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1 causula
causula ae, f dim. [causa], a petty lawsuit.* * *speech/case of a party in a petty lawsuit; petty ground/occasion for action -
2 lītigātor
lītigātor ōris, m [litigo], a party to a lawsuit, litigant, C., Ta.* * *litigant, one engaged in a lawsuit -
3 accēdō or ad-cēdō
accēdō or ad-cēdō cessī （ perf sync.accēstis, V.), cessūrus, ere, to go to, come to, come near, draw near, approach, enter: ad flammam inprudentius, T.: ad oppidum, Cs.: ad hastam, to attend an auction, N.: ad numerum harum, joins, O.: in oppidum: illo: quo, S.: quocumque, S.: iuxta, O.: proxime deos accessit Clodius: propius tribunal, Cu.: urbem, V.: Scyllaeam rabiem scopulosque, V.; (poet.): delubris, O.: regno, shares, O.: sacris, takes part in, O.: accede, come here, O.: deici nullo modo potuisse qui non accesserit; (impers.): quod eā proxime accedi poterat.—Esp., to approach in a hostile manner, attack: acie instructā usque ad castra hostium accessit, Cs.: ad urbem, S.: ad manum, to come to close quarters, N. — Fig., to come near, approach: haud invito ad aurīs sermo mi accessit tuos, T.: ubi accedent anni et, etc., when the years shall come, in which, etc., H. — Esp., to come, happen, befall: voluntas vostra si ad poëtam accesserit, T.: dolor accessit bonis viris.— With the idea of increase, to be added: ut ad causam novum crimen accederet: ad eas navīs accesserant sex, Cs.: Medis adcessere Libues, S.: tantum fiduciae Pompeianis accessit, their confidence rose so high, Cs.: huc accedebant conlecti ex praedonibus, these were joined by, Cs.; (poet.): in tua damna, O.—Esp. with a clause or neuter pron., representing a clause, as subject: ad haec mala hoc mihi accedit etiam: haec, etc., T.: accedet etiam nobis illud, iudex est, etc<*> accessit etiam, quod illa pars equitatūs se cum iis coniunxerat. Cs.: e<*> accedebat, quod iudices dati non erant: huc adcedebat, quod exercitum habuerat, etc., S.: huc accedit, quod occultior vestra cupiditas esset; with ut: accedit, ut eo facilius animus evadat: ad Appii senectutem accedebat, ut caecus esset: accedebat, ut tempestatem ferrent facilius, Cs.: ad hoc detrimentum accessit, ut prohiberentur, etc., Cs. —To assent, accede, agree, approve, accept: ad eius condiciones: ad hoc consilium, N.: suadentibus, Ta.—(In appearance or character), to come near, approach, resemble, be like: homines ad Deos nullā re propius accedunt quam salutem hominibus dando: proxime ad nostram disciplinam illam: Antonio Philippus proxime accedebat.—To enter upon, undertake: ad bellorum pericula: ad amicitiam Caesaris, Cs.: ad vectigalia, to undertake the collection of: ad causam, the direction of a lawsuit: ad invidiam levandam: has naturae partīs, take up, describe, V.: ad rem p., to enter on the service of the state: huic ego causae actor accessi, entered upon as prosecutor. -
4 apīscor
apīscor aptus, ī [AP-], to reach, attain to, get, gain: deorum vitam, T.: maris apiscendi causa: spes apiscendi summi honoris, L.* * *apisci, aptus sum V DEPreach, obtain, win (lawsuit); grasp; catch (person); attack (infection); pursue -
5 causa (caussa)
causa (caussa) ae, f [1 CAV-], a cause, reason, motive, inducement, occasion, opportunity: te causae inpellebant leves, T.: obscura: accedit illa quoque causa: causa, quam ob rem, etc., T.: satis esse causa, quā re, etc., Cs.: si causa nulla est, cur, etc.: causa quod, etc.: ea est causa, ut cloacae subeant, etc., L.: quid causae est quin: nulla causa est quin: causa quo minus, S.: is, qui causa mortis fuit: morbi, V.: nos causa belli sumus, L.: rerum cognoscere causas, V.: Vera obiurgandi causa, T.—Poet.: Bacchus et ad culpam causas dedit (i. e. culparum causa fuit), V.: consurgere in arma, V.: quae rebus sit causa novandis, V.: meo subscribi causa sepulchro, i. e. of my death, O. — In phrases: cum causā, with good reason: sine causā, without good reason: sine ullā apertā causā: his de causis, Cs.: quā de causā: quā ex causa: eā causā, S.: ob eam causam, Cs.: ob eam ipsam causam: quam ob causam, N.: propter eam quam dixi causam: in causā haec sunt, are responsible: vim morbi in causā esse, quo, etc., L.: non paucitatem... causae fuisse cogitabant, to have been the cause, Cs.—Esp., abl. with gen. or possess. adj., on account of, for the sake of: alqm honoris causā nominare, with due respect: omnium nostrum causā: vitandae suspitionis causā: meā causā, T.: meāpte causā, T.: vestrā reique p. causā: vestrarum sedum templorumque causā; cf. quod illi semper sui causā fecerant: additur illius hoc iam causā, quicum agitur.—Meton., an apology, excuse: non causam dico quin ferat, etc., T.: causas nequiquam nectis inanīs, V.—Poet.: Et geminas, causam lacrimis, sacraverat aras, i. e. a place to weep, V.—A feigned cause, pretext, pretence: fingit causas ne det, T.: morae causas facere, reasons for the delay, S.: causas innecte morandi, V.: inferre causam, Cs.: bellandi, N.: per causam exercendorum remigum, under the pretext, Cs.: per causam renovati belli, L.: gratiam per hanc causam conciliare.—In law, a cause, judicial process, lawsuit: causam agere: publicam dicere: proferre: perdere: tenere, O.: causae actor accessi: causam dicere, to defend (oneself or as advocate): linguam causis acuere, for pleading, H.: extra causam esse, not to the point: plura extra causam dixisse: atque peracta est causa prior, i. e. the hearing before the decision, O.—A side, party, faction, cause: condemnare causam illam: et causam et hominem probare, Cs.: publica, the common weal, O.—A relation of friendship, connection: omnes causae et necessitudines veteres: quae mihi sit causa cum Caesare. —A condition, state, situation, relation, position: num enim aliā in causā M. Cato fuit, aliā ceteri, etc.: in eādem causā fuerunt, Cs.: in meliore causā. — A commission, business undertaken, employment: cui senatus dederat publice causam, ut mihi gratias ageret: super tali causā eodem missi, N.—In rhet., a concrete question, case for discussion. -
6 caussa
caussa see causa.* * *Ifor the sake/purpose of (preceded by GEN.), on account of, with a view toIIcause/reason/motive; origin, source, derivation; responsibility/blame; symptom; occasion, subject; plea, position; lawsuit, case, trial; proviso/stipulation -
7 dica
dica ae, f, δίκη, a lawsuit, judicial process, action: omnibus dicis diem distulit, adjourned all actions.—In the phrases: dicam scribere, to bring an action: tibi scribam dicam, against thee, T.: iniuriarum mihi scriptam dicam, T.: Dicam tibi inpingam grandem, bring a heavy action, T.: sortiri dicas, to select the jury by lot. -
8 līs
līs lītis (old form stlīs, stlītis), f a strife, dispute, quarrel, altercation: Lites inter eos maxumae, T.: aetatem in litibus conterunt: adhuc sub iudice lis est, H.: inter vos componere lites, V.: de terrae nomine, O.: exemplum litem quod lite resolvit, solves a difficulty by raising another, H.— In law, a suit, action, process, litigation, controversy: Litīs sequi, T.: in inferendis litibus: litem contestari: orare: secare, H.: arbitri, qui litem aestument, assess damages, Cs.: aestimatio litium: in litibus aestimandis, suits for damages: lis capitis, a capital charge: litem tuam facere, i. e. plead for yourself.—The subject of an action, matter in dispute: quanta summa litium fuisset: lites severe aestimatae: quo minus secundum eas tabulas lis detur, non recusamus: in suam rem litem vertere, L.: interceptor aliaenae litis, L.* * *lawsuit; quarrel -
9 rēs
rēs reī, f [RA-], a thing, object, matter, affair, business, event, fact, circumstance, occurrence, deed, condition, case: divinarum humanarumque rerum cognitio: te ut ulla res frangat?: relictis rebus suis omnibus: rem omnibus narrare: si res postulabit, the case: re bene gestā: scriptor rerum suarum, annalist: neque est ulla res, in quā, etc.: magna res principio statim belli, a great advantage, L.: Nil admirari prope res est una, quae, etc., the only thing, H.: rerum, facta est pulcherrima Roma, the most beautiful thing in the world, V.: fortissima rerum animalia, O.: dulcissime rerum, H.— A circumstance, condition: In' in malam rem, go to the bad, T.: mala res, a wretched condition, S.: res secundae, good-fortune, H.: prosperae res, N.: in secundissimis rebus: adversa belli res, L.: dubiae res, S.—In phrases with e or pro: E re natā melius fieri haud potuit, after what has happened, T.: pro re natā, according to circumstances: consilium pro tempore et pro re capere, as circumstances should require, Cs.: pro re pauca loquar, V.: ex re et ex tempore.—With an adj. in circumlocution: abhorrens ab re uxoriā<*> matrimony, T.: in arbitrio rei uxoriae, dowry: belhcam rem administrari, a battle: pecuaria res et rustica, cattle: liber de rebus rusticis, agriculture: res frumentaria, forage, Cs.: res iudiciaria, the administration of justice: res ludicra, play, H.: Veneris res, O.— A subject, story, events, facts, history: cui lecta potenter erit res, H.: agitur res in scaenis, H.: res populi R. perscribere, L.: res Persicae, history, N.— An actual thing, reality, verity, truth, fact: ipsam rem loqui, T.: nihil est aliud in re, in fact, L.: se ipsa res aperit, N.: quantum distet argumentatio tua ab re ipsā.— Abl adverb., in fact, in truth, really, actually: eos deos non re, sed opinione esse dicunt: verbo permittere, re hortari: hoc verbo ac simulatione Apronio, re verā tibi obiectum: haec ille, si verbis non audet, re quidem verā palam loquitur: venit, specie ut indutiae essent, re verā ad petendum veniam, L.— Effects, substance, property, possessions, estate: et re salvā et perditā, T.: talentūm rem decem, T.: res eos iampridem, fides nuper deficere coepit: in tenui re, in narrow circumstances, H.: quantis opibus, quibus de rebus: privatae res.— A benefit, profit, advantage, interest, weal: Quasi istic mea res minor agatur quam tua, is concerned, T.: Si in remst utrique, ut fiant, if it is a good thing for both, T.: in rem fore credens universos adpellare, useful, S.: imperat quae in rem sunt, L.: Non ex re istius, not for his good, T.: contra rem suam me venisse questus est: minime, dum ob rem, to the purpose, T.: ob rem facere, advantageously, S.: haec haud ab re duxi referre, irrelevant, L.: non ab re esse, useless, L.— A cause, reason, ground, account.—In the phrase, eā re, therefore: illud eā re a se esse concessum, quod, etc.; see also quā re, quam ob rem.— An affair, matter of business, business: multa inter se communicare et de re Gallicanā: tecum mihi res est, my business is: erat res ei cum exercitu, he had to deal: cum his mihi res sit, let me attend to, Cs.: quocum tum uno rem habebam, had relations, T.— A case in law, lawsuit, cause, suit, action: utrum rem an litem dici oporteret: quarum rerum litium causarum condixit pater patratus, L. (old form.): capere pecunias ob rem iudicandam.— An affair, battle, campaign, military operation: res gesta virtute: ut res gesta est narrabo ordine, T.: his rebus gestis, Cs.: bene rem gerere, H.: res gestae, military achievements, H.—Of the state, in the phrase, res publica (often written respublica, res p.), the common weal, a commonwealth, state, republic: dum modo calamitas a rei p. periculis seiungatur: si re p. non possis frui, stultum nolle privatā, public life: egestates tot egentissimorum hominum nec privatas posse res nec rem p. sustinere: auguratum est, rem Romanam p. summam fore: paene victā re p.: rem p. delere.—In the phrase, e re publicā, for the good of the state, for the common weal, in the public interests: senatūs consultis bene et e re p. factis: uti e re p. fideque suā videretur. — Plur: hoc loquor de tribus his generibus rerum p.: utiliores rebus suis publicis esse.—Without publica, the state, commonwealth, government: Unus homo nobis cunctando restituit rem, Enn. ap. C.: Hic (Marcellus) rem Romanam Sistet, V.: nec rem Romanam tam desidem umquam fuisse, L.: res Asiae evertere, V.: Custode rerum Caesare, H.—In the phrase, rerum potiri, to obtain the sovereignty, control the government: qui rerum potiri volunt: dum ea (civitas) rerum potita est, become supreme.—In the phrase, res novae, political change, revolution.* * *Ithing; event, business; fact; cause; propertyIIres; (20th letter of Hebrew alphabet); (transliterate as R) -
10 causa
Ifor sake/purpose of (preceded by GEN.), on account of, with a view toIIcause/reason/motive; origin, source, derivation; responsibility/blame; symptom; occasion, subject; plea, position; lawsuit, case, trial; proviso/stipulation; thing(s) -
11 Ad litem
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12 absolvo
ab-solvo, vi, ūtum, 3, v. a., to loosen from, to make loose, set free, detach, untie (usu. trop., the fig. being derived from fetters, qs. a vinculis solvere, like vinculis exsolvere, Plaut. Truc. 3, 4, 10).I.Lit. (so very rare):II.canem ante tempus,
Amm. 29, 3:asinum,
App. M. 6, p. 184; cf.:cum nodo cervicis absolutum,
id. ib. 9, p. 231:valvas stabuli,
i. e. to open, id. ib. 1, p. 108 fin.:absoluta lingua (ranarum) a gutture,
loosed, Plin. 11, 37, 65, § 172.Trop.A.To release from a long story, to let one off quickly: Paucis absolvit, ne moraret diutius, Pac. ap. Diom. p. 395 P. (Trag. Rel. p. 98 Rib.); so,B.te absolvam brevi,
Plaut. Ep. 3, 4, 30.To dismiss by paying, to pay off:C.absolve hunc vomitum... quattuor quadraginta illi debentur minae,
Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 120; so Ter. Ad. 2, 4, 13 and 18.—Hence, in gen., to dismiss, to release:jam hosce absolutos censeas,
Plaut. Aul. 3, 5, 43;and ironic.,
id. Capt. 3, 5, 73.To free from (Ciceronian): ut nec Roscium stipulatione alliget, neque a Fannio judicio se absolvat, extricate or free himself from a lawsuit, Cic. Rosc. Com. 12:D.longo bello,
Tac. A. 4, 23: caede hostis se absolvere, to absolve or clear one's self by murdering an enemy, id. G. 31.—With gen.:tutelae,
Dig. 4, 8, 3; hence,In judicial lang., t. t., to absolve from a charge, to acquit, declare innocent; constr. absol., with abl., gen., or de (Zumpt, § 446;E.Rudd. 2, 164 sq.): bis absolutus,
Cic. Pis. 39:regni suspicione,
Liv. 2, 8: judex absolvit injuriarum eum, Auct. ad Her. 2, 13; so Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 29 al.:de praevaricatione absolutus,
id. Q. Fr. 2, 16.—In Verr. 2, 2, 8, § 22: hic (Dionem) Veneri absolvit, sibi condemnat, are dativi commodi: from the obligation to Venus he absolves him, but condemns him to discharge that to himself (Verres).—With an abstract noun: fidem absolvit, he acquitted them of their fidelity (to Otho), pardoned it, Tac. H. 2, 60.In technical lang., to bring a work to a close, to complete, finish (without denoting intrinsic excellence, like perficere; the fig. is prob. derived from detaching a finished web from the loom; cf.:A.rem dissolutam divulsamque,
Cic. de Or. 1, 42, 188).—So of the sacrificial cake:liba absoluta (as taken from the pan),
ready, Varr. R. R. 2, 8;but esp. freq. in Cic.: ut pictor nemo esset inventus, qui Coae Veneris eam partem, quam Apelles inchoatam reliquisset, absolveret,
Cic. Off. 3, 2 (cf. Suet. Claud. 3); id. Leg. 1, 3, 9; id. Att. 12, 45; cf. id. Fin. 2, 32, 105; id. Fam. 1, 9, 4; id. Att. 13, 19 al.—So in Sallust repeatedly, both with acc. and de, of an historical statement, to bring to a conclusion, to relate:cetera quam paucissumis absolvam, J. 17, 2: multa paucis,
Cic. Fragm. Hist. 1, n. 2:de Catilinae conjuratione paucis absolvam,
id. Cat. 4, 3; cf.:nunc locorum situm, quantum ratio sinit, absolvam,
Amm. 23, 6.— Hence, absŏlūtus, a, um, P. a., brought to a conclusion, finished, ended, complete (cf. absolvo, E.).In gen.:B.nec appellatur vita beata nisi confecta atque absoluta,
when not completed and concluded, Cic. Fin. 2, 27, 87; cf.:perfecte absolutus,
id. ib. 4, 7, 18; and:absolutus et perfectus per se,
id. Part. Or. 26, 94 al. — Comp., Quint. 1, 1, 37.— Sup., Auct. ad Her. 2, 18, 28; Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 74; Tac. Or. 5 al.—Esp.1.In rhet. lang., unrestricted, unconditional, absolute:2.hoc mihi videor videre, esse quasdam cum adjunctione necessitudines, quasdam simplices et absolutas,
Cic. Inv. 2, 57, 170.—In gram.a.Nomen absolutum, which gives a complete sense without any thing annexed, e. g.:b.deus,
Prisc. p. 581 P.—Verbum absolutum, in Prisc. p. 795 P., that has no case with it; in Diom. p. 333 P., opp. inchoativum.—c.Adjectivum absolutum, which stands in the positive, Quint. 9, 3, 19.— Adv.: absŏlūtē, fully, perfectly, completely (syn. perfecte), distinctly, unrestrictedly, absolutely, Cic. Tusc. 4, 17, 38; 5, 18, 53; id. Fin. 3, 7, 26; id. Top. 8, 34 al.— Comp., Macr. Somn. Scip. 2, 15. -
13 accedo
ac-cēdo, cessi, cessum, 3, v. n. ( perf. sync., accēstis, Verg. A. 1, 201), to go or come to or near, to approach (class.).I.Lit.A. (α).With ad:(β).accedam ad hominem,
Plaut. Mil. 2, 6, 14; so,ad aedīs,
id. Amph. 1, 1, 108:ad flammam,
Ter. Andr. 1, 1, 103:omnīs ad aras,
to beset every altar, Lucr. 5, 1199:ad oppidum,
Caes. B. G. 2, 13:ad ludos,
Cic. Pis. 27, 65:ad Caesarem supplex,
id. Fam. 4, 4, 3: ad manum, to come to their hands (of fishes), id. Att. 2, 1, 7:ad Aquinum,
id. Phil. 2, 41, 106; so,ad Heracleam,
id. Verr. 2, 5, 49, § 129.— Impers.:ad eas (oleas) cum accederetur,
Cic. Caecin. 8, 22.—With in:(γ).ne in aedīs accederes,
Cic. Caecin. 13, 36:in senatum,
id. Att. 7, 4, 1:in Macedoniam,
id. Phil. 10, 6:in funus aliorum,
to join a funeral procession, id. Leg. 2, 26, 66 al. —With local adv.:(δ).eodem pacto, quo huc accessi, abscessero,
Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 84:illo,
Cic. Caecin. 16, 46:quo,
Sall. J. 14, 17.—With acc. (so, except the names of localities, only in poets and historians, but not in Caesar and Livy):(ε).juvat integros accedere fontīs atque haurire,
Lucr. 1, 927, and 4, 2:Scyllaeam rabiem scopulosque,
Verg. A. 1, 201:Sicanios portus,
Sil. 14, 3; cf. id. 6, 604:Africam,
Nep. Hann. 8:aliquem,
Sall. J. 18, 9; 62, 1; Tac. H. 3, 24:classis Ostia cum magno commeatu accessit,
Liv. 22, 37, 1:Carthaginem,
Plin. Ep. 7, 27, 3.—With dat. ( poet.):* (ζ).delubris,
Ov. M. 15, 745:silvis,
id. ib. 5, 674: caelo (i. e. to become a god), id. ib. 15, 818, and 870.—With inf.:(η).dum constanter accedo decerpere (rosas),
App. M. 4, p. 143 med. —Absol.:B.accedam atque hanc appellabo,
Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 17:deici nullo modo potuisse qui non accesserit,
Cic. Caecin. 13, 36:accessit propius,
ib. 8, 22:quoties voluit blandis accedere dictis,
Ov. M. 3, 375 al. — Impers.: non potis accedi, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 2, 16, 38 (Trag. v. 17 ed. Vahl.):quod eā proxime accedi poterat,
Cic. Caecin. 8, 21.In partic.1.To approach a thing in a hostilemanner (like aggredior, adorior), to attack:2.acie instructa usque ad castra hostium accessit,
Caes. B. G. 1, 51:sese propediem cum magno exercitu ad urbem accessurum,
Sall. C. 32 fin.:ad manum,
to fight hand to hand, to engage in close combat, Nep. Eum. 5, 2; Liv. 2, 30, 12:ad corpus alicujus,
Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 2, 2: Atque accedit muros Romana juventus, Enn. ap. Gell. 10, 29 (Ann. v. 527 ed. Vahl.): hostīs accedere ventis navibus velivolis, id. ap. Macr. S. 6, 5 (Ann. v. 380 ib.);and, in malam part.,
Ter. Heaut. 3, 3, 22.—Mercant. t. t.:3.accedere ad hastam,
to attend an auction, Nep. Att. 6, 3; Liv. 43, 16, 2.—In late Lat.: ad manus (different from ad manum, B. 1), to be admitted to kiss hands, Capit. Maxim. 5.II.Fig.A.In gen., to come near to, to approach:B.haud invito ad aurīs sermo mi accessit,
Ter. Hec. 3, 5, 32; so,clemens quidam sonus aurīs ejus accedit,
App. M. 5, p. 160:si somnus non accessit,
Cels. 3, 18; cf.:febris accedit,
id. 3, 3 sq.:ubi accedent anni,
Hor. S. 2, 2, 85; cf.:accedente senectā,
id. Ep. 2, 2, 211.In partic.1.To come to or upon one, to happen to, to befall (a meaning in which it approaches so near to accĭdo that in many passages it has been proposed to change it to the latter; cf. Ruhnk. Rut. Lup. 1, p. 3; 2, p. 96; Dictat. in Ter. p. 222 and 225); constr. with ad or (more usually) with dat.:2.voluntas vostra si ad poëtam accesserit,
Ter. Phorm. prol. 29:num tibi stultitia accessit?
have you become a fool? Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 77:paulum vobis accessit pecuniae,
Ter. Hec. 3, 5, 56:dolor accessit bonis viris, virtus non est imminuta,
Cic. Att. 1, 16, 9:quo plus sibi aetatis accederet,
id. de Or. 1, 60, 254 al.With the accessory idea of increase, to be added = addi; constr. with ad or dat.: primum facie (i. e. faciei) quod honestas accedit, Lucil. ap. Gell. 1, 14; so ap. Non. 35, 20:3.ad virtutis summam accedere nihil potest,
Cic. Fin. 4, 24:Cassio animus accessit,
id. Att. 5, 20; 7, 3; id. Clu. 60 al.:pretium agris,
the price increases, advances, Plin. Ep. 6, 19, 1.— Absol.:plura accedere debent,
Lucr. 2, 1129:accedit mors,
Cic. Fin. 1, 18, 60; id. de Or. 2, 17, 73:quae jacerent in tenebris omnia, nisi litterarum lumen accederet,
id. Arch. 6, 14 (so, not accenderet, is to be read).—If a new thought is to be added, it is expressed by accedit with quod ( add to this, that, etc.) when it implies a logical reason, but with ut ( beside this, it happens that, or it occurs that) when it implies an historical fact (cf. Zumpt, §621 and 626): accedit enim, quod patrem amo,
Cic. Att. 13, 21: so Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 2; Cic. Rosc. Am. 8, 22; id. Att. 1, 92 al.; Caes. B. G. 3, 2; 4, 16; Sall. C. 11, 5;on the other hand: huc accedit uti, etc.,
Lucr. 1, 192, 215, 265 al.:ad App. Claudii senectutem accedebat etiam ut caecus esset,
Cic. de Sen. 6, 16; so id. Tusc. 1, 19, 43; id. Rosc. Am. 31, 86; id. Deiot. 1, 2; Caes. B. G. 3, 13; 5, 16 al. When several new ideas are added, they are introduced by res in the plur.: cum ad has suspiciones certissimae res accederent: quod per fines Sequanorum Helvetios transduxisset; quod obsides inter eos dandos curāsset;quod ea omnia, etc.,
Caes. B. G. 1, 19. Sometimes the historical idea follows accedit, without ut:ad haec mala hoc mihi accedit etiam: haec Andria... gravida e Pamphilo est,
Ter. Andr. 1, 3, 11:accedit illud: si maneo... cadendum est in unius potestatem,
Cic. Att. 8, 3, 1.To give assent to, accede to, assent to, to agree with, to approve of; constr. with ad or dat. (with persons only, with dat.):4.accessit animus ad meam sententiam,
Plaut. Aul. 2, 7, 13; so Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 28, § 69; Nep. Milt. 3, 5:Galba speciosiora suadentibus accessit,
Tac. H. 1, 34; so Quint. 9, 4, 2 al.To come near to in resemblance, to resemble, be like; with ad or dat. (the latter most freq., esp. after Cic.):5.homines ad Deos nulla re propius accedunt quam salutem hominibus dando,
Cic. Lig. 12:Antonio Philippus proximus accedebat,
id. Brut. 147; cf. id. Verr. 2, 2, 3; id. de Or. 1, 62, 263; id. Ac. 2, 11, 36 al.To enter upon, to undertake; constr. with ad or in:in eandem infamiam,
Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 84:ad bellorum pericula,
Cic. Balb. 10:ad poenam,
to undertake the infliction of punishment, id. Off. 1, 25, 89:ad amicitiam Caesaris,
Caes. B. C. 1, 48:ad vectiǵalia,
to undertake their collection as contractor, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 42:ad causam,
the direction of a lawsuit, id. ib. 2, 2, 38; id. de Or. 1, 38, 175 al. But esp.:ad rem publicam,
to enter upon the service of the state, Cic. Off. 1, 9, 28; id. Rosc. Am. 1 al.,‡ -
14 adfligo
I.Lit., to strike or beat a thing to some point, to cast or throw down or against, to dash, somewhere by striking; esp. of ships which are driven or cast away by the wind. —Constr. with ad or dat.:II.te ad terram, scelus, adfligam,
I will dash thee to the earth, Plaut. Pers. 5, 2, 15, and id. Rud. 4, 3, 71:nolo equidem te adfligi,
id. Most. 1, 4, 19:statuam,
to throw down, overthrow, Cic. Pis. 38; so,monumentum,
id. Cael. 32: domum, id. pro Dom. 40: (alces) si quo adflictae casu conciderint, Caes. B. G. 6, 27:infirmas arbores pondere adfligunt,
id. ib.:tempestas naves Rhodias adflixit, ita ut, etc.,
dashed them about, shattered them, id. B. C. 3, 27.—So in descriptions of a battle:equi atque viri adflicti, etc.,
Sall. J.101,11:ubi scalae comminutae, qui supersteterant, adflicti sunt,
were thrown down, id. ib. 60, 7:ubi Mars communis et victum saepe erigeret et adfligeret victorem,
Liv. 28, 19:imaginem solo,
Tac. H. 1, 41:caput saxo,
to dash against, id. A. 4, 45:aquila duos corvos adflixit et ad terram dedit,
Suet. Aug. 96 Ruhnk.; so id. Dom. 23.— Poet., Ov. M. 12, 139; 14, 206; Sil. 9, 631.—Fig.A.To ruin, weaken, cast down, prostrate: cum prospero flatu ejus (fortunae) utimur, ad exitus pervehimur optatos;B.et cum reflavit, adfligimur,
Cic. Off. 2, 6:virtus nostra nos adflixit,
has ruined, id. Fam. 14, 4; id. Sest. 7:Pompeius ipse se adflixit,
id. Att. 2, 19:senectus enervat et adfligit homines,
id. Sen. 70:opes hostium,
Liv. 2, 16:aliquem bello,
id. 28, 39:Othonianas partes,
Tac. H. 2, 33:amicitias,
Suet. Tib. 51; so id. Aug. 66 et saep.—To reduce, lower, or lessen in value (syn. minuo):C.hoc oratoris esse maxime proprium, rem augere posse laudando, vituperandoque rursus adfligere,
to bring down, Cic. Brut. 12.— Trop., of courage, to cast down, dishearten, to diminish, lessen, impair:animos adfligere et debilitare metu,
Cic. Tusc. 4, 15, 34.—Adfligere causam susceptam, to let a lawsuit which has been undertaken fall through, to give up, abandon, Cic. Sest. 41, 89.—Hence, afflictus ( adf-), a, um, P. a.A.Cast down, ill used, wretched, miserable, unfortunate, distressed; lit. and trop.:B.naves,
damaged, shattered, Caes. B. G. 4, 31:Graecia perculsa et adflicta et perdita,
Cic. Fl. 7:ab adflictā amicitiā transfugere et ad florentem aliam devolare,
id. Quint. 30:non integra fortuna, at adflicta,
id. Sull. 31:adflictum erigere,
id. Imp. Pomp. 29.— Comp.:adflictiore condicione esse,
id. Fam. 6,1;hence: res adflictae (like accisae and adfectae),
disordered, embarrassed, ruined circumstances, affairs in a bad state, ill condition, Sall. J. 76, 6; so Luc. 1, 496; Just. 4, 5:copiae,
Suet. Oth. 9.—Fig.1.Of the mind: cast down, dejected, discouraged, desponding:2.aegritudine adflictus, debilitatus, jacens,
Cic. Tusc. 4, 16:luctu,
id. Phil. 9, 5:maerore,
id. Cat. 2, 1:adflictus vitam in tenebris luctuque trahebam,
Verg. A. 2, 92; Suet. Oth. 9.— -
15 affligo
I.Lit., to strike or beat a thing to some point, to cast or throw down or against, to dash, somewhere by striking; esp. of ships which are driven or cast away by the wind. —Constr. with ad or dat.:II.te ad terram, scelus, adfligam,
I will dash thee to the earth, Plaut. Pers. 5, 2, 15, and id. Rud. 4, 3, 71:nolo equidem te adfligi,
id. Most. 1, 4, 19:statuam,
to throw down, overthrow, Cic. Pis. 38; so,monumentum,
id. Cael. 32: domum, id. pro Dom. 40: (alces) si quo adflictae casu conciderint, Caes. B. G. 6, 27:infirmas arbores pondere adfligunt,
id. ib.:tempestas naves Rhodias adflixit, ita ut, etc.,
dashed them about, shattered them, id. B. C. 3, 27.—So in descriptions of a battle:equi atque viri adflicti, etc.,
Sall. J.101,11:ubi scalae comminutae, qui supersteterant, adflicti sunt,
were thrown down, id. ib. 60, 7:ubi Mars communis et victum saepe erigeret et adfligeret victorem,
Liv. 28, 19:imaginem solo,
Tac. H. 1, 41:caput saxo,
to dash against, id. A. 4, 45:aquila duos corvos adflixit et ad terram dedit,
Suet. Aug. 96 Ruhnk.; so id. Dom. 23.— Poet., Ov. M. 12, 139; 14, 206; Sil. 9, 631.—Fig.A.To ruin, weaken, cast down, prostrate: cum prospero flatu ejus (fortunae) utimur, ad exitus pervehimur optatos;B.et cum reflavit, adfligimur,
Cic. Off. 2, 6:virtus nostra nos adflixit,
has ruined, id. Fam. 14, 4; id. Sest. 7:Pompeius ipse se adflixit,
id. Att. 2, 19:senectus enervat et adfligit homines,
id. Sen. 70:opes hostium,
Liv. 2, 16:aliquem bello,
id. 28, 39:Othonianas partes,
Tac. H. 2, 33:amicitias,
Suet. Tib. 51; so id. Aug. 66 et saep.—To reduce, lower, or lessen in value (syn. minuo):C.hoc oratoris esse maxime proprium, rem augere posse laudando, vituperandoque rursus adfligere,
to bring down, Cic. Brut. 12.— Trop., of courage, to cast down, dishearten, to diminish, lessen, impair:animos adfligere et debilitare metu,
Cic. Tusc. 4, 15, 34.—Adfligere causam susceptam, to let a lawsuit which has been undertaken fall through, to give up, abandon, Cic. Sest. 41, 89.—Hence, afflictus ( adf-), a, um, P. a.A.Cast down, ill used, wretched, miserable, unfortunate, distressed; lit. and trop.:B.naves,
damaged, shattered, Caes. B. G. 4, 31:Graecia perculsa et adflicta et perdita,
Cic. Fl. 7:ab adflictā amicitiā transfugere et ad florentem aliam devolare,
id. Quint. 30:non integra fortuna, at adflicta,
id. Sull. 31:adflictum erigere,
id. Imp. Pomp. 29.— Comp.:adflictiore condicione esse,
id. Fam. 6,1;hence: res adflictae (like accisae and adfectae),
disordered, embarrassed, ruined circumstances, affairs in a bad state, ill condition, Sall. J. 76, 6; so Luc. 1, 496; Just. 4, 5:copiae,
Suet. Oth. 9.—Fig.1.Of the mind: cast down, dejected, discouraged, desponding:2.aegritudine adflictus, debilitatus, jacens,
Cic. Tusc. 4, 16:luctu,
id. Phil. 9, 5:maerore,
id. Cat. 2, 1:adflictus vitam in tenebris luctuque trahebam,
Verg. A. 2, 92; Suet. Oth. 9.— -
16 causa
causa (by Cicero, and also a little after him, caussa, Quint. 1, 7, 20; so Fast. Praenest. pp. 321, 322; Inscr. Orell. 3681; 4077; 4698 al.; in Mon. Ancyr. 3, 1 dub.), ae, f. [perh. root cav- of caveo, prop. that which is defended or protected; cf. cura], that by, on account of, or through which any thing takes place or is done; a cause, reason, motive, inducement; also, in gen., an occasion, opportunity (opp. effectis, Quint. 6, 3, 66; 7, 3, 29:I.factis,
id. 4, 2, 52; 12, 1, 36 al.; very freq. in all periods, and in all kinds of discourse. In its different meanings syn. with ratio, principium, fons, origo, caput; excusatio, defensio; judicium, controversia, lis; partes, actio; condicio, negotium, commodum, al.).In gen.: causa ea est, quae id efficit, cujus est causa; ut vulnus mortis; cruditas morbi;b.ignis ardoris. Itaque non sic causa intellegi debet, ut quod cuique antecedat, id ei causa sit, sed quod cuique efficienter antecedat,
Cic. Fat. 15, 34:justa et magna et perspicua,
id. Rosc. Am. 14, 40: id. Phil. 2, 22, 53; id. Att. 16, 7, 6:sontica causa, v. sonticus.—Followed by a particle of cause: causa, quamobrem, etc.,
Ter. And. 5, 1, 18; id. Eun. 1, 2, 65; id. [p. 304] Heaut. 2, 3, 95; id. Hec. 3, 3, 22; 3, 5, 2; 4, 4, 73; Cic. Fin. 4, 16, 44:causa, quare, etc.,
Cic. Inv. 2, 20, 60:causa, cur, etc.,
id. Ac. 1, 3, 10; Quint. 11, 3, 16; 2, 3, 11; Hor. C. 1, 16, 19 al.:causa quod, etc.,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 46, § 109; id. Phil. 6, 1, 1; Quint. 2, 1, 1; 5, 10, 30 al.:ut, etc.,
Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 7; Ter. Eun. 3, 3, 6; Cic. Fam. 1, 8, 4 al.:haud causa quin, etc.,
Plaut. Most. 2, 2, 4:quae causa est quin,
id. Capt. 2, 2, 103:quid causae est quin,
Ter. And. 3, 4, 21; Cic. Tusc. 5, 11, 32; Hor. S. 1, 1, 20:nulla causa est quin,
Cic. Fam. 2, 17, 1:causa quominus,
Sall. C. 51, 41; Liv. 34, 56, 9:causa ne,
id. 34, 39, 9:nihil causae est cur non, etc.,
Quint. 11, 3, 59:causae propter quas, etc.,
id. 4, 2, 12; 5, 7, 24; 8, 6, 23.—With gen. obj.:is, qui causa mortis fuit,
Cic. Phil. 9, 3, 7; Liv. 21, 21, 1; Quint. 7, 3, 18; 7, 4, 42:salutis,
Lucr. 3, 349:morbi,
id. 3, 502; Verg. G. 4, 397; Hor. C. 2, 2, 14:nos causa belli sumus,
Liv. 1, 13, 3:causa mortis fuistis,
Quint. 7, 3, 32; Sen. Ira, 2, 27, 3:explicandae philosophiae,
Cic. Div. 2, 2, 6:nec vero umquam bellorum civilium semen et causa deerit,
id. Off. 2, 8, 29; so,belli,
Sall. C. 2, 2; Verg. A. 7, 553; Hor. C. 2, 1, 2; id. S. 1, 3, 108; id. Ep. 1, 2, 9:felix qui potuit rerum cognoscere causas,
Verg. G. 2, 490:vera objurgandi causa,
Ter. And. 1, 1, 131; cf. with ad:causa ad objurgandum,
id. ib. 1, 1, 123; id. Hec. 4, 4, 71; and poet. with inf.:consurgere in arma,
Verg. A. 10, 90:perire,
Tib. 3, 2, 30:gestare carinas,
Luc. 5, 464.— With prepp.:cum causā,
with good reason, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 8, § 21; id. de Or. 2, 60, 247; Varr. R. R. 1, 17, 4:sine causā,
without good reason, Cic. Div. 2, 28, 61; id. Fat. 9, 18; id. de Or. 2, 60, 246; id. Att. 13, 22, 1; Caes. B. G. 1, 14; Nep. Alcib. 6, 2; Quint. 1, 10, 35; 1, 12, 9:his de causis,
Cic. Att. 6, 1, 6:id nisi gravi de causā non fecisset,
id. ib. 7, 7, 3:justis de causis,
id. Fam. 5, 20, 2:quā de causā,
id. Off. 1, 41, 147; id. Ac. 1, 12, 43; Caes. B. G. 1, 1:quibus de causis,
Quint. 4, 2, 15;less freq. in ante-Aug. prose: quā ex causa,
Cic. Rep. 2, 7, 13; id. Mur. 17, 36; but very freq. in Quint., Sen., and the younger Plin.; so,nullā aliā ex causā,
Sen. Ep. 29, 1:multis ex causis,
Quint. 5, 12, 3:quibus ex causis,
id. 4, 2, 15; Plin. Ep. 6, 6, 8:ex plurimis causis,
id. ib. 1, 3, 6:ex his (causis),
id. ib. 5, 8, 6:—ob eam causam scribo, ut, etc., Cic. Fam. 1, 8, 4:illa festinatio fuit ob illam causam, ne, etc.,
id. Verr. 2, 2, 40, § 99; Nep. Milt. 6, 2:ob eam causam, quia, etc.,
Cic. N. D. 3, 20, 51:ob eas causas,
Caes. B. G. 1, 10:ob eam ipsam causam,
Cic. Brut. 7, 29:quam ob causam,
Nep. Paus. 2, 6:propter eam quam dixi causam,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 46, § 110:causae propter quas,
Quint. 4, 2, 12.—In causā esse, to be the cause of, responsible for, etc. (rare):in causā haec sunt,
Cic. Fam. 1, 1, 1:vim morbi in causā esse, quo serius perficeretur,
Liv. 40, 26, 5:verecundiam multis in causā fuisse, ut, etc.,
Quint. 12, 5, 2; Plin. Ep. 6, 10, 3; 7, 5, 1; Plin. 9, 30, 49, § 94; cf.:tarditatis causa in senatu fuit,
Liv. 4, 58, 4.—Causā, in abl. with gen. or possess. adj. (usu. put after the noun), as patris causā, meā causā, on account of, for the sake of (in the best prose, almost always referring to the future, and implying a purpose; cf. propter with acc. of the pre-existing cause or motive):II.honoris tui causā huc ad te venimus,
Plaut. Poen. 3, 3, 25; Ter. Phorm. 5, 7, 35; Cic. Fam. 13, 26, 2 al.:animi causa, v. animus, II., etc.: exempli causā, v. exemplum: causā meā,
Plaut. Most. 5, 2, 47; id. Poen. 1, 2, 160; id. Am. 1, 3, 42 al.; Ter. Heaut. prol. 41; 5, 5, 23 al.;causā meāpte,
id. ib. 4, 3, 8:nostra causa,
id. Phorm. 4, 4, 14; Cic. Ac. 2, 38, 120; Quint. 7, 4, 9:vestrā magis hoc causā volebam quam meā,
Cic. de Or. 1, 35. 162:aliena potius causa quam sua,
Quint. 3, 7, 16.—Put before the noun:rastros capsit causă potiendi agri,
Enn. Ann. 324 Vahl.:quidquid hujus feci, causā virginis Feci,
Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 122; so Liv. 26, 32, 6; 31, 12, 4; 39, 14, 8; 40, 41 fin.; 40, 44, 10.—Rarely with propter in the same sense:vestrarum sedum templorumque causā, propter salutem meorum civium,
Cic. Sest. 20, 45.—With gen. of pers. or reflex. pron. instead of possess. very rare (v. Lahmeyer ad Cic. Lael. 16, 57):quod illi semper sui causā fecerant,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 52, § 121.Esp.A.= justa causa, good reason, just cause, full right:B.cum causā accedere ad accusandum,
with good reason, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 8, § 21; so,cum causā,
id. de Or. 2, 60, 247; Varr. R. R. 1, 17, 4; 3, 16, 7;and the contrary: sine causā,
without good reason, Cic. Div. 2, 28, 61; id. de Or. 2, 60, 246; Caes. B. G. 1, 14; Nep. Alcib. 6, 2 al.—An apology, excuse, Cato, R. R. 2, 2; Plaut. Capt. 3, 4, 92; Ter. Phorm. 2, 1, 42; Cic. Fam. 16, 19 fin.; Verg. A. 9, 219 al.—C.Causam alicui dare alicujus rei, occasion:D.qui (Nebatius) mihi dedit causam harum litterarum,
Cic. Fam. 11, 27, 8;for which poët.: Bacchus et ad culpam causas dedit,
Verg. G. 2, 455 Forbig. ad loc.—A feigned cause, a pretext, pretence, = praetextus, prophasis:E.habere causam,
Plaut. As. 4, 1, 44:fingere falsas causas,
Ter. Hec. 4, 4, 71; id. And. 1, 3, 8 Ruhnk.; 4, 1, 18; id. Phorm. 2, 1, 4:fingit causas ne det,
id. Eun. 1, 2, 58; cf. Tib. 1, 6, 11:morae facere,
to pretend reasons for the delay, Sall. J. 36, 2:inferre causam,
Caes. B. G. 1, 39, 2:causam interponere,
Nep. Them. 7, 1; cf. id. Milt. 4, 1:bellandi,
id. Ham. 3, 1:belli,
Tac. A. 12, 45:jurgii,
Phaedr. 1, 1, 4 al. (On the other hand, causa, a true cause, is opp. to praetextus, a pretext, Suet. Caes. 30.)—So freq. per causam, under the pretext, Caes. B. C. 3, 24; 3, 76; 3, 87; Liv. 2, 32, 1 Drak.; 22, 61, 8; Suet. Caes. 2; id. Oth. 3; id. Vesp. 1; Tib. 1, 6, 26; Ov. H. 20, 140; id. Tr. 2, 452.—In judic. lang. t. t., a cause, judicial process, lawsuit:2.privatae,
Cic. Inv. 1, 3, 4:publicae,
id. de Or. 3, 20, 74; id. Rosc. Am. 21, 59:capitis aut famae,
id. Fam. 9, 21, 1:causam agere,
id. de Or. 2, 48, 199; Quint. 6, 1, 54; 7, 2, 55; 10, 7, 30;11, 1, 67 et saep.: constituere,
Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 1, § 1:perorare,
id. Quint. 24, 77:defendere,
Quint. 3, 6, 9; 12, 1, 24; 12, 1, 37; Suet. Caes. 49:exponere,
Quint. 2, 5, 7:perdere,
Cic. Rosc. Com. 4, 10:obtinere,
id. Fam. 1, 4, 1:tenere (= obticere),
Ov. M. 13, 190: causā cadere, v. cado, II.: causam dicere, to defend one ' s self, or to make a defence (as an advocate), Cic. Rosc. Am. 5, 12 and 13; 21, 54; id. Sest. 8, 18; id. Quint. 8, 31; Liv. 29, 19, 5; Quint. 5, 11, 39; 8, 2, 24; Suet. Caes. 30 et saep.— Poet.: causa prior, the first part of the process, i. e. the trial, Ov. M. 15, 37.—Hence,Out of the sphere of judicial proceedings, the party, faction, cause that one defends:b.ne condemnare causam illam, quam secutus esset, videretur, etc.,
Cic. Lig. 9, 27 sq.:suarum partium causa,
Quint. 3, 8, 57:causa Caesaris melior,
id. 5, 11, 42; Tac. A. 1, 36 al. —Hence,Meton.(α).A relation of friendship, connection:(β).quīcum tibi adfininitas, societas, omnes denique causae et necessitudines veteres intercedebant,
Cic. Quint. 15, 48:explicare breviter, quae mihi sit ratio et causa cum Caesare,
id. Prov. Cons. 17, 40; id. Fam. 13, 19, 1.—In gen., = condicio, a condition, state, situation, relation, position:(γ).ut nonnumquam mortem sibi ipse consciscere aliquis debeat, alius in eādem causā non debeat: num enim aliā in causā M. Cato fuit, alia ceteri, qui se in Africā Caesari tradiderunt?
Cic. Off. 1, 31, 112; so Caes. B. G. 4, 4 Herz.:(Regulus) erat in meliore causā quam, etc.,
Cic. Off. 3, 27, 100; id. Agr. 3, 2, 9 (where for causa in the foll. clause is condicio):atque in hoc genere mea causa est, ut, etc.,
id. Fam. 2, 4, 1; cf. id. ib. 9, 13, 1.—= negotium, a cause, business undertaken for any one, an employment:F.cui senatus dederat publice causam, ut mihi gratias ageret,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 73, § 170:quod nemo eorum rediisset, qui super tali causā eodem missi erant,
Nep. Paus. 4, 1.—In medic. lang., a cause for disease:G.causam metuere,
Cels. 3, 3; so Sen. Cons. ad Marc. 11 fin.; Plin. 28, 15, 61, § 218.—Hence in late Lat. for disease, Cael. Aur. Tard. 5, 10, 95; id. Acut. 2, 29, 157; Veg. 1, 25, 1; 3, 6, 11; 3, 45, 5; 4, 4, 2 al.—That which lies at the basis of a rhetorical representation, matter, subject, hupothesis, Cic. Top. 21, 79; id. Inv. 1, 6, 8; Auct. Her. 1, 11, 18; Quint. 3, 5, 7 sq. -
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causātīvus, a, um, adj. [causa].I.Causative:II.vis,
Mart. Cap. 7, § 731.—Of or pertaining to a lawsuit; subst.:III.causativum litis,
the matter in dispute, the gist of the action, Mart. Cap. 5, § 472; Fortun. Art. Rhet. 1, 2; Jul. Vict. Art. Rhet. 1, 2; 3, 8.—In gram.: causativus casus = accusativus, the accusative, i. e. the arraigning case, Prisc. p. 671 P.; cf.persona,
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causŭla, ae, f. dim. [causa].I.A petty lawsuit, Cic. Opt. Gen. 3, 9; Capitol. Macrin. 4, 3.—II.A slight occasion, Auct. B. Afr. 54. -
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I.Prop.A.In gen.:(β).deos hominesque,
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 29, § 67; cf.deos,
Caes. B. G. 4, 25:caelum noctemque,
Cic. Fl. 40, 102.—Far more freq.,In pass. signif.: contestari, to be called to witness, P. Aufidius ap. Prisc. p. 793 P.—B.Esp., jurid. t. t.:(β).litem,
to introduce a lawsuit by calling witnesses, to bring an action, to set on foot, Cic. Att. 16, 15, 2; id. Rosc. Com. 18, 53; Gell. 5, 10, 8; Cod. Just. 3, 9 al.; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 57, 18 Müll.—In pass. signif.: lis contestatur, Lex Gall. Cisalp. 1, 48; Dig. 9, 4, 26, § 5 al.; so,(γ).lite contestata,
Cic. Rosc. Com. 11, 32; 12, 35:cum lis contestata cum Flavio damni injuriā esset,
id. ib. 18, 54; Dig. 24, 3, 22 et saep.; cf. Prisc. p. 793 P.—contestātō, adverbially, by aid of witnesses, Dig. 15, 4, 1; 25, 3, 1 al.—II.Trop., part. perf.: contestatus, in pass. signif., proved by witness, tried:ab hac perenni contestataque virtute majorum,
proved, Cic. Fl. 11, 25. -
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I.Prop.A.In gen.:(β).deos hominesque,
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 29, § 67; cf.deos,
Caes. B. G. 4, 25:caelum noctemque,
Cic. Fl. 40, 102.—Far more freq.,In pass. signif.: contestari, to be called to witness, P. Aufidius ap. Prisc. p. 793 P.—B.Esp., jurid. t. t.:(β).litem,
to introduce a lawsuit by calling witnesses, to bring an action, to set on foot, Cic. Att. 16, 15, 2; id. Rosc. Com. 18, 53; Gell. 5, 10, 8; Cod. Just. 3, 9 al.; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 57, 18 Müll.—In pass. signif.: lis contestatur, Lex Gall. Cisalp. 1, 48; Dig. 9, 4, 26, § 5 al.; so,(γ).lite contestata,
Cic. Rosc. Com. 11, 32; 12, 35:cum lis contestata cum Flavio damni injuriā esset,
id. ib. 18, 54; Dig. 24, 3, 22 et saep.; cf. Prisc. p. 793 P.—contestātō, adverbially, by aid of witnesses, Dig. 15, 4, 1; 25, 3, 1 al.—II.Trop., part. perf.: contestatus, in pass. signif., proved by witness, tried:ab hac perenni contestataque virtute majorum,
proved, Cic. Fl. 11, 25.
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Lawsuit — Litigators redirects here. For John Grisham s 25th novel, see The Litigators. Civil action redirects here. For the film of the same name, see A Civil Action. Civil procedure in the United States Federal Rules of Civil Procedure Doctrines of civil … Wikipedia
Lawsuit — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Lawsuit >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 lawsuit lawsuit suit action cause Sgm: N 1 litigation litigation Sgm: N 1 suit in law suit in law Sgm: N 1 dispute dispute &c. 713 GRP … English dictionary for students
lawsuit — n. 1) to bring, file, institute; lose; settle; win a lawsuit 2) a lawsuit against; over * * * [ lɔːsjuːt] file institute lose over settle win a lawsuit … Combinatory dictionary
