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  • 1 schwer

    schwer, I) eig.: gravis (z.B. onus). – ponderosus (ein ziemliches Gewicht habend, z.B. lapis: u. compedes). – sch. goldene Geschenke, dona auro gravia: sch. Gewicht, pondus grave (übh.); pondus vulgari gravius (schwerer als das gewöhnliche): jmd. seine sch. Hand, (die Schwere seines Arms) fühlen lassen (bildl.), graviter od. gravius vindicare in alqm (ein strenges Exempel an jmd. statuieren); alqm vi oppressum tenere (ein Volk unter dem Drucke halten). – alles Schwere, omnia pondera. – Adv.graviter (z.B. auffallen, cadere od. concĭdere). – sch. beladen, gravis oneribus (schwer befrachtet, z.B. vehiculum, navis); cum ingentibus sarcinis (mit ungeheuer viel Gepäck, z.B. vehicula): mit etw. sch. beladen, gravis alqā re (z.B. praedā [von Pers.]: und graves fructu vites); onustus alqā re (belastet, z.B. praedā, v. Pers.).

    II) uneig.: 1) nicht leicht von Gehalt u. Stärke. a) seinen Bestandteilen nach: gravis (z.B. cibus, vinum). – ein sch. Boden, solum pingue (ein fetter); solum spissum (ein fester): sch. Luft, aër nubilo gravis. – es liegt mir sch. in den Gliedern, membra gravantur. – b) seiner innern Stärke nach heftig, drückend; daher bedeutend etc.: gravis (z.B. vulnus: und morbus: u. cura: u. bellum). – periculosus (gefährlich, z.B. morbus). – mortifer (tödlich, z.B. vulnus). – atrox (furchtbar, z.B. Gewitter, tempestas). – sch. Träume, somnia tumultuosa: schwere Zeiten, tempora gravia od. iniqua (übh.); annona gravis (Teuerung): ein sch. Opfer (sch. Nachteil), merces magna (z.B. data merces est erroris mei magna, ich habe für meinen Irrtum mit schweren Opfern gebüßt). – Adv.graviter; mortifere (tödlich). – sch. daniederliegen, s. »schwer krank sein« unter »krank«. – es wird oder fällt mir etwas sch., [2094] grave mihi est alqd (es ist für mich lästig, ich gehe sch. daran); aegre od. moleste fero alqd (ich ertrage etw. ungern, es kostet mich etwas Überwindung): der Beweis würde dir sch. fallen, haud facile hoc probaveris. – es wird od. fällt mir sch., zu etc., grave mihi est od. mihi grave duco mit Infin.; aegre oder moleste fero m. Akk. u. Infin. od. m. quod.

    2) Schweres, Gewichtiges an sich habend, a) schwer bewaffnet: gravis armaturae. – sch. Reiterei, equites gravis armaturae (im allg.); equites ferrati od. cataphracti (geharnischte Reiter): sch. Fußvolk, pedites gravis armaturae; gravius peditum agmen (auf dem Marsche). – b) bepackt: impeditus; vgl. oben no. I »schwer beladen«. – dah. c) übh. nicht leicht sich bewegend, nicht flüchtig: gravis. – tardus (langsam, z.B. Gang, incessus). – sch. (übel) zu Fuße sein, s. Fuß. – Adv.tarde. – d) beschwert mit Sorgen etc.: jmdm. das Herz sch. machen, alqm sollicitum habere (v. Pers. u. Dingen); alqm angere od. sollicitare. alqm sollicitare angereque (v. Dingen, wie Ereignissen etc.); alqm curā et sollicitudine afficere (jmdm. Sorge und Kummer machen, von Pers.): sich selbst das Leben sch. machen, ipsum sollicitudinemsibi struere. – e) durch Schwierigkeiten erschwert, Mühe u. Anstrengung erfordernd: difficilis. non facilis (im allg.). – arduus (schwer auszuführen). – impeditus (mit Schwierigkeiten verbunden, verwickelt). – magni negotii (von großer Mühe). – sehr schwer, perdifficilis; perarduus; perimpeditus. – ein großes u. schweres Werk, magnum opus atque arduum: ein sch. (schwer zu verstehendes) Buch, *liber difficilis intellectu od. ad intellegendum: eine sch. (schwer zu erklärende) Stelle, *locus difficilis ad explicandum: es ist etwas Schweres, zu etc., magnum opus est atque arduum mit Infin. – sch. sein, difficilem esse ad persequendum (schwer auszuführen); difficiles habere explicatus (schwer zu erklären sein. z.B. von einer Stelle etc.); *difficilem esse intellectu od. ad intellegendum (schwer zu verstehen sein, von einer Stelle etc.). – schwer zu etc., difficilis od. non facilis mit Supinum in u od. mit ad u. dem Gerundium od. mit Infin. – es ist schwer, zu etc., difficile od. non facile est, arduum est, magnum est mit Infin. – Adv. difficulter od. difficiliter. – magno negotio (mit großer Mühe). – sehr sch., perdifficiliter. – sch. an etwas gehen, alqd aegre od. invitum facere (etw. nicht gern tun); gravari absol. od. mit Infin. (sich drücken, etw. zu tun, z.B. aus Briefschreiben, litteras dare): ich gehejetzt sehr sch. daran, non hoc tempore quicquam difficilius facio.

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  • 2 sīgnum

        sīgnum ī, n    a mark, token, sign, indication, proof: ostendisti signa nutrici? (i. e. crepundia), T.: fures earum rerum, quas ceperunt, signa commutant: in amicis deligendis habere quasi signa et notas, quibus eos iudicarent, etc.: pecori signum inpressit, V.: nulla ad speluncum signa ferebant, footprints, V.: dicere deos gallis signum dedisse cantandi: color pudoris signum, T.: timoris signa mittere, display, Cs.: Magnum hoc quoque signum est, dominam esse extra noxiam, T.: id erit signi me invitum facere, quod, etc.: quid signi?—A military standard, ensign, banner: signo amisso, Cs.: ut neque signiferi viam, nec signa milites cernerent, L.: Inter signa militaria, H.: signa sequi, to march in rank, S.: signa subsequi, to keep the order of battle, Cs.: signa servare, L.: ab signis discedere, to leave the ranks, Cs.: volonum exercitus ab signis discessit, disbanded, L.: signa relinquere, to run away, S.: signa ferre, i. e. to decamp, Cs.: mota e castris signa eorum, qui, etc., i. e. an advance of the troops, etc., L.: Signa movet, advances, V.: ferte signa in hostem, attack, L.: signa constituere, halt, Cs.: signa proferre, advance, L.: Romani conversa signa bipertito intulerunt, i. e. wheeled and attacked in two columns, Cs.: signa patriae inferens: qui signa contulit, engaged in close fight: conlatis signis, in regular battle: conlatis militaribus signis, having brought together, etc., Cs.: signa in laevum cornu confert, concentrates his troops, L.: signa transferre, to desert, Cs.: signa convellere, to take up the standards (from the ground), L.: legionem sub signis ducere, in rank and file: ante signa inter primores, in front of the army, L.—Esp., the standard of a cohort, ensign of a maniple (cf. aquila, the standard of the legion): cum fascīs, cum signa militaria (praemissa).—A cohort, maniple: unius signi milites, L.—A sign, signal, call, watchword, password: signum tubā dare, Cs.: receptui dare, L.: proeli exposcere, Cs.: concinere, Cs.: canere, S.: signum mittendis quadrigis dare (for the start in a race), L.: it bello tessera signum, V.—A sign, token, omen, prognostic, symptom: medici signa quaedam habent ex venis aegroti: Morborum signa docebo, V.: prospera signa dare, O.—An image, figure, statue, picture: Iovis Statoris: expressi voltūs per aënea signa, H.: palla signis auroque rigens, V. —A device on a seal, seal, signet: notum signum, imago avi tui, etc.: Imprimat his signa tabellis, H.: litterae integris signis praetoribus traduntur: volumen sub signo habere, under seal.—A sign in the heavens, constellation: signis omnibus ad principium steliisque revocatis: in signo Leonis: signorum obitūs ortūs, V.: pluviale Capellae, O.
    * * *
    battle standard; indication; seal; sign, proof; signal; image, statue

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  • 3 signum

    signum, i, n. [perh. Sanscr. sag-, to cling to, adhere; cf. sigilla].
    I.
    In gen., a mark, token, sign, indication (very frequent in all styles and periods; cf.

    insigne): meo patri torulus inerit aureus Sub petaso: id signum Amphitruoni non erit,

    Plaut. Am. prol. 145 sq.:

    ut eam (nutricem) adducam et signa ostendam haec, i. e. crepundia,

    Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 38; 5, 3, 5:

    ut fures earum rerum, quas ceperunt, signa commutant, etc.,

    Cic. Fin. 5, 25, 74; so (with notae) id. de Or. 2, 41, 174; id. Lael. 17, 62; cf.:

    omne probabile aut signum est aut credibile... Signum est, quod sub sensum aliquem cadit et quiddam significat, quod ex ipso profectum videtur, etc.,

    id. Inv. 1, 30, 47 sq.:

    aut pecori signum aut numeros inpressit acervis,

    Verg. G. 1, 263; cf.:

    servitii signum cervice gerens,

    Ov. M. 3, 16:

    jaculo mihi vulnera fecit.—Signa vides: apparet adhuc vetus ecce cicatrix,

    Ov. M. 12, 444:

    metam Constituit signum nautis pater, unde reverti Scirent, etc.,

    Verg. A. 5, 130:

    scutum signi gratia positum,

    Quint. 6, 3, 38:

    signa pedum,

    tracks, prints, Ov. M. 4, 543;

    and simply signa,

    Verg. A. 8, 212 al.:

    oculis mihi signum dedit, Ne se appellarem,

    Plaut. Mil. 2, 1, 45:

    dare,

    Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 11:

    dicere deos gallis signum dedisse cantandi,

    Cic. Div. 2, 26, 57 al.:

    signa esse ad salutem,

    Ter. And. 3, 2, 2:

    animi pudentis signum,

    id. Heaut. 1, 1, 68:

    color pudoris signum,

    id. And. 5, 3, 7:

    signa doloris ostendere,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 45, 190:

    mortis dare,

    Lucr. 6, 1182:

    timoris mittere,

    to exhibit, display, Caes. B. C. 1, 71 et saep.—With obj.-clause:

    magnum hoc quoque signum est, dominam esse extra noxiam,

    Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 57; Nep. Att. 17, 2.—In predic. gen. with neutr. pron.: hoc est signi;

    ubi primum poterit, se illinc subducet,

    Ter. Eun. 4, 1, 14:

    id erit signi me invitum facere, quod, etc.,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 30, 83; Auct. Her. 4, 5, 8; Cato, R. R. 38, 4; 88, 2:

    nil tamen est signi,

    Lucr. 5, 918; cf.:

    quid signi?

    Cic. Cael. 16, 38, 2.— Hence, a surname, epithet (rare):

    huic signum exercitus apposuit,

    Vop. Am. 6; cf. Capitol. Gord. 4.—
    II.
    In partic.
    A.
    In milit. lang.
    1.
    The distinctive sign of a division of an army.
    a.
    A military standard, ensign, banner (including the aquila):

    signifero interfecto, signo amisso,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 25:

    ut neque signiferi viam, nec signa milites cernerent,

    Liv. 33, 7:

    Hasdrubal ut procul signa legionum fulgentia vidit,

    id. 28, 14; 22, 21; Col. 9, 9, 4:

    inter signa militaria,

    Hor. Epod. 9, 15:

    cum unius signi militibus pergit ire,

    Liv. 33, 1:

    signa militaria ex proelio relata,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 99; so,

    militaria,

    id. B. G. 7, 2; Plin. 33, 33, 19, § 58.—

    Hence the expressions: signa sequi,

    to follow the standards, to march in military order, Sall. J. 80, 2; Liv. 24, 48, 11:

    signa subsequi,

    to keep in order of battle, Caes. B. G. 4, 26:

    signa observare,

    Sall. J. 51, 1:

    signa servare,

    Liv. 8, 34, 10; Veg. Mil. 1, 9:

    ab signis discedere,

    to desert the standards, leave the ranks, Caes. B. G. 5, 16; 5, 33 fin.; id. B. C. 1, 44; Liv. 25, 20 al.; cf.:

    ab ordinibus signisque discedere,

    Front. Strat. 1, 5, 3:

    signa relinquere,

    to desert, Sall. C. 9, 4; Liv. 5, 6 al.:

    signa deserere,

    Liv. 8, 34, 9: signa ferre, i. e. to break up the camp, Caes. B. G. 1, 39 fin.; 1, 40; Liv. 2, 49, 3; 10, 5 al.;

    for which: movere signa,

    id. 1, 14, 9; 27, 2, 12; Verg. G. 3, 236; and:

    tollere,

    Vell. 2, 61, 2; Auct. B. Alex. 57, 1;

    but: ferte signa in hostem,

    attack, Liv. 9, 23, 13:

    signa constituere,

    to halt, Caes. B. G. 7, 47; cf.:

    infestis contra hostes signis constiterunt,

    id. ib. 7, 51:

    signa proferre,

    to advance, Liv. 4, 32, 10: signa convertere, to wheel, turn, or face about, Caes. B. G. 1, 25 fin.; 2, 26: Liv. 8, 11; 2, 14; 4, 29; for which, [p. 1698] vertere signa, id. 9, 35:

    signa inferre (in aliquem),

    to advance to the attack, make an assault, Caes. B. G. 1, 25 fin.; 2, 26; 7, 67; id. B. C. 2, 42; Cic. Phil. 5, 8, 23; Sall. J. 56, 5; Liv. 2, 53; 9, 27; 44, 12 al; cf.:

    signa conferre cum aliquo,

    to engage with, engage in close fight, Cic. Att. 7, 5, 5; id. Pis. 21, 49;

    and cf.: collatis signis pugnare, superare aliquem, etc.,

    Plaut. Cas. 2, 5, 44; Liv. 1, 33; 2, 50; Cic. Imp. Pomp. 23, 66; but conferre signa also means simply to bring the standards together (to one place), Caes. B. G. 7, 2; 2, 25; Liv. 37, 21:

    signa in laevum cornu confert,

    concentrates his troops, id. 7, 15, 4:

    signa transferre,

    to desert, Caes. B. C. 1, 24: signa convellere, to take up the standards, which had been fixed in the ground, Liv. 3, 7, 3; 3, 54, 10; 5, 37, 4; so,

    vellere signa,

    id. 3, 50, 11; Verg. G. 4, 108:

    revellere signa,

    Luc. 7, 77; cf.:

    signa figere,

    to encamp, Amm. 27, 10, 9:

    defigere signa,

    Sil. 8, 625:

    sub signis ducere legiones, ire, esse, etc.,

    together, in order, in rank and file, Plaut. Ps. 2, 4, 71 (with ordine); Cic. Att. 16, 8, 2; Liv. 3, 51; Tac. H. 2, 14:

    signa hostium turbare,

    to throw into disorder, Liv. 9, 73:

    ante signa,

    before the army, id. 5, 18; 6, 7; 7, 16:

    post signa,

    id. 2, 49.—
    (β).
    Transf., in gen.:

    infestis prope signis inferuntur Galli in Fonteium,

    Cic. Font. 20, 44 (16, 34).—
    b.
    Esp., the standard or ensign of single cohorts and maniples (opp. aquila, the standard of the entire legion):

    cum fasces, cum tubas, cum signa militaria, cum aquilam illam argenteam... scirem esse praemissam,

    Cic. Cat. 2, 6, 13; Galb. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 30, 5; Suet. Calig. 14 fin. Oud.; Tac. A. 1, 18; id. H. 2, 29 fin.; Plin. 13, 3, 4, § 23; Luc. 1, 6; 1, 224 al. (cf. aquila, 2.):

    manipulos exercitus minimas manus quae unum sequuntur signum,

    Varr. L. L. 5, § 88 Müll.—
    (β).
    Meton., a cohort, a maniple:

    octo cohortes in fronte constituit, reliquarum signa in subsidio artius collocat,

    Sall. C. 59, 2; Liv. 8, 9; 25, 23 fin.; 33, 1; 27, 14; 28, 14; Auct. B. Hisp. 18, 3.—
    2.
    A sign, signal; a watchword, password, given by a wind-instrument, by the tessera, or otherwise:

    signum tubā dare,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 20; 7, 81:

    proelii committendi dare,

    id. ib. 2, 21:

    recipiendi dare,

    id. ib. 7, 52:

    receptui dare,

    Liv. 4, 31; 26, 45; 3, 22; cf. Cic. Rep. 1, 2, 3:

    signum dare ut, etc.,

    Liv. 2, 20; 4, 39:

    proelii exposcere,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 19:

    concinere,

    id. B. C. 3, 92 fin.; Liv. 30, 5; cf. Tac. A. 1, 68:

    canere,

    Sall. C. 59, 1; id. J. 99, 1; Liv. 1, 1; 4, 31; 27, 47; Cic. Rep. 1, 3, 3 al. (v. cano).—For the chariot race:

    signum mittendis quadrigis dare,

    Liv. 8, 40, 3: signum mittere, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 48, 107: signo Felicitatis dato, the word, watchword, Felicitas, Auct. B. Afr. 83:

    signum petere,

    Suet. Calig. 56; id. Claud. 42; id. Ner. 9; cf.:

    it bello tessera signum,

    Verg. A. 7, 637.— Transf.:

    tu illam (virtutem) jubes signum petere,

    i. e. to be in subjection, Sen. Ben. 4, 2, 2.—
    B.
    A sign or token of any thing to come; a prognostic, symptom (cf.:

    portentum, indicium): ipse et equus ejus repente concidit: nec eam rem habuit religioni, objecto signo, ut peritis videbatur, ne committeret proelium,

    Cic. Div. 1, 35, 77:

    medici signa quaedam habent ex venis et ex spiritu aegroti,

    id. ib. 2, 70, 145; cf. Verg. G. 3, 440; 3, 503; 4, 253; Cels. 2, 3:

    prospera signa dare,

    Ov. H. 18 (19), 152.—
    C.
    An image, as a work of art; a figure, statue, picture, etc. (syn.: effigies, imago, simulacrum);

    inerant (classi) signa expressa, Titani quomodo, etc.,

    Naev. 2, 13: statuas deorum, exempla earum facierum, s gna domi pro supellectile statuere, Cato ap. Prisc. p. 782 P.:

    signum pictum in pariete,

    Plaut. Merc. 2, 2, 44:

    signum in fano,

    id. Rud. 2, 7, 2:

    aëna signa,

    Lucr. 1, 318:

    ante signum Jovis Statoris concidit,

    Cic. Div. 1, 35, 77:

    signum aeneum, marmoreum, eburneum,

    id. Verr. 2, 4, 1, § 1; cf. id. Off. 1, 41, 147; Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 248:

    cratera impressum signis,

    Verg. A. 5, 536; 5, 267; 9, 263:

    (vestis) auro signisque ingentibus apta,

    Lucr. 5, 1428:

    ex ornatis aedibus per aulaea et signa,

    Sall. H. 2, 23, 2 Dietsch:

    pallam signis auroque rigentem,

    Verg. A. 1, 648:

    e Pario formatum marmore signum,

    Ov. M. 3, 419; cf. id. ib. 5, 183;

    12, 398: statuas, signa, picturas commendet,

    Plin. Ep. 1, 20, 5.—
    D.
    An image or device on a seal-ring; a seal, signet: ostendi tabellas Lentulo, et quaesivi, cognosceretne signum. Annuit. Est vero, inquam, notum signum, imago avi tui, etc., Cic. Cat. 3, 5, 10:

    (patera) in cistulā obsignata signo est,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 265; cf. Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 45, § 117:

    tabulae maximae signis hominum nobilium consignantur,

    id. Quint. 6, 25:

    imprimat his signa tabellis,

    Hor. S. 2, 6, 38:

    litterae integris signis praetoribus traduntur,

    Cic. Cat. 3, 3, 6; Sall. C. 47, 3:

    signo laeso non insanire lagenae,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 134:

    volumen sub signo habere,

    to have under seal, Cic. Att. 9, 10, 4; cf.:

    sub signo claustrisque rei publicae positum vectigal,

    id. Agr. 1, 7, 21:

    nec pacta conventaque inpressis signis custodirentur,

    Sen. Ben. 3, 15, 1:

    cum sol duodena peregit signa,

    Ov. M. 13, 618.—
    E.
    A sign in the heavens, a constellation (cf. sidus):

    caeli subter labentia signa,

    Lucr. 1, 2:

    loca caelio Omnia, dispositis signis ornata,

    id. 5, 695:

    signorum ortus et obitus,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 34, 59:

    signis omnibus ad idem principium stellisque revocatis,

    id. Rep. 6, 22, 24:

    in signo leonis,

    id. Div. 1, 53, 121:

    signorum obitus speculari et ortus,

    Verg. G. 1, 257; id. A. 7, 138:

    signum pluviale Capellae,

    Ov. F. 5, 113:

    ponemusque suos ad vaga signa dies,

    id. ib. 1, 310:

    nox caelo diffundere signa parabat,

    Hor. S. 1, 5, 10; cf. id. C. 2, 8, 11.—
    F.
    Miraculous works (eccl. Lat.), Vulg. Dan. 3, 99; id. Matt. 24, 24; id. Joan. 2, 11 et saep.

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  • 4 contra

    contrā, adv. and prep. [stem con, i. e. cum, through a comparative form conter; cf.: alter, uter, inter, praeter, etc.; in abl. fem. form like the locative adverbs ea, qua, etc.; cf.: ultra, intra, extra, citra], orig., in comparison with; hence, over against, fronting, in front, opposite, in opposition to, against, contrary to, opposed to, etc.
    I.
    Adv. (referring to an opposed object often with the force of a preposition with ellipsis of a pronoun, = against it, against him, etc.).
    A.
    Local.
    1.
    Lit., of position in front of a person, place, or thing.
    a.
    With verb of being or position expressed or understood.
    (α).
    Referring to living beings, opposite, in face of, face to face, facing, in front of, fronting, confronting (not in Cic., Caes., or Sall.):

    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.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > contra

  • 5 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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  • 6 zwingen

    zwingen, jmd. zu etwas, alqm vi od. alqm invitum cogere (mit Gewalt odergegen seinen Willen nötigen) od. bl. alqm cogere (übh. nötigen) ad alqd od. m. folg. Infin. od. mit folg. ut u. Konj. (z.B. zur Übergabe, alqm ad deditionem cog., od. in deditionem venire cog.: sich zu töten, alqm ad mortem cog.: zur Rückkehr, alqm cog., ut redeat: zum Kriegsdienst, alqm cog., ut militet); alci necessitatem afferre od. imponere od. inicere alqd faciendi (jmdm. die Notwendigkeit zu etw. auferlegen, z.B. zur Schlacht, pugnandi). – sich zwingen, sibi vim facere; naturae repugnare (seiner Natur widerstreben): sich zu etwas z. lassen, zu etw. gezwungen werden, coactum od. invitum fa. cere alqd (z.B. zu einem Beschluß, invitum decernere). – sich gezwungen (genötigt) sehen, zu etc., s. nötigen. – zwingend, ne. cessarius (unumgänglich notwendig). – gezwungen, a) Partic.:vi coactus od. bl. coactus. – invitus (ungern). – contra voluntatem (gegen den Willen). – jmdm. g. folgen, vi ac necessitate alqm sequi. – b) Adj., s. S. 1125.

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  • 7 bellum

    bellum, ī, n. ( aus duellum [w. s.]; eig. der Zweikampf, dah.) I) der Krieg, A) eig.: domesticum, Cic.: intestinum, Liv.: domesticum et intestinum, post hominum memoriam crudelissimum ac maximum, Cic.: bella domestica et externa, Cic.: b. sociale, Liv.: piraticum, Varr. u. Cic.: b. civile, Cic.: navale, Cic.: terrestre, Liv.: iustum, pium, iustum piumque, Liv.: impium, Liv.: segne, Liv.: grave et periculosum, Cic.: acerbum, Cic.: cruentum, Vell.: internecivum, Liv.: sumptuosum, Liv.: inexpiabile, Flor.: Africum, s. Āfricus: Africanum, Parthicum, transalpinum, Hispaniense, Cic.: b. Peloponnesiacum, Cic., Peloponnesium, Nep.: b. Iugurthinum, Hor.: Punicum, Cic. – bellum Samnitium, mit den S., Liv.: bella trium regum, mit drei K., Liv.: bellum Romanorum cum Philippo, Liv.: novum cum Antiocho instabat bellum, Liv. – exitus erant bellorum aut mites aut necessarii, Cic.: omnium bellorum terrā marique quies, Liv. – abesse bello, Liv., toto bello, Caes.: alqm mittere ad bellum, Sall. fr.: proficisci ad od. in bellum, s. pro-ficīscor: b. facere, s. facio no. I, B, 1, β: b. concitare, excitare, suscitare, Cic.: b. concire, Liv.: b. movere, commovere, Cic.: b. conflare, Cic.: b. moliri, Liv.: de bello cogitare, Caes.: ad b. animum intendere, Sall.: totus et mente et animo in bellum insisto, Caes.: in bellum incumbere, Caes. – b. parare od. comparare, Cic.: b. apparare, Nep.: b. moliri, Liv. epit., b. moliri animo, Vell., b. moliri adversus alqm, Liv. epit.: b. instruere, b. facere atque instruere, Cic. – b. nuntiare, b. denuntiare, b. indicere, b. denuntiare et indicere, Cic. (u. so indicta finitimis bella et gesta cum civibus, Sen.). – b. capessere, Liv. u. Curt. (s. Mützell Curt. 3, 2 [4], 2): b. consciscere, Liv. – b. suscipere, Cic.: b. sumere, Sall., sumere cum alqo, Liv.: b. incipere, Sall. u. Liv.: b. coepisse adversus alqm, Liv.: b. inchoare, Cic.: b. inire cum alqo, Liv.: belli initium facere, Sall., od. capere, Caes.: belli civilis initia invitum suscipere, extrema non libenter persequi, Cic. – alci bellum cum alqo contrahere, Liv.: b. lacessere, Cic.: b. intendere, Liv.: bello tentare, Cic.: b. pace mutare, Sall. – b. alci inferre, Cic.: b. inferre contra patriam, Cic.: b. inferre in provinciam, Cic.: bello persequi alqm, Cic. – b. administrare, b. agere, b. gerere, s. ad-ministro, ago, 1. gero. – b. prorogare, Cic. – b. patientiā suā alere, Cic.: b. alere et fovere omnibus consiliis, Liv.: bellum se ipsum alit, Liv.: bellum adiuvare viribus suis, Liv. – b. coquere, Liv. – b. ducere (in die Länge ziehen), Caes.: b. trahere, Cic. – b. ponere, Sall. u. Liv., od. deponere, Cic.: b. componere, Cic.: b. omittere, Liv., belli consilia omittere, Liv. – b. conficere, ambulando conficere, Cic.: b. patrare, Sall.: bellum perficere, Liv.: b. profligare, Tac.: profligatum bellum ac paene sublatum, Cic.: b. non modo restinctum, sed etiam inflammatum, Cic. – b. exstinguere, b. restinguere, b. delere, Cic.: b. affectum et, vere ut dicam, paene confectum videmus, Cic. – belli consilium renovare, Caes.: bellum renovare, b. redintegrare, Cic.: b. instaurare, Liv. – bellum differre, Liv.: bellum continuare, Liv. – tumultum ex tumultu, bellum ex bello serere, Sall. fr.: bella ex bellis serere, Liv. – b. impendet, Cic., od. imminet, Liv.: b. ante portas est, Liv.: incidit (es tritt ein, bricht aus) id bellum, Cic., Caesarianum civile bellum, Nep. – b. exsistit, Cic.: b. oritur, b. exoritur, b. nascitur, Cic.: b. exardescit, Liv.: convenientes manus dissipare, ne quod belli initium nasceretur, Caes.: b. renascitur, Cic., od. redit, Liv.: bellum ad Trebiam consistit, kommt vorläufig zum Stehen, Liv. – bello ardet Syria, Cic. – bella erunt (es wird geben), Verg. – in bello, im Kriege, Cic.: in bello... in pace, Sall. u. Liv.: in pace... in bello, Sen. rhet.: in bello praedonum, Cic.: in bello Philippi, Liv.: in civili bello, Cic.: in eo bello, Liv. (vgl. Fabri Liv. 23, 46, 6. Kühnast Liv. Synt. S. 180 f.): mit einem Genet. od. Adjekt. auch bl. bello, wie bello Romanorum, Cic.: Pyrrhi bello, mit P., Cic.: u. so bello Antiochi, Aur. Vict.: Veienti bello, Cic.: bello Romano, Africo, Liv.: trium regum bellis, Liv.: eo bello, Liv.: bello, quo etc., Liv. (vgl. Fabri Liv. 23, 46, 6. Kühnast Liv. Synt. S. 181). – u. der Lokativ. belli = im Kriege, Ter. heaut. 112. Cic. de rep. 2, 56. – beide (bello u. belli) gew. verb. mit domi, wie vel domi vel belli, Cic.: vel belli vel domi, Apul.: od. belli domique, domi bellique, bello domique, domi belloque, Liv.; vgl. Drak. Liv. 1, 34, 12. Alschefski Liv. 9, 26. p. 517, 8. – inter pacem et bellum medium nihil, Cic.: bellum aliquando sine tumultu; at sine bello tumultus numquam, Cic.: ubi ad bellum et castra ventum sit, Cic.: fassus est, non proelio modo se, sed bello victum, Liv.: Thucydides res gestas et bella narrat et proelia, Cic. – B) übtr.: b. tribunicium, Streit, Gezänk mit den Tr., Liv.: b. indicere philosophis, Cic.: cum omnibus improbis aeternum b. esse susceptum, Cic.; vgl. bellum gerimus, sed non pari condicione, contra arma verbis, Cic. – bellum intestinum ab uxore contra me comparatum, Rutil. Lup. – miluo est quoddam b. quasi naturale cum corvo, Cic. – II) meton.: a) wie urspr. πόλεμος, Treffen, Kampf, Schlacht, im Sing. b. Enn., Sall. u.a. Histor.: im Plur. b. Verg. u.a. Dichtern, s. die Auslgg. zu Sall. Cat. 9, 4. Drak. Liv. 3, 61, 2. Mützell Curt. 3, 10 (25), 3. v. 118. Benecke Iustin. 2, 12, 23. Paucker De latin. scriptt. hist. Aug. p. 137. Deder. Dict. 2, 4 u. 38. Thiel Verg. Aen. 2, 439. – b) Plur. bella, Kriegsmassen = Massen Kriegsvölker, Danubius duratus glacie ingentia tergo bella transportat, Plin. pan. 12, 3.

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  • 8 Kampf

    Kampf, pugna (der Widerstand, den der Gegner dem Gegner, sei es nun im Zweikampf od. in der Schlacht, leistet; dann auch von dem Kampf od. Widerspruch Gelehrter untereinander in Meinungssachen, z.B. hic quanta pugna est doctissimorum hominum). – certamen. certatio (das Sich-Messen = der mit Wetteifer geführte Kampf, Wettkampf, Wettstreit, es sei nun in der Schlacht od. bei andern Gelegenheiten, mit Waffen, Worten, Instrumenten oder durch Körperstärke). – proelium (die ganze Aktion, wenn zwei Parteien aneinander geraten sind, sowohl vom K. einzelner Haufen, Gefecht, Scharmützel, als ganzer Heere, Treffen, Schlacht, während welcher Aktion sowohl die pugna, der Widerstand, als das certamen, der Wetteifer, in Anwendung kommt). – acies (der Kampf, die Schlacht im offenen Felde, die Feldschlacht[auch Seeschlacht], im Gegensatzzu anderen Kriegsoperationen, z.B. zueiner Belagerung od. zu einem ganzen Kriege). – proelii concursus od. auch bl. concursus, congressus (das Aneinandergeraten der feindlichen Heere). – proelii dimicatio od. gew. bl. dimicatio (eig. das Schwankende, Ungewisse des Kampfes in bezug auf den Ausgang; also der Kampf, den man eingeht auf die Gefahr hin, den kürzeren zu ziehen; daher dimicatio auch u. bes. = Kampf mit Gefahren u. Widerwärtigkeiten, auch im Plur. dimicationes, sofern er dauernd ist). – der K. des Klopffechters (mit dem Zästus), pugilatio; pugi latus: der K. des Ringers, luctatio; luctatus: der K. mit Tieren (im röm. Zirkus), venatio: ein K. auf Leben u. Tod mit jmd., dimicatio adversus alqm (z.B. adv. elephantum): ein K. zu Lande, proelium terrestre: ein K. zu Wasser. zur See, s. Seeschlacht: ein ordentlicher K. (ein ord. Treffen), proelium iustum: ein ungleicher K., impar certamen atque iniusta contentio; iniqua certatio: ein hitziger, heißer [1415] K. (ein h. Gefecht, Treffen, eine h. Schlacht), s. heiß. – der K. für etwas (bildl.), propugnatio alcis rei oder pro alqa re. – ein immerwährender innerer K., assiduus animi labor: im K. mit dem Mißgeschick (begriffen), cum fortuna mala compositus.

    in den K. gehen, in proelium ire. in proelium od. in aciem prodire. in aciem od. certamen descendere (in einen einzelnen K., letzteres auch = sich in einen Streit übh. einlassen); in castra od. ad bellum proficisci (übh. ins Feld rücken, in den Krieg ziehen): mit dem Heere in den K. (die Schlacht) gehen, ziehen, das Heer in den K. führen, exercitum in aciem educere. – jmd. zum K. nötigen, alqm invitum dimicare cogere. – den K. annehmen, sich auf einen K. einlassen, dem Feinde den K. anbieten, hosti pugnandi facultatem od. copiam dare: den K. nicht annehmen, den K. ablehnen, sich auf keinen K. einlassen, certamen abnuere; pugnam od. certamen od. proelium detrectare: sich nirgends in einen K. einlassen, se nusquam committere proelio: sich nie in einen offenen K. (eine offene Feldschlacht) einlassen, numquam in campo sui facere potestatem: es auf einen K. (eine Schlacht) ankommen lassen, rem in aciem committere. – einen offenen K. (eine offene Schlacht, eine Feldschlacht) wagen, acie decernere audere. – der K. beginnt, proelium incipitur: der K. wird allgemein, proelium ab omni parte conseritur. – sich zum K. (Treffen) anschicken, proelio sese expedire: den K. anfangen, beginnen, pugnam od. certamen od. proelium inire (übh. sich in den K. einlassen, von jeder Partei sie einzeln gedacht); proelium committere. manum conserere (den K. beginnen und angreifen, sowohl vom Feldherrn als von den Soldaten); inter se concurrere. acie concurrere (aneinander geraten, von beiden Parteien); primus proelium committit alqs (von der Heeresabteilung, von dem Schiffe, das zuerst angreift). – einen K. (ein Gefecht, Treffen, eine Schlacht) liefern, proelium oder pugnam facere od. edere. proeliari (im allg.); proelio decertare oder decernere oder dimicare (eine Entscheidungsschlacht): einige glückliche Kämpfe (Treffen) liefern, proeliaaliquot secunda facere: einen unentschiedenen K. (ein unentsch. Treffen) liefern, ancipitiqproelio dimicare: dem Feinde einen K. (ein Treffen) liefern, acie cum hostibus confligere (vgl. »kämpfen mit etc.«). – den Kampf fortsetzen, pugnam excipere (von frischen Truppen, die an die Stelle der ermüdeten treten). – den K. (die Schlacht, das Treffen) erneuern, wieder erneuern; wieder anfangen, wieder aufnehmen, in pugnam redire (übh. in den K. zurückkehren); certamen od. pugnamrepetere (nach eingetretener längerer oder kürzerer Unterbrechung den K. wiederholen); pugnam novam integrare. proelium integrare od. redintegrare od. renovare (den K. von vorn anfangen); pugnam iterare (eine zweite Schlacht liefern, z.B. postero die). – den K. (das Treffen, die Schlacht) aufgeben, pugnam od. certamen omittere; pugnā od. ex pugna, proelio od. e proelio, acie u. ex [1416] acie excedere (den K. verlassen): ben K. beendigen, proelium finire: den K. aussetzen, proelium intermittere. – den K. (das Treffen, die Schlacht) gewinnen, proelio od. pugnā superiorem discedere; victorem proelio excedere; gegen jmd., alqm proelio vincere: den K. (das Treffen, die Schlacht) verlieren, inferiorem esse od. discedere; proelio vinci od. superari.

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  • 9 bellum

    bellum, ī, n. ( aus duellum [w. s.]; eig. der Zweikampf, dah.) I) der Krieg, A) eig.: domesticum, Cic.: intestinum, Liv.: domesticum et intestinum, post hominum memoriam crudelissimum ac maximum, Cic.: bella domestica et externa, Cic.: b. sociale, Liv.: piraticum, Varr. u. Cic.: b. civile, Cic.: navale, Cic.: terrestre, Liv.: iustum, pium, iustum piumque, Liv.: impium, Liv.: segne, Liv.: grave et periculosum, Cic.: acerbum, Cic.: cruentum, Vell.: internecivum, Liv.: sumptuosum, Liv.: inexpiabile, Flor.: Africum, s. Africus: Africanum, Parthicum, transalpinum, Hispaniense, Cic.: b. Peloponnesiacum, Cic., Peloponnesium, Nep.: b. Iugurthinum, Hor.: Punicum, Cic. – bellum Samnitium, mit den S., Liv.: bella trium regum, mit drei K., Liv.: bellum Romanorum cum Philippo, Liv.: novum cum Antiocho instabat bellum, Liv. – exitus erant bellorum aut mites aut necessarii, Cic.: omnium bellorum terrā marique quies, Liv. – abesse bello, Liv., toto bello, Caes.: alqm mittere ad bellum, Sall. fr.: proficisci ad od. in bellum, s. proficiscor: b. facere, s. facio no. I, B, 1, β: b. concitare, excitare, suscitare, Cic.: b. concire, Liv.: b. movere, commovere, Cic.: b. conflare, Cic.: b. moliri, Liv.: de bello cogitare, Caes.: ad b. animum intendere, Sall.: totus et mente et animo in bellum insisto, Caes.: in bellum incumbere, Caes. – b. parare od. comparare,
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    Cic.: b. apparare, Nep.: b. moliri, Liv. epit., b. moliri animo, Vell., b. moliri adversus alqm, Liv. epit.: b. instruere, b. facere atque instruere, Cic. – b. nuntiare, b. denuntiare, b. indicere, b. denuntiare et indicere, Cic. (u. so indicta finitimis bella et gesta cum civibus, Sen.). – b. capessere, Liv. u. Curt. (s. Mützell Curt. 3, 2 [4], 2): b. consciscere, Liv. – b. suscipere, Cic.: b. sumere, Sall., sumere cum alqo, Liv.: b. incipere, Sall. u. Liv.: b. coepisse adversus alqm, Liv.: b. inchoare, Cic.: b. inire cum alqo, Liv.: belli initium facere, Sall., od. capere, Caes.: belli civilis initia invitum suscipere, extrema non libenter persequi, Cic. – alci bellum cum alqo contrahere, Liv.: b. lacessere, Cic.: b. intendere, Liv.: bello tentare, Cic.: b. pace mutare, Sall. – b. alci inferre, Cic.: b. inferre contra patriam, Cic.: b. inferre in provinciam, Cic.: bello persequi alqm, Cic. – b. administrare, b. agere, b. gerere, s. administro, ago, gero. – b. prorogare, Cic. – b. patientiā suā alere, Cic.: b. alere et fovere omnibus consiliis, Liv.: bellum se ipsum alit, Liv.: bellum adiuvare viribus suis, Liv. – b. coquere, Liv. – b. ducere (in die Länge ziehen), Caes.: b. trahere, Cic. – b. ponere, Sall. u. Liv., od. deponere, Cic.: b. componere, Cic.: b. omittere, Liv., belli consilia omittere, Liv. – b. conficere, ambulando conficere, Cic.: b. patrare, Sall.: bellum perficere, Liv.: b. profligare, Tac.: profligatum bellum ac paene sublatum, Cic.: b. non
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    modo restinctum, sed etiam inflammatum, Cic. – b. exstinguere, b. restinguere, b. delere, Cic.: b. affectum et, vere ut dicam, paene confectum videmus, Cic. – belli consilium renovare, Caes.: bellum renovare, b. redintegrare, Cic.: b. instaurare, Liv. – bellum differre, Liv.: bellum continuare, Liv. – tumultum ex tumultu, bellum ex bello serere, Sall. fr.: bella ex bellis serere, Liv. – b. impendet, Cic., od. imminet, Liv.: b. ante portas est, Liv.: incidit (es tritt ein, bricht aus) id bellum, Cic., Caesarianum civile bellum, Nep. – b. exsistit, Cic.: b. oritur, b. exoritur, b. nascitur, Cic.: b. exardescit, Liv.: convenientes manus dissipare, ne quod belli initium nasceretur, Caes.: b. renascitur, Cic., od. redit, Liv.: bellum ad Trebiam consistit, kommt vorläufig zum Stehen, Liv. – bello ardet Syria, Cic. – bella erunt (es wird geben), Verg. – in bello, im Kriege, Cic.: in bello... in pace, Sall. u. Liv.: in pace... in bello, Sen. rhet.: in bello praedonum, Cic.: in bello Philippi, Liv.: in civili bello, Cic.: in eo bello, Liv. (vgl. Fabri Liv. 23, 46, 6. Kühnast Liv. Synt. S. 180 f.): mit einem Genet. od. Adjekt. auch bl. bello, wie bello Romanorum, Cic.: Pyrrhi bello, mit P., Cic.: u. so bello Antiochi, Aur. Vict.: Veienti bello, Cic.: bello Romano, Africo, Liv.: trium regum bellis, Liv.: eo bello, Liv.: bello, quo etc., Liv. (vgl. Fabri Liv. 23, 46, 6. Kühnast Liv. Synt. S. 181). – u. der Lokativ. belli = im Kriege, Ter. heaut. 112. Cic.
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    de rep. 2, 56. – beide (bello u. belli) gew. verb. mit domi, wie vel domi vel belli, Cic.: vel belli vel domi, Apul.: od. belli domique, domi bellique, bello domique, domi belloque, Liv.; vgl. Drak. Liv. 1, 34, 12. Alschefski Liv. 9, 26. p. 517, 8. – inter pacem et bellum medium nihil, Cic.: bellum aliquando sine tumultu; at sine bello tumultus numquam, Cic.: ubi ad bellum et castra ventum sit, Cic.: fassus est, non proelio modo se, sed bello victum, Liv.: Thucydides res gestas et bella narrat et proelia, Cic. – B) übtr.: b. tribunicium, Streit, Gezänk mit den Tr., Liv.: b. indicere philosophis, Cic.: cum omnibus improbis aeternum b. esse susceptum, Cic.; vgl. bellum gerimus, sed non pari condicione, contra arma verbis, Cic. – bellum intestinum ab uxore contra me comparatum, Rutil. Lup. – miluo est quoddam b. quasi naturale cum corvo, Cic. – II) meton.: a) wie urspr. πόλεμος, Treffen, Kampf, Schlacht, im Sing. b. Enn., Sall. u.a. Histor.: im Plur. b. Verg. u.a. Dichtern, s. die Auslgg. zu Sall. Cat. 9, 4. Drak. Liv. 3, 61, 2. Mützell Curt. 3, 10 (25), 3. v. 118. Benecke Iustin. 2, 12, 23. Paucker De latin. scriptt. hist. Aug. p. 137. Deder. Dict. 2, 4 u. 38. Thiel Verg. Aen. 2, 439. – b) Plur. bella, Kriegsmassen = Massen Kriegsvölker, Danubius duratus glacie ingentia tergo bella transportat, Plin. pan. 12, 3.

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  • 10 impero

    im-pero, āvī, ātum, āre (in u. paro), anbefehlen, befehlen, gebieten, I) im allg.: α) m. Acc.: quae imperarentur facere dixerunt, Caes.: ex libidine leges imperantur, Sall. fr.: alci nuptias locupletis propinquae, Quint.: imperata impensa, Quint. – Partiz. subst., imperātum, ī, n., das Befohlene, die Order, imperatum u. imperata facere, Caes.: ad imperatum non venire, Caes. – β) m. folg. Infin.: signa extemplo canere, Acc. fr.: animo otioso esse, Ter.: sibi omnia assentari, Ter.: frumentum comportare, Sall.: iniuriae oblivisci sibi imperavit, Val. Max.: flectere iter sociis, Verg.: im Passiv, haec ego procurare et idoneus imperor et non invitus, es liegt mir ob od. (medial) ich lege mir auf, Hor. ep. 1, 5, 21: in easdem lautumias etiam ex ceteris oppidis deduci imperantur, Cic. Verr. 5, 68. – u. m. folg. Acc. u. Infin., bes. m. Acc. u. Infin. Pass., Cato, Lucr., Cic. u.a. (vgl. Nipp. Quaest. Caes. p. 121 sq.). – γ) m. folg. indir. Fragesatz, quin tu quid faciam impera, Ter.: quae volo simul imperabo, Ter.: quantum quisque daret pro facultatibus imperabat (bestimmte), Nep. – δ) m. folg. ut u. Konj., Cic. u.a.: m. folg. ne u. Konj., Ter. u. Caes.: m. bl. Coniunctiv, alant imperat classem, Ov.: stringerent ferrum imperavit, Liv.: huic imperat, quas possit, adeat civitates, Caes. – ε) mit Gerund., optimis insternendum vestimentis, Auct. b. Hisp. 33, 3. – ζ) absol.: si quid opus est, impera, Plaut.: impera si quid vis, Plaut.: omnia faciam, impera, Ter. – II) insbes.: A) über jmd. gebieten, herrschen, jmd. befehligen (Ggstz. alci parēre, oboedire, servire), 1) eig.: a) übh.: liberis suis, Ter.: gentibus, Nep.: illo imperante, unter seinem Oberbefehl, Nep. – vocari ad imperandum, um Befehle zu empfangen, Sall.: ebenso adesse ad imperandum, Cic. – bildl., sibi, Cic.: cupiditatibus, Cic.: irae, bezähmen, Ov.: animo, sich überwinden, Curt.: nunc imperare animo nequeo quin, cur periturus essem, scirem, Liv.: ego non possum mihi imperare, quin doleam, Sulp. Sev.: cum, ut ea solveret, sibi imperare non posset, es nicht über sich gewinnen, Cael. in Cic. ep.: tamquam nescias, cui imperem, über wen ich verfüge, Sen. – b) regieren, herrschen, bes. Herrscher, Alleinherrscher (König, Kaiser) sein, imperare coepisse, die Regierung antreten, Plin. pan.: recusabas imperare, Plin. pan.: triduo tantum imperavisse, Treb. Poll.: qui unā die factus est imperator, aliā die visus est imperare, tertiā interemptus est, Treb. Poll.: Titum invitum et a militibus coactum imperasse, Treb. Poll.: imperare (Gordianum) coëgerunt, Capitol.: Iulius Caesar, qui postea imperavit (Alleinherrscher war), Eutr.: Philippus, qui post eum imperavit, Eutr.: alqo imperante, unter jmds. Regierung, Eutr. – 2) übtr.: a) zu viel zumuten, Gewalt antun, voci suae, Plin. ep.: plenis oculis et umentibus, Sen.: patrimonio, Sen. – b) vom Landbau, bearbeiten, agris, Sen.: arvis, Verg.: vitibus, Colum. – B) eine Leistung anordnen, anbefehlen, 1) als t. t. des Privatlebens: imp. cenam, Cic.: u. so non domi imperaram, hatte zu Hause keine Befehle (wegen des Essens) gegeben, Cic. – 2) als publiz. u. milit. t. t., eine Leistung, Lieferung anbefehlen, zu stellen od. zu liefern auflegen, frumentum sibi in cellam, Cic.: pecunias privatis, Nep.: naves civitatibus, Nep.: u. so equites, obsides civitatibus, Caes.: u. bl. obsides, Cic.: arma, Caes.: milites, Caes.: m. dopp. Acc., quem (numerum frumenti) ei civitati imperas emendum, Cic. Verr. 3, 173. – C) v. Ärzten, verordnen, alqd, Cels. 7, 20. Sen. de ira 1, 16, 4: v. den Hebammen, Ter. Andr. 484 (aber imperantes sibi, seine Kunden, v. einem Arzte, Alfen. dig. 38, 1, 26). – D) als publiz. t. t., die Bürger zu den Comitia centuriata beordern, rufen, exercitum (das Volk), Varro LL. 6, 88 u. 95. Gell. 15, 27, 4: u. so scherzh. Plaut. capt. 155 u. (im Doppelsinn) Plaut. cist. 58. – E) als gramm. t. t., imperandi modus, der Imperativ, Mart. Cap. 3. § 234: imperandi declinatus, die Abänderung des Imperativs, Varro LL. 10, 32. – / Archaist. Form imperassit = imperaverit, Cic. de legg. 3, 6. – Nbf. indupero, s. bes.

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  • 11 lego [2]

    2. lego, lēgī, lēctum, ere (λέγω), Stück für Stück wegnehmen; dah. I) eig.: 1) übh., mit den Händen usw. = zusammennehmen, -lesen, auflesen, lesen, sammeln, spolia caesorum, Liv.: conchas, Cic.: nuces, Cic.: flores, pflücken, Verg. u. Apul.: uvas, Colum., od. vinum, Varro LL.: oleam, ablesen, abnehmen mit den Händen (Ggstz. quatere, abschütteln), Varro: ebenso oleam digitis nudis (Ggstz. digitalibus), Varro: mala ex arbore, Verg.: poma ab arboribus, Tibull.: testam de litore, Min. Fel.: fructum sub arbore, Liv.: in veste floccos, Flocken lesen (v. Fieberkranken), Cels.: alci capillos, ausraufen, Phaedr.: ancoras, aufziehen, lichten, Sen. poët. – Insbes., legere ossa, α) die Gebeine eines verbrannten Toten sammeln, homini mortuo ossa, Cic. de legg. 2, 60: ossa filii, Sen. de ira 2, 33, 6 u. (im Wortspiel mit no. β) Quint. 8, 5, 21: ossa legenda per sacerdotes, Suet. Aug. 100: ossa lecta cado texit aëno, Verg. Aen. 6, 228: corpore iam cremato lecta ossa et in pulverem comminuta iactabantur in flumine ac mare, Lact. de mort. persec. 21, 11: dass. reliquias legere, Suet. Aug. 100, 4. – β) die Knochen (Knochensplitter) aus einem Gliede herausnehmen, Sen. de prov. 1, 3, 2: ossa vivis, Sen. ad Marc. 22, 3: ossa in capite, Sen. de ben. 5, 24, 3. Quint. 8, 5, 21: ossa e vulneribus, Quint. 6, 1, 30. – 2) insbes.: a) aufwinden, zusam menwickeln, aufwickeln, funem, Val. Flacc.: lina (die Angelschnur), Ven. Fort.: vela, einziehen, Verg.: Parcae extrema fila legunt, winden die letzten Fäden auf, spinnen seine letzten Lebensfäden, Verg.: so auch fila legere, v. Theseus, Ov.: u. stamen legere, auf ein Knäuel wickeln, Prop. – b) diebischerweise wegnehmen, stehlen, sacrum, Cornif. rhet.: sacra divûm, Hor.: omnia viscatis manibus, Lucil. fr. – 3) prägn.: a) eine Örtlichkeit usw. durchgehen, durchwandern, durchlaufen, saltus, Ov.: luna caelum freno propiore legit, Sen. poët.: dah. vestigia alcis, in jmds. Fußtapfen treten, Verg.: tortos orbes, gewundene Kreise durchirren, Verg.: bes. zu Schiffe, ein Gewässer durchsegeln, aequor, Ov.: od. längs eines Ortes od. einen Ort entlang segeln oder wandeln, litora, Mela u. Val. Flacc.: oram curvi molliter litoris, Min. Fel.: oram Italiae, Asiae, Liv.: oram Campaniae, Suet.: terram, Suet.: rursus terram, Curt.; dah. im Bilde, oram litoris primi, sich nahe an der Küste halten (im Schreiben), d.i. sich nicht zu weit einlassen, Verg. georg. 2, 44: moratim insularum omnium oras, einzeln anführen, Solin. 3, 1. – b) = auslesen, aussuchen, wählen, de classe biremes, Verg.: sibi domum, Ov.: soceros, Verg.: vir virum legit, jeder sucht sich seinen Mann aus, Verg.: alqm in adoptionem, Capit.: iudices, Cic.: milites, ausheben, Liv. (vgl. lex a quinquagesimo anno militem non legit, Sen.): u. so ex Romanis tantum tirones, Eutr.: u. in supplementum milites, Curt.: supplementum in alias (legiones), Liv.: viros ad bella, Verg.: alqm in senatum, Cic., od. in patres od. inter patres, in den Senat aufnehmen, zum Senator machen, Liv.: cives in patres, Liv.: alqm in iudices, Gell.: alqm ducem, imperatorem, Tac.: dictatorem, magistrum equitum, Liv.: virginem Vestae legere, Liv.: flaminem Dialem in locum alcis defuncti, Tac.: condiciones, Cic. – Partic. lectus (lecta) m. folg. Infin., Stat. Theb. 1, 530. – II) übtr.: A) mit den Ohren auffangen, aufschnappen = belauschen, behorchen, sermonem alcis, Plaut. Pseud. 414; vgl. alcis sermonem sublegere, Plaut. mil. 1090. – B) mit den Augen wegnehmen, 1) ins Auge fassen, mustern, omnes adversos, Verg. Aen. 6, 755. – 2) lesen, a) übh.: si leget (haec), perlegat, Lact.: qui legit, discat esse pius, Inscr.: eos libros, Cic.: Archimedis libros, Vitr.: ego te vel invitum istic lego, ich lese dich (= deine Schrift), M. Caes. b. Fronto ep. Graec. 6. p. 253, 1 N.: dedit mihi epistulam legendam tuam, quam paulo ante acceperat, Cic.: epistula, quam nolo aliis legi, von andern gelesen, andern bekannt werde, Cic.: apud quem (Menandrum) hi senarii duo leguntur, Amm.: librum ab oculo legit, ohne Stocken (Anstoß), Petron. 75, 4: de tabella legit, vom Blatte, Apul. flor. 9. p. 10, 4 Kr.: legendi studio promptus, ein Freund des Lesens (der Lektüre), Aur. Vict. epit. 42, 7. – haec scripta legi, Cic.: ut scriptum legimus, Cic.: cum relatum legent, quis musicam docuerit Epaminondam, Nep. – mit Acc. u. Infin., legi apud Clitomachum A. Albium iocantem dixisse etc., Cic.: scriptum legimus Gallos in venatibus tingere sagittas elleboro, Gell.: im Passiv m. Nom. u. Infin., gryphes aurum iugiter leguntur effodere, man liest von den Gr., daß sie usw., Cassiod. var. 9, 3, 5. – absol., legendi usus, Lact. 3, 25, 9: quorum memoriam continuus legendi usus (Lektüre) instruit, Macr. sat. 1, 5, 1. – Partic. subst., legēns, entis, m., der Leser, Ov. trist. 1, 7, 25. Augustin. de dial. 5. p. 7, 12 Cr.: oft Plur. legentēs, ium, m., die Leser, Liv. praef. § 4. Quint. 3, 1, 2 u.a. Plin. 8, 44. Tac. ann. 4, 33. Petron. 105, 2. – u. lectūrus, ī, m., der (künftige) Leser, Amm. 21, 1, 14. – Insbes.: a) etw. vorlesen, über etw. eine Vorlesung halten, v. Lehrer, ut carmina parum divulgata... diligentius retractarent ac legendo commentandoque etiam ceteris nota facerent, Suet. gr. 2: Cato grammaticus, qui solus legit ac facit poëtas, Auct. inc. bei Suet. gr. 11. – aber legere Lucilii satyras apud alqm, bei jmd. eine Vorlesung hören über usw., Suet. gr. 2. – b) herlesen, ablesen, vorlesen, volumen suum, Cic.: orationes, Plin. ep.: alci epistulam, Cic.: alci librum, Plin. ep.: cum ei (ihm) libri noctes et dies legerentur, Cic.: audio me male legere, dumtaxat versus; orationes enim commodius, sed tanto minus versus, Plin. ep.: rescribe, num sit melius pessime legere quam ista vel non facere vel facere, Plin. ep. – dah. senatum legere, v. Zensor, »den Senat, die Senatoren öffentl. nach der Reihe verlesen«, um zu zeigen, wer princeps senatus (der erste im Senatorenverzeichnis) ist, wer von den bisherigen Senatoren bleiben soll od. nicht, u. wer unter die Zahl der Senatoren von neuem aufgenommen ist, Cic. u. Liv.: dah. princeps in senatu lectus est, ist als der erste verlesen worden, Liv. – / arch. Infin. Präs. Pass. legei, Corp. inscr. Lat. 1, 198, 13; 1, 202 col. 2, 18.

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  • 12 impero

    im-pero, āvī, ātum, āre (in u. paro), anbefehlen, befehlen, gebieten, I) im allg.: α) m. Acc.: quae imperarentur facere dixerunt, Caes.: ex libidine leges imperantur, Sall. fr.: alci nuptias locupletis propinquae, Quint.: imperata impensa, Quint. – Partiz. subst., imperātum, ī, n., das Befohlene, die Order, imperatum u. imperata facere, Caes.: ad imperatum non venire, Caes. – β) m. folg. Infin.: signa extemplo canere, Acc. fr.: animo otioso esse, Ter.: sibi omnia assentari, Ter.: frumentum comportare, Sall.: iniuriae oblivisci sibi imperavit, Val. Max.: flectere iter sociis, Verg.: im Passiv, haec ego procurare et idoneus imperor et non invitus, es liegt mir ob od. (medial) ich lege mir auf, Hor. ep. 1, 5, 21: in easdem lautumias etiam ex ceteris oppidis deduci imperantur, Cic. Verr. 5, 68. – u. m. folg. Acc. u. Infin., bes. m. Acc. u. Infin. Pass., Cato, Lucr., Cic. u.a. (vgl. Nipp. Quaest. Caes. p. 121 sq.). – γ) m. folg. indir. Fragesatz, quin tu quid faciam impera, Ter.: quae volo simul imperabo, Ter.: quantum quisque daret pro facultatibus imperabat (bestimmte), Nep. – δ) m. folg. ut u. Konj., Cic. u.a.: m. folg. ne u. Konj., Ter. u. Caes.: m. bl. Coniunctiv, alant imperat classem, Ov.: stringerent ferrum imperavit, Liv.: huic imperat, quas possit, adeat civitates, Caes. – ε) mit Gerund., optimis insternendum vestimentis, Auct. b. Hisp. 33, 3. – ζ) absol.: si quid opus
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    est, impera, Plaut.: impera si quid vis, Plaut.: omnia faciam, impera, Ter. – II) insbes.: A) über jmd. gebieten, herrschen, jmd. befehligen (Ggstz. alci parēre, oboedire, servire), 1) eig.: a) übh.: liberis suis, Ter.: gentibus, Nep.: illo imperante, unter seinem Oberbefehl, Nep. – vocari ad imperandum, um Befehle zu empfangen, Sall.: ebenso adesse ad imperandum, Cic. – bildl., sibi, Cic.: cupiditatibus, Cic.: irae, bezähmen, Ov.: animo, sich überwinden, Curt.: nunc imperare animo nequeo quin, cur periturus essem, scirem, Liv.: ego non possum mihi imperare, quin doleam, Sulp. Sev.: cum, ut ea solveret, sibi imperare non posset, es nicht über sich gewinnen, Cael. in Cic. ep.: tamquam nescias, cui imperem, über wen ich verfüge, Sen. – b) regieren, herrschen, bes. Herrscher, Alleinherrscher (König, Kaiser) sein, imperare coepisse, die Regierung antreten, Plin. pan.: recusabas imperare, Plin. pan.: triduo tantum imperavisse, Treb. Poll.: qui unā die factus est imperator, aliā die visus est imperare, tertiā interemptus est, Treb. Poll.: Titum invitum et a militibus coactum imperasse, Treb. Poll.: imperare (Gordianum) coëgerunt, Capitol.: Iulius Caesar, qui postea imperavit (Alleinherrscher war), Eutr.: Philippus, qui post eum imperavit, Eutr.: alqo imperante, unter jmds. Regierung, Eutr. – 2) übtr.: a) zu viel zumuten, Gewalt antun, voci suae, Plin. ep.: plenis oculis et umenti-
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    bus, Sen.: patrimonio, Sen. – b) vom Landbau, bearbeiten, agris, Sen.: arvis, Verg.: vitibus, Colum. – B) eine Leistung anordnen, anbefehlen, 1) als t. t. des Privatlebens: imp. cenam, Cic.: u. so non domi imperaram, hatte zu Hause keine Befehle (wegen des Essens) gegeben, Cic. – 2) als publiz. u. milit. t. t., eine Leistung, Lieferung anbefehlen, zu stellen od. zu liefern auflegen, frumentum sibi in cellam, Cic.: pecunias privatis, Nep.: naves civitatibus, Nep.: u. so equites, obsides civitatibus, Caes.: u. bl. obsides, Cic.: arma, Caes.: milites, Caes.: m. dopp. Acc., quem (numerum frumenti) ei civitati imperas emendum, Cic. Verr. 3, 173. – C) v. Ärzten, verordnen, alqd, Cels. 7, 20. Sen. de ira 1, 16, 4: v. den Hebammen, Ter. Andr. 484 (aber imperantes sibi, seine Kunden, v. einem Arzte, Alfen. dig. 38, 1, 26). – D) als publiz. t. t., die Bürger zu den Comitia centuriata beordern, rufen, exercitum (das Volk), Varro LL. 6, 88 u. 95. Gell. 15, 27, 4: u. so scherzh. Plaut. capt. 155 u. (im Doppelsinn) Plaut. cist. 58. – E) als gramm. t. t., imperandi modus, der Imperativ, Mart. Cap. 3. § 234: imperandi declinatus, die Abänderung des Imperativs, Varro LL. 10, 32. – ⇒ Archaist. Form imperassit = imperaverit, Cic. de legg. 3, 6. – Nbf. indupero, s. bes.

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  • 13 lego

    1. lēgo, āvī, ātum, āre (v. lex), eig. eine gesetzliche Verfügung treffen; dah. I) als publiz. t. t.: A) jmd. von Amts wegen mit Aufträgen an jmd. absenden, wohin als Gesandten senden, 1) eig., alqm, Cic.: alqm ad Apronium, Cic.: alqm in Africam, Sall.: alqm Romam ad senatum, Gell. – 2) übtr., verba ad alqm, durch Gesandte sagen lassen, Gell. 15, 31 lemm. – alci negotium, von Amts wegen auftragen, Plaut. Cas. 100. – B) Jmd. zum Legaten (d.i. zum Amtsgehilfen des Feldherrn od. Statthalters) machen, -ernennen, alqm Caesari, Cic.: alqm sibi, sich zum Legaten nehmen, Cic. u. Sall.: consilium cepi legari a Caesare, mich von C. zum L. machen zu lassen, Cic. – II) als jurist. t. t. = letztwillig-, durch ein Testament verfügen, hinterlassen, vermachen, uti legassit super pecunia tutelae suae rei, ita ius esto, XII tabb.: alci pecuniam, Cic.: alci testamento pecuniam, Ps. Quint. decl., grandem pecuniam, Cic.: alci alqd ab alqo, jmdm. etw. so vermachen, daß dieses Vermachte von einem bestimmten Erben ausgezahlt werden soll, Cic. – ⇒ Archaist. Perfektform legassit = legaverit, XII tabb. 5. fr. 3 ( bei Cic. de inv. 2, 148. Gaius inst. 2, 224 u.a. ICt.). – arch. Infin. Präs. Pass. legarei, Corp. inscr. Lat. 1, 206, 150.
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    2. lego, lēgī, lēctum, ere (λέγω), Stück für Stück wegnehmen; dah. I) eig.: 1) übh., mit den Händen usw. = zusammennehmen, -lesen, auflesen, lesen, sammeln, spolia caesorum, Liv.: conchas, Cic.: nuces, Cic.: flores, pflücken, Verg. u. Apul.: uvas, Colum., od. vinum, Varro LL.: oleam, ablesen, abnehmen mit den Händen (Ggstz. quatere, abschütteln), Varro: ebenso oleam digitis nudis (Ggstz. digitalibus), Varro: mala ex arbore, Verg.: poma ab arboribus, Tibull.: testam de litore, Min. Fel.: fructum sub arbore, Liv.: in veste floccos, Flocken lesen (v. Fieberkranken), Cels.: alci capillos, ausraufen, Phaedr.: ancoras, aufziehen, lichten, Sen. poët. – Insbes., legere ossa, α) die Gebeine eines verbrannten Toten sammeln, homini mortuo ossa, Cic. de legg. 2, 60: ossa filii, Sen. de ira 2, 33, 6 u. (im Wortspiel mit no. β) Quint. 8, 5, 21: ossa legenda per sacerdotes, Suet. Aug. 100: ossa lecta cado texit aëno, Verg. Aen. 6, 228: corpore iam cremato lecta ossa et in pulverem comminuta iactabantur in flumine ac mare, Lact. de mort. persec. 21, 11: dass. reliquias legere, Suet. Aug. 100, 4. – β) die Knochen (Knochensplitter) aus einem Gliede herausnehmen, Sen. de prov. 1, 3, 2: ossa vivis, Sen. ad Marc. 22, 3: ossa in capite, Sen. de ben. 5, 24, 3. Quint. 8, 5, 21: ossa e vulneribus, Quint. 6, 1, 30. – 2) insbes.: a) aufwinden, zusam-
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    menwickeln, aufwickeln, funem, Val. Flacc.: lina (die Angelschnur), Ven. Fort.: vela, einziehen, Verg.: Parcae extrema fila legunt, winden die letzten Fäden auf, spinnen seine letzten Lebensfäden, Verg.: so auch fila legere, v. Theseus, Ov.: u. stamen legere, auf ein Knäuel wickeln, Prop. – b) diebischerweise wegnehmen, stehlen, sacrum, Cornif. rhet.: sacra divûm, Hor.: omnia viscatis manibus, Lucil. fr. – 3) prägn.: a) eine Örtlichkeit usw. durchgehen, durchwandern, durchlaufen, saltus, Ov.: luna caelum freno propiore legit, Sen. poët.: dah. vestigia alcis, in jmds. Fußtapfen treten, Verg.: tortos orbes, gewundene Kreise durchirren, Verg.: bes. zu Schiffe, ein Gewässer durchsegeln, aequor, Ov.: od. längs eines Ortes od. einen Ort entlang segeln oder wandeln, litora, Mela u. Val. Flacc.: oram curvi molliter litoris, Min. Fel.: oram Italiae, Asiae, Liv.: oram Campaniae, Suet.: terram, Suet.: rursus terram, Curt.; dah. im Bilde, oram litoris primi, sich nahe an der Küste halten (im Schreiben), d.i. sich nicht zu weit einlassen, Verg. georg. 2, 44: moratim insularum omnium oras, einzeln anführen, Solin. 3, 1. – b) = auslesen, aussuchen, wählen, de classe biremes, Verg.: sibi domum, Ov.: soceros, Verg.: vir virum legit, jeder sucht sich seinen Mann aus, Verg.: alqm in adoptionem, Capit.: iudices, Cic.: milites, ausheben, Liv. (vgl. lex a quinquagesimo anno militem non legit,
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    Sen.): u. so ex Romanis tantum tirones, Eutr.: u. in supplementum milites, Curt.: supplementum in alias (legiones), Liv.: viros ad bella, Verg.: alqm in senatum, Cic., od. in patres od. inter patres, in den Senat aufnehmen, zum Senator machen, Liv.: cives in patres, Liv.: alqm in iudices, Gell.: alqm ducem, imperatorem, Tac.: dictatorem, magistrum equitum, Liv.: virginem Vestae legere, Liv.: flaminem Dialem in locum alcis defuncti, Tac.: condiciones, Cic. – Partic. lectus (lecta) m. folg. Infin., Stat. Theb. 1, 530. – II) übtr.: A) mit den Ohren auffangen, aufschnappen = belauschen, behorchen, sermonem alcis, Plaut. Pseud. 414; vgl. alcis sermonem sublegere, Plaut. mil. 1090. – B) mit den Augen wegnehmen, 1) ins Auge fassen, mustern, omnes adversos, Verg. Aen. 6, 755. – 2) lesen, a) übh.: si leget (haec), perlegat, Lact.: qui legit, discat esse pius, Inscr.: eos libros, Cic.: Archimedis libros, Vitr.: ego te vel invitum istic lego, ich lese dich (= deine Schrift), M. Caes. b. Fronto ep. Graec. 6. p. 253, 1 N.: dedit mihi epistulam legendam tuam, quam paulo ante acceperat, Cic.: epistula, quam nolo aliis legi, von andern gelesen, andern bekannt werde, Cic.: apud quem (Menandrum) hi senarii duo leguntur, Amm.: librum ab oculo legit, ohne Stocken (Anstoß), Petron. 75, 4: de tabella legit, vom Blatte, Apul. flor. 9. p. 10, 4 Kr.: legendi studio promptus, ein Freund des Lesens (der Lektü-
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    re), Aur. Vict. epit. 42, 7. – haec scripta legi, Cic.: ut scriptum legimus, Cic.: cum relatum legent, quis musicam docuerit Epaminondam, Nep. – mit Acc. u. Infin., legi apud Clitomachum A. Albium iocantem dixisse etc., Cic.: scriptum legimus Gallos in venatibus tingere sagittas elleboro, Gell.: im Passiv m. Nom. u. Infin., gryphes aurum iugiter leguntur effodere, man liest von den Gr., daß sie usw., Cassiod. var. 9, 3, 5. – absol., legendi usus, Lact. 3, 25, 9: quorum memoriam continuus legendi usus (Lektüre) instruit, Macr. sat. 1, 5, 1. – Partic. subst., legēns, entis, m., der Leser, Ov. trist. 1, 7, 25. Augustin. de dial. 5. p. 7, 12 Cr.: oft Plur. legentēs, ium, m., die Leser, Liv. praef. § 4. Quint. 3, 1, 2 u.a. Plin. 8, 44. Tac. ann. 4, 33. Petron. 105, 2. – u. lectūrus, ī, m., der (künftige) Leser, Amm. 21, 1, 14. – Insbes.: a) etw. vorlesen, über etw. eine Vorlesung halten, v. Lehrer, ut carmina parum divulgata... diligentius retractarent ac legendo commentandoque etiam ceteris nota facerent, Suet. gr. 2: Cato grammaticus, qui solus legit ac facit poëtas, Auct. inc. bei Suet. gr. 11. – aber legere Lucilii satyras apud alqm, bei jmd. eine Vorlesung hören über usw., Suet. gr. 2. – b) herlesen, ablesen, vorlesen, volumen suum, Cic.: orationes, Plin. ep.: alci epistulam, Cic.: alci librum, Plin. ep.: cum ei (ihm) libri noctes et dies legerentur, Cic.: audio me male legere, dumtaxat versus; orationes enim commodius,
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    sed tanto minus versus, Plin. ep.: rescribe, num sit melius pessime legere quam ista vel non facere vel facere, Plin. ep. – dah. senatum legere, v. Zensor, »den Senat, die Senatoren öffentl. nach der Reihe verlesen«, um zu zeigen, wer princeps senatus (der erste im Senatorenverzeichnis) ist, wer von den bisherigen Senatoren bleiben soll od. nicht, u. wer unter die Zahl der Senatoren von neuem aufgenommen ist, Cic. u. Liv.: dah. princeps in senatu lectus est, ist als der erste verlesen worden, Liv. – ⇒ arch. Infin. Präs. Pass. legei, Corp. inscr. Lat. 1, 198, 13; 1, 202 col. 2, 18.

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  • 14 cogo

    cōgo, coēgi, coāctum, ere (zsgzg. aus coigo, von co und ago), zusammentreiben, I) = durch irgend einen Antrieb zusammenbringen, auf einem Punkte vereinigen, 1) eig.: a) treibend, v. Hirten, pecus, oves, Verg.: oves intro, Plaut.: pecudes stabulis (in d. St.), Verg.

    b) verfammelnd, zusammenholen, zusammenziehen, von allen Seiten beitreiben, auftreiben, versammeln, vereinigen, publice operas, Cic.: medicos, Serv. Sulp. in Cic. ep. – amici, quos neque armis cogere neque auro parare queas, Sall.: ad iudicium omnem suam familiam undique, Caes.: omnes eodem cogimur, Hor.: c. eorum multitudinem in unum, Sall.: c. socios ad litora, Verg.: turbam ad merces emendas, Hor. – So nun bes. α) als milit. t. t., Streitkräfte, exercitum, Sall. u. Liv.: exercitum magnasque copias, Caes.: peditatus equitatusque copias, Caes.: magnum equitum numerum, Caes.: quam maximas manus possunt, cogunt, Caes.: XXIV milia iuvenum, Vell.: auxilia undique, Verg.: circiter XX cohortes Albā (aus Alba), ex Marsis et Paelignis, finitimis regionibus, Caes.: multitudinem hominum ex agris, Caes.: equites ex Latio et a sociis, Sall. – maiores eo (dahin) copias, Caes.: exercitum od. omnes copias in unum locum, vereinigen, Cic. u. Caes.: agmen rursus in unum, Liv.: omnes copias Brundisium, Pompei. in Cic. ep.: non amplius XIV cohortes Luceriam, id. ibid.: totam Hesperiam sub arma, Verg. – u. Schiffe, ingentem vim navium, Liv.: naves circiter LXXX onerarias cogere contrahereque, Caes.: naves actuarias septem Igili et in Cosano c., Caes.: naves in Venetiam quam plurimas possunt cogunt, Caes.: c. classem ex Asia, Caes. – β) als publiz. t. t., zusammenholen, -rufen, einberufen, berufen, versammeln, sowohl den Senat, senatum, Cic.: senatum in curiam, Liv.: u. einen einzelnen, quis autem umquam tanto damno senatorem coëgit? Cic. Phil. 1, 12. – im Passiv, senatus cogitur, Cic. u.a.: u. v. den Senatoren, cogi in senatum od. in curiam, Caes., Liv. u.a.: u. im Zshg. bl. cogi, zB. coguntur senatores non pignoribus, sed eorum, de quorum honore agitur, gratiā, Cic. Phil. 1, 12: u. von einem Senator, quid tandem erat causae, cur in senatum hesterno die tam acerbe cogerer? Cic. Phil. 1, 11. – als die Richter usw., iudices invitos, Cic.: iudicem alium, Amm.: iudicia maiestatis, Suet.: consilium de reo, Quint.: centumviralem hastam, Suet.: legitimum numerum decurionum, ICt. – als auch eine Versammlung des Volks usw., concilium, Caes. b. G. 7, 77, 1. Verg. Aen. 11, 304: concilium Hypatam (nach H.), Liv. 36, 26, 1: bucina cogebat priscos ad verba Quirites, Prop. 4, 1, 13.

    c) zusammentragend, zusammenbringen, zusammenhäufen, arma, tela domi suae, ICt.: aurum, Hor.: plura quam satis est, Hor. – So nun bes. α) einen Ertrag an Geld od. an Früchten zusammenbringen, einnehmen, einheimsen, einernten, talenta ad quindecim, Ter.: oleam, Cato: vinum, Plaut.: fructus, Varr.: mella pressis favis, Verg.: bis gravidos fetus, Verg. – β) eine Gabe, Abgabe usw. eintreiben, beitreiben, aufbringen, einkassieren, einsammeln, pecuniam, Cic., pecunias, Liv.: stipendium, Cic.: stipem, Cic.: statuarum nomine pecuniam per vim, Cic.: pecuniam Postumio (für P.), Cic.: pecuniam ex decumis, Cic.: pecuniam a civitatibus statuarum nomine, Cic.: ut e defunctorum bonis pro semisse dextans ei cogeretur, Suet.: bona Seiani aerario ablata in fiscum cogere, für den F. einziehen, Tac.

    d) zu einem Ganzen vereinigend, α) übh. vereinigen, im Passiv = sich vereinigen, zusammengehen, hae duae tunicae in unum coactae, Cels. – coactis cornibus in plenum novies lunaribus orbem, Ov.: u. so unde coactis cornibus in plenum menstrua luna redit, Prop. – Wolken, Sturm usw. zusammenziehen, aufhäufen, auftürmen, caelum hoc, in quo nubes, imbres ventique coguntur, Cic.; vgl. tum autem concretus in nubes cogitur aër, Cic.: tempestate coactā, Lucr.: magnum per inane coacta semina, Verg. – β) mehrere Stoffe durch Versetzung mit einer Flüssigkeit zu einer Masse vereinigen, etw. mit etw. versetzen, vermischen, omnibus (medicamentis) in unum bene coactis, Scrib. – m. Aug. wodurch? womit? durch Abl. od. ex m. Abl., cogi aquā, ex aqua, ex aceto (v. Medikamenten), Cels. – γ) einen flüssigen od. übh. dünnen Stoff in sich verdichten, gerinnen, frigore mella cogit hiems, Verg.: c. lac in duritiem, Plin. – aër nebulosus et coactus, dichter, Solin.: lac coactum, geronnene, Varr. LL. u. Ov.: sanies tenuis, non coacta, Cels.: fel sole coactum ad crassitudinem mellis, Plin. – dah. alvus coacta, harter Stuhl, Cels. – vestis coacta, gewalktes, Plin. 8, 192: u. subst., coācta, ōrum, n., dicht gewalkte (gefilzte) Wolle od. Haare, Filz, Caes. b. c. 3, 44, 7. – δ) zusammenhalten, geschlossen halten, schließen, cogere agmen (als milit. t. t.), den Zug zusammenhalten (so daß die einzelnen in guter Ordnung beim Zuge bleiben), sowohl von der Truppe selbst, agmen c. cum cura od. neglegentius, Liv.: als von der Nachhut, den Zug schließen u. decken, primae legionariae cohortes ibant, levis armatura et equites agmen cogebant, Liv.: u. v. Schiffen, prima praetoria navis Eudemi erat; cogebat agmen Chariclitus; Pamphilidas mediae classi praeerat, Liv. – u. im Bilde = den Rücken decken, der letzte sein, assentior tibi, ut nec duces simus nec agmen cogamus, Cic.: quarum (stellarum) agmina cogit Lucifer, Ov.: itaque sic ordinandus est dies omnis, tamquam cogat agmen (der letzte des Lebens sei), Sen. – so auch cuneis coactis se agglomerare, in geschlossenen Keilen, Verg. Aen. 12, 457: natu maximus (elephantus) ducit agmen, aetate proximus cogit sequentes, Solin. 25, 4.

    2) übtr.: a) zusammenstellen, vereinigen, verbinden, dum haec, quae dispersa sunt, cogantur, Cic. – est enim pollicitus, ius civile, quod nunc diffusum et dissipatum esset, in certa genera coacturum et ad artem facilem redacturum, Cic.: c. verba in alteros pedes, Ov.: quam (syllabam apice circumductam) ex duabus syllabis in unam cogentes, Quint.

    b) als philos. t. t., logisch zusammenstellen, folgern, schließen, m. Acc. u. m. Acc. u. Infin. (doch nur m. esse), aliud enim quam cogebatur illatum est, Cic.: hoc cogere volebat, falsas litteras esse, Cic. – im Pass. m. Ang. woraus? durch ex u. Abl., ex quibus id, quod volumus, efficitur et cogitur, Cic.: innumerabilia sunt, ex quibus effici cogique possit nihil esse, quod etc., Cic. Acad. 2, 116.

    c) in sich zusammendrängen, zusammenfassen, erant autem de rebus singulis in breve coactae causae, Liv.: urbanitas est virtus quaedam in breve dictum coacta, Quint.: brevitas coacta, gedrungene Kürze, Plin.

    II) von allen Seiten drängend aus einem weitern Bereiche in einen engern zusammen- u. hineintreiben, -drängen, zusammen- u. hineinzwängen, hineinnötigen, 1) eig., m. Ang. woher? durch ex u. Abl., m. Ang. wohin? durch ein Adv. od. durch in, intra, ad u. Akk., m. Ang. wodurch? durch Abl., a) treibend, v. Pers., boves in angustum locum, Nerat. dig. 9, 2, 53. – gew. im Bilde, ita hac re in angustum nunc meae coguntur copiae, Ter.: quoniam me ex comparato et constituto spatio defensionis in semihorae curriculum coëgisti, Cic.: qui quinquennalem ante censuram intra sex mensum et anni coëgisset spatium, eingezwängt (= beschränkt) auf usw., Liv.: coactus intra praecordia dolor, Sen. rhet.: qui optabat, ut populus Romanus unam cervicem haberet, ut scelera tot locis ac temporibus diducta in unum ictum et unum diem cogeret, Sen. – v. Winde, vis ventorum invitis nautis Rhodiorum in portum navem coëgit, Cic.: vi et necessario sumus in portum coacti, Cic.: est specus ingens, quo plurima vento cogitur unda, Verg.

    b) einschlagend, eindrückend usw. eintreiben, einzwängen, quercum cuneis coactis scindere, Verg. – u. eindrücken, einsetzen, vites in sulcum, Verg.

    c) v. Örtl. u. Flüssen, beengend zusammendrängen od. -zwängen, einzwängen, einengen, eum (amnem) ripae in tenuem alvum cogunt, Curt.: torrens rursus angustioribus coërcitus ripis iter cogit, Curt.: bes. im Passiv, ubi in artissimas ripas Aous cogitur amnis, Liv.: saltus in artas coactus fauces, Liv.: omnis Italia coacta in angustias finditur in duo promunturia, Sall. fr.: ceterum structura (tuguriorum) latior ab imo paulatim incremento operis in artius cogitur, ad ultimum in carinae maxime modum coit, Curt.

    2) übtr., jmd. wider seinen Willen durch äußere od. innere Nötigung in eine Lage, einen Zustand, zu einem Tun od. Lassen bringen, a) in eine Lage, einen Zustand bringen, drängen, nötigen, Boios in ius iudiciumque populi Romani, Liv.: totam gentem sub ius iudiciumque suum, Liv.: hostes in obsidionem iustam, Liv.: alqm in eam desperationem, ut etc., Suet. – bes., c. alqm in provinciam, jmd. auf seinen Posten weisen (v. Zensor), Liv.: c. alqm in ordinem, in Reih und Glied weisen, bildl. = jmd. in seiner Würde herabsetzen, beeinträchtigen, erniedrigen, hintansetzen, Liv. (s. Drak. Liv. 25, 3, 19): u. so nimium in ordinem se ipsum cogere, übermäßig seiner Würde vergeben, Liv. 3, 35, 6: crudelitatem suam in ordinem coactam putat, Sen. de clem. 1, 26, 4.

    b) zu einem Tun od. Lassen, jmd. zu etw. bringen, drängen, nötigen, zwingen (Ggstz. persuadere, voluntate impetrare u. dgl.), Passiv cogi auch unser sich genötigt sehen, α) alqm (was aber zuw. fehlt), m. Ang. wozu? αα) durch ad od. in u. Akk., alqm ad militiam, Sall.: alqm ad bellum, ad defectionem, Liv.: ad confessionem, Sen.: alqm ad mortem, Eutr.: alqm multo auro ad scelus, Tac.: oppida vi atque armis in deditionem, Liv.: utrumque regem in pacem, Iustin.: im Pass., ingratis cogi ad depugnandum, Nep.: in mortem cogi posse, in preces non posse, Sen. suas. 6, 7: cogi in supplicium alcis contra naturam suam, Hirt. b. G. – ββ) durch Infin., cogunt illi eum iurare, Caes.: invitos consistere cogunt, Caes.: te emere coëgit, Cic.: senatum cogor reprehendere, Cic.: necessario puteos fodere cogebantur, Caes.: ipsi accipere decumas coguntur, Cic.: cogor, quem laudavi semper, reprehendere, Cic.: quod cogerentur facere legibus, Cic.: u. (ohne Ang. wen?) durch Acc. u. Infin. Pass., quis pactionem fieri, quis adesse istos coëgit? Cic.: etiam si hominum studia deficiant, di ipsi immortales cogant ab his praeclarissimis virtutibus tot et tanta vitia superari? Cic.: quod arma omitti cogebat, Liv. (vgl. Fabri Liv. 21, 8, 12). – γγ) durch ut u. Konj., ne te quivit hodie cogere illam ut duceres, Ter.: cogere incipit eos, ut absentem Heraclium condemnarent, Cic.: vi coacturos, ut per suos finos eos ire paterentur, Caes. – δδ) durch bl. Acc. (in klass. Prosa nur allg. Acc. eines Pron. neutr. u. dgl.), u. zwar alqm alqd, u. im Pass. cogi alqd (s. Drak. Liv. 4, 26, 10), zB. quod vos vis cogit, id voluntate impetret, Ter.: vos id cogendi estis, Liv.: c. cives id omnes imperio legumque poenā, Cic.: cogi aliquid ab tribuno, Liv. – bl. alqd (s. Drak. Liv. 4, 26, 10. Weißenb. Liv. 4, 26, 3), zu etwas zwingen, etwas erzwingen, etiamne id lex coëgit? Ter.: persuadere aliquid, non omnia vi et minis cogere, Cic.: quietos pati quod sors iniqua cogeret iussit, Liv. fr.: cogis adulterium dando tempusque locumque, Ov. – dah. Partiz. coāctus, erzwungen, mit Zwang herbeigeführt (s. Nipperd. Tac. ann. 4, 51, 15), auspicium coactum et expressum, Cic.: numeri coacti, gezwungen, gesucht, Quint.: u. so quod absurdum et nimis coactum foret, Gell.: lacrimae coactae, Ov. met. 6, 628: deditio coacta, mors coacta (Ggstz. fortuita), Tac. – β) alqm ohne Ang. wozu? Vim hoc quidem est afferre. Quid enim refert, quā me ratione cogatis? cogitis certe, Cic. de amic. 26: alioquin quid proficis invitum cogendo? (zus. = durch Zwang), Ps. Quint. decl. – bes. Partiz. coāctus, genötigt, gezwungen, verb. invitus et coactus (Ggstz. volens, voluntate, suā sponte), Cic., Caes. u.a.: ea coacta ingratiis postilla coepit victum vulgo quaerere, Ter.: tum coacti necessario se aperiunt, Ter.: cum ego de me nisi coactus ac necessario dicerem, Cic.: gew. m. Ang. wodurch? durch Abl., coactus egestate od. inopiā, Ter.: coactus fame, Cic.: coactus re necessariā od. necessitate, Cic. u. Nep.: coactus metu od. terrore, Cic. – γ) ganz absol.: invitus feci; lex coëgit, Ter.: si res coget, Cic. – / Im Bibellatein Perf.-Form coxerunt, Itala (Cant.) Luc. 24, 29.

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  • 15 durchgehen

    durchgehen, I) v. intr.: 1) durch einen Ort etc. gehen: (per) locum transire (auch von Wegen etc., z.B. viae per alienos agros transeunt: u. von Gestirnen, solem). – transmeare (hindurchziehen, z.B. v. Heere). – (per) locum pervadere, penetrare (pen. = durchdringen). – transvehi. vehi per locum (durchfahren, zu Wagen, zu Schiffe). – durchgehen lassen, transmittere (z.B. durcheinen Fluß etc.). Vgl. »Durchgang (gestatten, verwehren)«. – Uneig., gerade durchgehen, discrimen personae od. discrimina personarum non servare. neminem eximium habere. eundem esse omnibus (bei Personen); omne discrimen tollere. discrimen non facere (bei Sachen). – 2) entlaufen: fugere. aufugere. – velut effrenatum incerto cursu ferri (von einem Pferde). – das Pferd geht mir durch, me impotentem regendi equus invitum effert. – 3) v. einem Ende zum andern reichen: pertinere, durch etwas in alqd (z.B. in omnes partes, in omnia), od. bis zu etw., ad alqd usque. – 4) gebilligt od. bestätigt werden: vincere. devincere (siegen, v. einer Meinung, Ggstz. vinci, devinci, d. i. nicht d.). – valere (die Oberhand behalten, v. einer Meinung, v. einem Gesetzesvorschlag, einem Plane). – perferri (durchgebracht werden, von einem Gesetzesvorschlag). – accipi (angenommen werden, von einem Gesetzesvorschlag). – II) v. tr.: a) eig., s. durchwandeln, durchreisen, durchlaufen no. II, 1. – b) uneig., der Reihe nach, von Anfang bis zu Ende eine Sache durchnehmen: perlustrare (überschauen, oculis, animo). – exsequi persequi (in Rede und Schrift genau verfolgen; pers. durch alle Stufen, exs. bis zum Abschluß). – explicare (erläuternd oder genau beschreibend). – tractare. pertractare (ausführend, ausführlich behandelnd durchnehmen; pertr. durch alle Stufen etc.). – cognoscere (etw. einsehen, [625] um sich mit dem Inhalt desselben bekannt zu machen). – recensere (herzählen, durchzählen, durchmustern in Gedanken, in der Erzählung, in der kritischen Behandlung = beurteilend, beleuchtend durchgehen). – dispungere (prüfend durchgehen, revidieren, eine Rechnung). – alle Staaten d. (in seiner Rede), omnes obire oratione suā civitates: schnell u. flüchtig d., s. durchlaufen no. II, 2, c: noch einmal d., recognoscere. retractare (z.B. eine Schrift, um die etwa nötigen Verbesserungen zu machen). – Durchgehen, das, I) intr.: 1) = der Durchgang no. I, w. s. – 2) das Entlaufen: fuga (z.B. equi). – II) tr.: a) eig., das Durchwandern: peragratio. – b) uneig.: percursio (das rasche Überdenken, z.B. animi multarum rerum brevi tempore perc.). – recensio (prüfende Durchmusterung). – durchgehends, s. durchgängig no. II ( Adv.).

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  • 16 Soldat

    Soldat, miles (im allg., auch kollektiv). – Soldaten, auch armati (als bewaffnete Leute, Bewaffnete). – ein S. zu Fuß, pedes: ein S. zu Pferde, eques, – ein gemeiner S., miles caligatus (in bezug auf seine Bekleidung, als mit dem Schuhwerk eines Gemeinen Bekleideter); miles manipularis (der gemeine Legionssoldat im Ggstz. zu den Chargierten der Legion); miles od. (als Reiter) eques gregarius (im Ggstz. zu den Chargierten des ganzen Heeres); oft bl. miles (s. Cic. de rep. 6, 11: bes. im Plur. im Ggstz. zu den centuriones od. zu den duces): die gemeinen Soldaten, auch militum od. armatorum vulgus od. bl. vulgus (im Ggstz. zu den Anführern). – ein junger, frisch geworbener S., miles tiro; auch bl. tiro. ein alter, erprobter S., miles vetus od. veteranus; auch bl. veteranus: eine Legion von alten Soldaten, legio veterana: ein tüchtiger S. (von einem Feldherrn). egregius bello vir; vir bellicis operibus clarus. – durch Soldaten, auch militari opere (z.B. fossas detergere). – S. sein, militare; stipendia merere od. facere; auch bl. merere: S. werden, unter die Soldaten gehen, militem fieri; nomen dare militiae. nomen profiteri militiae (sich als Soldat einschreiben lassen); militiam capessere (sich dem Kriegshandwerk widmen); stipendia mereri coepisse (anfangen Sold zu verdienen); rem militarem discere (das Kriegshandwerk lernen): im Auslande S. werden, alienae militiae nomen dare: vom Pfluge weg S. werden, ad arma ab aratro transferri: gegen seinen Willen S. werden od. werden müssen, invitum militem fieri: nicht S. werden wollen, militiam detrectare: einen guten S. abgeben, aptum esse ad rem militarem: wir können nicht alle Soldaten sein, non omnes bella sustinere possumus.

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  • 17 Zwang

    Zwang, vis (Gewalt). – necessitas (von der Notwendigkeit aufgelegter Zwang). – ohne Z., s. freiwillig ( Adv.): durch Z., invitum cogendo: ich tue etwas aus Z., vi coactus alqd facio; vi od. invitus cogor, ut etc: sich Z. antun, vim sibi facere od. afferre; naturae repugnare (seiner Natur Gewalt antun): [2853] jmdm. Z. antun, alqm ei cogere; alqm per vim adigere: der Zunge keinen Z. antun, Liberā linguā uti: Z. gebrauchen, vim adhibere.

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  • 18 cogo

    cōgo, coēgi, coāctum, ere (zsgzg. aus coigo, von co und ago), zusammentreiben, I) = durch irgend einen Antrieb zusammenbringen, auf einem Punkte vereinigen, 1) eig.: a) treibend, v. Hirten, pecus, oves, Verg.: oves intro, Plaut.: pecudes stabulis (in d. St.), Verg.
    b) verfammelnd, zusammenholen, zusammenziehen, von allen Seiten beitreiben, auftreiben, versammeln, vereinigen, publice operas, Cic.: medicos, Serv. Sulp. in Cic. ep. – amici, quos neque armis cogere neque auro parare queas, Sall.: ad iudicium omnem suam familiam undique, Caes.: omnes eodem cogimur, Hor.: c. eorum multitudinem in unum, Sall.: c. socios ad litora, Verg.: turbam ad merces emendas, Hor. – So nun bes. α) als milit. t. t., Streitkräfte, exercitum, Sall. u. Liv.: exercitum magnasque copias, Caes.: peditatus equitatusque copias, Caes.: magnum equitum numerum, Caes.: quam maximas manus possunt, cogunt, Caes.: XXIV milia iuvenum, Vell.: auxilia undique, Verg.: circiter XX cohortes Albā (aus Alba), ex Marsis et Paelignis, finitimis regionibus, Caes.: multitudinem hominum ex agris, Caes.: equites ex Latio et a sociis, Sall. – maiores eo (dahin) copias, Caes.: exercitum od. omnes copias in unum locum, vereinigen, Cic. u. Caes.: agmen rursus in unum, Liv.: omnes copias Brundisium, Pompei. in Cic. ep.:
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    non amplius XIV cohortes Luceriam, id. ibid.: totam Hesperiam sub arma, Verg. – u. Schiffe, ingentem vim navium, Liv.: naves circiter LXXX onerarias cogere contrahereque, Caes.: naves actuarias septem Igili et in Cosano c., Caes.: naves in Venetiam quam plurimas possunt cogunt, Caes.: c. classem ex Asia, Caes. – β) als publiz. t. t., zusammenholen, -rufen, einberufen, berufen, versammeln, sowohl den Senat, senatum, Cic.: senatum in curiam, Liv.: u. einen einzelnen, quis autem umquam tanto damno senatorem coëgit? Cic. Phil. 1, 12. – im Passiv, senatus cogitur, Cic. u.a.: u. v. den Senatoren, cogi in senatum od. in curiam, Caes., Liv. u.a.: u. im Zshg. bl. cogi, zB. coguntur senatores non pignoribus, sed eorum, de quorum honore agitur, gratiā, Cic. Phil. 1, 12: u. von einem Senator, quid tandem erat causae, cur in senatum hesterno die tam acerbe cogerer? Cic. Phil. 1, 11. – als die Richter usw., iudices invitos, Cic.: iudicem alium, Amm.: iudicia maiestatis, Suet.: consilium de reo, Quint.: centumviralem hastam, Suet.: legitimum numerum decurionum, ICt. – als auch eine Versammlung des Volks usw., concilium, Caes. b. G. 7, 77, 1. Verg. Aen. 11, 304: concilium Hypatam (nach H.), Liv. 36, 26, 1: bucina cogebat priscos ad verba Quirites, Prop. 4, 1, 13.
    c) zusammentragend, zusammenbringen, zusammenhäufen, arma, tela domi suae, ICt.: aurum, Hor.:
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    plura quam satis est, Hor. – So nun bes. α) einen Ertrag an Geld od. an Früchten zusammenbringen, einnehmen, einheimsen, einernten, talenta ad quindecim, Ter.: oleam, Cato: vinum, Plaut.: fructus, Varr.: mella pressis favis, Verg.: bis gravidos fetus, Verg. – β) eine Gabe, Abgabe usw. eintreiben, beitreiben, aufbringen, einkassieren, einsammeln, pecuniam, Cic., pecunias, Liv.: stipendium, Cic.: stipem, Cic.: statuarum nomine pecuniam per vim, Cic.: pecuniam Postumio (für P.), Cic.: pecuniam ex decumis, Cic.: pecuniam a civitatibus statuarum nomine, Cic.: ut e defunctorum bonis pro semisse dextans ei cogeretur, Suet.: bona Seiani aerario ablata in fiscum cogere, für den F. einziehen, Tac.
    d) zu einem Ganzen vereinigend, α) übh. vereinigen, im Passiv = sich vereinigen, zusammengehen, hae duae tunicae in unum coactae, Cels. – coactis cornibus in plenum novies lunaribus orbem, Ov.: u. so unde coactis cornibus in plenum menstrua luna redit, Prop. – Wolken, Sturm usw. zusammenziehen, aufhäufen, auftürmen, caelum hoc, in quo nubes, imbres ventique coguntur, Cic.; vgl. tum autem concretus in nubes cogitur aër, Cic.: tempestate coactā, Lucr.: magnum per inane coacta semina, Verg. – β) mehrere Stoffe durch Versetzung mit einer Flüssigkeit zu einer Masse vereinigen, etw. mit etw. versetzen, vermischen, omnibus (medicamentis) in unum
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    bene coactis, Scrib. – m. Aug. wodurch? womit? durch Abl. od. ex m. Abl., cogi aquā, ex aqua, ex aceto (v. Medikamenten), Cels. – γ) einen flüssigen od. übh. dünnen Stoff in sich verdichten, gerinnen, frigore mella cogit hiems, Verg.: c. lac in duritiem, Plin. – aër nebulosus et coactus, dichter, Solin.: lac coactum, geronnene, Varr. LL. u. Ov.: sanies tenuis, non coacta, Cels.: fel sole coactum ad crassitudinem mellis, Plin. – dah. alvus coacta, harter Stuhl, Cels. – vestis coacta, gewalktes, Plin. 8, 192: u. subst., coācta, ōrum, n., dicht gewalkte (gefilzte) Wolle od. Haare, Filz, Caes. b. c. 3, 44, 7. – δ) zusammenhalten, geschlossen halten, schließen, cogere agmen (als milit. t. t.), den Zug zusammenhalten (so daß die einzelnen in guter Ordnung beim Zuge bleiben), sowohl von der Truppe selbst, agmen c. cum cura od. neglegentius, Liv.: als von der Nachhut, den Zug schließen u. decken, primae legionariae cohortes ibant, levis armatura et equites agmen cogebant, Liv.: u. v. Schiffen, prima praetoria navis Eudemi erat; cogebat agmen Chariclitus; Pamphilidas mediae classi praeerat, Liv. – u. im Bilde = den Rücken decken, der letzte sein, assentior tibi, ut nec duces simus nec agmen cogamus, Cic.: quarum (stellarum) agmina cogit Lucifer, Ov.: itaque sic ordinandus est dies omnis, tamquam cogat agmen (der letzte des Lebens sei), Sen. – so auch cuneis coactis se agglomerare, in
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    geschlossenen Keilen, Verg. Aen. 12, 457: natu maximus (elephantus) ducit agmen, aetate proximus cogit sequentes, Solin. 25, 4.
    2) übtr.: a) zusammenstellen, vereinigen, verbinden, dum haec, quae dispersa sunt, cogantur, Cic. – est enim pollicitus, ius civile, quod nunc diffusum et dissipatum esset, in certa genera coacturum et ad artem facilem redacturum, Cic.: c. verba in alteros pedes, Ov.: quam (syllabam apice circumductam) ex duabus syllabis in unam cogentes, Quint.
    b) als philos. t. t., logisch zusammenstellen, folgern, schließen, m. Acc. u. m. Acc. u. Infin. (doch nur m. esse), aliud enim quam cogebatur illatum est, Cic.: hoc cogere volebat, falsas litteras esse, Cic. – im Pass. m. Ang. woraus? durch ex u. Abl., ex quibus id, quod volumus, efficitur et cogitur, Cic.: innumerabilia sunt, ex quibus effici cogique possit nihil esse, quod etc., Cic. Acad. 2, 116.
    c) in sich zusammendrängen, zusammenfassen, erant autem de rebus singulis in breve coactae causae, Liv.: urbanitas est virtus quaedam in breve dictum coacta, Quint.: brevitas coacta, gedrungene Kürze, Plin.
    II) von allen Seiten drängend aus einem weitern Bereiche in einen engern zusammen- u. hineintreiben, -drängen, zusammen- u. hineinzwängen, hineinnötigen, 1) eig., m. Ang. woher? durch ex u. Abl., m. Ang. wohin? durch ein Adv. od. durch in,
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    intra, ad u. Akk., m. Ang. wodurch? durch Abl., a) treibend, v. Pers., boves in angustum locum, Nerat. dig. 9, 2, 53. – gew. im Bilde, ita hac re in angustum nunc meae coguntur copiae, Ter.: quoniam me ex comparato et constituto spatio defensionis in semihorae curriculum coëgisti, Cic.: qui quinquennalem ante censuram intra sex mensum et anni coëgisset spatium, eingezwängt (= beschränkt) auf usw., Liv.: coactus intra praecordia dolor, Sen. rhet.: qui optabat, ut populus Romanus unam cervicem haberet, ut scelera tot locis ac temporibus diducta in unum ictum et unum diem cogeret, Sen. – v. Winde, vis ventorum invitis nautis Rhodiorum in portum navem coëgit, Cic.: vi et necessario sumus in portum coacti, Cic.: est specus ingens, quo plurima vento cogitur unda, Verg.
    b) einschlagend, eindrückend usw. eintreiben, einzwängen, quercum cuneis coactis scindere, Verg. – u. eindrücken, einsetzen, vites in sulcum, Verg.
    c) v. Örtl. u. Flüssen, beengend zusammendrängen od. -zwängen, einzwängen, einengen, eum (amnem) ripae in tenuem alvum cogunt, Curt.: torrens rursus angustioribus coërcitus ripis iter cogit, Curt.: bes. im Passiv, ubi in artissimas ripas Aous cogitur amnis, Liv.: saltus in artas coactus fauces, Liv.: omnis Italia coacta in angustias finditur in duo promunturia, Sall. fr.: ceterum structura (tuguriorum) la-
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    tior ab imo paulatim incremento operis in artius cogitur, ad ultimum in carinae maxime modum coit, Curt.
    2) übtr., jmd. wider seinen Willen durch äußere od. innere Nötigung in eine Lage, einen Zustand, zu einem Tun od. Lassen bringen, a) in eine Lage, einen Zustand bringen, drängen, nötigen, Boios in ius iudiciumque populi Romani, Liv.: totam gentem sub ius iudiciumque suum, Liv.: hostes in obsidionem iustam, Liv.: alqm in eam desperationem, ut etc., Suet. – bes., c. alqm in provinciam, jmd. auf seinen Posten weisen (v. Zensor), Liv.: c. alqm in ordinem, in Reih und Glied weisen, bildl. = jmd. in seiner Würde herabsetzen, beeinträchtigen, erniedrigen, hintansetzen, Liv. (s. Drak. Liv. 25, 3, 19): u. so nimium in ordinem se ipsum cogere, übermäßig seiner Würde vergeben, Liv. 3, 35, 6: crudelitatem suam in ordinem coactam putat, Sen. de clem. 1, 26, 4.
    b) zu einem Tun od. Lassen, jmd. zu etw. bringen, drängen, nötigen, zwingen (Ggstz. persuadere, voluntate impetrare u. dgl.), Passiv cogi auch unser sich genötigt sehen, α) alqm (was aber zuw. fehlt), m. Ang. wozu? αα) durch ad od. in u. Akk., alqm ad militiam, Sall.: alqm ad bellum, ad defectionem, Liv.: ad confessionem, Sen.: alqm ad mortem, Eutr.: alqm multo auro ad scelus, Tac.: oppida vi atque armis in deditionem, Liv.: utrumque regem in pacem, Iustin.: im Pass., ingratis cogi ad depugnandum, Nep.: in
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    mortem cogi posse, in preces non posse, Sen. suas. 6, 7: cogi in supplicium alcis contra naturam suam, Hirt. b. G. – ββ) durch Infin., cogunt illi eum iurare, Caes.: invitos consistere cogunt, Caes.: te emere coëgit, Cic.: senatum cogor reprehendere, Cic.: necessario puteos fodere cogebantur, Caes.: ipsi accipere decumas coguntur, Cic.: cogor, quem laudavi semper, reprehendere, Cic.: quod cogerentur facere legibus, Cic.: u. (ohne Ang. wen?) durch Acc. u. Infin. Pass., quis pactionem fieri, quis adesse istos coëgit? Cic.: etiam si hominum studia deficiant, di ipsi immortales cogant ab his praeclarissimis virtutibus tot et tanta vitia superari? Cic.: quod arma omitti cogebat, Liv. (vgl. Fabri Liv. 21, 8, 12). – γγ) durch ut u. Konj., ne te quivit hodie cogere illam ut duceres, Ter.: cogere incipit eos, ut absentem Heraclium condemnarent, Cic.: vi coacturos, ut per suos finos eos ire paterentur, Caes. – δδ) durch bl. Acc. (in klass. Prosa nur allg. Acc. eines Pron. neutr. u. dgl.), u. zwar alqm alqd, u. im Pass. cogi alqd (s. Drak. Liv. 4, 26, 10), zB. quod vos vis cogit, id voluntate impetret, Ter.: vos id cogendi estis, Liv.: c. cives id omnes imperio legumque poenā, Cic.: cogi aliquid ab tribuno, Liv. – bl. alqd (s. Drak. Liv. 4, 26, 10. Weißenb. Liv. 4, 26, 3), zu etwas zwingen, etwas erzwingen, etiamne id lex coëgit? Ter.: persuadere aliquid, non omnia vi et minis cogere, Cic.: quietos pati quod sors iniqua co-
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    geret iussit, Liv. fr.: cogis adulterium dando tempusque locumque, Ov. – dah. Partiz. coāctus, erzwungen, mit Zwang herbeigeführt (s. Nipperd. Tac. ann. 4, 51, 15), auspicium coactum et expressum, Cic.: numeri coacti, gezwungen, gesucht, Quint.: u. so quod absurdum et nimis coactum foret, Gell.: lacrimae coactae, Ov. met. 6, 628: deditio coacta, mors coacta (Ggstz. fortuita), Tac. – β) alqm ohne Ang. wozu? Vim hoc quidem est afferre. Quid enim refert, quā me ratione cogatis? cogitis certe, Cic. de amic. 26: alioquin quid proficis invitum cogendo? (zus. = durch Zwang), Ps. Quint. decl. – bes. Partiz. coāctus, genötigt, gezwungen, verb. invitus et coactus (Ggstz. volens, voluntate, suā sponte), Cic., Caes. u.a.: ea coacta ingratiis postilla coepit victum vulgo quaerere, Ter.: tum coacti necessario se aperiunt, Ter.: cum ego de me nisi coactus ac necessario dicerem, Cic.: gew. m. Ang. wodurch? durch Abl., coactus egestate od. inopiā, Ter.: coactus fame, Cic.: coactus re necessariā od. necessitate, Cic. u. Nep.: coactus metu od. terrore, Cic. – γ) ganz absol.: invitus feci; lex coëgit, Ter.: si res coget, Cic. – ⇒ Im Bibellatein Perf.-Form coxerunt, Itala (Cant.) Luc. 24, 29.

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  • 19 eisdem

    īdem, ĕădem, ĭdem ( masc. eidem, freq. in MSS. and inscrr.; v. Lachm. ad Lucr. 1, 120; rarely isdem or eisdem; plur. nom. eidem; dat. and abl. eisdem; usu. contr. idem, isdem; not iidem, iisdem; v. Neue, Formenl. 2, 198 sqq.), pron. [from the pronom. root I, whence is, and the demonstr. suff. dem; root of dies, day, time; hence, just, exactly, Corss. Aussp. 2, 855], the same.
    I.
    In gen.:

    deinde quod nos eadem Asia atque idem iste Mithridates initio belli Asiatici docuit,

    Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 7, 19:

    quam (sphaeram) ab eodem Archimede factam posuerat in templo Virtutis Marcellus idem,

    id. Rep. 1, 14:

    id, quod eidem Ciceroni placet,

    Quint. 10, 7, 28:

    jure erat semper idem vultus (Socratis),

    Cic. Tusc. 3, 15, 31:

    idem semper vultus eademque frons,

    id. Off. 1, 26, 90:

    tu autem eodem modo omnes causas ages? aut in iisdem causis perpetuum et eundem spiritum sine ulla commutatione obtinebis?

    id. Or. 31, 110:

    non quod alia res esset: immo eadem,

    id. Clu. 29, 80:

    etiam si verbo differre videbitur, re tamen erit unum et omnibus in causis idem valebit,

    id. Caecin. 21, 59:

    ad causas simillimas inter se vel potius easdem,

    id. Brut. 94, 324. —
    II.
    In partic., idem is used,
    A.
    When two predicates are referred to the same subject.
    1.
    When the predicates are of the same kind it may often be rendered, at the same time, likewise, also, etc., or = is (ea, id) with quoque, etiam, simul, etc.:

    cum Academico et eodem rhetore congredi conatus sum,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 1, 1; cf.:

    oratio splendida et grandis et eadem in primis faceta,

    id. Brut. 79, 273:

    avunculus meus, vir innocentissimus idemque doctissimus,

    id. N. D. 3, 32, 80:

    jam M. Marcellus ille quinquies consul totum (auspicium) omisit, idem imperator, idem augur optimus,

    id. Div. 2, 36, 77:

    ubi Xenocrates, ubi Aristoteles ista tetigit? hos enim quasi eosdem esse vultis,

    id. Ac. 2, 44, 136; cf.:

    viros fortes, magnanimos, eosdem bonos et simplices esse volumus,

    id. Off. 1, 19, 63:

    Caninius idem et idem noster cum ad me pervesperi venisset, etc.,

    id. Fam. 9, 2, 1:

    amicus est tamquam alter idem,

    a second self, id. Lael. 21, 80:

    ad idem semper exspectandum paratior,

    id. Off. 2, 15, 53:

    nam idem velle atque idem nolle, ea demum firma amicitia est,

    Sall. C. 20, 5; cf.:

    quos omnes eadem odisse, eadem metuere in unum coeëgit,

    id. J. 31, 14:

    Hisdem diebus, for eisdem,

    Pall. 10, 13:

    hic finis belli,... idemque finis regni,

    Liv. 45, 9, 2; 2, 12, 2:

    quae ab condita urbe Roma ad captam urbem eandem Romani... gessere,

    id. 6, 1, 1:

    ut pars militum gladiatores, qui e servitio Blaesi erant, pars ceteram ejusdem familiam vincirent,

    Tac. A. 1, 23:

    erepta mihi prius eorundem matre,

    Quint. 6 prooem. 4:

    fervida aestas, longinqua itinera sola ducis patientia mitigabantur, eodem plura quam gregario milite tolerante,

    Tac. A. 14, 24.—
    2.
    When the predicates are in contrast with one another it may be rendered, nevertheless, yet, on the contrary:

    (Epicurus) cum optimam et praestantissimam naturam dei dicat esse, negat idem esse in deo gratiam,

    Cic. N. D. 1, 43, § 121; cf. Curt. 5, 1, 14.—
    B.
    Esp.
    1.
    Connected or corresp. with the pronouns ego, tu, hic, ille, iste, qui, and with unus:

    idem ego ille (non enim mihi videor insolenter gloriari, etc.) idem inquam ego recreavi afflictos animos, etc.,

    Cic. Att. 1, 16, 8:

    ego idem, qui, etc.,

    id. Or. 7, 23; cf.:

    habitae sunt multae de me contiones... habuit de eodem me P. Lentulus consul contionem,

    id. Sest. 50, 107:

    cedo nunc ejusdem illius inimici mei de me eodem contionem,

    id. ib. §

    108: de me eodem,

    id. ib. 51, 109:

    quin tu igitur concedis idem, etc.,

    id. Rep. 1, 39 fin. Mos.; cf.:

    cognoram te in custodia salutis meae diligentem: eundemque te, etc.,

    id. Att. 4, 1, 1:

    Sopater quidam fuit, etc.... huic eidem Sopatro eidem inimici ad C. Verrem ejusdem rei nomen detulerunt,

    id. Verr. 2, 2, 28, § 68:

    cum est idem hic Sopater absolutus,

    id. ib. 2, 2, 29, §

    70: hoc idem facere,

    id. Rep. 1, 35:

    ab hisce eisdem permotionibus,

    id. de Or. 1, 12, 53:

    idem ille tyrannus,

    id. Rep. 1, 42:

    in eisdem illis locis,

    id. Verr. 2, 1, 21, § 56:

    eandem illam (sphaeram),

    id. Rep. 1, 14:

    eum et idem qui consuerunt et idem illud alii desiderent,

    id. Off. 2, 15 fin.:

    idem iste Mithridates,

    id. de Imp. Pomp. 7, 19 (Klotz, Orell., B. and K.;

    older edd., idem ipse): musici qui erant quondam idem poëtae,

    id. de Or. 3, 44, 174; cf.:

    beneficentia, quam eandem benignitatem appellari licet,

    id. Off. 1, 7, 20:

    quod idem in ceteris artibus non fit,

    id. Fin. 3, 7, 24 fin.:

    exitus quidem omnium unus et idem fuit,

    id. Div. 2, 47, 97:

    in qua (causa) omnes sentirent unum atque idem,

    id. Cat. 4, 7, 14; cf.

    in an inverted order: ut verset saepe multis modis eandem et unam rem,

    id. Or. 40, 137:

    neque ego aliter accepi: intellexi tamen idem, non existimasse te, etc.,

    id. Fam. 9, 15, 3; id. Att. 3, 12, 1; 8, 3, 3.—
    2.
    As a word of comparison, with et, ac, que, ut, qui ( quae, quod), quam, quasi, cum, or (mostly poet.) with the dat., the same as, identical with, of the same meaning as, etc.:

    si quaeratur, idemne sit pertinacia et perseverantia,

    Cic. Top. 23, 87: videmus fuisse quosdam, qui idem ornate ac graviter, idem versute et subtiliter dicerent, at the same time and as well as, id. Or. 7, 22; cf. id. Sull. 18, 51:

    imperii nostri terrarumque idem est extremum,

    id. Prov. Cons. 13, 33; cf. id. Cael. 28, 67:

    disputationem habitam non quasi narrantes exponimus, sed eisdem fere verbis, ut actum disputatumque est,

    id. Tusc. 2, 3, 9:

    idem abeunt, qui venerant,

    id. Fin. 4, 3, 7:

    quoniam earum rerum quas ego gessi, non est eadem fortuna atque condicio, quae illorum qui, etc.,

    id. Cat. 3, 12, 27:

    non quo idem sit servulus quod familia,

    id. Caecin. 20, 58:

    qui (servi) et moribus eisdem essent, quibus dominus, et eodem genere ac loco nati,

    id. Verr. 2, 3, 25, § 62:

    eandem constituit potestatem quam si, etc.,

    id. Agr. 2, 12, 30:

    eodem loco res est, quasi ea pecunia legata non esset,

    id. Leg. 2, 21, 53; cf.:

    sensu amisso fit idem, quasi natus non esset omnino,

    id. Lael. 4, 14.—With cum:

    tibi mecum in eodem est pistrino vivendum,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 33, 144:

    hunc eodem mecum patre genitum, etc.,

    Tac. A. 15, 2:

    in eadem mecum Africa geniti fides,

    Liv. 30, 12, 15; 28, 28, 14.—With dat.:

    (Homerus) Sceptra potitus, eadem aliis sopitu' quiete est,

    Lucr. 3, 1038; cf.:

    invitum qui servat idem facit occidenti,

    Hor. A. P. 467; so Ov. M. 13, 50; id. Am. 1, 4, 1 al.:

    quod non idem illis censuissemus,

    Cic. Fam. 9, 6, 3; Just. 2, 4, 10:

    ille eadem nobis juratus in arma,

    Ov. M. 13, 50.—In neutr. with gen.:

    si idem nos juris haberemus quod ceteri,

    Cic. Balb. 12, 29:

    tibi idem consilii do, quod, etc.,

    id. Fam. 9, 2, 2:

    omnes qui ubique idem operis efficiunt,

    Lact. 5, 4, 1:

    non habet officii lucifer omnis idem,

    Ov. F. 1, 46.— Advv.: eādem, eodem, v. h. v.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > eisdem

  • 20 idem

    īdem, ĕădem, ĭdem ( masc. eidem, freq. in MSS. and inscrr.; v. Lachm. ad Lucr. 1, 120; rarely isdem or eisdem; plur. nom. eidem; dat. and abl. eisdem; usu. contr. idem, isdem; not iidem, iisdem; v. Neue, Formenl. 2, 198 sqq.), pron. [from the pronom. root I, whence is, and the demonstr. suff. dem; root of dies, day, time; hence, just, exactly, Corss. Aussp. 2, 855], the same.
    I.
    In gen.:

    deinde quod nos eadem Asia atque idem iste Mithridates initio belli Asiatici docuit,

    Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 7, 19:

    quam (sphaeram) ab eodem Archimede factam posuerat in templo Virtutis Marcellus idem,

    id. Rep. 1, 14:

    id, quod eidem Ciceroni placet,

    Quint. 10, 7, 28:

    jure erat semper idem vultus (Socratis),

    Cic. Tusc. 3, 15, 31:

    idem semper vultus eademque frons,

    id. Off. 1, 26, 90:

    tu autem eodem modo omnes causas ages? aut in iisdem causis perpetuum et eundem spiritum sine ulla commutatione obtinebis?

    id. Or. 31, 110:

    non quod alia res esset: immo eadem,

    id. Clu. 29, 80:

    etiam si verbo differre videbitur, re tamen erit unum et omnibus in causis idem valebit,

    id. Caecin. 21, 59:

    ad causas simillimas inter se vel potius easdem,

    id. Brut. 94, 324. —
    II.
    In partic., idem is used,
    A.
    When two predicates are referred to the same subject.
    1.
    When the predicates are of the same kind it may often be rendered, at the same time, likewise, also, etc., or = is (ea, id) with quoque, etiam, simul, etc.:

    cum Academico et eodem rhetore congredi conatus sum,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 1, 1; cf.:

    oratio splendida et grandis et eadem in primis faceta,

    id. Brut. 79, 273:

    avunculus meus, vir innocentissimus idemque doctissimus,

    id. N. D. 3, 32, 80:

    jam M. Marcellus ille quinquies consul totum (auspicium) omisit, idem imperator, idem augur optimus,

    id. Div. 2, 36, 77:

    ubi Xenocrates, ubi Aristoteles ista tetigit? hos enim quasi eosdem esse vultis,

    id. Ac. 2, 44, 136; cf.:

    viros fortes, magnanimos, eosdem bonos et simplices esse volumus,

    id. Off. 1, 19, 63:

    Caninius idem et idem noster cum ad me pervesperi venisset, etc.,

    id. Fam. 9, 2, 1:

    amicus est tamquam alter idem,

    a second self, id. Lael. 21, 80:

    ad idem semper exspectandum paratior,

    id. Off. 2, 15, 53:

    nam idem velle atque idem nolle, ea demum firma amicitia est,

    Sall. C. 20, 5; cf.:

    quos omnes eadem odisse, eadem metuere in unum coeëgit,

    id. J. 31, 14:

    Hisdem diebus, for eisdem,

    Pall. 10, 13:

    hic finis belli,... idemque finis regni,

    Liv. 45, 9, 2; 2, 12, 2:

    quae ab condita urbe Roma ad captam urbem eandem Romani... gessere,

    id. 6, 1, 1:

    ut pars militum gladiatores, qui e servitio Blaesi erant, pars ceteram ejusdem familiam vincirent,

    Tac. A. 1, 23:

    erepta mihi prius eorundem matre,

    Quint. 6 prooem. 4:

    fervida aestas, longinqua itinera sola ducis patientia mitigabantur, eodem plura quam gregario milite tolerante,

    Tac. A. 14, 24.—
    2.
    When the predicates are in contrast with one another it may be rendered, nevertheless, yet, on the contrary:

    (Epicurus) cum optimam et praestantissimam naturam dei dicat esse, negat idem esse in deo gratiam,

    Cic. N. D. 1, 43, § 121; cf. Curt. 5, 1, 14.—
    B.
    Esp.
    1.
    Connected or corresp. with the pronouns ego, tu, hic, ille, iste, qui, and with unus:

    idem ego ille (non enim mihi videor insolenter gloriari, etc.) idem inquam ego recreavi afflictos animos, etc.,

    Cic. Att. 1, 16, 8:

    ego idem, qui, etc.,

    id. Or. 7, 23; cf.:

    habitae sunt multae de me contiones... habuit de eodem me P. Lentulus consul contionem,

    id. Sest. 50, 107:

    cedo nunc ejusdem illius inimici mei de me eodem contionem,

    id. ib. §

    108: de me eodem,

    id. ib. 51, 109:

    quin tu igitur concedis idem, etc.,

    id. Rep. 1, 39 fin. Mos.; cf.:

    cognoram te in custodia salutis meae diligentem: eundemque te, etc.,

    id. Att. 4, 1, 1:

    Sopater quidam fuit, etc.... huic eidem Sopatro eidem inimici ad C. Verrem ejusdem rei nomen detulerunt,

    id. Verr. 2, 2, 28, § 68:

    cum est idem hic Sopater absolutus,

    id. ib. 2, 2, 29, §

    70: hoc idem facere,

    id. Rep. 1, 35:

    ab hisce eisdem permotionibus,

    id. de Or. 1, 12, 53:

    idem ille tyrannus,

    id. Rep. 1, 42:

    in eisdem illis locis,

    id. Verr. 2, 1, 21, § 56:

    eandem illam (sphaeram),

    id. Rep. 1, 14:

    eum et idem qui consuerunt et idem illud alii desiderent,

    id. Off. 2, 15 fin.:

    idem iste Mithridates,

    id. de Imp. Pomp. 7, 19 (Klotz, Orell., B. and K.;

    older edd., idem ipse): musici qui erant quondam idem poëtae,

    id. de Or. 3, 44, 174; cf.:

    beneficentia, quam eandem benignitatem appellari licet,

    id. Off. 1, 7, 20:

    quod idem in ceteris artibus non fit,

    id. Fin. 3, 7, 24 fin.:

    exitus quidem omnium unus et idem fuit,

    id. Div. 2, 47, 97:

    in qua (causa) omnes sentirent unum atque idem,

    id. Cat. 4, 7, 14; cf.

    in an inverted order: ut verset saepe multis modis eandem et unam rem,

    id. Or. 40, 137:

    neque ego aliter accepi: intellexi tamen idem, non existimasse te, etc.,

    id. Fam. 9, 15, 3; id. Att. 3, 12, 1; 8, 3, 3.—
    2.
    As a word of comparison, with et, ac, que, ut, qui ( quae, quod), quam, quasi, cum, or (mostly poet.) with the dat., the same as, identical with, of the same meaning as, etc.:

    si quaeratur, idemne sit pertinacia et perseverantia,

    Cic. Top. 23, 87: videmus fuisse quosdam, qui idem ornate ac graviter, idem versute et subtiliter dicerent, at the same time and as well as, id. Or. 7, 22; cf. id. Sull. 18, 51:

    imperii nostri terrarumque idem est extremum,

    id. Prov. Cons. 13, 33; cf. id. Cael. 28, 67:

    disputationem habitam non quasi narrantes exponimus, sed eisdem fere verbis, ut actum disputatumque est,

    id. Tusc. 2, 3, 9:

    idem abeunt, qui venerant,

    id. Fin. 4, 3, 7:

    quoniam earum rerum quas ego gessi, non est eadem fortuna atque condicio, quae illorum qui, etc.,

    id. Cat. 3, 12, 27:

    non quo idem sit servulus quod familia,

    id. Caecin. 20, 58:

    qui (servi) et moribus eisdem essent, quibus dominus, et eodem genere ac loco nati,

    id. Verr. 2, 3, 25, § 62:

    eandem constituit potestatem quam si, etc.,

    id. Agr. 2, 12, 30:

    eodem loco res est, quasi ea pecunia legata non esset,

    id. Leg. 2, 21, 53; cf.:

    sensu amisso fit idem, quasi natus non esset omnino,

    id. Lael. 4, 14.—With cum:

    tibi mecum in eodem est pistrino vivendum,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 33, 144:

    hunc eodem mecum patre genitum, etc.,

    Tac. A. 15, 2:

    in eadem mecum Africa geniti fides,

    Liv. 30, 12, 15; 28, 28, 14.—With dat.:

    (Homerus) Sceptra potitus, eadem aliis sopitu' quiete est,

    Lucr. 3, 1038; cf.:

    invitum qui servat idem facit occidenti,

    Hor. A. P. 467; so Ov. M. 13, 50; id. Am. 1, 4, 1 al.:

    quod non idem illis censuissemus,

    Cic. Fam. 9, 6, 3; Just. 2, 4, 10:

    ille eadem nobis juratus in arma,

    Ov. M. 13, 50.—In neutr. with gen.:

    si idem nos juris haberemus quod ceteri,

    Cic. Balb. 12, 29:

    tibi idem consilii do, quod, etc.,

    id. Fam. 9, 2, 2:

    omnes qui ubique idem operis efficiunt,

    Lact. 5, 4, 1:

    non habet officii lucifer omnis idem,

    Ov. F. 1, 46.— Advv.: eādem, eodem, v. h. v.

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