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  • 81 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.):

    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.—
    (β).
    Referring to things and places, over against (it), opposite (to it), on the opposite side (mostly post-Aug.):

    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.—
    b.
    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:

    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.—
    (β).
    Of things:

    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.—
    2.
    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.:

    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.—
    (β).
    In post-Aug. prose (very rare):

    at si aquae et ejus rei quam contra pensabis par pondus erit, nec pessum ibit, nec exstabit, etc.,

    Sen. Q. N. 3, 25, 5.—
    3.
    Of reciprocal actions, = vicissim, in turn, in return, back, on my, his, etc., part, likewise, counter-.
    (α).
    In gen.:

    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.—
    (β).
    With dat. pers.:

    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.—
    (γ).
    With item:

    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.—
    (δ).
    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;

    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.—
    (ε).
    Implying also opposition: Pe. Conpellabo. Ph. Orationis aciem contra conferam, Plaut. Ep. 4, 1, 20:

    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.
    B.
    Of opposition, strife, etc., against; constr. absol., with dat., and ne, quominus or quin.
    1.
    Of physical exertion.
    (α).
    Lit.:

    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.—
    (β).
    Trop.:

    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.—
    2.
    Of mental exertion:

    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. —
    3.
    Of hostile opposition in gen.
    (α).
    Lit.:

    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.—
    (β).
    Trop.:

    aut alio quovis (sc. colore) qui contra pugnet et obstet,

    Lucr. 2, 794; 2, 868.—
    4.
    Of warfare.
    (α).
    Lit.:

    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.—
    (β).
    Trop.:

    quod ubi viderunt corvi, contra auxiliantur, velut adversus communem hostem,

    Plin. 10, 74, 95, § 205.—
    5.
    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:

    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.—
    (γ).
    On the part of the adversary:

    inveniendum contra est, quo distet haec causa a ceteris,

    Quint. 5, 10, 114; 9, 2, 35; 12, 8, 10.—
    (δ).
    Of judgments against the parties or against opinions:

    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.—
    6.
    Of literary opposition.
    (α).
    Mostly with verbs of saying; v. 9. a. g.—
    (β).
    With other verbs:

    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.—
    7.
    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:

    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.—
    8.
    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:

    si quis sub hoc pacto vendiderit ancillam ne prostitueretur, et si contra factum esset,

    and if the contract was violated, Dig. 18, 1, 56.—
    9.
    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:

    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.—
    (β).
    To make charges against (rare):

    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.—
    (γ).
    In gen., to speak on the other side of a question:

    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.—
    (δ).
    To oppose or object to a proposition, motion, or petition:

    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.—
    (ε).
    To reply:

    contradixit edicto,

    answered by an edict, Suet. Aug. 56. —
    (ζ).
    Abl. absol. impers.:

    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.—
    b.
    With acc. neutr. pron., to object, to make or raise an objection, to reply; esp. in legal proceedings:

    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.—
    c.
    With dat., written in one word (post-Aug.).
    (α).
    To oppose a person by speaking against his views:

    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.—
    (β).
    To oppose an opinion, with dat. of the thing:

    cum plures tantum sententiis aliorum contradicerent,

    opposed the opinions, Tac. H. 1, 39.—
    (γ).
    To object to a motion or petition, with dat. of the petitioner:

    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.—
    (δ).
    With dat. of the petition:

    preces erant, sed quibus contradici non posset,

    which could not be denied, Tac. H. 4, 46 fin.; Dig. 3, 1, 1, § 2.—
    (ε).
    To contest the validity of a law (rare):

    quibus (legibus) contradici potest,

    Quint. 7, 7, 4.—
    (ζ).
    To contradict an assertion (very rare):

    pro certis autem habemus... cuicunque adversarius non contradicit,

    Quint. 5, 10, 13.—
    d.
    With quin, to object:

    praetor Samnitibus respondit... nec contra dici quin amicitia de integro reconcilietur,

    there was no objection to a reconciliation, Liv. 8, 2, 2.
    C.
    To one's disadvantage; mostly predic. with esse, unfavorable, adverse, damaging (post-Aug.;

    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.
    D.
    Of logical opposition, with negative force.
    1.
    Of a direct contrast.
    a.
    Predicatively, with esse, fieri, etc., the contrary, the opposite:

    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.—
    b.
    With evenire, accidere, sentire, scribere, habere, etc.:

    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. —
    c.
    Referring to a word or phrase in the same predicate.
    (α).
    To an adverb, in an opposite manner, otherwise, differently, not, etc.:

    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.—
    (β).
    To a predicative adjective, not, the opposite, the reverse, etc.:

    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.—
    (γ).
    To a verbal predicate:

    an frater fratri exsistat heres, an contra ( = annon),

    Dig. 34, 5, 19.—
    (δ).
    To a subject infinitive:

    laudare testem vel contra pertinet ad momentum judiciorum,

    praising or censuring a witness, Quint. 3, 7, 2.—
    (ε).
    To a clause, translated by not or by a repetition of the clause with a negative:

    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.—
    (ζ).
    To an attributive genitive:

    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.—
    2.
    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;

    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.—
    b.
    Belonging to the same predicate:

    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.
    E.
    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:

    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.—
    b.
    Introducing a secondary or parallel opposition of thought: in loco umidiore far potius serunt quam triticum;

    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.—
    2.
    In opposition to a dependent clause:

    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.—
    3.
    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:

    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.—
    (β).
    With contrasted examples or illustrations, often after ut or sic:

    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.—
    (γ).
    With contrasted actions, assumptions, etc.:

    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.—
    (δ).
    After a negative clause, affirming the opposite idea, et contra or contraque, but on the contrary:

    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.—
    b.
    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;

    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.—
    (β).
    Sed contra, after a negative sentence (class.):

    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.—
    (γ).
    Contra autem (rare;

    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.—
    (δ).
    Contra vero (very rare;

    not in Cic.), used for contra: contra vero quercus infinitam habet aeternitatem,

    Vitr. 2, 9, 8; 6, 1, 3; Cels. 3, 6 fin. —
    (ε).
    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:

    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.—
    (β).
    Vel contra:

    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.—
    (γ).
    Seu contra:

    seu tristis veniam, seu contra laetus amicis,

    Prop. 1, 11, 25.—
    d.
    With causal conjunctions, nam contra (very rare;

    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. —
    4.
    In late Lat., e contra (also one word, ēcontrā) = contra,
    (α).
    In the meaning, the contrary (D. 1.):

    aliis vero econtra videtur,

    Hier. Ep. 12.—
    (β).
    Et econtra = et contra (E. 3. a.):

    honestiorum provectu et econtra suppliciis,

    Aur. Vict. Caes. 39, 45.—For quod contra, v. II. E. 1. c.—
    5.
    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);

    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.—
    b.
    Immo contra (post-Aug.).
    (α).
    = no, on the contrary, refuting opinions, after questions and in the form of a dialogue:

    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.—
    (β).
    = sed contra, but on the contrary:

    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.—
    c.
    Item contra = an emphatic et contra (very rare):

    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.
    F.
    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:

    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.—
    (β).
    With ac:

    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.—
    (γ).
    With ac and atque:

    si denique aliquid non contra ac liceret factum diceretur, sed contra atque oporteret,

    Cic. Balb. 3, 7.—
    (δ).
    With quam (post-Aug.):

    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.—
    2.
    Of moral opposition of acts contrary to rules and principles (cf. II. 3. g infra); so always with quam:

    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.
    II.
    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;

    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.—
    b.
    Of the heavenly bodies:

    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.—
    c.
    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:

    contra autem E littera I erit ubi secat circinationem linea,

    opposite the point E will be the letter I, Vitr. 9, 7, 4.—
    d.
    Of buildings, etc.:

    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.—
    e.
    Of places on the human body:

    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. —
    2.
    Of actions, opposite, towards, against, facing (syn.:

    adversus, ad, e regione,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 61).
    a.
    In gen.:

    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.—
    b.
    Dependent on verbs of motion (very rare without the idea of hostility):

    (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.—
    c.
    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.:

    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.—
    e.
    Of local actions with hostile intent.
    (α).
    Lit.:

    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.—
    (β).
    Trop.:

    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.—
    f.
    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:

    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. —
    (β).
    Contra aliquem ire:

    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.—
    3.
    Transf.,
    a.
    To persons placed together for comparison:

    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.—
    b.
    To things compared, as if weighed against each other as to their value, strength, etc.
    (α).
    Lit. (very rare):

    quamcunque vis rem expende, et contra aquam statue... Si gravior est, leviorem rem... feret, etc.,

    Sen. Q. N. 3, 25, 5.—
    (β).
    Prop.:

    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,
    c.
    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):

    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.—
    d.
    Transf., of replies, with aiebat, inquit, etc.; both in friendly and inimical sense; esp., contra ea, contra haec, = the adv. contra:

    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).
    B.
    Denoting hostility or disadvantage.
    1.
    With verbs of hostile action.
    a.
    Of physical exertion:

    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. —
    b.
    Referring to warfare (usu. adversus), bellum gerere (rarely for cum or adversus; but contra patriam, contra aras, etc., not cum patria, etc.; cf.

    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.—
    c.
    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:

    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.—
    (β).
    Venire contra aliquem, to appear as counsel for one's adversary:

    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.—
    (γ).
    With dicere and other verbs of saying. (aa) Of a lawyer pleading against a lawyer:

    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. —
    d.
    Of literary adversaries, mostly with verbs of saying and writing:

    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.—
    e.
    Of public and political adversaries (syn. adversus and in).
    (α).
    In gen.:

    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.—
    (β).
    Of political speaking:

    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.—
    f.
    Of hostile or criminal acts in gen. (syn.:

    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.—
    2.
    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:

    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.—
    3.
    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:

    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.—
    4.
    Dependent on adjectives (rare):

    contra se ipse misericors,

    to his own injury, Phaedr. 4, 18, 3:

    severissimus judex contra fures,

    Lampr. Alex. Sev. 28.—
    5.
    With nouns.
    a.
    Acc. to 1. b.:

    ut quam maximae contra Hannibalem copiae sint,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 12, 17; cf. Vell. 2, 76, 3.—
    b.
    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:

    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.—
    (β).
    Of an address against the party, either in judicial or political affairs:

    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.—
    c.
    Acc. to 1. f.:

    contra patres concitatio et seditio,

    Cic. Brut. 14, 56.—Of animals:

    contra volpium genus communibus inimicitiis,

    Plin. 10, 76, 96, § 207.
    C.
    With inanimate and abstract objects.
    1.
    Directly dependent on verbs (cf. B. 1.).
    a.
    Of physical or moral exertion:

    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.—
    b.
    Of warfare (lit. and trop.):

    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.—
    c.
    Of legal contention.
    (α).
    Of the actions of the counsel or prosecutor: dicere, or perorare, agere contra aliquid, to plead against, contest something:

    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.—
    (β).
    Of judicial decisions contradicting documents, etc.:

    contra tabulas judicare,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 70, 281:

    contra testamentum,

    Dig. 2, 17, § 1:

    contra sententiam dicere,

    ib. 49, 8, 1, § 2.—
    (γ).
    Admittere aliquem contra bona, to admit a petition for bonorum possessio (cf.:

    inmittere in bona),

    Dig. 38, 2, 3, § 6.—
    d.
    Of antagonism in literary and ethical questions.
    (α).
    To contend that something is false:

    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.—
    (β).
    Of criticism, hostility to principles, etc.:

    contra Iliadem et Odysseam scribere,

    Vitr. 7, praef. 8:

    contra quorum disciplinam ingenium ejus exarserat,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 29, 83.—
    (γ).
    Ethically:

    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.—
    e.
    Of public and political acts and speeches:

    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.—
    f.
    Of hostility, injury, wrongs, etc.
    (α).
    In gen.:

    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.—
    (β).
    In partic.: facere contra aliquid (syn. adversus), to commit an offence against, to transgress, etc.:

    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.—
    2.
    Predicatively with esse (usu. impers.), in violation of, in conflict with, contrary to (cf. 3. g).
    (α).
    With esse expressed as the predicate:

    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.—
    (β).
    With verbal predicate, referring to an indef. pron. or adj., with esse understood:

    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. —
    (γ).
    Contra officium, substantively, = id quod contra officium est:

    Sic inter recte factum atque peccatum, officium et contra officium, media locabat quaedam,

    Cic. Ac. 1, 10, 37.—
    3.
    Adverbially with the predicate.
    (α).
    In order to oppose, in opposition to, with hostile intent (cf. B. 3.):

    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.—
    (β).
    With the force of a clause of manner, injuriously to, etc.:

    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.—
    (γ).
    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;

    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.—
    4.
    Dependent on substt.
    a.
    Of physical strife:

    scit ille imparem sibi luctatum contra nexus (draconis),

    Plin. 8, 12, 12, § 33. —
    b.
    Of warfare:

    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.—
    c.
    Of legal contention:

    causa contra scriptum,

    Cic. Inv. 2, 46, 135.—
    d.
    Of political speaking:

    divina M. Tullii eloquentia contra leges agrarias,

    Quint. 2, 16, 7; 9, 3, 50; Gell. 18, 7, 7.—
    e.
    Of literary opposition:

    Caesaris vituperatio contra laudationem meam,

    Cic. Att. 12, 40, 1.—
    f.
    Of hostility, etc.:

    cujus factum, inceptum, conatumve contra patriam,

    Cic. Cat. 2, 12, 27:

    ullum factum dictumve nostrum contra utilitatem vestram,

    Liv. 6, 40, 5.—
    g.
    Of injury:

    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.—
    h.
    Of violation, disregard, etc. (cf. 3. g):

    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.—
    5.
    Dependent on adjectives (very rare; cf.

    II. D. 2. c. infra): contraque patris impii regnum impotens, avum resolvam,

    Sen. Herc. Fur. 966.
    D.
    Of defence, protection, and resistance (syn.: adversus, ab).
    1.
    Against persons.
    a.
    Dependent on verbs:

    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.—
    b.
    Dependent on adjectives, mostly participial:

    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.—
    2.
    Against inanimate and abstract things.
    a.
    Dependent on verbs:

    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.—
    b.
    Dependent on substt.:

    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.—
    c.
    Dependent on adjectives (in Cic. freq. with P. a. predicatively used; otherwise very rare;

    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.—
    3.
    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:

    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.—
    (β).
    Dependent on substt.:

    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.—
    (γ).
    Dependent on adjectives:

    vinum quod salutare contra pestilentiam sit,

    Pall. 11, 14, 17.—
    (δ).
    Appositively, as a remedy:

    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.
    E.
    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.

    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. —
    b.
    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.):

    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.—
    c.
    Quod contra, by anastrophe (v. F. 1.), contrary to which, whereas, while on the contrary (only once in Lucr. and three times in Cic.):

    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).—
    2.
    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:

    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).
    F.
    Sometimes by anastrophe after its noun.
    1.
    In prose, after relatives, esp. in Cic.:

    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.—
    2.
    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.

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  • 82 fiscus

    fiscus, i, m., a basket or frail woven of slender twigs, rushes, etc. (like fiscina, fiscella, q. v.); used,
    I.
    For olives in the oilpress, Col. 12, 52, 22; 54, 2.—Far more freq.,
    II.
    For keeping money in, a money-basket, or, as we say, a money-bag, purse (cf. aerarium):

    fiscos complures cum pecunia Siciliensi a quodam senatore ad equitem Romanum esse translatos,

    Cic. Verr. 1, 8, 22:

    mulus ferebat fiscos cum pecunia,

    Phaedr. 2, 7, 2; Suet. Claud. 18.— Poet.:

    aerata multus in arca Fiscus,

    i. e. much money, Juv. 14, 259.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    The public chest, state treasury, public revenues:

    quaternos HS, quos mihi senatus decrevit et ex aerario dedit, ego habebo et in cistam transferam de fisco,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 85, § 197:

    qui fiscum sustulit,

    id. ib. 79, §

    183: de fisco quid egerit Scipio, quaeram,

    id. Q. Fr. 3, 4, 5 Manut.; Eutr. 2, 16; Vulg. 1 Esdr. 7, 20. —
    2.
    In the times of the emperors, the imperial treasury, imperial revenues, emperor's privy purse (opp. aerarium, the public chest or treasury):

    quantum pecuniae in aerario et fiscis et vectigalibus residuis,

    Suet. Aug. 101; 40; id. Claud. 28; id. Ner. 32; Sen. Ben. 7, 6:

    fisci de imperatore rapti,

    Tac. A. 1, 37:

    bona in fiscum cogere,

    id. ib. 6, 2; Dig. 39, 4, 9 fin.:

    fortasse non eadem severitate fiscum quam aerarium cohibes,

    Plin. Pan. 36 et saep.:

    Judaicus,

    the tax paid by the Jews into the imperial treasury, Suet. Dom. 12:

    quidquid conspicuum pulchrumque est aequore toto res fisci est,

    Juv. 4, 55.

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  • 83 gero

    1.
    gĕro, gessi, gestum ( Part. gen. plur. sync. gerentum, Plaut. Truc. 2, 1, 13; imper. ger, like dic, duc, fac, fer, Cat. 27, 2), 3, v. a. [root gas-, to come, go; Zend, jah, jahaiti, come; gero (for geso), in caus. sense, to cause to come; cf. Gr. bastazô, from bastos = gestus], to bear about with one, to bear, carry, to wear, have (in the lit. signif. mostly poet., not in Cic., Cæs., Sall., or Quint.; but instead of it ferre, portare, vehere, sustinere, etc.; but in the trop. signif. freq. and class.).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.:

    (vestem ferinam) qui gessit primus,

    Lucr. 5, 1420; so,

    vestem,

    Ov. M. 11, 276 (with induere vestes), Nep. Dat. 3; cf.:

    coronam Olympiacam capite,

    Suet. Ner. 25:

    ornamenta,

    id. Caes. 84:

    angues immixtos crinibus,

    Ov. M. 4, 792:

    clipeum (laeva),

    id. ib. 4, 782; cf.:

    galeam venatoriam in capite, clavam dextra manu, copulam sinistra,

    Nep. Dat. 3:

    ramum, jaculum,

    Ov. M. 12, 442:

    spicea serta,

    id. ib. 2, 28:

    vincla,

    id. ib. 4, 681:

    venabula corpore fixa,

    id. ib. 9, 206; cf.:

    tela (in pectore fixus),

    id. ib. 6, 228:

    Vulcanum (i. e. ignem) in cornu conclusum,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 185:

    spolia ducis hostium caesi suspensa fabricato ad id apte ferculo gerens,

    Liv. 1, 10, 5; cf.:

    Horatius trigemina spolia prae se gerens,

    id. 1, 26, 2:

    onera,

    Varr. L. L. 6, § 77 Müll.: uterum or partum gerere, to be pregnant, be with young; so, gerere partum, Plin. 8, 47, 72, § 187:

    uterum,

    id. 8, 40, 62, § 151:

    centum fronte oculos centum cervice gerebat Argus,

    Ov. Am. 3, 4, 19:

    lumen unum media fronte,

    id. M. 13, 773:

    cornua fronte,

    id. ib. 15, 596:

    virginis os habitumque gerens et virginis arma,

    Verg. A. 1, 315:

    virginis ora,

    Ov. M. 5, 553; cf.:

    quae modo bracchia gessit, Crura gerit,

    id. ib. 5, 455 sq.:

    Coae cornua matres Gesserunt tum,

    i. e. were turned into cows, id. ib. 7, 364:

    principio (morbi) caput incensum fervore gerebant,

    Lucr. 6, 1145:

    qui umbrata gerunt civili tempora quercu,

    Verg. A. 6, 772:

    tempora tecta pelle lupi,

    Ov. M. 12, 380:

    (Hector) squalentem barbam et concretos sanguine crines Vulneraque illa gerens, quae, etc.,

    Verg. A. 2, 278:

    capella gerat distentius uber,

    Hor. S. 1, 1, 110.—
    b.
    Of inanimate things:

    semina rerum permixta gerit tellus discretaque tradit,

    Lucr. 6, 790; cf.:

    (terram) multosque lacus multasque lacunas In gremio gerere et rupes deruptaque saxa,

    id. ib. 6, 539; Enn. ap. Non. 66, 26 (Sat. 23, p. 157 Vahl.); and:

    quos Oceano propior gerit India lucos,

    Verg. G. 2, 122:

    speciem ac formam similem gerit ejus imago,

    Lucr. 4, 52.—
    B.
    In partic. (very rare).
    1.
    With respect to the term. ad quem, to bear, carry, bring to a place:

    (feminae puerique) saxa in muros munientibus gerunt,

    Liv. 28, 19, 13:

    neque eam voraginem conjectu terrae, cum pro se quisque gereret, expleri potuisse,

    id. 7, 6, 2; cf. id. 37, 5, 1. — Absol.:

    si non habebis unde irriges, gerito inditoque leniter,

    Cato, R. R. 151, 4; Liv. 7, 6, 2 Drak.—Prov.:

    non pluris refert, quam si imbrem in cribrum geras,

    Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 100.—
    2.
    With the accessory idea of production, to bear, bring forth, produce:

    quae (terra) quod gerit fruges, Ceres (appellata est),

    Varr. L. L. 5, § 64 Müll.; cf. Tib. 2, 4, 56:

    violam nullo terra serente gerit,

    Ov. Tr. 3, 12, 6:

    arbores (Oete),

    id. M. 9, 230:

    malos (platani),

    Verg. G. 2, 70: frondes (silva), Ov. M. 11, 615:

    terra viros urbesque gerit silvasque ferasque Fluminaque et Nymphas et cetera numina ruris,

    Ov. M. 2, 16.
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    In gen., to bear, have, entertain, cherish: vos etenim juvenes animum geritis muliebrem, illa virago viri, Poët. ap. Cic. Off. 1, 18, 61; cf.:

    fortem animum gerere,

    Sall. J. 107, 1:

    parem animum,

    id. ib. 54, 1 Kritz.:

    animum invictum advorsum divitias,

    id. ib. 43, 5:

    animum super fortunam,

    id. ib. 64, 2:

    mixtum gaudio ac metu animum,

    Liv. 32, 11, 5; cf. also Verg. A. 9, 311; and v. infra B. 3.: aeque inimicitiam atque amicitiam in frontem promptam gero, Enn. ap. Gell. 19, 8, 6 (Trag. v. 8 Vahl.):

    personam,

    to support a character, play a part, Cic. Off. 1, 32, 115; cf.:

    est igitur proprium munus magistratus, intelligere, se gerere personam civitatis debereque ejus dignitatem et decus sustinere,

    id. ib. 1, 34, 132; Aug. Doctr. Christ. 4, 29 init.;

    id. Civ. Dei, 1, 21 al.: mores, quos ante gerebant, Nunc quoque habent,

    Ov. M. 7, 655:

    et nos aliquod nomenque decusque Gessimus,

    Verg. A. 2, 89:

    seu tu querelas sive geris jocos Seu rixam et insanos amores Seu facilem, pia testa (i. e. amphora), somnum,

    Hor. C. 3, 21, 2:

    in dextris vestris jam libertatem, opem... geritis,

    Curt. 4, 14 fin.:

    plumbeas iras,

    Plaut. Poen. 3, 6, 18:

    iras,

    Ter. Hec. 3, 1, 30: M. Catonem illum Sapientem cum multis graves inimicitias gessisse accepimus propter Hispanorum injurias, Cic. Div. ap. Caecil. 20, 66:

    veteres inimicitias cum Caesare,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 3, 4:

    muliebres inimicitias cum aliqua,

    Cic. Cael. 14, 32:

    inimicitias hominum more,

    id. Deiot. 11, 30: simultatem cum aliquo pro re publica, Anton. ap. Cic. Att. 14, 13, A, 3; cf. Suet. Vesp. 6; and Verg. A. 12, 48:

    de amicitia gerenda praeclarissime scripti libri,

    Cic. Fam. 3, 8, 5:

    amicitiam,

    Nep. Dat. 10 fin.:

    praecipuum in Romanos gerebant odium,

    Liv. 28, 22, 2:

    cum fortuna mutabilem gerentes fidem,

    id. 8, 24, 6:

    utrique imperii cupiditatem insatiabilem gerebant,

    Just. 17, 1 fin. —Absol.:

    ad ea rex, aliter atque animo gerebat, placide respondit,

    Sall. J. 72, 1.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    Gerere se aliquo modo, to bear, deport, behave, or conduct one's self, to act in any manner:

    in maximis rebus quonam modo gererem me adversus Caesarem, usus tuo consilio sum,

    Cic. Fam. 11, 27, 5; cf. id. Off. 1, 28, 98:

    ut, quanto superiores sumus, tanto nos geramus summissius,

    id. ib. 1, 26, 90; so,

    se liberius (servi),

    id. Rep. 1, 43:

    se inconsultius,

    Liv. 41, 10, 5:

    se valde honeste,

    Cic. Att. 6, 1, 13:

    se perdite,

    id. ib. 9, 2, A, 2:

    se turpissime (illa pars animi),

    id. Tusc. 2, 21, 48:

    se turpiter in legatione,

    Plin. Ep. 2, 12, 4:

    sic in provincia nos gerimus, quod ad abstinentiam attinet, ut, etc.,

    Cic. Att. 5, 17, 2:

    sic me in hoc magistratu geram, ut, etc.,

    id. Agr. 1, 8, 26; cf.:

    nunc ita nos gerimus, ut, etc.,

    id. ib. 2, 22, 3:

    uti sese victus gereret, exploratum misit,

    Sall. J. 54, 2:

    se medium gerere,

    to remain neutral, Liv. 2, 27, 3.—
    b.
    In a like sense also post-class.: gerere aliquem, to behave or conduct one's self as any one (like agere aliquem):

    nec heredem regni sed regem gerebat,

    Just. 32, 3, 1; Plin. Pan. 44, 2:

    tu civem patremque geras,

    Claud. IV. Cons. Hon. 293:

    aedilem,

    App. M. 1, p. 113:

    captivum,

    Sen. Troad. 714.—
    c.
    Gerere se et aliquem, to treat one's self and another in any manner:

    interim Romae gaudium ingens ortum cognitis Metelli rebus, ut seque et exercitum more majorum gereret,

    Sall. J. 55, 1:

    meque vosque in omnibus rebus juxta geram,

    id. ib. 85, 47.—
    d.
    Pro aliquo se gerere, to assume to be:

    querentes, quosdam non sui generis pro colonis se gerere,

    Liv. 32, 2, 6:

    eum, qui sit census, ita se jam tum gessisse pro cive,

    Cic. Arch. 5, 11 dub.—
    2.
    Gerere prae se aliquid (for the usual prae se ferre), to show, exhibit, manifest:

    affectionis ratio perspicuam solet prae se gerere conjecturam, ut amor, iracundia, molestia, etc.,

    Cic. Inv. 2, 9, 30; cf.:

    prae se quandam gerere utilitatem,

    id. ib. 2, 52, 157: animum altum et erectum prae se gerebat, Auct. B. Afr. 10 fin.; Aug. de Lib. Arbit. 3, 21, 61 al.;

    so gerere alone: ita tum mos erat, in adversis voltum secundae fortunae gerere, moderari animo in secundis,

    to assume, Liv. 42, 63, 11.—
    3.
    With the accessory idea of activity or exertion, to sustain the charge of any undertaking or business, to administer, manage, regulate, rule, govern, conduct, carry on, wage, transact, accomplish, perform (cf.: facio, ago).—In pass. also in gen., to happen, take place, be done (hence, res gesta, a deed, and res gestae, events, occurrences, acts, exploits; v. the foll.): tertium gradum agendi esse dicunt, ubi quid faciant;

    in eo propter similitudinem agendi et faciundi et gerundi quidam error his, qui putant esse unum. Potest enim aliquid facere et non agere, ut poëta facit fabulam et non agit: contra actor agit et non facit.... Contra imperator quod dicitur res gerere, in eo neque facit neque agit, sed gerit, id est sustinet, translatum ab his qui onera gerunt, quod hi sustinent,

    Varr. L. L. 6, § 77 Müll.:

    omnia nostra, quoad eris Romae, ita gerito, regito, gubernato, ut nihil a me exspectes,

    Cic. Att. 16, 2, 2:

    gerere et administrare rem publicam,

    id. Fin. 3, 20, 68; cf. id. Rep. 2, 1 and 12:

    rem publicam,

    id. ib. 1, 7; 1, 8; id. Fam. 2, 7, 3 et saep.:

    magistratum,

    id. Sest. 37, 79; cf.

    potestatem,

    id. Verr. 2, 2, 55, § 138:

    consulatum,

    id. Agr. 1, 8, 25; id. Sest. 16, 37:

    duumviratum,

    id. ib. 8, 19:

    tutelam alicujus,

    Dig. 23, 2, 68; 27, 1, 22 al.: multi suam rem bene gessere et publicam patria procul, Enn. ap. Cic. Fam. 7, 6, 1 (Trag. v. 295 Vahl.); so,

    rem, of private affairs,

    Plaut. Pers. 4, 3, 34; Cic. de Sen. 7, 22 al.:

    aliquid per aes et libram gerere,

    to transact by coin and balance, Gai. Inst. 3, 173; cf. Weissenb. ad Liv. 6, 14.—Of war: etsi res bene gesta est, Enn. ap. Cic. de Or. 3, 42, 168 (Ann. v. 512 Vahl.): vi geritur res, id. ap. Gell. 20, 10 (Ann. v. 272 ib.); cf.:

    gladiis geri res coepta est,

    Liv. 28, 2, 6:

    ubi res ferro geratur,

    id. 10, 39, 12: qui rem cum Achivis gesserunt statim, Enn. ap. Non. 393, 14 (Trag. v. 39 Vahl.); cf. Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 84:

    Alexander... passurus gestis aequanda pericula rebus,

    exploits, Juv. 14, 314:

    miranda quidem, sed nuper gesta referemus,

    id. 15, 28.—Of public affairs, affairs of government:

    magnae res temporibus illis a fortissimis viris summo imperio praeditis, dictatoribus atque consulibus, belli domique gerebantur,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 32 fin.; 2, 24:

    a rebus gerendis senectus abstrahit,

    id. de Sen. 6, 15; cf. § 17: quid quod homines infima fortuna, nulla spe rerum gerendarum ( public business), opifices denique, delectantur historia? maximeque eos videre possumus res gestas ( public events or occurrences) audire et legere velle, qui a spe gerendi absunt, confecti senectute, id. Fin. 5, 19, 52:

    sin per se populus interfecit aut ejecit tyrannum, est moderatior, quoad sentit et sapit et sua re gesta laetatur,

    their deed, id. Rep. 1, 42:

    ut pleraque senatus auctoritate gererentur,

    id. ib. 2, 32; cf. id. ib. 1, 27:

    haec dum Romae geruntur,

    id. Quint. 6, 28:

    ut iis, qui audiunt, tum geri illa fierique videantur,

    id. de Or. 2, 59, 241:

    susceptum negotium,

    id. Fam. 13, 5, 1; cf.:

    si ipse negotium meum gererem, nihil gererem, nisi consilio tuo,

    id. Att. 13, 3, 1:

    negotium bene, male, etc.,

    id. Rosc. Com. 11, 32; id. Cat. 2, 10, 21; Caes. B. G. 3, 18, 5 et saep.; cf.:

    quid negotii geritur?

    Cic. Quint. 13, 42: annos multos bellum gerentes summum summā industriā, Enn. ap. Non. 402, 3 (Trag. v. 104 Vahl.); cf.:

    bello illo maximo, quod Athenienses et Lacedaemonii summa inter se contentione gesserunt,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 16; so,

    bella,

    id. ib. 5, 2: pacem an bellum gerens, v. Andrews and Stoddard's Gram. § 323, 1 (2); Sall. J. 46 fin.:

    bella multa felicissime,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 9:

    bellum cum aliquo,

    id. Sest. 2, 4; id. Div. 1, 46, 103; Caes. B. G. 1, 1, 4 et saep.:

    bello gesto,

    Liv. 5, 43, 1: mea mater de ea re gessit morem morigerae mihi, performed my will, i. e. complied with my wishes, gratified, humored me, Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 87; cf.:

    geram tibi morem et ea quae vis, ut potero, explicabo,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 9, 17: morem alicui (in aliqua re), Enn. ap. Non. 342, 24 (Trag. v. 241 Vahl.):

    sine me in hac re gerere mihi morem,

    Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 74; Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 44; id. Men. 5, 2, 37; id. Mil. 2, 1, 58; Cic. Rep. 3, 5; id. N. D. 2, 1, 3; Ov. Am. 2, 2, 13 et saep.; also without dat., Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 36; Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 77.— Pass.:

    ut utrique a me mos gestus esse videatur,

    Cic. Att. 2, 16, 3; Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 69; Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 108; id. Ad. 2, 2, 6; Nep. Them. 7, 3 al.—With a play upon this meaning and that in II. A.: magna, inquit, [p. 813] bella gessi:

    magnis imperiis et provinciis praefui. Gere igitur animum laude dignum,

    Cic. Par. 5, 2, 37.— Absol.:

    cum superiores alii fuissent in disputationibus perpoliti, quorum res gestae nullae invenirentur, alii in gerendo probabiles, in disserendo rudes,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 8; cf.

    the passage,

    id. Fin. 5, 19, 52 supra:

    Armeniam deinde ingressus prima parte introitus prospere gessit,

    Vell. 2, 102, 2 (where others unnecessarily insert rem), Liv. 25, 22, 1; cf.

    also: sive caesi ab Romanis forent Bastarnae... sive prospere gessissent,

    id. 40, 58 fin.:

    cum Persis et Philippus qui cogitavit, et Alexander, qui gessit, hanc bellandi causam inferebat, etc.,

    Cic. Rep. 3, 9.—
    4.
    Of time, to pass, spend (mostly post-Aug.; not in Cic.): ut (Tullia) cum aliquo adolescente primario conjuncta aetatem gereret, Sulp. ap. Cic. Fam. 4, 5, 3; cf.:

    pubertatis ac primae adolescentiae tempus,

    Suet. Dom. 1:

    vitam,

    Petr. 63; Val. Fl. 6, 695:

    annum gerens aetatis sexagesimum et nonum,

    Suet. Vesp. 24.—Hence, gĕrens, entis, P. a. (acc. to II. B. 3.), managing, conducting, etc.; with gen.:

    rei male gerentes,

    Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 43:

    sui negotii bene gerens,

    Cic. Quint. 19, 62.
    2.
    gĕro, ōnis, m. [1. gero], a carrier; connected per hyphen with foras:

    ite, ite hac, simul eri damnigeruli, foras gerones, Bonorum hamaxagogae,

    that carry off, ravishers, Plaut. Truc. 2, 7, 1.

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  • 84 IIIviri

    triumvĭri (also written tresvĭri, and IIIvĭri), ōrum or ūm, m. [tres-vir], three men holding an office together or associated in public business, a board of three, three joint commissioners appointed for various purposes, a triumvirate. So,
    I.
    Triumviri coloniae deducendae or agro dando, for leading out a colony and distributing the land among its members, Liv. 3, 1, 6; 4, 11, 5; 6, 21, 4; 8, 16, 14 al.—In sing.:

    nobilitas... Gaium Gracchum... triumvirum coloniis deducundis ferro necaverat,

    Sall. J. 42, 1:

    triumvir agrarius,

    Liv. 27, 21, 10; Cic. Brut. 20, 79.—
    II.
    Triumviri capitales, superintendents of public prisons, who performed many of the duties of modern police magistrates, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 3; Cic. Or. 46, 156:

    carceris lautumiarum,

    Liv. 32, 26, 27; Dig. 1, 2, 2, § 30; Liv. 25, 1, 10; 39, 14, 10.—In sing., Val. Max. 5, 4, 7.—
    III.
    Triumviri Epulones, v. epulo.—
    IV.
    Triumviri monetales, directors of the mint, Dig. 1, 2, 2, § 30.—
    V.
    Triumviri mensarii, three commissioners to regulate money, Liv. 23, 21, 6; 24, 18, 12; 26, 36, 8.—
    VI.
    Triumviri nocturni, fire-wardens, Liv. 9, 46, 3; Val. Max. 8, 1, 6; Dig. 1, 15, 1.—
    VII.
    Triumviri reipublicae constituendae;

    these were Antony, Octavianus, and Lepidus, appointed to regulate public affairs,

    Liv. Epit. 120; Suet. Aug. 96; id. Tib. 4; Flor. 4, 6.— In sing., Vell. 2, 88, 1; Suet. Aug. 9; 54; Gell. 3, 9, 4; Nep. Att. 12, 2.—
    VIII.
    Boards for recruiting troops:

    senatus triumviros binos creari jussit,

    Liv. 25, 5, 6.—
    IX.
    Triumviri sacris conquirendis donisque persignandis, to collect and register votive offerings, etc., Liv. 25, 7, 5.—
    X.
    Triumviri reficiendis aedibus Fortunae et matris Matutae et Spei, for the restoration of temples, Liv. 25, 7, 6.—
    XI.
    The three chief magistrates of a municipality:

    Q. Manlius, qui tum erat IIIvir,

    Cic. Clu. 13, 38.

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  • 85 largitio

    largītĭo, ōnis, f. [largior], a giving freely, a granting, bestowing, dispensing, distributing, imparting.
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen. (class.):

    largitio, quae fit ex re familiari, fontem ipsum benignitatis exhaurit,

    Cic. Off. 2, 15, 52:

    largitione redemit militum voluntates,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 39 fin.:

    his pauca ad spem largitionis addidit,

    id. ib. 2, 28:

    maximas largitiones fecit,

    id. ib. 3, 31:

    largitio et communicatio civitatis,

    a granting, Cic. Balb. 13, 31:

    aequitatis,

    a distributing, dispensing, id. Mur. 20, 41.—Prov.:

    largitio fundum non habet,

    there is no end of giving, Cic. Off. 2, 15, 55; v. fundus.—
    B.
    In partic., in a bad sense.
    1.
    Bribery, corruption, esp. to obtain a public office:

    liberalitatem ac benignitatem ab ambitu atque largitione sejungere,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 25, 55:

    tribum turpi largitione corrumpere,

    id. Planc. 15, 37:

    tribus largitione devinctas habere,

    id. ib.:

    perniciosa,

    id. Mur. 37, 80:

    profusissima,

    Suet. Caes. 13:

    nullum largitionis genus omisit,

    id. ib. 26.—
    * 2.
    Profusion, prodigality:

    nullius rei, minime beneficiorum, honesta largitio est,

    Sen. Ben. 1, 2, 1.—
    II.
    Meton., concr., largitiones, the imperial treasury, public chest, or imperial fund for presents and distributions, Eutr. 8, 13; Cod. Just. 7, 62, 21;

    both sacrae (for public or state purposes) and privatae (for personal outlay),

    id. 10, 23, 2; Cod. Th. 12, 6, 13.

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  • 86 munus

    mūnus (old orthogr. moenus;

    moenera militiaï,

    Lucr. 1, 29), ĕris, n. [root mu-; cf.: moenia, munis, munia, etc.], a service, office, post, employment, function, duty (class.; syn.: officium, ministerium, honos).
    I.
    Lit.: munus significat officium, cum dicitur quis munere fungi. Item donum quod officii causā datur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 140 Müll. (cf. infra):

    munus curare,

    to discharge an office, Plaut. Truc. 2, 4, 76:

    octo munus hominum fungi,

    id. Men. 1, 4, 5:

    administrare,

    Ter. Ad. 5, 1, 2:

    munus atque officium,

    Cic. Font. 7, 15:

    rei publicae,

    a public office, id. de Or. 1, 45, 199:

    belli,

    Liv. 24, 35:

    de jure respondendi sustinere,

    Cic. Brut. 30, 113:

    rei publicae explere,

    id. Prov. Cons. 14, 35:

    vigiliarum obire,

    to perform, Liv. 3, 6:

    officii,

    the performance of a duty, Cic. Sen. 11, 35:

    tuum est hoc munus, tuae partes: a te hoc civitas exspectat,

    duty, office, obligation, id. Fam. 11, 5, 3:

    principum est resistere levitati multitudinis,

    id. Mil. 8, 22:

    vitae,

    id. Sen. 11, 35:

    senectutis,

    id. Leg. 1, 3, 10.—
    B.
    Esp., = onus, a duty, burden, tribute:

    cum hoc munus imponebatur tam grave civitati,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 20, § 51:

    id quoque munus leve atque commune Mamertinis remisisti,

    id. ib. 2, 5, 21, §

    52: dum ne quis eorum munere vacaret,

    Liv. 25, 7, 4:

    non enim detractionem eam munerum militiae, sed apertam defectionem esse,

    id. 27, 9, 9.—
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    A work:

    majorum vigiliarum munus, Cic. Par. prooem.: solitudinis,

    a work, book, written in solitude, id. Off. 3, 1, 4.—
    B.
    A service, favor: huc ire licet atque illuc munere ditium dominorum, Sall. Orat. Licin.; Cic. Fam. 10, 11, 1.—
    2.
    In partic., the last service, office to the dead, i. e. burial: pro hominis dignitate amplo munere extulit, Nep. Eum. 4, 4 (dub.;

    al. funere): suprema,

    Verg. A. 11, 25:

    supremum mortis,

    Cat. 101, 3:

    debita,

    Val. Fl. 3, 313:

    fungi inani Munere,

    Verg. A. 6, 885:

    cineri haec mittite nostro Munera,

    id. ib. 4, 624.—
    C.
    A present, gift (syn.:

    donum, praemium): bonum datum deorum concessu atque munere,

    Cic. Univ. 14:

    mittere alicui,

    id. Verr. 2, 4, 27, § 62:

    mittere aliquid alicui munere,

    to send one something as a present, Plin. 37, 5, 19, § 74 (al. muneri):

    quasi totam regionem muneri accepissent,

    had received as a present, Tac. A. 14, 31:

    aliquem munere donare,

    to present one with a gift, Verg. A. 5, 282:

    dare muneri aliquid alicui,

    to give one something as a present, Nep. Thras. 4, 2:

    munera Liberi,

    i. e. wine, Hor. C. 4, 15, 26:

    terrae,

    id. ib. 2, 14, 10:

    Cereris,

    bread, Ov. M. 10, 74; cf.:

    gratae post munus aristae,

    Juv. 14, 183:

    quem munere palpat Carus,

    i. e. a bribe, id. 1, 35.—
    2.
    In partic.
    a.
    A public show, spectacle, entertainment, exhibition, esp. a show of gladiators, which was given to the people by the magistrates, and generally by the ædiles, as an expression of gratitude for the honorable office to which they had been elected (cf.:

    ludus, spectaculum): erat munus Scipionis, dignum et eo ipso et illo Q. Metello, cui dabatur,

    Cic. Sest. 58, 124:

    munus magnificum dare,

    id. Q. Fr. 3, 8, 6:

    praebere,

    id. Sull. 19, 54:

    functus est aedilicio maximo munere,

    i. e. gave a splendid exhibition, id. Off. 2, 16, 55:

    edere,

    Suet. Tit. 7:

    venationes, quae vocantur munera,

    Lact. 6, 20:

    munera nunc edunt,

    Juv. 3, 36; 4, 18.—
    b.
    A public building for the use of the people, erected at the expense of an individual:

    Pompeii munera,

    the theatre, Vell. 2, 130, 1:

    aut ubi muneribus nati sua munera mater Addidit (i. e. theatro Marcelli porticum Octaviam),

    Ov. A. A. 1, 69.—
    c.
    Transf., of the structure of the universe:

    effector vel moderator tanti operis et muneris,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 28, 70.

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  • 87 praedico

    1.
    prae-dĭco, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.
    I. A.
    Lit., of a public crier:

    ut praeco praedicat,

    Plaut. Bacch. 4, 7, 17:

    auctionem praedicem, ipse ut venditem,

    id. Stich. 1, 3, 41; cf.:

    si palam praeco praedicasset,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 16, § 40; Cic. Quint. 15, 50; id. Off. 3, 13, 55; id. Fam. 5, 12, 8.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    In gen., to make publicly known, to announce, proclaim, to say, relate, state, declare (syn.:

    moneo, ante denuntio,

    Cic. Verr. 1, 12, 36; 1, 15, 43;

    class.): audes mihi praedicare id, Domi te esse?

    Plaut. Am. 2, 1, 11:

    vera praedico,

    id. ib. 3, 2, 20:

    aliam nunc mihi orationem despoliato praedicas, atque olim,

    you tell a different story, speak another language, id. As. 1, 3, 52:

    utrum taceamne an praedicem?

    Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 53:

    si quidem haec vera praedicat,

    id. And. 3, 1, 7.—With obj.-clause:

    qui ingenti magnitudine corporum Germanos esse praedicabant,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 39; Sall. C. 48, 9; Caes. B. C. 3, 106, 4:

    barbari paucitatemque nostrorum militum suis praedicaverunt,

    reported, id. B. G. 4, 34:

    injuriam in eripiendis legionibus praedicat,

    displays, id. B. C. 1, 32, 6:

    ut praedicas,

    as you assert, Cic. Cat. 1, 9, 23:

    quod mihi praedicabas vitium, id tibi est,

    that you attribute to me, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 249:

    avus tuus tibi aediliciam praedicaret repulsam,

    would tell you of the repulse that P. Nasica suffered respecting the edileship, Cic. Planc. 21, 51.—
    2.
    In partic., to praise, laud, commend, vaunt, extol (syn.: laudo, celebro); constr. with aliquid ( de aliquo), de aliquā re, and absol., Plaut. Merc. 2, 2, 18:

    quid ego ejus tibi nunc faciem praedicem aut laudem?

    Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 17:

    beata vita glorianda et praedicanda est,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 17, 50; Plin. 19, 4, 19, § 57:

    aliquid miris laudibus,

    id. 25, 5, 18, § 40; 13, 24, 47, § 130; Plin. Ep. 1, 14, 10; Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 54.—With obj.-clause:

    Galli se omnes ab Dite patre prognatos praedicant,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 17:

    quae de illo viro Sulla, quam graviter saepe praedicaverunt!

    Cic. Phil. 11, 13, 33:

    qui possit idem de se praedicare, numquam se plus agere, etc.,

    id. Rep. 1, 17, 27; cf. id. Pis. 1, 2.—With de aliquā re:

    qui de meis in vos meritis praedicaturus non sum,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 32.— Absol.:

    qui benefacta sua verbis adornant, non ideo praedicare, quia fecerint, sed, ut praedicarent, fecisse creduntur,

    Plin. Ep. 1, 8, 15:

    verecundia in praedicando,

    Tac. Agr. 8 fin. —
    3.
    To preach the gospel (eccl. Lat.):

    evangelium,

    Vulg. Matt. 4, 23:

    baptismum,

    id. Marc. 1, 4; absol., id. Matt. 4, 17 et saep.—
    II.
    For praedicere, to foretell, predict (eccl. Lat.):

    persecutiones eos passuros praedicabat,

    Tert. Fug. in Persec. 6; so,

    persecutiones praedicatae,

    id. ib. 12.
    2.
    prae-dīco, xi, ctum, 3, v. a., to say or mention before or beforehand, to premise.
    I.
    In gen. (mostly post-Aug.; cf.

    praefor),

    Ter. And. 4, 4, 54:

    hoc primum in hac re praedico tibi,

    id. ib. 1, 1, 19:

    Davus dudum praedixit mihi,

    id. ib. 5, 1, 21; 1, 2, 34; Quint. 4, 2, 57:

    tria, quae praediximus,

    have mentioned before, id. 3, 6, 89; 2, 4, 24:

    praedicta ratio,

    id. 8, 6, 52: ratio ejus in medicinā similis praedictis. Plin. 33, 13, 37, § 136; Plin. Ep. 4, 14, 8.—
    II.
    In partic.
    A.
    To foretell, predict; to forebode (class.):

    defectiones solis et lunae multo ante praedicere,

    Cic. Sen. 14, 49; so,

    eclipsim,

    Plin. 2, 12, 9, § 53:

    futura,

    Cic. Div. 1, 1, 2; Petr. [p. 1417] 137 fin.:

    nihil adversi accidit non praedicente me,

    that I had not predicted, id. Fam. 6, 6:

    aliquid,

    Sen. Q. N. 2, 32, 5:

    malum hoc nobis De caelo tactas memini praedicere quercus,

    Verg. E. 1, 17:

    hos luctus,

    id. A. 3, 713.—
    B.
    To give notice or warning of, to appoint, fix (mostly post-Aug.), Naev. ap. Non. 197, 16:

    ubi praetor reo atque accusatoribus diem praedixisset,

    Tac. A. 2, 79:

    praedictā die,

    id. ib. 11, 27:

    insula Batavorum in quam convenirent praedicta,

    id. ib. 2, 6; cf. Plin. 10, 23, 31, § 61:

    praedicta hora,

    Suet. Claud. 8.—
    C.
    To say what one should do, to advise, warn, admonish, inform, charge, command (class.; syn.: praecipio, moneo); usually constr. with ut or ne:

    Pompeius suis praedixerat, ut, etc.,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 92; Nep. Them. 7, 3; Liv. 2, 10, 4; 22, 60; 39, 19, 2:

    ei visam esse Junonem praedicere, ne id faceret,

    Cic. Div. 1, 24, 48; Liv. 10, 41:

    praedixit, ne destinatum iter peterent,

    Vell. 2, 82, 2; Tac. A. 13, 36; cf. in the abl. absol.:

    praedicto, ne in re publicā haberetur,

    id. ib. 16, 33.—With acc.:

    unum illud tibi... Praedicam,

    Verg. A. 3, 436; cf. with an obj.-clause:

    Mummius jussit praedici conducentibus, si eas (statuas) perdidissent, novas eos reddituros,

    Vell. 1, 13, 4; absol. of a physician, Curt. 3, 6, 3.—
    D.
    To proclaim, announce at an auction, etc. (cf. 1. praedico, I. A.):

    si in auctione praedictum est, ne, etc.,

    Gai. Inst. 4, 126.—Hence, praedictus, a, um, P. a., previously named, before mentioned, preceding:

    vicina praedictae sed amplior virtus est,

    Quint. 8, 3, 83:

    nomen,

    id. 9, 3, 66:

    posterior ex praedictis locus,

    id. 2, 4, 24; 10, 1, 74:

    simul pedes, eques, classis aput praedictum amnem convenere,

    Tac. A. 1, 60; Plin. 10, 23, 31, § 76.— praedictum, i, n.
    A.
    (Acc. to II. A.) A foretelling, prediction (class.;

    syn. praesagium): Chaldaeorum praedicta,

    Cic. Div. 2, 42, 89:

    astrologorum,

    id. ib. 2, 42, 88:

    vatum,

    id. Leg. 2, 12, 30; Verg. A. 4, 464:

    haruspicis,

    Suet. Oth. 6; Plin. 2, 7, 5, § 24:

    deorum,

    Val. Fl. 4, 460.—
    B.
    (Acc. to II. C.) An order, command (Livian):

    praedictum erat dictatoris ne quid absente eo rei gereret,

    Liv. 23, 19, 5.—
    C.
    An agreement, concert:

    velut ex praedicto,

    Liv. 33, 6, 8.

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  • 88 privo

    prīvo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [privus].
    I.
    To bereave, deprive, rob, strip of any thing (class.; cf.: orbo, viduo).
    (α).
    With abl.:

    haec meretrix meum erum... privavit bonis, luce, honore,

    Plaut. Truc. 2, 7, 20:

    donis privatus sum,

    id. ib. 2, 7, 56:

    aliquem approbatione,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 19, 61:

    praepositio in privat verbum eā vi, quam haberet, si in praepositum non fuisset,

    id. Top. 11, 48:

    aliquem somno,

    id. Att. 9, 10, 1:

    se oculis,

    id. Fin. 5, 29, 87:

    aliquem vitā,

    id. Phil. 9, 4, 8:

    aliquem communi luce,

    id. Quint. 23, 74:

    patriam aspectu suo,

    id. Fam. 4, 9, 3:

    cibo,

    Lucr. 1, 1038:

    lumine,

    Ov. P. 1, 1, 53:

    fide,

    Stat. Th. 2, 695.—
    (β).
    With gen. (anteclass.): me cum privares tui, Afran. ap. Non. 498, 17 (Com. Rel. p. 156 Rib.).—
    (γ).
    With acc. (ante-class.): quod res vis hunc privari pulcras quas uti solet? Nov. ap. Non. 500, 16 (l. l. p. 224 Rib.).—
    II.
    To free, release, deliver from any thing; with abl.:

    aliquem injuriā,

    Cic. Agr. 1, 4, 13:

    exsilio,

    id. Att. 1, 16, 9:

    molestiā,

    id. ib. 12, 26, 2:

    dolore,

    id. Fin. 1, 11, 37:

    dolore,

    Lucr. 1, 60:

    dominis superbis,

    id. 2, 1091:

    formidine,

    Hor. S. 2, 7, 77.—Hence,
    A.
    prīvantĭa, ĭum, n., privatives, a transl. of the Gr. sterêtika: sunt enim alia contraria, quae privantia licet appellemus Latine, Graece appellantur sterêtika, Cic. Top. 11, 48.—
    B.
    prīvātus, a, um, P. a.
    I.
    Apart from the State, peculiar to one's self, of or belonging to an individual, private (opp. publicus or communis; cf. domesticus;

    class.): nihil privati ac separati agri,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 1:

    utatur privatis ut suis,

    Cic. Off. 1, 7, 20:

    privatus illis census erat brevis, Commune magnum,

    Hor. C. 2, 15, 13:

    vestem mutare privato consensu, opp. publico consilio,

    Cic. Sest. 12, 27:

    de communi quicquid poterat, ad se in privatam domum sevocabat,

    id. Quint. 3, 13:

    res quae ipsius erant privatae,

    private property, id. ib. 4, 15:

    privatae feriae vocantur sacrorum propriorum, velut dies natales,

    Fest. p. 242 Müll.—
    B.
    Esp., of persons, not in public or official life, private, deprived of office:

    cum projectis fascibus et deposito imperio, privatus et captus ipse in alienam venisset potestatem,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 32; Liv. 3, 41: vir privatus, a private individual, one who is not a magistrate, or in any public office:

    privato viro imperium extra ordinem dare,

    Cic. Phil. 11, 10, 25:

    Bibulus ex iis, qui privati sunt,

    id. Fam. 1, 1, 3:

    privatus an cum potestate,

    id. Inv. 1, 25, 35:

    privati, opp. reges,

    id. Div. 1, 40, 89.—
    C.
    Of things:

    aedificia,

    isolated, apart from the villages, Caes. B. G. 1, 5:

    vita privata et quieta,

    a private life, withdrawn from State affairs, Cic. Sen. 7, 22.—
    D.
    Neutr. absol. in the phrases in privato, in private, opp. in publico, in public, Liv. 39, 18: in privatum, for private use:

    tabernas vendidit in privatum,

    id. 40, 51: ex privato, from one's private property:

    tributum ex privato conferre,

    id. 30, 44.—
    E.
    Subst.: prīvātus, i, m. (sc. homo), a man in private life, citizen (opp. magistratus):

    hic qualis imperator nunc privatus est,

    Plaut. Capt. 1, 2, 63: an vero P. Scipio pontifex maximus Ti. Gracchum privatus interfecit;

    Catilinam nos consules perferemus?

    Cic. Cat. 1, 1, 3.— Plur., Cic. Leg. 3, 19, 43:

    consilium dedimus Sullae, privatus ut altum Dormiret,

    Juv. 1, 16.—
    II.
    In the time of the emperors, private, i. e. not imperial, not belonging to the emperor or to the imperial family:

    id sibi (Domitiano) maxime formidolosum, privati hominis (i. e. Agricolae) nomen supra principis attolli,

    Tac. Agr. 39:

    ut summum fastigium privati hominis impleret, cum principis noluisset,

    Plin. Ep. 2, 1, 2:

    spectacula,

    not given by the emperor, Suet. Ner. 21.— Adv.: prīvā-tō, at home (very rare for the class. privatim, q. v.): privato nos tenuissemus, Liv. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 1009 P.

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  • 89 professio

    prŏfessĭo, ōnis, f. [profiteor], a public acknowledgment, declaration, expression, profession, promise (mostly post-Aug.).
    I.
    In gen.: professio bonae voluntatis, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 8, 2:

    Canidius timidius decessit, quam professioni ejus congruebat,

    Vell. 2, 87, 3: memores professionis, of our promise ( of brevity), id. 2, 89, 6:

    aperta,

    Plin. 27, 3, 2, § 9:

    suae opinionis,

    expression, Gell. 7, 3, 24:

    summa stultitiae,

    id. 7, 3, 24:

    flagitii,

    Tac. A. 2, 85:

    pietatis,

    id. Agr. 3.—
    B.
    Transf., a sign, token (post-class.):

    vitiorum,

    Pall. 3, 9.—
    II.
    In partic., a public declaration or specification of one's person, name, property, business, etc. (class.): IS. APVD. QVEM. EA. PROFESSIO FIET, etc., Tab. Her. in Haubold, Mon. Leg. p. 101 sq.; Liv. 35, 7:

    tu vero confice professionem, si potes. Etsi haec pecunia ex eo genere est, ut professione non egeat,

    Cic. Fam. 16, 23, 1:

    post professionem de fideicommisso factam,

    Dig. 49, 14, 2; Tert. Apol. 42; Vulg. Act. 5, 37.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    A public register of persons or property thus given in (class.):

    in Leontino jugerum subscriptio ac professio non est plus triginta millium,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 47, § 113.—
    2.
    A business or profession which one publicly avows (class.):

    professio bene dicendi,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 6, 21:

    grammaticae,

    Suet. Gram. 8:

    sapientiae,

    Plin. 7, 30, 31, § 112:

    magicae artis,

    Curt. 7, 4, 8:

    professionem honestarum artium malis corruperant moribus,

    id. 8, 5, 7: ista salutaris, the art of healing, medicine, Cels. praef.:

    ultimae professionis homines, i. e. vilissimi artificii,

    Lampr. Elag. 20; Dig 2, 13, 9.

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  • 90 pronuncio

    prō-nuntĭo ( prōnunc-), āvi, ātum, 1, v. n. and a., to make publicly known, to publish, proclaim, announce (cf.: edico, promulgo).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.: palam [p. 1467] de sellā ac tribunali pronuntiat, sese ejus nomen recepturum, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 38, § 94:

    cum consules amplius de consilii sententiā pronuntiavissent,

    id. Brut. 22, 86:

    sententiam,

    to deliver the verdict, id. Fin. 2, 12, 36:

    judex ita pronuntiavit,

    pronounced the decision, id. Off. 3, 16, 66:

    re auditā, pronuntiare,

    id. Fin. 1, 7, 24:

    leges,

    id. Phil. 1, 10, 24:

    signum,

    Hirt. B. G. 8, 15:

    proelium in posterum diem,

    Liv. 24, 14:

    iter,

    id. 30, 10; Curt. 4, 8, 16; 7, 2, 1:

    rem in venundando,

    to notify at the time of sale, Cic. Off. 3, 16, 66:

    jusserunt pronuntiare, ut, etc.,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 33, 3; cf.:

    pronuntiare jusserunt, ne quis ab loco discederet,

    id. ib. 5, 34:

    rerum omnium maximus judex, cujus est non argumentari sed pronuntiare verum,

    Lact. 3, 1, 11.—Of a public crier:

    pronuntiare victorum nomina,

    Cic. Fam. 5, 12, 8; Suet. Dom. 10.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    To nominate, appoint as public officer:

    aliquem praetorem,

    Liv. 24, 27; Suet. Caes. 41.—
    2.
    To sentence (post-class.); with inf.:

    protectores pronuntiati vertere solum in exilio,

    Amm. 15, 3, 12; cf.:

    ad bestias,

    Tert. Res. Carn. 16; Dig. 40, 1, 23.—
    3.
    To promise, proclaim, offer as a reward:

    praemia militi,

    Liv. 2, 20; 31, 45:

    pecuniam,

    Cic. Clu. 29, 78:

    tribunis vocatis nummos,

    Sen. Ep. 118, 3; Suet. Caes. 19:

    militibus donativum,

    id. Galb. 16:

    beneficia,

    id. Ner. 24:

    munus populo,

    id. Caes. 26:

    quippe Darius mille talenta interfectori Alexandri daturum pronuntiari jusserat,

    Curt. 3, 5, 15.— Absol.:

    pronuntiasse (sc. nummos),

    Cic. Planc. 18, 45.—
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    To speak any thing in public, to recite, rehearse, declaim, deliver, pronounce, etc.:

    versus multos uno spiritu pronuntiare,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 61, 261; 1, 19, 88; 2, 19, 79; id. Div. 2, 5, 14; Auct. Her. 4, 56, 69; Quint. 11, 3, 12 sq.; Plin. Ep. 3, 5, 12 et saep.—
    2.
    Esp., to act, perform on the stage:

    intente instanterque,

    Plin. Ep. 5, 19, 16:

    actores pronuntiare dicuntur,

    Varr. L. L. 6, § 58 Müll.:

    Lucceia mima centum annis in scenā pronuntiavit,

    Plin. 7, 48, 49, § 158.—
    B.
    To tell, announce, relate, narrate, report:

    cum eam rem scisset et non pronuntiasset,

    Cic. Off. 3, 16, 66:

    mercatores quibus ex regionibus veniant, pronuntiare cogunt,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 5, 2:

    quae gesta sunt pronuntiare,

    id. ib. 7, 38:

    aliquid sincere,

    id. ib. 7, 20:

    alius jam capta castra pronuntiat,

    id. ib. 6, 36.—
    C.
    To utter, pronounce (cf.:

    appello, dico): neque tamen ad particula accentu acuto pronuntiatur,

    Gell. 6 (7), 8, 8, §

    2: Castorem mediă syllabă productă,

    Quint. 1, 5, 60; 9, 4, 34:

    verba corrupte,

    Gell. 13, 30, 2.—Hence, prōnuntĭātum ( prōnunc-), i, n. In logic, a proposition, axiom; a translation of the Gr. axiôma, Cic. Tusc. 1, 7, 14; cf. Gell. 16, 8, 8.

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  • 91 pronuntio

    prō-nuntĭo ( prōnunc-), āvi, ātum, 1, v. n. and a., to make publicly known, to publish, proclaim, announce (cf.: edico, promulgo).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.: palam [p. 1467] de sellā ac tribunali pronuntiat, sese ejus nomen recepturum, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 38, § 94:

    cum consules amplius de consilii sententiā pronuntiavissent,

    id. Brut. 22, 86:

    sententiam,

    to deliver the verdict, id. Fin. 2, 12, 36:

    judex ita pronuntiavit,

    pronounced the decision, id. Off. 3, 16, 66:

    re auditā, pronuntiare,

    id. Fin. 1, 7, 24:

    leges,

    id. Phil. 1, 10, 24:

    signum,

    Hirt. B. G. 8, 15:

    proelium in posterum diem,

    Liv. 24, 14:

    iter,

    id. 30, 10; Curt. 4, 8, 16; 7, 2, 1:

    rem in venundando,

    to notify at the time of sale, Cic. Off. 3, 16, 66:

    jusserunt pronuntiare, ut, etc.,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 33, 3; cf.:

    pronuntiare jusserunt, ne quis ab loco discederet,

    id. ib. 5, 34:

    rerum omnium maximus judex, cujus est non argumentari sed pronuntiare verum,

    Lact. 3, 1, 11.—Of a public crier:

    pronuntiare victorum nomina,

    Cic. Fam. 5, 12, 8; Suet. Dom. 10.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    To nominate, appoint as public officer:

    aliquem praetorem,

    Liv. 24, 27; Suet. Caes. 41.—
    2.
    To sentence (post-class.); with inf.:

    protectores pronuntiati vertere solum in exilio,

    Amm. 15, 3, 12; cf.:

    ad bestias,

    Tert. Res. Carn. 16; Dig. 40, 1, 23.—
    3.
    To promise, proclaim, offer as a reward:

    praemia militi,

    Liv. 2, 20; 31, 45:

    pecuniam,

    Cic. Clu. 29, 78:

    tribunis vocatis nummos,

    Sen. Ep. 118, 3; Suet. Caes. 19:

    militibus donativum,

    id. Galb. 16:

    beneficia,

    id. Ner. 24:

    munus populo,

    id. Caes. 26:

    quippe Darius mille talenta interfectori Alexandri daturum pronuntiari jusserat,

    Curt. 3, 5, 15.— Absol.:

    pronuntiasse (sc. nummos),

    Cic. Planc. 18, 45.—
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    To speak any thing in public, to recite, rehearse, declaim, deliver, pronounce, etc.:

    versus multos uno spiritu pronuntiare,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 61, 261; 1, 19, 88; 2, 19, 79; id. Div. 2, 5, 14; Auct. Her. 4, 56, 69; Quint. 11, 3, 12 sq.; Plin. Ep. 3, 5, 12 et saep.—
    2.
    Esp., to act, perform on the stage:

    intente instanterque,

    Plin. Ep. 5, 19, 16:

    actores pronuntiare dicuntur,

    Varr. L. L. 6, § 58 Müll.:

    Lucceia mima centum annis in scenā pronuntiavit,

    Plin. 7, 48, 49, § 158.—
    B.
    To tell, announce, relate, narrate, report:

    cum eam rem scisset et non pronuntiasset,

    Cic. Off. 3, 16, 66:

    mercatores quibus ex regionibus veniant, pronuntiare cogunt,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 5, 2:

    quae gesta sunt pronuntiare,

    id. ib. 7, 38:

    aliquid sincere,

    id. ib. 7, 20:

    alius jam capta castra pronuntiat,

    id. ib. 6, 36.—
    C.
    To utter, pronounce (cf.:

    appello, dico): neque tamen ad particula accentu acuto pronuntiatur,

    Gell. 6 (7), 8, 8, §

    2: Castorem mediă syllabă productă,

    Quint. 1, 5, 60; 9, 4, 34:

    verba corrupte,

    Gell. 13, 30, 2.—Hence, prōnuntĭātum ( prōnunc-), i, n. In logic, a proposition, axiom; a translation of the Gr. axiôma, Cic. Tusc. 1, 7, 14; cf. Gell. 16, 8, 8.

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  • 92 publicitus

    pūblĭcĭtus, adv. [publicus].
    I.
    On the public account, at the public expense, by or for the State (ante-class.): publicitus aurum praebere, Lucil. ap. Non. 513, 4:

    dare publicitus cibaria,

    Pompon. ib. 10: proletarius publicitus scutis Ornatur, Enn. ap. Gell. 16, 10, 1 (Ann. v. 189 Vahl.):

    hospitio accipi,

    i. e. into imprisonment, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 8; 4, 2, 7:

    aurum in aede Dianae publicitus servant,

    id. Bacch. 2, 3, 79; Ter. Phorm. 5, 7, 85; Treb. Pol. XXX. Tyr. 18:

    quae (peccata) prohibere publicitus interest,

    Gell. 7 (6), 14, 4.—
    II.
    Before the people, in public, publicly (ante- and post-class. for palam):

    ut fiat auctio Publicitus,

    Plaut. Pers. 4, 3, 40; Caecil. ap. Non. 513, 8. In this signif. freq. in App.; so M. 3, p. 136, 25;

    6, p. 176, 3 (opp. privatim,

    id. Flor. 2, p. 347).

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  • 93 scaena

    scaena, ae (falsely scēna, v. Prol. in Verg. p. 387 Rib.), f., = skênê.
    I.
    Lit., the stage, boards, scene of a theatre:

    dum histrio in scaenă siet,

    Plaut. Poen. prol. 20:

    in scaenă esse Roscium intellegat,

    Cic. Brut. 84, 290:

    foris hic extra scaenam fient proelia,

    Plaut. Capt. prol. 60:

    cum scaena croco Cilici perfusa recens est,

    Lucr. 2, 416:

    scaenaique simul varios splendere decores,

    id. 4, 983:

    scaenae magnificentia,

    Cic. Mur. 19, 38:

    nec vero scaena solum referta est his sceleribus,

    id. N. D. 3, 27, 69:

    vel scaena ut versis discedat frontibus,

    Verg. G. 3, 24; Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 205 et saep.— Plur.:

    columnas excidunt, scaenis decora alta futuris,

    a theatre, Verg. A. 1, 429: aut Agamemnonius scaenis agitatus Orestes, on the stage, i. e. in tragedies, Verg. A. 4, 471:

    aut agitur res in scaenis,

    Hor. A. P. 179.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    Of a place like a scene of a theatre, Verg. A. 1, 164.—
    2.
    (Post-Aug.) Of the schools of rhetoric, as scenes for the display of eloquence:

    at nunc adulescentuli deducuntur in scaenas scholasticorum, qui rhetores vocantur,

    Tac. Or. 35; cf. Plin Ep. 7, 17, 9.—
    II.
    Trop.
    1.
    The public stage, the public:

    quia maxima quasi oratori scaena videatur contionis,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 83, 338; id. Planc. 12, 29:

    ubi se a vulgo et scaena in secreta remorant Virtus Scipiadae et mitis sapientia Laeli,

    Hor. S. 2, 1, 71.—Prov.: scaenae servire, to show one ' s self, live in the public eye, Cic. Ep. ad Brut. 8, 2.—
    2.
    Outward show, parade, pretext: scaena rei totius haec: Pompeius, tamquam Caesarem non impugnet, etc., Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 11, 3; cf.:

    ne quid scaenae deesset,

    Petr. 117, 10; Suet. Calig. 15:

    scaenam ultro criminis parat,

    Tac. A. 14, 7 fin. —
    3.
    Appearance, character:

    scaenam quam sponte sumpserat cum animă retinens,

    App. M. 4, 20, p. 151, 29.

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  • 94 scriptura

    scriptūra, ae, f. [scribo], a writing, written characters.
    I.
    In gen. (acc. to scribo, I.;

    Cic. uses scriptio instead): minium in voluminibus quoque scriptura usurpatur clarioresque litteras vel in auro vel in marmore etiam in sepulchris facit,

    Plin. 33, 7, 40, § 122:

    (meorum librorum) scriptura quanti constet,

    Mart. 1, 67, 3; Suet. Aug. 80: mendum scripturae, an error in writing, Caecin. ap. Cic Fam. 6, 7, 1.—
    * 2.
    Concr., a line (syn. scriptum):

    supercilia usque ad malarum scripturam currentia,

    the boundary line between the cheeks and eyelids, Petr. 126, 15.—
    II.
    In partic. (freq. and class.).
    A.
    (Acc. to scribo, II.) [p. 1649] A writing, composing, composition (cf. scriptura).
    1.
    Abstr., = scriptio:

    stilus optimus dicendi effector... Nam si subitam et fortuitam orationem commentatio facile vincit: hanc ipsa profecto assidua ac diligens scriptura superabit,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 33, 150; cf. id. Fam. 15, 21, 4:

    neminem posse omnis res per scripturam complecti,

    id. Inv. 2, 50, 152: quod si scripturam sprevissem in praesentiā, writing, composing, Ter. Hec. prol. alt. 16:

    scriptura levis,

    id. Phorm. prol. 5; cf.: genus scripturae, Caecin. ap. Cic. Fam. 6, 7, 3; Liv 25, 12; Suet. Vit. Juven.; Nep. praef. § 1; cf.

    also: Naevii Punicum bellum continenti scripturā expositum,

    Suet. Gram. 2: C. Furnio legato plura verbo quam scriptura mandata dedimus, rather orally than in writing, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 8, 5; cf.:

    edebat per libellos scripturā brevi,

    written briefly, Suet. Caes. 41.—
    2.
    Concr., = scriptum.
    a.
    Something written, a writing (rare, and not in Cic., for scriptum, liber, libellus): ne cum poëtā scriptura evanesceret, Ter. Hec. prol. alt. 5; id. Ad. prol. 1:

    diurna actorum, i. e. acta diurna,

    the public paper of the State, Tac. A. 3, 3:

    nemo annales nostros cum scripturā eorum contenderit,

    id. ib. 4, 32:

    in alterā scripturā,

    Val. Max. 1, 1, 12; Vitr. 5, 4, 1; Vulg. Dan. 5, 17; 25.—Of an inscription:

    statuae aetatem scriptura indicat,

    Vell. 2, 61, 3.—
    b.
    In eccl. writers: kat exochên Scriptura, or, in the plur., Scripturae, the Scriptures, Vulg. Matt. 21, 42; id. Johan. 7, 42.—Esp. sing.: scriptūra, ae, a scripture, a passage of Scripture, Vulg. Marc. 14, 49; id. Johan. 19, 24.—
    B.
    Publicists' and jurid. t. t.
    1.
    Public.
    a.
    A tax paid on public pastures:

    advorsum legem a me ob meam scripturam pecudem accepit Aeraque,

    Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 42 sq.; Cic. Imp. Pomp. 6, 15; id. Verr. 2, 2, 70, § 169; id. Att. 11, 10, 1; id. Fam. 13, 65, 1.—
    * b.
    A written law (syn. lex scripta):

    cum per ignorantiam scripturae multa commissa fierent,

    Suet. Calig. 41.—
    2.
    Jurid. t. t.
    a.
    A testamentary provision:

    primum demonstrandum est, non esse ambigue scriptum... Deinde ex superiore et ex inferiore scripturā docendum, etc.... quae autem ex omni consideratā scripturā perspicua fiant, haec ambigua non oportere existimari,

    Cic. Inv. 2, 40, 117; cf. Quint. 9, 2, 34:

    dubia,

    id. 7, 9, 6.—
    b.
    A will: suprema, Cod. Th. 16, 1, 40.

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  • 95 triumviri

    triumvĭri (also written tresvĭri, and IIIvĭri), ōrum or ūm, m. [tres-vir], three men holding an office together or associated in public business, a board of three, three joint commissioners appointed for various purposes, a triumvirate. So,
    I.
    Triumviri coloniae deducendae or agro dando, for leading out a colony and distributing the land among its members, Liv. 3, 1, 6; 4, 11, 5; 6, 21, 4; 8, 16, 14 al.—In sing.:

    nobilitas... Gaium Gracchum... triumvirum coloniis deducundis ferro necaverat,

    Sall. J. 42, 1:

    triumvir agrarius,

    Liv. 27, 21, 10; Cic. Brut. 20, 79.—
    II.
    Triumviri capitales, superintendents of public prisons, who performed many of the duties of modern police magistrates, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 3; Cic. Or. 46, 156:

    carceris lautumiarum,

    Liv. 32, 26, 27; Dig. 1, 2, 2, § 30; Liv. 25, 1, 10; 39, 14, 10.—In sing., Val. Max. 5, 4, 7.—
    III.
    Triumviri Epulones, v. epulo.—
    IV.
    Triumviri monetales, directors of the mint, Dig. 1, 2, 2, § 30.—
    V.
    Triumviri mensarii, three commissioners to regulate money, Liv. 23, 21, 6; 24, 18, 12; 26, 36, 8.—
    VI.
    Triumviri nocturni, fire-wardens, Liv. 9, 46, 3; Val. Max. 8, 1, 6; Dig. 1, 15, 1.—
    VII.
    Triumviri reipublicae constituendae;

    these were Antony, Octavianus, and Lepidus, appointed to regulate public affairs,

    Liv. Epit. 120; Suet. Aug. 96; id. Tib. 4; Flor. 4, 6.— In sing., Vell. 2, 88, 1; Suet. Aug. 9; 54; Gell. 3, 9, 4; Nep. Att. 12, 2.—
    VIII.
    Boards for recruiting troops:

    senatus triumviros binos creari jussit,

    Liv. 25, 5, 6.—
    IX.
    Triumviri sacris conquirendis donisque persignandis, to collect and register votive offerings, etc., Liv. 25, 7, 5.—
    X.
    Triumviri reficiendis aedibus Fortunae et matris Matutae et Spei, for the restoration of temples, Liv. 25, 7, 6.—
    XI.
    The three chief magistrates of a municipality:

    Q. Manlius, qui tum erat IIIvir,

    Cic. Clu. 13, 38.

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  • 96 abstineo

    abstĭnĕo, ēre, nŭi, tentum [abs + teneo] - tr. - [st1]1 [-] tenir éloigné de, maintenir loin de.    - abstinere ab aliquo manum, Plaut. Amp. 340 ; manus Cic. Verr. 1, 93: tenir sa main, ses mains éloignées de qqn, s'abstenir de toucher à qqn.    - abstinere ab aliqua re, Cic. Verr. 4, 71, s'abstenir de toucher à qqch.    - abstinere a Siculorum argento cupiditatem aut manus, Cic. Verr. 4, 34: éloigner de l'argenterie des Siciliens sa convoitise ou ses mains.    - cf. Cic. de Or. 1, 194 ; Att. 3, 7, 2 ; Liv. 9, 5, 6.    - abstinere manus a se, Cic. Tusc. 4, 79: ne pas tourner ses mains contre soi-même, s'épargner.    - accepta clades Latinos ne ab legatis quidem violandis abstinuit, Liv. 2, 22, 4: la défaite essuyée ne détourna même pas les Latins d'outrager les ambassadeurs.    - cf. Liv. 4, 59, 8; 39, 25, 10.    - ab aede ignem abstinere, Liv. 7, 27, 8: écarter le feu du temple.    - cf. Liv. 22, 23, 4 ; 26, 24, 12, etc.    - eorum populorum finibus vim abstinere, Liv. 8, 19, 3: s'abstenir de toute violence contre ces pays.    - direptione militem abstinere, Liv. 38, 23, 2: tenir le soldat éloigné du pillage. --- cf. 8, 21, 18.    - Aeneae Antenorique omne jus belli abstinere, Liv. 1, 1, 1: s'abstenir d'user de tous les droits de la guerre [pour] à l'égard d'Enée et d'Anténor.    - abstinere sermonem de aliqua re, Plaut. Most. 897: se dispenser de parler de qqch. --- cf. Ter. Haut. 373.    - réfléchi se abstinere ab aliqua re, Cic. Fin. 2, 71: s'abstenir de qqch.    - cf. Cic. Ac. 2, 55 ; Sen. Ir. 3, 8, 8.    - se abstinere nefario scelere, Cic. Phil. 2, 5: s'abstenir d'un crime abominable.    - cf. Cic. Fin. 3, 38; Div. 1, 102 ; Liv. 22, 25, 12, etc.    - absol. se abstinere, Liv. 3, 11, 4: se tenir à l'écart.    - se abstinere: s'abstenir de nourriture. --- Varr. R. 2, 9, 10 ; Cels. 3, 15. - intr. - [st1]2 [-] s'abstenir de, se tenir à l'écart de.    - proelio abstinere, Caes. BG. 1, 22, 3: s'abstenir de combattre.    - faba abstinere, Cic. Div. 2, 119: s'abstenir des fèves.    - curiā abstinere: s'abstenir de venir à la curie.    - publico abstinuit, Suet. Claud. 36: il s'abstint de paraître en public.    - praenomine Imperatoris abstinuit, Suet. Claud, 12: il refusa le prénom d'Imperator.    - cibo omni aut potu abstinere: s'abstenir de toute nourriture et de toute boisson (observer une diète absolue).    - nec meo nomine abstinent, Cic. Rep. 1, 6: ils ne s'abstiennent pas de parler de moi, de me critiquer.    - cf. Cic. Off. 3, 72 ; Sall. J. 64, 5 ; Liv. 2, 56, 7 ; 21, 5, 9, etc.    - abstinere a mulieribus, Caes. BG. 7, 47, 5: épargner les femmes.    - cf. Cic. de Or. 3, 171; Liv. 3, 36, 7 ; 5, 21, 13.    - ne ab obsidibus quidem ira belli abstinuit, Liv. 2, 16: (*la colère de la guerre ne se tint pas même éloignée des otages*), la colère des vainqueurs n'épargna même pas les otages.    - abstinere ne a legatis quidem violandis, Liv. 39, 25, 10: ne s'abstenir même pas d'outrager les ambassadeurs. --- cf. 5, 21, 13, etc.    - abstinere a voluptatibus, Cic. Tusc. 5, 94: s'abstenir des plaisirs. --- cf. Part. 77.    - a cibo abstinere, Cels. 1, 3: s'abstenir de nourriture.    - avec gén. Hor. O. 3, 27, 69; Apul. Apol. 10.    - avec inf. Plaut. Curc. 180 ; Mil. 1309 ; Suet. Tib. 23.    - non abstinere quin: ne pas s'abtenir de.    - Plaut. Bac. 915 ; Liv. 2, 45, 10; Suet. Tib. 44; 72.    - non abstinere quominus: ne pas s'abstenir de. --- Tac. An. 13, 4; Suet. Gram. 3.    - aegre abstinent quin castra oppugnent, Liv. 2, 45, 10: ils ont peine à s'abstenir d'attaquer le camp.    - absol. abstinere: s'abstenir.    - Plaut. Aul. 344 ; Men. 166 ; Virg. En. 2, 534 ; Liv. 40, 21, 4.    - abstinere debet aeger, Cels. 2, 12, 2: le malade doit s'abstenir de manger, le malade doit jeûner.
    * * *
    abstĭnĕo, ēre, nŭi, tentum [abs + teneo] - tr. - [st1]1 [-] tenir éloigné de, maintenir loin de.    - abstinere ab aliquo manum, Plaut. Amp. 340 ; manus Cic. Verr. 1, 93: tenir sa main, ses mains éloignées de qqn, s'abstenir de toucher à qqn.    - abstinere ab aliqua re, Cic. Verr. 4, 71, s'abstenir de toucher à qqch.    - abstinere a Siculorum argento cupiditatem aut manus, Cic. Verr. 4, 34: éloigner de l'argenterie des Siciliens sa convoitise ou ses mains.    - cf. Cic. de Or. 1, 194 ; Att. 3, 7, 2 ; Liv. 9, 5, 6.    - abstinere manus a se, Cic. Tusc. 4, 79: ne pas tourner ses mains contre soi-même, s'épargner.    - accepta clades Latinos ne ab legatis quidem violandis abstinuit, Liv. 2, 22, 4: la défaite essuyée ne détourna même pas les Latins d'outrager les ambassadeurs.    - cf. Liv. 4, 59, 8; 39, 25, 10.    - ab aede ignem abstinere, Liv. 7, 27, 8: écarter le feu du temple.    - cf. Liv. 22, 23, 4 ; 26, 24, 12, etc.    - eorum populorum finibus vim abstinere, Liv. 8, 19, 3: s'abstenir de toute violence contre ces pays.    - direptione militem abstinere, Liv. 38, 23, 2: tenir le soldat éloigné du pillage. --- cf. 8, 21, 18.    - Aeneae Antenorique omne jus belli abstinere, Liv. 1, 1, 1: s'abstenir d'user de tous les droits de la guerre [pour] à l'égard d'Enée et d'Anténor.    - abstinere sermonem de aliqua re, Plaut. Most. 897: se dispenser de parler de qqch. --- cf. Ter. Haut. 373.    - réfléchi se abstinere ab aliqua re, Cic. Fin. 2, 71: s'abstenir de qqch.    - cf. Cic. Ac. 2, 55 ; Sen. Ir. 3, 8, 8.    - se abstinere nefario scelere, Cic. Phil. 2, 5: s'abstenir d'un crime abominable.    - cf. Cic. Fin. 3, 38; Div. 1, 102 ; Liv. 22, 25, 12, etc.    - absol. se abstinere, Liv. 3, 11, 4: se tenir à l'écart.    - se abstinere: s'abstenir de nourriture. --- Varr. R. 2, 9, 10 ; Cels. 3, 15. - intr. - [st1]2 [-] s'abstenir de, se tenir à l'écart de.    - proelio abstinere, Caes. BG. 1, 22, 3: s'abstenir de combattre.    - faba abstinere, Cic. Div. 2, 119: s'abstenir des fèves.    - curiā abstinere: s'abstenir de venir à la curie.    - publico abstinuit, Suet. Claud. 36: il s'abstint de paraître en public.    - praenomine Imperatoris abstinuit, Suet. Claud, 12: il refusa le prénom d'Imperator.    - cibo omni aut potu abstinere: s'abstenir de toute nourriture et de toute boisson (observer une diète absolue).    - nec meo nomine abstinent, Cic. Rep. 1, 6: ils ne s'abstiennent pas de parler de moi, de me critiquer.    - cf. Cic. Off. 3, 72 ; Sall. J. 64, 5 ; Liv. 2, 56, 7 ; 21, 5, 9, etc.    - abstinere a mulieribus, Caes. BG. 7, 47, 5: épargner les femmes.    - cf. Cic. de Or. 3, 171; Liv. 3, 36, 7 ; 5, 21, 13.    - ne ab obsidibus quidem ira belli abstinuit, Liv. 2, 16: (*la colère de la guerre ne se tint pas même éloignée des otages*), la colère des vainqueurs n'épargna même pas les otages.    - abstinere ne a legatis quidem violandis, Liv. 39, 25, 10: ne s'abstenir même pas d'outrager les ambassadeurs. --- cf. 5, 21, 13, etc.    - abstinere a voluptatibus, Cic. Tusc. 5, 94: s'abstenir des plaisirs. --- cf. Part. 77.    - a cibo abstinere, Cels. 1, 3: s'abstenir de nourriture.    - avec gén. Hor. O. 3, 27, 69; Apul. Apol. 10.    - avec inf. Plaut. Curc. 180 ; Mil. 1309 ; Suet. Tib. 23.    - non abstinere quin: ne pas s'abtenir de.    - Plaut. Bac. 915 ; Liv. 2, 45, 10; Suet. Tib. 44; 72.    - non abstinere quominus: ne pas s'abstenir de. --- Tac. An. 13, 4; Suet. Gram. 3.    - aegre abstinent quin castra oppugnent, Liv. 2, 45, 10: ils ont peine à s'abstenir d'attaquer le camp.    - absol. abstinere: s'abstenir.    - Plaut. Aul. 344 ; Men. 166 ; Virg. En. 2, 534 ; Liv. 40, 21, 4.    - abstinere debet aeger, Cels. 2, 12, 2: le malade doit s'abstenir de manger, le malade doit jeûner.
    * * *
        A negotiis abstinere. Cels. Se garder d'entendre à ses affaires, S'abstenir.
    \
        Se ab iniuria abstinet. Cic. Il se garde de faire tort à autruy.
    \
        Se cibo abstinere. Caes. S'abstenir de manger.
    \
        Abstinet ab alieno: subaudi, se. Plau. Se garde de toucher l'autruy, Il ne touche point l'autruy.
    \
        Armis. Liu. Se deporter de la guerre.
    \
        Iurgiis. Cic. Se garder de noyses.
    \
        Carne. Plaut. Ne manger point de chair.
    \
        Cibo abstinere. Colum. Ne manger point.
    \
        Tactu abstinere. Virgil. Se garder de toucher, Ne point toucher.
    \
        Loco abstinere, vt Regione aut vrbe. Liu. Vrbe valida, muris ac situ ipso munita abstinuit. Ne toucha à la ville.
    \
        Publico abstinere. Suet. Ne se monstrer point, Estre des saincts de quaresme, Se cacher, Ne se trouver point parmi le monde.
    \
        Abstinere manum alieno. Cato. Se garder de desrobber, Ne toucher à l'autruy.
    \
        Manus in iudicio abstinere. Cic. Se garder de donner argent, et corrompre les juges.
    \
        Manum ab aliquo abstinere. Plaut. Se garder de le frapper.
    \
        Manum a se aut ab alio abstinere, interdum ad necem refertur. Cic. Vix a se manus abstinuit. A peine se garda il de se tuer, Peu s'en fallut qu'il ne se tuast, A peu qu'il ne se tuast.
    \
        Manum abstinere, sine vllo ablatiuo. Terent. Non manum abstines mastigia? Ne me laisseras tu pas aller?
    \
        Ignem ab aede abstinere. Liu. Se garder de mettre le feu au temple en bruslant la ville.
    \
        Bellum et vim ab aliquo populo abstinere. Liu. Ne luy point faire la guerre.
    \
        Abstinere quominus, pro quin. Suet. Vt ne clarissimi quidem viri abstinuerint, quominus et ipsi aliquid de ea scriberent. Ne se sont peu garder ou contenir.
    \
        Sermonem de re aliqua abstinere. Plaut. Cesser de parler.
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        Abstinere, pro Arcere: vt Abstinere aegrum cibo. Diomed. Garder un malade de manger.
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        Abstinetur, pen. prod. passiuum in tertiis personis. Colum. Totus grex vno die abstinetur potione et pabulo. On le garde de boire et de manger.
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        Abstinetur, Impersonale. Liu. Edicere iubet, vt ab inermi abstineatur. Qu'on ne touche point, etc.

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  • 97 actor

    [st1]1 [-] actŏr, ōris, m.: a - celui qui fait avancer, conducteur (de troupeau).    - actor pecoris, Ov.: conducteur d'un troupeau, pâtre.    - actor habenae, Stat.: frondeur. b - celui qui fait, celui qui exécute, agent, instigateur.    - actor rerum, Cic.: homme d'action.    - auctor et actor, Cic.: conseiller et agent.    - auctor, actor rerum illarum fuit, Cic. Sest.: c'est lui qui eut cette idée et qui l'exécuta. c - qui prononce un discours, orateur.    - orator verborum actorque rerum, Cic.: orateur et homme d'action.    - orationem aliam fore putat, actore mutato, Cic.: il pense que le discours ne sera pas le même dans une autre bouche. d - celui qui joue, acteur, comédien.    - actor suorum carminum, Liv.: qui représente ses propres pièces.    - actor tertiarum partium, Cic.: qui joue le troisième rôle. e - celui qui plaide, accusateur, plaignant, avocat, mandataire (en justice).    - actor causarum, Cic.: avocat, mandataire en justice, orateur.    - si tu eris actor constitutus, Cic.: si tu es désigné comme avocat. g - chargé d'affaires, gérant, administrateur, intendant, régisseur.    - actor civitatis, Dig.: chargé des intérêts de la cité.    - actor publicus: agent du trésor public, intendant de l'Etat.    - actor summarum: caissier, trésorier, payeur.    - actor negotii (negotiorum), Cic.: intendant, homme d'affaires.    - actor (praediorum): régisseur ou fermier.    - fit ut et actor et familia peccent, et ager saepius infametur, Col.: il arrive que le fermier et ses gens se comportent mal et que trop souvent la terre est discréditée. h - C. Just. tuteur substitué à un autre. [st1]2 [-] Actŏr, ŏris, m (acc. Actŏrem ou Actŏra): Actor. - [abcl][b]a - fils de Neptune. - [abcl]b - compagnon d'Enée.[/b]
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    [st1]1 [-] actŏr, ōris, m.: a - celui qui fait avancer, conducteur (de troupeau).    - actor pecoris, Ov.: conducteur d'un troupeau, pâtre.    - actor habenae, Stat.: frondeur. b - celui qui fait, celui qui exécute, agent, instigateur.    - actor rerum, Cic.: homme d'action.    - auctor et actor, Cic.: conseiller et agent.    - auctor, actor rerum illarum fuit, Cic. Sest.: c'est lui qui eut cette idée et qui l'exécuta. c - qui prononce un discours, orateur.    - orator verborum actorque rerum, Cic.: orateur et homme d'action.    - orationem aliam fore putat, actore mutato, Cic.: il pense que le discours ne sera pas le même dans une autre bouche. d - celui qui joue, acteur, comédien.    - actor suorum carminum, Liv.: qui représente ses propres pièces.    - actor tertiarum partium, Cic.: qui joue le troisième rôle. e - celui qui plaide, accusateur, plaignant, avocat, mandataire (en justice).    - actor causarum, Cic.: avocat, mandataire en justice, orateur.    - si tu eris actor constitutus, Cic.: si tu es désigné comme avocat. g - chargé d'affaires, gérant, administrateur, intendant, régisseur.    - actor civitatis, Dig.: chargé des intérêts de la cité.    - actor publicus: agent du trésor public, intendant de l'Etat.    - actor summarum: caissier, trésorier, payeur.    - actor negotii (negotiorum), Cic.: intendant, homme d'affaires.    - actor (praediorum): régisseur ou fermier.    - fit ut et actor et familia peccent, et ager saepius infametur, Col.: il arrive que le fermier et ses gens se comportent mal et que trop souvent la terre est discréditée. h - C. Just. tuteur substitué à un autre. [st1]2 [-] Actŏr, ŏris, m (acc. Actŏrem ou Actŏra): Actor. - [abcl][b]a - fils de Neptune. - [abcl]b - compagnon d'Enée.[/b]
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        Actor, actoris, Verbale. Cic. Exploicteur et qui fait le faict.
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        Actor Commoediae. Cic. Joueur de farces.
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        Actor in iudicio. Cic. Le demandeur, c'est à dire, celuy qui fait convenir un autre.
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        Actor. Cic. Advocat, Plaideur.
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        Actor. Martianus. Un sindic et procureur d'une communaulté.
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        Actor. Colum. Un maistre valet qu'on a mis aux champs pour gouverner une metairie.

    Dictionarium latinogallicum > actor

  • 98 addico

    addīco, ĕre, dixi, dictum, intr. et tr. [st1]1 [-] être favorable, approuver, autoriser (→ augure).    - ei pulli non addixerunt, Liv.: les poulets sacrés lui furent défavorables.    - addicentibus auspiciis, Liv.: les augures étant favorables.    - quem aves addixerant, Fest.: celui que les augures avaient désigné.    - auguria addicunt miraculum, Apul.: les augures sanctionnent le prodige. [st1]2 [-] désigner, assigner (un juge).    - judex qui huic actioni addictus est, Dig.: le juge qui a été chargé de cette affaire.    - te arbitrum addiximus, Sen.: nous t'avons pris pour arbitre. [st1]3 [-] adjuger, mettre en vente, vendre, livrer au plus offrant, accorder, attribuer (par jugement) la propriété de.    - addicere in publicum: adjuger au fisc, adjuger au trésor public, confisquer.    - eorum bona in publicum addicebat, Caes. BC. 2, 18, 5: leurs biens étaient confisqués.    - a praetore addicebantur (debitores), Gell.: ils étaient adjugés comme esclaves par le préteur.    - addicere in servitudinem, Liv.: adjuger comme esclave.    - addicere regna pecuniâ, Cic.: vendre des royaumes à prix d'argent.    - alicujus sanguinem addicere, Cic. Pis. 34, 83: mettre à prix la tête de qqn.    - addicere sententiam, Cic.: vendre sa voix, vendre son suffrage.    - addicere rem nummo sestertio, Cic.: vendre qqch pour un sesterce, vendre pour la forme.    - quod ei ferunt animo iniquo qui certis quibusdam destinatisque sententiis quasi addicti et consecrati sunt, Cic. Tusc. 2, 2, 5: et cela, ils le supportent mal, ceux qui sont pour ainsi dire liés et dévoués à certains préceptes. [st1]4 [-] consacrer, dévouer, livrer.    - agros addixit deae, Vell.: il consacra les terres à la déesse.    - addicere se alicui, Cic.: se dévouer à qqn.    - addicere se sectae, Quint.: s'attacher à une secte.    - addicere aliquem morti, Cic.: vouer qqn à la mort.    - alicui credulitatem suam addicere, Curt.: accorder toute sa confiance à qqn. [st1]5 [-] attribuer.    - quae nomini ejus addicuntur, Gell.: les ouvrages qui sont mis sous son nom.    - voir addictus
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    addīco, ĕre, dixi, dictum, intr. et tr. [st1]1 [-] être favorable, approuver, autoriser (→ augure).    - ei pulli non addixerunt, Liv.: les poulets sacrés lui furent défavorables.    - addicentibus auspiciis, Liv.: les augures étant favorables.    - quem aves addixerant, Fest.: celui que les augures avaient désigné.    - auguria addicunt miraculum, Apul.: les augures sanctionnent le prodige. [st1]2 [-] désigner, assigner (un juge).    - judex qui huic actioni addictus est, Dig.: le juge qui a été chargé de cette affaire.    - te arbitrum addiximus, Sen.: nous t'avons pris pour arbitre. [st1]3 [-] adjuger, mettre en vente, vendre, livrer au plus offrant, accorder, attribuer (par jugement) la propriété de.    - addicere in publicum: adjuger au fisc, adjuger au trésor public, confisquer.    - eorum bona in publicum addicebat, Caes. BC. 2, 18, 5: leurs biens étaient confisqués.    - a praetore addicebantur (debitores), Gell.: ils étaient adjugés comme esclaves par le préteur.    - addicere in servitudinem, Liv.: adjuger comme esclave.    - addicere regna pecuniâ, Cic.: vendre des royaumes à prix d'argent.    - alicujus sanguinem addicere, Cic. Pis. 34, 83: mettre à prix la tête de qqn.    - addicere sententiam, Cic.: vendre sa voix, vendre son suffrage.    - addicere rem nummo sestertio, Cic.: vendre qqch pour un sesterce, vendre pour la forme.    - quod ei ferunt animo iniquo qui certis quibusdam destinatisque sententiis quasi addicti et consecrati sunt, Cic. Tusc. 2, 2, 5: et cela, ils le supportent mal, ceux qui sont pour ainsi dire liés et dévoués à certains préceptes. [st1]4 [-] consacrer, dévouer, livrer.    - agros addixit deae, Vell.: il consacra les terres à la déesse.    - addicere se alicui, Cic.: se dévouer à qqn.    - addicere se sectae, Quint.: s'attacher à une secte.    - addicere aliquem morti, Cic.: vouer qqn à la mort.    - alicui credulitatem suam addicere, Curt.: accorder toute sa confiance à qqn. [st1]5 [-] attribuer.    - quae nomini ejus addicuntur, Gell.: les ouvrages qui sont mis sous son nom.    - voir addictus
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        Addico, addicis, penult. prod. addixi, addictum, addicere. Cic. Delivrer au plus offrant et dernier encherisseur.
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        Addicere et tradere. Cic. Adjuger et delivrer.
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        Addicere. Quintil. Mettre en vente.
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        Minimo, vel Nummo praedia addixit. Sueto. Il les a baillez pour une piece de pain, A grand marché, Pour un liard, Quasi pour neant.
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        Addictam pretio habere fidem. Cic. Avoir sa foy en vente, ou à vendre.
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        Addicere sanguinem alicuius. Cic. Marchander et entreprendre pour argent de tuer quelcun, Vendre la mort de quelcun.
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        Addicta vita alicuius, et proposita praemiis. Cic. Quand aucun a promis quelque grosse somme d'argent à celuy qui tuera un autre.
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        Addicere bona in publicum. Caesar. Confisquer.
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        Addicere morti. Cic. Condamner à mort.
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        Addicere aliquem supplicio. Cic. Condamner à estre puni.
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        Addicere in augurali disciplina aues dicuntur: id est approbare facienda. Liu. Approuver.
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        Addicere se alicui homini, siue cuipiam rei. Cic. Se donner et rendre subject à aucun, S'assubjectir à quelque chose.
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        Addicere se sectae alicuius. Quintil. S'addonner à la secte et opinion d'aucun.
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        Addicere corpus suum turpissimae cupiditati. Ad Heren. Deputer, Destiner, Addonner.
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        Addicere pueritiam suam omni intemperantiae. Ad Heren. Donner.
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        Addicere quempiam pro debito dicitur Praetor. Cice. Condamner un debteur et le livrer à son creancier pour luy servir jusques à fin de payement.
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        Addicere in seruitutem. Liu. Delivrer comme serf à un seigneur.
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        Addictus auibus et canibus. Horat. Exposé.
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        Addicta vastitati. Cic. Destinez à estre en degast et ruine.
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        Addicere aliquem ad iusiurandum. Sallust. Faire jurer, Contraindre à jurer.
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        Addicere opus aliquod, pro locare faciendum. Cic. Delivrer, ou Bailler à faire quelque ouvrage à pris faict.
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        Addicere aliquem liberum. Cic. Le prononcer et declarer estre mis de servitude en liberté, Le declarer estre mis hors de servage.

    Dictionarium latinogallicum > addico

  • 99 aerarium

    aerārĭum, ĭi, n. trésor public (placé dans le temple de Saturne qui servait aussi de dépôts des archives), archives secrètes - voir hors site aerarium.
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    aerārĭum, ĭi, n. trésor public (placé dans le temple de Saturne qui servait aussi de dépôts des archives), archives secrètes - voir hors site aerarium.
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        AErarium, Substantiuum. Cic. Les deniers communs d'une ville, Le thresor de la ville.
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        AErarium. Caes. Le lieu où lon met les deniers communs.
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        Ad aerarium rationes suas referre. Cicero. Rendre ses comptes au thresor.
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        AErarium militare. Sueto. Deniers ordonnez pour le payment des gensdarmes.
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        AErarii praefectos hodie vocare possumus, quos Generales finantiarum dicunt: qui etiam Quaestores vocitari possunt. Bud.
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        AErarium sanctius. Liu. Cic. Le thresor de garde, où lon ne prend point d'argent sinon en grande necessité.

    Dictionarium latinogallicum > aerarium

  • 100 aerarius

    [st1]1 [-] aerārĭus, a, um: relatif à l’airain, relatif à l'argent monnayé, qui concerne le trésor public.    - aerarium metallum: mine de cuivre.    - aeraria fabrica, Plin.: fonte d'airain.    - aeraria sectura, Caes.: mine de cuivre.    - aeraria ratio, Cic.: valeur relative, titre des monnaies.    - aerarii tribuni, Cic.: tribuns de la solde.    - aerarii milites, Varr.: soldats mercenaires. [st1]2 [-] aerārĭus, i, m.: un éraire, un simple contribuable (citoyen du dernier degré, dégradé par le censeur, qui formait la dernière classe, n’était compris dans aucune tribu et se trouvait ainsi privé du droit de suffrage).    - in aerarios referri, Cic.: être relégué dans la dernière classe.
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    [st1]1 [-] aerārĭus, a, um: relatif à l’airain, relatif à l'argent monnayé, qui concerne le trésor public.    - aerarium metallum: mine de cuivre.    - aeraria fabrica, Plin.: fonte d'airain.    - aeraria sectura, Caes.: mine de cuivre.    - aeraria ratio, Cic.: valeur relative, titre des monnaies.    - aerarii tribuni, Cic.: tribuns de la solde.    - aerarii milites, Varr.: soldats mercenaires. [st1]2 [-] aerārĭus, i, m.: un éraire, un simple contribuable (citoyen du dernier degré, dégradé par le censeur, qui formait la dernière classe, n’était compris dans aucune tribu et se trouvait ainsi privé du droit de suffrage).    - in aerarios referri, Cic.: être relégué dans la dernière classe.
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        AErarius, Substantiuum. Plin. Qui fait ouvrages d'arain et de cuyvre.
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        AErarius fieri dicebatur. Qui estoit suspendu des commoditez et privileges de la bourgeoisie, et ne laissoit pas pourtant d'estre contrainct de contribuer aux affaires de la ville. Liu.
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        AErarium facere aliquem. L'asseoir à la taille. B.
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        Inter aerarios referre aliquem. Cic. Le suspendre des privileges comme dessus est dict.
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        Ex aerariis aliquem eximere. Cic. Le remettre en son entier, et luy restituer les droicts de bourgeoisie comme devant.
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        AErarius, Adiectiuum. Plin. D'arain.
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        AErarius faber. Plin. Chauderonnier, Maignen, Dinandier.
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        AErarios quaestores hodie vocare possumus Recepveurs des amendes. Tacit.
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        Tribunos aerarios hodie vocare possumus Recepveurs generaulx.

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