, 50, 1: de nouvelles méthodes de guerroyer. - magis decernendi ratio quam decertandi fortitudo, Cic. Off. 1, 80: ** la méthode qui consiste à trancher (un conflit)** = le règlement concerté plutôt que le courage placé dans un combat. - ratio inveniendi officii, Cic. Off. 1, 107 (= inventio officii): la découverte du devoir. - quae omnia perfacilem rationem habent reprehendendi, Cic. Col. 62: tout cela comporte une critique très facile. - ratio rogandi, Cic. Inv. 52: le procédé de l'interrogation, l'interrogation. - ratio disserendi, Cic. Br. 120: l'art d'argumenter, la dialectique. - praecipiendi ratio, Cic. Q. 1, 1, 18: le ton du précepte. [st1]8 [-] évaluation d'une chose: système, manière d'être, aspect, état, disposition, régime... - cum duplex ratio sit orationis, Cic. Off. 2, 48: comme la parole (l'éloquence) a deux formes. - judicia, quorum ratio duplex est, Cic. Off. 2, 49: les affaires judiciaires qui ont une double modalité (l'accusation, la défense), cf. Cic. Off. 2, 52. - explicare rationes rerum civilium, Cic. Rep. 1, 13: exposer les systèmes, les organisations, les régimes politiques. - ratio comitiorum, Cic. Mur. 35: le régime des comices, des élections. - propter rationem Gallici belli, Cic. Prov. 19: à cause du caractère particulier de la guerre contre les Gaulois. - tripartita ab iis inducitur ratio bonorum, Cic. Ac. 1, 21: ils présentent trois espèces de biens. - castrensis ratio, Cic. Col. 11: la manière des camps, la vie des camps. - ad novos casus temporum novorum consiliorum rationes accommodare, Cic. Pomp. 60: à des conjonctures nouvelles approprier un système de mesures nouvelles. - hoc genus inest in ratione rerum, Cic. de Or. 2, 47: ce genre est dans la nature des choses. - rerum ratio, verborum ratio, Cic. de Or. 2, 63: l'économie des faits, des mots, disposition des faits, des mots. - mentis ratio perfecta, Cic. Fin. 5, 40: un parfait état de l'intelligence. - ratio atque inclinatio temporum, Cic. Verr. 5, 177: l'état des circonstances et le sens où elles inclinent. - mei rationem officii confido esse persolutam, Cic. Verr. 5, 177, j'ai la conviction que tout ce que comporte mon devoir est accompli. - quemadmodum esset ei ratio totius belli descripta, edocui, Cic. Cat. 2, 13: j'ai montré comment le plan de toute la guerre était arrêté pour lui. - ratio ordoque agminis, Caes. BG. 2, 19, 1: la disposition et l'ordre de la colonne. - rationem pontis hanc instituit, Caes. BG. 4, 17, 3: il fixa pour le pont la disposition suivante. - instituta ratio, Cic. Or. 162: plan fixé. - ratio judiciorum, Cic Br. 306: organisation, fonctionnement des tribunaux. - ratio rerum civilium, Cic. Rep. 2, 52: une organisation politique. - rationes civitatum, Cic. Rep. 2, 22: des organisations politiques. - haec eadem est nostrae rationis regio et via, Cic. Verr. 5, 181: voilà également la direction et la voie (**de mon système, de mon plan de vie**), que ma vie se propose. - eadem ratione, Cic. Cat. 3, 11: de la même manière. - eadem ratione, qua pridie... Caes. BG. 5, 40, 3: de la même manière que la veille. - longe alia ratione... atque... Caes. BG. 7, 14, 2: d'une tout autre manière que... - omni ratione, Caes. BC. 1, 65, 5: par tous les moyens. - nulla ratione, Caes. BC. 1, 70: par aucun moyen, cf. Caes. BC 3, 85, 2 ; Cic. Balb. 62. - quibus rationibus, Caes. BC. 3, 83, 4: par quels moyens, cf. Caes. BC. 3, 18; 3, 58; Cic. CM 6 ; etc. - honestis rationibus, Cic. R. Post. 38: par des moyens honorables. [st1]9 [-] évaluation de ce que comporte, de ce qu'embrasse une chose: son champ, son domaine, sa sphère, son cadre; parti (politique). - in rationem utilitatis cadere, Cic. Off. 1, 9: rentrer dans le calcul de l'utile = se rapporter à l'utile, au domaine, au chapitre de l'utile. - haec res non solum ex domestica est ratione, attingit etiam bellicam, Cic. Off. 1, 76: cet acte n'est pas seulement de l'ordre des faits civils, il touche aussi à l'ordre des faits guerriers. - in dissimili ratione, Cic. Cat. 2, 9: dans une autre sphère, dans un ordre de choses différent. - in eam rationem loqui, Cic. Verr. 1, 69, parler dans cet ordre d'idées, dans ce sens. - epistolis tuis in eamdem rationem scriptis, Cic. Att. 1, 11, 1: tes lettres étant écrites dans le même sens. - popularis ratio, Cic. Sest. 101: démocratie, parti démocratique, cf. Cic. Balb. 58. [st1]10 [-] faculté de calculer, de raisonner, raison, jugement, intelligence; manière de faire raisonnable, judicieuse. - homo, quod rationis est particeps, Cic. Off. 1, 11: l'homme, parce qu'il a en partage la raison. - recta ratio, absoluta ratio, Cic. Tusc 4, 34; 5, 39: droite raison, raison parfaite. - minari ratio non erat, Cic Verr. pr. 24: il n'était pas raisonnable de menacer. - nulla ratio est amittere... Cic. Caec. 15: ce n'est pas du tout raisonnable de laisser échapper... - ratione voluptatem sequi, Cic. Fin. 1, 32: rechercher le plaisir judicieusement. - ratione facere, Cic. Att. 12, 4, 3: agir judicieusement. - intervallis pro rata parte ratione distinctis, Cic. Rep. 6, 18: avec des intervalles calculés suivant des proportions judicieuses. - declinatio, cum ratione fiet... Cic. Tusc. 4, 13: quand on se détournera du mal par des moyens raisonnables... [st1]11 [-] explication qui rend compte d'une chose, explication, raison. - causa et ratio efficiens magnos viros, Cic. Off. 1, 67: la cause et la raison qui produisent les grandes âmes. - quorum omnium causas si a Chrysippo quaeram, numquam illa dicet facta fortuito naturalemque rationem omnium reddet, Cic. Div. 2, 61: si je demande à Chrysippe la cause de tous ces phénomènes, jamais il ne dira qu'ils sont l'effet du hasard, il donnera de tous une explication naturelle. - quorum omnium una ratio est, Cic. Div. 2, 60: pour tous ces phénomènes, il n'y a qu'une seule explication. - tempestates saepe improviso nulla ex certa ratione, obscura aliqua ex causa concitantur, Cic. Mur 36: les tempêtes souvent s'élèvent à l'improviste sans que rien de précis les explique, par on ne sait quelle cause obscure. - facti si non bonam, at aliquam rationem adferre, Cic. Verr. 3, 195: donner d'une action une raison sinon bonne du moins existante. - mei consilii causa ratioque, Cic. Caecil. 1: la cause et la raison de ma détermination. [st1]12 [-] raison, considération, raisonnement; argumentation; ce qui est fondé sur la raison. - aliquid confirmare argumentis ac rationibus, Cic. de Or. 2, 80: prouver qqch par des arguments et des raisonnements, cf. Cic. Or. 44. - rationibus conquisitis, Cic. Fin. 1, 31: avec des considérations bien choisies, cf. Cic. Tusc. 1, 116, Rep. 1, 4, etc. - bonae tuae istae rationes, Ter. Ad. 836: ces belles considérations que tu débites. - causae ratio, Cic. Inv. 1, 18: le raisonnement sur lequel repose une cause. - nihil rationis adfers, quamobrem adimi civitas possit, Cic. Caec. 96: tu n'apportes aucune raison qui justifie qu'on puisse enlever le droit de cité, cf. Cic. Verr. 2, 115. - rationem concludere, Cic. Nat. 2, 22: conclure un raisonnement, cf. Cic. Nat. 3, 23; Div. 2, 25; etc. - necessaria mathematicorum ratione concludere, Cic. Fin. 5, 9: arriver à des conclusions par la rigueur d'un raisonnement mathématique. - quae ratione docentur et via, Cic. Or. 116, ce que l'on enseigne d'une façon rationnelle et méthodique, cf. Cic. Or. 10; Fin 1, 29. - ratione et numero moveri, Cic. Nat. 2, 43: avoir des mouvements rationnels et rythmés. [st1]13 [-] théorie, principes théoriques, doctrine, système scientifique, art. - sine ulla arte aut ratione, quae sint in artibus ac rationibus recta ac prava, dijudicant, Cic. de Or. 3, 195: sans posséder aucune science particulière, aucune connaissance théorique, ils savent discerner dans les réalisations des sciences et des théories ce qui est bien et mal. - de ratione Latine loquendi scripsit, Cic. Br. 253: il écrivit sur la théorie du pur langage latin. - rei militaris ratio et ordo, Caes. BG. 2, 22, 1: les règles théoriques et le dispositif que fixe l'art militaire, cf. Caes. BG 4, 23, 5. - ratio atque usus belli, Caes. BG. 4, 1, 6: la théorie et la pratique de la guerre, cf. Cic. de Or. 3, 80. - Epicuri ratio, Cic. Fin. 1, 13: la théorie d'Epicure. - Cynicorum ratio, Cic. Off. 1, 148: la doctrine des Cyniques. - (si est in me) hujus rei ratio aliqua, Cic. Arch. 1: si j'ai en la matière quelques connaissances théoriques. - mea sic est ratio, Ter. Ad. 60: voici ma théorie, ma doctrine, cf. Cic. Fin. 5, 12; Tusc. 5, 108, etc. - oratio quidem ipsa propria est hujus unius rationis, de qua quaerimus, Cic. de Or, 1, 49: en tout cas le style lui-même appartient uniquement à cet art sur lequel porte notre enquête. - ratio dicendi: (souvent) art oratoire, cf. Cic. de Or. 1, 4 ; 1, 12, etc.* * *rătĭo, ōnis, f. [reor, ratus] - voir l'article ratio de Gaffiot. [st1]1 [-] calcul. - digitis rationem computare, Plaut. Mil. 204: compter sur ses doigts. - rationem puta, Plaut. Most. 297: compte, calcule. - ratione inita, Caes. BG. 7, 71, 4: le calcul fait, tout compte fait. - au fig. vix ratio iniri potest... Caes. BG. 7, 24, 4 ; Liv. 29, 17, 19: c'est à peine possible de calculer (de déterminer)... - au fig. subducta utilitatis ratione, Cic. Fin. 2, 78: en faisant le calcul de l'intérêt. - rationem ducere, Cic. Verr. 2, 129: calculer, supputer. - au plur. rationibus subductis, Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 10: après avoir établi mes calculs. - au fig. periculi sui rationes, Cic. Verr. 5, 105: les calculs de ses risques. [st1]2 [-] résultat du calcul, évaluation, chiffre. - istaec ratio maxumast, Plaut. Trin. 413: c'est là le plus gros chiffre. - ad mensurae exiguam rationem, Cic. Verr. 3, 215: selon une faible évaluation de la mesure, selon une mesure chichement établie. - ad nostrorum annalium rationem, Cic. Br. 49: par rapport à l'évaluation de nos annales, par rapport au chiffre de nos années d'existence historique (cf. ut populi Romani aetas est, Cic. Br. 39: par rapport à l'âge du peuple romain). - pro ratione pecuniae, Cic. Att. 6, 35: vu l'évaluation de la somme, vu le chiffre. - au fig. ad meam rationem, Cic. Verr. 4, 13: par rapport à moi. - ad antiquae religionis rationem, Cic. Verr. 4, 10, par rapport aux scrupules d'autrefois. [st1]3 [-] compte (au pr. et au fig.) - putatur ratio cum argentario... Plaut. Aul. 527: on fait le compte avec le banquier... - ubi disputatast ratio cum argentario, Plaut. Aul. 528: quand on s'est mis d'accord sur le compte avec le banquier. - ratio acceptorum et datorum, Cic. Lael.: les recettes et les dépenses, la balance. - ratio accepti atque expensi, Plaut.: les recettes et les dépenses, la balance. - bene ratio accepti atque expensi inter nos convenit, Plaut. Most. 304: nous avons des comptes de recettes et dépenses qui se balancent exactement. - ut par sit ratio acceptorum et datorum, Cic. Lael. 59: pour que la balance soit égale entre le reçu et le donné. - rationem et numerum habere, Cic. Verr. 5, 71: avoir le compte et le chiffre exacts. - rationem habere + gén. ou ut + subj.: tenir compte de, se soucier de, se rendre compte de, prendre en compte. - ejus absentis rationem habere, Caes. BC. 1: tenir compte de son absence. - habere rationem posteritatis, Caes. BC. 1, 13: tenir compte de l'avenir. - salutis suae rationem ducere, Cic.: tenir compte de son salut, songer à son salut. - habebant rationem quotidie piratarum, Cic. Verr. 5, 71: ils tenaient un compte journalier des pirates, cf. Caes. BG. 6, 19, 2. - habenda ratio est ut... Cic. Lael. 24, 89: il faut prendre soin de... - avec sub. inter. habeo rationem quid a populo Romano acceperim, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 14 § 36: je me rends compte de ce que j'ai reçu du peuple romain. - neque illud rationis habuisti, eam provinciam ad summam stultitiam venisse, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 15: et tu ne t'es pas rendu compte que cette fonction était tombée sur le plus fou des hommes. - quibus in tabulis nominatim ratio confecta erat, qui numerus domo exisset, Caes. BG. 1, 29, 1: sur ces registres était consigné un compte nominatif de tous ceux qui avaient émigré, cf. Cic. Phil. 5, 16. - rationem reddere, Plaut. Men. 206; Cic. Verr. 4. 140: rendre un compte, remettre un compte. - quattuor minae periere, ut ratio redditur, Plaut. Men. 1, 3, 23: les quatre mines sont perdues quand on fait le compte. - rationem referre, Cic. Verr. 1, 98: rendre un compte, remettre un compte. - pecuniam in rationem inducere, Cic. Verr. 1, 106: porter une somme en compte. - septem millia. Py. tantum esse oportet: recte rationem tenes, Plaut. Mil. 1, 1, 47: sept mille. Py. ça doit être tout: tu comptes bien. - grandem (pecuniam) quemadmodum in rationem inducerent, non videbant, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 41, 106: ils ne voyaient pas de quelle manière ils pourraient porter en compte une somme considérable. - digitis rationem computare, Plaut. Mil.: compter sur ses doigts. - au plur. rationes referre, Cic. Fam. 5, 20, 1; rationes conferre, Cic. Fam. 5, 20, 2 ; rationes conficere, Cic. Att. 6, 7, 2: rendre, remettre des comptes; les rapprocher, les collationner, les dresser; les arrêter d'une manière définitive. - rationes deponere, Cic. Fam. 5, 20, 2 ; rationes relinquere, Cic. Att. 6, 7, 2: déposer ses comptes (en parl. du magistrat qui quitte sa prov.), les laisser (dans les deux principales villes de la province, Cic. Fam. 5, 20, 2). - rationes totidem verbis referre ad aerarium, Cic. Fam. 5, 20, 2: remettre au trésor une copie textuelle de ses comptes. - rationes societatis, Cic. Quinct. 19: les comptes d'une société. - au fig. rationem reddere alicujus rei, Cic. Caec. 28: rendre compte de qqch. - rationem reddere de aliqua re, Cic. Verr. 4, 141: rendre compte de qqch. - uter igitur facilius suae sententiae rationem redderet, isne qui... an ille qui...? Cic. Clu.: qui donc rendrait plus facilement compte de son vote, celui qui... ou celui qui...? - tibi ego rationem reddam? Plaut. Aul. 1, 1, 6: faut-il que je te rende des comptes? - ab aliquo rationem reposcere, Caes. BG. 5, 30, 2: réclamer des comptes à qqn. - ut habere rationem possis, quo loco me... convenias, Cic. Fam. 3, 6, 6: pour que tu puisses calculer l'endroit où me joindre... - clarorum virorum non minus otii quam negotii rationem exstare oportere, Cic. Planc. 66: (ce mot de Caton) que les grands hommes doivent produire le compte (la justification) aussi bien de leurs loisirs que de leurs occupations. - petitionis tuae ratio mihi semper fuit explorata, Cic. Fam. 15, 13, 1: j'ai toujours considéré le compte de ta candidature comme réglé (le succès assuré). - non habet explicatam aut exploratam rationem salutis suae, Cic. Fam. 6, 1: l'affaire de son salut n'est pas mise au net pour lui ni assurée. - corporis bona facilem quamdam rationem habere censebant, Cic. Fin. 4, 19: les biens du corps, selon eux, comportaient un règlement facile (question facile à résoudre). [st1]4 [-] registre, rôle. - ratio carceris, Cic. Verr. 5, 147: le registre d'écrou. - rationes imperii, Suet. Calig. 16.: les comptes de l'empire. [st1]5 [-] compte des opérations que l'on fait avec qqn, relations commerciales, d'intérêts; affaires, intérêts. - magnae pecuniae rationem habere cum aliquo, Cic. Verr. 2, 187: être en compte avec qqn pour des sommes importantes. - istos inter se non res, non ratio conjunxit, Cic. Verr. 3, 22: ces individus furent unis entre eux non point par les affaires, non point par les comptes. - cf. Cic. Verr. 2. 172; 5, 8 ; Plaut. Amp. 4; Plaut. Ps. 626. - de tota illa ratione atque re Gallicana, Cic. Quinct. 15: sur tout ce qui concernait ces opérations et ces propriétés de Gaule. - omnes, quibuscum ratio huic aut est aut fuit, Cic. Quinct. 75: tous ceux avec qui il est ou a été en relations d'affaires. - quae ratio tibi cum eo intercesserat? Cic. Com. 41: quel compte était intervenu entre lui et toi? cf. Cic. Verr. 2, 188. - magnā ratione cum aliquo contractā, Cic. Sull. 56: un grand compte étant à régler avec qqn. - haec ratio pecuniarum, Cic. Pomp. 19: ces comptes d'argent, ce mouvement d'argent. - au fig. agricolae habent rationem cum terra, Cic. CM 51: les laboureurs sont en affaires avec le sol, ont affaire au sol. - cum omnibus Musis rationem habere, Cic. Att. 2, 5, 2: nouer des relations, entrer en commerce avec toutes les Muses. - pacis quae potest esse cum eo ratio? Cic. Phil. 4, 14: quels rapports la paix peut-elle avoir avec lui? - publicani suas rationes et copias in illam provinciam contulerunt, Cic. Pomp. 17: les publicains ont transporté dans cette province leurs intérêts et leurs ressources. - non est alienum meis rationibus istum... reservari, Cic. Verr. 5, 173: il n'est pas contraire à mes intérêts que cet homme soit réservé à... ; cf. Cic. Fam. 3, 10, 5. [st1]6 [-] calcul, compte, considération, égard. - rationem alicujus rei ducere, Cic. Amer. 128: tenir compte de qqch, cf. Cic. Caecil. 16 ; Quinct. 53 ; Fam. 7, 3, 1. - duxi meam rationem, Cic. Att. 8, 11 D, 7: j'ai tenu compte de moi, de mes intérêts, cf. Cic. Verr. 1, 126. - valetudinis, rei familiaris habere rationem, Cic. Fin. 5, 48: tenir compte de sa santé, de son patrimoine. - habuit victoriae rationem, habuit humanitatis, Cic. Verr. 4, 120: il tint compte de.. = il fit la part de la victoire, la part de l'humanité. - sauciorum et aegrorum habitā ratione, Caes. BC. 3, 75, 1: en tenant compte des..., en ayant égard aux blessés et aux malades. - hanc rationem habere, Cic. Verr. 5, 101 = hujus rei rationem: tenir compte de cela, réfléchir à cela. - habeo rationem quid... acceperim, Cic. Verr. 5, 36: je me rends compte de la mission que j'ai reçue... - neque illud rationis habuisti + prop. inf. Cic. Verr. 5, 38: tu n'as pas pris en considération que..., cf. Cic. Verr. 2, 70. - habuisti rationem, ut mihi consuleres, Cic. Fam. 3, 5, 1: tu as pris en considération (de veiller à mes intérêts) le soin de mes intérêts. - occurrebat illa ratio: quid Cleomene fiet? Cic. Verr. 5, 104: à sa pensée se présentait ce calcul (ces considérations, réflexions): quel sera le sort de Cléomène? - similis ratio pudoris, Cic. Caec. 77: la même considération de pudeur. - praecipere tempestatum rationem et praedonum et locorum, Cic. Mur. 4: enseigner la considération de = recommander d'avoir égard aux tempêtes, aux pirates, aux passages dangereux. - propter rationem brevitatis, Cic. Verr. 1, 103: en considération de la brièveté. - propter aerariam rationem, Cic. Quinct. 17: parce qu'il fallait tenir compte de la monnaie (de la différence des monnaies). [st1]7 [-] système, procédé, méthode, plan... - tua ratio est, ut... Cic. Verr. pr. 34: ta méthode est de..., cf. Cic. de Or. 2, 292. - inita ratio est, ut... Cic. Rep. 2, 61: on inaugura un nouveau système, à savoir... - reperta est eadem istius ratio in praesidiis, quae in classibus, Cic. Verr. 5, 87: son système se retrouva le même en fait de garnisons qu'en fait de flottes. - haec in philosophia ratio contra omnia disserendi, Cic. Nat. 1, 11: cette méthode philosophique d'argumenter contre tout. - vitae meae rationes ab ineunte aetate susceptae, Cic. Pomp. 1: le plan de conduite que j'ai adopté depuis ma jeunesse. - novae bellandi rationes, Caes. BC. 3, 50, 1: de nouvelles méthodes de guerroyer. - magis decernendi ratio quam decertandi fortitudo, Cic. Off. 1, 80: ** la méthode qui consiste à trancher (un conflit)** = le règlement concerté plutôt que le courage placé dans un combat. - ratio inveniendi officii, Cic. Off. 1, 107 (= inventio officii): la découverte du devoir. - quae omnia perfacilem rationem habent reprehendendi, Cic. Col. 62: tout cela comporte une critique très facile. - ratio rogandi, Cic. Inv. 52: le procédé de l'interrogation, l'interrogation. - ratio disserendi, Cic. Br. 120: l'art d'argumenter, la dialectique. - praecipiendi ratio, Cic. Q. 1, 1, 18: le ton du précepte. [st1]8 [-] évaluation d'une chose: système, manière d'être, aspect, état, disposition, régime... - cum duplex ratio sit orationis, Cic. Off. 2, 48: comme la parole (l'éloquence) a deux formes. - judicia, quorum ratio duplex est, Cic. Off. 2, 49: les affaires judiciaires qui ont une double modalité (l'accusation, la défense), cf. Cic. Off. 2, 52. - explicare rationes rerum civilium, Cic. Rep. 1, 13: exposer les systèmes, les organisations, les régimes politiques. - ratio comitiorum, Cic. Mur. 35: le régime des comices, des élections. - propter rationem Gallici belli, Cic. Prov. 19: à cause du caractère particulier de la guerre contre les Gaulois. - tripartita ab iis inducitur ratio bonorum, Cic. Ac. 1, 21: ils présentent trois espèces de biens. - castrensis ratio, Cic. Col. 11: la manière des camps, la vie des camps. - ad novos casus temporum novorum consiliorum rationes accommodare, Cic. Pomp. 60: à des conjonctures nouvelles approprier un système de mesures nouvelles. - hoc genus inest in ratione rerum, Cic. de Or. 2, 47: ce genre est dans la nature des choses. - rerum ratio, verborum ratio, Cic. de Or. 2, 63: l'économie des faits, des mots, disposition des faits, des mots. - mentis ratio perfecta, Cic. Fin. 5, 40: un parfait état de l'intelligence. - ratio atque inclinatio temporum, Cic. Verr. 5, 177: l'état des circonstances et le sens où elles inclinent. - mei rationem officii confido esse persolutam, Cic. Verr. 5, 177, j'ai la conviction que tout ce que comporte mon devoir est accompli. - quemadmodum esset ei ratio totius belli descripta, edocui, Cic. Cat. 2, 13: j'ai montré comment le plan de toute la guerre était arrêté pour lui. - ratio ordoque agminis, Caes. BG. 2, 19, 1: la disposition et l'ordre de la colonne. - rationem pontis hanc instituit, Caes. BG. 4, 17, 3: il fixa pour le pont la disposition suivante. - instituta ratio, Cic. Or. 162: plan fixé. - ratio judiciorum, Cic Br. 306: organisation, fonctionnement des tribunaux. - ratio rerum civilium, Cic. Rep. 2, 52: une organisation politique. - rationes civitatum, Cic. Rep. 2, 22: des organisations politiques. - haec eadem est nostrae rationis regio et via, Cic. Verr. 5, 181: voilà également la direction et la voie (**de mon système, de mon plan de vie**), que ma vie se propose. - eadem ratione, Cic. Cat. 3, 11: de la même manière. - eadem ratione, qua pridie... Caes. BG. 5, 40, 3: de la même manière que la veille. - longe alia ratione... atque... Caes. BG. 7, 14, 2: d'une tout autre manière que... - omni ratione, Caes. BC. 1, 65, 5: par tous les moyens. - nulla ratione, Caes. BC. 1, 70: par aucun moyen, cf. Caes. BC 3, 85, 2 ; Cic. Balb. 62. - quibus rationibus, Caes. BC. 3, 83, 4: par quels moyens, cf. Caes. BC. 3, 18; 3, 58; Cic. CM 6 ; etc. - honestis rationibus, Cic. R. Post. 38: par des moyens honorables. [st1]9 [-] évaluation de ce que comporte, de ce qu'embrasse une chose: son champ, son domaine, sa sphère, son cadre; parti (politique). - in rationem utilitatis cadere, Cic. Off. 1, 9: rentrer dans le calcul de l'utile = se rapporter à l'utile, au domaine, au chapitre de l'utile. - haec res non solum ex domestica est ratione, attingit etiam bellicam, Cic. Off. 1, 76: cet acte n'est pas seulement de l'ordre des faits civils, il touche aussi à l'ordre des faits guerriers. - in dissimili ratione, Cic. Cat. 2, 9: dans une autre sphère, dans un ordre de choses différent. - in eam rationem loqui, Cic. Verr. 1, 69, parler dans cet ordre d'idées, dans ce sens. - epistolis tuis in eamdem rationem scriptis, Cic. Att. 1, 11, 1: tes lettres étant écrites dans le même sens. - popularis ratio, Cic. Sest. 101: démocratie, parti démocratique, cf. Cic. Balb. 58. [st1]10 [-] faculté de calculer, de raisonner, raison, jugement, intelligence; manière de faire raisonnable, judicieuse. - homo, quod rationis est particeps, Cic. Off. 1, 11: l'homme, parce qu'il a en partage la raison. - recta ratio, absoluta ratio, Cic. Tusc 4, 34; 5, 39: droite raison, raison parfaite. - minari ratio non erat, Cic Verr. pr. 24: il n'était pas raisonnable de menacer. - nulla ratio est amittere... Cic. Caec. 15: ce n'est pas du tout raisonnable de laisser échapper... - ratione voluptatem sequi, Cic. Fin. 1, 32: rechercher le plaisir judicieusement. - ratione facere, Cic. Att. 12, 4, 3: agir judicieusement. - intervallis pro rata parte ratione distinctis, Cic. Rep. 6, 18: avec des intervalles calculés suivant des proportions judicieuses. - declinatio, cum ratione fiet... Cic. Tusc. 4, 13: quand on se détournera du mal par des moyens raisonnables... [st1]11 [-] explication qui rend compte d'une chose, explication, raison. - causa et ratio efficiens magnos viros, Cic. Off. 1, 67: la cause et la raison qui produisent les grandes âmes. - quorum omnium causas si a Chrysippo quaeram, numquam illa dicet facta fortuito naturalemque rationem omnium reddet, Cic. Div. 2, 61: si je demande à Chrysippe la cause de tous ces phénomènes, jamais il ne dira qu'ils sont l'effet du hasard, il donnera de tous une explication naturelle. - quorum omnium una ratio est, Cic. Div. 2, 60: pour tous ces phénomènes, il n'y a qu'une seule explication. - tempestates saepe improviso nulla ex certa ratione, obscura aliqua ex causa concitantur, Cic. Mur 36: les tempêtes souvent s'élèvent à l'improviste sans que rien de précis les explique, par on ne sait quelle cause obscure. - facti si non bonam, at aliquam rationem adferre, Cic. Verr. 3, 195: donner d'une action une raison sinon bonne du moins existante. - mei consilii causa ratioque, Cic. Caecil. 1: la cause et la raison de ma détermination. [st1]12 [-] raison, considération, raisonnement; argumentation; ce qui est fondé sur la raison. - aliquid confirmare argumentis ac rationibus, Cic. de Or. 2, 80: prouver qqch par des arguments et des raisonnements, cf. Cic. Or. 44. - rationibus conquisitis, Cic. Fin. 1, 31: avec des considérations bien choisies, cf. Cic. Tusc. 1, 116, Rep. 1, 4, etc. - bonae tuae istae rationes, Ter. Ad. 836: ces belles considérations que tu débites. - causae ratio, Cic. Inv. 1, 18: le raisonnement sur lequel repose une cause. - nihil rationis adfers, quamobrem adimi civitas possit, Cic. Caec. 96: tu n'apportes aucune raison qui justifie qu'on puisse enlever le droit de cité, cf. Cic. Verr. 2, 115. - rationem concludere, Cic. Nat. 2, 22: conclure un raisonnement, cf. Cic. Nat. 3, 23; Div. 2, 25; etc. - necessaria mathematicorum ratione concludere, Cic. Fin. 5, 9: arriver à des conclusions par la rigueur d'un raisonnement mathématique. - quae ratione docentur et via, Cic. Or. 116, ce que l'on enseigne d'une façon rationnelle et méthodique, cf. Cic. Or. 10; Fin 1, 29. - ratione et numero moveri, Cic. Nat. 2, 43: avoir des mouvements rationnels et rythmés. [st1]13 [-] théorie, principes théoriques, doctrine, système scientifique, art. - sine ulla arte aut ratione, quae sint in artibus ac rationibus recta ac prava, dijudicant, Cic. de Or. 3, 195: sans posséder aucune science particulière, aucune connaissance théorique, ils savent discerner dans les réalisations des sciences et des théories ce qui est bien et mal. - de ratione Latine loquendi scripsit, Cic. Br. 253: il écrivit sur la théorie du pur langage latin. - rei militaris ratio et ordo, Caes. BG. 2, 22, 1: les règles théoriques et le dispositif que fixe l'art militaire, cf. Caes. BG 4, 23, 5. - ratio atque usus belli, Caes. BG. 4, 1, 6: la théorie et la pratique de la guerre, cf. Cic. de Or. 3, 80. - Epicuri ratio, Cic. Fin. 1, 13: la théorie d'Epicure. - Cynicorum ratio, Cic. Off. 1, 148: la doctrine des Cyniques. - (si est in me) hujus rei ratio aliqua, Cic. Arch. 1: si j'ai en la matière quelques connaissances théoriques. - mea sic est ratio, Ter. Ad. 60: voici ma théorie, ma doctrine, cf. Cic. Fin. 5, 12; Tusc. 5, 108, etc. - oratio quidem ipsa propria est hujus unius rationis, de qua quaerimus, Cic. de Or, 1, 49: en tout cas le style lui-même appartient uniquement à cet art sur lequel porte notre enquête. - ratio dicendi: (souvent) art oratoire, cf. Cic. de Or. 1, 4 ; 1, 12, etc.* * *Ratio, rationis, f. g. A supino Ratum. Cic. Raison.\Homines rationis egentes. Ouid. Desraisonnables.\Habenda est ratio rei familiaris. Cic. Il fault avoir esgard aux affaires domestiques, ou prendre garde.\Morum quidem in his haud dubie prior ratio est. Quintil. C'est le premier et principal esgard qu'il fault avoir.\Rationem commodi ducere. Cic. Avoir esgard à son prouffit.\Neque illud rationis habuisti, si forte expergefacere te posses. Cic. Tu n'as pas eu cest advisement.\Rationem habere cum aliquo. Cic. Avoir à faire avec luy.\Habent rationem cum terra. Cic. Ils labourent la terre, Ils ont à faire avec la terre.\Cum omnibus Musis rationem habere cogito. Cic. Je me delibere de me mettre du tout à l'estude.\Propter rationem belli quinque dies moratus. Cic. A cause de la guerre.\Quantum belli ratio postulabat. Caesar. L'estat.\Minari diuisoribus ratio non erat. Cic. Il n'y avoit point de cause, ne de raison.\Tenuissimo solo vitiarium facere minime rationis est. Colum. Il n'y a point de raison.\Operta ratio. Ouid. Obscure et difficile.\Rationem ostendam, qua tanta ista fugiatis. Sallustius. Le moyen, La maniere.\Negat se alia ratione facturum. Cic. Autrement.\Multis rationibus prouisum. Cic. En beaucoup de manieres.\Ad nostrorum temporum rationem vetus. Cic. A la comparaison.\A quo mea longissime ratio, voluntasque abhorrebat. Cic. Ma fantasie, conseil et advis, Entreprinse.\Tua ratio est vt secundum binos ludos mihi respondere incipias. Cic. Ta deliberation et entreprinse est que, etc.\Mea est sic ratio, et sic animum induco meum. Terent. J'ay ceste fantasie, et suis de cest advis que, etc. Je fay mon compte que, etc.\Vestram nequeo mirari satis rationem. Terentius. Je ne me scauroye assez esbahir de vostre maniere de faire.\Augere rem bonis et honestis rationibus. Cic. Augmenter ses biens par bons et honnestes moyens.\Dicere rationem. Plautus. Dire pourquoy, ou la raison.\Dicere bona ratione. Plaut. A la bonne foy.\Vt rationem te dictare intelligo. Plaut. A ton compte.\Ad rationem antiquae religionis exquirere facta alicuius. Cic. Selon la reigle.\Facere ratione. Cic. Faire quelque chose pour cause.\Mala ratione facere rem. Horat. S'enrichir par mauvais moyens et illicites.\Improba nauigii ratio tum caeca iacebat. Lucret. On ignoroit, et ne tenoit on compte de la maniere de naviger, On ne scavoit encore que c'estoit.\Inire rationem. Terent. Trouver moyen.\Ratione aliquid inire. Terent. Penser à quelque chose, et y regarder devant que de la commencer.\Ratione bene subducta esse ad vitam. Terentius, Nunquam ita quisquam bene subducta ratione ad vitam fuit, Quin, etc. Jamais personne n'advisa si bien à sa vie, Jamais personne ne fut si advisé, que, etc.\Ratio, Compte qu'on fait de quelque chose que ce soit.\Supputatur ratio cum argentario. Plautus. On fait compte avec, etc.\Eratosthenis ratione. Plin. Selon que compte Eratosthenes.\Is calculus quem posuimus, Graecini rationem continet. Colum. Ce compte que nous venons de faire est celuy de Grecin.\Imposito calculo perfecti operis rationem computant. Colum. Ils jectent et comptent combien a cousté l'edifice à faire.\Conficere rationem. Cic. Faire registres de ce qui a esté faict.\Habeo rationem quid a Pop. Romano acceperim. Cic. J'ay esgard, etc.\Inferre rationibus. Sueton. Mettre, coucher, ou escrire parmi ses comptes.\Rationem cum Orco ponere. Varro. Se deliberer de mourir.\Putare rationes cum aliquo. Cic. Rendre ou ouir un compte, Compter avec aucun.\Putare rationem vinariam, frumentariam, argentariam, etc. Cato. Ouir le compte du vin, etc.\Rationes ad aerarium et Quaestores et Imperatores exercituum ex prouinciis decedentes referre dicebantur. Cic. Rendre leurs comptes.\Rationem vitae et magistratus gesti reposcere. Cic. Demander compte de son administration.\Rationibus referre. Tranquillus. En tenir compte et faire recepte.\Rationes Galliae procurare. Plin. Gouverner la France et l'administrer.\Pro ratione fructuum. Cato. Selon la quantité des fruicts. -
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rătĭo, onis (abl. rationi, Lucr. 6, 66), f. [reor, ratus], a reckoning, account, calculation, computation.I.Lit.(α).Sing.: Les. Nequaquam argenti ratio conparet tamen. Sta. Ratio quidem hercle adparet: argentum oichetai, Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 15 sq.:(β).rationem putare... bene ratio accepti atque expensi inter nos convenit,
id. Most. 1, 3, 141; 146; cf.: ad calculos vocare amicitiam, ut par sit ratio acceptorum et datorum, Cic. Lael. 16, 58:itur, putatur ratio cum argentario... Ubi disputata est ratio cum argentario,
Plaut. Aul. 3, 5, 53 sq.:dextera digitis rationem computat,
id. Mil. 2, 2, 49:magna ratio C. Verruci,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 77, § 188:direptio ejus pecuniae, cujus ratio in aede Opis confecta est,
id. Phil. 5, 6, 16; cf.:quibus in tabulis nominatim, ratio confecta erat, qui numerus domo exisset, etc.,... Quarum omnium rerum summa erat, etc.,
Caes. B. G. 1, 29: auri ratio constat: aurum in aerario est, the account agrees, i. e. is correct, Cic. Fl. 28, 69 (v. consto):decumo post mense, ut rationem te dictare intellego,
to make the reckoning, Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 38 (al. ductare):rationem ducere,
to make a computation, to compute, calculate, reckon, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 52, § 129; so, rationem habere, to take an account, make a computation:omnium proeliorum,
Caes. B. C. 3, 53; cf.:hujus omnis pecuniae conjunctim ratio habetur,
id. B. G. 6, 19; and:piratarum,
Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 28, § 71:rationem inire,
to cast up, reckon, calculate, Caes. B. G. 7, 71, 4:quattuor minae periere, ut ratio redditur,
Plaut. Men. 1, 3, 23; cf.:tibi ego rationem reddam?
id. Aul. 1, 1, 6; id. Trin. 2, 4, 114:rationem referre,
Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 39, § 98:rationem repetere de pecuniis repetundis,
id. Clu. 37, 104: Py. Quanta istaec hominum summa est? Ar. Septem millia. Py. Tantum esse oportet:recte rationem tenes,
Plaut. Mil. 1, 1, 47 et saep.:drachumae, quas de ratione debuisti,
according to the account, id. Trin. 2, 4, 24:grandem (pecuniam) quemadmodum in rationem inducerent, non videbant,
how they should bring it into their accounts, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 41, § 106.—Plur.: rationes putare argentariam, frumentariam, pabuli causa quae parata sunt;B.rationem vinariam, oleariam, quid venierit, etc.,
Cato, R. R. 2, 5:rationes ad aerarium continuo detuli... quas rationes si cognoris, intelleges, etc.,
Cic. Pis. 25, 61:ut rationes cum publicanis putarent,
id. Att. 4, 11, 1:rationes a colono accepit,
id. Caecin. 32, 94:quid opus est? inquam. Rationes conferatis. Assidunt, subducunt, ad nummum convenit,
id. Att. 5, 21, 12:rationes referre... rationes deferre,
id. Fam. 5, 20, 2:Romani pueri longis rationibus assem Discunt in partes centum diducere,
Hor. A. P. 325 et saep.:A RATIONIBVS,
an accountant, Inscr. Orell. 1494; 2973; 2986; 4173 et saep. (cf. ab).—Transf.1.A list, roll, register (rare):2.cedo rationem carceris, quae diligentissime conficitur, quo quisque die datus in custodiam, quo mortuus, quo necatus sit,
Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 57, § 147:rationes imperii, ab Augusto proponi solitas, sed a Tiberio intermissas, publicavit (sc. Caligula),
Suet. Calig. 16 ( = breviarium) totius imperii, id. Aug. 101 fin.:rationarium imperii,
id. ib. 28.—A sum, number (rare), Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 11:3.nunc lenonum et scortorum plus est fere Quam olim muscarum est. Ea nimia est ratio,
id. Truc. 1, 1, 49:pro ratione pecuniae liberalius est Brutus tractatus quam Pompeius,
Cic. Att. 6, 3, 5; cf. II. B. 1. c. infra.—A business matter, transaction, business; also, a matter, affair, in gen. (a favorite word of Cicero):b.res rationesque eri Ballionis curo,
Plaut. Ps. 2, 2, 31:res rationesque vestrorum omnium,
id. Am. prol. 4:re ac ratione cum aliquo conjunctus,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 70, § 172:de tota illa ratione atque re Gallicana inter se multa communicare,
id. Quint. 4, 15:cum (Druides) in reliquis fere rebus, publicis privatisque rationibus, Graecis utantur litteris,
Caes. B. G. 6, 14 (metaphrast. pragmasi):ratio nummaria,
Cic. Att. 10, 11, 2:aeraria ratio,
id. Quint. 4, 15:ratio domestica... bellica,
id. Off. 1, 22, 76:quod ad popularem rationem attinet,
id. Fam. 1, 2, 4:rationes familiares componere,
Tac. A. 6, 16 fin.:fori judiciique rationem Messala suscepit,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 51, 149; cf.:in explicandis rationibus rerum civilium,
id. Rep. 1, 8, 13:rationes civitatis,
id. ib. 1, 6, 11:quantos aestus habet ratio comitiorum... nihil fallacius ratione tota comitiorum,
id. Mur. 17, 35:propter rationem Gallici belli,
id. Prov. Cons. 8, 19; so id. ib. 8, 14, 35:ad omnem rationem humanitatis,
id. Mur. 31, 66: in hac ratione quid res, quid causa, quid tempus ferat, tu facillime perspicies, id. Fam. 1, 7, 6 fin.:ad eam rationem existimabam satis aptam naturam meam,
id. Att. 9, 11, A, 1.—Pregn.: meae (tuae, etc.) rationes, my ( thy, etc.) interest, my ( thy, etc.) advantage (cf. in Engl. to find one's account in any thing):II.me ad ejus rationes adjungo, quem tu in meis rationibus tibi esse adjungendum putasti,
Cic. Fam. 1, 8, 2; cf.:exemplum meis alienissimum rationibus,
id. Corn. Fragm. 1, 7 B. and K.:consideres, quid tuae rationes postulent,
Sall. C. 44, 5: servitia repudiabat... alienum suis rationibus existimans videri causam civium cum servis fugitivis communicasse, inconsistent with his policy or interests, id. ib. 56, 5:si meas rationes unquam vestrae saluti anteposuissem,
Cic. Red. ad Quir. 1, 1.Trop., a reckoning, account, computation:B.postquam hanc rationem cordi ventrique edidi,
presented this reckoning, Plaut. Aul. 2, 7, 12:itidem hic ut Acheronti ratio accepti scribitur,
i.e. things are taken only, nothing is given back, id. Truc. 4, 2, 36:nomen (comoediae) jam habetis, nunc rationes ceteras Accipite,
an account of the rest, id. Poen. prol. 55; cf.:census quom sum, juratori recte rationem dedi,
id. Trin. 4, 2, 30; so,rationem dare, for the more usual rationem reddere,
Varr. L. L. 6, § 86 Mull.; Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 36, § 92 Zumpt:(argentarii) ratione utuntur,
make a reckoning, settle up, Plaut. Cas. prol. 27:cum eam mecum rationem puto,
go into that calculation, think over the matter, id. ib. 3, 2, 25; cf.:frustra egomet mecum has rationes puto,
Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 54:(Medea et Atreus) inita subductaque ratione nefaria scelera meditantes,
Cic. N. D. 3, 29, 71:quod posteaquam iste cognovit hanc rationem habere coepit,
to make the following calculation, reflection, id. Verr. 2, 5, 39, § 101; cf.: totius rei consilium his rationibus explicavit, ut si, etc.,... si, etc.,... sin, etc., drew the plan of the whole undertaking according to the following calculation, that if, etc., Caes. B. C. 3, 78;and herewith cf.: rationem consilii mei accipite,
id. ib. 3, 86:ut habere rationem possis, quo loco me convenias, etc.,
that you may calculate, Cic. Fam. 3, 6, 6:semper ita vivamus, ut rationem reddendam nobis arbitremur,
id. Verr. 2, 2, 11, § 28; cf.:nihil est, quod minus ferendum sit, quam rationem ab altero vitae reposcere eum, qui non possit suae reddere,
id. Div. in Caecil. 9, 28;and with this cf.: si gravius quid acciderit, abs te rationem reposcent,
will call you to account, Caes. B. G. 5, 30: clarorum virorum atque magnorum non minus otii, quam negotii rationem exstare oportere, an account must be capable of being given, Cato ap. Cic. Planc. 27, 66:tam otii quam negotii rationem reddere majores censuisse,
Col. 11 fin.: eam condicionem esse imperandi, ut non aliter ratio constet, quam si uni reddatur, that the account is not correct unless, etc., Tac. A. 1, 6 fin.:mirum est quam singulis diebus in urbe ratio aut constet aut constare videatur,
Plin. Ep. 1, 9, 1; 1, 5, 16 et saep.; cf. Just. praef. 5.—Transf.1.Relation, reference, respect to a thing:b.(agricolae) habent rationem cum terra, quae nunquam recusat imperium,
have an account, have to do, have dealings with the earth, Cic. Sen. 15, 51; cf.:ubi ratio cum Orco habetur,
Varr. R. R. 1, 4, 3;for which: ubi sit cum Orco ratio ponenda,
Col. 1, 3, 2:cum omnibus Musis rationem habere cogito,
Cic. Att. 2, 5, 2:cum hac (muliere) aliquid adulescentem hominem habuisse rationis,
id. Cael. 20, 50; cf. id. Verr. 2, 2, 77, § 190. omnes, quibuscum ratio huic aut est aut fuit, assunt, defendunt, id. Quint. 23, 75; cf.. quae ratio tibi cum eo intercesserat?
id. Rosc. Com. 14, 41:pacis vero quae potest esse cum eo ratio, in quo est incredibilis crudelitas, fides nulla?
id. Phil. 4, 6, 14:quod si habenda cum M. Antonii latrocinio pacis ratio fuit, etc.,
id. ib. 12, 7, 17:fontes ad nostrorum annalium rationem veteres, ad ipsorum sane recentes,
in respect to our annals, id. Brut. 13, 49.—Pregn., a respect, regard, concern, consideration, care for a thing (usu. in the connection habere and ducere alicujus rei rationem): ad hanc rationem quoniam maximam vim natura habet, fortuna proximam: utriusque omnino habenda ratio est in deligendo genere vitae, Cic. Off. 1, 33, 120:c.quorum (civium Romanorum) nobis pro vestra sapientia, Quirites, habenda est ratio diligenter,
id. Imp. Pomp. 7, 17:(deos) piorum et impiorum habere rationem,
id. Leg. 2, 7, 15:cujus absentis rationem haberi proximis comitiis populus jussisset,
Caes. B. C. 1, 9; so,absentis,
id. ib. 1, 32; 3, 82 fin.:sauciorum et aegrorum habita ratione,
id. ib. 3, 75:moneret, frumenti rationem esse habendam,
Hirt. B. G. 8, 34;so (al. frumentandi), rationem habere,
Caes. B. G. 7, 75 Oud.; cf. id. ib. 7, 71:alicujus vel dignitatis vel commodi rationem non habere,
Cic. de Or. 2, 4, 17: ut summae rei publicae rationem habeamus, Pompeius ap. Cic. Att. 8, 12, c, 3:alicujus salutis rationem habere,
i. e. to regard, care for, be concerned about, Caes. B. G. 7, 71; so id. B. C. 1, 20:turpissimae fugae rationem habere,
id. ib. 2, 31:ut in ceteris habenda ratio non sui solum sed etiam aliorum, sic, etc.,
Cic. Off. 1, 39, 139:proinde habeat rationem posteritatis et periculi sui,
Caes. B. C. 1, 13:habere nunc se rationem officii pro beneficiis Caesaris,
id. B. G. 5, 27:non ullius rationem sui commodi ducit,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 44, 128:cum hujusce periculi tum ceterorum quoque officiorum et amicitiarum ratio,
id. Clu. 42, 117:omnis hac in re habenda ratio et diligentia est, ut, etc.,
id. Lael. 24, 89; cf.:didici ex tuis litteris, te omnibus in rebus habuisse rationem, ut mihi consuleres,
id. Fam. 3, 5, 1:habeo rationem, quid a populo Romano acceperim,
bring into consideration, consider, id. Verr. 2, 5, 14, § 36:ut habere rationem possis, quo loco me salva lege Cornelia convenias, ego veni, etc.,
id. Fam. 3, 6, 6:neque illud rationis habuisti, eam provinciam ad summam stultitiam nequitiamque venisse,
id. Verr. 2, 5, 15, § 38; cf.:hoc rationis habebant, facere eos nullo modo posse, ut, etc.,
id. ib. 2, 2, 29, e70.—Relation to a thing, i. e.(α).Subject., course, conduct, procedure, mode, manner, method, fashion, plan, etc. (cf. consilium):(β).nunc sic rationem incipissam, hanc instituam astutiam, ut, etc.,
Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 82; cf. id. ib. 3, 1, 175 sqq.:ubi cenas hodic, si hanc rationem instituis?
Plaut. Stich. 3, 1, 26; id. Truc. 1, 1, 3:tua ratio est, ut secundum binos ludos mihi respondere incipias: mea, ut ante primos ludos comperendinem. Ita fiet, ut tua ista ratio existimetur astuta, meum hoc consilium necessarium,
Cic. Verr. 1, 11, 34; cf.:ratio viaque defensionis,
id. Verr. 2, 5, 1, § 4:itaque in praesentia Pompeii insequendi rationem omittit,
Caes. B. C. 1, 30:mea autem ratio in dicendo haec esse solet, ut, etc.,
Cic. de Or. 2, 72, 292:haec in philosophia ratio contra omnia disserendi,
id. N. D. 1, 5, 11:dicendi,
id. Or. 32, 114; id. de Or. 3, 15, 56; cf.:aliquot ante annis inita ratio est, ut, etc.,
id. Rep. 2, 36, 61:ut, quo primum occurreretur, vix ratio iniri possit,
Caes. B. G. 7, 24:quia reponendarum (tegularum) nemo artifex inire rationem potuerit,
Liv. 42, 3 fin. —In plur.:hoc aditu laudis non mea me voluntas sed meae vitae rationes ab ineunte aetate susceptae prohibuerunt,
plan of life, Cic. Imp. Pomp. 1, 1:de rationibus rerum publicarum aut constituendarum aut tuendarum,
id. Rep. 1, 6, 11.—Object., relation, condition, nature, kind, sort, fashion, way, etc. (cf. modus):(γ).sed ratio ordoque agminis aliter se habebat ac Belgae ad Nervios detulerant,
Caes. B. G. 2, 19; cf.:ut rei militaris ratio atque ordo postulabat,
id. ib. 2, 22; so,rei militaris,
id. ib. 4, 23:ratio atque usus belli,
the art and practice of war, id. ib. 4, 1; id. B. C. 1, 76 fin.; 2, 18; 3, 17 et saep. al.; cf.:novae rationes bellandi,
id. ib. 3, 50:ratio equestris proelii,
id. B. G. 5, 16:quorum operum haec erat ratio, etc.,
id. B. C. 1, 25; cf.: rationem pontis hanc instituit;tigna bina, etc.,
id. B. G. 4, 17:serpit per omnium vitas amicitia, nec ullam aetatis degendae rationem patitur esse expertem sui,
Cic. Lael. 23, 87; cf.:ita ratio comparata est vitae naturaeque nostrae, ut, etc.,
id. ib. 27, 101; id. Ac. 2, 43, 132:civitas (Platonis) non quae possit esse, sed in qua ratio rerum civilium perspici posset,
id. Rep. 2, 30, 52 init.; cf.:reliqui disseruerunt de generibus et de rationibus civitatum,
id. ib. 2, 11, 22;1, 8, 13: quam creberrimis litteris faciam ut tibi nota sit omnis ratio dierum atque itinerum meorum,
id. Fam. 3, 5, 4: quoniam eadem est ratio juris in utroque, id. Rep. 3, 12, 21; cf.:haec eadem ratio est in summa totius Galliae,
Caes. B. G. 6, 11 fin.:ab nostris eadem ratione, qua pridie, resistitur,
id. ib. 5, 40; id. B. C. 3, 100; cf. id. ib. 3, 101:docet, longe alia ratione esse bellum gerendum atque antea sit gestum,
id. B. G. 7, 14:hoc si Romae fieri posset, certe aliqua ratione expugnasset iste,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 52, ee130:quid refert, qua me ratione cogatis?
id. Lael. 8, 26:quod fuit illis conandum atque omni ratione efficiendum,
Caes. B. C. 1, 65 fin.; 1, 67 fin.:simili ratione Pompeius in suis castris consedit,
id. ib. 3, 76:auxilium ferri nulla ratione poterat,
id. ib. 1, 70:nec quibus rationibus superare possent, sed quem ad modum uti victoria deberent, cogitabant,
id. ib. 3, 83 fin.; 3, 58; 3, 18 fin. et saep.—With gen. of a subst. in circumlocution for the subst. itself (v. Zumpt, Gram. §2.678): vereor ne oratio mea aliena ab judiciorum ratione esse videatur,
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 49, ee109:multa autem propter rationem brevitatis praetermittenda,
id. ib. 2, 1, 40, ee103: quantas perturbationes et quantos aestus habet ratio comitiorum?
id. Mur. 17, 35:nihil fallacius ratione tota comitiorum,
id. ib. 17, 36:praedicere tempestatum rationem et praedonum,
id. ib. 2, 4:tota ratio talium largitionum genere vitiosa est,
id. Off. 2, 17, 60.—Pregn., that faculty of the mind which forms the basis of computation and calculation, and hence of mental action in general, i. e. judgment, understanding, reason: duplex est vis animorum atque natura: una pars in appetitu posita est, quae est hormê Graece, quae hominem huc et illuc rapit;b.altera in ratione, quae docet et explanat, quid faciendum, quid fugiendum sit. Ita fit, ut ratio praesit, appetitus obtemperet,
Cic. Off. 1, 28, 101:homo, quod rationis est particeps, per quam consequentia cernit, causas rerum videt earumque progressus et quasi antecessiones non ignorat, similitudines comparat rebusque praesentibus adjungit atque annectit futuras, facile totius vitae cursum videt ad eamque degendam praeparat res necessarias. Eademque natura vi rationis hominem concilia homini et ad orationis et ad vitae societatem, etc.,
id. ib. 1, 4, 11 sq.:haud scio, an melius fuerit, humano generi motum istum celerem cogitationis, acumen, sollertiam, quam rationem vocamus, non dari omnino quam tam munifice et tam large dari, etc.,
id. N. D. 2, 27, 69:lex est ratio summa, insita in natura, quae jubet ea, quae facienda sunt, prohibetque contraria. Eadem ratio, cum est in hominis mente confirmata et confecta, lex est,
id. Leg. 1, 6, 18:ut, quos ratio non posset, eos ad officium religio duceret,
id. N. D. 1, 42, 118:mens et ratio et consilium in senibus est,
id. Sen. 19, 67; cf. Liv. 28, 28:si pudor quaeritur, si probitas, si fides, Mancinus haec attulit, si ratio, consilium, prudentia, Pompeius antistat,
Cic. Rep. 3, 18, 28; cf. id. Quint. 16, 53; and:si ratio et prudentia curas aufert,
Hor. Ep. 1, 11, 25:quibus in rebus temeritas et casus, non ratio nec consilium valet,
Cic. Div. 2, 41, 85; cf.:illa de urbis situ revoces ad rationem quae a Romulo casu aut necessitate facta sunt,
id. Rep. 2, 11, 22; and:moneo ut agentem te ratio ducat, non fortuna,
Liv. 22, 39 fin.: mulier abundat audacia;consilio et ratione deficitur,
Cic. Clu. 65, 184:Ariovistum magis ratione et consilio quam virtute vicisse. Cui rationi contra homines barbaros locus fuisset, etc.,
Caes. B. G. 1, 40: arma amens capio;nec sat rationis in armis,
Verg. A. 2, 314:rationis egens,
id. ib. 8, 299 et saep.:iracundia dissidens a ratione,
Cic. Rep. 1, 38, 60:majora quam hominum ratio consequi possit,
id. ib. 1, 10, 15:quantum ratione provideri poterat,
Caes. B. G. 7, 16 fin.:quantumque in ratione esset, exploratum habuit,
Hirt. B. G. 8, 6 init.:nec majore ratione bellum administrari posse,
Caes. B. C. 7, 21:minari divisoribus ratio non erat,
it was not reasonable, was contrary to reason, Cic. Verr. 1, 9, 24; so, nulla ratio est, with an objectclause, id. Caecin. 5, 15; so,too, minime rationis est,
Col. 3, 5, 3; cf. with dat.:Vitellianus exercitus, cui acquiescere Cremonae ratio fuit,
which, as reason dictated, ought to have rested at Cremona, Tac. H. 3, 22:quod domi te inclusisti, ratione fecisti,
reasonably, sensibly, judiciously, Cic. Att. 12, [p. 1527] 14, 3.—The reasonable cause of a thing, a ground, motive, reason:(β).ratio est causa, quae demonstrat, verum esse id, quod intendimus, brevi subjectione. Rationis confirmatio est ea, quae pluribus argumentis corroborat breviter expositam rationem,
Auct. Her. 2, 18, 28:quid tandem habuit argumenti aut rationis res, quamobrem, etc.,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 47, § 115; cf.:nostra confirmare argumentis ac rationibus: deinde contraria refutare,
id. de Or. 2, 19, 80:noverit orator argumentorum et rationum locos,
id. Or. 14, 44 (v. also argumentum):si mei consilii causam rationemque cognoverit,
id. Div. in Caecil. 1, 1; cf.:ad eam sententiam cum reliquis causis haec quoque ratio eos deduxit, quod, etc.,
Caes. B. G. 2, 10 fin.:quam habet rationem, non quaero aequitatis, sed ipsius improbitatis atque impudentiae?... facti, si non bonam, at aliquam rationem afferre,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 85, e196; cf.:deinde nihil rationis affert, quamobrem, etc.,
id. Caecin. 33, 96:non deest hoc loco copia rationum, quibus docere velitis, humanas esse formas deorum: primum quod, etc.... deinde quod, etc.... tertiam rationem affertis, quod, etc.,
id. N. D. 1, 27, 76:et quidem, cur sic opinetur, rationem subicit,
id. Div. 2, 50, 104:idcirco minus existimo te nihil nisi summa ratione fecisse,
id. Att. 8, 11, D, §5: nunc non modo agendi rationem nullam habeo, sed ne cogitandi quidem,
id. Fam. 4, 13, 3:rationes in ea disputatione a te collectae vetabant me rei publicae penitus diffidere,
id. Fam. 5, 13, 3; cf. id. Ac. 2, 36, 116:rationibus conquisitis de voluptate et dolore disputandum putant,
id. Fin. 1, 9, 31; cf.:quod cum disputando rationibusque docuisset,
id. Rep. 1, 16, 25:his rationibus tam certis tamque illustribus opponuntur ab his, qui contra disputant primum labores, etc.,
id. ib. 1, 3, 4 et saep.:num parva causa aut prava ratio est?
reason, excuse, Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 27.—In rhet., a showing cause, argument, reasoning in support of a proposition:c.ratio est, quae continet causam, quae si sublata sit, nihil in causa controversiae relinquatur, hoc modo: Orestes si accusetur matricidii, nisi hoc dicat, Jure feci, illa enim patrem meum occiderat, non habet defensionem,
Cic. Inv. 1, 13, 18:ad propositum subjecta ratio, et item in distributis supposita ratio,
id. de Or. 3, 54, 207; cf. Quint. 3, 11, 4; 5, 14, 1; 16; 7, 8, 3.—Reasonableness, reason, propriety, law, rule, order, conformity, etc.:d.in omnibus, quae ratione docentur et via, primum constituendum est, quid quidque sit, etc.,
in a reasonable, regular manner, Cic. Or. 33, 116; cf.:ut ratione et via procedat oratio,
id. Fin. 1, 9, 29:modo et ratione aliquid facere (along with recte atque ordine facere),
id. Quint. 7, 28; cf.:quae res Nec modum habet neque consilium, ratione modoque Tractari non vult,
Hor. S. 2, 3, 266:nihil est, quod ratione et numero moveri possit sine consilio,
Cic. N. D. 2, 16, 43:intervallis imparibus, sed tamen pro rata parte ratione distinctis,
divided proportionally by rule, id. Rep. 6, 18, 18; cf.:ex summis et infimis et mediis interjectis ordinibus ut sonis moderata ratione civitas concinit,
in symmetrical proportion, id. ib. 2, 42, 69:in quo defuit fortasse ratio, sed tamen vincit ipsa rerum publicarum natura saepe rationem,
order, system, id. ib. 2, 33, 57;5, 5, 7: declinatio si cum ratione fiet,
reasonably, id. Tusc. 4, 6, 13:ratio et distributio,
a reasonable division, Q. Cic. Pet. Cons. 1, 1.—A theory, doctrine, or system based upon reason; science, and (less freq.), subject., knowledge:e.erat enim tunc haec nova et ignota ratio, solem lunae oppositum solere deficere,
Cic. Rep. 1, 16, 25; cf.:nova et a nobis inventa ratio,
id. ib. 1, 8, 13;2, 39, 66: si animum contulisti in istam rationem et quasi artem,
id. ib. 1, 23, 37; cf.:omnes tacito quodam sensu sine ulla arte aut ratione, quae sint in artibus ac rationibus recta ac prava dijudicant,
id. de Or. 3, 50, 195; id. Brut. 74, 258:continet enim totam hanc quaestionem ea ratio, quae est de natura deorum,
id. Div. 1, 51, 117:Epicuri ratio, quae plerisque notissima est,
doctrine, system, philosophy, id. Fin. 1, 5, 13; cf.:Stoicorum ratio disciplinaque,
id. Off. 3, 4, 20:Cynicorum ratio,
id. ib. 1, 41, 148; so id. Fin. 3, 20, 68: ratio vivendi... ratio civilis et disciplina populorum, the art of living... statesmanship, id. Rep. 3, 3, 4; cf.:etiamsi cui videbitur illa in optimis studiis et artibus quieta vitae ratio beatior, haec civilis laudabilior est certe et illustrior,
id. ib. 3, 3, 4:improba navigii ratio tum caeca jacebat,
Lucr. 5, 1004: saltationis ac musicae rationis studiosi, Col. prooem. e3 al.—Subject., knowledge:si qua (est in me) exercitatio dicendi aut si hujus rei ratio aliqua, ab optimarum artium studiis ac disciplina profecta,
Cic. Arch. 1, 1.—A view or opinion resting upon reasonable grounds:f.mea sic est ratio,
Ter. Ad. 1, 1, 43; cf.:inventus est nemo, cujus non haec et sententia esset et oratio, non esse metuendum, etc.... Haec cum omnes sentirent et cum in eam rationem pro suo quisque sensu ac dolore loqueretur,
Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 27, § 68 sq.; and with this cf. id. Att. 1, 11, 1:cujus ratio etsi non valuit,
Nep. Milt. 3, 6 (just before: hujus cum sententiam plurimi essent secuti).—In philos. lang., a production of proof, argumentation, reasoning: (Epicurus) tollit definitiones; nihil de dividendo ac partiendo docet;non, quo modo efficiatur concludaturque ratio, tradit,
Cic. Fin. 1, 7, 22; cf. id. Div. 2, 10, 25; id. de Or. 2, 38, 158:ratio ipsa coget, et ex aeternitate quaedam esse vera et ea non esse nexa causis aeternis, etc.,
id. Fat. 16, 38; cf.:ergo, ubi tyrannus est, ibi non vitiosam ut heri dicebam, sed, ut nunc ratio cogit, dicendum est, plane nullam esse rem publicam,
id. Rep. 3, 31, 43. -
44 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. -
45 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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con-verto (vorto), vertī (vortī), versum (vorsum), ere, umkehren, umwenden, umdrehen, od. m. Bezug auf das Ziel, hinkehren, hinwenden, hindrehen, refl. se convertere od. bl. convertere u. Passiv converti medial = sich um- od. hinkehren usw., I) eig.: 1) nach der andern Seite (nach vorn od. nach hinten, nach oben od. nach unten) od. nach irgend einer Seite um- od. hinkehren, a) übh.: aculeum (im Bilde, aculeum testimonii sui), Cic.: arcum, Verg.: baculum (zB. converso baculo alci oculos tundere), Cic.: cardinem, Verg.: cuspidem, Verg.: manum, Quint.: fenum, umwenden, wenden, Col.: vulvas conversas corrigere, die Umstülpung der Gebärmutter, Plin. – u. refl., cum se convertit (v. Pers.), Suet. – u. Passiv medial, si facile convertitur (aeger), Cels.: in delubris deûm suā sponte signa conversa, Val. Max. – m. Ang. wohin? durch Advv. od. Praepp., corpus huc illucve, Cels.: uncos deorsum, Cels.: corpus in nullam partem, Cels.: gladium in se, Val. Max.: infantem in caput, in pedes, Cels.: naves in eam partem, quo ventus fert, Caes.: colla ad freta, Ov.: palam anuli ad palmam, Cic.: poet. m. Dat., luna potest... id lumen convertere nobis (nach uns), Lucr. 5, 704. – tigna duo contra vim atque impetum fluminis conversa, Caes.: omnem eam materiam, quae erat caesa, conversam ad hostem collocabat, Caes.: calix ad latus praetereuntis aquae conversus, Frontin. – refl., simulacrum Victoriae, quod ante ad simulacrum Minervae spectavisset, ad valvas se templi limenque convertisse, Caes. – Passiv medial, ima pars pedis in exteriorem partem convertitur (dreht sich), Cels.: manus ad pollicem aut minimum digitum convertitur (neigt sich), Cels.: ore conversus in terram (v. einem Tiere), Mela: conversi oculos inter se atque ora tenebant, Verg.: poet. m. Dat., zephyro (nach Westen) convertitur ales, Lucan. 9, 689. – So nun bes. α) in den milit. t. t.: c. signa, mit den Feldzeichen kehrt machen, eine Schwenkung machen, schwenken (s. Schneider Caes. b. G. 2, 26, 1. Drak. Liv. 3, 54, 10), zB. conversis signis retro in urbem reditur, Liv.: Romani conversa signa bipertito intulerunt, machten eine Frontveränderung und drangen in zwei Kolonnen vor, Caes.: signa ad hostem converti (dem F. die Spitze bieten) aciemque dirigi iubet, Caes. – so auch nostri rursus conversi, kehrt-, Front machend, dem Feinde die Stirn bietend, Caes. – c. terga, c. se, kehrtmachen = fliehen, Caes. – c. aciem, die (feindl.) (Schlachtordnung werfen, Liv.: u. so paucos nostros c. et insequi (v. Feinde), Hirt. b. G.: fugatae alae, conversae cohortes sunt, Vell.: cum hostium acies a sinistro cornu (auf dem l. Fl.) pulsa atque in fugam conversa esset, Caes. – β) als rhet. t. t., die Worte umstellen, versetzen, non modo mutare quaedam verba, sed extendere, corripere, convertere, dividere cogitur (poësis), Quint. 10, 1, 29. – γ) refl., convertere se od. b1. convertere od. Passiv medial converti ad alqm, in der Unterhaltung, in der Rede sich zu od. an jmd. wenden, rursus ad illum te converte et quaere etc., Cic.: ad eum convertit et... inquit, Gell.: itaque modo ad eum conversus quaerebat etc., Liv.: conversus ad suos... inquit, Val. Max.: deinde conversus ad nos, ›επιστήσατε quid facere debeamus‹, Plin. ep.
b) in der Bewegung, im Gange umkehren, umwenden, hinkehren, hinwenden, c. iter, Val. Max. (vgl. unten no. α): vias, Verg.: fugam, von der Fl. umkehren (= die Fl. einstellen), Verg. – vox boum Herculem convertit, bewog den H. umzukehren, Liv. – refl., c. se, umkehren, umwenden, Plin. ep. u. Suet.: se in porticu, Cic. – m. Ang. von wo? u. wohin: ex hoc cursu sceleris iter c. ad fugam atque in exsilium, Cic.: cursum ad septentrionem (v. einem Flusse), Mela. – refl., se convertere u. Passiv converti medial, sich hinwenden, c. se od. converti domum, Komik.; vgl. conversa domum lintea dare, Hor.: imago convertitur eodem, Lucr.: hinc se in Asiam c., Cic. – So nun bes.: α) als milit. t. t.: c. iter, umwenden, Caes. – c. iter in provinciam, Caes.: iter ad urbem, Lucan.: iter ad depopulandam Acarnaniam, Liv.: omnem multitudinem ad alqm, Caes.: hostem in se ab alqo, Curt. – u. refl., teils conv. se, zB. c. se in Phrygiam, Nep.: c. se ad montes, Caes.: subito se c. ad Cassium in Thessaliam, Caes.: ad hunc se a Pulione omnis multitudo (hostium) convertit, Caes. – teils ohne se, zB. convertit cum paucis ad equites, Sall.: convertit cum omni multitudine in regnum suum, Sall. – u. medial, omnis vis Romana Veios conversa est, Liv.: omnis Volscorum in se conversus impetus, Val. Max. – β) als t. t. der Wasserbaukunst, hinleiten, inchoabat piscinam a Miseno ad Avernum lacum, quo quidquid totis Baiis calidarum esset converteretur, Suet.: ut ex totis regionibus in quam (regionem) necessitas incubuerit converti possit praesidium aquarum abundantius, Frontin. – γ) etw. heimlich wo hinwenden, c. pecuniam publicam domum suam, unterschlagen, Cic. Verr. 3, 176.
c) (bes. als geogr. t. t.) Passiv converti medial od. conversum esse, der örtl. Richtung od. Lage nach sich hinwenden, sich hinziehen, hinliegen, hingehen, m. Ang. wohin? durch ad od. in u. Akk. auch zugl. m. Ang. von wo? durch ab u. Abl., inde ad meridiem iter convertitur usque ad Megaram, Mela: deinde ad septentriones toto latere terra convertitur a Celtico promunturio ad Scythicum usque, Mela. – spelunca conversa ad aquilonem, Cic.: stabula ad medium conversa diem, Verg.: alter conversus in contrariam partem erat vallus, Caes.: Pyrenaeus in terras fronte conversus, Mela: conversis inter se pedibus stare, Gegenfüßler sein, Plin.
2) im Kreise umdrehen, herumdrehen, refl. se convertere u. Passiv converti medial = sich umdrehen, sich herumdrehen, a) übh.: is (modiolus) habenā quasi terebra convertitur, Cels.: axes ut in torcularibus conversi, Cels. – b) einen Weltkörper, quae (terra) circum axem se summā celeritate convertit et torquet, Cic.: in infimo orbe luna solis radiis accensa convertitur, Cic.: invenies supero convertier orbe quinque (sidera) pari spatio, Cic. poët. – einen Kreisumlauf der Zeit umdrehen = erfüllen, vollenden, cum aetas tua septenos octiens solis anfractus reditusque converterit, Cic.: huius quidem anni nondum vigesimam partem scito esse conversam, Cic. – c) die Haare kräuseln, crines calamistro, Petron. 102, 15.
II) übtr.: 1) im allg., nach od. zu einem Ggstde., gegen einen Ggstd. hinkehren, hinwenden, hinrichten, ihm zuwenden, auf einen Ggstd. übertragen u. dgl., refl. se convertere od. bl. convertere u. Passiv converti medial = sich hinwenden, sich zuwenden, m. Ang. wohin? durch in od. ad u. Akk., a) übh.: quas (duas legiones) ab itinere Asiae Syriaeque ad suam potestatem dominatumque converterat, Caes.: c. in se unum omnium vires, Liv.: ad equestrem ordinem atque in ceteros ordines easdem vitae condiciones, übertragen auf usw., Cic.: Iovem O. M. precatus sum, ut, si quid adversi populo Romano immineret, totum in domum meam converteretur, Val. Max. – c. orationem ad Aeschinem in prooemio, an Ä. richten, Quint.: tum omnem orationem traduxi et converti in increpandam Caepionis fugam, in deplorandum interitum exercitus, habe gerichtet auf usw., Cic. – refl. ( ohne se) od. Passiv medial, ad uxorem Liviam convertere, sich wenden an usw., Tac. ann. 4, 3: sine advocatis in amicitiam atque in gratiam convortimus, Plaut.: (v. Redner, Schriftsteller) ab ea sententia, quam proposuimus, convertimus (wenden wir uns) ad aliquam personam aut rem, Rutil. Lup.; vgl. medial gratulabor tibi prius, deinde ad me convertar, will ich mich zu mir (zur Besprechung meiner Angelegenheiten) wenden, Cic. – omnis est risus in iudicem conversus, wendete sich gegen den R., Cic.
b) den Blick, die Aufmerksamkeit, die Gedanken hinwenden, hinrichten, hinlenken, gew. m. Ang. wohin? durch Advv. od. durch ad od. in u. Akk., α) den eigenen Blick usw., omnes convertere oculos Itali, wendeten dahin den Blick, Verg.: ut (oculi) aspectum quo vellent facile converterent, Cic.: c. ad tribunum militum centurionesque ora (v. den Soldaten), Caes.: video in me omnium vestrûm ora atque oculos esse conversos, Cic.: illud intellego omnium ora in me conversa esse, Sall. – β) eines andern Blick usw. od. jmd. mit seinem Blicke usw. auf sich hinlenken, αα) jmds. Blick usw., teils m. ad od. in se, zB. finitimis ad se gentibus ora, Lucr.: omnium oculos ad od. in se, Nep. u. Curt.: omnium oculos animosque in semet, Curt.: certamine ac studiis in se animum adulescentis, Liv. – teils ohne ad od. in se, zB. oculos hominum, Liv.: vulgi ora, Hor.: animos, Liv.: hominum oculos fulgore purpureae abollae, Suet. – ββ) jmd. mit seinem Blicke, teils mit in se, zB. omnem exercitum in se, Liv.: totum terrarum orbem in se, Verg.: omnium mentes in se, Flor. – teils ohne in se, zB. civitatem (v. fremden Gesandten), Liv.: omnes, Liv.
c) Geist, Sinn, Gemüt, Neigung, Eifer, Sorge, Hoffnung auf einen Ggstd. hinwenden, hinrichten, ihm zuwenden, m. Ang. wohin? worauf? durch ad od. in u. Akk.; m. Ang. von wo? durch Advv. od. durch ab u. Abl. od. durch bl. Abl., α) den eigenen Geist usw.: omne ingenium ac studium suum ad causas agendas, Tac.: animum ad urbana negotia, Liv.: animos ad agrum colendum, Liv.: animum ad publicam a privata curam, Liv. – omne studium curamque ad hanc scribendi operam, Cic.: omnem spem melioris status ad eorum fidem, Cic.: omnia in bellum consilia, Curt. – refl. se convertere od. bl. convertere u. Passiv converti medial, sich hinwenden, sich hinrichten, sich zuwenden, c. se ad philosophos, Cic.: se ad otium pacemque, Cic.: totum se ad alcis voluntatem nutumque, Cic.; vgl. (medial) animus alcis ad alterius non modo sensum ac voluntatem, sed etiam vultum atque nutum convertitur, Cic.: ceteri ad sapientiora convertere, Tac. ann. 3, 55. – omni civitate in eam curam conversā, Liv.: ad haec consultanda a vi atque armis converti (v. Volke), Liv.: conversus hinc ad ordinandum rei publicae statum, Suet.: quo facilius virginum mulierumque mens a libidine ad pudicitiam converteretur, Val. Max. – convertere ad nostros (amicos), wende dich nun zu unsern Fr. (= gedenke nun bei Beförderungen unserer Fr.), Plin. ep. 2, 13, 3. – u. so bes. conv. se od. bl. conv. ad od. in alqm, als Verehrer od. Anhänger im Staate jmdm. sich zuwenden, zufallen, conv. se ad alqm, Nep. Att. 8, 1: bl. conv. ad alqm, Cic. Planc. 50. Tac. ann. 12, 18: conv. se in alqm, Cic. de rep. 6, 12. Sen. de clem. 1, 4, 3: ebenso Passiv medial, cuncta ad victoris opes conversa, Tac. hist. 3, 44. – β) jmds. Geist (geistige Aufmerksamkeit) usw. od. jmd.: ut ab eo, quod agitur, avertat animos; ut saepe in hilaritatem risumque convertat, Cic.: c. animos imperitorum ad deorum cultum a vitae pravitate, Cic.: alqm ad fidem Christi, zum christlichen Glauben bekehren, Hier. in Philem. 5, 10 u. 11: in bellum Etruscum intentam civitatem c. ad Volscos, Liv.: homines a consuetudine subito c. et ad diversas rationes vitae traducere, Cic. – bl. c. alqm, jmd. auf andere Gedanken bringen, Suet. Dom. 16, 2. – v. lebl. Subjj., (res) totos ad se convertit et rapit, Cic. de off. 2, 37. – u. insbes., jmd. einem als polit. Anhänger zuwenden, fama huius rei convertit ad Masinissam Numidas, Liv. 29, 30, 7.
d) etw. einer Bestimmung, einem Zwecke zuwenden, zu etw. verwenden, α) lebl. Objj.: in suam rem aliena, Cic.: reditum in Domitiani loculos (Schatulle), Frontin.: pecuniam ad usus suos, ICt.: rationem in fraudem malitiamque, Cic.: tempora ad quietem refectionemque data in acerrimum laborem, Quint.: mandatum ad suum commodum, Cic.: copias eas ad patriae periculum, Brut. in Cic. ep.: scribendi facultatem ad alia opera, Quint. – β) leb. Wesen: ad continendas custodias plures commilitones, Traian. in Plin. ep. 10, 20 (31) in.
e) etw. nach der u. der Seite wenden, verkehren, m. Ang. wohin? durch in od. ad m. Akk., α) in der Beurteilung: si quid per iocum dixi, nolito in serium convertere, Plaut.: nolite fortunam convertere in culpam (zur Sch. anrechnen), neque regis iniuriam huius crimen putare, Cic. – β) in der Ausführung, quod ad perniciem suam fuerat cogitatum, id ad salutem convertit (v. Datames), Nep.: alterum (auxilium) ad perniciem meam erat a vobis consulibus conversum, Cic.: non posse iam ad salutem converti hoc malum, Ter. – oft refl. convertere od. Passiv converti medial, sich verkehren, sich wenden, ausschlagen, umschlagen, sed hoc vitium huic in bonum convertebat, Cic.: ne ista vobis mansuetudo et misericordia, si illi arma ceperint, in miseriam convortat, Sall. – in quartanam conversa vis est morbi, Cic.: quod crimen esse voluisti, id totum vides in laudem conversum esse, Cic.: istius poena omnis oculorum ad caecitatem mentis est conversa, Cic.
2) prägn., etw. so wenden, daß ein Wechsel, eine Änderung eintritt, etw. umkehren, umändern, umwandeln, bei Ang. wohin? m. in u. Akk., a) übh.: α) physisch, si antequam tumor discutiatur in suppurationem convertitur, in Eiter umgesetzt wird, übergeht, Col. 6, 17, 6. – β) jmds. Gemüt, umwandeln, umstimmen, animos permovere et c., Cic.: v. lebl. Subjj., nova religio iurandi mentes militum convertit, Caes. – Pass., umgestimmt werden, umschlagen, einen Umschlag erleiden, animus aeger avaritiā facile conversus est, Sall.: hāc oratione habitā mirum in modum conversae sunt omnium mentes, Caes.: quid est tam potens tamque magnificum, populi motus, iudicum religiones, senatus gravitatem unius oratione converti? Cic. de or. 1, 31: conversi animum vultumque, Tac. hist. 1, 85. – γ) Zustände, rem publicam, Cic.: hunc ordinem, Quint.: praemia Metelli in pestem, Sall.: omne beneficium in iniuriam, Sen.: v. lebl. Subjj., non fas nefasque, non humanam vicem convertere valere (v. einem Zaubertrank), Hor.: tot opes, tot gaudia dies unus in adversa convertit, Plin. ep.: odium c. in amorem (v. der Freundschaft), Val. Max.: possitne eloquentia commutatione aliquā converti in infantiam, Cic. – refl., se conv. u. bl. conv., sich verkehren, sich umändern, umschlagen, (s. Piderit Cic. Brut. 141), cavendum, ne in graves inimicitias convertant se amicitiae, Cic.: ubi regium imperium in superbiam dominationemque se convertit, Sall.: num virtus in vitium possit convertere, Cic.: hoc vitium huic uni in bonum convertebat, Cic.: nec in falsum e vero praeterita possunt convertere, Cic. – ebenso Passiv converti medial, vide, quam conversa res sit, Cic.: conversa subito fortuna est, Nep.: non posse iam ad salutem converti hoc malum, Ter.: indigne ferunt illam clementiam mansuetudinemque nostri imperii tantam in crudelitatem inhumanitatemque esse conversam, Cic. – δ) als rhet. t. t., den Ausdruck mit einem andern vertauschend künstlich umwandeln, conversa oratio atque mutata, Cic.: convertendi genus, Cic. – ε) als gramm. t. t., casus conversi = casus obliqui, die abgewandelten Kasusformen, Cic. de nat. deor. 2, 64. – ζ) als milit. t. t., castra castris c., Lager mit Lager vertauschen = fortrückend immer neue Lager aufschlagen, Caes. b. c. 1, 81, 3.
b) seinem ganzen Wesen, seiner Gestalt nach verwandeln, umgestalten, refl. se convertere od. Passiv converti medial = sich verwandeln, tellus induit ignotas hominum conversa figuras, Ov. met. 1, 86 sq. – gew. m. in u. Akk., terras in freti formam, Ov.: in bovem Io, Inachi filiam, Lact.: Hecubam putant propter animi acerbitatem fingi in canem esse conversam, Cic.: figura canis, in quam Hecuba conversa traditur, Mela: mater in ursae speciem conversa, Hyg.: mugitu bovis in sermonem humanum converso, Val. Max.: hominum simulacra ferarumque in silicem ex ipsis visā conversa Medusā, Ov.: in cinerem favillasque converti, Firm. math. – refl., teils conv. se, zB. se in hominem (v. einer Gottheit), Ter.: se in anum (alte Frau), Hyg.: se in taurum, Hyg.: se ex homine in beluam, Cic.: si omnium pecudum exta eodem tempore in eundem habitum se coloremque converterent, Cic. – teils bl. conv., zB. c. in mulierem, Rutil. Lup. – u. Passiv medial, deo converso in pretium (v. Jupiter), Hor.
c) aus einer Sprache in eine andere umwandeln = übertragen, übersetzen, verdolmetschen, gew. m. de od. ex u. Abl. u. m. in u. Akk., aliqua de Graecis, Cic.: orationes e Graeco, Cic.: ex Atticis duorum eloquentissimorum nobilissimas orationes, Cic.: illa in Latinum, Cic.: librum e Graeco in Latinum, Cic. – im Zshg. auch ohne Angabe woraus od. wohin? Electra (Sophoclis) male conversa, Cic.: carmina Arati ea, quae a te admodum adulescentulo conversa ita me delectant, quia Latina sunt, ut etc., Cic. – / Parag. Infin. convertier, Lucr. 1, 796. Cic. Arat. 269 (515).
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Fall, I) das Niederfallen oder der Zustand, wenn eine Person oder Sache fällt: A) eig.: casus (im allg., auch vom Einsturz eines Turms oder sonst hohen Gebäudes: u. vom Herabfallen einer Sache, z.B. nivis, stillicidli). – lapsus (das Hingleiten, bes. das Fallen durch einen Fehltritt [z.B. der F. oder das Fallen von der Leiter, lapsus scalarum]: dann auch vom Erdfall, terrae lapsus). – ruina (Einsturz einer großen Masse, eines Zimmers, eines Turms etc.). – labes (der abmähliche Einsturz, bes. der Erde, terrae). – der F. (das Fallen) einer Sternschnuppe, traiectio stellae (Plur. traiectiones stellarum). – sich vom F. aufrecht erhalten, sich vor dem F. bewahren, a lapsu se sustinere: einen F. tun, cadere; labi (aus- oder herabg leiten): einen harten Fall tun, graviter cadere od. concĭdere: den F. drohen (einstürzen wollen), ruinam minari; in ruinam pronum esse. – B) uneig.: a) Eroberung einer Stadt etc.: expugnatio. – nach dem F. der Stadt, expugnatā urbe. – b) Untergang: ruina. – excidium (Untergang eines Staates, z.B. Karthagos). – casus (Untergang einer Person). – nach dem F. Karthagos, excisā Carthagine. – c) Sturz einer Person von der Höhe ihres Ansehens, s. Sturz. – II) Verminderung der Höhe des Standes eines flüssigen Körpers: decessus. recessus (bes. der Fall der Meeresflut, s. Ebbe). – III) als gramm. t. t. = Beugefall, s. Kasus. – IV) Neigung eines flüssigen od. schweren Körpers nach einem tiefer gelegenen Orte: decursus (von flüssigen Körpern). – declivitas. proclivitas (von schweren). – Übtr., v. Wort-, Tonfall; z.B. einen guten F. haben, bene, numerose cadere. – [859] V) Begebenheit, Umstand: a) im allg.: casus (aber immer nur = Zufall, zufälliger Umstand). – res (Sache, Umstand, Ereignis). – causa (Umstand, besonderer Fall). – eventus (eintretendes Ereignis). – condicio (durch die Umstände gegebenes, eintretendes, mögliches Verhältnis, gegebene Lage u. dgl., z.B. aliacondicio oratorum, alia poëtarum). – locus (Punkt, Beziehung, Hinsicht). – tempus. occasio (Zeitumstand, Gelegenheit). – ein ähnlicher, verwandter Fall, similitudo; exemplum (als Beispiel). – Zuw. wird auch »Fall« mit einem Pronomen od. Adjektiv im Lateinischen bloß durch das Neutrum des Pronomens od. Adjektivs ausgedrückt, z.B. dieser F., id (s. N ep. Milt. 4, 5): diese beiden Fälle, haec duo: jene zahllosen Fälle, ista innumerabilia: diese u. dergleichen Fälle mehr, haec atque eiusdem generis complura: u. sehr viele andere Fälle, et plurima alia: ein dritter F. ist unmöglich, tertium nihil inveniripotest. – in diesem F., in hac re; in isto genere; quae si ita sunt (wenn sich dieses so verhält): in beiden Fällen, in utraque re;utroque modo (auf beiderlei Weise): in den meisten Fällen, plerumque (meistens): in allen Fällen, in omnibus rebus (z.B. jmdm. dienen, helfen, alci adesse); omnibus rebus (in jeder Hinsicht, z.B. in eo perseverare): in einzelnen Fällen, s. bisweilen: nur in einzelnen F., raro (selten). – im glücklichsten F., si felicissimecesserit: im schlimmsten F., si parum feliciter cesserit. – im andern, entgegengesetzten F. (andernfalls), si hoc non contigerit (im nicht glücklichen Fall); sin aliter (wenn anders); sin aliter accĭderit (im unglücklichen Fall): abgesehen von dem gegenwärtigen Fall, alioqui od. alioquin (außerdem, sonst). – im Fall der Not, nötigenfalls, s. Not no. II: in einem dringenden Falle, necessario tempore;temporis causā (im Drange des Augenblicks, der augenblicklichen Umstände, z.B. leges temporis causā iussae). – für alle Fälle, ad omnes res; ad omnes eventus casusve. – auf alle Fälle, auf jeden Fall, d. i. α) = auf jede Weise, quoquo modo (z.B. neque id quoquomodo cuiusq ue interest). – β) = wie sich auch die Sache verhalten mag, utcumque sehabet res; u. bl. utcumque (z.B. id tutiusest). – γ) = wie auch die Sache ablaufen mag, ad (in) omnem eventum. ad omnes casus.ad omnes eventus casusve (z.B. gefaßt sein, paratum esse); utcumque res ceciderit od. casura est (wie auch die Sache ausfallen mag oder wird). – δ) = ganz gewiß, certe (sicherlich); profecto (zuverlässig). – auf keinen F., nullam in partem; neutiquam. omnino non.nullo modo (keineswegs). – auf oder für den F. od. in dem F. einer Sache, ad alqd, si accĭdat (z.B. reliqua ad oppugnationem urbis,si accĭdat, reservare, d. i. auf od. für den F. der Belagerung auff paren): od. bl. in mit Abl. (z.B. in periculo). – auf od. für den vorkommenden F., si quid accĭderit: auf oder für den ungewissen F., ad incertum casumet eventum. – der F. kommt oft, tritt oft ein, daß etc., saepe accĭdit, ut etc.: wenn der F. einträte, si usu veniat od. venerit; si quando usus est; si casus incĭdit: es gibt Fälle wo, [860] est, ubi mit Konjunktiv: es treten oft wichtige Fälle ein, saepe incĭdunt res magnae: es kann der F. eintreten, fieri potest; usu venire potest: es kann nie der F. eintreten, non potest accĭdere tempus: das trat nur in seltenen Fallen ein, das war nur sel ten der F., hoc raro incĭdebat. – sich in alle Fälle zu finden wissen, omnia humana ferre. – sich in ebendem F. befinden, in eadem esse condicione: wenn ich mich in diesem F. befände, isto loco si essem: in einem andern F. befindet sich der, der etc., alia causa esteius. qui etc.: das ist gerade der F., haec eadem causa est: das ist nicht der F., alia res est; aliud est: das ist der F., derselbe F. bei jmd., bei etwas (od. der, derselbe F. tri tt ein bei etc), hoc contingit alci od. alci rei; idem (eademres) accĭdit in alqo od. in alqa re: ist dies nicht der F. bei jedem Volke? an hoc non itafit in omni populo: wie es der F. zu sein pflegt, quod evenire solet: es ist ein ganz gewöhnlicher F., daß etc., hoc fere sie fieri solet, ut etc. – in dem Falle, wenn od. daß etc., si; ita... si od. tum... si (dergestalt od. dann, wenn = unter der Bedingung, wenn etc.); cum (so oft als); si est, ut etc. (wenn es angeht, wenn es der Fall ist, daß etc.). – auch od. selbst in dem F., daß etc., bl. ut (= gesetzt den Fall, daß etc.): wie denn selbst in dem Fall, daß etc., ut etiam si – im F., daß etwa etc., si forte. – ja selbst in dem F., wenn etc., etiam si. – doch nur in dem F., wenn etc., ita tamen, si. – den Fall setzen od. annehmen, fingere; facere, z.B. wir wollen den F. setzen (nämlich daß sich die Sache so verhalte), fingamus (faciamus) rem ita esse: wir wollen den F. setzen, die Sache sei wahr, fingamus (faciamus) rem esse veram. – gesetzt den F. (auch bl »gesetzt«), daß od. daß nicht, fac mit Akk. u. Infin. (z.B. fac [eum id] audisse od. non audisse statim); od. bl. ut od. ne mit Konj (z.B. ut fueris dignior quam Plancius: u. nesit summum malum dolor) – b) insbes. der Rechtsfall: condicio (der Umstand, daß sich einer vergeht oder vergangen hat, z.B. insimili condicione inveniri [sich betreten lassen]). – causa (die vor Gericht anhängige Sache, auch als Gegenstand rhetor Behandlung, z.B. causam docere [vortragen] alqm: u. causam discere [sich vortragen lassen], v. Rechtsgelehrten). – species (ein einzelner bestimmter Fall, z.B. haec species incĭdit in cognitionem meam, ist mir zur Untersuchung vorgekommen).
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con-verto (vorto), vertī (vortī), versum (vorsum), ere, umkehren, umwenden, umdrehen, od. m. Bezug auf das Ziel, hinkehren, hinwenden, hindrehen, refl. se convertere od. bl. convertere u. Passiv converti medial = sich um- od. hinkehren usw., I) eig.: 1) nach der andern Seite (nach vorn od. nach hinten, nach oben od. nach unten) od. nach irgend einer Seite um- od. hinkehren, a) übh.: aculeum (im Bilde, aculeum testimonii sui), Cic.: arcum, Verg.: baculum (zB. converso baculo alci oculos tundere), Cic.: cardinem, Verg.: cuspidem, Verg.: manum, Quint.: fenum, umwenden, wenden, Col.: vulvas conversas corrigere, die Umstülpung der Gebärmutter, Plin. – u. refl., cum se convertit (v. Pers.), Suet. – u. Passiv medial, si facile convertitur (aeger), Cels.: in delubris deûm suā sponte signa conversa, Val. Max. – m. Ang. wohin? durch Advv. od. Praepp., corpus huc illucve, Cels.: uncos deorsum, Cels.: corpus in nullam partem, Cels.: gladium in se, Val. Max.: infantem in caput, in pedes, Cels.: naves in eam partem, quo ventus fert, Caes.: colla ad freta, Ov.: palam anuli ad palmam, Cic.: poet. m. Dat., luna potest... id lumen convertere nobis (nach uns), Lucr. 5, 704. – tigna duo contra vim atque impetum fluminis conversa, Caes.: omnem eam materiam, quae erat caesa, conversam ad hostem collocabat, Caes.: calix ad latus praetereuntis aquae————conversus, Frontin. – refl., simulacrum Victoriae, quod ante ad simulacrum Minervae spectavisset, ad valvas se templi limenque convertisse, Caes. – Passiv medial, ima pars pedis in exteriorem partem convertitur (dreht sich), Cels.: manus ad pollicem aut minimum digitum convertitur (neigt sich), Cels.: ore conversus in terram (v. einem Tiere), Mela: conversi oculos inter se atque ora tenebant, Verg.: poet. m. Dat., zephyro (nach Westen) convertitur ales, Lucan. 9, 689. – So nun bes. α) in den milit. t. t.: c. signa, mit den Feldzeichen kehrt machen, eine Schwenkung machen, schwenken (s. Schneider Caes. b. G. 2, 26, 1. Drak. Liv. 3, 54, 10), zB. conversis signis retro in urbem reditur, Liv.: Romani conversa signa bipertito intulerunt, machten eine Frontveränderung und drangen in zwei Kolonnen vor, Caes.: signa ad hostem converti (dem F. die Spitze bieten) aciemque dirigi iubet, Caes. – so auch nostri rursus conversi, kehrt-, Front machend, dem Feinde die Stirn bietend, Caes. – c. terga, c. se, kehrtmachen = fliehen, Caes. – c. aciem, die (feindl.) (Schlachtordnung werfen, Liv.: u. so paucos nostros c. et insequi (v. Feinde), Hirt. b. G.: fugatae alae, conversae cohortes sunt, Vell.: cum hostium acies a sinistro cornu (auf dem l. Fl.) pulsa atque in fugam conversa esset, Caes. – β) als rhet. t. t., die Worte umstellen, versetzen, non modo mutare quaedam verba, sed extendere, corripe-————re, convertere, dividere cogitur (poësis), Quint. 10, 1, 29. – γ) refl., convertere se od. b1. convertere od. Passiv medial converti ad alqm, in der Unterhaltung, in der Rede sich zu od. an jmd. wenden, rursus ad illum te converte et quaere etc., Cic.: ad eum convertit et... inquit, Gell.: itaque modo ad eum conversus quaerebat etc., Liv.: conversus ad suos... inquit, Val. Max.: deinde conversus ad nos, ›επιστήσατε quid facere debeamus‹, Plin. ep.b) in der Bewegung, im Gange umkehren, umwenden, hinkehren, hinwenden, c. iter, Val. Max. (vgl. unten no. α): vias, Verg.: fugam, von der Fl. umkehren (= die Fl. einstellen), Verg. – vox boum Herculem convertit, bewog den H. umzukehren, Liv. – refl., c. se, umkehren, umwenden, Plin. ep. u. Suet.: se in porticu, Cic. – m. Ang. von wo? u. wohin: ex hoc cursu sceleris iter c. ad fugam atque in exsilium, Cic.: cursum ad septentrionem (v. einem Flusse), Mela. – refl., se convertere u. Passiv converti medial, sich hinwenden, c. se od. converti domum, Komik.; vgl. conversa domum lintea dare, Hor.: imago convertitur eodem, Lucr.: hinc se in Asiam c., Cic. – So nun bes.: α) als milit. t. t.: c. iter, umwenden, Caes. – c. iter in provinciam, Caes.: iter ad urbem, Lucan.: iter ad depopulandam Acarnaniam, Liv.: omnem multitudinem ad alqm, Caes.: hostem in se ab alqo, Curt. – u. refl., teils conv. se, zB. c. se in————Phrygiam, Nep.: c. se ad montes, Caes.: subito se c. ad Cassium in Thessaliam, Caes.: ad hunc se a Pulione omnis multitudo (hostium) convertit, Caes. – teils ohne se, zB. convertit cum paucis ad equites, Sall.: convertit cum omni multitudine in regnum suum, Sall. – u. medial, omnis vis Romana Veios conversa est, Liv.: omnis Volscorum in se conversus impetus, Val. Max. – β) als t. t. der Wasserbaukunst, hinleiten, inchoabat piscinam a Miseno ad Avernum lacum, quo quidquid totis Baiis calidarum esset converteretur, Suet.: ut ex totis regionibus in quam (regionem) necessitas incubuerit converti possit praesidium aquarum abundantius, Frontin. – γ) etw. heimlich wo hinwenden, c. pecuniam publicam domum suam, unterschlagen, Cic. Verr. 3, 176.c) (bes. als geogr. t. t.) Passiv converti medial od. conversum esse, der örtl. Richtung od. Lage nach sich hinwenden, sich hinziehen, hinliegen, hingehen, m. Ang. wohin? durch ad od. in u. Akk. auch zugl. m. Ang. von wo? durch ab u. Abl., inde ad meridiem iter convertitur usque ad Megaram, Mela: deinde ad septentriones toto latere terra convertitur a Celtico promunturio ad Scythicum usque, Mela. – spelunca conversa ad aquilonem, Cic.: stabula ad medium conversa diem, Verg.: alter conversus in contrariam partem erat vallus, Caes.: Pyrenaeus in terras fronte conversus, Mela: conversis inter se pedibus————stare, Gegenfüßler sein, Plin.2) im Kreise umdrehen, herumdrehen, refl. se convertere u. Passiv converti medial = sich umdrehen, sich herumdrehen, a) übh.: is (modiolus) habenā quasi terebra convertitur, Cels.: axes ut in torcularibus conversi, Cels. – b) einen Weltkörper, quae (terra) circum axem se summā celeritate convertit et torquet, Cic.: in infimo orbe luna solis radiis accensa convertitur, Cic.: invenies supero convertier orbe quinque (sidera) pari spatio, Cic. poët. – einen Kreisumlauf der Zeit umdrehen = erfüllen, vollenden, cum aetas tua septenos octiens solis anfractus reditusque converterit, Cic.: huius quidem anni nondum vigesimam partem scito esse conversam, Cic. – c) die Haare kräuseln, crines calamistro, Petron. 102, 15.II) übtr.: 1) im allg., nach od. zu einem Ggstde., gegen einen Ggstd. hinkehren, hinwenden, hinrichten, ihm zuwenden, auf einen Ggstd. übertragen u. dgl., refl. se convertere od. bl. convertere u. Passiv converti medial = sich hinwenden, sich zuwenden, m. Ang. wohin? durch in od. ad u. Akk., a) übh.: quas (duas legiones) ab itinere Asiae Syriaeque ad suam potestatem dominatumque converterat, Caes.: c. in se unum omnium vires, Liv.: ad equestrem ordinem atque in ceteros ordines easdem vitae condiciones, übertragen auf usw., Cic.: Iovem O. M. precatus sum, ut, si quid adversi populo Romano immineret,————totum in domum meam converteretur, Val. Max. – c. orationem ad Aeschinem in prooemio, an Ä. richten, Quint.: tum omnem orationem traduxi et converti in increpandam Caepionis fugam, in deplorandum interitum exercitus, habe gerichtet auf usw., Cic. – refl. ( ohne se) od. Passiv medial, ad uxorem Liviam convertere, sich wenden an usw., Tac. ann. 4, 3: sine advocatis in amicitiam atque in gratiam convortimus, Plaut.: (v. Redner, Schriftsteller) ab ea sententia, quam proposuimus, convertimus (wenden wir uns) ad aliquam personam aut rem, Rutil. Lup.; vgl. medial gratulabor tibi prius, deinde ad me convertar, will ich mich zu mir (zur Besprechung meiner Angelegenheiten) wenden, Cic. – omnis est risus in iudicem conversus, wendete sich gegen den R., Cic.b) den Blick, die Aufmerksamkeit, die Gedanken hinwenden, hinrichten, hinlenken, gew. m. Ang. wohin? durch Advv. od. durch ad od. in u. Akk., α) den eigenen Blick usw., omnes convertere oculos Itali, wendeten dahin den Blick, Verg.: ut (oculi) aspectum quo vellent facile converterent, Cic.: c. ad tribunum militum centurionesque ora (v. den Soldaten), Caes.: video in me omnium vestrûm ora atque oculos esse conversos, Cic.: illud intellego omnium ora in me conversa esse, Sall. – β) eines andern Blick usw. od. jmd. mit seinem Blicke usw. auf sich hinlenken, αα) jmds. Blick usw., teils m. ad od. in se, zB. finitimis ad————se gentibus ora, Lucr.: omnium oculos ad od. in se, Nep. u. Curt.: omnium oculos animosque in semet, Curt.: certamine ac studiis in se animum adulescentis, Liv. – teils ohne ad od. in se, zB. oculos hominum, Liv.: vulgi ora, Hor.: animos, Liv.: hominum oculos fulgore purpureae abollae, Suet. – ββ) jmd. mit seinem Blicke, teils mit in se, zB. omnem exercitum in se, Liv.: totum terrarum orbem in se, Verg.: omnium mentes in se, Flor. – teils ohne in se, zB. civitatem (v. fremden Gesandten), Liv.: omnes, Liv.c) Geist, Sinn, Gemüt, Neigung, Eifer, Sorge, Hoffnung auf einen Ggstd. hinwenden, hinrichten, ihm zuwenden, m. Ang. wohin? worauf? durch ad od. in u. Akk.; m. Ang. von wo? durch Advv. od. durch ab u. Abl. od. durch bl. Abl., α) den eigenen Geist usw.: omne ingenium ac studium suum ad causas agendas, Tac.: animum ad urbana negotia, Liv.: animos ad agrum colendum, Liv.: animum ad publicam a privata curam, Liv. – omne studium curamque ad hanc scribendi operam, Cic.: omnem spem melioris status ad eorum fidem, Cic.: omnia in bellum consilia, Curt. – refl. se convertere od. bl. convertere u. Passiv converti medial, sich hinwenden, sich hinrichten, sich zuwenden, c. se ad philosophos, Cic.: se ad otium pacemque, Cic.: totum se ad alcis voluntatem nutumque, Cic.; vgl. (medial) animus alcis ad alterius non modo sensum ac voluntatem, sed etiam————vultum atque nutum convertitur, Cic.: ceteri ad sapientiora convertere, Tac. ann. 3, 55. – omni civitate in eam curam conversā, Liv.: ad haec consultanda a vi atque armis converti (v. Volke), Liv.: conversus hinc ad ordinandum rei publicae statum, Suet.: quo facilius virginum mulierumque mens a libidine ad pudicitiam converteretur, Val. Max. – convertere ad nostros (amicos), wende dich nun zu unsern Fr. (= gedenke nun bei Beförderungen unserer Fr.), Plin. ep. 2, 13, 3. – u. so bes. conv. se od. bl. conv. ad od. in alqm, als Verehrer od. Anhänger im Staate jmdm. sich zuwenden, zufallen, conv. se ad alqm, Nep. Att. 8, 1: bl. conv. ad alqm, Cic. Planc. 50. Tac. ann. 12, 18: conv. se in alqm, Cic. de rep. 6, 12. Sen. de clem. 1, 4, 3: ebenso Passiv medial, cuncta ad victoris opes conversa, Tac. hist. 3, 44. – β) jmds. Geist (geistige Aufmerksamkeit) usw. od. jmd.: ut ab eo, quod agitur, avertat animos; ut saepe in hilaritatem risumque convertat, Cic.: c. animos imperitorum ad deorum cultum a vitae pravitate, Cic.: alqm ad fidem Christi, zum christlichen Glauben bekehren, Hier. in Philem. 5, 10 u. 11: in bellum Etruscum intentam civitatem c. ad Volscos, Liv.: homines a consuetudine subito c. et ad diversas rationes vitae traducere, Cic. – bl. c. alqm, jmd. auf andere Gedanken bringen, Suet. Dom. 16, 2. – v. lebl. Subjj., (res) totos ad se convertit et rapit, Cic. de off. 2, 37. – u. insbes., jmd. einem————als polit. Anhänger zuwenden, fama huius rei convertit ad Masinissam Numidas, Liv. 29, 30, 7.d) etw. einer Bestimmung, einem Zwecke zuwenden, zu etw. verwenden, α) lebl. Objj.: in suam rem aliena, Cic.: reditum in Domitiani loculos (Schatulle), Frontin.: pecuniam ad usus suos, ICt.: rationem in fraudem malitiamque, Cic.: tempora ad quietem refectionemque data in acerrimum laborem, Quint.: mandatum ad suum commodum, Cic.: copias eas ad patriae periculum, Brut. in Cic. ep.: scribendi facultatem ad alia opera, Quint. – β) leb. Wesen: ad continendas custodias plures commilitones, Traian. in Plin. ep. 10, 20 (31) in.e) etw. nach der u. der Seite wenden, verkehren, m. Ang. wohin? durch in od. ad m. Akk., α) in der Beurteilung: si quid per iocum dixi, nolito in serium convertere, Plaut.: nolite fortunam convertere in culpam (zur Sch. anrechnen), neque regis iniuriam huius crimen putare, Cic. – β) in der Ausführung, quod ad perniciem suam fuerat cogitatum, id ad salutem convertit (v. Datames), Nep.: alterum (auxilium) ad perniciem meam erat a vobis consulibus conversum, Cic.: non posse iam ad salutem converti hoc malum, Ter. – oft refl. convertere od. Passiv converti medial, sich verkehren, sich wenden, ausschlagen, umschlagen, sed hoc vitium huic in bonum convertebat, Cic.: ne ista vobis mansuetudo et misericordia, si————illi arma ceperint, in miseriam convortat, Sall. – in quartanam conversa vis est morbi, Cic.: quod crimen esse voluisti, id totum vides in laudem conversum esse, Cic.: istius poena omnis oculorum ad caecitatem mentis est conversa, Cic.2) prägn., etw. so wenden, daß ein Wechsel, eine Änderung eintritt, etw. umkehren, umändern, umwandeln, bei Ang. wohin? m. in u. Akk., a) übh.: α) physisch, si antequam tumor discutiatur in suppurationem convertitur, in Eiter umgesetzt wird, übergeht, Col. 6, 17, 6. – β) jmds. Gemüt, umwandeln, umstimmen, animos permovere et c., Cic.: v. lebl. Subjj., nova religio iurandi mentes militum convertit, Caes. – Pass., umgestimmt werden, umschlagen, einen Umschlag erleiden, animus aeger avaritiā facile conversus est, Sall.: hāc oratione habitā mirum in modum conversae sunt omnium mentes, Caes.: quid est tam potens tamque magnificum, populi motus, iudicum religiones, senatus gravitatem unius oratione converti? Cic. de or. 1, 31: conversi animum vultumque, Tac. hist. 1, 85. – γ) Zustände, rem publicam, Cic.: hunc ordinem, Quint.: praemia Metelli in pestem, Sall.: omne beneficium in iniuriam, Sen.: v. lebl. Subjj., non fas nefasque, non humanam vicem convertere valere (v. einem Zaubertrank), Hor.: tot opes, tot gaudia dies unus in adversa convertit, Plin. ep.: odium c. in amorem (v. der Freundschaft), Val. Max.: possitne————eloquentia commutatione aliquā converti in infantiam, Cic. – refl., se conv. u. bl. conv., sich verkehren, sich umändern, umschlagen, (s. Piderit Cic. Brut. 141), cavendum, ne in graves inimicitias convertant se amicitiae, Cic.: ubi regium imperium in superbiam dominationemque se convertit, Sall.: num virtus in vitium possit convertere, Cic.: hoc vitium huic uni in bonum convertebat, Cic.: nec in falsum e vero praeterita possunt convertere, Cic. – ebenso Passiv converti medial, vide, quam conversa res sit, Cic.: conversa subito fortuna est, Nep.: non posse iam ad salutem converti hoc malum, Ter.: indigne ferunt illam clementiam mansuetudinemque nostri imperii tantam in crudelitatem inhumanitatemque esse conversam, Cic. – δ) als rhet. t. t., den Ausdruck mit einem andern vertauschend künstlich umwandeln, conversa oratio atque mutata, Cic.: convertendi genus, Cic. – ε) als gramm. t. t., casus conversi = casus obliqui, die abgewandelten Kasusformen, Cic. de nat. deor. 2, 64. – ζ) als milit. t. t., castra castris c., Lager mit Lager vertauschen = fortrückend immer neue Lager aufschlagen, Caes. b. c. 1, 81, 3.b) seinem ganzen Wesen, seiner Gestalt nach verwandeln, umgestalten, refl. se convertere od. Passiv converti medial = sich verwandeln, tellus induit ignotas hominum conversa figuras, Ov. met. 1, 86 sq. – gew. m. in u. Akk., terras in freti formam, Ov.:————in bovem Io, Inachi filiam, Lact.: Hecubam putant propter animi acerbitatem fingi in canem esse conversam, Cic.: figura canis, in quam Hecuba conversa traditur, Mela: mater in ursae speciem conversa, Hyg.: mugitu bovis in sermonem humanum converso, Val. Max.: hominum simulacra ferarumque in silicem ex ipsis visā conversa Medusā, Ov.: in cinerem favillasque converti, Firm. math. – refl., teils conv. se, zB. se in hominem (v. einer Gottheit), Ter.: se in anum (alte Frau), Hyg.: se in taurum, Hyg.: se ex homine in beluam, Cic.: si omnium pecudum exta eodem tempore in eundem habitum se coloremque converterent, Cic. – teils bl. conv., zB. c. in mulierem, Rutil. Lup. – u. Passiv medial, deo converso in pretium (v. Jupiter), Hor.c) aus einer Sprache in eine andere umwandeln = übertragen, übersetzen, verdolmetschen, gew. m. de od. ex u. Abl. u. m. in u. Akk., aliqua de Graecis, Cic.: orationes e Graeco, Cic.: ex Atticis duorum eloquentissimorum nobilissimas orationes, Cic.: illa in Latinum, Cic.: librum e Graeco in Latinum, Cic. – im Zshg. auch ohne Angabe woraus od. wohin? Electra (Sophoclis) male conversa, Cic.: carmina Arati ea, quae a te admodum adulescentulo conversa ita me delectant, quia Latina sunt, ut etc., Cic. – ⇒ Parag. Infin. convertier, Lucr. 1, 796. Cic. Arat. 269 (515).Ausführliches Lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch > converto
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1.căpĭo, cepi, captum (old fut. perf. capso, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 61: capsit, Enn. ap. Non. p. 66, 27, or Ann. v. 324 Vahl.; Plaut. Ps. 4, 3, 6; Att. ap. Non. p. 483, 12, or Trag. Rel. v. 454 Rib.; Paul. ex. Fest. p. 57 Mull.:I.capsimus,
Plaut. Rud. 2, 1, 15: capsis, acc. to Cic. Or. 45, 154, = cape si vis, but this is an error; cf. Quint. 1, 5, 66; old perf. cepet, Col. Rostr. 5; v. Wordsworth, Fragm. and Spec. p. 170), 3, v. a. [cf. kôpê, handle; Lat. capulum; Engl. haft; Germ. Heft; Sanscr. root hri-, take; cf. Gr. cheir, Engl. and Germ. hand, and Goth. hinthan, seize].Lit.A.In gen., to take in hand, take hold of, lay hold of, take, seize, grasp (cf.:B.sumo, prehendo): si hodie hercule fustem cepero aut stimulum in manum,
Plaut. Aul. 1, 1, 9:cape hoc flabellum,
Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 47:cepit manibus tympanum,
Cat. 6, 3, 8:tu, genitor, cape sacra manu patriosque Penatis,
Verg. A. 2, 717:cape saxa manu, cape robora, pastor,
id. G. 3, 420:flammeum,
Cat. 61, 8:acria pocula,
Hor. S. 2, 6, 69:lora,
Prop. 3 (4), 9, 57:baculum,
Ov. M. 2, 789:colum cum calathis,
id. ib. 12, 475:florem ternis digitis,
Plin. 24, 10, 48, § 81:pignera,
Liv. 3, 38, 12; Dig. 48, 13, 9, § 6; Gai Inst. 4, 29:ut is in cavea pignus capiatur togae,
Plaut. Am. prol. 68: rem manu, Gai Inst. 1, 121:rem pignori,
Dig. 42, 1, 15, § 7; cf. ib. 42, 1, 15, § 4:scutum laeva,
Plin. 33, 1, 4, § 13:capias tu illius vestem,
Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 79: cape vorsoriam, seize the sheet, i. e. take a tack, turn about, Plaut. Trin. 4, 3, 19.—Very freq. of arms (cf. sumo); so in gen.: arma, to take up arms, i. e. engage in war or battle, Cic. Rab. Perd. 7, 20 sq.; 9, 27; 11, 31; id. Planc. 36, 88; id. Phil. 4, 3, 7; Caes. B.G. 5, 26; 7, 4; Sall. C. 27, 4; 30, 1; 33, 2; 52, 27; id. J. 38, 5; 102, 12; Ov. M. 3, 115 sq.; 12, 91; 13, 221;and of particular weapons: ensem,
Ov. M. 13, 435:tela,
id. ib. 3, 307; 5, 366 et saep.—Of food, to take, partake of:quicum una cibum Capere soleo,
Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 61; Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 77; Sall. J. 91, 2:lauti cibum capiunt,
Tac. G. 22.—In partic.1.Of living objects.a. (α).Of persons:(β).oppidum expugnavimus, et legiones Teleboarum vi pugnando cepimus,
Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 258: summus ibi capitur meddix, occiditur alter, Enn. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 123 Mull. (Ann. v. 296 Vahl.):quoniam belli nefarios duces captos jam et comprehensos tenetis,
Cic. Cat. 3, 7, 16:ibi Orgetorigis filia atque unus e filiis captus est,
Caes. B. G. 1, 26:reges capiuntur,
Lucr. 4, 1013; Tac. A. 4, 33:capta eo proelio tria milia peditum dicuntur,
Liv. 22, 49, 18:quos Byzantii ceperat,
Nep. Paus. 2, 3; id. Alcib. 9, 2; id. Dat. 2, 5; Quint. 6, 3, 61:captos ostendere civibus hostes,
Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 33:captus Tarento Livius,
Cic. Brut. 18, 72:servus ex hoste captus,
Quint. 5, 10, 67.—Hence, P. a. as subst.: captus, i, m., = captivus, a prisoner, captive:in captos clementia uti,
Nep. Alcib. 5, 7:inludere capto,
Verg. A. 2, 64:quae sit fiducia capto,
id. ib. 2, 75:ex captorum numero,
Liv. 28, 39, 10; Tac. A. 6, 1; 12, 37; 15, 1.—Also, capta, ae, f., a female captive:dicam hanc esse captam ex Caria, Ditem ac nobilem,
Ter. Heaut. 3, 3, 47.—Of animals, birds, fish, etc., to catch, hunt down, take: quid hic venatu non cepit? Varr. ap. Non. p. 253, 31:b.si ab avibus capiundis auceps dicatur, debuisse ajunt ex piscibus capiundis, ut aucupem, sic piscicupem dici,
id. L. L. 8, § 61 Mull.:hic jaculo pisces, illa capiuntur ab hamis,
Ov. A. A. 1, 763:neque quicquam captum'st piscium,
Plaut. Rud. 2, 1, 12; cf.:nisi quid concharum capsimus,
id. ib. v. 18; Cic. Off. 3, 14, 58; Plin. 33, 1, 6, § 27: acipenserem, Cic. ap. Macr. S. 2, 12:cervum,
Phaedr. 1, 5, 5; cf.:hic (Nereus) tibi prius vinclis capiendus,
Verg. G. 4, 396.—To win, captivate, charm, allure, enchain, enslave, fascinate; mostly with abl. of means: Ph. Amore ardeo. Pa. Quid agas? nisi ut te redimas captum quam queas Minumo, Ter. Eun. 1, 1, 29:c.quod insit in iis aliquid probi, quod capiat ignaros,
Cic. Off. 3, 3, 15: [p. 284] animum adulescentis... pellexit eis omnibus rebus, quibus illa aetas capi ac deleniri potest, id. Clu. 5, 13:quamvis voluptate capiatur,
id. Off. 1, 30, 105; Quint. 5, 11, 19:quem quidem adeo sua cepit humanitate,
Nep. Alcib. 9, 3:secum habuit Pomponium, captus adulescentis et humanitate et doctrina,
id. Att. 4, 1:nec bene promeritis capitur (deus), nec tangitur ira,
Lucr. 2, 651: ut pictura poesis;erit quae si propius stes Te capiat magis, et quaedam si longius abstes,
Hor. A. P. 362:hunc capit argenti splendor,
id. S. 1, 4, 28:te conjux aliena capit,
id. ib. 2, 7, 46:Cynthia prima suis miserum me cepit ocellis,
Prop. 1, 1, 1:carmine formosae, pretio capiuntur avarae,
Tib. 3, 1, 7:munditiis capimur,
Ov. A. A. 3, 133; id. M. 4, 170; 6, 465; 7, 802; 8, 124; 8, 435; 9, 511; 10, 529;14, 373: amore captivae victor captus,
Liv. 30, 12, 18:dulcedine vocis,
Ov. M. 1, 709; 11, 170:voce nova,
id. ib. 1, 678:temperie aquarum,
id. ib. 4, 344:(bos) herba captus viridi,
Verg. E. 6, 59:amoenitate loci,
Tac. A. 18, 52:auro,
Hor. C. 2, 18, 36:neque honoris neque pecuniae dulcedine sum captus,
Cic. Fam. 11, 28, 2:splendore hominis,
id. Fin. 1, 13, 42: ne oculis quidem captis in hanc fraudem decidisti;nam id concupisti quod numquam videras,
id. Verr. 2, 4, 45, § 102.—To cheat, seduce, deceive, mislead, betray, delude, catch:d.sapientis hanc vim esse maximam, cavere ne capiatur, ne fallatur videre,
Cic. Ac. 2, 20, 66:injurium autem'st ulcisci advorsarios? Aut qua via te captent eadem ipsos capi?
Ter. Hec. 1, 1, 16: uti ne propter te fidemque tuam captus fraudatusque sim, form. ap. Cic. Off. 3, 17, 70:eodem captus errore quo nos,
involved in the same error, Cic. Phil. 12, 2, 6; id. ap. Non. p. 253, 25; cf.:ne quo errore milites caperentur,
Liv. 8, 6, 16:capere ante dolis Reginam,
Verg. A. 1, 673:captique dolis lacrimisque coactis (Sinonis),
id. ib. 2, 196:ubi me eisdem dolis non quit capere,
Sall. J. 14, 11:adulescentium animi molles et aetate fluxi dolis haud difficulter capiebantur,
id. C. 14, 5:capi alicujus dolo,
Nep. Dat. 10, 1:dolum ad capiendos eos conparant,
Liv. 23, 35, 2:quas callida Colchis (i.e. Medea) amicitiae mendacis imagine cepit,
Ov. M. 7, 301.—To defeat, convict, overcome in a suit or dispute (rare):e. (α).tu si me impudicitiae captas, non potes capere,
Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 189:tu caves ne tui consultores, ille ne urbes aut castra capiantur (cf. B. 2. b. infra),
Cic. Mur. 9, 22:callidus et in capiendo adversario versutus (orator),
id. Brut. 48, 178.—Of the physical powers, to lame, mutilate, maim, impair or weaken in the limbs, senses, etc. (only pass. capi, and esp. in part. perf. captus):(β).mancus et membris omnibus captus ac debilis,
Cic. Rab. Perd. 7, 21:ipse Hannibal... altero oculo capitur,
loses an eye, Liv. 22, 2, 11:captus omnibus membris,
id. 2, 36, 8:capti auribus et oculis metu omnes torpere,
id. 21, 58, 5:oculis membrisque captus,
Plin. 33, 4, 24, § 83:congerantur in unum omnia, ut idem oculis et auribus captus sit,
Cic. Tusc. 5, 40, 117:si captus oculis sit, ut Tiresias fuit,
id. Div. 2, 3, 9; Verg. G. 1, 183:habuit filium captum altero oculo,
Suet. Vit. 6:censorem Appium deum ira post aliquot annos luminibus captum,
Liv. 9, 29, 11; Val. Max. 1, 1, 17:lumine,
Ov. F. 6, 204:princeps pedibus captus,
Liv. 43, 7, 5; cf.:captum leto posuit caput,
Verg. A. 11, 830;and of the mole: aut oculis capti fodere cubilia talpae,
id. G. 1, 183.—Of the mental powers, to deprive of sense or intellect; only in part. perf. captus, usu. agreeing with pers. subj., and with abl. mente, silly, insane, crazy, crazed, lunatic, mad:f.labi, decipi tam dedecet quam delirare et mente esse captum,
Cic. Off. 1, 27, 94:vino aut somno oppressi aut mente capti,
id. Ac. 2, 17, 53; Quint. 8, 3, 4;rarely mentibu' capti,
Lucr. 4, 1022; so,animo,
Sen. Herc. Fur. 107; very rarely with gen.:captus animi,
Tac. H. 3, 73.— Absol.:virgines captae furore,
Liv. 24, 26, 12.—Less freq. agreeing with mens or animus:viros velut mente capta cum jactatione fanatica corporis vaticinari,
Liv. 39, 13, 12:captis magis mentibus, quam consceleratis similis visa,
id. 8, 18, 11; cf.:capti et stupentes animi,
id. 6, 36, 8.—To choose, select, elect, take, pick out, adopt, accept a person for a particular purpose or to sustain a particular office or relation:2.de istac sum judex captus,
Plaut. Merc. 4, 3, 33:Aricini atque Ardeates de ambiguo agro... judicem populum Romanum cepere,
Liv. 3, 71, 2:me cepere arbitrum,
Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 91:te mihi patronam capio, Thais,
id. Eun. 5, 2, 48:quom illum generum cepimus,
id. Hec. 4, 1, 22; cf.:non, si capiundos mihi sciam esse inimicos omnis homines,
make them enemies thereby, id. And. 4, 2, 12:si quis magistrum cepit ad eam rem inprobum,
id. ib. 1, 2, 21.—So the formula of the Pontifex Maximus, in the consecration of a vestal virgin: sacerdotem Vestalem, quae sacra faciat... ita te, Amata, capio, Fab. Pict. ap. Gell. 1, 12, 14; cf.:plerique autem capi virginem solam debere dici putant, sed flamines quoque Diales, item pontifices et augures capi dicebantur,
Gell. 1, 12, 15:jam ne ea causa pontifex capiar?... ecquis me augurem capiat? Cat. ib. § 17: Amata inter capiendum a pontifice maximo appellatur, quoniam, quae prima capta est, hoc fuisse nomen traditum est, Gell. ib. § 19: rettulit Caesar capiendam virginem in locum Occiae,
Tac. A. 2, 86; 4, 16; 15, 22:religio, quae in annos singulos Jovis sacerdotem sortito capi jubeat,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 51, § 127:C. Flaccus flamen captus a P. Licinio pontifice maximo erat,
Liv. 27, 8, 5 Weissenb. ad loc.—Of places.a.To occupy, choose, select, take possession of, enter into; mostly milit. t. t., to take up a position, select a place for a camp, etc.:b.loca capere, castra munire,
Caes. B. G. 3, 23:castris locum capere,
Liv. 9, 17, 15; Suet. Aug. 94 fin.:locum capere castris,
Quint. 12, 2, 5:ut non fugiendi hostis, sed capiendi loci causa cessisse videar,
Cic. de Or. 2, 72, 294:ad Thebanos transfugere velle, et locum extra urbem editum capere,
Nep. Ages. 6, 2:nocte media profectus, ut locum quem vellet, priusquam hostes sentirent, caperet,
Liv. 34, 14, 1:neminem elegantius loca cepisse, praesidia disposuisse,
id. 35, 14, 9:erat autem Philopoemen praecipuae in ducendo agmine locisque capiendis solertiae atque usus,
id. 35, 28, 1:locum cepere paulo quam alii editiorem,
Sall. J. 58, 3:duces, ut quisque locum ceperat, cedere singulos,
Dict. Cret. 2, 46; so,of position on the battle-field: quod mons suberat, eo se recipere coeperunt. Capto monte, etc.,
Caes. B. G. 1, 25:tenuit non solum ales captam semelsedem, sed, etc.,
Liv. 7, 26, 5:quem quis in pugnando ceperat locum, eum amissa anima corpore tegebat,
Flor. 4, 1; Sall. C. 61, 2; rarely with dat. of pers.:tumulum suis cepit,
Liv. 31, 41, 9, for a tomb: LOCVM SIBI MONVMENTO CEPIT. Inscr. Grut. 346, 6;for taking the auspices' se (Gracchum) cum legeret libros, recordatum esse, vitio sibi tabernaculum captum fuisse,
Cic. N. D. 2, 4, 11; cf.:Palatium Romulus, Remus Aventinum ad inaugurandum templa capiunt,
Liv. 1, 6, 4;for refuge: omnes Samnitium copiae montes proximos fuga capiunt,
id. 9, 43, 20:Anchises natum Conventus trahit in medios... Et tumulum capit,
Verg. A. 6, 753; 12, 562:ante locum capies oculis ( = eliges),
Verg. G. 2, 230 Serv. ad loc.: nunc terras ordine longo Aut capere aut captas jam despectare videntur (cycni), to select places on which to light, or to be just settling down on places already selected, id. A. 1, 396 Forbig. ad loc.—To take by force, capture, storm, reduce, conquer, seize:c.invadam extemplo in oppidum antiquom: Si id capso, etc.,
Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 61: oppidum vi, Cat. ap. Charis. 2, p. 191 P.:MACELLAM OPPVGNANDO,
Col. Rostr. Inscr. Orell. 549:CORSICAM,
Inscr. Orell. 551: oppida, Enn. ap. Prisc. 9, p. 868 P. (Ann. v. 487 Vahl.):ad alia oppida pergit, pauca repugnantibus Numidis capit,
Sall. J. 92, 3; Prop. 3, 4 (4, 3), 16:Troja capta,
Liv. 1, 1, 1; Hor. S. 2, 3, 191: Coriolos. Liv. 3, 71, 7:urbem opulentissimam,
id. 5, 20, 1:ante oppidum Nolam fortissuma Samnitium castra cepit,
Cic. Div. 1, 33, 72:castra hostium,
Nep. Dat. 6, 7:concursu oppidanorum facto scalis vacua defensoribus moenia capi possent,
Liv. 42, 63, 6:plurimas hostium vestrorum in Hispania urbes,
id. 28, 39, 10:sedem belli,
Vell. 2, 74, 3; cf. Cic. Mur. 9, 22 (B. 1. d. supra).— Trop.:oppressa captaque re publica,
Cic. Dom. 10, 26: qui, bello averso ab hostibus, patriam suam cepissent, Liv. 3, 50, 15.—To reach, attain, arrive at, betake one ' s self to (mostly by ships, etc.):3.insulam capere non potuerant,
Caes. B. G. 4, 26 fin.:onerariae duae eosdem quos reliqui portus capere non potuerunt,
id. ib. 4, 36:accidit uti, ex iis (navibus) perpaucae locum caperent,
id. ib. 5, 23:nostrae naves, cum ignorarent, quem locum reliquae cepissent,
id. B. C. 3, 28: praemiis magnis propositis, qui primus insulam cepisset, Auct. B. Alex. 17.— Trop.:qui... tenere cursum possint et capere otii illum portum et dignitatis,
Cic. Sest. 46, 99.—Of things of value, property, money, etc.a.In gen., to take, seize, wrest, receive, obtain, acquire, get, etc.:b.AVRVM, ARGENTVM,
Col. Rostr. Inscr. Orell. 549:de praedonibus praedam capere,
Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 14:agros de hostibus,
Cic. Dom. 49, 128:ut ager ex hostibus captus viritim divideretur,
Liv. 4, 48, 2:quinqueremem una cum defensoribus remigibusque, Auct. B. Alex. 16, 7: naves,
Nep. Con. 4, 4:classem,
id. Cim. 2, 2:magnas praedas,
id. Dat. 10, 2:ex hostibus pecuniam,
Liv. 5, 20, 5; cf.:e nostris spolia cepit laudibus, Cic. poet. Tusc. 2, 9, 22: signum ex Macedonia,
id. Verr. 2, 4, 58, § 149:signum pulcherrimum Carthagine captum,
id. ib. 2, 4, 38, §82: sed eccam ipsa egreditur, nostri fundi calamitas: nam quod nos capere oportet, haec intercipit,
Ter. Eun. 1, 1, 35:cape cedo,
id. Phorm. 5, 8, 57:ut reliqui fures, earum rerum quas ceperunt, signa commutant,
Cic. Fin. 5, 25, 74:majores nostri non solum id, quod de Campanis (agri) ceperant, non imminuerunt, etc.,
id. Agr. 2, 29, 81:te duce ut insigni capiam cum laude coronam,
Lucr. 6, 95.—With abstr. objects:paupertatem adeo facile perpessus est, ut de republica nihil praeter gloriam ceperit,
Nep. Epam. 3, 4:ut ceteri, qui per eum aut honores aut divitias ceperant,
id. Att. 7, 2:quoniam formam hujus cepi in me et statum,
assumed, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 110:quare non committeret, ut is locus ex calamitate populi Romani nomen caperet,
Caes. B. G. 1, 13:regnum Tiberinus ab illis Cepit,
succeeded to, Ov. M. 14, 615.—In particular connections.(α).With pecuniam (freq. joined with concilio; v. infra), to take illegally, exact, extort, accept a bribe. take blackmail, etc., esp. of magistrates who were accused de pecuniis repetundis:(β).his ego judicibus non probabo C. Verrem contra leges pecuniam cepisse?
Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 4, § 10:HS. quadringentiens cepisse te arguo contra leges,
id. ib. 2, 2, 10, § 26; cf.:quicquid ab horum quopiam captum est,
id. ib. §27: tamen hae pecuniae per vim atque injuriam tuam captae et conciliatae tibi fraudi et damnationi esse deberent,
id. ib. 2, 3, 40, §91: utrum (potestis), cum judices sitis de pecunia capta conciliata, tantam pecuniam captam neglegere?
id. ib. 2, 3, 94, §218: quid est aliud capere conciliare pecunias. si hoc non est vi atque imperio cogere invitos lucrum dare alteri?
id. ib. 2, 3, 30, §71: sequitur de captis pecuniis et de ambitu,
id. Leg. 3, 20, 46:ita aperte cepit pecunias ob rem judicandam, ut, etc.,
id. Fin. 2, 16, 54:quos censores furti et captarum pecuniarum nomine notaverunt,
id. Clu. 42, 120:nondum commemoro rapinas, non exactas pecunias, non captas, non imperatas,
id. Pis. 16, 38:si quis ob rem judicandam pecuniam cepisset... neque solum hoc genus pecuniae capiendae turpe, sed etiam nefarium esse arbitrabantur,
id. Rab. Post. 7, 16; id. N. D. 3, 30, 70; Sall. J. 32, 1:ab regibus Illyriorum,
Liv. 42, 45, 8:saevitiae captarumque pecuniarum teneri reum,
Tac. A. 3, 67; 4, 31.—Of inheritance and bequest, to take, inherit, obtain, acquire, get, accept:(γ).si ex hereditate nihil ceperit,
Cic. Off, 3, 24, 93:qui morte testamentove ejus tantundem capiat quantum omnes heredes,
id. Leg. 2, 19, 48:abdicatus ne quid de bonis patris capiat,
Quint. 3, 6, 96:aut non justum testamentum est, aut capere non potes,
id. 5, 14, 16:si capiendi Jus nullum uxori,
Juv. 1, 55:qui testamentum faciebat, ei, qui usque ad certum modum capere potuerat, legavit, etc.,
Dig. 22, 3, 27: quod ille plus capere non poterat, ib. fin.:qui ex bonis testatoris solidum capere non possit,
ib. 28, 6, 6; 39, 6, 30.—Of regular income, revenue, etc., rents, tolls, profits, etc., to collect, receive, obtain: nam ex [p. 285] eis praediis talenta argenti bina Capiebat statim, Ter. Phorm. 5, 3, 7:C.capit ille ex suis praediis sexcenta sestertia, ego centena ex meis,
Cic. Par. 6, 3, 49:stipendium jure belli,
Caes. B. G. 1, 28:quinquagena talenta vectigalis ex castro,
Nep. Alcib. 9, 4:vectigal ex agro eorum capimus,
Liv. 28, 39, 13:quadragena annua ex schola,
Suet. Gram. 23:si recte habitaveris... fundus melior erit... fructus plus capies,
Cato, R. R. 4, 2.—Trop.1.Of profit, benefit, advantage, to take, seize, obtain, get, enjoy, reap (mostly in phrase fructum capere):2.metuit semper, quem ipsa nunc capit Fructum, nequando iratus tu alio conferas,
Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 59:honeste acta superior aetas fructus capit auctoritatis extremos,
Cic. Sen. 18, 62:ex iis etiam fructum capio laboris mei,
id. Div. 2, 5:ex quibus (litteris) cepi fructum duplicem,
id. Fam. 10, 5, 1:multo majorem fructum ex populi existimatione illo damnato cepimus, quam ex ipsius, si absolutus esset, gratia cepissemus,
id. Att. 1, 4, 2:fructum immortalem vestri in me et amoris et judicii,
id. Pis. 14, 31:aliquem fructum dulcedinis almae,
Lucr. 2, 971; 5, 1410; Luc. 7, 32.—In other connections:quid ex ea re tandem ut caperes commodi?
Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 25:utilitates ex amicitia maximas,
Cic. Lael. 9, 32:usuram alicujus corporis,
Plaut. Am. prol. 108.—Of external characteristics, form, figure, appearance, etc., to take, assume, acquire, put on:3.gestum atque voltum novom,
Ter. Phorm. 5, 6, 50 ' faciem aliquam cepere morando, Ov. M. 1, 421; 13, 605:figuras Datque capitque novas,
id. ib. 15, 309:formam capit quam lilia,
id. ib. 10, 212; cf.:duritiam ab aere,
id. ib. 4, 751.— Transf., of plants, etc.:radicem capere,
to take root, Cato, R. R. 51:cum pali defixi radices cepissent,
Plin. 17, 17, 27, § 123:siliculam capere,
Varr. R. R. 1, 23, 3:maturitatem capere,
Col. 4, 23, 1:radix libere capit viris,
Plin. 17, 21, 35, § 161:vires cepisse nocendi,
Ov. M. 7, 417:(telinum) rursus refrigeratum odorem suum capit,
Plin. 13, 1, 2, § 13.—Of mental characteristics, habits, etc., to take, assume, adopt, cultivate, cherish, possess:4.cape sis virtutem animo et corde expelle desidiam tuo,
Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 24:qua re si Glabrionis patris vim et acrimoniam ceperis ad resistendum hominibus audacissimis, si avi prudentiam ad prospiciendas insidias, etc.,
Cic. Verr. 1, 17, 52:aliquando, patres conscripti, patrium animum virtutemque capiamus,
id. Phil. 3, 11, 29:consuetudinem exercitationemque,
id. Off. 1, 18, 59:misericordiam,
id. Quint. 31, 97:quam (adsuetudinem) tu dum capias, taedia nulla fuge,
Ov. A. A. 2, 346:disciplinam principum,
Plin. Pan. 46. —With dat.:quorum animis avidis... neque lex neque tutor capere est qui possit modum,
Plaut. Aul. 3, 5, 14 Wagn. ad loc.—Of offices, employments, duties, etc., = suscipio, to undertake, assume, enter upon, accept, take upon one ' s self, etc.:5.nam olim populi prius honorem capiebat suffragio, Quam magistro desinebat esse dicto oboediens,
Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 34:o Geta, provinciam Cepisti duram,
Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 23:in te cepi Capuam, non quo munus illud defugerem,
took command at Capua, Cic. Att. 8. 3, 4:consulatum,
id. Pis. 2, 3; Sall. J. 63, 2:honores,
Nep. Att. 7, 2; Suet. Aug. 26:imperium,
id. Claud. 10:magistratum,
Cic. Imp. Pomp. 21, 62; Liv. 2, 33, 1; Suet. Aug. 2:magistratus,
Sall. H. 1, 41, 21 Dietsch; Nep. Phoc. 1, 1; Suet. Caes. 75:capiatque aliquis moderamina (navis),
Ov. M. 3, 644:rerum moderamen,
id. ib. 6, 677:pontificatum maximum,
Suet. Vit. 11:rem publicam,
Sall. C. 5, 6:neve cui patrum capere eum magistratum liceret,
Liv. 2, 33, 1:ut ceperat haud tumultuose magistratum majore gaudio plebis, etc.,
id. 5, 13, 2.—Rarely with dat. of pers., to obtain for, secure for:patres praeturam Sp. Furio Camillo gratia campestri ceperunt,
Liv. 7, 1, 2.—In gen., of any occupation, work, or undertaking, to begin, enter upon, take, undertake, etc.:6.augurium ex arce,
Liv. 10, 7, 10:augurium capienti duodecim se vultures ostenderunt,
Suet. Aug. 95; id. Vesp. 11:omen,
Cic. Div. 1, 46, 104:in castris Romanis cum frustra multi conatus ad erumpendum capti essent,
Liv. 9, 4, 1:rursus impetu capto enituntur,
id. 2, 65, 5; Quint. 6, 1, 28; Suet. Aug. 42; id. Calig. 43: cursum, id. Oth. 6:a quibus temporibus scribendi capiatur exordium,
Cic. Leg. 1, 3, 8:experimentum eorum inversa manu capitur,
Plin. 13, 2, 3, § 19 ( poet.):nec vestra capit discordia finem,
Verg. A. 10, 106:fugam,
to take to flight, flee, Caes. B. G. 7, 26; so, capere impetum, to take a start, gather momentum:ad impetum capiundum modicum erat spatium,
Liv. 10, 5, 6; cf.:expeditionis Germanicae impetum cepit,
suddenly resolved to make, Suet. Calig. 43: capere initium, to begin:ea pars artis, ex qua capere initium solent,
Quint. 2, 11, 1.— Transf., of place:eorum (finium) una pars, quam Gallos optinere dictum est, initium capit a flumine Rhodano,
Caes. B. G. 1, 1:a dis inmortalibus sunt nobis agendi capienda primordia,
Cic. Leg. 2, 3, 7.—Of an opportunity or occasion, to seize, embrace, take:7.si occassionem capsit,
Plaut. Ps. 4, 3, 6:si lubitum fuerit, causam ceperit,
Ter. And. 1, 3, 8:quod tempus conveniundi patris me capere suadeat,
Ter. Phorm. 5, 4, 9:si satis commode tempus ad te cepit adeundi,
Cic. Fam. 11, 16, 1.—Of operations of the mind, resolutions, purposes, plans, thoughts, etc., to form, conceive, entertain, come to, reach:8.quantum ex ipsa re conjecturam cepimus,
Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 25 MSS. (Fleck. al. ex conj. fecimus); Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 32:cum jam ex diei tempore conjecturam ceperat,
Caes. B. G. 7, 35:hujusce rei conjecturam de tuo ipsius studio, Servi, facillime ceperis,
Cic. Mur. 4, 9.— Absol.:conjecturam capere,
Cic. Div. 1, 57, 130:nec quid corde nunc consili capere possim, Scio,
Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 12:capti consili memorem mones,
id. Stich 4, 1, 72:quo pacto porro possim Potiri consilium volo capere una tecum,
Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 66; 5, 2, 28:temerarium consilium,
Liv. 25, 34, 7:tale capit consilium,
Nep. Eum. 9, 3.— With inf.:confitendum... eadem te hora consilium cepisse hominis propinqui fortunas funditus evertere,
Cic. Quint. 16, 53; Caes. B. G. 7, 71 init. —With ut:subito consilium cepi, ut exirem,
Cic. Att. 7, 10 init. —With gen. gerund. (freq.):legionis opprimendae consilium capere,
Caes. B. G. 3, 2:obprimundae reipublicae consilium cepit,
Sall. C. 16, 4.—With sibi:si id non fecisset, sibi consilium facturos,
Caes. B. C. 2, 20:ut ego rationem oculis capio,
Plaut. Ps. 2, 2, 2:cepi rationem ut, etc.,
Ter. Heaut. 5, 2, 11.—Of examples, instances, proofs, etc., to take, derive, draw, obtain:9.ex quo documentum nos capere fortuna voluit quid esset victis extimescendum,
Cic. Phil. 11, 2, 5:quid istuc tam mirum'st, de te si exemplum capit? Ter And. 4, 1, 26: exemplum ex aliqua re,
Cic. Lael. 10, 33:praesagia a sole,
Plin. 18, 35, 78, § 341:illud num dubitas quin specimen naturae capi debeat ex optima quaque natura?
Cic. Tusc. 1, 14, 32.—Of impressions, feelings, etc., to take, entertain, conceive, receive, be subjected to, suffer, experience, etc.:10.tantum laborem capere ob talem filium?
Ter. And. 5, 2, 29:omnes mihi labores fuere quos cepi leves,
id. Heaut. 2, 4, 19:laborem inanem ipsus capit,
id. Hec. 3, 2, 9:ex eo nunc misera quem capit Laborem!
id. And. 4, 3, 4: miseriam omnem ego capio;hic potitur gaudia,
id. Ad. 5, 4, 22:satietatem dum capiet pater Illius quam amat,
Plaut. Am. 1, 2, 10:plus aegri ex abitu viri quam ex adventu voluptatis cepi,
id. ib. 2, 2, 9:cum illa quacum volt voluptatem capit,
id. ib. prol. 114:angor iste, qui pro amico saepe capiendus est,
Cic. Lael. 13, 48:quae (benevolentia) quidem capitur beneficiis maxime,
id. Off. 2, 9, 32:laetitiam quam capiebam memoria rationum inventorumque nostrorum,
id. Fin. 2, 30, 96:lenire desiderium quod capiebat e filio,
id. Sen. 15, 54:opinione omnium majorem animo cepi dolorem,
id. Brut. 1, 1:itaque cepi voluptatem, tam ornatum virum fuisse in re publica,
id. ib. 40, 147:ex civibus victis gaudium meritum capiam,
Liv. 27, 40, 9:ne quam... invidiam apud patres ex prodiga largitione caperet,
id. 5, 20, 2:ad summam laetitiam meam, quam ex tuo reditu capio, magnus illius adventu cumulus accedet,
id. Att. 4, 19, 2 (4, 18, 3):laetitia, quam oculis cepi justo interitu tyranni,
id. ib. 14, 14, 4:ex praealto tecto lapsus matris et adfinium cepit oblivionem,
lost his memory, Plin. 7, 24, 24, § 90: virtutis opinionem, Auct. B. G. 8, 8: somnum, Cic. Tusc. 4, 19, 44: taedium vitae, Nep. ap. Gell. 6 (7), 18, 11:maria aspera juro Non ullum pro me tantum (me) cepisse timorem, Quam, etc.,
Verg. A. 6, 352 Forbig. ad loc.:et in futurum etiam metum ceperunt,
Liv. 33, 27, 10:voluptatem animi,
Cic. Planc. 1, 1:malis alienis voluptatem capere laetitiae (cum sit),
id. Tusc. 4, 31, 66:quaeque mihi sola capitur nunc mente voluptas,
Ov. P. 4, 9, 37.—Transf., with the feelings, experience, etc., as subj., to seize, overcome, possess, occupy, affect, take possession of, move, etc. (cf. lambanô, in this sense and like 9. supra): nutrix: Cupido cepit miseram nunc me, proloqui Caelo atque terrae Medeai miserias, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 26, 63 (Trag. Rel. v. 291 Vahl.):11.edepol te desiderium Athenarum arbitror cepisse saepe,
Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 14:numquam commerui merito ut caperet odium illam mei,
id. ib. 4, 2, 4:sicubi eum satietas Hominum aut negoti odium ceperat,
id. Eun. 3, 1, 14:nos post reges exactos servitutis oblivio ceperat,
Cic. Phil. 3, 4, 9:te cepisse odium regni videbatur,
id. ib. 2, 36, 91:Romulum Remumque cupido cepit urbis condendae,
Liv. 1, 6, 3:cupido eum ceperat in verticem montis ascendendi,
id. 40, 21, 2:etiam victores sanguinis caedisque ceperat satietas,
id. 27, 49, 8; Mel. 3, 5, 2:qui pavor hic, qui terror, quae repente oblivio animos cepit?
Liv. 27, 13, 2:oblivio deorum capiat pectora vestra,
id. 38, 46, 12:tantane te cepere oblivia nostri?
Ov. Tr. 1, 8, 11:ut animum ejus cura sacrorum cepit,
Liv. 27, 8, 6:hostis primum admiratio cepit, quidnam, etc.,
id. 44, 12, 1:tanta meae si te ceperunt taedia laudis,
Verg. G. 4, 332; cf. Anthol. Lat. I. p. 178;I. p. 196 Burm.: ignarosque loci passim et formidine captos Sternimus,
Verg. A. 2, 384:infelix, quae tanta animum dementia cepit!
id. ib. 5, 465; id. E. 6, 47:cum subita incautum dementia cepit amantem,
id. G. 4, 488; cf. Anthol. Lat. I. p. 170, 15;I. p. 168, 14 Burm.: Tarquinium mala libido Lucretiae stuprandae cepit,
Liv. 1, 57, 10:ingens quidem et luctus et pavor civitatem cepit,
id. 25, 22, 1:tantus repente maeror pavorque senatum eorum cepit,
id. 23, 20, 7:senatum metus cepit,
id. 23, 14, 8: si me... misericordia capsit. Att. ap. Non. p. 483, 11 (Trag. Rel. v. 454 Rib.): nec tuendi capere satietas potest, Pac. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 14, 24 (Trag. Rel. v. 410 ib.):quantus timor socios populi Romani cepisset,
Liv. 43, 11, 9.—Of injury, damage, loss, etc., to suffer, take, be subjected to:II. A.calamitatem,
Cic. Div. 1, 16, 29:detrimenti aliquid in aliqua re,
Col. 1, 8, 2.—Esp., in the legal formula, by which dictatorial powers were conferred by the senate upon the consuls or the entire magistracy in times of extreme danger to the state;videant ne quid res publica detrimenti capiat: decrevit quondam senatus, ut L. Opimius consul videret ne quid res publica detrimenti caperet,
Cic. Cat. 1, 2, 4:Hernici tantum terrorem incussere patribus, ut, quae forma senatus consulti ultimae semper necessitatis habita est, Postumio, alteri consulum, negotium daretur, videret, ne, etc.,
Liv. 3, 4, 9; cf. id. 6, 19, 2 sqq.:quod plerumque in atroci negotio solet, senatus decrevit, darent operam consules, ne quid, etc.... Ea potestas per senatum more Romano magistratui maxuma permittitur, exercitum parare, bellum gerere, coercere omnibus modis socios atque civis, domi militiaeque inperium atque judicium summum habere,
Sall. C. 29, 2 sq.Lit.1.In gen.: Ph. Sitit haec anus. Pa. Quantillum sitit? Ph. Modica'st, capit quadrantal, Plaut. Curc. 1, 2, 8:2.parte quod ex una spatium vacat et capit in se (ferrum),
Lucr. 6, 1030:jam mare litus habet, plenos capit alveus amnes,
Ov. M. 1, 344; cf.:terra feras cepit, volucres agitabilis aer,
id. ib. 1, 75:dum tenues capiat suus alveus undas,
id. ib. 8, 558:cunctosque (deos) dedisse Terga fugae, donec fessos Aegyptia tellus Ceperit,
id. ib. 5, 324.—Esp., with negatives, not to hold, to be too small for, etc.; cf.:B.di boni, quid turba est! Aedes nostrae vix capient, scio,
Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 13:qui cum una domo jam capi non possunt, in alias domos exeunt,
Cic. Off. 1, 17, 54: nec jam se capit [p. 286] unda;volat vapor ater ad auras,
Verg. A. 7, 466:non tuus hoc capiet venter plus ac meus,
Hor. S. 1, 1, 46:non capit se mare,
Sen. Agam. 487:neque enim capiebant funera portae,
Ov. M. 7, 607:officium populi vix capiente domo,
id. P. 4, 4, 42:si di habitum corporis tui aviditati animi parem esse voluissent, orbis te non caperet,
Curt. 7, 8, 12:ut non immerito proditum sit... Graeciam omnem vix capere exercitum ejus (Xerxis) potuisse,
Just. 2, 10, 19.—Trop.1.To swallow up, ingulf, take in (rare):2. a.tot domus locupletissimas istius domus una capiet?
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 4, § 7.—Affirmatively (rare):b.quidquid mortalitas capere poterat, implevimus,
Curt. 9, 3, 7:si puer omni cura et summo, quantum illa aetas capit, labore, scripserit,
Quint. 2, 4, 17:dummodo ejus aetatis sit, ut dolum capiat,
Dig. 40, 12, 15.—With negatives:3.non capiunt angustiae pectoris tui (tantam personam),
Cic. Pis. 11, 24:leones, qui... nec capere irarum fluctus in pectore possunt,
Lucr. 3, 298:nec capiunt inclusas pectora flammas,
Ov. M. 6, 466:vix spes ipse suas animo capit,
id. ib. 11, 118:ardet et iram Non capit ipsa suam Progne,
id. ib. 6, 610; cf.:sic quoque concupiscis quae non capis,
Curt. 7, 8, 13:majora quam capit spirat,
id. 6, 9, 11:ad ultimum magnitudinem ejus (fortunae) non capit,
id. 3, 12, 20:infirma aetas majora non capiet,
Quint. 1, 11, 13.—Transf., of things, to admit of, be capable of, undergo (post-Aug. and rare):4.rimam fissuramque non capit sponte cedrus,
Plin. 16, 40, 78, § 212:molluscum... si magnitudinem mensarum caperet,
id. 16, 16, 27, § 68:res non capit restitutionem, cum statum mutat,
Dig. 4, 4, 19.—With inf., to be susceptible of, to be of a nature to, etc., = endechetai (late Lat.):5.nec capit humanis angoribus excruciari (Deus),
Prud. Apoth. 154:crimina, quae non capiunt indulgeri,
Tert. Pud. 1 fin.; id. Apol. 17; id. adv. Haer. 44 fin.; Paul. Nol. Carm. 9, 22.—Of the mind, to take, receive into the mind, comprehend, grasp, embrace (cf. intellego, to penetrate mentally, have insight into):2.sitque nonnumquam summittenda et contrahenda oratio, ne judex eam vel intellegere vel capere non possit,
Quint. 11, 1, 45:nullam esse gratiam tantam, quam non vel capere animus meus in accipiendo... posset,
id. 2, 6, 2:quae quidem ego nisi tam magna esse fatear, ut ea vix cujusquam mens aut cogitatio capere possit,
Cic. Marcell. 2, 6; id. N. D. 1, 19, 49:senatus ille, quem qui ex regibus constare dixit, unus veram speciem Romani senatus cepit,
Liv. 9, 17, 14:somnium laetius, quam quod mentes eorum capere possent,
id. 9, 9, 14.—P. a. as subst.: Capta, ae, f., a surname of Minerva, as worshipped on the Coelian Mount, but for what reason is not known, Ov. F. 3, 837 sq.căpĭo, ōnis, f. [1. capio]; in the Lat. of the jurists,I.A taking:II.dominii,
Dig. 39, 2, 18; Gell. 6 (7), 10, 3.—= usu capio or usucapio, the right of property acquired by prescription, Dig. 41, 1, 48, § 1; 41, 3, 21; 41, 5, 4; v. 1. usucapio. -
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1.căpĭo, cepi, captum (old fut. perf. capso, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 61: capsit, Enn. ap. Non. p. 66, 27, or Ann. v. 324 Vahl.; Plaut. Ps. 4, 3, 6; Att. ap. Non. p. 483, 12, or Trag. Rel. v. 454 Rib.; Paul. ex. Fest. p. 57 Mull.:I.capsimus,
Plaut. Rud. 2, 1, 15: capsis, acc. to Cic. Or. 45, 154, = cape si vis, but this is an error; cf. Quint. 1, 5, 66; old perf. cepet, Col. Rostr. 5; v. Wordsworth, Fragm. and Spec. p. 170), 3, v. a. [cf. kôpê, handle; Lat. capulum; Engl. haft; Germ. Heft; Sanscr. root hri-, take; cf. Gr. cheir, Engl. and Germ. hand, and Goth. hinthan, seize].Lit.A.In gen., to take in hand, take hold of, lay hold of, take, seize, grasp (cf.:B.sumo, prehendo): si hodie hercule fustem cepero aut stimulum in manum,
Plaut. Aul. 1, 1, 9:cape hoc flabellum,
Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 47:cepit manibus tympanum,
Cat. 6, 3, 8:tu, genitor, cape sacra manu patriosque Penatis,
Verg. A. 2, 717:cape saxa manu, cape robora, pastor,
id. G. 3, 420:flammeum,
Cat. 61, 8:acria pocula,
Hor. S. 2, 6, 69:lora,
Prop. 3 (4), 9, 57:baculum,
Ov. M. 2, 789:colum cum calathis,
id. ib. 12, 475:florem ternis digitis,
Plin. 24, 10, 48, § 81:pignera,
Liv. 3, 38, 12; Dig. 48, 13, 9, § 6; Gai Inst. 4, 29:ut is in cavea pignus capiatur togae,
Plaut. Am. prol. 68: rem manu, Gai Inst. 1, 121:rem pignori,
Dig. 42, 1, 15, § 7; cf. ib. 42, 1, 15, § 4:scutum laeva,
Plin. 33, 1, 4, § 13:capias tu illius vestem,
Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 79: cape vorsoriam, seize the sheet, i. e. take a tack, turn about, Plaut. Trin. 4, 3, 19.—Very freq. of arms (cf. sumo); so in gen.: arma, to take up arms, i. e. engage in war or battle, Cic. Rab. Perd. 7, 20 sq.; 9, 27; 11, 31; id. Planc. 36, 88; id. Phil. 4, 3, 7; Caes. B.G. 5, 26; 7, 4; Sall. C. 27, 4; 30, 1; 33, 2; 52, 27; id. J. 38, 5; 102, 12; Ov. M. 3, 115 sq.; 12, 91; 13, 221;and of particular weapons: ensem,
Ov. M. 13, 435:tela,
id. ib. 3, 307; 5, 366 et saep.—Of food, to take, partake of:quicum una cibum Capere soleo,
Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 61; Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 77; Sall. J. 91, 2:lauti cibum capiunt,
Tac. G. 22.—In partic.1.Of living objects.a. (α).Of persons:(β).oppidum expugnavimus, et legiones Teleboarum vi pugnando cepimus,
Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 258: summus ibi capitur meddix, occiditur alter, Enn. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 123 Mull. (Ann. v. 296 Vahl.):quoniam belli nefarios duces captos jam et comprehensos tenetis,
Cic. Cat. 3, 7, 16:ibi Orgetorigis filia atque unus e filiis captus est,
Caes. B. G. 1, 26:reges capiuntur,
Lucr. 4, 1013; Tac. A. 4, 33:capta eo proelio tria milia peditum dicuntur,
Liv. 22, 49, 18:quos Byzantii ceperat,
Nep. Paus. 2, 3; id. Alcib. 9, 2; id. Dat. 2, 5; Quint. 6, 3, 61:captos ostendere civibus hostes,
Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 33:captus Tarento Livius,
Cic. Brut. 18, 72:servus ex hoste captus,
Quint. 5, 10, 67.—Hence, P. a. as subst.: captus, i, m., = captivus, a prisoner, captive:in captos clementia uti,
Nep. Alcib. 5, 7:inludere capto,
Verg. A. 2, 64:quae sit fiducia capto,
id. ib. 2, 75:ex captorum numero,
Liv. 28, 39, 10; Tac. A. 6, 1; 12, 37; 15, 1.—Also, capta, ae, f., a female captive:dicam hanc esse captam ex Caria, Ditem ac nobilem,
Ter. Heaut. 3, 3, 47.—Of animals, birds, fish, etc., to catch, hunt down, take: quid hic venatu non cepit? Varr. ap. Non. p. 253, 31:b.si ab avibus capiundis auceps dicatur, debuisse ajunt ex piscibus capiundis, ut aucupem, sic piscicupem dici,
id. L. L. 8, § 61 Mull.:hic jaculo pisces, illa capiuntur ab hamis,
Ov. A. A. 1, 763:neque quicquam captum'st piscium,
Plaut. Rud. 2, 1, 12; cf.:nisi quid concharum capsimus,
id. ib. v. 18; Cic. Off. 3, 14, 58; Plin. 33, 1, 6, § 27: acipenserem, Cic. ap. Macr. S. 2, 12:cervum,
Phaedr. 1, 5, 5; cf.:hic (Nereus) tibi prius vinclis capiendus,
Verg. G. 4, 396.—To win, captivate, charm, allure, enchain, enslave, fascinate; mostly with abl. of means: Ph. Amore ardeo. Pa. Quid agas? nisi ut te redimas captum quam queas Minumo, Ter. Eun. 1, 1, 29:c.quod insit in iis aliquid probi, quod capiat ignaros,
Cic. Off. 3, 3, 15: [p. 284] animum adulescentis... pellexit eis omnibus rebus, quibus illa aetas capi ac deleniri potest, id. Clu. 5, 13:quamvis voluptate capiatur,
id. Off. 1, 30, 105; Quint. 5, 11, 19:quem quidem adeo sua cepit humanitate,
Nep. Alcib. 9, 3:secum habuit Pomponium, captus adulescentis et humanitate et doctrina,
id. Att. 4, 1:nec bene promeritis capitur (deus), nec tangitur ira,
Lucr. 2, 651: ut pictura poesis;erit quae si propius stes Te capiat magis, et quaedam si longius abstes,
Hor. A. P. 362:hunc capit argenti splendor,
id. S. 1, 4, 28:te conjux aliena capit,
id. ib. 2, 7, 46:Cynthia prima suis miserum me cepit ocellis,
Prop. 1, 1, 1:carmine formosae, pretio capiuntur avarae,
Tib. 3, 1, 7:munditiis capimur,
Ov. A. A. 3, 133; id. M. 4, 170; 6, 465; 7, 802; 8, 124; 8, 435; 9, 511; 10, 529;14, 373: amore captivae victor captus,
Liv. 30, 12, 18:dulcedine vocis,
Ov. M. 1, 709; 11, 170:voce nova,
id. ib. 1, 678:temperie aquarum,
id. ib. 4, 344:(bos) herba captus viridi,
Verg. E. 6, 59:amoenitate loci,
Tac. A. 18, 52:auro,
Hor. C. 2, 18, 36:neque honoris neque pecuniae dulcedine sum captus,
Cic. Fam. 11, 28, 2:splendore hominis,
id. Fin. 1, 13, 42: ne oculis quidem captis in hanc fraudem decidisti;nam id concupisti quod numquam videras,
id. Verr. 2, 4, 45, § 102.—To cheat, seduce, deceive, mislead, betray, delude, catch:d.sapientis hanc vim esse maximam, cavere ne capiatur, ne fallatur videre,
Cic. Ac. 2, 20, 66:injurium autem'st ulcisci advorsarios? Aut qua via te captent eadem ipsos capi?
Ter. Hec. 1, 1, 16: uti ne propter te fidemque tuam captus fraudatusque sim, form. ap. Cic. Off. 3, 17, 70:eodem captus errore quo nos,
involved in the same error, Cic. Phil. 12, 2, 6; id. ap. Non. p. 253, 25; cf.:ne quo errore milites caperentur,
Liv. 8, 6, 16:capere ante dolis Reginam,
Verg. A. 1, 673:captique dolis lacrimisque coactis (Sinonis),
id. ib. 2, 196:ubi me eisdem dolis non quit capere,
Sall. J. 14, 11:adulescentium animi molles et aetate fluxi dolis haud difficulter capiebantur,
id. C. 14, 5:capi alicujus dolo,
Nep. Dat. 10, 1:dolum ad capiendos eos conparant,
Liv. 23, 35, 2:quas callida Colchis (i.e. Medea) amicitiae mendacis imagine cepit,
Ov. M. 7, 301.—To defeat, convict, overcome in a suit or dispute (rare):e. (α).tu si me impudicitiae captas, non potes capere,
Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 189:tu caves ne tui consultores, ille ne urbes aut castra capiantur (cf. B. 2. b. infra),
Cic. Mur. 9, 22:callidus et in capiendo adversario versutus (orator),
id. Brut. 48, 178.—Of the physical powers, to lame, mutilate, maim, impair or weaken in the limbs, senses, etc. (only pass. capi, and esp. in part. perf. captus):(β).mancus et membris omnibus captus ac debilis,
Cic. Rab. Perd. 7, 21:ipse Hannibal... altero oculo capitur,
loses an eye, Liv. 22, 2, 11:captus omnibus membris,
id. 2, 36, 8:capti auribus et oculis metu omnes torpere,
id. 21, 58, 5:oculis membrisque captus,
Plin. 33, 4, 24, § 83:congerantur in unum omnia, ut idem oculis et auribus captus sit,
Cic. Tusc. 5, 40, 117:si captus oculis sit, ut Tiresias fuit,
id. Div. 2, 3, 9; Verg. G. 1, 183:habuit filium captum altero oculo,
Suet. Vit. 6:censorem Appium deum ira post aliquot annos luminibus captum,
Liv. 9, 29, 11; Val. Max. 1, 1, 17:lumine,
Ov. F. 6, 204:princeps pedibus captus,
Liv. 43, 7, 5; cf.:captum leto posuit caput,
Verg. A. 11, 830;and of the mole: aut oculis capti fodere cubilia talpae,
id. G. 1, 183.—Of the mental powers, to deprive of sense or intellect; only in part. perf. captus, usu. agreeing with pers. subj., and with abl. mente, silly, insane, crazy, crazed, lunatic, mad:f.labi, decipi tam dedecet quam delirare et mente esse captum,
Cic. Off. 1, 27, 94:vino aut somno oppressi aut mente capti,
id. Ac. 2, 17, 53; Quint. 8, 3, 4;rarely mentibu' capti,
Lucr. 4, 1022; so,animo,
Sen. Herc. Fur. 107; very rarely with gen.:captus animi,
Tac. H. 3, 73.— Absol.:virgines captae furore,
Liv. 24, 26, 12.—Less freq. agreeing with mens or animus:viros velut mente capta cum jactatione fanatica corporis vaticinari,
Liv. 39, 13, 12:captis magis mentibus, quam consceleratis similis visa,
id. 8, 18, 11; cf.:capti et stupentes animi,
id. 6, 36, 8.—To choose, select, elect, take, pick out, adopt, accept a person for a particular purpose or to sustain a particular office or relation:2.de istac sum judex captus,
Plaut. Merc. 4, 3, 33:Aricini atque Ardeates de ambiguo agro... judicem populum Romanum cepere,
Liv. 3, 71, 2:me cepere arbitrum,
Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 91:te mihi patronam capio, Thais,
id. Eun. 5, 2, 48:quom illum generum cepimus,
id. Hec. 4, 1, 22; cf.:non, si capiundos mihi sciam esse inimicos omnis homines,
make them enemies thereby, id. And. 4, 2, 12:si quis magistrum cepit ad eam rem inprobum,
id. ib. 1, 2, 21.—So the formula of the Pontifex Maximus, in the consecration of a vestal virgin: sacerdotem Vestalem, quae sacra faciat... ita te, Amata, capio, Fab. Pict. ap. Gell. 1, 12, 14; cf.:plerique autem capi virginem solam debere dici putant, sed flamines quoque Diales, item pontifices et augures capi dicebantur,
Gell. 1, 12, 15:jam ne ea causa pontifex capiar?... ecquis me augurem capiat? Cat. ib. § 17: Amata inter capiendum a pontifice maximo appellatur, quoniam, quae prima capta est, hoc fuisse nomen traditum est, Gell. ib. § 19: rettulit Caesar capiendam virginem in locum Occiae,
Tac. A. 2, 86; 4, 16; 15, 22:religio, quae in annos singulos Jovis sacerdotem sortito capi jubeat,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 51, § 127:C. Flaccus flamen captus a P. Licinio pontifice maximo erat,
Liv. 27, 8, 5 Weissenb. ad loc.—Of places.a.To occupy, choose, select, take possession of, enter into; mostly milit. t. t., to take up a position, select a place for a camp, etc.:b.loca capere, castra munire,
Caes. B. G. 3, 23:castris locum capere,
Liv. 9, 17, 15; Suet. Aug. 94 fin.:locum capere castris,
Quint. 12, 2, 5:ut non fugiendi hostis, sed capiendi loci causa cessisse videar,
Cic. de Or. 2, 72, 294:ad Thebanos transfugere velle, et locum extra urbem editum capere,
Nep. Ages. 6, 2:nocte media profectus, ut locum quem vellet, priusquam hostes sentirent, caperet,
Liv. 34, 14, 1:neminem elegantius loca cepisse, praesidia disposuisse,
id. 35, 14, 9:erat autem Philopoemen praecipuae in ducendo agmine locisque capiendis solertiae atque usus,
id. 35, 28, 1:locum cepere paulo quam alii editiorem,
Sall. J. 58, 3:duces, ut quisque locum ceperat, cedere singulos,
Dict. Cret. 2, 46; so,of position on the battle-field: quod mons suberat, eo se recipere coeperunt. Capto monte, etc.,
Caes. B. G. 1, 25:tenuit non solum ales captam semelsedem, sed, etc.,
Liv. 7, 26, 5:quem quis in pugnando ceperat locum, eum amissa anima corpore tegebat,
Flor. 4, 1; Sall. C. 61, 2; rarely with dat. of pers.:tumulum suis cepit,
Liv. 31, 41, 9, for a tomb: LOCVM SIBI MONVMENTO CEPIT. Inscr. Grut. 346, 6;for taking the auspices' se (Gracchum) cum legeret libros, recordatum esse, vitio sibi tabernaculum captum fuisse,
Cic. N. D. 2, 4, 11; cf.:Palatium Romulus, Remus Aventinum ad inaugurandum templa capiunt,
Liv. 1, 6, 4;for refuge: omnes Samnitium copiae montes proximos fuga capiunt,
id. 9, 43, 20:Anchises natum Conventus trahit in medios... Et tumulum capit,
Verg. A. 6, 753; 12, 562:ante locum capies oculis ( = eliges),
Verg. G. 2, 230 Serv. ad loc.: nunc terras ordine longo Aut capere aut captas jam despectare videntur (cycni), to select places on which to light, or to be just settling down on places already selected, id. A. 1, 396 Forbig. ad loc.—To take by force, capture, storm, reduce, conquer, seize:c.invadam extemplo in oppidum antiquom: Si id capso, etc.,
Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 61: oppidum vi, Cat. ap. Charis. 2, p. 191 P.:MACELLAM OPPVGNANDO,
Col. Rostr. Inscr. Orell. 549:CORSICAM,
Inscr. Orell. 551: oppida, Enn. ap. Prisc. 9, p. 868 P. (Ann. v. 487 Vahl.):ad alia oppida pergit, pauca repugnantibus Numidis capit,
Sall. J. 92, 3; Prop. 3, 4 (4, 3), 16:Troja capta,
Liv. 1, 1, 1; Hor. S. 2, 3, 191: Coriolos. Liv. 3, 71, 7:urbem opulentissimam,
id. 5, 20, 1:ante oppidum Nolam fortissuma Samnitium castra cepit,
Cic. Div. 1, 33, 72:castra hostium,
Nep. Dat. 6, 7:concursu oppidanorum facto scalis vacua defensoribus moenia capi possent,
Liv. 42, 63, 6:plurimas hostium vestrorum in Hispania urbes,
id. 28, 39, 10:sedem belli,
Vell. 2, 74, 3; cf. Cic. Mur. 9, 22 (B. 1. d. supra).— Trop.:oppressa captaque re publica,
Cic. Dom. 10, 26: qui, bello averso ab hostibus, patriam suam cepissent, Liv. 3, 50, 15.—To reach, attain, arrive at, betake one ' s self to (mostly by ships, etc.):3.insulam capere non potuerant,
Caes. B. G. 4, 26 fin.:onerariae duae eosdem quos reliqui portus capere non potuerunt,
id. ib. 4, 36:accidit uti, ex iis (navibus) perpaucae locum caperent,
id. ib. 5, 23:nostrae naves, cum ignorarent, quem locum reliquae cepissent,
id. B. C. 3, 28: praemiis magnis propositis, qui primus insulam cepisset, Auct. B. Alex. 17.— Trop.:qui... tenere cursum possint et capere otii illum portum et dignitatis,
Cic. Sest. 46, 99.—Of things of value, property, money, etc.a.In gen., to take, seize, wrest, receive, obtain, acquire, get, etc.:b.AVRVM, ARGENTVM,
Col. Rostr. Inscr. Orell. 549:de praedonibus praedam capere,
Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 14:agros de hostibus,
Cic. Dom. 49, 128:ut ager ex hostibus captus viritim divideretur,
Liv. 4, 48, 2:quinqueremem una cum defensoribus remigibusque, Auct. B. Alex. 16, 7: naves,
Nep. Con. 4, 4:classem,
id. Cim. 2, 2:magnas praedas,
id. Dat. 10, 2:ex hostibus pecuniam,
Liv. 5, 20, 5; cf.:e nostris spolia cepit laudibus, Cic. poet. Tusc. 2, 9, 22: signum ex Macedonia,
id. Verr. 2, 4, 58, § 149:signum pulcherrimum Carthagine captum,
id. ib. 2, 4, 38, §82: sed eccam ipsa egreditur, nostri fundi calamitas: nam quod nos capere oportet, haec intercipit,
Ter. Eun. 1, 1, 35:cape cedo,
id. Phorm. 5, 8, 57:ut reliqui fures, earum rerum quas ceperunt, signa commutant,
Cic. Fin. 5, 25, 74:majores nostri non solum id, quod de Campanis (agri) ceperant, non imminuerunt, etc.,
id. Agr. 2, 29, 81:te duce ut insigni capiam cum laude coronam,
Lucr. 6, 95.—With abstr. objects:paupertatem adeo facile perpessus est, ut de republica nihil praeter gloriam ceperit,
Nep. Epam. 3, 4:ut ceteri, qui per eum aut honores aut divitias ceperant,
id. Att. 7, 2:quoniam formam hujus cepi in me et statum,
assumed, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 110:quare non committeret, ut is locus ex calamitate populi Romani nomen caperet,
Caes. B. G. 1, 13:regnum Tiberinus ab illis Cepit,
succeeded to, Ov. M. 14, 615.—In particular connections.(α).With pecuniam (freq. joined with concilio; v. infra), to take illegally, exact, extort, accept a bribe. take blackmail, etc., esp. of magistrates who were accused de pecuniis repetundis:(β).his ego judicibus non probabo C. Verrem contra leges pecuniam cepisse?
Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 4, § 10:HS. quadringentiens cepisse te arguo contra leges,
id. ib. 2, 2, 10, § 26; cf.:quicquid ab horum quopiam captum est,
id. ib. §27: tamen hae pecuniae per vim atque injuriam tuam captae et conciliatae tibi fraudi et damnationi esse deberent,
id. ib. 2, 3, 40, §91: utrum (potestis), cum judices sitis de pecunia capta conciliata, tantam pecuniam captam neglegere?
id. ib. 2, 3, 94, §218: quid est aliud capere conciliare pecunias. si hoc non est vi atque imperio cogere invitos lucrum dare alteri?
id. ib. 2, 3, 30, §71: sequitur de captis pecuniis et de ambitu,
id. Leg. 3, 20, 46:ita aperte cepit pecunias ob rem judicandam, ut, etc.,
id. Fin. 2, 16, 54:quos censores furti et captarum pecuniarum nomine notaverunt,
id. Clu. 42, 120:nondum commemoro rapinas, non exactas pecunias, non captas, non imperatas,
id. Pis. 16, 38:si quis ob rem judicandam pecuniam cepisset... neque solum hoc genus pecuniae capiendae turpe, sed etiam nefarium esse arbitrabantur,
id. Rab. Post. 7, 16; id. N. D. 3, 30, 70; Sall. J. 32, 1:ab regibus Illyriorum,
Liv. 42, 45, 8:saevitiae captarumque pecuniarum teneri reum,
Tac. A. 3, 67; 4, 31.—Of inheritance and bequest, to take, inherit, obtain, acquire, get, accept:(γ).si ex hereditate nihil ceperit,
Cic. Off, 3, 24, 93:qui morte testamentove ejus tantundem capiat quantum omnes heredes,
id. Leg. 2, 19, 48:abdicatus ne quid de bonis patris capiat,
Quint. 3, 6, 96:aut non justum testamentum est, aut capere non potes,
id. 5, 14, 16:si capiendi Jus nullum uxori,
Juv. 1, 55:qui testamentum faciebat, ei, qui usque ad certum modum capere potuerat, legavit, etc.,
Dig. 22, 3, 27: quod ille plus capere non poterat, ib. fin.:qui ex bonis testatoris solidum capere non possit,
ib. 28, 6, 6; 39, 6, 30.—Of regular income, revenue, etc., rents, tolls, profits, etc., to collect, receive, obtain: nam ex [p. 285] eis praediis talenta argenti bina Capiebat statim, Ter. Phorm. 5, 3, 7:C.capit ille ex suis praediis sexcenta sestertia, ego centena ex meis,
Cic. Par. 6, 3, 49:stipendium jure belli,
Caes. B. G. 1, 28:quinquagena talenta vectigalis ex castro,
Nep. Alcib. 9, 4:vectigal ex agro eorum capimus,
Liv. 28, 39, 13:quadragena annua ex schola,
Suet. Gram. 23:si recte habitaveris... fundus melior erit... fructus plus capies,
Cato, R. R. 4, 2.—Trop.1.Of profit, benefit, advantage, to take, seize, obtain, get, enjoy, reap (mostly in phrase fructum capere):2.metuit semper, quem ipsa nunc capit Fructum, nequando iratus tu alio conferas,
Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 59:honeste acta superior aetas fructus capit auctoritatis extremos,
Cic. Sen. 18, 62:ex iis etiam fructum capio laboris mei,
id. Div. 2, 5:ex quibus (litteris) cepi fructum duplicem,
id. Fam. 10, 5, 1:multo majorem fructum ex populi existimatione illo damnato cepimus, quam ex ipsius, si absolutus esset, gratia cepissemus,
id. Att. 1, 4, 2:fructum immortalem vestri in me et amoris et judicii,
id. Pis. 14, 31:aliquem fructum dulcedinis almae,
Lucr. 2, 971; 5, 1410; Luc. 7, 32.—In other connections:quid ex ea re tandem ut caperes commodi?
Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 25:utilitates ex amicitia maximas,
Cic. Lael. 9, 32:usuram alicujus corporis,
Plaut. Am. prol. 108.—Of external characteristics, form, figure, appearance, etc., to take, assume, acquire, put on:3.gestum atque voltum novom,
Ter. Phorm. 5, 6, 50 ' faciem aliquam cepere morando, Ov. M. 1, 421; 13, 605:figuras Datque capitque novas,
id. ib. 15, 309:formam capit quam lilia,
id. ib. 10, 212; cf.:duritiam ab aere,
id. ib. 4, 751.— Transf., of plants, etc.:radicem capere,
to take root, Cato, R. R. 51:cum pali defixi radices cepissent,
Plin. 17, 17, 27, § 123:siliculam capere,
Varr. R. R. 1, 23, 3:maturitatem capere,
Col. 4, 23, 1:radix libere capit viris,
Plin. 17, 21, 35, § 161:vires cepisse nocendi,
Ov. M. 7, 417:(telinum) rursus refrigeratum odorem suum capit,
Plin. 13, 1, 2, § 13.—Of mental characteristics, habits, etc., to take, assume, adopt, cultivate, cherish, possess:4.cape sis virtutem animo et corde expelle desidiam tuo,
Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 24:qua re si Glabrionis patris vim et acrimoniam ceperis ad resistendum hominibus audacissimis, si avi prudentiam ad prospiciendas insidias, etc.,
Cic. Verr. 1, 17, 52:aliquando, patres conscripti, patrium animum virtutemque capiamus,
id. Phil. 3, 11, 29:consuetudinem exercitationemque,
id. Off. 1, 18, 59:misericordiam,
id. Quint. 31, 97:quam (adsuetudinem) tu dum capias, taedia nulla fuge,
Ov. A. A. 2, 346:disciplinam principum,
Plin. Pan. 46. —With dat.:quorum animis avidis... neque lex neque tutor capere est qui possit modum,
Plaut. Aul. 3, 5, 14 Wagn. ad loc.—Of offices, employments, duties, etc., = suscipio, to undertake, assume, enter upon, accept, take upon one ' s self, etc.:5.nam olim populi prius honorem capiebat suffragio, Quam magistro desinebat esse dicto oboediens,
Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 34:o Geta, provinciam Cepisti duram,
Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 23:in te cepi Capuam, non quo munus illud defugerem,
took command at Capua, Cic. Att. 8. 3, 4:consulatum,
id. Pis. 2, 3; Sall. J. 63, 2:honores,
Nep. Att. 7, 2; Suet. Aug. 26:imperium,
id. Claud. 10:magistratum,
Cic. Imp. Pomp. 21, 62; Liv. 2, 33, 1; Suet. Aug. 2:magistratus,
Sall. H. 1, 41, 21 Dietsch; Nep. Phoc. 1, 1; Suet. Caes. 75:capiatque aliquis moderamina (navis),
Ov. M. 3, 644:rerum moderamen,
id. ib. 6, 677:pontificatum maximum,
Suet. Vit. 11:rem publicam,
Sall. C. 5, 6:neve cui patrum capere eum magistratum liceret,
Liv. 2, 33, 1:ut ceperat haud tumultuose magistratum majore gaudio plebis, etc.,
id. 5, 13, 2.—Rarely with dat. of pers., to obtain for, secure for:patres praeturam Sp. Furio Camillo gratia campestri ceperunt,
Liv. 7, 1, 2.—In gen., of any occupation, work, or undertaking, to begin, enter upon, take, undertake, etc.:6.augurium ex arce,
Liv. 10, 7, 10:augurium capienti duodecim se vultures ostenderunt,
Suet. Aug. 95; id. Vesp. 11:omen,
Cic. Div. 1, 46, 104:in castris Romanis cum frustra multi conatus ad erumpendum capti essent,
Liv. 9, 4, 1:rursus impetu capto enituntur,
id. 2, 65, 5; Quint. 6, 1, 28; Suet. Aug. 42; id. Calig. 43: cursum, id. Oth. 6:a quibus temporibus scribendi capiatur exordium,
Cic. Leg. 1, 3, 8:experimentum eorum inversa manu capitur,
Plin. 13, 2, 3, § 19 ( poet.):nec vestra capit discordia finem,
Verg. A. 10, 106:fugam,
to take to flight, flee, Caes. B. G. 7, 26; so, capere impetum, to take a start, gather momentum:ad impetum capiundum modicum erat spatium,
Liv. 10, 5, 6; cf.:expeditionis Germanicae impetum cepit,
suddenly resolved to make, Suet. Calig. 43: capere initium, to begin:ea pars artis, ex qua capere initium solent,
Quint. 2, 11, 1.— Transf., of place:eorum (finium) una pars, quam Gallos optinere dictum est, initium capit a flumine Rhodano,
Caes. B. G. 1, 1:a dis inmortalibus sunt nobis agendi capienda primordia,
Cic. Leg. 2, 3, 7.—Of an opportunity or occasion, to seize, embrace, take:7.si occassionem capsit,
Plaut. Ps. 4, 3, 6:si lubitum fuerit, causam ceperit,
Ter. And. 1, 3, 8:quod tempus conveniundi patris me capere suadeat,
Ter. Phorm. 5, 4, 9:si satis commode tempus ad te cepit adeundi,
Cic. Fam. 11, 16, 1.—Of operations of the mind, resolutions, purposes, plans, thoughts, etc., to form, conceive, entertain, come to, reach:8.quantum ex ipsa re conjecturam cepimus,
Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 25 MSS. (Fleck. al. ex conj. fecimus); Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 32:cum jam ex diei tempore conjecturam ceperat,
Caes. B. G. 7, 35:hujusce rei conjecturam de tuo ipsius studio, Servi, facillime ceperis,
Cic. Mur. 4, 9.— Absol.:conjecturam capere,
Cic. Div. 1, 57, 130:nec quid corde nunc consili capere possim, Scio,
Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 12:capti consili memorem mones,
id. Stich 4, 1, 72:quo pacto porro possim Potiri consilium volo capere una tecum,
Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 66; 5, 2, 28:temerarium consilium,
Liv. 25, 34, 7:tale capit consilium,
Nep. Eum. 9, 3.— With inf.:confitendum... eadem te hora consilium cepisse hominis propinqui fortunas funditus evertere,
Cic. Quint. 16, 53; Caes. B. G. 7, 71 init. —With ut:subito consilium cepi, ut exirem,
Cic. Att. 7, 10 init. —With gen. gerund. (freq.):legionis opprimendae consilium capere,
Caes. B. G. 3, 2:obprimundae reipublicae consilium cepit,
Sall. C. 16, 4.—With sibi:si id non fecisset, sibi consilium facturos,
Caes. B. C. 2, 20:ut ego rationem oculis capio,
Plaut. Ps. 2, 2, 2:cepi rationem ut, etc.,
Ter. Heaut. 5, 2, 11.—Of examples, instances, proofs, etc., to take, derive, draw, obtain:9.ex quo documentum nos capere fortuna voluit quid esset victis extimescendum,
Cic. Phil. 11, 2, 5:quid istuc tam mirum'st, de te si exemplum capit? Ter And. 4, 1, 26: exemplum ex aliqua re,
Cic. Lael. 10, 33:praesagia a sole,
Plin. 18, 35, 78, § 341:illud num dubitas quin specimen naturae capi debeat ex optima quaque natura?
Cic. Tusc. 1, 14, 32.—Of impressions, feelings, etc., to take, entertain, conceive, receive, be subjected to, suffer, experience, etc.:10.tantum laborem capere ob talem filium?
Ter. And. 5, 2, 29:omnes mihi labores fuere quos cepi leves,
id. Heaut. 2, 4, 19:laborem inanem ipsus capit,
id. Hec. 3, 2, 9:ex eo nunc misera quem capit Laborem!
id. And. 4, 3, 4: miseriam omnem ego capio;hic potitur gaudia,
id. Ad. 5, 4, 22:satietatem dum capiet pater Illius quam amat,
Plaut. Am. 1, 2, 10:plus aegri ex abitu viri quam ex adventu voluptatis cepi,
id. ib. 2, 2, 9:cum illa quacum volt voluptatem capit,
id. ib. prol. 114:angor iste, qui pro amico saepe capiendus est,
Cic. Lael. 13, 48:quae (benevolentia) quidem capitur beneficiis maxime,
id. Off. 2, 9, 32:laetitiam quam capiebam memoria rationum inventorumque nostrorum,
id. Fin. 2, 30, 96:lenire desiderium quod capiebat e filio,
id. Sen. 15, 54:opinione omnium majorem animo cepi dolorem,
id. Brut. 1, 1:itaque cepi voluptatem, tam ornatum virum fuisse in re publica,
id. ib. 40, 147:ex civibus victis gaudium meritum capiam,
Liv. 27, 40, 9:ne quam... invidiam apud patres ex prodiga largitione caperet,
id. 5, 20, 2:ad summam laetitiam meam, quam ex tuo reditu capio, magnus illius adventu cumulus accedet,
id. Att. 4, 19, 2 (4, 18, 3):laetitia, quam oculis cepi justo interitu tyranni,
id. ib. 14, 14, 4:ex praealto tecto lapsus matris et adfinium cepit oblivionem,
lost his memory, Plin. 7, 24, 24, § 90: virtutis opinionem, Auct. B. G. 8, 8: somnum, Cic. Tusc. 4, 19, 44: taedium vitae, Nep. ap. Gell. 6 (7), 18, 11:maria aspera juro Non ullum pro me tantum (me) cepisse timorem, Quam, etc.,
Verg. A. 6, 352 Forbig. ad loc.:et in futurum etiam metum ceperunt,
Liv. 33, 27, 10:voluptatem animi,
Cic. Planc. 1, 1:malis alienis voluptatem capere laetitiae (cum sit),
id. Tusc. 4, 31, 66:quaeque mihi sola capitur nunc mente voluptas,
Ov. P. 4, 9, 37.—Transf., with the feelings, experience, etc., as subj., to seize, overcome, possess, occupy, affect, take possession of, move, etc. (cf. lambanô, in this sense and like 9. supra): nutrix: Cupido cepit miseram nunc me, proloqui Caelo atque terrae Medeai miserias, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 26, 63 (Trag. Rel. v. 291 Vahl.):11.edepol te desiderium Athenarum arbitror cepisse saepe,
Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 14:numquam commerui merito ut caperet odium illam mei,
id. ib. 4, 2, 4:sicubi eum satietas Hominum aut negoti odium ceperat,
id. Eun. 3, 1, 14:nos post reges exactos servitutis oblivio ceperat,
Cic. Phil. 3, 4, 9:te cepisse odium regni videbatur,
id. ib. 2, 36, 91:Romulum Remumque cupido cepit urbis condendae,
Liv. 1, 6, 3:cupido eum ceperat in verticem montis ascendendi,
id. 40, 21, 2:etiam victores sanguinis caedisque ceperat satietas,
id. 27, 49, 8; Mel. 3, 5, 2:qui pavor hic, qui terror, quae repente oblivio animos cepit?
Liv. 27, 13, 2:oblivio deorum capiat pectora vestra,
id. 38, 46, 12:tantane te cepere oblivia nostri?
Ov. Tr. 1, 8, 11:ut animum ejus cura sacrorum cepit,
Liv. 27, 8, 6:hostis primum admiratio cepit, quidnam, etc.,
id. 44, 12, 1:tanta meae si te ceperunt taedia laudis,
Verg. G. 4, 332; cf. Anthol. Lat. I. p. 178;I. p. 196 Burm.: ignarosque loci passim et formidine captos Sternimus,
Verg. A. 2, 384:infelix, quae tanta animum dementia cepit!
id. ib. 5, 465; id. E. 6, 47:cum subita incautum dementia cepit amantem,
id. G. 4, 488; cf. Anthol. Lat. I. p. 170, 15;I. p. 168, 14 Burm.: Tarquinium mala libido Lucretiae stuprandae cepit,
Liv. 1, 57, 10:ingens quidem et luctus et pavor civitatem cepit,
id. 25, 22, 1:tantus repente maeror pavorque senatum eorum cepit,
id. 23, 20, 7:senatum metus cepit,
id. 23, 14, 8: si me... misericordia capsit. Att. ap. Non. p. 483, 11 (Trag. Rel. v. 454 Rib.): nec tuendi capere satietas potest, Pac. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 14, 24 (Trag. Rel. v. 410 ib.):quantus timor socios populi Romani cepisset,
Liv. 43, 11, 9.—Of injury, damage, loss, etc., to suffer, take, be subjected to:II. A.calamitatem,
Cic. Div. 1, 16, 29:detrimenti aliquid in aliqua re,
Col. 1, 8, 2.—Esp., in the legal formula, by which dictatorial powers were conferred by the senate upon the consuls or the entire magistracy in times of extreme danger to the state;videant ne quid res publica detrimenti capiat: decrevit quondam senatus, ut L. Opimius consul videret ne quid res publica detrimenti caperet,
Cic. Cat. 1, 2, 4:Hernici tantum terrorem incussere patribus, ut, quae forma senatus consulti ultimae semper necessitatis habita est, Postumio, alteri consulum, negotium daretur, videret, ne, etc.,
Liv. 3, 4, 9; cf. id. 6, 19, 2 sqq.:quod plerumque in atroci negotio solet, senatus decrevit, darent operam consules, ne quid, etc.... Ea potestas per senatum more Romano magistratui maxuma permittitur, exercitum parare, bellum gerere, coercere omnibus modis socios atque civis, domi militiaeque inperium atque judicium summum habere,
Sall. C. 29, 2 sq.Lit.1.In gen.: Ph. Sitit haec anus. Pa. Quantillum sitit? Ph. Modica'st, capit quadrantal, Plaut. Curc. 1, 2, 8:2.parte quod ex una spatium vacat et capit in se (ferrum),
Lucr. 6, 1030:jam mare litus habet, plenos capit alveus amnes,
Ov. M. 1, 344; cf.:terra feras cepit, volucres agitabilis aer,
id. ib. 1, 75:dum tenues capiat suus alveus undas,
id. ib. 8, 558:cunctosque (deos) dedisse Terga fugae, donec fessos Aegyptia tellus Ceperit,
id. ib. 5, 324.—Esp., with negatives, not to hold, to be too small for, etc.; cf.:B.di boni, quid turba est! Aedes nostrae vix capient, scio,
Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 13:qui cum una domo jam capi non possunt, in alias domos exeunt,
Cic. Off. 1, 17, 54: nec jam se capit [p. 286] unda;volat vapor ater ad auras,
Verg. A. 7, 466:non tuus hoc capiet venter plus ac meus,
Hor. S. 1, 1, 46:non capit se mare,
Sen. Agam. 487:neque enim capiebant funera portae,
Ov. M. 7, 607:officium populi vix capiente domo,
id. P. 4, 4, 42:si di habitum corporis tui aviditati animi parem esse voluissent, orbis te non caperet,
Curt. 7, 8, 12:ut non immerito proditum sit... Graeciam omnem vix capere exercitum ejus (Xerxis) potuisse,
Just. 2, 10, 19.—Trop.1.To swallow up, ingulf, take in (rare):2. a.tot domus locupletissimas istius domus una capiet?
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 4, § 7.—Affirmatively (rare):b.quidquid mortalitas capere poterat, implevimus,
Curt. 9, 3, 7:si puer omni cura et summo, quantum illa aetas capit, labore, scripserit,
Quint. 2, 4, 17:dummodo ejus aetatis sit, ut dolum capiat,
Dig. 40, 12, 15.—With negatives:3.non capiunt angustiae pectoris tui (tantam personam),
Cic. Pis. 11, 24:leones, qui... nec capere irarum fluctus in pectore possunt,
Lucr. 3, 298:nec capiunt inclusas pectora flammas,
Ov. M. 6, 466:vix spes ipse suas animo capit,
id. ib. 11, 118:ardet et iram Non capit ipsa suam Progne,
id. ib. 6, 610; cf.:sic quoque concupiscis quae non capis,
Curt. 7, 8, 13:majora quam capit spirat,
id. 6, 9, 11:ad ultimum magnitudinem ejus (fortunae) non capit,
id. 3, 12, 20:infirma aetas majora non capiet,
Quint. 1, 11, 13.—Transf., of things, to admit of, be capable of, undergo (post-Aug. and rare):4.rimam fissuramque non capit sponte cedrus,
Plin. 16, 40, 78, § 212:molluscum... si magnitudinem mensarum caperet,
id. 16, 16, 27, § 68:res non capit restitutionem, cum statum mutat,
Dig. 4, 4, 19.—With inf., to be susceptible of, to be of a nature to, etc., = endechetai (late Lat.):5.nec capit humanis angoribus excruciari (Deus),
Prud. Apoth. 154:crimina, quae non capiunt indulgeri,
Tert. Pud. 1 fin.; id. Apol. 17; id. adv. Haer. 44 fin.; Paul. Nol. Carm. 9, 22.—Of the mind, to take, receive into the mind, comprehend, grasp, embrace (cf. intellego, to penetrate mentally, have insight into):2.sitque nonnumquam summittenda et contrahenda oratio, ne judex eam vel intellegere vel capere non possit,
Quint. 11, 1, 45:nullam esse gratiam tantam, quam non vel capere animus meus in accipiendo... posset,
id. 2, 6, 2:quae quidem ego nisi tam magna esse fatear, ut ea vix cujusquam mens aut cogitatio capere possit,
Cic. Marcell. 2, 6; id. N. D. 1, 19, 49:senatus ille, quem qui ex regibus constare dixit, unus veram speciem Romani senatus cepit,
Liv. 9, 17, 14:somnium laetius, quam quod mentes eorum capere possent,
id. 9, 9, 14.—P. a. as subst.: Capta, ae, f., a surname of Minerva, as worshipped on the Coelian Mount, but for what reason is not known, Ov. F. 3, 837 sq.căpĭo, ōnis, f. [1. capio]; in the Lat. of the jurists,I.A taking:II.dominii,
Dig. 39, 2, 18; Gell. 6 (7), 10, 3.—= usu capio or usucapio, the right of property acquired by prescription, Dig. 41, 1, 48, § 1; 41, 3, 21; 41, 5, 4; v. 1. usucapio. -
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I.To come together, meet together, assemble (class. and freq.).A.In gen.:2.milites, qui ex provinciā convenerant,
Caes. B. G. 1, 8:omnes... eo convenerant,
id. ib. 3, 16:totius fere Galliae legati ad Caesarem gratulatum convenerunt,
id. ib. 1, 30:quanto multitudo hominum ad hoc judicium,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 5, 11:amici privatique hospites ad eum defendendum convenerunt,
Nep. Timoth. 4, 2:ad clamorem hominum,
Caes. B. G. 4, 37:ad delectationem,
Quint. 3, 4, 6:Pericles, cum haberet collegam Sophoclem, iique de communi officio convenissent,
id. Off. 1, 40, 144:nunc ita convenimus, ut possemus dicere, etc.,
id. Phil. 3, 2, 5:quoniam convenimus ambo,
Verg. E. 5, 1; id. A. 1, 361 al.—With the place to or at which, usu. designated by in and acc.:mei capitis servandi causā Romam Italia tota convenit,
Cic. Pis. 15, 34; id. Div. 2, 23, 50:unum in locum omnes,
Caes. B. G. 4, 19:in coetus scholarum,
Quint. 2, 9, 2:in consilium frequentes,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 29, § 71:reguli in unum convenere,
Sall. J. 11, 2:tribuni plebis non desistebant clam inter se convenire,
Cic. Agr. 2, 5, 12:et ex proximis hibernis et a Caesare conventura subsidia,
Caes. B. G. 5, 28 fin.: convenientis manus dissipare, Auct. B. G. 8, 6.—Rarely with in and abl., or with advv. of place (mostly post-Aug.):uno in loco omnes adversariorum copiae convenissent,
Cic. Div. 2, 24, 52 B. and K.; cf.: quanta illic multitudo convenisse dicebatur, id. Verr. 2, 2, 66, § 160 B. and K. (al. illuc):in coloniā Agrippiensi in domum privatam conveniunt,
Tac. H. 4, 55.—Transf., of inanim. and abstr. subjects:B.munera multa huc ab amatoribus,
Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 44:huc convenit utrumque bivium,
Plin. 6, 28, 32, § 144; cf.:oppi dum in quo omnis negotiatio ejus (Arabiae) convenit,
id. 6, 28, 32, § 157:cum multae causae convenisse unum in locum atque inter se congruere videntur,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 22, 62; so id. ad Q. Fr. 1, 4, 4.—In partic.1.Publicist. t. t. of civil communities which belong in jurisdiction to some chief city:2.ex his civitatibus, quae in id forum convenirent,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 15, § 38:Carthaginem conveniunt populi LXV.,
Plin. 3, 3, 4, § 25; cf.:ibi Aethiopicae convenere naves,
id. 5, 28, 29, § 105.—Jurid. t. t.:3.in manum, of a woman who in marriage (by usus, confarreatio, or coëmptio, q. v.) comes into the hands (manus) of her husband,
Cic. Fl. 34, 84; id. Top. 3, 14; Quint. 5, 10, 62; Gai Inst. 3, 84:viro in manum,
Cic. Top. 4, 23:in manum flaminis,
Tac. A. 4, 16 et saep.—In the same sense: in matrimonium alicujus,
Dig. 45, 1, 121, § 1:in matrimonium cum viro,
to marry, Gell. 18, 6, 8; or, in nuptias, Cod. Th. 3, 7, 11.—Act., to go to one to speak to him, make a request of him, etc., to address, accost, meet, visit:b.haut multos homines nunc videre et convenire quam te mavellem,
Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 16; id. Pers. 5, 2, 74 al.; Ter. And. 1, 3, 22:(Helvetii) cum eum (sc. Caesarem) in itinere convenissent,
Caes. B. G. 1, 27:adversarios ejus,
Nep. Dion, 8, 3:illum Atilium,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 18, 50:neminem conveni—convenio autem cottidie plurimos—quin omnes, etc.,
id. Fam. 9, 14, 1:Bruti pueri Laodiceae me convenerunt,
id. ib. 3, 7, 1.— Pass.:Balbus tantis pedum doloribus afficitur, ut se conveniri nolit,
Cic. Fam. 6, 19, 2:nec eum (Lentulum) a minore Balbo conventum,
id. Att. 9, 6, 1:quod conveniundi patris me tempus capere jubebat,
Ter. Phorm. 5, 4, 9; Cic. Fam. 1, 8, 7; Nep. Dion, 9, 3 al. — Absol.:aditum petentibus conveniendi non dabat,
Nep. Paus. 3, 3.—Jurid. t. t., to meet one judicially, to sue, bring an action against, summon before a tribunal:II.ut heredes ex stipulatu conveniri possint,
Dig. 10, 2, 20; 50, 1, 17:de peculio,
Paul. Sent. 2, 31:pro parte dimidiā,
Dig. 17, 1, 59 et saep.—Also with abstr. objects:dolum aut culpam eorum,
Dig. 26, 7, 38:nomen,
ib. 42, 1, 15.Pregn.A.To come together, to unite, join, combine, couple (cf. coëo, II.).1.Lit., so mostly of the coition of animals, Lucr. 2, 922; Plin. 11, 24, 29, § 85; App. M. 6, p. 177, 38 al.—Of the union of atoms:2.Tandem conveniant ea (primordia) quae convecta repente Magnarum rerum fiunt exordia,
Lucr. 5, 429.—Trop.a.With personal subject, to agree with in wishes, decisions, etc., to accord, harmonize (rare;b.late Lat.),
Hyg. Astr. 2, 4; Dig. 9, 2, 27, § 29; Paul. Sent. 1, 1, § 5 (but in Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, the v. 130 is spurious; v. Ritschl, prol. ad Trin. p. 131).—Far more freq.,Res convenit or impers. convenit, it is agreed upon, or there is unanimity in respect to something, the matter is decided.(α).Res convenit, constr. alicui cum aliquo, inter aliquos, or absol.:(β).cum his mihi nec locus nec sermo convenit,
Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 10:haec fratri mecum non conveniunt neque placent,
Ter. Ad. 1, 1, 34:de dote mecum conveniri nil potest,
Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 168:hoc mihi cum tuo fratre convenit,
Cic. Fin. 5, 29, 87; Liv. 2, 39, 8; Quint. 3, 6, 91:pax, quae cum T. Quinctio convenisset,
Liv. 34, 43, 2; cf.:pax convenit,
Sall. J. 38 fin.; Liv. 1, 3, 5; 30, 43, 8:in eas condiciones cum pax conveniret,
id. 29, 12, 14 al.; and:cum imperatoribus Romanis pacem conventam fuisse,
Sall. J. 112, 2:ratio accepti atque expensi inter nos,
Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 146:eo signo quod convenerat revocantur,
Caes. B. C. 1, 28:quod tempus inter eos committendi proelii convenerat,
id. B. G. 2, 19:neminem voluerunt majores nostri esse judicem, nisi qui inter adversarios convenisset,
Cic. Clu. 43, 120; so,judex inter eos,
Val. Max. 2, 8, 2:posse rem convenire... si posset inter eos aliquid convenire,
Cic. Leg. 1, 20, 53:dum rem conventuram putamus,
id. Att. 9, 6, 2:si in eo manerent, quod convenisset,
Caes. B. G. 1, 36: [p. 463] in colloquium convenit;condiciones non convenerunt,
Nep. Hann. 6, 2; cf. Liv. 30, 40, 14; 38, 11, 1 al.:postquam ardentia vidit castra magister equitum (id convenerat signum),
id. 9, 23, 15:signum,
Suet. Oth. 6:omnia conventura,
Sall. J. 83, 2.— Pass.:pacem conventam frustra fuisse,
Sall. J. 112, 2:quibus conventis,
Liv. 30, 43, 7.—Convenit, constr. alicui cum aliquo, inter aliquos, with ut, the acc. and inf., with de and abl., or absol.:B.mihi cum Deiotaro convenit, ut, etc.,
Cic. Att. 6, 1, 14:idne agebas, ut tibi cum sceleratis, an ut cum bonis civibus conveniret?
id. Lig. 6, 18:quicum optime convenisset,
id. Verr. 2, 4, 66, § 147:nunc ita convenit inter me atque hunc, ut, etc.,
Plaut. Capt. 2. 3, 19:non modo inter Patres, sed ne inter consules quidem ipsos satis conveniebat,
Liv. 2, 23, 14:conveniat mihi tecum necesse est, ipsum fecisse, etc.,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 29, 79; Sen. Ben. 7, 4, 5; id. Brev. Vit. 7, 3:inter omnis vero convenit, Sibyllam ad Tarquinium Superbum tris libros attulisse,
Plin. 13, 13, 27, § 88; cf. Suet. Vesp. 25: convenit, jam inde per consules reliqua belli perfecta, it is generally asserted, homologeitai, Liv. 9, 16, 1; cf. Suet. Claud. 44 et saep.:cum de facto convenit, et quaeritur, etc.,
Cic. Inv. 1, 8, 11; id. Fin. 4, 26, 72:de duobus minus convenit,
Liv. 2, 33, 2; Quint. 1, 4, 17; Col. 2, 9 init.; Sen. Clem. 2, 7, 4; Gell. 2, 22, 2:quamquam de hoc parum convenit,
Quint. 5, 10, 2:quaedam sunt, de quibus inter omnes convenit,
id. 2, 12, 2; 4, 5, 28; Cic. N. D. 2, 4, 9; Liv. 42, 25, 11; Sen. Q. N. 2, 12, 2; Plin. Pan. 29, 5:ubi de pace non convenit, signa cecinere,
Flor. 2, 6, 59 al.:convenit, victi utri sint eo proelio, Urbem, agrum, etc.... seque uti dederent,
Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 70:convenerat, ne interloquereris,
Sen. Clem. 1, 9, 9; cf.:quibus consulibus interierit non convenit,
Nep. Hann. 13, 1:pacto convenit, etc.,
Liv. 24, 6, 7; Plaut. Aul. 2, 2, 80:omnis exercitus, uti convenerat. Numidiā deductus, etc.,
Sall. J. 39, 4:Patres igitur jurati (ita enim convenerat),
Liv. 30, 40, 12:pro argento si aurum dare mallent, darent convenit,
id. 38, 11, 8.—To fit with, in, or to something, to suit, be adapted to.1.Lit. (rare):2.quae (cupa) inter orbes conveniat... quae (fistula) in columellam conveniat,
Cato, R. R. 21, 1:conveniebatne in vaginam tuam machaera militis?
Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 85:si cothurni laus illa esset, ad pedem apte convenire,
Cic. Fin. 3, 14, 46.—More freq.,Transf.: res convenit, or impers. convenit, the thing (or it) is fit, becoming, seemly, suitable, appropriate, proper, serviceable for something, it becomes, = consentit, congruit.a.Res convenit, constr. with in or ad aliquid, cum aliquā re, the dat., acc., acc. and inf., or absol.(α).In or ad aliquid:(β).ceterae vites in quemvis agrum conveniunt,
Cato, R. R. 6 fin.; cf. Varr. R. R. 1, 19, 1:quid minus in hunc ordinem convenit? etc.,
Cic. Phil. 9, 4, 8:convenire quae vitia in quemvis videntur potius, etc.,
id. Verr. 2, 1, 49, § 128; id. Rosc. Am. 23, 65:hoc in te unum,
id. N. D. 2, 29, 74 Orell. N. cr. nullam contumeliam jacere potueris, quae non ad maximam partem civium conveniret, id. Sull. 7, 23.—Cum aliquā re:(γ).haec tua deliberatio non mihi convenire visa est cum oratione Largi,
Cic. Fam. 6, 8, 2; so id. Fin. 3, 22, 73 al.—With dat.:(δ).num videntur convenire haec nuptiis?
Ter. And. 2, 2, 29; so Cic. Prov. Cons. 17, 41; id. Fin. 3, 22, 74; Sall. J. 85, 40; Quint. 6, 3, 25; Suet. Galb. 14 et saep.—With acc.:(ε).itidem ut tempus anni, aetatem aliam aliud factum convenit,
Plaut. Merc. 5, 4, 24 dub. (Lachm. ap. Lucr. p. 64, conj. condecet).—With acc. and inf.:(ζ).hoc non convenit, me... agrum habere,
Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 55; so Prop. 2, 1, 41.—With in and abl.:(η).nihil autem minus in perfecto duce quam festinationem... convenire arbitrabatur,
Suet. Aug. 25.—Absol.: hanc mi expetivi, contigit;b.conveniunt mores, etc.,
Ter. And. 4, 2, 13:nomen non convenit,
id. ib. 5, 4, 39; id. Phorm. 1, 2, 3 (cf. impers.: rationes conferatis; adsidunt;subducunt: ad nummum convenit,
Cic. Att. 5, 21, 12):non bene conveniunt, nec in unā sede morantur Majestas et amor,
Ov. M. 2, 846:medius ille orationis modus maxime convenit,
Quint. 6, 2, 19 et saep.—Convenit, impers., constr. with a clause as subject (so esp. freq. in Lucr. and the elder Pliny).(α).Haud convenit, unā ire cum amicā imperatorem in viā, Ter. Eun. 3, 2, 41:(β).convenit illud in his rebus obsignatum habere, Lucr 2, 582: per se sibi vivere,
id. 3, 685:dicere causas leti,
id. 6, 708 et saep.:quo maxime contendi conveniat,
Caes. B. G. 7, 85, 2:convenit Evandri victos discedere ad urbem,
Verg. A. 12, 184; so Hor. A. P. 226; Vell. 1, 3, 2; Quint. 7, 3, 9; Plin. 18, 13, 33, § 126; cf. id. 33, 1, 5, § 15 Sillig.—With ut:1.quī enim convenit, ut? etc.,
Cic. Phil. 7, 2, 4 (al. evenit):si tibi curae Quantae conveniat Munatius,
Hor. Ep. 1, 3, 31; cf. Quint. 8, 6, 63. —To express assent:convenit,
well, it is agreed, Plaut. Cas. 2, 3, 54.—Hence,convĕnĭens, entis, P. a.A.(Acc. to II. A. 2.) Agreeing, consistent, accordant, harmonious (syn.:B.consentiens, concors, congruens): bene convenientes propinqui,
Cic. Off. 1, 17, 58; cf.:convenientes optime propinqui cognatique,
id. Rosc. Am. 34, 96; Suet. Tib. 7:recta et convenientia et constantia natura desiderat,
Cic. Off. 3, 8, 35:conveniens et conjuncta constantia inter augures,
id. Div. 2, 39, 82:motus,
Lucr. 1, 1029; cf.:inter se motus,
id. 2, 941.—More frequently,(Acc. to II. B. 2.) Fitting to something, appropriate to, meet, fit, suitable, = congruens; constr. with cum, the dat., ad aliquid, inter se, in and acc. or abl., or absol.(α).With cum (rare): motus oris conveniens cum ipsius verbi demonstratione, Nigid. ap. Gell. 10, 4, 4:(β).dies conveniens cum populi vultu,
Ov. P. 2, 1, 28.—With dat. (very freq.):(γ).nihil in hac praeclarā epistulā scriptum ab Epicuro congruens et conveniens decretis ejus reperietis,
Cic. Fin. 2, 31, 99; Quint. 3, 11, 20; 6, 3, 102 al.; Suet. Tib. 50; Hor. A. P. 316; Ov. P. 3, 9, 36 et saep.:aut sibi convenientia finge,
Hor. A. P. 119; cf. Quint. 11, 1, 11:bono civi convenientissimum credidi amplecti, etc.,
Plin. Ep. 3, 18, 1:disciplina convenientissima,
Vell. 1, 6, 3.—Ad aliquid (rare):(δ).nihil est tam conveniens ad res vel secundas vel adversas,
Cic. Lael. 5, 17:sonus ad formam tauri,
Ov. Ib. 436.—In aliquid (very rare):(ε).forma in illam conveniens amplitudinem,
Vell. 2, 29, 2.—In aliquā re:(ζ).gratulatio conveniens in eā victoriā,
Liv. 45, 19, 3.—Inter se (rare):(η).in vitā omnia sint apta inter se et convenientia,
Cic. Off. 1, 40, 144:inter se motus,
Lucr. 2, 941.—Absol. (rare):b.quod sit aptum atque conveniens,
Quint. 5, 10, 123:toga,
fitting, fitting close, Ov. A. A. 1, 514:nihil convenientius ducens, quam, etc.,
Suet. Aug. 10.—Conveniens est = convenit, consentaneum est, it is fit, proper, becoming, suitable (post-Aug. and rare; cf.2.congruens): convenientius est dici,
Plin. 34, 7, 16, § 35.— Sup., Plin. Pan. 87, 1; id. Ep. 10, 3 (20), 2.— Adv.: convĕnĭen-ter, fitly, suitably, conformably, consistently (syn.. congruenter, constanter; class.;most freq. in Cic.): convenienter cum naturā vivere (with congruere),
Cic. Tusc. 5, 28, 82:convenienter naturae vivere (with congruenter),
id. Fin. 3, 7, 26; cf. id. Off. 3, 3, 13 al.; Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 12:convenienter sibi dicere (with constanter),
Cic. Tusc. 5, 9, 26; Ov. A. A. 3, 546:convenienter ad praesentem fortunae statum loqui,
Liv. 23, 5, 4.— Sup., Aug. Civ. Dei, 18, 44.—con-ventum, i, n. (acc. to II. A. 2.), an agreement, compact, covenant, convention, accord (in good prose):facere promissa, stare conventis, reddere deposita,
Cic. Off. 3, 25, 95; 1, 10, 32; id. Part. Or. 37, 130; Liv. 29, 24, 3; Sil. 1, 10 al.—As a jurid. expression, very freq. in the connection pactum conventum (for which the MSS. sometimes, perh. through interpolation, give pactum et conventum), Cic. Part. Or. 37, 130; id. de Or. 2, 24, 100; id. Caecin. 18, 51; id. Att. 6, 3, 1; Juv. 6, 25; v. pactum. -
52 fructus
1.fructus, a, um, Part., from fruor.2.fructus, ūs (archaic gen. sing. fructuis, Varr. ap. Non. 492, 14; id. R. R. 1, 2, 19; cf. Gell. 4, 16:I.fructi,
Cato, R. R. 4; Ter. Ad. 5, 4, 16; Turp. ap. Non. 491, 7), m. [fruor], an enjoying, enjoyment.In abstracto.A.Lit. (perh. only ante- and post-class.): Ol. Mea est haec. St. Scio; sed meus fructus est prior, i. e. use and enjoyment, for ususfructus (q. v. under usus), Plaut. Cas. 4, 4, 16; Dig. 7, 8, 14.—B.Trop. (class. but rare):II.hoc tam singulare vestrum beneficium ad animi mei fructum atque laetitiam duco esse permagnum,
for my mental enjoyment, Cic. Agr. 2, 2, 5: qui propter odium fructum oculis (dat.) ex ejus casu capere vellent, to feast their eyes on, Nep. Eum. 11 (cf.:spectatumne huc, ut rem fruendam oculis, sociorum caedes venimus?
Liv. 22, 14, 4).—Far more freq.,Transf., concr., the enjoyment that proceeds from a thing, proceeds, produce, product, fruit, profit, income (very freq. and class.; in sing. and plur.; cf.: fruges, fetus, frumentum).A.Lit.: quod earum rerum videa tur ei levis fructus, exiguus usus, incertus dominatus, etc., Cic. Rep. 1, 17; cf.:B.pecudes partim esse ad usum hominum, partim ad fructum, partim ad vescendum procreatas,
id. Leg. 1, 8, 25; Varr. R. R. 1, 37, 4; cf.also ususfructus, under usus: frugum fructuumque reliquorum perceptio,
Cic. Off. 2, 3, 12:fructum ex aliqua re percipere or capere,
id. ib. 2, 4, 14:quoniam fructum arbitror esse fundi eum, qui ex eo satus nascitur utilis ad aliquam rem, etc.,
Varr. R. R. 1, 23, 1:ruri si recte habitaveris, fructi plus capies,
Cato, R. R. 4, 2; cf.:in quos sumptus abeunt fructus praediorum?
Cic. Att. 11, 2, 2:praediorum,
id. Cat. 2, 8, 18:arbusta vineaeque et consita omnia magis amoenis quam necessariis fructibus,
fruits, Liv. 22, 15, 2:(vacca) a bima aut trima fructum ferre incipit,
Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 13:gallinarum fructus erant ova et pulli,
id. ib. 3, 3, 6:quae (oves) neque ali neque ullum fructum edere ex se sine cultu hominum possent,
Cic. N. D. 2, 63, 158:non serendis, non percipiendis, non condendis fructibus,
id. de Sen. 7, 24; cf.:ver ostendit futuros fructus: reliqua tempora demetendis fructibus et percipiendis accommodata sunt,
id. ib. 19, 70:comportare et condere fructus,
id. Agr. 2, 32 fin.:apibus fructum restituo suum,
Phaedr. 3, 13, 15:in fructibus arborum,
Quint. 8, 5, 26:fructum ferre,
id. 8, 3, 10:graves fructu vites,
id. 8, 3, 8: Heracleotae et Bragyletae, qui item debent, aut pecuniam solvant aut fructibus suis satisfaciant, satisfy him with their proceeds, Cic Fam. 13, 56, 2:Asia multos annos vobis fructum Mithridatico bello non tulit,
id. Agr. 2, 30, 83; cf. id. ib. 2, 29, 81:M. Crassus negabat ullam satis magnam pecuniam esse ei... cujus fructibus exercitum alere non posset,
i. e. revenue, income, id. Off. 1, 8, 25:aurum ex fructu metallorum coacervatum,
Liv. 45, 40, 2:in tantas brevi creverant opes, seu maritimis seu terrestribus fructibus,
id. 21, 7, 3; cf.:fuerat ei magno fructui mare,
id. 34, 36, 3:qua re saepe totius anni fructus uno rumore periculi amittitur,
Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 6, 15:an partus ancillae in fructu sit habendus,
id. Fin. 1, 4, 12:putatisne vos illis rebus frui posse nisi eos, qui vobis fructui (al. fructuosi) sunt, conservaveritis,
id. de Imp. Pomp. 6, 16.—Trop., fruit, consequence, effect, result, return, reward, success:ego fructus ex re publica non laetos et uberes, sed magna acerbitate permixtos tuli,
Cic. Planc. 38, 92; cf.:fructum pietatis suae ex aliquo ferre,
id. Sest. 31, 68:ex otio fructus capere,
id. Rep. 1, 4; cf.:ex accusatione Aquilii diligentiae fructum ceperat,
id. Brut. 62, 222:alicujus amoris et judicii,
id. Pis. 14, 31:honeste acta superior aetas fructus auctoritatis capit ipsa extremos,
id. de Sen. 18, 62:modestiae fructum aliquem percipere,
id. Sull. 1, 1:gloria est fructus verae virtutis honestissimus,
id. Pis. 24, 57:laboris,
Quint. 6 praef. §2: studiorum,
id. 8 praef. § 26; 10, 3, 2; 10, 7, 1; cf.also: ex re decerpere fructus (with plus mali haurire),
Hor. S. 1, 2, 79:divitiarum fructus in copia est,
the enjoyment derived from riches, Cic. Par. 6, 2, 47:vestrum beneficium, ad animi mei fructum atque laetitiam permagnum,
id. Agr. 2, 5:Theophrastus talium sumptuum facultatem fructum divitiarum putat. Mihi autem ille fructus liberalitatis, multo et major videtur et certior,
id. Off. 2, 16, 56:pecuniae fructus maximus,
id. ib. 2, 18, 64:animi fructus, qui in te videndo est,
id. Fam. 15, 14, 3:vitae fructus,
id. Cat. 3, 12, 28; id. Mur. 23, 47; cf.:omnem fructum vitae superioris perdidissent,
id. Div. 2, 9, 24:quin spe posteritatis fructuque ducatur,
id. Rab. Perd. 10, 29:voluptatum,
id. Lael. 23, 87:jucunditatis,
id. Mur. 19, 40:graviore sono tibi Musa loquetur Nostra, dabunt cum maturos mihi tempora fructus,
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53 convenio
con-venio, vēnī, ventum, īre, beikommen = eintreffen, sich einfinden, bes. v. mehreren = auf einem Punkte = zusammenkommen, zusammentreffen, sich zusammenfinden, sich versammeln (Ggstz. abire, discedere), I) im allg.: A) v. intr.: a) übh.: α) v. leb. Wesen u. Schiffen: convenerant duces, waren (in derselben Gegend) eingetroffen, Liv.: conveniunt duces, kommen zusammen (versammeln sich); quaeritur, quid opus sit facto, Nep.: cum maiores manus hostium adiunctis Germanis convenissent, Caes.: cum omnes in verba iuraverint conventuros se iussu consulis nec iniussu abituros, Liv. – diem ad conveniendum edicere, Liv.: nunc enim ita convenimus, ut etc., ist unsere Zusammenkunft von der Art, daß wir usw., Cic. – boni (als G.) quoniam convenimus ambo, Verg.: Eporedorix Aeduus et unā Viridomarus in equitum numero convenerant nominatim ab eo evocati, Caes.: Tyrii per (über) limina laeta frequentes convenere, Verg.: v. einem, qui ex iis novissimus convenit, wer zuletzt eintrifft, Caes. b. G. 5, 56, 2. – m. Ang. wann? ante lucem, Plin. ep. (vgl. unten »m. Ang. wohin?«). – m. Ang. woher? durch Advv. od. durch Praepp., huc undique, Caes.: undique ex Gallia, Caes.: ad certam diem frequentes undique, Liv. – ex diversis regionibus, Liv.: ex provincia, Caes.: interea et ex proximis hibernis et a Caesare conventura auxilia, Caes.: naves, quas ex Pictonibus et Santonis convenire iusserat, Caes. – m. Ang. wohin? durch Advv., od. durch Praepp. (gew. in od. ad m. Akk.), od. durch Acc. loc., c. huc, Cic.: illuc, Ov.: quo (wohin) lege communi omnes puberes armati convenire consuerant, Caes.: colloquendi tempus sumitur locusque, quo (wohin) conveniretur, Nep.: omnes etiam gravioris aetatis eo (dahin) convenerant, Caes.: eo omnes cotidie convenire (iussit), Nep. – proximā nocte in oppidum, Caes.: quem in locum convenire possimus, rescribite, Brut. in Cic. ep.: c. in eum locum, Cic.: in unum locum, Pompei. in Cic. ep.: unum in locum, Cic. u. Caes.: od. bl. in unum, Liv.: in una moenia (Ggstz. incertis sedibus vagari), Sall.: in Remos, Tac.: c. Idibus Maiis in senatum, Cic.: c. in contionem, Cic.: c. in colloquium, Nep.: mane in consilium frequentes, Cic.: in coetus scholarum laeti et alacres conveniunt (discipuli), Quint.: v. einem, in mediam praeceps convenit ursa viam, Avian. fab. 9, 6: neque quam in partem quisque conveniat, provident, Caes. b. G. 6, 37, 6. – c. ad ripam Rhodani, Caes.: ad aedes alcis noctu, Cic.: ad signa (sich bei den F. einfinden,) Caes.: ad Isthmicum spectaculum, Val. Max.: ad hoc iudicium, Cic.: ad regem, Liv.: omnem senatum ad se c. iussit, Liv.: armati cum silentio ad se convenirent, Liv.: c. luce primā in Achradinam ad curiam, Liv.: esse homines, qui novum genus disciplinae instituerunt, ad quos iuventus in ludos conveniat, Vet. edict. – c. Romam, Liv.: Cales, Liv.: qui Romam frequentissimi convenerant, Cic. – m. Ang. woher? u. wohin? zugl. durch Advv. od. Praepp., huc undique, Caes.: undique frequentes, Caes.: ex fuga in oppidum, Caes.: eodem et ab Selymbria L. Cornelius et ex Thracia paucos post dies Antiochus convenerunt, Liv. – m. Ang. wo? (wenn die sich Versammelnden sich schon an dem Orte befinden) durch Advv., durch Praepp. od. durch Genet. od. Abl. loc., zB. quanta illic multitudo convenisse dicebatur, Cic.: c. in colonia Agrippinensi in domum privatam, Tac.: Cyrri apud hiberna decumae legionis, Tac. – m. Ang. wobei? worauf? = infolge wessen? durch ad m. Akk., celeriter ad clamorem hominum circiter milia sex convenerunt, Caes.: ad nomen quoque barbari conveniunt, Curt.: ad bucinam inflatam certo tempore apros et capreas convenire ad pastum, Varro r. r. – m. Ang. zu welchem Zwecke? durch de (wegen, über), durch causā u. gratiā m. Genet. (wegen), durch ad od. in (zu) u. Akk., durch 1. Supin. (um zu), durch einen Finalsatz m. ut u. Konj., c. de communi officio (v. zwei Feldherren), Cic.: ad alqm de civitate impetranda (v. den Gesandten der Latiner), Val. Max. – uno tempore undique comitiorum ludorum censendique causā, Cic.: ex oppidis finitimis visendi causā, Cic.: visendi eius gratiā ad alqm, Vell.: spectandorum ludorum gratiā Romam, Val. Max.: ad decuriatum aut centuriatum, Liv.: in domum Calvini ad officium, Val. Max.: ad delectationem (v. Zuhörern), Quint.: c. ad auxilium, Caes.: ad eum defendendum, Nep.: ad eos defendendos, Caes.: ad prosequendum Scipionem officii causā, Liv.: funus, quo amici non conveniunt ad exsequias cohonestandas, sed etc., Cic.: c. in obsequium funeris, Sulp. Sev.: c. undique Romam gratulatum, Liv.: c. ad Caesarem gratulatum, Caes.: iussit eo omnes cotidie convenire, ut ibi de summis rebus consilia caperentur, Nep.: reguli in unum convenere, ut inter se de cunctis negotiis disceptarent, Sall. – β) v. lebl. Subjj.: conveniunt mihi munera multa huc ab amatoribus, kommen ein, Plaut.: huc convenit utrumque bivium, trifft zusammen, Plin. – v. Abstr., multa convenerunt, quae mentem exturbarent meam, Cic.: cum multae causae convenisse unum in locum atque inter se congruere videntur, Cic.: quae (bellum intestinum et externum) si in unum conveniant, vix deorum opibus, quin obruatur Romana res, resisti posse, Liv.
b) insbes.: α) als publiz. t. t.: c. alqo, zu irgend einem Gerichtsbezirk der Provinz gehören, civitates, quae in id forum conveniunt, in diese Kreisstadt gehören, Cic. Verr. 2, 38: Carthaginem conveniunt populi LXV, Plin. 3, 25; vgl. Plin. 5, 105. – β) als jurist. t. t., v. der Frau, c. in manum, durch Heirat (usus, coëmptio, confarreatio, w. vgl.) in die Gewalt des Mannes kommen, absol., Cic. top. 14: Flacc. 84. Quint. 5, 10, 62. Gaius inst. 3, 84: viro in manum, Cic. top. 23: in manum flaminis, Tac. ann. 4, 16. – u. übh. v. der Verheiratung, c. in matrimonium alcis, Papin. dig. 45, 1, 121. § 1; od. cum alqo, Gell. 18, 6, 8: c. in nuptias, Cod. Theod. 3, 7, 11.
B) v. tr. gleichs. an od. zu jmd. beikommen = jmd. treffen, zufällig oder absichtlich mit jmd. zusammentreffen, jmd. aufsuchen, besuchen, sprechen, a) übh.: α) m. Acc.: hominem, fratrem, Plaut.: c. equites, Caes.: cotidie plurimos, Cic.: Epaminondam, Nep.: adversarios eius, Nep.: conveniri nolle, Cic.: nocte conveniri et interdiu ab omnibus mortalibus posse, Sen.: nunc conveniundus Phormio est, Ter.: conveniundi patris tempus capere, Ter.: alcis conveniendi habere potestatem, Nep.: in conveniendis magistratibus et senatoribus, Cic.: sunt qui volunt te conventam, Plaut.: quod esse ambas conventas volo, Plaut.: prius P. Scipione convento, Liv.: conventis proceribus, Symm.: opus esse sibi domino eius convento, er müsse den H. sprechen, Liv.: edit nomina eorum, quibus conventis opus esset, Liv. – m. Ang. wie? (= als wen? in welchem Zustande?) durch Prädik.-Acc. od. im Passiv durch Prädik.-Nom. eines Partiz., c. Atilium spargentem semen, Cic.: cum quo forte Romam rediens ab nuntio uxoris erat conventus, auf der Rückkehr nach R. begriffen getroffen worden war, Liv. – m. Ang. durch wen? (= wessen Vermittlung) durch per u. Akk., per Gabinium ceteros, Sall.: qui antea per tres consacerdotes nostros fuerat ex multorum auctoritate conventus, Symm. ep. 10, 74. – m. Ang. wo? durch Advv., durch Praepp. od. durch Genet. od. Abl. loc., ubi eos convenit? Cic.: dic, ubi te conveniam? Mart.: Ariminum cum ea legione proficiscitur ibique tribunos plebis, qui ad eum confugerant, convenit, Caes.: cum legati eum in itinere convenissent, Caes.: ad Tempe Thessalica Philippus est conventus, Liv.: Bruti pueri Laodiceae me convenerunt, Cic.: convento Cn. Octavio Demetriade, Cic.: ubi (verst. Megarae) cum Theodorum domi convenire vellet, Val. Max.: non uno est omnis convenienda loco, Ov. art. am. 2, 394. – β) m. inter se (einander): tribuni plebis non desistebant clam inter se convenire, Cic. agr. 2, 12: nequeunt homines armenta feraeque inter sese ullam rem gignere conveniundo, Lucr. 2, 922 sq. – γ) absol. (wobei die Ang. wen? leicht aus dem Zshg. zu ergänzen): post convenero (verst. eum), Plaut.: die convenisse (verst. me), Ter.: aditum petentibus conveniundi non dabat, Nep. – b) als jurist. t. t., jmd. gerichtlich angehen, belangen, alqm, ICt. (u. so conventus debitor, Chalcid. Tim. 159): alqm de od. pro alqa re, ICt.: dah. alqd (nomen, culpam u. dgl.), wegen etw. klagbar werden, ICt.
II) prägn.: A) beikommend-, sich anschließend in etw. hineingehen, an etw. darangehen, in od. an etw. passen, mit etw. zusammenpassen, 1) eig., m. in od. ad u. Akk., conveniebatne in vaginam tuam machaera militis? Plaut.: fistula ferrea, quae in columellam convenit et in cupam, Cato: si cothurni laus illa esset ad pedem apte convenire, Cic.: m. Dat. (wem?), dicitur Afrani toga convenisse Menandro (bildl.), Hor. – absol., noli mirari, si (corona) non convenit; caput enim magnum est, Cic.
2) übtr., hinpassen, zusammenpassen, d.i. deutsch je nach dem Zusammenhang und nach der Konstruktion bald = passen, übereinstimmen, stimmen, zutreffen, bald = sich passen (sich reimen, sich schicken), passend-, geeignet-, anwendbar sein, zukommen, entsprechen, zusagen (vgl. Fronto de oratt. p. 159, 13 N. nam convenire et decere et aptum esse et congruere Graeci ἡρμόσθαι appellant), α) m. Subj.-Nom.: mores conveniunt, Ter.: atque ita cum et vultus similitudo et expositionis tempora et pastoris confessio convenirent, nepotem agnovit, Iustin.: nomen non convenit, Ter.: conveniet numerus quantum debui, Ter.: conveniet etiam ambulatio quaedam, Quint. – m. cum u. Abl., haec tua deliberatio non convenit cum oratione Largi, Cic.: quod quidem somnium Sisenna cum disputavisset mirifice ad verbum cum re convenisse, Cic.: qua ex coniunctione naturae... convenire potest aut fissum iecoris cum lucello meo aut meus quaesticulus cum caelo, terra rerumque natura? Cic. – m. in od. ad u. Akk., v. mater. Subjj., ceterae vites in quemvis agrum conveniunt, Cato: emplastrum viride ad podagram satis convenit, Scrib.: v. abstr. Subjj., non in omnes omnia convenire, Cic.: nec hoc in te convenit, Cic.: erat nemo, in quem ea suspicio conveniret, Cic.: quae vitia videntur in quemvis potius quam in istum convenire, Cic.: hoc maxime in Alcibiadem convenire videbatur, Nep.: poteram ego, verbum (πάθη) ipsum interpretans, morbos appellare, sed non conveniret ad omnia, Cic. – m. Dat. (wem?), v. leb. Wesen u. mater. Subjj., mulier mulieri magis convenit, Ter.: nihil autem minus perfecto duci quam festinationem temeritatemque convenire arbitrabatur, Suet. Aug. 25, 4: nervis et articulis convenit plantago trita cum sale, Plin.: v. abstr. Subjj., negavit id suae virtuti convenire, Nep.: munditias mulieribus, viris laborem convenire, Sall.: qui nihil rectum nisi quod ipsorum moribus conveniat putabunt, Nep.: quid posterius priori non convenit? Cic.: non enim hoc convenire Antigoni prudentiae, ut sic deuteretur victo, Nep. – poet. m. Acc. u. Infin. (zur Ang. wozu?), Prop. 2, 1, 41. – β) m. Infin. od. Acc. u. Infin. (s. Benecke Cic. Cat. 1, 4), quo sidere ulmis adiungere vites conveniat, Verg.: ilicone ad praetorem ire convenit? Cic.: quî convenit in minore negotio legem timere, cum eam in maiore neglexeris, Sall.: ubi sementem paraveris, glandem parari legique convenit, Cato: haud convenit unā ire cum amica imperatorem in via, Ter.: quibus de rebus nos dicere oporteat et quid vos sequi conveniat, Cic.: quo ex (infolge) senatus consulto confestim te interfectum esse convenit, Cic. – m. Dat., fundo suburbano arbustum maxime habere convenit, Cato: neque enim debet aut convenit nobis periculo ulli submittere animum nostrum, Brut. et Cass. in Cic. ep.: respondebam non convenire moribus meis aliud palam, aliud agere secreto, Plin. ep. – γ) unpers.: ad nummum convenit, es trifft auf den Heller, Cic. – videte nunc illum primum egredientem e villa, subito; cur? vesperi; quid necesse est? tarde; quî convenit, praesertim id temporis? Cic. – m. Dat., minime miror caelum et terras vim suam, si tibi ita conveniat (zusagt), dimittere, Cic.: in quam cuique feminae convenisset domum nuberet, Liv.: quam sibi conveniat, ipse viderit, Hor.: si tibi curae (est), quantae conveniat, Munatius, ob dir M. so lieb ist, wie er es verdient, Hor. – convenit, es sagt mir zu! Plaut. Cas. 272.
B) zusammenkommend ein Ganzes bilden, sich vereinigen, sich verbinden, 1) eig., v. Atomen, Lucr. 5, 429. – v. leb. Wesen = sich begatten, inter se, Lucr. 2, 923: clunibus, Plin. 11, 85: m. Ang. wozu? in voluptatem veneriam, Apul. met. 4, 27: gignendis liberis, Arnob. 7, 9.
2) übtr., der Ansicht, Meinung nach sich einigen, u. zwar klassisch nur res convenit od. unpers. bl. convenit, man einigt sich, wird od. ist einig (eins), man vereinbart (verständigt) sich über etw., man kommt über etw. überein, es kommt etw. durch Übereinkunft zustande, man beschließt etw. gemeinschaftlich, man behauptet etw. einstimmig (allgemein), erst bei Spät. homines conveniunt, die Leute einigen sich, a) übh. (s. über die Konstr. Spengel T. Maccius Plautus p. 40. Benecke Cic. Lig. 18 u. Iustin. 9, 5, 3. Held Caes. b. c. 1, 28, 2. Dietsch Sall. Iug. 83, 2), α) res convenit: tempus et locus convenit, Liv.: id convenerat signum, Liv.: Marcellus posse rem convenire ratus, Liv.: addebant praeterea rem conventuram, Cic. (vgl. Drak. Liv. 30, 3, 7): ubi ratio agendae rei (Operationsplan) et tempus convenit, Liv.: eo signo, quod convenerat, revocantur, Caes. – pax convenit, Sall. u. Liv., non convenit, Iustin.: si condiciones pacis non convenissent, Liv.: pax ita convenerat, ut Etruscis Latinisque fluvius Albula finis esset, Liv.: in eas condiciones cum pax conveniret, Liv.: Corinthus, ut ibi deponerentur obsides, convenit, Liv.: saepe pacem conventam frustra fuisse, Sall. Iug. 112, 2: quibus conventis, Liv. 30. 43, 7. – mit Dat., omnibus amicis idem convenit, Plaut.: saepius ultro citroque agitantibus rem conventuram, Liv.: pax, quae non ipsis civitatibus conveniret, Iustin. – m. cum u. Abl., cum his mihi nec locus nec sermo convenit, Plaut.: haec fratri mecum non conveniunt neque placent, Ter.: pax, quae cum T. Quinctio convenisset, ut rata esset petierunt, Liv.: quid nobis conveniat cum adversariis (Ggstz. quid in controversia relinquatur), Cornif. rhet.: ut notam apponam eam, quae mihi tecum convenit, Cic. – m. inter u. Akk., ratio inter nos convenit, Plaut.: si quid inter quos convenit, Cornif. rhet.: illud unum inter nos non convenit, Sen.: pactum est, quod inter aliquos convenit, Cic.: ea quae inter regem Pausaniamque convenerant, Nep.: quod tempus inter eos committendi proelii convenerat, Caes.: iudex inter adversarios convenit, Cic.: u. (m. dopp. Nom.) iudex (als R.) inter eos convenit Atilius Calatinus, Val. Max. – m. folg. quod (daß), id modo non conveniebat, quod senatus consulesque nusquam alibi spem quam in armis ponebant, plebes omnia quam bellum malebat, darin war man nicht einig, daß usw., Liv. 2, 39, 8. – β) convenit m. Acc. u. Infin., m. ut od. ne u. Konj., m. bl. Coni., m. indir. Fragesatz, Ggstz. discrepat, gew. m. Dat. od. m. cum u. Abl. od. m. inter u. Akk., interfectum esse a Clytaemnestra Agamemnonem convenit, Cic.: signum, quod ab eo dari convenerat, Suet.: convenit iam inde per consules reliqua belli perfecta (esse), Liv.: veneno quidem occisum (Claudium) convenit; ubi autem aut per quem dato discrepat, Suet.: inter omnes convenit Sibyllam tres libros attulisse, Plin. – convenisse, ut ne quid dotis mea ad te afferret filia, Plaut.: miles ea quae acta erant quaeque ut agerentur convenerat ad consulem refert, Liv.: pacto convenit, ut Himera amnis finis regni Syracusani ac Punici imperii esset, Liv.: mihi cum Deiotaro convenit, utille in meis castris esset cum suis copiis, Cic.: ita sibi cum Dolabella convenisse, ut etc., Cic.: convenit inter eos, cuius cornu prius laborare coepisset, ut is capite suo fata patriae lueret, Val. Max. – convenerat, ne interloquereris, Sen. de clem. 1, 9, 9. – u. (m. bl. Coni.) pro argento si aurum dare vellent, darent convenit, Liv. – u. (m. indir. Fragesatz) quibus consulibus interierit (Hannibal), non convenit, Nep.: cum eo sine ullo intertrimento convenerat iam, quemadmodum traderetur, Cic. – γ) convenit absol.: ita ut convenerat factum est, Liv.: ut od. uti convenerat, Hirt. b. G. u. Sall.: ita enim convenerat, Liv.: si ita conventum est, Cod. Iust. 5, 3, 7. – m. Dat. od. m. cum u. Abl., se dare operam, ut Lacedaemoniis cum rege conveniret, Nep.: sic sibi cum Caecina convenisse, Cic.: non modo inter patres, sed ne inter consules quidem satis conveniebat, Liv. – m. de u. Abl. (Ggstz. discrepat, controversia est), cum de facto conveniret, Cic.: cum de legibus conveniret, de latore tantum discreparet, Liv.: de verbo controversia est, de re quidem convenit, Sen.: mitterent ad eum, quibuscum sibi de pace conveniret, Iustin.: cum de pretio inter ementem vendentemque convenerit, Sen.: de qua (annona) inter licentem vendentemque conveniat, Plin. pan.: ea de quibus inter creditorem et debitorem conventum est, Cod. Iust. 8, 34, 3. § 1. – δ) homines conveniunt, die Leute einigen sich, cum de praeda non convenirent, Iustin. 15, 4, 23: de rebus litigiosis et convenire et transigere possumus, Paul. sent. 1, 1. § 5: quos negant inter se convenisse, Hyg. astr. 2, 4: ideo plerumque artifices convenire solent m. folg. Acc. u. Infin., Ulp. dig. 9, 2, 27. § 29.
b) insbes., bene (optime) convenit (alci) cum alqo, es steht jmd. auf gutem Fuße-, in gutem Verhältnis od. Vernehmen mit jmd., es steht sich jmd. gut mit jmd. (Ggstz. animus alcis ab alqo alienus est), cui cum paupertate bene convenit, dives est, Sen.: sororis vir, quīcum optime convenisset, Cic.: pulchre convenit improbis cinaedis, Catull. – u. ebenso bene convenit od. bl. convenit inter aliquos, es besteht ein gutes Verhältnis zwischen usw., primo hos dies complusculos bene conveniebat sane inter eas, Ter.: nec conventurum inter nos posthac arbitror, Ter. Vgl. conveniens no. II, b. – / Archaist. synk. Präs. coveniatis, Cato oratt. 40. fr. 1: Futur. convenibo, Plaut. Cas. 548.
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con-venio, vēnī, ventum, īre, beikommen = eintreffen, sich einfinden, bes. v. mehreren = auf einem Punkte = zusammenkommen, zusammentreffen, sich zusammenfinden, sich versammeln (Ggstz. abire, discedere), I) im allg.: A) v. intr.: a) übh.: α) v. leb. Wesen u. Schiffen: convenerant duces, waren (in derselben Gegend) eingetroffen, Liv.: conveniunt duces, kommen zusammen (versammeln sich); quaeritur, quid opus sit facto, Nep.: cum maiores manus hostium adiunctis Germanis convenissent, Caes.: cum omnes in verba iuraverint conventuros se iussu consulis nec iniussu abituros, Liv. – diem ad conveniendum edicere, Liv.: nunc enim ita convenimus, ut etc., ist unsere Zusammenkunft von der Art, daß wir usw., Cic. – boni (als G.) quoniam convenimus ambo, Verg.: Eporedorix Aeduus et unā Viridomarus in equitum numero convenerant nominatim ab eo evocati, Caes.: Tyrii per (über) limina laeta frequentes convenere, Verg.: v. einem, qui ex iis novissimus convenit, wer zuletzt eintrifft, Caes. b. G. 5, 56, 2. – m. Ang. wann? ante lucem, Plin. ep. (vgl. unten »m. Ang. wohin?«). – m. Ang. woher? durch Advv. od. durch Praepp., huc undique, Caes.: undique ex Gallia, Caes.: ad certam diem frequentes undique, Liv. – ex diversis regionibus, Liv.: ex provincia, Caes.: interea et ex proximis hibernis et a Caesare conventura————auxilia, Caes.: naves, quas ex Pictonibus et Santonis convenire iusserat, Caes. – m. Ang. wohin? durch Advv., od. durch Praepp. (gew. in od. ad m. Akk.), od. durch Acc. loc., c. huc, Cic.: illuc, Ov.: quo (wohin) lege communi omnes puberes armati convenire consuerant, Caes.: colloquendi tempus sumitur locusque, quo (wohin) conveniretur, Nep.: omnes etiam gravioris aetatis eo (dahin) convenerant, Caes.: eo omnes cotidie convenire (iussit), Nep. – proximā nocte in oppidum, Caes.: quem in locum convenire possimus, rescribite, Brut. in Cic. ep.: c. in eum locum, Cic.: in unum locum, Pompei. in Cic. ep.: unum in locum, Cic. u. Caes.: od. bl. in unum, Liv.: in una moenia (Ggstz. incertis sedibus vagari), Sall.: in Remos, Tac.: c. Idibus Maiis in senatum, Cic.: c. in contionem, Cic.: c. in colloquium, Nep.: mane in consilium frequentes, Cic.: in coetus scholarum laeti et alacres conveniunt (discipuli), Quint.: v. einem, in mediam praeceps convenit ursa viam, Avian. fab. 9, 6: neque quam in partem quisque conveniat, provident, Caes. b. G. 6, 37, 6. – c. ad ripam Rhodani, Caes.: ad aedes alcis noctu, Cic.: ad signa (sich bei den F. einfinden,) Caes.: ad Isthmicum spectaculum, Val. Max.: ad hoc iudicium, Cic.: ad regem, Liv.: omnem senatum ad se c. iussit, Liv.: armati cum silentio ad se convenirent, Liv.: c. luce primā in Achradinam ad curiam, Liv.: esse homines, qui novum————genus disciplinae instituerunt, ad quos iuventus in ludos conveniat, Vet. edict. – c. Romam, Liv.: Cales, Liv.: qui Romam frequentissimi convenerant, Cic. – m. Ang. woher? u. wohin? zugl. durch Advv. od. Praepp., huc undique, Caes.: undique frequentes, Caes.: ex fuga in oppidum, Caes.: eodem et ab Selymbria L. Cornelius et ex Thracia paucos post dies Antiochus convenerunt, Liv. – m. Ang. wo? (wenn die sich Versammelnden sich schon an dem Orte befinden) durch Advv., durch Praepp. od. durch Genet. od. Abl. loc., zB. quanta illic multitudo convenisse dicebatur, Cic.: c. in colonia Agrippinensi in domum privatam, Tac.: Cyrri apud hiberna decumae legionis, Tac. – m. Ang. wobei? worauf? = infolge wessen? durch ad m. Akk., celeriter ad clamorem hominum circiter milia sex convenerunt, Caes.: ad nomen quoque barbari conveniunt, Curt.: ad bucinam inflatam certo tempore apros et capreas convenire ad pastum, Varro r. r. – m. Ang. zu welchem Zwecke? durch de (wegen, über), durch causā u. gratiā m. Genet. (wegen), durch ad od. in (zu) u. Akk., durch 1. Supin. (um zu), durch einen Finalsatz m. ut u. Konj., c. de communi officio (v. zwei Feldherren), Cic.: ad alqm de civitate impetranda (v. den Gesandten der Latiner), Val. Max. – uno tempore undique comitiorum ludorum censendique causā, Cic.: ex oppidis finitimis visendi causā, Cic.: visendi eius gratiā ad alqm,————Vell.: spectandorum ludorum gratiā Romam, Val. Max.: ad decuriatum aut centuriatum, Liv.: in domum Calvini ad officium, Val. Max.: ad delectationem (v. Zuhörern), Quint.: c. ad auxilium, Caes.: ad eum defendendum, Nep.: ad eos defendendos, Caes.: ad prosequendum Scipionem officii causā, Liv.: funus, quo amici non conveniunt ad exsequias cohonestandas, sed etc., Cic.: c. in obsequium funeris, Sulp. Sev.: c. undique Romam gratulatum, Liv.: c. ad Caesarem gratulatum, Caes.: iussit eo omnes cotidie convenire, ut ibi de summis rebus consilia caperentur, Nep.: reguli in unum convenere, ut inter se de cunctis negotiis disceptarent, Sall. – β) v. lebl. Subjj.: conveniunt mihi munera multa huc ab amatoribus, kommen ein, Plaut.: huc convenit utrumque bivium, trifft zusammen, Plin. – v. Abstr., multa convenerunt, quae mentem exturbarent meam, Cic.: cum multae causae convenisse unum in locum atque inter se congruere videntur, Cic.: quae (bellum intestinum et externum) si in unum conveniant, vix deorum opibus, quin obruatur Romana res, resisti posse, Liv.b) insbes.: α) als publiz. t. t.: c. alqo, zu irgend einem Gerichtsbezirk der Provinz gehören, civitates, quae in id forum conveniunt, in diese Kreisstadt gehören, Cic. Verr. 2, 38: Carthaginem conveniunt populi LXV, Plin. 3, 25; vgl. Plin. 5, 105. – β) als jurist. t. t., v. der Frau, c. in manum, durch Heirat————(usus, coëmptio, confarreatio, w. vgl.) in die Gewalt des Mannes kommen, absol., Cic. top. 14: Flacc. 84. Quint. 5, 10, 62. Gaius inst. 3, 84: viro in manum, Cic. top. 23: in manum flaminis, Tac. ann. 4, 16. – u. übh. v. der Verheiratung, c. in matrimonium alcis, Papin. dig. 45, 1, 121. § 1; od. cum alqo, Gell. 18, 6, 8: c. in nuptias, Cod. Theod. 3, 7, 11.B) v. tr. gleichs. an od. zu jmd. beikommen = jmd. treffen, zufällig oder absichtlich mit jmd. zusammentreffen, jmd. aufsuchen, besuchen, sprechen, a) übh.: α) m. Acc.: hominem, fratrem, Plaut.: c. equites, Caes.: cotidie plurimos, Cic.: Epaminondam, Nep.: adversarios eius, Nep.: conveniri nolle, Cic.: nocte conveniri et interdiu ab omnibus mortalibus posse, Sen.: nunc conveniundus Phormio est, Ter.: conveniundi patris tempus capere, Ter.: alcis conveniendi habere potestatem, Nep.: in conveniendis magistratibus et senatoribus, Cic.: sunt qui volunt te conventam, Plaut.: quod esse ambas conventas volo, Plaut.: prius P. Scipione convento, Liv.: conventis proceribus, Symm.: opus esse sibi domino eius convento, er müsse den H. sprechen, Liv.: edit nomina eorum, quibus conventis opus esset, Liv. – m. Ang. wie? (= als wen? in welchem Zustande?) durch Prädik.-Acc. od. im Passiv durch Prädik.-Nom. eines Partiz., c. Atilium spargentem semen, Cic.: cum quo forte Romam rediens ab nuntio uxoris erat conventus, auf————der Rückkehr nach R. begriffen getroffen worden war, Liv. – m. Ang. durch wen? (= wessen Vermittlung) durch per u. Akk., per Gabinium ceteros, Sall.: qui antea per tres consacerdotes nostros fuerat ex multorum auctoritate conventus, Symm. ep. 10, 74. – m. Ang. wo? durch Advv., durch Praepp. od. durch Genet. od. Abl. loc., ubi eos convenit? Cic.: dic, ubi te conveniam? Mart.: Ariminum cum ea legione proficiscitur ibique tribunos plebis, qui ad eum confugerant, convenit, Caes.: cum legati eum in itinere convenissent, Caes.: ad Tempe Thessalica Philippus est conventus, Liv.: Bruti pueri Laodiceae me convenerunt, Cic.: convento Cn. Octavio Demetriade, Cic.: ubi (verst. Megarae) cum Theodorum domi convenire vellet, Val. Max.: non uno est omnis convenienda loco, Ov. art. am. 2, 394. – β) m. inter se (einander): tribuni plebis non desistebant clam inter se convenire, Cic. agr. 2, 12: nequeunt homines armenta feraeque inter sese ullam rem gignere conveniundo, Lucr. 2, 922 sq. – γ) absol. (wobei die Ang. wen? leicht aus dem Zshg. zu ergänzen): post convenero (verst. eum), Plaut.: die convenisse (verst. me), Ter.: aditum petentibus conveniundi non dabat, Nep. – b) als jurist. t. t., jmd. gerichtlich angehen, belangen, alqm, ICt. (u. so conventus debitor, Chalcid. Tim. 159): alqm de od. pro alqa re, ICt.: dah. alqd (nomen, culpam u. dgl.), wegen etw. klagbar werden, ICt.————II) prägn.: A) beikommend-, sich anschließend in etw. hineingehen, an etw. darangehen, in od. an etw. passen, mit etw. zusammenpassen, 1) eig., m. in od. ad u. Akk., conveniebatne in vaginam tuam machaera militis? Plaut.: fistula ferrea, quae in columellam convenit et in cupam, Cato: si cothurni laus illa esset ad pedem apte convenire, Cic.: m. Dat. (wem?), dicitur Afrani toga convenisse Menandro (bildl.), Hor. – absol., noli mirari, si (corona) non convenit; caput enim magnum est, Cic.2) übtr., hinpassen, zusammenpassen, d.i. deutsch je nach dem Zusammenhang und nach der Konstruktion bald = passen, übereinstimmen, stimmen, zutreffen, bald = sich passen (sich reimen, sich schicken), passend-, geeignet-, anwendbar sein, zukommen, entsprechen, zusagen (vgl. Fronto de oratt. p. 159, 13 N. nam convenire et decere et aptum esse et congruere Graeci ἡρμόσθαι appellant), α) m. Subj.-Nom.: mores conveniunt, Ter.: atque ita cum et vultus similitudo et expositionis tempora et pastoris confessio convenirent, nepotem agnovit, Iustin.: nomen non convenit, Ter.: conveniet numerus quantum debui, Ter.: conveniet etiam ambulatio quaedam, Quint. – m. cum u. Abl., haec tua deliberatio non convenit cum oratione Largi, Cic.: quod quidem somnium Sisenna cum disputavisset mirifice ad verbum cum re convenisse, Cic.: qua ex coniunctione na-————turae... convenire potest aut fissum iecoris cum lucello meo aut meus quaesticulus cum caelo, terra rerumque natura? Cic. – m. in od. ad u. Akk., v. mater. Subjj., ceterae vites in quemvis agrum conveniunt, Cato: emplastrum viride ad podagram satis convenit, Scrib.: v. abstr. Subjj., non in omnes omnia convenire, Cic.: nec hoc in te convenit, Cic.: erat nemo, in quem ea suspicio conveniret, Cic.: quae vitia videntur in quemvis potius quam in istum convenire, Cic.: hoc maxime in Alcibiadem convenire videbatur, Nep.: poteram ego, verbum (πάθη) ipsum interpretans, morbos appellare, sed non conveniret ad omnia, Cic. – m. Dat. (wem?), v. leb. Wesen u. mater. Subjj., mulier mulieri magis convenit, Ter.: nihil autem minus perfecto duci quam festinationem temeritatemque convenire arbitrabatur, Suet. Aug. 25, 4: nervis et articulis convenit plantago trita cum sale, Plin.: v. abstr. Subjj., negavit id suae virtuti convenire, Nep.: munditias mulieribus, viris laborem convenire, Sall.: qui nihil rectum nisi quod ipsorum moribus conveniat putabunt, Nep.: quid posterius priori non convenit? Cic.: non enim hoc convenire Antigoni prudentiae, ut sic deuteretur victo, Nep. – poet. m. Acc. u. Infin. (zur Ang. wozu?), Prop. 2, 1, 41. – β) m. Infin. od. Acc. u. Infin. (s. Benecke Cic. Cat. 1, 4), quo sidere ulmis adiungere vites conveniat, Verg.: ilicone ad praetorem ire convenit? Cic.: quî convenit in minore————negotio legem timere, cum eam in maiore neglexeris, Sall.: ubi sementem paraveris, glandem parari legique convenit, Cato: haud convenit unā ire cum amica imperatorem in via, Ter.: quibus de rebus nos dicere oporteat et quid vos sequi conveniat, Cic.: quo ex (infolge) senatus consulto confestim te interfectum esse convenit, Cic. – m. Dat., fundo suburbano arbustum maxime habere convenit, Cato: neque enim debet aut convenit nobis periculo ulli submittere animum nostrum, Brut. et Cass. in Cic. ep.: respondebam non convenire moribus meis aliud palam, aliud agere secreto, Plin. ep. – γ) unpers.: ad nummum convenit, es trifft auf den Heller, Cic. – videte nunc illum primum egredientem e villa, subito; cur? vesperi; quid necesse est? tarde; quî convenit, praesertim id temporis? Cic. – m. Dat., minime miror caelum et terras vim suam, si tibi ita conveniat (zusagt), dimittere, Cic.: in quam cuique feminae convenisset domum nuberet, Liv.: quam sibi conveniat, ipse viderit, Hor.: si tibi curae (est), quantae conveniat, Munatius, ob dir M. so lieb ist, wie er es verdient, Hor. – convenit, es sagt mir zu! Plaut. Cas. 272.B) zusammenkommend ein Ganzes bilden, sich vereinigen, sich verbinden, 1) eig., v. Atomen, Lucr. 5, 429. – v. leb. Wesen = sich begatten, inter se, Lucr. 2, 923: clunibus, Plin. 11, 85: m. Ang. wozu? in voluptatem veneriam, Apul. met. 4, 27: gignendis————liberis, Arnob. 7, 9.2) übtr., der Ansicht, Meinung nach sich einigen, u. zwar klassisch nur res convenit od. unpers. bl. convenit, man einigt sich, wird od. ist einig (eins), man vereinbart (verständigt) sich über etw., man kommt über etw. überein, es kommt etw. durch Übereinkunft zustande, man beschließt etw. gemeinschaftlich, man behauptet etw. einstimmig (allgemein), erst bei Spät. homines conveniunt, die Leute einigen sich, a) übh. (s. über die Konstr. Spengel T. Maccius Plautus p. 40. Benecke Cic. Lig. 18 u. Iustin. 9, 5, 3. Held Caes. b. c. 1, 28, 2. Dietsch Sall. Iug. 83, 2), α) res convenit: tempus et locus convenit, Liv.: id convenerat signum, Liv.: Marcellus posse rem convenire ratus, Liv.: addebant praeterea rem conventuram, Cic. (vgl. Drak. Liv. 30, 3, 7): ubi ratio agendae rei (Operationsplan) et tempus convenit, Liv.: eo signo, quod convenerat, revocantur, Caes. – pax convenit, Sall. u. Liv., non convenit, Iustin.: si condiciones pacis non convenissent, Liv.: pax ita convenerat, ut Etruscis Latinisque fluvius Albula finis esset, Liv.: in eas condiciones cum pax conveniret, Liv.: Corinthus, ut ibi deponerentur obsides, convenit, Liv.: saepe pacem conventam frustra fuisse, Sall. Iug. 112, 2: quibus conventis, Liv. 30. 43, 7. – mit Dat., omnibus amicis idem convenit, Plaut.: saepius ultro citroque agitantibus rem conventuram,————Liv.: pax, quae non ipsis civitatibus conveniret, Iustin. – m. cum u. Abl., cum his mihi nec locus nec sermo convenit, Plaut.: haec fratri mecum non conveniunt neque placent, Ter.: pax, quae cum T. Quinctio convenisset, ut rata esset petierunt, Liv.: quid nobis conveniat cum adversariis (Ggstz. quid in controversia relinquatur), Cornif. rhet.: ut notam apponam eam, quae mihi tecum convenit, Cic. – m. inter u. Akk., ratio inter nos convenit, Plaut.: si quid inter quos convenit, Cornif. rhet.: illud unum inter nos non convenit, Sen.: pactum est, quod inter aliquos convenit, Cic.: ea quae inter regem Pausaniamque convenerant, Nep.: quod tempus inter eos committendi proelii convenerat, Caes.: iudex inter adversarios convenit, Cic.: u. (m. dopp. Nom.) iudex (als R.) inter eos convenit Atilius Calatinus, Val. Max. – m. folg. quod (daß), id modo non conveniebat, quod senatus consulesque nusquam alibi spem quam in armis ponebant, plebes omnia quam bellum malebat, darin war man nicht einig, daß usw., Liv. 2, 39, 8. – β) convenit m. Acc. u. Infin., m. ut od. ne u. Konj., m. bl. Coni., m. indir. Fragesatz, Ggstz. discrepat, gew. m. Dat. od. m. cum u. Abl. od. m. inter u. Akk., interfectum esse a Clytaemnestra Agamemnonem convenit, Cic.: signum, quod ab eo dari convenerat, Suet.: convenit iam inde per consules reliqua belli perfecta (esse), Liv.: veneno quidem occisum (Claudium) convenit; ubi autem aut————per quem dato discrepat, Suet.: inter omnes convenit Sibyllam tres libros attulisse, Plin. – convenisse, ut ne quid dotis mea ad te afferret filia, Plaut.: miles ea quae acta erant quaeque ut agerentur convenerat ad consulem refert, Liv.: pacto convenit, ut Himera amnis finis regni Syracusani ac Punici imperii esset, Liv.: mihi cum Deiotaro convenit, utille in meis castris esset cum suis copiis, Cic.: ita sibi cum Dolabella convenisse, ut etc., Cic.: convenit inter eos, cuius cornu prius laborare coepisset, ut is capite suo fata patriae lueret, Val. Max. – convenerat, ne interloquereris, Sen. de clem. 1, 9, 9. – u. (m. bl. Coni.) pro argento si aurum dare vellent, darent convenit, Liv. – u. (m. indir. Fragesatz) quibus consulibus interierit (Hannibal), non convenit, Nep.: cum eo sine ullo intertrimento convenerat iam, quemadmodum traderetur, Cic. – γ) convenit absol.: ita ut convenerat factum est, Liv.: ut od. uti convenerat, Hirt. b. G. u. Sall.: ita enim convenerat, Liv.: si ita conventum est, Cod. Iust. 5, 3, 7. – m. Dat. od. m. cum u. Abl., se dare operam, ut Lacedaemoniis cum rege conveniret, Nep.: sic sibi cum Caecina convenisse, Cic.: non modo inter patres, sed ne inter consules quidem satis conveniebat, Liv. – m. de u. Abl. (Ggstz. discrepat, controversia est), cum de facto conveniret, Cic.: cum de legibus conveniret, de latore tantum discreparet, Liv.: de verbo controversia est, de re quidem convenit, Sen.: mitterent ad eum,————quibuscum sibi de pace conveniret, Iustin.: cum de pretio inter ementem vendentemque convenerit, Sen.: de qua (annona) inter licentem vendentemque conveniat, Plin. pan.: ea de quibus inter creditorem et debitorem conventum est, Cod. Iust. 8, 34, 3. § 1. – δ) homines conveniunt, die Leute einigen sich, cum de praeda non convenirent, Iustin. 15, 4, 23: de rebus litigiosis et convenire et transigere possumus, Paul. sent. 1, 1. § 5: quos negant inter se convenisse, Hyg. astr. 2, 4: ideo plerumque artifices convenire solent m. folg. Acc. u. Infin., Ulp. dig. 9, 2, 27. § 29.b) insbes., bene (optime) convenit (alci) cum alqo, es steht jmd. auf gutem Fuße-, in gutem Verhältnis od. Vernehmen mit jmd., es steht sich jmd. gut mit jmd. (Ggstz. animus alcis ab alqo alienus est), cui cum paupertate bene convenit, dives est, Sen.: sororis vir, quīcum optime convenisset, Cic.: pulchre convenit improbis cinaedis, Catull. – u. ebenso bene convenit od. bl. convenit inter aliquos, es besteht ein gutes Verhältnis zwischen usw., primo hos dies complusculos bene conveniebat sane inter eas, Ter.: nec conventurum inter nos posthac arbitror, Ter. Vgl. conveniens no. II, b. – ⇒ Archaist. synk. Präs. coveniatis, Cato oratt. 40. fr. 1: Futur. convenibo, Plaut. Cas. 548.Ausführliches Lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch > convenio
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55 bonus
bonus adj. [old duonus], good; as comp. in use melior, ōris cf. μᾶλλον, better; as sup. optimus 2 AP-, OP-, best: vir bonus, morally good, perfect; rarely bonus vir: in virorum bonorum numero haberi, honest: quem voles virum bonum nominato, producam, respectable: bone accusator, honorable: socer eius vir multum bonus est: vir optimus, most worthy: optimus olim Vergilius, H.: iudex, just: imperator, skilful, S.: consul, L.: opifex, H.: pater familias, thrifty, N.: servus, faithful: vir, a good husband, L.: custos, T.: civis, a good citizen.—Of the gods: fata bonique divi, H.: pater optime (Iuppiter), O.: in templo Iovis Optimi Maximi: O di boni, gracious gods: o mihi, Manes, este boni, propitious, V.— Of things, good, of good quality, well-made, useful: scyphi optimi, most artistic: agrum Meliorem nemo habet, more fertile, T.: nummi, current: voltūs, good looks, O.: navigatio, prosperous: tempestas, fine weather: ova suci melioris, fine flavor, H.: aetas, the prime of life: melior sensus, keener: mentem vobis meliorem dari, more sense, T.: bonam deperdere famam, good name, H.: otium, valuable, S.: optimae fabulae: esse meliore condicione, better off: esse spe bonā: meliora responsa, more favorable, L.: amnis Doctus iter melius, less injurious, H.: meliore Tempore dicam, more opportune, H.: librorum Copia, ample, H.: meliorem militem id certamen fecit, L.: vobis eadem quae mihi bona malaque esse, S.: bona bello Cornus, useful, V.: pecori bonus alendo (mons) erat, L.: eloqui copiose melius est quam, etc.: optimum visum est captivos deportare, L.: constituerunt optimum esse domum reverti, Cs.: optumum factu credens exercitum augere, S.: hoc vero optimum, ut is nesciat, etc. — In particular phrases, with venia: bonā veniā, with (your) kind permission, by (your) leave: abs te hoc bonā veniā expeto, T.: oravit bonā veniā Quirites, ne, etc., L.—With pax: cum bonā pace, or bonā pace, without dispute: alteri populo cum bonā pace imperitare, by common consent, L.: omnia bonā pace obtinere, L.— With res: bonae res, comforts, luxury, prosperity: bonis rebus morte privari: omnibus optimis rebus usus est, N.: bonis Rebus agit laetum convivum, in luxury, H.: de bonis rebus in vitā, de malis, of moral good and evil. — With ars: bonae artes, honorable conduct, S.: artis bonae famam quaerere, an honorable achievement, S.: bonarum artium studia, liberal studies: optimarum artium studia, the highest cnlture.—With fides: bona fides or fides bona, good faith, sincerity, fairness: polliceor hoc vobis bonā fide: ego defendi fide optimā, in perfect sincerity: ad fidem bonam pertinere, notum esse, etc., equity: quidquid dare facere oportet ex fide bonā (in a judicial decree).—With pars: melior pars, the better party, party in the right: maior pars (senatūs) meliorem vicit, L.: gratia melioris partis, the optimates, L.: (fuit) meliorum partium, of the aristocracy: bona pars, a large part, good share: bonam magnamque partem ad te attulit, T.: sermonis: hominum, H.: melior pars acta diei, most, V.: in optimam partem accipere, most kindly: in optimam partem cognosci, most favorably. — With mores: boni mores, morality, an upright life: propter eius suavissimos et optimos mores: ex optimo more.—With animus, good spirits: bono animo es, cheer up, T.: hoc animo meliore ferre, more cheerfully, O.: bonum animum habere, L.: bono animo dicere, kindly: bono animo in populum R. videri, friendly, Cs. — With ius: iure optimo, with entire justice, deservedly: quod ei optimo iure contigit. — As subst., of persons, a good man: nec cuique bono mali quidquam evenire potest: Qui meliorem vocet in ius, a better man, H.: da locum melioribus, your betters, T.: apud bonos beneficium conlocare: Fortes creantur fortibus et bonis, H.— Plur, the better classes, aristocracy, rich: meam causam omnes boni susceperant: bonis invidere, S.: comitantibus omnibus bonis, N.: bonorum consuetudo, of gentlemen: boni, my good friends, H.: me consulit, ‘O bone,’ good friend, H.: ‘O bone, ne te Frustreris,’ my good fellow, H.: optimus quisque, every good man, all the good: sua consilia optimo cuique probare: dolor quem optimus quisque suscipit: optimo cuique pereundum erat, all eminent citizens: optimo et nobilissimo cuique oratio gratissima, the patricians: imperium semper ad optumum quemque transfertur, the best man in each case, S.: qui (aditus laudis) semper optimo cuique maxime patuit.—Of things: bonum, a good thing: summum bonum, the chief good, end of being: nihil boni nosti, nothing useful: gaude isto tam excellenti bono: maximum bonum in celeritate ponere, advantage, S.: gratiam bono publico quaerere, by a public service, L. — Prov.: cui bono? for whose advantage?—Plur.: tria genera bonorum, maxima animi: bona tolerare, prosperity, T.: bona mea deripere, my property.—With aequum, fairness, equity: neque bonum atque aequom scire, T.: alqd aequi bonique impetrare: istuc Aequi bonique facio, regard as fair, T.* * *Ibona -um, melior -or -us, optimus -a -um ADJgood, honest, brave, noble, kind, pleasant, right, useful; valid; healthyIIgood/moral/honest/brave man; man of honor, gentleman; better/rich people (pl.) -
56 non
nōn (old collat. forms noenum and noenu, cf. Lachm. ad Lucr. tom. 2, p. 149 sq.:(β).noenum pro non Lucilius lib. XXX.: sed tamen hoc dicas, quid est, si noenu molestum'st. Varro Epistola ad Fusium: si hodie noenum venis, cras quidem, etc.,
Non. 143, 33 sq.: noenum rumores ponebat ante salutem, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1; Ann. v. 314 Vahl.; so, noenum sperando cupide rem prodere summam, Enn. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 229 Müll.;Ann. v. 411 ib.: noenum mecastor,
Plaut. Aul. 1, 1, 28: noenu necesse'st, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 2, 62, 127;Ann. v. 161 Vahl.: noenu potest,
Lucr. 3, 199 Lachm. N. cr.:noenu queunt,
id. 4, 712), adv. [contr. from neoenum, i. e. nec unum, not one, like ne hilum, not any thing (cf. Engl. not, i. q. naught, Angl.-Sax. naht, contr. from ne-aht); cf. Germ. nein], not:hocine agis an non?
Ter. And. 1, 2, 15:non erat abundans, non inops tamen,
Cic. Brut. 67, 238:non est ita, judices, non est profecto,
id. Fl. 22, 53:cum ipsi auxilium ferre, si cupiant, non queant,
id. Rep. 1, 5, 9; 1, 2, 2:eam (fugam) si nunc sequor, quonam? Cum illo non,
id. Att. 8, 3, 5.—Non before negatives forms a weak affirmative, and before adverbs of emphatic assertion (as prorsus, omnino, etc.) a weak negative:(γ).moveo nonnullis suspicionem, velle me navigare: quod tamen fortasse non nollem, si possem ad otium,
Cic. Fam. 2, 16, 2; so,non nemo, non nihil, non nullus, v. h. vv: Res has non omnino quidem, sed magnam partem relinquere,
Cic. Fam. 9, 15, 3: so, non prorsus, etc.—After negatives it forms a strong affirmative, and after the adverbs above named a strong negative:(δ).nihil non ad rationem dirigebat,
Cic. Brut. 37, 140;v. nemo, nihil, nullus: prorsus non arbitror,
id. Tusc. 4, 4, 8:omnino non dicere,
Quint. 10, 7, 24.—But the negative force of non is not destroyed by a following ne... quidem, or nec... nec: non fugio ne hos quidem mores. Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 90, § 210; Liv. 28, 42, 16:(ε).non medius fidius prae lacrimis possum reliqua nec cogitare nec scribere,
Cic. Att. 9, 12, 1.—In a very few passages non is added to a negative to strengthen it (cf. Gr. ou mê):nolle successum non patribus, non consulibus,
Liv. 2, 45, 5; id. 3, 11, 6:nec sursum nec deorsum non cresco,
Petr. 58:horam eximere nullam... non possumus,
Cic. Phil. 6, 3, 7; Plaut. Mil. 5, 18; id. Curc. 4, 4, 23; Plin. Ep. 4, 13, 8.—Unus non = ne unus quidem:(ζ).unus enim vir Numantinus non fuit, qui in catenis duceretur,
Flor. 2, 18, 17.—Per litoten, [p. 1215] emphatic, by no means, not at all, the reverse of:(η).non ignobilis tragicus,
Quint. 1, 12, 18:non inimici mihi,
Curt. 7, 10, 7; esp. with sup.:Cethegus homo non probatissimus,
Cic. Par. 5, 3, 40:homo non aptissimus ad jocandum,
id. N. D. 2, 17, 47:non minime commoveri,
id. Verr. 2, 4, 66, § 125:tu me consiliario fortasse non imperitissimo usus esses,
id. Fam. 1, 9, 2.—Non quod, non quo, not that, not as if:(θ).non quod sola ornent, sed quod excellant,
Cic. Or. 39, 134: me non sane movet res publica;non quo sit mihi quidquam carius: sed, etc.,
id. Att. 16, 15, 5:non quo sit servulus unus, idem quod familia, verum quia,
id. Caecin. 20, 58.—Non nisi, only:(ι).non nisi vicinas tutus arārit aquas,
Ov. Tr. 3, 12, 36; v. nisi.—Non vero, truly not:(κ).non vero tam isti quam tu ipse nugator,
Cic. Sen. 9, 27.—Non modo, non solum... sed or sed etiam, not only... but also:(λ).non modo falsum illud esse, sed hoc verissimum,
Cic. Rep. 2, 44, 70; id. Lael. 15, 54;v. modo and solum.—Sometimes sed is omitted: nec solum apud Caecinam: Fabii quoque Valentis, etc.,
Tac. H. 2, 27.—Non modo (solum) non... sed or sed etiam, not only not... but even: sed ne... quidem... but not even:(μ).ut non modo a mente non deserar, sed id ipsum doleam, me, etc.,
Cic. Att. 3, 15, 2:hoc non modo non laudari, sed ne concedi quidem potest,
id. Mur. 3, 8:tu id non modo non prohibebas, verum etiam approbabas,
id. Att. 16, 7, 3.—When the verb of the second clause is the common predicate of both clauses, the second non is omitted in the first clause:talis vir non modo facere, sed ne cogitare quidem quidquam audebit,
Cic. Off. 3, 19, 77:assentatio, quae non modo amico, sed ne libero quidem digna est,
id. Lael. 24, 89:advena non modo vicinae sed ne Italicae quidem stirpis,
Liv. 1, 40, 2; 3, 24, 4; 6, 20, 2:neque solum inscientiam meam, sed ne rerum quidem,
Cic. de Or. 1, 46, 203:quod mihi non modo irasci, sed ne dolere quidem impune licet,
id. Att. 11, 24, 1:non mentibus solum consipere, sed ne auribus quidem satis constare poterant,
Liv. 5, 42, 3; 4, 3, 11;so with sed vix in the second clause: haec genera virtutum non solum in moribus nostris, sed vix jam in libris reperiuntur,
Cic. Cael. 17, 40:non modo ad expeditiones sed vix ad quietas stationes viribus sufficiebant,
Liv. 3, 6, 8;very rarely verum ne... quidem, instead of sed ne... quidem,
Cic. Rep. 3, 30, 42; id. Rosc. Am. 19, 54; cf. Zumpt, Gram. § 724.—Non ita, non tam, not so very, not particularly:(ν).simulacra non ita antiqua,
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 49, § 109:non ita lato interjecto mari,
id. Or. 8, 25:non ita diu,
id. Brut. 66, 233:quae nunc quidem non tam est in plerisque,
id. ib. 15, 58.—So, non fere, scarcely, hardly (v. fere):non fere quisquam,
id. Verr. 2, 5, 71, § 182.—Non si, not even if:(ξ).injussu tuo imperator, extra ordinem numquam pugnaverim, non si certam victoriam videam,
Liv. 7, 10; Sen. Ep. 59, 8; Hor. C. 2, 14, 5; so,followed by idcirco (ideo, eo, propterea, etc.): non si Opimium defendisti, idcirco te isti bonum civem putabunt,
Cic. de Or. 2, 40, 170; id. Cael. 9, 21; id. Top. 16, 60; Liv. 3, 45, 8.—For nedum, much less:(ο).vix mehercule servis hoc eum suis, non vobis probaturum arbitrer,
Cic. Agr. 2, 9, 22.—In an interrogation for nonne:(π).quid haec amentia significat? non vim? non scelus? non latrocinium?
Cic. Quint. 26, 82; id. Rosc. Com. 2, 5; id. Verr. 2, 4, 23, § 50.—For ne ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose, regarded by Quint. as a solecism):(ρ).qui tamen dicat pro illo Ne feceris, Non feceris, in idem incidat vitium, quia alterum negandi est, alterum vetandi,
Quint. 1, 5, 50:vos quoque non caris aures onerate lapillis... Munditiis capimur: non sint sine lege capilli,
Ov. A. A. 3, 129; id. P. 1, 2, 105:non Teucros agat in Rutulos,
Verg. A. 12, 78:non etiam sileas,
Hor. S. 2, 5, 91:non sit, qui tollere curat,
id. A. P. 460:non ancilla tuum jecur ulceret ulla puerve,
id. Ep. 1, 18, 72:non dubitaveris,
Sen. Q. N. 1, 3, 3; so,non credideris,
Rutil. Lup. 2, 9.—With substantives coalescing to form one notion:(σ).nec vero, aut quod efficeret aliquid, aut quod efficeretur, posse esse non corpus,
Cic. Ac. 1, 11, 40:etiam non orator,
Quint. 2, 15, 17; 4, 1, 22: veri non dissimulator amoris, Ov. M. 5, 61:quasi servitute praedii non possessori relicta,
Dig. 34, 1, 14 fin.:non dominus,
ib. 43, 15, 7.—As an answer, no:(τ).aut etiam aut non respondere,
Cic. Ac. 2, 32, 104:exhereditavitne (pater filium)? Non,
id. Rosc. Am. 19, 54; id. Verr. 1, 7, 20; id. Ac. 2, 30, 97; id. N. D. 1, 25, 70.—In questions, non expresses surprise, and doubt of the possibility of denial (v. Madv. Gram. §451): non sum ego servus Amphitruonis Sosia?
Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 247:non tu scis, etc.?
id. ib. 2, 2, 71:haec non turpe est dubitare philosophos, quae ne rustici quidem dubitant,
Cic. Off. 3, 19, 77; id. Leg. 3, 20, 47:Quid? aviam tuam pater tuus non manifesto necavit,
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57 sei
sī (orig. and ante-class. form seī), conj. [from a pronominal stem = Gr. he; Sanscr. sva-, self; cf. Corss. Ausspr. 1, 778; Curt. Gr. Etym. 396], a conditional particle, if.I.Prop.a.With indic.; so in gen., in conditions which are assumed to be true, with the verb in pres. or perf.; less freq. in imperf or pluperf.; and in conditions which may probably become true, with the verb in fut. or fut. perf. (Madv. Gram. § 332; Zumpt, Gram. § 517).(α).Pres.: SI IN IVS VOCAT, Fragm. XII. Tab. ap. Gell. 20, 1, 25, and ap. Porphyr. Hor. S. 1, 9, 65: SI MORBVS AEVITASVE VITIVM ESCIT... SI NOLET, etc., id. ap. Gell. l. l.: spero, si speres quicquam prodesse potis sunt, Enn. ap. Fest. p. 333 Müll. (Ann. v. 410 Vahl.):(β).si vis, dabo tibi testes,
Cic. Rep. 1, 37, 58:si voltis,
id. ib. 1, 28, 44:si placet,
id. ib. 2, 44, 71;1, 21, 34: si tuo commodo fleri potest,
id. ib. 1, 9, 14:si studia Graecorum vos tanto opere delectant,
id. ib. 1, 18, 30:si populus plurimum potest,
id. ib. 3, 14, 23:si Massilienses per delectos cives summā justitiā reguntur, inest tamen, etc.,
id. ib. 1, 27, 43; cf. id. Off. 3, 8, 35:quid est, Catilina, quod jam amplius exspectes, si nec privata domus continere voces conjurationis tuae potest? si illustrantur, si erumpunt omnia?
id. Cat. 1, 3, 6:si pudor quaeritur, si probitas, si fides, Mancinus haec attulit,
id. Rep. 3, 18, 28:Si quaerimus, cur, etc.,
id. Brut. 95, 325. —Strengthened by modo:magnifica quidem res, si modo est ulla,
Cic. Div. 1, 1, 1:deliget populus, si modo salvus esse vult, optimum quemque,
id. Rep. 1, 34, 51:quae (virtus) est una, si modo est, maxime munifica,
id. ib. 3, 8, 12; id. Tusc. 2, 4, 33; id. de Or. 2, 43, 182:si quisquam est facilis, hic est,
id. Att. 14, 1, 2:si ulla res est, quam tibi me petente faciendam putes, haec ea sit,
id. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 3, § 11:SI AGNATVS NEC ESCIT, GENTILIS FAMILIAM NANCITOR, Fragm. XII. Tab. in Collat. Leg. Mos. et Rom. 16, 4: quae (libertas), si aequa non est, ne libertas quidem est,
Cic. Rep. 1, 31, 47; 1, 32, 49:id si minus intellegitur, ex dissensionibus percipi potest,
id. Lael. 7, 23: BACANALIA SEI QVA SVNT, EXSTRAD QVAM SEI QVID IBEI SACRI EST... FACIATIS VTEI DISMOTA SIENT, S. C. de Bacch. fin.:dicito, si quid vis, non nocebo,
Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 235:si qui sunt, qui philosophorum auctoritate moveantur,
Cic. Rep. 1, 7, 12:si quid generis istiusmodi me delectat, pictura delectat,
id. Fam. 7, 23, 3:si aliquid dandum est voluptati,
id. Sen. 13, 44;four times repeated,
id. ib. 11, 38.—So esp. after mirum est or miror, as expressing reality (= quod or cum; cf. Gr. ei):noli mirari, si hoc non impetras,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 11, § 29:ecquid mirum est, si tam ab amico animo pacem petit? Curt 4, 11, 4: miraris, si superbiam tuam ferre non possumus?
id. 8, 7, 14.—With a negative conclusion, to denote that, although the condition is true, or is conceded, a certain inference does not follow: nec, si omne enuntiatum aut verum aut falsum est, sequitur ilico esse causas, etc.,
Cic. Fat. 12, 28:nec. si non obstatur, propterea etiam permittitur,
id. Phil. 13, 6, 19:si veniam meretur qui inprudens nocuit, non meretur praemium qui inprudens profuit,
Quint. 5, 10, 73:nec ideo ignis minus urere potest, si in materiam incidit inviolabilem flammis,
Sen. Ben. 5, 5, 1.—Imperf.:(γ).ea si erant, magnas habebas omnibus, dis gratias,
Plaut. As. 1, 2, 17; Cic. Rep. 1, 27, 43:si quis antea mirabatur, quid esset, quod, etc.,
id. Sest. 1.—Perf.:(δ).SI MEMBRVM RVPIT NI CVM EO PACIT TALIO ESTO, Fragm. XII. Tab. ap. Fest. s. v. talio, p. 363 Müll.: si animum contulisti in istam rationem, etc.,
Cic. Rep. 1, 23, 37:si Roma condita est secundo anno Olympiadis septimae, etc.,
id. ib. 2, 10, 18:quos (tyrannos) si boni oppresserunt, recreatur civitas: sin audaces, fit illa factio,
id. ib. 1, 44, 68; cf. id. ib. 1, 42, 65:si ita sensit, ut loquitur,
id. ib. 3, 21, 32;1, 27, 43: si modo hoc in Lycurgi potestate potuit esse,
id. ib. 2, 12, 24:si modo in philosophiā aliquid profecimus,
id. Off. 3, 8, 37: si quis eorum [p. 1689] (servorum) sub centone crepuit, nullum mihi vitium facit, Cato ap. Fest. s. v. prohibere, p. 234 sq. Müll.:si quid sceleste fecit,
Plaut. As. 2, 2, 27:si quam opinionem jam vestris mentibus comprehendistis, etc.,
Cic. Clu. 2, 6:si quando regi justo vim populus attulit regnove eum spoliavit, etc.,
id. Rep. 1, 42, 65; cf. id. ib. 1, 38, 59; id. Lael. 7, 24.—After mirum est or miror, to express a reality (cf. a, supra):minime mirum, si ista res adhuc nostrā linguā inlustrata non est,
Cic. de Or. 2, 13, 55; id. Deiot. 4, 12:quid mirum, si haec invitus amisi?
Tac. A. 12, 37:miraris, si eo tempore matrona dicere potuit, escende?
Sen. Contr. 2, 13, 1:minime est mirandum, si vita ejus fuit secura,
Nep. Cim. 4, 4.—Very often followed by certe, profecto, etc., to express a conclusion, as certain as the unquestionable assumption:quod si fuit in re publicā tempus ullum, cum, etc., tum profecto fuit,
Cic. Brut. 2, 7:si quisquam fuit umquam remotus ab inani laude, ego profecto is sum,
id. Fam. 15, 4, 13:etenim si nulla fuit umquam tam imbecillo mulier animo, quae, etc., certe nos, etc.,
id. Fam. 5, 16, 6:si umquam in dicendo fuimus aliquid, tum profecto, etc.,
id. Att. 4, 2, 2; id. Mil. 2, 4; 7, 19.—Esp. with a negative conclusion (v. a fin. supra, and cf. quia, etsi):non, si tibi ante profuit, semper proderit,
Cic. Phil. 8, 4, 12:non, si Opimium defendisti, idcirco te isti bonum civem putabunt,
id. de Or. 2, 40, 170:neque enim, si tuae res gestae ceterorum laudibus obscuritatem attulerunt, idcirco Pompeii memoriam amisimus,
id. Deiot. 4, 12:nec, si capitis dolorem facit, inutilis hominibus sol est,
Quint. 5, 10, 82.—Pluperf.: si improbum Cresphontem existimaveras, etc., Enn. ap. Auct. Her. 2, 24, 38:(ε).nec mirum, eos si orationes turbaverant,
Liv. 32, 20, 2 (Trag. v. 156 Vahl.):si hoc ita fato datum erat, ut,
Liv. 30, 30, 3.—So esp. in indef. clauses of repeated action:plausum si quis eorum aliquando acceperat, ne quid peccasset pertimescebat,
whenever, Cic. Sest. 49, 105:si quando nostri navem religaverant, hostes succurrebant,
Caes. B. C. 2, 6:si quando suis fortunis forte desperare coeperant,
id. B. G. 3, 12.—Fut.: SI VOLET SVO VIVITO... SI VOLET PLVS DATO, Fragm. XII. Tab. ap. Gell. 20, 1, 45; cf.: si voles advortere animum, comiter monstrabitur, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 89 Müll. (Trag. v. 386 Vahl.); and:(ζ).alte spectare si voles, etc.,
Cic. Rep. 6, 23, 25:si jam eminebit foras,
id. ib. 6, 26, 29:si me audietis,
id. ib. 1, 19, 32:si mutuas non potero certum est sumam fenore,
Plaut. As. 1, 3, 95:id persequar, si potero, subtilius,
Cic. Rep. 2, 23, 42; cf. in the foll. z:nihil (offendet) si modo opus exstabit,
id. ib. 5, 3, 5:si quid te volam, ubi eris?
Plaut. As. 1, 1, 96: si quod aliud oikeion reperies, Cic. Att. 1, 10, 3.—Fut. perf.: si te hic offendero, moriere, Enn. ap. Cic. Att. 7, 26, 1 (Trag. v. 301 Vahl.):b.si nostram rem publicam vobis et nascentem et crescentem ostendero,
Cic. Rep. 2, 1, 3:tum magis assentiere, si ad majora pervenero,
id. ib. 1, 40, 62:expediri quae restant vix poterunt, si hoc incohatum reliqueris,
id. ib. 1, 35, 55;1, 24, 38: pergratum mihi feceris, si de amicitiā disputaris,
id. Lael. 4, 16:accommodabo ad eam (rem publicam), si potuero, omnem illam orationem, etc.... quod si tenere et consequi potuero, etc.,
id. Rep. 1, 46, 70; so,si potuero,
id. ib. 2, 30, 53; id. Brut. 5, 21:si potuerit,
id. Off. 3, 23, 89:si modo id exprimere Latine potuero,
id. Rep. 1, 43, 66:si modo interpretari potuero,
id. Leg. 2, 18, 45:si ne ei caput exoculassitis,
Plaut. Rud. 3, 4, 26: si quid vos per laborem recte feceritis... Sed si quā per voluptatem nequiter feceritis, etc., Cato ap. Gell. 16, 1, 4:de iis te, si qui me forte locus admonuerit, commonebo,
Cic. de Or. 3, 12, 47.—With subj.; so in gen. of conditions assumed in statement, but implied not to be actual; the verb in pres. (rarely perf.) implies that the condition is still possible; in the imperf. and pluperf., that it is known to be unreal (Madv. Gram. § 347 sqq.; Zumpt, Gram. § 524).(α).Pres.:(β).si habeat aurum,
Plaut. Bacch. 1, 1, 12:abire hinc nullo pacto possim, si velim,
id. ib. 2, 2, 2; so,si velim,
Cic. Rep. 3, 10, 17:cum ipsi auxilium ferre, si cupiant, non queant,
id. ib. 1, 5, 9:si singulos numeremus,
id. ib. 3, 4, 7: si jus suum populi teneant, id. ib. 1, 32, 48:si Scipionis desiderio me moveri negem,
id. Lael. 3, 10:si ad verba rem deflectere velimus,
id. Caecin. 18, 51:si quis varias gentes despicere possit, videat primum, etc.,
id. Rep. 3, 9, 14.—In expressing a wish ( poet. for utinam), usu. with O:O si angulus ille accedat, qui, etc.,
Hor. S. 2, 6, 8; 2, 6, 10:O mihi praeteritos referat si Juppiter annos,
Verg. A. 8, 560;also alone: si nunc se nobis ille aureus arbore ramus Ostendat nemore in tanto!
would that, yet if, if however, id. ib. 6, 187:si quā fata aspera rumpas, Tu Marcellus eris,
id. ib. 6, 882; cf. b, infra.—Imperf.:(γ).qui si unus omnia consequi posset, nihil opus esset pluribus, etc.,
Cic. Rep. 1, 34, 52:quae descriptio si esset ignota vobis, explicaretur a me,
id. ib. 2, 22, 39:si ullum probarem simplex rei publicae genus,
id. ib. 2, 23, 43:quod non fecissent profecto, si nihil ad eos pertinere arbitrarentur,
id. Lael. 4, 13; cf. id. Verr. 2, 5, 51, § 133; v. Zumpt, Gram. § 525: SEI QVES ESENT, QVEI SIBEI DEICERENT, S. C. de Bacch (twice). —Also with O, expressing a wish ( poet.):O si solitae quicquam virtutis adesset,
Verg. A. 11, 415;and without O: si mihi, quae quondam fuerat... si nunc foret illa juventus,
id. ib. 5, 398.—Perf.: SI INIVRIAM FAXIT ALTERI, VIGINTI QVINQVE AERIS POENAE SVNTO, Fragm. XII. Tabularum ap. Gell. 20, 1, 12: si jam data sit frux, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 724 P. (Ann. v. 412 Vahl.):(δ).perii, si me aspexerit!
Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 164:victus sum, si dixeris,
id. ib. 1, 1, 272:Romani si casu intervenerint,
Caes. B. G. 7, 20, Cic. Rep. 3, 5, 8.—Pluperf.:c.si aliter accidisset,
Cic. Rep. 1, 4, 7:tum magis id diceres, si nuper in hortis Scipionis affuisses,
id. Lael. 7, 25:mansisset eadem voluntas in eorum posteris, si regum similitudo permansisset,
id. Rep. 1, 41, 64:si id fecisses,
id. Phil. 2, 2, 3; 2, 15, 38; 2, 36, 90:si quis in caelum ascendisset, etc.,
id. Lael. 23, 88:si aliquid de summā gravitate Pompeius remisisset,
id. Phil. 13, 1, 2.—Ellipt.(α).With pron. indef:(β).istae artes, si modo aliquid, valent, ut acuant ingenia,
Cic. Rep. 1, 18, 30:aut nemo, aut, si quisquam, ille sapiens fuit,
id. Lael. 2, 9; id. Or. 29, 103.—In a negation, usu. si minus, si contra (= sin minus, sin aliter):(γ).plures haec tulit una civitas, si minus sapientes, at certe summā laude dignos,
Cic. Rep. 3, 4, 7:educ tecum omnes tuos: si minus, quam plurimos,
id. Cat. 1, 5, 10; id. de Or. 2, 16, 68, in this sense less freq. si non:utrum cetera nomina digesta habes an non? Si non... si etiam,
id. Rosc. Com. 3, 9:si haec civitas est, civem esse me: si non, exsulem esse, etc.,
id. Fam. 7, 3, 5; Plaut. Rud. 4, 3, 104 sq.; id. Ps. 3, 2, 87; id. Poen. 5, 2, 24; Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 66; 1, 6, 68; Liv. 28, 29, 4:hic venit in judicium, si nihil aliud, saltem ut, etc.,
Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 58, § 152; so, si nihil aliud, Liv 22, 29; 30, 35; 45, 37 fin., Curt. 4, 6, 28:si aliud nihil,
id. 2, 43.—With forte:2.intelleges esse nihil a me nisi orationis acerbitatem et, si forte, raro litterarum missarum indiligentiam reprehensam,
perhaps, Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 2, § 7; cf.:vereor, ne nihil sim tui, nisi supplosionem pedis imitatus et pauca quaedam verba et aliquem, si forte, motum,
id. de Or. 3, 12, 47.—With quod, and if, but if, if however, if:B.quod si in philosophiā tantum interest... quid tandem in causis existimandum est?
Cic. Or. 16, 51:quod si fuit in re publicā tempus ullum... tum profecto fuit,
id. Brut. 2, 7:quod si exemeris ex rerum naturā benevolentiae conjunctionem, nec domus ulla nec urbs stare poterit,
id. Lael. 7, 23; id. Rep. 3, 4, 7:quod si non hic tantus fructus ostenderetur et si ex his studiis delectatio sola peteretur: tamen, etc.,
id. Arch. 7, 16; id. Cat. 2, 5, 10; id. Rosc. Com. 18, 54.—In partic.1.In subject or object-clauses, si with subj. sometimes takes the place of an inf.:2.apud Graecos opprobrio fuit adulescentibus, si amatores non haberent,
Cic. Rep. 4, 3, 3: summa gloria constat ex tribus his;si diligit multitudo, si fidem habet, etc.,
id. Off. 2, 9, 31:unam esse spem salutis docent, si eruptione factā extremum auxilium experirentur,
Caes. B. G. 3, 5:illud ignoscere aequum erit, si... ne tuam quidem gloriam praeponam, etc.,
Liv. 28, 41, 1; Nep. Ages. 4, 3: infinitum est, si singulos velim persequi. Sen. Q. N. 5, 17, 5; id. Tranq. 16, 2 (cf. si after mirum est, I. a. fin. supra).—In subst. clauses, to denote a doubtful assumption or future event (cf. quod):3.dixerunt, in eo verti puellae salutem, si postero die vindex injuriae ad tempus praesto esset,
Liv. 3, 46:adjecerunt, Scipionem in eo positam habuisse spem pacis, si Hannibal et Mago ex Italiā non revocarentur,
id. 30, 23; 35, 18.—Si with a relative takes the place of a relative clause, to express a class the existence or extent of which is doubtful: mortem proposuit, non eis solum qui illam rem gesserunt, sed eis etiam si qui non moleste tulerunt, i. e. if such there were, whether few or many, Cic. Phil. 13, 18, 39; id. Verr. 2, 1, 4, § 9:4.dixit errare, si qui in bello omnis secundos rerum proventus expectent,
Caes. B. G. 7, 29:errat, si quis existimat facilem rem esse donare,
Sen. Vit. Beat. 24, 1; Cic. Off. 2, 13, 44; Liv. 42, 31.—In syllogistic reasonings:5.si oportet velle sapere, dare operam philosophiae convenit. Oportet autem velle sapere, etc.,
Cic. Inv. 1, 36, 65:si enim est verum, quod ita conectitur: si quis oriente Caniculā natus est, in mari non morietur, illud quoque verum est: si Fabius oriente Canicula natus est, Fabius in mari non morietur,
id. Fat. 6, 12.—= etiamsi, with foll. tamen, even if, although, albeit (class.):II.quae si exsequi nequirem, tamen, etc.,
Cic. Sen. 11, 38; cf.:quae si causa non esset, tamen, etc.,
id. Mur. 4, 8; and:quae si dubia essent, tamen, etc.,
Sall. J. 85, 48.—Transf., in dependent clauses expressing an interrogation or doubt, it is nearly = num, but forms a looser connection, if, whether, if perchance (class., but very rare in Cic.):B.ibo et visam huc ad eum, si forte est domi,
Plaut. Bacch. 3, 5, 4; Ter. Eun. 3, 4, 7; id. Heaut. 1, 1, 118; cf. id. Phorm. 3, 3, 20:jam sciam, si quid titubatum est, ubi reliquias videro,
Plaut. Men. 1, 2, 33; cf. id. Merc. 1, 2, 44:fatis incerta feror, si Juppiter unam Esse velit urbem,
Verg. A. 4, 110; Plaut. Mil. 4, 8, 52:primum ab iis quaesivit, si aquam hominibus in totidem dies, quot frumentum imposuissent,
Liv. 29, 25; 39, 50:id modo quaeritur, si (lex) majori parti et in summam prodest,
id. 34, 3; cf. id. 40, 49 fin.:jam dudum exspecto, si tuom officium scias,
Plaut. Poen. prol. 12:hanc (paludem) si nostri transirent, hostes exspectabant,
Caes. B. G. 2, 9; id. B. C. 2, 34; cf.:Pompeius eadem spectans, si itinere impeditos deprehendere posset,
id. ib. 3, 75:non recusavit quo minus vel extremo spiritu, si quam opem rei publicae ferre posset, experiretur,
Cic. Phil. 9, 1, 2; cf. id. de Or. 2, 85, 398:statui expectandum esse si quid certius adferretur,
id. Fam. 15, 1, 2:Philopoemen quaesivit si Lycortas incolumis evasisset,
Liv. 39, 50:expertique simul, si tela artusque sequantur,
Val. Fl. 5, 562:Helvetii nonnumquam interdiu, saepius noctu, si perrumpere possent, conati,
Caes. B. G. 1, 8 fin.; cf.:temptata res est, si primo impetu capi Ardea posset,
Liv. 1, 57.—With ellipsis of a verb or clause on which the condition depends (cf. I. c. supra): ei rei suam operam dat, si possiet illam invenire ( to see) whether he can, Plaut. Cist. 1, 3, 37:B.L. Minucium cum omni equitatu praemittit, si quid celeritate itineris proficere possit,
to see, to try, Caes. B. G. 6, 29 fin.:circumfunduntur hostes, si quem aditum reperire possent,
id. ib. 6, 37:fame et inopiā adductos clam ex castris exisse, si quid frumenti in agris reperire possent,
id. ib. 7, 20, 10; cf. id. ib. 7, 55 fin.; 7, 89 fin.; id. B. C. 3, 8 fin.; 3, 56:pergit ad speluncam, si forte eo vestigia ferrent,
Liv. 1, 7:saxa volvebant, si quā Possent tectam aciem perrumpere,
Verg. A. 9, 512:ad Gonnum castra movet, si potiri oppido posset,
Liv. 42, 67, 6: haud aspernatus Tullius, tamen, si vana adferantur, in aciem educit ( that he might be ready) if, etc., id. 1, 23, 6:milites in praesidio erant, si quo operā eorum opus esset,
id. 27, 28, 5:alii offerunt se, si quo usus operae sit,
id. 26, 9, 9: ille postea, si comitia sua non fierent, urbi minari, i. e. ( that he would attack it) if, etc., Cic. Att. 4, 3, 3:Carthaginiensibus in Hasdrubale ita, si is movisset Syphacem, spes omnis erat,
Liv. 29, 35, 9; 5, 8, 9:consul aedem Fortunae vovit, si eo die hostis fudisset,
id. 29, 36, 8: erat Athenis reo damnato, si fraus capitalis non esset, quasi [p. 1690] poenae aestimatio, Cic. de Or. 1, 54, 232: quattuor legiones Cornelio, si qui ex Etruriā novi motus nuntiarentur, relictae, to meet the case, that, to be ready, if, etc., Liv. 6, 22:is in armis tenuit militem, si opus foret auxilio,
id. 5, 8:ut patricios indignatio, si cum his gerendus esset honos, deterreret,
id. 4, 6, 10; 1, 40, 2; 24, 36.—Si... si, for sive... sive, whether... or:si deus si dea es,
Cato, R. R. 139; cf.:hostiam si deo, si deae immolabant,
Gell. 2, 28, 3. -
58 si
sī (orig. and ante-class. form seī), conj. [from a pronominal stem = Gr. he; Sanscr. sva-, self; cf. Corss. Ausspr. 1, 778; Curt. Gr. Etym. 396], a conditional particle, if.I.Prop.a.With indic.; so in gen., in conditions which are assumed to be true, with the verb in pres. or perf.; less freq. in imperf or pluperf.; and in conditions which may probably become true, with the verb in fut. or fut. perf. (Madv. Gram. § 332; Zumpt, Gram. § 517).(α).Pres.: SI IN IVS VOCAT, Fragm. XII. Tab. ap. Gell. 20, 1, 25, and ap. Porphyr. Hor. S. 1, 9, 65: SI MORBVS AEVITASVE VITIVM ESCIT... SI NOLET, etc., id. ap. Gell. l. l.: spero, si speres quicquam prodesse potis sunt, Enn. ap. Fest. p. 333 Müll. (Ann. v. 410 Vahl.):(β).si vis, dabo tibi testes,
Cic. Rep. 1, 37, 58:si voltis,
id. ib. 1, 28, 44:si placet,
id. ib. 2, 44, 71;1, 21, 34: si tuo commodo fleri potest,
id. ib. 1, 9, 14:si studia Graecorum vos tanto opere delectant,
id. ib. 1, 18, 30:si populus plurimum potest,
id. ib. 3, 14, 23:si Massilienses per delectos cives summā justitiā reguntur, inest tamen, etc.,
id. ib. 1, 27, 43; cf. id. Off. 3, 8, 35:quid est, Catilina, quod jam amplius exspectes, si nec privata domus continere voces conjurationis tuae potest? si illustrantur, si erumpunt omnia?
id. Cat. 1, 3, 6:si pudor quaeritur, si probitas, si fides, Mancinus haec attulit,
id. Rep. 3, 18, 28:Si quaerimus, cur, etc.,
id. Brut. 95, 325. —Strengthened by modo:magnifica quidem res, si modo est ulla,
Cic. Div. 1, 1, 1:deliget populus, si modo salvus esse vult, optimum quemque,
id. Rep. 1, 34, 51:quae (virtus) est una, si modo est, maxime munifica,
id. ib. 3, 8, 12; id. Tusc. 2, 4, 33; id. de Or. 2, 43, 182:si quisquam est facilis, hic est,
id. Att. 14, 1, 2:si ulla res est, quam tibi me petente faciendam putes, haec ea sit,
id. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 3, § 11:SI AGNATVS NEC ESCIT, GENTILIS FAMILIAM NANCITOR, Fragm. XII. Tab. in Collat. Leg. Mos. et Rom. 16, 4: quae (libertas), si aequa non est, ne libertas quidem est,
Cic. Rep. 1, 31, 47; 1, 32, 49:id si minus intellegitur, ex dissensionibus percipi potest,
id. Lael. 7, 23: BACANALIA SEI QVA SVNT, EXSTRAD QVAM SEI QVID IBEI SACRI EST... FACIATIS VTEI DISMOTA SIENT, S. C. de Bacch. fin.:dicito, si quid vis, non nocebo,
Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 235:si qui sunt, qui philosophorum auctoritate moveantur,
Cic. Rep. 1, 7, 12:si quid generis istiusmodi me delectat, pictura delectat,
id. Fam. 7, 23, 3:si aliquid dandum est voluptati,
id. Sen. 13, 44;four times repeated,
id. ib. 11, 38.—So esp. after mirum est or miror, as expressing reality (= quod or cum; cf. Gr. ei):noli mirari, si hoc non impetras,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 11, § 29:ecquid mirum est, si tam ab amico animo pacem petit? Curt 4, 11, 4: miraris, si superbiam tuam ferre non possumus?
id. 8, 7, 14.—With a negative conclusion, to denote that, although the condition is true, or is conceded, a certain inference does not follow: nec, si omne enuntiatum aut verum aut falsum est, sequitur ilico esse causas, etc.,
Cic. Fat. 12, 28:nec. si non obstatur, propterea etiam permittitur,
id. Phil. 13, 6, 19:si veniam meretur qui inprudens nocuit, non meretur praemium qui inprudens profuit,
Quint. 5, 10, 73:nec ideo ignis minus urere potest, si in materiam incidit inviolabilem flammis,
Sen. Ben. 5, 5, 1.—Imperf.:(γ).ea si erant, magnas habebas omnibus, dis gratias,
Plaut. As. 1, 2, 17; Cic. Rep. 1, 27, 43:si quis antea mirabatur, quid esset, quod, etc.,
id. Sest. 1.—Perf.:(δ).SI MEMBRVM RVPIT NI CVM EO PACIT TALIO ESTO, Fragm. XII. Tab. ap. Fest. s. v. talio, p. 363 Müll.: si animum contulisti in istam rationem, etc.,
Cic. Rep. 1, 23, 37:si Roma condita est secundo anno Olympiadis septimae, etc.,
id. ib. 2, 10, 18:quos (tyrannos) si boni oppresserunt, recreatur civitas: sin audaces, fit illa factio,
id. ib. 1, 44, 68; cf. id. ib. 1, 42, 65:si ita sensit, ut loquitur,
id. ib. 3, 21, 32;1, 27, 43: si modo hoc in Lycurgi potestate potuit esse,
id. ib. 2, 12, 24:si modo in philosophiā aliquid profecimus,
id. Off. 3, 8, 37: si quis eorum [p. 1689] (servorum) sub centone crepuit, nullum mihi vitium facit, Cato ap. Fest. s. v. prohibere, p. 234 sq. Müll.:si quid sceleste fecit,
Plaut. As. 2, 2, 27:si quam opinionem jam vestris mentibus comprehendistis, etc.,
Cic. Clu. 2, 6:si quando regi justo vim populus attulit regnove eum spoliavit, etc.,
id. Rep. 1, 42, 65; cf. id. ib. 1, 38, 59; id. Lael. 7, 24.—After mirum est or miror, to express a reality (cf. a, supra):minime mirum, si ista res adhuc nostrā linguā inlustrata non est,
Cic. de Or. 2, 13, 55; id. Deiot. 4, 12:quid mirum, si haec invitus amisi?
Tac. A. 12, 37:miraris, si eo tempore matrona dicere potuit, escende?
Sen. Contr. 2, 13, 1:minime est mirandum, si vita ejus fuit secura,
Nep. Cim. 4, 4.—Very often followed by certe, profecto, etc., to express a conclusion, as certain as the unquestionable assumption:quod si fuit in re publicā tempus ullum, cum, etc., tum profecto fuit,
Cic. Brut. 2, 7:si quisquam fuit umquam remotus ab inani laude, ego profecto is sum,
id. Fam. 15, 4, 13:etenim si nulla fuit umquam tam imbecillo mulier animo, quae, etc., certe nos, etc.,
id. Fam. 5, 16, 6:si umquam in dicendo fuimus aliquid, tum profecto, etc.,
id. Att. 4, 2, 2; id. Mil. 2, 4; 7, 19.—Esp. with a negative conclusion (v. a fin. supra, and cf. quia, etsi):non, si tibi ante profuit, semper proderit,
Cic. Phil. 8, 4, 12:non, si Opimium defendisti, idcirco te isti bonum civem putabunt,
id. de Or. 2, 40, 170:neque enim, si tuae res gestae ceterorum laudibus obscuritatem attulerunt, idcirco Pompeii memoriam amisimus,
id. Deiot. 4, 12:nec, si capitis dolorem facit, inutilis hominibus sol est,
Quint. 5, 10, 82.—Pluperf.: si improbum Cresphontem existimaveras, etc., Enn. ap. Auct. Her. 2, 24, 38:(ε).nec mirum, eos si orationes turbaverant,
Liv. 32, 20, 2 (Trag. v. 156 Vahl.):si hoc ita fato datum erat, ut,
Liv. 30, 30, 3.—So esp. in indef. clauses of repeated action:plausum si quis eorum aliquando acceperat, ne quid peccasset pertimescebat,
whenever, Cic. Sest. 49, 105:si quando nostri navem religaverant, hostes succurrebant,
Caes. B. C. 2, 6:si quando suis fortunis forte desperare coeperant,
id. B. G. 3, 12.—Fut.: SI VOLET SVO VIVITO... SI VOLET PLVS DATO, Fragm. XII. Tab. ap. Gell. 20, 1, 45; cf.: si voles advortere animum, comiter monstrabitur, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 89 Müll. (Trag. v. 386 Vahl.); and:(ζ).alte spectare si voles, etc.,
Cic. Rep. 6, 23, 25:si jam eminebit foras,
id. ib. 6, 26, 29:si me audietis,
id. ib. 1, 19, 32:si mutuas non potero certum est sumam fenore,
Plaut. As. 1, 3, 95:id persequar, si potero, subtilius,
Cic. Rep. 2, 23, 42; cf. in the foll. z:nihil (offendet) si modo opus exstabit,
id. ib. 5, 3, 5:si quid te volam, ubi eris?
Plaut. As. 1, 1, 96: si quod aliud oikeion reperies, Cic. Att. 1, 10, 3.—Fut. perf.: si te hic offendero, moriere, Enn. ap. Cic. Att. 7, 26, 1 (Trag. v. 301 Vahl.):b.si nostram rem publicam vobis et nascentem et crescentem ostendero,
Cic. Rep. 2, 1, 3:tum magis assentiere, si ad majora pervenero,
id. ib. 1, 40, 62:expediri quae restant vix poterunt, si hoc incohatum reliqueris,
id. ib. 1, 35, 55;1, 24, 38: pergratum mihi feceris, si de amicitiā disputaris,
id. Lael. 4, 16:accommodabo ad eam (rem publicam), si potuero, omnem illam orationem, etc.... quod si tenere et consequi potuero, etc.,
id. Rep. 1, 46, 70; so,si potuero,
id. ib. 2, 30, 53; id. Brut. 5, 21:si potuerit,
id. Off. 3, 23, 89:si modo id exprimere Latine potuero,
id. Rep. 1, 43, 66:si modo interpretari potuero,
id. Leg. 2, 18, 45:si ne ei caput exoculassitis,
Plaut. Rud. 3, 4, 26: si quid vos per laborem recte feceritis... Sed si quā per voluptatem nequiter feceritis, etc., Cato ap. Gell. 16, 1, 4:de iis te, si qui me forte locus admonuerit, commonebo,
Cic. de Or. 3, 12, 47.—With subj.; so in gen. of conditions assumed in statement, but implied not to be actual; the verb in pres. (rarely perf.) implies that the condition is still possible; in the imperf. and pluperf., that it is known to be unreal (Madv. Gram. § 347 sqq.; Zumpt, Gram. § 524).(α).Pres.:(β).si habeat aurum,
Plaut. Bacch. 1, 1, 12:abire hinc nullo pacto possim, si velim,
id. ib. 2, 2, 2; so,si velim,
Cic. Rep. 3, 10, 17:cum ipsi auxilium ferre, si cupiant, non queant,
id. ib. 1, 5, 9:si singulos numeremus,
id. ib. 3, 4, 7: si jus suum populi teneant, id. ib. 1, 32, 48:si Scipionis desiderio me moveri negem,
id. Lael. 3, 10:si ad verba rem deflectere velimus,
id. Caecin. 18, 51:si quis varias gentes despicere possit, videat primum, etc.,
id. Rep. 3, 9, 14.—In expressing a wish ( poet. for utinam), usu. with O:O si angulus ille accedat, qui, etc.,
Hor. S. 2, 6, 8; 2, 6, 10:O mihi praeteritos referat si Juppiter annos,
Verg. A. 8, 560;also alone: si nunc se nobis ille aureus arbore ramus Ostendat nemore in tanto!
would that, yet if, if however, id. ib. 6, 187:si quā fata aspera rumpas, Tu Marcellus eris,
id. ib. 6, 882; cf. b, infra.—Imperf.:(γ).qui si unus omnia consequi posset, nihil opus esset pluribus, etc.,
Cic. Rep. 1, 34, 52:quae descriptio si esset ignota vobis, explicaretur a me,
id. ib. 2, 22, 39:si ullum probarem simplex rei publicae genus,
id. ib. 2, 23, 43:quod non fecissent profecto, si nihil ad eos pertinere arbitrarentur,
id. Lael. 4, 13; cf. id. Verr. 2, 5, 51, § 133; v. Zumpt, Gram. § 525: SEI QVES ESENT, QVEI SIBEI DEICERENT, S. C. de Bacch (twice). —Also with O, expressing a wish ( poet.):O si solitae quicquam virtutis adesset,
Verg. A. 11, 415;and without O: si mihi, quae quondam fuerat... si nunc foret illa juventus,
id. ib. 5, 398.—Perf.: SI INIVRIAM FAXIT ALTERI, VIGINTI QVINQVE AERIS POENAE SVNTO, Fragm. XII. Tabularum ap. Gell. 20, 1, 12: si jam data sit frux, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 724 P. (Ann. v. 412 Vahl.):(δ).perii, si me aspexerit!
Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 164:victus sum, si dixeris,
id. ib. 1, 1, 272:Romani si casu intervenerint,
Caes. B. G. 7, 20, Cic. Rep. 3, 5, 8.—Pluperf.:c.si aliter accidisset,
Cic. Rep. 1, 4, 7:tum magis id diceres, si nuper in hortis Scipionis affuisses,
id. Lael. 7, 25:mansisset eadem voluntas in eorum posteris, si regum similitudo permansisset,
id. Rep. 1, 41, 64:si id fecisses,
id. Phil. 2, 2, 3; 2, 15, 38; 2, 36, 90:si quis in caelum ascendisset, etc.,
id. Lael. 23, 88:si aliquid de summā gravitate Pompeius remisisset,
id. Phil. 13, 1, 2.—Ellipt.(α).With pron. indef:(β).istae artes, si modo aliquid, valent, ut acuant ingenia,
Cic. Rep. 1, 18, 30:aut nemo, aut, si quisquam, ille sapiens fuit,
id. Lael. 2, 9; id. Or. 29, 103.—In a negation, usu. si minus, si contra (= sin minus, sin aliter):(γ).plures haec tulit una civitas, si minus sapientes, at certe summā laude dignos,
Cic. Rep. 3, 4, 7:educ tecum omnes tuos: si minus, quam plurimos,
id. Cat. 1, 5, 10; id. de Or. 2, 16, 68, in this sense less freq. si non:utrum cetera nomina digesta habes an non? Si non... si etiam,
id. Rosc. Com. 3, 9:si haec civitas est, civem esse me: si non, exsulem esse, etc.,
id. Fam. 7, 3, 5; Plaut. Rud. 4, 3, 104 sq.; id. Ps. 3, 2, 87; id. Poen. 5, 2, 24; Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 66; 1, 6, 68; Liv. 28, 29, 4:hic venit in judicium, si nihil aliud, saltem ut, etc.,
Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 58, § 152; so, si nihil aliud, Liv 22, 29; 30, 35; 45, 37 fin., Curt. 4, 6, 28:si aliud nihil,
id. 2, 43.—With forte:2.intelleges esse nihil a me nisi orationis acerbitatem et, si forte, raro litterarum missarum indiligentiam reprehensam,
perhaps, Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 2, § 7; cf.:vereor, ne nihil sim tui, nisi supplosionem pedis imitatus et pauca quaedam verba et aliquem, si forte, motum,
id. de Or. 3, 12, 47.—With quod, and if, but if, if however, if:B.quod si in philosophiā tantum interest... quid tandem in causis existimandum est?
Cic. Or. 16, 51:quod si fuit in re publicā tempus ullum... tum profecto fuit,
id. Brut. 2, 7:quod si exemeris ex rerum naturā benevolentiae conjunctionem, nec domus ulla nec urbs stare poterit,
id. Lael. 7, 23; id. Rep. 3, 4, 7:quod si non hic tantus fructus ostenderetur et si ex his studiis delectatio sola peteretur: tamen, etc.,
id. Arch. 7, 16; id. Cat. 2, 5, 10; id. Rosc. Com. 18, 54.—In partic.1.In subject or object-clauses, si with subj. sometimes takes the place of an inf.:2.apud Graecos opprobrio fuit adulescentibus, si amatores non haberent,
Cic. Rep. 4, 3, 3: summa gloria constat ex tribus his;si diligit multitudo, si fidem habet, etc.,
id. Off. 2, 9, 31:unam esse spem salutis docent, si eruptione factā extremum auxilium experirentur,
Caes. B. G. 3, 5:illud ignoscere aequum erit, si... ne tuam quidem gloriam praeponam, etc.,
Liv. 28, 41, 1; Nep. Ages. 4, 3: infinitum est, si singulos velim persequi. Sen. Q. N. 5, 17, 5; id. Tranq. 16, 2 (cf. si after mirum est, I. a. fin. supra).—In subst. clauses, to denote a doubtful assumption or future event (cf. quod):3.dixerunt, in eo verti puellae salutem, si postero die vindex injuriae ad tempus praesto esset,
Liv. 3, 46:adjecerunt, Scipionem in eo positam habuisse spem pacis, si Hannibal et Mago ex Italiā non revocarentur,
id. 30, 23; 35, 18.—Si with a relative takes the place of a relative clause, to express a class the existence or extent of which is doubtful: mortem proposuit, non eis solum qui illam rem gesserunt, sed eis etiam si qui non moleste tulerunt, i. e. if such there were, whether few or many, Cic. Phil. 13, 18, 39; id. Verr. 2, 1, 4, § 9:4.dixit errare, si qui in bello omnis secundos rerum proventus expectent,
Caes. B. G. 7, 29:errat, si quis existimat facilem rem esse donare,
Sen. Vit. Beat. 24, 1; Cic. Off. 2, 13, 44; Liv. 42, 31.—In syllogistic reasonings:5.si oportet velle sapere, dare operam philosophiae convenit. Oportet autem velle sapere, etc.,
Cic. Inv. 1, 36, 65:si enim est verum, quod ita conectitur: si quis oriente Caniculā natus est, in mari non morietur, illud quoque verum est: si Fabius oriente Canicula natus est, Fabius in mari non morietur,
id. Fat. 6, 12.—= etiamsi, with foll. tamen, even if, although, albeit (class.):II.quae si exsequi nequirem, tamen, etc.,
Cic. Sen. 11, 38; cf.:quae si causa non esset, tamen, etc.,
id. Mur. 4, 8; and:quae si dubia essent, tamen, etc.,
Sall. J. 85, 48.—Transf., in dependent clauses expressing an interrogation or doubt, it is nearly = num, but forms a looser connection, if, whether, if perchance (class., but very rare in Cic.):B.ibo et visam huc ad eum, si forte est domi,
Plaut. Bacch. 3, 5, 4; Ter. Eun. 3, 4, 7; id. Heaut. 1, 1, 118; cf. id. Phorm. 3, 3, 20:jam sciam, si quid titubatum est, ubi reliquias videro,
Plaut. Men. 1, 2, 33; cf. id. Merc. 1, 2, 44:fatis incerta feror, si Juppiter unam Esse velit urbem,
Verg. A. 4, 110; Plaut. Mil. 4, 8, 52:primum ab iis quaesivit, si aquam hominibus in totidem dies, quot frumentum imposuissent,
Liv. 29, 25; 39, 50:id modo quaeritur, si (lex) majori parti et in summam prodest,
id. 34, 3; cf. id. 40, 49 fin.:jam dudum exspecto, si tuom officium scias,
Plaut. Poen. prol. 12:hanc (paludem) si nostri transirent, hostes exspectabant,
Caes. B. G. 2, 9; id. B. C. 2, 34; cf.:Pompeius eadem spectans, si itinere impeditos deprehendere posset,
id. ib. 3, 75:non recusavit quo minus vel extremo spiritu, si quam opem rei publicae ferre posset, experiretur,
Cic. Phil. 9, 1, 2; cf. id. de Or. 2, 85, 398:statui expectandum esse si quid certius adferretur,
id. Fam. 15, 1, 2:Philopoemen quaesivit si Lycortas incolumis evasisset,
Liv. 39, 50:expertique simul, si tela artusque sequantur,
Val. Fl. 5, 562:Helvetii nonnumquam interdiu, saepius noctu, si perrumpere possent, conati,
Caes. B. G. 1, 8 fin.; cf.:temptata res est, si primo impetu capi Ardea posset,
Liv. 1, 57.—With ellipsis of a verb or clause on which the condition depends (cf. I. c. supra): ei rei suam operam dat, si possiet illam invenire ( to see) whether he can, Plaut. Cist. 1, 3, 37:B.L. Minucium cum omni equitatu praemittit, si quid celeritate itineris proficere possit,
to see, to try, Caes. B. G. 6, 29 fin.:circumfunduntur hostes, si quem aditum reperire possent,
id. ib. 6, 37:fame et inopiā adductos clam ex castris exisse, si quid frumenti in agris reperire possent,
id. ib. 7, 20, 10; cf. id. ib. 7, 55 fin.; 7, 89 fin.; id. B. C. 3, 8 fin.; 3, 56:pergit ad speluncam, si forte eo vestigia ferrent,
Liv. 1, 7:saxa volvebant, si quā Possent tectam aciem perrumpere,
Verg. A. 9, 512:ad Gonnum castra movet, si potiri oppido posset,
Liv. 42, 67, 6: haud aspernatus Tullius, tamen, si vana adferantur, in aciem educit ( that he might be ready) if, etc., id. 1, 23, 6:milites in praesidio erant, si quo operā eorum opus esset,
id. 27, 28, 5:alii offerunt se, si quo usus operae sit,
id. 26, 9, 9: ille postea, si comitia sua non fierent, urbi minari, i. e. ( that he would attack it) if, etc., Cic. Att. 4, 3, 3:Carthaginiensibus in Hasdrubale ita, si is movisset Syphacem, spes omnis erat,
Liv. 29, 35, 9; 5, 8, 9:consul aedem Fortunae vovit, si eo die hostis fudisset,
id. 29, 36, 8: erat Athenis reo damnato, si fraus capitalis non esset, quasi [p. 1690] poenae aestimatio, Cic. de Or. 1, 54, 232: quattuor legiones Cornelio, si qui ex Etruriā novi motus nuntiarentur, relictae, to meet the case, that, to be ready, if, etc., Liv. 6, 22:is in armis tenuit militem, si opus foret auxilio,
id. 5, 8:ut patricios indignatio, si cum his gerendus esset honos, deterreret,
id. 4, 6, 10; 1, 40, 2; 24, 36.—Si... si, for sive... sive, whether... or:si deus si dea es,
Cato, R. R. 139; cf.:hostiam si deo, si deae immolabant,
Gell. 2, 28, 3. -
59 tero
tĕro, trīvi, trītum, 3 ( perf. terii, acc. to Charis. p. 220 P.; perf. sync. tristi, Cat. 66, 30), v. a. [root ter; Gr. teirô, truô, tribô, to rub; cf. Lat. tribulare, triticum; akin to terên, tender, Lat. teres], to rub, rub to pieces; to bruise, grind, bray, triturate (syn.: frico, tundo, pinso).I.Lit. (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose).A.In gen.: num me illuc ducis, ubi lapis lapidem terit? (i. e. into a mill), Plaut. As. 1, 1, 16:B.lacrimulam oculos terendo vix vi exprimere,
Ter. Eun. 1, 1, 23:teritur lignum ligno ignemque concipit attritu,
Plin. 16, 40, 77. § 208: sed nihil hederā praestantius quae [p. 1860] teritur, lauro quae terat, id. ib.:aliquid in mortario,
id. 34, 10, 22, § 104:aliquid in farinam,
id. 34, 18, 50, § 170:bacam trapetis,
Verg. G. 2, 519:unguibus herbas,
Ov. M. 9, 655:dentes in stipite,
id. ib. 8, 369:lumina manu,
Cat. 66, 30:sucina trita redolent,
Mart. 3, 64, 5:piper,
Petr. 74:Appia trita rotis,
Ov. P. 2, 7, 44:cibum in ventre,
i. e. to digest, Cels. 1 praef. med. — Poet.: labellum calamo, i. e. to rub one ' s lip (in playing), Verg. E. 2, 34:calcemque terit jam calce Diores,
treads upon, id. A. 5, 324:crystalla labris,
Mart. 9, 23, 7.—In partic.1.To rub grain from the ears by treading, to tread out, thresh:2.frumentum,
Varr. R. R. 1, 13, 5:milia frumenti tua triverit area centum,
Hor. S. 1, 1, 45:area dum messes teret,
Tib. 1, 5, 22:teret area culmos,
Verg. G. 1, 192; cf.:ut patria careo, bis frugibus area trita est,
i. e. it has twice been harvest-time, Ov. Tr. 4, 6, 19.—To cleanse or beautify by rubbing, to smooth, furbish, burnish, polish, sharpen (syn.:3.polio, acuo): oculos,
Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 103:crura mordaci pumice,
Ov. A. A. 1, 506:hinc radios trivere rotis,
smoothed, turned, Verg. G. 2, 444:vitrum torno,
Plin. 36, 26, 66, § 193:catillum manibus,
Hor. S. 1, 3, 90:tritus cimice lectus,
Mart. 11, 33, 1.—To lessen by rubbing, to rub away; to wear away by use, wear out:4.(navem) ligneam, saepe tritam,
Plaut. Men. 2, 3, 52:hoc (tempus) rigidas silices, hoc adamanta terit,
Ov. Tr. 4, 6. 14:ferrum,
to dull, id. M. 12, 167:mucronem rubigine silicem liquore,
Prop. 2, 25 (3, 20), 15:trita labore colla,
Ov. M. 15, 124:trita subucula,
Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 96:trita vestis,
id. ib. 1, 19, 38:librum,
i. e. to read often, Mart. 8, 3, 4; 11, 3, 4; cf.:quid haberet, Quod legeret tereretque viritim publicus usus?
Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 92:pocula labris patrum trita,
Mart. 11, 12, 3: ut illum di terant, qui primum olitor caepam protulit, crush, annihilate, Naev. ap. Prisc. p. 681 P.—Of persons, pass., to be employed in. occupied with:5.nos qui in foro verisque litibus terimur,
Plin. Ep. 2, 3, 5:litibus,
id. ib. 10, 12, 3.—To tread often, to visit, frequent a way or place (cf.:6.calco, calcito): angustum formica terens iter,
Verg. G. 1, 380:iter propositum,
Prop. 2, 30 (3, 28), 14:Appiam mannis,
Hor. Epod. 4, 14:viam,
Ov. A. A. 1, 52; Lucr. 1, 927:via trita pede,
Tib. 4, 13, 10:ambulator porticum terit,
Mart. 2, 11, 2:limina,
id. 10, 10, 2:mea nocturnis trita fenestra dolis,
Prop. 4 (5), 7, 16:nec jam clarissimorum virorum receptacula habitatore servo teruntur,
Plin. Pan. 50, 3: flavaeque terens querceta Maricae Liris, Claud. Cons. Prob. et Olybr 259. —In mal. part.:II.Bojus est, Bojam terit,
Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 108; so Prop. 3, 11 (4. 10), 30; Petr. 87. —Trop. (freq. in good prose).A.To wear away, use up, i. e. to pass, spend time; usu. to waste, spend in dissipation, etc. (syn.:B. C.absumo, consumo): teritur dies,
Plaut. Truc. 5, 20:diem sermone terere segnities merast,
id. Trin. 3, 3, 67:naves diem trivere,
Liv. 37, 27, 8:tempus in convivio luxuque,
id. 1, 57, 9:tempus ibi in secreto,
id. 26, 19, 5:omnem aetatem in his discendis rebus,
Cic. de Or. 3, 31, 123:teretur interea tempus,
id. Phil. 5, 11, 30:jam alteram aetatem bellis civilibus,
Hor. Epod. 16, 1:omne aevum ferro,
Verg. A. 9, 609:spe otia,
id. ib. 4, 271:otium conviviis comissationibusque inter se,
Liv. 1, 57, 5. —To exert greatly, exhaust:D.ne in opere longinquo sese tererent, Liv 6, 8, 10: ut in armis terant plebem,
id. 6, 27, 7.—Of language, to wear out by use, i. e. to render common, commonplace, or trite (in verb finit. very rare, but freq. as a P. a.):* E.jam hoc verbum satis hesterno sermone trivimus,
Cic. Ac. 2, 6, 18:quae (nomina) nunc consuetudo diurna trivit,
id. Fin. 3, 4, 15.—To tread under foot, i. e. to injure, violate a thing:A.jurata deorum majestas teritur,
Claud. in Rufin. 1, 228. — Hence, P. a.: trītus, a, um.Prop. of a road or way, oft-trodden, beaten, frequented, common:B.iter,
Cic. Phil. 1, 3, 7:via,
id. Brut. 81, 281:quadrijugi spatium,
Ov. M. 2, 167. — Sup.:tritissima quaeque via,
Sen. Vit. Beat. 1, 2. —Fig.1.Practised, expert:2.tritas aures habere,
Cic. Fam. 9, 16, 4; so id. Brut. 32, 124.— Comp.:tritiores manūs ad aedificandum perficere,
Vitr. 2, 1, 6. —Of language, used often or much, familiar, common, commonplace, trite:quid in Graeco sermone tam tritum atque celebratum est, quam, etc.,
Cic. Fl. 27, 65:nomen minus tritum sermone nostro,
id. Rep. 2, 29, 52:ex quo illud: summum jus summā injuriā factum est jam tritum sermone proverbium,
id. Off. 1, 10, 33.— Comp.:faciamus tractando usitatius hoc verbum ac tritius,
Cic. Ac. 1, 7, 27:compedes, quas induere aureas mos tritior vetat,
Plin. 33, 12, 54, § 152. -
60 abutor
ab-ūtor, ūsus sum, ūtī, wegbrauchen, d.i. aufbrauchen, gew. mit Abl., archaist. mit Acc. (vgl. Wölfflins Archiv 3, 332 u. 7, 425 ff.) dah. I) ganz verbrauchen, vertun, verschwenden, aurum, Plaut.: tantam rem patriam, Plaut.: nisi omni tempore, quod mihi lege concessum est, abusus ero, Cic. – II) bis ans Ende-, d.i. recht-, vollständig-, sorgfältig-, gehörig-, in vollem Maße benutzen, -gebrauchen, -anwenden, von etwas vollen Gebrauch machen, a) in gutem Sinne: in prologis scribundis operam abutitur (sc. poëta), wendet alle Mühe auf, Ter.: tecum hoc otio, diese Muße uns in deiner Gesellschaft recht zunutze machen, Cic.: otio liberaliter lauteque, genießen, Vell.: otio ad laborem, Fronto: hac libertate in acerbissimo supplicio miserrimae servitutis, Cic. Verr. 5, 114: prorsus vestro consessu et hoc conventu pro summa solitudine, so ansehen, als wäre er ganz allein am Platze, Cic.: sagacitate canum ad utilitatem nostram, Cic.: me abusum hoc prooemio, schon einmal ganz so benutzt, Cic.: libero mendacio, frischweg lügen, Liv. – b) im üblen Sinne, im Übermaße gebrauchen, mißbrauchen, übel anwenden, militum sanguine, unnütz vergießen, Caes.: patientiā nostrā, Cic.: iudicio ac legibus ad quaestum, Cic.: insolenter et immodice indulgentiā populi Romani, Liv.: eloquentiā perverse, Cic.: m. dopp. Abl. scorto (als usw.) sorore nostrā, Vulg. gen. 34, 11. Vgl. Otto zu Cic. de rep. 1, 14. p. 38 ed. Osann. – c) ein Wort im uneigentlichen Sinne, uneigentlich gebrauchen, verbo, Cic.: nomine, Quint.: nomine insulae, in einem andern Sinne nehmen, Suet. – / Passive: ab rege abutamur, Varr. bei Prisc. 8, 16: abuti, Val. Max. 8, 1. abs. 3. Ven. Fort. carm. 5, 6, 1: abusa (sunt), Plaut. asin. 196: abusis iam omnibus locis, Hortens. bei Prisc. 8, 16: abutendus, Suet. Galb. 14, 2.
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PECORIS usus quadruplex — iuxta Tullium Tusculan. l. 1. Videmus, ait, multitudinem pecudam, partim ad vescendum, partim ad cultus agrorum, partim ad vehendum, partim ad corpora vestienda. Ad vestendum utiles olim erant mundae omnes, ex Lege, i. e. quotquot ruminant… … Hofmann J. Lexicon universale
MONETAE usus — excogitari coepit, postquam simplicissimum illud et naturae maxime, teste Aristotele, conveniens Mercaturae genus, quod mericum fiebat permutatione,in desuetudinem abiit. Quia enim alter alterius mercibus non semper opus habebat, Moneta inventa… … Hofmann J. Lexicon universale
IGNIARIUM — minus vulgo nata vox, exposita occurrit in Onamastico probissimae notae, quod Glossarum Servii nomine a doctissimis viris citatur, aliter Ignitabulum, Graecis πυρεῖον dicitur: proprieque notat lignum, quod altero ligno tam diu terebrabatur, donec … Hofmann J. Lexicon universale
ARCHIEPISCOPI vox — a Patriarchis Alexandrinis primum invecta videtur, qui, cum primo soli essent in AegyptoEpiscopi, creatis subinde aliis, ut est in Eutychii Orginib. hunc sibi titulum vindicârunt. Primus vero hôc usus vocabulô S. Athanasius, Apolog. 2. Alexandrum … Hofmann J. Lexicon universale
RYSVICUM i. e. RYSWYK — RYSVICUM, i. e. RYSWYK pagus celebris, et peramoenus Hollandiae, suburbanus Hagae Comitum, Potentissimi, Augustissimi, Felicissini, Serenissimi VILHELMI III. Magnae Britanniae Regis, Castro sumptuosissimo, magnificentissimo nobilitatus; in cuius… … Hofmann J. Lexicon universale
Liste de locutions latines — Cet article contient une liste de locutions latines présentée par ordre alphabétique. Pour des explications morphologiques et linguistiques générales, consulter l article : Expression latine. Sommaire A B … … Wikipédia en Français
PALLIUM — I. PALLIUM Veteribus in genere omne vestimenti genus significavit, quam apertum, tam clausum, ut etiam Toga Pallio rotundum dicatur Isidoro; Abusive pro Palliolo quoque sumi fuisse folitum supra vidimus: Proprie vero ac fimpliciter communique… … Hofmann J. Lexicon universale
TESTAMENTUM — I. TESTAMENTUM alienationis species est, et iuris naturalis. Quamvis enim id, ut actus alii, formam certam accipere possit a iure civili, ipsa tamen eius substantia cognata est dominio, et eô datô iuris naturalis. Possum enim rem meam alienare,… … Hofmann J. Lexicon universale
VESTIS — primi hominis innocentia fuit, cui postquam iniquitas successit, vidit se nudum esse, et consutis foliis fecit sibi subligacula, Genes. c. 3. v. 7. ut sic membris minime honestis honorem circumponeret, prout loquitur Paulus 1. Corinth. c. 12. v.… … Hofmann J. Lexicon universale
Theatrum Chemicum — Page One of Theatrum Chemicum Volume I. Published 1602, Oberursel by Lazarus Zetzner. Theatrum Chemicum ( Chemical Theatre ), is a compendium of early alchemical writings published in six volumes over the course of six decades. The first three… … Wikipedia
