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1 OPINIO (OPINION)
мнение, взгляд. Мнение - не категоричное знание, оно судит о вещи как об иной, чем она есть на самом деле.Латинский словарь средневековых философских терминов > OPINIO (OPINION)
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2 OPINIO
opinion - мнение, взгляд; согласие в понимании какого-либо положения, исходит ли оно из самих терминов или из возможного среднего члена, учитывающее опасения противоположной позиции. Мнение - это не категоричное знание, потому что оно судит о вещи как об иной, чем она есть на самом деле, так как она знает вещь посредством ума, который находится вне самой вещи. -
3 opinio
opinion, report, rumor, conjecture, report. -
4 sententia
opinion, thought, way of thinking, meaning, purpose. -
5 opinio
ŏpīnĭo, ōnis, f. [opinor] [st2]1 [-] opinion, idée préconçue, préjugé, conjecture, croyance, illusion. [st2]2 [-] attente, espérance. [st2]3 [-] bonne opinion, haute idée, estime, réputation. [st2]4 [-] bruit, rumeur publique. [st2]5 [-] opinion, avis. - opinione celerius: plus vite qu'on ne s'y attendait. - opinione major: plus grand qu’on ne le pense (pensait). - contra (praeter) opinionem: contrairement à l'attente. - ut opinio mea est (ut opinio mea fert): comme je le suppose, à mon sens, à mon avis. - mea fert opinio ut: mon opinion est que. - adducere aliquem in eam opinionem ut putet + prop. inf.: amener qqn à croire que, faire croire à qqn que. - in eam opinionem Caesenniam adducebat ut nihil putaret agi callide posse, ubi non adesset Aebutius, Cic.: il faisait croire à Césennia que rien ne pouvait se faire de bien sans Ebutius. - habere opinionem + prop. inf.: croire que. - in opinione esse + prop. inf.: croire que. - vincere opinionem meam: dépasser mon attente. - ea opinio erat edita in vulgus: cette opinion était répandue dans le public. - magna opinio de illo est, Cic.: on fait grand cas de lui.* * *ŏpīnĭo, ōnis, f. [opinor] [st2]1 [-] opinion, idée préconçue, préjugé, conjecture, croyance, illusion. [st2]2 [-] attente, espérance. [st2]3 [-] bonne opinion, haute idée, estime, réputation. [st2]4 [-] bruit, rumeur publique. [st2]5 [-] opinion, avis. - opinione celerius: plus vite qu'on ne s'y attendait. - opinione major: plus grand qu’on ne le pense (pensait). - contra (praeter) opinionem: contrairement à l'attente. - ut opinio mea est (ut opinio mea fert): comme je le suppose, à mon sens, à mon avis. - mea fert opinio ut: mon opinion est que. - adducere aliquem in eam opinionem ut putet + prop. inf.: amener qqn à croire que, faire croire à qqn que. - in eam opinionem Caesenniam adducebat ut nihil putaret agi callide posse, ubi non adesset Aebutius, Cic.: il faisait croire à Césennia que rien ne pouvait se faire de bien sans Ebutius. - habere opinionem + prop. inf.: croire que. - in opinione esse + prop. inf.: croire que. - vincere opinionem meam: dépasser mon attente. - ea opinio erat edita in vulgus: cette opinion était répandue dans le public. - magna opinio de illo est, Cic.: on fait grand cas de lui.* * *Opinio, huius opinionis, f. g. Cic. Bruit et renommee.\Magna est hominum opinio de te, magna commendatio liberalitatis. Cic. Les gents ont grande opinion et estime de toy.\Virtutis opinio. Cic. L'estime qu'on ha de vertu.\Opinio. Plaut. Souspecon.\Vincam opinionem tuam. Cic. Je vaincray ton esperance, Je seray plus soigneux que tu ne penses.\Celeriter, contraque omnium opinionem confecto itinere. Caesar. Plus viste que personne ne pourroit estimer.\Homini praeter opinionem improuiso incidi. Cic. Sans qu'il y pensast, Sans qu'il s'en doubtast.\Contra opiniones omnium. Cic. Contre les opinions de touts.\Homo vita, atque factis omnium iam opinione damnatus. Cic. Au jugement de touts.\Opinione tua mihi gratius est. Pollio ad Ciceronem. Cela m'est plus aggreable que tu ne cuides.\Prius tua opinione hic adero, bonum animum habe. Plaut. Je seray ici plus tost que tu ne penses.\Opinio. Cic. Opinion et jugement.\Aduersa opinio. Plin. Opinion contraire.\Adducere in opinionem rem aliquam. Cicero. Mettre en souspecon.\Afferre opinionem. Cic. Mettre les gents en fantasie.\Opinio de te multum me fefellit. Cic. J'ay esté deceu et abusé de l'estime et reputation que j'avoye de toy, Tu n'es pas tel que je t'estimoye estre.\Vt opinio mea fert. Cic. Selon mon jugement et opinion.\Habere opinionem. Cic. Estre d'opinion.\Opinionem habere de aliquo. Cic. L'estimer, L'avoir en reputation et estime, Avoir bonne opinion de luy.\Hic de vobis malam opinionem animo imbibit. Cic. Il a conceu en son esprit une mauvaise estime et reputation de vous.\Laborare opinione arrogantiae. Quintil. Estre reputé et estimé arrogant et superbe.\Summam in scholis opinionem obtinet. Quintil. Il est fort estimé.\Oppleuit opinio haec totam Graeciam. Cic. Toute la Grece est de ceste opinion, et le croit ainsi, Ce bruit a esté espandu par toute la Grece.\In his locis opinio est, Caesarem Formiis ad XI. Calend. April. fore. Cic. Le bruit est en ces quartiers, que Cesar, etc.\Est eius opinionis. Colum. Il est de ceste opinion.\Opinionem vicit omnium, quae de virtute eius erat. Cic. Il est plus vertueux que touts ne le jugeoyent. -
6 sententia
sententĭa, ae, f. [st1]1 [-] façon de penser, sentiment, avis, opinion, jugement. - manere in sententia, Sall.: persister dans son opinion. - quot homines, tot sententiae, Ter. Phorm.: autant d'hommes, autant d'avis. - decedere de sententia, Cic.: changer d'avis. - eorum sum sententiae qui... Liv.: je pense comme ceux qui... - in hac sum sententia, ut... Cic. Fam. 4: je suis d'avis que... - meā quidem sententiā: à mon sens, selon moi. - de sententiâ alicujus, Cic. Cael. 29: sur la foi de qqn. - ex animi mei sententia: d'après ce que je pense au fond de mon cœur, en mon âme et conscience (formule de serment). [st1]2 [-] projet, intention, détermination, résolution, vues, volonté, désir, voeu. - si tueri sententia est... Cic. Off. 3: si l'on veut défendre... - postquam ipsi sententia stetit... Liv.: quand il fut décidé à... - sic stat sententia, Ov. M. 1: c'est une résolution arrêtée. - ex sententia: à souhait (à mon gré, à ton gré...). [st1]3 [-] avis (émis dans une délibération), motion; vote, suffrage, décision, sentence, arrêt. - consilio, ratione, sententiā, Cic.: par la sagesse, par la raison, par de bons avis. - in meam sententiam, Cic. Att. 4: conformément à mon avis. - sententiâ Planci, Cic.: sur la proposition de Plancus. - sententiam dividere, Sen. Vit. Beat. 3, 2: scinder la motion (diviser la motion en deux parties). - exquirere sententias, Liv. 8: recueillir les voix. - sententiam dicere (ferre, dare): exposer son avis, voter. - pro sententia dixit ut... Tac.: il opina pour que... - pedibus ire in sententiam alicujus: se ranger à l'avis de qqn. - sententias in urnam conjicere: jeter les bulletins dans l'urne. - absolvi omnibus sententiis (paribus sententiis): être acquitté à l'unanimité des suffrages. - sententiam dicere (ferre), Cic.: porter un arrêt, rendre un jugement. - senatûs sententia: décision du sénat, sénatus-consulte. - sententia tristis, Cic. Tac.: sentence fatale, arrêt de mort. [st1]4 [-] sens, signification, le fond (par opposition à la forme, verba) - cujus praecepti tanta sententia est, Cic.: telle est la portée de ce précepte. - sententiam legis sequi, Cic.: s'attacher à l'esprit de la loi. - plures sententias accipi, Auct. Her. 4: avoir plusieurs acceptions. - verbis Graecis in hanc sententiam eum allocutus est, Tac.: il lui adressa en grec une phrase dont voici le sens. - earum (litterarum) sententia haec est, Sall.: voici quelle était le fond de cette lettre. - copia sententiarum atque verborum, Cic. Tusc. 2: la richesse du fond et de la forme. - apte, sine sententiis dicere, Cic.: parler avec élégance, mais sans idées. [st1]5 [-] pensée (formant un sens), idée exprimée, phrase, période. - ut sententia currat, Hor. S. 1, 10, 9: pour que la pensée marche rapidement. - de singulis sententiis breviter disputare, Cic. Phil. 13: commenter brièvement chacune des phrases (d'une lettre). - clausulae sententiarum, Quint. 9, 3, 45: fins de phrases. [st1]6 [-] pensée saillante, maxime, sentence, trait brillant. - honestae voluntates, sententiae, actiones, Cic.: beaux sentiments, belles pensées, belles actions. - creber in reperiendis sententiis, Cic.: riche en grandes pensées. - testis mearum sententiarum, Hor.: témoin des vérités que j'exprime. - selectae Epicuri sententiae, Cic.: maximes choisies d'Epicure. - sensus argutā sententiā effulget, Tac.: l'idée est mise en relief par un trait ingénieux. [st1]7 [-] développement d'une pensée, amplification oratoire.* * *sententĭa, ae, f. [st1]1 [-] façon de penser, sentiment, avis, opinion, jugement. - manere in sententia, Sall.: persister dans son opinion. - quot homines, tot sententiae, Ter. Phorm.: autant d'hommes, autant d'avis. - decedere de sententia, Cic.: changer d'avis. - eorum sum sententiae qui... Liv.: je pense comme ceux qui... - in hac sum sententia, ut... Cic. Fam. 4: je suis d'avis que... - meā quidem sententiā: à mon sens, selon moi. - de sententiâ alicujus, Cic. Cael. 29: sur la foi de qqn. - ex animi mei sententia: d'après ce que je pense au fond de mon cœur, en mon âme et conscience (formule de serment). [st1]2 [-] projet, intention, détermination, résolution, vues, volonté, désir, voeu. - si tueri sententia est... Cic. Off. 3: si l'on veut défendre... - postquam ipsi sententia stetit... Liv.: quand il fut décidé à... - sic stat sententia, Ov. M. 1: c'est une résolution arrêtée. - ex sententia: à souhait (à mon gré, à ton gré...). [st1]3 [-] avis (émis dans une délibération), motion; vote, suffrage, décision, sentence, arrêt. - consilio, ratione, sententiā, Cic.: par la sagesse, par la raison, par de bons avis. - in meam sententiam, Cic. Att. 4: conformément à mon avis. - sententiâ Planci, Cic.: sur la proposition de Plancus. - sententiam dividere, Sen. Vit. Beat. 3, 2: scinder la motion (diviser la motion en deux parties). - exquirere sententias, Liv. 8: recueillir les voix. - sententiam dicere (ferre, dare): exposer son avis, voter. - pro sententia dixit ut... Tac.: il opina pour que... - pedibus ire in sententiam alicujus: se ranger à l'avis de qqn. - sententias in urnam conjicere: jeter les bulletins dans l'urne. - absolvi omnibus sententiis (paribus sententiis): être acquitté à l'unanimité des suffrages. - sententiam dicere (ferre), Cic.: porter un arrêt, rendre un jugement. - senatûs sententia: décision du sénat, sénatus-consulte. - sententia tristis, Cic. Tac.: sentence fatale, arrêt de mort. [st1]4 [-] sens, signification, le fond (par opposition à la forme, verba) - cujus praecepti tanta sententia est, Cic.: telle est la portée de ce précepte. - sententiam legis sequi, Cic.: s'attacher à l'esprit de la loi. - plures sententias accipi, Auct. Her. 4: avoir plusieurs acceptions. - verbis Graecis in hanc sententiam eum allocutus est, Tac.: il lui adressa en grec une phrase dont voici le sens. - earum (litterarum) sententia haec est, Sall.: voici quelle était le fond de cette lettre. - copia sententiarum atque verborum, Cic. Tusc. 2: la richesse du fond et de la forme. - apte, sine sententiis dicere, Cic.: parler avec élégance, mais sans idées. [st1]5 [-] pensée (formant un sens), idée exprimée, phrase, période. - ut sententia currat, Hor. S. 1, 10, 9: pour que la pensée marche rapidement. - de singulis sententiis breviter disputare, Cic. Phil. 13: commenter brièvement chacune des phrases (d'une lettre). - clausulae sententiarum, Quint. 9, 3, 45: fins de phrases. [st1]6 [-] pensée saillante, maxime, sentence, trait brillant. - honestae voluntates, sententiae, actiones, Cic.: beaux sentiments, belles pensées, belles actions. - creber in reperiendis sententiis, Cic.: riche en grandes pensées. - testis mearum sententiarum, Hor.: témoin des vérités que j'exprime. - selectae Epicuri sententiae, Cic.: maximes choisies d'Epicure. - sensus argutā sententiā effulget, Tac.: l'idée est mise en relief par un trait ingénieux. [st1]7 [-] développement d'une pensée, amplification oratoire.* * *Sententia, sententiae. Opinion et advis. Ce que une personne sent en son coeur, Sa fantasie.\Haec mea sententia. Plaut. C'est mon advis.\Si honestatem tueri ac retinere sententia est. Cic. Si tu as proposé de, etc.\Quod ad rem mea sententia maxime pertinet. Cic. Selon ma fantasie et advis, A mon jugement.\Diuina futuri sententia. Horat. Qui devine les choses futures, et les predit.\Dubia est sententia nobis. Ouid. Je ne scay, Je suis en doubte.\Sancta sententia. Lucret. A laquelle il ne fault toucher pour la cuider invalider.\Nec mea iam mutata loco sententia cedit. Virgil. Ma fantasie et volunté ne change point, Je persiste en mon opinion.\Animo sententia constat. Virgil. Cela est deliberé et arresté en moymesme.\Decedere sententia. Tacit. Changer d'opinion.\Ex sententia alicuius dicere. Cic. Selon l'opinion d'aucun.\Pensata sententia. Sil. Pensee et examinee.\Ponere suam sententiam. Quintil. Mettre et coucher par escript son opinion.\Positus in multis sententiis. Plaut. Celuy de qui les uns parlent bien, les autres parlent mal.\Rogatus sententiam. Sallust. A qui on a demandé son opinion.\Scire sententiam alicuius. Terent. Son opinion et advis.\Sic stat sententia. Ouid. Je l'ay ainsi arresté et deliberé.\In ea sum sententia. Cic. Je suis de ceste opinion, Mon advis est tel.\Sic sententia est. Plautus. J'ay ainsi arresté en moymesme et deliberé.\Quae nunc animo sententia surgit? Virg. Quel advis te vient il en l'esprit?\Quae te sententia vertit? Virgil. Quelle chose t'a faict changer de propos et volunté?\- quianam sententia vobis Versa retro? Virg. Pourquoy avez vous changé d'advis et d'opinion?\Ex sententia nauigare. Cic. A son gré, souhait et vouloir.\Sententia. Quintil. La sentence du juge, Le jugé, Le dicton, L'arrest.\Candida sententia. Ouid. Sentence d'absolution.\Ferre sententiam de re aliqua. Quintil. Donner sa sentence.\Tristis sententia lata est. Ouid. Il a esté condamné par sentence.\Omnibus sententiis. Cic. Par l'opinion et deliberation de touts.\Verborum sententia. Lucret. Le sens et signification ou sentence des mots.\Sententia. Author ad Heren. Un dicton de bon enseignement, Mot doré, Une belle sentence.\Reficere sententia stomachum fatigatum. Quintil. Resjouir et resveiller de quelque belle sentence le juge qui desja est fasché de la longueur du plaidoyé. -
7 censeo
1.cēnseo (on the long e, v. Corss. Ausspr. 1, p. 257 sq.), ui, censum (late Lat. censitum, Cod. Just. 11, 47 tit.; 11, 49 tit.; 11, 47, 4 al.; but not in Monum. Ancyr.; cf. Neue, Formenl. 2, 557), 2, v. a. [etym. dub.; often referred to root cas-, whence carmen, camoenus; but prob. from centum, orig. centere, to hundred or number the people; cf. Fischer, Gram. 1, p. 373].I. A.In reference to the census (v. census).1.Of the censor (v. censor).(α).Rarely act. with acc. of the persons or objects assessed or rated; but usu. pass., with subj. -nom.:(β).censores populi aevitates, suboles, familias, pecuniasque censento,
Cic. Leg. 3, 3, 7:census quom sum, juratori recte rationem dedi,
Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 30:censor ad quojus censionem, id est arbitrium, populus censeretur,
Varr. L. L. 5, § 81 Mull.:census... indicat eum qui sit census se jam tum gessisse pro cive,
Cic. Arch. 5, 11: absentis censere jubere, P. Scipio ap. Gell. 5, 19, 16: ne absens censeare. Cic. Att. 1, 18, 8:sub lustrum censeri,
id. ib.:milia octoginta eo lustro civium censa dicuntur,
Liv. 1, 44, 2:censa civium capita centum septendecim milia trecenta undeviginti,
id. 3, 24, 10; id. Epit. lib. 11; 13; 14:censebantur ejus aetatis lustris ducena quinquagena milia capitum,
id. 9, 19, 2:cum capitum liberorum censa essent CLII. milia,
Plin. 33, 1, 5, § 16: quid se vivere, quid in parte civium censeri, si... id obtinere universi non possint? Liv 7, 18, 5.—With the amount at which the property was rated, in the acc.: or abl.:(γ).praesertim census equestrem Summam nummorum,
being assessed with the estate necessary to a Roman knight, Hor. A. P. 383:primae classis homines quicentum et viginti quinque milia aeris ampliusve censi erant... Ceterarumque omnium classium qui minore summa aeris censebantur,
Gell. 7 (6), 13, 1 sq.—Hence, capite censi, those who were assessed ac cording to their ability to labor: qui nullo [p. 312] aut perquam parvo aere censebantur capite censi vocabantur. Extremus autem census capite censorum aeris fuit trecentis septuaginta quinque, Jul. Paul. ap. Gell. 16, 10, 10; Sall. J. 86, 2; Gell. 16, 10, 11; 16, 10, 14; Val. Max. 2, 3, 1; 7, 6, 1;and in the finite verb: omnia illius (i. e. sapientis) esse dicimus, cum... capite censebitur,
Sen. Ben. 7, 8, 1. —Absol. in gerund.: censendi, censendo, ad censendum = census agendi, censui agendo, etc.: haec frequentia quae convenit ludorum censendique causa (i.e. census agendi causa, for the sake of the census), Cic. Verr. 1, 18, 54:(δ).mentio inlata apud senatum est, rem operosam... suo proprio magistratu egere... cui arbitrium formulae censendi subiceretur,
the scheme for taking the census, Liv. 4, 8, 4:quia is censendo finis factus est,
id. 1, 44, 2:civis Romanos ad censendum ex provinciis in Italiam revocarunt,
Vell. 2, 15:aetatem in censendo significare necesse est... aetas autem spectatur censendi tempore,
Dig. 50, 15, 3.—Censum censere = censum agere, only in the gerundial dat.:2.illud quaero, sintne illa praedia censui censendo, habeant jus civile,
are they subject to the census, Cic. Fl. 32, 80: censores... edixerunt, legem censui censendo dicturos esse ut, etc., that he would add a rule for the taking of the census, according to which, etc., Liv. 43, 14, 5: censui censendo agri proprie appellantur qui et emi et venire jure civili possunt, Paul. ex Fest. p. 58, 5 Mull.—Of the assessment of the provinces under provincial officers (censores, and, under the later emperors, censitores).(α).Pass., with the territory as subject-nom.: quinto quoque anno Sicilia tota censetur;(β).erat censa praetore Paeducaeo... quintus annus cum in te praetorem incidisset, censa denuo est,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 56, § 139:omne territorium censeatur quoties, etc.,
Cod. Just. 11, 58 (57), 4.—The persons assessed as subject:(γ).ubi (coloni) censiti atque educati natique sunt,
Cod. Just. 11, 48 (47), 6:quos in locis eisdem censitos esse constabit,
ib. 11, 48 (47), 4.—With part. as attribute:rusticos censitosque servos vendi,
Cod. Just. 11, 48 (47), 7.—To determine by the census:(δ).cum antea per singulos viros, per binas vero mulieres capitis norma sit censa,
Cod. Just. 11, 48 (47), 10:nisi forte privilegio aliquo materna origo censeatur,
Dig. 50, 1, 1, § 2.—Act. with acc.:3. (α).vos terras vestras levari censitione vultis, ego vero etiam aerem vestrum censere vellem,
Spart. Pescen. Nig. 7.—Act. with acc.:(β).in qua tribu ista praedia censuisti?
Cic. Fl. 32, 80.—Censeri, as dep. with acc.:4.census es praeterea numeratae pecuniae CXXX. Census es mancipia Amyntae... Cum te audisset servos suos esse censum, constabat inter omnes, si aliena censendo Decianus sua facere posset, etc.,
Cic. Fl. 32, 80; cf. Ov. P. 1, 2, 140; v. B. 2. c.—Hence, subst.: cēnsum, i, n.: quorum luxuries fortunata censa peperit, i.e. high estimates of property in the census, Cic. ap. Non. 202, 23 (Fragm. vol. xi. p. 134 B. and K.).B. 1.By a figure directly referring to the Roman census: aequo mendicus atque ille opulentissimus Censetur censu ad Acheruntem mortuus, will be rated by an equal census, i.e. in the same class, without considering their property, Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 93: vos qui potestis ope vostra censerier, referring to a part of the audience, you, who may be rated according to your intelligence, analog. to capite censi (v. I. A. 1. b), id. Capt. prol. 15:2.nam argumentum hoc hic censebitur,
will be rated, its census-class will be determined here, id. Poen. prol. 56: id in quoque optimum esse debet cui nascitur, quo censetur, according to which he is rated, i.e. his worth is determined, Sen. Ep. 76, 8.—And with two acc.: quintus Phosphorus, Junonia, immo Veneris stella censetur, is ranked as the fifth, App. de Mundo, p. 710.—With direct reference to the census.a. (α).With gen. of price:(β).dic ergo quanti censes?
Plaut. Rud. 4, 8, 8.—In the pass.: si censenda nobis atque aestimanda res sit, utrum tandem pluris aestimemus pecuniam Pyrrhi? etc., if we have to weigh and estimate a thing, etc., Cic. Par. 6, 2, 48:b.anule... In quo censendum nil nisi dantis amor,
Ov. Am. 2, 15, 2:interim autem facta sola censenda dicit atque in judicium vocanda,
Gell. 7 (6), 3, 47.—= honorari, celebrari, with de aliquo, = for the sake of somebody (in Ovid):c.pro quibus ut maneat, de quo censeris, amicus, Comprecor, etc.,
the friend for the sake of whom you are celebrated, who is the cause of your renown, Ov. P. 2, 5, 73:hoc domui debes de qua censeris,
id. ib. 3, 1, 75.—Censeri, dep., = to distinguish, with acc. only once or twice in Ovid (v. I. A. 3. b):d.hanc semper... Est inter comites Marcia censa suas,
has always distinguished her, Ov. P. 1, 2, 140.—Censeri aliqua re.(α).= to be appreciated, distinguished, celebrated for some quality, as if the quality were a standard determining the census, analog. to capite censeri (v. I. A. 1. b), very freq. in post-class. writings:(β).Democritus cum divitiis censeri posset,
when he might have been celebrated for his wealth, Val. Max. 8, 7, ext. 4:Aristides quo totius Graeciae justitia censetur (quo = cujus justitia),
id. 5, 3, ext. 3 med.: te custode matronalis stola censetur ( = tua, i.e. pudicitiae, custodia), the stola, etc., is appreciated for thy custody, id. 6, 1 prooem.:una adhuc victoria Carius Metius censebatur,
Tac. Agr. 45:ut ipsi quoque qui egerunt non aliis magis orationibus censeantur,
id. Dial. 39 fin.: non vitibus tantum censeri Chium, sed et operibus Anthermi filiorum, is celebrated not only for its grapes, but, etc., Plin. 36, 5, 2, § 12:et Galliae censentur hoc reditu,
id. 19, 1, 2, § 7:quisquis paulo vetustior miles, hic te commilitone censetur,
is distinguished for the fact that you were his fellow-soldier, Plin. Pan. 15 fin.:multiplici variaque doctrina censebatur,
Suet. Gram. 10:felix quae tali censetur munere tellus,
Mart. 9, 16, 5: censetur Apona Livio suo tellus, = for the fact that Livy was born there, id. 1, 61, 3:hi duo longaevo censentur Nestore fundi,
for the fact that Nestor used them, id. 8, 6, 9:nec laude virorum censeri contenta fuit (Iberia),
Claud. Laud. Seren. 67:libri mei non alia laude carius censentur, quam quod judicio vestro comprobantur,
App. Flor. 4, 18, 3.—Hence,= to be known by something (Appuleian):(γ).hoc nomine censebatur jam meus dominus,
App. M. 8, p. 171:nomen quo tu censeris aiebat,
id. ib. 5, p. 106: pro studio bibendi quo solo censetur, either known by, or distinguished for, id. Mag. p. 499:globorum caelestium supremum esse eum qui inerrabili meatu censetur,
which is known by its unerring course, id. Phil. Nat. 1, p. 582.— And,As gram. t. t., to be marked by some peculiarity, according to which a word is classified: neque de armis et moeniis infitias eo quin figura multitudinis perpetua censeantur, that they are marked by the form of constant plurality, i. e. that they are pluralia tantum, Gell. 19, 8, 5; 10, 20, 8; 19, 13, 3.II.Of transactions in and by the Senate, to judge (in the meanings II. and III. the passive voice is not in class. use, while in I. the passive voice is by far the most freq.).A.To be of opinion, to propose, to vote, to move, referring to the votes of the senators when asked for their opinions (sententiam dicere).1.With a (passive) inf.-clause, denoting what should be decreed by the Senate (esse usu. omitted): rex his ferme verbis patres consulebat... Dic, inquit ei, quid censes? tum ille Puro pioque duello quaerendas (res) censeo, I am of the opinion ( I move, propose) that satisfaction should be sought, etc., ancient formula ap. Liv. 1, 32, 11 sq.:2.primum igitur acta Caesaris servanda censeo,
Cic. Phil. 1, 7, 16:hoc autem tempore ita censeo decernendum,
id. ib. 5, 17, 45; 5, 6, 16; 5, 12, 31; 5, 12, 34; 5, 13, 36; 5, 14, 38; 5, 19, 53; 6, 1, 2; 9, 6, 14; 11, 15, 40; 12, 7, 17; 14, 1, 1; 14, 13, 35; cf.Regulus's advice in the Senate, being represented as a vote: captivos in senatu reddendos non censuit,
Cic. Off. 1, 13, 39; 3, 31, 111:quare ita ego censeo... de confessis more majorum supplicium sumendum,
Sall. C. 52, 36; 51, 8; 52, 14:Appius imperio consulari rem agendam censebat,
Liv. 2, 23, 15:ut multi (senatores) delendam urbem censerent,
id. 9, 26, 3; 2, 29, 7; 3, 40, 13; 10, 12, 1; 34, 4, 20; 38, 54, 6: cum ejus diei senatus consulta aureis litteris figenda in curia censuisset, Tac. A. 3, 57:ut nonnulli dedendum eum hostibus censuerint,
Suet. Caes. 24; so id. ib. 14; id. Aug. 100; id. Tib. 4; id. Calig. 60; id. Claud. 26; id. Ner. 2; id. Vesp. 2. Of the emperor's vote in the Senate:commutandam censuit vocem, et pro peregrina nostratem requirendam,
Suet. Tib. 71; so id. ib. 34; id. Aug. 55.—And with the copula expressed (very rare):qui censet eos... morte esse multandos,
Cic. Cat. 4, 4, 7.—Sometimes referring to sententia as subject:sententia quae censebat reddenda bona (inst. of eorum qui censebant),
Liv. 2, 4, 3.—Sometimes with oportere for the gerundial predic. inf.:quibusdam censentibus (eum) Romulum appellari oportere,
Suet. Aug. 7.—With pres. inf., inst. of a gerundial:hac corona civica L. Gellius in senatu Ciceronem consulem donari a re publica censuit,
Gell. 5, 6, 15 (cf. II. B. 1. b.).—If the opinion of the senator does not refer to the chief question, but to incidental points, the predic. inf. may have any form:eas leges quas M. Antonius tulisse dicitur omnes censeo per vim et contra auspicia latas, eisque legibus populum non teneri,
Cic. Phil. 5, 4, 10:cum magna pars senatus... cum tyrannis bellum gerendum fuisse censerent... et urbem recipi, non capi, etc.,
Liv. 26, 32, 2.—With ut, and negatively, ut ne or ne, generally when the clause has an active predicate, but also with passives instead of the gerundial inf.-clause:3.de ea re ita censeo uti consules designati dent operam uti senatus Kal. Jan. tuto haberi possit,
Cic. Phil. 3, 15, 37:censeo ut iis qui in exercitu Antonii sunt, ne sit ea res fraudi, si, etc.,
id. ib. 5, 12, 34:censebant omnes fere (senatores) ut in Italia supplementum meis et Bibuli legionibus scriberetur,
id. Fam. 3, 3, 1:Cn. Pompeius (in senatu) dixit, sese... censere ut ad senatus auctoritatem populi quoque Romani beneficium erga me adjungeretur,
id. Sest. 34, 74:quas ob res ita censeo: eorum qui cum M. Antonio sunt, etc.... iis fraudi ne sit quod cum M. Antonio fuerint,
id. Phil. 8, 11, 33:Calidius, qui censebat ut Pompeius in suas provincias proficisceretur,
Caes. B. C. 1, 2:censuerunt quidam (senatores) ut Pannonicus, alii ut Invictus cognominaretur,
Suet. Tib. 17:iterum censente ut Trebianis... concederetur (of the emperor's vote in the Senate),
id. ib. 31.—And an inf.-clause, with neu or ut:sed ita censeo: publicandas eorum pecunias, etc.: neu quis postea de his ad senatum referat, etc.,
Sall. C. 51, 43:qui partem bonorum publicandam, pars ut liberis relinqueretur, censuerat,
Tac. A. 4, 20.—With a subj.-clause, without ut (rare in this connection;4.v. III. C. 3.): K. Fabius censuit... occuparent patres ipsi suum munus facere, captivum agrum plebi quam maxime aequaliter darent,
Liv. 2, 48, 2.— And ironically with regard to incidental points: vereamini censeo ne... nimis aliquid severe statuisse videamini, I propose you should be afraid of having decreed too severe a punishment = of course, you will not be afraid, etc., Cic. Cat. 4, 6, 13: misereamini censeo—deliquere homines adulescentuli per ambitionem—atque etiam armatos dimittatis, I propose that you pity them, etc., or I advise you to be merciful, Sall. C. 52, 26.—Ellipt., with a gerundial clause understood:5. (α).dic quid censes (i. e. decernendum),
Liv. 1, 32, 11: quod ego mea sententia censebam (i.e. decernendum), Cato ap. Cic. Fam. 15, 5, 2:senati decretum fit, sicut ille censuerat,
Sall. C. 53, 1:quas ob res ita censeo... senatui placere, etc. ( = ita decernendum censeo, etc.),
Cic. Phil. 9, 7, 15, § 17 sq.; 10, 11, 25 sq.; 11, 12, 29 sq.; 14, 14, 36 sq.—Absol.: Priscus Helvidius.. contra studium ejus (sc. Vitellii) censuerat, had voted, or had expressed an opinion against his wishes, Tac. H. 2, 91:(β).cum parum sit, in senatu breviter censere, nisi, etc.,
id. Dial. 36 fin.:sententias... prout libuisset perrogabat... ac si censendum magis quam adsentiendum esset,
Suet. Aug. 35:igitur Cn. Piso, quo, inquit, loco censebis, Caesar? si primus, etc.,
Tac. A. 1, 74.—With adjectives in the neuter, substantively used: nec quoquam reperto (in senatu) qui... referre aut censere aliquid auderet, who dared to express an opinion on any [p. 313] thing, Suet. Caes. 20:(γ).per dissensionem diversa censentium,
of the senators who expressed different opinions, id. Claud. 10.—With interrog. or rel.-clause:B.deinde ageret senatorem et censeret quid corrigi aut mutari vellet,
Tac. A. 16, 28:cum censeat aliquis (in senatu) quod ex parte mihi placeat,
Sen. Ep. 21, 9.Of the decrees or resolutions of the Senate, = decernere, placere, to resolve, decree.1.With inf.-clause.a.With gerund, without copula (v. II. A. 1.):b.eum, cujus supplicio senatus sollennes religiones expiandas saepe censuit,
Cic. Mil. 27, 73:eos senatus non censuit redimendos,
id. Off. 3, 32, 114; so id. N. D. 2, 4, 10; id. Verr. 2, 3, 6, § 15:senatus Caelium ab republica removendum censuit,
Caes. B. C. 3, 21:senatus censuit frequens coloniam Labicos deducendam,
Liv. 4, 47, 6; 5, 24, 4:cum bello persequendos Tusculanos patres censuissent,
id. 6, 25, 5; 3, 42, 6; 3, 49, 8; 7, 19, 7 et saep.—With pres. inf. pass. or act., with the force of a gerundial:2.de bonis regiis quae reddi antea censuerant ( = reddenda),
Liv. 2, 5, 1:munera mitti legatis ex binis milibus aeris censuerunt (i.e. patres),
id. 43, 5, 8; so id. 45, 44, 15 (v. 2. b.):eundem jus dicere Romae... patres censuerant,
id. 45, 12, 13:cum senatus unum consulem, nominatimque Gnaeum Pompeium fieri censuisset,
Suet. Caes. 26.—With both act. and pass. inf.:censuere patres, duas provincias Hispaniam rursus fieri... et Macedoniam Illyricumque eosdem... obtinere,
Liv. 45, 16, 1.—With both pres. pass. and gerund. inff.:haec ita movere senatum, ut non expectanda comitia consuli censerent, sed dictatorem... dici,
Liv. 27, 5, 14.—And with velle: senatus verbis nuntient, velle et censere eos ab armis discedere, etc.,
Sall. J. 21, 4.—With ut or ne.a.In the words of the Senate, according to formula: quod L. Opimius verba fecit de re publica, de ea re ita censuerunt uti L. Opimius consul rem publicam defenderet, etc., ancient S. C. ap. Cic. Phil. 8, 4, 14: quod, etc., de ea re ita censuerunt ut M. Pomponius praetor animadverteret curaretque ut si, etc., S. C. ap. Suet. Rhet. 1; Gell. 15, 4, 1.—And with gerundial inf.-clause: quod C. Julius pontifex... de ea re ita censuerunt, uti M. Antonius consul hostiis majoribus... procuraret... Ibus uti procurasset satis habendum censuerunt, S. C. ap. Gell. 4, 6, 2.—b.As related by the historians, etc.:3.quoniam senatus censuisset, uti quicunque Galliam provinciam obtineret... Aeduos defenderet,
Caes. B. G. 1, 35:patres censuerunt uti consules provincias inter se compararent,
Liv. 30, 40, 12:senatus censuit ut domus ei... publica impensa restitueretur,
Suet. Claud. 6;so with reference to the civil law,
Dig. 49, 14, 15 quater. —With ne:senatum censuisse, ne quis illo anno genitus educaretur,
Suet. Aug. 94.—And with inf -clause:filio regis Nicomedi ex ea summa munera dari censuerunt, et ut victimae... praeberentur,
Liv. 45, 44, 15.—With a subj.-clause (very rare):4.senatus consulto quo censeretur, darent operam consules, etc.,
Aur. Vict. Vir. Ill. 73, 10.—With neutr. acc. pron. in place of a clause:5.cum vero id senatus frequens censuisset (sc. faciendum),
Cic. Pis. 8, 18:ite in suffragium, et quae patres censuerunt vos jubete,
Liv. 31, 7, 14:quodcunque vos censueritis,
id. 34, 7, 15:quodpatres censuissent,
id. 28, 45, 2.—With accusative of a noun, or a noun as passive subject, to decree or vote a thing (postclass.):6.nec tamen repertum nisi ut effigies principum, aras deum, templa et arcus aliaque solita... censuere,
Tac. A. 3, 57:aram Clementiae, aram Amicitiae, effigiesque... censuere,
id. ib. 4, 74: cum censeretur clipeus auro et magnitudine insignis inter auctores eloquentiae ( to be placed among, etc.), id. ib. 2, 83.—With both acc. and dat.(α).The dat. = against:(β).bellum Samnitibus et patres censuerunt et populus jussit,
Liv. 10, 12, 3.—The dat. = in behalf of:III.censentur Ostorio triumphi insignia,
Tac. A. 12, 38.—And with ut:sententiis eorum qui supplicationes et... vestem Principi triumphalem, utque ovans urbem iniret, effigiesque ejus... censuere,
id. ib. 13, 8.Transf.A.Of the opinions and resolutions of other deliberating bodies, or of their members, to resolve, or to be of opinion.1.With inf.-clause.a.Gerundial:b.erant qui censerent de tertia vigilia in castra Cornelia recedendum (council of war),
Caes. B. C. 2, 30:erant sententiae quae conandum omnibus modis castraque Vari oppugnanda censerent,
id. ib.; so id. ib. 2, 31; id. B. G. 2, 31 fin.; 7, 21; 7, 77:pontifices, consules, patres conscripti mihi... pecunia publica aedificandam domum censuerunt,
Cic. Pis. 22, 52: nunc surgendum censeo, I move we adjourn (in a literary meeting), id. de Or. 2, 90, 367:cum... pontifices solvendum religione populum censerent,
Liv. 5, 23, 9:nunc has ruinas relinquendas non censerem (in an assembly of the people),
id. 5, 53, 3:ego ita censeo, legatos extemplo Romam mittendos (in the Carthaginian Senate),
id. 21, 10, 13:ante omnia Philippum et Macedonas in societatem belli... censeo deducendos esse (Hannibal in a council of war),
id. 36, 7, 3; 5, 36, 8; Curt. 10, 6, 22; 10, 8, 12:cum septem judices cognovissent, duo censuerunt, reum exilio multandum, duo alii pecunia, tres reliqui capite puniendum,
Gell. 9, 15, 7.—And with oportere inst. of a gerundial clause (referring to duty):neque sine gravi causa eum locum quem ceperant, dimitti censuerant oportere,
Caes. B. C. 1, 44.—With opus esse ( = expediency):Parmenio furto, non proelio opus esse censebat,
Curt. 10, 8, 12.—With ordinary pres. inf.(α).In place of a gerundial:(β).Antenor censet belli praecidere = praecidendam causam (in a council of war),
Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 9.—Denoting opinion about an existing state:2.Hasdrubal ultimam Hispaniae oram... ignaram adhuc Romanorum esse, eoque Carthaginiensibus satis fidam censebat,
Liv. 27, 20, 6:Parmenio non alium locum proelio aptiorem esse censebat,
Curt. 3, 7, 8.—With ut or ne:3.censeo ut satis diu te putes requiesse et iter reliquum conficere pergas (in a literary meeting),
Cic. de Or. 2, 71, 290:plerique censebant ut noctu iter facerent (council of war),
Caes. B. C. 1, 67:et nunc magnopere censere, ut unam anum... triginta milibus talentum auri permutet (council of war),
Curt. 4, 11, 12:censeout D. Claudius ex hac die deus fiat (council of the gods),
Sen. Lud. Mort. Claud. 9, 5: antiquos audio censuisse, ne (praenomina) cui ejusdem gentis patricio inderentur, resolved (family council), Gell. 9, 2, 11 (cf. Liv. 6, 20, 14).—With subj.-clause:4.nunc quoque arcessas censeo omnes navalis terrestrisque copias (Hannibal in council of war),
Liv. 36, 7, 17: censeo relinquamus nebulonem hunc, eamus hinc protinus Jovi Optimo Maximo gratulatum (assembly of the people), Scipio Afric. ap. Gell. 4, 18, 3.—With acc. neutr. of a pron. or adj. substantively used:5.ego pro sententia mea hoc censeo: quandoquidem, etc.,
Sen. Lud. Mort. Claud. 11, 4:nec dubitavere quin vera censeret,
that his opinion was correct, Curt. 10, 6, 18.—Ellipt.:B.sententiis quarum pars deditionem, pars eruptionem censebat (i.e. faciendam),
Caes. B. G. 7, 77 init.:ita uti censuerant Italici deditionem facit,
Sall. J. 26, 2; so Caes. B. G. 7, 75.Of the orders of persons in authority (cf. II. B.).1.Of commanders, etc., by courtesy, inst. of velle, imperare, or a direct imperative sentence.(α).With gerundial inf. - clause: non tam imperavi quam censui sumptus legatis quam maxime ad legem Corneliam decernendos, I said, not strictly as an order, but as an opinion that, etc. (Cicero as proconsul), Cic. Fam. 3, 10, 6.—(β).With subj.-clause: arma quae ad me missuri eratis, iis censeo armetis milites quos vobiscum habetis, you had better, etc., Pomp. ap. Cic. Att. 8, 12, A, 4. —2.Of an order by the people (rare;3.gen. populus jubet): ita id (foedus) ratum fore si populus censuisset (i. e. confirmandum esse),
Liv. 21, 19, 3.—Of the later emperors, in their ordinances (censemus = placet nobis, sancimus, imperamus, from the custom of the earlier emperors, who conveyed their commands in the form of an opinion in the senate; v. II. A. 1.).—With inf.clause, ut, ne, and subj.-clause:C.sex mensium spatium censemus debere servari,
Cod. Just. 11, 48 (47), 7:censemus ut, etc.,
ib. 12, 37 (38), 13:censemus ne, etc.,
ib. 12, 44 (45), 1: censemus vindicet, remaneat, ib. 11, 48 (47), 23:in commune jubes si quid censesve tenendum, Primus jussa subi,
Claud. IV. Cons. Hon. 296.Of advice, given by one person to another (further development of III. A.).1.Ante-class. formula: faciundum censeo = I advise, with ut-clause, with quid, sic, etc.: censeo faciundum ut quadringentos aliquos milites ad verrucam illam ire jubeas, etc., I advise you to order, etc., Cato ap. Gell. 3, 7, 6:2.ego Tiresiam... consulam, Quid faciundum censeat,
consult Tiresias as to what he advises, for his advice, Plaut. Am. 5, 1, 80:consulam hanc rem amicos quid faciundum censeant,
id. Men. 4, 3, 26; id. Most. 3, 1, 23:sic faciundum censeo: Da isti cistellam, etc.,
id. Cist. 4, 2, 104:ego sic faciundum censeo: me honestiu'st Quam te, etc.,
id. As. 4, 2, 11; id. Ep. 2, 2, 91:sane faciundum censeo,
id. Stich. 4, 2, 38.—With ordinary gerundial inf.-clauses:3.narrandum ego istuc militi censebo,
I advise you to let the soldier know that, Plaut. Mil. 2, 4, 42:exorando sumendam operam censeo,
id. Stich. 1, 2, 22:quid nunc consili captandum censes?
id. As. 2, 2, 91; id. Mil. 5, 25; id. Most. 1, 3, 115:idem tibi censeo faciendum,
Cic. Off. 10, 1, 3:quos quidem tibi studiose et diligenter tractandos magno opere censeo,
id. Fin. 4, 28, 79; id. Fam. 12, 28, 2.—Sometimes by aequum censere with an inf.-clause (in the comic poets):amicos consulam quo me modo Suspendere aequom censeant potissumum,
Plaut. Poen. 3, 5, 50: qui homo cum animo... depugnat suo, Utrum ita se esse mavelit ut eum animus aequom censeat, An ita potius ut parentes... velint i. e. as his mind prompts him, id. Trin. 2, 2, 29; cf. E. 1. b. 8.—With a subj.clause (so esp. with censeo in 1 st pers.): censen' hominem interrogem? do you advise me to ask the man? etc., Plaut. Poen. 3, 4, 20:4.tu, si videbitur, ita censeo facias ut... supersedeas hoc labore itineris (cf.: faciundum censeo ut, 1. supra),
Cic. Fam. 4, 2, 4:immo plane, inquam, Brute, legas (Gracchum) censeo,
id. Brut. 33, 125:tu, si forte quid erit molestiae te ad Crassum et Calidium conferas censeo,
id. Q. Fr. 1, 3, 7:tu, censeo, tamen adhibeas Vettium,
id. Att. 2, 4, 7:quae disputari de amicitia possunt, ab iis censeo petatis qui ista profitentur,
id. Lael. 5, 17: tu, censeo, Luceriam venias: nusquam eris tutius, Pomp. ap. Cic. Att. 8, 1, 1; 8, 11, A:censeo Via Appia iter facias, et celeriter Brundusium venias,
id. ib. 8, 11, C: ad Caesarem mittas censeo, et ab eo hoc petas, Anton. ib. 10, 10, 2: sed hos tamen numeros censeo videas hodou parergon, Gell. 17, 20, 5:quam scit uterque, libens censebo exerceat artem,
Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 44 (cf. Liv. 36, 7, 17, and Gell. 4, 18, 3, quoted III. A. 3.).—Of an advice given to an adversary, with irony:cetera si qua putes te occultius facere posse... magnopere censeo desistas,
I strongly advise you to give up that idea, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 68, § 174:sed tu, Acci, consideres censeo diligenter, utrum censorum judicium grave esse velis an Egnatii,
id. Clu. 48, 135:postulant ut excipiantur haec inexplicabilia. Tribunum censeant: aliquem adeant: a me... numquam impetrabunt,
id. Ac. 2, 30, 97:ibi quaeratis socios censeo, ubi Saguntina clades ignota est,
Liv. 21, 19, 10:solvas censeo, Sexte, creditori,
Mart. 2, 13, 2.—And in jest:Treviros vites censeo, audio capitalis esse,
Cic. Fam. 7, 13, 2:hi Plebei fuerunt, quos contemnas censeo... qua re ad patres censeo revertare,
id. ib. 9, 21, 3:vites censeo porticum Philippi: si te viderit Hercules, peristi,
Mart. 5, 49, 13; so id. ib. 11, 99, 8; 12, 61, 7.—For ironical senatorial advice, by which the contrary is meant, v. Cic. Cat. 4, 6, 13; Sall. C. 52, 26, quoted II. A. 3.—With an ut-clause (with monere;5.very rare): illud tamen vel tu me monuisse vel censuisse puta... ut tu quoque animum inducas, etc.,
Cic. Fam. 4, 8, 2.—With a clause understood: quo me vortam nescio: Pa. Si deos salutas, dextrovorsum censeo (i.e. id facias or faciundum censeo), Plaut. Curc. 1, 1, 70: quo redeam? Pe. Equidem ad phrygionem censeo (i. e. redeas), id. Men. 4, 2, 53:D.quid nunc censes, Chrysale? (i. e. faciundum),
id. Bacch. 4, 8, 112:ita faciam ut frater censuit,
Ter. Phorm. 5, 2, 11:tibi igitur hoc censeo (i. e. faciendum): latendum tantisper ibidem, etc.,
Cic. Fam. 9, 2, 4: tu [p. 314] potes Kalendis spectare gladiatores, et ita censeo, id. ib. 16, 20:quid censes igitur? Ecquidnam est tui consilii ad? etc.,
id. Att. 9, 12, 4: quid igitur censet (sapientia)? What is wisdom ' s advice? id. Phil. 13, 3, 6:scribi quid placeat, quid censeas,
id. Att. 9, 19,4:ibitur igitur, et ita quidem ut censes,
id. ib. 10, 15, 3:disce, docendus adhuc, quae censet amiculus,
Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 3.Of opinions and views on general questions, to be of opinion, think, believe, hold (cf.: statuo, existimo, puto, aio, dico; freq. in class. prose; very rare in post-class. writers except Gellius; never with ut, ne, or subj.-clause).1.With inf.-clause:2.Plato mundum esse factum censet a deo sempiternum,
Cic. Ac. 2, 37, 118:Cyrenaici non omni malo aegritudinem effici censent, sed insperato,
id. Tusc. 3, 13, 28:(Hieronymus) censet summum bonum esse sine ulla molestia vivere,
id. Fin. 2, 5, 16:Aristoteles eos qui valetudinis causa furerent, censebat habere aliquid in animis praesagiens,
id. Div. 1, 38, 81:Pythagoras censuit animum esse per naturam rerum omnem intentum et commeantem,
id. ib. 1, 11, 27; so id. Ac. 1, 11, 40; 2, 42, 131; id. Fin. 1, 6, 20; 3, 15, 49; 3, 19, 64; 3, 21, 70; 4, 7, 17; 5, 7, 17; id. N. D. 1, 2, 3; 1, 2, 4; 1, 12, 29; 1, 13, 35 and 37; 1, 43, 120; 1, 44, 121; 2, 22, 57; 2, 16, 44; id. Sen. 12, 41; id. Leg. 1, 13, 36; id. Tusc. 1, 9, 18; 1, 10, 22; 1, 30, 72; 1, 45, 108; 3, 5, 11; 3, 22, 52; 4, 7, 14; id. Off. 1, 25, 88:Plato in civitate communis esse mulieres censuit,
Gell. 18, 2, 8; 14, 5, 2; 18, 1, 4; 19, 12, 6.—If the opinion refers to what should be observed, oportere or debere is used, or a gerundial predicate with esse (so in Cic., but in Gell. 7, 15, 3, without esse):oportere delubra esse in urbibus censeo,
Cic. Leg. 2, 10, 26:M. Varro aeditumum dici oportere censet,
Gell. 12, 10, 4; 14, 5, 2;so with debere,
id. 17, 5, 5; 13, 8, 4:Cyrenaici... virtutem censuerunt ob eam rem esse laudandam,
Cic. Off. 3, 33, 116:(Ennius) non censet lugendam esse mortem quam immortalitas consequatur,
id. Sen. 20, 73.—An inf.-clause understood:3.(dissensio est), a quibus temporibus scribendi capiatur initium. Ego enim ab ultimis censeo (i. e. exordiendum esse),
Cic. Leg. 1, 3, 8:si, Mimnermus uti censet, sine amore jocisque Nil est jucundum,
Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 65:sic enim censuit,
Cic. Off. 3, 33, 117.—With neutr. acc. of a pron.: hoc amplius censeo, in addition to the opinions mentioned I hold, etc., Sen. Vit. Beat. 3, 2:4.nullo (medico) idem censente,
Plin. 29, 1, 5, § 11.—With a rel.-clause:5.Aesopus quae utilia... erant, non severe neque imperiose praecepit et censuit,
he imparted his teachings and views, Gell. 2, 29, 1.—Absol.:E.non adligo me ad unum aliquem ex Stoicis proceribus. Est et mihi censendi jus,
the right to impart my opinions, Sen. Vit. Beat. 3, 2.In gen., = arbitror, puto, existimo, judico (cf.: idem enim valet censere et arbitrari, Varr. ap. Non. p. 519, 29: censere nunc significat putare, nunc suadere, nunc decernere, Paul. ex Fest. p. 54, 11 Mull.).1.To judge, think, believe, suppose (freq. in ante-class. writings; very rare in Cic. except in the particular meanings, a.—ironically—and d.; always with inf.-clause expressed or understood).a.In gen.:b.atque ego censui abs te posse hoc me impetrare,
Plaut. Cas. 2, 6, 12 sq.:satis jam delusam censeo: rem, ut est, nunc eloquamur,
id. As. 3, 3, 141:nam si honeste censeam te facere posse, suadeam,
id. Mil. 4, 8, 60:neque ego hac noctem longiorem me vidisse censeo,
id. Am. 1, 1, 126:saluti quod tibi esse censeo,
id. Merc. 1, 35; so id. Am. 4, 3, 2; id. Most. 1, 3, 127; id. Pers. 1, 1, 9; 2, 2, 8; 2, 3, 75 sq.; id. Truc. 2, 2, 60; id. As. 2, 2, 33; id. Aul. 2, 4, 30; 2, 4, 36; id. Cas. 2, 8, 38; Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 53; id. Phorm. 2, 2, 13: aut domino, cujum id censebis esse, reddes, Cincius, Re Mil. l. iii., de ap. Gell. 16, 4, 2:eo namque omnem belli molem inclinaturam censebant (consules),
Liv. 7, 32, 3:nec facturum aequa Samnitium populum censebant, si... oppugnarent,
id. 7, 31, 7:quaeso ut ea quae dicam non a militibus imperatori dicta censeas,
id. 7, 13, 8:at illa purgare se, quod quae utilia esse censebat... suasisset,
Curt. 8, 3, 7: Alexander, tam memorabili victoria laetus, qua sibi Orientis fines apertos esse censebat, id. 9, 1, 1; so id. 10, 8, 22.—With reference to an erroneous opinion, to imagine, suppose, falsely believe:c.censebam me effugisse a vita marituma Ne navigarem, etc.,
Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 108:omnes eum (sc. Jovem) esse (Amphitruonem) censent servi,
id. Am. prol. 122, 134:jam hic ero, quom illic censebis esse me,
id. ib. 3, 3, 14:ardere censui aedes,
id. ib. 5, 1, 15:ego hunc censebam esse te,
id. Men. 5, 9, 13; so id. As. 5, 2, 20; id. Aul. 3, 5, 55; id. Bacch. 1, 2, 14; id. Men. 3, 3, 32; 5, 9, 76; id. Merc. 1, 2, 87; id. Poen. 1, 1, 54; 3, 1, 60; 3, 4, 25; id. Rud. 2, 4, 31; 4, 7, 35; id. Stich. 4, 2, 24; id. Truc. 1, 1, 72 et saep.: censuit se regem Porsenam occidere, Cass. Hem. ap. Non. p. 4, 88:non ipsa saxa magis sensu omni vacabant quam ille... cui se hic cruciatum censet optare,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 44, 107.—And ironically:nisi forte Diagoram aut Theodorum... censes superstitiosos fuisse,
Cic. N. D. 1, 42, 117:nisi forte etiam illi Semproniano senatus consulto me censes adfuisse, qui ne Romae quidem fui,
id. Fam. 12, 29, 2:neminem me fortiorem esse censebam,
Curt. 8, 14, 42.—Referring to what should take place.(α).With gerundial inf.-clause:(β).navis praedatoria, Abs qua cavendum nobis sane censeo,
Plaut. Men. 2, 2, 70:soli gerundum censeo morem,
id. Most. 1, 3, 69:neque vendundam censeo Quae libera est,
Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 39; so id. Eun. 4, 4, 53; 5, 8, 42; id. Hec. 4, 4, 94; id. Phorm. 2, 4, 17:ceterum ei qui consilium adferret opem quoque in eam rem adferendam censebant esse,
Liv. 25, 11, 14.—With oportere, debere, or an ordinary inf.-clause:(γ).solam illi me soli censeo esse oportere obedientem,
Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 47:quibus declaraveram, quo te animo censerem esse oportere, et quid tibi faciendum arbitrarer,
Cic. Fam. 4, 9, 1:rursus interrogatus quid ipse victorem statuere debere censeret,
Curt. 8, 14, 43: impudens postulatio visa est, censere... ipsos id (bellum) advertere in se, agrosque suos pro alienis populandos obicere, to entertain the idea that they should direct that war against themselves and their own lands, etc., Liv. 21, 20, 4:munere eum fungi prioris censet amici = eum fungi oportere,
Hor. Ep. 1, 9, 5:quae nos quoque sustinere censebat,
App. M. 11, p. 253.—By aequum censere with ordinary inf.clause, expressed or understood, either = it is fair ( right) to do something, or something ought or should be done (so very freq. in the comic poets and Livy; rare in other writers): non ego istunc me potius quam te metuere aequom censeo, I do not think it right to fear him, etc., Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 51: quid me aequom censes pro illa tibi dare? What do you think I should give as a fair price? etc., id. As. 1, 3, 76: meum animum tibi servitutem servire aequom censui, I thought it my duty that my mind should, etc., id. Trin. 2, 2, 27: ecquis est tandem qui vestrorum... aequom censeat poenas dare ob eam rem quod arguatur male facere voluisse? Cato ap. Gell. 6 (7), 3, 36:d.quis aequum censeret... receptos in fidem non defendi?
Liv. 21, 19, 5; so id. 24, 37, 7; 5, 3, 8; 22, 32, 6.—And without emphasis upon the idea of fairness or right:si sunt ita ut ego aequom censeo,
as I think they ought to be, Plaut. Stich. 1, 2, 55; so id. Trin. 3, 2, 87; 2, 3, 1; id. Merc. 3, 3, 8; id. Aul. 4, 1, 11; id. Ep. 4, 1, 29; id. Stich. 2, 2, 20; 4, 1, 42:qui aequom esse censeant, nos jam a pueris ilico nasci senes,
who believe that we should be born as old men right from childhood, Ter. Heaut. 2, 1, 2; so id. ib. 5, 5, 11; id. Ad. 4, 3, 10:qui aequom censeant rem perniciosam utili praeponi,
Auct. Her. 2, 14, 22: (tribuni) intercedebant;senatum quaerere de pecunia non relata in publicum... aequum censebant,
Liv. 38, 54, 5:cives civibus parcere aequum censebat,
Nep. Thras. 2, 6.—Very freq., esp. in Cic., when a question, rhetorical or real, is addressed to a second person, often referring to erroneous opinions:e.an fores censebas nobis publicitus praeberier?
Plaut. Am. 4, 2, 7:clanculum istaec te flagitia facere censebas potesse?
id. Men. 4, 2, 47:hicine nos habitare censes?
id. Trin. 4, 3, 72:omnes cinaedos esse censes, tu quia es?
id. Men. 3, 2, 48; so id. As. 2, 4, 78; 5, 2, 37; id. Bacch. 4, 6, 41; 5, 2. 82; id. Capt. 4, 2, 66; 4, 2, 74; 5, 2, 16; id. Cas. 2, 6, 29; id. Men. 5, 5, 25: continuo dari Tibi verba censes? Ter. And. 3, 2, 25; so id. ib. 3, 3, 13; 4, 4, 55; id. Heaut. 4, 3, 38; id. Hec. 4, 1, 32; 4, 4, 53; id. Phorm. 5, 6, 35:adeone me delirare censes ut ista esse credam?
Cic. Tusc. 1, 6, 10:nam cum in Graeco sermone haec... non videbantur, quid censes in Latino fore?
id. Fin. 3, 4, 15:quid igitur censes? Apim illum nonne deum videri Aegyptiis?
id. N. D. 1, 29, 82:quis haec neget esse utilia? quem censes?
id. Off. 3, 26, 99:an censes me tantos labores... suscepturum fuisse, si, etc.,
id. Sen. 23, 82:an vos Hirtium pacem velle censetis?
id. Phil. 12, 4, 9; so id. Brut. 50, 186; 85, 294; id. Tusc. 1, 5, 10 fin.; 2, 4, 11; 3, 13, 27; id. Fin. 1, 10, 34; id. N. D. 1, 8, 20; 1, 28, 78; 1, 44, 122; id. Leg. 2, 10, 23; id. Div. in Caecil. 16, 54; id. Phil. 1, 6, 13; 4, 3, 7; 7, 4, 14; 11, 1, 3; 11, 5, 10; 12, 3, 7; 12, 6, 13; 12, 8, 21; 12, 9, 22; 13, 2, 4; 14, 4, 10; id. Att. 10, 11, 4:quid censes munera terrae?... quo spectanda modo, quo sensu credis et ore?
Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 5 sqq.; so id. ib. 2, 2, 65; Lucr. 1, 973 (with obj.inf.).—With conditional period inst. of an inf.-clause:num censes faceret, filium nisi sciret eadem haec velle,
Ter. And. 3, 3, 46.—Sometimes censemus? is used in the same way as censes?
Cic. Tusc. 1, 2, 4; id. Off. 2, 7, 25; id. Fam. 4, 9, 2.—With an inf.clause understood: itane tu censes? Pa. Quid ego ni ita censeam? Plaut. Mil. 4, 3, 27: quid ergo censes? Tr. Quod rogas, Censeo, id. Rud. 4, 8, 7 sq.: quid illum censes? (i. e. eo loco facere?) Ter. And. 5, 2, 12:2.quid illas censes? (i. e. posse dicere),
id. Ad. 4, 5, 22; so Plaut. Curc. 1, 1, 59; Ter. Heaut. 3, 3, 9; 5, 3, 21.—So, very freq. in the comic poets, censeo, absol., as an approving answer; also sic censeo, istuc censeo, ita censeo (Cic.) to be variously rendered: ego divinam rem intus faciam... So. Censeo, that will be right! Plaut. Am. 3, 3, 11: auscultemus quid agat: Ph. Sane censeo, so we will, indeed, id. Curc. 2, 2, 29: quid si recenti re aedis pultem? Ad. Censeo, do so! id. Poen. 3, 4, 18: quin eloquamur? Ag. Censeo, hercle, patrue, id. ib. 5, 4, 93: patri etiam gratulabor? Tr. Censeo, I think so (and after answering several questions with censeo): etiamne complectar ejus patrem? Tr. Non censeo. Pl. Nunc non censet quom volo, id. Rud. 4, 8, 6 sqq.; id. Ps. 2, 2, 69; id. Stich. 5, 4, 53; id. Truc. 2, 4, 73; id. Cas. 4, 3, 14; Ter. Eun. 2, 1, 11; id. Heaut. 3, 3, 27: male habeas! Mu. Sic censeo, Plaut. Men. 4, 1, 11: aliquem arripiamus, etc.: Ly. Hem, istuc censeo, id. Merc. 3, 3, 19 (cf.:prorsus ita censeo, referring to general questions, as in D.,
Cic. Leg. 2, 10, 23);once similarly censeas: Quid gravare? censeas!
Say yes, Plaut. Stich. 3, 2, 22.—To resolve, as a merely mental act, with gerundial inf.-clause (rare; cf. II. B.): quibus rebus cognitis, Caesar maturandum sibi censuit, resolved to hasten, lit., thought he must hasten ( = statuit, existimavit), Caes. B. G. 7, 56 init.:3.censuimus igitur amplius quaerendum,
Gell. 12, 14, 7.—To consider, i. e. after carefully weighing the circumstances, with inf.-clause (rare):4. a.sed cum censerem... me et periculum vitare posse, et temperatius dicere... ea causa mihi in Asiam proficiscendi fuit,
Cic. Brut. 91, 314.—With double acc.:b.quom dispicias tristem, frugi censeas (i.e. eum),
you would consider him thrifty, Plaut. Cas. 3, 2. 32:auxilio vos dignos censet senatus,
considers you worthy of help, Liv. 7, 31, 2:has... indagines cuppediarum majore detestatione dignas censebimus si, etc.,
Gell. 7 (6), 16, 6: cum Priscum nobilitas hostem patriae censuisset, judged, declared him the enemy, etc., Aur. Vict. Caes. 29, 4.—In the pass. with nom. and inf., = haberi (in Manil. and Gell.):5.praeter illas unam et viginti (comoedias) quae consensu omnium Plauti esse censebantur,
Gell. 3, 3, 3:quae terrena censentur sidera sorte (i. e. esse),
are considered as being of the terrestrial kind, Manil. 2, 226; so id. 2, 293; 2, 653; 2, 667; 3, 96; so, sub aliquo censeri, to be considered as being under one ' s influence, id. 4, 246; 4, 705; cf. id. 3, 598 (with per).—To wish, with subj.-clause or ne (in App.):2.de coma pretiosi velleris floccum mihi confestim adferas censeo,
App. M. 6. [p. 315] p. 117:censeo ne ulla cura os percolat,
id. Mag. p. 411.censeo, ēre, = succenseo, to be angry: ne vobis censeam, si, etc., Varr. ap. Non. p. 267, 24. -
8 sentio
sentĭo, īre, sensi, sensum - tr. - - parf. sync. sensti, Ter. And. 882. [st1]1 [-] sentir physiquement, recevoir une impression par le moyen des sens, percevoir, être affecté. - ea quae sentire videmus, Lucr.: les êtres que nous voyons doués de sensibilité. - si caput hoc sentit, Plaut.: si cette tête n'a pas perdu le sentiment. - varios odores sentire, Lucr. 1, 298: distinguer les odeurs. - suavitatem cibi sentire, Cic. Phil. 2.45.115: savourer la délicatesse d'un mets. - sentire varios colores, Lucr. 4, 492: distinguer les couleurs. - sentire sonitum, Plaut. Curc. 1.2.69: entendre un bruit, percevoir un son. - sentire sonare, Lucr.: entendre un bruit, percevoir un son. - sentire famem, Liv. 25, 13: éprouver la faim, souffrir de la faim. - cinis pinguior sentitur, Plin.: la cendre est plus grasse au toucher. - morbum sentire, Plin.: être sujet à une maladie. - posse prius ad angustias veniri, quam sentirentur, Caes. BC. 1, 67:... qu'ils pourraient arriver avant d'être vus. - ea radix sentit cariem, Plin.: cette racine se moisit. - Africum sentit vitis, Hor. C. 3.23.5: la vigne se ressent de l'influence de l'Africus. - vastationem ora senserat, Liv.: la plage avait été dévastée. - candidum colorem sentiens viola, Plin.: violet tirant sur le blanc. [st1]2 [-] sentir moralement, ressentir (une jouissance ou une peine), éprouver (une passion, un sentiment). - sentire gaudium, Plin.: éprouver de la joie. - segnius bona quam mala sentire, Liv. 30, 21, 6: ressentir les biens moins vivement que les maux. - sentire vindicem deum, Hor.: éprouver le courroux d'un dieu vengeur. - Philippos et fugam sensi, Hor. C. 2, 7: j'ai subi le désastre de Philippes et la honte de la déroute. - sentire humilia, Sen.: avoir des sentiments bas. - sentire demisse, Cic.: avoir des sentiments bas. - sentire egregia omnia de patriâ, Cic.: être animé d'un noble patriotisme. [st1]3 [-] sentir intellectuellement, connaître instinctivement, s'apercevoir par la réflexion, reconnaître par expérience, comprendre, savoir. - sentit animus se moveri, Cic.: l'âme a le sentiment de son activité. - sentire gloriam, Plin.: être sensible à la gloire. - sentire se miserum, Ter.: se sentir malheureux. - sensit miles conficta, Tac.: le soldat s'aperçut de la feinte. - aliquid penitus sentire, Tac.: être profondément pénétré d'une chose, y croire sincèrement. - sentire majus lucrum, Plin.: trouver plus de profit. - de profectione eorum senserunt, Caes. BG. 5: ils se doutèrent de leur départ. - sensit nuptias apparari, Ter.: il a eu le pressentiment qu'on préparait un mariage. - sensit medios delapsus in hostis, Virg. En. 2: il comprit qu'il était tombé au milieu d'ennemis. - plus sentire de victoria, Caes.: s'entendre mieux sur les moyens de vaincre. - numquam... quod quidem senserim, Cic. Lael. 27, 103: jamais, du moins que je sache. - non sentientibus nobis, Quint.: à notre insu. [st1]4 [-] avoir un sentiment, avoir une opinion, juger, penser. - sentire + prop. inf.: être d'avis que, penser que. - dicam quod sentio, Cic.: je dirai ce que je pense. - quae quisque bello sensisset, Liv. (sub. inter.): quels avaient été les sentiments de chacun pendant la guerre. - quantum ego sentio, Cic.: à mon avis. - non ut dictum est, sed ut sensum est, Cic. de Or. 3, 42, 168: non d'après les mots, mais d'après l'idée. - jocansne an ita sentiens, Cic. Ac. 2, 19, 63: si c'est en plaisantant ou tout de bon. - nihil sentio nisi de sententiâ tuâ, Cic.: je ne pense que d'après toi. - male sentire de...: avoir une mauvaise opinion de. - sentire cum aliquo (ab aliquo): être du même avis que qqn, être pour qqn. - sentire seorsum ab aliquo, Plaut.: penser autrement que qqn. - sentire plus quam imperator: prétendre en savoir plus long que son chef. - non jam aliter sentire quin + subj.: ne plus douter que. - senserit si me quaeritare, Ter.: s'il va douter que je le cherche. [st1]5 [-] émettre son opinion, exprimer un avis, voter. - quum ego sensissem oportere... Cic.: quand j'eus émis l'avis qu'il fallait... - assensi, qui mihi lenissime sentire visi sunt, Cic. Fam. 5, 2, 9: je me suis joint à ceux dont le vote me paraissait le plus indulgent. - si judices pro causa mea senserint, Gell. 5, 10, 14: si les juges décident en ma faveur.* * *sentĭo, īre, sensi, sensum - tr. - - parf. sync. sensti, Ter. And. 882. [st1]1 [-] sentir physiquement, recevoir une impression par le moyen des sens, percevoir, être affecté. - ea quae sentire videmus, Lucr.: les êtres que nous voyons doués de sensibilité. - si caput hoc sentit, Plaut.: si cette tête n'a pas perdu le sentiment. - varios odores sentire, Lucr. 1, 298: distinguer les odeurs. - suavitatem cibi sentire, Cic. Phil. 2.45.115: savourer la délicatesse d'un mets. - sentire varios colores, Lucr. 4, 492: distinguer les couleurs. - sentire sonitum, Plaut. Curc. 1.2.69: entendre un bruit, percevoir un son. - sentire sonare, Lucr.: entendre un bruit, percevoir un son. - sentire famem, Liv. 25, 13: éprouver la faim, souffrir de la faim. - cinis pinguior sentitur, Plin.: la cendre est plus grasse au toucher. - morbum sentire, Plin.: être sujet à une maladie. - posse prius ad angustias veniri, quam sentirentur, Caes. BC. 1, 67:... qu'ils pourraient arriver avant d'être vus. - ea radix sentit cariem, Plin.: cette racine se moisit. - Africum sentit vitis, Hor. C. 3.23.5: la vigne se ressent de l'influence de l'Africus. - vastationem ora senserat, Liv.: la plage avait été dévastée. - candidum colorem sentiens viola, Plin.: violet tirant sur le blanc. [st1]2 [-] sentir moralement, ressentir (une jouissance ou une peine), éprouver (une passion, un sentiment). - sentire gaudium, Plin.: éprouver de la joie. - segnius bona quam mala sentire, Liv. 30, 21, 6: ressentir les biens moins vivement que les maux. - sentire vindicem deum, Hor.: éprouver le courroux d'un dieu vengeur. - Philippos et fugam sensi, Hor. C. 2, 7: j'ai subi le désastre de Philippes et la honte de la déroute. - sentire humilia, Sen.: avoir des sentiments bas. - sentire demisse, Cic.: avoir des sentiments bas. - sentire egregia omnia de patriâ, Cic.: être animé d'un noble patriotisme. [st1]3 [-] sentir intellectuellement, connaître instinctivement, s'apercevoir par la réflexion, reconnaître par expérience, comprendre, savoir. - sentit animus se moveri, Cic.: l'âme a le sentiment de son activité. - sentire gloriam, Plin.: être sensible à la gloire. - sentire se miserum, Ter.: se sentir malheureux. - sensit miles conficta, Tac.: le soldat s'aperçut de la feinte. - aliquid penitus sentire, Tac.: être profondément pénétré d'une chose, y croire sincèrement. - sentire majus lucrum, Plin.: trouver plus de profit. - de profectione eorum senserunt, Caes. BG. 5: ils se doutèrent de leur départ. - sensit nuptias apparari, Ter.: il a eu le pressentiment qu'on préparait un mariage. - sensit medios delapsus in hostis, Virg. En. 2: il comprit qu'il était tombé au milieu d'ennemis. - plus sentire de victoria, Caes.: s'entendre mieux sur les moyens de vaincre. - numquam... quod quidem senserim, Cic. Lael. 27, 103: jamais, du moins que je sache. - non sentientibus nobis, Quint.: à notre insu. [st1]4 [-] avoir un sentiment, avoir une opinion, juger, penser. - sentire + prop. inf.: être d'avis que, penser que. - dicam quod sentio, Cic.: je dirai ce que je pense. - quae quisque bello sensisset, Liv. (sub. inter.): quels avaient été les sentiments de chacun pendant la guerre. - quantum ego sentio, Cic.: à mon avis. - non ut dictum est, sed ut sensum est, Cic. de Or. 3, 42, 168: non d'après les mots, mais d'après l'idée. - jocansne an ita sentiens, Cic. Ac. 2, 19, 63: si c'est en plaisantant ou tout de bon. - nihil sentio nisi de sententiâ tuâ, Cic.: je ne pense que d'après toi. - male sentire de...: avoir une mauvaise opinion de. - sentire cum aliquo (ab aliquo): être du même avis que qqn, être pour qqn. - sentire seorsum ab aliquo, Plaut.: penser autrement que qqn. - sentire plus quam imperator: prétendre en savoir plus long que son chef. - non jam aliter sentire quin + subj.: ne plus douter que. - senserit si me quaeritare, Ter.: s'il va douter que je le cherche. [st1]5 [-] émettre son opinion, exprimer un avis, voter. - quum ego sensissem oportere... Cic.: quand j'eus émis l'avis qu'il fallait... - assensi, qui mihi lenissime sentire visi sunt, Cic. Fam. 5, 2, 9: je me suis joint à ceux dont le vote me paraissait le plus indulgent. - si judices pro causa mea senserint, Gell. 5, 10, 14: si les juges décident en ma faveur.* * *Sentio, sentis, sensi, sensum, sentire. Plaut. Sentir.\Famem sentire. Liu. Avoir faim, Sentir la faim.\Labor non sentitur sedulitate. Ouid. Le grand soing et affection ou entente qu'on met à faire quelque chose, fait qu'on ne sent point la peine et le travail qu'on prend.\Medicinam sentire. Cels. Se trouver ou porter bien de la medecine qu'on a prinse.\Nec rabidi fiunt, nec fastidium sentiunt. Plin. Ne sont point desgoustez.\Cibum non sentiunt. Plinius. Ils ne se congnoissent point de ce qu'ils mangent, Ce qu'ils mangent ne leur prouffite point.\Fluuii sensere alnos cauatas. Virgil. Les petits bateaux.\Laetitiam toto pectore sentire. Ouid. Sentir une grande joye.\Sentit cariem. Plin. Se pourrit, Devient pourri.\Vetustatem non sentire. Plin. Ne vieillir point.\Sentire. Plaut. Se doubter et appercevoir de quelque chose.\Sentire. Cic. Avoir opinion de quelque chose, Estre d'opinion.\De diis immortalibus vera sentit. Cic. Il sent bien et ha bonne opinion des dieux.\De amicitia omnes ad vnum idem sentiunt. Cicero. Sont touts d'une opinion.\A me sentiat. Plaut. Qu'il face pour moy.\Si iudices pro causa mea senserint. Gel. S'ils jugent pour moy.\Iste haud mecum sentit. Terent. Il n'est point de ma fantasie et opinion.\Sentire grauiter de aliquo. Caes. Luy souhaiter mal.\Male sentire de aliquo. Quintil. Mal estimer de luy, En avoir mauvaise opinion.\Sentiet qui vir siem. Terentius. Elle sentira, Elle scaura, Elle congnoistra. -
9 volo
1.vŏlo (2 d pers. sing. vis, orig. veis, Prisc. 9, 1, 6, p. 847 P.; 1 st pers. plur. volumus, but volimus, Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 89 Speng.; 3 d pers. sing. volt, and 2 d pers. plur. voltis always in ante-class. writers;I.also volt,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 17, § 42; 2, 5, 49, § 128; id. Sest. 42, 90; id. Phil. 8, 9, 26; id. Par. 5, 1, 34; id. Rep. 3, 33, 45:voltis,
id. Verr. 2, 3, 53, § 122; 2, 3, 94, § 219; 2, 5, 5, § 11; 2, 3, 89, § 208; id. Clu. 30, 83; id. Rab. Perd. 12, 33; id. Sest. 30, 64; id. Par. 1, 2, 11 et saep. — Pres. subj. velim, but sometimes volim, Plaut. Merc. 1, 2, 44 Ritschl; cf. Prisc. 9, 1, 8, p. 848 P.;so volint,
Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 65 Ritschl), velle, volui ( part. fut. voliturus, Serv. ad Verg. A. 5, 712; contr. forms, vin for visne, freq. in Plaut. and Ter., also Hor. S. 1, 9, 69; Pers. 6, 63:sis for si vis,
Plaut. Capt. 1, 2, 70; id. Merc. 4, 4, 37; id. Pers. 3, 3, 8; Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 20; id. Heaut. 1, 2, 38; Cic. Tusc. 2, 18, 42; id. Rosc. Am. 16, 48; id. Mil. 22, 60; Liv. 34, 32, 20:sultis for si voltis, only ante-class.,
Plaut. Stich. 1, 2, 8; id. As. prol. 1; id. Capt. 2, 3, 96; 3, 5, 9; 4, 4, 11), v. irreg. a. [Sanscr. var-; Gr. bol-, boulomai; cf. the strengthened root Wel- in eeldomai, elpomai; Germ. wollen; Engl. will], expressing any exercise of volition, and corresponding, in most cases, to the Germ. wollen; in Engl. mostly rendered, to wish, want, intend, purpose, propose, be willing, consent, mean, will, and, impersonally, it is my will, purpose, intention, plan, policy (syn.: cupio, opto; but volo properly implies a purpose).In gen.A.With object-infinitive.1.With pres. inf.a.To wish.(α).Exire ex urbe priusquam luciscat volo, Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 35:(β).potare ego hodie tecum volo,
id. Aul. 3, 6, 33:ego quoque volo esse liber: nequiquam volo,
id. Trin. 2, 4, 39; so id. ib. 2, 4, 164:ait rem seriam agere velle mecum,
Ter. Eun. 3, 3, 8:natus enim debet quicunque est velle manere In vita,
Lucr. 5, 177:video te alte spectare et velle in caelum migrare,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 34, 82:quid poetae? Nonne post mortem nobilitari volunt?
id. ib. 1, 15, 34:si innocentes existimari volumus,
id. Verr. 2, 2, 10, § 28:quoniam opinionis meae voluistis esse participes,
id. de Or. 1, 37, 172:quod eas quoque nationes adire et regiones cognoscere volebat,
Caes. B. G. 3, 7:si velit suos recipere, obsides sibi remittat,
id. ib. 3, 8 fin.:dominari illi volunt, vos liberi esse,
Sall. J. 31, 23:si haec relinquere voltis,
id. C. 58, 15:priusquam liberi estis, dominari jam in adversarios vultis,
Liv. 3, 53, 7:si quis vestrum suos invisere volt, commeatum do,
id. 21, 21, 5:non enim vincere tantum noluit, sed vinci voluit,
id. 2, 59, 2:suspitionem Caesar quibusdam reliquit, neque voluisse se diutius vivere, neque curasse,
Suet. Caes. 85:Eutrapelus cuicunque nocere volebat, Vestimenta dabat pretiosa,
Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 31.—Idiomatically: quid arbitramini Rheginos merere velle ut ab iis marmorea illa Venus auferatur? what do you think the Rhegini would take for, etc., Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 60, § 135.—(γ).Transf., of things: fabula quae posci vult et spectata reponi, a comedy which wishes (i. e. is meant) to be in demand, etc., Hor. A. P. 190:b.neque enim aut hiare semper vocalibus aut destitui temporibus volunt sermo atque epistula,
Quint. 9, 4, 20; cf. id. 8, prooem. 23.—Of the wishes of those that have a right to command, the gods, masters, parents, commanders, etc., I want, wish, will, am resolved, it is my will:c.in acdibus quid tibi meis erat negoti...? Volo scire,
Plaut. Aul. 3, 2, 14; 3, 2, 17; 3, 2, 18; 3, 6, 27; id. Curc. 4, 3, 11; id. Ep. 3, 4, 74; id. Mil. 2, 3, 74; 3, 1, 17; id. Stich. 1, 2, 56; Ter. And. 1, 2, 9; 4, 2, 17:maxima voce clamat populus, neque se uni, nec paucis velle parere,
Cic. Rep. 1, 35, 55:consuesse deos immortalis, quos pro scelere eorum ulcisci velint, etc.,
Caes. B. G. 1, 13:hic experiri vim virtutemque volo,
Liv. 23, 45, 9.—= in animo habere, to intend, purpose, mean, design:d.ac volui inicere tragulam in nostrum senem,
Plaut. Ps. 1, 4, 14:eadem quae illis voluisti facere tu, faciunt tibi,
id. Mil. 3, 1, 11; so id. Most. 2, 2, 5:puerumque clam voluit exstinguere,
Ter. Hec. 5, 1, 23:necare candem voluit,
Cic. Cael. 13, 31: quid enim ad illum qui te captare vult, utrum [p. 2005] tacentem te irretiat an loquentem? id. Ac. 2, 29, 94:hostis hostem occidere volui,
Liv. 2, 12, 9; 7, 34, 11: volui interdiu eum... occidere; volui, cum ad cenam invitavi, veneno scilicet tollere;volui... ferro interficere (ironically),
id. 40, 13, 2:tuum crimen erit, hospitem occidere voluisse,
the intention to kill your guest-friend, Val. Max. 5, 1, 3 fin.; 6, 1, 8:non enim vult mori, sed invidiam filio facere,
Quint. 9, 2, 85.—Pregn., opp. optare: non vult mori qui optat,
Sen. Ep. 117, 24:sed eo die is, cui dare volueram (epistulam), non est profectus,
Cic. Att. 9, 7, 1:cum de senectute vellem aliquid scribere,
id. Sen. 1, 2:ego te volui castigare, tu mihi accussatrix ades,
Plaut. As. 3, 1, 10:bonus volo jam ex hoc die esse,
id. Pers. 4, 3, 10:ego jam a principio amici filiam, Ita ut aequom fuerat, volui uxorem ducere,
Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 46:at etiam eo negotio M. Catonis splendorem maculare voluerunt,
it was their purpose, Cic. Sest. 28, 60:eum (tumulum) non tam capere sine certamine volebat, quam causam certaminis cum Minucio contrahere,
his plan was, Liv. 22, 28, 4.—Of things:cum lex venditionibus occurrere voluit,
when it was the purpose of the law, Dig. 46, 1, 46: sed quid ea drachuma facere vis? Ca. Restim volo Mihi emere... qui me faciam pensilem, Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 87: Ch. Revorsionem ad terram faciunt vesperi. Ni. Aurum hercle auferre voluere, id. Bacch. 2, 3, 63:si iis qui haec omnia flamma ac ferro delere voluerunt... bellum indixi, etc.,
Cic. Prov. Cons. 10, 24:(plebem) per caedem senatus vacuam rem publicam tradere Hannibali velle,
Liv. 23, 2, 7:rem Nolanam in jus dicionemque dare voluerat Poeno,
id. 23, 15, 9: qui (majores nostri) tanta cura Siculos tueri ac retinere voluerunt ut, etc., whose policy it was to protect, etc., Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 6, § 14:ut qui a principio mitis omnibus Italicis praeter Romanos videri vellet, etc.,
Liv. 23, 15, 4: idem istuc, si in vilitate largiri voluisses, derisum tuum beneficium esset, if you had offered to grant the same thing during low prices, etc., Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 92, § 215.—= studere, conari, to try, endeavor, attempt:e.quas (i. e. magnas res) qui impedire vult, is et infirmus est mobilisque natura, et, etc.,
Cic. Lael. 20, 75:nam si quando id (exordium) primum invenire volui, nullum mihi occurrit, nisi aut exile, aut, etc.,
id. Or. 2, 77, 315:de Antonio dico, numquam illum... nonnullorum de ipso suspitionem infitiando tollere voluisse,
that he never attempted to remove, id. Sest. 3, 8; id. Div. 1, 18, 35:audes Fatidicum fallere velle deum?
do you dare attempt? Ov. F. 2, 262.—To mean, of actions and expressions:f.hic respondere voluit, non lacessere,
the latter meant to answer, not to provoke, Ter. Phorm. prol. 19:non te judices urbi sed carceri reservarunt, neque to retinere in civitate, sed exilio privare voluerunt,
Cic. Att. 1, 16, 9.—So, volo dicere, I mean (lit. I intend to say):quid aliud volui dicere?
Ter. Eun. 3, 2, 51:volo autem dicere, illud homini longe optimum esse quod ipsum sit optandum per se,
Cic. Tusc. 2, 20, 46.—Often with the acc. illud or id, as a correction: Tr. Specta quam arcte dormiunt. Th. Dormiunt? Tr. Illut quidem ut conivent volui dicere, I mean how they nod, Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 145: Py. Quid? bracchium? Ar. Illud dicere volui femur, id. Mil. 1, 1, 27:adduxi volui dicere,
id. Ps. 2, 4, 21; id. Am. 1, 1, 233; 1, 1, 235; id. Cas. 2, 6, 14; id. Mil. 3, 2, 7; id. Ps. 3, 2, 54; id. Rud. 2, 4, 9.—To be going to: haec argumenta ego aedificiis dixi; nunc etiam volo docere ut homines aedium esse similes arbitremini, now I am going to show how, etc., Plaut. Most. 1, 2, 37: quando bene gessi rem, volo hic in fano supplicare, I am going to worship here, etc., id. Curc. 4, 2, 41:g.nunc quod relicuom restat volo persolvere,
id. Cist. 1, 3, 40:sustine hoc, Penicule, exuvias facere quas vovi volo,
id. Men. 1, 3, 13:sinite me prospectare ne uspiam insidiae sint, consilium quod habere volumus,
id. Mil. 3, 1, 3; id. As. 2, 2, 113; id. Cas. 4, 2, 3; id. Bacch. 1, 1, 61:si Prometheus, cum mortalibus ignem dividere vellet, ipse a vicinis carbunculos conrogaret, ridiculus videretur,
Auct. Her. 4, 6, 9:ait se velle de illis HS. LXXX. cognoscere,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 23, § 56:hinc se recipere cum vellent, rursus illi ex loco superiore nostros premebant,
Caes. B. C. 1, 45. —To be about to, on the point of: quom mittere signum Volt, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 48, 107 (Ann. v. 88 Vahl.):h.quotiens ire volo foras, retines me, rogitas quo ego eam,
Plaut. Men. 1, 2, 5:quae sese in ignem inicere voluit, prohibui,
Ter. And. 1, 1, 113:si scires aspidem latere uspiam, et velle aliquem imprudentem super eam adsidere,
Cic. Fin. 2, 18, 59; id. Div. 1, 52, 118:quod cum facere vellent, intervenit M. Manilius,
id. Rep. 1, 12, 18:qui cum opem ferre vellet, nuntiatum sibi esse aliam classem ad Aegates insulas stare,
Liv. 22, 56, 7:at Libys obstantes dum vult obvertere remos, In spatium resilire manus breve vidit,
Ov. M. 3, 676; 1, 635:P. Claudius cum proelium navale committere vellet,
Val. Max. 1, 4, 3.—Will, and in oblique discourse and questions would, the auxiliaries of the future and potential: animum advortite: Comediai nomen dari vobis volo, I will give you, etc., Plaut. Cas. prol. 30:k.sed, nisi molestum est, nomen dare vobis volo comediai,
id. Poen. prol. 50:vos ite intro. Interea ego ex hac statua verberea volo erogitare... quid sit factum,
id. Capt. 5, 1, 30:i tu atque arcessi illam: ego intus quod facto est opus volo adcurare,
id. Cas. 3, 3, 35; id. Cist. 1, 1, 113; id. Most. 1, 1, 63; id. Poen. 2, 44; id. Pers. 1, 3, 85; id. Rud. 1, 2, 33: cum vero (gemitus) nihil imminuat doloris, cur frustra turpes esse volumus? why will ( would) we be disgraceful to no purpose? Cic. Tusc. 2, 24, 57:illa enim (ars) te, verum si loqui volumus, ornaverat,
id. ib. 1, 47, 112:ergo, si vere aestimare volumus, etc.,
Val. Max. 7, 5, 6:si vere aestimare Macedonas, qui tunc erant, volumus,
Curt. 4, 16, 33:ejus me compotem facere potestis, si meminisse vultis, etc.,
Liv. 7, 40, 5:visne igitur, dum dies ista venit... interea tu ipse congredi mecum ut, etc....?
id. 8, 7, 7:volo tibi Chrysippi quoque distinctionem indicare,
Sen. Ep. 9, 14: vis tu homines urbemque feris praeponere silvis? will you prefer, etc., Hor. S. 2, 6, 92; cf. velim and vellem, would, II. A. 2.—Sometimes volui = mihi placuit, I resolved, concluded (generally, in this meaning, followed by an infinitive clause, v. I. B. 4.):1.uti tamen tuo consilio volui,
still I concluded to follow your advice, Cic. Att. 8, 3, 1.—To be willing, ready, to consent, like to do something: si sine bello velint rapta... tradere... se exercitum domum reducturum, if they were willing, would consent to, would deliver, etc., Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 52:m.is dare volt, is se aliquid posci,
likes to give, id. As. 1, 3, 29:hoc dixit, si hoc de cella concederetur, velle Siculos senatui polliceri frumentum in cellam gratis,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 87, § 200:ei laxiorem daturos, si venire ad causam dicendam vellet,
Liv. 39, 17, 2; 5, 36, 4: nemo invenitur qui pecuniam suam dividere velit. Sen. Brev. Vit. 3, 1:plerique concessam sibi sub condicione vitam si militare adversus eum vellent, recusarunt,
Suet. Caes. 68:dedere etiam se volebant, si toleranda viris imperarentur,
Flor. 1, 33 (2, 18), 12.—So with negatives, to be not willing, not to suffer, not to like, not to allow, refuse:heri nemo voluit Sostratam intro admittere,
Ter. Hec. 3, 1, 49:cum alter verum audire non vult,
Cic. Lael. 26, 98: a proximis quisque minime anteiri vult, likes least to be surpassed, etc., Liv. 6, 34, 7:nihil ex his praeter... accipere voluit,
refused to accept, Val. Max. 4, 3, 4.—To do something voluntarily or intentionally: volo facere = mea voluntate or sponte facio: si voluit accusare, pietati tribuo;n.si jussus est, necessitati,
if he accused of his own free will, I ascribe it to his filial love, Cic. Cael. 1, 2:utrum statuas voluerint tibi statuere, an coacti sint,
id. Verr. 2, 2, 65, § 157:de risu quinque sunt quae quaerantur... sitne oratoris risum velle permovere,
on purpose, id. Or. 2, 58, 235:laedere numquam velimus,
Quint. 6, 3, 28.—So, non velle with inf., to do something unwillingly, with reluctance:vivere noluit qui mori non vult,
who dies with reluctance, Sen. Ep. 30, 10.—To be of opinion, think, mean, pretend (rare with inf.; usu. with acc. and inf.; v. B. 8.):o.haec tibi scripsi ut isto ipso in genere in quo aliquid posse vis, te nihil esse cognosceres,
in which you imagine you have some influence, Cic. Fam. 7, 27, 2:in hoc homo luteus etiam callidus ac veterator esse vult, quod ita scribit, etc.,
pretends, means to be, id. Verr. 2, 3, 14, § 35: sed idem Aelius Stoicus esse voluit, orator autem nec studuit um quam, nec fuit, id. Brut. 56, 206:Pythago. ras, qui etiam ipse augur esse vellet,
id. Div. 1, 3, 5.—To like, have no objection to, approve of (cf. E. 1. sq.):2.magis eum delectat qui se ait philosophari velle sed paucis: nam omnino haud placere,
that he liked, had no objection to philosophizing, Cic. Rep. 1, 18, 30; v. also II. A.—With pres. inf. understood.a.Supplied from a preceding or subsequent clause.(α).To wish, it is his will, etc. (cf. 1. a. and b. supra):(β).nunc bene vivo et fortunate atque ut volo, i. e. vivere,
as I wish, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 111: quod diu vivendo multa quae non volt (i. e. videre) videt, Caecil. ap. Cic. Sen. 8, 25:proinde licet quotvis vivendo condere saecla,
Lucr. 3, 1090:nec tantum proficiebam quantum volebam,
Cic. Att. 1, 17, 1:tot autem rationes attulit, ut velle (i. e. persuadere) ceteris, sibi certe persuasisse videatur,
id. Tusc. 1, 21, 49:sed liceret, si velint, in Ubiorum finibus considere,
Caes. B. G. 4, 81:quo praesidio senatus libere quae vellet decernere auderet,
id. B. C. 1, 2.—Of things:neque chorda sonum reddit quem vult manus et mens,
Hor. A. P. 348.—To choose, be pleased (freq.):(γ).tum mihi faciat quod volt magnus Juppiter,
Plaut. Aul. 4, 10, 50:id repetundi copia est, quando velis,
id. Trin. 5, 2, 7:habuit aurum quamdiu voluit,
Cic. Cael. 13, 31:rapiebat et asportabat quantum a quoque volebat Apronius,
id. Verr. 2, 3, 12, § 29:provincias quas vellet, quibus vellet, venderet?
id. Sest. 39, 84:quotiens ille tibi potestatem facturus sit ut eligas utrum velis,
id. Div. in Caecil. 14, 45:daret utrum vellet subclamatum est,
Liv. 21, 18, 14:senatus consultum factum est ut plebes praeficeret quaestioni quem vellet,
id. 4, 51, 2:saxi materiaeque caedendae unde quisque vellet jus factum,
id. 5, 55, 3; cf. id. 2, 13, 9; 5, 46, 10; 6, 25, 5; 22, 10, 23; 23, 6, 2; 23, 15, 15; 23, 45, 10; 23, 47, 2;26, 21, 11: vicem suam conquestus, quod sibi soli non liceret amicis, quatenus vellet, irasci,
Suet. Aug. 66:at tu quantum vis tolle,
Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 16.—To intend, it is my purpose, etc. (v. 1. c. supra):(δ).sine me pervenire quo volo,
let me come to my point, Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 44:scripsi igitur Aristotelio more, quemadmodum quidem volui, tres libros... de Oratore,
as I intended, Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 23:ut meliore condicione quam qua ipse vult imitetur homines eos qui, etc.,
id. Div. in Caecil. 8, 25:ego istos posse vincere scio, velle ne scirem ipsi fecerunt,
Liv. 2, 45, 12. —To be willing, to consent, I will (v. 1. h. and l. supra): tu eum orato... St. Sane volo, yes, I will, Plaut. Cas. 2, 3, 57:(ε).jube me vinciri. Volo, dum istic itidem vinciatur,
id. Capt. 3, 4, 75:patri dic velle (i. e. uxorem ducere),
that you consent, are willing, Ter. And. 2, 3, 20 (cf.: si vis, II. A. 2, and sis, supra init.).—To do something voluntarily (v. 1. m. supra):b.tu selige tantum, Me quoque velle velis, anne coactus amem,
Ov. Am. 3, 11, 50.—With ellipsis of inf.(α).Volo, with a designation of place, = ire volo:(β).nos in Formiano morabamur, quo citius audiremus: deinde Arpinum volebamus,
I intended to go to Arpinum, Cic. Att. 9, 1, 3:volo mensi Quinctili in Graeciam,
id. ib. 14, 7, 2:hactenus Vitellius voluerat (i. e. procedere),
Tac. A. 12, 42 fin. —With other omissions, supplied from context: volo Dolabellae valde desideranti, non reperio quid (i. e. to dedicate some writing to him), Cic. Att. 13, 13, 2.—(γ).In mal. part., Plaut. Aul. 2, 4, 7; Ov. Am. 2, 4, 16; 2. 19, 2; Prop. 1, 13, 36.—3.With perfect infinitive active (rare).a.In negative imperative sentences dependent on ne velis, ne velit (in oblique discourse also ne vellet), where ne velis has the force of noli. The perfect infinitive emphatically represents the action as completed (ante-class. and poet.).(α).In ancient ordinances of the Senate and of the higher officers (not in laws proper): NEIQVIS EORVM BACANAL HABVISE VELET... BACAS VIR NEQVIS ADIESE VELET CEIVIS ROMANVS... NEVE PECVNIAM QVISQVAM EORVM COMOINEM HABVISE VELET... NEVE... QVIQVAM FECISE VELET. NEVE INTER SED CONIOVRASE, NEVE COMVOVISE NEVE CONSPONDISE, etc., S. C. de Bacch. 4-13 ap. Wordsworth, Fragm. and Spec. p. 172.—So, in quoting such ordinances: per totam Italiam edicta mitti ne quis qui Bacchis initiatus esset, coisse aut convenisse causa sacrorum velit. [p. 2006] neu quid talis rei divinae fecisse, Liv. 39, 14, 8:(β).edixerunt ne quis quid fugae causa vendidisse neve emisse vellet,
id. 39, 17, 3. —In imitation of official edicts: (vilicus) ne quid emisse velit insciente domino, neu quid domino celasse velit, the overseer must not buy any thing, etc., Cato, R. R. 5, 4:b.interdico, ne extulisse extra aedis puerum usquam velis,
Ter. Hec. 4, 1, 48:oscula praecipue nulla dedisse velis (= noli dare),
Ov. Am. 1, 4, 38:ne quis humasse velit Ajacem, Atride, vetas? Cur?
Hor. S. 2, 3, 187.—In affirmative sentences, implying command (in any mood or tense; mostly poet.): neminem nota strenui aut ignavi militis notasse volui, I have decided to mark no one, etc., Liv. 24, 16, 11: quia pepercisse vobis volunt, committere vos cur pereatis non patiuntur, because they have decided to spare you, etc., id. 32, 21, 33:c.sunt delicta tamen quibus ignovisse velimus (= volumus),
which should be pardoned, Hor. A. P. 347.—To represent the will as referring to a completed action.(α).In optative sentences with vellem or velim, v. II. B. 5. b. a, and II. C. 1. b.—(β).In other sentences ( poet. and post-class.): ex omnibus praediis ex quibus non hac mente recedimus ut omisisse possessionem velimus, with the will to abandon (omittere would denote the purpose to give up at some future time), Dig. 43, 16, 1, § 25; so,B.an erit qui velle recuset Os populi meruisse?
Pers. 1, 41:qui me volet incurvasse querela,
id. 1, 91.With acc. and inf.1.To wish (v. A. 1. a.).a.With a different subject: hoc volo scire te: Perditus sum miser, I wish you to know, etc., Plaut. Curc. 1, 2, 46:b.deos volo consilia vostra vobis recte vortere,
id. Trin. 5, 2, 31:emere oportet quem tibi oboedire velis,
id. Pers. 2, 4, 2:scin' quid nunc te facere volo?
Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 85:si perpetuam vis esse adfinitatem hanc,
id. Hec. 2, 2, 10:consul ille egit eas res quarum me participem esse voluit,
Cic. Prov. Cons. 17, 41:vim volumus exstingui: jus valeat necesse est,
id. Sest. 42, 92:nec mihi hunc errorem extorqueri volo,
id. Sen. 23, 85:hoc te scire volui,
id. Att. 7, 18, 4:harum causarum fuit justissima quod Germanos suis quoque rebus timere voluit,
Caes. B. G. 4, 16:ut equites qui salvam esse rempublicam vellent ex equis desilirent,
Liv. 4, 38, 2:si me vivere vis recteque videre valentem,
Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 3:si vis me flere, dolendum est Primum ipsi tibi,
id. A. P. 102.—With pass. inf. impers.:regnari tamen omnes volebant,
that there should be a king, Liv. 1, 17, 3:mihi volo ignosci,
I wish to be pardoned, Cic. Or. 1, 28, 130:volt sibi quisque credi,
Liv. 22, 22, 14. —With the same subject.(α).With inf. act.:(β).quae mihi est spes qua me vivere velim,
what hope have I, that I should wish to live? Plaut. Rud. 1, 3, 33:volo me placere Philolachi,
id. Most. 1, 3, 11; cf. id. Trin. 2, 2, 47; id. Rud. 2, 6, 1:judicem esse me, non doctorem volo,
Cic. Or. 33, 117:vult, credo, se esse carum suis,
id. Sen. 20, 73; so id. Off. 1, 31, 113; id. de Or. 1, 24, 112; 2, 23, 95. —With inf. pass.:2.quod certiorem te vis fieri quo quisque in me animo sit,
Cic. Att. 11, 13, 1; cf. id. Fam. 1, 9, 18:qui se ex his minus timidos existimari volebant,
Caes. B. G. 1, 39; cf. id. B. C. 2, 29:religionis se causa... Bacchis initiari velle,
Liv. 39, 10, 2:Agrippae se nepotem neque credi neque dici volebat,
Suet. Calig. 22 fin. —Of the will of superiors, gods, etc. (cf. A. 1. b. supra), I want, it is my will:3.me absente neminem volo intromitti,
Plaut. Aul. 1, 3, 21:viros nostros quibus tu voluisti esse nos matres familias,
id. Stich. 1, 2, 41; id. Most. 1, 4, 2; id. Rud. 4, 5, 9; id. Trin. 1, 2, 1:pater illum alterum (filium) secum omni tempore volebat esse,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 15, 42:(deus) quinque reliquis motibus orbem esse voluit expertem,
id. Univ. 10; cf. id. Sest. 69, 147; id. Verr. 2, 4, 25, § 57; 1, 5, 14:causa mittendi fuit quod iter per Alpes... patefieri volebat,
Caes. B. G. 3, 1; cf. id. ib. 5, 9; id. B. C. 1, 4:quippe (senatus) foedum hominem a republica procul esse volebat,
Sall. C. 19, 2:nec (di) patefieri (crimina) ut impunita essent, sed ut vindicarentur voluerunt,
Liv. 39, 16, 11; cf. id. 1, 56, 3; 2, 28, 5; 25, 32, 6:senatus... Romano sanguini pudicitiam tutam esse voluit,
Val. Max. 6, 1, 9; cf. id. 6, 9, 2.—So in the historians: quid fieri vellet (velit), after a verbum imperandi or declarandi, he gave his orders, explained his will:quid fieri velit praecipit,
Caes. B. G. 5, 56:ibi quid fieri vellet imperabat,
id. ib. 7, 16:quid fieri vellet ostendit,
id. ib. 7, 27:quae fieri vellet edocuit,
id. B. C. 3, 108; cf. id. B. G. 7, 45; id. B. C. 3, 78; 3, 89:quid fieri vellet edixit,
Curt. 8, 10, 30; 4, 13, 24; Val. Max. 7, 4, 2.— Frequently majores voluerunt, it was the will of our ancestors, referring to ancient customs and institutions:sacra Cereris summa majores nostri religione confici caerimoniaque voluerunt,
Cic. Balb. 24, 55: majores vestri ne vos quidem temere coire voluerunt, cf. id. ib. 17, 39; 23, 54; id. Agr. 2, 11, 26; id. Fl. 7, 15; id. Imp. Pomp. 13, 39; id. Div. 1, 45, 103; id. Font. 24, 30 (10, 20); id. Rosc. Am. 25, 70.—Of testamentary dispositions: cum Titius, heres meus, mortuus erit, volo hereditatem meam ad P. Mevium pertinere, Gai Inst. 2, 277. Except in the institution of the first heir: at illa (institutio) non est comprobata: Titum heredem esse volo, Gai Inst. 2, 117. —Of the intention of a writer, etc., to want, to mean, intend:4.Asinariam volt esse (nomen fabulae) si per vos licet,
Plaut. As. prol. 12:Plautus hanc mihi gnatam esse voluit Inopiam,
has wanted Poverty to be my daughter, made her my daughter, id. Trin. prol. 9:primumdum huic esse nomen Diphilus Cyrenas voluit,
id. Rud. prol. 33:quae ipsi qui scripserunt voluerunt vulgo intellegi,
meant to be understood by all, Cic. Or. 2, 14, 60:si non hoc intellegi volumus,
id. Fat. 18, 41:quale intellegi vult Cicero cum dicit orationem suam coepisse canescere,
Quint. 11, 1, 31; so id. 9, 4, 82; 9, 3, 9:quamquam illi (Prometheo) quoque ferreum anulum dedit antiquitas vinculumque id, non gestamen, intellegi voluit,
Plin. 33, 1, 4, § 8.—To resolve:5.Siculi... me defensorem calamitatum suarum... esse voluerunt,
Cic. Div. in Caecil. 4, 11:si a me causam hanc vos (judices) agi volueritis,
if you resolve, id. ib. 8, 25:senatus te voluit mihi nummos, me tibi frumentum dare,
id. Verr. 2, 3, 85, § 196:qua (statua) abjecta, basim tamen in foro manere voluerunt,
id. ib. 2, 2, 66, §160: liberam debere esse Galliam quam (senatus) suis legibus uti voluisset,
Caes. B. G. 1, 45:tu Macedonas tibi voluisti genua ponere, venerarique te ut deum,
Curt. 8 (7), 13.— Hence,To order, command: erus meus tibi me salutem multam voluit dicere, has ordered me, etc., Plaut. Ps. 4, 2, 25:6.montem quem a Labieno occupari voluerit,
which he had ordered to be occupied, Caes. B. G. 1, 22:ibi futuros esse Helvetios ubi eos Caesar... esse voluisset,
id. ib. 1, 13 (for velitis jubeatis with inf.-clause, v. II. B. 5. d.).—To consent, allow (cf. A. 1. I.):7.obtinuere ut (tribuni) tribuniciae potestatis vires salubres vellent reipublicae esse,
they prevailed upon them to permit the tribunitian power to be wholesome to the republic, Liv. 2, 44, 5:Hiero tutores... puero reliquit quos precatus est moriens ut juvenum suis potissimum vestigiis insistere vellent,
id. 24, 4, 5:petere ut eum... publicae etiam curae ac velut tutelae vellent esse (i. e. senatus),
id. 42, 19, 5:orare tribunos ut uno animo cum consulibus bellum ab urbe ac moenibus propulsari vellent,
id. 3, 69, 5:quam superesse causam Romanis cur non... incolumis Syracusas esse velint?
id. 25, 28, 8:si alter ex heredibus voluerit rem a legatario possideri, alter non, ei qui noluit interdictum competet,
Dig. 43, 3, 1, § 15.—So negatively = not to let, not to suffer:cum P. Attio agebant ne sua pertinacia omnium fortunas perturbari vellet,
Caes. B. C. 2, 36.—To be of opinion that something should be, to require, demand:8.voluisti enim in suo genere unumquemque... esse Roscium,
Cic. Or. 1, 61, 258: eos exercitus quos contra se multos jam annos aluerint velle dimitti, he demanded the disbanding of, etc., Caes. B. C. 1, 85:(Cicero) vult esse auctoritatem in verbis,
Quint. 8, 3, 43:vult esse Celsus aliquam et superiorem compositionem,
id. 9, 4, 137:si tantum irasci vis sapientem quantum scelerum indignitas exigit,
Sen. Ira, 2, 9, 4. —To be of opinion that something is or was, = censere, dicere, but implying that the opinion is erroneous or doubtful, usu. in the third pers., sometimes in the second.(α).To imagine, consider:(β).est genus hominum qui esse se primos omnium rerum volunt, Nec sunt,
Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 17:semper auget adsentator id quod is cujus ad voluntatem dicitur vult esse magnum,
Cic. Lael. 26, 98:si quis patricius, si quis—quod illi volunt invidiosius esse—Claudius diceret,
Liv. 6, 40, 13.—To be of opinion, to hold:(γ).vultis, opinor, nihil esse... in natura praeter ignem,
Cic. N. D. 3, 14, 36:volunt illi omnes... eadem condicione nasci,
id. Div. 2, 44, 93:vultis evenire omnia fato,
id. ib. 2, 9, 24:alteri censent, etc., alteri volunt a rebus fatum omne relegari,
id. Fat. 19, 45:vultis a dis immortalibus hominibus dispertiri somnia,
id. N. D. 3, 39, 93; id. Tusc. 1, 10, 20; id. Fin. 3, 11, 36; id. Rep. 2, 26, 48:volunt quidam... iram in pectore moveri effervescente circa cor sanguine,
Sen. Ira, 2, 19, 3.—To say, assert:(δ).si tam familiaris erat Clodiae quam tu esse vis,
as you say he is, Cic. Cael. 21, 53:sit sane tanta quanta tu illam esse vis,
id. Or. 1, 55, 23:ad pastum et ad procreandi voluptatem hoc divinum animal procreatum esse voluerunt: quo nihil mihi videtur esse absurdius,
id. Fin. 2, 13, 40; 2, 17, 55; 2, 42, 131; 2, 46, 142; id. Fat. 18, 41.—With perf. inf.:Rhodi ego non fui: me vult fuisse,
Cic. Planc. 34, 84.—To pretend, with perf. inf., both subjects denoting the same person:(ε).unde homines dum se falso terrore coacti Effugisse volunt, etc.,
Lucr. 3, 69 (cf. A. 1. n. supra).—To mean, with perf. inf.:(ζ).utrum scientem vultis contra foedera fecisse, an inscientem?
Cic. Balb. 5, 13.— With pres. inf.:quam primum istud, quod esse vis?
what do you mean by as soon as possible? Sen. Ep. 117, 24.—Rarely in the first pers., implying that the opinion is open to discussion:9.ut et mihi, quae ego vellem non esse oratoris, concederes,
what according to my opinion is not the orator's province, Cic. Or. 1, 17, 74.—In partic.a.With things as subjects.(α).Things personified:(β).ne res publica quidem haec pro se suscipi volet,
would have such things done for it, Cic. Off. 1, 45, 159:cui tacere grave sit, quod homini facillimum voluerit esse natura,
which nature willed should be easiest for man, Curt. 4, 6, 6: fortuna Q. Metellum... nasci in urbe terrarum principe voluit, fate ordained that, etc., Val. Max. 7, 1, 1: nihil rerum ipsa natura voluit magnum effici cito, it is the law of nature that, etc., Quint. 10, 3, 4:quid non ingenio voluit natura licere?
what license did nature refuse to genius? Mart. 8, 68, 9:me sine, quem semper voluit fortuna jacere,
Prop. 1, 6, 25:hanc me militiam fata subire volunt,
id. 1, 6, 30.—Of laws, to provide:b.duodecim tabulae nocturnum furem... interfici impune voluerunt,
Cic. Mil. 3, 9:lex duodecim tabularum tignum aedibus junctum... solvi prohibuit, pretiumque ejus dari voluit,
Dig. 46, 3, 98, § 8 fin. (cf. Cic. Div. in Caecil. 6, 21, b. a, infra).—With perf. pass. inf., to represent a state or result wished for.(α).The inf. being in full, with esse expressed: si umquam quemquam di immortales voluere esse auxilio adjutum, tum me et Calidorum servatum volunt, if it ever was the will of the gods that any one should be assisted, etc., Plaut. Ps. 4, 1, 1: Corinthum patres vestri, totius Graeciae lumen, exstinctum esse voluerunt, it was their will that Corinth should be ( and remain) destroyed, Cic. Imp. Pomp. 5, 11:(β).nostri... leges et jura tecta esse voluerunt,
id. Or. 1, 59, 253:propter eam partem epistulae tuae per quam te et mores tuos purgatos et probatos esse voluisti,
id. Att. 1, 17, 7; id. Fin. 4, 27, 76; id. de Or. 1, 51, 221:daturum se operam ne cujus suorum popularium mutatam secum fortunam esse vellent,
Liv. 21, 45, 6: for velle redundant in this construction, v. II. A. 2. 3. infra.—With pass. inf. impers.:sociis maxime lex consultum esse vult,
Cic. Div. in Caecil. 6, 21.—With ellips. of esse (cf. Quint. 9, 3, 9): perdis me tuis dictis. Cu. Imo, servo et servatum volo, and mean that you should remain saved, Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 56:c.aunt qui volum te conventam,
who want to see you, id. Cist. 4, 2, 39:eidem homini, si quid recte cura tum velis, mandes,
if you want to have anything done well, id. As. 1, 1, 106:sed etiam est paucis vos quod monitos voluerim,
id. Capt. prol. 53: id nunc res indicium haeo [p. 2007] facit, quo pacto factum volueris, this shows now why you wished this to be done, Ter. Hec. 4, 1, 31 (cf. Plaut. Stich. 4, 2, 33; id. Aul. 3, 5, 30, II. B. 1, b, and II. B. 3. b. infra): domestica cura te levatum volo, I wish to see you relieved, etc., Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 9, 3:nulla sedes quo concurrant qui rem publicam defensam velint,
id. Att. 8, 3, 4:rex celatum voluerat (i. e. donum),
id. Verr. 2, 4, 28, § 64:Hannibal non Capuam neglectam, neque desertos volebat socios,
Liv. 25, 20, 5; 2, 15, 2; 2, 44, 3; 3, 21, 4; 22, 7, 4;26, 31, 6: contemptum hominis quem destructum volebat,
Quint. 8, 3, 21:si te non emptam vellet, emendus erat,
Ov. Am. 1, 8, 34 (so with velle redundant, v. II. A. 1. d., and II. A. 3. infra).—Both subjects denoting the same person:velle Pompeium se Caesari purgatum,
Caes. B. C. 1, 8.— Esp., with pass. inf. impers.: alicui consultum velle, to take care for or advocate somebody's interests:liberis consultum volumus propter ipsos,
Cic. Fin. 3, 17, 57:obliviscere illum aliquando adversario tuo voluisse consultum,
id. Att. 16, 16 C, 10:quibus tribuni plebis nunc consultum repente volunt,
Liv. 5, 5, 3; so id. 25, 25, 17:quamquam senatus subventum voluit heredibus,
Dig. 36, 1, 1, § 4; so with dep. part., used passively:volo amori ejus obsecutum,
Plaut. As. 1, 1, 63.—With predic. adj., without copula.(α).The subjects being different (mostly aliquem salvum velle):(β).si me vivum vis, pater, Ignosce,
if you wish me to live, Ter. Heaut. 5, 5, 7:ille, si me alienus adfinem volet, Tacebit,
id. Phorm. 4, 1, 16:ut tu illam salvam magis velis quam ego,
id. Hec. 2, 2, 17; 3, 5, 14:quoniam ex tota provincia soli sunt qui te salvum velint,
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 67, § 150:irent secum extemplo qui rempublicam salvam vellent,
Liv. 22, 53, 7.—Both subjects denoting the same person (virtually = object infinitive):d.in occulto jacebis quom te maxime clarum voles (= clarus esse voles),
when you will most wish to be famous, Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 38:volo me patris mei similem,
I wish to be like my father, id. As. 1, 1, 54: ut iste qui se vult dicacem et mehercule est, Appius, who means to be witty, etc., Cic. Or. 2, 60, 246:qui vero se populares volunt,
who mean to be popular, id. Off. 2, 22, 78:ut integrum se salvumque velit,
id. Fin. 2, 11, 33:ut (omne animal) se et salvum in suo genere incolumeque vellet,
id. ib. 4, 8, 19. —With an inf.-clause understood.(α).Velle, to wish: utinam hinc abierit in malam crucem! Ad. Ita nos velle aequom est (ita = eum abire, etc.), Plaut. Poen. 4, 1, 5:(β).stulta es, soror, magis quam volo (i.e. te esse),
id. Pers. 4, 4, 78; id. Trin. 1, 2, 8; 2, 4, 175; id. Stich. 1, 1, 13; id. Ps. 1, 5, 55:senatum non quod sentiret, sed quod ego vellem decernere,
Cic. Mil. 5, 12:neque enim facile est ut irascatur cui tu velis judex (= cui tu eum irasci velis),
id. Or. 2, 45, 190; cf. id. Sest. 38, 82.—Referring to the will of superiors, etc.:(γ).deos credo voluisse, nam ni vellent, non fieret,
Plaut. Aul. 4, 10, 46: jamne abeo? St. Volo (sc. te abire), so I will, id. Cas. 2, 8, 57; cf. id. Mil. 4, 6, 12; id. Merc. 2, 3, 33.—To mean, intend (v. B. 3.):(δ).acutum etiam illud est cum ex alterius oratione aliud atque ille vult (sc. te excipere),
Cic. Or. 2, 67, 273.—To require, demand (v B. 7.):(ε).veremur quidem vos, Romani, et, si ita vultis, etiam timemus,
Liv. 39, 37, 17;and of things as subjects: cadentque vocabula, si volet usus (i. e. ea cadere),
Hor. A. P. 71.—To be of opinion, will have (v. B. 8.):(ζ).ergo ego, inimicus, si ita vultis, homini, amicus esse rei publicae debeo,
Cic. Prov. Cons. 8, 19:nam illi regi tolerabili, aut, si voltis, etiam amabili, Cyro,
id. Rep. 1, 28, 44; id. Fin. 2, 27, 89; 3, 4, 12; id. Cael. 21, 53; Liv. 21, 10, 7; Quint. 2, 17, 41.—With ellips. of predic. inf. (v. A. 2. b.): cras de reliquiis nos volo (i. e. cenare), it is my intention that we dine, etc., Plaut. Stich. 3, 2, 40:C.volo Varronem (i. e. hos libros habere),
Cic. Att. 13, 25, 3.With ut, ne, or ut ne.1.With ut.a.To wish:b.volo ut quod jubebo facias,
Plaut. Bacch. 4, 8, 65:quia enim id maxime volo ut illi istac confugiant,
id. Most. 5, 1, 49:ut mihi aedes aliquas conducat volo,
id. Merc. 3, 2, 17: hoc prius volo meam rem agere. Th. Quid id est? Ph. Ut mihi hanc despondeas, id. Curc. 5, 2, 71: quid vis, nisi ut maneat Phanium? Ter. Phorm. 2, 2, 8:velim ut tibi amicus sit,
Cic. Att. 10, 16, 1:quare id quoque velim... ut sit qui utamur,
id. ib. 11, 11, 2:maxime vellem, judices, ut P. Sulla... modestiae fructum aliquem percipere potuisset,
id. Sull. 1, 1:equidem vellem uti pedes haberent (res tuae),
id. Fam. 7, 33, 2:his ut sit digna puella volo,
Mart. 11, 27, 14.—Both subjects denoting the same person: volueram, inquit, ut quam plurimum tecum essem, Brut. ap. Cic. Att. 13, 38, 1.—It is the will of, to want, ordain (v. B. 2.):c.at ego deos credo voluisse ut apud te me in nervo enicem,
Plaut. Aul. 4, 10, 17: numquid me vis? Le. Ut valeas, id. Cist. 1, 1, 120: numquid vis? Ps. Dormitum ut abeas, id. Ps. 2, 2, 70:volo ut mihi respondeas,
Cic. Vatin. 6, 14; 7, 17; 7, 18; 9, 21;12, 29: nuntia Romanis, caelestes ita velle ut mea Roma caput orbis terrarum sit,
Liv. 1, 16, 7.—To intend, it is the purpose, aim, etc., the two subjects being the same:d.id quaerunt, volunt haec ut infecta faciant,
Plaut. Cas. 4, 4, 9.—With other verbs:2.quod peto et volo parentes meos ut commonstres mihi,
Ter. Heaut. 5, 4, 4:quasi vero aut populus Romanus hoc voluerit, aut senatus tibi hoc mandaverit ut... privares,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 19, § 48;with opto,
id. Imp. Pomp. 16, 48;with laboro,
Liv. 42, 14, 3;with aequum censere,
id. 39, 19, 7.—With ne:3.at ne videas velim,
Plaut. Rud. 4, 4, 23:quid nunc vis? ut opperiare hos sex dies saltem modo, ne illam vendas, neu me perdas, etc.,
id. Ps. 1, 3, 102:credibile est hoc voluisse legumlatorem, ne auxilia liberorum innocentibus deessent,
intended, Quint. 7, 1, 56.—With ut ne: quid nunc tibi vis? Mi. Ut quae te cupit, eam ne spernas, Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 60.D.With subjunct. of dependent verb (mostly ante-class.; class. and freq. with velim and vellem; but in Cic. mostly epistolary and colloquial).1.To wish:2.ergo animum advortas volo,
Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 23; 2, 3, 28; 2, 3, 70:volo amet me patrem,
id. As. 1, 1, 63 dub.:hoc volo agatis,
id. Cist. 1, 1, 83:ducas volo hodie uxorem,
Ter. And. 2, 3, 14:quid vis faciam?
Plaut. Merc. 1, 2, 49; Ter. Eun. 5, 8, 24; Plaut. Mil. 2, 3, 64; 2, 3, 65; 2, 6, 65; 3, 3, 3; id. Ps. 4, 1, 17; 4, 7, 19; id. Cas. 2, 3, 56; id. Capt. 1, 2, 12; id. Poen. 3, 2, 16; id. Pers. 2, 4, 23; id. Rud. 5, 2, 45; 5, 3, 58; id. Stich. 5, 2, 21; Ter. Heaut. 4, 6, 14:volo etiam exquiras quam diligentissime poteris quid Lentulus agat?
Cic. Att. 8, 12, 6:Othonem vincas volo,
id. ib. 13, 29, 2:eas litteras volo habeas,
id. ib. 13, 32, 3:visne igitur videamus quidnam sit, etc.,
id. Rep. 1, 10, 15: visne igitur descendatur ad Lirim? id. Fragm. ap. Macr. S. 6, 4:volo, inquis, sciat,
Sen. Ben. 2, 10, 2.—To be of opinion that something should be, demand, require (v. B. 7.): volo enim se efferat in adulescentia fecunditas, I like to see, etc., Cic. Or. 2, 21, 88:3.volo hoc oratori contingat ut, etc.,
id. Brut. 84, 290.—With subj.-clause understood:E.abi atque obsona, propera! sed lepide volo (i. e. obsones),
Plaut. Cas. 2, 8, 55.With object nouns, etc.1.With acc. of a thing.a.With a noun, to want, wish for, like to have:b.voltisne olivas, aut pulmentum, aut capparim?
Plaut. Curc. 1, 1, 90:animo male est: aquam velim,
id. Am. 5, 1, 6:quia videt me suam amicitiam velle,
id. Aul. 2, 3, 68; so,gratiam tuam,
id. Curc. 2, 3, 52; 2, 3, 56:aquam,
id. ib. 2, 3, 34:discidium,
Ter. And. 4, 2, 14: nullam ego rem umquam in vita mea Volui quin tu in ea re mihi advorsatrix fueris, I never had any wish in my life, etc., id. Heaut. 5, 3, 5: (dixit) velle Hispaniam, he wanted Spain, i. e. as a province, Cic. Att. 12, 7, 1:mihi frumento non opus est: nummos volo,
I want the money, id. Verr. 2, 3, 85, § 196:non poterat scilicet negare se velle pacem,
id. Att. 15, 1 a, 3; cf. id. ib. 13, 32, 2 (v. II. C. 4. infra):si amplius obsidum (= plures obsides) vellet, dare pollicentur,
Caes. B. G. 6, 9 fin.:pacem etiam qui vincere possunt, volunt,
Liv. 7, 40, 18:ferunt (eum)... honestum finem voluisse,
Tac. A. 6, 26:cum Scipio veram vellet et sine exceptione victoriam,
Flor. 1, 33 (2, 18), 12:mensae munera si voles secundae, Marcentes tibi porrigentur uvae,
Mart. 5, 78, 11.—Neutr. adjj., denoting things, substantively used: utrum vis opta, dum licet. La. Neutrum volo, Plaut. Ps. 3, 6, 16:c.quorum isti neutrum volunt,
acknowledge neither, Cic. Fat. 12, 28:voluimus quaedam, contendimus... Obtenta non sunt,
we aspired to certain things, id. Balb. 27, 61:restat ut omnes unum velint,
hold one opinion, id. Marcell. 10, 32:si plura velim,
if I wished for more, Hor. C. 3, 16, 38:per quod probemus aliud legislatorem voluisse,
that the law-giver intended something different, Quint. 7, 6, 8:ut putent, aliud quosdam dicere, aliud velle,
that they say one thing and mean another, id. 9, 2, 85:utrum is qui scripsit... voluerit,
which of the two was meant by the author, id. 7, 9, 15:ut nemo contra id quod vult dicit, ita potest melius aliquid velle quam dicit,
mean better than he speaks, id. 9, 2, 89:quis enim pudor omnia velle?
to desire every thing, Mart. 12, 94, 11.—With neutr. demonstr. expressed or understood, to want, intend, aim at, like, will:d.immo faenus: id primum volo,
Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 64:proximum quod sit bono... id volo,
id. Capt. 2, 2, 22:nisi ea quae tu vis volo,
unless my purpose is the same as yours, id. Ep. 2, 2, 82:siquidem id sapere'st, velle te id quod non potest contingere,
Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 83:hoc (i. e. otium cum dignitate) qui volunt omnes optimates putantur,
who aim at this, Cic. Sest. 45, 98:privatum oportet in re publica ea velle quae tranquilla et honesta sint,
id. Off. 1, 34, 124:quid est sapientia? Semper idem velle atque idem nolle,
Sen. Ep. 20, 5:pudebit eadem velle quae volueras puer,
id. ib. 27, 2:nec volo quod cruciat, nec volo quod satiat,
Mart. 1, 57, 4.—With demonstr. in place of inf.-clause:hoc Ithacus velit, et magno mercentur Atridae (sc. poenas in me sumi),
Verg. A. 2, 104:hoc velit Eurystheus, velit hoc germana Tonantis (sc. verum esse, Herculem, etc.),
Ov. H. 9, 7; Hor. S. 2, 3, 88.—With neutr. of interrog. pron.: quid nunc vis? Am. Sceleste, at etiam quid velim, id tu me rogas? what do you want now? Plaut. Am. 4, 2, 5:e.eloquere quid velis,
id. Cas. 2, 4, 2: heus tu! Si. Quid vis? id. Ps. 4, 7, 21; so Ter. Eun. 2, 1, 11; cf. Hor. S. 2, 3, 152:sed plane quid velit nescio,
what his intentions are, Cic. Att. 15, 1 a, 5; id. de Or. 2, 20, 84:mittunt etiam ad dominos qui quaerant quid velint,
to ask for their orders, id. Tusc. 2, 17, 41:quid? Si haec... ipsius amici judicarunt? Quid amplius vultis?
what more do you require, will you have? id. Verr. 2, 3, 65, § 152:quid amplius vis?
Hor. Epod. 17, 30:spectatur quid voluerit scriptor,
we find out the author's intention, Quint. 7, 10, 1.—Sometimes quid vult = quid sibi vult (v. 4. b.), to mean, signify:capram illam suspicor jam invenisse... quid voluerit,
what it signified, Plaut. Merc. 2, 1, 30:sed tamen intellego quid velit,
Cic. Fin. 2, 31, 101:quid autem volunt ea di immortales significantes quae sine interpretibus non possimus intellegere? etc.,
id. Div. 2, 25, 54.—Of things as subjects:hunc ensem mittit tibi... Et jubet ex merito scire quid iste velit,
Ov. H. 11, 96.—With rel. pron.:f.quod volui, ut volui, impetravi... a Philocomasio,
Plaut. Mil. 4, 5, 1:ut quod frons velit oculi sciant,
that the eyes know what the forehead wants, id. Aul. 4, 1, 13:illi quae volo concedere,
to yield to him my wishes, id. Cas. 2, 3, 49:si illud quod volumus dicitur,
what we like, id. Truc. 1, 2, 95:multa eveniunt homini quae volt, quae nevolt,
id. Trin. 2, 2, 84; id. Ep. 2, 2, 4:quamquam (litterae tuae) semper aliquid adferunt quod velim,
Cic. Att. 11, 11, 1:quae vellem quaeque sentirem dicendi,
id. Marcell. 1, 1:uti ea quae vellent impetrarent,
Caes. B. G. 1, 31:satis animi ad id quod tam diu vellent,
to carry out what they had desired so long, Liv. 4, 54, 5:sed quod volebant non... expediebant,
their purpose, id. 24, 23, 9. —Idiomatically: quod volo = quod demonstrare volo, what I intend to prove:illud quod volumus expressum est, ut vaticinari furor vera soleat,
Cic. Div. 1, 31, 67:bis sumpsit quod voluit,
he has twice begged the question, id. ib. 2, 52, 107.—With indef. relations:cornucopia ubi inest quidquid volo,
whatever I wish for, Plaut. Ps. 2, 3, 5:Caesar de Bruto solitus est dicere: magni refert hic quid velit, sed quidquid volt, valde volt,
whatever he wills he wills strongly, Cic. Att. 14, 1, 2.—With indef. pronn.(α).Si quid vis, if you want any thing: illo praesente mecum agito si quid voles, [p. 2008] Plaut. Most. 5, 1, 72: Py. Adeat si quid volt. Pa. Si quid vis, adi, mulier, id. Mil. 4, 2, 47:(β).eumque Alexander cum rogaret, si quid vellet, ut diceret,
id. Or. 2, 66, 266; Caes. B. G. 1, 7 fin. —Nisi quid vis, unless you wish to give some order, to make some remark, etc.:(γ).ego eo ad forum nisi quid vis,
Plaut. As. 1, 1, 94:nunc de ratione videamus, nisi quid vis ad haec,
Cic. Tusc. 2, 18, 42.—Numquid vis or ecquid vis? have you any orders to give? a formula used by inferiors before leaving their superiors; cf. Don. ad Ter. Ad. 2, 2, 39:2.visunt, quid agam, ecquid velim,
Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 113:numquid vis aliud?
Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 111; 1, 2, 106; id. Ad. 2, 2, 39; 3, 3, 78; id. Hec. 2, 2, 30:numquid vellem rogavit,
Cic. Att. 6, 3, 6:frequentia rogantium num quid vellet,
Liv. 6, 34, 7:rogavit num quid in Sardiniam vellet. Te puto saepe habere qui num quid Romam velis quaerant,
Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 2, 1.—With acc. of the person: aliquem velle.(α).To want somebody, i. e. in order to see him, to speak with him (ante-class. and colloq.):(β).Demenaetum volebam,
I wanted, wished to see, Demenoetus, Plaut. As. 2, 3, 12:bona femina et malus masculus volunt te,
id. Cist. 4, 2, 40:solus te solum volo,
id. Capt. 3, 4, 70:quia non est intus quem ego volo,
id. Mil. 4, 6, 40:hae oves volunt vos,
id. Bacch. 5, 2, 24:quis me volt? Perii, pater est,
Ter. And. 5, 3, 1:centuriones trium cohortium me velle postridie,
Cic. Att. 10, 16, 4.—With paucis verbis or paucis, for a few words ( moments):volo te verbis pauculis,
Plaut. Ep. 3, 4, 28:sed paucis verbis te volo, Palaestrio,
id. Mil. 2, 4, 22:Sosia, Adesdum, paucis te volo,
Ter. And. 1, 1, 2.—To love, like somebody, to be fond of somebody (anteclass. and poet.):(γ).hanc volo (= amo),
Plaut. As. 5, 1, 18:sine me amare unum Argyrippum... quem volo,
id. ib. 3, 2, 38:quom quae te volt, eamdem tu vis,
id. Mil. 4, 2, 80:aut quae (vitia) corpori' sunt ejus siquam petis ac vis,
Lucr. 4, 1152:quam volui nota fit arte mea,
Ov. Am. 1, 10, 60: nolo virum, facili redimit qui sanguine famam: hunc volo, laudari qui sine morte potest, I like the one who, etc., Mart. 1, 8, 6.—To wish to have:3.roga, velitne an non uxorem,
whether he wishes to have his wife or not, Ter. Hec. 4, 1, 43:ut sapiens velit gerere rem publicam, atque... uxorem adjungere, et velle ex ea liberos (anacoluth.),
Cic. Fin. 3, 20, 68.—With two accusatives: (narrato) illam te amare et velle uxorem,
that you wish to have her as your wife, Ter. Heaut. 4, 3, 25; cf. id. Phorm. 1, 2, 65.—With two accusatives, of the person and the thing: aliquem aliquid velle, to want something of somebody (cf.: aliquem aliquid rogare; mostly ante-class.;4.not in Cic.): numquid me vis?
Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 120:face certiorem me quid meus vir me velit,
id. Cas. 2, 6, 1:num quidpiam me vis aliud?
id. Truc. 2, 4, 81:nunc verba in pauca conferam quid te velim,
id. As. 1, 1, 74:narrabit ultro quid sese velis,
id. Ps. 2, 4, 60:quid me voluisti?
id. Mil. 4, 2, 35:numquid aliud me vis?
Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 101:quin tu uno verbo dic quid est quod me velis,
id. And. 1, 1, 18; Plaut. Capt. 3, 4, 85; id. Cist. 2, 3, 49; id. As. 2, 3, 12; id. Merc. 5, 2, 27; id. Pers. 4, 6, 11; Ter. Heaut. 4, 8, 31; id. Phorm. 2, 4, 18; id. Eun. 2, 3, 47; id. Hec. 3, 4, 15:si quid ille se velit, illum ad se venire oportere,
Caes. B. G. 1, 34:cum mirabundus quidnam (Taurea) sese vellet, resedisset Flaccus, Me quoque, inquit, etc.,
Liv. 26, 15, 11; also, I want to speak with somebody (v. 2. a. a):paucis, Euclio, est quod te volo,
Plaut. Aul. 2, 2, 22:est quod te volo secreto,
id. Bacch. 5, 2, 33.—With acc. of thing and dat. of the person: aliquid alicui velle, to wish something to somebody (= cupio aliquid alicui; v. cupio;a.rare): quamquam vobis volo quae voltis, mulieres,
Plaut. Rud. 4, 4, 1:si ex me illa liberos vellet sibi,
Ter. Hec. 4, 4, 33:praesidium velle se senectuti suae,
id. ib. 1, 2, 44:nihil est mali quod illa non initio filio voluerit, optaverit,
Cic. Clu. 66, 188:rem Romanam huc provectam ut externis quoque gentibus quietem velit,
Tac. A. 12, 11:cui ego omnia meritissimo volo et debeo,
to whom I give and owe my best wishes, Quint. 9, 2, 35.—Esp., in the phrase quid vis (vult) with reflex. dat. of interest, lit. what do you want for yourself?Quid tibi vis = quid vis, the dat. being redundant (rare):b.quid aliud tibi vis?
what else do you want? Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 90.—With quisque:haud ita vitam agerent ut nunc plerumque videmus Quid sibi quisque velit nescire,
be ignorant as to their own aims and purposes, Lucr. 3, 1058.—What do you mean? what do you drive at? what is your scope, object, drift (rare in post-Aug. writers; Don. ad Ter. Eun. prol. 45, declares it an archaism).(α).In 1 st pers. (rare):(β).nunc quid processerim huc, et quid mihi voluerim dicam,
and what I meant thereby, what was the purpose of my coming, Plaut. As. prol. 6:quid mihi volui? quid mihi nunc prodest bona voluntas?
Sen. Ben. 4, 21, 6.—In 2 d pers.:(γ).quid nunc tibi vis, mulier, memora,
what is the drift of your talk? Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 60: sed quid nunc tibi vis? what do you want to come at (i.e. by your preamble)? id. Poen. 1, 1, 24: quid tu tibi vis? Ego non tangam meam? what do you mean? i. e. what is your purpose? Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 28:quid tibi vis? quid cum illa rei tibi est?
id. ib. 4, 7, 34:quid est quod sic gestis? quid sibi hic vestitus quaerit? Quid est quod laetus sis? quid tibi vis?
what do you mean by all this? id. ib. 3, 5, 11:quid est, inepta? quid vis tibi? quid rides?
id. ib. 5, 6, 6:quid vis tibi? Quid quaeris?
id. Heaut. 1, 1, 9: Ph. Fabulae! Ch. Quid vis tibi? id. Phorm. 5, 8, 53:roganti ut se in Asiam praefectum duceret, Quid tibi vis, inquit, insane,
Cic. Or. 2, 67, 269; so in 2 d pers. plur.:pro deum fidem, quid vobis vultis?
Liv. 3, 67, 7.—In 3 d pers.:(δ).quid igitur sibi volt pater? cur simulat?
Ter. And. 2, 3, 1:quid hic volt veterator sibi?
id. ib. 2, 6, 26:proinde desinant aliquando me isdem inflare verbis: quid sibi iste vult?... Cur ornat eum a quo desertus est?
Cic. Dom. 11, 29:quid sibi vellet (Caesar)? cur in suas possessiones veniret?
Caes. B. G. 1, 44 med.:conicere in eum oculos, mirantes quid sibi vellet (i. e. by courting the plebeians),
Liv. 3, 35, 5:qui quaererent quid sibi vellent qui armati Aventinum obsedissent,
id. 3, 50, 15:quid sibi voluit providentia quae Aridaeum regno imposuit?
Sen. Ben. 4, 31, 1: volt, non volt dare Galla mihi, nec dicere possum quod volt et non volt, quid sibi Galla velit, Mart: 3, 90, 2.—Transf. of things as subjects, what means, what signifies? quid volt sibi, Syre, haec oratio? Ter. Heaut. 4, 1, 2:5.ut pernoscatis quid sibi Eunuchus velit,
id. Eun. prol. 45:quid ergo illae sibi statuae equestres inauratae volunt?
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 61, § 150:quid haec sibi horum civium Romanorum dona voluerunt?
id. ib. 2, 3, 80, §186: avaritia senilis quid sibi velit, non intellego,
what is the meaning of the phrase, id. Sen. 18, 66:quid ergo illa sibi vult pars altera orationis qua Romanos a me cultos ait?
Liv. 40, 12, 14:tacitae quid vult sibi noctis imago?
Ov. M. 9, 473.—Bene or male alicui velle, to wish one well or ill, to like or dislike one (ante-class. and poet.): Ph. Bene volt tibi. St. Nequam est illud verbum bene volt, nisi qui bene facit, Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 37 sq.:6.jam diu ego huic bene et hic mihi volumus,
id. Ps. 1, 3, 4:ut tibi, dum vivam, bene velim plus quam mihi,
id. Cas. 2, 8, 30:egone illi ut non bene vellem?
id. Truc. 2, 4, 90; cf. id. ib. 2, 4, 95; id. Merc. 2, 1, 21; id. Ps. 4, 3, 7; id. Poen. 3, 3, 9:nisi quod tibi bene ex animo volo,
Ter. Heaut. 5, 2, 6:quo tibi male volt maleque faciet,
Plaut. Pers. 5, 2, 44:atque isti etiam parum male volo,
id. Truc. 5, 7; cf. id. As. 5, 1, 13:utinam sic sient qui mihi male volunt,
Ter. Eun. 4, 3, 13:non sibi male vult,
he does not dislike himself, Petr. 38; so, melius or optime alicui velle, to like one better or best:nec est quisquam mihi aeque melius quoi vellem,
Plaut. Capt. 3, 5, 42; id. Merc. 5, 2, 57:illi ego ex omnibus optime volo,
id. Most. 1, 4, 24.—And bene velle = velle: bene volueris in precatione augurali Messalla augur ait, significare volueris, Fest. s. v. bene sponsis, p. 351.—With abl.: alicujus causa velle, to like one for his own sake, i. e. personally, a Ciceronian phrase, probably inst. of omnia alicujus causa velle; lit. to wish every thing (i.e. good) in somebody's behalf.(α).With omnia expressed: etsi mihi videor intellexisse cum tecum de re M. Annaeii locutus sum, te ipsius causa vehementer omnia velle, tamen, etc.... ut non dubitem quin magnus cumulus accedat commenda tionis meae, Cic. Fam. 13, 55, 1:(β).repente coepit dicere, se omnia Verris causa velle,
that he had the most friendly disposition towards Verres, id. Verr. 2, 2, 26, § 64:accedit eo quod Varro magnopere ejus causa vult omnia,
id. Fam. 13, 22, 1.—Without omnia:7.per eos qui nostra causa volunt, valentque apud illum,
Cic. Att. 11, 8, 1:sed et Phameae causa volebam,
id. ib. 13, 49, 1:etsi te ipsius Attici causa velle intellexeram,
id. ib. 16, 16, A, 6:valde enim ejus causa volo,
id. Fam. 16, 17, 2 fin.:illud non perficis quo minus tua causa velim,
id. ib. 3, 7, 6;12, 7, 1: si me velle tua causa putas,
id. ib. 7, 17, 2:regis causa si qui sunt qui velint,
id. ib. 1, 1, 1:credo tua causa velle Lentulum,
id. Q. Fr. 1, 4, 5; id. Div. in Caecil. 6, 21; cf. id. Imp. Pomp. (v. C. 1. b. supra), where the phrase has its literal meaning; cf. also: alicujus causa (omnia) cupere; v. cupio.—With acc. and subjunct. per ecthesin (ante-class.): nunc ego illum meum virum veniat velim (by mixture of constructions: meum virum velim; and:F.meus vir veniat velim),
Plaut. Cas. 3, 2, 29:nunc ego Simonidem mi obviam veniat velim,
id. Ps. 4, 5, 10:nimis hercle ego illum corvum ad me veniat velim,
id. Aul. 4, 6, 4:saltem aliquem velim qui mihi ex his locis viam monstret,
id. Rud. 1, 3, 35:patrem atque matrem viverent vellem tibi,
id. Poen. 5, 2, 106; cf. id. Merc. 2, 1, 30 (v. E. 1. d. supra).Velle used absolutely, variously rendered to will, have a will, wish, consent, assent:II.quod vos, malum... me sic ludificamini? Nolo volo, volo nolo rursum,
I nill I will, I will I nill again, Ter. Phorm. 5, 8, 57: novi ingenium mulierum: Nolunt ubi velis, ubi nolis cupiunt ultro, they will not where you will, etc., id. Eun. 4, 7, 43:quis est cui velle non liceat?
who is not free to wish? Cic. Att. 7, 11. 2:in magnis et voluisse sat est,
Prop. 2, 10 (3, 1), 6:tarde velle nolentis est,
slow ness in consenting betrays the desire to refuse, Sen. Ben. 2, 5, 4:quae (animalia) nullam injuriam nobis faciunt, quia velle non possunt, id. Ira, 2, 26, 4: ejus est nolle qui potest velle,
the power to assent implies the power to dissent, Dig. 50, 17, 3.—So velle substantively:sed ego hoc ipsum velle miserius duco quam in crucem tolli,
that very wishing, Cic. Att. 7, 11, 2: inest enim velle in carendo, the word carere implies the notion of a wish, id. Tusc. 1, 36, 88:velle ac posse in aequo positum erat,
his will and power were balanced, Val. Max. 6, 9, ext. 5:velle tuum nolo, Didyme, nolle volo,
Mart. 5, 83, 2:velle suum cuique est,
each has his own likings, Pers. 5, 53.In partic.A.Redundant, when the will to do is identified with the act itself.1.In imperative sentences.a.In independent sentences introduced by noli velle, where noli has lost the idea of volition:b.nolite, judices, hunc velle maturius exstingui vulnere vestro quam suo fato,
do not resolve, Cic. Cael. 32, 79:nolite igitur id velle quod fieri non potest,
id. Phil. 7, 8, 25: qui timor bonis omnibus injectus sit... nolite a me commoneri velle, do not wish, expect, to be reminded by me, etc., id. Mur. 25, 50: nolite hunc illi acerbum nuntium velle perferri, let it not be your decision that, etc., id. Balb. 28, 64: cujus auspicia pro vobis experti nolite adversus vos velle experiri, do not desire, etc., Liv. 7, 40, 16:noli adversum eos me velle ducere, etc.,
Nep. Att. 4, 2.—Ne velis or ne velit fecisse = ne feceris, or ne facito (v. I. A. 3. a. supra).—So ne velis with pres. inf.:c.neve, revertendi liber, abesse velis (= neve abfueris),
Ov. H. 1, 80.—In affirmative imperative sentences (velim esse = esto;d.rare): tu tantum fida sorori Esse velis (= fida esto or sis),
Ov. M. 2, 745; and in 3 d pers.:di procul a cunctis... Hujus notitiam gentis habere velint (= habeant),
id. P. 1, 7, 8:credere modo qui discet velit (= credat qui discet),
Quint. 8, prooem. 12. —In clauses dependent on verbs of commanding and wishing:2.aut quia significant divam praedicere ut armis Ac virtute velint patriam defendere terram (= ut defendant),
Lucr. 2, 641: precor quaesoque ne ante oculos patris facere et pati omnia infanda velis (= facias et patiaris). Liv. 23, 9, 2:monentes ne experiri vellet imperium cujus vis, etc.,
id. 2, 59, 4; 39, 13, 2:et mea... opto Vulnera qui fecit facta levare velit,
Ov. Tr. 5, 2, 18: nos contra (oravimus) [p. 2009]... ne vertere secum Cuncta pater fatoque urguenti incumbere vellet, Verg. A. 2, 653. —With pass. perf. inf. (v. I. B. 9. b. b):legati Sullam orant ut filii innocentis fortunas conservatas velit (virtually = fortunas conservet),
Cic. Rosc. Am. 9, 25:a te peto ut utilitatem sociorum per te quam maxime defensam et auctam velis (= defendas et augeas),
id. Fam. 13, 9, 3.—So after utinam or ut:utinam illi qui prius eum viderint me apud eum velint adjutum tantum quantum ego vellem si quid possem (= utinam illi me adjuvent quantum ego adjuvarem, etc.),
id. Att. 11, 7, 7:cautius ut saevo velles te credere Marti (= utinam te credidisses),
Verg. A. 11, 153:edictum praemittit ad quam diem magistratus... sibi esse praesto Cordubae vellet (= sibi praesto essent),
Caes. B. C. 1, 19 (cf. also I. B. 9. b. b, and I. B. 2. fin. supra).—In conditional clauses, si facere velim = si faciam, often rendered by the potential or future auxiliaries would or will:3.non tu scis, Bacchae bacchanti si velis advorsarier, ex insana insaniorem facies? (= si advorseris),
Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 80:si meum Imperium exsequi voluisset, interemptam oportuit (= si executus esset),
Ter. Heaut. 4, 1, 22:si id confiteri velim, tamen istum condemnetis necesse est (= si id confitear),
if I would acknowledge, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 18, § 45:si quis velit ita dicere... nihil dicat (= si quis dicat),
id. Fat. 14, 32:dies deficiat si velim numerare, etc.,
id. N. D. 3, 32, 81;so,
id. Tusc. 5, 35, 102; id. Verr. 2, 2, 21, § 52:qua in sententia si constare voluissent, suam auctoritatem... recuperassent,
id. Fam. 1, 9, 14; id. Verr. 2, 1, 11, § 31; id. Lael. 20, 75:conicere potestis, si recordari volueritis quanta, etc.,
if you will remember, id. Verr. 2, 4, 58, § 129; so id. Or. 1, 44, 197; id. Brut. 1, 2, 5:quod si audire voletis externa, maximas res publicas ab adulescentibus labefactatas reperietis,
id. Sen. 6, 20; so id. Or. 1, 60, 256; 2, 23, 95:ejus me compotem voti vos facere potestis, si meminisse vultis, non vos in Samnio, etc.,
Liv. 7, 40, 5; 23, 13, 6; 23, 15, 4: cum olera Diogeni lavanti Aristippus dixisset: si Dionysium adulare velles, ista non esses;Imo, inquit, si tu ista esse velles, non adulares Dionysium,
Val. Max. 4, 3, ext. 4:ut si his (legibus) perpetuo uti voluissent, sempiternum habituri fuerint imperium,
id. 5, 3, ext. 3:quid enim si mirari velit, non in silvestribus dumis poma pendere,
Sen. Ira, 2, 10, 6; cf. Curt. 5, 1, 1; 3, 5, 6; Ov. H. 17 (18), 43.—With perf. inf. pass.:nisi ea (opera) certi auctores monumentis suis testata esse voluissent,
Val. Max. 3, 2, 24.—In declarative sentences.a.Volo in 1 st pers. with perf. pass. inf. or part. (volo oratum esse or oratum = oro; v. I. B. 9. b. a and b):b.vos omnes opere magno esse oratos volo benigne ut operam detis, etc.,
Plaut. Cas. prol. 21:justam rem et facilem esse oratam a vobis volo,
id. Am. prol. 33:illud tamen te esse admonitum volo, etc.,
Cic. Cael. 3, 8:sed etiam est paucis vos quod monitos voluerim,
Plaut. Capt. prol. 53:illud te, Tulli, monitum velim etc.,
Liv. 1, 23, 8:quamobrem omnes eos oratos volo Ne, etc.,
Ter. Heaut. prol. 26; so, factum volo = faciam: serva tibi sodalem, et mihi filium. Mne. Factum volo, I will, Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 91: pariter nunc opera me adjuves ac, etc. Nau. Factum volo, Ter. Phorm. 5, 3, 4; so Plaut. Pers. 2, 5, 10.—In 3 d pers.:esse salutatum vult te mea littera primum,
Ov. P. 2, 7, 1.—With pres. inf.:c.propterea te vocari ad cenam volo (= voco te),
Plaut. Capt. 1, 2, 72:sed nunc rogare hoc ego vicissim te volo: quid fuit, etc. (= nunc te rogo),
id. Trin. 1, 2, 136.—With perf. act. inf.:d.pace tua dixisse velim (= pace tua dixerim),
Ov. P. 3, 1, 9.—In other connections, when the will or purpose is made more prominent than the action:B.eorum alter, qui Antiochus vocatur, iter per Siciliam facere voluit (= fecit),
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 27, § 61:si suscipere eam (religionem) nolletis, tamen in eo qui violasset sancire vos velle oporteret (= sancire vos oporteret),
id. ib. 2, 4, 51, §114: ut insequentibus diebus nemo eorum forum aut publicum adspicere vellet (= adspiceret),
Liv. 9, 7, 11:talentis mille percussorem in me emere voluisti (= emisti),
Curt. 3, 5, 6: quin etiam senatus gratias ei agentem quod redire voluisset ante portas eduxit (= quod redisset), Val. Max. 3, 4, 4:utri prius gratulemur, qui hoc dicere voluit, an cui audire contigit? (= qui hoc dixit),
id. 4, 7, ext. 2:sic tua non paucae carpere facta volent (= carpent),
Ov. P. 3, 1, 64.Velim, as potential subjunctive (mostly in 1 st pers. sing., as subjunctive of modest statement), = volo, I wish, I should like.1.With verb in the second person.a.With pres. subj., so most frequently in Cic.(α).As a modest imperative of the dependent verb: velim facias = fac, I wish you would do it, please do it:(β).ego quae in rem tuam sint, ea velim facias,
Ter. Phorm. 2, 4, 9:eas (litteras) in eundem fasciculum velim addas,
Cic. Att. 12, 53:eum salvere jubeas velim,
id. ib. 7, 7, 7:velim me facias certiorem, etc.,
id. ib. 1, 19, 9:tu velim saepe ad nos scribas,
id. ib. 1, 12, 4:velim mihi ignoscas,
id. Fam. 13, 75, 1:tu velim animum a me parumper avertas,
id. Lael. 1, 5; cf. id. Att. 1, 11, 3; 7, 3, 11; 8, 12, 5; id. Fam. 15, 3, 2 et saep.:haec pro causa mea dicta accipiatis velim,
Liv. 42, 34, 13: velim, inquit, hoc mihi probes, Aug. ap. Suet. Aug. 51:Musa velim memores, etc.,
Hor. S. 1, 5, 53.—Expressing a wish without a command (v. vellem):b.vera dicas velim,
I wish you told the truth, Plaut. Cas. 2, 3, 18:quam velim Bruto persuadeas ut Asturae sit,
Cic. Att. 14, 15, 4:ipse velim poenas experiare meas,
Ov. Tr. 3, 11, 74;so in asseverations: ita velim me promerentem ames, dum vivas, mi pater, ut... id mihi vehementer dolet,
Ter. Ad. 4, 5, 47.—With infinitive clause.(α).With the force of a modest imperative:(β).sed qui istuc credam ita esse, mihi dici velim (i. e. a te),
Ter. Phorm. 5, 6, 15:extremum illud est quod mihi abs te responderi velim,
Cic. Vat. 17, 41 (may be a dependent subjunctive):itaque vos ego, milites, non eo solum animo.... pugnare velim, etc.,
Liv. 21, 41, 10.—As a mere wish:c.velim te arbitrari, frater, etc.,
Plaut. Aul. 2, 1, 1:primum te arbitrari id quod res est velim,
Ter. Eun. 5, 5, 9.—With perf. act.:hanc te quoque ad ceteras tuas eximias virtutes, Masinissa, adjecisse velim,
Liv. 30, 14, 6.—With perf. pass., Liv. 1, 23, 8 (v. II. A. 3. a. supra).—With ut (rare):d.de tuis velim ut eo sis animo, quo debes esse,
Cic. Fam. 4, 14, 4. —With ne (rare), Plaut. Rud. 4, 4, 23 (v. I. C. 2. supra).—2.With dependent verb in the third person, expressing a wish.a.With pres. subj.:b.ita se defatigent velim Ut, etc.,
Ter. Ad. 4, 1, 3:de Cicerone quae mihi scribis, jucunda mihi sunt: velim sint prospera,
Cic. Att. 14, 11, 2:velim seu Himilco, seu Mago respondeat,
Liv. 23, 12, 15:sint haec vera velim,
Verg. Cir. 306:nulla me velim syllaba effugiat,
Quint. 11, 2, 45.—With final clause:tu velim mihi ad urbem praesto sis, ut tuis consiliis utar,
Cic. Att. 9, 16, 3; cf. id. ib. 11, 11, 2 (v. I. C. 2. supra).—With ellips. of pres. subj.:velim mehercule Asturae Brutus (i. e. sit),
Cic. Att. 14, 11, 1.—With perf. subj. (a wish referring to the past):c.nimis velim improbissumo homini malas edentaverint,
Plaut. Rud. 3, 2, 48.—With inf.-clause:3.ne ego nunc mihi modium mille esse argenti velim!
Plaut. Stich. 4, 2, 9: di me perdant! Me. Quodcunque optes, velim tibi contingere, id. Cist. 2, 1, 30:velim eum tibi placere quam maxime,
Cic. Brut. 71, 249: idque primum ita esse velim;deinde etiam, si non sit, mihi persuaderi tamen velim,
id. Tusc. 1, 11, 24:quod faxitis, deos velim fortunare,
Liv. 6, 41, 12.—With perf. pass. inf. (v. I. B. 9. b. b, supra):edepol te hodie lapide percussum velim,
Plaut. Stich. 4, 2, 33:moribus praefectum mulierum hunc factum velim,
id. Aul. 3, 5, 30.—With inf.-clause understood:nimium plus quam velim nostrorum ingenia sunt mobilia,
Liv. 2, 37, 4.—With verb in the first person.a.With inf. pres. (so most freq.):b.atque hoc velim probare omnibus, etc.,
Cic. Prov. Cons. 20, 47:velim scire ecquid de te recordere,
id. Tusc. 1, 6, 13:quare te, ut polliceris, videre plane velim,
id. Att. 11, 9, 3:nec vero velim... a calce ad carceres revocari,
id. Sen. 23, 83:sed multitudo ea quid animorum... habeat scire velim,
Liv. 23, 12, 7:interrogare tamen velim, an Isocrates Attice dixerit,
Quint. 12, 10, 22.—With perf. inf. act., Ov. P. 3, 1, 9 (v. II. A. 3. c.).—With acc. and inf.:c.quod velis, modo id velim me scire,
Plaut. Cas. 2, 4, 8.—So with perf. pass. inf.:ego praeterquam quod nihil haustum ex vano velim, Fabium... potissimum auctorem habui,
Liv. 22, 7, 4.—With subj. pres.:4.eo velim tam facili uti possim et tam bono in me quam Curione,
Cic. Att. 10, 8, 10 B. and K. ex conj. Mull. (Lachm., Hoffm. posse; al. possem).—Velim in the principal sentence of conditional clauses, I would, I should be willing:5.aetatem velim servire, Libanum ut (= si) conveniam modo,
Plaut. As. 2, 2, 8:velim, si fieri possit,
id. Truc. 2, 4, 12:si quid tibi compendi facere possim, factum edepol velim (redundant),
id. ib. 2, 4, 26:si possim, velim,
id. Stich. 4, 2, 9:nec velim (imitari orationes Thucydidis) si possim,
Cic. Brut. 83, 287:si liceat, nulli cognitus esse velim,
Ov. Tr. 5, 12, 42.—The other persons of velim in potential use (rare).a.Velis.(α).Imperatively = cupito:(β).quoniam non potest fieri quod vis, Id velis quod possit,
Ter. And. 2, 1, 6:atque aliquos tamen esse velis tibi, alumna, penates,
Verg. Cir. 331.—Declaratively with indef. subj.: quom inopia'st, cupias; quando ejus copia'st, tum non velis, then you (i.e. people, they) do not want it, Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 45.—(γ).Redundant, as a form of the imperative of the dependent verb, Ov. Am. 1, 4, 38 (v. I. A. 3. a. b); id. H. 1, 80 (v. II. A. 1. b.); id. M. 2, 746 (v. II. A. 1. c.).—b.Velit.(α).Modestly for vult:(β).te super aetherias licentius auras Haud pater ille velit, etc.,
Verg. A. 7, 558: nemo enim minui velit id in quo maximus fuit, would like that to be diminished in which, etc., Quint. 12, 11, 6; cf. Verg. A. 2, 104, and Ov. H. 9, 7 (v. I. E. 1. c. supra).— So, poet., instead of vellet with perf. inf.:ut fiat, quid non illa dedisse velit?
Ov. Am. 2, 17, 30.—= imperative of third person:c.arma velit, poscatque simul rapiatque juventus,
Verg. A. 7, 340.—Redundantly, giving to the dependent verb the force of an imperative, Quint. 8, prooem. 12 (v. II. A. 1. c. supra; v. also I. A. 3. a. supra).—Velimus.(α).In the optative sense of velim:(β). d.sed scire velimus quod tibi nomen siet,
Plaut. Pers. 4, 6, 18.—Velitis = velim velitis (i. e. jubeatis, jubete):e.novos consules ita cum Samnite gerere bellum velitis ut omnia ante nos bella gesta sunt,
Liv. 9, 8, 10.—So especially in velitis jubeatis, a formula in submitting a law to the votes of the people in the comitia centuriata or tributa, let it be resolved and ordered by you:rogatus in haec verba populus: velitis jubeatisne haec sic fieri, si respublica populi Romani Quiritium, etc.,
Liv. 22, 10, 2:velitis jubeatis, Quirites... uti de ea re Ser. Sulpicius praetor urbanus ad senatum referat, etc.,
id. 38, 54, 3.—And parodied by Cic.:velitis jubeatis ut quod Cicero versum fecerit,
Cic. Pis. 29, 72.—So in oblique discourse, vellent juberent:rogationem promulgavit, vellent juberent Philippo... bellum indici,
Liv. 31, 6, 1:vellent juberentne se regnare,
id. 1, 46, 1; cf.in the resolution of the people: plebis sic jussit: quod senatus... censeat, id volumus jubemusque,
id. 26, 33, 14.—Velint, optative and redundant, Cic. Att. 11, 7, 7 (v. II. A. 1. d.); Ov. P. 1, 7, 8 (v. II. A. 1. c.).C.Vellem, as potential subjunctive, I wish, should like, should have liked, representing the wish as contrary to fact, while velim refers to a wish which may be realized:1.de Menedemo vellem verum fuisset, de regina velim verum sit,
Cic. Att. 15, 4, 4. It is not used with imperative force; cf.:quod scribis, putare te... vellem scriberes, cur ita putares... tu tamen velim scribas,
Cic. Att. 11, 24, 5.—Often quam vellem, how I wish, i. e. I wish very much; and in the same sense: nimium vellem, v. infra.With verb in first person.a.With inf. pres., I wish, would like, referring to present or future actions:b.videre equidem vos vellem, cum huic aurum darem,
Plaut. Poen. 3, 3, 68:vellem equidem idem posse gloriari quod Cyrus,
Cic. Sen. 10, 32:vellem equidem vobis placere, Quirites, sed, etc.,
Liv. 3, 68, 9:quam fieri vellem meus libellus!
Mart. 8, 72, 9.—With cuperem and optarem:nunc ego Triptolemi cuperem conscendere currus... Nunc ego Medeae vellem frenare dracones... Nunc ego jactandas optarem sumere pennas, etc.,
Ov. Tr. 3, 8, 1 sqq.— [p. 2010] Rarely, I should have liked:tum equidem istuc os tuum inpudens videre nimium vellem!
Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 49.—And in conditional sense:maerorem minui: dolorem nec potui, nec, si possem, vellem (i. e. minuere),
Cic. Att. 12, 28, 2:certe ego, si sineres, titulum tibi reddere vellem,
Ov. Tr. 4, 5, 13:sic nec amari quidem vellem (i. e. if I were in his place),
Sen. Ira, 1, 20, 4.—With perf. inf., I wish I had:c.abiit, vah! Rogasse vellem,
I wish I had asked him, Ter. Heaut. 5, 2, 25:maxime vellem semper tecum fuisse,
Cic. Att. 8, 11, D, 5:quam vellem petisse ab eo quod audio Philippum impetrasse,
id. ib. 10, 4, 10:non equidem vellem, quoniam nocitura fuerunt, Pieridum sacris imposuisse manum,
Ov. Tr. 4, 1, 27:ante equidem summa de re statuisse, Latini, Et vellem, et fuerat melius,
Verg. A. 11, 303. —With inf.-clause, the predicate being a perf. part. (v. I. B. 9. b. b, supra):d.virum me natam vellem,
would I had been born a man! Ter. Phorm. 5, 3, 9.—With subj. imperf. (rare):2.quam vellem, Panaetium nostrum nobiscum haberemus,
Cic. Rep. 1, 10, 15.—The subject of the dependent verb in the second person.a.With subj. imperf. (the regular construction):b.hodie igitur me videbit, ac vellem tum tu adesses,
I wish you could be present, Cic. Att. 13, 7, 2:quam vellem de his etiam oratoribus tibi dicere luberet,
I wish you would please, id. Brut. 71, 248.—With subj. pluperf., I wish you had:c.vellem Idibus Martiis me ad cenam invitasses,
Cic. Fam. 12, 4, 1:quam vellem te ad Stoicos inclinavisses,
id. Fin. 3, 3, 10:vellem suscepisses juvenem regendum,
id. Att. 10, 6, 2:quam vellem Bruto studium tuum navare potuisses,
id. ib. 15, 4, 5.—With ne and pluperf. subj.:d.tu vellem ne veritus esses ne parum libenter legerem tuas litteras,
Cic. Fam. 7, 33, 2.—With ellipsis of verb: vera cantas, vana vellem (i. e. cantares). Plaut. Most. 3, 4, 41.—3.With verb in third person.a.With imperf. subj. (the regular construction):b.patrem atque matrem viverent vellem tibi (per ecthesin, v. I. E. b.),
Plaut. Poen. 5, 2, 106:vellem adesset Antonius, modo sine advocatis,
Cic. Phil. 1, 7, 16:vellem nobis hoc idem vere dicere liceret,
id. Off. 3, 1, 1:vellem adesse posset Panaetius,
id. Tusc. 1, 33, 81:vellem hoc esset laborare,
id. Or. 2, 71, 287.—With pluperf. subj.:c.vellem aliqui ex vobis robustioribus hunc male dicendi locum suscepissent,
Cic. Cael. 3, 7:vellem dictum esset ab eodem etiam de Dione,
id. ib. 10, 23; so id. ib. 31, 74; id. Brut. 44, 163:quam vellem Dareus aliquid ex hac indole hausisset!
Curt. 3, 32 (12), 26.—With inf.-clause.(α).With inf. pres., I wish he were:(β).quam non abesse ab hujus judicio L. Vulsionem vellem!
Cic. Clu. 70, 198:nunc mihi... Vellem, Maeonide, pectus inesse tuum,
Ov. F. 2, 120.—With perf. inf. or part., I wish he had, had been:d.quam vellem Menedemum invitatum!
Ter. Heaut. 1, 2, 11:epistulas, quas quidem vellem mihi numquam redditas,
Cic. Att. 11, 22, 1.—With ellipsis of predicate: illud quoque vellem antea (i. e. factum, or factum esse),
Cic. Att. 11, 23, 3.—With ut, Cic. Sull. 1, 1; id. Fam. 7, 33, 2 (v. I. C. 1. a. supra).—4.With acc. of a neuter pronoun or of a noun:5.aliquando sentiam us nihil nobis nisi, id quod minime vellem, spiritum reliquum esse,
Cic. Att. 9, 19, 2: tris eos libros maxime nunc vellem: apti essent ad id quod cogito, I would like to have (cf. I. E. 1. a.), id. ib. 13, 22, 2.—In the other persons of vellem (mostly poet.).a.Velles.(α).In optative sentences redundant, Verg. A. 11, 153 (v. II. A. 1. d.).—(β).Of an indefinite subject:b.velles eum (Senecam) suo ingenio dixisse, alieno judicio,
Quint. 10, 1, 130.—Vellet.(α).In the potential sense of vellem: vellet abesse quidem;(β).sed adest. Velletque videre, Non etiam sentire canum fera facta suorum,
Ov. M. 3, 247.—Conditionally:c.quis vellet tanti nuntius esse mali (i. e. if in this situation)?
Ov. H. 12, 146.—Vellent.(α).In the potential sense of vellem:(β).quam vellent aethere in alto Nunc of pauperiem et duros perferre labores!
Verg. A. 6, 436.—Conditionally: nec superi vellent hoc licuisse sibi, would wish, i. e. if in this situation, Mart. 4, 44, 8.D.Volam and voluero.1.In gen.: respiciendus erit sermo stipulationis, utrumne talis sit: quem voluero, an quem volam. Nam si talis fuerit quem voluero, cum semel elegerit, mutare voluntatem non poterit;2.si vero... quem volam, donec judicium dictet, mutandi potestatem habebit,
Dig. 45, 1, 112.—Volam in principal sentences.(α).= Engl. future, I shall wish, etc.:(β).et commeminisse hoc ego volam te,
I shall require you to recollect this, Plaut. Curc. 4, 2, 7: cum omnia habueris, tunc habere et sapientiam voles? will you also wish to have wisdom when? etc., Sen. Ep. 17, 8.—Denoting present probability: et scilicet jam me hoc voles patrem exorare, ut, etc., you doubtless wish me, etc., Ter. Heaut. 4, 3, 27.—3.In clauses dependent on predicates implying a future, generally rendered by an English present:E.quid si sors aliter quam voles evenerit?
otherwise than as you wish, Plaut. Cas. 2, 5, 35:tum te, si voles, cum patriae quod debes solveris, satis diu vixisse dicito,
then if you choose, if you will, Cic. Marcell. 9, 27:decedes cum voles,
id. Att. 6, 3, 2:qui magis effugies eos qui volent fingere?
those who are bent upon inventing, who will invent, falsehoods, id. ib. 8, 2, 2; cf. id. ib. 1, 1, 4; id. Verr. 2, 4, 25, § 55; id. Prov. Cons. 9, 24:quod voles gratum esse, rarum effice,
Sen. Ben. 1, 14, 1; cf. id. Brev. Vit. 7, 9: si di volent, the gods permitting, August. ap. Suet. Calig. 8:invenies, vere si reperire voles,
Ov. P. 3, 1, 34; cf. Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 78; Tib. 1, 4, 45.—So, voluero:quem (locum) si qui vitare voluerit, sex milium circuitu in oppidum pervenit,
who wishes to avoid this spot, Caes. B. C. 2, 24.Si vis, parenthetically.1.If you please (cf. sis, supra init.):2.paulum opperirier, Si vis,
Ter. Eun. 5, 2, 52:audi, si vis, nunc jam,
id. Ad. 2, 1, 30:dic, si vis, de quo disputari velis,
Cic. Tusc. 2, 5, 13.—If you wish, choose, insist upon it:F.hanc quoque jucunditatem, si vis, transfer in animum,
Cic. Fin. 2, 4, 14:addam, si vis, animi, etc.,
id. ib. 2, 27, 89:concedam hoc ipsum, si vis, etc.,
id. Div. 2, 15, 34.Quam, with any person of the pres. indic. or subj., or imperf. subj. or future, = quamvis, in a concessive sense, virtually, however, however much.1.3 d pers. sing.:2.quod illa, quam velit sit potens, numquam impetravisset (= quamvis sit potens),
however powerful she may be, Cic. Cael. 26, 63:C. Gracchus dixit, sibi in somnis Ti. fratrem visum esse dicere, quam vellet cunctaretur, tamen eodem sibi leto... esse pereundum,
id. Div. 1, 26, 56:quam volet jocetur,
id. N. D. 2, 17, 46.—1 st pers. plur.:3.quam volumus licet ipsi nos amemus, tamen, etc.,
Cic. Har. Resp. 9, 19.—2 d pers. plur.: exspectate facinus quam vultis improbum, vincam tamen, etc., expect a crime, however wicked ( ever so wicked), etc., Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 5, § 11;4.but: hac actione quam voletis multi dicent,
as many as you choose, id. ib. 2, 2, 42, § 102.—3 d pers. plur.:G.quam volent illi cedant, tamen a re publica revocabuntur,
Cic. Phil. 2, 44, 113:quam volent in conviviis faceti, dicaces, etc., sint, alia fori vis est, alia triclinii,
id. Cael. 28, 67;but: et ceteri quam volent magnas pecunias capere possint,
as much money as they choose, id. Verr. 2, 2, 58, § 142.Volo = malo, to prefer, with a comparative clause (rare):H.quodsi in ceteris quoque studiis a multis eligere homines commodissimum quodque, quam sese uni alicui certo vellent addicere, = si se eligere mallent quam se uni addicere,
Cic. Inv. 2, 2, 5:malae rei quam nullius duces esse volunt,
Liv. 3, 68, 11:famaene credi velis quanta urbs a te capta sit, quam posteris quoque eam spectando esse?
id. 25, 29, 6.With magis and maxime.1.Magis velle: ut tu illam salvam magis velles quam ego, you wish more than I, etc., Ter. Hec. 2, 2, 17.—2.With maxime, to wish above all, more than any thing or any one else, to be most agreeable to one, to like best, to prefer (among more than two alternatives):K.quia id maxime volo ut illi istoc confugiant,
wish above all, Plaut. Most. 5, 1, 49; so id. Trin. 3, 2, 38:maxime vellem, judices, ut P. Sulla, etc.,
Cic. Sull. 1, 1:caritate nos capiunt reges, consilio optimates, libertate populi, ut in comparando difficile ad eligendum sit, quid maxime velis,
which you prefer, like best, id. Rep. 1, 35, 55; so, quemadmodum ego maxime vellem, id. Att. 13, 1, 1:tris eos libros maxime nunc vellem,
above all others, id. ib. 13, 32, 2:alia excusanti juveni, alia recipienti futura, ita ut maxime vellet senatus responderi placuit,
as it was most agreeable to him, Liv. 39, 47:si di tibi permisissent quo modo maxime velles experiri animum meum,
in the manner most convenient to yourself, Curt. 3, 6, 12.In disjunctive co - ordination.1.With sive... sive:2.tu nunc, sive ego volo, seu nolo, sola me ut vivam facis,
whether I choose or not, Plaut. Cist. 3, 14:itaque Campanos sive velint, sive nolint, quieturos,
Liv. 8, 2, 13.—Without connectives.a.Vis tu... vis:b.congredi cum hoste liceat... vis tu mari, vis terra, vis acie, vis urbibus expugnandis experiri virtutem?
Liv. 25, 6, 22.—Velim nolim.(α).Interrogatively, = utrum velim nec ne:(β).velit nolit scire, difficile est,
it is difficult to know whether he intends it or not, Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 8, 4.—= seu velim seu nolim:A.ut mihi, velim nolim, sit certa quaedam tuenda sententia,
whether I will or not, Cic. N. D. 1, 7, 17:velim nolim, in cognomine Scipionum haeream necesse est,
Val. Max. 3, 7, 3:mors interim adest, cui velis nolis vacandum est,
Sen. Brev. Vit. 8, 5:hunc ita fundatum necesse est, velit nolit, sequatur hilaritas continua,
id. Vit. Beat. 4, 4:velint nolint, respondendum est... beate vivere bonum non esse,
id. Ep. 117, 4:praeterea futuri principes, velint nolint, sciant, etc.,
Plin. Pan. 20 fin. Part. and P. a.: vŏlens, entis.As a part. proper, retaining the meaning and construction of velle, with the force of a relative or adverbial clause.1.Agreeing with some member of the sentence ( poet. and in post-class. prose;2.rare): neque illum... multa volentem Dicere praeterea vidit (= qui multa voluit dicere),
Verg. G. 4, 501; id. A. 2, 790:nec me vis ulla volentem Avertet (i. e. si adhaerere foederi volo),
id. ib. 12, 203: decemviri, minuere volentes hujuscemodi violentiam... putaverunt, etc., intending ( who intended) to diminish such a violence, etc., Gell. 20, 1, 34:Milo, experiri etiamtunc volens, an ullae sibi reliquae vires adessent... rescindere quercum conatus est,
id. 15, 16, 3:scio quosdam testatores, efficere volentes ne servi sui umquam ad libertatem venirent, etc., hactenus scribere solitos,
Dig. 40, 4, 61:si te volentem ad prohibendum venire, deterruerit aliquis, etc.,
ib. 43, 24, 1, § 10.—Abl. absol. (not ante-Aug.):B. 1.ne cujus militis scripti nomen nisi ipso volente deleretur,
except with his consent, Liv. 7, 41, 4; so,Teum ex medio cursu classem repente avertit, aut volentibus iis usurus commeatu parato hostibus, aut ipsos pro hostibus habiturus,
with their consent, id. 37, 27, 3:ponuntque ferocia Poeni Corda, volente deo,
since the god willed it, Verg. A. 1, 303: Thrasippo supplicium a se voluntaria morte exigere volente, while he was about to inflict punishment on himself, etc., Val. Max. 5, 1, ext. 2: scire volentibus immortalibus dis an Romana virtus imperium orbis mereretur, it being the will of the gods to know, etc., Flor. 1, 13, 3 (1, 7, 3): qui sciente aut volente eo ad quem res pertinet, possessionem nanciscitur, with the knowledge and consent of the person who, etc., Dig. 41, 2, 6. —Attributively.a.In the phrase cum dis volentibus, lit. with the willing or favoring gods, i. e. with the will, permission, or favor of the gods: dono ducite doque volentibu' cum magnis dis, Enn. ap. Cic. Off. 1, 12, 38 (Ann. v. 208 Vahl.):b.sequere hac, mea gnata, me cum dis volentibus,
Plaut. Pers. 3, 1, 4:cum dis volentibus quodque bene eveniat mando tibi Mani uti illaec suovetaurilia, etc.,
Cato, R. R. 141 (142).— And without cum, abl. absol.:virtute ac dis volentibus magni estis et opulenti,
Sall. J. 14, 19.—Volenti animo.(α).= cupide, eagerly:(β).Romae plebes litteris quae de Metello ac Mario missae erant, volenti animo de ambobus acceperant,
Sall. J. 73, 3. —On purpose, intentionally:2.consilio hanc omnes animisque volentibus urbem Adferimur,
Verg. A. 7, 216.—Predicatively.a.Agreeing with the subject-nom. or subject - acc.(α).Voluntarily, willingly, [p. 2011] gladly (class.):(β).(hi) divini generis appellentur... vobisque jure et lege volentes pareant,
Cic. Univ. 11 fin.:quas victi ab hostibus poenas metuerant, eas ipsi volentes pendere,
Sall. J. 76, 6:quia volentes in amicitiam non veniebant,
Liv. 21, 39, 4:si volentes ac non coacti mansissent in amicitia,
id. 24, 37, 7:quocunque loco seu volens seu invitus constitisti,
id. 7, 40, 13:itaque se numquam volentem parte qua posset rerum consilio gerendarum cessurum,
id. 22, 27, 9:(virtus), quidquid evenerit, feret, non patiens tantum, sed etiam volens,
Sen. Vit. Beat. 15, 5:non est referre gratiam quod volens acceperis nolenti reddere,
id. Ben. 4, 40, 4:volens vos Turnus adoro,
Verg. A. 10, 677; 3, 457; 6, 146;12, 833: date vina volentes,
id. ib. 8, 275: ipsa autem macie tenuant armenta volentes ( on purpose), id. G. 3, 129.—And referring to subjects denoting things: quos rami fructus, quos ipsa volentia rura Sponte tulere sua, carpsit ( spontaneously and willingly), Verg. G. 2, 500.—Favorably; with propitius, favorably and kindly, referring to the gods:b.precantes Jovem ut volens propitius praebeat sacra arma pro patria,
Liv. 24, 21, 10:precantibus ut volens propitiaque urbem Romanam iniret,
id. 29, 14, 13:in ea arce (Victoriam) sacratam, volentem propitiamque, firmam ac stabilem fore populo Romano,
id. 22, 37, 12; 1, 16, 3; 7, 26, 3; 24, 38, 8; Inscr. Orell. 2489 sq.—Parodied by Plautus:agite, bibite, festivae fores! fite mihi volentes propitiae,
Plaut. Curc. 1, 1, 89.— Abl. absol.:omnia diis propitiis volentibusque ea faciemus,
with the favor and help of the gods, Liv. 39, 16, 11 Weissenb. ad loc.:si (Jovem) invocem ut dexter ac volens assit,
Quint. 4, prooem. 5.—Agreeing with other terms of the sentence (rare): volenti consuli causa in Pamphyliam devertendi oblata est, a welcome cause was offered to the consul, etc., Liv. 38, 15, 3:c.quod nobis volentibus facile continget,
if we wish, Quint. 6, 2, 30:is Ariobarzanem volentibus Armeniis praefecit,
to their satisfaction, Tac. A. 2, 4:gemis... hominem, Urse, tuum, cui dulce volenti servitium... erat,
to whom his servitude was sweet, since he liked it, Stat. S. 2, 6, 15:me mea virtus, etc., fatis egere volentem,
Verg. A. 8, 133:saepe ille volentem castigabat erum,
administered kindly received rebukes, Stat. S. 2, 6, 50.—In the phrase aliquid mihi volenti est or putatur, etc., something is welcome, acceptable to me, pleases me (= volens habeo or accipio aliquid; cf. the Gr. Humin tauta boulomenois estin, and, mihi aliquid cupienti est; v. cupio;3.rare but class.): uti militibus exaequatus cum imperatore labos volentibus esset,
that the equalization of labor was acceptable to the soldier, Sall. J. 100, 4:quia neque plebei militia volenti putabatur,
id. ib. 84, 3 Dietsch:grande periculum maritumis civitatibus esse, et quibusdam volentibus novas res fore,
that to some a change of the government would be welcome, Liv. 21, 50, 10:quibus bellum volentibus erat, probare exemplum,
Tac. Agr. 18.— Impers. with subject - inf.: ceterisque remanere et in verba Vespasiani adigi volentibus fuit, to the rest it was acceptable to remain, etc., Tac. H. 3, 43.—With subject-inf. understood:si volentibus vobis erit, in medium profero quae... legisse memini,
Macr. S. 7, 13, 11:si volentibus vobis erit, diem fabulis et epulis exigamus,
id. ib. 1, 7; 2, 3 fin.; 6, 6 init. —As subst. (mostly post-Aug.).a.vŏlens, entis, m., = is qui vult, in the different meanings, and often with the construction of the verb.(α).One who wishes:(β).nunc cis Hiberum castra Romana esse, arcem tutam perfugiumque novas volentibus res,
Liv. 22, 22, 11:consulere se volentibus vacuas aures accommodavit,
Val. Max. 5, 8, 3:quid opus libertate si volentibus luxu perire non licet,
id. 2, 9, 5:discere meliora volentibus promptum est,
i. e. it depends on our own will to learn better things, Quint. 11, 11, 12:nec sum in hoc sollicitus, dum res ipsa volentibus discere appareat,
to the students, id. 8, 4, 15:mori volentibus vis adhibita vivendi,
Suet. Tib. 61.—One who intends, is about:(γ).juris ignorantia non prodest acquirere volentibus,
i. e. in the acquisition of property, Dig. 22, 6, 7:si quis volentem incipere uti frui prohibuit,
one who is about to enter upon a usufruct, ib. 43, 16, 3, § 14. —One who is willing:(δ).non refert quid sit quod datur, nisi a volente volenti datur,
unless it is both willingly given and received, Sen. Ben. 2, 18, 8:ducunt volentem fata, nolentem trahunt,
those willing to follow, id. Ep. 107, 11.—One who consents:(ε).tutiusque rati volentibus quam coactis imperitare,
to rule men with their consent, Sall. J. 102, 6:quippe rempublicam si a volentibus nequeat ab invitis jus expetituram,
peaceably if they could, forcibly if they must, Liv. 3, 40, 4:si quis aliam rem pro alia volenti solverit,
if one pays with the consent of the receiver, Dig. 46, 3, 46:nulla injuria est quae in volentem fiat,
ib. 47, 10, 1, § 5.—One who does a thing voluntarily:(ζ).pecuniam etiam a volentibus acceperant,
the contributions of money were voluntary, Vell. 2, 62, 3:parce, puer, stimulis... (solis equi) Sponte sua properant. Labor est inhibere volentis (i. e. properare),
Ov. M. 2, 128.—Volens = bene volens: munificus nemo habebatur nisi pariter volens, unless he was just as kindly disposed, sc. as he was liberal, Sall. J. 103, 6.—Often referring to a previously mentioned noun:b.hunc cape consiliis socium et conjunge volentem,
and unite with him, since he wishes it, Verg. A. 5, 712; so may be taken Ov. M. 2, 128 (v. e).—In the neutr. plur. (volentia) rare, always with dat., things pleasing, acceptable:2.Pompeius multis suspitionibus volentia plebi facturus habebatur,
that he would do what pleased the common people, Sall. H. 4, 31 Dietsch:haec atque talia plebi volentia fuere,
Tac. A. 15, 36 Draeg. ad loc. al.:iique Muciano volentia rescripsere,
id. H. 3, 52.—Hence, adv.: vŏlenter, willingly, App. M. 6, p. 178, 4.vŏlo, āvi, ātum ( part. gen. plur. volantūm, Verg. A. 6, 728; Lucr. 2, 1083), 1, v. n. [Sanscr. val-, to turn one's self, etc.; cf.: vŏlucer, vēlox, and vol- in velivolus], to fly.I.Lit.: ex alto... laeva volavit avis, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 48, 107 (Ann. v. 95 Vahl.):2. II.aves,
Lucr. 6, 742:accipitres,
id. 4, 1010:corvi,
id. 2, 822:altam supra volat ardea nubem,
Verg. G. 1, 364:volat ille per aëra magnum Remigio alarum,
id. A. 1, 300:columbae venere volantes,
id. ib. 6, 191; Prop. 2, 30 (3, 28), 30; Juv. 8, 251:apes,
Ov. A. A. 1, 96; cf. Plin. 10, 38, 54, § 112:volasse eum (Antonium), non iter fecisse diceres,
Cic. Phil. 10, 5, 11.—Prov.:sine pennis volare haud facile est,
Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 49.—Transf., to fly, i. e. to move swiftly like one flying, to fleet, speed, hasten along:3.i sane... vola curriculo,
Plaut. Pers. 2, 2, 17; cf.:per summa levis volat aequora curru,
Verg. A. 5, 819:medios volat ecce per hostes Vectus equo spumante Saces,
id. ib. 12, 650:illa (Argo) volat,
Ov. H. 6, 66:currus,
Verg. G. 3, 181:axis,
id. ib. 3, 107:nubes,
Lucr. 5, 254:fulmina,
id. 2, 213:tempestates,
id. 6, 612:telum,
id. 1, 971; cf. Sall. J. 60, 2; Verg. A. 9, 698; Liv. 26, 44, 7 al.:litterae Capuam ad Pompeium volare dicebantur,
Cic. Att. 2, 19, 3:volat aetas,
id. Tusc. 1, 31, 76:hora,
Sen. Hippol. 1141:fama,
Verg. A. 3, 121:et semel emissum volat irrevocabile verbum,
Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 71.— Poet., with inf.:ast Erebi virgo ditem volat aethere Memphim Praecipere et Phariā venientem pellere terrā,
Val. Fl. 4, 407.vŏlo, ōnis, m. [1. volo], a volunteer, first applied to the slaves who, after the battle at Cannæ, were enrolled upon their own expressed desire to serve (cf. Liv. 22, 57, 11; Val. Max. 7, 6, 1):volones dicti sunt milites, qui post Cannensem cladem usque ad octo milia, cum essent servi, voluntarie se ad militiam obtulere,
Paul. Diac. p. 370:volones, quia sponte hoc voluerunt, appellati,
Macr. S. 1, 11, 30:vetus miles tironi, liber voloni sese exaequari sineret,
Liv. 23, 35, 6; 23, 32, 1; Capitol. Anton. Phil. 21, 6; Macr. S. 1, 11, 30. -
10 discedo
discēdo, ĕre, cessi, cessum - intr. - - parf. sync. discesti Plaut. As. 251; discesse Fort. Mart 4, 352 II part. pass. avec sens actif, custodibus discessis Cael. Antip. d. Prisc. 8, 49, les gardes s'étant retirés. [st1]1 [-] s'en aller de côté et d'autre, se séparer, se diviser. - senatus consultum factum est ut sodalitates discederent, Cic. Q. 2, 3, 5: un sénatus consulte ordonna que toutes les associations eussent à se dissoudre. - populus ex contione discessit, Sall. J. 34, 2: le peuple, l'assemblée finie, se dispersa. - in duas partes discedunt Numidae, Sall. J. 13, 1: les Numides se divisent en deux partis. - cum terra discessisset magnis quibusdam imbribus, Cic. Off. 3, 38: la terre s'étant entrouverte à la suite de grandes pluies. - cf. Div. 1, 97; 1, 99. [st1]2 [-] se séparer [d'un tout, d'un groupe dont on faisait partie]. - ab amicis discedere, Cic. Lael. 42: se séparer de ses amis (rompre avec...). - cf. Caes. BC. 3, 60, 3. [st1]3 [-] s'éloigner de. - ab aliquo discedere, Caes. BG. 4, 12, 1: s'éloigner de qqn, quitter qqn. --- cf. Cic. Lael. 1. - a vallo discedere, Caes. BC. 3, 37, 3: quitter le retranchement. - cf. Caes. BG. 5, 8, 6 ; 5, 34, 1. - e Gallia discedere, Cic. Phil. 8, 21: sortir de Gaule. - ex hibernis dicedere, Caes. BG. 5, 23, 3: quitter le cantonnement. - de foro discedere, Cic. Verr. 4, 147: quitter le forum. - de praediis discedere, Cic. Amer. 79: sortir de ses propriétés. - Capuā discedere, Cic. Att. 7, 21, 1: quitter Capoue. - templo discedere, Ov. M. 1, 381: quitter le temple. [st1]4 [-] se retirer du combat [vainqueur ou vaincu]. - superiores discedere, Caes. BC. 1, 47, 1: sortir vainqueurs. --- cf. BC. 3, 47. 5. - sine detrimento discedere, Caes. BC. 3, 46, 6: se retirer sans dommage. - a signis discedere, Caes. BG. 5, 16, 1; BC. 1, 341: quitter les enseignes = rompre les manipules, se débander, fuir. - [mais Liv. 25, 20, 4, déserter]. [st1]5 [-] s'en aller du tribunal; se tirer d'affaire. - superior discedit, Cic. Caec. 2: il sort victorieux du procès. --- cf. Br. 229. - si istius haec tanta injuria impunita discesserit, Cic. Verr. 4, 68: si l'injustice si grande commise par cet homme sort impunie de ces débats. - qui resisterunt, discedunt saepissime superiores, Cic. Tusc. 2: ceux qui ont résisté s'en vont en général en vainqueurs. - discessit liberatus, Nep. Phoc. 2, 3: il fut renvoyé absous. - impunita (tanta injuria) discedit, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 30: un si grand attentat reste impuni. - Hercules, qui deus sis, sane discessisti non bene, Plaut. Stich. 395: Hercules, bien que tu sois dieu, tu ne t'en es pas bien tiré. - cf. Cic. Att. 2, 16, 4 ; 2, 21, 6. [st1]6 [-] fig. s'écarter de. - ab officio dicedere, Caes. BG. 1, 40, 2: se départir de son devoir, manquer à son devoir. - a sua sententia discedere, Caes. BC. 1, 2. 5: renoncer à son opinion. - a ratione discedere, Cic. Tusc. 4, 42: s'écarter de la raison. - ab oppugnatione castrorum discedere, Caes. BC. 2, 31, 3: abandonner le siège d'un camp. - quartana a te discessit, Cic. Att. 8, 6, 4: la fièvre quarte t'a quitté. - numquam ex animo meo discedit illius viri memoria, Cic. Rep. 6, 9: jamais le souvenir de cet homme ne sort de ma mémoire. - hostibus spes potiundi oppidi discessit, Caes. BG 2, 7, 2: pour l'ennemi, l'espoir de prendre la ville s'en alla. - a vita (ex vita) discedere, Cic.: quitter la vie, mourir. - absol. dilatato vulneris hiatu discessit, Amm. 29: sa plaie s'étant rouverte et élargie, il mourut. [st1]7 [-] se porter vers une opinion. - in alicujus sententiam discedere, Sall. C. 55, 1: se ranger à l'avis de qqn. - cf Liv. 3, 41, 1; 28, 45, 5, etc. - in alia omnia discessit (senatus), Cic. Fam. 19, 12, 3: (le sénat) se rangea à un tout autre avis. - ultimum senatus consultum, quo... numquam ante discessum est, Caes. BC. 1, 5, 3: le sénatus consulte, ultime mesure à laquelle on n'en est jamais venu auparavant... [st1]8 [-] faire abstraction de. - cum a vobis discesserim, neminem esse... Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 18, [je t'assure] que, vous exceptés, il n'y a personne... - cum a fraterno amore discessi, Cic. Att. 1, 17, 5: à part l'affection que me porte mon frère.* * *discēdo, ĕre, cessi, cessum - intr. - - parf. sync. discesti Plaut. As. 251; discesse Fort. Mart 4, 352 II part. pass. avec sens actif, custodibus discessis Cael. Antip. d. Prisc. 8, 49, les gardes s'étant retirés. [st1]1 [-] s'en aller de côté et d'autre, se séparer, se diviser. - senatus consultum factum est ut sodalitates discederent, Cic. Q. 2, 3, 5: un sénatus consulte ordonna que toutes les associations eussent à se dissoudre. - populus ex contione discessit, Sall. J. 34, 2: le peuple, l'assemblée finie, se dispersa. - in duas partes discedunt Numidae, Sall. J. 13, 1: les Numides se divisent en deux partis. - cum terra discessisset magnis quibusdam imbribus, Cic. Off. 3, 38: la terre s'étant entrouverte à la suite de grandes pluies. - cf. Div. 1, 97; 1, 99. [st1]2 [-] se séparer [d'un tout, d'un groupe dont on faisait partie]. - ab amicis discedere, Cic. Lael. 42: se séparer de ses amis (rompre avec...). - cf. Caes. BC. 3, 60, 3. [st1]3 [-] s'éloigner de. - ab aliquo discedere, Caes. BG. 4, 12, 1: s'éloigner de qqn, quitter qqn. --- cf. Cic. Lael. 1. - a vallo discedere, Caes. BC. 3, 37, 3: quitter le retranchement. - cf. Caes. BG. 5, 8, 6 ; 5, 34, 1. - e Gallia discedere, Cic. Phil. 8, 21: sortir de Gaule. - ex hibernis dicedere, Caes. BG. 5, 23, 3: quitter le cantonnement. - de foro discedere, Cic. Verr. 4, 147: quitter le forum. - de praediis discedere, Cic. Amer. 79: sortir de ses propriétés. - Capuā discedere, Cic. Att. 7, 21, 1: quitter Capoue. - templo discedere, Ov. M. 1, 381: quitter le temple. [st1]4 [-] se retirer du combat [vainqueur ou vaincu]. - superiores discedere, Caes. BC. 1, 47, 1: sortir vainqueurs. --- cf. BC. 3, 47. 5. - sine detrimento discedere, Caes. BC. 3, 46, 6: se retirer sans dommage. - a signis discedere, Caes. BG. 5, 16, 1; BC. 1, 341: quitter les enseignes = rompre les manipules, se débander, fuir. - [mais Liv. 25, 20, 4, déserter]. [st1]5 [-] s'en aller du tribunal; se tirer d'affaire. - superior discedit, Cic. Caec. 2: il sort victorieux du procès. --- cf. Br. 229. - si istius haec tanta injuria impunita discesserit, Cic. Verr. 4, 68: si l'injustice si grande commise par cet homme sort impunie de ces débats. - qui resisterunt, discedunt saepissime superiores, Cic. Tusc. 2: ceux qui ont résisté s'en vont en général en vainqueurs. - discessit liberatus, Nep. Phoc. 2, 3: il fut renvoyé absous. - impunita (tanta injuria) discedit, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 30: un si grand attentat reste impuni. - Hercules, qui deus sis, sane discessisti non bene, Plaut. Stich. 395: Hercules, bien que tu sois dieu, tu ne t'en es pas bien tiré. - cf. Cic. Att. 2, 16, 4 ; 2, 21, 6. [st1]6 [-] fig. s'écarter de. - ab officio dicedere, Caes. BG. 1, 40, 2: se départir de son devoir, manquer à son devoir. - a sua sententia discedere, Caes. BC. 1, 2. 5: renoncer à son opinion. - a ratione discedere, Cic. Tusc. 4, 42: s'écarter de la raison. - ab oppugnatione castrorum discedere, Caes. BC. 2, 31, 3: abandonner le siège d'un camp. - quartana a te discessit, Cic. Att. 8, 6, 4: la fièvre quarte t'a quitté. - numquam ex animo meo discedit illius viri memoria, Cic. Rep. 6, 9: jamais le souvenir de cet homme ne sort de ma mémoire. - hostibus spes potiundi oppidi discessit, Caes. BG 2, 7, 2: pour l'ennemi, l'espoir de prendre la ville s'en alla. - a vita (ex vita) discedere, Cic.: quitter la vie, mourir. - absol. dilatato vulneris hiatu discessit, Amm. 29: sa plaie s'étant rouverte et élargie, il mourut. [st1]7 [-] se porter vers une opinion. - in alicujus sententiam discedere, Sall. C. 55, 1: se ranger à l'avis de qqn. - cf Liv. 3, 41, 1; 28, 45, 5, etc. - in alia omnia discessit (senatus), Cic. Fam. 19, 12, 3: (le sénat) se rangea à un tout autre avis. - ultimum senatus consultum, quo... numquam ante discessum est, Caes. BC. 1, 5, 3: le sénatus consulte, ultime mesure à laquelle on n'en est jamais venu auparavant... [st1]8 [-] faire abstraction de. - cum a vobis discesserim, neminem esse... Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 18, [je t'assure] que, vous exceptés, il n'y a personne... - cum a fraterno amore discessi, Cic. Att. 1, 17, 5: à part l'affection que me porte mon frère.* * *Discedo, discedis, pen. prod. discessi, discessum, discedere, Recedere: vt Discedere Roma. Cic. Se partir et s'en aller.\Discedere cubitum. Cic. S'en aller coucher.\Non discedere ab aliquo. Cic. Ne bouger d'avec aucun, L'accompaigner tousjours, et ne le laisser jamais.\Discedere ab amicis. Cic. Se departir de l'amitié d'aucun.\Discedere ab armis. Caes. Laisser les armes et s'en retourner chascun en son hostel.\Discedere a consuetudine alicuius populi. Cic. Contrevenir à la coustume, Venir et faire contre la commune observance et coustume d'un peuple.\E conspectu discedere. Cic. Se partir de la presence d'aucun.\Discedere a defendendis hominibus et subleuandis. Cic. Laisser à aider et defendre.\Non discedere digitum a re aliqua. Cic. Sub. latum. Ne s'en esloingner nullement, S'en tenir tousjours pres.\In duas factiones ciuitas discessit. Tacit. Est divisee.\A sperata alicuius rei gloria discedere. Cic. Perdre esperance.\Discedere a jure. Cic. Ne se gouverner et reigler plus selon le droict et les loix.\Vno verbo discedere a libro. Cic. Faillir d'un mot à dire comme il est dedens son livre.\Nunquam ex animo meo discedit illius viri memoria. Cic. Jamais je ne perds la souvenance de luy, J'ay tousjours memoire de luy, Il me souvient tousjours de luy, Il n'est jamais qu'il ne me souvienne de luy.\A mente atque a se discedere. Cic. Sortir hors de son sens.\Discessit mos. Plin. La coustume n'est plus.\Discedamus a nobis. Cic. Ne parlons plus de nous, Laissons à parler de nous.\Discedere ab officio. Cic. Ne faire plus son debvoir.\Discedere in aliquam opinionem. Cic. Se ranger à quelque opinion.\Discedere in alia omnia, pro Dissentire. Cic. Estre d'opinion contraire, Opiner au contraire.\Discedunt in duas partes. Sallust. Se divisent et separent en deux bandes.\Negat vnquam se a te pedem discessisse. Cic. Il nie qu'il bougeast jamais le pied d'avec toy, Il dit qu'il ne s'esloingna jamais de toy la longueur d'un pied.\Audiui quartanam a te discessisse. Cic. J'ay ouy dire que la fievre quarte t'a laissé, S'en est allee.\A re discedere. Cic. Sortir hors du propos.\Discedere a vel de sententia. Caesar. Cic. Changer d'opinion.\A sese discedere. Cic. S'oublier soymesme, et sortir hors de son sens.\Signis discedere haud licitum. Sil. Il n'est point licite à un homme de guerre de se partir d'avec son enseigne.\Discedere superiorem. Cic. S'en aller vainqueur.\Discedere inferiorem. Cic. S'en aller vaincu.\A vita discedere. Cic. Mourir.\Discedit vsusfructus a persona. Modestin. L'usufruict se perd et se depart de celuy à qui il estoit.\Quum discessi a te, nemo mihi illo charior. Cic. Apres toy je l'aime plus que nul autre.\Amoris vero erga te mei, quum a fraterno amore, domesticoque discessi, tibi primas defero. Cic. Apres mon frere, il n'en y a point que j'aime tant que toy.\Sic, vt quum ab illo discesserint, me habeant proximum. Cic. Tellement que apres cestuy là, ils n'en ont point de plus prochain que moy.\Discedere terra dicitur. Cic. Se fendre, S'ouvrir.\Discedit caelum. Cic. Quand il s'ouvre et se fend, ou semble se fendre, comme quand il esclaire.\Discedatur, impersonale. Cic. Qu'on s'en aille.\Disceditur in eam sententiam. Liu. On suit ceste opinion.\Discessum est. Liu. On s'est departi. -
11 existimo
existimo (exaestimo; arch. existumo), āre - tr. - [st2]1 [-] estimer. [st2]2 [-] considérer comme. [st2]3 [-] peser, juger, apprécier, croire (qqch). [st2]4 [-] intr.: avoir une opinion, penser, juger, croire. - existimare de aliquo: avoir une opinion sur qqn. - bene (male) existimare de aliquo: avoir une bonne (mauvaise) opinion sur qqn. - existimare + prop. inf.: penser que, croire que. - existimare + gén. de prix = aestimare: apprécier. - avarum aliquem existimare: considérer qqn comme avare. - existimantes: les critiques. - existimari: passer pour, être regardé comme; être jugé, être apprécié. - honoris existimari: être regardé comme un honneur. - in hostium numero existimari, Cic. Verr. 1.5.13: être considéré comme un ennemi. - disciplina in Britannia reperta esse existimatur, Caes. BG. 6, 13: leur doctrine passe pour avoir pris naissance en Bretagne. - nunc vos existimate, facta an dicta pluris sint, Sall. J. 85: appréciez maintenant ce qui a le plus de valeur, les faits ou les paroles. - existimari non poterat an: on ne pouvait décider si (on ne pouvait voir si). - ut existimabatur: suivant l'opinion générale.* * *existimo (exaestimo; arch. existumo), āre - tr. - [st2]1 [-] estimer. [st2]2 [-] considérer comme. [st2]3 [-] peser, juger, apprécier, croire (qqch). [st2]4 [-] intr.: avoir une opinion, penser, juger, croire. - existimare de aliquo: avoir une opinion sur qqn. - bene (male) existimare de aliquo: avoir une bonne (mauvaise) opinion sur qqn. - existimare + prop. inf.: penser que, croire que. - existimare + gén. de prix = aestimare: apprécier. - avarum aliquem existimare: considérer qqn comme avare. - existimantes: les critiques. - existimari: passer pour, être regardé comme; être jugé, être apprécié. - honoris existimari: être regardé comme un honneur. - in hostium numero existimari, Cic. Verr. 1.5.13: être considéré comme un ennemi. - disciplina in Britannia reperta esse existimatur, Caes. BG. 6, 13: leur doctrine passe pour avoir pris naissance en Bretagne. - nunc vos existimate, facta an dicta pluris sint, Sall. J. 85: appréciez maintenant ce qui a le plus de valeur, les faits ou les paroles. - existimari non poterat an: on ne pouvait décider si (on ne pouvait voir si). - ut existimabatur: suivant l'opinion générale.* * *Existimo, existimas, pen. corr. existimare, ab aestimo fit, diphthongo in i longam conuersa: quasi ab aestimatione statuere atque decernere. Penser et juger, Faire jugement de quelque chose, apres y avoir pensé.\Existimatu facile. Liu. Facile à penser ou juger, Qu'on peult facilement penser ou juger. -
12 aestimo
aestĭmo, (arch. aestŭmo), āre, āvi, ātum - tr. - [st2]1 [-] estimer, priser, taxer, évaluer (en argent). [st2]2 [-] estimer, fixer (en t. de droit). [st2]3 [-] estimer, apprécier, juger, faire cas de. [st2]4 [-] être d'avis, estimer, penser. - aestimare litem alicui (alicujus): évaluer les préjudices qui incombent à qqn. - pluris aestimare: estimer plus, estimer davantage. - minoris aestimare: estimer moins. - aliquem (aliquid) aestimare: estimer qqn (qqch). - magni (magno) aestimare: estimer beaucoup. - aestimare aliquid magni (magno): faire grand cas de qqch. - ex opinione aliquid aestimare: apprécier qqch d'après l'opinion (en se basant sur l'opinion). - denis in diem assibus animam et corpus aestimare, Tac. An. 1, 17: estimer l'âme et le corps (des soldats) à dix as par jour. - amicitias inimicitiasque non ex re, sed ex commodo aestumare, Sall. C. 10, 5: apprécier les amitiés et les inimitiés non d'après leur réelle valeur, mais d'après leur intérêt. - sicut ego aestimo: à mon avis.* * *aestĭmo, (arch. aestŭmo), āre, āvi, ātum - tr. - [st2]1 [-] estimer, priser, taxer, évaluer (en argent). [st2]2 [-] estimer, fixer (en t. de droit). [st2]3 [-] estimer, apprécier, juger, faire cas de. [st2]4 [-] être d'avis, estimer, penser. - aestimare litem alicui (alicujus): évaluer les préjudices qui incombent à qqn. - pluris aestimare: estimer plus, estimer davantage. - minoris aestimare: estimer moins. - aliquem (aliquid) aestimare: estimer qqn (qqch). - magni (magno) aestimare: estimer beaucoup. - aestimare aliquid magni (magno): faire grand cas de qqch. - ex opinione aliquid aestimare: apprécier qqch d'après l'opinion (en se basant sur l'opinion). - denis in diem assibus animam et corpus aestimare, Tac. An. 1, 17: estimer l'âme et le corps (des soldats) à dix as par jour. - amicitias inimicitiasque non ex re, sed ex commodo aestumare, Sall. C. 10, 5: apprécier les amitiés et les inimitiés non d'après leur réelle valeur, mais d'après leur intérêt. - sicut ego aestimo: à mon avis.* * *AEstimo, aestimas, pen. corr. aestimare. Priser, Estimer, Considerer, Poiser.\Tribus denariis aestimauit. Cic. Il apprecia, Prisa, Tauxa.\Qui poenam suam honoribus summis esset aestimaturus. Quintil. Qui estimoit que la peine qu'on luy feroit souffrir, luy seroit au plus grand honneur du monde.\AEstimare litem. Cicero. Reduire par sentence l'interest d'une partie à certaine somme de deniers.\AEstimare nomina alicui. Cic. Le condamner pour raison de quelques debtes.\AEstimare pecunia. Cic. Apprecier.\AEstimare pretium rei. Cic. Estimer le pris et valeur de quelque chose.\AEstimare magni et magno. Cic. Fort estimer, Priser beaucoup.\Nonnihilo aestimare. Cic. Aucunement estimer.\Bene de aliquo aestimare. Cic. Avoir bonne opinion d'aucun.\AEstimare aliquem ex artificio. Cic. L'estimer à cause de son art, et selon qu'il est scavant.\AEstimare aliquid ex veritate, vel ex opinione. Cic. Selon la verité, ou Selon nostre opinion.\AEstimandum dare aliquid suo cuiusque animo. Quintil. Le laisser à penser et considerer à chascun en soymesme.\AEstimare vrbem aliquam e loco sublimi. Martial. La regarder et considerer ou contempler. -
13 assentior
assentior, (adsentior), sentiri, sensus sum, (qqf. assentio ou adsentio, sentire, sensi, sensum) [st2]1 [-] donner son assentiment, approuver. [st2]2 [-] flatter, complaire. - assentior tibi: je suis de ton avis. - cetera assentior tibi, Cic.: pour le reste, je suis de ton avis. - vultu alicui assentiri: approuver qqn du regard. - alicui rei assentiri: approuver qqch. - alicui assensum est: on fut de l'avis de qqn. - Bibulo adsensum est, Cic. Fam. 1, 2: on a suivi l'opinion de Bibulus. - tibi assentio ut... Cic.: je suis d'avis comme toi de...* * *assentior, (adsentior), sentiri, sensus sum, (qqf. assentio ou adsentio, sentire, sensi, sensum) [st2]1 [-] donner son assentiment, approuver. [st2]2 [-] flatter, complaire. - assentior tibi: je suis de ton avis. - cetera assentior tibi, Cic.: pour le reste, je suis de ton avis. - vultu alicui assentiri: approuver qqn du regard. - alicui rei assentiri: approuver qqch. - alicui assensum est: on fut de l'avis de qqn. - Bibulo adsensum est, Cic. Fam. 1, 2: on a suivi l'opinion de Bibulus. - tibi assentio ut... Cic.: je suis d'avis comme toi de...* * *Cui assensi sunt ad vnum. Ci. Il ne s'en fallu pas un que tous n'ayent esté de son opinion.\Illud assentior Theophrasto. Cic. Quand à ce je m'accorde à Theophraste, et suis de son opinion.\Mihi est assensus Senatus de obtinendis prouinciis. Cic. Le Senat a esté de mon advis et opinion touchant le faict des provinces qui estoit en deliberation.\Assensum est Bibulo. Cic. On fut de l'advis et opinion de Bibulus. -
14 sequor
sĕquor, sĕqui, sĕcūtus sum - tr. -. - [gr]gr. ἕπω, ἓπομαι (*σέπω, *σέπομαι). - la forme active sequo, ĕre est attestée par Gell. 18, 9, 8; Prisc. 8, 6, 29 ; passif sequi Her. 3, 3, 5. [st1]1 [-] suivre, aller à la suite, s'attacher à (au pr. et au fig.). - abi prae, jam ego sequar, Plaut. Am.: va devant, je suivrai. - sequi procul, Plaut. (sequi magno intervallo, Caes.): suivre de loin. - non tibi sequendus eram, Ov.: il ne fallait pas m'accompagner. - sequi praetorem, Hor.: suivre le préteur, escorter le préteur. - sequi vestigia alicujus, Ov. M. 4: s'attacher aux pas de qqn. - sequi terga alicujus, Cic.: s'attacher aux pas de qqn. - sequi aliquid oculis, Virg.: suivre qqch des yeux. - neque arborum te ulla sequetur, Hor.: et pas un de ces arbres ne te suivra (aux enfers). - absol. Helvetii secuti, Caes. BG. 1, 24, 4: les Helvètes ayant suivi, cf. Caes. BG. 1, 40. - sequi naturam ducem, Cic. Lael. 19: suivre la nature comme guide. - Epicurus, in quibus sequitur Democritum, non fere labitur, Cic. Fin. 1, 18: Epicure, dans les endroits où il suit Démocrite, ne se trompe pas d'ordinaire. - Panaetius, quem multum in his libris secutus sum, non interpretatus, Cic. Off. 2, 60: Panétius que j'ai beaucoup suivi dans ce traité, sans pourtant le traduire. - sequi auctoritatem et consilium alicujus, Cic. Fam. 4, 3, 2: suivre l'autorité et les conseils de qqn. - sequi sententiam, Caes. BC. 1, 2, 6: suivre l'avis de qqn. - sequi factum alicujus, Caes. BC. 2, 32, 2: suivre la conduite (l'exemple) de qqn. - nostro sequitur de vulnere sanguis, Virg.: le sang suit le coup que nous portons. - sudor membra sequebatur, Virg.: la sueur couvrait les membres. - nares vicinitatem oris secutae sunt, Cic.: les narines ont été placées dans le voisinage de la bouche. - patrem sequuntur liberi, Liv. 4: les enfants suivent la condition de leur père. - post gloriam invidia sequitur, Sall. J. 55: l'envie marche à la suite de la gloire. - damnatum poenam sequi oportebat, ut igni cremaretur, Caes. BG. 1: la peine infligée au condamné était qu'il devait subir le châtiment du feu. - te fama illa sequetur oppressisse... Sall. Mithr.: s'attachera à toi la gloire d'avoir anéanti... [st1]2 [-] suivre hostilement, poursuivre, courir après. - sequi aliquem nudo ferro, Ov. M. 6: presser qqn l'épée nue à la main. - neque prius finem sequendi fecere quam... Caes. BG. 7, 47: et leur poursuite ne cessa pas avant que... - sequi feras, Ov. M. 2: donner la chasse aux bêtes sauvages. - nos bella sequuntur, Ov.: la guerre s'acharne après nous. - sequi hostes, Caes. BG. 1, 22: poursuivre les ennemis. - finis sequendi, Caes. BG. 7, 17: la fin de la poursuite. [st1]3 [-] suivre (une direction), parcourir en suivant. - sequi avia cursu, Virg.: s'engager en courant dans des chemins détournés. - in re publica viam sequi, Cic. Cat. 4: suivre une voie politique. - rectum sequi, Cic.: marcher dans le droit chemin. [st1]4 [-] se diriger vers; au fig. chercher à atteindre, rechercher, tendre vers, être en quête de, s'attacher, viser à. - sequi Formias, Epirum, Cic.: aller à Formies, gagner l'Epire. - illi cogebantur sequi loca demissa ac palustria, Caes. BC. 3, 49: les ennemis étaient forcés de rejoindre les terrains bas et marécageux. - Italiam non sponte sequor, Virg. En. 4: c'est malgré moi que je poursuis l'Italie. - sequi florentem cytisum, Virg.: chercher le cytise en fleurs. - sequi potus calidos, Plin.: rechercher des boissons chaudes, aimer boire chaud. - sequi lites, Plaut. And. 4, 5, 16: courir après les procès, aimer la chicane. - sequi hymenaeos, Virg.: prétendre à un hymen. - sequi amicitiam, Nep.: rechercher l'amitié. - sequi fasces, Prop.: ambitionner les faisceaux consulaires. - sequi parvas mercedes, Hor. S. 1, 6, 87: être en quête d'un mince salaire. - sequi tranquillitatem, Cic.: aspirer à la tranquillité. - sequi longius adulationem, Tac.: pousser plus loin la flatterie. - explicemus quid ipsi sequamur, Quint.: montrons l'avantage auquel nous visons. [st1]5 [-] suivre (un exemple, un parti, une opinion), se laisser guider par, se régler sur, se conformer, obéir, adhérer, être attaché à, adopter. - sequi exemplum: suivre l'exemple. - vestrum factum omnia municipia sunt secuta, Caes. BC. 2: c'est votre conduite qu'ont imitée tous les municipes. - sequi optimos, Tac.: se modeler sur les gens de bien. - sequi Platonem auctorem, Cic.: suivre l'autorité de Platon. - amicum vel bellum patriae inferentem sequi, Cic. Lael. 12, 43: rester fidèle à un ami lors même qu'il ferait la guerre à son pays. - sequi officium, Cic.: rester fidèle à son devoir. - sequi partes, Vell.: embrasser un parti. - sequi leges, Cic.: se conformer aux lois. - deos duces sequere, Liv. 41: prends les dieux comme guides. - horrentem capillum retro sequuntur, Tac.: ils conservent la coutume de retrousser leurs cheveux. - sequi ardorem militum, Tac.: céder à l'ardeur des soldats. - hoc minimum ut sequamur, Cic.: pour nous en tenir à ce minimum. - non existimationem populi sequentur? Cic.: ne s'en référeront-ils pas à l'opinion du peuple? [st1]6 [-] poursuivre (un discours, une lecture); qqf. dire, parler. - perge sequi interdictum, Cic.: poursuis la lecture de l'ordonnance. - quid majora sequar? Virg. G. 2, 434: pourquoi mentionner une végétation plus haute? - sequemur claritates operum, Plin.: je vais parler des effets les plus remarquables. - sequor disponere causas, Lucr. 5, 529: je continue à exposer les causes. - cum ipso sum secuta placide ipsa, Plaut.: je lui ai parlé tranquillement en personne. [st1]7 [-] parler après un autre, répondre. - dicta sic voce secutus, Virg.: il répondit en ces termes. [st1]8 [-] succéder à, venir après; faire suite à un discours. - luce secutura, Ov.: le jour suivant. - sequitur hunc annum pax, Liv. 9: cette année est suivie de la paix. - clamorem res secuta est, Liv.: des cris, on en vint à l'action. - secuturi nepotes, Ov.: les descendants, la postérité. - quae sequuntur: ce qui suit, la suite. - sed sequitur is qui, Cic.: mais en voici venir un qui. - post illas datas litteras secuta est summa contentio de domo, Cic. Att. 4, 2: après la réception de cette lettre, on en est venu à un violent débat au sujet de ma maison. [st1]9 [-] venir comme conséquence, se rattacher à, résulter de. - hunc habitum convenientes mores sequebantur, Liv.: à de telles manières se joignaient des moeurs à l'avenant. - vina quies sequitur, Ov.: l'ivresse amène le sommeil. - modo ne turpitudo sequatur, Cic. Lael. 17, 61: pourvu qu'il n'en résulte pas de déshonneur. [st1]10 [-] échoir à (comme avantage ou comme charge). - sequi heredem, Hor.: échoir à un héritier ou incomber à un héritier. - urbes captae Aetolos sequuntur, Liv. 33, 13, 10: les villes prises sont la part des Etoliens. - ubi malos praemia sequuntur, Sall.: quand les récompenses sont le partage des mauvais citoyens. - quid quod, si bonum esset ira, perfectissimum quemque sequeretur? Sen. Ir. 1: *que dire relativement au fait que* = il y a plus, si la colère était un bien, elle reviendrait (échoirait) aux hommes les plus parfaits. [st1]11 [-] suivre de soi-même, venir naturellement, venir facilement, céder sans résistance. - ipse (ramus) facille sequetur, Virg.: le rameau se détachera sans effort. - telum non sequitur, Liv. 38, 21, 11: le trait résiste (à la main qui l'arrache). - cerae manum sequuntur, Stat.: la cire s'assouplit sous les doigts. - oratio sequetur quocumque torquebis, Cic.: le style se prêtera à toutes les formes. - laus pulcherrima cum sequitur, non cum arcessitur, Quint. 10, 2, 27: mérite précieux, quand il est spontané et non affecté. - nec verba sequuntur, Virg.: les paroles font défaut. - sequitur tropus oratorem, Quint.: le trope est à la discrétion de l'orateur. [st1]12 [-] impers. sequitur. - sequitur dicere, Dig.: reste à parler de. - sequitur nihil deos ignorare, Cic. Div. 2: il s'ensuit que les dieux n'ignorent rien. - sequitur ut...: - [abcl]a - il arrive en conséquence que, il s'ensuit que... - [abcl]b - il s'ensuit que (par conséquent, cela prouve que) - [abcl]c - il faut ensuite que, il reste à. - sequitur ut doceam: ma tâche est ensuite de montrer (il me reste à montrer). - num sequitur ut...? Tac.: est-ce une raison pour que...? - sequitur ut nihil paeniteat, nihil desit, nihil obstet, Cic. Tusc. 5, 18: il s'ensuit qu'on ne connaît ni repentir, ni insuffisance, ni difficulté. ¶ 2 poursuivre, chercher à atteindre a) ; b) sequi Formias, Cic. Att. 10, 18, 2: se diriger vers Formies, chercher à gagner Formies, cf. Cic. Att. 3, 16 ; Caes. BC. 3, 49 ; Virg. En. 4, 361; c) platani umbram sequi, Cic. de Or. 1, 28: rechercher l'ombre d'un platane ; sequi praemia recte factorum, Cic. Mil. 96: rechercher la récompense des belles actions, cf. Cic. Lael. 100; Mur. 55; Rep. 3, 18; Leg. 2, 3; Off. 1, 110; sequi probabilia conjectura, Cic. Tusc. 1, 17: chercher à atteindre la vraisemblance par conjecture II [avec inf.] Lucr. 5, 529, s'attacher à ¶ 3 venir après: a) secutum est bellum Africanum, Cic. Dej. 25: vint ensuite la guerre d'Afrique, cf. Cic. Verr. 3, 190; Tusc. 5, 72; et quae sequuntur, Cic. Or. 184: et le reste, et ce qui suit, cf. Cic. Nat. 2, 110 II sequitur hunc annum nobilis clade Romana Caudina pax, Liv. 9, 1, 1: après cetta année vient la paix Caudine, célèbre par la défaite des Romains II sequitur ut... doceam, Cic. Verr. 3, 163: ma tâche est ensuite de montrer..., cf. Cic. Nat. 2, 80; deinde sequitur, quibus jus sit... Cic. Leg. 3, 40: puis vient la question de savoir quels sont ceux qui ont le droit... ; b) suivre comme conséquence, comme résultat: sequuntur largitionem rapinae, Cic. Off. 2, 54: à la suite de la prodigalité viennent les rapines, cf. Cic. Lael. 74; Off. 1, 160; 3, 19 ; ex eo tempore discordiae secutae sunt, Cic. Off. 2, 80: à partir de ce moment des discordes ont succédé ; c) s'ensuivre logiquement: [avec prop. inf.] sequitur nihil deos ignorare, Cic. Div. 2, 105: il s'ensuit que les dieux n'ignorent rien, cf. Cic. Nat. 2, 75 ; Fat. 28 ; Tusc. 5, 21; [avec ut subj.] Cic. Fin. 2, 24 ; 3, 26 ; Tusc. 5, 53; 5, 67; etc. ¶ 4 suivre de soi-même, céder sans résistance, obéir à une impulsion ; herbae aridae factae celerius rumpuntur quam sequuntur, Varr. R. 1, 47: les plantes devenues sèches se brisent avant que de céder à la main, cf. Virg. En. 6, 146; Liv. 38, 21, 11 II [fig.] Cic. de Or. 3, 176 ; Or. 52 ; non quaesitus est numerus, sed secutus, Cic. Or. 165: le rythme n'a pas été cherché, mais il est venu naturellement, cf. Quint. 10, 2, 27 ; Plin. Ep. 1, 8, 14 ¶ 5 échoir comme possession, tomber en partage: ager urbesque captae Aetolos sequuntur, Liv. 33, 13, 10: les terres et les villes prises tombent en partage aux Etoliens II [formule abrégée d'inscription]: H. M. H. N. S. hoc monumentum heredem non sequitur: ce monument ne fait pas partie de l'héritage, cf. Hor. S. 1, 8, 13.* * *sĕquor, sĕqui, sĕcūtus sum - tr. -. - [gr]gr. ἕπω, ἓπομαι (*σέπω, *σέπομαι). - la forme active sequo, ĕre est attestée par Gell. 18, 9, 8; Prisc. 8, 6, 29 ; passif sequi Her. 3, 3, 5. [st1]1 [-] suivre, aller à la suite, s'attacher à (au pr. et au fig.). - abi prae, jam ego sequar, Plaut. Am.: va devant, je suivrai. - sequi procul, Plaut. (sequi magno intervallo, Caes.): suivre de loin. - non tibi sequendus eram, Ov.: il ne fallait pas m'accompagner. - sequi praetorem, Hor.: suivre le préteur, escorter le préteur. - sequi vestigia alicujus, Ov. M. 4: s'attacher aux pas de qqn. - sequi terga alicujus, Cic.: s'attacher aux pas de qqn. - sequi aliquid oculis, Virg.: suivre qqch des yeux. - neque arborum te ulla sequetur, Hor.: et pas un de ces arbres ne te suivra (aux enfers). - absol. Helvetii secuti, Caes. BG. 1, 24, 4: les Helvètes ayant suivi, cf. Caes. BG. 1, 40. - sequi naturam ducem, Cic. Lael. 19: suivre la nature comme guide. - Epicurus, in quibus sequitur Democritum, non fere labitur, Cic. Fin. 1, 18: Epicure, dans les endroits où il suit Démocrite, ne se trompe pas d'ordinaire. - Panaetius, quem multum in his libris secutus sum, non interpretatus, Cic. Off. 2, 60: Panétius que j'ai beaucoup suivi dans ce traité, sans pourtant le traduire. - sequi auctoritatem et consilium alicujus, Cic. Fam. 4, 3, 2: suivre l'autorité et les conseils de qqn. - sequi sententiam, Caes. BC. 1, 2, 6: suivre l'avis de qqn. - sequi factum alicujus, Caes. BC. 2, 32, 2: suivre la conduite (l'exemple) de qqn. - nostro sequitur de vulnere sanguis, Virg.: le sang suit le coup que nous portons. - sudor membra sequebatur, Virg.: la sueur couvrait les membres. - nares vicinitatem oris secutae sunt, Cic.: les narines ont été placées dans le voisinage de la bouche. - patrem sequuntur liberi, Liv. 4: les enfants suivent la condition de leur père. - post gloriam invidia sequitur, Sall. J. 55: l'envie marche à la suite de la gloire. - damnatum poenam sequi oportebat, ut igni cremaretur, Caes. BG. 1: la peine infligée au condamné était qu'il devait subir le châtiment du feu. - te fama illa sequetur oppressisse... Sall. Mithr.: s'attachera à toi la gloire d'avoir anéanti... [st1]2 [-] suivre hostilement, poursuivre, courir après. - sequi aliquem nudo ferro, Ov. M. 6: presser qqn l'épée nue à la main. - neque prius finem sequendi fecere quam... Caes. BG. 7, 47: et leur poursuite ne cessa pas avant que... - sequi feras, Ov. M. 2: donner la chasse aux bêtes sauvages. - nos bella sequuntur, Ov.: la guerre s'acharne après nous. - sequi hostes, Caes. BG. 1, 22: poursuivre les ennemis. - finis sequendi, Caes. BG. 7, 17: la fin de la poursuite. [st1]3 [-] suivre (une direction), parcourir en suivant. - sequi avia cursu, Virg.: s'engager en courant dans des chemins détournés. - in re publica viam sequi, Cic. Cat. 4: suivre une voie politique. - rectum sequi, Cic.: marcher dans le droit chemin. [st1]4 [-] se diriger vers; au fig. chercher à atteindre, rechercher, tendre vers, être en quête de, s'attacher, viser à. - sequi Formias, Epirum, Cic.: aller à Formies, gagner l'Epire. - illi cogebantur sequi loca demissa ac palustria, Caes. BC. 3, 49: les ennemis étaient forcés de rejoindre les terrains bas et marécageux. - Italiam non sponte sequor, Virg. En. 4: c'est malgré moi que je poursuis l'Italie. - sequi florentem cytisum, Virg.: chercher le cytise en fleurs. - sequi potus calidos, Plin.: rechercher des boissons chaudes, aimer boire chaud. - sequi lites, Plaut. And. 4, 5, 16: courir après les procès, aimer la chicane. - sequi hymenaeos, Virg.: prétendre à un hymen. - sequi amicitiam, Nep.: rechercher l'amitié. - sequi fasces, Prop.: ambitionner les faisceaux consulaires. - sequi parvas mercedes, Hor. S. 1, 6, 87: être en quête d'un mince salaire. - sequi tranquillitatem, Cic.: aspirer à la tranquillité. - sequi longius adulationem, Tac.: pousser plus loin la flatterie. - explicemus quid ipsi sequamur, Quint.: montrons l'avantage auquel nous visons. [st1]5 [-] suivre (un exemple, un parti, une opinion), se laisser guider par, se régler sur, se conformer, obéir, adhérer, être attaché à, adopter. - sequi exemplum: suivre l'exemple. - vestrum factum omnia municipia sunt secuta, Caes. BC. 2: c'est votre conduite qu'ont imitée tous les municipes. - sequi optimos, Tac.: se modeler sur les gens de bien. - sequi Platonem auctorem, Cic.: suivre l'autorité de Platon. - amicum vel bellum patriae inferentem sequi, Cic. Lael. 12, 43: rester fidèle à un ami lors même qu'il ferait la guerre à son pays. - sequi officium, Cic.: rester fidèle à son devoir. - sequi partes, Vell.: embrasser un parti. - sequi leges, Cic.: se conformer aux lois. - deos duces sequere, Liv. 41: prends les dieux comme guides. - horrentem capillum retro sequuntur, Tac.: ils conservent la coutume de retrousser leurs cheveux. - sequi ardorem militum, Tac.: céder à l'ardeur des soldats. - hoc minimum ut sequamur, Cic.: pour nous en tenir à ce minimum. - non existimationem populi sequentur? Cic.: ne s'en référeront-ils pas à l'opinion du peuple? [st1]6 [-] poursuivre (un discours, une lecture); qqf. dire, parler. - perge sequi interdictum, Cic.: poursuis la lecture de l'ordonnance. - quid majora sequar? Virg. G. 2, 434: pourquoi mentionner une végétation plus haute? - sequemur claritates operum, Plin.: je vais parler des effets les plus remarquables. - sequor disponere causas, Lucr. 5, 529: je continue à exposer les causes. - cum ipso sum secuta placide ipsa, Plaut.: je lui ai parlé tranquillement en personne. [st1]7 [-] parler après un autre, répondre. - dicta sic voce secutus, Virg.: il répondit en ces termes. [st1]8 [-] succéder à, venir après; faire suite à un discours. - luce secutura, Ov.: le jour suivant. - sequitur hunc annum pax, Liv. 9: cette année est suivie de la paix. - clamorem res secuta est, Liv.: des cris, on en vint à l'action. - secuturi nepotes, Ov.: les descendants, la postérité. - quae sequuntur: ce qui suit, la suite. - sed sequitur is qui, Cic.: mais en voici venir un qui. - post illas datas litteras secuta est summa contentio de domo, Cic. Att. 4, 2: après la réception de cette lettre, on en est venu à un violent débat au sujet de ma maison. [st1]9 [-] venir comme conséquence, se rattacher à, résulter de. - hunc habitum convenientes mores sequebantur, Liv.: à de telles manières se joignaient des moeurs à l'avenant. - vina quies sequitur, Ov.: l'ivresse amène le sommeil. - modo ne turpitudo sequatur, Cic. Lael. 17, 61: pourvu qu'il n'en résulte pas de déshonneur. [st1]10 [-] échoir à (comme avantage ou comme charge). - sequi heredem, Hor.: échoir à un héritier ou incomber à un héritier. - urbes captae Aetolos sequuntur, Liv. 33, 13, 10: les villes prises sont la part des Etoliens. - ubi malos praemia sequuntur, Sall.: quand les récompenses sont le partage des mauvais citoyens. - quid quod, si bonum esset ira, perfectissimum quemque sequeretur? Sen. Ir. 1: *que dire relativement au fait que* = il y a plus, si la colère était un bien, elle reviendrait (échoirait) aux hommes les plus parfaits. [st1]11 [-] suivre de soi-même, venir naturellement, venir facilement, céder sans résistance. - ipse (ramus) facille sequetur, Virg.: le rameau se détachera sans effort. - telum non sequitur, Liv. 38, 21, 11: le trait résiste (à la main qui l'arrache). - cerae manum sequuntur, Stat.: la cire s'assouplit sous les doigts. - oratio sequetur quocumque torquebis, Cic.: le style se prêtera à toutes les formes. - laus pulcherrima cum sequitur, non cum arcessitur, Quint. 10, 2, 27: mérite précieux, quand il est spontané et non affecté. - nec verba sequuntur, Virg.: les paroles font défaut. - sequitur tropus oratorem, Quint.: le trope est à la discrétion de l'orateur. [st1]12 [-] impers. sequitur. - sequitur dicere, Dig.: reste à parler de. - sequitur nihil deos ignorare, Cic. Div. 2: il s'ensuit que les dieux n'ignorent rien. - sequitur ut...: - [abcl]a - il arrive en conséquence que, il s'ensuit que... - [abcl]b - il s'ensuit que (par conséquent, cela prouve que) - [abcl]c - il faut ensuite que, il reste à. - sequitur ut doceam: ma tâche est ensuite de montrer (il me reste à montrer). - num sequitur ut...? Tac.: est-ce une raison pour que...? - sequitur ut nihil paeniteat, nihil desit, nihil obstet, Cic. Tusc. 5, 18: il s'ensuit qu'on ne connaît ni repentir, ni insuffisance, ni difficulté. ¶ 2 poursuivre, chercher à atteindre a) ; b) sequi Formias, Cic. Att. 10, 18, 2: se diriger vers Formies, chercher à gagner Formies, cf. Cic. Att. 3, 16 ; Caes. BC. 3, 49 ; Virg. En. 4, 361; c) platani umbram sequi, Cic. de Or. 1, 28: rechercher l'ombre d'un platane ; sequi praemia recte factorum, Cic. Mil. 96: rechercher la récompense des belles actions, cf. Cic. Lael. 100; Mur. 55; Rep. 3, 18; Leg. 2, 3; Off. 1, 110; sequi probabilia conjectura, Cic. Tusc. 1, 17: chercher à atteindre la vraisemblance par conjecture II [avec inf.] Lucr. 5, 529, s'attacher à ¶ 3 venir après: a) secutum est bellum Africanum, Cic. Dej. 25: vint ensuite la guerre d'Afrique, cf. Cic. Verr. 3, 190; Tusc. 5, 72; et quae sequuntur, Cic. Or. 184: et le reste, et ce qui suit, cf. Cic. Nat. 2, 110 II sequitur hunc annum nobilis clade Romana Caudina pax, Liv. 9, 1, 1: après cetta année vient la paix Caudine, célèbre par la défaite des Romains II sequitur ut... doceam, Cic. Verr. 3, 163: ma tâche est ensuite de montrer..., cf. Cic. Nat. 2, 80; deinde sequitur, quibus jus sit... Cic. Leg. 3, 40: puis vient la question de savoir quels sont ceux qui ont le droit... ; b) suivre comme conséquence, comme résultat: sequuntur largitionem rapinae, Cic. Off. 2, 54: à la suite de la prodigalité viennent les rapines, cf. Cic. Lael. 74; Off. 1, 160; 3, 19 ; ex eo tempore discordiae secutae sunt, Cic. Off. 2, 80: à partir de ce moment des discordes ont succédé ; c) s'ensuivre logiquement: [avec prop. inf.] sequitur nihil deos ignorare, Cic. Div. 2, 105: il s'ensuit que les dieux n'ignorent rien, cf. Cic. Nat. 2, 75 ; Fat. 28 ; Tusc. 5, 21; [avec ut subj.] Cic. Fin. 2, 24 ; 3, 26 ; Tusc. 5, 53; 5, 67; etc. ¶ 4 suivre de soi-même, céder sans résistance, obéir à une impulsion ; herbae aridae factae celerius rumpuntur quam sequuntur, Varr. R. 1, 47: les plantes devenues sèches se brisent avant que de céder à la main, cf. Virg. En. 6, 146; Liv. 38, 21, 11 II [fig.] Cic. de Or. 3, 176 ; Or. 52 ; non quaesitus est numerus, sed secutus, Cic. Or. 165: le rythme n'a pas été cherché, mais il est venu naturellement, cf. Quint. 10, 2, 27 ; Plin. Ep. 1, 8, 14 ¶ 5 échoir comme possession, tomber en partage: ager urbesque captae Aetolos sequuntur, Liv. 33, 13, 10: les terres et les villes prises tombent en partage aux Etoliens II [formule abrégée d'inscription]: H. M. H. N. S. hoc monumentum heredem non sequitur: ce monument ne fait pas partie de l'héritage, cf. Hor. S. 1, 8, 13.* * *Sequor, sequeris, sequutus sum, sequi. Terent. Suyvre.\Amicitiam alicuius sequi. Cic. Entretenir son alliance.\Amicum sequi. Cic. Faire ce qu'il luy plaist, Luy obeir.\Authoritatem alicuius sequi. Cic. La suyvre.\Compendia temporis sequi. Columel. Tascher à n'employer de temps que le moins qu'on peult en quelque chose, Suyvre brieveté, Eviter despense de temps.\Consuetudinem sequi. Plin. iunior. Faire selon la coustume, Suyvre la coustume.\Ex fuga aliquem sequi. Caes. Aller apres aucun qui s'enfuit, et fuir avec luy.\Fames sequuta est. Plin. Est ensuyvie.\Feras sequi. Ouid. Poursuyvre, Chasser aux bestes sauvages.\Fidem alicuius sequi. Caesar. Croire à sa parolle, à sa foy et promesse.\Caesaris fidem sequutus. Caes. A l'adveu de Cesar.\Fidem Populi Romani sequi. Cicero. Tenir le parti du peuple Romain.\Fortunam suam sequi. Liu. Suyvre sa fortune.\Gratiam Caesaris sequi. Caes. Tascher d'estre en son amitié, Pourchasser son amitié.\Sequi librum lapsum. Plin. iunior. Suyvre pour le recueillir et relever.\Sequi lites. Terent. Plaider.\Matrimonium diuitis sequi. Plin. iunior. Suyvre le parti d'une personne riche, et la prendre à mari ou à femme.\Naturam ducem sequi. Cic. Faire ce que nature nous enseigne.\Officium sequi. Cic. Faire son debvoir, et y satisfaire, S'acquicter de son debvoir.\Promissa sequi. Liu. S'attendre aux promesses d'aucun.\Quaestum et sumptum alicuius sequi. Cic. Ensuyvre sa profession et maniere d'acquerir et de despendre.\Sectam alicuius sequi. Liu. Tenir ou suyvre son parti.\Sententiam alicuius sequi. Cic. Estre de son opinion, Tenir ou suyvre son opinion.\Vtilitates sequi. Cic. Cercher ses prouffits.\Verbum aliquod sequi. Cic. Prendre un mot à la rigueur, Suyvre le sens de la lettre.\Vestigiis sequi. Liu. Suyvre pas à pas, ou Suyvre le train et la trace.\Voce aliquem sequi. Virgil. Suyvre de parolles aucun qui s'en va.\Sequitur, absolute. Cic. Il s'ensuit. -
15 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. -
16 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,
Tac. A. 3, 1. -
17 animus
ănĭmus, i, m. - [gr]gr. ἄνεμος. [st1]1 [-] principe de la vie intellectuelle et morale: esprit, âme. - humanus animus decerptus ex mente divina, Cic. Tusc. 5: l'âme humaine, détachée de la divine intelligence. - difficile est animum perducere ad contemptionem animae, Sen. Ep. 1: il est difficile d'amener l'âme au mépris de la vie. - bestiarum animi sunt rationis expertes, Cic.: l'âme des bêtes est privée de raison. - ut omnis animi cruciatus et corporis etiam egestas ac mendicitas consequatur, Cic. Cat. 4: afin que tous les tourments de l'âme et du corps soient aggravés par l'indigence et la misère. [st1]2 [-] siège de l'intelligence: intelligence, raison, jugement, réflexion, mémoire; conscience. - meo quidem animo (meo animo), Cic. Plaut.: d’après moi, selon moi, à mon avis. - habere aliquid cum animo: méditer qqch. - habere aliquid in animo (cum animo): avoir qqch dans la pensée, songer à qqch. - in animo habere aliquem: songer à qqn. - cogito cum meo animo, Plaut. Ter.: je réfléchis à part moi. - praeceptum illud omnium in animis esse debet, Nep.: cette maxime doit être gravée dans tous les esprits. - excidere ex animo, Cic.: sortir de l'esprit, s'échapper de la mémoire. - effluere ex animo, Cic.: sortir de l'esprit, s'échapper de la mémoire. - omnia fert aetas, animum quoque, Virg.: l'âge emporte tout, la mémoire aussi. - mihi scripta illa dicta sunt in animo Chrysidis, Ter.: ces paroles de Chrysis sont gravées dans mon coeur. - vae miserae mihi! animo male'st: aquam velim! Plaut. Am.: c'en est fait de moi! je défaille: je voudrais de l'eau! - omnes quos flagitium, egestas, conscius animus exagitabat, ii Catilinae proximi familiaresque erant, Sall. C.: tous ceux que tourmentaient le déshonneur, la misère, le remords, voilà quels étaient les intimes et les familiers de Catilina. [st1]3 [-] siège de la volonté: désir, intention, dessein, vue; fantaisie, caprice. - habere in animo + inf.: avoir l'intention de. - in animo est mihi + inf.: j’ai l’intention de. - est animus alicui... + inf.: qqn a l'intention de. - fuerat animus conjuratis corpus in Tiberim trahere, Suet.: les conjurés avaient eu l'intention de traîner son corps dans le Tibre. - sacra Jovi Stygio... perficere est animus,Virg. En. 4: le sacrifice à Jupiter Stygien..., j'ai l'intention de l'achever. - hic cum jam animo meditaretur proficisci in Persas, Nep.: pendant qu'il méditait de partir pour la Perse. - hoc animo ut... Cic. Caes.: avec l'intention de... - animi: gén. partitif - teneo quid animi vostri super hac re siet, Plaut. Am.: oui, je connais votre désir à cet égard. [st1]4 [-] siège du sentiment: coeur, âme, passion, disposition, inclination. - ex animi mei sententiā, Inscr. Cic.: en mon âme et conscience. - animum vincere, Cic.: vaincre ses passions. - animi causā, Cic. Caes.: par goût, par plaisir. - ex animo: du fond du cœur, sincèrement. - ex animo dicere, Ter.: dire du fond du coeur. - alieno animo esse in aliquem: avoir des sentiments hostiles à l’égard de qqn. - bono animo esse in aliquem: avoir des sentiments dévoués à l’égard de qqn. dans les expressions suivantes animi est un génitif de relation: ** relativement à son esprit**; les poètes et les prosateurs postclassiques emploient souvent ce génitif de relation avec toutes sortes d'adjectifs - pendere animi, Ter. Cic.: être hésitant dans son coeur. - angere se animi, Plaut.: être en proie à l'angoisse, se tourmenter. - nec me animi fallit, Lucr.: il ne m'échappe pas. - animi se excruciare, Plaut.: être en proie à l'angoisse, se tourmenter. - incertus animi, Ter. Sall.: indécis dans son coeur, incertain, irrésolu. - dubius animi, Virg.: indécis dans son coeur, incertain, irrésolu. - satin tu es sanus mentis aut animi? Plaut.: es-tu sain d'esprit et de raison? [st1]5 [-] mouvement violent de l'âme: courage, hardiesse, élan, colère; fierté, arrogance. - alicui animum adferre (addere, facere): donner du courage à qqn. - firmiore animo: avec plus de résolution. - animum alicujus frangere (debilitare): briser le moral de qqn. - animo deficere: perdre courage. - animo demisso esse: être découragé. - bono animo esto: aie bon courage. - confirmare militum animos: raffermir le moral des soldats. - animi, ōrum, m.: souvent la fierté ou l'audace; le courage, le coeur, un bon moral. - insolentiam noratis hominis, noratis animos ejus ac spiritus tribunicios, Cic. Clu. 109: vous connaissiez l'insolence du personnage, vous connaissiez son audace et ses prétentions tribuniciennes. [st1]6 [-] dispositions naturelles: caractère, moeurs, humeur; nature (d'un animal ou d'une plante). - illius animos, qui multos perdidit unus, sumite serpentis, Ov. M. 3: prenez les moeurs de ce serpent qui, à lui seul, causa la perte de beaucoup d'adversaires. - silvestris animus, Virg.: nature sauvage (des arbres).* * *ănĭmus, i, m. - [gr]gr. ἄνεμος. [st1]1 [-] principe de la vie intellectuelle et morale: esprit, âme. - humanus animus decerptus ex mente divina, Cic. Tusc. 5: l'âme humaine, détachée de la divine intelligence. - difficile est animum perducere ad contemptionem animae, Sen. Ep. 1: il est difficile d'amener l'âme au mépris de la vie. - bestiarum animi sunt rationis expertes, Cic.: l'âme des bêtes est privée de raison. - ut omnis animi cruciatus et corporis etiam egestas ac mendicitas consequatur, Cic. Cat. 4: afin que tous les tourments de l'âme et du corps soient aggravés par l'indigence et la misère. [st1]2 [-] siège de l'intelligence: intelligence, raison, jugement, réflexion, mémoire; conscience. - meo quidem animo (meo animo), Cic. Plaut.: d’après moi, selon moi, à mon avis. - habere aliquid cum animo: méditer qqch. - habere aliquid in animo (cum animo): avoir qqch dans la pensée, songer à qqch. - in animo habere aliquem: songer à qqn. - cogito cum meo animo, Plaut. Ter.: je réfléchis à part moi. - praeceptum illud omnium in animis esse debet, Nep.: cette maxime doit être gravée dans tous les esprits. - excidere ex animo, Cic.: sortir de l'esprit, s'échapper de la mémoire. - effluere ex animo, Cic.: sortir de l'esprit, s'échapper de la mémoire. - omnia fert aetas, animum quoque, Virg.: l'âge emporte tout, la mémoire aussi. - mihi scripta illa dicta sunt in animo Chrysidis, Ter.: ces paroles de Chrysis sont gravées dans mon coeur. - vae miserae mihi! animo male'st: aquam velim! Plaut. Am.: c'en est fait de moi! je défaille: je voudrais de l'eau! - omnes quos flagitium, egestas, conscius animus exagitabat, ii Catilinae proximi familiaresque erant, Sall. C.: tous ceux que tourmentaient le déshonneur, la misère, le remords, voilà quels étaient les intimes et les familiers de Catilina. [st1]3 [-] siège de la volonté: désir, intention, dessein, vue; fantaisie, caprice. - habere in animo + inf.: avoir l'intention de. - in animo est mihi + inf.: j’ai l’intention de. - est animus alicui... + inf.: qqn a l'intention de. - fuerat animus conjuratis corpus in Tiberim trahere, Suet.: les conjurés avaient eu l'intention de traîner son corps dans le Tibre. - sacra Jovi Stygio... perficere est animus,Virg. En. 4: le sacrifice à Jupiter Stygien..., j'ai l'intention de l'achever. - hic cum jam animo meditaretur proficisci in Persas, Nep.: pendant qu'il méditait de partir pour la Perse. - hoc animo ut... Cic. Caes.: avec l'intention de... - animi: gén. partitif - teneo quid animi vostri super hac re siet, Plaut. Am.: oui, je connais votre désir à cet égard. [st1]4 [-] siège du sentiment: coeur, âme, passion, disposition, inclination. - ex animi mei sententiā, Inscr. Cic.: en mon âme et conscience. - animum vincere, Cic.: vaincre ses passions. - animi causā, Cic. Caes.: par goût, par plaisir. - ex animo: du fond du cœur, sincèrement. - ex animo dicere, Ter.: dire du fond du coeur. - alieno animo esse in aliquem: avoir des sentiments hostiles à l’égard de qqn. - bono animo esse in aliquem: avoir des sentiments dévoués à l’égard de qqn. dans les expressions suivantes animi est un génitif de relation: ** relativement à son esprit**; les poètes et les prosateurs postclassiques emploient souvent ce génitif de relation avec toutes sortes d'adjectifs - pendere animi, Ter. Cic.: être hésitant dans son coeur. - angere se animi, Plaut.: être en proie à l'angoisse, se tourmenter. - nec me animi fallit, Lucr.: il ne m'échappe pas. - animi se excruciare, Plaut.: être en proie à l'angoisse, se tourmenter. - incertus animi, Ter. Sall.: indécis dans son coeur, incertain, irrésolu. - dubius animi, Virg.: indécis dans son coeur, incertain, irrésolu. - satin tu es sanus mentis aut animi? Plaut.: es-tu sain d'esprit et de raison? [st1]5 [-] mouvement violent de l'âme: courage, hardiesse, élan, colère; fierté, arrogance. - alicui animum adferre (addere, facere): donner du courage à qqn. - firmiore animo: avec plus de résolution. - animum alicujus frangere (debilitare): briser le moral de qqn. - animo deficere: perdre courage. - animo demisso esse: être découragé. - bono animo esto: aie bon courage. - confirmare militum animos: raffermir le moral des soldats. - animi, ōrum, m.: souvent la fierté ou l'audace; le courage, le coeur, un bon moral. - insolentiam noratis hominis, noratis animos ejus ac spiritus tribunicios, Cic. Clu. 109: vous connaissiez l'insolence du personnage, vous connaissiez son audace et ses prétentions tribuniciennes. [st1]6 [-] dispositions naturelles: caractère, moeurs, humeur; nature (d'un animal ou d'une plante). - illius animos, qui multos perdidit unus, sumite serpentis, Ov. M. 3: prenez les moeurs de ce serpent qui, à lui seul, causa la perte de beaucoup d'adversaires. - silvestris animus, Virg.: nature sauvage (des arbres).* * *Animus, animi, pen. corr. Sallust. Le coeur et courage.\Animus, pro Anima fere a Cicerone dicitur. L'ame.\Animi, pro Cogitationibus. Plaut. Quot illic homo animos habet? Qu'il ha de pensees?\Noui ego amantium animos. Ter. Les affections et fantasies.\Animus, Voluntas. Terent. Animus te erga idem ac fuit. Volunté, ou affection, soit en bien, soit en mal, Talent.\Deliquium animi, lepide dicunt recentiores Medici pro defectu illo, quem nonnulli Syncopen vocant. Est autem metaphora sumpta a deliquio Solis. Defaillance de coeur, Pasmoison, Evanouissement, Syncopization.\Magnitudo animi. Cic. Magnanimité.\Sententia animi. Ouid. L'advis, ou opinion.\Specimen animi prae se ferebat. Liu. Il sembloit bien estre homme de coeur.\Animus accliuis falsis. Horat. Enclin à choses faulses.\Aduersis animis accipere. Tacit. Mal en gré.\AEquo animo concedere. Lucret. Voluntiers, Sans regret.\AEquo animo ferre. Ouid. Porter patiemment, Prendre en gré et en patience, Ne s'en esmouvoir point.\Altiore animo esse. Cic. Avoir le coeur hault et entreprenant.\Animi altissimi. Cic. Haultains.\Anceps. Luca. Angustus. Cic. De petite entreprinse.\Attonitus. Virg. Estonné, Esperdu.\Bono animo esse. Cic. Avoir bon courage.\Bono sis animo. Liu. N'ayes point de paour.\Commotior. Cic. Esmeu.\Fortis. Plaut. Ferme et constant.\Generosior. Quintil. Noble.\Hoc animosum. Cic. Je suis de telle affection et courage.\Idem animus omnibus. Virg. Ils sont tous d'un vouloir.\Ieiunus. Cic. Petit courage, et de petite entreprinse.\Impotens. Terent. Coeur felon et orgueilleux et insupportable.\Infractus. Cic. Entier, Invariable, Ferme.\Ingens. Horat. Grand courage.\Iniquo animo pati. Terent. Estre marri de quelque chose, Se mescontenter, Endurer mal patiemment.\Homo maximi animi. Cic. De fort grand coeur et courage, Courageux, Magnanime.\Mares animos in bella exacuit. Horat. Viriles et vertueux.\Meo quidem animo nihilominus eloquentiae studendum. Cic. A tout le moins selon mon jugement et fantasie, ou opinion.\Minacem animum in aliquo frangere. Iustin. Passer sa colere et son maltalent.\Mobili animo esse. Metellus ad Ciceronem. Inconstant.\Mutuis animis amare. Catul. S'entraimer.\Omissus animus. Terent. Te vidi animo esse omisso. Negligent, Nonchalant.\Otiosus animus. Terent. Sans soulci.\Paruus. Horat. Petit courage, Point hardi.\Animo haec praesenti dicas. Ter. Hardiment et sans t'estonner.\Resides animi. Virg. Paresseux.\Rudis animus. Quintil. Esprit neuf, et qui ne scait encore rien.\Rudes atque agrestes animi. Quintil. Rustiques, Rustaux.\Tortor animus quatit occultum flagellum. Iuuen. Quand la conscience remord.\Toto animo dedere se alicui. Cic. De tout son coeur.\AEger animi. Tacit. Triste et ennuyé.\Captus animi. Tacit. Insensé.\Diuersus animi. Tacit. Qui ha diverses fantasies et voluntez.\Fidens animi. Virg. Asseuré.\Immodicus animi. Tacit. De trop grand coeur.\Ingens animi foemina. Tacit. Courageuse.\Integer animi. Horat. Sage.\Aberrat animus a sententia. Cic. Mon esprit ne peult prendre advis ne resolution de cest affaire, Ne peult asseoir jugement.\Abhorrere animo ab aliqua re. Cic. Hair quelque chose et s'en reculer, et l'avoir comme en horreur.\Abhorret auris atque animus a nobis. Cic. Ils ne veulent et ne daignent nous escouter ne favoriser, Leurs oreilles et leur coeur nous ont en desdaing.\Abiicere anumum. Quint. Perdre coeur et courage, Se descourager.\Accessit animus nobis. Cic. Le courage nous est creu.\Animus accinctus in magnos vsus. Stat. Prest.\Accipere animis dicta alicuius. Virgil. Entendre.\Animum literis accommodare. Sueton. Appliquer.\Animos addere alicui. Ci. Luy accroistre le courage, Encourager.\Animus adest ei. Plaut. Il est bien deliberé.\Adesse animo, vel animis. Cic. Estre fort attentif à escouter, ou faire quelque chose.\Adhibete animos. Ouid. Entendez.\Animum adiicere ad virginem. Terent. Mettre son affection et son coeur à une vierge.\Animum adiicere alicui rei. Liu. Penser à icelle, Y appliquer son esprit.\Adiicere animos. Ouid. Enhardir, Animer, Encourager.\Adiungere animum ad aliquod studium. Terent. S'appliquer, Y mettre son esprit.\Non admisi tum in animum. Je n'y pensay point à l'heure. Bud.\Adrepere animis. Tacit. Venir en grace, et se faire aimer par moyens secrets.\Quaeso animum aduertite. Ter. Prenez garde, Escoutez, Entendez.\Aduocare animum ad seipsum. Cic. Retirer l'esprit à penser à soy.\Affectus animo. Cic. Qui ha quelques passions en son esprit, comme joye, ou tristesse.\Affigere aliquid animo suo. Quint. Le mettre en memoire, et bien retenir.\Agere animum. Horat. Mener l'affection.\Agitare aliquid animo. Cic. Penser et repenser quelque chose en soymesme.\Alienare animum a moerore. Curtius. Alleger, Delivrer.\Animum amouere. Plaut. Distraire et oster de quelque chose.\Apparare animum. Author ad Heren. Preparer.\Appellere animum ad scribendum. Terent. Appliquer.\Arrectus animus. Liu. Prest et deliberé, Attentif.\Attendere animam et animos. Ter. Cic. Escouter attentivement.\Auertere animum ab aliquo. Cic. Divertir, Destourner.\Auferre animum ad contemplationem. Plin. Transporter.\Cadunt animi. Ouid. Le courage fault.\Cadere animis. Cic. Perdre le courage.\Capere animos aliquorum. Ci. Les contenter et fournir ou satisfaire à leurs desirs.\Cernit animus. Cic. L'esprit prevoit.\Animo, vel in animo cogitare secum. Terent. Penser en son coeur ou en soymesme.\Componere animos. Cic. Moderer.\Comprimere animos. Cic. Reprimer, ou Retirer et refrener ses affections.\Animo vel animis concidere. Caesar. Perdre le courage, Se descourager.\Conferre animum alio. Terent. Mettre son coeur ailleurs, Aimer une autre.\Confirmare animum trepidum. Iuuenal. Asseurer.\Consistere animo tranquillo. Cic. Estre en repos d'esprit.\Consternare animos, et animo consternari. Liu. Espovanter.\Considerate cum vestris animis. Cic. Considerez en vousmesmes.\Contrahere animum. Cic. Diminuer le courage.\Contudi animum, et fortasse vici. Cic. hoc est, Pugnaui cum animo meo repugnante. J'ay matté mon coeur.\Conuertere animum. Liu. Tourner.\Conuertere se aliquo animo et cogitatione. Cic. Penser à quelque chose.\Credere animum suum alicui. Terent. Luy dire tout son secret, tout ce qu'il ha sur le coeur.\Animi creuerunt. Cic. Le courage leur est creu.\Animos debilitare. Cic. Affoiblir et diminuer.\Animus amori deditus. Terent. Addonné du tout, etc.\Deducere curas animo. Horat. Oster le soulci hors de l'esprit.\Defecerat eam animus. Plaut. Le coeur luy estoit failli, Elle s'estoit pasmee, et esvanouye, Elle estoit transie.\Deficere animis. Curt. Perdre le courage.\Defectus animo. Plin. A qui le coeur est failli, et esvanouy, Pasmé, Transi.\Defigere et intendere animum in aliquam rem. Cic. Ficher son affection.\Animus illis defuit. Cic. Ils ont eu faulte de courage.\Demittere animum. Tacit. Abbaisser, ou appetisser et amoindrir son courage, Se descourager.\Deponere curas animo. Virg. Oster tout soulci.\Deriuare a curis animum. Lucret. Divertir.\Detegere animos. Lucan. Descouvrir son intention.\Diffundere animos Ouid. Resjouir.\Dimittere animos. Curtius. Perdre le coeur et la hardiesse.\Dant animos vina. Ouid. Le vin enhardit.\Dare maiorem animum alicui. Cic. Encourager, Donner courage.\Ducere animo. Virg. Sic ducebam animo. Je le pensoye ainsi.\Ducere animos solent AEsopi fabulae, praecipue rusticorum. Quintil. Delecter et persuader.\Efferre animos. Cic. S'enorgueillir.\Eiicere animum de aliquo. Terent. En oster son affection et amour, Laisser à l'aimer.\Animum erigere. Cic. Resveiller et revigorer.\Eo animo in me est. Cic. Il me porte tel vouloir.\Animo male est. Plaut. Le coeur me fait mal.\Perficere est animus. Virg. J'ay volunté de parfaire et achever.\Animus est reditus. Ouid. J'ay envie de retourner.\Animus in naui est meus. Plaut. J'ay le coeur à cela, Je y pense.\Iandudum est animus in patinis. Terent. J'ay le coeur, ou Je pense à la cuisine.\Exacuere animos in bella. Horat. Inciter.\Excolere animum. Quintil. Aorner, ou Exerciter.\Expedire metu animum. Horat. Descharger, Desveloper.\Explere animum. Virg. Assouvir son coeur, Contenter son affection et desir. \ Explorare animos. Ouid. Esprouver.\Facere animum iudicis mitem. Quintil. Addoulcir.\Facere animos. Li. Donner coeur et courage, Encourager, Enhardir.\Fateri animum. Ouid. Donner à cognoistre sa volunté.\Fauere linguis et animis. Ouid. Escouter, et ne dire mot, ne point faire de bruit. \ Firmare animum. Virg. Asseurer.\Flectere animum. Virg. Tourner le courage, Flechir.\Frangere animum. Ouid. Descourager.\Fractiorem esse animo. Cic. Avoir perdu le courage, Estre descouragé.\Animo morem gerere. Terent. Molestus certe ei fuero, atque animo morem gessero. Je seray assouvi, J'auray contenté et dechargé mon coeur.\Nec vnus in te ego hos animos gessi. Liu. Je ne suis pas seul qui ay eu le coeur d'entreprendre ce faict à l'encontre de toy.\Habere bonum animum. Plaut. Liu. Avoir bon courage et bonne esperance.\Habere statutum cum animo et deliberatum. Cic. Avoir determiné et deliberé en soymesme.\Hilarare animum. Catul. Resjouir, Se resjouir.\Imminere animis in rem aliquam. Liu. Pretendre à quelque chose.\Imperare animo nequeo quin, etc. Liu. Je ne me puis garder que, etc. Je ne puis vaincre mon courage que, etc.\Incendere animum amore famae. Virg. Inciter et esmouvoir le courage, Allumer, Enflamber.\Inclinare animum ad rem aliquam. Liu. Encliner.\Inclinatior ad pacem animus. Liu. Plus enclin.\Indipisci animo. Gellius. Apprendre par coeur.\Inducere animum. Terent. Si istuc animum induxti esse vtile. Si tu as ceste fantasie que ceci soit utile.\Tu animum inducas, si etc. Cic. Mets en ton esprit et fantasie, Revests toy de ceste opinion, etc.\Inducere aliquem in animum. Terent. Avoir opinion de luy.\Indulgere animis. Ouid. Se donner du bon temps, Faire tout ce qui nous vient en fantasie et à plaisir.\Instituere animum ad cogitandum. Terent. Dresser son esprit, et se mettre à penser. Vide INSTITVO.\Labant animi. Liu. Defaillent.\Animo laborare. Caes. Employer son esprit à faire quelque chose.\Lactare animos. Terent. Attraire par belles parolles, Paistre quelcun de parolles ou promesses.\Laxare animum a laboribus. Liu. Donner relasche à son esprit, Reposer son esprit.\Leuare animum mutationibus. Quintil. Alleger, Recreer.\Linqui animo. Curt. Quand le coeur fault, et qu'on s'evanouist, Quand on se pasme, Quand on ha une foiblesse et defaillance de coeur, Syncopizer.\Linquentem reuocauit animum. Curt. Le coeur luy reveint, Il reveint de pasmoison.\Mandare animis. Cic. Penser et considerer.\Mutare animum. Terent. Changer de volunté, ou d'opinion.\Obfirmare animum. Plin. iunior. Soy obstiner.\Obsequi animo. Terent. Faire tout son plaisir, tout ce que le coeur demande.\Occupare animum in re aliqua. Terent. Soy occuper en quelque chose, Empescher son esprit à quelque chose.\Animus tibi pendet. Terent. Tu es en doubte.\Pendere animi. Cic. Estre en grand doubte. Vide PENDEO.\Perfundere animum religione. Liu. Le mettre en scrupule de conscience.\Praegrauat animum corpus hesternis vitiis onustum. Horat. Le corps chargé d'yvrongneries appesantit l'esprit, le rend pesant.\Recipere animum. Terent. Reprendre son haleine.\Recolligere animum alteri. Cic. Remettre en grace, en paix envers un autre, Appaiser quelcun qui est marri contre un autre.\Refringit animum pudor. Quint. Rompt le courage.\Releuare animum. Terent. Faire revenir le courage.\Animus hanc modo hic reliquerat. Plaut. Elle avoit perdu le courage, Le coeur luy estoit failli.\Retardare animos alicuius. Cic. Destourner et retirer aucun de son entreprinse.\Reuocate animos. Virgil. Reprenez courage.\Sedet animo fixum immotumque. Virgil. Cela est deliberé et arresté.\Solicitare animum. Cels. Mettre en soulci, Soulcier.\Soluere arctum animum. Horat. Relascher l'esprit qui estoit en soulci.\Non subibunt animos iuuenum maiora intellectu. Quint. N'entreront point dedens leurs espris.\Sumere animum. Ouid. Prendre courage.\Suspendere animos. Ouid. Mettre en doubte.\Animus sustentat corpus. Curtius. Porte et soustient.\Tollere animos dictis. Vir. Accroistre, ou Monstrer sa magnanimité et grandeur de coeur par parolles.\Torpere animo. Horat. Estre comme ravi et transi.\Versare animo aliquid. Tacit. Y penser et repenser.\Volutare animo euentus. Virgil. Penser et repenser.\Vti animo suo. Curt. Faire à sa fantasie.\Amicus ex animo. Cic. Du bon du coeur et sans faintise, Ami cordial.\Ex animo vereque diligi. Cic. Estre aimé cordialement.\Ex animo bene velle alicui. Ter. Du bon du coeur, sans fainte.\Dicere ex animo. Terent. A bon escient, Sans fiction.\Ex animo suo colligere aliquid. Ouid. Prendre à son coeur l'autruy.\In animo habere. Cic. Avoir vouloir et fantasie.\Vt mihi est in animo facere. Cic. Comme j'ay en volunté ou fantasie de faire, Comme j'ay deliberé.\Sine animo miles. Cic. Gendarme couart.\Animi causa. Cic. Pour plaisir, ou esbat et recreation, Pour soulas et deduict, Pour s'esbatre, Pour s'esbanoyer, Pour se deduire et solatier.\Anime mi, Vox blandientis. Plaut. Mon petit coeur. -
18 diuido
Diuido, diuidis, pen. corr. diuisi, diuisum, pen. prod. diuidere. Caesar. Separer, Diviser, Partir, Mespartir, Compartir, Compasser.\Diuidere aequaliter in duas partes. Cic. Mespartir.\Diuisi toti Italiae, diuisi in omnes prouincias. Cic. J'en ay envoyé par tout Italie, et aussi en toutes les provinces.\Diuidere inter se. Plaut. Departir entre eulx.\Caput diuisum humeris. Sil. Teste separee des espaules, Avallee ou abbatue jus des espaules.\Diuidere factum cum aliquo. Plautus. Partir quelque charge avec un autre.\Horas diuidere. Seneca. Departir, ou Compartir le temps et les heures, en assignant certain temps pour faire quelque chose, et autre certain temps pour faire une autre chose.\Muros diuidere. Virgil. Faire breche et ouverture en la muraille.\Diuidere nummos viris. Cic. Distribuer et departir.\Diuidere sententiam. Cic. Quand aucun Senateur comprenoit par son opinion deux ou plusieurs choses, desquelles les unes pouvoyent plaire, et les autres desplaire: L'un de ceulx qui opinoyent apres, souloit requerir que telle opinion fust divisee, c'est à dire, que separeement on opinast sur un chascun des chefs de ladicte premiere opinion: qui est pour eviter l'inconvenient qui s'en fust ensuyvi si on eust esté contrainct de passer du costé de celuy qui avoit dict ladicte opinion, combien qu'on ne trouvast bon qu'une partie d'icelle opinion. -
19 facio
făcĭo, ĕre, fēci, factum - impératif présent: fac/facite - face: forme archaïque employée surtout par Plaute et Térence. - futur simple: facie = faciam (Cato). - voir les formes archaïques: faxo, faxim. - voir la conjugaison du passif: fio, fieri, factus sum. - voir l'article fio. [st1]1 [-] faire, exécuter, effectuer, accomplir; agir, se conduire; faire que, faire en sorte que. - facere aliquid ex re: faire une chose avec une autre. - praedam ab hoste facere: faire du butin sur l’ennemi. - alicui non idem fecit, Cic.: n'en a-t-il pas usé ainsi avec qqn? - factus ad + acc.: fait pour. - facere ut: faire en sorte que (ut consécutif). - fac ut sciam ou fac sciam: fais en sorte que je sache. - face mittas, Ter.: aie soin d'envoyer. - facere hoc, ut: faire ceci, à savoir que (ut explicatif, développant hoc). - di faxint ne.... (faxim... = faciam...): fassent les dieux que... ne... pas. - avec adv.: agir, se comporter, se conduire. - facio libenter ut: il m'est bien agréable de. - bene (recte) facis quod: tu fais bien de. - facis tu quidem fraterne quod me hortaris: tu te conduis vraiment en bon frère en m'exhortant. - facis injuste si: tu commets une injustice si... - alicui bene (male) facere: se comporter bien (mal) à l’égard de qqn. - arroganter facit cum: il montre de la présomption en... - facere amice, Cic.: agir en ami. - homines captivos qui catenis vinciunt nimis stulte faciunt mea quidem sententia, Plaut. Men.: ceux qui tiennent enchaînés des captifs font une très grosse sottise, à mon avis. - factum optume: tant mieux. - in re plurimum facere: réussir très bien dans qqch. - mature facto opus est ( facto → participe neutre au lieu de l’inf.) il faut agir à temps. - facere ne + subj.: faire que ne... pas. - non possum facere quin, Cic.: je ne peux pas m'empêcher de. - facultatem recte judicandi alicui facere: donner à qqn la possiblilité de bien juger. - invitus feci: j'ai agi contre mon gré. - illum forma tremere facit, Ov.: ma beauté le fait trembler. - dictum ac factum: aussitôt dit aussitôt fait, sans délai. [st1]2 [-] faire, créer, produire, confectionner, façonner, construire, constituer, composer. - facere ova, Varr.: pondre des oeufs. - facere sobolem, Col.: avoir des petits. - facit grana malum, Col.: la pomme a des pépins. - facere statuam, Plin.: sculpter une statue. [st1]3 [-] procurer, causer, susciter, apporter, exciter. - impedimentum alicui facere: causer de l'embarras à qqn. - negotium facere: donner de l'embarras, causer des ennuis. - spem alicui facere: provoquer l’espoir de qqn. - facere insidias alicui, Nep.: tendre des embûches à qqn. - facere stomachum, Cic.: mettre en colère. - facere risum, Quint.: faire rire. [st1]4 [-] se procurer, acquérir, s'attirer. - facere praedam, Cic.: se procurer du butin. - facere omnia ad se, Petr.: tout tirer à soi. - facere manum, Cic.: ramasser une troupe. - facere nil sibi reliqui, Caes.: ne rien épargner - facere sibi fortunam, Liv.: être l'artisan de sa fortune. [st1]5 [-] souffrir (un dommage), éprouver, se trouver dans tel ou tel état. - facere damnum, detrimentum: subir une perte, un dommage. - facere jacturam, Cic.: supporter une perte. - bestiae simile quiddam faciunt, Cic.: les bêtes éprouvent quelque chose de semblable. [st1]6 [-] faire (remplaçant un verbe précédent). - an Scythes potuit pro nihilo pecuniam ducere, nostrates facere non potuerunt? Cic.: quoi! un Scythe a pu mépriser l'argent, et nos compatriotes n'ont pu le faire? [st1]7 [-] instituer, nommer, faire, rendre (ordinairement avec un attribut); mettre dans tel ou tel état. - facere agricolam ducem: faire d’un laboureur un général. - aliquem reum facere: accuser qqn. - consulem aliquem facere: nommer qqn consul. - facere aliquem certiorem: informer qqn. - facere invisum, Hor.: rendre odieux. - facere de Italia Africam, Flor.: faire de l'Italie une seconde Afrique. - fecerant de servitute Romanos, Flor.: d'esclaves ils étaient devenus Romains. - senatum bene sua sponte firmum firmiorem fecistis, Cic. Phil. 6: le sénat, déjà ferme de lui-même, vous l'avez affermi encore plus. - facere palam, Nep.: rendre public, publier, divulguer. [st1]8 [-] juger d'un certain prix, estimer, priser. - facere + gén. de prix: faire cas de, estimer. - magni, (parvi) eum facio: je l’estime beaucoup (peu). - voluptatem virtus minimi facit: la vertu fait très peu cas du plaisir. - dolorem nihili facere: ne faire nullement cas de la douleur, dédaigner la douleur. - facere + gén. autre que le gén. de prix: cf. esse + gén. - omnia quae mulieris fuerunt, viri fiunt dotis nomine, Cic. Top. 4: tous les biens qui appartenaient à la femme passent au mari sous le nom de dot. - Asiam populi Romani facere: mettre l'Asie sous la dépendance du peuple romain. - facere aliquid dicionis alicujus: mettre qqch sous le pouvoir de qqn. - omnem oram usque ad Hiberum flumen Romanae dicionis fecit, Liv. 21: il soumit à l'empire romain toute la côte jusqu'à l'Ebre. [st1]9 [-] faire une supposition, simuler, feindre. - fac + prop. inf.: suppose que. - faciamus deos non esse, Cic.: supposons que les dieux n'existent pas. - exitium fac me meruisse, Ov.: suppose que j'aie mérité la mort. - Herculem Homerus conveniri facit ab Ulysse, Cic.: Homère feint qu'Hercule et Ulysse se rencontrent. - feci sermonem inter nos habitum, Cic.: j'ai fait croire à un entretien entre nous. - facio me alias res agere, Cic.: je fais semblant d'être occupé ailleurs (= d'être distrait). [st1]10 [-] pratiquer, exercer (un métier); faire un sacrifice, sacrifier. - facere medicinam: exercer la médecine. - facere argentariam, Cic.: exercer le métier de banquier, être banquier. - mercaturas facere: faire le commerce. - facere stipendia: être soldat, servir. - facere sacra, Cic.: faire un sacrifice. - facere (s.-ent. sacra) Junoni, Cic.: sacrifier à Junon. - dii facientes adjuvant, Varr.: les dieux sont propices à ceux qui les honorent. - facere alicui deo aliqua re: sacrifier à un dieu qqch [au moyen de qqch]. - facere agno: [faire (un sacrifice) avec un agneau] = offrir un agneau en sacrifice. - cum faciam vitulâ pro frugibus, Virg. B. 3: quand j'offrirai en sacrifice un veau au lieu des fruits de la terre. [st1]11 [-] parcourir (un espace); passer (un temps). - cursu quingenta stadia facere, Just.: faire cinq cents stades à la course. - paucissimos dies una fecimus, Sen.: nous avons passé très peu de jours ensemble. [st1]12 [-] être d'un parti, être pour, être contre. - facere contra (adversus) aliquem: être contre qqn. - facere cum (ab) aliquo: agir avec qqn, être pour qqn, être du parti de qqn. - veritas cum hoc facit, Quint.: la vérité est pour lui. [st1]13 [-] convenir, être bon pour, être utile, aller à. - facere ad aliquam rem (alicui rei): être bon (efficace) pour qqch ou convenir à qqch. - non male facere cum aliquo, Ov.: aller bien à qqn, s'accorder avec qqn. - plurimum facit totas diligenter nosse causas, Quint.: il est très utile de bien connaître l'ensemble des causes. [st1]14 [-] faire, présenter telle ou telle forme, présenter telle ou telle désinence. - paries facit ventrem, Dig.: le mur se bombe. - cur pater patris facit? Quint.: pourquoi pater fait patris? - facere + inf. ou part.: représenter, supposer, imaginer. - cum ariete colloquentem facere: représenter Polyphème s’entretenant avec un bélier. - Xenophon facit Socratem disputantem: Xénophon représente Socrate en train de discuter. - poetae impendere saxum Tantalo faciunt: les poètes représentent un rocher suspendu sur (la tête de) Tantale. - fecerat et viridi fetam Mavortis in antro procubuisse lupam, Virg. En. 8: Il avait représenté, couchée dans l'antre verdoyant de Mars, une louve qui venait d'avoir des petits. - Plato aedificari a deo mundum facit, Cic. N. D.: Platon imagine le monde construit par un dieu. [st1]15 [-] se rendre, aller (emploi non classique). - (se) facere aliquo: se rendre quelque part. - facere ad stelas, Petr. 62: se rendre du côté des stèles. - intra limen sese facit, Apul. M. 5, 2: il franchit le seuil.* * *făcĭo, ĕre, fēci, factum - impératif présent: fac/facite - face: forme archaïque employée surtout par Plaute et Térence. - futur simple: facie = faciam (Cato). - voir les formes archaïques: faxo, faxim. - voir la conjugaison du passif: fio, fieri, factus sum. - voir l'article fio. [st1]1 [-] faire, exécuter, effectuer, accomplir; agir, se conduire; faire que, faire en sorte que. - facere aliquid ex re: faire une chose avec une autre. - praedam ab hoste facere: faire du butin sur l’ennemi. - alicui non idem fecit, Cic.: n'en a-t-il pas usé ainsi avec qqn? - factus ad + acc.: fait pour. - facere ut: faire en sorte que (ut consécutif). - fac ut sciam ou fac sciam: fais en sorte que je sache. - face mittas, Ter.: aie soin d'envoyer. - facere hoc, ut: faire ceci, à savoir que (ut explicatif, développant hoc). - di faxint ne.... (faxim... = faciam...): fassent les dieux que... ne... pas. - avec adv.: agir, se comporter, se conduire. - facio libenter ut: il m'est bien agréable de. - bene (recte) facis quod: tu fais bien de. - facis tu quidem fraterne quod me hortaris: tu te conduis vraiment en bon frère en m'exhortant. - facis injuste si: tu commets une injustice si... - alicui bene (male) facere: se comporter bien (mal) à l’égard de qqn. - arroganter facit cum: il montre de la présomption en... - facere amice, Cic.: agir en ami. - homines captivos qui catenis vinciunt nimis stulte faciunt mea quidem sententia, Plaut. Men.: ceux qui tiennent enchaînés des captifs font une très grosse sottise, à mon avis. - factum optume: tant mieux. - in re plurimum facere: réussir très bien dans qqch. - mature facto opus est ( facto → participe neutre au lieu de l’inf.) il faut agir à temps. - facere ne + subj.: faire que ne... pas. - non possum facere quin, Cic.: je ne peux pas m'empêcher de. - facultatem recte judicandi alicui facere: donner à qqn la possiblilité de bien juger. - invitus feci: j'ai agi contre mon gré. - illum forma tremere facit, Ov.: ma beauté le fait trembler. - dictum ac factum: aussitôt dit aussitôt fait, sans délai. [st1]2 [-] faire, créer, produire, confectionner, façonner, construire, constituer, composer. - facere ova, Varr.: pondre des oeufs. - facere sobolem, Col.: avoir des petits. - facit grana malum, Col.: la pomme a des pépins. - facere statuam, Plin.: sculpter une statue. [st1]3 [-] procurer, causer, susciter, apporter, exciter. - impedimentum alicui facere: causer de l'embarras à qqn. - negotium facere: donner de l'embarras, causer des ennuis. - spem alicui facere: provoquer l’espoir de qqn. - facere insidias alicui, Nep.: tendre des embûches à qqn. - facere stomachum, Cic.: mettre en colère. - facere risum, Quint.: faire rire. [st1]4 [-] se procurer, acquérir, s'attirer. - facere praedam, Cic.: se procurer du butin. - facere omnia ad se, Petr.: tout tirer à soi. - facere manum, Cic.: ramasser une troupe. - facere nil sibi reliqui, Caes.: ne rien épargner - facere sibi fortunam, Liv.: être l'artisan de sa fortune. [st1]5 [-] souffrir (un dommage), éprouver, se trouver dans tel ou tel état. - facere damnum, detrimentum: subir une perte, un dommage. - facere jacturam, Cic.: supporter une perte. - bestiae simile quiddam faciunt, Cic.: les bêtes éprouvent quelque chose de semblable. [st1]6 [-] faire (remplaçant un verbe précédent). - an Scythes potuit pro nihilo pecuniam ducere, nostrates facere non potuerunt? Cic.: quoi! un Scythe a pu mépriser l'argent, et nos compatriotes n'ont pu le faire? [st1]7 [-] instituer, nommer, faire, rendre (ordinairement avec un attribut); mettre dans tel ou tel état. - facere agricolam ducem: faire d’un laboureur un général. - aliquem reum facere: accuser qqn. - consulem aliquem facere: nommer qqn consul. - facere aliquem certiorem: informer qqn. - facere invisum, Hor.: rendre odieux. - facere de Italia Africam, Flor.: faire de l'Italie une seconde Afrique. - fecerant de servitute Romanos, Flor.: d'esclaves ils étaient devenus Romains. - senatum bene sua sponte firmum firmiorem fecistis, Cic. Phil. 6: le sénat, déjà ferme de lui-même, vous l'avez affermi encore plus. - facere palam, Nep.: rendre public, publier, divulguer. [st1]8 [-] juger d'un certain prix, estimer, priser. - facere + gén. de prix: faire cas de, estimer. - magni, (parvi) eum facio: je l’estime beaucoup (peu). - voluptatem virtus minimi facit: la vertu fait très peu cas du plaisir. - dolorem nihili facere: ne faire nullement cas de la douleur, dédaigner la douleur. - facere + gén. autre que le gén. de prix: cf. esse + gén. - omnia quae mulieris fuerunt, viri fiunt dotis nomine, Cic. Top. 4: tous les biens qui appartenaient à la femme passent au mari sous le nom de dot. - Asiam populi Romani facere: mettre l'Asie sous la dépendance du peuple romain. - facere aliquid dicionis alicujus: mettre qqch sous le pouvoir de qqn. - omnem oram usque ad Hiberum flumen Romanae dicionis fecit, Liv. 21: il soumit à l'empire romain toute la côte jusqu'à l'Ebre. [st1]9 [-] faire une supposition, simuler, feindre. - fac + prop. inf.: suppose que. - faciamus deos non esse, Cic.: supposons que les dieux n'existent pas. - exitium fac me meruisse, Ov.: suppose que j'aie mérité la mort. - Herculem Homerus conveniri facit ab Ulysse, Cic.: Homère feint qu'Hercule et Ulysse se rencontrent. - feci sermonem inter nos habitum, Cic.: j'ai fait croire à un entretien entre nous. - facio me alias res agere, Cic.: je fais semblant d'être occupé ailleurs (= d'être distrait). [st1]10 [-] pratiquer, exercer (un métier); faire un sacrifice, sacrifier. - facere medicinam: exercer la médecine. - facere argentariam, Cic.: exercer le métier de banquier, être banquier. - mercaturas facere: faire le commerce. - facere stipendia: être soldat, servir. - facere sacra, Cic.: faire un sacrifice. - facere (s.-ent. sacra) Junoni, Cic.: sacrifier à Junon. - dii facientes adjuvant, Varr.: les dieux sont propices à ceux qui les honorent. - facere alicui deo aliqua re: sacrifier à un dieu qqch [au moyen de qqch]. - facere agno: [faire (un sacrifice) avec un agneau] = offrir un agneau en sacrifice. - cum faciam vitulâ pro frugibus, Virg. B. 3: quand j'offrirai en sacrifice un veau au lieu des fruits de la terre. [st1]11 [-] parcourir (un espace); passer (un temps). - cursu quingenta stadia facere, Just.: faire cinq cents stades à la course. - paucissimos dies una fecimus, Sen.: nous avons passé très peu de jours ensemble. [st1]12 [-] être d'un parti, être pour, être contre. - facere contra (adversus) aliquem: être contre qqn. - facere cum (ab) aliquo: agir avec qqn, être pour qqn, être du parti de qqn. - veritas cum hoc facit, Quint.: la vérité est pour lui. [st1]13 [-] convenir, être bon pour, être utile, aller à. - facere ad aliquam rem (alicui rei): être bon (efficace) pour qqch ou convenir à qqch. - non male facere cum aliquo, Ov.: aller bien à qqn, s'accorder avec qqn. - plurimum facit totas diligenter nosse causas, Quint.: il est très utile de bien connaître l'ensemble des causes. [st1]14 [-] faire, présenter telle ou telle forme, présenter telle ou telle désinence. - paries facit ventrem, Dig.: le mur se bombe. - cur pater patris facit? Quint.: pourquoi pater fait patris? - facere + inf. ou part.: représenter, supposer, imaginer. - cum ariete colloquentem facere: représenter Polyphème s’entretenant avec un bélier. - Xenophon facit Socratem disputantem: Xénophon représente Socrate en train de discuter. - poetae impendere saxum Tantalo faciunt: les poètes représentent un rocher suspendu sur (la tête de) Tantale. - fecerat et viridi fetam Mavortis in antro procubuisse lupam, Virg. En. 8: Il avait représenté, couchée dans l'antre verdoyant de Mars, une louve qui venait d'avoir des petits. - Plato aedificari a deo mundum facit, Cic. N. D.: Platon imagine le monde construit par un dieu. [st1]15 [-] se rendre, aller (emploi non classique). - (se) facere aliquo: se rendre quelque part. - facere ad stelas, Petr. 62: se rendre du côté des stèles. - intra limen sese facit, Apul. M. 5, 2: il franchit le seuil.* * *Facio, facis, feci, factum, facere. Faire.\Facit hoc argentum. Plaut. Argent est cause de cela.\Factum, in responsione. Terent. - dic mihi, Aufugistin'? C. hera, factum. Il est ainsi, Ouy.\A se aliquid facere. Cic. De soymesme.\Facere ab aliquo. Cic. Faire pour aucun, Servir au propos d'aucun.\Facit ad difficultatem vrinae. Plin. Sert quand on ne peult pisser, Est bon et pertinent pour faire uriner.\Non facit ad stomachum haec res. Mart. Ne plaist point.\Ad vnguem factus homo. Horat. Parfaict en toutes choses.\Facere abortum. Plin. Avorter.\Quae res mox acorem facit. Columel. Faict aigrir.\Accessionem facere dicuntur hostes. Plancus ad Ciceronem. S'accroistre et multiplier.\Adiutorium in aliquam rem. Suet. Aider à faire quelque chose.\Facite adsitis domi. Terent. Faites que soyez en la maison.\Adulterium. Gellus. Commettre adultere.\AEgre alicui facere. Terent. Faire fascherie.\AEqui boni. Terent. Prendre en bien, En bonne partie.\AEs alienum. Liu. S'endebter, Faire des debtes.\AEstimationem. Caesar. Priser et estimer.\Alienationem. Cic. S'estranger.\Ambitus circa rem aliquam. Liu. Tournoyer à l'entour, Faire grandes virevoustes et tournoyements.\Facis amice: sed, vt mihi videris, non recte. Cic. Tu fais en ami.\Animum alicui facere. Liu. Bailler courage, Encourager.\Animos facere alicui in aliquem. Ouid. L'enorgueillir et faire fier.\Faciunt animos diuitiae. Liu. Elles enflent le coeur de l'homme, et enorgueillissent.\Apertum aliquid facere alicui. Lucret. Declarer.\Ardorem animis. Liu. Enflammer, Allumer.\Ascensionem ad locum aliquem. Plaut. Monter.\Assulas foribus. Plaut. Rompre les portes et briser.\Aucupium auribus. Plaut. Escouter, Prester l'oreille.\Audaciam hosti. Liu. Bailler audace et hardiesse.\Auritum populum. Plaut. Faire que le peuple se taise et escoute.\Authoritatem. Cic. Bailler grande authorité et opinion.\Auxilia mercede facere. Tacit. Aider pour l'argent.\Facere se bardum. Plaut. Contrefaire le lourdault et le sot.\Bene fecit Silius, qui transegerit. Cic. Il a bien faict.\Sibi bene facere. Plaut. Prendre du bon temps.\Bustum. Cic. Faire des funerailles.\Cadauer. Apuleius. Tuer aucun.\Caedem. Cic. Faire meurtre.\Calorem. Plin. Esmouvoir une chaleur.\Capitale facere dicuntur leges. Plin. Digredi via, capitale leges fecere. Les loix ont defendu cela sur peine de la teste.\Caput facere dicuntur folia herbae. Plin. Fructifier et grener.\Castra. Cic. Camper, Asseoir le camp, Faire un fort.\Caulem. Columel. Jecter hors et produire sa tige.\Cautionem. Caesar. Le rendre plus fin et advisé.\Se celerem. Plaut. Se haster.\Censuram vini in epulas regis. Plin. Faire la preuve et l'essay du vin, Gouster et taster.\Certamen. Liu. Mettre noise entre quelque gens.\Quid patrum et plebis certamen facimus? Liu. Pourquoy mettons nous noise entre les Senateurs et le menu peuple?\Certiorem. Cic. Acertener, Advertir au vray.\Clamores. Cic. Exciter le peuple à s'escrier par admiration.\Classem. Caes. Faire une multitude de navires.\Coenam alicui. Plin. iunior. Luy donner à soupper.\Coenas cum aliquo. Cic. Prendre ses repas avec aucun.\Cognomen colli. Liu. Surnommer.\Commentarios. Caes. Faire registres.\Commercium sermonum. Liu. Iam per longinquitatem belli commercio sermonum facto. Apres que par la longueur de la guerre qu'ils avoyent eu ensemble, ils commencerent à entendre le langage les uns des aultres.\Commutationem rerum facere. Caes. Magna erat rerum facta commutatio. Les choses estoyent fort changees.\Compendium. Plaut. Si ad saxum quod capessit, ea deorsum cadit, errationis fecerit compendium. Elle se fourvoyera moins.\Vt faciam praeconis compendium. Plaut. Que je respargne un crieur qu'il me fauldroit avoir.\Paululum sui compendii. Cic. Faire quelque peu de son prouffit.\Compotem votorum. Plin. iunior. Accorder à aucun ce qu'il demande et requiert.\Conceptum. Columel. Concevoir.\Concilia. Liu. Faire assemblees.\Concitationes. Caes. Faire des esmeutes.\Concursum. Caes. Quand plusieurs courent quelque part ensembleement et à la foule.\Confidentem. Plaut. Enhardir.\Confidenter. Plaut. Faire hardiment, et avec grande asseurance.\Coniecturam. Cic. Deviner, Conjecturer.\Coniecturam de odore. Plaut. Deviner par l'odeur que ce peult estre.\Coniecturam facere de moribus alicuius. Plin. iunior. Deviner quels sont ses meurs.\Coniecturam ex re aliqua. Terent. Quantum ex ipsa re coniecturam fecimus. Selon que nous avons peu deviner et estimer par la chose.\Quum coniecturam egomet mecum facio. Plaut. Selon que je peuls penser et estimer.\Conquisitionem. Liu. Faire une recherche.\Consilium. Liu. Donner conseil et advis.\Consilio alterius. Plaut. Faire par son conseil, Suyvre son conseil.\Consuetudinem alicui cum altero. Cic. Estre moyen que l'un hante fort l'autre.\Consulem. Cic. Creer.\Contentionem alicuius rei. Cic. Debatre quelque chose par parolles.\Controuersiam. Liu. Mettre en doubte ou en debat et different.\Controuersiam alicui de re aliqua. Sene. Debatre contre aucun.\Contumeliam. Plaut. Faire oultrage, Oultrager aucun.\Conuitium. Cic. Injurier.\Copiam argenti alicui facere. Plaut. Luy prouvoir d'argent, Luy en faire recouvrer.\Sui copiam facere. Plin. iunior. Donner audience aux gens, et les laisser parler à soy.\Copiam consilii sui. Cic. Recevoir et ouir un chascun qui veult venir demander conseil, et luy donner.\Quod maxime cupiebas, eius copiam feci tibi. Plautus. Je t'ay faict jouir de ce que tu desirois.\Copiam facere, pro Facere potestatem. Liu. Donner congé de faire quelque chose, Permettre.\Factum culpa illius. Terent. Ce a esté par sa faulte.\Cum aliquo facere. Cic. Faire et tenir pour luy, Luy favoriser, Tenir son parti.\Cum aliquo facere, et idem sentire. Cic. Estre de son opinion et advis.\Facit cum hoc veritas. Ci. La verité est pour luy, ou fait pour luy.\Curiam facere. Plin. Bastir un palais, ou une sale, où le senat se puisse assembler.\Facere damnum. Plaut. Recevoir dommage, Faire perte.\De consilio alterius facere. Cic. Par le conseil d'autruy.\De sententia alicuius. Ci. A son adveu et selon sa fantasie et opinion.\Deditionem alicuius hosti facere. Liu. Le livrer entre les mains de son ennemi.\Deditionem ad hostem. Quintil. Se rendre à la merci de son ennemi.\Deditione facta. Caes. Apres qu'on se fut rendu.\Delectum studiorum. Quintil. Eslire.\Delectum militum. Caes. Choisir, Faire eslite de gens de guerre.\Here facis delicias. Plaut. Tu te jases, mocques, ou gaudis.\Nimias delicias facis. Plaut. Tu es trop plaisant, Tu fais trop d'esbats.\Nimis es morosus. Tu es trop potieux, Il te fault trop de choses.\Descensionem. Liu. Descendre des navires sur la terre, Prendre terre.\Desyderium alicuius. Liu. Faire qu'on desire et regrette aucun.\Detrimentum. Cic. Recevoir dommage.\Dicta. Ouid. Faire ce qu'on a promis.\Differentias faciunt et folia. Plin. Font la difference.\Auro dignitatem per annulos fecit. Plin. Donna authorité à l'or.\Discrimen. Plin. Faire difference.\Diuiduum. Terent. Partir, Diviser.\Diuitias ex re aliqua. Plaut. S'enrichir.\Dulcedinem. Senec. Engendrer une doulceur.\Duritias facere. Plin. Faire et engendrer des duretez.\Emolumentum. Cic. Faire ou porter prouffit.\Errorem. Cic. Faire saillir ou errer.\Eruptionem. Caes. Faire une saillie sur les ennemis.\Ex animo. Terent. Faire de courage, Naifvement.\Ex necessitate. Plin. iunior. Par necessité et contraincte.\Excidionem oppido. Plaut. Le destruire.\Excursiones in agrum hostilem. Liu. Faire des courses.\Exempla faciam in te. Plaut. Je te puniray en telle sorte, que les autres y prendront exemple.\Exercitum. Plin. iunior. Assembler une armee.\Exitum. Senec. Petens vt viderent, quem admirator auri exitum faceret. Quelle fin faisoit celuy qui, etc. Quelle seroit la fin de celuy qui, etc.\Expectationem. Cic. Mettre en attente.\Expeditum ex impedito. Plaut. Despestrer et delivrer aucun.\Fac esse. Cic. Pren le cas qu'ainsi soit.\Facite hoc meum consilium, legiones nouas non improbare. Cic. Prenez le cas que, etc.\Me fac posse tuto, multi etiam hortantur, num etiam honesté? Cic. Pren le cas que je le puisse sans danger.\Facere parentes et liberos extraneos. Plin. iunior. Estrangier et faire separation d'entre les peres et les enfans.\Facere facile. Plaut. Faire aiseement et facilement.\Factu facile. Terent. Aisé à faire.\- fecisti hercle facetias, quum hoc donauisti Dono tuum seruum. Plaut. Tu m'as faict rire.\Facultatem. Cic. Permettre, Donner povoir et congé.\Famam. Quintil. Bailler bruit.\Familiam vnam. Terent. Assembler deux maisons en une.\Fidem. Cic. Faire foy, Faire que aucun nous croye.\Fides verbis tuis non fit. Quintil. On ne te croit pas, On n'adjouste point de foy à tes parolles.\Finem facere. Cic. Faire fin, Finer, Desister, Se deporter de faire quelque chose.\Foedus. Plaut. Faire alliance.\Formidinem facere. Tacit. Faire paour.\Fortiter facere. Quintil. Faire quelque acte de prouesse.\Facere et parare magnam fortunam. Liu. Dresser ses affaires en sorte qu'elles se portent bien, Se dresser un bon heur.\Fraudem legi. Plaut. Liu. En gardant les mots contrevenir au sens de la loy.\Frugem. Plaut. Prouffiter, Gaigner.\Fugam. Plaut. S'enfuir.\Funus alicui. Cic. Faire ses obseques et funerailles.\Funus prandio. Plaut. Manger tout le disner.\Furta. Cic. Desrobber.\Gloriam alicui. Plin. iunior. Le mettre en bruit et reputation.\Gradum. Cic. Marcher.\Gradum ad aliquid. Quintil. S'arrester à faire quelque chose petite et basse pour parvenir à plus grande.\Gradum. Liu. S'advancer en quelque chose, et avoir ja gaigné un poinct de ce où on veult parvenir.\Maioribus in Africam ex hac prouincia gradus imperii factus est. Cice. Ce fut le degré par où noz ancestres monterent et parvindrent jusques à conquester Afrique.\Gratiam facere. Suet. Donner congé, Permettre.\Gratiam iusiurandi. Plaut. Suet. Tenir aucun quicte de son serment, tout ainsi que s'il avoit juré, et ne le faire point jurer, Dispenser du serment.\Bononiensibus gratiam fecit coniurandi cum tota Italia pro partibus suis. Suet. Il les quicta et dispensa, et leur permist de, etc. Il leur donna congé et liberté de, etc.\Gratiam delicti. Sallust. Faire grace, Pardonner.\Gratiam legis. Bud. Dispenser de la loy.\Gratulationem ad omnia deorum templa nomine alicuius facere. Cic. Remercier Dieu.\Gratum. Cic. Faire chose aggreable.\Grauidam facere. Plaut. Engrossir une femme.\Haeredem facere. Cic. Faire son heritier.\Haesitationem alicui. Plinius iunior. Le mettre en doubte, Le faire doubter.\Halitum iucundiorem. Plin. Faire bonne haleine et doulce.\Se hilarum. Terent. Faire joyeuse chere, Se resjouir.\Hilarem. Plin. Glans fagea suem hilarem facit. L'engresse, Le fait gras et en bon poinct.\Honeste facere. Quintil. Faire acte d'honnesteté.\Hospitium. Cic. Faire alliance d'hospitalité avec aucun.\Hostilia. Pli. iun. Faire toutes les cruautez que font les ennemis.\Facere iacturam. Plin. iunior. Recevoir perte et dommage.\Iacturam gloriae. Cic. Perdre sa gloire.\Iacturam in vnius mulierculae animula. Sulpitius ad Ciceronem. Avoir perte.\Iactus facere. Hirt. Jecter, Faire jectees.\Impensam et impensas. Cic. Faire despense, Despendre.\Impensas in stipendia militum. Liu. Contribuer pour la soulde des gensdarmes.\Imperata. Caes. Faire ce qui nous est commandé, Obeir.\Imperium. Plin. Eslever, Bastir, Mettre sus, ou Fonder et conquester.\Impetum. Cic. Venir impetueusement et de grand roideur contre quelque chose, et de toute sa force par mal talent.\Impressionem. Caesar. Idem. Quand plusieurs ensemble font un effort.\In ambiguo facere. Plin. Mettre en doubte, Faire doubteux.\Incendia facere. Caes. Mettre le feu, Faire des feuz.\Incertum. Liu. Rendre incertain, Mettre en doubte.\Incursionem in agrum Romanum. Liu. Un exploict de guerre, Une course.\Facite indicium, siquis vidit, siquis eam abstulit. Plaut. Enseignez moy si aucun, etc.\Inducias. Liu. Faire treves.\Infamem facere aliquem. Terent. Luy bailler mauvais bruit.\Initium facere. Cic. Commencer.\Iniuriam. Cic. Faire injure, Faire desplaisir et tort à aucun, Luy porter dommage.\Insidias. Cic. Espier aucun et guetter.\Insomnia. Plin. Faire resver.\Intercapedinem scribendi. Cic. Faire intermission d'escrire.\Intercessiones. Gellius, Tribuni plebis antiquitus creati faciendis intercessionibus. Les Tribuns furent creez à Rome pour se opposer et empescher que les grans Magistrats ne foulassent le commun populaire, ou pour se opposer et empescher les procedures des autres officiers qui leur sembleroyent contre la Republique.\Interuallum. Varro. Liu. Faire une pause.\Introitum. Colum. Entrer.\Inuidiam alicui. Liu. Mettre aucun en la male grace d'un autre.\Iratum aliquem alteri. Cic. L'irriter contre aucun.\Irruptionem. Cice. Quand ceulx de dehors et ennemis font une course et saillie sur ceulx de dedens.\Iter. Cic. Aller, Cheminer.\Iter pedibus. Cic. Aller à pied.\Iudicatum. Cic. Satisfaire et obeir à la sentence.\Iudicem. Plin. iunior. Faire juge aucun de quelque different.\Iudicium. Cic. Juger.\Iugulationem magnam. Hirtius. Copper la gorge à beaucoup de gens, Faire grande tuerie.\Iuramentum. Senec. Jurer.\Ius. Liu. Donner permission, Bailler povoir et puissance.\Iussa. Ouid. Plin. Faire ce qu'on nous commande.\Iusta alicui. Cic. Appaiser l'ame et l'esprit d'aucun trespassé qui n'estoit à repos, comme croyent les fols gentils.\Eos nunc laetantes faciam aduentu meo. Plaut. Je les esjouiray.\Lapidationes. Cic. Jecter force pierres.\Largitionem, siue largitiones. Cic. Faire largesse.\Legibus facere. Terent. Selon les loix.\Lites. Terent. Faire noise.\Lex quae litem faciat. Quintil. La loy dont vient et se meut le doubte.\Litem suam facere, Faire son propre faict de la cause d'un autre. Gellius, Litem meam absens facere nolui.\Longius aliquid exemplis facere. Cic. Prolonger.\Lucrum. Plaut. Gaigner.\Facere aliquantum lucri argenti. Plaut. Gaigner argent.\Ludos facere. Plaut. Se mocquer et gaudir d'aucun.\Ludos facere. Cic. Faire des jeux publiques.\Amor fecit maciem. Ouid. A amaigri.\Maculas. Plin. Maculer, Tacher.\Neque quid velim, neque nolim, facitis magni pessumae. Plaut. Il ne vous en chault gueres, Vous n'en faites compte.\Te semper maximi feci. Terent. J'ay tousjours tenu grand compte de toy, et t'ay fort estimé et prisé.\Manum. Cic. Faire amas de gens et assemblees.\Manu factum. Lucret. Faict à la main.\Matres facere. Ouid. Engrossir des femmes.\Facit mecum. Cic. Il est de mon opinion.\Memoriam tristem. Liu. Faire la memoire desplaisante et ennuyeuse.\Mentionem. Plaut. Faire mention.\Mercaturam. Cic. Demener marchandise, Mener train de marchandise.\Messem. Columel. Moissonner.\Minoris facere. Cic. Moins estimer.\Missa haec faciamus. Terent. Laissons cela, N'en parlons plus.\Me missum face. Terent. Laisse moy aller.\Missum facere legiones ad aliquem. Cn. Magnus. Envoyer.\Modum. Cic. Tenir mesure.\Quum modum irae nullum faceret. Liu. Voyant qu'ils ne s'appaisoit aucunement, et ne faisoit fin à son courroux.\Neque suum cuique ius modum faciebat. Liu. Il n'y avoit nul à qui sont droict servit de contentement, et qui se contentast de ce qu'il luy appartenoit.\Modos. Terent. Cic. Chanter.\Tantum nauis vna capta momenti fecit ad dilationem imminentis Romanis belli. Liu. Elle fut de si grande consequence.\Moram. Plin. iunior. Targer.\Ille se affirmare postero die, moram nullam esse facturum. Cic. Qu'il n'arresteroit point.\Nec hostes moram dimicandi fecerunt. Liu. Attargerent le combat, Retarderent.\Morem sibi. Liu. S'introduire une coustume, S'accoustumer.\Mortem. Columel. Faire mourir.\Motus. Liu. Faire esmotion et trouble.\Multam. Gell. Encourir une peine indicte.\Multam facere, pro Dicere. Cato. Faire commandement de payer aucune amende, Condemner à l'amende.\Munditias. Cato. Nettoyer.\Mutuum cum altero. Plaut. Luy faire le pareil.\Naturam alicuius rei sibi facere. Quintil. S'accoustumer tant à quelque chose, qu'elle nous soit comme naturelle.\Naufragium. Cic. Perdre sa navire par tempeste.\Naufragium gloriae, per metaphoram, pro Gloriam amittere. Cic. Perdre son honneur acquis.\Negotium alicui facere. Quintil. Luy faire ennui et fascherie, Le harceler.\Sed si te aequo animo ferre accipiet, negligentem feceris. Terent. Tu feras qu'il ne luy en chauldra.\Nihili. Cic. N'estimer en rien, N'en tenir compte.\Nobilem. Plin. Donner bruit.\Nomen. Plaut. Nommer, Bailler nom.\Nomen alicui. Liu. Donner bruit et renom.\Nomina facere. Cic. S'obliger envers aucun de certaine somme, sans ce que celuy qui s'oblige en touche aucun denier.\Nomen cum vineis facere. Colum. Compter à ses vignes l'argent qu'on employe pour les facons avec esperance de le recouvrer, ensemble du prouffit par dessus.\Non facio qui sis, qui nonsis, floccum. Plaut. Il n'en m'en chault qui tu sois, ou ne sois pas.\Notum facere. Plin. iunior. Faire à scavoir, Signifier.\Obnoxium sibi aliquem. Plaut. L'asservager et assubjectir à nous et à faire nostre plaisir.\Obsidium. Plaut. Assieger, Tenir le siege devant une ville.\Facito opulentum obsonium. Plaut. Appreste force viande.\Fit mihi obuiam. Terent. Je le rencontre.\Odium vitae facere. Plin. Faire enhair sa vie.\Officium suum. Terent. Faire son office et debvoir.\Officia alicui. Gell. Luy faire honneur et plaisir.\Factum oportuit. Plaut. Il devroit desja estre faict.\Optionem. Cic. Bailler le choix.\Opus. Terent. Travailler, Labourer.\Orbes facere. Sallust. Se mettre en rond. Vide ORBIS.\Otium. Virg. Mettre aucun à repos, Le mettre à son aise, Donner le loisir. \ Oua. Varro. Pondre.\Facere pactiones cum aliquo. Ci. Traicter et convenir avec aucun.\Palam aliquid facere. Cic. Publier.\Par. Plaut. Faire raison.\Non par videtur facere. Plaut. Il ne fait pas honnestement et selon que raison le requiert.\Feceris par tuis caeteris factis, patrem Tuum si percoles. Plaut. Tu seras chose convenante.\Cum influentibus negotiis paria fecisti. Plin. iunior. Tu as travaillé selon que tes affaires le requeroyent, Tu as satisfaict.\Paria facere. Cic. Egualiser, Egualer, Faire tout un.\Haec negotiatio curam villici auocat, nec vnquam patitur eum cum rationibus domini paria facere. Colum. L'empesche de faire la besongne si bien qu'elle revienne et se rapporte au compte de son maistre, Qu'il en rende compte entier.\- vtinam esset mihi Pars aequa amoris tecum, ac pariter fieret, vt Aut hoc tibi doleret itidem, vt mihi dolet: Aut ego isthuc abs te factum nihili penderem. Terent. Qu'il nous fust de mesme à l'un et à l'autre, ou qu'il t'en despleust autant qu'à moy, ou que je ne le prinsse non plus à cueur que toy.\Partes. Cic. Partir.\Participem consilii sui. Plaut. Communiquer son secret.\Partum. Plin. Produire.\Parui facere. Plaut. Peu estimer.\Pausam. Plautus, Ego pausam feci. Je m'en deportay.\Pecuariam facere. Sueton. Faire mestier de gouverner et nourrir du bestiail.\Peculatum. Plaut. Voller aucun, Piller et desrober.\Pecuniam. Cic. Gaigner et amasser argent.\Periculum. Liu. Faire preuve, Esprouver, Essayer.\Periculum ex aliis facere. Terent. Prendre exemple sur autruy.\- fac periculum in literis, Fac in palaestra. Teren. Esprouve le aux lettres et à la luicte.\Periculum legionum facere. Caesar. Les mettre en espreuve.\Permutationem cum aliquo. Cic. Faire eschange.\Perspicua sua consilia facere. Cic. Les descouvrir et donner à congnoistre.\Pestilentiam. Colum. Engendrer la peste.\Pili non facere. Catul. N'estimer à la valeur d'un poil.\Piraticam facere. Cic. Estre pirate et escumeur de mer.\Plagam. Cic. Blesser, Navrer.\Planum. Cic. Oster tout destourbier qui empesche qu'on ne congnoisse la verité, Monstrer clerement et evidemment.\In omni parte huiusce officii plurimum facit, totas nosse causas. Quintil. Il sert de beaucoup.\Pluris siue plurimi facere. Cic. Plus ou fort estimer.\Facio pluris omnium hominum neminem. Cic. Il n'y a hommes que j'estime tant.\Minimum ponderis facit. Plin. Il poise le moins.\Potestatem. Cic. Bailler congé, Permettre, Donner povoir et puissance.\Potestatem quarundam literarum. Cic. Bailler certaines lettres à aucun, et les mettre en sa puissance.\Potestatem sui. Cic. Donner audience aux gens, et les laisser parler à soy.\Radix coeliacis praeclare facit. Plin. Aide fort et donne remede.\Praeconium. Cic. Estre crieur publique faisant les cris et proclamations és encants.\Praedam. Cic. Prendre un butin, Butiner.\Praegnantem. Plaut. Engrossir une femme.\Praelium. Caesar. Donner bataille, Combatre.\Praelium aduersum facere. Caesar. Perdre la bataille.\Plurima praelia secunda fecerant. Caesar. Avoyent gaigné plusieurs batailles.\Precationes. Liu. Prier.\Pretium. Plin. Priser.\Profectionem. Caesar. Se partir et desloger.\Profectum. Plin. iunior. Prouffiter.\Progressum in studiis. Cic. S'advancer en l'estude et fort prouffiter.\Prolixe facere. Cic. Amplement, Liberalement.\Promissum. Cic. Tenir ou accomplir sa promesse.\Qua pronuntiatione facta. Caesar. Apres avoir ce ordonné et publié.\Propaginem. Plin. Prouvigner, Jecter des jectons.\Aliquem propitium facere. Plaut. Appaiser.\Prouentum maiorem. Colum. Ea res maiorem facit prouentum. Est cause de plus grand rapport et revenu.\Pugnum. Cic. Fermer la main.\Quaestum. Terent. Gaigner.\Facere quamplurimum gnatis. Terent. Leur amasser force biens.\Non ignoras quanti fecerim Scipionem. Cic. Combien je l'ay prisé et estimé.\Quid me faciam, nescio. Terent. Je ne scay que je feray.\Quid iis fiet, si huc Paulus venerit? Cic. Que deviendront ils?\Diodoro quid faciam Stoico? Cic. Que feray je, ou diray je de Diodorus? Comment l'appaiseray je, et cheviray je avec luy?\Quid de P. Clodio fiat, rescribe. Cic. Que l'on en faict, Comment on le traicte.\Quid hoc homine faciatis? Cic. Que feriez vous de cest homme?\Quod fuit viri optimi, fecisti, vt necui innocenti, etc. Cic. Tu as faict ce que devoit faire un homme de bien, c'est que, etc.\Quidam faciunt aperte quod rixemur. Quint. Ils sont cause.\Quietem infestam alicui facere. Lucret. L'empescher de dormir à son aise.\Faciam quo minus hoc agas. Plaut. J'empescheray.\Facere aliquid ratione. Cic. Faire quelque chose pour cause.\Ratum facere. Liu. Verifier et homologuer, Ratifier.\Rebellionem. Caes. Rebeller, Se revolter.\Reducem facere. Plaut. Raconvoyer, Ramener.\Nihil reliqui sibi ad celeritatem facere. Caes. Se haster tant qu'il est possible.\Reliquos. Caes. Siquos fortuna fecisset reliquos. Si par fortune aucuns estoyent eschappez et demourez sans estre tuez.\Rem facias palam. Terent. Di le, Descouvre nous toute la besongne.\Rem facere. Terent. Acquerir, Amasser des biens.\Labienus rem meliorem fecit. Cic. Nous sommes bien renforcez par la venue de Labian, Il a bien amendé nostre affaire.\Remedium lieni. Plin. Donner remede, Remedier.\Remissionem. Vlpia. Faire renvoy, Renvoyer.\Rempublicam magnam ex parua. Sallu. Accroistre, Augmenter.\Reuersionem. Plaut. Retourner.\Reum. Cic. Accuser.\Risum. Quintil. Faire rire.\Robur. Quintil. S'enforcir, Devenir fort.\Salutationem. Hirt. Saluer.\Sanguinem. Liu. Espandre sang, Tuer.\Sanum Plaut. Guarir.\Satis. Plaut. Satisfaire et payer, Contenter.\Satis alicui facere. Cic. Contenter, Assouvir.\Scelus. Cic. Faire quelque meschanceté.\Scire facere. Plaut. Faire scavoir.\Scriptum facere. Liu. Estre greffier.\Secessionem. Liu. Quand une partie du peuple par une sedition se bande, et se depart d'avec les autres avec deliberation de maintenir sa querelle par voye de faict et par armes.\Idem sentire, et secum facere. Cic. Estre de son opinion.\Securitatem. Liu. Mettre hors de soulci, Asseurer.\Seditionem. Caes. Esmouvoir sedition.\Sementem. Liu. Semer.\Semitam. Plaut. Faire sentier, et marcher par, etc.\Senatusconsultum. Cic. Assembler le Senat, et faire passer par la court, et authoriser son entreprise.\Fit sermo inter eos. Cic. On devise et parle on ensemble.\Significationem. Caes. Faire signe.\Silentium. Plaut. Se taire.\Fac silentium. Plaut. Tais toy.\Silentio facto tali oratione est vsus. Liu. Apres qu'on eut faict silence.\Silentium factum per praeconem. Liu. Il fut crié que chascun se teust.\Sobolem. Plin. Faire des petis, Progenier.\Societatem cum aliquo. Liu. Faire alliance avec luy, et le prendre à compaignon.\Societatem rerum. Cic. Faire communauté de biens.\Somnum. Plin. Faire dormir.\Speciem cruentae victoriae. Liu. Tribuni militum quinque amissi, et pauci equites Romani, cruentae maxime victoriae speciem fecerunt. La perte de cinq ou six capitaines, et de peu de gens à cheval, feit trouver la victoire dommageable, feit que la victoire sembla estre, etc.\Spem. Liu. Donner esperance.\Spiritus. Liu. Esmouvoir le courage, Bailler courage.\Sponsionem. Martian. Faire une gajure, ou par ordonnance du juge, ou de son bon gré.\Sponsionem de re aliqua. Cic. Maintenir quelque chose sur certaine peine.\Stipendia sub aliquo. Liu. Estre à la guerre soubs la charge d'aucun capitaine, à la soulte d'un peuple, roy, empereur, ou autre.\Qui cum eo stipendia fecerint. Liu. Qui avoyent esté compaignons de guerre avec luy.\Stipendiarios. Caes. Rendre un peuple tributaire.\Stomachum alicui. Cic. Faire despit.\Stragem hostium. Cic. Faire grande tuerie, Renverser beaucoup d'ennemis par terre.\Suauium alicui. Plaut. Baiser.\Sumptum. Plaut. Despendre, Faire despense.\Suspicionem. Cic. Mettre en souspecon.\Plebem facere suam. Terent. Gaigner la faveur du peuple.\Syngraphas. Cic. Faire cedulles signees de son sing.\Facere taedium. Liu. Faire enhair aucune chose, Faire engendrer ennuy d'aucune chose en l'esprit d'aucun.\Temulentiam. Plin. Faire enyvrer.\Terrorem. Liu. Espovanter.\Testem facere aliquem. Ouid. Prendre à tesmoing.\Testudinem facere dicuntur milites. Liu. Quand une bande de gens de pied se serrent pres l'un contre l'autre, ayant rondelles et pavois sur leurs testes, en sorte qu'on ne les peult voir, et sont couvers en facon d'une tortue.\Tranquillitatem. Plaut. Accoiser.\Habe animum lenem, et traquillum face. Plaut. Appaise toy.\Facta transacta omnia. Terent. Tout est accompli, C'est tout faict.\Transitum alicui facere. Liu. Bailler passage.\Sol in Pisces transitum facit. Columel. Entre.\Transitionem facere. Hirtius. Se revolter.\Trepidationem. Liu. Faire trembler de paour.\Turbas. Plaut. Faire trouble et esmeute.\Tussim. Sene. Engendrer la toux.\Tyrocinium. Budaeus. Faire chef d'oeuvre.\Vadimonium facere, quod et Promittere dicitur. Cic. Promettre de comparoistre au jour de l'assignation.\Vecturam. Quintil. Estre voicturier.\Vela. Cic. Faire voile, Desployer les voiles.\Vellaturam. Varro. Faire l'estat d'un chartier.\Ventum. Plaut. Esventer.\Verum. Plaut. Vt quicquid sit, verum quamprimum faciam. Que je le die au vray.\Facere verbum, siue verba. Cic. Dire quelque mot, Parler.\Nunquam cuiquam nostrum verbum fecit. Terent. Il ne parla jamais depuis un mot à aucun de nous.\Verba quidem haud indocte fecit. Plaut. Il n'a pas trop mal parlé. \ Ita verba fecit. Liu. Il dict ainsi.\Multa verba facere. Cic. Avoir beaucoup de parolles, Tenir long propos.\Si haec tecum duo verba fecisses, Quid ago? respirasset cupiditas. Cic. Si tu eusses dict ces deux mots.\Vestigium. Cic. Marcher, Faire un pas.\Vestigium in possessionem. Cic. Mettre le pied dedens quelque heritage.\Viam. Plaut. Marcher, Passer par quelque lieu.\Sibi viam ad castra. Liu. Se faire voye.\Victoriam. Plin. Vaincre.\Vim corpori. Liu. Tuer, Oultrager, Violer, Faire violence.\Maximam vim cum aliquo populo facere. Cice. Courir sur aucun avec grande assemblee de gens.\Vindemiam. Varro. Vendenger.\Vires. Quintil. S'enforcir.\Vitium facere. Ci. Quand un mur ou maison se desment et s'affaisse, et se fend, tellement qu'il la fault abbatre.\Vnguentariam. Plaut. Faire mestier de vendre huiles et oignemens à plaisirs et delices.\Voces. Gell. Parler.\Vota. Cic. Faire prieres et supplications.\Vrinam facere. Colum. Pisser.\Vsum sibi facere scelerum. Lucan. S'accoustumer.\Fecit vt vigilem. Plaut. Il m'a enchargé de veiller.\Facturum credo vt habeas quicum cantites. Terent. Tu feras tant que tu, etc.\Faciam vt potero. Cic. Je feray ce que je pourray.\Fit vt pretio nouus vincat. Cic. Il se fait, Il advient que, etc.\Facere vulnera. Liu. Blesser, Navrer.\Iandudum factum est quum primum bibi. Plaut. Il y a ja long temps que j'ay beu premierement.\Biennium iam factum est, postquam abii domo. Plaut. Il y a ja deux ans.\Facile est factu. Licret. Il est aisé et facile à faire.\Faciendum fuit. Terent. Il le falloit faire, Il falloit qu'il fust ainsi faict, C'estoit force. -
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Iudicium, iudicii, jugement.\Omnia iudicia aut distrahendarum controuersiarum, aut puniendorum maleficiorum causa reperta sunt. Cicero. Touts jugements.\Iudicium capitis. Cic. Procez criminel.\Adducere aliquem in iudicium. Cic. Accuser aucun.\Iudicium agi dicitur. Plin. Quand le juge congnoist d'une matiere.\Deferre iudicium a subselliis in rostra. Cic. Evoquer une chose estant par devant certains juges, au peuple.\Dare iudicium. Cic. Despescher commission adressant à aucun pour congnoistre et decider aucune matiere, Bailler juges.\Dare iudicium in aliquem. Cic. Quand à la requeste du demandeur le Magistrat deputoit un commissaire pour congnoistre de quelque matiere où le defendeur vouldroit bien fuir.\Facere iudicium de aliquo, siue de re aliqua. Cic. Faire jugement d'aucun.\Fit iudicium. Cic. Praetor iudicium prius de probro, quam de re maluit fieri. Il a voulu vuider la criminalité avant que toucher à la civilité.\Praenuntiare iudicium. Cic. Prononcer sentence.\Reddere iudicium. Author ad Heren. Bailler commissaire pour congnoistre et tenir la partie demanderesse bien recevable à faire sa poursuite.\Iudicium non reddere. Author ad Heren. Quand le Magistrat ne veult point recevoir aucun à faire quelque poursuite, Ne luy donner point d'audience.\Acre iudicium. Quintil. Jugement vif.\Flectere iudicium suum. Brutus ad Ciceronem. Se departir de sa constance et opinion.\Si bonitas tua responderit iudicio meo, quod semper habui de te, gaudebo. Cic. A l'opinion et estime que j'ay tousjours eu de toy.\Hercule me confitear non iudicium aliquod habuisse de Reip. vtilitate. Cic. Que je n'y ay rien congneu et entendu.\Interponere iudicium. Cic. Interposer son jugement, En dire son advis.\Stare suo iudicio. Cic. Vouloir estre creu, et ne vouloir faire autre chose que ce qu'on en a deliberé, N'en vouloir croire autre, S'arrester à son opinion.\Meo iudicio. Cic. Selon mon jugement et opinion, ou advis.\Meum semper iudicium fuit, omnia nostros inuenisse per se sapientius, quam Graecos. Cice. J'ay tousjours eu ceste opinion et fantasie, Mon advis a tousjours esté que, etc.
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