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1 uterque
uter-que, utra-que, utrum-que (gen. ĭusque, в поэзии тж. ĭusque)каждый из обоих, и тот и другой, оба (aut Caesar, aut Pompejus, aut u. C; редко pl.: utrique imperatores Pl)u. nostrum C — мы оба (мы с тобой)u. parens O — отец и матьutraque lingua C, H, PM — оба языка (греческий и латинский)in utramque partem C — с обеих сторон, в обоих направлениях или за и против (disserere C; disputatio Cs)u. utrique exercitus erat in conspectu Cs — обе армии стояли лицом друг к другуutrique C, Sl etc. — и те и другие -
2 affluo
af-fluo (ad-fluo), flūxī, ere, an etw. herzu-, heranfließen, -strömen, I) eig.: 1) im engern Sinne, v. Flüssen usw.: Aufidus amnis utrisque castris affluens, Liv.: Eurotas prope affluit moenibus, Liv.: Rhenus ad Gallicam ripam latior et placidior affluens, Tac.: v. Ebbe u. Flut, aestus maris bis inter duos exortus lunae adfluunt bisque remeant vicenis quaternisque semper horis, Plin. 2, 212. – 2) im weitern Sinne, v. andern Gegenständen: a) als t.t. der epikur. Philos., von dem zu einer Wahrnehmung erforderlichen »Zuströmen« der Atome u. Bilder, ad deos affluere, überströmen auf die G., Cic. de nat. deor. 1, 49: u. von der belebten Kraft der Seele, poet. m. bl. Acc., convenit, ut sensu corpus affluat omne, mit Gefühl den ganzen Körper behauche, Lucr. 3, 685 (wo Lachmann arceat, Brieger afuat liest, Bernays [684] den Vers als unecht einhakt). – b) von Speisen, dazufließen, -strömen (in den Magen), cibo affluente, Suet. Claud. 44, 3. – c) v. einer Menschenmenge, herbei-, herzuströmen, -eilen, ingentem comitum affluxisse numerum, Verg.: affluente cotidie multitudine ad famam belli spemque praedae, Liv.: affluentium undique auxilium, Sall. fr.: affluentibus in diem copiis, Flor. – II) übtr.: 1) unvermerkt zufließen, -zukommen, si ea sola voluptas esset, quae quasi titillaret sensus et ad eos cum suavitate afflueret et illaberetur (auf sie mit süßem Reize einströmt u. eindringt), Cic.: nihil ex istis locis non modo litterarum, sed ne rumoris quidem affluxit, Cic. – 2) in reichem Maße zuströmen, pro cerebri ubertate vel affluit (wächst mehr u. mehr) capillago (Haarwuchs) vel deserit (fällt aus), Tert. de anim. 51: affluunt subito, repente dilabuntur (vires atque opes humanae), Val. Max.: cum domi otium et divitiae affluerent, Sall.: ubi effuse affluunt opes, Liv.: ex eo, quod affluit opibus vestris, sustinendo necessitates aliorum, dadurch, daß ihr von euerem Überflusse fremde Not erleichtert, Liv. – dah. alqā re, reichlichen Zufluß an etw. haben = etw. in Überfluß-, in Fülle haben, mit etw. in Fülle-, reichlich versehen sein, unguentis affluens, gleichs. triefend von Salben, Cic.: ut affluam frumento, Plaut.: u. so divitiis, honore, laude, Lucr.: voluptatibus, Cic. – u. absol. prägn. = Überfluß haben, im Überfluß leben (Ggstz. carere), carere iustos vident et affluere iniustos, Lact. 5, 21, 8.
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3 affluo
af-fluo (ad-fluo), flūxī, ere, an etw. herzu-, heranfließen, -strömen, I) eig.: 1) im engern Sinne, v. Flüssen usw.: Aufidus amnis utrisque castris affluens, Liv.: Eurotas prope affluit moenibus, Liv.: Rhenus ad Gallicam ripam latior et placidior affluens, Tac.: v. Ebbe u. Flut, aestus maris bis inter duos exortus lunae adfluunt bisque remeant vicenis quaternisque semper horis, Plin. 2, 212. – 2) im weitern Sinne, v. andern Gegenständen: a) als t.t. der epikur. Philos., von dem zu einer Wahrnehmung erforderlichen »Zuströmen« der Atome u. Bilder, ad deos affluere, überströmen auf die G., Cic. de nat. deor. 1, 49: u. von der belebten Kraft der Seele, poet. m. bl. Acc., convenit, ut sensu corpus affluat omne, mit Gefühl den ganzen Körper behauche, Lucr. 3, 685 (wo Lachmann arceat, Brieger afuat liest, Bernays [684] den Vers als unecht einhakt). – b) von Speisen, dazufließen, -strömen (in den Magen), cibo affluente, Suet. Claud. 44, 3. – c) v. einer Menschenmenge, herbei-, herzuströmen, -eilen, ingentem comitum affluxisse numerum, Verg.: affluente cotidie multitudine ad famam belli spemque praedae, Liv.: affluentium undique auxilium, Sall. fr.: affluentibus in diem copiis, Flor. – II) übtr.: 1) unvermerkt zufließen, -zukommen, si ea sola voluptas esset, quae quasi titillaret sensus et ad eos cum suavitate afflueret et illaberetur————(auf sie mit süßem Reize einströmt u. eindringt), Cic.: nihil ex istis locis non modo litterarum, sed ne rumoris quidem affluxit, Cic. – 2) in reichem Maße zuströmen, pro cerebri ubertate vel affluit (wächst mehr u. mehr) capillago (Haarwuchs) vel deserit (fällt aus), Tert. de anim. 51: affluunt subito, repente dilabuntur (vires atque opes humanae), Val. Max.: cum domi otium et divitiae affluerent, Sall.: ubi effuse affluunt opes, Liv.: ex eo, quod affluit opibus vestris, sustinendo necessitates aliorum, dadurch, daß ihr von euerem Überflusse fremde Not erleichtert, Liv. – dah. alqā re, reichlichen Zufluß an etw. haben = etw. in Überfluß-, in Fülle haben, mit etw. in Fülle-, reichlich versehen sein, unguentis affluens, gleichs. triefend von Salben, Cic.: ut affluam frumento, Plaut.: u. so divitiis, honore, laude, Lucr.: voluptatibus, Cic. – u. absol. prägn. = Überfluß haben, im Überfluß leben (Ggstz. carere), carere iustos vident et affluere iniustos, Lact. 5, 21, 8. -
4 adfluō (aff-)
adfluō (aff-) fluxī, fluxus, ere, to flow to, flow towards, flow by: amnis utrisque castris adfluens, L.—Fig., to glide quietly: nihil rumoris adfluxit, i. e. was heard.—To stream towards, in philos., of ideas: cum infinita imaginum species a deo adfluat; and of pleasure as streaming upon the senses, C.—Of time: adfluentes anni, flowing on, H. — Meton., of a multitude, to throng, flock, pour: comitum adfluxisse numerum, V.—To flow in, abound: voluptatibus: cui cum domi otium atque divitiae adfluerent, S. -
5 uterque
ŭter-que, utrăque, utrumque ( gen. sing. utriusque, always with ĭ, Plaut. Truc [p. 1945] 4, 3, 20; Lucr. 4, 503; Cat. 68, 39; Hor. C. 3, 8, 5; Ov. M. 6, 506; old gen. and dat. sing. fem. utraeque, acc. to Charis. 2, 3, p. 132; gen. plur. utrumque, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 49, § 129 B. and K.), pron., each (of two), either, each one, one and the other, one as well as the other, both (applied to two subjects regarded severally, while ambo regards the two as a pair; cf. Zumpt, Gr. § 141, Anm. 2).I.Sing.A.In gen.1.With substt.(α).In gen.:(β).imperator uterque hinc et illinc Jovi Vota suscipere,
Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 74: tibi in utrāque parte pollet et pariter potest, Afran. ap. Non. p. 375, 5 (Com. Rel. v. 226 Rib.):causae utriusque figurae,
Lucr. 4, 503; 4, 1212:quascumque (insulas) in liquentibus stagnis Marique vasto fert uterque Neptunus,
Cat. 31, 3:parique fastigio steterit in utrāque fortunā,
Nep. Att. 14, 2:docte sermones utriusque linguae,
Greek and Latin, Hor. C. 3, 8, 5; cf.:insignis utriusque linguae monimentis,
Plin. 12, 1, 5, § 9:Quid... gentes ab utroque jacentes Oceano numerem?
Ov. M. 15, 829:litora sub utroque jacentia Phoebo,
i. e. the rising and the setting sun, id. ib. 1, 338:nutu (Jovis) tremefactus uterque Est polus,
id. F. 2, 489:limes uterque poli,
Stat. Th. 1, 157:deus est in utroque parente,
father and mother, Ov. M. 13, 147:cum jam tempus esset deducendi ab Samnio exercitus aut utriusque aut certe alterius,
Liv. 10, 44, 6:densis ictibus heros Creber utrāque manu pulsat versatque Dareta,
Verg. A. 5, 460:numen utriusque Dianae,
Mart. Spect. 13, 5.—Esp. in the phrase in utramque partem, in either way or direction, on both sides, for and against, etc.:2.vemens in utramque partem es nimis, Aut largitate nimiā aut parsimoniā,
Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 31:magnam vim esse in fortunā in utramque partem, vel ad secundas res, vel ad adversas, quis ignorat,
Cic. Off. 2, 6, 19; 2, 10, 37:in utramque partem disserere = pro et contra,
id. Rep. 3, 6, 4; id. de Or. 3, 27, 107:utramque in partem multa dicuntur,
id. Ac. 2, 39, 124:magna est vis conscientiae, et magna in utramque partem, ut neque timeant... et putent, etc.,
id. Mil. 23, 61:suam sententiam in utramque partem esse tutam,
on either assumption, Caes. B. G. 5, 29.—Absol.(α).In gen.:(β).aequom'st, quod in rem esse utrique arbitremur, Et mihi te et tibi me consulere,
Plaut. Aul. 2, 1, 10:conveniunt adhuc utriusque verba,
id. Truc. 4, 3, 20:verum utrique mos geratur amborum ex sententiā,
id. ib. 5, 69:sed uterque (sapiens appellatus est) alio quodam modo,
Cic. Lael. 2, 6:ut aut uterque inter se aut neuter satis duret,
id. Quint. 8, 30:tu mihi videris utrumque facturus,
id. Rep. 2, 11, 22:quare qui utrumque voluit et potuit,
id. ib. 3, 3, 6:uterque cum equitatu veniret,
Caes. B. G. 1, 42:hic, qui utrumque probat, ambobus debuit uti,
Cic. Fin. 2, 7, 20: cum utrique sis maxime necessarius, Balb. et Opp. ap. Cic. Att. 9, 7, A, 2;opp. unus,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 60, § 140:quod tibi non utriusque petenti copia facta'st,
Cat. 68, 39:utque fide pignus dextras utriusque poposcit,
Ov. M. 6, 506:vitium est utriusque,
Mart. 3, 27, 3:cum esset et aequalis Mars utriusque,
id. Spect. 29, 2.—Esp., in apposit. with nouns or clauses:3.apud Antiphonem uterque, mater et pater, Quasi deditā operā domi erant,
Ter. Eun. 5, 2, 1:Maecenas atque Coccejus, missi magnis de rebus uterque Legati,
Hor. S 1, 5, 28:ego utrumque meum puto esse, et quid sentiam ostendere et quod feceris defendere,
Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 25.—With pron. understood:verum, Demea, Curemus aequam uterque partem,
Ter. Ad. 1, 2, 50; so freq. with neutr. pron. where the gen. would be ambiguous (cf. 3. infra):id utrumque tardum fructum reddit,
Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 176: quod (aquam et pabulum) utrumque large palus praebere poterat, Auct. B. Alex. 1 fin. —Once with nom. masc.: nam qui instat alicui... aut contra de alicujus periculo festinatur, is uterque infestus dicitur, Nigid. ap. Gell 9, 12, 6.—With gen. part. (class. with pers. pronn., etc.; cf.B.Zumpt, Gr. § 429): utrique nostrum gratum admodum feceris,
Cic. Lael. 4, 16:uterque nostrum id sibi suscipiendum putavit,
id. Sull. 4, 13:horum uterque ita cecidit victus ut victor idem regnaverit... utrique horum secunda fortuna regnum est largita,
id. Har. Resp. 25, 54:domus utriusque nostrum aedificatur strenue,
id. Q. Fr. 2, 4, 2: cum eorum, de quibus dicimus, aut utrumque, aut unum quodque certe concluditur verbo, etc., Auct. Her. 4, 27, 37:ante utriusque horum obitum,
Vell. 2, 103, 1; v. also I. B. 1. and 3. infra.—Also with substt., accompanied by adj. pron.:earum enim rerum utramque a corde proficisci,
Cic. Div. 1, 52, 119:quarum civitatum utraque foederata est,
id. Verr. 2, 5, 22, § 56:quorum generum in utroque magnus noster Cato est,
id. Leg. 3, 18, 40:utriusque harum rerum expers,
id. Tusc. 1, 26, 65.—Rarely with substt. alone ( poet. and post-Aug.):et haec utinam Viscorum laudet uterque!
Hor. S. 1, 10, 83:uterque legatorum et quisquis... remissi,
Vell. 2, 50, 3:post utriusque adulescentium obitum,
id. 2, 103, 2:obiit, utroque liberorum superstite, Tiberio Drusoque Neronibus,
Suet. Tib. 4 fin. —In partic.1.With plur. predic. (rare in the best prose; not in Cic.; cf.2.infra): uterque insaniunt,
Plaut. Curc. 1, 3, 31:deinde uterque imperator in medium exeunt,
id. Am. 1, 1, 68; cf. Ter. Eun. 5, 2, 1, A, 2, b, supra:facite ut uterque sublimiter stent,
Cato, R. R. 70, 2:uterque eorum ex castris exercitum ducunt,
Caes. B. C. 3, 30:illae (naves) conflixerunt, ut utraque ex concursu laborarent,
id. ib. 2, 6:uterque cum illo gravis inimicitias exercebant,
Sall. C. 49, 2:utraque festinant,
Ov. M. 6, 59:uterque ambigui,
Tac. H. 2, 97:uterque opibus perviguere,
id. A. 4, 34:decernitur ut uterque in regnum restituantur,
Just. 38, 3, 4; Val. Max. 5, 4, 6; Vell. 2, 66, 1; Claud. Rapt. Pros. 2, 20; cf. plur. in consecutive clauses:hic cum uterque me intueretur, seseque ad audiendum significarent paratos,
Cic. Fin. 2, 1, 1 Madvig ad loc.:quorum utrumque audivi, cum mihi nihil sane praeter sedulitatem probarent, etc.,
id. ib. 1, 5, 16.—With predicate in first or second person (mostly post-Aug.):3. (α).sed uterque mensuram implevimus, ego et tu,
Tac. A. 14, 54 init.:quid ergo inter me et te interest, si uterque habere volumus,
Sen. Vit. Beat. 26, 1:uterque magnum beneficium dedistis,
id. Contr. 4 (8), 24, 4:quod uterque cuperemus,
Front. Ep. ad Am. 1, 5; cf. Ter. Heaut. 2, 4, 14, II. B. infra.—Uterque repeated in another case (mostly ante-class. and post-Aug.):(β).quia uterque utrique est cordi,
Ter. Phorm. 5, 3, 17:cum uterque utrique esset exercitus in conspectu,
Caes. B. G. 7, 35 (al. uterque utrimque):cum uterque utrique insidiaretur, Auct. B. Alex. 4, 1: uterque utrumque vituperato,
Varr. Fragm. p. 131 Durdr.—With a case of alter:II.ita est utraque res sine alterā debilis,
Cic. Tusc. 2, 5, 13:quorum uterque suo studio delectatus contempsit alterum,
id. Off. 1, 1, 4:cum enim uterque alteri obiciat, palam est utrumque fecisse,
Quint. 11, 3, 168:invictum tamen ab altero utrumque servavit,
Just. 6, 2, 9:arceri utrumque genus ab altero narrant,
Plin. 8, 44, 69, § 171; Cels. 5, 26, 35 fin.; Ascon. ad Cic. Mil. § 30.—Plur.A.Regularly of two parties, sets, or classes, each including a plurality: Praenestini et Lanuvini hospites: suopte utrosque decuit acceptos cibo, etc., Naev. ap. Macr. S. 3, 18, 6 (Com. Rel. v. 21 Rib.): non cauponantes bellum sed belligerantes, Ferro non auro vitam cernamus utrique, Enn. ap. Cic. Off. 1, 12, 38 (Ann. v. 202 Vahl.):B.utrosque pergnovi probe,
Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 50:quoniam utrique Socratici et Platonici volumus esse,
Cic. Off. 1, 1, 2:a quibus utrisque (actoribus et poëtis) summittitur aliquid, etc.,
id. de Or. 3, 26, 102:quos ego utrosque in eodem genere praedatorum direptorumque pono,
id. Cat. 2, 9, 20:his utrisque (Atrebatis et Viromanduis) persuaserant,
Caes. B. G. 2, 16:Aetolorum utraeque manus Heracleam sese incluserunt,
Liv. 36, 16, 5; Sall. J. 76, 4:utrique (plebis fautores et senatus) victoriam crudeliter exercebant,
id. C. 38, 4; Suet. Claud. 21; cf.: hic igitur Q. Ligarius... nunc a te supplex fratris salutem petit: quam hujus admonitus officio cum utrisque his dederis, tris fratres optimos... rei publicae condonaveris, i. e. two brothers on one side and Ligarius on the other, Cic. Lig. 12, 36:Marius impigre suorum et hostium res pariter attendere, cognoscere, quid boni utrisque aut contra esset,
Sall. J. 88, 2: cujus flamma ut ab oppidanis et oppugnatoribus est visa, utrisque venit in opinionem, etc., Nep. Milt. 7, 3.—So with collective nouns:primo impetu simul utraque cornua et Numidae pulsi,
Liv. 30, 8, 7; cf.:utraque oppida,
id. 42, 54, 8:utraeque nationes Rheno praetexuntur,
Tac. G. 34.—Freq. also of two individual subjects, esp. when regarded as belonging together (cf. Krebs, Antibarb. p. 1175):A.nec clam te est quam illi utraeque nunc inutiles Et ad pudicitiam et ad rem tutandam sient,
Ter. And. 1, 5, 52:hoc beneficio utrique ab utrisque vero devincimini, Ut, etc.,
id. Heaut. 2, 4, 14:utrique imperatores exeunt,
Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 68 Ussing (Fleck., uterque imperator): sed qui utrosque error vos agitat, Expedibo, Pomp. ap. Non. 505, 7 (Com. Rel. v. 175 Rib.): suis utrisque superstitibus praesentibus istam viam dico, Leg. Form. ap. Cic. Mur. 12, 26:binos habebam (scyphos): jnbeo promi utrosque,
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 14, § 32:duae fuerunt Ariovisti uxores... utraeque in eā fugā perierunt,
Caes. B. G. 1, 53:hi utrique ad urbem imperatores erant (Q. Marcius et Q. Metellus),
Sall. C. 30, 4:animus ferox inopia rei familiaris et conscientia scelerum, quae utraque eis artibus auxerat,
id. ib. 5, 7:illa utrosque (patrem et aviam) intuens,
Tac. A. 16, 11; id. Or. 2:palmas utrasque tetendit,
Verg. A. 6, 685:quod utrorum Dionysiorum opibus Corinthi saepe adjuti fuerant,
Nep. Timol. 2, 2:utrique (Mithridates et Datames) locum qui explorarent mittunt,
id. Dat. 2, 2:laudare senis utraque consilia,
Liv. 9, 12, 2:utrisque consulibus Italia decreta est,
id. 27, 22, 2:in invidiā censores cum essent... Cn. Baebius diem ad populum utrisque dixit,
id. 29, 37, 17; 32, 17, 15; 34, 25, 5;42, 54, 8: Suillium accusandis utrisque immittit,
Tac. A. 11, 1 init.:Natalem multa cum Scaevino collocutum, et esse utrosque C. Pisonis intimos,
id. ib. 15, 55 fin.:pater filiam, avia neptem, illa utrosque intuens,
id. ib. 16, 11:nam Mago Cambyses aures utrasque praeciderat,
Just. 1, 9, 17; 9, 7, 8:crederes imperatum, ut acies utraeque tela cohiberent,
Curt. 7, 4, 35.—Hence,ŭtrōquĕ, adv.1.Lit., of place, to both places, parts, or sides, in both directions:2.utroque citius quam vellemus, cursum confecimus,
Cic. Att. 5, 12, 1:exercitus utroque ducti,
Liv. 8, 29, 7:jactantem utroque caput,
Verg. A. 5, 469:nunc huc, nunc illuc et utroque sine ordine curro,
Ov. H. 10, 19:nescit, utro potius ruat, et ruere ardet utroque,
id. M. 5, 166. —Transf., in both directions, in either point of view, both ways, etc.:(β).auctores utroque trahunt,
Liv. 1, 24, 1:medium maxime et moderatum utroque consilium,
id. 2, 30, 1:utroque firmiores qui in callibus versentur,
Varr. R. R. 2, 10, 1.—Esp., connected with versum ( vorsum; sometimes written in one word, utroqueversum):B.utroque vorsum rectum est ingenium meum,
Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 8: accidit, ut quaedam vocabula ambigua sint et utroque versum dicantur, i. e. in a twofold sense, denoting augmentation or diminution, Gell. 5, 12, 10.—ŭtrasquĕ, adv. (acc. to the analogy of alias, alteras), both times (ante-class.): in Hispaniā pugnatum bis: utrasque nostri loco moti, Cass. Hem. ap. Non. 183, 24; Caecil. ib. 183, 25. -
6 uterque
uter-que, utraque, utrumque, Genet. utrīusque, Dat. utrīque, jeder von beiden, beide, einzeln gedacht, a) Sing.: uterque alio quodam modo, Cic.: uterque cum exercitu veniret, Caes.: sermones utriusque linguae, Cic.: utraque tyranhis, der beiden Dionyse, Nep.: uterque Neptunus, der beiderseitige N. (sowohl der επιθαλάσσιος, als der επιλίμνιος), Catull.: uterque Phoebus, die auf- u. untergehende Sonne, Morgen und Abend, Ov.: uterque polus, Nord- und Südpol, Ov.: oceanus, der östliche und westliche, Ov.: solis utraque domus, Orient u. Okzident, Ov.: parens, Vater u. Mutter, Ov.: fortuna, großes u. geringes Vermögen, Nep., Glück u. Unglück, Tac.: in utramque partem, nach beiden Seiten, auf beide Fälle, Cic.: hāc in utramque partem disputatione habitā, dafür u. dagegen, pro u. contra, Caes. – uterque utrique est cordi, Ter.: uterque utrique esset in conspectu, Caes. – cum iam tempus esset deducendi ab Samnio exercitus aut utrius que aut certe alterius, Liv. 10, 44, 6: aut alteri aut invicem utrique de iure fit controversia, Quint. 7, 7, 9: hic qui utrumque probat, ambobus debuit uti, Cic. de fin. 2, 20. – m. Genet. partit., uterque nostrûm, Cic. u. Augustin.: horum uterque occĭdit, Cic.: uterque consulum, Liv.: uterque legatorum, Vell.: duae res vehementissime in praetura desideratae sunt, quae ambae in consulatu multum Murenae profuerunt: una, exspectatio muneris etc., altera, quod ii etc. Horum utrumque ei fortuna ad consulatus petitionem reservavit, Cic. Mur. 37. – mit Plur. des Prädikats (s. Nipperd. Tac. ann. 15, 28. Heräus Tac. hist. 2, 97, 5), uterque ambigui, Tac.: uterque insaniunt, Plaut.: curemus uterque, Ter.: eodem die uterque eorum ex castris stativis exercitum educunt, Caes. – subst., non parva multitudo utriusque, beiderlei Geschlechtes, Augustin. epist. 29, 11. – b) Plur., eig. zur Bezeichnung zweier Mehrheiten, quoniam utrique Socratici et Platonici volumus esse, Cic.: hi utrique, Sall.: a quibus utrisque (Darstellern u. Dichtern) aliquid summittitur, Cic.: cognoscere quid boni utrisque (den Seinigen u. den Feinden) aut contra esset, Sall. – dann auch zur nachdrücklichen Bezeichnung zweier Einheiten, unser alle beide, binos habebam (scyphos); iubeo promi utrosque, Cic.: duae fuerunt Ariovisti uxores; utraeque in ea fuga perierunt, Caes.: utraeque res, Ter. – / Genet. utrĭusque (mit kurzem i) gemessen bei Lucr. 4, 501 (503) u. 1204 (1212). Hor. carm. 3, 8, 5. Ov. fast. 3, 571. Mart. 3, 27, 3. – Genet. utrique, Plaut. aul. 129; capt. 398. Ter. Andr. 546; vgl. Luchs Genetivbildung der lat. Pronom. S. 8: archaist. Genet. u. Dat. Femin. utraeque, nach Charis. 158, 30 (Genet. utraeque auch Ven. Fortun. carm. 7, 5, 23): Genet. Plur. auch utrûmque, Cic. Verr. 5, 129. Commodian. instr. 1, 16, 4 (aber nicht utriumque, da Wilmanns Corp. inscr. Lat. 8, 9366 utrarumque ergänzt hat).
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7 uterque
uter-que, utraque, utrumque, Genet. utrīusque, Dat. utrīque, jeder von beiden, beide, einzeln gedacht, a) Sing.: uterque alio quodam modo, Cic.: uterque cum exercitu veniret, Caes.: sermones utriusque linguae, Cic.: utraque tyranhis, der beiden Dionyse, Nep.: uterque Neptunus, der beiderseitige N. (sowohl der επιθαλάσσιος, als der επιλίμνιος), Catull.: uterque Phoebus, die auf- u. untergehende Sonne, Morgen und Abend, Ov.: uterque polus, Nord- und Südpol, Ov.: oceanus, der östliche und westliche, Ov.: solis utraque domus, Orient u. Okzident, Ov.: parens, Vater u. Mutter, Ov.: fortuna, großes u. geringes Vermögen, Nep., Glück u. Unglück, Tac.: in utramque partem, nach beiden Seiten, auf beide Fälle, Cic.: hāc in utramque partem disputatione habitā, dafür u. dagegen, pro u. contra, Caes. – uterque utrique est cordi, Ter.: uterque utrique esset in conspectu, Caes. – cum iam tempus esset deducendi ab Samnio exercitus aut utrius que aut certe alterius, Liv. 10, 44, 6: aut alteri aut invicem utrique de iure fit controversia, Quint. 7, 7, 9: hic qui utrumque probat, ambobus debuit uti, Cic. de fin. 2, 20. – m. Genet. partit., uterque nostrûm, Cic. u. Augustin.: horum uterque occĭdit, Cic.: uterque consulum, Liv.: uterque legatorum, Vell.: duae res vehementissime in praetura desideratae sunt, quae ambae in consulatu multum Murenae pro-————fuerunt: una, exspectatio muneris etc., altera, quod ii etc. Horum utrumque ei fortuna ad consulatus petitionem reservavit, Cic. Mur. 37. – mit Plur. des Prädikats (s. Nipperd. Tac. ann. 15, 28. Heräus Tac. hist. 2, 97, 5), uterque ambigui, Tac.: uterque insaniunt, Plaut.: curemus uterque, Ter.: eodem die uterque eorum ex castris stativis exercitum educunt, Caes. – subst., non parva multitudo utriusque, beiderlei Geschlechtes, Augustin. epist. 29, 11. – b) Plur., eig. zur Bezeichnung zweier Mehrheiten, quoniam utrique Socratici et Platonici volumus esse, Cic.: hi utrique, Sall.: a quibus utrisque (Darstellern u. Dichtern) aliquid summittitur, Cic.: cognoscere quid boni utrisque (den Seinigen u. den Feinden) aut contra esset, Sall. – dann auch zur nachdrücklichen Bezeichnung zweier Einheiten, unser alle beide, binos habebam (scyphos); iubeo promi utrosque, Cic.: duae fuerunt Ariovisti uxores; utraeque in ea fuga perierunt, Caes.: utraeque res, Ter. – ⇒ Genet. utrĭusque (mit kurzem i) gemessen bei Lucr. 4, 501 (503) u. 1204 (1212). Hor. carm. 3, 8, 5. Ov. fast. 3, 571. Mart. 3, 27, 3. – Genet. utrique, Plaut. aul. 129; capt. 398. Ter. Andr. 546; vgl. Luchs Genetivbildung der lat. Pronom. S. 8: archaist. Genet. u. Dat. Femin. utraeque, nach Charis. 158, 30 (Genet. utraeque auch Ven. Fortun. carm. 7, 5, 23): Genet. Plur. auch utrûmque, Cic. Verr. 5, 129. Commodian. instr. 1,————16, 4 (aber nicht utriumque, da Wilmanns Corp. inscr. Lat. 8, 9366 utrarumque ergänzt hat). -
8 uter-que
uter-que utraque, utrumque （gen. utrīusque, sometimes utriusque, H., O.; gen plur. utrūmque, C.). pron—Sing., each, either, each one, one and the other, one as well as the other, both (of two regarded severally): parique fastigio steterit in utrāque fortunā, N.: Docte sermones utriusque linguae, Greek and Latin, H.: sub utroque Phoebo, i. e. the rising and the setting sun, O.: tempus deducendi exercitūs aut utriusque aut certe alterius, L.: sed nterque (sapiens appellatus est) alio quodam modo: uterque cum equitatu veniret, Cs.— In apposition: uterque, mater et pater, domi erant, T.: ego utrumque meum puto esse, et quid sentiam ostendere et quod feceris defendere.—With gen part. (of a pron. or a subst. with a pron demonstr. or relat.; poet. also with a subst. alone): uterque nostrum id sibi suscipiendum putavit: domus utriusque nostrum aedificatur strenue: utriusque harum rerum expers.—Poet.: et haec utinam Viscorum laudet uterque! H.—In the phrase, in utramque partem, in either way, in both directions, on both sides, both ways, for and against: Vemens in utramque partem es nimis, Aut largitate nimiā aut parsimoniā, T.: utramque in partem multa dicuntur, pro and con: suam sententiam in utramque partem esse tutam, on either assumption, Cs.—With plur predic.: uterque eorum ex castris exercitum educunt, Cs.: uterque cum illo gravīs inimicitias exercebant, S.—In reciprocal uses, one... the other, each... the other, either... the other, one another: uterque utrique est cordi, T.: est utraque res sine alterā debilis.—Plur., of two parties or collections, each party, each side, both: quoniam utrique Socratici et Platonici volumus esse: his utrisque (Atrebatis et Viromanduis) persuaserant, Cs.: Aetolorum utraeque manūs Heracleam sese incluserunt, L.: utraque oppida, L.: utraeque nationes Rheno praetexuntur, Ta.— Of two subjects, both together, both at once, both, one as well as the other: binos habebam (scyphos), iubeo promi utrosque: duae fuerunt Ariovisti uxores... utraeque in eā fugā perierunt, Cs.: hi utrique ad urbem imperatores erant (Q. Marcius et Q. Metellus), S.: palmas utrasque tetendit, V.: utrisque consulibus Italia decreta est, L. -
9 confero
cōn-fero, contulī, collātum (conlātum), cōnferre, I) zusammentragen, -bringen, 1) übh. von allen Seiten herbeitragend zusammenbringen, zusammenschaffen, von allen Seiten beischaffen, aufhäufen, auf einen Punkt (Haufen) vereinigen, a) eig.: materiam, Caes.: aggerem, Auct. b. Alex.: frumentum, Caes.: arma, einliefern, Caes.: u. so militaria signa, Caes.: cibos ore suo (v. Vögeln), Quint.: membra undique, Hor.: omnia arma ex oppido, Caes. – uvas in fiscellam, Col.: sarcinas, impedimenta, signa in unum locum, Caes.: ligna circa casam, Nep.: dentes in corpore, Ov. – b) übtr., zusammenstellen, zusammenfassen, malend, plura in unam tabulam opera, Quint. – schriftlich, ex immensa diffusaque legum copia optima quaeque et necessaria in paucissimos libros, Suet.: res Romanas Graeco peregrinoque sermone in historiam, Iustin. – im Ausdruck, rem in pauca, Plaut.: in versus sic verba sua duos, Ov. – u. (mit zu ergänzendem Objekt) conferamus igitur in pauca, Cic.: ut in pauca conferam, testamento facto mulier moritur, Cic.: quam potero in verba conferam paucissima, Plaut.
2) beisteuernd zusammenbringen, zusammenschießen, aufbringen, entrichten, beitragen, beisteuern, a) eig. (s. Arntzen Aur. Vict. de vir. ill. 19, 7), aes (v. Volke), Ov.: aes certatim (v. Volke), Val. Max.: so bes. collato aere (durch eine Beisteuer an Geld), zB. alqm funerare, Sen., statuam statuere, Suet.: u. so collatis quadrantibus alqm sepelire, Aur. Vict. – c. pecuniam, pecunias, Cic.: tributi minus, Liv.: ex censu quotannis tributa, Cic.: sextantes in capita (auf den Kopf = à Person), Liv.: quadragena talenta quotannis Delum, Nep.: pecunias ad honores alcis, Cic.: aurum ad redimendam civitatem a Gallis, Liv.: aurum argentumque in publicum (für den Staat); Liv.: pecuniam in (zu) statuas, Cic.: tributum in militare stipendium, Liv.: pecuniam pro parte in commune Siciliae, Cic.: ex nostro nonnihil in commune, Cic.: stipem Apollini, Liv.: Agrippae Menenio sextantes aeris in funus, Plin. – absol. (ohne Ang. was?), nos dabimus, nos conferemus, nostro sumptu, non tuo, Plaut.: date stipes, indulgete, conferte, Ps. Quint. decl.: c. alci ad victum, Quint.: c. in funus, ICt. – b) übtr., pater Tiberi plurimum ad victoriam contulit, Suet. Tib. 4, 1.
3) zu einem Ganzen vereinigend zusammenbringen, zusammenziehen, vereinigen, a) eig.: vires in unum, Liv.: collatis viribus proelium capessere, Iustin.: u. (bildl.) utrumne sententiae duae collatis viribus novissimam periment? Plin. ep.: e quibus (fontibus) collatae aquae per prona montis flumen emittunt, Curt.: dissimiles et dispares res in unam potestatem (durch chemische Bindung), Vitr. – b) übtr.: α) übh.: post hoc proelium collatum omne bellum est circa Corinthum, zog sich zusammen, Nep.: quae utraque, si in unum conferantur (zusammengezogen [addiert] werden), facile saeculi modum expleverint, Val. Max.: hunc collatis precibus adoramus, mit vereinten B., Arnob. 1, 27. – β) prägn., schaffend zusammensetzen, e singulis non membris, sed frustis collata oratio, Quint.: hominis ortus ex utroque gignentium confertur, Quint.
4) annähernd, nahe hinbringend zusammenbringen, zusammenstecken, zusammenfügen, ganz nahe bringen, a) eig.: α) in friedlicher Absicht: capita (um heimlich zu sprechen), Cic. Verr. 3, 31. Liv. 2, 45, 7: ora, Apul.: membra (bei der Umarmung), Lucr.: gradom, sich nähern, näher herangehen, Plaut. u. Verg.: palma cum palma collata plausum facit, Sen. – β) (bes. als milit. t. t.) in feindlicher Absicht, castra propius, Liv.: castra in propinquum, castra oppido, Auct. b. Alex.: castra cum hoste, Liv.: u. castra castris (hostis), Cic., Caes. u.a. (s. Held Caes. b. c. 3, 79, 2. Fabri Liv. 23, 28, 9). – bes. c. arma, manum, gradum, pedem, signa, v. Nahgefecht, Handgemenge, v. der förmlichen Schlacht, zB. c. arma cum alqo od. inter se, handgemein werden, Caes. u. Liv.: u. so ferrum et manus cum alqo, Cic.: u. manum cum hoste, Liv., u. bl. manum, Liv. – c. gradum cum alqo, Liv.: collato gradu (Fuß an Fuß, Mann gegen Mann) certare, s. Heräus zu Tac. hist. 2, 42, 11. – c. pedem cum pede, u. bl. c. pedem, einander zu Leibe rücken, Liv. (pedem c. auch sprichw. v. streitenden Parteien vor Gericht, Cic.): u. collato pede, Fuß an Fuß, Mann gegen Mann, zB. ut non missilibus tantum, sed gladiis etiam prope collato pede gereretur res, Liv.: collato pede, quasi singuli inter se decertarent, in eodem vestigio stabant, Curt. – conferre signa, handgemein werden, Cic. (auch bildl., im Wortstreit): c. signa cum Alexandrinis, Cic.: aliquoties comminus c. signa cum Romanis, Liv.: signis collatis (in förmlicher Schlacht) superare exercitus regios, Cic.: u. so signis collatis certare, dimicare, inter se concurrere, Liv.: signis collatis cum hostium legionibus pugnare, Cato fr. – c. arto luctantia nexu pectora pectoribus, Ov.: se viro vir contulit, Mann stellte sich dem Mann (= Mann focht gegen Mann), Verg.: u. absol., mecum confer, ait, mit mir kämpfe, Ov. met. 10, 603. -prägn., collato Marte alqm leto dare, im Handgemenge, Ov.: c. certamina belli inter se, sich miteinander einlassen, Verg.: c. lites, miteinander anbinden, Hor. – b) übtr., mittelst der Rede jmdm. mitteilen, mit jmd. austauschen, wechseln, sermonem, Plaut.: sermonem cum alqo u. in via cum alqo, Cic.: sermones familiares cum alqo, Cic.: sermonem cum alqo de modo et forma sacrae arae, Val. Max.: quadam de re sermonem inter se, Val. Max. – c. omnia sua consilia, Ter.: u. consilia de Romano bello, Liv.: cum ullo aut sermones aut consilia contulit saepius? Cic. – c. iniurias, Tac.: c. haec od. sollicitudines inter se, Cic.: seria cum alqo, Ov.: hoc coram c., Cic.: tum, si quid res feret, coram conferemus, Cic. – m. folg. Relotiv- od. indir. Fragesatz, ideo sum brevior, quod, ut spero, coram brevi tempore conferre quae volumus licebit, Cic.: ibi conferentibus, quid in cuiusque provinciae regione animorom Hispanis esset, Liv. – absol. = sich besprechen, omnes sapientes decet conferre et fabulari, Plaut. rud. 338: c. cum alqo, Augustin. ep. 33, 2: u. nisi contulerimus inter nos, quid finis sit etc., wenn wir nicht untereinander besprochen haben, was usw., Cic. de fin. 2, 4: u. diligentius inter se, Vulg. 2. Mach. 11, 36.
5) gegenüberstellend zusammenbringen, a) im Kampfe, messen, vires, Liv.: ex propinquo vires, Liv. – b) zur Beurteilung zusammenstellen, zusammenhalten, zum Vergleich herbeiziehen, vergleichen, tesseram hospitalem, Plaut.: exemplum, Komik.: utrorumque facta, Nep.: faciem moresque duarum, Ov.: rationes, die Rechnung vergleichen, Abrechnung halten, Cic. u. (bildl.) Sen.: ebenso accepta et expensa, Sen.: haec omnia summā curā et diligentiā recognita et collata sunt, kollationiert (v. Abschriften), Cic. – Gallicum cum Germanorum agro, Caes.: fortunam Metropolitum cum casu Gomphensium, Caes.: cum illius vita P. Sullae vobis notissimam, Cic.: volumina cum recitatis, Vitr.: conferte Verrem, non ut hominem cum homine comparetis, sed ut pacem cum bello, leges cum vi conferatis, Cic.: quem cum eo conferre possumus non modo ingenii magnitudine, sed etiam animi? Cic. – parva magnis, Cic.: minora maioribus, Auct. b. Alex.: se laudibus alterius, Phaedr.: vitam inter se utriusque, Cic.: bos ad bovem collatus, Varr.
II) nach einem Punkte hintragen, 1) übh. hinbringen, hinschaffen, hinführen, hinwenden, hinkehren, etw. wohin verlegen, versetzen, setzen, stellen, flüchten, a) eig.: parentes et coniuges illuc, Tac.: nihil domum suam, Nep.: pecunias monimentaque ex fano Herculis in privatam domum, Caes. – suas rationes et copias (seine Spekulationen u. Fonds) in illam provinciam, Cic. – Deiotari legiones in mediam aciem, Auct. b. Alex.: u. so tertiam aciem in sinistrum cornu, Auct. b. Afr.: eodem suum omnem equitatum, Auct. b. Afr. – c. signa ad alqm (zu jmd. stoßen), Liv.: aber (feindl.) signa in laevum cornu, sich mit dem Angriffe gegen den l. Fl. wenden, Liv. – c. iter eo, den Weg dahin nehmen, Brut. in Cic. ep.: ebenso iter Brundisium versus, Cic. – c. propere pedes in curriculum, Varr. fr. – u. bes. c. se, sich begeben, sich flüchten, se alio, Cic.: se continuo c. protinam in pedes, Plaut.: se suaque in naves, Nep.: se in astu, Cic.: se suaque omnia in oppidum, Caes.: se ad hostes, Cic.: se Rhodum, Cic.: se in fanum Veneris, Val. Max.: se ad hospitem (Ggstz. in meritoriam tabernam devertere), Val. Max.: urbs ipsa, quo se fusa contulerat acies, sich geflüchtet hatte, Liv. – m. 1. Supin., se dormitum c., Cic. ep. 9, 26, 1: se eo (dahin) cubitum, Suet. Aug. 6. – v. Lebl., si pituita eo se confert, Cels.: spiritus eodem se contulit, Sen.: c. se in angustum (v. Atomen), Sen. – u. im Passiv, navium pars ex errore eodem conferebatur, wurde ebendahin geführt, Auct. b. Afr.: absol., bene navis agitatur, pulchre haec confertur ratis, wird dahingetragen, Plaut. Bacch. 797. – b) übtr.: α) se conf. m. Ang. wohin? durch ad od. in u. Akk. = sich zu jmd. od. einer Sache in irgend ein Verhältnis begeben, sich an jmd. od. etw. anschließen, sich ihm zuwenden, hingeben, widmen, c. se ad pontificem Scaevolam, Cic.: c. se ad senatus auctoritatem, Cic.: c. se ad amicitiam alcis, Cic.: c. se in amicitiam et fidem (Schutz) alcis, Cic.: c. se in alcis fidem et clientelam, Cic.: c. se ad studium scribendi, ad philosophiae studium, Cic.: ad scribendum se contulit, er wurde Schriftsteller, Hieron.: c. se ad studia litterarum, Cic. – β) etwas schriftlich od. mündlich irgendwohin bringen, aufnehmen, eintragen, irgendwo anbringen, vorbringen, ab utrisque ea, quae commode dici videntur, in suas artes c., Cic.: lamentationes suas etiam in testamentum, Tac.: spes votaque non prius ad deos quam ad principum aures, Tac. – cur non confertis (nehmt ihr nicht [in den Antrag] auf, warum tragt ihr nicht zugleich darauf an), ne sit conubium divitibus ac pauperibus? Liv. 4, 4, 9. – γ) ein Vorhaben, ein Amt u. dgl. auf eine gewisse Zeit legen, ansetzen, verlegen, omnia in mensem Martium, Cic.: iter suum in posterum diem, Brut. in Cic. ep.: alqd in longiorem diem (Ggstz. alqd repraesentare), Caes.: eo (verst. in Caesaris adventum) omnem belli rationem, Caes.: alcis tertium consulatum eundem in annum, Plin. pan. – u. ein geschichtl. Ereignis chronologisch in od. auf eine Zeit setzen, verlegen, Carthaginis expugnationem in hunc annum, Liv. 27, 7, 5. – δ) in eine gewisse Abteilung, wissensch. Form bringen, totam Academiam ex duobus libris contuli in quattuor, Cic.: ex immensa diffusaque legum copia optima quaeque in paucissimos libros, Suet.: reliquam rusticarum rerum partem in carmen, Col.: res Romanas Graeco peregrinoque sermone in historiam, Iustin. – ε) in einen Zustand bringen, übergehen lassen, seditionem in tranquillum, Plaut.: verba ad rem, Ter. – dah. poet. = verwandeln, alqm in saxum, Ov.: corpus in volucrem, Ov.
2) zuwendend, a) eig., eine Gabe, Kosten u. dgl. zuwenden, darbringen, hergeben, verwenden, bestimmen, pecuniam florenti parti (Partei), Nep.: munera alci, Nep.: praemia alci, Suet.: u. puellae L milia nummum, Plin. ep. – fructum alio, Ter.: eam pecuniam in rei publicae magnum aliquod tempus, Cic.: pecuniam ad beneficentiam liberalitatemque, Cic.: impendia in educationem, Cic.: praedas ac manubias in urbis ornamenta, Cic. – b) übtr.: α) Gedanken, Neigung, Gesinnung, eine Tätigkeit, Zeit u. dgl. wohin wenden, richten, zuwenden, angedeihen lassen, erweisen, anwenden, verwenden, alio animum suum (sein Gelüst), Ter.: animum huc, Ter.: animum ad fodiendos puteos, Auct. b. Alex.: omnes suas curas cogitationesque in rem publicam, Cic.: curam ad philosophiam, Cic.: laudem in commune, jedem für alle Ruhm erwerben (Ggstz. laudem ex communi ad se trahere), Liv.: benignitatis plurimum in alqm, Cic.: benevolentiam erga alqm a pueritia, Cic.: fructum virtutis et ingenii in proximum quemque, Cic.: plurimum ad victoriam, Suet.: plurimum operae, studii, diligentiae, laboris ad conficiendum reditum alcis, Cic.: omne reliquum tempus non ad oblivionem veteris belli, sed ad comparationem novi, Cic. – selten schlimme Dinge, maledicta in alqm, Cic.: legem ad perniciem civitatis, in Anwendung kommen lassen, mißbrauchen, Nep. – β) etw. zur Ausführung in jmds. Hand legen, jmdm. übertragen, überlassen, rem ad alqm, Cic.: omnem spem salutis ad clementiam victoris, Cic.: de re publica disputationem in Africani personam et Phili et Laelii, Cic.: curam restituendi Capitolii in L. Vestinum, Tac. – γ) etw. auf jmd. od. etw. übertragen = jmdm. beilegen, als Besitzer, quis non videt species istas hominum collatas in deos aut consilio quodam sapientium... aut superstitione, Cic. de nat. deor. 1, 77. – od. als Urheber jmdm., als Ursache einer Sache beilegen, beimessen, zur Last legen, auf jmd. od. etw. schieben, verbum falso in alqm, Cic.: permulta in Plancium, quae ab eo dicta non sunt, Cic.: suum timorem in rei frumentariae simulationem angustiasque itineris, Caes. – c. culpam od. causam in alqm, Cic.: crimina in alqm, Cic.: falsum crimen in purissimam et castissimam vitam, Cic.: suspicionem in alqm, Cic.: vitia in senectutem, Cic. – δ) confert (v. mehreren conferunt), wie συμφέρει, es ist etw. od. jmdm. zuträglich, förderlich, trägt mit bei, wirkt mit, gew. m. Ang. wieviel? durch aliquid, nihil, multum, plus, plurimum u. dgl., zB. quin etiam aliquid confert et aetas et corpus, Cels.: senecta nihil confert, Plin.: multum veteres Latini (auctores) conferunt, Quint.: non plus contulerunt lecti Cicero aut Demosthenes? Quint.: plurimum oratori confert lectio poëtarum, Quint.: quod contulisse plurimum videtur, Cels.: m. Infin. als Subj., incipiente incremento confert alterna folia circumobruere, Plin. 19, 83. – zugl. m. Ang. wozu? durch Adv. eo (dazu), od. durch ad od. (selten) in u. Akk., od. durch bl. Dat. (s. Herbst Quint. 10, 1, 95. Sillig Plin. 35, 67), multum autem eo confert et corporis et nervorum habitus, Cels.: confert etiam aliquid ad somnum silanus iuxta cadens, Cels.: rursus in alia plus prior confert (exercitatio), Quint.: plus scientiae collaturus quam eloquentiae, Quint.: plurimum coeptis contulerunt iactatum exemplar epistulae;... simul rumor dissipatus etc., Suet.: allium voci confert, Plin. – m. Ang. worin? wobei? durch in u. Abl., in morbis cum multum fortuna conferat, Cels. 7. praef. § 4. – / Perf. contulĕrunt gemessen, Prop. 2, 3, 25.
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10 distinguo
dī-stinguo, stīnxī, stīnctum, ere (vgl. στίζω), eig. mit einem spitzigen Werkzeuge Punkte machen, dah. I) absondern, trennen, abteilen, A) eig.: 1) im allg.: vites semitis decumanisque, Col.: onus inclusum (die Erde) eodem numero, Ov.: alternos cantus, abteilen = bestimmen, wer den Wechselgesang anheben soll, Calp. – 2) insbes., als t. t. der Toilette = das Haar abteilen u. dadurch ordnen, capillum, Apul., crinem doctā manu, Sen. poët.: cedo acum crinibus distinguendis, Tert.: caput (den K. = das Haar auf dem K.) acu, Claud. – B) übtr.: 1) im allg., absondern, trennen, unterscheiden, intervallis distingui, Cic.: d. voces in partes, Cic.: vera a falsis, Cic.: artificem ab inscio, Cic.: falsum vero, Hor.: fetus suos non distinguunt ferae, die w. T. machen keinen Unterschied zwischen ihren J., Sen.: simiarum genera caudis inter se distinguuntur, unterscheiden sich durch die Schw., Plin. – unpers., m. folg. indir. Fragesatz, quid inter naturam et rationem intersit, non distinguitur, Cic. de nat. deor. 3, 26: im Abl. absol., non distincto, suā an alienā manu, ohne nähere Bestimmung, Tac. ann. 11, 38. – 2) insbes., a) als gramm. t. t., beim Lesen od. Schreiben gehörig abteilen, wo es der Sinn erfordert, interpungieren, mit Interpunktionszeichen versehen, (vgl. Steup de Probis gr. p. 20 u. p. 23 sq.), versum, Quint. 1, 8, 1: exemplaria, Suet. gr. 24. – b) endigen, contationem (cunctationem), Apul. met. 2, 30. – c) abtun, schlichten, entscheiden, causas, Lampr. u. Cod. Iust.: iurgia, Amm. – II) meton.: A) unterscheidend auszeichnen, bezeichnen, fest bestimmen, iam tibi lividos distinguet autumnus racemos, bläulich färben, Hor.: nigram medio frontem distinctus ab albo, mit weißer Blässe mitten auf der schw. St., Ov.: ›malus‹ utrum arborem significet, an hominem non bonum, apice distinguitur, Quint. – B) etw. mit etw. mannigfaltig verzieren, hier und da besetzen, auslegen, ausschmücken, pocula ex auro, quae gemmis erant distincta clarissimis, Cic.: distincta gemmis fulgentibus pocula, Lact.: gladius, cuius vagina gemmis distinguitur, Sen.: litora distincta tectis et urbibus, Cic.: Cynosura stellis distincta, Cic.: distincta radiis corona, Strahlenkrone, Flor.: via illa nostra castris Thraeciis distincta ac notata, hier u. da besetzt (garniert), Cic. – v. der Rede, oratio distinguitur atque illustratur alqā re, erhält Glanzstellen u. Lichtpunkte durch etw., Cic.: id non debet esse fusum (hindurchlaufen) aequabiliter per omnem orationem, sed ita distinctum (an verschiedenen Stellen angebracht), ut etc., Cic. – C) in etw. Abwechselung bringen, einer Sache Abwechselung geben, historiam varietate locorum, Cic.: graviora opera lusibus, Plin. ep.: hoc carmen (Dichtung als Beschäftigung) argutum et breve, quod apte quantaslibet occupationes curasque distinguit, Plin. ep.: ab quibus utrisque variatur aliquid, distinguitur, die beide (Dichter u. Musiker) Tonart u. Tempo wechseln lassen, Cic.
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11 spatium
spatium, iī, n. (zu Wz. *spe(i) –, sich ausdehnen; vgl. altind. sphāyati, nimmt zu, ahd. spuot, das Gelingen, spuon, von statten gehen, gelingen), der Raum, als Ausdehnung nach Länge u. Breite, I) eig. (u. bildl.): A) im allg.: spatia locorum, Caes.: caeli spatium, Verg., totum caeli sp., Lucr.: reliquum spatium, quā flumen intermittit, mons continet, Caes.: spatium non est agitandi (equos), Nep.: iam tamen ad impetum capiendum, equiti utique, modicum erat spatium, Liv.: laxum spatium res magna desiderat, Sen.: nam quo squamigeri poterunt procedere tandem, ni spatium dediderint latices? Lucr.: protinus certe recesserunt spatio libero dato, Curt. – B) insbes., der bestimmt zwischen zwei Gegenständen gedachte Raum, 1) die Weite, u. zwar: a) die Weite = der Zwischenraum, die Entfernung, paribus spatiis intermissae trabes, gleichweit abstehende B., Caes.: aequo fere spatio ab castris utrisque abesse, Caes.: ab tanto spatio, in so großer Entfernung, Caes.: neve spatium viae te terreat, accipe currus, die Weite, Ov. – b) die Weite = der Umfang, die Größe, Länge, victi hostis, Ov.: oris et colli, Ov.: spatium admirabile rhombi, eine wunderbar große Butte, Iuven.: quod sit homini spatium a vestigio ad verticem, id esse passis manibus inter longissimos digitos, Länge, Plin.: trahere aures in spatium, in die Länge, Ov.: fugit in spatium, flieht geradeaus, sucht das Weite (Ggstz. redit in gyrum), Ov. – 2) die Strecke, die jmd. zu durchgehen, zu durchlaufen hat, a) übh., die Strecke, Wegstrecke, Bahn, longum sp. itineris, Caes.: duûm milium sp., Caes.: ingens die uno cursu emetiens spatium, Liv.: dimidium fere spatium confecerat, cum etc., Nep.: incredibili celeritate magno spatio paucis diebus confecto, Caes.: nec lapis spatium evasit totum, Ov.: eadem spatia quinque stellae conficiunt, Cic. – profunda altitudo nullis inquirentium spatiis penetrabilis, v.d. Maßleine am Senkbeil, Tac. – b) die Bahn der Wettrennenden, α) die zurückzulegende Strecke, der Umlauf, singulos missus a septenis spatiis ad quina corripuit, Suet.: cum septimo spatio palmae appropinquant, Sen.: septem spatiis circo meruere coronam, Sen.: spatia corripere, den Lauf beschleunigen Verg.: ebenso addere in spatia, Lauf an Lauf fügen, Verg. – bildl., quasi decurso spatio, Cic.: aetatis od. vitae spatium decurrere, den Lebenslauf vollenden, Plaut. u. Ov.: mea quem spatiis propioribus aetas insequitur, der mir an Alter näher kommt, Verg. – β) die ganze Bahn, Rennbahn (griech. στάδιον), sp. declivis Olympi, Ov.: nobiles equos cursus et spatia probant, Tac. dial. – bildl., deflexit iam aliquantulum de spatio curriculoque consuetudo maiorum, ist aus ihrer Bahn u. ihrem Geleise gewichen, Cic. – c) der Spaziergang, α) als Strecke, der Gang, duobus spatiis tribusve factis, Cic.: ut in extremis spatiis subsultim decurreret, Suet. – β) als Ort, der Spazierplatz, Gang, spatia silvestria, Cic.: spatia Academiae, Cic.: spatia communia, Cic. – II) übtr., v. der Zeit, A) im allg.: a) der Zeitabschnitt, Zeitraum, die Zeit, tempore ac spatio, Tac.: spatia omnis temporis non numero dierum sed noctium finiunt, Caes.: sp. praeteriti temporis, Cic.: annuum, Cic.: dierum triginta, Cic.: tam longo spatio, Cic.: spatio brevi, Hor.: in brevi spatio, Ter.: hoc interim spatio, in dieser Zwischenzeit, Cic.: post sexagesimum vitae spatium, nach dem 60. Jahre, Plin.: mori iussis non amplius quam horarum spatium dedit, Suet. – b) emphatisch, die Dauer, Länge der Zeit, spatio pugnae defatigati, durch die Dauer des K., Caes.: arbor spatio durata, durch die Länge der Zeit, Ov.: spatia annorum (die Länge der Jahre) lenibunt vulnera nostra, Prop. – B) insbes.: 1) die für eine Tätigkeit usw. bestimmte Zeit, Frist, Muße, Gelegenheit, nisi tempus et spatium datum sit, Cic.: pugnae spatium dare, eine Pause im K. eintreten lassen, Curt.: spatium animo dare, sich Zeit zur Überlegung gönnen, Curt.: irae spatium dare, dem Zorne Raum geben (= den Z. austoben, verrauchen lassen), Liv. u. Sen.: irae spatium et consilio tempus dare, Liv.: daret malorum paenitentiae, daret bonorum consensui spatium, er möchte den Schlechten Zeit zur Reue, den Guten Zeit zur Vereinigung geben, Tac.: quom prius quam intereo spatium ulciscendi danunt (= dant), Pacuv. fr.: ut spatium pila in hostes coniciendi non daretur, Caes.: si mihi aliquid spatii ad scribendum darent, Cic.: neque, ut celari posset, tempus spatium ullum dabat, gestattete die Zeit, Ter.: spatium habere ad dicendum, Cic.: spatio sumpto, Liv.: spatium sumamus ad cogitandum, Cic.: spatio ad colloquendum sumpto, Liv.: sex dies ad eam rem conficiendam spatii postulant, Caes.: ne properes, ora; spatium pro munere posco, Ov. – 2) das metrische od. rhetor. Zeitmaß, Cic. or. 193. Quint. 1, 5, 18 u.a.
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12 teneo
teneo, tenuī, tentum, ēre (zu tendo), tr. u. intr. halten, in der Hand, im Munde usw. haben, I) im allg.: A) eig. u. übtr.: 1) eig.: tene me, halte mich, Plaut.: accipe sis argentum, tene sis argentum: etiam tu argentum tenes? Plaut.: age tu, redde huic scipionem et pallium. Ch. tene, Plaut.: ova contra lumen tenere, Varro: pyxidem in manu, Cic.: fragmina manu, Ov.: pateram dexterā manu, Cic.: languenti manu carchesia mixta, Ov.: utrisque manibus mensam, Sen. rhet.: alqm manu (an der Hand), Sall.: dextrā cornu, radicem, cibum ore (im Munde) Cic. u. Phaedr.: im Bilde, gubernacula rei publicae, Cic. – 2) übtr.: a) im allg.: res oculis et manibus tenetur, ist sichtbar u. handgreiflich, Cic.: rem manu tenere, so gut als handgreiflich erkennen, Cic. – b) insbes. = geistig halten = sich in Gedanken vorstellen, fassen, begreifen, wissen, kennen, verstehen, quae et saepe audistis et tenetis animis, Cic.: omnia norat, omnium aditus tenebat, allen wußte er beizukommen, Cic.: quibus reconditos eius sensus tenere possemus, Cic.: teneo, ich begreife, verstehe, Komik. (s. Spengel Ter. Andr. 86): tenes? od. tenesne? kapierst du's? Komik.: rem tenes, omnem rem tenes, richtig, du hast es erraten, Komik. (s. Spengel Ter. Andr. 349): teneo istuc, teneo omnia, Plaut.: teneo pulcre, recte, satis, Plaut. (s. Brix Plaut. mil. 1163): iam teneo, quid sit, Plaut.: tenes, quid dicam? Ter.: quibus rebus capiatur Caesar, tenes, Cic.: quae a Romanis auguribus ignorantur, a Cilicibus tenentur, Cic.: m. folg. Infin. od. Acc. u. Infin., qui et bene et male facere tenet, Plaut.: nec tenet amissam dextram inter equos abstraxe rotas, Lucr. – B) meton.: 1) an einem Orte anlangen, ihn erreichen, wohin gelangen, (zu Schiffe) wo landen, regionem, Liv.: portum, Liv. u. Ov.: terram, erreichen = berühren, Cic. – übtr., per cursum rectum regnum, Cic.: ingenio, virtute regnum, Liv.: teneri res aliter non potest, Cic. – 2) wohin halten, richten, a) übh.: oculos in se, Ov.: oculos sub astra, Verg. – vgl. übtr., attentos animos ad decoris conservationem, genau auf die Beobachtung des Anstandes achten, Cic. – b) insbes., seine Bewegung wohin richten, wohin einen Weg einschlagen, quo tenetis iter! Verg.: medium iter classe, Verg. – intr., v. Schiffenden (als naut. t.t.), wohin hinhalten, steuern, segeln, Diam, Ov.: ad Mendin, Liv.: Liparas (nach L.), ad insulam Vulcani, Liv.: ab Sicilia classe ad Laurentem agrum, Liv. – v. Winde, wohinwärts wehen, hic ventus adversum tenet Athenis proficiscentibus, weht den von Athen Abreisenden entgegen, Nep. Milt. 1, 5.
II) mit dem Nebenbegriffe des Besitzes = (im physischen) Besitz haben, besitzen, innehaben, 1) eig.: a) übh.: quod tu meum habes, tenes, possides, im faktischen, physischen u. rechtlichen Besitz bist, ICt.: multa hereditatibus, multa emptionibus tenebantur sine iniuria, Cic.: quae tenuit dives Achaemenes, Hor.: sedem patris, loca, Liv.: tuta tenere, in Sicherheit sein, Verg. – in der Umgangssprache, teneo te, »ich habe dich wieder«, vom Wiedersehen einer geliebten Person (s. Ruhnken Ter. heaut. 2, 4, 27. Hildebr. Apul. met. 5, 13. p. 341, b), Ter., Ov. u.a. – b) (als milit. t.t.) einen Ort innehaben, besetzt halten, locum praesidiis, montem, portum, Caes.: tenente omnia equitatu, Liv.: aciem primam, Caes. – 2) übtr., nunc totum me tenet, habet, possidet, hat mich ganz, gleichs. im physischen, faktischen u. rechtlichen Besitz = ganz eingenommen, Plin. ep. – alqm tenet insania, hat ergriffen, Plaut.: u. so num eum veternus aut aqua intercus tenet? Plaut. – vom Besitz als Geliebter, Geliebte, saepe aliam tenui, Tibull.: te iam tenet altera coniunx, Ov.; vgl. Ruhnken Ov. her. 2, 103. Broukh. Tibull. 1, 6, 3 u. die Auslgg. zu Phaedr. 2, 2, 3. – v. Besitz als Machthaber, Herrscher, terras, Hor.: imperium, Caes.: summam imperii, Caes.: scaenam, allein innehaben, herrschen auf usw. (v. Bühnenkünstlern), Suet.: rem publicam, Cic.: dah. qui tenent (sc. rem publicam), die im Besitz des Staates sind, die Machthaber im Staate, Cic. – als Kommandierender, befehligen, alterum cornu, Nep.: exercitum pedestrem, Nep.
III) mit dem Nebenbegr. der Festigkeit = festhalten, 1) eig.: a) übh.: ut quo maior se vis aquae incitavisset, hoc artius illigata tenerentur, Caes.: loca sunt egregia ad tenendas ancoras, Auct. b. Alex. – b) (als milit. t.t.) einen Ort verteidigen, behaupten, suum locum, tumulum, Caes.: Capitolia, Verg. – c) (als ökonom, t.t.) bekleiben, einwurzeln, vitis tenet, Colum. u. Sen. – 2) übtr.: a) geistig festhalten, memoriam alcis, Cic. – memoriā tenere, im Gedächtnisse behalten = sich erinnern, mit folg. Acc. u. Infin., Cic. – so auch bl. tenere, zB. satin haec meministi et tenes? Plaut.: numeros memini, si verba tenerem, Verg. – b) ertappen, überführen, mala (femina), te teneo, Plaut.: teneo te, da hab' ich dich, Cic. u.a. (s. Bünem. Lact. 2, 8, 54. p. 231, a): mit dopp. Acc., iam te non furem (als D.) teneo, sed raptorem (als R.), Augustin. serm. 85, 1: im Passiv, teneri in manifesto peccato, Cic.: u. mit Genet., cupiditatis eiusdem, Cic.: repetundarum, Tac.: caedis, Quint.: furti, Masur. Sabin. fr. bei Gell. u. ICt. – c) (v. Affekten) jmd., jmds. Gemüt fesseln, einnehmen, beseelen, erfüllen, s ich bemächtigen, misericordia me tenet, Cic.: magna me spes tenet m. folg. Acc. u. Infin., Cic. (u. so quā spe ut vivere velint tenebuntur, Cic.): consulem Marcellum tanta cupiditas tenebat dimicandi cum Hannibale, ut etc., Liv.: mirum me desiderium tenet urbis, Cic.: magno teneri desiderio virium, Cic.: Romanorum ingenti admiratione teneri, Eutr.: historiae per se tenent lectores, Vitr. – d) (von Personen u. Dingen) jmds. Sinne fesseln, ergötzen, varias mentes carmine, Verg.: u. so bes. im Passiv, pueri ludis tenentur, oculi picturā tenentur, Cic. – e) zu einer Verbindlichkeit anhalten = verbindlich machen, binden, haec adeo edico ex hac nocte primum ut lex teneat senes, Plaut.: leges eum tenent, binden ihn, Cic.: lege, foedere, promisso teneri, gebunden sein an usw., Cic. u. Liv.: eā poenā, quae est de vi, teneri, der Str. verfallen, durch die Str. geahndet werden, Cic.: u. so diligenter teneri (iure civili), Cic. – f) als mir zukommend festhalten, behaupten, auctoritatem, imperium in suos, Cic.: suum illud, nihil ut affirmet, tenet ad extremum, Cic.: causam, recht behalten, Cic. u. Liv.: causam apud centumviros, einen Prozeß gewinnen, durchsetzen, Cic.: plura tenuit, Liv. – dah. absol., recht behalten, es durchsetzen, si recte conclusi, teneo, behalte ich recht, Cic.: m. folg. ut od. ne u. Konj., tenuerunt patres, ut etc., setzten es durch (erreichten es), daß usw., Liv.: patres apud maiores nostros tenere non potuerunt, ut etc., Cic.: plebs tenuit, ne etc., Liv. – g) an einer Behauptung festhalten, illud arte tenent (bleiben fest dabei) accurateque defendunt, voluptatem esse summum bonum, Cic.
IV) mit dem Nebenbegr. des Bestehens, der Dauer, der Ruhe = festhalten, halten, erhalten, be wahren, A) im allg.: a) eig.: terra tenetur nutu suo, die Erde wird durch ihre Schwerkraft im Gleichgewicht gehalten, Cic. – b) übtr., tribus rebus vita animantium tenetur, wird erhalten, Cic.: alqm in officio, jmd. im Gehorsam erhalten, Caes.: alqm in servitute, Caes.: matrimonia, beibehalten (Ggstz. dimittere), Suet. – mit dopp. Acc., libertatem servitute oppressam, Nep.: rem publicam oppressam, Val. Max.: se quietum, Liv. – B) insbes.: 1) tr. in der Dauer erhalten = von etwas nicht abweichen, etw. halten, a) eig.: cursum (bes. als milit. u. naut. t.t.), die Richtung beim Marsche, bei der Fahrt (fest)halten, auf der rechten Bahn bleiben (auch übtr., Ggstz. cursum commutare), Caes., Cic. u.a. – absol., medio tutissimus ibis: inter utrumque tene, halte die Richtung, halte Strich, Ov. met. 2, 140. – b) übtr., an etw. festhalten, etw. halten, beobachten, ihm treu bleiben, ordinem, Cic.: silentium (s.d.), Liv. u. Ov.: fidem, Cic.: propositum, Caes.: morem, Suet. – 2) intr. dauern, sich erhalten, währen (s. Drak. Liv. 4, 7, 7. Duker Liv. 6, 35, 10. Fabri Liv. 23, 44, 6), imber per totam noctem tenuit, Liv.: silentium inde aliquamdiu tenuit, Liv.: u. so consuetudo tenuit, ut etc., Quint.: u. fama tenet (es erhält sich die Sage) m. folg. Acc. u. Infin., Liv.
V) mit dem Nebenbegr. der gehemmten Bewegung = festhalten, d.i. A) einhalten, zurückhalten, halten, einschließen, 1) eig.: a) übh.: manus ab alqo, Ov.: ventrem, Cels. – dah. alqm od. se domi, jmd. od. sich zu Hause halten, Liv. u. Nep.: alqm Romae, Eutr.: pecus, innehalten, einsperren, Verg.: lecto teneri, Cic.: lectulo me teneo, Fronto: se castris, sich im L. halten, Caes.: se oppido, Cic.: Antiochiā teneri, in A. eingeschlossen sein, Cic. ad Att. 5, 20, 3. – b) Geister auf der Oberwelt festhalten, bannen, iam tenet infernas magico stridore catervas, Tibull. 1, 2, 49: synochitide teneri umbras inferûm evocatas, Plin. 37, 192. – 2) übtr.: a) zurückhalten, im Zaume halten, bezähmen, mäßigen, risum, dolorem, iracundiam, Cic.: lacrimas, Cic. u. Caes.: u. so se ab accusando, sich der Anklage enthalten, Cic.: se non tenere od. se tenere non posse, quin etc., teneri non posse, quin etc., sich nicht enthalten können, zu usw., Cic. – b) bei sich behalten, verschweigen, alqd, Cic. de or. 2, 221. – B) aufhalten, 1) eig.: tabellarios, Cic.: septimum iam diem Corcyrae teneri, Cic.: quae (naves) vento tenebantur, quo minus in eundem portum venire possent, Caes.: ne quid se Romae teneret, quominus paludatus ab urbe exiret, Liv. – 2) übtr.: non teneo te pluribus, will dich nicht lange aufhalten (mit Worten), will es kurz machen, Cic. – alqm tenere (abhalten, hindern) m. folg. ne od. quo minus u. Konj., ea modo una causa, ne transirent flumen, tenuit Romanos, Liv.: ne persequeretur Mithridatem, seditio militum tenuit, Liv. epit.: diu non perlitatum tenuerat dictatorem, ne ante meridiem signum dare posset, Liv.: si te dolor aliqui corporis aut infirmitas valetudinis tenuit, quominus ad ludos venires, Cic.
VI) mit dem Nebenbegr. des Inhaltes = umfassen, begreifen, enthalten (= continere, κατέχειν), haec populos, haec magnos formula reges tenet, Hor. sat. 2, 3, 46. – im Passiv, teneri alqā re, in etw. enthalten sein, mitbegriffen sein, ihm angehören, zu etw. gehören, aus od. in etw. bestehen, ut homines deorum agnatione teneantur, Cic.: si Asia hoc imperio non teneretur, Cic.: causae, quae familiaritate tenentur, Cic. – / Parag. Infin. Praes. pass. tenerier, Mart. Cap. poët. 2. § 93: archaist. Perf. tetini, Diom. 366, 23 u. 372, 18, wov. Coni. tetinerim, tetinerit, Pacuv. tr. 172 u. Acc. tr. 39: Infin. Perf. tetinisse, Pacuv. tr. 226: Fut. exact. tetinero, nach Paul. ex Fest. 252, 9. – Andere Nbf. des Perf. tenivi, Charis. 248, 2.
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13 confero
cōn-fero, contulī, collātum (conlātum), cōnferre, I) zusammentragen, -bringen, 1) übh. von allen Seiten herbeitragend zusammenbringen, zusammenschaffen, von allen Seiten beischaffen, aufhäufen, auf einen Punkt (Haufen) vereinigen, a) eig.: materiam, Caes.: aggerem, Auct. b. Alex.: frumentum, Caes.: arma, einliefern, Caes.: u. so militaria signa, Caes.: cibos ore suo (v. Vögeln), Quint.: membra undique, Hor.: omnia arma ex oppido, Caes. – uvas in fiscellam, Col.: sarcinas, impedimenta, signa in unum locum, Caes.: ligna circa casam, Nep.: dentes in corpore, Ov. – b) übtr., zusammenstellen, zusammenfassen, malend, plura in unam tabulam opera, Quint. – schriftlich, ex immensa diffusaque legum copia optima quaeque et necessaria in paucissimos libros, Suet.: res Romanas Graeco peregrinoque sermone in historiam, Iustin. – im Ausdruck, rem in pauca, Plaut.: in versus sic verba sua duos, Ov. – u. (mit zu ergänzendem Objekt) conferamus igitur in pauca, Cic.: ut in pauca conferam, testamento facto mulier moritur, Cic.: quam potero in verba conferam paucissima, Plaut.2) beisteuernd zusammenbringen, zusammenschießen, aufbringen, entrichten, beitragen, beisteuern, a) eig. (s. Arntzen Aur. Vict. de vir. ill. 19, 7), aes (v. Volke), Ov.: aes certatim (v. Volke), Val.————Max.: so bes. collato aere (durch eine Beisteuer an Geld), zB. alqm funerare, Sen., statuam statuere, Suet.: u. so collatis quadrantibus alqm sepelire, Aur. Vict. – c. pecuniam, pecunias, Cic.: tributi minus, Liv.: ex censu quotannis tributa, Cic.: sextantes in capita (auf den Kopf = à Person), Liv.: quadragena talenta quotannis Delum, Nep.: pecunias ad honores alcis, Cic.: aurum ad redimendam civitatem a Gallis, Liv.: aurum argentumque in publicum (für den Staat); Liv.: pecuniam in (zu) statuas, Cic.: tributum in militare stipendium, Liv.: pecuniam pro parte in commune Siciliae, Cic.: ex nostro nonnihil in commune, Cic.: stipem Apollini, Liv.: Agrippae Menenio sextantes aeris in funus, Plin. – absol. (ohne Ang. was?), nos dabimus, nos conferemus, nostro sumptu, non tuo, Plaut.: date stipes, indulgete, conferte, Ps. Quint. decl.: c. alci ad victum, Quint.: c. in funus, ICt. – b) übtr., pater Tiberi plurimum ad victoriam contulit, Suet. Tib. 4, 1.3) zu einem Ganzen vereinigend zusammenbringen, zusammenziehen, vereinigen, a) eig.: vires in unum, Liv.: collatis viribus proelium capessere, Iustin.: u. (bildl.) utrumne sententiae duae collatis viribus novissimam periment? Plin. ep.: e quibus (fontibus) collatae aquae per prona montis flumen emittunt, Curt.: dissimiles et dispares res in unam potestatem (durch chemische Bindung), Vitr. – b) übtr.: α)————übh.: post hoc proelium collatum omne bellum est circa Corinthum, zog sich zusammen, Nep.: quae utraque, si in unum conferantur (zusammengezogen [addiert] werden), facile saeculi modum expleverint, Val. Max.: hunc collatis precibus adoramus, mit vereinten B., Arnob. 1, 27. – β) prägn., schaffend zusammensetzen, e singulis non membris, sed frustis collata oratio, Quint.: hominis ortus ex utroque gignentium confertur, Quint.4) annähernd, nahe hinbringend zusammenbringen, zusammenstecken, zusammenfügen, ganz nahe bringen, a) eig.: α) in friedlicher Absicht: capita (um heimlich zu sprechen), Cic. Verr. 3, 31. Liv. 2, 45, 7: ora, Apul.: membra (bei der Umarmung), Lucr.: gradom, sich nähern, näher herangehen, Plaut. u. Verg.: palma cum palma collata plausum facit, Sen. – β) (bes. als milit. t. t.) in feindlicher Absicht, castra propius, Liv.: castra in propinquum, castra oppido, Auct. b. Alex.: castra cum hoste, Liv.: u. castra castris (hostis), Cic., Caes. u.a. (s. Held Caes. b. c. 3, 79, 2. Fabri Liv. 23, 28, 9). – bes. c. arma, manum, gradum, pedem, signa, v. Nahgefecht, Handgemenge, v. der förmlichen Schlacht, zB. c. arma cum alqo od. inter se, handgemein werden, Caes. u. Liv.: u. so ferrum et manus cum alqo, Cic.: u. manum cum hoste, Liv., u. bl. manum, Liv. – c. gradum cum alqo, Liv.: collato gradu (Fuß an Fuß, Mann gegen————Mann) certare, s. Heräus zu Tac. hist. 2, 42, 11. – c. pedem cum pede, u. bl. c. pedem, einander zu Leibe rücken, Liv. (pedem c. auch sprichw. v. streitenden Parteien vor Gericht, Cic.): u. collato pede, Fuß an Fuß, Mann gegen Mann, zB. ut non missilibus tantum, sed gladiis etiam prope collato pede gereretur res, Liv.: collato pede, quasi singuli inter se decertarent, in eodem vestigio stabant, Curt. – conferre signa, handgemein werden, Cic. (auch bildl., im Wortstreit): c. signa cum Alexandrinis, Cic.: aliquoties comminus c. signa cum Romanis, Liv.: signis collatis (in förmlicher Schlacht) superare exercitus regios, Cic.: u. so signis collatis certare, dimicare, inter se concurrere, Liv.: signis collatis cum hostium legionibus pugnare, Cato fr. – c. arto luctantia nexu pectora pectoribus, Ov.: se viro vir contulit, Mann stellte sich dem Mann (= Mann focht gegen Mann), Verg.: u. absol., mecum confer, ait, mit mir kämpfe, Ov. met. 10, 603. -prägn., collato Marte alqm leto dare, im Handgemenge, Ov.: c. certamina belli inter se, sich miteinander einlassen, Verg.: c. lites, miteinander anbinden, Hor. – b) übtr., mittelst der Rede jmdm. mitteilen, mit jmd. austauschen, wechseln, sermonem, Plaut.: sermonem cum alqo u. in via cum alqo, Cic.: sermones familiares cum alqo, Cic.: sermonem cum alqo de modo et forma sacrae arae, Val. Max.: quadam de re sermonem inter se, Val. Max. – c.————omnia sua consilia, Ter.: u. consilia de Romano bello, Liv.: cum ullo aut sermones aut consilia contulit saepius? Cic. – c. iniurias, Tac.: c. haec od. sollicitudines inter se, Cic.: seria cum alqo, Ov.: hoc coram c., Cic.: tum, si quid res feret, coram conferemus, Cic. – m. folg. Relotiv- od. indir. Fragesatz, ideo sum brevior, quod, ut spero, coram brevi tempore conferre quae volumus licebit, Cic.: ibi conferentibus, quid in cuiusque provinciae regione animorom Hispanis esset, Liv. – absol. = sich besprechen, omnes sapientes decet conferre et fabulari, Plaut. rud. 338: c. cum alqo, Augustin. ep. 33, 2: u. nisi contulerimus inter nos, quid finis sit etc., wenn wir nicht untereinander besprochen haben, was usw., Cic. de fin. 2, 4: u. diligentius inter se, Vulg. 2. Mach. 11, 36.5) gegenüberstellend zusammenbringen, a) im Kampfe, messen, vires, Liv.: ex propinquo vires, Liv. – b) zur Beurteilung zusammenstellen, zusammenhalten, zum Vergleich herbeiziehen, vergleichen, tesseram hospitalem, Plaut.: exemplum, Komik.: utrorumque facta, Nep.: faciem moresque duarum, Ov.: rationes, die Rechnung vergleichen, Abrechnung halten, Cic. u. (bildl.) Sen.: ebenso accepta et expensa, Sen.: haec omnia summā curā et diligentiā recognita et collata sunt, kollationiert (v. Abschriften), Cic. – Gallicum cum Germanorum agro, Caes.: fortunam Metropolitum cum casu Gomphensium,————Caes.: cum illius vita P. Sullae vobis notissimam, Cic.: volumina cum recitatis, Vitr.: conferte Verrem, non ut hominem cum homine comparetis, sed ut pacem cum bello, leges cum vi conferatis, Cic.: quem cum eo conferre possumus non modo ingenii magnitudine, sed etiam animi? Cic. – parva magnis, Cic.: minora maioribus, Auct. b. Alex.: se laudibus alterius, Phaedr.: vitam inter se utriusque, Cic.: bos ad bovem collatus, Varr.II) nach einem Punkte hintragen, 1) übh. hinbringen, hinschaffen, hinführen, hinwenden, hinkehren, etw. wohin verlegen, versetzen, setzen, stellen, flüchten, a) eig.: parentes et coniuges illuc, Tac.: nihil domum suam, Nep.: pecunias monimentaque ex fano Herculis in privatam domum, Caes. – suas rationes et copias (seine Spekulationen u. Fonds) in illam provinciam, Cic. – Deiotari legiones in mediam aciem, Auct. b. Alex.: u. so tertiam aciem in sinistrum cornu, Auct. b. Afr.: eodem suum omnem equitatum, Auct. b. Afr. – c. signa ad alqm (zu jmd. stoßen), Liv.: aber (feindl.) signa in laevum cornu, sich mit dem Angriffe gegen den l. Fl. wenden, Liv. – c. iter eo, den Weg dahin nehmen, Brut. in Cic. ep.: ebenso iter Brundisium versus, Cic. – c. propere pedes in curriculum, Varr. fr. – u. bes. c. se, sich begeben, sich flüchten, se alio, Cic.: se continuo c. protinam in pedes, Plaut.: se suaque in naves, Nep.: se in astu,————Cic.: se suaque omnia in oppidum, Caes.: se ad hostes, Cic.: se Rhodum, Cic.: se in fanum Veneris, Val. Max.: se ad hospitem (Ggstz. in meritoriam tabernam devertere), Val. Max.: urbs ipsa, quo se fusa contulerat acies, sich geflüchtet hatte, Liv. – m. 1. Supin., se dormitum c., Cic. ep. 9, 26, 1: se eo (dahin) cubitum, Suet. Aug. 6. – v. Lebl., si pituita eo se confert, Cels.: spiritus eodem se contulit, Sen.: c. se in angustum (v. Atomen), Sen. – u. im Passiv, navium pars ex errore eodem conferebatur, wurde ebendahin geführt, Auct. b. Afr.: absol., bene navis agitatur, pulchre haec confertur ratis, wird dahingetragen, Plaut. Bacch. 797. – b) übtr.: α) se conf. m. Ang. wohin? durch ad od. in u. Akk. = sich zu jmd. od. einer Sache in irgend ein Verhältnis begeben, sich an jmd. od. etw. anschließen, sich ihm zuwenden, hingeben, widmen, c. se ad pontificem Scaevolam, Cic.: c. se ad senatus auctoritatem, Cic.: c. se ad amicitiam alcis, Cic.: c. se in amicitiam et fidem (Schutz) alcis, Cic.: c. se in alcis fidem et clientelam, Cic.: c. se ad studium scribendi, ad philosophiae studium, Cic.: ad scribendum se contulit, er wurde Schriftsteller, Hieron.: c. se ad studia litterarum, Cic. – β) etwas schriftlich od. mündlich irgendwohin bringen, aufnehmen, eintragen, irgendwo anbringen, vorbringen, ab utrisque ea, quae commode dici videntur, in suas artes c., Cic.: lamentationes suas etiam in testamentum, Tac.: spes vota-————que non prius ad deos quam ad principum aures, Tac. – cur non confertis (nehmt ihr nicht [in den Antrag] auf, warum tragt ihr nicht zugleich darauf an), ne sit conubium divitibus ac pauperibus? Liv. 4, 4, 9. – γ) ein Vorhaben, ein Amt u. dgl. auf eine gewisse Zeit legen, ansetzen, verlegen, omnia in mensem Martium, Cic.: iter suum in posterum diem, Brut. in Cic. ep.: alqd in longiorem diem (Ggstz. alqd repraesentare), Caes.: eo (verst. in Caesaris adventum) omnem belli rationem, Caes.: alcis tertium consulatum eundem in annum, Plin. pan. – u. ein geschichtl. Ereignis chronologisch in od. auf eine Zeit setzen, verlegen, Carthaginis expugnationem in hunc annum, Liv. 27, 7, 5. – δ) in eine gewisse Abteilung, wissensch. Form bringen, totam Academiam ex duobus libris contuli in quattuor, Cic.: ex immensa diffusaque legum copia optima quaeque in paucissimos libros, Suet.: reliquam rusticarum rerum partem in carmen, Col.: res Romanas Graeco peregrinoque sermone in historiam, Iustin. – ε) in einen Zustand bringen, übergehen lassen, seditionem in tranquillum, Plaut.: verba ad rem, Ter. – dah. poet. = verwandeln, alqm in saxum, Ov.: corpus in volucrem, Ov.2) zuwendend, a) eig., eine Gabe, Kosten u. dgl. zuwenden, darbringen, hergeben, verwenden, bestimmen, pecuniam florenti parti (Partei), Nep.: munera alci, Nep.: praemia alci, Suet.: u. puellae L milia————nummum, Plin. ep. – fructum alio, Ter.: eam pecuniam in rei publicae magnum aliquod tempus, Cic.: pecuniam ad beneficentiam liberalitatemque, Cic.: impendia in educationem, Cic.: praedas ac manubias in urbis ornamenta, Cic. – b) übtr.: α) Gedanken, Neigung, Gesinnung, eine Tätigkeit, Zeit u. dgl. wohin wenden, richten, zuwenden, angedeihen lassen, erweisen, anwenden, verwenden, alio animum suum (sein Gelüst), Ter.: animum huc, Ter.: animum ad fodiendos puteos, Auct. b. Alex.: omnes suas curas cogitationesque in rem publicam, Cic.: curam ad philosophiam, Cic.: laudem in commune, jedem für alle Ruhm erwerben (Ggstz. laudem ex communi ad se trahere), Liv.: benignitatis plurimum in alqm, Cic.: benevolentiam erga alqm a pueritia, Cic.: fructum virtutis et ingenii in proximum quemque, Cic.: plurimum ad victoriam, Suet.: plurimum operae, studii, diligentiae, laboris ad conficiendum reditum alcis, Cic.: omne reliquum tempus non ad oblivionem veteris belli, sed ad comparationem novi, Cic. – selten schlimme Dinge, maledicta in alqm, Cic.: legem ad perniciem civitatis, in Anwendung kommen lassen, mißbrauchen, Nep. – β) etw. zur Ausführung in jmds. Hand legen, jmdm. übertragen, überlassen, rem ad alqm, Cic.: omnem spem salutis ad clementiam victoris, Cic.: de re publica disputationem in Africani personam et Phili et Laelii, Cic.: curam resti-————tuendi Capitolii in L. Vestinum, Tac. – γ) etw. auf jmd. od. etw. übertragen = jmdm. beilegen, als Besitzer, quis non videt species istas hominum collatas in deos aut consilio quodam sapientium... aut superstitione, Cic. de nat. deor. 1, 77. – od. als Urheber jmdm., als Ursache einer Sache beilegen, beimessen, zur Last legen, auf jmd. od. etw. schieben, verbum falso in alqm, Cic.: permulta in Plancium, quae ab eo dicta non sunt, Cic.: suum timorem in rei frumentariae simulationem angustiasque itineris, Caes. – c. culpam od. causam in alqm, Cic.: crimina in alqm, Cic.: falsum crimen in purissimam et castissimam vitam, Cic.: suspicionem in alqm, Cic.: vitia in senectutem, Cic. – δ) confert (v. mehreren conferunt), wie συμφέρει, es ist etw. od. jmdm. zuträglich, förderlich, trägt mit bei, wirkt mit, gew. m. Ang. wieviel? durch aliquid, nihil, multum, plus, plurimum u. dgl., zB. quin etiam aliquid confert et aetas et corpus, Cels.: senecta nihil confert, Plin.: multum veteres Latini (auctores) conferunt, Quint.: non plus contulerunt lecti Cicero aut Demosthenes? Quint.: plurimum oratori confert lectio poëtarum, Quint.: quod contulisse plurimum videtur, Cels.: m. Infin. als Subj., incipiente incremento confert alterna folia circumobruere, Plin. 19, 83. – zugl. m. Ang. wozu? durch Adv. eo (dazu), od. durch ad od. (selten) in u. Akk., od. durch bl. Dat. (s. Herbst Quint. 10, 1, 95. Sillig Plin.————35, 67), multum autem eo confert et corporis et nervorum habitus, Cels.: confert etiam aliquid ad somnum silanus iuxta cadens, Cels.: rursus in alia plus prior confert (exercitatio), Quint.: plus scientiae collaturus quam eloquentiae, Quint.: plurimum coeptis contulerunt iactatum exemplar epistulae;... simul rumor dissipatus etc., Suet.: allium voci confert, Plin. – m. Ang. worin? wobei? durch in u. Abl., in morbis cum multum fortuna conferat, Cels. 7. praef. § 4. – ⇒ Perf. contulĕrunt gemessen, Prop. 2, 3, 25. -
14 distinguo
dī-stinguo, stīnxī, stīnctum, ere (vgl. στίζω), eig. mit einem spitzigen Werkzeuge Punkte machen, dah. I) absondern, trennen, abteilen, A) eig.: 1) im allg.: vites semitis decumanisque, Col.: onus inclusum (die Erde) eodem numero, Ov.: alternos cantus, abteilen = bestimmen, wer den Wechselgesang anheben soll, Calp. – 2) insbes., als t. t. der Toilette = das Haar abteilen u. dadurch ordnen, capillum, Apul., crinem doctā manu, Sen. poët.: cedo acum crinibus distinguendis, Tert.: caput (den K. = das Haar auf dem K.) acu, Claud. – B) übtr.: 1) im allg., absondern, trennen, unterscheiden, intervallis distingui, Cic.: d. voces in partes, Cic.: vera a falsis, Cic.: artificem ab inscio, Cic.: falsum vero, Hor.: fetus suos non distinguunt ferae, die w. T. machen keinen Unterschied zwischen ihren J., Sen.: simiarum genera caudis inter se distinguuntur, unterscheiden sich durch die Schw., Plin. – unpers., m. folg. indir. Fragesatz, quid inter naturam et rationem intersit, non distinguitur, Cic. de nat. deor. 3, 26: im Abl. absol., non distincto, suā an alienā manu, ohne nähere Bestimmung, Tac. ann. 11, 38. – 2) insbes., a) als gramm. t. t., beim Lesen od. Schreiben gehörig abteilen, wo es der Sinn erfordert, interpungieren, mit Interpunktionszeichen versehen, (vgl. Steup de Probis gr. p. 20 u. p. 23 sq.), versum, Quint. 1, 8, 1: exemplaria,————Suet. gr. 24. – b) endigen, contationem (cunctationem), Apul. met. 2, 30. – c) abtun, schlichten, entscheiden, causas, Lampr. u. Cod. Iust.: iurgia, Amm. – II) meton.: A) unterscheidend auszeichnen, bezeichnen, fest bestimmen, iam tibi lividos distinguet autumnus racemos, bläulich färben, Hor.: nigram medio frontem distinctus ab albo, mit weißer Blässe mitten auf der schw. St., Ov.: ›malus‹ utrum arborem significet, an hominem non bonum, apice distinguitur, Quint. – B) etw. mit etw. mannigfaltig verzieren, hier und da besetzen, auslegen, ausschmücken, pocula ex auro, quae gemmis erant distincta clarissimis, Cic.: distincta gemmis fulgentibus pocula, Lact.: gladius, cuius vagina gemmis distinguitur, Sen.: litora distincta tectis et urbibus, Cic.: Cynosura stellis distincta, Cic.: distincta radiis corona, Strahlenkrone, Flor.: via illa nostra castris Thraeciis distincta ac notata, hier u. da besetzt (garniert), Cic. – v. der Rede, oratio distinguitur atque illustratur alqā re, erhält Glanzstellen u. Lichtpunkte durch etw., Cic.: id non debet esse fusum (hindurchlaufen) aequabiliter per omnem orationem, sed ita distinctum (an verschiedenen Stellen angebracht), ut etc., Cic. – C) in etw. Abwechselung bringen, einer Sache Abwechselung geben, historiam varietate locorum, Cic.: graviora opera lusibus, Plin. ep.: hoc carmen (Dichtung als Beschäftigung) argutum et————breve, quod apte quantaslibet occupationes curasque distinguit, Plin. ep.: ab quibus utrisque variatur aliquid, distinguitur, die beide (Dichter u. Musiker) Tonart u. Tempo wechseln lassen, Cic.Ausführliches Lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch > distinguo
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15 spatium
spatium, iī, n. (zu Wz. *spe(i) –, sich ausdehnen; vgl. altind. sphāyati, nimmt zu, ahd. spuot, das Gelingen, spuon, von statten gehen, gelingen), der Raum, als Ausdehnung nach Länge u. Breite, I) eig. (u. bildl.): A) im allg.: spatia locorum, Caes.: caeli spatium, Verg., totum caeli sp., Lucr.: reliquum spatium, quā flumen intermittit, mons continet, Caes.: spatium non est agitandi (equos), Nep.: iam tamen ad impetum capiendum, equiti utique, modicum erat spatium, Liv.: laxum spatium res magna desiderat, Sen.: nam quo squamigeri poterunt procedere tandem, ni spatium dediderint latices? Lucr.: protinus certe recesserunt spatio libero dato, Curt. – B) insbes., der bestimmt zwischen zwei Gegenständen gedachte Raum, 1) die Weite, u. zwar: a) die Weite = der Zwischenraum, die Entfernung, paribus spatiis intermissae trabes, gleichweit abstehende B., Caes.: aequo fere spatio ab castris utrisque abesse, Caes.: ab tanto spatio, in so großer Entfernung, Caes.: neve spatium viae te terreat, accipe currus, die Weite, Ov. – b) die Weite = der Umfang, die Größe, Länge, victi hostis, Ov.: oris et colli, Ov.: spatium admirabile rhombi, eine wunderbar große Butte, Iuven.: quod sit homini spatium a vestigio ad verticem, id esse passis manibus inter longissimos digitos, Länge, Plin.: trahere aures in spatium, in die Länge, Ov.: fugit in spatium,————flieht geradeaus, sucht das Weite (Ggstz. redit in gyrum), Ov. – 2) die Strecke, die jmd. zu durchgehen, zu durchlaufen hat, a) übh., die Strecke, Wegstrecke, Bahn, longum sp. itineris, Caes.: duûm milium sp., Caes.: ingens die uno cursu emetiens spatium, Liv.: dimidium fere spatium confecerat, cum etc., Nep.: incredibili celeritate magno spatio paucis diebus confecto, Caes.: nec lapis spatium evasit totum, Ov.: eadem spatia quinque stellae conficiunt, Cic. – profunda altitudo nullis inquirentium spatiis penetrabilis, v.d. Maßleine am Senkbeil, Tac. – b) die Bahn der Wettrennenden, α) die zurückzulegende Strecke, der Umlauf, singulos missus a septenis spatiis ad quina corripuit, Suet.: cum septimo spatio palmae appropinquant, Sen.: septem spatiis circo meruere coronam, Sen.: spatia corripere, den Lauf beschleunigen Verg.: ebenso addere in spatia, Lauf an Lauf fügen, Verg. – bildl., quasi decurso spatio, Cic.: aetatis od. vitae spatium decurrere, den Lebenslauf vollenden, Plaut. u. Ov.: mea quem spatiis propioribus aetas insequitur, der mir an Alter näher kommt, Verg. – β) die ganze Bahn, Rennbahn (griech. στάδιον), sp. declivis Olympi, Ov.: nobiles equos cursus et spatia probant, Tac. dial. – bildl., deflexit iam aliquantulum de spatio curriculoque consuetudo maiorum, ist aus ihrer Bahn u. ihrem Geleise gewichen, Cic. – c) der Spaziergang, α) als Strecke, der Gang, duobus spa-————tiis tribusve factis, Cic.: ut in extremis spatiis subsultim decurreret, Suet. – β) als Ort, der Spazierplatz, Gang, spatia silvestria, Cic.: spatia Academiae, Cic.: spatia communia, Cic. – II) übtr., v. der Zeit, A) im allg.: a) der Zeitabschnitt, Zeitraum, die Zeit, tempore ac spatio, Tac.: spatia omnis temporis non numero dierum sed noctium finiunt, Caes.: sp. praeteriti temporis, Cic.: annuum, Cic.: dierum triginta, Cic.: tam longo spatio, Cic.: spatio brevi, Hor.: in brevi spatio, Ter.: hoc interim spatio, in dieser Zwischenzeit, Cic.: post sexagesimum vitae spatium, nach dem 60. Jahre, Plin.: mori iussis non amplius quam horarum spatium dedit, Suet. – b) emphatisch, die Dauer, Länge der Zeit, spatio pugnae defatigati, durch die Dauer des K., Caes.: arbor spatio durata, durch die Länge der Zeit, Ov.: spatia annorum (die Länge der Jahre) lenibunt vulnera nostra, Prop. – B) insbes.: 1) die für eine Tätigkeit usw. bestimmte Zeit, Frist, Muße, Gelegenheit, nisi tempus et spatium datum sit, Cic.: pugnae spatium dare, eine Pause im K. eintreten lassen, Curt.: spatium animo dare, sich Zeit zur Überlegung gönnen, Curt.: irae spatium dare, dem Zorne Raum geben (= den Z. austoben, verrauchen lassen), Liv. u. Sen.: irae spatium et consilio tempus dare, Liv.: daret malorum paenitentiae, daret bonorum consensui spatium, er möchte den Schlechten Zeit zur Reue, den Guten Zeit zur Vereinigung————geben, Tac.: quom prius quam intereo spatium ulciscendi danunt (= dant), Pacuv. fr.: ut spatium pila in hostes coniciendi non daretur, Caes.: si mihi aliquid spatii ad scribendum darent, Cic.: neque, ut celari posset, tempus spatium ullum dabat, gestattete die Zeit, Ter.: spatium habere ad dicendum, Cic.: spatio sumpto, Liv.: spatium sumamus ad cogitandum, Cic.: spatio ad colloquendum sumpto, Liv.: sex dies ad eam rem conficiendam spatii postulant, Caes.: ne properes, ora; spatium pro munere posco, Ov. – 2) das metrische od. rhetor. Zeitmaß, Cic. or. 193. Quint. 1, 5, 18 u.a. -
16 teneo
teneo, tenuī, tentum, ēre (zu tendo), tr. u. intr. halten, in der Hand, im Munde usw. haben, I) im allg.: A) eig. u. übtr.: 1) eig.: tene me, halte mich, Plaut.: accipe sis argentum, tene sis argentum: etiam tu argentum tenes? Plaut.: age tu, redde huic scipionem et pallium. Ch. tene, Plaut.: ova contra lumen tenere, Varro: pyxidem in manu, Cic.: fragmina manu, Ov.: pateram dexterā manu, Cic.: languenti manu carchesia mixta, Ov.: utrisque manibus mensam, Sen. rhet.: alqm manu (an der Hand), Sall.: dextrā cornu, radicem, cibum ore (im Munde) Cic. u. Phaedr.: im Bilde, gubernacula rei publicae, Cic. – 2) übtr.: a) im allg.: res oculis et manibus tenetur, ist sichtbar u. handgreiflich, Cic.: rem manu tenere, so gut als handgreiflich erkennen, Cic. – b) insbes. = geistig halten = sich in Gedanken vorstellen, fassen, begreifen, wissen, kennen, verstehen, quae et saepe audistis et tenetis animis, Cic.: omnia norat, omnium aditus tenebat, allen wußte er beizukommen, Cic.: quibus reconditos eius sensus tenere possemus, Cic.: teneo, ich begreife, verstehe, Komik. (s. Spengel Ter. Andr. 86): tenes? od. tenesne? kapierst du's? Komik.: rem tenes, omnem rem tenes, richtig, du hast es erraten, Komik. (s. Spengel Ter. Andr. 349): teneo istuc, teneo omnia, Plaut.: teneo pulcre, recte, satis, Plaut. (s. Brix Plaut. mil. 1163): iam teneo, quid sit, Plaut.:————tenes, quid dicam? Ter.: quibus rebus capiatur Caesar, tenes, Cic.: quae a Romanis auguribus ignorantur, a Cilicibus tenentur, Cic.: m. folg. Infin. od. Acc. u. Infin., qui et bene et male facere tenet, Plaut.: nec tenet amissam dextram inter equos abstraxe rotas, Lucr. – B) meton.: 1) an einem Orte anlangen, ihn erreichen, wohin gelangen, (zu Schiffe) wo landen, regionem, Liv.: portum, Liv. u. Ov.: terram, erreichen = berühren, Cic. – übtr., per cursum rectum regnum, Cic.: ingenio, virtute regnum, Liv.: teneri res aliter non potest, Cic. – 2) wohin halten, richten, a) übh.: oculos in se, Ov.: oculos sub astra, Verg. – vgl. übtr., attentos animos ad decoris conservationem, genau auf die Beobachtung des Anstandes achten, Cic. – b) insbes., seine Bewegung wohin richten, wohin einen Weg einschlagen, quo tenetis iter! Verg.: medium iter classe, Verg. – intr., v. Schiffenden (als naut. t.t.), wohin hinhalten, steuern, segeln, Diam, Ov.: ad Mendin, Liv.: Liparas (nach L.), ad insulam Vulcani, Liv.: ab Sicilia classe ad Laurentem agrum, Liv. – v. Winde, wohinwärts wehen, hic ventus adversum tenet Athenis proficiscentibus, weht den von Athen Abreisenden entgegen, Nep. Milt. 1, 5.II) mit dem Nebenbegriffe des Besitzes = (im physischen) Besitz haben, besitzen, innehaben, 1) eig.: a) übh.: quod tu meum habes, tenes, possides, im fak-————tischen, physischen u. rechtlichen Besitz bist, ICt.: multa hereditatibus, multa emptionibus tenebantur sine iniuria, Cic.: quae tenuit dives Achaemenes, Hor.: sedem patris, loca, Liv.: tuta tenere, in Sicherheit sein, Verg. – in der Umgangssprache, teneo te, »ich habe dich wieder«, vom Wiedersehen einer geliebten Person (s. Ruhnken Ter. heaut. 2, 4, 27. Hildebr. Apul. met. 5, 13. p. 341, b), Ter., Ov. u.a. – b) (als milit. t.t.) einen Ort innehaben, besetzt halten, locum praesidiis, montem, portum, Caes.: tenente omnia equitatu, Liv.: aciem primam, Caes. – 2) übtr., nunc totum me tenet, habet, possidet, hat mich ganz, gleichs. im physischen, faktischen u. rechtlichen Besitz = ganz eingenommen, Plin. ep. – alqm tenet insania, hat ergriffen, Plaut.: u. so num eum veternus aut aqua intercus tenet? Plaut. – vom Besitz als Geliebter, Geliebte, saepe aliam tenui, Tibull.: te iam tenet altera coniunx, Ov.; vgl. Ruhnken Ov. her. 2, 103. Broukh. Tibull. 1, 6, 3 u. die Auslgg. zu Phaedr. 2, 2, 3. – v. Besitz als Machthaber, Herrscher, terras, Hor.: imperium, Caes.: summam imperii, Caes.: scaenam, allein innehaben, herrschen auf usw. (v. Bühnenkünstlern), Suet.: rem publicam, Cic.: dah. qui tenent (sc. rem publicam), die im Besitz des Staates sind, die Machthaber im Staate, Cic. – als Kommandierender, befehligen, alterum cornu, Nep.: exercitum pedestrem, Nep.————III) mit dem Nebenbegr. der Festigkeit = festhalten, 1) eig.: a) übh.: ut quo maior se vis aquae incitavisset, hoc artius illigata tenerentur, Caes.: loca sunt egregia ad tenendas ancoras, Auct. b. Alex. – b) (als milit. t.t.) einen Ort verteidigen, behaupten, suum locum, tumulum, Caes.: Capitolia, Verg. – c) (als ökonom, t.t.) bekleiben, einwurzeln, vitis tenet, Colum. u. Sen. – 2) übtr.: a) geistig festhalten, memoriam alcis, Cic. – memoriā tenere, im Gedächtnisse behalten = sich erinnern, mit folg. Acc. u. Infin., Cic. – so auch bl. tenere, zB. satin haec meministi et tenes? Plaut.: numeros memini, si verba tenerem, Verg. – b) ertappen, überführen, mala (femina), te teneo, Plaut.: teneo te, da hab' ich dich, Cic. u.a. (s. Bünem. Lact. 2, 8, 54. p. 231, a): mit dopp. Acc., iam te non furem (als D.) teneo, sed raptorem (als R.), Augustin. serm. 85, 1: im Passiv, teneri in manifesto peccato, Cic.: u. mit Genet., cupiditatis eiusdem, Cic.: repetundarum, Tac.: caedis, Quint.: furti, Masur. Sabin. fr. bei Gell. u. ICt. – c) (v. Affekten) jmd., jmds. Gemüt fesseln, einnehmen, beseelen, erfüllen, s ich bemächtigen, misericordia me tenet, Cic.: magna me spes tenet m. folg. Acc. u. Infin., Cic. (u. so quā spe ut vivere velint tenebuntur, Cic.): consulem Marcellum tanta cupiditas tenebat dimicandi cum Hannibale, ut etc., Liv.: mirum me desiderium tenet urbis, Cic.: magno teneri desiderio virium, Cic.: Ro-————manorum ingenti admiratione teneri, Eutr.: historiae per se tenent lectores, Vitr. – d) (von Personen u. Dingen) jmds. Sinne fesseln, ergötzen, varias mentes carmine, Verg.: u. so bes. im Passiv, pueri ludis tenentur, oculi picturā tenentur, Cic. – e) zu einer Verbindlichkeit anhalten = verbindlich machen, binden, haec adeo edico ex hac nocte primum ut lex teneat senes, Plaut.: leges eum tenent, binden ihn, Cic.: lege, foedere, promisso teneri, gebunden sein an usw., Cic. u. Liv.: eā poenā, quae est de vi, teneri, der Str. verfallen, durch die Str. geahndet werden, Cic.: u. so diligenter teneri (iure civili), Cic. – f) als mir zukommend festhalten, behaupten, auctoritatem, imperium in suos, Cic.: suum illud, nihil ut affirmet, tenet ad extremum, Cic.: causam, recht behalten, Cic. u. Liv.: causam apud centumviros, einen Prozeß gewinnen, durchsetzen, Cic.: plura tenuit, Liv. – dah. absol., recht behalten, es durchsetzen, si recte conclusi, teneo, behalte ich recht, Cic.: m. folg. ut od. ne u. Konj., tenuerunt patres, ut etc., setzten es durch (erreichten es), daß usw., Liv.: patres apud maiores nostros tenere non potuerunt, ut etc., Cic.: plebs tenuit, ne etc., Liv. – g) an einer Behauptung festhalten, illud arte tenent (bleiben fest dabei) accurateque defendunt, voluptatem esse summum bonum, Cic.IV) mit dem Nebenbegr. des Bestehens, der Dauer, der Ruhe = festhalten, halten, erhalten, be-————wahren, A) im allg.: a) eig.: terra tenetur nutu suo, die Erde wird durch ihre Schwerkraft im Gleichgewicht gehalten, Cic. – b) übtr., tribus rebus vita animantium tenetur, wird erhalten, Cic.: alqm in officio, jmd. im Gehorsam erhalten, Caes.: alqm in servitute, Caes.: matrimonia, beibehalten (Ggstz. dimittere), Suet. – mit dopp. Acc., libertatem servitute oppressam, Nep.: rem publicam oppressam, Val. Max.: se quietum, Liv. – B) insbes.: 1) tr. in der Dauer erhalten = von etwas nicht abweichen, etw. halten, a) eig.: cursum (bes. als milit. u. naut. t.t.), die Richtung beim Marsche, bei der Fahrt (fest)halten, auf der rechten Bahn bleiben (auch übtr., Ggstz. cursum commutare), Caes., Cic. u.a. – absol., medio tutissimus ibis: inter utrumque tene, halte die Richtung, halte Strich, Ov. met. 2, 140. – b) übtr., an etw. festhalten, etw. halten, beobachten, ihm treu bleiben, ordinem, Cic.: silentium (s.d.), Liv. u. Ov.: fidem, Cic.: propositum, Caes.: morem, Suet. – 2) intr. dauern, sich erhalten, währen (s. Drak. Liv. 4, 7, 7. Duker Liv. 6, 35, 10. Fabri Liv. 23, 44, 6), imber per totam noctem tenuit, Liv.: silentium inde aliquamdiu tenuit, Liv.: u. so consuetudo tenuit, ut etc., Quint.: u. fama tenet (es erhält sich die Sage) m. folg. Acc. u. Infin., Liv.V) mit dem Nebenbegr. der gehemmten Bewegung = festhalten, d.i. A) einhalten, zurückhalten,————halten, einschließen, 1) eig.: a) übh.: manus ab alqo, Ov.: ventrem, Cels. – dah. alqm od. se domi, jmd. od. sich zu Hause halten, Liv. u. Nep.: alqm Romae, Eutr.: pecus, innehalten, einsperren, Verg.: lecto teneri, Cic.: lectulo me teneo, Fronto: se castris, sich im L. halten, Caes.: se oppido, Cic.: Antiochiā teneri, in A. eingeschlossen sein, Cic. ad Att. 5, 20, 3. – b) Geister auf der Oberwelt festhalten, bannen, iam tenet infernas magico stridore catervas, Tibull. 1, 2, 49: synochitide teneri umbras inferûm evocatas, Plin. 37, 192. – 2) übtr.: a) zurückhalten, im Zaume halten, bezähmen, mäßigen, risum, dolorem, iracundiam, Cic.: lacrimas, Cic. u. Caes.: u. so se ab accusando, sich der Anklage enthalten, Cic.: se non tenere od. se tenere non posse, quin etc., teneri non posse, quin etc., sich nicht enthalten können, zu usw., Cic. – b) bei sich behalten, verschweigen, alqd, Cic. de or. 2, 221. – B) aufhalten, 1) eig.: tabellarios, Cic.: septimum iam diem Corcyrae teneri, Cic.: quae (naves) vento tenebantur, quo minus in eundem portum venire possent, Caes.: ne quid se Romae teneret, quominus paludatus ab urbe exiret, Liv. – 2) übtr.: non teneo te pluribus, will dich nicht lange aufhalten (mit Worten), will es kurz machen, Cic. – alqm tenere (abhalten, hindern) m. folg. ne od. quo minus u. Konj., ea modo una causa, ne transirent flumen, tenuit Romanos, Liv.: ne persequeretur Mithridatem, seditio————militum tenuit, Liv. epit.: diu non perlitatum tenuerat dictatorem, ne ante meridiem signum dare posset, Liv.: si te dolor aliqui corporis aut infirmitas valetudinis tenuit, quominus ad ludos venires, Cic.VI) mit dem Nebenbegr. des Inhaltes = umfassen, begreifen, enthalten (= continere, κατέχειν), haec populos, haec magnos formula reges tenet, Hor. sat. 2, 3, 46. – im Passiv, teneri alqā re, in etw. enthalten sein, mitbegriffen sein, ihm angehören, zu etw. gehören, aus od. in etw. bestehen, ut homines deorum agnatione teneantur, Cic.: si Asia hoc imperio non teneretur, Cic.: causae, quae familiaritate tenentur, Cic. – ⇒ Parag. Infin. Praes. pass. tenerier, Mart. Cap. poët. 2. § 93: archaist. Perf. tetini, Diom. 366, 23 u. 372, 18, wov. Coni. tetinerim, tetinerit, Pacuv. tr. 172 u. Acc. tr. 39: Infin. Perf. tetinisse, Pacuv. tr. 226: Fut. exact. tetinero, nach Paul. ex Fest. 252, 9. – Andere Nbf. des Perf. tenivi, Charis. 248, 2. -
17 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. -
18 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. -
19 paro
1.păro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [cf. Sanscr. par, piparmi, to lead, to further; Gr. poros; Lat. porta, peritus; also -per in pauper], to make or get ready, to prepare, furnish, provide; to order, contrive, design, etc. (freq. and class.; syn.: apparo, comparo, acquiro); with personal, non-personal, and abstract objects; constr. usually with acc. or inf., rarely with ut, ne, or absol.I.Lit.A.In gen.(α).With acc.:(β).omne paratum est, Ut jussisti... prandium,
Plaut. Men. 2, 3, 14; cf. Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 27, § 62:turres, falces, testudinesque,
Caes. B. G. 5, 42 fin.:incendia,
Sall. C. 27, [p. 1305] 2:ad integrum bellum cuncta parat,
id. J. 73, 1; Ter. And. 4, 4, 2:quod parato opus est, para,
id. ib. 3, 2, 43:quam hic fugam aut furtum parat?
id. Phorm. 1, 4, 14; so with acc. of the act purposed:fugam,
i. e. to prepare one's self for flight, Verg. A. 1, 360; Cic. Att. 7, 26, 1:filio luctum,
Ter. Hec. 2, 1, 13:cupiditates in animo,
id. Phorm. 5, 4, 2:bellum,
Caes. B. G. 3, 9:insidias alicui,
Sall. C. 43, 2:defensionem,
id. ib. 35, 2:leges,
to introduce, id. ib. 51, 40:verba a vetustate repetita gratiam novitati similem parant,
furnish, Quint. 1, 6, 39.—More rarely with reflex. pron. and final clause, or ad and acc., or (mostly post-Aug.) with dat.:hisce ego non paro me, ut rideant,
Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 18; cf.:quin ita paret se, ut, etc.,
id. Hec. 1, 1, 11:se ad discendum,
Cic. Or. 35, 122:ad iter parare,
Liv. 42, 53, 2; cf.:huc te pares, haec cogites,
Cic. Fam. 1, 7, 9:alterutri se fortunae parans,
Vell. 2, 43, 2:se ad similem casum,
Caes. B. G. 7, 41; Prop. 2, 24, 48 (3, 19, 32):multitudo, quam ad capiunda arma paraverat,
Sall. C. 27, 4:parantibus utrisque se ad proelium,
Liv. 9, 14, 1; 21, 31, 1:ad proelium vos parate,
Curt. 4, 13, 10: foro se parant, Sen. Contr. praef. § 4.— Pass.:si ita naturā paratum esset, ut, etc.,
so ordered, ordained, Cic. Div. 2, 59, 122:ut simul in omnia paremur,
may habituate ourselves, Quint. 11, 3, 25.—With inf., to prepare, intend, resolve, purpose, delermine, be on the point of, be about to do any thing: signa sonitum dare voce parabant, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 46 Müll. (Ann. v. 447 Vahl.):(γ).maledictis deterrere (poëtam), ne scribat, parat,
Ter. Phorm. prol. 3:munitiones institutas parat perficere,
Caes. B. C. 1, 83:omni Numidiae imperare parat,
Sall. J. 13, 2:proficisci parabat,
id. C. 46, 3 Kritz:in nemus ire parant,
Verg. A. 4, 118:multa parantem Dicere,
id. ib. 4, 390.—With ut or ne (very rare):(δ).aequom fuit deos paravisse, uno exemplo ne omnes vitam viverent,
have so ordered it, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 130; cf. Cic. Div. 2, 59, 122 supra:age jam, uxorem ut arcessat, paret,
Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 75:animo virili praesentique ut sis, para,
id. Phorm. 5, 7, 64.—With rel.-clause:B.quom accepisti, haud multo post aliquid quod poscas paras,
Plaut. As. 1, 3, 16:priusquam unum dederis, centum quae poscat parat,
id. Truc. 1, 1, 31.— Absol., to make preparations, to prepare one's self (very rare):at Romani domi militiaeque intenti festinare, parare, alius alium hortari, etc.,
Sall. C. 6, 5:contra haec oppidani festinare, parare,
id. J. 76, 4; 60, 1:jussis (militibus) ad iter parare,
Liv. 42, 53.—In partic., of fate, to prepare, destine any thing ( poet.): cui fata parent, quem poscat Apollo, for whom the Fates prepare (death), Verg. A. 2, 121:II. A.quid fata parent,
Luc. 1, 631; 6, 783:motus fata parabant,
id. 2, 68; cf.:sed quibus paratum est a Patre meo,
Vulg. Matt. 20, 23. —In gen.:B.jam ego parabo Aliquam dolosam fidicinam,
Plaut. Ep. 3, 2, 37:at dabit, parabit,
id. Ps. 1, 3, 49:ille bonus vir nobis psaltriam Paravit,
Ter. Ad. 3, 4, 31; id. Eun. 4, 6, 32:eum mihi precatorem paro,
id. Heaut. 5, 2, 49:cetera parare, quae parantur pecuniā... amicos non parare,
Cic. Lael. 15, 55:sibi regnum,
Sall. C. 5, 6:exercitum,
id. ib. 29, 3:commeatus,
id. J. 28, 7:locum et sedes,
Caes. B. G. 1, 31; 6, 22:quin ei velut opes sint quaedam parandae,
Quint. 10, 1, 15:de lodice parandā,
Juv. 7, 66.—In partic., to procure with money, to buy, purchase:A.in Piraeum ire volo, parare piscatum mihi,
Plaut. Most. 1, 1, 64:trans Tiberim hortos,
Cic. Att. 12, 19, 1; id. Fl. 29, 71 fin.:jumenta,
Caes. B. G. 4, 2:servi aere parati,
Sall. J. 31, 11:argento parata mancipia,
Liv. 41, 6 fin. —Hence, părātus, a, um, P. a., prepared.In gen., ready (class.):(β).ex paratā re imparatam omnem facis,
Plaut. Capt. 3, 4, 6; so (opp. imparata) id. Cas. 4, 4, 8:tibi erunt parata verba, huic homini verbera,
Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 114:quos locos multā commentatione atque meditatione paratos atque expeditos habere debetis,
Cic. de Or. 2, 27, 118:propositum ac paratum auxilium,
Q. Cic. Petit. Cons. 6, 22:omnia ad bellum apta ac parata,
Caes. B. C. 1, 30; Plin. Pan. 88:obvius et paratus umor,
id. Ep. 2, 17, 25: parata victoria, an easy victory, Liv. 5, 6.—With inf.:(γ).id quod parati sunt facere,
Cic. Quint. 2, 8:audire,
id. Inv. 1, 16, 23:paratos esse et obsides dare et imperata facere,
Caes. B. G. 2, 3:omnia perpeti parati,
id. ib. 3, 9:se paratum esse decertare,
id. ib. 1, 44.—With dat. (not in Cic. or Cæs.):B.vel bello vel paci paratus,
Liv. 1, 1, 8:nec praedae magis quam pugnae paratos esse,
id. 7, 16, 4:imperio,
id. 9, 36, 8:ferri acies... parata neci,
Verg. A. 2, 334:veniae,
Ov. P. 2, 2, 117:animus sceleribus,
Tac. A. 12, 47:provincia peccantibus,
id. Agr. 6:athleta certamini paratior,
Quint. 8, 3, 10:castris ponendis,
Liv. 33, 6:omnibus audendis paratissimus,
Vell. 2, 56, 4.—In partic.1.Prepared, provided, furnished, fitted, equipped with any thing:(β).intellegit me ita paratum atque instructum ad judicium venire, ut, etc.,
Cic. Verr. 1, 3, 7; cf.:ad permovendos animos instructi et parati,
id. Or. 5, 20:scutis telisque parati ornatique,
id. Caecin. 21, 60; id. Tusc. 4, 23, 52; id. Fam. 2, 4, 2:quo paratior ad usum forensem promptiorque esse possim,
id. Div. in Caecil. 13, 41:paratus ad navigandum,
id. Att. 9, 6, 2:ad omnem eventum paratus sum,
id. Fam. 6, 21, 1; cf.:in omnīs causas paratus,
Quint. 10, 5, 12; Sen. Contr. 3, 18, 3; Suet. Galb. 19:ad mentiendum paratus,
Cic. Lael. 26, 98:animo simus ad dimicandum parati,
Caes. B. C. 3, 85 fin.:paratiores ad omnia pericula subeunda,
id. B. G. 1, 5:ad dicendum parati,
Cic. de Or. 1, 9, 38.—With ab: ab omni re sumus paratiores, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 8, 6: si paratior ab exercitu esses, Cael. ib. 8, 10.—(γ).With in and abl., well versed, skilled, experienced in any thing:(δ).Q. Scaevola in jure paratissimus,
Cic. Brut. 39, 145:prompta et parata in agendo celeritas,
id. ib. 42, 154:in rebus maritimis,
id. Imp. Pomp. 18, 55.—With contra:2.te contra fortunam paratum armatumque cognovi,
Cic. Fam. 5, 13, 1.—Of mental preparation, prepared, ready, in a good or bad sense:1.ut ad partes paratus veniat,
Varr. R. R. 2, 5, 1:fabulam compositam Volsci belli, Hernicos ad partes paratos,
Liv. 3, 10, 10:ad quam (causarum operam) ego numquam, nisi paratus et meditatus accedo,
Cic. Leg. 1, 4, 12:homo ad omne facinus paratissimus,
id. Mil. 9, 25; id. Verr. 2, 2, 6, § 17; 2, 2, 15, § 37; id. Quint. 11, 39:itane huc paratus advenis?
Ter. And. 5, 4, 6; cf.:philosophi habent paratum quid de quāque re dicant,
Cic. de Or. 2, 36, 152.—Hence, adv.: părātē.Preparedly, with preparation:2.ad dicendum parate venire,
Cic. Brut. 68, 241:paratius atque accuratius dicere,
id. de Or. 1, 33, 150.—Transf.a. b.Readily, promptly:2. I.paratius venire,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 26, 72:paratissime respondere,
Plin. Ep. 3, 9, 16.In gen.:II.eodem hercle vos pono et paro: parissumi estis iibus,
Plaut. Curc. 4, 2, 20.—In partic., to bring to an agreement, arrange with any one:3.se paraturum cum collegā,
Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 25; cf. Fest. p. 234 Müll.păro, ōnis, m., = parôn, a small, light ship, Cic. poët. ap. Isid. Orig. 19, 1, 20 (ed. Orell. IV. 2, p. 572); Gell. 10, 25, 5; cf.:parones navium genus, ad cujus similitudinem myoparo vocatur,
Fest. p. 222 Müll. -
20 spatium
spătĭum, ii, n. [root spa-, to draw; Gr. spaô; span-, to stretch; Gr. spanis, want; cf.: penomai, penês; Germ. spannen; Dor. spadion (=stadion), race-course; cf. Lat. penuria], room, a space (very freq. and class.).I.Lit.A.In gen.: est natura loci spatiumque profundi, Quod neque percurrere flumina possint, Nec, etc.... Usque adeo passim patet ingens copia rebus;B.Finibus exemptis,
Lucr. 1, 1002; 5, 370; 1, 389:locus ac spatium, quod inane vocamus,
id. 1, 426; cf. id. 1, 523:per totum caeli spatium diffundere sese (solis lux),
id. 4, 202; cf.:tres pateat caeli spatium non amplius ulnas,
Verg. E. 3, 105:flumen Dubis paene totum oppidum cingit: reliquum spatium, quā flumen intermittit, mons continet,
Caes. B. G. 1, 38:temporibus rerum et spatiis locorum animadversis,
id. B. C. 3, 61 fin.:quod spatium non esset agitandi,
Nep. Eum. 5, 4:spatium loci,
Quint. 8, 3, 84:spatio distante,
Ov. M. 11, 715.—In partic.1.A (limited) space, distance, interval (syn. intervallum):b.siderum genus spatiis immutabilibus ab ortu ad occasum commeans,
Cic. N. D. 2, 19, 49:magno spatio paucis diebus confecto,
Caes. B. G. 3, 29:itineris spatium,
id. B. C. 1, 24 fin.:viae spatium,
the distance, length, Ov. M. 8, 794:trabes paribus intermissae spatiis (shortly before: paribus intervallis),
Caes. B. G. 7, 23; cf.:alios ineunt cursus aliosque recursus Adversi spatiis,
Verg. A. 5, 584 Coningt. ad loc.:hic locus aequo fere spatio ab castris utrisque aberat,
Caes. B. G. 1, 43:inter duas acies tantum erat relictum spatii, ut, etc.,
id. B. C. 3, 92:cum Viridorix contra eum duum milium spatio consedisset,
id. B. G. 3, 17:magnum spatium abesse,
id. ib. 2, 17:quo tanta machinatio ab tanto spatio institueretur?
id. ib. 2, 30:tormentorum usum spatio propinquitatis interire,
id. B. C. 2, 16 fin.:jamque tenebat Nox medium caeli spatium,
Hor. S. 2, 6, 101:illi medio in spatio chorus Occurrit,
Verg. A. 10, 219:dimidium fere spatium confecerat, cum, etc.,
Nep. Eum. 9, 1:spatium discrimina fallit,
the distance, Ov. M. 8, 577.—Size, bulk, extent:2.dum spatium victi considerat hostis (serpentis),
Ov. M. 3, 95:elephantis,
Luc. 9, 732:oris Et colli, ov. M. 2, 672: dat spatium collo,
id. ib. 3, 195:breve lateris,
Juv. 6, 503; cf.:quod sit homini spatium a vestigio ad verticem,
Plin. 7, 17, 17, § 77:spatia montis,
id. 35, 1, 1, § 2:spatium admirabile rhombi,
very large, Juv. 4, 39:vasti corporis,
Sen. Hippol. 806:plantae Herculis,
Gell. 1, 1, 2: trahit aures in spatium, in length, i. e. lengthens them out, Ov. M. 11, 176; so,in spatium,
id. ib. 2, 197; 7, 783; Sil. 13, 562.—An open space for walking, racing, etc., in.a.A walk, promenade; a public place or square, etc. (cf. ambulatio):b.urbs delubris distincta spatiisque communibus,
Cic. Rep. 1, 26, 41:templaque et innumeris spatia interstincta columnis,
i. e. colonnades, porticos, Stat. S. 3, 5, 90:quin igitur ad illa spatia nostra sedesque pergimus, ubi cum satis erit deambulatum, requiescemus,
Cic. Leg. 1, 4, 14:spatia silvestria,
id. ib. 1, 5, 15:orator ex Academiae spatiis,
id. Or. 3, 12 (quoted by Quint. 12, 2, 23, and by Tac. Or. 32):Academiae non sine causā nobilitata spatia,
Cic. Fin. 5, 1, 1: locus planis Porrectus spatiis, in level spaces, i. e. plains, Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 42:ille actus habenā Curvatis fertur spatiis,
Verg. A. 7, 381.—A race-course, track:c.sicut fortis equus, spatio qui saepe supremo Vicit Olympia,
Enn. Ann. 18, 22:nec vero velim quasi decurso spatio a calce ad carceres revocari,
Cic. Sen. 23, 83:amat spatiis obstantia rumpere claustra,
Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 9:cum carceribus sese effudere quadrigae, Addunt in spatia,
Verg. G. 1, 513 Forbig. ad loc.:hic ad Elei metas et maxuma campi Sudabit spatia,
id. ib. 3, 202: signoque repente Corripiunt spatia [p. 1736] audito, id. A. 5, 316:tritumque relinquunt Quadrijugi spatium,
Ov. M. 2, 168; cf.:equi Pulsabant pedibus spatium declivis Olympi,
id. ib. 6, 487:abstulere me velut de spatio Graeciae res immixtae Romanis,
Liv. 35, 40, 1:nobilis equos cursus et spatia probant,
Tac. Or. 39.—Poet., in gen., room or space in a building:3.Phocus in interius spatium pulchrosque recessus Cecropidas ducit,
the inner space, the interior, Ov. M. 7, 670.—Transf., the action of walking, a walk, promenade; a turn, course:II.cum in ambulationem ventum esset, Scaevolam, duobus spatiis tribusve factis, dixisse, etc.,
Cic. de Or. 1, 7, 28; cf. id. Rep. 1, 12, 18; Suet. Aug. 83:si interdum ad forum deducimur, si uno basilicae spatio honestamur,
Cic. Mur. 34, 70:septem spatiis circo meruere coronam,
Ov. Hal. 68:(agitatores) septimo spatio palmae appropinquant,
Sen. Ep. 30, 13.—Trop.A.Of time.1.In gen., a space of time, interval, period:2.spatia omnis temporis non numero dierum sed noctium finiunt,
Caes. B. G. 6, 18:spatium praeteriti temporis,
Cic. Arch. 1, 1:quantum fuit diei spatium,
as the portion of the day allowed, Caes. B. G. 2, 11 fin.:annuum spatium,
id. B. C. 3, 3:annuum, menstruum, diurnum, nocturnum,
Cic. Inv. 1, 26, 39:dierum triginta,
id. Verr. 2, 2, 39, § 96:parvo dilexit spatio Minoida Theseus,
Prop. 2, 24, 43 (3, 19, 27):spatio brevi,
Hor. C. 1, 11, 6:in brevi spatio mutantur secla animantum,
Lucr. 2, 77; so,in brevi spatio,
Ter. Heaut. 5, 2, 2:aliquid longo spatio tenere,
Cic. Off. 2, 23, 81:me ex comparato et constituto spatio defensionis in semihorae curriculum coëgisti,
id. Rab. Perd. 2, 6:hoc interim spatio conclave illud concidisse,
id. de Or. 2, 86, 353:spatia annorum,
Prop. 3 (4), 21, 31:spatium juventae Transire,
Ov. M. 15, 225:illa dies... incerti spatium mihi finiat aevi,
id. ib. 15, 874:post sexagesimum vitae spatium,
i. e. after the sixtieth year, Plin. 7, 50, 51, § 170.—In partic.a.Of a portion of time in which to do any thing, space, time, leisure, opportunity:b.neque, ut celari posset, tempus spatium ullum dabat,
Ter. Hec. 3, 3, 14:nisi tempus et spatium datum sit,
Cic. Quint. 1, 4:irae suae spatium et consilio tempus dare,
Liv. 8, 32:ubicumque datum erat spatium solitudinis,
Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 55:quantum spatii nobis datur,
Cic. de Or. 1, 59, 252:tempus inane peto, requiem spatiumque furori,
Verg. A. 4, 433: ne properes, oro;spatium pro munere posco,
Ov. R. Am. 277:proin quicquid est, da tempus ac spatium tibi. Quod ratio non quit, saepe sanavit mora,
Sen. Agam. 2, 129.—Esp.: spatium (aliquid, nihil spatii, etc.) alicui faciendi or ad faciendum aliquid, time to do a thing:breve spatium'st perferundi quae minitas mihi,
Plaut. Capt. 3, 5, 85:ut Ne esset spatium cogitandi ad disturbandas nuptias,
Ter. And. 1, 2, 11:quam longum spatium amandi amicam tibi dedi!
id. Hec. 4, 4, 62:dare alicui spatium ad se colligendum,
Cic. Caecin. 2, 6:ad scribendum,
id. Fam. 15, 17, 1:pila in hostes coniciendi,
Caes. B. G. 1, 52; 4, 13; Ov. M. 10, 163:nec fuit spatium ad contrahenda castra,
Caes. B. G. 7, 40:cum erit spatium, utrumque praestabo,
Cic. Att. 5, 14, 1:si spatium ad dicendum habuissemus,
id. Verr. 1, 18, 56:spatium sumamus ad cogitandum,
id. Fin. 4, 1, 1; id. de Or. 1, 33, 150:sex dies ad eam rem conficiendam spatii postulant,
Caes. B. C. 1, 3 fin.:vix explicandi ordines spatium Etruscis fuit,
Liv. 2, 46, 3:spatium Vitellianis datum refugiendi,
Tac. H. 2, 25.—Rarely with dat.:spatium quidem tandem adparandis nuptiis, vocandi, sacruficandi dabitur paululum,
Ter. Phorm. 4, 4, 20.—A year of life:c.quosdam (morbos) post sexagesimum vitae spatium non accidere,
Plin. 7, 50, 51, § 170. —Metrical time, measure, quantity:B.trochaeus, qui est eodem spatio quo choreus,
Cic. Or. 57, 193; cf. Quint. 1, 5, 18:neu sermo subsultet imparibus spatiis ac sonis, miscens longa brevibus, etc.,
id. 11, 3, 43; cf. id. 11, 3, 40; 11, 3, 17 al.—(Acc. to I. B.) A path, course, race, track:ut eadem spatia quinque stellae dispari motu cursuque conficiant,
Cic. de Or. 3, 45, 178:quid mihi opu'st, decurso aetatis spatio, cum meis gerere bellum?
Plaut. Stich. 1, 2, 14:prope jam excurso spatio,
Ter. Ad. 5, 4, 6:te vero, mea quem spatiis propioribus aetas Insequitur,
Verg. A. 9, 275: deflexit jam aliquantulum de spatio curriculoque consuetudo majorum, Cic. Lael. 12, 40; cf.:quemadmodum simus in spatio Q. Hortensium ipsius vestigiis persecuti,
id. Brut. 90, 307:currenti spatium praemonstra,
Lucr. 6, 93:pede inoffenso spatium decurrere vitae,
Ov. Tr. 3, 4, 33; Sen. Troad. 398.
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