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1 aufbrechen
aufbrechen, I) v. tr. durch Brechen öffnen: a) gewaltsam: effringere. refringere (z. B. eine Tür, ein Tor). – moliri (mit Kraftanstrengung von seiner Stelle rücken oder zu rücken suchen, z. B. eine Tür, ein Tor). – claustrum alcis rei revellere (den Riegel eines Tores etc. abreißen und so öffnen). – b) ohne Gewalt: einen Brief au., epistulam (litteras) aperire (übh. öffnen); litteras resignare (durch Abnahme des Siegels). – II) v. intr.: 1) sich öffnen: rumpi (auseinandergebrochen werden, bersten etc). – dehiscere (sich voneinander tun, aufklaffen, auch v. Blumen). – recrudescere (wieder aufbr., v. Wunden). – florem aperire (v. Blumen). – emergere. de folliculo exire (hervorkommen, durchbrechen, aus der Hülle, v. Blüten etc.). – 2) sich in Bewegung setzen: se commovere. – abire. discedere (fortgehen, so daß man seinen seitherigen Aufenthaltsort verläßt). – exire (herausgehen, aus dem Hause, aus der Stadt, z. B. serius). – proficisci (vorwärts machen, fortgehen). – sedare in viam. se committere viae od. itineri (sich auf den Weg machen, sich aufmachen). – castra movere od. promovere od. proferre, bei den Histor. auch movere castris u. oft bl. movere (das Lager abbrechen und weiter rücken, bes. v. Feldherrn). – signa vellere oder convellere (die Feldzeichen aus dem Boden reißen, um weiter zu ziehen). – signa tollere (die Feldzeichen aufnehmen, um weiter zu marschieren). – signa movere e castris u. bl. signa movere od. ferre od. proferre (die Feldzeichen weitertragen). – tabernacula detendere (die Zelte abbrechen). – vasa colligere (das Heergerät einpacken; diese vom Aufbruch eines Heeres aus dem Lager). – in Masse au., omnes od. (v. Kollektiven) cunctum, totum effundi. – schleunig wohin au., ire contendere u. bl. contendere alqo; maturare proficisci alqo. – mit einem Heere von wo au., copias educere u. bl. educere ex loco; copias od. exercitum movere ab od. ex Loco; nach einem Orte, einem Lande mit dem Heere au., castra movere od. promovere u. bl. movere ad od. in mit Akk.; gegen den Feind au., castra movere ad hostes: (das Heer) au. lassen, signa ferri iubere. – Aufbrechen, das, s. Aufbruch.
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2 eilen
eilen, I) eilig gehen nach einem Orte etc.: alqo venire od. redire properare (streben u. trachten, wohin zu gelangen od. zurückzukehren). – alqo ire contendere. alqo tendere od. contendere (nach einem Orte hinstreben, einen Ort zum Ziel seines Marsches machen). – alqo ferri (im raschen Lauf wohin gehen, wie Liv. 7, 15, 5: cursu effuso ad castra ferebantur). – accurrere, advolare ad od. in alqm locum (herbeilaufen, herbeifliegen = herbeieilen; advol. auch von Schiffen). – contento cursu petere alqm locum (eiligen Laufes nach einem Orte hinsteuern, z.B. Italiam, v. einer Flotte). – wieder nach der Stadt ei., oppidum repetere: wieder nach Rom ei., Romam redire properare: ich eile nach Hause, abeo festinans domum (von einem Orte hinweg); domum venire propero (übh.): man eilt von allen Seiten, das Volk eilt an einen Ort, undique fit concursus, plebis fit concursus ad oder in alqm locum: zu den Waffen ei., ad arma concurrere od. (nach allen Seiten hin) discurrere. – II) schnell sein (in od. bei etwas): accelerare (seinen Marsch etc. beschleunigen, sich sputen). – properare (vorwärts streben und trachten, einem gedachten od. gesteckten Ziele näher zu kommen, sich tummeln). festinare (haften, hastig vorwärts zu kommen suchen); verb. festinare et properare od. properare et festinare. – maturare (sich bemühen, zeitig an das Ziel zu kommen; dann auch = sich übereilen, voreilig sein). – festinationem od. celeritatem adhibere (Eile anwenden übh.). – celeritati studere (nur auf Schnelligkeit bedacht sein). – nullam moram interponere (keinen Verzug machen, um etwas zu tun etc., entweder mit folg. Gerundivum in -di od. mit folg. quin u. Konj., s. Cic. Phil. fl, 2 u. 10, 1). – mit od. in od. bei etw. ei., accelerare alqd; properare, festinare m. Infin.; maturare alqd od. mit Infin. – Sprichw., eile mit Weile! sat celeriter fit quidquid fit satis bene (Aug. bei Suet. Aug. 25).
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3 contendo
contendo, ĕre, tendi, tentum - tr. et intr. - - voir contentus. - tr. - [st1]1 [-] tendre (avec force), raidir, bander (un arc). - contendere tormenta telorum, Cic. Tusc. 2, 57: tendre les machines à lancer des traits. - (fides) contenta nervis, Cic. Fin. 4, 75: (lyre) tendue au moyen de ses cordes. - nervos contendere, Varr. L. 8, 63: tendre les muscles (faire effort). --- Cic. Fat. 21 ; Fam. 15, 14, 5. - contendere vires, Lucr. 4, 989: tendre ses forces. - ilia perpetuo risu contendere, Ov. A. A. 3, 285: se presser les côtes à cause d'un rire perpétuel. - contendere animum in tales curas Ov. P. 1, 5, 11: tendre son esprit vers de telles occupations. - qui cursum huc contendit suum, Plaut. Cist. 534: celui qui dirige vivement sa course ici. --- cf. Virg. En. 5, 834. [st1]2 [-] lancer [un trait, un javelot]. - Virg. En. 10, 521 ; Sil. 1, 323. [st1]3 [-] chercher à atteindre, à obtenir qqch, prétendre à. - contendere honores, Varr. Men. 450: solliciter les charges. - hic magistratus a populo summa ambitione contenditur, Cic. Verr. 2, 131: cette magistrature, on la sollicite du peuple avec les plus vives compétitions. - cf. Cic. Lael. 39 ; Att. 1, 8, 10, etc. - absol. contendere ab aliquo: solliciter qqn avec insistance. - cf. Cic. Amer. 4 ; Planc. 12 ; Att. 6, 2, 10, etc. - a me valde contendit de reditu in gratiam, Cic. Q. 3, 1, 15: il m'entreprend vivement pour une réconciliation. - [avec ut, ne]: - contendit ab eo, ut causam cognosceret, Cic. Verr. 1, 73: il le pressa d'instruire la cause. - pro suo jure contendet, ne patiamini... Cic. Verr. 5, 2: comme c'est son droit, il vous demandera avec insistance de ne pas souffrir... Caes. BC. 3, 97, 1. - [avec inf.] - hoc non contendo... mutare animum, Cic. Q. 1, 1, 38: je ne prétends pas modifier un caractère. - [avec prop. inf.] Vell. 2, 48, 1. [st1]4 [-] soutenir énergiquement, affirmer, prétendre. - contendere aliquid: soutenir qqch. --- Cic. Off. 2, 71; Amer. 47, etc. - contendere + prop. inf.: soutenir que. - cf. Verr. 5, 19 ; Font. 1; Arch. 15 ; Sest. 107, etc.; Caes. BG. 6, 37, 7, etc. - apud eos contendit falsa iis esse delata, Nep. Them. 7, 2: devant eux, il affirme qu'on leur a fait de faux rapports. [st1]5 [-] comparer. - contendere leges, Cic. Inv. 2, 145: comparer les lois. - contendere causas, Cic. Cat. 2, 25: comparer les partis en présence. - contendere rem cum re, Cic. Agr. 2, 96 ; Inv. 2, 173: comparer une chose avec une autre. - vetera et praesentia contendere, Tac. An. 13, 3: comparer le présent avec le passé. - poét. avec dat. contendere rem rei, aliquem alicui. --- Lucil. 24 ; 277 ; Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 26; Aus. 160, 9; 419, 33. - intr. - [st1]6 [-] bander les ressorts, tendre son énergie, faire effort, se raidir. - contendere lateribus, Cic. de Or. 1, 255: faire effort des poumons. - contendere voce, Cic. Lig. 6, faire effort de la voix. - contendere ad summam gloriam, Cic. Phil. 14, 32: tendre vers la gloire la plus haute. - contendere ad ultimum animo, Cic. Mur. 65: tendre de toute son énergie vers le point le plus éloigné. - avec inf. tranare contenderunt, Caes. BG. 1, 53, 2: ils s'efforcèrent de traverser à la nage. - hunc locum duabus ex partibus oppugnare contendit, Caes. BG. 5, 21: il essaie d'attaquer ce lieu en deux endroits. --- Caes. BG. 3, 15; Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 13, § 38. - fugā salutem petere contenderunt, Caes. BG. 3, 15: ils cherchèrent leur salut dans la fuite. - [avec ut, ne]: - eos vidimus contendere ut... pervenirent, Cic. Verr. 5, 181: nous les avons vus s'efforcer de parvenir... Sest. 5 ; Phil. 9, 15, etc. - remis contendit ut... Caes. BG. 5, 8, 2: il tente à force de rames de... - ea ne fierent, contendit, Cic. Att. 12, 4, 2: il s'est opposé à cela de toutes ses forces. - contende quaeso atque elabora, ut... Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 14, § 42: travaillez, je vous prie, travaillez sans relâche à ce que... - absol. vociferarer et, quantum maxime possem, contenderem, Cic. Fl. 16, 38: j'élèverais la voix, je m'expliquerais avec toute la véhémence dont je serais capable. - non posse oculo quantum contendere Lynceus, Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 28: ne pas avoir la vue perçante de Lyncée (*ne pas pouvoir fixer des yeux). [st1]7 [-] marcher vivement, faire diligence, se hâter. - quae res eum nocte una tantum itineris contendere coegit? Cic. Amer. 97: qu'est-ce qui le forçait à fournir une telle course en une seule nuit [faire un si long parcours]? - in Italiam magnis itineribus contendit, Caes. BG. 1, 10, 3: il se porte vivement en Italie par grandes étapes. --- BG. 1, 7, 1; 4, 18, 2. - [avec ad] BG. 2, 7, 3, etc... - statim exanimatus ad aedes contendit, Cic. Verr. 1, 67: aussitôt il se hâte à perdre haleine vers la maison. - avec inf.: Bibracte ire contendit, Caes. BG. 1, 23, 1: il se hâte d'aller à Bibracte. --- Caes. BG. 1, 10; Caes. BG. 4, 20. - in provinciam reverti contendit, Caes. BG. 3, 6: il se hâta de retourner dans la province. --- Cic. Planc. 41, 97; Virg. En. 1, 158; Cic. Planc. 40, 96. [st1]8 [-] se mesurer, lutter, rivaliser. - contendere cum aliquo, cum aliqua re: se mesurer avec qqn, avec qqch. - Cic. Flacc. 5 ; Balb. 59 ; Mil. 68 ; Off. 1, 38 ; Nat. 3, 10, etc. - contendere ingenio cum aliquo, Cic. Verr. 5, 174: rivaliser de talent avec qqn. - contendere de aliqua re cum aliquo, Cic Sull. 83: lutter avec qqn pour qqch. - contendere proelio, Caes. BG. 1, 48, 3: engager le combat (se mesurer dans un combat, combattre). - contendere contra populum Romanum armis, Caes. BG. 2, 13, 3: se mesurer les armes à la main contre le peuple romain. - contendere cum aliquo, Caes. BG. 1, 31, 6, etc.: se mesurer avec qqn. - inter se de potentatu contendebant, Caes. BG. 1, 31, 4: ils luttaient entre eux pour la suprématie. - contendere de honore, de dignitate, etc.: lutter pour les magistratures, pour les honneurs, etc. --- Cic. Mur. 21; Sull. 24, etc. - poét. contendere alicui: rivaliser, lutter avec qqn. - cf. Lucr. 3, 6 ; Prop. 1, 7, 3 ; 1, 14, 7 ; Sen. Nat. 1, 11, 2. [st1]9 [-] discuter. - contendere cum aliquo de mittendis legatis, Caes. BC. 3, 90, 2: discuter avec qqn pour l'envoi d'une ambassade.* * *contendo, ĕre, tendi, tentum - tr. et intr. - - voir contentus. - tr. - [st1]1 [-] tendre (avec force), raidir, bander (un arc). - contendere tormenta telorum, Cic. Tusc. 2, 57: tendre les machines à lancer des traits. - (fides) contenta nervis, Cic. Fin. 4, 75: (lyre) tendue au moyen de ses cordes. - nervos contendere, Varr. L. 8, 63: tendre les muscles (faire effort). --- Cic. Fat. 21 ; Fam. 15, 14, 5. - contendere vires, Lucr. 4, 989: tendre ses forces. - ilia perpetuo risu contendere, Ov. A. A. 3, 285: se presser les côtes à cause d'un rire perpétuel. - contendere animum in tales curas Ov. P. 1, 5, 11: tendre son esprit vers de telles occupations. - qui cursum huc contendit suum, Plaut. Cist. 534: celui qui dirige vivement sa course ici. --- cf. Virg. En. 5, 834. [st1]2 [-] lancer [un trait, un javelot]. - Virg. En. 10, 521 ; Sil. 1, 323. [st1]3 [-] chercher à atteindre, à obtenir qqch, prétendre à. - contendere honores, Varr. Men. 450: solliciter les charges. - hic magistratus a populo summa ambitione contenditur, Cic. Verr. 2, 131: cette magistrature, on la sollicite du peuple avec les plus vives compétitions. - cf. Cic. Lael. 39 ; Att. 1, 8, 10, etc. - absol. contendere ab aliquo: solliciter qqn avec insistance. - cf. Cic. Amer. 4 ; Planc. 12 ; Att. 6, 2, 10, etc. - a me valde contendit de reditu in gratiam, Cic. Q. 3, 1, 15: il m'entreprend vivement pour une réconciliation. - [avec ut, ne]: - contendit ab eo, ut causam cognosceret, Cic. Verr. 1, 73: il le pressa d'instruire la cause. - pro suo jure contendet, ne patiamini... Cic. Verr. 5, 2: comme c'est son droit, il vous demandera avec insistance de ne pas souffrir... Caes. BC. 3, 97, 1. - [avec inf.] - hoc non contendo... mutare animum, Cic. Q. 1, 1, 38: je ne prétends pas modifier un caractère. - [avec prop. inf.] Vell. 2, 48, 1. [st1]4 [-] soutenir énergiquement, affirmer, prétendre. - contendere aliquid: soutenir qqch. --- Cic. Off. 2, 71; Amer. 47, etc. - contendere + prop. inf.: soutenir que. - cf. Verr. 5, 19 ; Font. 1; Arch. 15 ; Sest. 107, etc.; Caes. BG. 6, 37, 7, etc. - apud eos contendit falsa iis esse delata, Nep. Them. 7, 2: devant eux, il affirme qu'on leur a fait de faux rapports. [st1]5 [-] comparer. - contendere leges, Cic. Inv. 2, 145: comparer les lois. - contendere causas, Cic. Cat. 2, 25: comparer les partis en présence. - contendere rem cum re, Cic. Agr. 2, 96 ; Inv. 2, 173: comparer une chose avec une autre. - vetera et praesentia contendere, Tac. An. 13, 3: comparer le présent avec le passé. - poét. avec dat. contendere rem rei, aliquem alicui. --- Lucil. 24 ; 277 ; Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 26; Aus. 160, 9; 419, 33. - intr. - [st1]6 [-] bander les ressorts, tendre son énergie, faire effort, se raidir. - contendere lateribus, Cic. de Or. 1, 255: faire effort des poumons. - contendere voce, Cic. Lig. 6, faire effort de la voix. - contendere ad summam gloriam, Cic. Phil. 14, 32: tendre vers la gloire la plus haute. - contendere ad ultimum animo, Cic. Mur. 65: tendre de toute son énergie vers le point le plus éloigné. - avec inf. tranare contenderunt, Caes. BG. 1, 53, 2: ils s'efforcèrent de traverser à la nage. - hunc locum duabus ex partibus oppugnare contendit, Caes. BG. 5, 21: il essaie d'attaquer ce lieu en deux endroits. --- Caes. BG. 3, 15; Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 13, § 38. - fugā salutem petere contenderunt, Caes. BG. 3, 15: ils cherchèrent leur salut dans la fuite. - [avec ut, ne]: - eos vidimus contendere ut... pervenirent, Cic. Verr. 5, 181: nous les avons vus s'efforcer de parvenir... Sest. 5 ; Phil. 9, 15, etc. - remis contendit ut... Caes. BG. 5, 8, 2: il tente à force de rames de... - ea ne fierent, contendit, Cic. Att. 12, 4, 2: il s'est opposé à cela de toutes ses forces. - contende quaeso atque elabora, ut... Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 14, § 42: travaillez, je vous prie, travaillez sans relâche à ce que... - absol. vociferarer et, quantum maxime possem, contenderem, Cic. Fl. 16, 38: j'élèverais la voix, je m'expliquerais avec toute la véhémence dont je serais capable. - non posse oculo quantum contendere Lynceus, Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 28: ne pas avoir la vue perçante de Lyncée (*ne pas pouvoir fixer des yeux). [st1]7 [-] marcher vivement, faire diligence, se hâter. - quae res eum nocte una tantum itineris contendere coegit? Cic. Amer. 97: qu'est-ce qui le forçait à fournir une telle course en une seule nuit [faire un si long parcours]? - in Italiam magnis itineribus contendit, Caes. BG. 1, 10, 3: il se porte vivement en Italie par grandes étapes. --- BG. 1, 7, 1; 4, 18, 2. - [avec ad] BG. 2, 7, 3, etc... - statim exanimatus ad aedes contendit, Cic. Verr. 1, 67: aussitôt il se hâte à perdre haleine vers la maison. - avec inf.: Bibracte ire contendit, Caes. BG. 1, 23, 1: il se hâte d'aller à Bibracte. --- Caes. BG. 1, 10; Caes. BG. 4, 20. - in provinciam reverti contendit, Caes. BG. 3, 6: il se hâta de retourner dans la province. --- Cic. Planc. 41, 97; Virg. En. 1, 158; Cic. Planc. 40, 96. [st1]8 [-] se mesurer, lutter, rivaliser. - contendere cum aliquo, cum aliqua re: se mesurer avec qqn, avec qqch. - Cic. Flacc. 5 ; Balb. 59 ; Mil. 68 ; Off. 1, 38 ; Nat. 3, 10, etc. - contendere ingenio cum aliquo, Cic. Verr. 5, 174: rivaliser de talent avec qqn. - contendere de aliqua re cum aliquo, Cic Sull. 83: lutter avec qqn pour qqch. - contendere proelio, Caes. BG. 1, 48, 3: engager le combat (se mesurer dans un combat, combattre). - contendere contra populum Romanum armis, Caes. BG. 2, 13, 3: se mesurer les armes à la main contre le peuple romain. - contendere cum aliquo, Caes. BG. 1, 31, 6, etc.: se mesurer avec qqn. - inter se de potentatu contendebant, Caes. BG. 1, 31, 4: ils luttaient entre eux pour la suprématie. - contendere de honore, de dignitate, etc.: lutter pour les magistratures, pour les honneurs, etc. --- Cic. Mur. 21; Sull. 24, etc. - poét. contendere alicui: rivaliser, lutter avec qqn. - cf. Lucr. 3, 6 ; Prop. 1, 7, 3 ; 1, 14, 7 ; Sen. Nat. 1, 11, 2. [st1]9 [-] discuter. - contendere cum aliquo de mittendis legatis, Caes. BC. 3, 90, 2: discuter avec qqn pour l'envoi d'une ambassade.* * *Contendo, contendis, contendi, contensum et contentum, contendere. Tendre ou Estendre.\Contendere poplitem. Horat. Estendre, ou roidir bien fort le jarret.\Contendere vincla. Virgil. Estraindre, Serrer bien fort.\Contendere tormenta. Cic. Tendre, Bender comme un arc, ou arbaleste, ou semblable.\Contendere animum. Ouid. Employer la force de son esprit.\Contendere, proficisci. Caesar, Ad eos contendit. Il tire et va droict à eulx.\Contendere cursum aliquo. Plaut. Dresser sa course vers quelque lieu.\Contendere iter constitutum. Caesar. Aller le chemin qu'on a entreprins, Poursuyvre son chemin.\Contendit Romam. Sallust. Il va droict à Rome.\Contendere magnis itineribus in Italiam. Caesar. Aller à grandes journees droict en Italie.\In orbem diuersum fama contendere. Ouid. Aller par bruit et renommee jusques aux pais loingtains, Avoir grand bruit et renommee en loingtain pais.\Contendere agmen. Curt. Mener hastivement.\Contendere. Virgil. Tascher de tout son povoir.\Animo contendere. Cic. S'efforcer de tout son esprit.\Contendere omnibus neruis. Cic. S'efforcer de toute sa puissance, S'esvertuer.\Contendere neruos in re aliqua. Cic. Employer toute sa force.\Contendere rectis studiis ad magna. Cic. Tascher de parvenir à grande chose.\Frustra contendere. Virgil. S'efforcer en vain.\Contendere aliquid ab aliquo. Cic. Presser aucun de quelque chose, Luy demander affectueusement, Insister merveilleusement.\Omni studio a te mi Brute contendo, vt Ciceronem meum ne dimittas. Cic. Je te requiers le plus affectueusement que je puis, que, etc.\Quantum potero, voce contendam, vt hoc Pop. Rom. exaudiat. Cic. Je crieray tant que je pourray.\Vt Asclepiades contendit. Cels. Comme Asclepiades dit et afferme, ou Defend et soustient, ou Contend.\Contendere, Certure: vt Contendere aduersus aliquem. Cic. Se debatre contre aucun, Contendre, Estriver.\Contendunt verbis inter se, non pugnis. Cic. Ils estrivent.\Si causa cum causa contenderet. Cic. S'il n'estoit question que de regarder le merite des causes.\Contendere ciuiliter. Cic. Avoir different et contention avec aucun et le desmesler par justice, comme doibvent faire citoyens les uns avec les autres.\Nec cedere vult, nec contendere. Quintil. Il ne veult ne plaider ne payer. Bud.\Contendere de honore. Cic. Estre en debat ou different de l'honneur.\Contendere bello cum aliquo. Virgil. Quand deux s'entrefont la guerre. \ Cursu contendere. Ouid. A qui courra le mieulx.\Contendere summo iure. Cic. Traicter aucun en justice et à la rigueur.\Contendere iurgio cum aliquo. Cic. Tanser à aucun, Estriver contre aucun.\Lite de re aliqua contendere. Quintil. Plaider pour quelque chose.\Ludo contendere cum aliquo. Virgil. Jouer à luy ou contre luy.\Marte contendere. Virgil. Combatre.\Contendere muneribus cum aliquo. Martial. A qui fera plus de dons et de presens.\Pedibus contendere cum aliquo. Ouid. A qui courra le plus viste.\Pignore aliquo contendere. Catul. Gager, Faire gageure.\Sacramento contendere. Cic. Faire gageure judiciaire à l'encontre d'aucun à la facon ancienne.\Verbis contendere. Ouid. Estriver de parolles.\Contendere omnia. Cic. Ne laisser rien passer sur quoy on ne s'arreste et qu'on ne debatte.\Contendere duos. Tacit. Les mettre teste à teste l'un contre l'autre à qui gaignera la victoire.\Contendere rem aliquam cum alia. Apuleius. Comparer une chose à l'autre, Faire comparaison d'une chose à l'autre.\Magistratus a populo summa ambitione contenditur. Cic. L'office est demandé au peuple par grande brigue. -
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.):(β).feminam scelestam te, adstans contra, contuor,
Plaut. Pers. 2, 2, 26:ut confidenter mihi contra adstitit,
id. Capt. 3, 5, 6; Lucr. 4, 223; 6, 929:signum contra, quoad longissume oculi ferebant, animo finivit,
Liv. 1, 18, 8:stat contra starique jubet,
Juv. 3, 290:stat contra dicitque tibi tua pagina Fures!
Mart. 1, 55, 12:ulmus erat contra,
in front of her, Ov. M. 14, 661:templa vides contra,
in front (of us), id. ib. 7, 587.—Of position in front of the enemy:contra conserta manu,
Plaut. Mil. 1, 1, 3: contra consistere, to make front against them, Caes. B. G. 2, 17.—Referring to things and places, over against (it), opposite (to it), on the opposite side (mostly post-Aug.):b.contra jacet Cancer patulam distentus in alvum,
Manil. 2, 253:posita contra Hispania,
Tac. Agr. 11:promuntorium quod contra procedit,
Plin. 4, 2, 3, § 6: relinquendae autem contra erunt vacuae tabellae, on the opposite side, i. e. of the leaf, Quint. 10, 3, 32: illo quaerente cur non decidant contra siti, the antipodes (cf. Cic. Ac. 2, 39, 123; v. II. A. 1. c. a), Plin. 2, 65, 65, § 161.—With the governing verb understood:arguam hanc vidisse apud te contra conservum meum,
face to face, Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 91:jam omnia contra circaque hostium plena erant, Liv 5, 37, 8: eadem verba contra (i. e. ponuntur),
side by side, Quint. 9, 3, 36; Verg. A. 6, 23.—With verbs of motion, so as to be opposite to an object or face to face with a person, variously rendered.(α).Referring to persons:(β).accede ad me atque adi contra,
come right up to me, Plaut. Rud. 1, 4, 23; id. Bacch. 3, 6, 6: hostes crebri cadunt; nostri contra ingruunt, advance to their front (in Plaut. hostility is not implied in contra), id. Am. 1, 1, 84: quis nos pater aut cognatu' volet contra tueri, face to face, eye to eye, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 12 Mull. (Trag. Rel. v. 444 Rib.); Att. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1, 55 (Trag. Rel. v. 538 ib.):adspicedum contra me = contra adspice me,
Plaut. Most. 5, 1, 56 Lorenz ad lec.:contra adspicere,
id. Mil. 2, 1, 45:contra intueri,
Liv. 1, 16, 6; 9, 6, 8; Sen. Q. N. 1, 3, 6:cum veniret contra Marcianus,
Quint. 6, 3, 95; Plin. 9, 46, 70, § 152.—Of things:2.hic ubi sol radiis... Adversa fulsit nimborum aspergine contra,
Lucr. 6, 525; Cels. 8, 8, 1:quam (turrim) promoti contra validi asseres... perfregere,
Tac. H. 4, 30.—Reciprocally: oscula non pervenientia contra, not coming through (the wall) so as to meet, Ov. M. 4, 80.—Transf. to equivalents of weight, value, and price; so,(α).In Plaut. only in the colloq. phrases auro contra, aurichalco contra, and contra auro (sc. posito); lit., for gold placed against; cf.:(β).aes contrarium, s. v. contrarius: (servus) non carus'st auro contra,
at his weight in gold, Plaut. Ep. 3, 3, 30: jam auro contra constat filius, id. Truc. 2, 6, 57 (Speng. aurichalco): auro contra cedo modestum amatorem! A me aurum accipe. Pa. Cedo mihi contra aurichalco quoi ego sano serviam, id. Curc. 1, 3, 45 sq.; id. Mil. 3, 1, 63; 4, 2, 85; id. Ps. 2, 3, 23.—In post-Aug. prose (very rare):3.at si aquae et ejus rei quam contra pensabis par pondus erit, nec pessum ibit, nec exstabit, etc.,
Sen. Q. N. 3, 25, 5.—Of reciprocal actions, = vicissim, in turn, in return, back, on my, his, etc., part, likewise, counter-.(α).In gen.:(β).te ut deludam contra, lusorem meum,
Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 71:quae me amat, quam ego contra amo,
id. Merc. 5. 2, 77; id. Cist. 1, 1, 96; id. Trin. 4, 2, 55; id. As. 2, 2, 110:qui arguat se, eum contra vincat jurejurando suo,
make a victorious counter-charge, id. Mil. 2, 2, 37:si laudabit haec Illius formam, tu hujus contra (i. e. lauda),
Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 54:audi nunc contra jam,
listen in turn, id. Phorm. 4, 4, 18; id. Ad. 5, 4, 23:at tu mihi contra nunc videre fortunatus, Phaedria, Cui, etc.,
you likewise seem fortunate to me, id. Phorm. 1, 3, 21:Mettius Tullo gratulatur, contra Tullus Mettium benigne alloquitur,
Liv. 1, 28, 1:contra ut me diligat illa,
Cat. 76. 23; Hor. S. 1, 3, 27 Orell. ad loc.—Hence, with ellipsis of inquit, = respondit:cui latrans contra senex,
Phaedr. 5, 10, 7:scietis, inquam, etc., contra Nigrinus: ad quem missi sunt? ego, etc.,
Plin. Ep. 7, 6, 4.—Rarely with inquit, etc., expressed: at ille contra, renidens, Audi, inquit, discipule, etc.,
Gell. 15, 9, 9; cf.:contra talia reddit,
Claud. B. Gild. 379.—With dat. pers.:(γ).consulo quem dolum doloso contra conservo parem,
Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 45:facere contra huic aegre,
Ter. Eun. 4, 1, 10:hiscine contra insidiabere?
id. Hec. 1. 1, 13:tibi contra gratiam Referre,
id. ib. 4, 2, 7.—With item:(δ).item a me contra factum est,
Plaut. Aul. prol. 20:puellam senex Amat et item contra filius,
id. Cas. prol. 49; id. Pers. 5, 2, 36; id. Am. 1, 1, 67; Ter. Ad. 1, 1, 25.—Combining a reciprocal with a local relation (A. 1. a. a, and b. a): contra carinantes verba, exchanging abusive words ( face to face), Enn. ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 8, 361 (Ann. v. 181 Vahl.): tubae utrimque contra canunt;(ε).Consonat terra,
Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 73; 1, 1, 86:confer gradum Contra pariter,
id. Ps. 2, 4, 18; id. Truc. 1, 2, 28:video amicam... Ubi contra adspexit me, etc.,
id. Mil. 2, 1, 45; Verg. E. 7, 8; cf. Lucr. 4, 243:vesper adest, juvenes consurgite!... Cernitis, innuptae, juvenes? consurgite contra!
Cat. 62, 6.—Implying also opposition: Pe. Conpellabo. Ph. Orationis aciem contra conferam, Plaut. Ep. 4, 1, 20:B.si scias quod donum huic dono contra comparet,
what counter gift, Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 63: quod Scipio postulavit... ut, etc. Et quod contra collega postulavit ne, etc., Annal. Trib. Pleb. ap. Gell. 7 (6), 19, 5:si vobis aequa et honesta postulatio videtur, ego contra brevem postulationem adfero,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 2, 7; Nep. Epam. 6, 1;Auct. B. Alex. 24: illo licente contra liceri audeat nemo,
to bid in opposition, Caes. B. G. 1, 18; Liv. 4, 53, 6:agedum pauca accipe contra,
Hor. S. 1, 4, 38.—So in battle:Numidae... Romanorum ordines conturbare... neque contra feriundi copia erat,
Sall. J. 50, 4; and in law: et ab eo is qui adoptat vindicat... et illo contra non vindicante, etc., Gai Inst. 1, 134; 2, 24.—Esp. in replies:oratio contra a Demosthene pro Ctesiphonte edita,
Cic. de Or. 3, 56, 213:dicit accusator haec: primum, etc.... quid contra reus?
id. Clu. 30, 81; id. Fin. 5, 22, 63; Curt. 4, 1, 10; 7, 9, 1.Of opposition, strife, etc., against; constr. absol., with dat., and ne, quominus or quin.1.Of physical exertion.(α).Lit.:(β).concurrunt... aetheriae nubes contra pugnantibu' ventis,
struggling against each other, Lucr. 6. 98:nec nos obniti contra... Sufficimus,
bear up, battle against, Verg. A. 5, 21; Ov. M. 9, 50; 2, 434:at ille contra nititur,
resists, Plin. 2, 38, 38, § 103; 7, 20, 19, § 82:pars remigum, tamquam imperitia... officia nautarum impediebant. Mox contra tendere,
rowed in an opposite direction, Tac. H. 4, 16.—Trop.:2.te rogo ne contrahas ac demittas animum, neque te obrui tamquam fluctu... sinas, contraque erigas ac resistas,
Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 1, § 4:et torrens judicem vel nitentem contra feret, cogatque ire qua rapiet,
Quint. 12, 10, 61.— With ne: vi contra niti, ne advorsus eum fiat, Cato ap. Gell. 7 (6), 3, 16.—With quominus, Lucr. 1, 780.—Of mental exertion:3.si tibi vera videntur, Dede manus, aut, si falsum est, accingere contra,
arm yourself against them, Lucr. 2, 1043; 2, 280. —With dat.:siti contra... pugnandum,
Cels. 4, 2 fin. —Of hostile opposition in gen.(α).Lit.:(β).quod animadversum est in eo qui contra omni ratione pugnarunt, non debeo reprehendere,
who made opposition in every way, Cic. Rosc. Am. 47, 137; id. Verr. 2, 2, 43, § 107:contra etiam aliquid abs te profectum ex multis audivi,
something inimical, id. Fam. 5, 5, 2.—Trop.:4.aut alio quovis (sc. colore) qui contra pugnet et obstet,
Lucr. 2, 794; 2, 868.—Of warfare.(α).Lit.:(β).ut eos adversarios existimemus qui arma contra ferant,
Cic. Off. 1, 25, 87; 1, 12, 37; Vell. 2, 28, 4; cf.:quid quod exercitum contra duxit?
Auct. Her. 4, 16, 23:ut si qua ex parte obviam contra veniretur, acie instructa depugnarent,
if they should be attacked by an open charge, Caes. B. G. 7, 28:issentque confestim ad urbem ni venire contra exercitum... audissent,
Liv. 7, 39, 17:cum Romanae legiones contra direxerint,
would oppose their march, Tac. H. 4, 58; id. A. 6, 44.—With dat.:et huic contra itum ad amnem Erinden,
Tac. A. 11, 10.—Trop.:5.quod ubi viderunt corvi, contra auxiliantur, velut adversus communem hostem,
Plin. 10, 74, 95, § 205.—Of legal contests.(α).With verbs of saying; v. 9. a.—(β).Venire contra, of any legal act with the intention to hurt the adversary:(γ).quid? si omnium mortalium Sthenio nemo inimicior quam hic C. Claudius... fuit? si de litteris corruptis contra venit, etc.?
if he made a charge of forgery against him? Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 43, § 107; cf. II. B. c. b.—On the part of the adversary:(δ).inveniendum contra est, quo distet haec causa a ceteris,
Quint. 5, 10, 114; 9, 2, 35; 12, 8, 10.—Of judgments against the parties or against opinions:6.ne spoliaret fama probatum hominem si contra judicasset,
given an adverse decision, Cic. Off. 3, 19, 77; cf. Val. Max. 7, 2, 4; Cic. Caecin. 24, 69.—Of literary opposition.(α).Mostly with verbs of saying; v. 9. a. g.—(β).With other verbs:7.astrologorum artem contra convincere tendit,
Lucr. 5, 728:contra nunc illud pone, etc.,
Sen. Ben. 7, 14, 6:habeat (liber meus) etiam quosdam qui contra sentiant et adversentur,
some dissentients and opponents, Quint. 3, 1, 5; 2, 17, 40; 3, 8, 69.—Of public and political opposition.(α).With verbs of saying; v. 9. a. d.—(β).With petere, to be a candidate for office in opposition to another:8.nihil enim supererat de quo certarent, nihil quod contra peterent,
no office was left for which to canvass against each other, Cic. Agr. 2, 33, 91:honores contra petere,
Quint. 6, 1, 17.—With ire, with dat., of an opposing vote in the senate (cf.:pedibus ire): sententia Cassii ut nemo unus contra ire ausus est, ita dissonae voces respondebant,
Tac. A. 14, 45.—Of violation of law, contracts, etc.: contra facere, or contra committere, to violate, transgress a law, etc.: leges esse non ex ejus qui contra commiserit utilitate, spectari oportere, not in the interest of the transgressor, Cic. Inv. 2, 48, 153:9.si quis sub hoc pacto vendiderit ancillam ne prostitueretur, et si contra factum esset,
and if the contract was violated, Dig. 18, 1, 56.—With verbs of saying, etc., contra dicere; less freq. disputare, disserere, pugnare, in the sense of dicere, and contra scribere (often contradico, in one word, in post-Aug. writers; esp. with dat.).a.Absol.(α).Contra dicere, to speak as counsel of the adversary, to plead his cause, in legal proceedings:(β).cum contra dicturus Hortensius esset,
would speak on the other side, Cic. Quint. 24, 77:hoc... contra dicente Cotta judicatum est,
id. Caecin. 33, 97:dixisse ut contra nemo videretur,
id. Brut. 53, 198: ut contra Crassus... exorsus est, began on the other side, id. ib. § 197.—Hence: qui contra dicit, the adversary or counsel of the adversary:contra autem qui dicet, similitudinem infirmare debebit,
Cic. Inv. 2, 50, 151; id. Part. Or. 21, 108.—In the same sense: agens contra: si nos... impares agentium contra ingeniis dixerimus, that we are unequal to the talents of our adversary's counsel, [p. 453] Quint. 4, 1, 8.—To make charges against (rare):(γ).si qui contra vellet dicere, usurum esse eum suo testimonio,
Cic. Clu. 48, 134:qua ratione nemo neque tum item fecerit, neque nunc contra dicat,
id. Quint. 29, 88; so,contra disputare, of objections to or against a witness: nihil contra disputabo priusquam dixerit,
id. Fl. 21, 51.—In gen., to speak on the other side of a question:(δ).fiebat autem ita, ut cum is qui audire vellet dixisset quid sibi videretur, tum ego contra dicerem,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 4, 8; id. Fin. 2, 1, 2; so,contra disputare and contra scribere,
id. Or. 1, 19, 85; Vitr. 3, 1, 6; Quint. 2, 17, 13; Dig. 9, 2, 21, § 1.—Hence: qui contra dicunt or disputant, the opponents:nec qui contra dicunt causam difficilem repellunt,
Cic. Fin. 3, 1, 2:ad coarguendos qui contra disputant,
to refule his opponents, Quint. 2, 15, 26.—To oppose or object to a proposition, motion, or petition:(ε). (ζ).quam palam principes dixerunt contra!
protested against it, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 16, § 41; Caes. B. C. 1, 32; Cic. Clu. 47, 130.—With pugnare:cum decerneretur frequenti senatu, contra pugnante Pisone, etc.,
Cic. Att. 1, 14, 5:filius ejus incolumitatem optat: contradicit pater,
the father objects, Quint. 9, 2, 85; 9, 2, 83; Plin. ap. Gell. 9, 16, 5; Cic. Dom. 33, 87:contradicente nullo,
Suet. Caes. 20; Dig. 3, 3, 15.—Abl. absol. impers.:b.explorandum videtur an etiam contradicto aliquando judicio consuetudo firmata sit,
whether the custom has been confirmed by judgment upon a judicial contest, Dig. 1, 3, 34.—With acc. neutr. pron., to object, to make or raise an objection, to reply; esp. in legal proceedings:c.ego enim, te disputante, quid contra dicerem meditabar,
Cic. N. D. 3, 1, 1:ut contra si quid dicere velit non audiatur,
id. Fin. 5, 10, 27:aiebat illum primo sane diu multa contra (i. e. dixisse), ad extremum autem, etc.,
id. Att. 2, 22, 2.— Hence: quod contra dicitur, or quae contra dicuntur, the objections:ut et id quod intenderemus confirmare, et id quod contra diceretur refellere (possemus),
refute the objections, Cic. de Or. 1, 20, 90:quia neque reprehendi quae contra dicuntur possunt, etc.,
id. ib. 2, 81, 331; id. Inv. 2, 44, 127; Quint. 1, 2, 17.—In the same sense, as subst.: contrā dicta, orum, n. plur.:seu proposita confirmamus, sive contra dicta dissolvimus,
or refute the objections, Quint. 4, prooem. 6.—With acc. and inf.:dicitur contra, nullum esse testamentum,
the objection is made that there is no testament, Cic. Agr. 2, 6, 42.—With dat., written in one word (post-Aug.).(α).To oppose a person by speaking against his views:(β).solitum se etiam Thraseae contradicere,
to oppose even Thrasea, Tac. H. 2, 91:tibi,
Suet. Aug. 54:Curioni...,
id. Rhet. 1. —Hence of answers and replies in law: quid si filium testatoris heres ejus prohibuit? Huic contradici potest: ergo pietatis, etc., he may be answered by this plea, etc., Dig. 11, 7, 14, § 13.—And of advisory answers opposed to one's legal views:volenti mihi ream adulterii postulare eam, etc., contradictum est,
my views were disapproved, rejected, Dig. 48, 5, 11, § 10.—To oppose an opinion, with dat. of the thing:(γ).cum plures tantum sententiis aliorum contradicerent,
opposed the opinions, Tac. H. 1, 39.—To object to a motion or petition, with dat. of the petitioner:(δ).patrem qui damnavit optat ne is torqueatur: pater ei contradicit,
the father objects, Quint. 9, 2, 81:cum ambienti ut legibus solveretur multi contradicerent,
Suet. Caes. 18; Dig. 40, 5, 14; 40, 12, 33.—With dat. of the petition:(ε).preces erant, sed quibus contradici non posset,
which could not be denied, Tac. H. 4, 46 fin.; Dig. 3, 1, 1, § 2.—To contest the validity of a law (rare):(ζ).quibus (legibus) contradici potest,
Quint. 7, 7, 4.—To contradict an assertion (very rare):d.pro certis autem habemus... cuicunque adversarius non contradicit,
Quint. 5, 10, 13.—With quin, to object:C.praetor Samnitibus respondit... nec contra dici quin amicitia de integro reconcilietur,
there was no objection to a reconciliation, Liv. 8, 2, 2.To one's disadvantage; mostly predic. with esse, unfavorable, adverse, damaging (post-Aug.;D.but cf. II. B. 2.): ut eum qui responsurus est vel tacere, vel etiam invitum id quod sit contra cogat fateri,
Quint. 7, 3, 14:cum verba (legis) contra sint,
id. 7, 1, 49:sed experimentum contra fuit,
unsuccessful, Tac. H. 2, 97 fin.:ubi fortuna contra fuit,
id. ib. 3, 18:si fortuna contra daret,
should be unfavorable, id. ib. 1, 65 fin.; id. A. 15, 13.Of logical opposition, with negative force.1.Of a direct contrast.a.Predicatively, with esse, fieri, etc., the contrary, the opposite:b.quod fieri totum contra manifesta docet res,
but experience teaches that just the contrary is true, Lucr. 3, 686; 4, 1088:in stultitia contra est,
with fools the reverse is true, Cic. Clu. 31, 84:in hac quidem re vereor ne etiam contra (i. e. sit),
id. Att. 12, 46; id. Off. 1, 15, 49:quod contra est,
Sall. J. 85, 21:quis non credat, etc.? Contra autem est,
Sen. Q. N. 3, 25, 12; id. Ep. 7, 3; Dig. 37, 4, 4:contra fore si, etc.,
ib. 34, 2, 39, § 2:immo forsitan et contra (i. e. erit),
ib. 41, 3, 49:ego contra puto (i. e. esse),
Plin. Ep. 1, 20, 7; Lampr. Alex. Sev. 25.—With evenire, accidere, sentire, scribere, habere, etc.:c.utrumque contra accidit: istic enim bellum est exortum, hic pax consecuta,
of both the contrary has happened, Cic. Fam. 12, 18, 2; so Dig. 38, 2, 51:id ego contra puto (sc.: faciendum esse),
id. Att. 10, 8, 2:contra evenit in iis morbis,
Sen. Ep. 52, 7; Plin. 2, 65, 65, § 163:ego contra sentio,
Sen. Clem. 1, 15, 5; Sedig. ap. Gell. 15, 24, 4; Dig. 40, 2, 25:Proculus contra (sc. sentit),
ib. 35, 2, 1, § 14; 33, 7, 25:licet Celsus contra scribat,
ib. 9, 2, 21, § 1: contra probatur, Gai Inst. 2, 78; Dig. 33, 7, 12, § 34.—Very rarely referring to a term in the same clause:cujus disparem mitioremque naturam contra interpretabatur,
interpreted in an opposite sense, misinterpreted, misunderstood, Tac. H. 4, 86 fin. —Referring to a word or phrase in the same predicate.(α).To an adverb, in an opposite manner, otherwise, differently, not, etc.:(β).nam ad summam totius rei pertinet, caute an contra demonstrata res sit,
Cic. de Or. 2, 81, 330: quod viriliter animoque fit, id, etc.;quod contra, id turpe,
id. Off. 1, 27, 94:sit sapienter usus aut contra,
Quint. 2, 5, 15:lactuca locis apricis optume autumno ponitur, mediterraneis aut frigidis contra ( = pessime),
Col. 11, 3, 25.—To a predicative adjective, not, the opposite, the reverse, etc.:(γ).ut aliae (res) probabiles videantur aliae contra,
improbable, Cic. Ac. 2, 32, 103; id. Off. 2, 2, 7:quid est quod me impediat ea quae probabilia mihi videantur sequi, quae contra, improbare,
id. ib. 2, 2, 8; id. Or. 2, 31, 135; Quint. 4, 2, 52.—To a verbal predicate:(δ).an frater fratri exsistat heres, an contra ( = annon),
Dig. 34, 5, 19.—To a subject infinitive:(ε).laudare testem vel contra pertinet ad momentum judiciorum,
praising or censuring a witness, Quint. 3, 7, 2.—To a clause, translated by not or by a repetition of the clause with a negative:(ζ).quae secundum naturam essent, ea sumenda et quadam aestimatione dignanda docebat, contraque contraria,
those that were not, not, Cic. Ac. 1, 10, 36: quod cuidam aut sapiens videor quod una non jerim, aut felix fuisse;mihi contra,
id. Att. 9, 12, 4: an credibile est, incestum cum filia commissum? Et contra, veneficum in noverca, adulterum in luxurioso? and incredible, etc., Quint. 5, 10, 19; so Dig. 9, 1, 2, § 1.—To an attributive genitive:2.Marius cognoscere quid boni utrisque or contra esset (i. e. mali),
Sall. J. 88, 2:verum de origine laudis contraque perspiciemus suo tempore (i. e. vituperationis),
Quint. 2, 4, 21:alii a propositione accusatoris contraque loci oriuntur,
the accuser and the accused, id. 7, 2, 31;so in several titles of the Digests, as Depositi vel contra, = actio depositi, vel contraria actio depositarii,
Dig. 16, 3 tit.; so ib. 16, 17, 1; 16, 13, 6; 16, 13, 7.—Reversing the relation of terms in the preceding sentence, the reverse, conversely, vice versa, etc.a.With its own predicate: saepe... corpus aegret, Cum tamen ex alia laetamur parte latenti;b.Et retro fit uti contra sit saepe vicissim, Cum miser ex animo laetatur corpore toto,
Lucr. 3, 108: illa altera argumentatio, quasi retro et contra, prius sumit, etc., ( proceeding), so to speak, backward and in inverted order, Cic. Part. Or. 13, 46: neque illud ignoro, etc.; sed non idem accidit contra, but the converse is not true, Quint. 8, 6, 3; Gell. 4, 2, 5: ut vocabula verbis, verba rursus adverbiis, nomina appositis et pronominibus essent priora. Nam fit contra quoque frequenter non indecore. for often, not inelegantly, the order is reversed, Quint. 9, 4, 24:quae etiam contra valent,
i. e. if the terms are reversed, id. 3, 7, 25; 9, 2, 49; 8, 6, 25; 9, 4, 72.—Belonging to the same predicate:E.ut quidque erit dicendum ita dicet, nec satura jejune, nec grandia minute, nec item contra,
Cic. Or. 36, 123:cum emtor venditori, vel contra, heres exstitit,
Dig. 35, 2, 48:in quibus patrium pro possessivo dicitur, vel contra,
Quint. 1, 5, 45; 5, 10, 71:junguntur autem aut ex nostro et peregrino, ut biclinium, aut contra, ut epitogium et Anticato,
id. 1, 5, 68:ut capras in montosis potius locis quam in herbidis (pascar), equas contra,
but with mares the reverse is the case, Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 16:itaque ille dicere melius quam praecipere, nos contra fortasse possumus,
Cic. Or. 42, 143:qua collegi solent ex his quae faciunt ea quae faciuntur, aut contra,
or vice versa, Quint. 5, 10, 80; Dig. 14, 1, 1, § 12; 48, 5, 23, § 4.In logical antithesis of clauses with a merely rhet. force, on the contrary, on the other hand, vice versa; sometimes almost = sed or autem (freq.).1.In independent clauses.a.Opposing persons or parties: fortunam insanam esse... perhibent philosophi... Sunt autem alii philosophi qui contra Fortunam negant ullam exstare, Pac. ap. Auct. Her. 2, 23, 36 (Trag. Rel. v. 372 Rib.); Caecil. ap. Cic. Tusc. 4, 32, 68; Varr. R. R. 1, 8, 1:b.ego etiam quae tu sine Verre commisisti Verri crimini daturus sum... Tu, contra, ne quae ille quidem fecit, obicies,
Cic. Div. in Caecil. 11, 35:ego contra ostendo, non modo nihil fecisse Sex. Roscium, sed, etc.,
id. Rosc. Am. 29, 79; id. Phil. 8, 3, 8; id. Off. 1, 30, 108; id. Fin. 5, 22, 62:in Italia bellum gerimus, in sede ac solo nostro... Hannibal contra in aliena, in hostili est terra,
Liv. 22, 39, 13; 21, 50, 2; 3, 15, 2; 6, 7, 4; 9, 35, 4 et saep.; Nep. Alcib. 8, 1; Vell. 2, 31, 4; Sen. Ep. 9, 14; id. Ira, 2, 33, 6; Plin. 35, 10, 37, § 113; Tac. H. 3, 84; 3, 57; Suet. Tib. 2; id. Vit. 2; Just. 2, 1, 10; 8, 4, 11:contra mercator, navim jactantibus austris Militia est potior?
Hor. S. 1, 1, 6; 1, 2, 30; 1, 3, 27; Prop. 2, 1, 45; 2, 23, 13 (3, 17, 3); Sen. Hippol. 214;so with versa vice: barbarae gentes (Alexandrum) non ut hostem, sed ut parentem luxerunt... Contra Macedones versa vice non ut civem, sed ut hostem amissum gaudebant,
Just. 13, 1, 7.—Introducing a secondary or parallel opposition of thought: in loco umidiore far potius serunt quam triticum;2.contra in aridiore hordeum potius quam far,
Varr. R. R. 1, 9, 4; 1, 1, 47: si nihil esset quod inane vocaret, Omne foret solidum;nisi contra corpora certe Essent, etc., Omne quod est spatium vacuum constaret inane,
Lucr. 1, 521; 4, 348; cf.:justa omnia decora sunt, injusta contra, ut turpia, sic indecora,
Cic. Off. 1, 27, 94; id. N. D. 2, 15, 41; id. de Or. 3, 33, 136; id. Quint. 30, 93: id. Off. 3, 21, 84; id. Leg. 2, 1, 2: facilem esse rem... si modo unum omnes sentiant; contra in dissensione nullam se salutem perspicere, Caes. B. G, 5, 31; Liv. 25, 30, 3; Sen. Ben. 1, 5, 2; Plin. 12, 19, 42, § 92; 11, 14, 14, § 35; Suet. Caes. 73; Gell. 1, 4, 5:si male rem gerere insani est, contra bene, sani,
Hor. S. 2, 3, 74.—In opposition to a dependent clause:3.ut hi miseri, sic contra illi beati quos, etc.,
Cic. Tusc. 5, 6, 16; so id. de Or. 1, 45, 198; Quint. 9, 3, 39:cui ego rei tantum abest ut impedimento sim, ut contra te M. Manli adhorter, etc.,
Liv. 6, 15, 5; 6, 31, 4:cum virtus adeo neminem spe ac pollicitatione corrumpat, ut contra in se inpendere jubeat, ac, etc.,
Sen. Ben. 4, 1, 2: aut igitur negemus quidquam ratione confici, cum contra nihil sine ratione recte fieri possit, aut, etc., whereas on the contrary, etc., Cic. Tusc. 4, 38, 84; cf.:at contra,
Lucr. 2, 392.—With co-ordinate conjunctions.a.Copulative, et contra or contraque (never with ac or atque); also nec contra (rare), and on the other hand.(α).With reference to a reason or conclusion, after nam, enim, cum, or itaque: nam et ratione uti... omnique in re quid sit veri videre et tueri decet, contraque falli [p. 454]... tam dedecet quam, etc., Cic. Off. 1, 27, 94:(β).malus est enim custos... metus, contraque benevolentia fidelis,
id. ib. 2, 7, 23:cum reficiat animos varietas ipsa, contraque sit aliquanto difficilius in labore uno perseverare,
Quint. 1, 12, 4; 3, 8, 32; 8, 6, 20:itaque in probris maxime in promptu est, si quid tale dici potest, etc. Contraque in laudibus, etc.,
Cic. Off. 1, 18, 61; cf. Suet. Calig. 51; so with nec:nam nec comoedia cothurnis assurgit, nec contra tragoedia socculo ingreditur,
Quint. 10, 2, 22.—With contrasted examples or illustrations, often after ut or sic:(γ).audivi ex majoribus natu, hoc idem fuisse in P. Scipione Nasica, contraque patrem ejus... nullam comitatem habuisse sermonis,
Cic. Off. 1, 30, 109:ut suspitionibus credi oportere, et contra suspitionibus credi non oportere,
id. Inv. 2, 15, 48; Quint. 8, 4, 1; 5, 10, 48; 9, 3, 7; 9, 4, 52; 11, 1, 14; Sen. Ep. 82, 14; Dig. 17, 1, 22, § 4.—With contrasted actions, assumptions, etc.:(δ).atque utinam qui ubique sunt propugnatores hujus imperii possent in hanc civitatem venire, et contra oppugnatores rei publicae de civitate exterminari!
Cic. Balb. 22, 51:domo pignori data, et area ejus tenebitur... et contra jus soli sequitur aedificium,
Dig. 13, 7, 21:equo et asina genitos mares, hinnos antiqui vocabant: contraque mulos quos asini et equae generassent,
Plin. 8, 44, 69, § 17: ceterum potest ex lege quidem esse judicium, sed legitimum non esse, et contra ex lege non esse, sed legitimum esse, Gai Inst. 4, 109; Plin. 2, 65, 65, § 161; 35, 15, 5, § 183.—After a negative clause, affirming the opposite idea, et contra or contraque, but on the contrary:b.in quo (consulatu) ego imperavi nihil, et contra patribus conscriptis et bonis omnibus parui,
Cic. Sull. 7, 21:nunc vero cum ne pulsus quidem ita sim ut superare non possim, contraque a populo Romano semper sim defensus, etc.,
id. Dom. 33, 88; id. Fin. 2, 17, 55; id. Marcell. 6, 20; so,et contra,
Suet. Tit. 7.—With adversative conjunctions, at contra, sed contra, contra autem, contra vero (not verum contra, nor contra tamen).(α).At contra (freq.), merely a strengthened contra (v. 1. supra): huc accedit uti mellis lactisque liquores Jucundo sensu linguae tractentur in ore;(β).At contra taetri absinthi natura... foedo pertorqueat ora sapore,
Lucr. 2, 400:cogunt,
id. 2, 74; 1, 366; 2, 235 et saep.: nos qui domi sumus, tibi beati videmur;at contra nobis tu quidem... prae nobis beatus,
Cic. Fam. 4, 4, 2; id. Tusc. 1, 3, 5; id. Rosc. Am. 45, 131; id. Verr. 2, 5, 26, § 66; Sall. J. 36, 2; 4, 7; 15, 3; id. C. 12, 5:ideo siccas aiunt Aethiopiae solitudines... At contra constat Germaniam abundare rivis,
Sen. Q. N. 3, 6, 2; 1, 3, 1; id. Ep. 100, 7; Plin. 7, 53, 54, § 186; Suet. Galb. 15; Tac. A. 4, 28.—Sed contra, after a negative sentence (class.):(γ).non quo acui ingenia adulescentium nollem, sed contra ingenia obtundi nolui,
Cic. de Or. 3, 24, 93; id. Att. 9, 15, 3; id. Ac. 1, 10, 35; id. Fl. 11, 26:arma populi Romani non liberis servitutem, sed contra servientibus libertatem adferre,
Liv. 45, 18, 1:tu ne cede malis, sed contra audentior ito,
Verg. A. 6, 95; Plin. Ep. 1, 10, 12.—PostAug. also without a preceding negation:obiisse nostro Laium scelere autumant superi inferique: sed animus contra innocens... negat,
Sen. Oedip. 765; Symm. Ep. 6, 81.—Contra autem (rare;(δ).in Cic. only where different subjects have contrasted predicates in dependent clauses): quia pacis est insigne toga, contra autem arma tumultus atque belli,
Cic. Pis. 30, 73.—In later writers = contra alone:sub septemtrione aedificia... conversa ad calidas partes oportere fieri videntur. Contra autem sub impetu solis meridiani regionibus conversa ad septemtrionem... sunt facienda,
Vitr. 6, 1, 2; Gell. 14, 2, 19; Dig. 7, 1, 25, § 3; 34, 3, 25.—Contra vero (very rare;(ε).not in Cic.), used for contra: contra vero quercus infinitam habet aeternitatem,
Vitr. 2, 9, 8; 6, 1, 3; Cels. 3, 6 fin. —Atqui contra, App. Mag. p. 287, 24.—c.With disjunctive conjunctions, aut contra, vel contra, seu contra, or on the contrary, or conversely (always without change of subject).(α).Aut contra:(β).num aut scriptum neget, aut contra factum infitietur?
Cic. Part. Or. 38, 133: quae (mens) aut languescit... aut contra tumescit, etc., Quint. 1, 2, 18:si imbres defuere, aut contra abundavere,
Plin. 17, 24, 37, § 228.—Vel contra:(γ).hinc enim quaestiones oriuntur: Injuriam fecisti, sed quia magistratus, majestatis actio est? Vel contra: Licuit... quia magistratus?
Quint. 5, 10, 40; 9, 4, 96; Suet. Galb. 3; Dig. 35, 2, 56, § 4; 8, 4, 6.—Seu contra:d.seu tristis veniam, seu contra laetus amicis,
Prop. 1, 11, 25.—With causal conjunctions, nam contra (very rare;4.never contra enim): falso queritur de natura sua genus humanum quod, etc. Nam contra, reputando, neque majus aliud, neque praestabilius invenies,
Sall. J. 1, 1; Quint. 1, 1, 1; 9, 2, 23. —In late Lat., e contra (also one word, ēcontrā) = contra,(α).In the meaning, the contrary (D. 1.):(β).aliis vero econtra videtur,
Hier. Ep. 12.—Et econtra = et contra (E. 3. a.):5.honestiorum provectu et econtra suppliciis,
Aur. Vict. Caes. 39, 45.—For quod contra, v. II. E. 1. c.—With emphatic particles.a.Quin contra, nay on the contrary, opposing an affirmative sentence to a preceding negative statement (quin etiam amplifies without opposition; sed contra opposes without amplification; quin contra both opposes and amplifies);b.not before Livy: num qui enim socordius rempublicam administrari post Calvi tribunatum... quam? etc. Quin contra patricios aliquot damnatos... neminem plebeium,
Liv. 6, 37, 8; 31, 31, 9; 35, 26, 10; 37, 15, 3.—Immo contra (post-Aug.).(α).= no, on the contrary, refuting opinions, after questions and in the form of a dialogue:(β).existimas nunc me detrahere tibi multas voluptates?... Immo contra, nolo tibi umquam deesse laetitiam,
Sen. Ep. 23, 3; Dig. 33, 7, 5; 33, 7, 29.—= sed contra, but on the contrary:c.proinde ne submiseris te, immo contra fige stabilem gradum,
Sen. Cons. Marc. 5, 6; id. Cons. Polyb. 15, 2; cf. prep.:immo contra ea,
Liv. 41, 24, 8; cf. II. E. 1. b. infra.—Item contra = an emphatic et contra (very rare):F.quoniam... beate vivere alii in alio, vos in voluptate ponitis, item contra miseriam in dolore, etc.,
Cic. Fin. 2, 27, 86; cf. I. A. 3. g supra.With a comparative clause introduced by ac, atque, or quam, representing a logical or moral opposition (contra atque debuit = non ita ut debuit; cf. Cic. Or. 3, 19, 70); cf. prep., II. C. 3. g, and II. E. 2. infra.1.Of logical opposition, contrary to, different from, otherwise than; in the best prose only with atque or ac.(α).With atque:(β).item, contra atque apud nos, fieri ad Elephantinem ut neque ficus neque vites amittant folia,
Varr. R. R. 1, 7, 6:simulacrum Jovis, contra atque ante fuerat, ad orientem convertere,
Cic. Cat. 3, 8, 20; id. Sull. 24, 69:judicium suscepturos contra atque omnis Italia populusque Romanus judicavisset,
Caes. B. C. 3, 12; id. B. G. 4, 13; Plin. 12, 19, 43, § 95.—With ac:(γ).itaque contra est ac dicitis,
Cic. Fin. 4, 15, 41:vides, omnia fere contra ac dicta sint evenisse,
id. Div. 2, 24, 53; so id. Verr. 2, 4, 6, § 11; id. Or. 40, 137:cum contra ac Deiotarus sensit victoria belli judicaret,
id. Phil. 11, 13, 34:Petreius ubi videt, Catilinam, contra ac ratus erat, magna vi tendere, etc.,
Sall. C. 60, 5.—With ac and atque:(δ).si denique aliquid non contra ac liceret factum diceretur, sed contra atque oporteret,
Cic. Balb. 3, 7.—With quam (post-Aug.):2.cui contra quam proposuerat aliqua cesserunt,
Sen. Ira, 3, 6, 5; Plin. 10, 53, 74, § 149; 11, 21, 24, § 72; Gell. 6 (7), 8, 6:contra quam licet,
id. 1, 3, 19; Sil. 15, 107.—Of moral opposition of acts contrary to rules and principles (cf. II. 3. g infra); so always with quam:II.mater Aviti, generi sui, contra quam fas erat, amore capta,
contrary to the divine law, Cic. Clu. 5, 12:ut senatus, contra quam ipse censuisset, ad vestitum rediret,
contrary to its own resolution, id. Pis. 8, 18:contra quam ista causa postulasset,
id. Caecin. 24, 67:contra quam sanctum legibus est,
Liv. 30, 19, 9; Cic. Leg. 2, 5, 11; id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 1, § 2; id. Dom. 46, 122:contraque faciunt quam polliceri videntur,
Auct. Her. 4, 3, 6; Cic. de Or. 2, 20, 86.Prep. with acc., before, against, facing, towards, opposite to, contrary to (acc. to many scholars not ante-class.; cf. Hand, Turs. II. p. 108; but found Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 24 Fleck., a line omitted by Lorenz as a gloss; id. Pers. 1, 1, 13 Ritschl; Att. ap. Non. p. 469, 15, or Trag. Rel. v. 476 Rib.; cf. also Plaut. Poen. 5, 6, 18; Cato, R. R. 18, 1, and v. I. A. 1. a. b, and I. A. 1. b. a supra).A.Local uses.1.Opposite, over against, facing.a.Of countries and places (mostly of those separated by water;b.adversus and e regione mostly of places opposite by land): insulae natura triquetra, cujus unum latus est contra Galliam,
Caes. B. G. 5, 13; 3, 9; 4, 20:ad insulam quae est contra Massiliam,
id. B. C. 1, 56; 3, 23:Rhodios, pacatis contra insulam suam terris, etc.,
Liv. 37, 15, 7; 3, 26, 8:Carthago Italiam contra,
Verg. A. 1, 13; 5, 124; Ov. M. 14, 17:insulae quae contra Tauri promuntorium inopportune navigantibus objacent, Chelidoniae nominantur,
Mel. 2, 7; Plin. 3, 26, 30, § 151; 6, 28, 32, § 152; 5, 7, 7, § 41; Tac. A. 3, 1; id. H. 2, 17.—Of the heavenly bodies:c.donique (luna) eum (sc. solem) contra pleno bene lumine fulsit,
Lucr. 5, 708:contra Volucris rostrum posita est Lyra,
Vitr. 9, 4, 5; Sen. Q. N. 1, 5, 9; 1, 8, 3; Plin. 2, 31, 31, § 99; 5, 10, 10, § 56.—So, tertium (latus Britanniae) est contra septem triones, opposite ( facing); hence, contra meridiem and contra ortus (instead of ad or adversus meridiem, etc.), facing the south and east, Plin. 6, 24, 24, § 85; 17, 2, 2, § 22. —So of a person standing in the sunlight:cum minima umbra (i. e. a sole) contra medium fiet hominem,
Plin. 18, 33, 76, § 327; cf.:contra mediam faciem meridies erit,
id. 18, 33, 76, § 326.—Of opposite ends of a line.(α).Of the diameter of the earth: esse e regione nobis e contraria parte terrae qui adversis vestigiis stent contra nostra vestigia, quos antipodas vocatis, Cic. Ac. 2, 39, 123.—(β).Of a line drawn:d.contra autem E littera I erit ubi secat circinationem linea,
opposite the point E will be the letter I, Vitr. 9, 7, 4.—Of buildings, etc.:e.contra hoc aviarium est aliud minus in quo quae mortuae sunt aves curator servare solet,
Varr. R. R. 3, 5, 5; Vitr. 5, 6, 3; 3, 5, 15:(statuam) quae fuerit contra Jovis Statoris aedem in vestibulo Superbi domus,
Plin. 34, 6, 13, § 29:contra medium fere porticum diaeta paulum recedit,
Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 20; 2, 17, 5; Suet. Aug. 44.—Of places on the human body:2.id quod contra stomachum est,
Cels. 4, 5 (4, 12 med.); 7, 7;4, 20 (13).—Of the direction of the intestines, etc.: ea... contra medium alvum orsa,
Cels. 4, 1 fin. —Of actions, opposite, towards, against, facing (syn.:a.adversus, ad, e regione,
Caes. B. G. 7, 61).In gen.:b.quamvis subito... quamque Rem contra speculum ponas, apparet imago,
Lucr. 4, 156: Democritus... clipeum constituit contra exortum Hyperionis, Laber. ap. Gell. 10, 17, 4:et contra magnum potes hos (i.e. oculos) attollere solem, Nec tremis...?
Prop. 1, 15, 37; Col. 7, 3, 8:rex constiterat contra pedites,
Curt. 10, 9, 13; 9, 5, 1:ne contra septentrionem paveris,
Plin. 18, 33, 76, § 330; 28, 6, 19, § 69:contra solem varie refulgens,
placed in the sun, id. 37, 10, 63, § 173; 10, 54, 75, § 151; 37, 6, 22, § 83;37, 7, 25, § 95: cum terrestres volucres contra aquam clangores dabunt,
id. 18, 35, 87, § 363; 19, 8, 39, § 131.—Dependent on verbs of motion (very rare without the idea of hostility):c.(Dinocrates) incessit contra tribunal regis jus dicentis,
towards, Vitr. 2, praef. 1.—So trop., of actions done for a purpose:lege Cornelia de sicariis tenetur qui, cum in magistratu esset, eorum quid fecerit contra hominis necem quod legibus permissum non sit,
Dig. 48, 8, 4.—Appositively, with the predicate: (elephanti) tanta narratur clementia contra minus validos, ut, etc., if fronting weaker animals, if brought in contact with them (not to be connected with clementia), Plin. 8, 7, 7, § 23.—Similarly: dum... fidens non est contra feram, if fronting the animal (not dependent on fidens), Plin. 8, 16, 21, § 57.—d.Against an opposing action, etc.:e.contra vim atque impetum fluminis conversa,
Caes. B. G. 4, 17, 5:cum plateae contra directos ventos erunt conformatae,
Vitr. 1, 6, 8:ut contra ventum gregem pascamus,
Col. 7, 3, 12; Sen. Q. N. 2, 31, 2; Plin. 29, 3, 12, § 52; 17, 2, 2, § 21; 8, 16, 21, § 54:contra fluminum impetus aggeribus,
id. 35, 14, 48, § 169:capite in sole contra pilum peruncto,
id. 27, 4, 5, § 17; 18, 35, 88, § 364; Varr. ap. Plin. 7, 20, 19, § 83; Sil. 14, 352; Dig. 9, 2, 29, § 4. [p. 455] — Trop.:contra fortunam tenendus est cursus,
Sen. Prov. 5, 9.—Prov.:contra stimulum calces,
kick against the pricks, Isid. Orig. 1, 36, 28 (al. calcitres); cf. Amm. 18, 5, 1.—Of local actions with hostile intent.(α).Lit.:(β).quae vis Coclitem contra omnes hostium copias tenuit?
Cic. Par. 1, 2, 12:Pompeium Cartejae receptum scribis: jam igitur contra hunc exercitum (sc. constitit),
id. Att. 15, 20, 3:pertimescam, credo, ne mihi non liceat contra vos in contione consistere,
to face you, id. Agr. 1, 8, 25; Lepidus ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 34, 1; Caes. B. C. 1, 26:a fronte contra hostem pedum quindecim fossam fieri jussit,
id. ib. 1, 41; 1, 42; id. B. G. 7, 62:Tullus adversus Veientem hostem derigit suos: Albanos contra legionem Fidenatium collocat,
Liv. 1, 27, 5; 24, 41, 5; 38, 4, 5; Verg. A. 12, 279; Front. Strat. 2, 2, 13; 2, 3, 17.—Appositively, with a local verb understood:terribilis haec contra fugientes belua est, fugax contra insequentes,
i. e. if fronting, if placed opposite, Plin. 8, 25, 38, § 92.—Trop.:f.castra sunt in Italia contra populum Romanum in Etruriae faucibus collocata,
Cic. Cat. 1, 2, 5; id. Mil. 1, 2; Quint. 7, 7, 5:tum contra hanc Romam illa altera Roma quaeretur,
will be as a rival against this Rome, Cic. Agr. 2, 22, 86:cui rationi contra homines barbaros atque imperitos locus fuisset, hac ne ipsum quidem sperare, etc.,
Caes. B. G. 1, 40:(Cicero) plerumque contra inimicos atque obtrectatores plus vindicat sibi,
when fronting adversaries, Quint. 11, 1, 23.—In partic.(α).Stare contra aliquem (opp. stare ab aliquo); usu. implying hostility; mostly trop., to stand against, to be arrayed against, to face, oppose:(β).quod contra hoc exemplum nulla staret eorum ratio,
Auct. Her. 4, 5, 7:contra populi studium,
Cic. Brut. 34, 126:contra civium perditorum... dementiam a senatu et a bonorum causa,
id. ib. 79, 273; so,a mendacio contra veritatem,
id. Inv. 1, 3, 4:contra cives in acie,
id. Att. 16, 11, 2:et adversi contra stetit ora juvenci,
opposite, Verg. A. 5, 477; 5, 414:haec enim (ratio) sola... stat contra fortunam,
Sen. Ep. 14, 4, 2: contra leonem etiam stetit, fronted, i. e. hunted, Spart. Carac. 5 fin. —Contra aliquem ire:3.aut saevos Libyae contra ire leones,
Stat. Th. 9, 16.— Trop.:uti contra injurias armati eatis,
Sall. J. 31, 6:interritus (sapiens) et contra illa (mala) ibit et inter illa,
Sen. Ep. 59, 8; cf.: contra venire, II. B. 1. c. b infra, and v. also II. B. 2. b. and II. B. 1. b. infra.—Transf.,a.To persons placed together for comparison:b.C. vero Caesar, si foro tantum vacasset, non alius ex nostris contra Ciceronem nominaretur,
Quint. 10, 1, 114:CORONATO CONTRA OMNES SCAENICOS,
Inscr. Grut. p. 331, n. 4.—To things compared, as if weighed against each other as to their value, strength, etc.(α).Lit. (very rare):(β).quamcunque vis rem expende, et contra aquam statue... Si gravior est, leviorem rem... feret, etc.,
Sen. Q. N. 3, 25, 5.—Prop.:c.cujus (i. e. generis humani) causa videtur cuncta alia genuisse natura, magna saeva mercede contra tanta sua munera,
Plin. 7, 1, 1, § 1:qui amicus esse coepit quia expedit, placebit ei aliquod pretium contra amicitiam,
Sen. Ep. 9, 9:numquam ulli fortiores cives fuerunt quam qui ausi sunt eum contra tantas opes ejus... condemnare,
Cic. Fam. 7, 2, 3:tantum studium bonorum in me exstitisse, contra incredibilem contentionem clarissimi et potentissimi viri,
id. ib. 7, 2, 2; Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 9, 3:nomen prorogans nostrum et memoriam extendens contra brevitatem aevi,
as a compensation for, Plin. 2, 63, 63, § 154.—So esp., valere contra, to weigh against, counterbalance, avail or prevail against: non vereor ne meae vitae modestia parum valitura sit contra falsos rumores, Matius ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 28, 8:(illa facta) pro periculo potius quam contra salutem valere debere,
Cic. Part. Or. 35, 120; id. Off. 3, 29, 104:contrane lucrum nil valere Pauperis ingenium?
Hor. Epod. 11, 11; Sen. Ben. 4, 15, 1; id. Cons. Helv. 5, 5; so,robur habere contra: si contra unamquamlibet partem fortunae satis tibi roboris est,
id. ib. 13, 2;so of counterchecks: in Creta decem qui cosmoe vocantur, ut contra consulare imperium tribuni plebis, sic illi contra vim regiam constituti,
Cic. Rep. 2, 33, 58.—Of antidotes: cimicum natura contra serpentium morsus valere dicitur, item contra venena omnia, Plin. 29, 4, 17, § 61.—Hence,Colloq., aliquid contra aurum est, something is worth gold, is superb, both predicatively and attributively (cf.: auro contra, I. A. 2. supra): hujusce pomaria in summa Sacra Via ubi poma veneunt, contra aurum imago, a spectacle for gold, i. e. a magnificent sight, Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 10 MSS. (al. aliter):d.numcubi hic vides citrum... num quod emblema aut lithostratum? quae illic omnia contra aurum,
superb, id. ib. 3, 2, 4 MSS. (Schneid. omits aurum, ex conj.):oneravi vinum, et tunc erat contra aurum,
Petr. 7, 6.—Transf., of replies, with aiebat, inquit, etc.; both in friendly and inimical sense; esp., contra ea, contra haec, = the adv. contra:B.contra ea Titurius sero facturos clamitabat, etc.,
Caes. B. G. 5, 29:contra ea Verginius unum Ap. Claudium et legum expertem et, etc., aiebat,
Liv. 3, 57, 1; 24, 45, 4:quae contra breviter fata est vates,
Verg. A. 6, 398:contra quod disertus Tu impie fecisti inquit, etc.,
Quint. 7, 1, 53 (cf.: contra ea, II. E. 1. infra).Denoting hostility or disadvantage.1.With verbs of hostile action.a.Of physical exertion:b.pugnavere et tertio consulatu ejus viginti (elephanti) contra pedites quingentos,
Plin. 8, 7, 7, § 22:proelium Afri contra Aegyptios primi fecere fustibus,
id. 7, 56, 57, § 200; 8, 40, 61, § 142. —Referring to warfare (usu. adversus), bellum gerere (rarely for cum or adversus; but contra patriam, contra aras, etc., not cum patria, etc.; cf.c.bellum, II. A. 1. e.): a quo prohibitos esse vos contra Caesarem gerere bellum (opp. pro),
Cic. Lig. 8, 25; id. Phil. 5, 10, 27; Liv. Ep. 129.—With bellum suscipere:contra Antonium,
Cic. Phil. 8, 2, 5; so,contra patriam,
id. Sull. 20, 58:pugnare contra patriam,
id. ib. 25, 70:contra conjuges et liberos,
Sen. Ben. 5, 15, 5:armatum esse contra populum Romanum,
Cic. Prov. Cons. 13, 32.—With arma ferre (freq.), Cic. Phil. 2, 29, 72; 13, 21, 47; Liv. 28, 28, 15; Nep. Att. 4, 2; Tib. 1, 6, 30; Ov. M. 4, 609; 13, 269; id. P. 1, 1, 26.—With arma sumere or capere, Cic. Rab. Perd. 6, 19; id. Phil. 4, 1, 2; 4, 3, 7:armis contendere contra,
Caes. B. G. 2, 13:arma alicui dare (trop.),
Cic. Phil. 2, 21, 53:aciem instruere (trop.),
Liv. 25, 4, 4:exercitum comparare,
Cic. Phil. 3, 6, 14; 4, 1, 2:exercitum instruere,
id. Cat. 2, 11, 24:exercitum ducere and adducere,
id. Phil. 4, 2, 5; 3, 4, 11:exercitum contra Philippum mittere,
id. Inv. 1, 12, 17:naves ducere contra,
Hor. Epod. 4, 19:ducere contra hostes,
Liv. 1, 27, 4:florem Italiae educere contra,
Cic. Cat. 2, 11, 24:proficisci contra,
to march against, Liv. 1, 11, 3; 8, 2, 5:auxilium ferre Rutulis contra Latinos,
Plin. 14, 12, 14, § 88:juvare aliquem contra,
Caes. B. C. 1, 35:consilium inire contra Sequanos,
to take hostile measures against, id. B. G. 6, 12.—Of legal contention (more freq. adversus, except with verbs of saying).(α).In gen., with agere or causam agere, to act as counsel against a party or his attorney:(β).cum agerem contra hominem disertissimum nostrae civitatis,
Cic. Caecin. 33, 97; id. Brut. 63, 226; Sen. Ben. 4, 15, 3; Quint. 11, 1, 59.—Causam recipere or suscipere contra, to accept a retainer against:(causam) quam receperam contra pueros Octavios,
Cic. Att. 13, 49, 1; Quint. 6, 1, 12; Plin. Ep. 4, 17, 1.—Adesse alicui contra, to appear, act as one's counsel against:rogavit me Caecilius ut adessem contra Satrium,
Cic. Att. 1, 1, 3; Plin. Ep. 1, 7, 5 al.; cf.:esse contra,
id. ib. 1, 18, 3.— Trop.: conquesturus venit;at contra se adfuit et satisfacienti satisfecit,
Sen. Fragm. Amic. 14, 1, 89:causam defendere contra,
against the accuser, Cic. de Or. 1, 39, 178:statuere contra aliquem (sc. causam),
to establish a case against an adversary, id. Or. 10, 34:actio competit contra,
Dig. 49, 14, 41:querelam instituere contra,
ib. 5, 2, 21, § 1:bonorum possessionem petere contra,
ib. 5, 2, 23:jus obtinere contra,
Cic. Quint. 9, 34:pugnare contra,
to struggle against the accuser, id. Sull. 17, 49; id. Verr. 1, 11, 33:id quod mihi contra illos datum est,
i. e. a local advantage over, id. Tull. 14, 33:judicare contra aliquem,
id. Fl. 20, 48; Dig. 21, 2, 55; 5, 2, 14; Just. Inst. 4, 17, 2:pronuntiare contra,
Paul. Sent. 5, 34, 2: dare sententiam contra, Dig. 21, 2, 56, § 1:decernere contra,
Cic. Fl. 31, 76:appellare contra aliquem,
Dig. 49, 1, 3; 49, 5, 6; cf.:contra sententiam,
Cod. Just. 7, 62, 32, § 2.—Sentire contra aliquem, to have an opinion unfavorable to:cur vos (cum) aliquid contra me sentire dicatis, etc.,
Cic. Caecin. 27, 79.—Venire contra aliquem, to appear as counsel for one's adversary:(γ).quid tu, Saturi, qui contra hunc venis, existimas aliter?
Cic. Rosc. Com. 6, 18; id. Mur. 4, 9; id. Phil. 8, 6, 18.—Venire contra rem alicujus, to give advice damaging one's interests:contra rem suam me venisse questus est,
Cic. Phil. 2, 2, 3.—With dicere and other verbs of saying. (aa) Of a lawyer pleading against a lawyer:d.ipse ille Mucius, quid in illa causa cum contra te diceret, attulit quod? etc.,
Cic. de Or. 1, 57, 244:cum ille contra me pro Sex. Naevio diceret,
id. Brut. 60, 2, 7; id. de Or. 2, 7, 30; id. Rosc. Am. 15, 45; id. Div. in Caecil. 14, 44; id. Planc. 2, 5; id. Brut. 26, 102; so,causam dicere,
id. Or. 2, 23, 98:causam perorare,
id. Quint. 24, 77.—(bb) Of a lawyer's pleading against the parties: dic mihi, M. Pinari, num si contra te dixero mihi male dicturus es? Servil. ap. Cic. de Or. 2, 65, 261; 3, 34, 138; 1, 14, 60; id. Or. 35, 123; Quint. 11, 1, 57; cf. with ellipsis of acc.:quorum alter pro Aufldia, contra dixit alter,
id. 10, 1, 22.—(ng) Of a party against a lawyer:si Gaditani contra me dicerent,
if the Gaditani were my adversaries, Cic. Balb. 17, 38.—(dd) Of witnesses and experts, and the pleadings against them:si decressent legationem quae contra istum diceret,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 4, § 12: contra testes dicere (opp. a testibus or pro testibus). Auct. Her. 2, 6, 9; Cic. de Or. 2, 27, 118 (cf.:testimonium in aliquem dicere,
id. Sull. 17, 48; Quint. 7, 4, 36):contra juris consultos dicere,
against their legal opinions, Cic. Caecin. 24, 69.—So of witnesses in scientific questions:contra testes dicendum est,
Sen. Q. N. 7, 16, 1.—(ee) Dicere or contendere aliquid contra aliquem, to maintain a point against:cum interrogamus adversarios... quid contra nos dici possit,
Auct. Her. 4, 23, 33:tamenne vereris ut possis hoc contra Hortensium contendere?
Cic. Quint. 25, 78. —Of literary adversaries, mostly with verbs of saying and writing:e.cum scriberem contra Epicurios,
Cic. Att. 13, 38, 1:contra Epicurum satis superque dictum est,
id. N. D. 2, 1, 2:contra Brutum,
id. Tusc. 5, 8, 21:contra Academiam,
id. Ac. 2, 19, 63; id. Fin. 1, 1, 2; 5, 8, 22; id. Tusc. 5, 11, 32; 5, 30, 84; id. Ac. 2, 4, 17:contra autem omnia disputatur a nostris,
id. Off. 2, 2, 8.—Of public and political adversaries (syn. adversus and in).(α).In gen.:(β).sentire contra,
Cic. Mil. 2, 5:pugnare contra bonos,
id. Sull. 25, 71:contra eos summa ope nitebatur nobilitas,
Sall. C. 38, 2; Cic. Sest. 19, 42; 52, 112:(tribuni) qui aut contra consulem, aut pro studio ejus pugnabant,
Liv. 39, 32, 12.—Of political speaking:f.cum (Cato) eo ipso anno contra Serv. Galbam ad populum summa contentione dixisset,
Cic. Brut. 20, 80; so id. Imp. Pomp. 17, 53; Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 9, 1.—Of hostile or criminal acts in gen. (syn.:2.adversus, in): inire consilia contra,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 38, 110; id. Cat. 1, 7, 18:manum comparare contra aliquem,
id. Sull. 24, 68:conjurationem facere,
id. ib. 4, 12:congredi,
id. Lig. 3, 9; Sall. J. 64, 4:aliquid contra imperatorem moliri,
Just. Inst. 4, 18, 3:nec dolor armasset contra sua viscera matrem,
against her own offspring Ov. R. Am. 59.—Facere contra (more freq. with abstr. objects; cf. II. C. 1. f. b infra): nunc te contra Caesarem facere summae stultitiae est, to take parts against, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 16, 2:eae (res) contra nos ambae faciunt,
operate against us, id. Quint. 1, 1.—With verbs of saying, etc.:homo disertus non intellegit, eum quem contra dicit laudari a se?
Cic. Phil. 2, 8, 18; 2, 1, 2; 2, 21, 51; Sen. Ep. 15, 3, 70:epigramma quod contra quamdam Gelliam scripsit,
Lampr. Alex. Sev. 38:disputare contra deos, in two signif.: contra deum licet disputare liberius,
to accuse, reproach a god, Cic. N. D. 3, 31, 76; but: mala et impia consuetudo est contra deos disputandi, to reason against the gods, i. e. against their existence, id. ib. 2, 67, 168.—Predicatively, with esse (videri, etc.), against, injurious to, unfavorable, prejudicial, to one's disadvantage: ut [p. 456] ex senatusconsulto neque cujus intersit, neque contra quem sit intellegi possit, Cic. Mur. 32, 68; id. de Or. 3, 20, 75; 2, 74, 299; 2, 81, 330; id. Sull. 13, 39; Sen. Ben. 6, 31, 6:3.licentiam malis dare certe contra bonos est,
injurious to, Quint. 4, 2, 75:res contra nos est, of unfavorable chances in a lawsuit,
id. 4, 66, 1; 4, 2, 75; 5, 13, 32.—Often, contra aliquem = quod est contra aliquem, referring to indef. pronouns or adjectives:nihil contra me fecit odio mei = nihil quod esset contra me,
Cic. Har. Resp. 3, 5; id. Off. 3, 31, 112:quibus (temporibus) aliquid contra Caesarem Pompeio suaserim,
id. Phil. 2, 10, 24.—Added adverb. to the predicate, mostly referring to purpose, with hostile intent, for the purpose of some hostile act, in order to oppose, in opposition:4.Caesarine eam (provinciam) tradituri fuistis, an contra Caesarem retenturi?
or keep it against Caesar, Cic. Lig. 7, 23:sero enim resistimus ei quem per annos decem aluimus contra nos,
id. Att. 7, 5, 5:judicium illud pecunia esse temptatum non pro Cluentio, sed contra Cluentium,
id. Clu. 4, 9; id. Imp. Pomp. 17, 52; id. Ac. 2, 28, 92:cum quae facitis ejusmodi sint ut ea contra vosmet ipsos facere videamini,
id. Rosc. Am. 36, 104; Sen. Ep. 3, 7, 3: Curio se contra eum totum parat, i. e. to speak against him, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 8, 10; Caes. B. C. 1, 85 ter; Sen. Q. N. 1, 7, 1; Plin. 16, 39, 74, § 192; Plin. Pan. 41.—So with the force of a temporal clause:fidem meam quam essent contra Massam Baebium experti,
in the suit against, Plin. Ep. 3, 4, 4.—Dependent on adjectives (rare):5.contra se ipse misericors,
to his own injury, Phaedr. 4, 18, 3:severissimus judex contra fures,
Lampr. Alex. Sev. 28.—With nouns.a.Acc. to 1. b.:b.ut quam maximae contra Hannibalem copiae sint,
Cic. Inv. 1, 12, 17; cf. Vell. 2, 76, 3.—Acc. to 1. c. and 1. e.; so esp., oratio contra (cf.: oratio in).(α).Oratio contra (never in), of an address against the counsel of a party or against the prosecutor:(β).quid in omni oratione Crassus vel apud centumviros contra Scaevolam, vel contra accusatorem Brutum, cum pro Cn. Plancio diceret?
Cic. de Or. 2, 54, 220; cf.:Cato pro se contra Cassium = in oratione contra,
Gell. 10, 15, 3; so,haec perpetua defensio contra Scaevolam,
Cic. de Or. 2, 54, 221:orationem illam egregiam quam (Aeschines) in Ctesiphontem contra Demosthenem dixerat,
id. ib. 3, 56, 213.—Of an address against the party, either in judicial or political affairs:c.unam orationem contra Gracchum reliquit,
Cic. Brut. 26, 99:(Demosthenis) oratio contra Leptinem... contra Aeschinem falsae legationis,
id. Or. 31, 111; Gell. 10, 24, 10; 10, 18, 91; Cic. Brut. 46, 169; Quint. 12, 10, 61; Cic. de Or. 2, 11, 45; id. Brut. 44, 164; Gell. 13, 25 (24), 15; cf. Quint. 4, 3, 13; 11, 2, 25.—Acc. to 1. f.:C.contra patres concitatio et seditio,
Cic. Brut. 14, 56.—Of animals:contra volpium genus communibus inimicitiis,
Plin. 10, 76, 96, § 207.With inanimate and abstract objects.1.Directly dependent on verbs (cf. B. 1.).a.Of physical or moral exertion:b.cum fulmina contra Tot paribus streperet clipeis,
Verg. A. 10, 567:pugnandum tamquam contra morbum, sic contra senectutem,
Cic. Sen. 11, 35:contra verum niti,
Sall. J. 35, 8:contra fortunam luctari,
Sen. Ben. 7, 15, 2; id. Brev. Vit. 10, 1; id. Ep. 78, 15; 99, 32; cf. Cic. Off. 1, 31, 110.—Of warfare (lit. and trop.):c.bellum contra aras, focos, vitam fortunasque gerere,
Cic. Phil. 3, 1, 1:bellum gerimus... contra arma verbis,
id. Fam. 12, 22, 1.—So of logical contradictions:artificis autem est invenire in actione adversarii quae semet ipsa pugnent,
Quint. 5, 13, 30.—Of legal contention.(α).Of the actions of the counsel or prosecutor: dicere, or perorare, agere contra aliquid, to plead against, contest something:(β).contra argumenta, rumores, tabulas, quaestiones (opp. ab argumentis, etc.),
Auct. Her. 2, 6, 9 sqq.; Cic. de Or. 2, 27, 118:contra ratiocinationem,
id. Inv. 2, 50, 153: contra scriptum dicere, to contest, controvert a written law or a document, id. ib. 2, 47, 138; 2, 48, 143; id. Brut. 39, 145; Quint. 7, 7, 1:contra caput dicere,
to plead against life, Cic. Quint. 13, 44 (cf.:servum in caput domini interrogare,
Paul. Sent. 1, 1, 34; 5, 16, 5 and 8; 5, 46, 3): contra libertatem agere, Dig. 40, 12, 26.—Pregn.:contra rerum naturam, contraque consuetudinem hominum dicere (opp. contra nos dicere),
Cic. Rosc. Am. 15, 45.—Of judicial decisions contradicting documents, etc.:(γ).contra tabulas judicare,
Cic. de Or. 2, 70, 281:contra testamentum,
Dig. 2, 17, § 1:contra sententiam dicere,
ib. 49, 8, 1, § 2.—Admittere aliquem contra bona, to admit a petition for bonorum possessio (cf.:d.inmittere in bona),
Dig. 38, 2, 3, § 6.—Of antagonism in literary and ethical questions.(α).To contend that something is false:(β).dicere, disputare, disserere contra opinionem or sententiam,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 4, 8; 5, 19, 55; id. de Or. 3, 18, 67; id. Fin. 5, 4, 10; id. Ac. 2, 18, 60; Sen. Ira, 1, 3, 3; id. Ep. 87, 5; 102, 5 (cf.:in sententiam dicere,
in support of an opinion, Caes. B. G. 1, 45):contra sensus dicere,
Cic. Ac. 2, 31, 101:contra rhetoricen dicere,
Quint. 2, 17, 40.—Of criticism, hostility to principles, etc.:(γ).contra Iliadem et Odysseam scribere,
Vitr. 7, praef. 8:contra quorum disciplinam ingenium ejus exarserat,
Cic. Tusc. 5, 29, 83.—Ethically:e.contra voluptatem dicere,
that pleasure is a moral evil, Cic. Fin. 5, 8, 21:contra mortem loqui,
that death is no evil, Sen. Ep. 82, 7;in both senses: contra vitia, pericula, fortunam, ambitionem,
id. ib. 100, 10:contra fortunam gloriari,
that fortune has no power over him, Cic. Tusc. 5, 9, 26; Sen. Ep. 26, 5.—Of public and political acts and speeches:f.contra potentiam accusatorum dicere,
Cic. Brut. 44, 164:contra legem dicere or verba facere,
id. Imp. Pomp. 15, 53; Liv. 34, 8, 1:rogationem ferre contra coloniam ( = contra legem de colonia deducenda),
Cic. Clu. 51, 140; Auct. Her. 1, 17, 21; Plin. 8, 17, 24, § 64.—Of hostility, injury, wrongs, etc.(α).In gen.:(β).senatusconsulto quod contra dignitatem tuam fieret,
directed against, Cic. Fam. 12, 29, 2:contra rem publicam se commovere,
id. Cat. 1, 26; 1, 3, 7:incitari,
id. Sest. 47, 100:consilia inire,
id. Agr. 2, 3, 8:conjurationem facere,
Sall. C. 30, 6:contra salutem urbis incitari,
Cic. Cat. 3, 8, 20:cogitare aliquid contra salutem,
id. ib. 3, 9, 21: contra voluntatem or studium dicere, to oppose one's will in a speech:esse aliquem in civitate qui contra ejus (Chrysogoni) voluntatem dicere auderet,
id. Rosc. Am. 22, 60; id. Phil. 1, 11, 28; id. de Or. 3, 34, 138; id. Mur. 4, 10; Tac. H. 2, 91:ne quid contra aequitatem contendas, ne quid pro injuria,
do not array yourself against equity, Cic. Off. 2, 20, 71.— Trop.:quis non contra Marii arma, contra Suliae proscriptionem irascitur? ( = Mario propter arma, Sullae propter proscriptionem),
Sen. Ira, 2, 2, 3.—In partic.: facere contra aliquid (syn. adversus), to commit an offence against, to transgress, etc.:2.si quis ad Antonium profectus esset... senatus existimaturum eum contra rem publicam fecisse,
Cic. Phil. 8, 11, 33; id. Mil. 5, 13; 6, 14; id. Off. 3, 10, 43; 3, 25, 95; S. C. ap. Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 8, 6; Liv. 25, 4, 7; so,contra salutem rei publicae facere,
Cic. Dom. 38, 102:contra majestatem,
against the emperor, Dig. 48, 4, 5:contra leges,
Cic. Dom. 18, 48; id. Vatin. 7, 18; id. Fin. 2, 17, 55; id. Mur. 32, 67; id. de Or. 3, 19, 70; cf. id. Clu. 34, 92; id. Mur. 32, 68; id. Dom. 14, 38; id. Phil. 10, 6, 13; Gai Inst. 4, 121:contra edictum (praetoris),
Cic. Verr 2, 3, 10, § 25; Dig. 39, 1, 20, § 1:contra foedus,
Cic. Balb. 6, 16:contra jusjurandum ac fidem,
id. Off. 3, 10, 43; id. Lael. 3, 30, 74; id. Verr. 2, 3, 3, § 7; Prop. 3, 30, 44 (2, 32, 44).—And ironically:tune contra Caesaris nutum (sc. facies)?
Cic. Att. 14, 10, 1.—Rarely contra ea facere = contra facere, adverb. (cf. I. B. 8. and II. E. 1. b.):corpus in civitatem inferri non licet... et qui contra ea fecerit, extra ordinem punitur,
Paul. Sent. 1, 21, 2; 1, 21, 12.—Predicatively with esse (usu. impers.), in violation of, in conflict with, contrary to (cf. 3. g).(α).With esse expressed as the predicate:(β).hominem hominis incommodo suum augere commodum magis est contra naturam quam mors,
Cic. Off. 3, 5, 21; id. Fin. 3, 9, 31; id. N. D. 3, 13, 33; Sen. Ep. 5, 4; Plin. 7, 8, 6, § 45:contra leges or legem est,
Cic. Pis. 13, 30; id. Mur. 32, 67:contra officium est,
id. Off. 3, 10, 43; 1, 10, 32; 1, 6, 19; cf. id. Lael. 11, 39; id. Off. 3, 15, 63; Liv. 6, 40, 5; Sen. Q. N. 2, 37, 2; Gai Inst. 3, 157; Dig. 30, 1, 112, § 3; 16, 3, 1, § 7.—With ellipsis of object (naturam), Cic. Fin. 5, 29, 89; cf.:adeo res ista non habet ullam moram quae contra causas ignium sit,
unfavorable to the formation of fire, Sen. Q. N. 2, 26, 7.—With verbal predicate, referring to an indef. pron. or adj., with esse understood:(γ).scis hunc... nihil umquam contra rem tuam cogitasse ( = nihil quod contra rem tuam esset),
Cic. Rosc. Am. 50, 147; id. Mil. 5, 13:aliquid contra animum audiendi,
something against our liking, Sen. Const. 19, 2.—So mostly with facere:si quid Socrates aut Aristippus contra morem consuetudinemque fecerint,
Cic. Off. 1, 41, 148; id. Att. 3, 23, 2; 2, 22, 2; id. Off. 3, 15, 63; Sall. C. 15, 1; Dig. 8, 2, 11; 8, 2, 17; 35, 1, 79, § 2. —Contra officium, substantively, = id quod contra officium est:3.Sic inter recte factum atque peccatum, officium et contra officium, media locabat quaedam,
Cic. Ac. 1, 10, 37.—Adverbially with the predicate.(α).In order to oppose, in opposition to, with hostile intent (cf. B. 3.):(β).eidem illam proscriptionem capitis mei contra salutem rei publicae rogatam esse dicebant,
that the proposal of the law was an attack on the republic, Cic. Prov. Cons. 19, 45; id. Rab. Perd. 12, 35; id. Phil. 10, 10, 22:imperator contra postulata Bocchi nuntios mittit,
to reply to the demands, Sall. J. 83, 3; 25, 6; so,advocare contra,
Sen. Cons. Polyb. 12, 4; id. Ep. 15, 2, 52:si contra mortem te praeparaveris,
to meet death, id. ib. 11, 3, 8.—With the force of a clause of manner, injuriously to, etc.:(γ).quibus contra valetudinis commodum laborandum est,
Cic. Mur. 23, 47; Suet. Aug. 78:contra hominis salutem,
with danger to a man's life, Cod. Just. 7, 62, 29.—In gen., of conflict with some rule or principle, contrary to, in violation of, without regard to ( = ita ut contra sit; cf. 2. supra; very freq. from the class. period;4.syn. adversus): ceperitne pecunias contra leges P. Decius,
Cic. de Or. 2, 31, 136; id. Verr. 2, 1, 4, § 10; id. Fl. 34, 86:pecuniam contra leges auferre,
id. Verr. 1, 18, 56; 2, 1, 10, § 27; 2, 5, 18, § 46; id. Har. Resp. 26, 56:contra legem,
id. Rab. Perd. 3, 8; id. Dom. 16, 41:contra jus fasque,
id. Har. Resp. 16, 34; id. Quint. 6, 28:contra jus,
Liv. 5, 4, 14; id. Dom. 13, 55; id. Verr. 2, 5, 13, § 34:contra jus gentium,
Liv. 4, 32, 5; 9, 10, 10; 21, 25, 7; 5, 36, 6;6, 1, 6: contra juris rigorem,
Dig. 40, 5, 24, § 10 et saep.:contra testimonium aliquid judicare,
without regard to, Cic. Brut. 31, 117:aliquid contra verecundiam disputare,
contrary to the rules of decency, id. Off. 1, 35, 128:aliquid contra fidem constituere,
Quint. 5, 13, 34:quae majores nostri contra lubidinem animi sui recte atque ordine fecere,
contrary to the dictates of passion, Sall. C. 51, 4; id. J. 33, 1; cf. of logical opposition, II. E. 2. infra.—Dependent on substt.a.Of physical strife:b.scit ille imparem sibi luctatum contra nexus (draconis),
Plin. 8, 12, 12, § 33. —Of warfare:c.imperatorum copia contra tuum furorem,
Cic. Mur. 39, 83:Parthorum gloria contra nomen Romanum,
Liv. 9, 18, 6: in castris perditorum contra patriam, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 23, 6.—Of legal contention:d.causa contra scriptum,
Cic. Inv. 2, 46, 135.—Of political speaking:e.divina M. Tullii eloquentia contra leges agrarias,
Quint. 2, 16, 7; 9, 3, 50; Gell. 18, 7, 7.—Of literary opposition:f.Caesaris vituperatio contra laudationem meam,
Cic. Att. 12, 40, 1.—Of hostility, etc.:g.cujus factum, inceptum, conatumve contra patriam,
Cic. Cat. 2, 12, 27:ullum factum dictumve nostrum contra utilitatem vestram,
Liv. 6, 40, 5.—Of injury:h.vitae cupiditas contra rem publicam,
Cic. Planc. 37, 90: contra serpentes venenum, fatal to serpents, or as a defence against serpents, Plin. 7, 2, 2, § 15.—Of violation, disregard, etc. (cf. 3. g):5.iter contra senatus auctoritatem,
Cic. Phil. 2, 19, 48:contra consuetudinem somnium,
Plin. 10, 77, 98, § 211:bonorum possessio contra tabulas,
Dig. 37, 4, 3, § 13; Gai Inst. 3, 41.—Dependent on adjectives (very rare; cf.D.II. D. 2. c. infra): contraque patris impii regnum impotens, avum resolvam,
Sen. Herc. Fur. 966.Of defence, protection, and resistance (syn.: adversus, ab).1.Against persons.a.Dependent on verbs:b.cum populus Romanus suam auctoritatem vel contra omnes qui dissentiunt possit defendere,
Cic. Imp. Pomp. 22, 63: si ego consul rem publicam [p. 457] contra te et gregales tuos defendissem, id. Sest. 52, 111; 22, 49; 8, 20; id. Fam. 11, 27, 7; id. Phil. 2, 18, 45:contra quem multum omnes boni providerunt,
provided a great defence, id. Mur. 38, 81: formula qua utitur patronus contra libertum qui eum in jus vocat, as a defence against, Gai Inst. 4, 46. —And of protection of plants against injurious animals:contra haec animalia proderit, si, etc.,
Pall. 10, 3, 2.—Dependent on adjectives, mostly participial:2.paratus contra,
Cic. Mil. 21, 56:nihil satis firmum contra Metellum,
Sall. J. 80, 1:contra potentes nemo est munitus satis,
Phaedr. 2, 6, 1.—Against inanimate and abstract things.a.Dependent on verbs:b.contra avium morsus munitur vallo aristarum,
Cic. Sen. 15, 51:propugnaculum, quo contra omnes meos impetus usurum se putat,
id. Verr. 2, 3, 16, § 40; 2, 5, 39, § 102:publicam causam contra vim armatam suscipere,
id. Dom. 34, 91; id. Quint. 30, 94; id. Leg. 3, 3, 9:contra tantas difficultates providere,
Sall. J. 90, 1; 76, 4; so,contra ea,
id. ib. 57, 5:patricii vi contra vim resistunt,
Liv. 3, 13, 4; Plin. 14, 2, 4, § 28; Tac. Agr. 45; Sen. Prov. 4, 12; id. Const. 5, 4.—Dependent on substt.:c.suffragia contra oppugnationem vestrae majestatis,
Cic. Rab. Perd. 12, 35:defensio contra vim,
id. Mil. 5, 14:patronus justitiae fuit contra orationem Phili,
id. Lael. 7, 25; Plin. 29, 2, 9, § 30; 14, 3, 4, § 40:contra labores patientia,
id. 23, 1, 22, § 37.—Dependent on adjectives (in Cic. freq. with P. a. predicatively used; otherwise very rare;3.in later prose freq.): nec est quidquam Cilicia contra Syriam munitius,
against an attack from the side of Syria, Cic. Fam. 14, 4, 4:ut nullius res tuta, nullius domus clausa, nullius vita saepta, nullius pudicitia munita contra tuam cupiditatem posset esse,
id. Verr. 2, 5, 15, § 39; id. Fin. 1, 16, 51; id. Mil. 25, 67; id. Tusc. 5, 8, 19; 5, 27, 76:vir contra audaciam firmissimus,
id. Rosc. Am. 30, 85; Sall. J. 33, 2; 28, 5:fortis contra dolorem,
Sen. Ep. 98, 18; Quint. 12, 1, 10:callosus,
Plin. 11, 37, 54, § 147; 14, 2, 4, § 23:far contra hiemes firmissimum,
id. 18, 8, 19, § 83:equus tenax contra vincula,
Ov. Am. 3, 4, 13:contraque minantia fata pervigil,
Claud. I. Cons. Stil. 1, 284.—Of remedies against sickness and its causes, poison, etc.; so only in Plin.; in Pall. only of preventives and of protection against hurtful animals, and against mental perturbations in gen.; cf. infra (syn. ad in Cat., Cic., Cels., Col.; adversus only in Celsus, who also has in with abl.).(α).Dependent on verbs:(β).cujus et vinum et uva contra serpentium ictus medetur,
Plin. 14, 18, 22, § 117; 7, 2, 2, § 13:prodest et contra suspiria et tussim,
id. 20, 13, 50, § 128:valet potum contra venena,
id. 28, 7, 21, § 74; 29, 4, 22, § 71; 29, 4, 26, § 81; 28, 8, 27, § 98; 16, 37, 71, § 180; 35, 6, 14, § 34; 28, 6, 18, §§ 65-67.—Dependent on substt.:(γ).remedium contra morsus,
Plin. 8, 32, 50, § 118; 10, 59, 79, § 163:contra venena esse omnia remedio,
id. 16, 44, 95, § 251; 17, 24, 37, § 240; 7, 1, 1, § 4.—Dependent on adjectives:(δ).vinum quod salutare contra pestilentiam sit,
Pall. 11, 14, 17.—Appositively, as a remedy:E.cujus lacteum succum miris laudibus celebrat... contra serpentes et venena,
Plin. 5, 1, 1, § 16; 29, 4, 26, § 83. —So of remedies against affections:Tiberium tonante caelo coronari ea (lauro) solitum ferunt contra fulminum metus,
Plin. 15, 30, 40, § 135; cf. Sen. Ira, 2, 21, 1; id. Tranq. 5. 1.Of logical opposition.1.With a neuter demonstrative (contra ea, contra haec, contra quae, quod contra = contra, adv.).a.The contrary, the reverse (very rare; cf.b.I. D. 1.): sed mihi contra ea videtur,
but to me the contrary seems true, Sall. J. 85, 1:omnia quae contra haec sunt, omnia quae contra sunt,
and vice versa, Quint. 5, 10, 90. —Contra ea, on the contrary, in logical antithesis (not in Cic. and Sall.; once in Caes. and Quint.; several times in Liv. and Nep.; cf.: contra ea, in other uses, II. A. 2. e. a, II. D. 2. a., II. A. 3. d., II. C. 1. f.):c.omnes arderent cupiditate pugnandi... contra ea Caesar... spatiumque interponendum... putabat ( = at contra),
but Caesar on the contrary, Caes. B. C. 3, 74: superbe ab Samnitibus... legati prohibiti commercio sunt;contra ea benigne ab Siculorum tyrannis adjuti,
Liv. 4, 52, 6; 2, 60, 1; 21, 20, 6;44, 43, 5: pater... Thracem me genuit, contra ea mater Atheniensem,
Nep. Iphicr. 3, 4; id. praef. 6; id. Alcib. 8, 1.—And after a question, with immo (cf. I. E. 5. b.):an infirmissimi omnium... (sumus)? Immo contra ea vel viribus nostris, vel, etc., tuti (sumus),
Liv. 41, 24, 8.—Quod contra, by anastrophe (v. F. 1.), contrary to which, whereas, while on the contrary (only once in Lucr. and three times in Cic.):2.illud in his rebus vereor ne forte rearis, Inpia te rationis inire elementa viamque indugredi sceleris: quod contra saepius illa Religio peperit scelerosa atque impia facta,
whereas on the contrary, Lucr. 1, 81:cujus a me corpus crematum est, quod contra decuit ab illo meum (sc. cremari),
Cic. Sen. 23, 84:quod contra oportebat delicto dolere, correctione gaudere,
id. Lael. 24, 90 (B. and K. place a comma after oportebat; cf.Nauck ad loc.): reliquum est ut eum nemo judicio defenderit: quod contra copiosissime defensum esse contendi,
id. Quint. 28, 87 (many consider contra in all these passages as an adverb; cf. Hand, Turs. II. p. 121 sq.; some explain quod as an ancient ablative, = qua re;v. Ritschl,
Plaut. Exc. p. 57, Munro ad Lucr. 1, 82).—With an abstract noun, with the force of the adverb contra with ac or atque (I. F. 1.), contrary to, contrary to what, etc. (esp. in Sall., not in Cic.; cf. praeter): celeriter contraque omnium opinionem confecto itinere, contrary to the opinion ( = contra ac rati erant), Caes. B. G. 6, 30:F.contra opinionem Jugurthae ad Thalam perveniunt,
Sall. J. 75, 9; Hirt. B. G. 8, 40.—Contra spem either contrary to the opinion, or against the hope:Metellus contra spem suam laetissume excipitur ( = contra ac ratus, veritus est),
Sall. J. 88, 1; so,cetera contra spem salva invenit,
Liv. 9, 23, 17:contra spem omnium L. Furium optavit,
id. 6, 25, 5; Curt. 8, 4, 45;but: at Jugurtha contra spem nuntio accepto ( = contra ac speraverat),
Sall. J. 28, 1; Liv. 24, 45, 3:postquam... Jugurtha contra timorem animi praemia sceleris adeptum sese videt,
Sall. J. 20, 1:ipse in Numidiam procedit, ubi contra belli faciem tuguria plena hominumque... erant ( = contra ac in bello evenire solet),
id. ib. 46, 5:contra famam,
Plin. 13, 22, 43, § 126; 7, 53, 54, § 180:segniterque et contra industriam absconditae formicae,
slowly, and in a manner different from their usual activity, id. 18, 35, 88, § 364.—Of persons:frigidam potionem esse debere, contra priores auctores, Asclepiades confirmavit,
contrary to the opinion of the former physicians, Cels. 4, 26 (19).Sometimes by anastrophe after its noun.1.In prose, after relatives, esp. in Cic.:2.quos contra disputant,
Cic. Ac. 2, 15, 47:quem contra dicit,
id. Phil. 2, 8, 18 (v. II. B. 1. f.):quem contra veneris,
id. Mur. 4, 9:quas contra, praeter te, etc.,
id. Vatin. 7, 18:eos ipsos quos contra statuas,
id. Or. 10, 34:quos contra me senatus armavit,
id. Att. 10, 8, 8:quam contra multa locutus est,
Sen. Ep. 82, 7, Plin. Ep. 1, 23, 3; Claud. in Rufin. 1, 332; v. also E. 1. c. supra.—After other words ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):hunc igitur contra mittam contendere causam,
Lucr. 4, 471:dicere eos contra,
id. 4, 484:donique eum contra,
id. 5, 708:agmina contra,
Verg. A. 12, 279:magnum Alciden contra,
id. ib. 5, 414:Paridem contra,
id. ib. 5, 370:Italiam contra,
id. ib. 1, 13:deos contra,
Ov. P. 1, 1, 26:Messania moenia contra,
id. M. 14, 17:litora Calabriae contra,
Tac. A. 3, 1. -
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.):(β).feminam scelestam te, adstans contra, contuor,
Plaut. Pers. 2, 2, 26:ut confidenter mihi contra adstitit,
id. Capt. 3, 5, 6; Lucr. 4, 223; 6, 929:signum contra, quoad longissume oculi ferebant, animo finivit,
Liv. 1, 18, 8:stat contra starique jubet,
Juv. 3, 290:stat contra dicitque tibi tua pagina Fures!
Mart. 1, 55, 12:ulmus erat contra,
in front of her, Ov. M. 14, 661:templa vides contra,
in front (of us), id. ib. 7, 587.—Of position in front of the enemy:contra conserta manu,
Plaut. Mil. 1, 1, 3: contra consistere, to make front against them, Caes. B. G. 2, 17.—Referring to things and places, over against (it), opposite (to it), on the opposite side (mostly post-Aug.):b.contra jacet Cancer patulam distentus in alvum,
Manil. 2, 253:posita contra Hispania,
Tac. Agr. 11:promuntorium quod contra procedit,
Plin. 4, 2, 3, § 6: relinquendae autem contra erunt vacuae tabellae, on the opposite side, i. e. of the leaf, Quint. 10, 3, 32: illo quaerente cur non decidant contra siti, the antipodes (cf. Cic. Ac. 2, 39, 123; v. II. A. 1. c. a), Plin. 2, 65, 65, § 161.—With the governing verb understood:arguam hanc vidisse apud te contra conservum meum,
face to face, Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 91:jam omnia contra circaque hostium plena erant, Liv 5, 37, 8: eadem verba contra (i. e. ponuntur),
side by side, Quint. 9, 3, 36; Verg. A. 6, 23.—With verbs of motion, so as to be opposite to an object or face to face with a person, variously rendered.(α).Referring to persons:(β).accede ad me atque adi contra,
come right up to me, Plaut. Rud. 1, 4, 23; id. Bacch. 3, 6, 6: hostes crebri cadunt; nostri contra ingruunt, advance to their front (in Plaut. hostility is not implied in contra), id. Am. 1, 1, 84: quis nos pater aut cognatu' volet contra tueri, face to face, eye to eye, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 12 Mull. (Trag. Rel. v. 444 Rib.); Att. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1, 55 (Trag. Rel. v. 538 ib.):adspicedum contra me = contra adspice me,
Plaut. Most. 5, 1, 56 Lorenz ad lec.:contra adspicere,
id. Mil. 2, 1, 45:contra intueri,
Liv. 1, 16, 6; 9, 6, 8; Sen. Q. N. 1, 3, 6:cum veniret contra Marcianus,
Quint. 6, 3, 95; Plin. 9, 46, 70, § 152.—Of things:2.hic ubi sol radiis... Adversa fulsit nimborum aspergine contra,
Lucr. 6, 525; Cels. 8, 8, 1:quam (turrim) promoti contra validi asseres... perfregere,
Tac. H. 4, 30.—Reciprocally: oscula non pervenientia contra, not coming through (the wall) so as to meet, Ov. M. 4, 80.—Transf. to equivalents of weight, value, and price; so,(α).In Plaut. only in the colloq. phrases auro contra, aurichalco contra, and contra auro (sc. posito); lit., for gold placed against; cf.:(β).aes contrarium, s. v. contrarius: (servus) non carus'st auro contra,
at his weight in gold, Plaut. Ep. 3, 3, 30: jam auro contra constat filius, id. Truc. 2, 6, 57 (Speng. aurichalco): auro contra cedo modestum amatorem! A me aurum accipe. Pa. Cedo mihi contra aurichalco quoi ego sano serviam, id. Curc. 1, 3, 45 sq.; id. Mil. 3, 1, 63; 4, 2, 85; id. Ps. 2, 3, 23.—In post-Aug. prose (very rare):3.at si aquae et ejus rei quam contra pensabis par pondus erit, nec pessum ibit, nec exstabit, etc.,
Sen. Q. N. 3, 25, 5.—Of reciprocal actions, = vicissim, in turn, in return, back, on my, his, etc., part, likewise, counter-.(α).In gen.:(β).te ut deludam contra, lusorem meum,
Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 71:quae me amat, quam ego contra amo,
id. Merc. 5. 2, 77; id. Cist. 1, 1, 96; id. Trin. 4, 2, 55; id. As. 2, 2, 110:qui arguat se, eum contra vincat jurejurando suo,
make a victorious counter-charge, id. Mil. 2, 2, 37:si laudabit haec Illius formam, tu hujus contra (i. e. lauda),
Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 54:audi nunc contra jam,
listen in turn, id. Phorm. 4, 4, 18; id. Ad. 5, 4, 23:at tu mihi contra nunc videre fortunatus, Phaedria, Cui, etc.,
you likewise seem fortunate to me, id. Phorm. 1, 3, 21:Mettius Tullo gratulatur, contra Tullus Mettium benigne alloquitur,
Liv. 1, 28, 1:contra ut me diligat illa,
Cat. 76. 23; Hor. S. 1, 3, 27 Orell. ad loc.—Hence, with ellipsis of inquit, = respondit:cui latrans contra senex,
Phaedr. 5, 10, 7:scietis, inquam, etc., contra Nigrinus: ad quem missi sunt? ego, etc.,
Plin. Ep. 7, 6, 4.—Rarely with inquit, etc., expressed: at ille contra, renidens, Audi, inquit, discipule, etc.,
Gell. 15, 9, 9; cf.:contra talia reddit,
Claud. B. Gild. 379.—With dat. pers.:(γ).consulo quem dolum doloso contra conservo parem,
Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 45:facere contra huic aegre,
Ter. Eun. 4, 1, 10:hiscine contra insidiabere?
id. Hec. 1. 1, 13:tibi contra gratiam Referre,
id. ib. 4, 2, 7.—With item:(δ).item a me contra factum est,
Plaut. Aul. prol. 20:puellam senex Amat et item contra filius,
id. Cas. prol. 49; id. Pers. 5, 2, 36; id. Am. 1, 1, 67; Ter. Ad. 1, 1, 25.—Combining a reciprocal with a local relation (A. 1. a. a, and b. a): contra carinantes verba, exchanging abusive words ( face to face), Enn. ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 8, 361 (Ann. v. 181 Vahl.): tubae utrimque contra canunt;(ε).Consonat terra,
Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 73; 1, 1, 86:confer gradum Contra pariter,
id. Ps. 2, 4, 18; id. Truc. 1, 2, 28:video amicam... Ubi contra adspexit me, etc.,
id. Mil. 2, 1, 45; Verg. E. 7, 8; cf. Lucr. 4, 243:vesper adest, juvenes consurgite!... Cernitis, innuptae, juvenes? consurgite contra!
Cat. 62, 6.—Implying also opposition: Pe. Conpellabo. Ph. Orationis aciem contra conferam, Plaut. Ep. 4, 1, 20:B.si scias quod donum huic dono contra comparet,
what counter gift, Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 63: quod Scipio postulavit... ut, etc. Et quod contra collega postulavit ne, etc., Annal. Trib. Pleb. ap. Gell. 7 (6), 19, 5:si vobis aequa et honesta postulatio videtur, ego contra brevem postulationem adfero,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 2, 7; Nep. Epam. 6, 1;Auct. B. Alex. 24: illo licente contra liceri audeat nemo,
to bid in opposition, Caes. B. G. 1, 18; Liv. 4, 53, 6:agedum pauca accipe contra,
Hor. S. 1, 4, 38.—So in battle:Numidae... Romanorum ordines conturbare... neque contra feriundi copia erat,
Sall. J. 50, 4; and in law: et ab eo is qui adoptat vindicat... et illo contra non vindicante, etc., Gai Inst. 1, 134; 2, 24.—Esp. in replies:oratio contra a Demosthene pro Ctesiphonte edita,
Cic. de Or. 3, 56, 213:dicit accusator haec: primum, etc.... quid contra reus?
id. Clu. 30, 81; id. Fin. 5, 22, 63; Curt. 4, 1, 10; 7, 9, 1.Of opposition, strife, etc., against; constr. absol., with dat., and ne, quominus or quin.1.Of physical exertion.(α).Lit.:(β).concurrunt... aetheriae nubes contra pugnantibu' ventis,
struggling against each other, Lucr. 6. 98:nec nos obniti contra... Sufficimus,
bear up, battle against, Verg. A. 5, 21; Ov. M. 9, 50; 2, 434:at ille contra nititur,
resists, Plin. 2, 38, 38, § 103; 7, 20, 19, § 82:pars remigum, tamquam imperitia... officia nautarum impediebant. Mox contra tendere,
rowed in an opposite direction, Tac. H. 4, 16.—Trop.:2.te rogo ne contrahas ac demittas animum, neque te obrui tamquam fluctu... sinas, contraque erigas ac resistas,
Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 1, § 4:et torrens judicem vel nitentem contra feret, cogatque ire qua rapiet,
Quint. 12, 10, 61.— With ne: vi contra niti, ne advorsus eum fiat, Cato ap. Gell. 7 (6), 3, 16.—With quominus, Lucr. 1, 780.—Of mental exertion:3.si tibi vera videntur, Dede manus, aut, si falsum est, accingere contra,
arm yourself against them, Lucr. 2, 1043; 2, 280. —With dat.:siti contra... pugnandum,
Cels. 4, 2 fin. —Of hostile opposition in gen.(α).Lit.:(β).quod animadversum est in eo qui contra omni ratione pugnarunt, non debeo reprehendere,
who made opposition in every way, Cic. Rosc. Am. 47, 137; id. Verr. 2, 2, 43, § 107:contra etiam aliquid abs te profectum ex multis audivi,
something inimical, id. Fam. 5, 5, 2.—Trop.:4.aut alio quovis (sc. colore) qui contra pugnet et obstet,
Lucr. 2, 794; 2, 868.—Of warfare.(α).Lit.:(β).ut eos adversarios existimemus qui arma contra ferant,
Cic. Off. 1, 25, 87; 1, 12, 37; Vell. 2, 28, 4; cf.:quid quod exercitum contra duxit?
Auct. Her. 4, 16, 23:ut si qua ex parte obviam contra veniretur, acie instructa depugnarent,
if they should be attacked by an open charge, Caes. B. G. 7, 28:issentque confestim ad urbem ni venire contra exercitum... audissent,
Liv. 7, 39, 17:cum Romanae legiones contra direxerint,
would oppose their march, Tac. H. 4, 58; id. A. 6, 44.—With dat.:et huic contra itum ad amnem Erinden,
Tac. A. 11, 10.—Trop.:5.quod ubi viderunt corvi, contra auxiliantur, velut adversus communem hostem,
Plin. 10, 74, 95, § 205.—Of legal contests.(α).With verbs of saying; v. 9. a.—(β).Venire contra, of any legal act with the intention to hurt the adversary:(γ).quid? si omnium mortalium Sthenio nemo inimicior quam hic C. Claudius... fuit? si de litteris corruptis contra venit, etc.?
if he made a charge of forgery against him? Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 43, § 107; cf. II. B. c. b.—On the part of the adversary:(δ).inveniendum contra est, quo distet haec causa a ceteris,
Quint. 5, 10, 114; 9, 2, 35; 12, 8, 10.—Of judgments against the parties or against opinions:6.ne spoliaret fama probatum hominem si contra judicasset,
given an adverse decision, Cic. Off. 3, 19, 77; cf. Val. Max. 7, 2, 4; Cic. Caecin. 24, 69.—Of literary opposition.(α).Mostly with verbs of saying; v. 9. a. g.—(β).With other verbs:7.astrologorum artem contra convincere tendit,
Lucr. 5, 728:contra nunc illud pone, etc.,
Sen. Ben. 7, 14, 6:habeat (liber meus) etiam quosdam qui contra sentiant et adversentur,
some dissentients and opponents, Quint. 3, 1, 5; 2, 17, 40; 3, 8, 69.—Of public and political opposition.(α).With verbs of saying; v. 9. a. d.—(β).With petere, to be a candidate for office in opposition to another:8.nihil enim supererat de quo certarent, nihil quod contra peterent,
no office was left for which to canvass against each other, Cic. Agr. 2, 33, 91:honores contra petere,
Quint. 6, 1, 17.—With ire, with dat., of an opposing vote in the senate (cf.:pedibus ire): sententia Cassii ut nemo unus contra ire ausus est, ita dissonae voces respondebant,
Tac. A. 14, 45.—Of violation of law, contracts, etc.: contra facere, or contra committere, to violate, transgress a law, etc.: leges esse non ex ejus qui contra commiserit utilitate, spectari oportere, not in the interest of the transgressor, Cic. Inv. 2, 48, 153:9.si quis sub hoc pacto vendiderit ancillam ne prostitueretur, et si contra factum esset,
and if the contract was violated, Dig. 18, 1, 56.—With verbs of saying, etc., contra dicere; less freq. disputare, disserere, pugnare, in the sense of dicere, and contra scribere (often contradico, in one word, in post-Aug. writers; esp. with dat.).a.Absol.(α).Contra dicere, to speak as counsel of the adversary, to plead his cause, in legal proceedings:(β).cum contra dicturus Hortensius esset,
would speak on the other side, Cic. Quint. 24, 77:hoc... contra dicente Cotta judicatum est,
id. Caecin. 33, 97:dixisse ut contra nemo videretur,
id. Brut. 53, 198: ut contra Crassus... exorsus est, began on the other side, id. ib. § 197.—Hence: qui contra dicit, the adversary or counsel of the adversary:contra autem qui dicet, similitudinem infirmare debebit,
Cic. Inv. 2, 50, 151; id. Part. Or. 21, 108.—In the same sense: agens contra: si nos... impares agentium contra ingeniis dixerimus, that we are unequal to the talents of our adversary's counsel, [p. 453] Quint. 4, 1, 8.—To make charges against (rare):(γ).si qui contra vellet dicere, usurum esse eum suo testimonio,
Cic. Clu. 48, 134:qua ratione nemo neque tum item fecerit, neque nunc contra dicat,
id. Quint. 29, 88; so,contra disputare, of objections to or against a witness: nihil contra disputabo priusquam dixerit,
id. Fl. 21, 51.—In gen., to speak on the other side of a question:(δ).fiebat autem ita, ut cum is qui audire vellet dixisset quid sibi videretur, tum ego contra dicerem,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 4, 8; id. Fin. 2, 1, 2; so,contra disputare and contra scribere,
id. Or. 1, 19, 85; Vitr. 3, 1, 6; Quint. 2, 17, 13; Dig. 9, 2, 21, § 1.—Hence: qui contra dicunt or disputant, the opponents:nec qui contra dicunt causam difficilem repellunt,
Cic. Fin. 3, 1, 2:ad coarguendos qui contra disputant,
to refule his opponents, Quint. 2, 15, 26.—To oppose or object to a proposition, motion, or petition:(ε). (ζ).quam palam principes dixerunt contra!
protested against it, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 16, § 41; Caes. B. C. 1, 32; Cic. Clu. 47, 130.—With pugnare:cum decerneretur frequenti senatu, contra pugnante Pisone, etc.,
Cic. Att. 1, 14, 5:filius ejus incolumitatem optat: contradicit pater,
the father objects, Quint. 9, 2, 85; 9, 2, 83; Plin. ap. Gell. 9, 16, 5; Cic. Dom. 33, 87:contradicente nullo,
Suet. Caes. 20; Dig. 3, 3, 15.—Abl. absol. impers.:b.explorandum videtur an etiam contradicto aliquando judicio consuetudo firmata sit,
whether the custom has been confirmed by judgment upon a judicial contest, Dig. 1, 3, 34.—With acc. neutr. pron., to object, to make or raise an objection, to reply; esp. in legal proceedings:c.ego enim, te disputante, quid contra dicerem meditabar,
Cic. N. D. 3, 1, 1:ut contra si quid dicere velit non audiatur,
id. Fin. 5, 10, 27:aiebat illum primo sane diu multa contra (i. e. dixisse), ad extremum autem, etc.,
id. Att. 2, 22, 2.— Hence: quod contra dicitur, or quae contra dicuntur, the objections:ut et id quod intenderemus confirmare, et id quod contra diceretur refellere (possemus),
refute the objections, Cic. de Or. 1, 20, 90:quia neque reprehendi quae contra dicuntur possunt, etc.,
id. ib. 2, 81, 331; id. Inv. 2, 44, 127; Quint. 1, 2, 17.—In the same sense, as subst.: contrā dicta, orum, n. plur.:seu proposita confirmamus, sive contra dicta dissolvimus,
or refute the objections, Quint. 4, prooem. 6.—With acc. and inf.:dicitur contra, nullum esse testamentum,
the objection is made that there is no testament, Cic. Agr. 2, 6, 42.—With dat., written in one word (post-Aug.).(α).To oppose a person by speaking against his views:(β).solitum se etiam Thraseae contradicere,
to oppose even Thrasea, Tac. H. 2, 91:tibi,
Suet. Aug. 54:Curioni...,
id. Rhet. 1. —Hence of answers and replies in law: quid si filium testatoris heres ejus prohibuit? Huic contradici potest: ergo pietatis, etc., he may be answered by this plea, etc., Dig. 11, 7, 14, § 13.—And of advisory answers opposed to one's legal views:volenti mihi ream adulterii postulare eam, etc., contradictum est,
my views were disapproved, rejected, Dig. 48, 5, 11, § 10.—To oppose an opinion, with dat. of the thing:(γ).cum plures tantum sententiis aliorum contradicerent,
opposed the opinions, Tac. H. 1, 39.—To object to a motion or petition, with dat. of the petitioner:(δ).patrem qui damnavit optat ne is torqueatur: pater ei contradicit,
the father objects, Quint. 9, 2, 81:cum ambienti ut legibus solveretur multi contradicerent,
Suet. Caes. 18; Dig. 40, 5, 14; 40, 12, 33.—With dat. of the petition:(ε).preces erant, sed quibus contradici non posset,
which could not be denied, Tac. H. 4, 46 fin.; Dig. 3, 1, 1, § 2.—To contest the validity of a law (rare):(ζ).quibus (legibus) contradici potest,
Quint. 7, 7, 4.—To contradict an assertion (very rare):d.pro certis autem habemus... cuicunque adversarius non contradicit,
Quint. 5, 10, 13.—With quin, to object:C.praetor Samnitibus respondit... nec contra dici quin amicitia de integro reconcilietur,
there was no objection to a reconciliation, Liv. 8, 2, 2.To one's disadvantage; mostly predic. with esse, unfavorable, adverse, damaging (post-Aug.;D.but cf. II. B. 2.): ut eum qui responsurus est vel tacere, vel etiam invitum id quod sit contra cogat fateri,
Quint. 7, 3, 14:cum verba (legis) contra sint,
id. 7, 1, 49:sed experimentum contra fuit,
unsuccessful, Tac. H. 2, 97 fin.:ubi fortuna contra fuit,
id. ib. 3, 18:si fortuna contra daret,
should be unfavorable, id. ib. 1, 65 fin.; id. A. 15, 13.Of logical opposition, with negative force.1.Of a direct contrast.a.Predicatively, with esse, fieri, etc., the contrary, the opposite:b.quod fieri totum contra manifesta docet res,
but experience teaches that just the contrary is true, Lucr. 3, 686; 4, 1088:in stultitia contra est,
with fools the reverse is true, Cic. Clu. 31, 84:in hac quidem re vereor ne etiam contra (i. e. sit),
id. Att. 12, 46; id. Off. 1, 15, 49:quod contra est,
Sall. J. 85, 21:quis non credat, etc.? Contra autem est,
Sen. Q. N. 3, 25, 12; id. Ep. 7, 3; Dig. 37, 4, 4:contra fore si, etc.,
ib. 34, 2, 39, § 2:immo forsitan et contra (i. e. erit),
ib. 41, 3, 49:ego contra puto (i. e. esse),
Plin. Ep. 1, 20, 7; Lampr. Alex. Sev. 25.—With evenire, accidere, sentire, scribere, habere, etc.:c.utrumque contra accidit: istic enim bellum est exortum, hic pax consecuta,
of both the contrary has happened, Cic. Fam. 12, 18, 2; so Dig. 38, 2, 51:id ego contra puto (sc.: faciendum esse),
id. Att. 10, 8, 2:contra evenit in iis morbis,
Sen. Ep. 52, 7; Plin. 2, 65, 65, § 163:ego contra sentio,
Sen. Clem. 1, 15, 5; Sedig. ap. Gell. 15, 24, 4; Dig. 40, 2, 25:Proculus contra (sc. sentit),
ib. 35, 2, 1, § 14; 33, 7, 25:licet Celsus contra scribat,
ib. 9, 2, 21, § 1: contra probatur, Gai Inst. 2, 78; Dig. 33, 7, 12, § 34.—Very rarely referring to a term in the same clause:cujus disparem mitioremque naturam contra interpretabatur,
interpreted in an opposite sense, misinterpreted, misunderstood, Tac. H. 4, 86 fin. —Referring to a word or phrase in the same predicate.(α).To an adverb, in an opposite manner, otherwise, differently, not, etc.:(β).nam ad summam totius rei pertinet, caute an contra demonstrata res sit,
Cic. de Or. 2, 81, 330: quod viriliter animoque fit, id, etc.;quod contra, id turpe,
id. Off. 1, 27, 94:sit sapienter usus aut contra,
Quint. 2, 5, 15:lactuca locis apricis optume autumno ponitur, mediterraneis aut frigidis contra ( = pessime),
Col. 11, 3, 25.—To a predicative adjective, not, the opposite, the reverse, etc.:(γ).ut aliae (res) probabiles videantur aliae contra,
improbable, Cic. Ac. 2, 32, 103; id. Off. 2, 2, 7:quid est quod me impediat ea quae probabilia mihi videantur sequi, quae contra, improbare,
id. ib. 2, 2, 8; id. Or. 2, 31, 135; Quint. 4, 2, 52.—To a verbal predicate:(δ).an frater fratri exsistat heres, an contra ( = annon),
Dig. 34, 5, 19.—To a subject infinitive:(ε).laudare testem vel contra pertinet ad momentum judiciorum,
praising or censuring a witness, Quint. 3, 7, 2.—To a clause, translated by not or by a repetition of the clause with a negative:(ζ).quae secundum naturam essent, ea sumenda et quadam aestimatione dignanda docebat, contraque contraria,
those that were not, not, Cic. Ac. 1, 10, 36: quod cuidam aut sapiens videor quod una non jerim, aut felix fuisse;mihi contra,
id. Att. 9, 12, 4: an credibile est, incestum cum filia commissum? Et contra, veneficum in noverca, adulterum in luxurioso? and incredible, etc., Quint. 5, 10, 19; so Dig. 9, 1, 2, § 1.—To an attributive genitive:2.Marius cognoscere quid boni utrisque or contra esset (i. e. mali),
Sall. J. 88, 2:verum de origine laudis contraque perspiciemus suo tempore (i. e. vituperationis),
Quint. 2, 4, 21:alii a propositione accusatoris contraque loci oriuntur,
the accuser and the accused, id. 7, 2, 31;so in several titles of the Digests, as Depositi vel contra, = actio depositi, vel contraria actio depositarii,
Dig. 16, 3 tit.; so ib. 16, 17, 1; 16, 13, 6; 16, 13, 7.—Reversing the relation of terms in the preceding sentence, the reverse, conversely, vice versa, etc.a.With its own predicate: saepe... corpus aegret, Cum tamen ex alia laetamur parte latenti;b.Et retro fit uti contra sit saepe vicissim, Cum miser ex animo laetatur corpore toto,
Lucr. 3, 108: illa altera argumentatio, quasi retro et contra, prius sumit, etc., ( proceeding), so to speak, backward and in inverted order, Cic. Part. Or. 13, 46: neque illud ignoro, etc.; sed non idem accidit contra, but the converse is not true, Quint. 8, 6, 3; Gell. 4, 2, 5: ut vocabula verbis, verba rursus adverbiis, nomina appositis et pronominibus essent priora. Nam fit contra quoque frequenter non indecore. for often, not inelegantly, the order is reversed, Quint. 9, 4, 24:quae etiam contra valent,
i. e. if the terms are reversed, id. 3, 7, 25; 9, 2, 49; 8, 6, 25; 9, 4, 72.—Belonging to the same predicate:E.ut quidque erit dicendum ita dicet, nec satura jejune, nec grandia minute, nec item contra,
Cic. Or. 36, 123:cum emtor venditori, vel contra, heres exstitit,
Dig. 35, 2, 48:in quibus patrium pro possessivo dicitur, vel contra,
Quint. 1, 5, 45; 5, 10, 71:junguntur autem aut ex nostro et peregrino, ut biclinium, aut contra, ut epitogium et Anticato,
id. 1, 5, 68:ut capras in montosis potius locis quam in herbidis (pascar), equas contra,
but with mares the reverse is the case, Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 16:itaque ille dicere melius quam praecipere, nos contra fortasse possumus,
Cic. Or. 42, 143:qua collegi solent ex his quae faciunt ea quae faciuntur, aut contra,
or vice versa, Quint. 5, 10, 80; Dig. 14, 1, 1, § 12; 48, 5, 23, § 4.In logical antithesis of clauses with a merely rhet. force, on the contrary, on the other hand, vice versa; sometimes almost = sed or autem (freq.).1.In independent clauses.a.Opposing persons or parties: fortunam insanam esse... perhibent philosophi... Sunt autem alii philosophi qui contra Fortunam negant ullam exstare, Pac. ap. Auct. Her. 2, 23, 36 (Trag. Rel. v. 372 Rib.); Caecil. ap. Cic. Tusc. 4, 32, 68; Varr. R. R. 1, 8, 1:b.ego etiam quae tu sine Verre commisisti Verri crimini daturus sum... Tu, contra, ne quae ille quidem fecit, obicies,
Cic. Div. in Caecil. 11, 35:ego contra ostendo, non modo nihil fecisse Sex. Roscium, sed, etc.,
id. Rosc. Am. 29, 79; id. Phil. 8, 3, 8; id. Off. 1, 30, 108; id. Fin. 5, 22, 62:in Italia bellum gerimus, in sede ac solo nostro... Hannibal contra in aliena, in hostili est terra,
Liv. 22, 39, 13; 21, 50, 2; 3, 15, 2; 6, 7, 4; 9, 35, 4 et saep.; Nep. Alcib. 8, 1; Vell. 2, 31, 4; Sen. Ep. 9, 14; id. Ira, 2, 33, 6; Plin. 35, 10, 37, § 113; Tac. H. 3, 84; 3, 57; Suet. Tib. 2; id. Vit. 2; Just. 2, 1, 10; 8, 4, 11:contra mercator, navim jactantibus austris Militia est potior?
Hor. S. 1, 1, 6; 1, 2, 30; 1, 3, 27; Prop. 2, 1, 45; 2, 23, 13 (3, 17, 3); Sen. Hippol. 214;so with versa vice: barbarae gentes (Alexandrum) non ut hostem, sed ut parentem luxerunt... Contra Macedones versa vice non ut civem, sed ut hostem amissum gaudebant,
Just. 13, 1, 7.—Introducing a secondary or parallel opposition of thought: in loco umidiore far potius serunt quam triticum;2.contra in aridiore hordeum potius quam far,
Varr. R. R. 1, 9, 4; 1, 1, 47: si nihil esset quod inane vocaret, Omne foret solidum;nisi contra corpora certe Essent, etc., Omne quod est spatium vacuum constaret inane,
Lucr. 1, 521; 4, 348; cf.:justa omnia decora sunt, injusta contra, ut turpia, sic indecora,
Cic. Off. 1, 27, 94; id. N. D. 2, 15, 41; id. de Or. 3, 33, 136; id. Quint. 30, 93: id. Off. 3, 21, 84; id. Leg. 2, 1, 2: facilem esse rem... si modo unum omnes sentiant; contra in dissensione nullam se salutem perspicere, Caes. B. G, 5, 31; Liv. 25, 30, 3; Sen. Ben. 1, 5, 2; Plin. 12, 19, 42, § 92; 11, 14, 14, § 35; Suet. Caes. 73; Gell. 1, 4, 5:si male rem gerere insani est, contra bene, sani,
Hor. S. 2, 3, 74.—In opposition to a dependent clause:3.ut hi miseri, sic contra illi beati quos, etc.,
Cic. Tusc. 5, 6, 16; so id. de Or. 1, 45, 198; Quint. 9, 3, 39:cui ego rei tantum abest ut impedimento sim, ut contra te M. Manli adhorter, etc.,
Liv. 6, 15, 5; 6, 31, 4:cum virtus adeo neminem spe ac pollicitatione corrumpat, ut contra in se inpendere jubeat, ac, etc.,
Sen. Ben. 4, 1, 2: aut igitur negemus quidquam ratione confici, cum contra nihil sine ratione recte fieri possit, aut, etc., whereas on the contrary, etc., Cic. Tusc. 4, 38, 84; cf.:at contra,
Lucr. 2, 392.—With co-ordinate conjunctions.a.Copulative, et contra or contraque (never with ac or atque); also nec contra (rare), and on the other hand.(α).With reference to a reason or conclusion, after nam, enim, cum, or itaque: nam et ratione uti... omnique in re quid sit veri videre et tueri decet, contraque falli [p. 454]... tam dedecet quam, etc., Cic. Off. 1, 27, 94:(β).malus est enim custos... metus, contraque benevolentia fidelis,
id. ib. 2, 7, 23:cum reficiat animos varietas ipsa, contraque sit aliquanto difficilius in labore uno perseverare,
Quint. 1, 12, 4; 3, 8, 32; 8, 6, 20:itaque in probris maxime in promptu est, si quid tale dici potest, etc. Contraque in laudibus, etc.,
Cic. Off. 1, 18, 61; cf. Suet. Calig. 51; so with nec:nam nec comoedia cothurnis assurgit, nec contra tragoedia socculo ingreditur,
Quint. 10, 2, 22.—With contrasted examples or illustrations, often after ut or sic:(γ).audivi ex majoribus natu, hoc idem fuisse in P. Scipione Nasica, contraque patrem ejus... nullam comitatem habuisse sermonis,
Cic. Off. 1, 30, 109:ut suspitionibus credi oportere, et contra suspitionibus credi non oportere,
id. Inv. 2, 15, 48; Quint. 8, 4, 1; 5, 10, 48; 9, 3, 7; 9, 4, 52; 11, 1, 14; Sen. Ep. 82, 14; Dig. 17, 1, 22, § 4.—With contrasted actions, assumptions, etc.:(δ).atque utinam qui ubique sunt propugnatores hujus imperii possent in hanc civitatem venire, et contra oppugnatores rei publicae de civitate exterminari!
Cic. Balb. 22, 51:domo pignori data, et area ejus tenebitur... et contra jus soli sequitur aedificium,
Dig. 13, 7, 21:equo et asina genitos mares, hinnos antiqui vocabant: contraque mulos quos asini et equae generassent,
Plin. 8, 44, 69, § 17: ceterum potest ex lege quidem esse judicium, sed legitimum non esse, et contra ex lege non esse, sed legitimum esse, Gai Inst. 4, 109; Plin. 2, 65, 65, § 161; 35, 15, 5, § 183.—After a negative clause, affirming the opposite idea, et contra or contraque, but on the contrary:b.in quo (consulatu) ego imperavi nihil, et contra patribus conscriptis et bonis omnibus parui,
Cic. Sull. 7, 21:nunc vero cum ne pulsus quidem ita sim ut superare non possim, contraque a populo Romano semper sim defensus, etc.,
id. Dom. 33, 88; id. Fin. 2, 17, 55; id. Marcell. 6, 20; so,et contra,
Suet. Tit. 7.—With adversative conjunctions, at contra, sed contra, contra autem, contra vero (not verum contra, nor contra tamen).(α).At contra (freq.), merely a strengthened contra (v. 1. supra): huc accedit uti mellis lactisque liquores Jucundo sensu linguae tractentur in ore;(β).At contra taetri absinthi natura... foedo pertorqueat ora sapore,
Lucr. 2, 400:cogunt,
id. 2, 74; 1, 366; 2, 235 et saep.: nos qui domi sumus, tibi beati videmur;at contra nobis tu quidem... prae nobis beatus,
Cic. Fam. 4, 4, 2; id. Tusc. 1, 3, 5; id. Rosc. Am. 45, 131; id. Verr. 2, 5, 26, § 66; Sall. J. 36, 2; 4, 7; 15, 3; id. C. 12, 5:ideo siccas aiunt Aethiopiae solitudines... At contra constat Germaniam abundare rivis,
Sen. Q. N. 3, 6, 2; 1, 3, 1; id. Ep. 100, 7; Plin. 7, 53, 54, § 186; Suet. Galb. 15; Tac. A. 4, 28.—Sed contra, after a negative sentence (class.):(γ).non quo acui ingenia adulescentium nollem, sed contra ingenia obtundi nolui,
Cic. de Or. 3, 24, 93; id. Att. 9, 15, 3; id. Ac. 1, 10, 35; id. Fl. 11, 26:arma populi Romani non liberis servitutem, sed contra servientibus libertatem adferre,
Liv. 45, 18, 1:tu ne cede malis, sed contra audentior ito,
Verg. A. 6, 95; Plin. Ep. 1, 10, 12.—PostAug. also without a preceding negation:obiisse nostro Laium scelere autumant superi inferique: sed animus contra innocens... negat,
Sen. Oedip. 765; Symm. Ep. 6, 81.—Contra autem (rare;(δ).in Cic. only where different subjects have contrasted predicates in dependent clauses): quia pacis est insigne toga, contra autem arma tumultus atque belli,
Cic. Pis. 30, 73.—In later writers = contra alone:sub septemtrione aedificia... conversa ad calidas partes oportere fieri videntur. Contra autem sub impetu solis meridiani regionibus conversa ad septemtrionem... sunt facienda,
Vitr. 6, 1, 2; Gell. 14, 2, 19; Dig. 7, 1, 25, § 3; 34, 3, 25.—Contra vero (very rare;(ε).not in Cic.), used for contra: contra vero quercus infinitam habet aeternitatem,
Vitr. 2, 9, 8; 6, 1, 3; Cels. 3, 6 fin. —Atqui contra, App. Mag. p. 287, 24.—c.With disjunctive conjunctions, aut contra, vel contra, seu contra, or on the contrary, or conversely (always without change of subject).(α).Aut contra:(β).num aut scriptum neget, aut contra factum infitietur?
Cic. Part. Or. 38, 133: quae (mens) aut languescit... aut contra tumescit, etc., Quint. 1, 2, 18:si imbres defuere, aut contra abundavere,
Plin. 17, 24, 37, § 228.—Vel contra:(γ).hinc enim quaestiones oriuntur: Injuriam fecisti, sed quia magistratus, majestatis actio est? Vel contra: Licuit... quia magistratus?
Quint. 5, 10, 40; 9, 4, 96; Suet. Galb. 3; Dig. 35, 2, 56, § 4; 8, 4, 6.—Seu contra:d.seu tristis veniam, seu contra laetus amicis,
Prop. 1, 11, 25.—With causal conjunctions, nam contra (very rare;4.never contra enim): falso queritur de natura sua genus humanum quod, etc. Nam contra, reputando, neque majus aliud, neque praestabilius invenies,
Sall. J. 1, 1; Quint. 1, 1, 1; 9, 2, 23. —In late Lat., e contra (also one word, ēcontrā) = contra,(α).In the meaning, the contrary (D. 1.):(β).aliis vero econtra videtur,
Hier. Ep. 12.—Et econtra = et contra (E. 3. a.):5.honestiorum provectu et econtra suppliciis,
Aur. Vict. Caes. 39, 45.—For quod contra, v. II. E. 1. c.—With emphatic particles.a.Quin contra, nay on the contrary, opposing an affirmative sentence to a preceding negative statement (quin etiam amplifies without opposition; sed contra opposes without amplification; quin contra both opposes and amplifies);b.not before Livy: num qui enim socordius rempublicam administrari post Calvi tribunatum... quam? etc. Quin contra patricios aliquot damnatos... neminem plebeium,
Liv. 6, 37, 8; 31, 31, 9; 35, 26, 10; 37, 15, 3.—Immo contra (post-Aug.).(α).= no, on the contrary, refuting opinions, after questions and in the form of a dialogue:(β).existimas nunc me detrahere tibi multas voluptates?... Immo contra, nolo tibi umquam deesse laetitiam,
Sen. Ep. 23, 3; Dig. 33, 7, 5; 33, 7, 29.—= sed contra, but on the contrary:c.proinde ne submiseris te, immo contra fige stabilem gradum,
Sen. Cons. Marc. 5, 6; id. Cons. Polyb. 15, 2; cf. prep.:immo contra ea,
Liv. 41, 24, 8; cf. II. E. 1. b. infra.—Item contra = an emphatic et contra (very rare):F.quoniam... beate vivere alii in alio, vos in voluptate ponitis, item contra miseriam in dolore, etc.,
Cic. Fin. 2, 27, 86; cf. I. A. 3. g supra.With a comparative clause introduced by ac, atque, or quam, representing a logical or moral opposition (contra atque debuit = non ita ut debuit; cf. Cic. Or. 3, 19, 70); cf. prep., II. C. 3. g, and II. E. 2. infra.1.Of logical opposition, contrary to, different from, otherwise than; in the best prose only with atque or ac.(α).With atque:(β).item, contra atque apud nos, fieri ad Elephantinem ut neque ficus neque vites amittant folia,
Varr. R. R. 1, 7, 6:simulacrum Jovis, contra atque ante fuerat, ad orientem convertere,
Cic. Cat. 3, 8, 20; id. Sull. 24, 69:judicium suscepturos contra atque omnis Italia populusque Romanus judicavisset,
Caes. B. C. 3, 12; id. B. G. 4, 13; Plin. 12, 19, 43, § 95.—With ac:(γ).itaque contra est ac dicitis,
Cic. Fin. 4, 15, 41:vides, omnia fere contra ac dicta sint evenisse,
id. Div. 2, 24, 53; so id. Verr. 2, 4, 6, § 11; id. Or. 40, 137:cum contra ac Deiotarus sensit victoria belli judicaret,
id. Phil. 11, 13, 34:Petreius ubi videt, Catilinam, contra ac ratus erat, magna vi tendere, etc.,
Sall. C. 60, 5.—With ac and atque:(δ).si denique aliquid non contra ac liceret factum diceretur, sed contra atque oporteret,
Cic. Balb. 3, 7.—With quam (post-Aug.):2.cui contra quam proposuerat aliqua cesserunt,
Sen. Ira, 3, 6, 5; Plin. 10, 53, 74, § 149; 11, 21, 24, § 72; Gell. 6 (7), 8, 6:contra quam licet,
id. 1, 3, 19; Sil. 15, 107.—Of moral opposition of acts contrary to rules and principles (cf. II. 3. g infra); so always with quam:II.mater Aviti, generi sui, contra quam fas erat, amore capta,
contrary to the divine law, Cic. Clu. 5, 12:ut senatus, contra quam ipse censuisset, ad vestitum rediret,
contrary to its own resolution, id. Pis. 8, 18:contra quam ista causa postulasset,
id. Caecin. 24, 67:contra quam sanctum legibus est,
Liv. 30, 19, 9; Cic. Leg. 2, 5, 11; id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 1, § 2; id. Dom. 46, 122:contraque faciunt quam polliceri videntur,
Auct. Her. 4, 3, 6; Cic. de Or. 2, 20, 86.Prep. with acc., before, against, facing, towards, opposite to, contrary to (acc. to many scholars not ante-class.; cf. Hand, Turs. II. p. 108; but found Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 24 Fleck., a line omitted by Lorenz as a gloss; id. Pers. 1, 1, 13 Ritschl; Att. ap. Non. p. 469, 15, or Trag. Rel. v. 476 Rib.; cf. also Plaut. Poen. 5, 6, 18; Cato, R. R. 18, 1, and v. I. A. 1. a. b, and I. A. 1. b. a supra).A.Local uses.1.Opposite, over against, facing.a.Of countries and places (mostly of those separated by water;b.adversus and e regione mostly of places opposite by land): insulae natura triquetra, cujus unum latus est contra Galliam,
Caes. B. G. 5, 13; 3, 9; 4, 20:ad insulam quae est contra Massiliam,
id. B. C. 1, 56; 3, 23:Rhodios, pacatis contra insulam suam terris, etc.,
Liv. 37, 15, 7; 3, 26, 8:Carthago Italiam contra,
Verg. A. 1, 13; 5, 124; Ov. M. 14, 17:insulae quae contra Tauri promuntorium inopportune navigantibus objacent, Chelidoniae nominantur,
Mel. 2, 7; Plin. 3, 26, 30, § 151; 6, 28, 32, § 152; 5, 7, 7, § 41; Tac. A. 3, 1; id. H. 2, 17.—Of the heavenly bodies:c.donique (luna) eum (sc. solem) contra pleno bene lumine fulsit,
Lucr. 5, 708:contra Volucris rostrum posita est Lyra,
Vitr. 9, 4, 5; Sen. Q. N. 1, 5, 9; 1, 8, 3; Plin. 2, 31, 31, § 99; 5, 10, 10, § 56.—So, tertium (latus Britanniae) est contra septem triones, opposite ( facing); hence, contra meridiem and contra ortus (instead of ad or adversus meridiem, etc.), facing the south and east, Plin. 6, 24, 24, § 85; 17, 2, 2, § 22. —So of a person standing in the sunlight:cum minima umbra (i. e. a sole) contra medium fiet hominem,
Plin. 18, 33, 76, § 327; cf.:contra mediam faciem meridies erit,
id. 18, 33, 76, § 326.—Of opposite ends of a line.(α).Of the diameter of the earth: esse e regione nobis e contraria parte terrae qui adversis vestigiis stent contra nostra vestigia, quos antipodas vocatis, Cic. Ac. 2, 39, 123.—(β).Of a line drawn:d.contra autem E littera I erit ubi secat circinationem linea,
opposite the point E will be the letter I, Vitr. 9, 7, 4.—Of buildings, etc.:e.contra hoc aviarium est aliud minus in quo quae mortuae sunt aves curator servare solet,
Varr. R. R. 3, 5, 5; Vitr. 5, 6, 3; 3, 5, 15:(statuam) quae fuerit contra Jovis Statoris aedem in vestibulo Superbi domus,
Plin. 34, 6, 13, § 29:contra medium fere porticum diaeta paulum recedit,
Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 20; 2, 17, 5; Suet. Aug. 44.—Of places on the human body:2.id quod contra stomachum est,
Cels. 4, 5 (4, 12 med.); 7, 7;4, 20 (13).—Of the direction of the intestines, etc.: ea... contra medium alvum orsa,
Cels. 4, 1 fin. —Of actions, opposite, towards, against, facing (syn.:a.adversus, ad, e regione,
Caes. B. G. 7, 61).In gen.:b.quamvis subito... quamque Rem contra speculum ponas, apparet imago,
Lucr. 4, 156: Democritus... clipeum constituit contra exortum Hyperionis, Laber. ap. Gell. 10, 17, 4:et contra magnum potes hos (i.e. oculos) attollere solem, Nec tremis...?
Prop. 1, 15, 37; Col. 7, 3, 8:rex constiterat contra pedites,
Curt. 10, 9, 13; 9, 5, 1:ne contra septentrionem paveris,
Plin. 18, 33, 76, § 330; 28, 6, 19, § 69:contra solem varie refulgens,
placed in the sun, id. 37, 10, 63, § 173; 10, 54, 75, § 151; 37, 6, 22, § 83;37, 7, 25, § 95: cum terrestres volucres contra aquam clangores dabunt,
id. 18, 35, 87, § 363; 19, 8, 39, § 131.—Dependent on verbs of motion (very rare without the idea of hostility):c.(Dinocrates) incessit contra tribunal regis jus dicentis,
towards, Vitr. 2, praef. 1.—So trop., of actions done for a purpose:lege Cornelia de sicariis tenetur qui, cum in magistratu esset, eorum quid fecerit contra hominis necem quod legibus permissum non sit,
Dig. 48, 8, 4.—Appositively, with the predicate: (elephanti) tanta narratur clementia contra minus validos, ut, etc., if fronting weaker animals, if brought in contact with them (not to be connected with clementia), Plin. 8, 7, 7, § 23.—Similarly: dum... fidens non est contra feram, if fronting the animal (not dependent on fidens), Plin. 8, 16, 21, § 57.—d.Against an opposing action, etc.:e.contra vim atque impetum fluminis conversa,
Caes. B. G. 4, 17, 5:cum plateae contra directos ventos erunt conformatae,
Vitr. 1, 6, 8:ut contra ventum gregem pascamus,
Col. 7, 3, 12; Sen. Q. N. 2, 31, 2; Plin. 29, 3, 12, § 52; 17, 2, 2, § 21; 8, 16, 21, § 54:contra fluminum impetus aggeribus,
id. 35, 14, 48, § 169:capite in sole contra pilum peruncto,
id. 27, 4, 5, § 17; 18, 35, 88, § 364; Varr. ap. Plin. 7, 20, 19, § 83; Sil. 14, 352; Dig. 9, 2, 29, § 4. [p. 455] — Trop.:contra fortunam tenendus est cursus,
Sen. Prov. 5, 9.—Prov.:contra stimulum calces,
kick against the pricks, Isid. Orig. 1, 36, 28 (al. calcitres); cf. Amm. 18, 5, 1.—Of local actions with hostile intent.(α).Lit.:(β).quae vis Coclitem contra omnes hostium copias tenuit?
Cic. Par. 1, 2, 12:Pompeium Cartejae receptum scribis: jam igitur contra hunc exercitum (sc. constitit),
id. Att. 15, 20, 3:pertimescam, credo, ne mihi non liceat contra vos in contione consistere,
to face you, id. Agr. 1, 8, 25; Lepidus ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 34, 1; Caes. B. C. 1, 26:a fronte contra hostem pedum quindecim fossam fieri jussit,
id. ib. 1, 41; 1, 42; id. B. G. 7, 62:Tullus adversus Veientem hostem derigit suos: Albanos contra legionem Fidenatium collocat,
Liv. 1, 27, 5; 24, 41, 5; 38, 4, 5; Verg. A. 12, 279; Front. Strat. 2, 2, 13; 2, 3, 17.—Appositively, with a local verb understood:terribilis haec contra fugientes belua est, fugax contra insequentes,
i. e. if fronting, if placed opposite, Plin. 8, 25, 38, § 92.—Trop.:f.castra sunt in Italia contra populum Romanum in Etruriae faucibus collocata,
Cic. Cat. 1, 2, 5; id. Mil. 1, 2; Quint. 7, 7, 5:tum contra hanc Romam illa altera Roma quaeretur,
will be as a rival against this Rome, Cic. Agr. 2, 22, 86:cui rationi contra homines barbaros atque imperitos locus fuisset, hac ne ipsum quidem sperare, etc.,
Caes. B. G. 1, 40:(Cicero) plerumque contra inimicos atque obtrectatores plus vindicat sibi,
when fronting adversaries, Quint. 11, 1, 23.—In partic.(α).Stare contra aliquem (opp. stare ab aliquo); usu. implying hostility; mostly trop., to stand against, to be arrayed against, to face, oppose:(β).quod contra hoc exemplum nulla staret eorum ratio,
Auct. Her. 4, 5, 7:contra populi studium,
Cic. Brut. 34, 126:contra civium perditorum... dementiam a senatu et a bonorum causa,
id. ib. 79, 273; so,a mendacio contra veritatem,
id. Inv. 1, 3, 4:contra cives in acie,
id. Att. 16, 11, 2:et adversi contra stetit ora juvenci,
opposite, Verg. A. 5, 477; 5, 414:haec enim (ratio) sola... stat contra fortunam,
Sen. Ep. 14, 4, 2: contra leonem etiam stetit, fronted, i. e. hunted, Spart. Carac. 5 fin. —Contra aliquem ire:3.aut saevos Libyae contra ire leones,
Stat. Th. 9, 16.— Trop.:uti contra injurias armati eatis,
Sall. J. 31, 6:interritus (sapiens) et contra illa (mala) ibit et inter illa,
Sen. Ep. 59, 8; cf.: contra venire, II. B. 1. c. b infra, and v. also II. B. 2. b. and II. B. 1. b. infra.—Transf.,a.To persons placed together for comparison:b.C. vero Caesar, si foro tantum vacasset, non alius ex nostris contra Ciceronem nominaretur,
Quint. 10, 1, 114:CORONATO CONTRA OMNES SCAENICOS,
Inscr. Grut. p. 331, n. 4.—To things compared, as if weighed against each other as to their value, strength, etc.(α).Lit. (very rare):(β).quamcunque vis rem expende, et contra aquam statue... Si gravior est, leviorem rem... feret, etc.,
Sen. Q. N. 3, 25, 5.—Prop.:c.cujus (i. e. generis humani) causa videtur cuncta alia genuisse natura, magna saeva mercede contra tanta sua munera,
Plin. 7, 1, 1, § 1:qui amicus esse coepit quia expedit, placebit ei aliquod pretium contra amicitiam,
Sen. Ep. 9, 9:numquam ulli fortiores cives fuerunt quam qui ausi sunt eum contra tantas opes ejus... condemnare,
Cic. Fam. 7, 2, 3:tantum studium bonorum in me exstitisse, contra incredibilem contentionem clarissimi et potentissimi viri,
id. ib. 7, 2, 2; Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 9, 3:nomen prorogans nostrum et memoriam extendens contra brevitatem aevi,
as a compensation for, Plin. 2, 63, 63, § 154.—So esp., valere contra, to weigh against, counterbalance, avail or prevail against: non vereor ne meae vitae modestia parum valitura sit contra falsos rumores, Matius ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 28, 8:(illa facta) pro periculo potius quam contra salutem valere debere,
Cic. Part. Or. 35, 120; id. Off. 3, 29, 104:contrane lucrum nil valere Pauperis ingenium?
Hor. Epod. 11, 11; Sen. Ben. 4, 15, 1; id. Cons. Helv. 5, 5; so,robur habere contra: si contra unamquamlibet partem fortunae satis tibi roboris est,
id. ib. 13, 2;so of counterchecks: in Creta decem qui cosmoe vocantur, ut contra consulare imperium tribuni plebis, sic illi contra vim regiam constituti,
Cic. Rep. 2, 33, 58.—Of antidotes: cimicum natura contra serpentium morsus valere dicitur, item contra venena omnia, Plin. 29, 4, 17, § 61.—Hence,Colloq., aliquid contra aurum est, something is worth gold, is superb, both predicatively and attributively (cf.: auro contra, I. A. 2. supra): hujusce pomaria in summa Sacra Via ubi poma veneunt, contra aurum imago, a spectacle for gold, i. e. a magnificent sight, Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 10 MSS. (al. aliter):d.numcubi hic vides citrum... num quod emblema aut lithostratum? quae illic omnia contra aurum,
superb, id. ib. 3, 2, 4 MSS. (Schneid. omits aurum, ex conj.):oneravi vinum, et tunc erat contra aurum,
Petr. 7, 6.—Transf., of replies, with aiebat, inquit, etc.; both in friendly and inimical sense; esp., contra ea, contra haec, = the adv. contra:B.contra ea Titurius sero facturos clamitabat, etc.,
Caes. B. G. 5, 29:contra ea Verginius unum Ap. Claudium et legum expertem et, etc., aiebat,
Liv. 3, 57, 1; 24, 45, 4:quae contra breviter fata est vates,
Verg. A. 6, 398:contra quod disertus Tu impie fecisti inquit, etc.,
Quint. 7, 1, 53 (cf.: contra ea, II. E. 1. infra).Denoting hostility or disadvantage.1.With verbs of hostile action.a.Of physical exertion:b.pugnavere et tertio consulatu ejus viginti (elephanti) contra pedites quingentos,
Plin. 8, 7, 7, § 22:proelium Afri contra Aegyptios primi fecere fustibus,
id. 7, 56, 57, § 200; 8, 40, 61, § 142. —Referring to warfare (usu. adversus), bellum gerere (rarely for cum or adversus; but contra patriam, contra aras, etc., not cum patria, etc.; cf.c.bellum, II. A. 1. e.): a quo prohibitos esse vos contra Caesarem gerere bellum (opp. pro),
Cic. Lig. 8, 25; id. Phil. 5, 10, 27; Liv. Ep. 129.—With bellum suscipere:contra Antonium,
Cic. Phil. 8, 2, 5; so,contra patriam,
id. Sull. 20, 58:pugnare contra patriam,
id. ib. 25, 70:contra conjuges et liberos,
Sen. Ben. 5, 15, 5:armatum esse contra populum Romanum,
Cic. Prov. Cons. 13, 32.—With arma ferre (freq.), Cic. Phil. 2, 29, 72; 13, 21, 47; Liv. 28, 28, 15; Nep. Att. 4, 2; Tib. 1, 6, 30; Ov. M. 4, 609; 13, 269; id. P. 1, 1, 26.—With arma sumere or capere, Cic. Rab. Perd. 6, 19; id. Phil. 4, 1, 2; 4, 3, 7:armis contendere contra,
Caes. B. G. 2, 13:arma alicui dare (trop.),
Cic. Phil. 2, 21, 53:aciem instruere (trop.),
Liv. 25, 4, 4:exercitum comparare,
Cic. Phil. 3, 6, 14; 4, 1, 2:exercitum instruere,
id. Cat. 2, 11, 24:exercitum ducere and adducere,
id. Phil. 4, 2, 5; 3, 4, 11:exercitum contra Philippum mittere,
id. Inv. 1, 12, 17:naves ducere contra,
Hor. Epod. 4, 19:ducere contra hostes,
Liv. 1, 27, 4:florem Italiae educere contra,
Cic. Cat. 2, 11, 24:proficisci contra,
to march against, Liv. 1, 11, 3; 8, 2, 5:auxilium ferre Rutulis contra Latinos,
Plin. 14, 12, 14, § 88:juvare aliquem contra,
Caes. B. C. 1, 35:consilium inire contra Sequanos,
to take hostile measures against, id. B. G. 6, 12.—Of legal contention (more freq. adversus, except with verbs of saying).(α).In gen., with agere or causam agere, to act as counsel against a party or his attorney:(β).cum agerem contra hominem disertissimum nostrae civitatis,
Cic. Caecin. 33, 97; id. Brut. 63, 226; Sen. Ben. 4, 15, 3; Quint. 11, 1, 59.—Causam recipere or suscipere contra, to accept a retainer against:(causam) quam receperam contra pueros Octavios,
Cic. Att. 13, 49, 1; Quint. 6, 1, 12; Plin. Ep. 4, 17, 1.—Adesse alicui contra, to appear, act as one's counsel against:rogavit me Caecilius ut adessem contra Satrium,
Cic. Att. 1, 1, 3; Plin. Ep. 1, 7, 5 al.; cf.:esse contra,
id. ib. 1, 18, 3.— Trop.: conquesturus venit;at contra se adfuit et satisfacienti satisfecit,
Sen. Fragm. Amic. 14, 1, 89:causam defendere contra,
against the accuser, Cic. de Or. 1, 39, 178:statuere contra aliquem (sc. causam),
to establish a case against an adversary, id. Or. 10, 34:actio competit contra,
Dig. 49, 14, 41:querelam instituere contra,
ib. 5, 2, 21, § 1:bonorum possessionem petere contra,
ib. 5, 2, 23:jus obtinere contra,
Cic. Quint. 9, 34:pugnare contra,
to struggle against the accuser, id. Sull. 17, 49; id. Verr. 1, 11, 33:id quod mihi contra illos datum est,
i. e. a local advantage over, id. Tull. 14, 33:judicare contra aliquem,
id. Fl. 20, 48; Dig. 21, 2, 55; 5, 2, 14; Just. Inst. 4, 17, 2:pronuntiare contra,
Paul. Sent. 5, 34, 2: dare sententiam contra, Dig. 21, 2, 56, § 1:decernere contra,
Cic. Fl. 31, 76:appellare contra aliquem,
Dig. 49, 1, 3; 49, 5, 6; cf.:contra sententiam,
Cod. Just. 7, 62, 32, § 2.—Sentire contra aliquem, to have an opinion unfavorable to:cur vos (cum) aliquid contra me sentire dicatis, etc.,
Cic. Caecin. 27, 79.—Venire contra aliquem, to appear as counsel for one's adversary:(γ).quid tu, Saturi, qui contra hunc venis, existimas aliter?
Cic. Rosc. Com. 6, 18; id. Mur. 4, 9; id. Phil. 8, 6, 18.—Venire contra rem alicujus, to give advice damaging one's interests:contra rem suam me venisse questus est,
Cic. Phil. 2, 2, 3.—With dicere and other verbs of saying. (aa) Of a lawyer pleading against a lawyer:d.ipse ille Mucius, quid in illa causa cum contra te diceret, attulit quod? etc.,
Cic. de Or. 1, 57, 244:cum ille contra me pro Sex. Naevio diceret,
id. Brut. 60, 2, 7; id. de Or. 2, 7, 30; id. Rosc. Am. 15, 45; id. Div. in Caecil. 14, 44; id. Planc. 2, 5; id. Brut. 26, 102; so,causam dicere,
id. Or. 2, 23, 98:causam perorare,
id. Quint. 24, 77.—(bb) Of a lawyer's pleading against the parties: dic mihi, M. Pinari, num si contra te dixero mihi male dicturus es? Servil. ap. Cic. de Or. 2, 65, 261; 3, 34, 138; 1, 14, 60; id. Or. 35, 123; Quint. 11, 1, 57; cf. with ellipsis of acc.:quorum alter pro Aufldia, contra dixit alter,
id. 10, 1, 22.—(ng) Of a party against a lawyer:si Gaditani contra me dicerent,
if the Gaditani were my adversaries, Cic. Balb. 17, 38.—(dd) Of witnesses and experts, and the pleadings against them:si decressent legationem quae contra istum diceret,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 4, § 12: contra testes dicere (opp. a testibus or pro testibus). Auct. Her. 2, 6, 9; Cic. de Or. 2, 27, 118 (cf.:testimonium in aliquem dicere,
id. Sull. 17, 48; Quint. 7, 4, 36):contra juris consultos dicere,
against their legal opinions, Cic. Caecin. 24, 69.—So of witnesses in scientific questions:contra testes dicendum est,
Sen. Q. N. 7, 16, 1.—(ee) Dicere or contendere aliquid contra aliquem, to maintain a point against:cum interrogamus adversarios... quid contra nos dici possit,
Auct. Her. 4, 23, 33:tamenne vereris ut possis hoc contra Hortensium contendere?
Cic. Quint. 25, 78. —Of literary adversaries, mostly with verbs of saying and writing:e.cum scriberem contra Epicurios,
Cic. Att. 13, 38, 1:contra Epicurum satis superque dictum est,
id. N. D. 2, 1, 2:contra Brutum,
id. Tusc. 5, 8, 21:contra Academiam,
id. Ac. 2, 19, 63; id. Fin. 1, 1, 2; 5, 8, 22; id. Tusc. 5, 11, 32; 5, 30, 84; id. Ac. 2, 4, 17:contra autem omnia disputatur a nostris,
id. Off. 2, 2, 8.—Of public and political adversaries (syn. adversus and in).(α).In gen.:(β).sentire contra,
Cic. Mil. 2, 5:pugnare contra bonos,
id. Sull. 25, 71:contra eos summa ope nitebatur nobilitas,
Sall. C. 38, 2; Cic. Sest. 19, 42; 52, 112:(tribuni) qui aut contra consulem, aut pro studio ejus pugnabant,
Liv. 39, 32, 12.—Of political speaking:f.cum (Cato) eo ipso anno contra Serv. Galbam ad populum summa contentione dixisset,
Cic. Brut. 20, 80; so id. Imp. Pomp. 17, 53; Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 9, 1.—Of hostile or criminal acts in gen. (syn.:2.adversus, in): inire consilia contra,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 38, 110; id. Cat. 1, 7, 18:manum comparare contra aliquem,
id. Sull. 24, 68:conjurationem facere,
id. ib. 4, 12:congredi,
id. Lig. 3, 9; Sall. J. 64, 4:aliquid contra imperatorem moliri,
Just. Inst. 4, 18, 3:nec dolor armasset contra sua viscera matrem,
against her own offspring Ov. R. Am. 59.—Facere contra (more freq. with abstr. objects; cf. II. C. 1. f. b infra): nunc te contra Caesarem facere summae stultitiae est, to take parts against, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 16, 2:eae (res) contra nos ambae faciunt,
operate against us, id. Quint. 1, 1.—With verbs of saying, etc.:homo disertus non intellegit, eum quem contra dicit laudari a se?
Cic. Phil. 2, 8, 18; 2, 1, 2; 2, 21, 51; Sen. Ep. 15, 3, 70:epigramma quod contra quamdam Gelliam scripsit,
Lampr. Alex. Sev. 38:disputare contra deos, in two signif.: contra deum licet disputare liberius,
to accuse, reproach a god, Cic. N. D. 3, 31, 76; but: mala et impia consuetudo est contra deos disputandi, to reason against the gods, i. e. against their existence, id. ib. 2, 67, 168.—Predicatively, with esse (videri, etc.), against, injurious to, unfavorable, prejudicial, to one's disadvantage: ut [p. 456] ex senatusconsulto neque cujus intersit, neque contra quem sit intellegi possit, Cic. Mur. 32, 68; id. de Or. 3, 20, 75; 2, 74, 299; 2, 81, 330; id. Sull. 13, 39; Sen. Ben. 6, 31, 6:3.licentiam malis dare certe contra bonos est,
injurious to, Quint. 4, 2, 75:res contra nos est, of unfavorable chances in a lawsuit,
id. 4, 66, 1; 4, 2, 75; 5, 13, 32.—Often, contra aliquem = quod est contra aliquem, referring to indef. pronouns or adjectives:nihil contra me fecit odio mei = nihil quod esset contra me,
Cic. Har. Resp. 3, 5; id. Off. 3, 31, 112:quibus (temporibus) aliquid contra Caesarem Pompeio suaserim,
id. Phil. 2, 10, 24.—Added adverb. to the predicate, mostly referring to purpose, with hostile intent, for the purpose of some hostile act, in order to oppose, in opposition:4.Caesarine eam (provinciam) tradituri fuistis, an contra Caesarem retenturi?
or keep it against Caesar, Cic. Lig. 7, 23:sero enim resistimus ei quem per annos decem aluimus contra nos,
id. Att. 7, 5, 5:judicium illud pecunia esse temptatum non pro Cluentio, sed contra Cluentium,
id. Clu. 4, 9; id. Imp. Pomp. 17, 52; id. Ac. 2, 28, 92:cum quae facitis ejusmodi sint ut ea contra vosmet ipsos facere videamini,
id. Rosc. Am. 36, 104; Sen. Ep. 3, 7, 3: Curio se contra eum totum parat, i. e. to speak against him, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 8, 10; Caes. B. C. 1, 85 ter; Sen. Q. N. 1, 7, 1; Plin. 16, 39, 74, § 192; Plin. Pan. 41.—So with the force of a temporal clause:fidem meam quam essent contra Massam Baebium experti,
in the suit against, Plin. Ep. 3, 4, 4.—Dependent on adjectives (rare):5.contra se ipse misericors,
to his own injury, Phaedr. 4, 18, 3:severissimus judex contra fures,
Lampr. Alex. Sev. 28.—With nouns.a.Acc. to 1. b.:b.ut quam maximae contra Hannibalem copiae sint,
Cic. Inv. 1, 12, 17; cf. Vell. 2, 76, 3.—Acc. to 1. c. and 1. e.; so esp., oratio contra (cf.: oratio in).(α).Oratio contra (never in), of an address against the counsel of a party or against the prosecutor:(β).quid in omni oratione Crassus vel apud centumviros contra Scaevolam, vel contra accusatorem Brutum, cum pro Cn. Plancio diceret?
Cic. de Or. 2, 54, 220; cf.:Cato pro se contra Cassium = in oratione contra,
Gell. 10, 15, 3; so,haec perpetua defensio contra Scaevolam,
Cic. de Or. 2, 54, 221:orationem illam egregiam quam (Aeschines) in Ctesiphontem contra Demosthenem dixerat,
id. ib. 3, 56, 213.—Of an address against the party, either in judicial or political affairs:c.unam orationem contra Gracchum reliquit,
Cic. Brut. 26, 99:(Demosthenis) oratio contra Leptinem... contra Aeschinem falsae legationis,
id. Or. 31, 111; Gell. 10, 24, 10; 10, 18, 91; Cic. Brut. 46, 169; Quint. 12, 10, 61; Cic. de Or. 2, 11, 45; id. Brut. 44, 164; Gell. 13, 25 (24), 15; cf. Quint. 4, 3, 13; 11, 2, 25.—Acc. to 1. f.:C.contra patres concitatio et seditio,
Cic. Brut. 14, 56.—Of animals:contra volpium genus communibus inimicitiis,
Plin. 10, 76, 96, § 207.With inanimate and abstract objects.1.Directly dependent on verbs (cf. B. 1.).a.Of physical or moral exertion:b.cum fulmina contra Tot paribus streperet clipeis,
Verg. A. 10, 567:pugnandum tamquam contra morbum, sic contra senectutem,
Cic. Sen. 11, 35:contra verum niti,
Sall. J. 35, 8:contra fortunam luctari,
Sen. Ben. 7, 15, 2; id. Brev. Vit. 10, 1; id. Ep. 78, 15; 99, 32; cf. Cic. Off. 1, 31, 110.—Of warfare (lit. and trop.):c.bellum contra aras, focos, vitam fortunasque gerere,
Cic. Phil. 3, 1, 1:bellum gerimus... contra arma verbis,
id. Fam. 12, 22, 1.—So of logical contradictions:artificis autem est invenire in actione adversarii quae semet ipsa pugnent,
Quint. 5, 13, 30.—Of legal contention.(α).Of the actions of the counsel or prosecutor: dicere, or perorare, agere contra aliquid, to plead against, contest something:(β).contra argumenta, rumores, tabulas, quaestiones (opp. ab argumentis, etc.),
Auct. Her. 2, 6, 9 sqq.; Cic. de Or. 2, 27, 118:contra ratiocinationem,
id. Inv. 2, 50, 153: contra scriptum dicere, to contest, controvert a written law or a document, id. ib. 2, 47, 138; 2, 48, 143; id. Brut. 39, 145; Quint. 7, 7, 1:contra caput dicere,
to plead against life, Cic. Quint. 13, 44 (cf.:servum in caput domini interrogare,
Paul. Sent. 1, 1, 34; 5, 16, 5 and 8; 5, 46, 3): contra libertatem agere, Dig. 40, 12, 26.—Pregn.:contra rerum naturam, contraque consuetudinem hominum dicere (opp. contra nos dicere),
Cic. Rosc. Am. 15, 45.—Of judicial decisions contradicting documents, etc.:(γ).contra tabulas judicare,
Cic. de Or. 2, 70, 281:contra testamentum,
Dig. 2, 17, § 1:contra sententiam dicere,
ib. 49, 8, 1, § 2.—Admittere aliquem contra bona, to admit a petition for bonorum possessio (cf.:d.inmittere in bona),
Dig. 38, 2, 3, § 6.—Of antagonism in literary and ethical questions.(α).To contend that something is false:(β).dicere, disputare, disserere contra opinionem or sententiam,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 4, 8; 5, 19, 55; id. de Or. 3, 18, 67; id. Fin. 5, 4, 10; id. Ac. 2, 18, 60; Sen. Ira, 1, 3, 3; id. Ep. 87, 5; 102, 5 (cf.:in sententiam dicere,
in support of an opinion, Caes. B. G. 1, 45):contra sensus dicere,
Cic. Ac. 2, 31, 101:contra rhetoricen dicere,
Quint. 2, 17, 40.—Of criticism, hostility to principles, etc.:(γ).contra Iliadem et Odysseam scribere,
Vitr. 7, praef. 8:contra quorum disciplinam ingenium ejus exarserat,
Cic. Tusc. 5, 29, 83.—Ethically:e.contra voluptatem dicere,
that pleasure is a moral evil, Cic. Fin. 5, 8, 21:contra mortem loqui,
that death is no evil, Sen. Ep. 82, 7;in both senses: contra vitia, pericula, fortunam, ambitionem,
id. ib. 100, 10:contra fortunam gloriari,
that fortune has no power over him, Cic. Tusc. 5, 9, 26; Sen. Ep. 26, 5.—Of public and political acts and speeches:f.contra potentiam accusatorum dicere,
Cic. Brut. 44, 164:contra legem dicere or verba facere,
id. Imp. Pomp. 15, 53; Liv. 34, 8, 1:rogationem ferre contra coloniam ( = contra legem de colonia deducenda),
Cic. Clu. 51, 140; Auct. Her. 1, 17, 21; Plin. 8, 17, 24, § 64.—Of hostility, injury, wrongs, etc.(α).In gen.:(β).senatusconsulto quod contra dignitatem tuam fieret,
directed against, Cic. Fam. 12, 29, 2:contra rem publicam se commovere,
id. Cat. 1, 26; 1, 3, 7:incitari,
id. Sest. 47, 100:consilia inire,
id. Agr. 2, 3, 8:conjurationem facere,
Sall. C. 30, 6:contra salutem urbis incitari,
Cic. Cat. 3, 8, 20:cogitare aliquid contra salutem,
id. ib. 3, 9, 21: contra voluntatem or studium dicere, to oppose one's will in a speech:esse aliquem in civitate qui contra ejus (Chrysogoni) voluntatem dicere auderet,
id. Rosc. Am. 22, 60; id. Phil. 1, 11, 28; id. de Or. 3, 34, 138; id. Mur. 4, 10; Tac. H. 2, 91:ne quid contra aequitatem contendas, ne quid pro injuria,
do not array yourself against equity, Cic. Off. 2, 20, 71.— Trop.:quis non contra Marii arma, contra Suliae proscriptionem irascitur? ( = Mario propter arma, Sullae propter proscriptionem),
Sen. Ira, 2, 2, 3.—In partic.: facere contra aliquid (syn. adversus), to commit an offence against, to transgress, etc.:2.si quis ad Antonium profectus esset... senatus existimaturum eum contra rem publicam fecisse,
Cic. Phil. 8, 11, 33; id. Mil. 5, 13; 6, 14; id. Off. 3, 10, 43; 3, 25, 95; S. C. ap. Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 8, 6; Liv. 25, 4, 7; so,contra salutem rei publicae facere,
Cic. Dom. 38, 102:contra majestatem,
against the emperor, Dig. 48, 4, 5:contra leges,
Cic. Dom. 18, 48; id. Vatin. 7, 18; id. Fin. 2, 17, 55; id. Mur. 32, 67; id. de Or. 3, 19, 70; cf. id. Clu. 34, 92; id. Mur. 32, 68; id. Dom. 14, 38; id. Phil. 10, 6, 13; Gai Inst. 4, 121:contra edictum (praetoris),
Cic. Verr 2, 3, 10, § 25; Dig. 39, 1, 20, § 1:contra foedus,
Cic. Balb. 6, 16:contra jusjurandum ac fidem,
id. Off. 3, 10, 43; id. Lael. 3, 30, 74; id. Verr. 2, 3, 3, § 7; Prop. 3, 30, 44 (2, 32, 44).—And ironically:tune contra Caesaris nutum (sc. facies)?
Cic. Att. 14, 10, 1.—Rarely contra ea facere = contra facere, adverb. (cf. I. B. 8. and II. E. 1. b.):corpus in civitatem inferri non licet... et qui contra ea fecerit, extra ordinem punitur,
Paul. Sent. 1, 21, 2; 1, 21, 12.—Predicatively with esse (usu. impers.), in violation of, in conflict with, contrary to (cf. 3. g).(α).With esse expressed as the predicate:(β).hominem hominis incommodo suum augere commodum magis est contra naturam quam mors,
Cic. Off. 3, 5, 21; id. Fin. 3, 9, 31; id. N. D. 3, 13, 33; Sen. Ep. 5, 4; Plin. 7, 8, 6, § 45:contra leges or legem est,
Cic. Pis. 13, 30; id. Mur. 32, 67:contra officium est,
id. Off. 3, 10, 43; 1, 10, 32; 1, 6, 19; cf. id. Lael. 11, 39; id. Off. 3, 15, 63; Liv. 6, 40, 5; Sen. Q. N. 2, 37, 2; Gai Inst. 3, 157; Dig. 30, 1, 112, § 3; 16, 3, 1, § 7.—With ellipsis of object (naturam), Cic. Fin. 5, 29, 89; cf.:adeo res ista non habet ullam moram quae contra causas ignium sit,
unfavorable to the formation of fire, Sen. Q. N. 2, 26, 7.—With verbal predicate, referring to an indef. pron. or adj., with esse understood:(γ).scis hunc... nihil umquam contra rem tuam cogitasse ( = nihil quod contra rem tuam esset),
Cic. Rosc. Am. 50, 147; id. Mil. 5, 13:aliquid contra animum audiendi,
something against our liking, Sen. Const. 19, 2.—So mostly with facere:si quid Socrates aut Aristippus contra morem consuetudinemque fecerint,
Cic. Off. 1, 41, 148; id. Att. 3, 23, 2; 2, 22, 2; id. Off. 3, 15, 63; Sall. C. 15, 1; Dig. 8, 2, 11; 8, 2, 17; 35, 1, 79, § 2. —Contra officium, substantively, = id quod contra officium est:3.Sic inter recte factum atque peccatum, officium et contra officium, media locabat quaedam,
Cic. Ac. 1, 10, 37.—Adverbially with the predicate.(α).In order to oppose, in opposition to, with hostile intent (cf. B. 3.):(β).eidem illam proscriptionem capitis mei contra salutem rei publicae rogatam esse dicebant,
that the proposal of the law was an attack on the republic, Cic. Prov. Cons. 19, 45; id. Rab. Perd. 12, 35; id. Phil. 10, 10, 22:imperator contra postulata Bocchi nuntios mittit,
to reply to the demands, Sall. J. 83, 3; 25, 6; so,advocare contra,
Sen. Cons. Polyb. 12, 4; id. Ep. 15, 2, 52:si contra mortem te praeparaveris,
to meet death, id. ib. 11, 3, 8.—With the force of a clause of manner, injuriously to, etc.:(γ).quibus contra valetudinis commodum laborandum est,
Cic. Mur. 23, 47; Suet. Aug. 78:contra hominis salutem,
with danger to a man's life, Cod. Just. 7, 62, 29.—In gen., of conflict with some rule or principle, contrary to, in violation of, without regard to ( = ita ut contra sit; cf. 2. supra; very freq. from the class. period;4.syn. adversus): ceperitne pecunias contra leges P. Decius,
Cic. de Or. 2, 31, 136; id. Verr. 2, 1, 4, § 10; id. Fl. 34, 86:pecuniam contra leges auferre,
id. Verr. 1, 18, 56; 2, 1, 10, § 27; 2, 5, 18, § 46; id. Har. Resp. 26, 56:contra legem,
id. Rab. Perd. 3, 8; id. Dom. 16, 41:contra jus fasque,
id. Har. Resp. 16, 34; id. Quint. 6, 28:contra jus,
Liv. 5, 4, 14; id. Dom. 13, 55; id. Verr. 2, 5, 13, § 34:contra jus gentium,
Liv. 4, 32, 5; 9, 10, 10; 21, 25, 7; 5, 36, 6;6, 1, 6: contra juris rigorem,
Dig. 40, 5, 24, § 10 et saep.:contra testimonium aliquid judicare,
without regard to, Cic. Brut. 31, 117:aliquid contra verecundiam disputare,
contrary to the rules of decency, id. Off. 1, 35, 128:aliquid contra fidem constituere,
Quint. 5, 13, 34:quae majores nostri contra lubidinem animi sui recte atque ordine fecere,
contrary to the dictates of passion, Sall. C. 51, 4; id. J. 33, 1; cf. of logical opposition, II. E. 2. infra.—Dependent on substt.a.Of physical strife:b.scit ille imparem sibi luctatum contra nexus (draconis),
Plin. 8, 12, 12, § 33. —Of warfare:c.imperatorum copia contra tuum furorem,
Cic. Mur. 39, 83:Parthorum gloria contra nomen Romanum,
Liv. 9, 18, 6: in castris perditorum contra patriam, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 23, 6.—Of legal contention:d.causa contra scriptum,
Cic. Inv. 2, 46, 135.—Of political speaking:e.divina M. Tullii eloquentia contra leges agrarias,
Quint. 2, 16, 7; 9, 3, 50; Gell. 18, 7, 7.—Of literary opposition:f.Caesaris vituperatio contra laudationem meam,
Cic. Att. 12, 40, 1.—Of hostility, etc.:g.cujus factum, inceptum, conatumve contra patriam,
Cic. Cat. 2, 12, 27:ullum factum dictumve nostrum contra utilitatem vestram,
Liv. 6, 40, 5.—Of injury:h.vitae cupiditas contra rem publicam,
Cic. Planc. 37, 90: contra serpentes venenum, fatal to serpents, or as a defence against serpents, Plin. 7, 2, 2, § 15.—Of violation, disregard, etc. (cf. 3. g):5.iter contra senatus auctoritatem,
Cic. Phil. 2, 19, 48:contra consuetudinem somnium,
Plin. 10, 77, 98, § 211:bonorum possessio contra tabulas,
Dig. 37, 4, 3, § 13; Gai Inst. 3, 41.—Dependent on adjectives (very rare; cf.D.II. D. 2. c. infra): contraque patris impii regnum impotens, avum resolvam,
Sen. Herc. Fur. 966.Of defence, protection, and resistance (syn.: adversus, ab).1.Against persons.a.Dependent on verbs:b.cum populus Romanus suam auctoritatem vel contra omnes qui dissentiunt possit defendere,
Cic. Imp. Pomp. 22, 63: si ego consul rem publicam [p. 457] contra te et gregales tuos defendissem, id. Sest. 52, 111; 22, 49; 8, 20; id. Fam. 11, 27, 7; id. Phil. 2, 18, 45:contra quem multum omnes boni providerunt,
provided a great defence, id. Mur. 38, 81: formula qua utitur patronus contra libertum qui eum in jus vocat, as a defence against, Gai Inst. 4, 46. —And of protection of plants against injurious animals:contra haec animalia proderit, si, etc.,
Pall. 10, 3, 2.—Dependent on adjectives, mostly participial:2.paratus contra,
Cic. Mil. 21, 56:nihil satis firmum contra Metellum,
Sall. J. 80, 1:contra potentes nemo est munitus satis,
Phaedr. 2, 6, 1.—Against inanimate and abstract things.a.Dependent on verbs:b.contra avium morsus munitur vallo aristarum,
Cic. Sen. 15, 51:propugnaculum, quo contra omnes meos impetus usurum se putat,
id. Verr. 2, 3, 16, § 40; 2, 5, 39, § 102:publicam causam contra vim armatam suscipere,
id. Dom. 34, 91; id. Quint. 30, 94; id. Leg. 3, 3, 9:contra tantas difficultates providere,
Sall. J. 90, 1; 76, 4; so,contra ea,
id. ib. 57, 5:patricii vi contra vim resistunt,
Liv. 3, 13, 4; Plin. 14, 2, 4, § 28; Tac. Agr. 45; Sen. Prov. 4, 12; id. Const. 5, 4.—Dependent on substt.:c.suffragia contra oppugnationem vestrae majestatis,
Cic. Rab. Perd. 12, 35:defensio contra vim,
id. Mil. 5, 14:patronus justitiae fuit contra orationem Phili,
id. Lael. 7, 25; Plin. 29, 2, 9, § 30; 14, 3, 4, § 40:contra labores patientia,
id. 23, 1, 22, § 37.—Dependent on adjectives (in Cic. freq. with P. a. predicatively used; otherwise very rare;3.in later prose freq.): nec est quidquam Cilicia contra Syriam munitius,
against an attack from the side of Syria, Cic. Fam. 14, 4, 4:ut nullius res tuta, nullius domus clausa, nullius vita saepta, nullius pudicitia munita contra tuam cupiditatem posset esse,
id. Verr. 2, 5, 15, § 39; id. Fin. 1, 16, 51; id. Mil. 25, 67; id. Tusc. 5, 8, 19; 5, 27, 76:vir contra audaciam firmissimus,
id. Rosc. Am. 30, 85; Sall. J. 33, 2; 28, 5:fortis contra dolorem,
Sen. Ep. 98, 18; Quint. 12, 1, 10:callosus,
Plin. 11, 37, 54, § 147; 14, 2, 4, § 23:far contra hiemes firmissimum,
id. 18, 8, 19, § 83:equus tenax contra vincula,
Ov. Am. 3, 4, 13:contraque minantia fata pervigil,
Claud. I. Cons. Stil. 1, 284.—Of remedies against sickness and its causes, poison, etc.; so only in Plin.; in Pall. only of preventives and of protection against hurtful animals, and against mental perturbations in gen.; cf. infra (syn. ad in Cat., Cic., Cels., Col.; adversus only in Celsus, who also has in with abl.).(α).Dependent on verbs:(β).cujus et vinum et uva contra serpentium ictus medetur,
Plin. 14, 18, 22, § 117; 7, 2, 2, § 13:prodest et contra suspiria et tussim,
id. 20, 13, 50, § 128:valet potum contra venena,
id. 28, 7, 21, § 74; 29, 4, 22, § 71; 29, 4, 26, § 81; 28, 8, 27, § 98; 16, 37, 71, § 180; 35, 6, 14, § 34; 28, 6, 18, §§ 65-67.—Dependent on substt.:(γ).remedium contra morsus,
Plin. 8, 32, 50, § 118; 10, 59, 79, § 163:contra venena esse omnia remedio,
id. 16, 44, 95, § 251; 17, 24, 37, § 240; 7, 1, 1, § 4.—Dependent on adjectives:(δ).vinum quod salutare contra pestilentiam sit,
Pall. 11, 14, 17.—Appositively, as a remedy:E.cujus lacteum succum miris laudibus celebrat... contra serpentes et venena,
Plin. 5, 1, 1, § 16; 29, 4, 26, § 83. —So of remedies against affections:Tiberium tonante caelo coronari ea (lauro) solitum ferunt contra fulminum metus,
Plin. 15, 30, 40, § 135; cf. Sen. Ira, 2, 21, 1; id. Tranq. 5. 1.Of logical opposition.1.With a neuter demonstrative (contra ea, contra haec, contra quae, quod contra = contra, adv.).a.The contrary, the reverse (very rare; cf.b.I. D. 1.): sed mihi contra ea videtur,
but to me the contrary seems true, Sall. J. 85, 1:omnia quae contra haec sunt, omnia quae contra sunt,
and vice versa, Quint. 5, 10, 90. —Contra ea, on the contrary, in logical antithesis (not in Cic. and Sall.; once in Caes. and Quint.; several times in Liv. and Nep.; cf.: contra ea, in other uses, II. A. 2. e. a, II. D. 2. a., II. A. 3. d., II. C. 1. f.):c.omnes arderent cupiditate pugnandi... contra ea Caesar... spatiumque interponendum... putabat ( = at contra),
but Caesar on the contrary, Caes. B. C. 3, 74: superbe ab Samnitibus... legati prohibiti commercio sunt;contra ea benigne ab Siculorum tyrannis adjuti,
Liv. 4, 52, 6; 2, 60, 1; 21, 20, 6;44, 43, 5: pater... Thracem me genuit, contra ea mater Atheniensem,
Nep. Iphicr. 3, 4; id. praef. 6; id. Alcib. 8, 1.—And after a question, with immo (cf. I. E. 5. b.):an infirmissimi omnium... (sumus)? Immo contra ea vel viribus nostris, vel, etc., tuti (sumus),
Liv. 41, 24, 8.—Quod contra, by anastrophe (v. F. 1.), contrary to which, whereas, while on the contrary (only once in Lucr. and three times in Cic.):2.illud in his rebus vereor ne forte rearis, Inpia te rationis inire elementa viamque indugredi sceleris: quod contra saepius illa Religio peperit scelerosa atque impia facta,
whereas on the contrary, Lucr. 1, 81:cujus a me corpus crematum est, quod contra decuit ab illo meum (sc. cremari),
Cic. Sen. 23, 84:quod contra oportebat delicto dolere, correctione gaudere,
id. Lael. 24, 90 (B. and K. place a comma after oportebat; cf.Nauck ad loc.): reliquum est ut eum nemo judicio defenderit: quod contra copiosissime defensum esse contendi,
id. Quint. 28, 87 (many consider contra in all these passages as an adverb; cf. Hand, Turs. II. p. 121 sq.; some explain quod as an ancient ablative, = qua re;v. Ritschl,
Plaut. Exc. p. 57, Munro ad Lucr. 1, 82).—With an abstract noun, with the force of the adverb contra with ac or atque (I. F. 1.), contrary to, contrary to what, etc. (esp. in Sall., not in Cic.; cf. praeter): celeriter contraque omnium opinionem confecto itinere, contrary to the opinion ( = contra ac rati erant), Caes. B. G. 6, 30:F.contra opinionem Jugurthae ad Thalam perveniunt,
Sall. J. 75, 9; Hirt. B. G. 8, 40.—Contra spem either contrary to the opinion, or against the hope:Metellus contra spem suam laetissume excipitur ( = contra ac ratus, veritus est),
Sall. J. 88, 1; so,cetera contra spem salva invenit,
Liv. 9, 23, 17:contra spem omnium L. Furium optavit,
id. 6, 25, 5; Curt. 8, 4, 45;but: at Jugurtha contra spem nuntio accepto ( = contra ac speraverat),
Sall. J. 28, 1; Liv. 24, 45, 3:postquam... Jugurtha contra timorem animi praemia sceleris adeptum sese videt,
Sall. J. 20, 1:ipse in Numidiam procedit, ubi contra belli faciem tuguria plena hominumque... erant ( = contra ac in bello evenire solet),
id. ib. 46, 5:contra famam,
Plin. 13, 22, 43, § 126; 7, 53, 54, § 180:segniterque et contra industriam absconditae formicae,
slowly, and in a manner different from their usual activity, id. 18, 35, 88, § 364.—Of persons:frigidam potionem esse debere, contra priores auctores, Asclepiades confirmavit,
contrary to the opinion of the former physicians, Cels. 4, 26 (19).Sometimes by anastrophe after its noun.1.In prose, after relatives, esp. in Cic.:2.quos contra disputant,
Cic. Ac. 2, 15, 47:quem contra dicit,
id. Phil. 2, 8, 18 (v. II. B. 1. f.):quem contra veneris,
id. Mur. 4, 9:quas contra, praeter te, etc.,
id. Vatin. 7, 18:eos ipsos quos contra statuas,
id. Or. 10, 34:quos contra me senatus armavit,
id. Att. 10, 8, 8:quam contra multa locutus est,
Sen. Ep. 82, 7, Plin. Ep. 1, 23, 3; Claud. in Rufin. 1, 332; v. also E. 1. c. supra.—After other words ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):hunc igitur contra mittam contendere causam,
Lucr. 4, 471:dicere eos contra,
id. 4, 484:donique eum contra,
id. 5, 708:agmina contra,
Verg. A. 12, 279:magnum Alciden contra,
id. ib. 5, 414:Paridem contra,
id. ib. 5, 370:Italiam contra,
id. ib. 1, 13:deos contra,
Ov. P. 1, 1, 26:Messania moenia contra,
id. M. 14, 17:litora Calabriae contra,
Tac. A. 3, 1. -
6 contendo
con-tendo, di, tum, 3, v. a. and n., to stretch, stretch out vigorously, to draw tight, strain.I.Lit. (rare and mostly poet.):B.arcum,
Verg. A. 12, 815; Ov. M. 6, 286; id. R. Am. 435: tormenta, Sisen. ap. Non. p. 258, 27; Cic. Tusc. 2, 24, 57: muscipula, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 181, 31:tenacia vincla,
Verg. G. 4, 412:ilia risu,
Ov. A. A. 3, 285: pontem in alto, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 21 Müll. (Ann. v. 358 Vahl.):oculi contendunt se,
Lucr. 4, 810.— Of stringed instruments, to tune by stretching the strings:ut in fidibus pluribus, si nulla earum ita contenta nervis sit, ut concentum servare possit,
Cic. Fin. 4, 27, 75; cf. infra, P. a.—Meton.1.(Causa pro effectu.) Of weapons, to shoot, hurl, dart, throw:2.infensam hastam,
Verg. A. 10, 521:tela,
id. ib. 12, 815:sagittas nervo,
Sil. 1, 323:telum aërias in auras,
Verg. A. 5, 520. —Of places, neutr., to stretch, reach, extend:II.haec patulum vallis contendit in orbem,
Calp. Ecl. 7, 30:Cappadocum gens usque ad Cyrresticam ejus regionem parte suā, quae vocatur Cataonia, contendit,
Plin. 6, 8, 8, § 24.—Trop. (freq. in prose and poetry); act., to strain eagerly, to stretch, exert, to direct one's mental powers to something, to pursue or strive for earnestly; or neutr., to exert one's self, to strive zealously for something, etc.A.In gen.1.Act.(α).With acc.:(β).magnum fortasse onus, verum tamen dignum, in quo omnis nervos aetatis industriaeque meae contenderem,
Cic. Verr. 1, 12, 35; cf.:contendit omnis nervos Chrysippus, ut persuadeat, etc.,
id. Fat. 10, 21:summas vires de palmā,
Lucr. 4, 990:animum in curas,
Ov. P. 1, 5, 11:quo se dira libido,
Lucr. 4, 1043:tamen id sibi contendendum aut aliter non transducendum exercitum existimabat,
Caes. B. G. 4, 17; cf.:id contendere et laborare, ne ea, etc.,
id. ib. 1, 31; Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 21, § 52: et petere imperium populi et contendere honores, Varr. ap. Non. p. 259, 32.—With inf., to exert one's self vigorously to do something, to apply one's self with zeal to, to go to:2.hunc locum duabus ex partibus oppugnare contendit,
Caes. B. G. 5, 21:summā vi transcendere in hostium naves,
id. ib. 3, 15:fugā salutem petere,
id. ib. al.; Quint. 10, 1, 125:neque ego nunc hoc contendo... mutare animum, sed, etc.,
Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 13, § 38.—Neutr.:B.quantum coniti animo potes, quantum labore contendere... tantum fac ut efficias,
Cic. Off. 3, 2, 6.— With ut:quántum potero voce contendam, ut populus hoc Romanus exaudiat,
Cic. Lig. 3, 6; so,remis, ut eam partem insulae caperet,
Caes. B. G. 5, 8 et saep.:contende quaeso atque elabora, ut, etc.,
Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 14, § 42.— Absol.:vociferarer et, quantum maxime possem, contenderem,
Cic. Fl. 16, 38 al.:non possis oculo quantum contendere Lynceus (= collineare),
to aim at, Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 28.—In partic.,1.To direct or bend one's course eagerly somewhere; or, neutr., to strive to get to a place, to seek to arrive at, to go, march, or journey hastily to, etc.a.Act.(α).With acc. (very rare):(β).rectā plateā cursum suum,
Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 58:nocte unā tantum itineris,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 34, 97.—With inf. (freq.):b.Bibracte ire,
Caes. B. G. 1, 23; so,ire cum his legionibus,
id. ib. 1, 10:in Britanniam proficisci,
id. ib. 4, 20:in provinciam reverti,
id. ib. 3, 6 fin.:Dyrrhachium petere,
Cic. Planc. 41, 97; cf.:proxima litora petere cursu,
Verg. A. 1, 158; and:iter a Vibone Brundisium terrā petere,
Cic. Planc. 40, 96 Wund.—Neutr. (so most freq.):2.in Italiam magnis itineribus,
Caes. B. G. 1, 10; cf.:huc magnis itineribus,
id. ib. 1, 38 fin.:huc magno cursu,
id. ib. 3, 19:inde in Italiam,
id. ib. 1, 33:in fines Sigambrorum,
id. ib. 4, 18:in castra,
id. ib. 4, 37:ex eo loco ad flumen,
id. ib. 2, 9:ad Rhenum finesque Germanorum,
id. ib. 1, 27 fin.:ad oppidum Noviodunum,
id. ib. 2, 12:ad castra,
id. ib. 2, 19 fin.; 3, 24 fin.:ad hostes,
id. ib. 5, 9:ad Amanum,
Cic. Att. 5, 20, 3: Tarentum ad Heraclidem Ponticum, Varr. ap. Non. p. 260, 19:Lacedaemonem,
Nep. Cim. 3, 3:domum,
Caes. B. G. 2, 24 fin. et saep.:ad ultimum animo,
Cic. Mur. 31, 65; cf.:magna spectare atque ad ea rectis studiis contendere,
id. Off. 2, 13, 44:ad summam laudem gloriamque maximis laboribus et periculis,
id. Phil. 14, 12, 32:ad salutem,
Caes. B. G. 3, 3 fin. —( Neutr.) To measure or try one's strength with, with weapons, by words, in action, etc.; to strive, dispute, fight, contend against, vie with; constr. with cum aliquo, contra or adversus aliquem, the dat., inter se, or absol.(α).Cum aliquo:(β).neque post id tempus umquam summis nobiscum copiis hostes contenderunt,
Caes. B. G. 5, 17 fin.; 1, 36:cum Sequanis bello,
id. ib. 7, 67 fin.:cum eo armis,
Cic. Att. 7, 9, 2:cum magnis legionibus parvā manu,
Sall. C. 53, 3:cum barbaro,
Nep. Con. 4, 3:cum victore,
Hor. S. 1, 9, 42:mecum ingenio et arte,
Prop. 2 (3), 24, 23 al.:cum eo de principatu,
Nep. Arist. 1, 1; cf. id. Ages. 1, 4 al.:divitiis et sumptibus, non probitate neque industriā cum majoribus suis,
Sall. J. 4, 7:humilitas cum dignitate et amplitudine,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 47, 136.—So with acc. of neutr. pron.:tamenne vereris, ut possis haec contra Hortensium contendere?
Cic. Quint. 25, 78.—Contra aliquem:* (γ).contra populum Romanum armis,
Caes. B. G. 2, 13:tauri pro vitulis contra leones summā vi impetuque contendunt,
Cic. Fin. 3, 20, 66:contra vim gravitatemque morbi,
id. Phil. 9, 7, 15:nihil contra naturam universam,
id. Off. 1, 31, 110; Cat. 64, 101.—Adversus aliquem: non contendam ego adversus te, Anton. ap. Cic. Att. 14, 13, A, 2.—(δ).With dat. ( poet.):(ε).hirundo cycnis,
Lucr. 3, 6:Homero,
Prop. 1, 7, 3; 1, 14, 7:Pindaricis plectris,
Stat. S. 1, 3, 101.—Inter se:(ζ).hi cum tantopere de potentatu inter se multos annos contenderent,
Caes. B. G. 1, 31, 4; 1, 5, 3:viribus inter se,
Lucr. 3, 784.— Impers.:interim proelio equestri inter duas acies contendebatur,
the contest was carried on, Caes. B. G. 2, 9.—Absol.:* b.proelio,
Caes. B. G. 1, 48; 1, 50 fin.;3, 28 al.: magis virtute quam dolo,
id. ib. 1, 13; Nep. Epam. 2, 5:translatio non habet quaestionem, de quā contendit orator, sed propter quam contendit,
Quint. 3, 6, 72; cf. id. 6, 1, 50; 7, 9, 3 al.— Impers.:summo jure contenditur,
Cic. Caecin. 23, 65:de his lite contenditur,
Quint. 3, 4, 8:de personis judicatur, sed de rebus contenditur,
id. 10, 5, 13.—In auctions, to vie with in bidding, to bid against: is liceri non destitit;3.illi quoad videbatur ferri aliquo modo posse, contenderunt,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 42, § 99.—( Act.) To place together in comparison, to compare, contrast; constr. with cum, ad, the dat., or acc. only.(α).With cum: tuam iram contra cum ira Liberi, Naev. ap. Non. p. 259, 7; Caecil. ib. p. 259, 1:* (β).id cum defensione nostrā,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 33, 93:rationem meam cum tuā ratione,
id. N. D. 3, 4, 10; Tac. A. 4, 32 al.: suam vitam mecum, Licinius, Macer. ap. Non. p. 259, 3.—With ad: ut vim contendas tuam ad majestatem viri, Att. ap. Non. p. 259, 5 (Trag. Rel. v. 648 Rib.).—(γ).With dat.: Thestiadas Ledae, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 258, 30:(δ).vellera potantia Aquinatem fucum Sidonio ostro,
Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 26; Aus. Grat. Act. 14 al.—With [p. 447] acc. only: anulum, Plaut. Fragm. ap. Non. p. 258, 29:4.ipsas causas, quae inter se confligunt,
Cic. Cat. 2, 11, 25:leges,
id. Inv. 2, 49, 145:suam quaeque nobilitatem, formam, opes,
Tac. A. 12, 1:vetera et praesentia,
id. ib. 13, 3.—( Act.) To demand, ask, solicit, entreat, beg earnestly, to seek to gain:5.cum a me peteret et summe contenderet, ut suum propinquum defenderem,
Cic. Quint. 24, 77:verecundius a te, si quae magna res mihi petenda esset, contenderem,
id. Fam. 2, 6, 1; so,ab aliquo,
id. Verr. 2, 2, 53, § 131; id. de Or. 1, 36, 166; id. Rosc. Am. 1, 4; id. Fam. 13, 7, 3; cf.:a magistris de proferendo die,
id. ib. 12, 30, 5; id. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 5, § 15:ne quid contra aequitatem,
id. Off. 2, 20, 71:omni opere, ut, etc.,
Suet. Dom. 2:magno opere, ne, etc.,
id. Aug. 27; id. Vit. 3:pertinaciter,
id. Caes. 1.—( Act.) To assert, affirm earnestly, to maintain or contend energetically.(α).With acc. and inf.:(β).sic ego hoc contendo, me tibi ipsi adversario cujuscumque tribus rationem poposceris redditurum,
Cic. Planc. 19, 48; id. Sest. 50, 107; id. Arch. 7, 15:apud eos contendit falsa esse delata,
Nep. Them. 7, 2; id. Epam. 8, 1:illud pro me majoribusque meis contendere ausim, nihil nos... scientes fuisse,
Liv. 6, 40, 5; Quint. prooem. § 11; 1, 2, 25; Suet. Calig. 15; id. Dom. 6; Lucr. 5, 1343; Cat. 44, 4; Ov. M. 2, 855; Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 37 al.—Absol. (very rare):A.si manantia corpuscula iter claudunt, ut Asclepiades contendit,
Cels. 1, praef. § 28.—Hence, contentus, a, um, P. a.Lit., stretched, strained, tense, tight:B.qui jam contento, jam laxo fune laborat,
Hor. S. 2, 7, 20:acies oculorum,
Lucr. 1, 325; cf.:contentis oculis prosequi aliquem,
Suet. Tib. 7:contentis corporibus facilius feruntur onera (opp. remissa),
Cic. Tusc. 2, 23, 54; cf.:contentā cervice trahunt plaustra (boves),
Verg. G. 3, 536:Placideiani contento poplite miror Proelia,
with the knee stiffly bent, Hor. S. 2, 7, 97.—Trop., eager, intent:contenta mens fuit in eā ratione,
Lucr. 4, 965; cf. Ov. M. 15, 515:et contentā voce atrociter dicere et summissā leniter,
Cic. Or. 17, 56:ad tribunatum contento studio cursuque veniamus,
id. Sest. 6, 13.— Sup.:contentissimā voce clamitans,
App. M. 4, p. 147.— Adv.: con-tentē, earnestly, with great exertion, vehemently:pro se dicere... mittere contentius,
Cic. Tusc. 2, 24, 57; cf.:acriter atque contente pro suis decretis propugnare,
Gell. 18, 1, 2:contentissime clamitare, App. Flor. n. 8: contentius ambulare,
Cic. Tusc. 5, 34, 97:ornamentis iisdem uti fere licebit, alias contentius, alias summissius,
id. de Or. 3, 55, 212:aliquid curiose atque contente lectitare,
Gell. 3, 3, 1. -
7 contendo
con-tendo, tendī, tentum, ere, anspannen, I) eig.: a) übh.: muscipula, aufstellen, Lucil. fr.: tenacia vincla, Verg.: arcum, spannen, Verg. u.a.: ballistas lapidum et reliqua tormenta telorum c. atque adducere vehementer, Cic. – c. oculos, Comic. inc. fr.: sua perpetuo c. ilia risu, ausdehnen, Ov.: u. so membrum in diversa (nach verschiedenen Richtungen hin), Cels. – b) prägn.: α) ein Saiten-instrument anspannend stimmen, ut in fidibus plurimis si nulla earum ita contenta nervis sit, ut concentum servare possit, omnes aeque incontentae sint, sic etc., Cic. de fin. 4, 75. – β) ein Geschoß mit straff angezogenem Bogen od. Arme auf den Gegner hinrichten, zielen, arcu contenta parato tela tenens, Verg.: contenta tela (Ggstz. languida), Lucan.: sagittas c. nervo, Sil.: nervo equino c. telum, Verg. – aërias telum (Pfeil) c. in auras, Verg.: Mago (auf M.) procul infensam c. hastam, Verg. – γ) eine Brücke schlagen, Hellesponto pontem in alto, Enn. ann. 371.
II) übtr.: A) im allg.: seine körperl. od. geistigen Kräfte od. sich anspannen, d.i. anstrengen 1) die Körperkräfte, a) übh.: α) tr.: c. summas vires de palma (um den (Siegespreis, v. Rosse), Lucr.: c. se (v. den Augen), Lucr. – β) intr. contendere = sich anstrengen, seine Kräfte aufbieten, gew. m. Abl. (mit), voce, Cels.: lateribus aut clamore, Cic.: multis funibus, Caes.: vi, Gewalt anwenden, es (den Übergang) erzwingen, Caes.: u. m. allg. Acc., quantum coniti animo potes, quantum labore contendere, si discendi labor (eine körperliche Anstrengung) est potius, quam voluptas, tantum fac ut efficias, Cic. – mit folg. ut u. Konj., qui stadium currit, eniti et contendere debet quam maxime possit, ut vincat, Cic.: quantum potero voce contendam, ut populus hoc Romanus exaudiat, Cic.: remis contendit, ut eam partem insulae caperet, quā etc., Caes. – m. folg. Infin., fugā salutem petere contenderunt, Caes.: hunc (locum) duabus ex partibus oppugnare contendit, Caes.: vide ne, dum ad cacumen pervenire contendis, cum ipsis ramis, quos comprehenderis, decĭdas, Curt.
b) sich anstrengen, einen Weg, Marsch wohin auszuführen, m. allg. Acc. der Wegstrecke, nocte unā tantum itineris, Cic. Rosc. Am. 97: tandem, si operae est, contendite viam, macht euch auf den Weg, Symm. ep. 1, 8 in. – m. Acc. der Tätigkeit, rectā plateā c. cursum huc suom, Plaut. cist. 534. – m. Ang. des Ziels der Tätigkeit im Infin., sich beeilen, Bibracte ire contendit, Caes.: in Britanniam proficisci contendit, Caes.: proxima litora cursu contendunt petere, Verg.: iter a Vibone Brundisium terrā (zu L.) petere contendi, Cic. – m. Ang. des Ortszieles wohin? durch Advv., od. durch Praepp., od. durch bl. Acc. loc., wohin schleunigst aufbrechen, -reisen, -mar schieren, -rücken (vorrücken), wohin eilen, quo contenderat, pervenit, Nep.: u. (im Bilde) si potuissemus, quo contendimus, pervenire, Cic.: huc magno cursu contenderunt, Caes.: in Italiam magnis itineribus, Caes.: ad Rhenum finesque Germanorum, Caes.: inde ad Amanum, Cic.: ad hostes, ad hostium castra, Caes.: per Armeniam in hostes, Aur. Vict.: per fines Haeduorum in Lingones, Caes.: Lacedaemonem, Nep.: equo admisso Teanum, Val. Max.: Tarentum ad Heraclidem Ponticum, Varr. fr.: domum, Caes.
2) die Geisteskräfte usw. anstrengen, a) übh.: α) tr.: quo se contendit dira lubido, Lucr.: c. animum tales in curas, Ov. – m. in u. Abl., onus dignum, in quo omnes nervos aetatis industriaeque meae contenderem, Cic. – mit folg. ut od. ne u. Konj., contendit omnes nervos Chrysippus, ut persuadeat etc., Cic.: ut omnes tuos nervos in eo contendas, ne quid mihi ad hanc provinciam... temporis prorogetur, Cic. – β) intr. contendere, sich anstrengen, Anstrengungen machen, seine Kräfte aufbieten, etw. erstreben, auf etw. hinarbeiten, nach etw. ringen, absol., et illos quidem contendere, eniti; hos quiescere, remitti, Plin. ep.: c. dolis et fallaciis (Ggstz. verā viā niti), Sall. – m. allg. Acc., id sibi contendendum... existimabat, Caes.: quod plurimis locis perorationes nostrae voluisse nos atque animo contendisse declarant, Cic.: tantum contendere in re publica, quantum probare civibus tuis possis, Cic.: eadem c. (gleiche Anstr. machen) in tribunatu, Cic. – m. folg. ut od. ne u. Konj., seine Kräfte aufbieten, dahin streben, darauf hinarbeiten, ob eam causam contendi, ut plura dicerem, Cic.: contende quaeso atque elabora, non modo ut... sed etiam ut etc., Cic.: cupidissime c., ut etc., Cic.: contendebat, ne a rebus gestis eius decederet, Iustin. – durch Infin., omnibus precibus petere contendit, ut etc., Caes. – m. ad u. Akk., losstreben auf usw., eifrig streben, -ringen nach usw., ad salutem, Caes.: ad victoriam, Auct. b. Hisp.: maximis laboribus et periculis ad summam laudem gloriamque, Cic.: ad ultimum animo, Cic.: ad ea rectis studiis, Cic.
b) sich anstrengen, etw. zu erlangen, auf etw. bestehen, auf etw. dringen, etwas dringend verlangen, dringend um etw. anliegen, α) absol.: a quo facile, si contenderis, impetrare possis, ut etc., Q. Cic.: cum illi pertinaciter contenderent (darauf bestanden), Suet. – β) mit Acc.: c. honores, Varr. fr.: neque ego nunc hoc contendo...; sed te illud admoneo, ut etc., Cic. – hoc a te ita contendo, ut in eo fortunas meas positas putem, ich dringe in dieser Beziehung so ernstlich in dich, weil ich glaube, daß usw., Cic.: non erat causa, cur hoc tempore aliquid a te contenderem, Cic.: nihil ab ipso invito contendere, Cic. – propter magnitudinem potestatis hic magistratus a populo summā ambitione contenditur etc., Cic. – γ) mit de u. Abl.: ab alqo valde de reditu in gratiam, Cic.: a magistris de proferendo die, Cic.: unum instare de indutiis vehementissimeque contendere, Caes. – δ) m. folg. ut od. ne u. Konj., m. vorhergeh. allg. Acc. Pron. u. ohne diesen: non minus se id contendere et laborare, ne ea, quae dixissent, enuntiarentur, quam uti ea, quae vellent, impetrarent, Caes.: contendunt, ut ipsis summa imperii tradatur, Caes.: gratiā contendimus et rogando, ut istis te molestiis laxes, Luccei. in Cic. ep.: contendit a Pythio ut venderet, dringt in P., Cic.: vehementer ab alqo c., ut etc., Cic.: plurimis verbis ab alqo c., ut etc., Cic.: omni studio ab aliquo c., ut etc., Cic.: ab alqo petere et summe c., ut etc., Cic.: omni opere c., ut etc., Suet.: a militibus c., ne etc., Caes.: magno opere, ne etc., Suet. – ε) mit folg. Infin. nach vorhergeh. allg. Acc. Pron.: neque ego nunc hoc contendo, quod fortasse... iam in nostra aetate difficile est, mutare animum, sed etc., Cic. ad Q. fr. 1, 1, 13. § 38. – ζ) m. folg. Acc. u. Infin.: qui a Caesare dimittendos (esse) exercitus contendebant, Vell. 2, 48, 1.
c) sich anstrengen, eine Behauptung durchzusetzen, auf etw. bestehen, etw. fest behaupten, fest versichern, fest erklären, m. folg. Acc. u. Infin., bei vorhergeh. allg. Acc. u. ohne diesen, sic ego hoc contendo, me tibi ipsi adversario cuiuscumque tribus rationem poposceris redditurum, Cic.: vociferarer et quantum maxime possem contenderem... totius testimonii fictam audaciam manifesto comprehensam atque oppressam esse, Cic.: contendentes numquam eam urbem fuisse ex Triphylia, Liv.: cum M. Cato moriendum ante, quam ullam condicionem civis accipiendam rei publicae contenderet, Vell.: ausim contendere nullum te melius, aeque bene vix unum aut alterum collocasse, Plin. ep. – m. apud u. Akk., apud eos contendit falsa esse delata, Nep. Them. 7, 2. – m. pro u. Abl., illud alterum pro me maioribusque meis contendere ausim, nihil nos, quod incommodum plebi esset, scientes fecisse, Liv. 6, 40, 5. – in der Parenthese ganz absol., ut Asclepiades contendit, Cels. 1. praef. p. 3, 28 D.
3) (als v. intr.) sich ausdehnen, sich erstrecken, von Ortl. usw., haec patulum vallis contendit in orbem, Calp. ecl. 7, 30 (al. concedit): Cappadocum gens usque ad Cyrresticam eius regionem parte suā, quae vocatur Cataonia, contendit, Plin. 6, 24.
B) insbes., einem andern gegenüber sich anstrengen, 1) intr. od. mit allg. Acc. = als Gegner sich jmdm. gegenüber anstrengen obzusiegen, mit jmd. sich messen, sich in einen Streit (Wettstreit) einlassen, anbinden, streiten (sich herumstreiten), kämpfen, gegen jmd. od. etw. ankämpfen, bei Ang. womit? mit Abl.; bei Ang. mit wem? m. cum u. Abl., od. m. inter u. Akk., od. poet. m. bl. Dat.; bei Ang.gegen wen? mit contra od. adversus u. Akk.; bei Ang. wofür? m. pro u. Abl.; bei Ang. worüber? m. de u. Abl.; bei Ang. weswegen? m. propter u. Akk., a) v. eig. Kampfe, inimicā mente, Nep.: magis virtute quam dolo, Caes.: proelio, Caes. – cum barbaro, Nep.: cum victore, Hor. u. Caes., v. Gladiator, Plin. ep.: proelio uno cum Latino Volscoque, Liv.: parvulis proeliis cum nostris, Caes.: semel atque iterum armis cum alqo, Caes.: summis copiis cum alqo, Caes.: cum magnis legionibus parvā manu, Sall.: cum Sequanis bello, Caes.: u. (unpers.) proelio equestri inter duas acies contendebatur, Caes. – c. contra alcis copias, Auct. b. Afr.: contra Paridem, Verg.: contra populum Rom. armis, Caes.: contra saevum monstrum, Catull. – se didicisse adversus vires hostium, non adversus calamitates contendere, Iustin. – c. pro vitulis contra leones (v. Stieren), Cic. – c. de regno aequo Marte, Curt. – b) v. Wettkampfe im Ringen, Laufen usw., quoad stans complecti posset atque contendere, Nep. – inter coaequales c. aut equo aut cursu aut viribus, Iustin. – c. rapido cursu, Verg.: cum alqo c. pedibus, Ov. – poet. m. Dat. (s. Passerat. Prop. 1, 7, 3), quid enim contendat hirundo cygnis? Lucr.: c. Homero, Prop.: c. Latio, Claud. – c) v. polit. Wettkampf, Kampf, c. cum alqo od. inter se de principatu, Nep. u. Caes.: cum alqo de honore regni, Nep.: de potentatu inter se multos annos, Caes.: gratiā cum libenter pro homine sibi coniunctissimo, tum acriter contra factionem et potentiam paucorum, Hirt. b. G. – d) v. Kampfe mit Worten usw., sich messen, sich streiten, sich herumstreiten, rechten, es durchzusetzen suchen, cum Libone de mittendis legatis contendisse, Caes.: quodsi duriorem te eius miserae et afflictae fortunae praebes, non contendam ego adversus te, Anton. in Cic. ep.: m. allg. Acc. zur Ang. worüber? nec cum Appio, transactā re, quod contenderent (worüber sie Streit anfangen konnten) fuit, Liv. – bes. gerichtlich, c. inimicissime atque infestissime, Cic.: vulgari et pervagatā declamatione, Cic.: u. (unpers.) si contra verbis et litteris et, ut dici solet, summo iure contenditur, Cic. – c. cum alqo iurgio, Cic.: cum alqo interdicto, Cic.: cum alqo sacramento, s. sacrāmentum. – translatio non habet quaestionem, de qua contendit orator, sed propter quam contendit, Quint. – c. de bonis alcis, Val. Max.: u. (unpers.) de his lite contenditur, Quint. – cum improbissimis heredibus de paternis bonis c. apud centum viros, Val. Max. – m. allg. Acc. zur Ang. worin? tamenne vereris, ut possis haec contra Hortensium contendere? dich auch darin mit H. messen? Cic. Quinct. 78. – e) v. Wetteifer im Bieten, wetteifern, um die Wette bieten, is liceri non destitit; illi, quoad videbatur ferri aliquo modo posse, contenderunt, Cic. Verr. 3, 99. – f) von jedem Sich-Messen mit phys. od. geistigen Kräften, neque inter se contendant viribus (animae), Lucr.: c. contra vim gravitatemque morbi, Cic.: patĕre igitur rationem meam cum tua ratione contendere (sich messen), Cic.: quis enim erat qui non videret humilitatem cum dignitate et amplitudine contendere? Cic. – m. allg. Acc., sic enim est faciendum, ut contra universam naturam nihil contendamus, in keiner Sache ankämpfen, Cic.
2) zwei Dinge miteinander od. eine Sache mit einer andern zur Vergleichung sich messen lassen, vergleichen, ipsas causas, quae inter se confligunt, Cic.: leges, Cic.: vetera et praesentia, Tac. – m. cum u. Abl., quicquid tu contra dixeris, id cum defensione nostra contendito; ita facillime causa Sex. Roscii cum tua conferetur, Cic.: vitam suam Atticam cum istac rusticana, Caecil. com. fr.: annales nostros cum scriptura eorum, qui etc., Tac. – mit ad (an, gegen) u. Akk., vim suam ad maiestatem viri, Acc. tr. 648. – poet. m. bl. Dat. (wem? = mit), Aquinatem fucum Sidonio ostro, Hor.: se Frontoni, Auson.
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8 contendo
con-tendo, tendī, tentum, ere, anspannen, I) eig.: a) übh.: muscipula, aufstellen, Lucil. fr.: tenacia vincla, Verg.: arcum, spannen, Verg. u.a.: ballistas lapidum et reliqua tormenta telorum c. atque adducere vehementer, Cic. – c. oculos, Comic. inc. fr.: sua perpetuo c. ilia risu, ausdehnen, Ov.: u. so membrum in diversa (nach verschiedenen Richtungen hin), Cels. – b) prägn.: α) ein Saiten-instrument anspannend stimmen, ut in fidibus plurimis si nulla earum ita contenta nervis sit, ut concentum servare possit, omnes aeque incontentae sint, sic etc., Cic. de fin. 4, 75. – β) ein Geschoß mit straff angezogenem Bogen od. Arme auf den Gegner hinrichten, zielen, arcu contenta parato tela tenens, Verg.: contenta tela (Ggstz. languida), Lucan.: sagittas c. nervo, Sil.: nervo equino c. telum, Verg. – aërias telum (Pfeil) c. in auras, Verg.: Mago (auf M.) procul infensam c. hastam, Verg. – γ) eine Brücke schlagen, Hellesponto pontem in alto, Enn. ann. 371.II) übtr.: A) im allg.: seine körperl. od. geistigen Kräfte od. sich anspannen, d.i. anstrengen 1) die Körperkräfte, a) übh.: α) tr.: c. summas vires de palma (um den (Siegespreis, v. Rosse), Lucr.: c. se (v. den Augen), Lucr. – β) intr. contendere = sich anstrengen, seine Kräfte aufbieten, gew. m. Abl. (mit), voce, Cels.: lateribus aut clamore, Cic.: multis funi-————bus, Caes.: vi, Gewalt anwenden, es (den Übergang) erzwingen, Caes.: u. m. allg. Acc., quantum coniti animo potes, quantum labore contendere, si discendi labor (eine körperliche Anstrengung) est potius, quam voluptas, tantum fac ut efficias, Cic. – mit folg. ut u. Konj., qui stadium currit, eniti et contendere debet quam maxime possit, ut vincat, Cic.: quantum potero voce contendam, ut populus hoc Romanus exaudiat, Cic.: remis contendit, ut eam partem insulae caperet, quā etc., Caes. – m. folg. Infin., fugā salutem petere contenderunt, Caes.: hunc (locum) duabus ex partibus oppugnare contendit, Caes.: vide ne, dum ad cacumen pervenire contendis, cum ipsis ramis, quos comprehenderis, decĭdas, Curt.b) sich anstrengen, einen Weg, Marsch wohin auszuführen, m. allg. Acc. der Wegstrecke, nocte unā tantum itineris, Cic. Rosc. Am. 97: tandem, si operae est, contendite viam, macht euch auf den Weg, Symm. ep. 1, 8 in. – m. Acc. der Tätigkeit, rectā plateā c. cursum huc suom, Plaut. cist. 534. – m. Ang. des Ziels der Tätigkeit im Infin., sich beeilen, Bibracte ire contendit, Caes.: in Britanniam proficisci contendit, Caes.: proxima litora cursu contendunt petere, Verg.: iter a Vibone Brundisium terrā (zu L.) petere contendi, Cic. – m. Ang. des Ortszieles wohin? durch Advv., od. durch Praepp., od. durch bl. Acc. loc., wohin schleunigst aufbrechen, -reisen, -mar-————schieren, -rücken (vorrücken), wohin eilen, quo contenderat, pervenit, Nep.: u. (im Bilde) si potuissemus, quo contendimus, pervenire, Cic.: huc magno cursu contenderunt, Caes.: in Italiam magnis itineribus, Caes.: ad Rhenum finesque Germanorum, Caes.: inde ad Amanum, Cic.: ad hostes, ad hostium castra, Caes.: per Armeniam in hostes, Aur. Vict.: per fines Haeduorum in Lingones, Caes.: Lacedaemonem, Nep.: equo admisso Teanum, Val. Max.: Tarentum ad Heraclidem Ponticum, Varr. fr.: domum, Caes.2) die Geisteskräfte usw. anstrengen, a) übh.: α) tr.: quo se contendit dira lubido, Lucr.: c. animum tales in curas, Ov. – m. in u. Abl., onus dignum, in quo omnes nervos aetatis industriaeque meae contenderem, Cic. – mit folg. ut od. ne u. Konj., contendit omnes nervos Chrysippus, ut persuadeat etc., Cic.: ut omnes tuos nervos in eo contendas, ne quid mihi ad hanc provinciam... temporis prorogetur, Cic. – β) intr. contendere, sich anstrengen, Anstrengungen machen, seine Kräfte aufbieten, etw. erstreben, auf etw. hinarbeiten, nach etw. ringen, absol., et illos quidem contendere, eniti; hos quiescere, remitti, Plin. ep.: c. dolis et fallaciis (Ggstz. verā viā niti), Sall. – m. allg. Acc., id sibi contendendum... existimabat, Caes.: quod plurimis locis perorationes nostrae voluisse nos atque animo contendisse declarant, Cic.: tantum contendere in re publica, quantum probare civi-————bus tuis possis, Cic.: eadem c. (gleiche Anstr. machen) in tribunatu, Cic. – m. folg. ut od. ne u. Konj., seine Kräfte aufbieten, dahin streben, darauf hinarbeiten, ob eam causam contendi, ut plura dicerem, Cic.: contende quaeso atque elabora, non modo ut... sed etiam ut etc., Cic.: cupidissime c., ut etc., Cic.: contendebat, ne a rebus gestis eius decederet, Iustin. – durch Infin., omnibus precibus petere contendit, ut etc., Caes. – m. ad u. Akk., losstreben auf usw., eifrig streben, -ringen nach usw., ad salutem, Caes.: ad victoriam, Auct. b. Hisp.: maximis laboribus et periculis ad summam laudem gloriamque, Cic.: ad ultimum animo, Cic.: ad ea rectis studiis, Cic.b) sich anstrengen, etw. zu erlangen, auf etw. bestehen, auf etw. dringen, etwas dringend verlangen, dringend um etw. anliegen, α) absol.: a quo facile, si contenderis, impetrare possis, ut etc., Q. Cic.: cum illi pertinaciter contenderent (darauf bestanden), Suet. – β) mit Acc.: c. honores, Varr. fr.: neque ego nunc hoc contendo...; sed te illud admoneo, ut etc., Cic. – hoc a te ita contendo, ut in eo fortunas meas positas putem, ich dringe in dieser Beziehung so ernstlich in dich, weil ich glaube, daß usw., Cic.: non erat causa, cur hoc tempore aliquid a te contenderem, Cic.: nihil ab ipso invito contendere, Cic. – propter magnitudinem potestatis hic magistratus a populo summā ambitione contenditur etc., Cic. – γ) mit————de u. Abl.: ab alqo valde de reditu in gratiam, Cic.: a magistris de proferendo die, Cic.: unum instare de indutiis vehementissimeque contendere, Caes. – δ) m. folg. ut od. ne u. Konj., m. vorhergeh. allg. Acc. Pron. u. ohne diesen: non minus se id contendere et laborare, ne ea, quae dixissent, enuntiarentur, quam uti ea, quae vellent, impetrarent, Caes.: contendunt, ut ipsis summa imperii tradatur, Caes.: gratiā contendimus et rogando, ut istis te molestiis laxes, Luccei. in Cic. ep.: contendit a Pythio ut venderet, dringt in P., Cic.: vehementer ab alqo c., ut etc., Cic.: plurimis verbis ab alqo c., ut etc., Cic.: omni studio ab aliquo c., ut etc., Cic.: ab alqo petere et summe c., ut etc., Cic.: omni opere c., ut etc., Suet.: a militibus c., ne etc., Caes.: magno opere, ne etc., Suet. – ε) mit folg. Infin. nach vorhergeh. allg. Acc. Pron.: neque ego nunc hoc contendo, quod fortasse... iam in nostra aetate difficile est, mutare animum, sed etc., Cic. ad Q. fr. 1, 1, 13. § 38. – ζ) m. folg. Acc. u. Infin.: qui a Caesare dimittendos (esse) exercitus contendebant, Vell. 2, 48, 1.c) sich anstrengen, eine Behauptung durchzusetzen, auf etw. bestehen, etw. fest behaupten, fest versichern, fest erklären, m. folg. Acc. u. Infin., bei vorhergeh. allg. Acc. u. ohne diesen, sic ego hoc contendo, me tibi ipsi adversario cuiuscumque tribus rationem poposceris redditurum, Cic.: vociferarer et————quantum maxime possem contenderem... totius testimonii fictam audaciam manifesto comprehensam atque oppressam esse, Cic.: contendentes numquam eam urbem fuisse ex Triphylia, Liv.: cum M. Cato moriendum ante, quam ullam condicionem civis accipiendam rei publicae contenderet, Vell.: ausim contendere nullum te melius, aeque bene vix unum aut alterum collocasse, Plin. ep. – m. apud u. Akk., apud eos contendit falsa esse delata, Nep. Them. 7, 2. – m. pro u. Abl., illud alterum pro me maioribusque meis contendere ausim, nihil nos, quod incommodum plebi esset, scientes fecisse, Liv. 6, 40, 5. – in der Parenthese ganz absol., ut Asclepiades contendit, Cels. 1. praef. p. 3, 28 D.3) (als v. intr.) sich ausdehnen, sich erstrecken, von Ortl. usw., haec patulum vallis contendit in orbem, Calp. ecl. 7, 30 (al. concedit): Cappadocum gens usque ad Cyrresticam eius regionem parte suā, quae vocatur Cataonia, contendit, Plin. 6, 24.B) insbes., einem andern gegenüber sich anstrengen, 1) intr. od. mit allg. Acc. = als Gegner sich jmdm. gegenüber anstrengen obzusiegen, mit jmd. sich messen, sich in einen Streit (Wettstreit) einlassen, anbinden, streiten (sich herumstreiten), kämpfen, gegen jmd. od. etw. ankämpfen, bei Ang. womit? mit Abl.; bei Ang. mit wem? m. cum u. Abl., od. m. inter u. Akk., od. poet. m. bl. Dat.; bei Ang.————gegen wen? mit contra od. adversus u. Akk.; bei Ang. wofür? m. pro u. Abl.; bei Ang. worüber? m. de u. Abl.; bei Ang. weswegen? m. propter u. Akk., a) v. eig. Kampfe, inimicā mente, Nep.: magis virtute quam dolo, Caes.: proelio, Caes. – cum barbaro, Nep.: cum victore, Hor. u. Caes., v. Gladiator, Plin. ep.: proelio uno cum Latino Volscoque, Liv.: parvulis proeliis cum nostris, Caes.: semel atque iterum armis cum alqo, Caes.: summis copiis cum alqo, Caes.: cum magnis legionibus parvā manu, Sall.: cum Sequanis bello, Caes.: u. (unpers.) proelio equestri inter duas acies contendebatur, Caes. – c. contra alcis copias, Auct. b. Afr.: contra Paridem, Verg.: contra populum Rom. armis, Caes.: contra saevum monstrum, Catull. – se didicisse adversus vires hostium, non adversus calamitates contendere, Iustin. – c. pro vitulis contra leones (v. Stieren), Cic. – c. de regno aequo Marte, Curt. – b) v. Wettkampfe im Ringen, Laufen usw., quoad stans complecti posset atque contendere, Nep. – inter coaequales c. aut equo aut cursu aut viribus, Iustin. – c. rapido cursu, Verg.: cum alqo c. pedibus, Ov. – poet. m. Dat. (s. Passerat. Prop. 1, 7, 3), quid enim contendat hirundo cygnis? Lucr.: c. Homero, Prop.: c. Latio, Claud. – c) v. polit. Wettkampf, Kampf, c. cum alqo od. inter se de principatu, Nep. u. Caes.: cum alqo de honore regni, Nep.: de potentatu inter se multos annos, Caes.: gratiā cum libenter pro————homine sibi coniunctissimo, tum acriter contra factionem et potentiam paucorum, Hirt. b. G. – d) v. Kampfe mit Worten usw., sich messen, sich streiten, sich herumstreiten, rechten, es durchzusetzen suchen, cum Libone de mittendis legatis contendisse, Caes.: quodsi duriorem te eius miserae et afflictae fortunae praebes, non contendam ego adversus te, Anton. in Cic. ep.: m. allg. Acc. zur Ang. worüber? nec cum Appio, transactā re, quod contenderent (worüber sie Streit anfangen konnten) fuit, Liv. – bes. gerichtlich, c. inimicissime atque infestissime, Cic.: vulgari et pervagatā declamatione, Cic.: u. (unpers.) si contra verbis et litteris et, ut dici solet, summo iure contenditur, Cic. – c. cum alqo iurgio, Cic.: cum alqo interdicto, Cic.: cum alqo sacramento, s. sacramentum. – translatio non habet quaestionem, de qua contendit orator, sed propter quam contendit, Quint. – c. de bonis alcis, Val. Max.: u. (unpers.) de his lite contenditur, Quint. – cum improbissimis heredibus de paternis bonis c. apud centum viros, Val. Max. – m. allg. Acc. zur Ang. worin? tamenne vereris, ut possis haec contra Hortensium contendere? dich auch darin mit H. messen? Cic. Quinct. 78. – e) v. Wetteifer im Bieten, wetteifern, um die Wette bieten, is liceri non destitit; illi, quoad videbatur ferri aliquo modo posse, contenderunt, Cic. Verr. 3, 99. – f) von jedem Sich- Messen mit phys. od. geistigen Kräften, neque inter————se contendant viribus (animae), Lucr.: c. contra vim gravitatemque morbi, Cic.: patĕre igitur rationem meam cum tua ratione contendere (sich messen), Cic.: quis enim erat qui non videret humilitatem cum dignitate et amplitudine contendere? Cic. – m. allg. Acc., sic enim est faciendum, ut contra universam naturam nihil contendamus, in keiner Sache ankämpfen, Cic.2) zwei Dinge miteinander od. eine Sache mit einer andern zur Vergleichung sich messen lassen, vergleichen, ipsas causas, quae inter se confligunt, Cic.: leges, Cic.: vetera et praesentia, Tac. – m. cum u. Abl., quicquid tu contra dixeris, id cum defensione nostra contendito; ita facillime causa Sex. Roscii cum tua conferetur, Cic.: vitam suam Atticam cum istac rusticana, Caecil. com. fr.: annales nostros cum scriptura eorum, qui etc., Tac. – mit ad (an, gegen) u. Akk., vim suam ad maiestatem viri, Acc. tr. 648. – poet. m. bl. Dat. (wem? = mit), Aquinatem fucum Sidonio ostro, Hor.: se Frontoni, Auson.Ausführliches Lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch > contendo
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9 via
vĭa, vĭae, f. ( arch. vĕa ou vĕha, ae) - arch. gén. sing. vias, viāï --- dat. abl. plur. vieis. [st1]1 [-] route, chemin, voie, endroit par où l'on passe, passage, rue. - munire viam: ouvrir, construire une route. - via Appia: la voie Appia. - via Sacra: la voie Sacrée. [st1]2 [-] parcours, marche, trajet, voyage, chemin parcouru. - se dare in viam: se mettre en route. - ingredi viam: prendre une route; qqf. se mettre en route. - ire viā: suivre la route, ne pas quitter la route. - inter vias: chemin faisant, en route. - de via languere, Cic.: être fatigué du voyage. - de via decedere: - [abcl]a - s'écarter de la route, s'égarer. - [abcl]b - au fig. s'écarter du droit chemin. - [abcl]c - céder le pas, laisser le passage. - decedere alicui de via, Cic. Plaut. ou decedere alicui viā, Suet. ou decedere alicui in via, Ter.: céder le pas à qqn, laisser le passage à qqn, se ranger devant qqn, laisser le haut du pavé à qqn. - mare et viae (viae ac mare): voyages par mer et par terre. - totā viā errare, Ter.: se tromper du tout au tout. - via tridui: trois jours de marche. - cum tridui viam processisset, nuntiatum est ei Ariovistum ad occupandum Vesontionem contendere, Caes. BG. 1: après trois jours de marche, on lui apprit qu’Arioviste se dirigeait vers Besançon pour s’en emparer. - rectā viā narrare, Ter.: raconter franchement. - qui sibi semitam non sapiunt, alteri monstrant viam, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1: ils ne savent pas se conduire eux-mêmes et veulent guider les autres. [st1]3 [-] tout passage: canal, conduit, rue (dans un camp), couloir (dans un théâtre); oesophage ou pharynx; larynx; fente, ouverture, issue. [st1]4 [-] voie, moyen, manière, méthode. - habeo certam viam atque rationem qua omnes illorum conatus investigare possim, Cic. Verr. 1: j'ai un moyen sûr, une méthode certaine qui me permettra de suivre à la piste toutes leurs entreprises. - ratione et viā, Cic. avec bon sens et méthode. - viā et arte dicere, Cic. Brut. 12: parler avec art et méthode. - viae fallendi, Tibul.: moyens de tromper. - via laudis: chemin qui mène à la gloire.* * *vĭa, vĭae, f. ( arch. vĕa ou vĕha, ae) - arch. gén. sing. vias, viāï --- dat. abl. plur. vieis. [st1]1 [-] route, chemin, voie, endroit par où l'on passe, passage, rue. - munire viam: ouvrir, construire une route. - via Appia: la voie Appia. - via Sacra: la voie Sacrée. [st1]2 [-] parcours, marche, trajet, voyage, chemin parcouru. - se dare in viam: se mettre en route. - ingredi viam: prendre une route; qqf. se mettre en route. - ire viā: suivre la route, ne pas quitter la route. - inter vias: chemin faisant, en route. - de via languere, Cic.: être fatigué du voyage. - de via decedere: - [abcl]a - s'écarter de la route, s'égarer. - [abcl]b - au fig. s'écarter du droit chemin. - [abcl]c - céder le pas, laisser le passage. - decedere alicui de via, Cic. Plaut. ou decedere alicui viā, Suet. ou decedere alicui in via, Ter.: céder le pas à qqn, laisser le passage à qqn, se ranger devant qqn, laisser le haut du pavé à qqn. - mare et viae (viae ac mare): voyages par mer et par terre. - totā viā errare, Ter.: se tromper du tout au tout. - via tridui: trois jours de marche. - cum tridui viam processisset, nuntiatum est ei Ariovistum ad occupandum Vesontionem contendere, Caes. BG. 1: après trois jours de marche, on lui apprit qu’Arioviste se dirigeait vers Besançon pour s’en emparer. - rectā viā narrare, Ter.: raconter franchement. - qui sibi semitam non sapiunt, alteri monstrant viam, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1: ils ne savent pas se conduire eux-mêmes et veulent guider les autres. [st1]3 [-] tout passage: canal, conduit, rue (dans un camp), couloir (dans un théâtre); oesophage ou pharynx; larynx; fente, ouverture, issue. [st1]4 [-] voie, moyen, manière, méthode. - habeo certam viam atque rationem qua omnes illorum conatus investigare possim, Cic. Verr. 1: j'ai un moyen sûr, une méthode certaine qui me permettra de suivre à la piste toutes leurs entreprises. - ratione et viā, Cic. avec bon sens et méthode. - viā et arte dicere, Cic. Brut. 12: parler avec art et méthode. - viae fallendi, Tibul.: moyens de tromper. - via laudis: chemin qui mène à la gloire.* * *Via, viae. Voye, Chemin ou rue.\Angusta viarium. Virgil. Destroicts de rues, Rues estroictes.\Impatiens viae. Ouid. Qui ne peult endurer le travail du chemin.\Opaca viarum. Virgil. Chemins obscurs.\Strata viarum. Virgil. Les pavez des rues.\Viae vrbis. Cic. Les rues de la ville.\Tres viae sunt ad Mutinam: a supero mari Flaminia, ab infero Aurelia, media Cassia. Cic. Il y a trois chemins.\Maris tuta via. Ouid. Le chemin par mer.\Via. Cic. Le cheminer.\Quum de via languerem. Cic. A cause du chemin.\Video quot dierum via sit. Cic. Combien il fault de journees pour faire ce chemin, Combien il y a de journees.\Aliquorum dierum viam in Macedoniam, ad Planciumque perrexi. Cic. J'ay marché avant dedens le pays de Macedonie quelques journees.\Via, per translationem. Cic. Maniere, Moyen.\Siqua via est. Virgil. S'il y a quelque moyen.\Via et arte dicere. Cic. Par art.\Viam litigandi tradere. Cic. Enseigner à plaider.\Morum via. Stat. Reigle et exemple de bonnes meurs.\Via ad gloriam proxima. Cic. Le plus brief et court moyen de parvenir à gloire.\AEstuosa et puluerulenta via. Cicero. Un chemin chauld et pouldreux.\Breuis. Virgil. Court chemin.\Deteriorem viam facere. Vlpian. Empirer le chemin.\Deterrima via. Cic. Tresmauvais chemin.\Facilis via. Virgil. Chemin aisé.\Siquis cloacam in publicam viam immitteret, exque ea re minus habilis via per cloacam fieret, teneri eum Labeo scribit. Vlpian. Moins commode.\Implicitae viae errore. Lucan. Chemins esquels y a beaucoup de destours et d'autres chemins traversants, qui font errer et fourvoyer les passants.\Inuia. Virgil. Par où on ne peult passer.\Liquidae viae. Lucret. Chemin par mer ou riviere.\Lubrica via plagae. Stat. L'ouverture d'une playe encore sanglante et fraischement faicte.\Militaris via. Cic. Le grand chemin à pied et à cheval.\Mollis. Seneca. Chemin aisé.\Prima via. Plautus, - dummodo nunc prima via Inducamus, vera vt esse credat, quae mentibimur. Tout du premier coup, Tout premierement.\Publica. Vlpianus. Chemin commun et passant.\Simplex via mortis. Virgil. Un seul moyen de mourir.\Subita via. Ouid. Departement soubdain, Allee soubdaine.\Terrena. Vlpian. Chemin qui n'est point pavé.\Trita. Cic. Chemin frayé, Chemin batu.\Velatae viae. Ouid. Rues tendues et couvertes, comme à la feste Dieu.\Vicinales viae. Paulus iuriscons. Chemins publiques qui sortent parmi les terres, et se vont rendre aux villages.\Accipere viam. Quintil. Prendre et tenir le chemin qu'on nous baille et monstre.\Aggredi alia via. Terent. Par autre voye et moyen.\Occultas vias agere. Virgil. Faire voye soubz terre.\Errore viae actus. Virgil. Fourvoyé, Desvoyé.\Aperire viam. Vlpian. Remettre le chemin en sa premiere largeur.\Aperit viam vis. Virgil. Force se fait faire voye.\Calcanda omnibus via lethi. Horat. Touts sont subjects à mourir, Touts passeront par, etc.\Carpere viam. Virgil. S'acheminer, Cheminer, S'avoyer.\Committere se viae. Cic. Se mettre en chemin.\Conficere viam. Cic. Cheminer son chemin, Accomplir son chemin.\Construere vias. Lucan. Faire un chemin ou passage.\Corripere viam. Virgil. S'acheminer, Se mettre vistement à chemin, S'avoyer.\Corrumpere viam publicam. Vlpianus. Gaster le grand chemin passant.\Indociles vias currit lympha. Propert. Qu'on ne luy a point enseigné ne monstré.\Decedere de via. Cicero. Se destourner du chemin, Se desvoyer, Se destordre.\Deerrantes via equi. Seneca. Se desvoyants.\Depelli recta via. Quintil. Estre desvoyé.\Dare viam alicui perfundum suum. Cic. Luy donner passage.\Siqua viam dederit fortuna. Virgil. Si fortune nous donne les moyens.\Dat aura viam. Ouid. Quand on ha vent à gré sur mer.\Nullas dant vias nobis ad significationum scientiam. Cicero. Ils ne nous ouvrent point le chemin.\In viam dare se, vel Committere se viae. Cic. Se mettre en chemin, S'avoyer, S'acheminer.\Ire viam. Virgil. Aller.\Ire atque redire viam. Virgil. Aller et revenir.\Errare via. Virgil. Se fourvoyer, Se tordre, ou destordre.\Tota via errare. Terent. Errer totalement, Se fourvoyer du tout.\Euadere viam. Virgilius. Eschapper hors du mauvais chemin et dangereux.\Excedere nota regione viarum. Virgil. Preceder ses compaignons par rues et chemins qu'on congnoist.\Exigere viam dicuntur Magistratus. Asconius. Quand ils contraignent chascun de faire paver devant sa maison.\Hinc via Tartarei quae fert Acherontis ad vndas. Virgil. Qui meine, etc.\Veterem et obsoletam viam ingressi sunt. Liu. Ce n'est pas chose nouvelle, Ce n'est rien de nouveau, On ha assez ouy parler de semblables faicts. B.\Insistere viam agendi aliquid. Virgil. Instituer ou commencer et exercer l'art et maniere de faire quelque chose.\Inuenire viam. Virgil. Trouver moyen d'eschapper.\Noscere omnes vias pecuniae. Cic. Congnoistre touts les moyens d'avoir argent.\Pergere viam. Cic. Marcher avant.\Omnes vias persequar, quibus putabo ad id, quod volumus, perueniri posse. Cic. Je poursuyvray touts les moyens.\Praecipitare viam. Ouid. Haster fort son chemin, Courir.\Procedere viam. Cic. Marcher oultre.\Progredi viam. Cic. Avancer chemin.\Rapere viam aliquo. Sil. Courir.\Reduci alio flexu ad rectam viam. Quintil. Se radresser et remettre ou revenir au droict chemin.\Reficere viam. Vlpianus. Refaire et r'habiller.\Secare viam. Virgil. Cheminer.\Sequi viam aliquam in re aliqua. Cic. Suyvre une facon de faire.\Strauit viam per mare Xerxes. Lucret. A faict et estendu un pont de basteaux sur la mer pour passer son armee.\Sternere viam lapide. Vlpian. Paver.\In via esse. Cic. Estre en chemin.\Saltu viam superare. Virgil. Saulter par dessus.\Tenere vias omnes amoris. Plaut. Scavoir touts les tours.\Tentare viam. Virgil. Essayer le moyen.\Terere viam. Ouid. Cheminer, Frayer.\Tradere viam optimarum artium alicui. Cic. L'enseigner et l'adresser en la voye de bonnes sciences.\Venire viam multorum dierum. Cic. Cheminer plusieurs journees.\Vorare viam. Catul. Despescher chemin.\Vti via. Cic. Ne decliner ne ca ne là.\Via peruolgata patrum. Terent. Selon la coustume, ou à la maniere accoustumee des peres. -
10 gehen
gehen, I) im allg.: 1) von leb. Wesen: ire (z.B. ibam forteviā sacrā). – gradi. ingredi (schreiten, einherschreiten). – incedere (einhertreten). – vadere (fortgehen, wandern od., als Synon. von gradi etc., festen Schrittes einherwandeln). – ambulare (wandeln, bezeichnet das natürliche u. ungenierte Gehen, das Auf-und Abwandeln [-gehen], dah. vorsichtig g., prudenter amb.: m. Akk. des Raums, amb. mille passus). – deambulare (auf u. ab wandeln, bis man müde ist). – inambulare (in einem bestimmten Raume wandeln, z.B. domi: u. ante tabernaculum). – obambulare alci loco od. ante locum (einen Ort od. Raum entlang einherwandeln, auf u. ab gehen, z.B. gymnasio: u. ante vallum: u. in herbis [im Grünen]). – perambulare (von einem zum andern gehend durchwandeln, durchwandern, z.B. rura, aedes oppidi). – spatiari (gehend sich einen Raum machen, spazieren, z.B. in porticu, in umbra). – commeare ad alqm, in locum (aus u. ein geh en, hin und wieder gehen bei jmd. od. in einem Orte). – abire. abscedere. discedere. decedere. digredi (weggehen, sich entfernen von etc. [s. »abgehen no. I« das Nähere]; discedere auch = nach verschiedenen Richtungen auseinandergehen, von mehreren, z.B. geht in euere Wohnungen! investratecta discedite!). – redire (zurückkehrendahin, von wo man kam). – procedere (hervortreten, -gehen, z.B. vor das Tor, ante portam: aus der Tür auf die Straße, foribus foras: auf die Straße, in publicum: aus dem Zelte in die Sonne, e tabernaculo in solem: [aus dem Zimmer, dem Zelte] in die Versammlung, in contionem). – adire ad od. in mit Akk. u. mit bl. Akk. (hingehen zu, in, nach etc., z.B. ad alqm: u. ad fundum: u. in conventum iudicum: u. curiam: u. Romam: bes. in bestimmter Absicht, z.B. ad arbitrum: u. in ius: u. ad praetorem in ius: u. magistratus). – prodire (hervorgehen, z.B. in publicum [auf die Straße]: in contionem; u. ex portu: u. foribus). – exire. excedere. egredi (aus einem Orte herausgehen, -treten, -schreiten). – inire. introire. intrare. ingredi (in einen Ort [hinein]gehen, hineintreten, s. »treten« den genauern Untersch.). – transire, praeterire locum (an einem Ort vorbeigehen). – ascendere. conscendere. evadere in locum (besteigen, ersteigen, s. d., wo der Unterschied). – descendere (von einem höher gelegenen Orte nach einem tiefer gelegenen hinabgehen oder -steigen, das Umgekehrte von ascendere, z.B. vom Kapitol aufs Forum etc.). – anteire. antegredi mit Akk. (hergehen vor etc.). – transire, transgredi, traicere mit bl. Akk. od. mit folg. trans u. Akk. (gehen über, [1028] durch einen Ort etc., z.B. transgredi Apenninum). – proficisci (übh. sich von wo u. wohin auf den Weg machen, reisen, marschieren, zu Fuße, zu Pferde etc.). – conferre se alqo (sich wohin begeben). – tendere, contendere alqo (nach einem Orte hinstreben, schleunig wohin aufbrechen, marschieren). – petere alqm locum (einen Ort zu erreichen, wohin zu gelangen suchen). – concedere alqo (sich nach einem Orte zurückziehen, z.B. rus). – emetirialqm locum (einen Raum durchmessen = durchwandeln, durchreisen etc.). – mitti, dimitti alqo (wohin geschickt werden, dim. bes. von mehreren). – nicht g. können, ingredi non quire;ad ingrediendum invalidum esse (zu schwach sein zum Gehen, v. Kranken etc.); usum pedumamisisse (den Gebrauch der Füße verloren, das Gehen verlernt haben, nicht mehr gehen können): vor Müdigkeit nicht (mehr) g. können, defessum esse ambulando. – gehen u. kommen, kommen u. gehen, ab u. zu, hin u. wieder gehen, ire et redire; venire et redire; ultrocitroque commeare: an einem Ort auf und ab, hin u. wieder g., ambulare u. seine Komposita (s. oben); spatiari (s. oben). – ich gehe fleißig (oft, häufig) wohin, frequens venioalqo (z.B. in senatum); frequento locum (z.B. domum alcis, scholam alcis): ich gehe fleißig etc. zu jmd., frequens sum cum alqo. – zu Fuße g. (auch bl. »gehen«), pedibus ire, incedere, ingredi (Ggstz. equo od. curru vehi, reiten od. fahren): zu Fuße durch die Stadt g., ambulare pedibus per urbem. – gegangen (nicht gefahren etc.) kommen, pedibus, peditem venire: – geh mir mit deinen Gesetzesvorschlägen! abi hinc cum rogationibus tuis! – du kannst g.! ilicet! – jmd. gehen lassen, sinere, ut abeat alqs (zulassen, daß er geht); alqm dimittere (entlassen übh., auch mit einem Zus. wie impunitum u. dgl.); alqm omittere (zufrieden, ungeschoren etc. lassen). – jmd. wohin g. lassen, alqm mittere alqo (übh. wohin schicken); alqm dimittere alqo (von sich entlassen, z.B. domum) od. dimittere alqosalqo (nach allen Seiten aussenden, z.B. nuntios in omnes partes: pueros [Diener] circum amicos). – sich gehen lassen, sibi od. ingenio suo indulgere (nach seiner Laune handeln, auch v. Schriftsteller: dah. auch sic sibi indulg. [sich so g. lassen = sich so viel erlauben], ut etc.); se iusto plus neglegere (zu wenig auf sich sehen in bezug auf den Ausdruck, v. Schriftsteller); irae indulgere. irae suaemorem gerere (seinem Zorn freien Lauf lassen); liberius vivere (ein ziemlich freies, lockeres Leben führen): er ließ sich in seinen Reden etw. gehen, dicta eius quandam sui neglegentiam prae se ferebant. – an etwas gehen, inniti alqā re. artus sustinere alqāre (sich auf etwas beim Gehen stützen, z.B. auf einen Stab); accedere ad alqd aggredi alqd (sich an etwas machen, Hand an etwas legen); alqd tractare coepisse (einen wissenschaftl. Stoff etc. zu behandeln anfangen). – an jmd. gehen, adire alqm (sich mit einem Gesuch an jmd. wenden, schriftlich, scripto). – in sich gehen, descendere in se. se excutere (sich u. seinen Wandel prüfen); ad sanitatem reverti (wieder zur Vernunft kommen); mores [1029] suos mutare. in viam redire. se corrigere (übh. sich bessern). – nach etw. gehen, peterealqd (um es zu holen); alqd spectatum ire (um es zu sehen). – nach jmd. g., alqm arcessere, arcessitum ire (um ihn zu holen); alqmvisere, visitare (um ihn zu besuchen, zu sehen): nach oder zu seinen Kranken g. (vom Arzt), aegrotos visere, visitare, perambulare.
2) von Dingen: ire (z.B. aut stant omnesaq uae aut eunt). – moveri (sich bewegen, z.B. die Luft geht immer, semper aër spiritu aliquo movetur). – ferri (sich rasch vorwärts od. in raschem Umschwunge bewegen, z.B. der Fluß geht schnell, fluvius citatus fertur; u. uneig. = umhergetragen, -geboten werden, das Buch geht unter meinem Namen, sub nominemeo liber fertur). – durch etwas g., transirealqd (z.B. sol signum cancri transit) od. peralqd (z.B. per anulum). – in etw. gehen, d. i. a) fließen, transire in m. Akk., s. fließen no. I. – b) in etw. eindringen, descendere in alqd (z.B. ferrum descendit in ilia). – c) in etw. geraten, ire in m. Akk. (z.B. in semen: u. incorpus, ins Fleisch g. = Fl. ansetzen). – unter die Erde g., subire terram (v. Flüssen). – sich etw. zu Ohren... zu Herzen g. lassen, auribussuis... animis accipere. – Gunst geht hier vor Recht, gratia apud eum vim aequi habet.
II) insbes.: A) zur Bezeichnung des Fortgangs, a) von dem Fortgang und Erfolg der Begebenheiten und Unternehmungen: ire (im allg). – agi (betrieben werden- = vor sich gehen). – fieri (geschehen). – esse mit einem Adverb (sein = geschehen, vor sich gehen). – succedere. procedere (vonstatten gehen). – gut g., bene, prospere, feliciter procedere: es ging anders, als ich erwartet hatte, secus ac-cĭdit ac speraveram: die Sache fängt an, besser zu g., als ich glaubte, incipit res me-lius ire quam putaram: die Sache geht ganz gut, res prorsus it: es mag gehen, wie es will, ich etc., utcumque res ceciderit od. ca – sura est od. cessura est. – Sprichw., wie man's treibt, so geht's, ut sementem feceris,ita metes (Cic. de or. 2, 261). – b) von dem Ergehen, den Schicksalen, dem Befinden eines Menschen etc., z.B. es geht mir od. mit mir etc.: it apud me, de me. – est mihi. – me habeo.se habet alqd; alle mit dem adverb. Zus. der Art des Befindens, wie bene, recte, male u. dgl. – es ist mir ebenso gegangen, idemmihi accĭdit: ich fürchte, daß es mit meinem Briefe ebenso geht, vereor, ne idem eveniat in litteras meas: so geht es mir alle Tage, haec ego patior cotidie: wie wird es dir g.! quid tibi fiet! wie es mir auch g. mag, utcumque res ceciderit od. cessura od. casuraest; quicumque eventus me exceperit: so gehe es jeder Römerin, die etc., sie eat, quaecumque Romana etc.: wie geht es? quomodovales? (hinsichtlich des Befindens); quid agis?quid agitur? quid fit? (hinsichtlich des Lebens u. Treibens; verb. quid fit? quid agitur? wie gehts? wie stehts? Gut! recte!); satinsalvae? (steht alles wohl? hinsichtlich der Angelegenheiten): es geht mir gut, valeo (hinsichtlich des Befindens); bene mecumagitur (hinsichtlich des Lebens u. Treibens): es geht mir sehr wohl. preaeclare mecum [1030] agitur: mit der Mutter geht es gut, mater od. apud matrem recte est: mit der Attika geht es sehr gut, de Attica optime it.
B) zur Bezeichnung der Ausdehnung auf Raum u. Maß: a) es geht etw. in oder auf etw. dem Raume nach = es kann ein Raum etc. etw. fassen: alqd capit mit Akk. (z.B. carceromnes captivos non capit: u. paucissimiservi, quos unum vehiculum capere pot-est). – fünf Scheffel Samen gehen auf einen Morgen Landes, occupant (od. implent)iugerum seminis modii quinque. – b) es geht etw. auf etw. dem Maße, Werte nach: facit. efficit (es macht aus). – aequat. ex- aequat (es kommt gleich), alle viermit Akk. des Maßes etc. – auf ein Stadium gehen 625 Fuß, sescenti viginti quinq ue pedes efficiunt od. exaequant stadium: drittehalb As gehen auf einen Sesterz, efficitur ex duobusassibus et tertio semisse sestertius: auf ein Ganzes g., integrum exaequare.
C) zur Bezeichnung der Richtung, a) bis wohin, d. i. sich erstrecken, reichen: pertinere ad od. ad... usque (von Dingen u. Orten). – excurrere. procurrere (wohin seinen Lauf oder seine Richtung nehmen, von Flüssen und Bergen, s. »sich erstrecken« das Nähere). – at – tingere alqd (bis an etw. gehen, es berühren, einen Ort, Fluß etc.). – aequare alqd (einer Sache gleichkommen, bis an etw. reichen, z.B. summa equorum pectora, d. i. bis oben an die Brust: Macedonis militis verticem aequare, bis an den Scheitel). – defluere ad alqd (bis auf etw. herabwallen, von einem Kleide, z.B. pedes ad imos). – esse tenus m. Abl. (sein, gestiegen sein bis an, z.B. umbilico tenus, vom Wasser). – superare alqd (über etw. hingehen, z.B. genua vix, v. Wasser). – excedere alqd (bis über etw. hinausgehen, z.B. stagnumaltitudine genua non excedit). – Übtr., v. Abstr., z.B. die Tugend geht über alles, es geht nichts über die Tugend, virtus omnibus re-bus anteit: die Einsamkeit geht mir über alles, nihil est mihi amicius solitudine: es geht nichts über deine mir in der Provinz erwiesenen Gefälligkeiten, nihil ad tuum provinciale officium addi potest. – b) nach etw. g., d. i. nach etw. hin liegen: versumesse in alqd (nach etw. hin gerichtet sein, liegen). – spectare alqd od. gew. ad od. inalqd (nach etw. gleichs. hinsehen). – vergeread od. in alqd (nach etw. sich gleichsam hinneigen). – prospicere, prospectare, despicerealqm locum. praebere prospectum ad alqmlocum (nach einem Orte hin die Aussicht haben oder gewähren, und zwar prosp. in die Ferne hin, desp. von oben herab). – Fenster, die nach der Straße gehen, versae in viam fenestrae: dieses Zimmer geht nach dem Meere zu, hoccubiculum prospicit mare od. prospectumpraebet ad mare. – ein Weg geht (führt) wohin, s. führen no. I, b, β. – um etw. g., cingere, circumdare alqd, z.B. es geht ein tiefer Graben um die Stadt, urbem fossa cingit alta. – er geht ins zehnte Jahr, annum de- cimum agit (er steht im z. Jahre): annumnonum excessit, egressus est (er hat das neunte Jahr überschritten): es geht ins zehnte Jahr, seitdem etc., agitur annus decimus, ex [1031] quo etc. – Uneig., auf etw. gehen, d. i. zum Ziele haben, absehen auf etc., spectare alqd od. ad alqd (z.B. das ging darauf, daß etc., hoc eo spectabat, ut etc.): eine Rede geht (zielt) auf jmd., oratione designatur alqs: das geht auf (ist gesagt für) die, die etc., hoc illis dictum est, qui etc.
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11 iter
ĭter, ĭtĭnĕris (archaic forms: nom. ĭtĭner, Enn. Pac. Att. Varr. ap. Non. 482, 20; Plaut. Merc. 5, 2, 72; Lucr. 6, 339; Mart. Cap. 9, § 897.— Gen. iteris, Naev. ap. Prisc. p. 695 P.; id. ap. Non. 485, 3; Jul. Hyg. ap. Charis. p. 108 P.; also, iteneris, Lex Agr., C. I. L. 1, 200, 26.— Abl. itere, Att. and Varr. ap. Non. 485, 8; Lucr. 5, 653), n. [for itiner, from īre, ĭtum], a going, a walk, way.I.Lit.A.In gen.:B.dicam in itinere,
on the way, as we go along, Ter. Phorm. 3, 3, 34:hoc ipsa in itinere dum narrat,
id. Heaut. 2, 3, 30:huc quia habebas iter,
Plaut. As. 2, 3, 6:iter illi saepius in forum,
Plin. Pan. 77:in diversum iter equi concitati,
Liv. 1, 28. — Hence,In partic.1.A going to a distant place, a journey; and of an army, a march:2.cum illi iter instaret et subitum et longum,
Cic. Att. 13, 23, 1; 3, 2 init.:ut in itinere copia frumenti suppeteret,
Caes. B. G. 1, 3:qui eo itineris causa convenerant,
id. ib. 7, 55:sine ullo maleficio iter per provinciam facere,
id. ib. 1, 7:in ipso itinere confligere,
Liv. 29, 36, 4; Nep. Eum. 8, 1; Hirt. B. G. 8, 27, 5; Just. 11, 15, 4:Catilina ex itinere plerisque consularibus litteras mittit,
Sall. C. 34, 2:committere se itineri,
Cic. Phil. 12, 10:ingredi pedibus,
id. de Sen. 10:conficere pulverulentā viā,
id. Att. 5, 14:iter mihi est Lanuvium,
id. Mil. 10:iter habere Capuam,
id. Att. 8, 11:facere in Apuliam,
id. ib.:agere,
Dig. 47, 5, 6; Salv. Gub. Dei, 1, 9: contendere iter, to hasten one ' s journey, Cic. Rosc. Am. 34, 97; so,intendere,
Liv. 21, 29:maturare,
Caes. B. C. 1, 63:properare,
Tac. H. 3, 40:conficere,
Cic. Att. 5, 14, 1; 4, 14, 2; id. Vatin. 5, 12:constituere,
to determine upon, id. Att. 3, 1 init.:urgere,
Ov. F. 6, 520: convertere in aliquem locum, to direct one ' s journey to a certain place, Caes. B. G. 7, 56: dirigere ad Mutinam, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 11:agere in aliquam partem,
Ov. M. 2, 715: flectere, to change one ' s course, Verg. A. 7, 35:convertere,
to direct, Cic. Att. 3, 3:facere,
id. ib. 8, 11, C; Nep. Pel. 2, 5; Suet. Ner. 30 fin.; id. Aug. 64:comparare,
to prepare for a journey, Nep. Alc. 10; Claud. Eutr. 2, 97:supprimere,
to stop, break off, Caes. B. C. 1, 66:retro vertere,
Liv. 28, 3:ferre per medium mare,
Verg. A. 7, 810:ferre Inachias urbes,
Stat. Th. 1, 326:continuare die ac nocte,
to march day and night, Caes. B. C. 3, 36:desistere itinere,
id. B. G. 5, 11:coeptum dimittere,
Ov. M. 2, 598:frangere,
Stat. Th. 12, 232:impedire,
Ov. H. 21, 74:instituere,
Hor. C. 3, 27, 5:peragere,
Verg. A. 6, 381; Hor. S. 2, 6, 99; Ov. F. 1, 188:rumpere,
Hor. C. 3, 27, 5:itinere prohibere aliquem,
Caes. B. G. 1, 9:ex itinere redire,
Cic. Att. 15, 24; Suet. Tit. 5:revertere,
Cic. Div. 1, 15, 26:Boii ex itinere nostros adgressi,
Caes. B. G. 1, 25, 6:tutum alicui praestare,
Cic. Planc. 41.—Iter terrestre, iter pedestre, a journey by land, a land route (not ante-Aug.):3.iter terrestre facturus,
Just. 12, 10, 7:inde terrestri itinere frumentum advehere,
Tac. H. 4, 35:terrestri itinere ducere legiones,
Liv. 30, 36, 3; 44, 1, 4; Curt. 9, 10, 2:pedestri itinere confecto,
Suet. Claud. 17:pedestri itinere Romam pervenire,
Liv. 36, 21, 6; 37, 45, 2; Amm. 31, 11, 6.—A journey, a march, considered as a measure of distance: cum abessem ab Amano iter unius diei, a day ' s journey, Cic. Fam. 15, 4:4.cum dierum iter quadraginta processerit,
Caes. B. G. 6, 24: quam maximis itineribus potest in Galliam contendit, by making each day ' s journey as long as possible, i. e. forced marches, id. ib. 1, 7:magnis diurnis nocturnisque itineribus contendere,
id. ib. 1, 38:itinera multo majora fugiens quam ego sequens,
making greater marches in his flight, Brut. ad Cic. Fam. 11, 13.— Hence, justum iter diei, a day's march of a proper length:confecto justo itinere ejus diei,
Caes. B. C. 3, 76. —The place in which one goes, travels, etc., a way, passage, path, road: qua ibant ab itu iter appellarant, Varr. L. L. 5, § 35 Müll.; cf.5.5, § 22: itineribus deviis proticisci in provinciam,
Cic. Att. 14, 10:erant omnino itinera duo, quibus itineribus domo exire possent,
Caes. B. G. 1, 6:pedestria itinera concisa aestuariis,
id. ib. 3, 9:patefacere alicui iter in aliquem locum,
Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 11:in diversum iter equi concitati,
Liv. 1, 28:ut deviis itineribus milites duceret,
Nep. Eum. 3, 5:itinere devio per ignorantiam locorum retardati,
Suet. Galb. 20:exercitum per insidiosa itinera ducere,
id. Caes. 58:qua rectum iter in Persidem ducebat,
Curt. 13, 11, 19:ferro aperire,
Sall. C. 58, 7:fodiendo, substruendo iter facere,
Dig. 8, 1, 10.— Of the corridors in houses, Vitr. 6, 9.—Of any passage:iter urinae,
the urethra, Cels. 7, 25:iter vocis,
Verg. A. 7, 534:itinera aquae,
Col. 8, 17: carpere iter, to pursue a journey:Rubos fessi pervenimus utpote longum carpentes iter,
Hor. S. 1, 5, 95:non utile carpis iter,
Ov. M. 2, 550: alicui iter claudere, to block one ' s way, close the way for him:ne suus hoc illis clauserit auctor iter,
Ov. P. 1, 1, 6; id. F. 1, 272; id. M. 14, 793: iter ingredi, to enter on a way or road, Suet. Caes. 31:iter patefacere,
to open a way, Caes. B. G. 3, 1.—A privilege or legal right of going to a place, the right of way:II.aquaeductus, haustus, iter, actus a patre sumitur,
Cic. Caecin. 26, 74:negat se posse iter ulli per provinciam dare,
Caes. B. G. 1, 8, 3; cf. Dig. 8, 3, 1, § 1; 8, 3, 7; 12.—Trop., a way, course, custom, method of a person or thing:patiamur illum ire nostris itineribus,
Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 3:verum iter gloriae,
id. Phil. 1, 14, 33:videmus naturam suo quodam itinere ad ultimum pervenire,
id. N. D. 2, 13, 35:iter amoris nostri et officii mei,
id. Att. 4, 2, 1:salutis,
Verg. A. 2, 387:fecit iter sceleri,
Ov. M. 15, 106:labi per iter declive senectae,
id. ib. 15, 227:vitae diversum iter ingredi,
Juv. 7, 172:duo itinera audendi,
Tac. H. 4, 49:novis et exquisitis eloquentiae itineribus opus est,
id. Or. 19:pronum ad honores,
Plin. Ep. 8, 10 fin.; cf.:novum ad principatum,
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12 reisen
reisen, proficisci (sich auf den Weg machen, abreisen). – iter facere (eine Reise machen). – peregrinationes suscipere (Reisen ins Ausland unternehmen). – peregrinari. peregrinatum abesse (auf Reisen im Ausland sein). – migrare (fortwandern, fortziehen, z.B. ex urbe rus: u. seine Straße ziehen, z.B. ex commodo). – mit jmd. in Gesellschaft r., cum alqo commune iter peragere: nach einem Orte r., proficisci, tendere, contendere alqo; petere alqm locum: auf kurze Zeit aufs Land r., excurrere rus (bes. zum Vergnügen): zu Lande r., terrā iter facere: zu L. wohin r., terrestri od. pedestri itinere contendere alqo od. petere alqm locum; terrā petere alqm locum (von einem Orte aus, ab alqo loco): zur See r., navigar*: weder zur See noch zu Lande zu reisen wagen, neque navigationi neque viae se committere: Tag und Nacht r., diem noctemque od. nocte ac die continuare iter: Tag und Nacht nach einem Orte r., diurnis nocturnisque itineribus contendere alqo: durch einen Ort r., iter facere per alqm locum; transire per alqm locum: sehr schnell durch ein Land r., ingenti celeritate regionem percurrere: an einem Orte hin, vor einem Orte vorbei r., praeter alqm locum transire; alqm locum praeterire: über einen Berg r., montem transire od. superare: über einen Fluß r., s. übersetzen über etc.: weiter r., ire pergere: gern r., peregrinatorem esse.
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iter itineris, n [I-], a going, walk, way: dicam in itinere, on the way, T.—A going, journey, passage, march, voyage: cum illi iter instaret et subitum et longum: ut in itinere copia frumenti suppeteret, Cs.: in ipso itinere confligere, L.: ex itinere litteras mittere, S.: iter ingressus: tantum itineris contendere, hasten: in Italiam intendere iter, L.: iter, quod constitui, determined upon: iter in provinciam convertere, direct, Cs.: agere in rectum, O.: flectere, change the course, V.: iter ad regem comparare, prepare for, N.: supprimere. break off, Cs.: classe tenere, V.: die ac nocte continuato itinere, Cs.: rumpere, H.: Boi ex itinere nostros adgressi, Cs.: terrestri itinere ducere legiones, by land, L.: Unde iter Italiam, V.—A journey, march (as a measure of distance): cum abessem ab Amano iter unius diei, a day's journey: quam maximis itineribus contendere, forced marches, Cs.: confecto iusto itinere eius diei, full day's march, Cs.—A way, passage, path, road: itineribus deviis proficisci in provinciam: erant itinera duo, quibus itineribus domo exire possent, Cs.: in diversum iter equi concitati, L.: ut deviis itineribus milites duceret, N.: vocis, passage, V.: neque iter praecluserat unda, cut off, O.: iter patefieri volebat, opened, Cs.— A right of way: aquaeductus, haustus, iter, actus a patre sumitur: iter alcui per provinciam dare, Cs.—Fig., a road, path, way: declive senectae, O.: vitae diversum, Iu.—A way, course, custom, method, means: patiamur illum ire nostris itineribus: verum gloriae: amoris nostri: salutis, V.: fecit iter sceleri, O.* * *journey; road; passage, path; march -
14 cum [2]
2. cum, Praep. m. Abl. (auf Inschrn. auch cun u. con u. quom, in Hdschrn. auch quom geschr.) = ξύν od. σύν, mit, samt, nebst, nicht ohne (Ggstz. sine), zuw. verb. unā cum, simul cum (s. unā u. simul), zusammen mit, zugleich mit, I) im Raume: a) zur Ang. des Zusammenseins, der Gesellschaft, der Begleitung, semper ille antea cum uxore, tum sine ea, Cic. Mil. 55. – u. so esse, vivere, agitare, habitare, cenare, dormire cum alqo, w. s.: ire, abire, redire cum alqo, w. s.: mittere, dimittere, praemittere cum alqo, w. s.: alqm secum habere, secum ducere und ähnliche Verba, wo das Nähere zu finden sein wird. – m. Lebl., cum omnibus suis carris sequi, Caes.: cum impedimentis venire, Caes.: alqm cum litteris dimittere, Sall.: in tabernaculo sellam auream cum sceptro ac diademate iussit poni, Nep.: semper aliquid secum afferunt tuae litterae, Cic.: quidquid vides currit cum tempore, Sen. – u. im Unwillen (s. Fabri Sall. orat. Licin. § 18. p. 436), abi hinc cum donis tuis tam lepidis, Ter.: abi hinc cum tribunatibus et rogationibus tuis, Liv.: abi hinc cum immaturo amore ad sponsum, Liv. – / Auch in Verbindungen wie Liber pater et cum Castore Pollux, Hor., oder negaretis hoc mihi cum dis, Liv., od. dux cum principibus capiuntur, Liv., od. Demosthenes cum ceteris erant expulsi, Nep. ist der Begriff der Begleitung festzuhalten.
So nun bes.: α) bei Ang. der Begleitung eines Befehlshabers od. Untergebenen, eines Wächters od. Schützers, mit = in Begleitung, im Geleite von usw., eā (auf diesem Wege) cum Magone equites Hispanorum praemissos, Liv.: duumviros navales cum classe Pisas ire, Liv.: rex Hellespontum cum exercitu transiit, Liv.: consul iam cum legionibus mare traiecit, Liv.: reliquos cum custodibus in aedem Concordiae venire iubet, mit (unter) Bedeckung, Sall.: in hanc opimam mercedem, agite, cum dis bene iuvantibus arma capite, im Geleite der h. G., Liv.: so auch cum dis volentibus, Cato. – β) bei Ang. des gemeinschaftl. Besitzes mit jmd., unum imperium unumque magistratum habere cum ipsis, Liv.: alia omnia sibi cum collega (esse) ratus, alle anderen Obliegenheiten habe er mit dem K. gemeinschaftlich, Liv. – γ) bei Ang. des gemeinschaftlichen Wirkens mit jmd., mit = in Gemeinschaft mit, in Verbindung mit, im Verein mit, unter Mitwirkung von, verbunden mit, praedas bellicas imperatores cum paucis diripiebant, Sall.: Varro cum iis quas habebat legionibus ulteriorem Hispaniam tueatur, Caes.: in postremo C. Marius cum equitibus curabat, Sall.: Bocchus cum peditibus invadunt, Sall.: bellum gerere cum Aegyptiis ad versus regem, Nep.: cum alqo contra alqm arma ferre, Nep. – ebenso facere, stare cum alqo, w. s. – δ) bei Ang. des Verkehrs, mit = im Verkehre, im Umgange mit, in Verbindung mit, cum alqo se delectare od. se oblectare, Cic.: is quicum (= quocum) familiaritas fuerat, societas erat, Cic. (so auch 1. pāx, foedus cum alqo, s. pax, foedus): nihil cum potentiore iuris humani relinquitur inopi, Liv.: cum patrono Epicureo mihi omnia sunt, Cic.: mihi ante aedilitatem nihil erat cum Cornificio, Cic.: u. (mit Lebl.) quid mihi, inquit, cum ista summa sanctimonia ac diligentia? Cic. – orationem habere cum multitudine, Cic.: agere cum alqo, w. s.: reputare cum animo, secum und dgl., w. s. – und v. feindl. Verkehre, mit, pugnare, dimicare, certare, confligere, contendere cum alqo, w. s.: queri cum alqo, querelae cum alqo, w. s. – ε) bei Ang. der Vereinigung, Verknüpfung, der Übereinstimmung, sowie der Trennung, Abweichung u. dgl., zB. iungere, coniungere, conectere cum alqo u. dgl., w. s. – sentire, consentire, congruere cum alqo u. dgl., w. s. – distractum esse, dissidere, discrepare, dissentire, differre cum alqo u. dgl., w. s.
b) zur Ang. des Versehenseins mit etw., mit, in = versehen, bekleidet, ausgerüstet, ausgestattet, bewaffnet, begabt, behaftet mit usw., α) v. leb. Wesen: cursitare cum Sicyoniis (in siz. Schuhen), Cornif. rhet.: cum pallio purpureo versabatur in conviviis, Cic.: cum tunica pulla sedere solebat et pallio, Cic.: cives Romanos cum mitella saepe vidimus, Cic.: cum purpurea veste processit, Cic.: cum ramis oleae ingressi curiam, Liv.: quaestores cum fascibus mihi praesto fuerunt, Cic.: illum dicis cum armis aureis, mit der g. Rüstung (= der die g. Rüstung trägt, anhat), Plaut.: alqm pingere cum clipeo, Plin.: esse cum libro (ein Buch in der Hand haben), Cic.: esse cum catenis, K. tragen, Plaut.: esse cum telo, eine Waffe bei sich führen (was in Rom verboten war), Cic.: domi Caesaris deprehensum esse cum sica, Cic.: cum gladio cruento comprehensum esse in illo ipso loco, Cic.: in alqm cum ferro invadere, Cic.: cum telis impetum facere in alqm, Cic.: collocari cum gladiis, Cic. – porcus cum capite humano natus, Liv.: agnus biceps cum quinque pedibus natus, Liv.: Auximi nata puella cum dentibus, Liv. – iste adulescens cum hac dis irata fronte, Cic.: cum febri domum redire, Cic.: cum gravi vulnere ferri ex proelio, referri in castra, Liv. – legatos cum auctoritate (Vollmacht) mittere, Cic.: esse cum imperio, unumschränkte Gewalt-, den Oberbefehl haben (dagegen esse in imperio = ein höheres Staatsamt bekleiden), Cic.: ebenso nemine cum imperio aut magistratu tendente quoquam quin deverteret Rhodum, Suet: alqm cum imperio habere apud exercitum, Nep.: privatus sit an cum potestate, Cic. (vgl. Korte Cic. ep. 1, 1, 7. Zumpt Cic. Verr. 3, 74. p. 890). – erat T. Iuventius non indoctus et magna cum iuris civilis intellegentia, Cic.: abire cum gloria poterant, si etc., Curt. – β) v. Lebl.: salinum cum sale, Plaut.: olla cum aqua, Cato: fisci complures cum pecunia Siciliensi, Cic.: scrinium cum litteris, Sall.: duo pocula non magna, verum tamen cum emblemate, Cic.: currus cum falcibus et elephanti cum turribus, Gell. – bei Ang. des Ertrags, ager efficit cum octavo, cum decimo, bringt das achte, zehnte Korn, achtfältig, zehnfältig, Cic.: ut ex eodem semine aliubi cum decimo redeat, aliubi cum quinto decimo, Varro: cum centesima fruge agris fenus reddente terrā, Plin. – v. Zuständen, gloria est frequens de aliquo fama cum laude, Cic.: ut viginti annorum militiam cum illa virtute, cum illa fortuna taceam, Liv.
c) bei Ang. des Mittels u. Werkzeugs, mit, zB. ista cum lingua culos lingere, Catull.: extemplo silentio facto cum voce maxima conclamat, Claud. Quadrig. fr.: caede caudam cum tabula aliqua non ponderosa, Veget. mul. – u. so der gramm. t.t., scribi cum littera quadam, zB. terra in augurum libris scripta cum R uno, Varro LL. 5, 21.
II) in der Zeit, a) übh. bei Ang. des Gleichzeitigen, mit, bei, gleichzeitig mit, unmittelbar nach (zuw. auch verb. pariter cum, simul cum; s. die Auslgg. zu Ter. adelph. 5, 3, 55. Korte Sall. Iug. 68, 2 u. Lucan. 5, 678), abs te abii hinc hodie cum diluculo, Plaut.: cum prima luce Pomponii domum venire, Cic.: cum primo mane Leptim vehi, Auct. b. Afr.: so cum primo lumine solis, Verg.: u. bei den Dichtern oft cum sidere, Catull., cum luce, Ov., cum sole, Verg. – pariter cum ortu solis castra metari, Sall.: pariter cum occasu solis expeditos educere, Sall.: simul cum sole expergisci, Cic.: simul cum occasu solis egredi, Sall. – exiit cum nuntio Crassus, Caes.: cum his nuntius Romam ad consulendum redit, Liv.: simul cum domo designavit templo Iovis fines, Liv. – Ggstz., ut quaeratur, quid ante rem, quid cum re, quid post rem evenerit, Cic. top. 51.
b) bei Ang. gleichzeitiger Nebenumstände (sowohl äußerer Umstände als Gemütszustände), mit, unter, nicht ohne (Ggstz. sine, s. Suet. Cal. 16, 3 legata ex testamento Iuliae Augustae cum fide ac sine calumnia repraesentata persolvit), alqm cum cruciatu necare, Caes.: risus omnium cum hilaritate coortus est, Nep.: cum clamore in forum curritur, Liv.: cum silentio (in der Stille, lautlos, geräuschlos) audiri, ad alqm convenire, Liv. – obsides summa cum contumelia extorquere, Caes.: magno cum periculo suo (für sie) in eam turbam incĭderunt, Liv.: summa cum celeritate ad exercitum redire, Hirt. b. G.: multis cum lacrimis obsecrare, Caes.: alqd magno cum gemitu civitatis auferre, Cic.: cum gratulatione et ingenti favore populi domum reduci, Liv.: semper magno cum metu incipio dicere, Cic. – so oft in den Verbindungen cum (magna) cura, cum (bona) gratia, cum (bona) pace, cum (bona) venia, s. cūra, grātia, 1. pāx, venia. – zuw. auch bei Ang. von unmittelbar aus einer Handlung hervorgehenden Wirkungen u. Folgen, zu, zur, zum, quo die ad Alliam cum exitio urbis foede pugnatum, Liv.: illo itinere venit Lampsacum cum magna calamitate et prope pernicie civitatis, Cic.: magno cum periculo provinciae futurum, ut etc., Caes.: magna cum offensione civium suorum redire, Nep.: maxima cum offensione patrum abire consulatu, Liv.: summa cum offensione Pompeii domi remanere, Cic. – endlich auch bei Ang. eines gleichzeitig als Bedingung od. Beschränkung eintretenden Nebenumstandes, nur mit, doch nur mit (s. Fabri Sall. Iug. 86, 3), zB. liberalitas si cum mercede (benigna est), conducta est, Cic.: quibus videmus optabiles mortes fuisse cum gloria, Cic.: omnia cum pretio honesta videntur, wenn es nur Geld einträgt, Sall. – so bes. cum eo, quod od. ut od. ne, unter der Bedingung (Beschränkung), daß od. daß nicht usw., dergestalt-, doch so-, außerdem daß od. daß nicht usw. (griech. επὶ τούτῳ, εφ ᾽ᾧτε u. bl. εφ᾽ ᾧτε m. folg. Infin.), sit sane, quoniam ita tu vis, sed tamen cum eo, credo, quod sine peccato meo fiat, Cic.: Antium nova colonia missa cum eo, ut Antiatibus permitteretur, Liv.: obsequar voluntati tuae cum eo, ne dubites id opus geometrarum magis esse quam rusticorum, Col.: cum eo tamen, ne quis, qui valere et sanescere volet, hoc cotidianum habeat, Cels.; vgl. Brolén de eloc. Cels. p. 44. – u. cum eo, quod = außerdem daß, hoc cum eo quod candidos facit dentes, tum etiam confirmat, Scrib. 60: u. cum eo, ut = mit dem Umstande, daß usw., so daß zugleich, Liv. 8, 14, 2; 30, 10, 21; 36, 35, 3. – / cum wird dem Abl. der Personalpron. immer (s. Cic. or. 154), dem Abl. des Relativpron. häufig angehängt, also mecum, tecum, secum, nobiscum, vobiscum, quocum (quîcum), quācum, quocum, quibuscum; nicht selten aber auch (bei Livius, Vellejus u. Curtius immer) cum quo, cum qua, cum quibus. Vgl. Greef im Philol. 32, 711 ff. – Spätlat. mit Acc., cum uxorem suam, Rossi inscr. Chr. 144.
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15 iter
iter, itineris, n. (zu ire), I) das Gehen = der Weg, Gang, den man nach einem Orte macht, A) eig. u. übtr.: 1) im allg.: iter hāc habui, ich habe einen Gang hierher, Ter.: iter illi saepius in forum, er ging häufig aufs F., Plin. pan.: dicam in itinere, unterwegs, Ter.: iter pergere, Ter.: in diversum iter equi concitati, Liv.: itinera egressusque (Gänge u. Wege, Tritte u. Schritte) eius explorare Sall. – 2) insbes.: a) die Reise, Fahrt, der Marsch, iter pedestre, Landreise (Ggstz. iter maritimum), Suet., Iustin. u. Apul. (versch. von no. II, A, 1, b): ad iter se parare od. comparare, Liv.: committere se itineri, Cic.: iter ingredi, Cic., od. inire, Curt.: iter habere, s. habeo(no. II, A, 5): iter tenere, s. teneo(no. I, B, 2, b): iter facere, Cic. (versch. v. unten no. II, A, 1, b): iter unā facere, iter pedibus facere, Cic.: iter terrestre (Landreise) facere, Iustin.: a Massilia Gesoriacum usque pedestri itinere confecto, Suet.: iter facere in Apuliam, Cic.: iter per Epirum facere, Cic.: inter Altinum atque Concordiam iter faciens, Aur. Vict. – iter vertere, kehrt machen, umkehren, Tac. – in itinere, auf der R., auf dem M., unterwegs, Caes. u.a.: u. so bl. itinere, Liv.: ex itinere, vom M. aus, unmittelbar auf dem M., unterwegs, Caes. u.a. – b) die Reise, der Marsch als Wegstrecke, Wegmaß, abesse iter unius diei, eine Tagereise, Caes.: iter paucorum dierum, einige Tagereisen, Caes.: latitudo (Hercyniae silvae) novem dierum iter expedito patet, sie erstreckt sich neun Tagereisen, Caes. – magnis itineribus contendere, in starken Märschen (Tagemärschen), Caes.: modicis itineribus agmen exercitus ducere, Curt. – 3) übtr., der Lauf eines Flusses, amnes iter, quod coeperunt, percurrunt, Curt. 5, 1 (2), 13. – 4) meton.: a) das Recht, wo zu gehen, der freie Durchgang (für Personen), Cic. Caecin. 74; vgl. Ulp. dig. 8, 3, 1. § 1. Paul. u. Modestin. dig. 8, 3, 7 u. 12. – b) die Erlaubnis, wo zu gehen, negat se posse iter ulli per provinciam dare, den Durchgang gestatten, Caes. b. G. 1, 8, 3.
B) bildl.: defessus labore atque itinere disputationis, Cic.: pergere iter ambitione ac periculis vacuum, einen von E. und G. freien Wandel verfolgen, Tac.: unum ad potentiam iter, Tac. – iter huius sermonis quod sit, vides, welchen Gang unsere Unterredung nimmt, Cic.
II) konkret = via, der Weg, Gang, der nach einem Orte hingeht, A) eig. u. übtr.: 1) eig.: a) in Häusern = Eingang in ein Zimmer usw., Vitr.: supercilia itinerum, Vitr.: itinera versurarum, Vitr. – b) im Freien = Weg, Straße, iter angustum et difficile, Caes.: iter callium od. per calles, Gebirgspfad, Curt.: iter pedestre, terrestre, Landweg, Caes. u. Liv. (zB. pedestria itinera concisa aestuariis, Caes.: itinere pedestri petere Syriam, Liv.: itinere terrestri petere Thessaliam, Liv.): itinera devia, Cic.: erant omnino itinera duo, Caes.: itinera intercludere, Caes.: iter facere (bahnen), Liv. (versch. v. iter facere oben no. I, A, 2, a). – refertis itineribus (Gassen der Stadt) agrestium turbā, Liv. – v. Weg zu Wasser, iter, quā meant navigia, Curt. – 2) übtr., der Gang für Flüssigkeiten, itinera omni lateri piscinae dare, Colum.: iter urinae, die Harnröhre, Cels.
B) bildl., wie unser Weg, Gang, 1) im allg.: ut (occupatio) interrumpat iter amoris nostri et officii mei, unserer Liebe u. meiner Pflicht gegen dich den Weg versperre, Cic.: secretum iter (verborgener Pfad) et fallentis semita vitae, Hor.: insidiosum iter vitae, Sen.: quod vitae sectabor iter? Auson.: senectae iter declive, Ov.: non instruendum illis iter ad bonam famam, sed non deserendum, Plin. pan.: iter pronum (gebahnten Weg) ad honores... relicturus, Plin. ep.: recto itinere lapsi plerumque divertunt, Quint. – 2) insbes.: a) der Gang, Verlauf, den etw. nimmt, itinera flexusque rerum publicarum (im Verfassungsleben des Staates), Cic. de rep. 2, 45. – b) wie unser Weg, Mittel und Wege, Methode, Verfahrungsweise, Art und Weise u. dgl., duo itinera audendi, Tac.: fortuna salutis (zum Heil) monstrat iter, Verg.: naturam suo quodam itinere ad ultimum pervenire, Cic.: patiamur, illum ire nostris itineribus, unsere Wege einschlage, unsere Art und Weise nachahme, Cic.: novis et exquisitis eloquentiae itineribus opus est, per quae etc., Tac. dial. – / Archaist. Nomin. itiner, Enn. fr. scen. 336. Acc. tr. 457 u. 500. Pacuv. tr. 121 u.a. Plaut. merc. 911. Lucr. 6, 339. Varro sat. Men. 421. Mart. Cap. 9. § 897. Iul. Hyg. bei Charis. 134, 20. Manil. 1, 88: archaist. Genet. iteris, Naev. tr. 38. Acc. tr. 627. Iul. Hyg. bei Charis. 134, 14: Abl. itere, Acc. tr. 499. Lucr. 5, 651. Varro sat. Men. 79. Iul. Hyg. bei Charis. 134, 14. – Genet. auch iteneris u. Dat. iteneri geschr., Corp. inscr. Lat. 1, 200. lin. 26 u. 5, 1622.
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16 rectus
rēctus, a, um, PAdi. (rego), geradegerichtet, d.i. in gerader (wagerechter od. senkrechter) Richtung, gerade, griech. ὀρθός (Ggstz. curvus, incurvatus, recurvatus, flexus, flexuosus, inclinatus u. dgl.), I) eig.: a) in wagerechter Richtung: ostium, die gerade auf die Straße führende, die Vordertür (Ggstz. posticum), Plaut.: via, platea, Komik.: iter r. et simplex (Ggstz. iter flexuosum), im Ohre, Cels.: recto itinere ad Iberum contendere, Caes.: recto itinere Romam ad consules et liberos fugere, Liv.; vgl. recto limite grassari, Ov., u. recto flumine alqm ducere, Verg.: rectā et expeditā via ire, Liv.: rectā viā ire ad etc., Komik.: ad me rectā rectam habet viam, Plaut.: huc rectus ex Africa cursus est, Liv.: saxa, quae rectis lineis suos ordines servant, Caes.: instructi rectā acie (Ggstz. inconditum agmen), Liv.: aes r., das gerade, geradlinige Erz (v. der Tuba), Iuven.: intestinum r., Mastdarm, Cels.: vena r. (Ggstz. v. transversa, curva), Cels.: recti oculi, gerader, unverwandter, ruhiger Blick, Cic. (vgl. oculus): u. so r. acies (Augen), Ov.: crus rectius, Hor.: cui rectior est coma, gerader, schlichter, ungelockter (Ggstz. crispulus), Sen. – iter non agit in rectum (geradeaus), sed in orbem curvat eundem, Ov. met. 2, 715. – b) v. senkrechter Richtung, gerade, senkrecht, aufrecht, arduae et rectae prope rupes, Liv.: rupes ita rectis saxis, ut etc., Liv.: rectis lineis in caelestem locum subvolare, Cic.: ita iacĕre talum, ut rectus assistat, Cic.: qui ita talus erit iactus, ut cadat rectus, Cic.: anguis longā trabe rectior exstat, Ov. – v. der Körperhaltung, -stellung, ut recta sint brachia, Quint.: caput r. (Ggstz. c. deiectum, supinum, in latus inclinatum), Quint.: quidam promptius recti, quidam resupinati, quidam etiam inclinati reddunt (urinam), Cels.: rectus insistit, rectus incedit, aufrecht, Cels. u. Capit.: u. so stans et rectus (Ggstz. humilis et ad terram more quadrupedum abiectus), Lact.: u. senectus, Iuven.: octo homines recti, gerade gewachsene, geradgliederige, schlanke, Catull.: u. so puella r., Hor.: servitia rectiora, Suet. – tunica recta, der nach alter Sitte mit senkrecht gezogenen Kettenfäden gewebte Rock, Plin. 8, 194: dass. vestis recta, Isid. orig. 19, 22, 18: Plur. subst., rectae, Fest. 277 (a), 8. – neutr. plur. subst., recta montium, steile Höhen (Ggstz. collium flexa u. porrecta camporum), Min. Fel. 17, 10. – c) v. Tone usw., nicht von der Tonleiter abweichend, weder steigend noch fallend, schlicht (Ggstz. inclinatus, flexus), sonus r. (Ggstz. inclinatio vocis), Quint. vox, Quint. – d) als gramm. t. t.: casus r., der nicht gebeugte K., der Nominativ (Ggstz. c. obliquus), Varro LL., Quint. u.a. Gramm.
II) übtr.: 1) gerade, recht, aufrecht, rectā viā rem narrare ordine, ohne Umschweife, Ter.: rem rectā viā reputare, Ter.: rectam instas viam (bist auf dem r. Weg); ea res est, Plaut.: in rectam viam redire, Plaut.: rectissimam ad virtutem viam deligere, Quint. – rectum neutr. adv., geradeswegs, rectum ambula, Auct. inc. de mont. Sina et Sion 14. – quo vobis mentes rectae quae stare solebant antehac, aufrecht zu stehen, nicht zu wanken, Enn. – 2) übtr., v. allem, was nicht von der geraden Bahn, von der Regel usw. abweicht, a) in physischer u. intellektueller Hinsicht, α) regelrecht, regelmäßig, sachgemäß, gehörig, richtig, figura r., Prop.: cena recta u. subst. bl. recta, eine regelmäßige, ordentliche Mahlzeit (Ggstz. sportula), Suet. u. Mart.: r. et iustum proelium, Liv.: nomina r., sichere Schuldposten (Schuldner), Hor. – quotusquisque tam rectus auditor, quem etc., so ordentlicher, so gehörig-, richtig gebildeter, Plin. ep.: ebenso iudex r., Quint. – β) schlicht, einfach, natürlich, commentarii Caesaris, Cic.: simplex et r. dicendi genus, Quint.: u. so r. genus, Ggstz. figurae, Quint.: sermo rectus et secundum naturam enuntiatus, Quint.: oratio recta an ordine permutato, Quint.: orator rectus et sanus, Plin. ep. – in utroque genere (der Schauspieler- u. Ringergebärden) quae sunt recta et simplicia laudantur, Cic. – u. einfach, offen, aufrichtig, qui haec recta tantum et in nullos flexus recedentia tractaverit, Quint.: recta et vera loquere, Plaut. – γ) recht, richtig, fehlerflei (Ggstz. pravus, vitiosus), quod dici solet, domus recta est, ist ohne Fehler, ohne Makel, Suet. – consilia r., Ter.: iudicium r., Sen.: quae sint in artibus ac rationibus recta ac prava, Cic. – si quid novisti rectius istis, Hor. – erit haec quidem rectissima fortasse ratio, Quint. – rectum est m. Infin., uni medico rectius esse aegrum committere, quam multis, Cic.: protinus ergo adhibere curam rectius erit, Quint. 10, 3, 18. – neutr. subst., rectum pravumque, Cic.: rectum verumque, Quint. – v. Pers., mit Genet., beatus iudicii rectus, wer ein richtiges Urteil hat, Sen. de vit. beat. 6, 2. – b) in moralischer Hinsicht, α) gerade, rechtlich, ehrlich (Ggstz. pravus, perversus), consilia r. (Ggstz. prava c.), Liv.: ingenia r. (Ggstz. ing. perversa), Plin. ep.: conscientia r., Cic. – v. Pers., gerade, geradsinnig, gerade durchgehend, unentwegt, sich treu bleibend (vgl. Stürenb. u. Benecke Cic. Arch. 3), ex quibus unus L. Caesar firmus est et rectus, Cic.: u. so vir r., vir r. et sanctus, Plin. ep.: vir alioqui rectus, integer, quietus, Plin. ep.: praetor populi Roman irectissimus, Cic.: rectissimus iudex Plin. ep.: adversus impios rectissimus iudex (v. Gott), Lact. – β) recht, sittlich gut, pflichtgemäß, tugendhaft (Ggstz. pravus), im Neutrum subst., das Rechte, Gute, Tugendhafte, griech. ὀρθόν (Ggstz. pravum), si benefacta recte facta sunt, et nihil recto rectius, certe ne bono quidem melius quicquam inveniri potest, Cic.: neque quicquam nisi honestum et rectum alter ab altero postulabit, Cic.: sine lege fidem rectumque colebant, Ov.: recti praeceptio pravique depulsio, Cic. – rectum est, es gebührt sich, ist recht, ist pflichtgemäß, m. folg. Infin., Cic. de off. 1, 137 u. so non (nec) rectum est m. folg. Infin., Cic. de fin. 3, 71.
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17 losgehen
losgehen, I) sich ablösen: so lvi. – II) anfangen fortzugehen: ire pergere. – Bildl., incipere (anfangen). – vela facere (tüchtig losdisputieren). – III) gehend die Richtung nehmen nach etc.: a) in friedl. Absicht: auf jmd. l., ire ad alqm; petere alqm. – auf etw. l., petere alqd (z.B. alcis domum). – b) in feindl. Absicht: petere alqm od. alqd; impetum facere in alqm od. in alqd. – mit dem Dolche auf jmd. l., pugione petere alqm: ungestüm auf den Feind l., ferociter incurrere od. invehi in hostem: mit den Truppen auf den Feind l., copias ducere contra hostem; cum copiis contendere ad hostem.
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18 pes
palimbacchius (pes), m. pied de deux longues et d'une brève.* * *palimbacchius (pes), m. pied de deux longues et d'une brève.* * *Pes, pedis, m. g. Le pied.\Digiti pedum. Ouid. Les arteils des pieds.\Motu pedum melior. Virgil. Qui court plus viste.\Orba pedum portenta. Lucret. Qui n'ont point de pieds.\Celer pedibus. Virgil. Legier du pied.\Melior pedibus. Virgil. Plus legier des pieds, Mieulx courant.\A pedibus, vel Seruus a pedibus, Vide A vel AB praepositiones. Laquay.\Aurati. Ouid. Chaussez de chaussure doree.\Aureolus pes. Catul. Beau comme or, ou chaussé de chaussure doree.\Lacteus. Catul. Blanc comme laict.\Marmorei pedes. Ouidius. Blancs.\Dubius pes fortunae. Ouid. Incertain et instable.\Abiicere se ad pedes, Vide ABIICIO. Se jecter aux pieds d'aucun et se humilier.\Accidere ad pedes omnium. Cic. Se jecter aux pieds, Se prosterner, S'agenouiller devant.\Aduertere pedem ripae. Virgil. Aller vers le rivage.\Congredi pede. Virgil. Combatre à pied.\Consequi aliquem pedibus. Ouid. Le rataindre à la course.\Contendere pedibus cum aliquo. Ouid. Courir à luy à qui mieulx mieulx.\Ad pedes desilire, Vide AD praepositionem. Descendre d'un cheval à pied, Mettre pied à terre.\Discedere pedem ab aliquo. Cic. S'esloingner de luy la longueur d'un pied.\Dare pedem. Cic. Donner aide, Aider.\Dolet pes. Lucret. Le pied me fait mal, J'ay mal au pied.\Efferre pedem. Cic. Sortir hors.\Pedibus ire in sententiam alicuius, Vide EO, is. Se ranger à son opinion.\Ferre pedem. Virgil. Venir.\Incerto pede ferri. Horat. Chanceler comme un homme yvre.\Virtute pedum freti. Lucret. Se fiants en leurs jambes.\Molli pede fulta. Horat. Qui ha les pieds tendres et delicats.\Metiri suo se pede. Horat. Faire selon la jambe le coup, Faire sa despense selon sa richesse.\Mouere pedem a limine. Iuuenal. Sortir de sa maison.\Obteritur pedibus relligio. Lucret. Est foullee aux pieds.\Ponere pedem cum aliquo. Lucret. Cheminer quant et quant un autre, ne plus viste, ne plus lentement.\Pedem vbi ponat non habet. Cic. Il n'ha pas un pied de terre tant est povre.\Cursu pedum praeuertere ventos. Virgil. Aller plus viste que le vent.\Proferre pedem alicunde. Horat. Sortir de quelque lieu.\Proferre pedes. Quintil. Avancer les pieds.\Referre pedem. Quintil. Se retirer, Desmarcher, Se desmarcher, Se reculer, Se retirer en arriere.\Signa pedum sequi. Ouid. Suyvre la trace.\Signare littus pedibus. Ouid. Cheminer sur le rivage.\Subiicere pedibus. Virg. Mettre soubz le pied, N'en tenir compte.\Foelici pede tangere locum aliquem. Ouid. Venir ou arriver en quelque lieu à la bonne heure.\Humili sub pede colla tenet. Ouid. Elle te tient le pied sur la gorge.\Per me ista pedibus trahantur. Cic. Qu'on en face ce qu'on vouldra, je ne m'en soulcie point.\Pede presso. Liu. A pied coy.\Pedes, aliquando velut aduerbialiter ponitur. Curt. Qui va à pied.\Pedibus, Idem. Cicero, Pedibus es consecutus. A pied.\Per Siciliam pedibus profectus, freto in Italiam traiecit. Liu. Par terre.\Pedibus ire, vel reuerti, aut iter facere. Cic. Aller à pied.\Pedibus stipendia facere. Liu. Estre pieton de guerre.\Pedibus praeliari. Caes. Combatre à pied.\Pes vinaceorum. Columel. La queue des raisins.\Pes. Plin. La mesure d'un pied.\Pes. Plaut. Un poulx de teste.\E capite eorum crebro eligendi pedes. Varro. Il fault esplucher les poulx.\Pes milui, Herba. Columel. Aucuns dient estre l'herbe communeement appelee Corne de cerf.\Pes gallinaceus, vel pedes gallinacei, Herba. Plinius. Persil bastard.\Pes. Virgil. La corde de quoy on tend comme on veult le voile de la navire. -
19 cum
1. cum (altl. quom), Coni. (ein alter Acc. gen. neutr. von qui), I) zu Angabe der Zeit, A) im allg.: 1) wenn, als, is qui non defendit iniuriam, cum potest, iniuste facit, Cic.: bes. mit vorausgehendem tum, tunc, nunc, iam, od. einem die Zeit bestimmenden Substant., wie tempus, annus, mensis u.a., fructus ingenii tum maxime capitur, cum in proximum quemque confertur, Cic.: cum primum, sobald als, Cic. – m. Praes. hist. od. aorist. Perf. od. Imperf., auch mit Infin. hist., wenn in der lebhaften Darstellung das Verhältnis der Sätze umgekehrt wird, dies haud multi intercesserant, cum legati venerunt, Liv.: dies nondum decem intercesserant, cum ille necatur, Cic.: caedebatur, cum nullus gemitus audiebatur, Liv.: iam dies consumptus erat, cum tamen barbari nihil remittere atque acrius instare, Sall.: häufig mit repente, subito, interim, interea u.a. verb., cum repente iubetur dicere, Cic. – 2) so oft als, so oft etwa, wenn etwa, cum ad aliquod oppidum venerat, in cubiculum deferebatur, Cic. – mit Coniunctiv, veniebat in theatrum, cum ibi concilium populi haberetur, Nep. – 3) seit, multi anni sunt, cum Fabius in aere meo est, Cic.B) insbes., mit dem Nbbegr. 1) einer relativen Bestimmung, bes. nach Substst. wie tempus, dies u.a., als, wo, fuit quoddam tempus, cum homines vagabantur, Cic.: fuit, cum hoc dici poterat, Liv. – m.————Coniunctiv, wenn der Zeitbegriff nach seiner Beschaffenheit näher erklärt werden soll, fuit tempus, cum rura colerent homines, Varro: fuit, cum arbitrarer, Cic.: saepe audivi, cum diceret, Cic. – 2) eines kausalen Zusammenhangs, wenn, cum imperium abrogabat, poterat videri facere id iniuste, Cic.: tibi maximas gratias ago, cum tantum litterae meae potuerunt, Cic. – 3) eines hypothetischen Zusammenhangs, wenn, nulla est haec amicitia, cum alter verum audire non vult, alter ad mentiendum paratus est, Cic.: in hominem dicendum est, cum oratio argumentationem non habet, Cic.: praeclare facis, cum puerum diligis, Cic.: dah. auch in konzessivem Zusammenhange, wenn, wenn auch, pauci potentes cum tabulas... emunt, tamen divitias vincere nequeunt, Sall. – Bes. in der Verbindung cum... tum, die zwei Sätze aneinander reiht. Steht in beiden Sätzen nur ein Verbum, so ist der Indicat. regelmäßig; hat jeder einzelne aber sein eigenes Verbum, so findet sich in dem mit cum eingeleiteten gewöhnlich der Coniunctiv. Im ersten Falle übersetzen wir cum... tum durch sowohl... als auch, nicht nur... sondern auch, im zweiten Falle durch wenn auch... so doch, sowohl... als auch ganz besonders, te cum semper valere cupio, tum certe, dum hic sumus, Cic.: cum plurimas commoditates amicitia contineat, tum illa praestat omnibus, Cic.: das zweite Glied auch noch durch etiam,————vero, maxime, praecipue, imprimis u.a. verstärkt, Cic.: auch können sowohl die mit cum gebildeten Sätze (Cic. ep. 6, 4, 1) als auch die mit tum gebildeten (Cic. ep. 9, 13, 2) gehäuft werden; bisweilen wird das zweite Glied auch durch simul angereiht, Liv. 3, 50, 10. – dah. steht cum maxime ellipt., gerade, besonders, vorzüglich, auch noch, cum maxime volo, Ter.: nunc cum maxime, Cic.: hanc amabat, ut cum maxime, Ter.: paret cum maxime mortuo, er gehorcht ihm auch noch, wenn er tot ist, Cic.: quae fiunt cum maxime, was häufig noch geschieht, Cic.II) zur Angabe der Ursache, mit Coniunctiv, A) im allg., da, cum valetudo et vita sine amicis insidiarum et metus plena sit, ratio ipsa monet amicitias comparare, Cic.: cum in communibus suggestis consistere non auderet, contionari ex turri alta solebat, Cic.: cum interemisset Clitum, vix a se manus continuit, Cic.: dah. quippe cum, utpote cum, zum Ausdruck einer subjektiven Ansicht des Redenden, Cic.B) insbes., mit dem Nbbgr. 1) des zeitlichen Zusammenhangs, bes. in der Erzählung, wo im Nebensatz das Imperf. od. Plusquamperf. steht, als, da, Zenonem, cum Athenis essem, audiebam frequenter, Cic.: Antigonus cum pugnaret, occisus est, Nep.: Epaminondas cum vicisset Lacedaemonios, quaesivit, Cic. – 2) eines konzessiven Zusammenhangs, da doch, obgleich, Druentiae flumen, cum aquae vim————vehat ingentem, non tamen navium patiens est, Liv.: cum rho dicere nequiret, exercitatione fecisse, ut etc., Cic.: Socratis ingenium immortalitati Plato scriptis suis tradidit, cum ipse litteram Socrates nullam reliquisset, Cic. – ⇒ Im Plaut. schreibt man quom, in allen übrigen Schriftstellern cum, bisweilen quum; vgl. Georges Lexik. d. lat. Wortf. S. 183.————————2. cum, Praep. m. Abl. (auf Inschrn. auch cun u. con u. quom, in Hdschrn. auch quom geschr.) = ξύν od. σύν, mit, samt, nebst, nicht ohne (Ggstz. sine), zuw. verb. unā cum, simul cum (s. unā u. simul), zusammen mit, zugleich mit, I) im Raume: a) zur Ang. des Zusammenseins, der Gesellschaft, der Begleitung, semper ille antea cum uxore, tum sine ea, Cic. Mil. 55. – u. so esse, vivere, agitare, habitare, cenare, dormire cum alqo, w. s.: ire, abire, redire cum alqo, w. s.: mittere, dimittere, praemittere cum alqo, w. s.: alqm secum habere, secum ducere und ähnliche Verba, wo das Nähere zu finden sein wird. – m. Lebl., cum omnibus suis carris sequi, Caes.: cum impedimentis venire, Caes.: alqm cum litteris dimittere, Sall.: in tabernaculo sellam auream cum sceptro ac diademate iussit poni, Nep.: semper aliquid secum afferunt tuae litterae, Cic.: quidquid vides currit cum tempore, Sen. – u. im Unwillen (s. Fabri Sall. orat. Licin. § 18. p. 436), abi hinc cum donis tuis tam lepidis, Ter.: abi hinc cum tribunatibus et rogationibus tuis, Liv.: abi hinc cum immaturo amore ad sponsum, Liv. – ⇒ Auch in Verbindungen wie Liber pater et cum Castore Pollux, Hor., oder negaretis hoc mihi cum dis, Liv., od. dux cum principibus capiuntur, Liv., od. Demosthenes cum ceteris erant expulsi, Nep. ist der Begriff der Begleitung festzuhalten.————So nun bes.: α) bei Ang. der Begleitung eines Befehlshabers od. Untergebenen, eines Wächters od. Schützers, mit = in Begleitung, im Geleite von usw., eā (auf diesem Wege) cum Magone equites Hispanorum praemissos, Liv.: duumviros navales cum classe Pisas ire, Liv.: rex Hellespontum cum exercitu transiit, Liv.: consul iam cum legionibus mare traiecit, Liv.: reliquos cum custodibus in aedem Concordiae venire iubet, mit (unter) Bedeckung, Sall.: in hanc opimam mercedem, agite, cum dis bene iuvantibus arma capite, im Geleite der h. G., Liv.: so auch cum dis volentibus, Cato. – β) bei Ang. des gemeinschaftl. Besitzes mit jmd., unum imperium unumque magistratum habere cum ipsis, Liv.: alia omnia sibi cum collega (esse) ratus, alle anderen Obliegenheiten habe er mit dem K. gemeinschaftlich, Liv. – γ) bei Ang. des gemeinschaftlichen Wirkens mit jmd., mit = in Gemeinschaft mit, in Verbindung mit, im Verein mit, unter Mitwirkung von, verbunden mit, praedas bellicas imperatores cum paucis diripiebant, Sall.: Varro cum iis quas habebat legionibus ulteriorem Hispaniam tueatur, Caes.: in postremo C. Marius cum equitibus curabat, Sall.: Bocchus cum peditibus invadunt, Sall.: bellum gerere cum Aegyptiis ad versus regem, Nep.: cum alqo contra alqm arma ferre, Nep. – ebenso facere, stare cum alqo, w. s. – δ) bei Ang. des Verkehrs, mit = im Verkehre, im Umgange————mit, in Verbindung mit, cum alqo se delectare od. se oblectare, Cic.: is quicum (= quocum) familiaritas fuerat, societas erat, Cic. (so auch pax, foedus cum alqo, s. pax, foedus): nihil cum potentiore iuris humani relinquitur inopi, Liv.: cum patrono Epicureo mihi omnia sunt, Cic.: mihi ante aedilitatem nihil erat cum Cornificio, Cic.: u. (mit Lebl.) quid mihi, inquit, cum ista summa sanctimonia ac diligentia? Cic. – orationem habere cum multitudine, Cic.: agere cum alqo, w. s.: reputare cum animo, secum und dgl., w. s. – und v. feindl. Verkehre, mit, pugnare, dimicare, certare, confligere, contendere cum alqo, w. s.: queri cum alqo, querelae cum alqo, w. s. – ε) bei Ang. der Vereinigung, Verknüpfung, der Übereinstimmung, sowie der Trennung, Abweichung u. dgl., zB. iungere, coniungere, conectere cum alqo u. dgl., w. s. – sentire, consentire, congruere cum alqo u. dgl., w. s. – distractum esse, dissidere, discrepare, dissentire, differre cum alqo u. dgl., w. s.b) zur Ang. des Versehenseins mit etw., mit, in = versehen, bekleidet, ausgerüstet, ausgestattet, bewaffnet, begabt, behaftet mit usw., α) v. leb. Wesen: cursitare cum Sicyoniis (in siz. Schuhen), Cornif. rhet.: cum pallio purpureo versabatur in conviviis, Cic.: cum tunica pulla sedere solebat et pallio, Cic.: cives Romanos cum mitella saepe vidimus, Cic.: cum purpurea veste processit, Cic.: cum ramis oleae in-————gressi curiam, Liv.: quaestores cum fascibus mihi praesto fuerunt, Cic.: illum dicis cum armis aureis, mit der g. Rüstung (= der die g. Rüstung trägt, anhat), Plaut.: alqm pingere cum clipeo, Plin.: esse cum libro (ein Buch in der Hand haben), Cic.: esse cum catenis, K. tragen, Plaut.: esse cum telo, eine Waffe bei sich führen (was in Rom verboten war), Cic.: domi Caesaris deprehensum esse cum sica, Cic.: cum gladio cruento comprehensum esse in illo ipso loco, Cic.: in alqm cum ferro invadere, Cic.: cum telis impetum facere in alqm, Cic.: collocari cum gladiis, Cic. – porcus cum capite humano natus, Liv.: agnus biceps cum quinque pedibus natus, Liv.: Auximi nata puella cum dentibus, Liv. – iste adulescens cum hac dis irata fronte, Cic.: cum febri domum redire, Cic.: cum gravi vulnere ferri ex proelio, referri in castra, Liv. – legatos cum auctoritate (Vollmacht) mittere, Cic.: esse cum imperio, unumschränkte Gewalt-, den Oberbefehl haben (dagegen esse in imperio = ein höheres Staatsamt bekleiden), Cic.: ebenso nemine cum imperio aut magistratu tendente quoquam quin deverteret Rhodum, Suet: alqm cum imperio habere apud exercitum, Nep.: privatus sit an cum potestate, Cic. (vgl. Korte Cic. ep. 1, 1, 7. Zumpt Cic. Verr. 3, 74. p. 890). – erat T. Iuventius non indoctus et magna cum iuris civilis intellegentia, Cic.: abire cum gloria poterant, si etc., Curt. – β) v. Lebl.: salinum cum sale,————Plaut.: olla cum aqua, Cato: fisci complures cum pecunia Siciliensi, Cic.: scrinium cum litteris, Sall.: duo pocula non magna, verum tamen cum emblemate, Cic.: currus cum falcibus et elephanti cum turribus, Gell. – bei Ang. des Ertrags, ager efficit cum octavo, cum decimo, bringt das achte, zehnte Korn, achtfältig, zehnfältig, Cic.: ut ex eodem semine aliubi cum decimo redeat, aliubi cum quinto decimo, Varro: cum centesima fruge agris fenus reddente terrā, Plin. – v. Zuständen, gloria est frequens de aliquo fama cum laude, Cic.: ut viginti annorum militiam cum illa virtute, cum illa fortuna taceam, Liv.c) bei Ang. des Mittels u. Werkzeugs, mit, zB. ista cum lingua culos lingere, Catull.: extemplo silentio facto cum voce maxima conclamat, Claud. Quadrig. fr.: caede caudam cum tabula aliqua non ponderosa, Veget. mul. – u. so der gramm. t.t., scribi cum littera quadam, zB. terra in augurum libris scripta cum R uno, Varro LL. 5, 21.II) in der Zeit, a) übh. bei Ang. des Gleichzeitigen, mit, bei, gleichzeitig mit, unmittelbar nach (zuw. auch verb. pariter cum, simul cum; s. die Auslgg. zu Ter. adelph. 5, 3, 55. Korte Sall. Iug. 68, 2 u. Lucan. 5, 678), abs te abii hinc hodie cum diluculo, Plaut.: cum prima luce Pomponii domum venire, Cic.: cum primo mane Leptim vehi, Auct. b. Afr.: so cum primo lumine solis, Verg.: u. bei den Dichtern oft cum side-————re, Catull., cum luce, Ov., cum sole, Verg. – pariter cum ortu solis castra metari, Sall.: pariter cum occasu solis expeditos educere, Sall.: simul cum sole expergisci, Cic.: simul cum occasu solis egredi, Sall. – exiit cum nuntio Crassus, Caes.: cum his nuntius Romam ad consulendum redit, Liv.: simul cum domo designavit templo Iovis fines, Liv. – Ggstz., ut quaeratur, quid ante rem, quid cum re, quid post rem evenerit, Cic. top. 51.b) bei Ang. gleichzeitiger Nebenumstände (sowohl äußerer Umstände als Gemütszustände), mit, unter, nicht ohne (Ggstz. sine, s. Suet. Cal. 16, 3 legata ex testamento Iuliae Augustae cum fide ac sine calumnia repraesentata persolvit), alqm cum cruciatu necare, Caes.: risus omnium cum hilaritate coortus est, Nep.: cum clamore in forum curritur, Liv.: cum silentio (in der Stille, lautlos, geräuschlos) audiri, ad alqm convenire, Liv. – obsides summa cum contumelia extorquere, Caes.: magno cum periculo suo (für sie) in eam turbam incĭderunt, Liv.: summa cum celeritate ad exercitum redire, Hirt. b. G.: multis cum lacrimis obsecrare, Caes.: alqd magno cum gemitu civitatis auferre, Cic.: cum gratulatione et ingenti favore populi domum reduci, Liv.: semper magno cum metu incipio dicere, Cic. – so oft in den Verbindungen cum (magna) cura, cum (bona) gratia, cum (bona) pace, cum (bona) venia, s. cura, gratia, pax, venia. – zuw.————auch bei Ang. von unmittelbar aus einer Handlung hervorgehenden Wirkungen u. Folgen, zu, zur, zum, quo die ad Alliam cum exitio urbis foede pugnatum, Liv.: illo itinere venit Lampsacum cum magna calamitate et prope pernicie civitatis, Cic.: magno cum periculo provinciae futurum, ut etc., Caes.: magna cum offensione civium suorum redire, Nep.: maxima cum offensione patrum abire consulatu, Liv.: summa cum offensione Pompeii domi remanere, Cic. – endlich auch bei Ang. eines gleichzeitig als Bedingung od. Beschränkung eintretenden Nebenumstandes, nur mit, doch nur mit (s. Fabri Sall. Iug. 86, 3), zB. liberalitas si cum mercede (benigna est), conducta est, Cic.: quibus videmus optabiles mortes fuisse cum gloria, Cic.: omnia cum pretio honesta videntur, wenn es nur Geld einträgt, Sall. – so bes. cum eo, quod od. ut od. ne, unter der Bedingung (Beschränkung), daß od. daß nicht usw., dergestalt-, doch so-, außerdem daß od. daß nicht usw. (griech. επὶ τούτῳ, εφ ᾽ᾧτε u. bl. εφ᾽ ᾧτε m. folg. Infin.), sit sane, quoniam ita tu vis, sed tamen cum eo, credo, quod sine peccato meo fiat, Cic.: Antium nova colonia missa cum eo, ut Antiatibus permitteretur, Liv.: obsequar voluntati tuae cum eo, ne dubites id opus geometrarum magis esse quam rusticorum, Col.: cum eo tamen, ne quis, qui valere et sanescere volet, hoc cotidianum habeat, Cels.; vgl. Brolén de eloc. Cels. p.————44. – u. cum eo, quod = außerdem daß, hoc cum eo quod candidos facit dentes, tum etiam confirmat, Scrib. 60: u. cum eo, ut = mit dem Umstande, daß usw., so daß zugleich, Liv. 8, 14, 2; 30, 10, 21; 36, 35, 3. – ⇒ cum wird dem Abl. der Personalpron. immer (s. Cic. or. 154), dem Abl. des Relativpron. häufig angehängt, also mecum, tecum, secum, nobiscum, vobiscum, quocum (quîcum), quācum, quocum, quibuscum; nicht selten aber auch (bei Livius, Vellejus u. Curtius immer) cum quo, cum qua, cum quibus. Vgl. Greef im Philol. 32, 711 ff. – Spätlat. mit Acc., cum uxorem suam, Rossi inscr. Chr. 144. -
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iter, itineris, n. (zu ire), I) das Gehen = der Weg, Gang, den man nach einem Orte macht, A) eig. u. übtr.: 1) im allg.: iter hāc habui, ich habe einen Gang hierher, Ter.: iter illi saepius in forum, er ging häufig aufs F., Plin. pan.: dicam in itinere, unterwegs, Ter.: iter pergere, Ter.: in diversum iter equi concitati, Liv.: itinera egressusque (Gänge u. Wege, Tritte u. Schritte) eius explorare Sall. – 2) insbes.: a) die Reise, Fahrt, der Marsch, iter pedestre, Landreise (Ggstz. iter maritimum), Suet., Iustin. u. Apul. (versch. von no. II, A, 1, b): ad iter se parare od. comparare, Liv.: committere se itineri, Cic.: iter ingredi, Cic., od. inire, Curt.: iter habere, s. habeo (no. II, A, 5): iter tenere, s. teneo (no. I, B, 2, b): iter facere, Cic. (versch. v. unten no. II, A, 1, b): iter unā facere, iter pedibus facere, Cic.: iter terrestre (Landreise) facere, Iustin.: a Massilia Gesoriacum usque pedestri itinere confecto, Suet.: iter facere in Apuliam, Cic.: iter per Epirum facere, Cic.: inter Altinum atque Concordiam iter faciens, Aur. Vict. – iter vertere, kehrt machen, umkehren, Tac. – in itinere, auf der R., auf dem M., unterwegs, Caes. u.a.: u. so bl. itinere, Liv.: ex itinere, vom M. aus, unmittelbar auf dem M., unterwegs, Caes. u.a. – b) die Reise, der Marsch als Wegstrecke, Wegmaß, abesse iter unius diei, eine Tagereise, Caes.: iter paucorum dierum, ei-————nige Tagereisen, Caes.: latitudo (Hercyniae silvae) novem dierum iter expedito patet, sie erstreckt sich neun Tagereisen, Caes. – magnis itineribus contendere, in starken Märschen (Tagemärschen), Caes.: modicis itineribus agmen exercitus ducere, Curt. – 3) übtr., der Lauf eines Flusses, amnes iter, quod coeperunt, percurrunt, Curt. 5, 1 (2), 13. – 4) meton.: a) das Recht, wo zu gehen, der freie Durchgang (für Personen), Cic. Caecin. 74; vgl. Ulp. dig. 8, 3, 1. § 1. Paul. u. Modestin. dig. 8, 3, 7 u. 12. – b) die Erlaubnis, wo zu gehen, negat se posse iter ulli per provinciam dare, den Durchgang gestatten, Caes. b. G. 1, 8, 3.B) bildl.: defessus labore atque itinere disputationis, Cic.: pergere iter ambitione ac periculis vacuum, einen von E. und G. freien Wandel verfolgen, Tac.: unum ad potentiam iter, Tac. – iter huius sermonis quod sit, vides, welchen Gang unsere Unterredung nimmt, Cic.II) konkret = via, der Weg, Gang, der nach einem Orte hingeht, A) eig. u. übtr.: 1) eig.: a) in Häusern = Eingang in ein Zimmer usw., Vitr.: supercilia itinerum, Vitr.: itinera versurarum, Vitr. – b) im Freien = Weg, Straße, iter angustum et difficile, Caes.: iter callium od. per calles, Gebirgspfad, Curt.: iter pedestre, terrestre, Landweg, Caes. u. Liv. (zB. pedestria itinera concisa aestuariis, Caes.: itinere pedestri————petere Syriam, Liv.: itinere terrestri petere Thessaliam, Liv.): itinera devia, Cic.: erant omnino itinera duo, Caes.: itinera intercludere, Caes.: iter facere (bahnen), Liv. (versch. v. iter facere oben no. I, A, 2, a). – refertis itineribus (Gassen der Stadt) agrestium turbā, Liv. – v. Weg zu Wasser, iter, quā meant navigia, Curt. – 2) übtr., der Gang für Flüssigkeiten, itinera omni lateri piscinae dare, Colum.: iter urinae, die Harnröhre, Cels.B) bildl., wie unser Weg, Gang, 1) im allg.: ut (occupatio) interrumpat iter amoris nostri et officii mei, unserer Liebe u. meiner Pflicht gegen dich den Weg versperre, Cic.: secretum iter (verborgener Pfad) et fallentis semita vitae, Hor.: insidiosum iter vitae, Sen.: quod vitae sectabor iter? Auson.: senectae iter declive, Ov.: non instruendum illis iter ad bonam famam, sed non deserendum, Plin. pan.: iter pronum (gebahnten Weg) ad honores... relicturus, Plin. ep.: recto itinere lapsi plerumque divertunt, Quint. – 2) insbes.: a) der Gang, Verlauf, den etw. nimmt, itinera flexusque rerum publicarum (im Verfassungsleben des Staates), Cic. de rep. 2, 45. – b) wie unser Weg, Mittel und Wege, Methode, Verfahrungsweise, Art und Weise u. dgl., duo itinera audendi, Tac.: fortuna salutis (zum Heil) monstrat iter, Verg.: naturam suo quodam itinere ad ultimum pervenire, Cic.: patiamur, illum ire nostris itineribus, unsere Wege einschlage,————unsere Art und Weise nachahme, Cic.: novis et exquisitis eloquentiae itineribus opus est, per quae etc., Tac. dial. – ⇒ Archaist. Nomin. itiner, Enn. fr. scen. 336. Acc. tr. 457 u. 500. Pacuv. tr. 121 u.a. Plaut. merc. 911. Lucr. 6, 339. Varro sat. Men. 421. Mart. Cap. 9. § 897. Iul. Hyg. bei Charis. 134, 20. Manil. 1, 88: archaist. Genet. iteris, Naev. tr. 38. Acc. tr. 627. Iul. Hyg. bei Charis. 134, 14: Abl. itere, Acc. tr. 499. Lucr. 5, 651. Varro sat. Men. 79. Iul. Hyg. bei Charis. 134, 14. – Genet. auch iteneris u. Dat. iteneri geschr., Corp. inscr. Lat. 1, 200. lin. 26 u. 5, 1622.
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