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moliri

  • 1 molior

    mōlĭor, ītus, 4 ( inf. molirier for moliri, Lucr. 5, 934), v. dep. n. and a. [moles].
    I.
    Neutr.
    A.
    To set one's self or one's powers in motion, to make exertions, exert one's self, to endeavor, struggle, strive, toil, etc. (rare but class.;

    syn.: conor, nitor): viden ut misere moliuntur?

    Plaut. Curc. 1, 3, 32:

    agam per me ipse et moliar,

    Cic. Fam. 6, 10, 2:

    nōsti mores mulierum: Dum moliuntur, dum comuntur, annus est,

    Ter. Heaut. 2, 2, 11:

    horam amplius jam in demoliendo signo permulti homines moliebantur,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 43, § 95.—
    B.
    To set one's self in motion, endeavor to depart, to depart:

    molientem hinc Hannibalem,

    Liv. 28, 44:

    dum naves moliuntur a terra,

    id. 37, 11:

    in quam (insulam) gladiatores navibus molientes,

    Tac. H. 2, 35.—
    II.
    Act.
    A.
    To labor upon any thing, exert one's self at or upon, set in motion, work an instrument or engine; to work any thing (cf. ago; class.).
    1.
    Nihil enim agit (vita deorum),... nulla opera molitur, Cic. N. D. 1, 19, 51:

    res dura et regni novitas me talia cogant moliri,

    Verg. A. 1, 564: validam in vites molire bipennem, to work, i. e. wield, id. G. 4, 331: ancoras, to work, i. e. hoist the anchor, weigh anchor, Liv. 28, 17:

    agricola incurvo terram molitus aratro,

    i. e. to work, cultivate, till the ground, Verg. G. 1, 494; Col. 1 praef. 17;

    11, 2, 19: erro molirier arva,

    Lucr. 5, 932: fores, to work, i. e. to force, to break open, Tac. A. 1, 39; 2, 82; Liv. 23, 18, 2; 24, 46, 5:

    Atharrias ad Philotam missus clausum aditum domus moliebatur,

    Curt. 6, 8, 20:

    habenas,

    to guide, Verg. A. 12, 327:

    fulmina molitur dextrā,

    hurls, id. G. 1, 329:

    ignem,

    id. A. 10, 131:

    opera,

    to begin work, Col. 11, 2, 2:

    aliquid sub divo moliri potest,

    id. 1, 8, 9.—
    2.
    To set in motion, bestir, rouse, cause to remove, displace (syn.:

    deicio, deturbo): montes suā sede,

    displaces, Liv. 9, 3:

    corpora ex somno moliebantur,

    aroused, id. 36, 24, 3:

    onera objecta,

    id. 25, 36.—
    3.
    To build, make, erect, construct (syn.:

    condo, fundo, construo): muros,

    to build, Verg. A. 3, 132:

    classem,

    id. ib. 3, 6:

    arcem,

    id. ib. 1, 424:

    atrium,

    Hor. C. 3, 1, 46:

    aedem,

    Flor. 1, 7:

    locum,

    prepares, Verg. A. 7, 158:

    pocula de inimicorum capitibus hominum,

    to construct, make, Sol. 15.—
    B.
    Trop., to endeavor to do; to undertake, attempt, set about any thing (cf.:

    aggredior, apparo): nec ea, quae agunt, molientes cum labore operoso,

    performing, doing, Cic. N. D. 2, 23, 59:

    viam clipei molita per oras,

    made its way, Verg. A. 10, 477:

    inde datum molitur iter,

    id. ib. 6, 477:

    jamque alio moliris iter,

    Stat. S. 5, 2, 61:

    viam et gressus,

    Claud. Rapt. Pros. 1, 278; 3, 438: animum, to form or acquire for one's self, Ov. A. A. 2, 119:

    laborem,

    to undertake, Verg. A. 4, 233:

    struere et moliri aliquid calamitatis alicui,

    to try to bring upon, Cic. Clu. 64, 178:

    fortissimis atque optimis civibus periculum moliri,

    id. Sest. 1, 1:

    pestem patriae nefarie,

    id. Cat. 2, 1, 1:

    perniciem rei publicae,

    id. ib. 1, 2, 5: insidias avibus, to lay snares, Verg. G. 1, 271:

    crimina et accusatorem,

    to bring about, find out, Tac. A. 12, 22:

    triumphos,

    Ov. M. 14, 719:

    fugam,

    Verg. A. 2, 109:

    moram,

    to cause, make, occasion, id. ib. 1, 414:

    opem extremam alicui,

    Val. Fl. 6, 431:

    dolos apertos,

    to devise, id. 5, 249:

    bellum in animo,

    to design, meditate, Vell. 2, 46:

    Athenienses urbem ex integro condere moliuntur,

    Just. 2, 15, 1:

    mundum efficere moliens deus,

    attempting, Cic. Univ. 4:

    fallere,

    Val. Fl. 3, 491:

    de occupando regno moliens,

    striving to usurp the government, Cic. Rep. 2, 35, 60:

    nuptias,

    to bring about, Tac. A. 12, 3:

    apud judices oratione molienda sunt amor, odium, etc.,

    are to be excited, called forth, Cic. de Or. 2, 51, 206:

    tumorem,

    Col. 6, 17:

    vorandi facultatem,

    Cels. 1, 3:

    fidem moliri coepit,

    began to meddle with, disturb, Liv. 6, 11, 8.

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  • 2 mōlior

        mōlior ītus, īrī, dep.    [moles], to make exertion, exert oneself, endeavor, struggle, strive, toil: in demoliendo signo: Dum moliuntur annus est, T.— To labor upon, set in motion, work, ply: nulla opera: validam in vitīs bipennem, wield, V.: ancoras, weigh anchor, L.: terram aratro, till, V.: portas, try, L.: clausum aditum domūs, Cu.: habenas, guide, V.: fulmina dextra, hurl, V.— To set out, start, depart: dum (naves) moliuntur a terrā, L. — To set in motion, bestir, rouse, cause to remove, displace, start: montes suā sede, L.: classem, V.: corpora ex somno, L.— To build, make, erect, construct: muros, V.: atrium, H.: locum, prepares, V.—Fig., to endeavor to do, undertake, attempt, set about, be busy with: multa simul, S.: ea, quae agant, cum labore operoso, perform: (hasta) viam clipei molita per oras, made its way, V.: inde datum molitur iter, V.: animum, form, O.: laborem, undertake, V.: aliquid calamitatis filio, contrive: pestem patriae nefarie: insidias avibus, lay snares, V.: triumphos, O.: moram, occasion, V.: de occupando regno moliens, striving to usurp: apud iudices oratione molienda sunt amor, odium, etc., are to be excited: fidem moliri coepit, disturb, L.: redire molientem (Antonium) reppulistis: Reicere vestem molibar, O.: adversus fortunam, to struggle, Ta.: consiliis res externas, Ta.
    * * *
    moliri, molitus sum V DEP
    struggle, labor, labor at; construct, build; undertake, set in motion, plan

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  • 3 mora

        mora ae, f    [1 SMAR-], a delay, procrastination: comitiorum, S.: inter eas moras, S.: rerum: moram praeceptis inferre, defer: moram ad insequendum intulit, Cs.: facere dilectui, L.: facere creditoribus, put off payment: trahere, delay, V.: moliri, cause delay, V.: moram interponere, interpose delay: mora reliquorum, delay in pursuing, Cs.: morā dies extrahens, talking against time, Cs.: Nec mora ullast, quin iam uxorem ducam, I will without delay, T.: Quosque referre mora est, would take too long, O.: Parva mora est sumpsisse, he promptly took, O.: per hunc nullast mora, on his part, T.: in me mora non erit ulla, V.: Nulla mora est, I am ready, O.: sine ullā morā negotium suscipere, at once: moram certaminis hosti exemit, i. e. hastened it on, L.: Molliri morā, with delay, i. e. gradually, O.—In speech, a stop, pause: morae respirationesque.— An obstruction, hinderance, cause of delay: ne morae meis nuptiis egomet siem, hinder, T.: ne in morā illi sis, T.: magnā fluminis morā interpositā, Cs.: restituendae Romanis Capuae mora atque impedimentum es, L.: quae tantae tenuere morae? V.: Rumpe moras, V.—In the phrase, mora temporis, an interval, lapse of time: Longa fuit medii mora temporis, O.: moram temporis quaerere dum, etc., L.
    * * *
    delay, hindrance, obstacle; pause

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  • 4 moveō

        moveō mōvī, mōtus, ēre    [1 MV-], to move, stir, set in motion, shake, disturb, remove: tanti oneris turrim, Cs.: matrona moveri iussa, to dance, H.: moveri Cyclopa, represent by action, H.: membra ad modos, Tb.: fila sonantia movit, struck, O.: moveri sedibus huic urbi melius est: loco motus cessit, driven back, Cs.: move ocius te, bestir thyself, T.: neque se in ullam partem, attach, Cs.: se ex eo loco, stir from the spot, L.: caput, i. e. threaten with, H.: castra ex eo loco, break up, Cs.: hostem statu, dislodge, L.: heredes, eject: tribu centurionem, expel: signiferos loco, degrade, Cs.: Omne movet urna nomen, H.: senatorio loco, degrade, L.: Verba loco, cancel, H.: consulem de sententiā, dissuade, L.: litteram, to take away: movet arma leo, gives battle, V.: quo sidere moto, at the rising of, O.—Prov.: omnīs terras, omnia maria movere, move heaven and earth (of great exertions).—Of the soil, to stir, plough, break up, open: iugera, V.: mota terra, O.— To disturb, violate: triste bidental, H.: Dianae non movenda numina, inviolable, H.— To remove oneself, betake oneself, move, be moved, be stirred (sc. se): terra dies duodequadraginta movit, there was an earthquake, L.: movisse a Samo Romanos audivit, L.: voluptas movens, i. e. in motion.—To excite, occasion, cause, promote, produce, begin, commence, undertake: fletum populo: mihi admirationem: indignationem, L.: suspicionem: iam pugna se moverat, was going on, Cu.: cantūs, V.: mentionem rei, make mention, L.: priusquam movere ac moliri quicquam posset, make any disturbance, L. — To shake, cause to waver, alter, change: meam sententiam.— To disturb, concern, trouble, torment: moveat cimex Pantilius? H.: voltum movetur, changes countenance, V.: vis aestūs omnium ferme corpora movit, L.: venenum praecordia movit, O.: strepitu fora, Iu.— To stir, produce, put forth: de palmite gemma movetur, O.— To exert, exercise: movisse numen ad alqd deos, L.: artis opem, O. — To change, transform: quorum Forma semel mota est, O.: nihil motum ex antiquo, i. e. change in traditional custom, L.—Fig., to move, influence, affect, excite, inspire: nil nos dos movet, T.: beneficiis moveri, Cs.: moveri civitas coepit, S.: ut pulcritudo corporis movet oculos et delectat, charms: animos ad bellum, instigate, L.: feroci iuveni animum, stir, L.: Vestrā motus prece, H.: moverat plebem oratio consulis, had stirred, L.: absiste moveri, be not disturbed, V.: ut captatori moveat fastidia, excites nausea in, Iu.— To revolve, meditate, ponder: Multa movens animo, V.
    * * *
    movere, movi, motus V
    move, stir, agitate, affect, provoke, disturb;

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  • 5 sēdēs

        sēdēs (sēdis, L.; gen plur. sēdum, C., L.), is, f    [SED-], a seat, bench, chair, throne: in eis sedibus, quae erant sub platano: honoris: regia, L.: sedibus altis sedere, O.: tibi concedo meas sedes: priores tenet Sedes Homerus, the first rank, H.— A seat, dwelling-place, residence, habitation, abode, temple: eam sibi domum sedemque delegit: hi sedem primum certo loco domiciliorum causā constituerunt: Haec domus, haec sedes sunt magni Amnis (sc. Penei), O.: in Italiā, in sede ac solo nostro, L.: crematā patriā domo profugos sedem quaerere, L.: ultra hos Chatti; initium sedis ab Hercynio saltu incohatur, Ta.: scelerata (i. e. sceleratorum), O.: Talia diversā nequiquam sede locuti, place, O.: qui incolunt eas urbes non haerent in suis sedibus: aliud domicilium, alias sedes petere, Cs.: qui profugi sedibus incertis vagabantur, S.: lucidas Inire sedes, H.: discretae piorum, H.: silentum, O.: religio sedum illarum: (Demaratus) in eā civitate domicilium et sedes conlocavit: Aeneam in Siciliam quaerentem sedes delatum, L. — An abode of the dead, last home, burial-place: Sedibus hunc refer ante suis et conde sepulchro, V.— The soul's home, body: priore relictā Sede, O.: anima miserā de sede volens Exire, O.—Fig., of things, a seat, place, spot, base, ground, foundation, bottom: hanc urbem sedem summo esse imperio praebituram: num montīs moliri sede suā paramus? from their place, L.: deus haec fortasse benignā Reducet in sedem vice, to the former state, H.: belli, the seat of war, L.: neque verba sedem habere possunt, si rem subtraxeris: ut sola ponatur in summi boni sede (voluptas): in eā sede, quam Palaetyron ipsi vocent, site, Cu.: coloni Capuae in sedibus luxuriosis conlocati: Turrim convellimus altis Sedibus, V.: totum (mare) a sedibus imis Eurusque Notusque ruunt, V.
    * * *
    seat; home, residence; settlement, habitation; chair

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  • 6 contra

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

    feminam scelestam te, adstans contra, contuor,

    Plaut. Pers. 2, 2, 26:

    ut confidenter mihi contra adstitit,

    id. Capt. 3, 5, 6; Lucr. 4, 223; 6, 929:

    signum contra, quoad longissume oculi ferebant, animo finivit,

    Liv. 1, 18, 8:

    stat contra starique jubet,

    Juv. 3, 290:

    stat contra dicitque tibi tua pagina Fures!

    Mart. 1, 55, 12:

    ulmus erat contra,

    in front of her, Ov. M. 14, 661:

    templa vides contra,

    in front (of us), id. ib. 7, 587.—Of position in front of the enemy:

    contra conserta manu,

    Plaut. Mil. 1, 1, 3: contra consistere, to make front against them, Caes. B. G. 2, 17.—
    (β).
    Referring to things and places, over against (it), opposite (to it), on the opposite side (mostly post-Aug.):

    contra jacet Cancer patulam distentus in alvum,

    Manil. 2, 253:

    posita contra Hispania,

    Tac. Agr. 11:

    promuntorium quod contra procedit,

    Plin. 4, 2, 3, § 6: relinquendae autem contra erunt vacuae tabellae, on the opposite side, i. e. of the leaf, Quint. 10, 3, 32: illo quaerente cur non decidant contra siti, the antipodes (cf. Cic. Ac. 2, 39, 123; v. II. A. 1. c. a), Plin. 2, 65, 65, § 161.—With the governing verb understood:

    arguam hanc vidisse apud te contra conservum meum,

    face to face, Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 91:

    jam omnia contra circaque hostium plena erant, Liv 5, 37, 8: eadem verba contra (i. e. ponuntur),

    side by side, Quint. 9, 3, 36; Verg. A. 6, 23.—
    b.
    With verbs of motion, so as to be opposite to an object or face to face with a person, variously rendered.
    (α).
    Referring to persons:

    accede ad me atque adi contra,

    come right up to me, Plaut. Rud. 1, 4, 23; id. Bacch. 3, 6, 6: hostes crebri cadunt; nostri contra ingruunt, advance to their front (in Plaut. hostility is not implied in contra), id. Am. 1, 1, 84: quis nos pater aut cognatu' volet contra tueri, face to face, eye to eye, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 12 Mull. (Trag. Rel. v. 444 Rib.); Att. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1, 55 (Trag. Rel. v. 538 ib.):

    adspicedum contra me = contra adspice me,

    Plaut. Most. 5, 1, 56 Lorenz ad lec.:

    contra adspicere,

    id. Mil. 2, 1, 45:

    contra intueri,

    Liv. 1, 16, 6; 9, 6, 8; Sen. Q. N. 1, 3, 6:

    cum veniret contra Marcianus,

    Quint. 6, 3, 95; Plin. 9, 46, 70, § 152.—
    (β).
    Of things:

    hic ubi sol radiis... Adversa fulsit nimborum aspergine contra,

    Lucr. 6, 525; Cels. 8, 8, 1:

    quam (turrim) promoti contra validi asseres... perfregere,

    Tac. H. 4, 30.—Reciprocally: oscula non pervenientia contra, not coming through (the wall) so as to meet, Ov. M. 4, 80.—
    2.
    Transf. to equivalents of weight, value, and price; so,
    (α).
    In Plaut. only in the colloq. phrases auro contra, aurichalco contra, and contra auro (sc. posito); lit., for gold placed against; cf.:

    aes contrarium, s. v. contrarius: (servus) non carus'st auro contra,

    at his weight in gold, Plaut. Ep. 3, 3, 30: jam auro contra constat filius, id. Truc. 2, 6, 57 (Speng. aurichalco): auro contra cedo modestum amatorem! A me aurum accipe. Pa. Cedo mihi contra aurichalco quoi ego sano serviam, id. Curc. 1, 3, 45 sq.; id. Mil. 3, 1, 63; 4, 2, 85; id. Ps. 2, 3, 23.—
    (β).
    In post-Aug. prose (very rare):

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

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

    te ut deludam contra, lusorem meum,

    Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 71:

    quae me amat, quam ego contra amo,

    id. Merc. 5. 2, 77; id. Cist. 1, 1, 96; id. Trin. 4, 2, 55; id. As. 2, 2, 110:

    qui arguat se, eum contra vincat jurejurando suo,

    make a victorious counter-charge, id. Mil. 2, 2, 37:

    si laudabit haec Illius formam, tu hujus contra (i. e. lauda),

    Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 54:

    audi nunc contra jam,

    listen in turn, id. Phorm. 4, 4, 18; id. Ad. 5, 4, 23:

    at tu mihi contra nunc videre fortunatus, Phaedria, Cui, etc.,

    you likewise seem fortunate to me, id. Phorm. 1, 3, 21:

    Mettius Tullo gratulatur, contra Tullus Mettium benigne alloquitur,

    Liv. 1, 28, 1:

    contra ut me diligat illa,

    Cat. 76. 23; Hor. S. 1, 3, 27 Orell. ad loc.—Hence, with ellipsis of inquit, = respondit:

    cui latrans contra senex,

    Phaedr. 5, 10, 7:

    scietis, inquam, etc., contra Nigrinus: ad quem missi sunt? ego, etc.,

    Plin. Ep. 7, 6, 4.—

    Rarely with inquit, etc., expressed: at ille contra, renidens, Audi, inquit, discipule, etc.,

    Gell. 15, 9, 9; cf.:

    contra talia reddit,

    Claud. B. Gild. 379.—
    (β).
    With dat. pers.:

    consulo quem dolum doloso contra conservo parem,

    Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 45:

    facere contra huic aegre,

    Ter. Eun. 4, 1, 10:

    hiscine contra insidiabere?

    id. Hec. 1. 1, 13:

    tibi contra gratiam Referre,

    id. ib. 4, 2, 7.—
    (γ).
    With item:

    item a me contra factum est,

    Plaut. Aul. prol. 20:

    puellam senex Amat et item contra filius,

    id. Cas. prol. 49; id. Pers. 5, 2, 36; id. Am. 1, 1, 67; Ter. Ad. 1, 1, 25.—
    (δ).
    Combining a reciprocal with a local relation (A. 1. a. a, and b. a): contra carinantes verba, exchanging abusive words ( face to face), Enn. ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 8, 361 (Ann. v. 181 Vahl.): tubae utrimque contra canunt;

    Consonat terra,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 73; 1, 1, 86:

    confer gradum Contra pariter,

    id. Ps. 2, 4, 18; id. Truc. 1, 2, 28:

    video amicam... Ubi contra adspexit me, etc.,

    id. Mil. 2, 1, 45; Verg. E. 7, 8; cf. Lucr. 4, 243:

    vesper adest, juvenes consurgite!... Cernitis, innuptae, juvenes? consurgite contra!

    Cat. 62, 6.—
    (ε).
    Implying also opposition: Pe. Conpellabo. Ph. Orationis aciem contra conferam, Plaut. Ep. 4, 1, 20:

    si scias quod donum huic dono contra comparet,

    what counter gift, Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 63: quod Scipio postulavit... ut, etc. Et quod contra collega postulavit ne, etc., Annal. Trib. Pleb. ap. Gell. 7 (6), 19, 5:

    si vobis aequa et honesta postulatio videtur, ego contra brevem postulationem adfero,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 2, 7; Nep. Epam. 6, 1;

    Auct. B. Alex. 24: illo licente contra liceri audeat nemo,

    to bid in opposition, Caes. B. G. 1, 18; Liv. 4, 53, 6:

    agedum pauca accipe contra,

    Hor. S. 1, 4, 38.—So in battle:

    Numidae... Romanorum ordines conturbare... neque contra feriundi copia erat,

    Sall. J. 50, 4; and in law: et ab eo is qui adoptat vindicat... et illo contra non vindicante, etc., Gai Inst. 1, 134; 2, 24.—Esp. in replies:

    oratio contra a Demosthene pro Ctesiphonte edita,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 56, 213:

    dicit accusator haec: primum, etc.... quid contra reus?

    id. Clu. 30, 81; id. Fin. 5, 22, 63; Curt. 4, 1, 10; 7, 9, 1.
    B.
    Of opposition, strife, etc., against; constr. absol., with dat., and ne, quominus or quin.
    1.
    Of physical exertion.
    (α).
    Lit.:

    concurrunt... aetheriae nubes contra pugnantibu' ventis,

    struggling against each other, Lucr. 6. 98:

    nec nos obniti contra... Sufficimus,

    bear up, battle against, Verg. A. 5, 21; Ov. M. 9, 50; 2, 434:

    at ille contra nititur,

    resists, Plin. 2, 38, 38, § 103; 7, 20, 19, § 82:

    pars remigum, tamquam imperitia... officia nautarum impediebant. Mox contra tendere,

    rowed in an opposite direction, Tac. H. 4, 16.—
    (β).
    Trop.:

    te rogo ne contrahas ac demittas animum, neque te obrui tamquam fluctu... sinas, contraque erigas ac resistas,

    Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 1, § 4:

    et torrens judicem vel nitentem contra feret, cogatque ire qua rapiet,

    Quint. 12, 10, 61.— With ne: vi contra niti, ne advorsus eum fiat, Cato ap. Gell. 7 (6), 3, 16.—With quominus, Lucr. 1, 780.—
    2.
    Of mental exertion:

    si tibi vera videntur, Dede manus, aut, si falsum est, accingere contra,

    arm yourself against them, Lucr. 2, 1043; 2, 280. —With dat.:

    siti contra... pugnandum,

    Cels. 4, 2 fin. —
    3.
    Of hostile opposition in gen.
    (α).
    Lit.:

    quod animadversum est in eo qui contra omni ratione pugnarunt, non debeo reprehendere,

    who made opposition in every way, Cic. Rosc. Am. 47, 137; id. Verr. 2, 2, 43, § 107:

    contra etiam aliquid abs te profectum ex multis audivi,

    something inimical, id. Fam. 5, 5, 2.—
    (β).
    Trop.:

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

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

    ut eos adversarios existimemus qui arma contra ferant,

    Cic. Off. 1, 25, 87; 1, 12, 37; Vell. 2, 28, 4; cf.:

    quid quod exercitum contra duxit?

    Auct. Her. 4, 16, 23:

    ut si qua ex parte obviam contra veniretur, acie instructa depugnarent,

    if they should be attacked by an open charge, Caes. B. G. 7, 28:

    issentque confestim ad urbem ni venire contra exercitum... audissent,

    Liv. 7, 39, 17:

    cum Romanae legiones contra direxerint,

    would oppose their march, Tac. H. 4, 58; id. A. 6, 44.—With dat.:

    et huic contra itum ad amnem Erinden,

    Tac. A. 11, 10.—
    (β).
    Trop.:

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

    Plin. 10, 74, 95, § 205.—
    5.
    Of legal contests.
    (α).
    With verbs of saying; v. 9. a.—
    (β).
    Venire contra, of any legal act with the intention to hurt the adversary:

    quid? si omnium mortalium Sthenio nemo inimicior quam hic C. Claudius... fuit? si de litteris corruptis contra venit, etc.?

    if he made a charge of forgery against him? Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 43, § 107; cf. II. B. c. b.—
    (γ).
    On the part of the adversary:

    inveniendum contra est, quo distet haec causa a ceteris,

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

    ne spoliaret fama probatum hominem si contra judicasset,

    given an adverse decision, Cic. Off. 3, 19, 77; cf. Val. Max. 7, 2, 4; Cic. Caecin. 24, 69.—
    6.
    Of literary opposition.
    (α).
    Mostly with verbs of saying; v. 9. a. g.—
    (β).
    With other verbs:

    astrologorum artem contra convincere tendit,

    Lucr. 5, 728:

    contra nunc illud pone, etc.,

    Sen. Ben. 7, 14, 6:

    habeat (liber meus) etiam quosdam qui contra sentiant et adversentur,

    some dissentients and opponents, Quint. 3, 1, 5; 2, 17, 40; 3, 8, 69.—
    7.
    Of public and political opposition.
    (α).
    With verbs of saying; v. 9. a. d.—
    (β).
    With petere, to be a candidate for office in opposition to another:

    nihil enim supererat de quo certarent, nihil quod contra peterent,

    no office was left for which to canvass against each other, Cic. Agr. 2, 33, 91:

    honores contra petere,

    Quint. 6, 1, 17.—With ire, with dat., of an opposing vote in the senate (cf.:

    pedibus ire): sententia Cassii ut nemo unus contra ire ausus est, ita dissonae voces respondebant,

    Tac. A. 14, 45.—
    8.
    Of violation of law, contracts, etc.: contra facere, or contra committere, to violate, transgress a law, etc.: leges esse non ex ejus qui contra commiserit utilitate, spectari oportere, not in the interest of the transgressor, Cic. Inv. 2, 48, 153:

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

    and if the contract was violated, Dig. 18, 1, 56.—
    9.
    With verbs of saying, etc., contra dicere; less freq. disputare, disserere, pugnare, in the sense of dicere, and contra scribere (often contradico, in one word, in post-Aug. writers; esp. with dat.).
    a.
    Absol.
    (α).
    Contra dicere, to speak as counsel of the adversary, to plead his cause, in legal proceedings:

    cum contra dicturus Hortensius esset,

    would speak on the other side, Cic. Quint. 24, 77:

    hoc... contra dicente Cotta judicatum est,

    id. Caecin. 33, 97:

    dixisse ut contra nemo videretur,

    id. Brut. 53, 198: ut contra Crassus... exorsus est, began on the other side, id. ib. § 197.—Hence: qui contra dicit, the adversary or counsel of the adversary:

    contra autem qui dicet, similitudinem infirmare debebit,

    Cic. Inv. 2, 50, 151; id. Part. Or. 21, 108.—In the same sense: agens contra: si nos... impares agentium contra ingeniis dixerimus, that we are unequal to the talents of our adversary's counsel, [p. 453] Quint. 4, 1, 8.—
    (β).
    To make charges against (rare):

    si qui contra vellet dicere, usurum esse eum suo testimonio,

    Cic. Clu. 48, 134:

    qua ratione nemo neque tum item fecerit, neque nunc contra dicat,

    id. Quint. 29, 88; so,

    contra disputare, of objections to or against a witness: nihil contra disputabo priusquam dixerit,

    id. Fl. 21, 51.—
    (γ).
    In gen., to speak on the other side of a question:

    fiebat autem ita, ut cum is qui audire vellet dixisset quid sibi videretur, tum ego contra dicerem,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 4, 8; id. Fin. 2, 1, 2; so,

    contra disputare and contra scribere,

    id. Or. 1, 19, 85; Vitr. 3, 1, 6; Quint. 2, 17, 13; Dig. 9, 2, 21, § 1.—Hence: qui contra dicunt or disputant, the opponents:

    nec qui contra dicunt causam difficilem repellunt,

    Cic. Fin. 3, 1, 2:

    ad coarguendos qui contra disputant,

    to refule his opponents, Quint. 2, 15, 26.—
    (δ).
    To oppose or object to a proposition, motion, or petition:

    quam palam principes dixerunt contra!

    protested against it, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 16, § 41; Caes. B. C. 1, 32; Cic. Clu. 47, 130.—With pugnare:

    cum decerneretur frequenti senatu, contra pugnante Pisone, etc.,

    Cic. Att. 1, 14, 5:

    filius ejus incolumitatem optat: contradicit pater,

    the father objects, Quint. 9, 2, 85; 9, 2, 83; Plin. ap. Gell. 9, 16, 5; Cic. Dom. 33, 87:

    contradicente nullo,

    Suet. Caes. 20; Dig. 3, 3, 15.—
    (ε).
    To reply:

    contradixit edicto,

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

    explorandum videtur an etiam contradicto aliquando judicio consuetudo firmata sit,

    whether the custom has been confirmed by judgment upon a judicial contest, Dig. 1, 3, 34.—
    b.
    With acc. neutr. pron., to object, to make or raise an objection, to reply; esp. in legal proceedings:

    ego enim, te disputante, quid contra dicerem meditabar,

    Cic. N. D. 3, 1, 1:

    ut contra si quid dicere velit non audiatur,

    id. Fin. 5, 10, 27:

    aiebat illum primo sane diu multa contra (i. e. dixisse), ad extremum autem, etc.,

    id. Att. 2, 22, 2.— Hence: quod contra dicitur, or quae contra dicuntur, the objections:

    ut et id quod intenderemus confirmare, et id quod contra diceretur refellere (possemus),

    refute the objections, Cic. de Or. 1, 20, 90:

    quia neque reprehendi quae contra dicuntur possunt, etc.,

    id. ib. 2, 81, 331; id. Inv. 2, 44, 127; Quint. 1, 2, 17.—In the same sense, as subst.: contrā dicta, orum, n. plur.:

    seu proposita confirmamus, sive contra dicta dissolvimus,

    or refute the objections, Quint. 4, prooem. 6.—With acc. and inf.:

    dicitur contra, nullum esse testamentum,

    the objection is made that there is no testament, Cic. Agr. 2, 6, 42.—
    c.
    With dat., written in one word (post-Aug.).
    (α).
    To oppose a person by speaking against his views:

    solitum se etiam Thraseae contradicere,

    to oppose even Thrasea, Tac. H. 2, 91:

    tibi,

    Suet. Aug. 54:

    Curioni...,

    id. Rhet. 1. —Hence of answers and replies in law: quid si filium testatoris heres ejus prohibuit? Huic contradici potest: ergo pietatis, etc., he may be answered by this plea, etc., Dig. 11, 7, 14, § 13.—And of advisory answers opposed to one's legal views:

    volenti mihi ream adulterii postulare eam, etc., contradictum est,

    my views were disapproved, rejected, Dig. 48, 5, 11, § 10.—
    (β).
    To oppose an opinion, with dat. of the thing:

    cum plures tantum sententiis aliorum contradicerent,

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

    patrem qui damnavit optat ne is torqueatur: pater ei contradicit,

    the father objects, Quint. 9, 2, 81:

    cum ambienti ut legibus solveretur multi contradicerent,

    Suet. Caes. 18; Dig. 40, 5, 14; 40, 12, 33.—
    (δ).
    With dat. of the petition:

    preces erant, sed quibus contradici non posset,

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

    quibus (legibus) contradici potest,

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

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

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

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

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

    but cf. II. B. 2.): ut eum qui responsurus est vel tacere, vel etiam invitum id quod sit contra cogat fateri,

    Quint. 7, 3, 14:

    cum verba (legis) contra sint,

    id. 7, 1, 49:

    sed experimentum contra fuit,

    unsuccessful, Tac. H. 2, 97 fin.:

    ubi fortuna contra fuit,

    id. ib. 3, 18:

    si fortuna contra daret,

    should be unfavorable, id. ib. 1, 65 fin.; id. A. 15, 13.
    D.
    Of logical opposition, with negative force.
    1.
    Of a direct contrast.
    a.
    Predicatively, with esse, fieri, etc., the contrary, the opposite:

    quod fieri totum contra manifesta docet res,

    but experience teaches that just the contrary is true, Lucr. 3, 686; 4, 1088:

    in stultitia contra est,

    with fools the reverse is true, Cic. Clu. 31, 84:

    in hac quidem re vereor ne etiam contra (i. e. sit),

    id. Att. 12, 46; id. Off. 1, 15, 49:

    quod contra est,

    Sall. J. 85, 21:

    quis non credat, etc.? Contra autem est,

    Sen. Q. N. 3, 25, 12; id. Ep. 7, 3; Dig. 37, 4, 4:

    contra fore si, etc.,

    ib. 34, 2, 39, § 2:

    immo forsitan et contra (i. e. erit),

    ib. 41, 3, 49:

    ego contra puto (i. e. esse),

    Plin. Ep. 1, 20, 7; Lampr. Alex. Sev. 25.—
    b.
    With evenire, accidere, sentire, scribere, habere, etc.:

    utrumque contra accidit: istic enim bellum est exortum, hic pax consecuta,

    of both the contrary has happened, Cic. Fam. 12, 18, 2; so Dig. 38, 2, 51:

    id ego contra puto (sc.: faciendum esse),

    id. Att. 10, 8, 2:

    contra evenit in iis morbis,

    Sen. Ep. 52, 7; Plin. 2, 65, 65, § 163:

    ego contra sentio,

    Sen. Clem. 1, 15, 5; Sedig. ap. Gell. 15, 24, 4; Dig. 40, 2, 25:

    Proculus contra (sc. sentit),

    ib. 35, 2, 1, § 14; 33, 7, 25:

    licet Celsus contra scribat,

    ib. 9, 2, 21, § 1: contra probatur, Gai Inst. 2, 78; Dig. 33, 7, 12, § 34.—Very rarely referring to a term in the same clause:

    cujus disparem mitioremque naturam contra interpretabatur,

    interpreted in an opposite sense, misinterpreted, misunderstood, Tac. H. 4, 86 fin. —
    c.
    Referring to a word or phrase in the same predicate.
    (α).
    To an adverb, in an opposite manner, otherwise, differently, not, etc.:

    nam ad summam totius rei pertinet, caute an contra demonstrata res sit,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 81, 330: quod viriliter animoque fit, id, etc.;

    quod contra, id turpe,

    id. Off. 1, 27, 94:

    sit sapienter usus aut contra,

    Quint. 2, 5, 15:

    lactuca locis apricis optume autumno ponitur, mediterraneis aut frigidis contra ( = pessime),

    Col. 11, 3, 25.—
    (β).
    To a predicative adjective, not, the opposite, the reverse, etc.:

    ut aliae (res) probabiles videantur aliae contra,

    improbable, Cic. Ac. 2, 32, 103; id. Off. 2, 2, 7:

    quid est quod me impediat ea quae probabilia mihi videantur sequi, quae contra, improbare,

    id. ib. 2, 2, 8; id. Or. 2, 31, 135; Quint. 4, 2, 52.—
    (γ).
    To a verbal predicate:

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

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

    laudare testem vel contra pertinet ad momentum judiciorum,

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

    quae secundum naturam essent, ea sumenda et quadam aestimatione dignanda docebat, contraque contraria,

    those that were not, not, Cic. Ac. 1, 10, 36: quod cuidam aut sapiens videor quod una non jerim, aut felix fuisse;

    mihi contra,

    id. Att. 9, 12, 4: an credibile est, incestum cum filia commissum? Et contra, veneficum in noverca, adulterum in luxurioso? and incredible, etc., Quint. 5, 10, 19; so Dig. 9, 1, 2, § 1.—
    (ζ).
    To an attributive genitive:

    Marius cognoscere quid boni utrisque or contra esset (i. e. mali),

    Sall. J. 88, 2:

    verum de origine laudis contraque perspiciemus suo tempore (i. e. vituperationis),

    Quint. 2, 4, 21:

    alii a propositione accusatoris contraque loci oriuntur,

    the accuser and the accused, id. 7, 2, 31;

    so in several titles of the Digests, as Depositi vel contra, = actio depositi, vel contraria actio depositarii,

    Dig. 16, 3 tit.; so ib. 16, 17, 1; 16, 13, 6; 16, 13, 7.—
    2.
    Reversing the relation of terms in the preceding sentence, the reverse, conversely, vice versa, etc.
    a.
    With its own predicate: saepe... corpus aegret, Cum tamen ex alia laetamur parte latenti;

    Et retro fit uti contra sit saepe vicissim, Cum miser ex animo laetatur corpore toto,

    Lucr. 3, 108: illa altera argumentatio, quasi retro et contra, prius sumit, etc., ( proceeding), so to speak, backward and in inverted order, Cic. Part. Or. 13, 46: neque illud ignoro, etc.; sed non idem accidit contra, but the converse is not true, Quint. 8, 6, 3; Gell. 4, 2, 5: ut vocabula verbis, verba rursus adverbiis, nomina appositis et pronominibus essent priora. Nam fit contra quoque frequenter non indecore. for often, not inelegantly, the order is reversed, Quint. 9, 4, 24:

    quae etiam contra valent,

    i. e. if the terms are reversed, id. 3, 7, 25; 9, 2, 49; 8, 6, 25; 9, 4, 72.—
    b.
    Belonging to the same predicate:

    ut quidque erit dicendum ita dicet, nec satura jejune, nec grandia minute, nec item contra,

    Cic. Or. 36, 123:

    cum emtor venditori, vel contra, heres exstitit,

    Dig. 35, 2, 48:

    in quibus patrium pro possessivo dicitur, vel contra,

    Quint. 1, 5, 45; 5, 10, 71:

    junguntur autem aut ex nostro et peregrino, ut biclinium, aut contra, ut epitogium et Anticato,

    id. 1, 5, 68:

    ut capras in montosis potius locis quam in herbidis (pascar), equas contra,

    but with mares the reverse is the case, Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 16:

    itaque ille dicere melius quam praecipere, nos contra fortasse possumus,

    Cic. Or. 42, 143:

    qua collegi solent ex his quae faciunt ea quae faciuntur, aut contra,

    or vice versa, Quint. 5, 10, 80; Dig. 14, 1, 1, § 12; 48, 5, 23, § 4.
    E.
    In logical antithesis of clauses with a merely rhet. force, on the contrary, on the other hand, vice versa; sometimes almost = sed or autem (freq.).
    1.
    In independent clauses.
    a.
    Opposing persons or parties: fortunam insanam esse... perhibent philosophi... Sunt autem alii philosophi qui contra Fortunam negant ullam exstare, Pac. ap. Auct. Her. 2, 23, 36 (Trag. Rel. v. 372 Rib.); Caecil. ap. Cic. Tusc. 4, 32, 68; Varr. R. R. 1, 8, 1:

    ego etiam quae tu sine Verre commisisti Verri crimini daturus sum... Tu, contra, ne quae ille quidem fecit, obicies,

    Cic. Div. in Caecil. 11, 35:

    ego contra ostendo, non modo nihil fecisse Sex. Roscium, sed, etc.,

    id. Rosc. Am. 29, 79; id. Phil. 8, 3, 8; id. Off. 1, 30, 108; id. Fin. 5, 22, 62:

    in Italia bellum gerimus, in sede ac solo nostro... Hannibal contra in aliena, in hostili est terra,

    Liv. 22, 39, 13; 21, 50, 2; 3, 15, 2; 6, 7, 4; 9, 35, 4 et saep.; Nep. Alcib. 8, 1; Vell. 2, 31, 4; Sen. Ep. 9, 14; id. Ira, 2, 33, 6; Plin. 35, 10, 37, § 113; Tac. H. 3, 84; 3, 57; Suet. Tib. 2; id. Vit. 2; Just. 2, 1, 10; 8, 4, 11:

    contra mercator, navim jactantibus austris Militia est potior?

    Hor. S. 1, 1, 6; 1, 2, 30; 1, 3, 27; Prop. 2, 1, 45; 2, 23, 13 (3, 17, 3); Sen. Hippol. 214;

    so with versa vice: barbarae gentes (Alexandrum) non ut hostem, sed ut parentem luxerunt... Contra Macedones versa vice non ut civem, sed ut hostem amissum gaudebant,

    Just. 13, 1, 7.—
    b.
    Introducing a secondary or parallel opposition of thought: in loco umidiore far potius serunt quam triticum;

    contra in aridiore hordeum potius quam far,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 9, 4; 1, 1, 47: si nihil esset quod inane vocaret, Omne foret solidum;

    nisi contra corpora certe Essent, etc., Omne quod est spatium vacuum constaret inane,

    Lucr. 1, 521; 4, 348; cf.:

    justa omnia decora sunt, injusta contra, ut turpia, sic indecora,

    Cic. Off. 1, 27, 94; id. N. D. 2, 15, 41; id. de Or. 3, 33, 136; id. Quint. 30, 93: id. Off. 3, 21, 84; id. Leg. 2, 1, 2: facilem esse rem... si modo unum omnes sentiant; contra in dissensione nullam se salutem perspicere, Caes. B. G, 5, 31; Liv. 25, 30, 3; Sen. Ben. 1, 5, 2; Plin. 12, 19, 42, § 92; 11, 14, 14, § 35; Suet. Caes. 73; Gell. 1, 4, 5:

    si male rem gerere insani est, contra bene, sani,

    Hor. S. 2, 3, 74.—
    2.
    In opposition to a dependent clause:

    ut hi miseri, sic contra illi beati quos, etc.,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 6, 16; so id. de Or. 1, 45, 198; Quint. 9, 3, 39:

    cui ego rei tantum abest ut impedimento sim, ut contra te M. Manli adhorter, etc.,

    Liv. 6, 15, 5; 6, 31, 4:

    cum virtus adeo neminem spe ac pollicitatione corrumpat, ut contra in se inpendere jubeat, ac, etc.,

    Sen. Ben. 4, 1, 2: aut igitur negemus quidquam ratione confici, cum contra nihil sine ratione recte fieri possit, aut, etc., whereas on the contrary, etc., Cic. Tusc. 4, 38, 84; cf.:

    at contra,

    Lucr. 2, 392.—
    3.
    With co-ordinate conjunctions.
    a.
    Copulative, et contra or contraque (never with ac or atque); also nec contra (rare), and on the other hand.
    (α).
    With reference to a reason or conclusion, after nam, enim, cum, or itaque: nam et ratione uti... omnique in re quid sit veri videre et tueri decet, contraque falli [p. 454]... tam dedecet quam, etc., Cic. Off. 1, 27, 94:

    malus est enim custos... metus, contraque benevolentia fidelis,

    id. ib. 2, 7, 23:

    cum reficiat animos varietas ipsa, contraque sit aliquanto difficilius in labore uno perseverare,

    Quint. 1, 12, 4; 3, 8, 32; 8, 6, 20:

    itaque in probris maxime in promptu est, si quid tale dici potest, etc. Contraque in laudibus, etc.,

    Cic. Off. 1, 18, 61; cf. Suet. Calig. 51; so with nec:

    nam nec comoedia cothurnis assurgit, nec contra tragoedia socculo ingreditur,

    Quint. 10, 2, 22.—
    (β).
    With contrasted examples or illustrations, often after ut or sic:

    audivi ex majoribus natu, hoc idem fuisse in P. Scipione Nasica, contraque patrem ejus... nullam comitatem habuisse sermonis,

    Cic. Off. 1, 30, 109:

    ut suspitionibus credi oportere, et contra suspitionibus credi non oportere,

    id. Inv. 2, 15, 48; Quint. 8, 4, 1; 5, 10, 48; 9, 3, 7; 9, 4, 52; 11, 1, 14; Sen. Ep. 82, 14; Dig. 17, 1, 22, § 4.—
    (γ).
    With contrasted actions, assumptions, etc.:

    atque utinam qui ubique sunt propugnatores hujus imperii possent in hanc civitatem venire, et contra oppugnatores rei publicae de civitate exterminari!

    Cic. Balb. 22, 51:

    domo pignori data, et area ejus tenebitur... et contra jus soli sequitur aedificium,

    Dig. 13, 7, 21:

    equo et asina genitos mares, hinnos antiqui vocabant: contraque mulos quos asini et equae generassent,

    Plin. 8, 44, 69, § 17: ceterum potest ex lege quidem esse judicium, sed legitimum non esse, et contra ex lege non esse, sed legitimum esse, Gai Inst. 4, 109; Plin. 2, 65, 65, § 161; 35, 15, 5, § 183.—
    (δ).
    After a negative clause, affirming the opposite idea, et contra or contraque, but on the contrary:

    in quo (consulatu) ego imperavi nihil, et contra patribus conscriptis et bonis omnibus parui,

    Cic. Sull. 7, 21:

    nunc vero cum ne pulsus quidem ita sim ut superare non possim, contraque a populo Romano semper sim defensus, etc.,

    id. Dom. 33, 88; id. Fin. 2, 17, 55; id. Marcell. 6, 20; so,

    et contra,

    Suet. Tit. 7.—
    b.
    With adversative conjunctions, at contra, sed contra, contra autem, contra vero (not verum contra, nor contra tamen).
    (α).
    At contra (freq.), merely a strengthened contra (v. 1. supra): huc accedit uti mellis lactisque liquores Jucundo sensu linguae tractentur in ore;

    At contra taetri absinthi natura... foedo pertorqueat ora sapore,

    Lucr. 2, 400:

    cogunt,

    id. 2, 74; 1, 366; 2, 235 et saep.: nos qui domi sumus, tibi beati videmur;

    at contra nobis tu quidem... prae nobis beatus,

    Cic. Fam. 4, 4, 2; id. Tusc. 1, 3, 5; id. Rosc. Am. 45, 131; id. Verr. 2, 5, 26, § 66; Sall. J. 36, 2; 4, 7; 15, 3; id. C. 12, 5:

    ideo siccas aiunt Aethiopiae solitudines... At contra constat Germaniam abundare rivis,

    Sen. Q. N. 3, 6, 2; 1, 3, 1; id. Ep. 100, 7; Plin. 7, 53, 54, § 186; Suet. Galb. 15; Tac. A. 4, 28.—
    (β).
    Sed contra, after a negative sentence (class.):

    non quo acui ingenia adulescentium nollem, sed contra ingenia obtundi nolui,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 24, 93; id. Att. 9, 15, 3; id. Ac. 1, 10, 35; id. Fl. 11, 26:

    arma populi Romani non liberis servitutem, sed contra servientibus libertatem adferre,

    Liv. 45, 18, 1:

    tu ne cede malis, sed contra audentior ito,

    Verg. A. 6, 95; Plin. Ep. 1, 10, 12.—PostAug. also without a preceding negation:

    obiisse nostro Laium scelere autumant superi inferique: sed animus contra innocens... negat,

    Sen. Oedip. 765; Symm. Ep. 6, 81.—
    (γ).
    Contra autem (rare;

    in Cic. only where different subjects have contrasted predicates in dependent clauses): quia pacis est insigne toga, contra autem arma tumultus atque belli,

    Cic. Pis. 30, 73.—In later writers = contra alone:

    sub septemtrione aedificia... conversa ad calidas partes oportere fieri videntur. Contra autem sub impetu solis meridiani regionibus conversa ad septemtrionem... sunt facienda,

    Vitr. 6, 1, 2; Gell. 14, 2, 19; Dig. 7, 1, 25, § 3; 34, 3, 25.—
    (δ).
    Contra vero (very rare;

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

    Vitr. 2, 9, 8; 6, 1, 3; Cels. 3, 6 fin. —
    (ε).
    Atqui contra, App. Mag. p. 287, 24.—
    c.
    With disjunctive conjunctions, aut contra, vel contra, seu contra, or on the contrary, or conversely (always without change of subject).
    (α).
    Aut contra:

    num aut scriptum neget, aut contra factum infitietur?

    Cic. Part. Or. 38, 133: quae (mens) aut languescit... aut contra tumescit, etc., Quint. 1, 2, 18:

    si imbres defuere, aut contra abundavere,

    Plin. 17, 24, 37, § 228.—
    (β).
    Vel contra:

    hinc enim quaestiones oriuntur: Injuriam fecisti, sed quia magistratus, majestatis actio est? Vel contra: Licuit... quia magistratus?

    Quint. 5, 10, 40; 9, 4, 96; Suet. Galb. 3; Dig. 35, 2, 56, § 4; 8, 4, 6.—
    (γ).
    Seu contra:

    seu tristis veniam, seu contra laetus amicis,

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

    never contra enim): falso queritur de natura sua genus humanum quod, etc. Nam contra, reputando, neque majus aliud, neque praestabilius invenies,

    Sall. J. 1, 1; Quint. 1, 1, 1; 9, 2, 23. —
    4.
    In late Lat., e contra (also one word, ēcontrā) = contra,
    (α).
    In the meaning, the contrary (D. 1.):

    aliis vero econtra videtur,

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

    honestiorum provectu et econtra suppliciis,

    Aur. Vict. Caes. 39, 45.—For quod contra, v. II. E. 1. c.—
    5.
    With emphatic particles.
    a.
    Quin contra, nay on the contrary, opposing an affirmative sentence to a preceding negative statement (quin etiam amplifies without opposition; sed contra opposes without amplification; quin contra both opposes and amplifies);

    not before Livy: num qui enim socordius rempublicam administrari post Calvi tribunatum... quam? etc. Quin contra patricios aliquot damnatos... neminem plebeium,

    Liv. 6, 37, 8; 31, 31, 9; 35, 26, 10; 37, 15, 3.—
    b.
    Immo contra (post-Aug.).
    (α).
    = no, on the contrary, refuting opinions, after questions and in the form of a dialogue:

    existimas nunc me detrahere tibi multas voluptates?... Immo contra, nolo tibi umquam deesse laetitiam,

    Sen. Ep. 23, 3; Dig. 33, 7, 5; 33, 7, 29.—
    (β).
    = sed contra, but on the contrary:

    proinde ne submiseris te, immo contra fige stabilem gradum,

    Sen. Cons. Marc. 5, 6; id. Cons. Polyb. 15, 2; cf. prep.:

    immo contra ea,

    Liv. 41, 24, 8; cf. II. E. 1. b. infra.—
    c.
    Item contra = an emphatic et contra (very rare):

    quoniam... beate vivere alii in alio, vos in voluptate ponitis, item contra miseriam in dolore, etc.,

    Cic. Fin. 2, 27, 86; cf. I. A. 3. g supra.
    F.
    With a comparative clause introduced by ac, atque, or quam, representing a logical or moral opposition (contra atque debuit = non ita ut debuit; cf. Cic. Or. 3, 19, 70); cf. prep., II. C. 3. g, and II. E. 2. infra.
    1.
    Of logical opposition, contrary to, different from, otherwise than; in the best prose only with atque or ac.
    (α).
    With atque:

    item, contra atque apud nos, fieri ad Elephantinem ut neque ficus neque vites amittant folia,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 7, 6:

    simulacrum Jovis, contra atque ante fuerat, ad orientem convertere,

    Cic. Cat. 3, 8, 20; id. Sull. 24, 69:

    judicium suscepturos contra atque omnis Italia populusque Romanus judicavisset,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 12; id. B. G. 4, 13; Plin. 12, 19, 43, § 95.—
    (β).
    With ac:

    itaque contra est ac dicitis,

    Cic. Fin. 4, 15, 41:

    vides, omnia fere contra ac dicta sint evenisse,

    id. Div. 2, 24, 53; so id. Verr. 2, 4, 6, § 11; id. Or. 40, 137:

    cum contra ac Deiotarus sensit victoria belli judicaret,

    id. Phil. 11, 13, 34:

    Petreius ubi videt, Catilinam, contra ac ratus erat, magna vi tendere, etc.,

    Sall. C. 60, 5.—
    (γ).
    With ac and atque:

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

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

    cui contra quam proposuerat aliqua cesserunt,

    Sen. Ira, 3, 6, 5; Plin. 10, 53, 74, § 149; 11, 21, 24, § 72; Gell. 6 (7), 8, 6:

    contra quam licet,

    id. 1, 3, 19; Sil. 15, 107.—
    2.
    Of moral opposition of acts contrary to rules and principles (cf. II. 3. g infra); so always with quam:

    mater Aviti, generi sui, contra quam fas erat, amore capta,

    contrary to the divine law, Cic. Clu. 5, 12:

    ut senatus, contra quam ipse censuisset, ad vestitum rediret,

    contrary to its own resolution, id. Pis. 8, 18:

    contra quam ista causa postulasset,

    id. Caecin. 24, 67:

    contra quam sanctum legibus est,

    Liv. 30, 19, 9; Cic. Leg. 2, 5, 11; id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 1, § 2; id. Dom. 46, 122:

    contraque faciunt quam polliceri videntur,

    Auct. Her. 4, 3, 6; Cic. de Or. 2, 20, 86.
    II.
    Prep. with acc., before, against, facing, towards, opposite to, contrary to (acc. to many scholars not ante-class.; cf. Hand, Turs. II. p. 108; but found Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 24 Fleck., a line omitted by Lorenz as a gloss; id. Pers. 1, 1, 13 Ritschl; Att. ap. Non. p. 469, 15, or Trag. Rel. v. 476 Rib.; cf. also Plaut. Poen. 5, 6, 18; Cato, R. R. 18, 1, and v. I. A. 1. a. b, and I. A. 1. b. a supra).
    A.
    Local uses.
    1.
    Opposite, over against, facing.
    a.
    Of countries and places (mostly of those separated by water;

    adversus and e regione mostly of places opposite by land): insulae natura triquetra, cujus unum latus est contra Galliam,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 13; 3, 9; 4, 20:

    ad insulam quae est contra Massiliam,

    id. B. C. 1, 56; 3, 23:

    Rhodios, pacatis contra insulam suam terris, etc.,

    Liv. 37, 15, 7; 3, 26, 8:

    Carthago Italiam contra,

    Verg. A. 1, 13; 5, 124; Ov. M. 14, 17:

    insulae quae contra Tauri promuntorium inopportune navigantibus objacent, Chelidoniae nominantur,

    Mel. 2, 7; Plin. 3, 26, 30, § 151; 6, 28, 32, § 152; 5, 7, 7, § 41; Tac. A. 3, 1; id. H. 2, 17.—
    b.
    Of the heavenly bodies:

    donique (luna) eum (sc. solem) contra pleno bene lumine fulsit,

    Lucr. 5, 708:

    contra Volucris rostrum posita est Lyra,

    Vitr. 9, 4, 5; Sen. Q. N. 1, 5, 9; 1, 8, 3; Plin. 2, 31, 31, § 99; 5, 10, 10, § 56.—So, tertium (latus Britanniae) est contra septem triones, opposite ( facing); hence, contra meridiem and contra ortus (instead of ad or adversus meridiem, etc.), facing the south and east, Plin. 6, 24, 24, § 85; 17, 2, 2, § 22. —So of a person standing in the sunlight:

    cum minima umbra (i. e. a sole) contra medium fiet hominem,

    Plin. 18, 33, 76, § 327; cf.:

    contra mediam faciem meridies erit,

    id. 18, 33, 76, § 326.—
    c.
    Of opposite ends of a line.
    (α).
    Of the diameter of the earth: esse e regione nobis e contraria parte terrae qui adversis vestigiis stent contra nostra vestigia, quos antipodas vocatis, Cic. Ac. 2, 39, 123.—
    (β).
    Of a line drawn:

    contra autem E littera I erit ubi secat circinationem linea,

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

    contra hoc aviarium est aliud minus in quo quae mortuae sunt aves curator servare solet,

    Varr. R. R. 3, 5, 5; Vitr. 5, 6, 3; 3, 5, 15:

    (statuam) quae fuerit contra Jovis Statoris aedem in vestibulo Superbi domus,

    Plin. 34, 6, 13, § 29:

    contra medium fere porticum diaeta paulum recedit,

    Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 20; 2, 17, 5; Suet. Aug. 44.—
    e.
    Of places on the human body:

    id quod contra stomachum est,

    Cels. 4, 5 (4, 12 med.); 7, 7;

    4, 20 (13).—Of the direction of the intestines, etc.: ea... contra medium alvum orsa,

    Cels. 4, 1 fin. —
    2.
    Of actions, opposite, towards, against, facing (syn.:

    adversus, ad, e regione,

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

    quamvis subito... quamque Rem contra speculum ponas, apparet imago,

    Lucr. 4, 156: Democritus... clipeum constituit contra exortum Hyperionis, Laber. ap. Gell. 10, 17, 4:

    et contra magnum potes hos (i.e. oculos) attollere solem, Nec tremis...?

    Prop. 1, 15, 37; Col. 7, 3, 8:

    rex constiterat contra pedites,

    Curt. 10, 9, 13; 9, 5, 1:

    ne contra septentrionem paveris,

    Plin. 18, 33, 76, § 330; 28, 6, 19, § 69:

    contra solem varie refulgens,

    placed in the sun, id. 37, 10, 63, § 173; 10, 54, 75, § 151; 37, 6, 22, § 83;

    37, 7, 25, § 95: cum terrestres volucres contra aquam clangores dabunt,

    id. 18, 35, 87, § 363; 19, 8, 39, § 131.—
    b.
    Dependent on verbs of motion (very rare without the idea of hostility):

    (Dinocrates) incessit contra tribunal regis jus dicentis,

    towards, Vitr. 2, praef. 1.—So trop., of actions done for a purpose:

    lege Cornelia de sicariis tenetur qui, cum in magistratu esset, eorum quid fecerit contra hominis necem quod legibus permissum non sit,

    Dig. 48, 8, 4.—
    c.
    Appositively, with the predicate: (elephanti) tanta narratur clementia contra minus validos, ut, etc., if fronting weaker animals, if brought in contact with them (not to be connected with clementia), Plin. 8, 7, 7, § 23.—Similarly: dum... fidens non est contra feram, if fronting the animal (not dependent on fidens), Plin. 8, 16, 21, § 57.—
    d.
    Against an opposing action, etc.:

    contra vim atque impetum fluminis conversa,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 17, 5:

    cum plateae contra directos ventos erunt conformatae,

    Vitr. 1, 6, 8:

    ut contra ventum gregem pascamus,

    Col. 7, 3, 12; Sen. Q. N. 2, 31, 2; Plin. 29, 3, 12, § 52; 17, 2, 2, § 21; 8, 16, 21, § 54:

    contra fluminum impetus aggeribus,

    id. 35, 14, 48, § 169:

    capite in sole contra pilum peruncto,

    id. 27, 4, 5, § 17; 18, 35, 88, § 364; Varr. ap. Plin. 7, 20, 19, § 83; Sil. 14, 352; Dig. 9, 2, 29, § 4. [p. 455] — Trop.:

    contra fortunam tenendus est cursus,

    Sen. Prov. 5, 9.—Prov.:

    contra stimulum calces,

    kick against the pricks, Isid. Orig. 1, 36, 28 (al. calcitres); cf. Amm. 18, 5, 1.—
    e.
    Of local actions with hostile intent.
    (α).
    Lit.:

    quae vis Coclitem contra omnes hostium copias tenuit?

    Cic. Par. 1, 2, 12:

    Pompeium Cartejae receptum scribis: jam igitur contra hunc exercitum (sc. constitit),

    id. Att. 15, 20, 3:

    pertimescam, credo, ne mihi non liceat contra vos in contione consistere,

    to face you, id. Agr. 1, 8, 25; Lepidus ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 34, 1; Caes. B. C. 1, 26:

    a fronte contra hostem pedum quindecim fossam fieri jussit,

    id. ib. 1, 41; 1, 42; id. B. G. 7, 62:

    Tullus adversus Veientem hostem derigit suos: Albanos contra legionem Fidenatium collocat,

    Liv. 1, 27, 5; 24, 41, 5; 38, 4, 5; Verg. A. 12, 279; Front. Strat. 2, 2, 13; 2, 3, 17.—Appositively, with a local verb understood:

    terribilis haec contra fugientes belua est, fugax contra insequentes,

    i. e. if fronting, if placed opposite, Plin. 8, 25, 38, § 92.—
    (β).
    Trop.:

    castra sunt in Italia contra populum Romanum in Etruriae faucibus collocata,

    Cic. Cat. 1, 2, 5; id. Mil. 1, 2; Quint. 7, 7, 5:

    tum contra hanc Romam illa altera Roma quaeretur,

    will be as a rival against this Rome, Cic. Agr. 2, 22, 86:

    cui rationi contra homines barbaros atque imperitos locus fuisset, hac ne ipsum quidem sperare, etc.,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 40:

    (Cicero) plerumque contra inimicos atque obtrectatores plus vindicat sibi,

    when fronting adversaries, Quint. 11, 1, 23.—
    f.
    In partic.
    (α).
    Stare contra aliquem (opp. stare ab aliquo); usu. implying hostility; mostly trop., to stand against, to be arrayed against, to face, oppose:

    quod contra hoc exemplum nulla staret eorum ratio,

    Auct. Her. 4, 5, 7:

    contra populi studium,

    Cic. Brut. 34, 126:

    contra civium perditorum... dementiam a senatu et a bonorum causa,

    id. ib. 79, 273; so,

    a mendacio contra veritatem,

    id. Inv. 1, 3, 4:

    contra cives in acie,

    id. Att. 16, 11, 2:

    et adversi contra stetit ora juvenci,

    opposite, Verg. A. 5, 477; 5, 414:

    haec enim (ratio) sola... stat contra fortunam,

    Sen. Ep. 14, 4, 2: contra leonem etiam stetit, fronted, i. e. hunted, Spart. Carac. 5 fin. —
    (β).
    Contra aliquem ire:

    aut saevos Libyae contra ire leones,

    Stat. Th. 9, 16.— Trop.:

    uti contra injurias armati eatis,

    Sall. J. 31, 6:

    interritus (sapiens) et contra illa (mala) ibit et inter illa,

    Sen. Ep. 59, 8; cf.: contra venire, II. B. 1. c. b infra, and v. also II. B. 2. b. and II. B. 1. b. infra.—
    3.
    Transf.,
    a.
    To persons placed together for comparison:

    C. vero Caesar, si foro tantum vacasset, non alius ex nostris contra Ciceronem nominaretur,

    Quint. 10, 1, 114:

    CORONATO CONTRA OMNES SCAENICOS,

    Inscr. Grut. p. 331, n. 4.—
    b.
    To things compared, as if weighed against each other as to their value, strength, etc.
    (α).
    Lit. (very rare):

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

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

    cujus (i. e. generis humani) causa videtur cuncta alia genuisse natura, magna saeva mercede contra tanta sua munera,

    Plin. 7, 1, 1, § 1:

    qui amicus esse coepit quia expedit, placebit ei aliquod pretium contra amicitiam,

    Sen. Ep. 9, 9:

    numquam ulli fortiores cives fuerunt quam qui ausi sunt eum contra tantas opes ejus... condemnare,

    Cic. Fam. 7, 2, 3:

    tantum studium bonorum in me exstitisse, contra incredibilem contentionem clarissimi et potentissimi viri,

    id. ib. 7, 2, 2; Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 9, 3:

    nomen prorogans nostrum et memoriam extendens contra brevitatem aevi,

    as a compensation for, Plin. 2, 63, 63, § 154.—So esp., valere contra, to weigh against, counterbalance, avail or prevail against: non vereor ne meae vitae modestia parum valitura sit contra falsos rumores, Matius ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 28, 8:

    (illa facta) pro periculo potius quam contra salutem valere debere,

    Cic. Part. Or. 35, 120; id. Off. 3, 29, 104:

    contrane lucrum nil valere Pauperis ingenium?

    Hor. Epod. 11, 11; Sen. Ben. 4, 15, 1; id. Cons. Helv. 5, 5; so,

    robur habere contra: si contra unamquamlibet partem fortunae satis tibi roboris est,

    id. ib. 13, 2;

    so of counterchecks: in Creta decem qui cosmoe vocantur, ut contra consulare imperium tribuni plebis, sic illi contra vim regiam constituti,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 33, 58.—Of antidotes: cimicum natura contra serpentium morsus valere dicitur, item contra venena omnia, Plin. 29, 4, 17, § 61.—Hence,
    c.
    Colloq., aliquid contra aurum est, something is worth gold, is superb, both predicatively and attributively (cf.: auro contra, I. A. 2. supra): hujusce pomaria in summa Sacra Via ubi poma veneunt, contra aurum imago, a spectacle for gold, i. e. a magnificent sight, Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 10 MSS. (al. aliter):

    numcubi hic vides citrum... num quod emblema aut lithostratum? quae illic omnia contra aurum,

    superb, id. ib. 3, 2, 4 MSS. (Schneid. omits aurum, ex conj.):

    oneravi vinum, et tunc erat contra aurum,

    Petr. 7, 6.—
    d.
    Transf., of replies, with aiebat, inquit, etc.; both in friendly and inimical sense; esp., contra ea, contra haec, = the adv. contra:

    contra ea Titurius sero facturos clamitabat, etc.,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 29:

    contra ea Verginius unum Ap. Claudium et legum expertem et, etc., aiebat,

    Liv. 3, 57, 1; 24, 45, 4:

    quae contra breviter fata est vates,

    Verg. A. 6, 398:

    contra quod disertus Tu impie fecisti inquit, etc.,

    Quint. 7, 1, 53 (cf.: contra ea, II. E. 1. infra).
    B.
    Denoting hostility or disadvantage.
    1.
    With verbs of hostile action.
    a.
    Of physical exertion:

    pugnavere et tertio consulatu ejus viginti (elephanti) contra pedites quingentos,

    Plin. 8, 7, 7, § 22:

    proelium Afri contra Aegyptios primi fecere fustibus,

    id. 7, 56, 57, § 200; 8, 40, 61, § 142. —
    b.
    Referring to warfare (usu. adversus), bellum gerere (rarely for cum or adversus; but contra patriam, contra aras, etc., not cum patria, etc.; cf.

    bellum, II. A. 1. e.): a quo prohibitos esse vos contra Caesarem gerere bellum (opp. pro),

    Cic. Lig. 8, 25; id. Phil. 5, 10, 27; Liv. Ep. 129.—With bellum suscipere:

    contra Antonium,

    Cic. Phil. 8, 2, 5; so,

    contra patriam,

    id. Sull. 20, 58:

    pugnare contra patriam,

    id. ib. 25, 70:

    contra conjuges et liberos,

    Sen. Ben. 5, 15, 5:

    armatum esse contra populum Romanum,

    Cic. Prov. Cons. 13, 32.—With arma ferre (freq.), Cic. Phil. 2, 29, 72; 13, 21, 47; Liv. 28, 28, 15; Nep. Att. 4, 2; Tib. 1, 6, 30; Ov. M. 4, 609; 13, 269; id. P. 1, 1, 26.—With arma sumere or capere, Cic. Rab. Perd. 6, 19; id. Phil. 4, 1, 2; 4, 3, 7:

    armis contendere contra,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 13:

    arma alicui dare (trop.),

    Cic. Phil. 2, 21, 53:

    aciem instruere (trop.),

    Liv. 25, 4, 4:

    exercitum comparare,

    Cic. Phil. 3, 6, 14; 4, 1, 2:

    exercitum instruere,

    id. Cat. 2, 11, 24:

    exercitum ducere and adducere,

    id. Phil. 4, 2, 5; 3, 4, 11:

    exercitum contra Philippum mittere,

    id. Inv. 1, 12, 17:

    naves ducere contra,

    Hor. Epod. 4, 19:

    ducere contra hostes,

    Liv. 1, 27, 4:

    florem Italiae educere contra,

    Cic. Cat. 2, 11, 24:

    proficisci contra,

    to march against, Liv. 1, 11, 3; 8, 2, 5:

    auxilium ferre Rutulis contra Latinos,

    Plin. 14, 12, 14, § 88:

    juvare aliquem contra,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 35:

    consilium inire contra Sequanos,

    to take hostile measures against, id. B. G. 6, 12.—
    c.
    Of legal contention (more freq. adversus, except with verbs of saying).
    (α).
    In gen., with agere or causam agere, to act as counsel against a party or his attorney:

    cum agerem contra hominem disertissimum nostrae civitatis,

    Cic. Caecin. 33, 97; id. Brut. 63, 226; Sen. Ben. 4, 15, 3; Quint. 11, 1, 59.—Causam recipere or suscipere contra, to accept a retainer against:

    (causam) quam receperam contra pueros Octavios,

    Cic. Att. 13, 49, 1; Quint. 6, 1, 12; Plin. Ep. 4, 17, 1.—Adesse alicui contra, to appear, act as one's counsel against:

    rogavit me Caecilius ut adessem contra Satrium,

    Cic. Att. 1, 1, 3; Plin. Ep. 1, 7, 5 al.; cf.:

    esse contra,

    id. ib. 1, 18, 3.— Trop.: conquesturus venit;

    at contra se adfuit et satisfacienti satisfecit,

    Sen. Fragm. Amic. 14, 1, 89:

    causam defendere contra,

    against the accuser, Cic. de Or. 1, 39, 178:

    statuere contra aliquem (sc. causam),

    to establish a case against an adversary, id. Or. 10, 34:

    actio competit contra,

    Dig. 49, 14, 41:

    querelam instituere contra,

    ib. 5, 2, 21, § 1:

    bonorum possessionem petere contra,

    ib. 5, 2, 23:

    jus obtinere contra,

    Cic. Quint. 9, 34:

    pugnare contra,

    to struggle against the accuser, id. Sull. 17, 49; id. Verr. 1, 11, 33:

    id quod mihi contra illos datum est,

    i. e. a local advantage over, id. Tull. 14, 33:

    judicare contra aliquem,

    id. Fl. 20, 48; Dig. 21, 2, 55; 5, 2, 14; Just. Inst. 4, 17, 2:

    pronuntiare contra,

    Paul. Sent. 5, 34, 2: dare sententiam contra, Dig. 21, 2, 56, § 1:

    decernere contra,

    Cic. Fl. 31, 76:

    appellare contra aliquem,

    Dig. 49, 1, 3; 49, 5, 6; cf.:

    contra sententiam,

    Cod. Just. 7, 62, 32, § 2.—Sentire contra aliquem, to have an opinion unfavorable to:

    cur vos (cum) aliquid contra me sentire dicatis, etc.,

    Cic. Caecin. 27, 79.—
    (β).
    Venire contra aliquem, to appear as counsel for one's adversary:

    quid tu, Saturi, qui contra hunc venis, existimas aliter?

    Cic. Rosc. Com. 6, 18; id. Mur. 4, 9; id. Phil. 8, 6, 18.—Venire contra rem alicujus, to give advice damaging one's interests:

    contra rem suam me venisse questus est,

    Cic. Phil. 2, 2, 3.—
    (γ).
    With dicere and other verbs of saying. (aa) Of a lawyer pleading against a lawyer:

    ipse ille Mucius, quid in illa causa cum contra te diceret, attulit quod? etc.,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 57, 244:

    cum ille contra me pro Sex. Naevio diceret,

    id. Brut. 60, 2, 7; id. de Or. 2, 7, 30; id. Rosc. Am. 15, 45; id. Div. in Caecil. 14, 44; id. Planc. 2, 5; id. Brut. 26, 102; so,

    causam dicere,

    id. Or. 2, 23, 98:

    causam perorare,

    id. Quint. 24, 77.—(bb) Of a lawyer's pleading against the parties: dic mihi, M. Pinari, num si contra te dixero mihi male dicturus es? Servil. ap. Cic. de Or. 2, 65, 261; 3, 34, 138; 1, 14, 60; id. Or. 35, 123; Quint. 11, 1, 57; cf. with ellipsis of acc.:

    quorum alter pro Aufldia, contra dixit alter,

    id. 10, 1, 22.—(ng) Of a party against a lawyer:

    si Gaditani contra me dicerent,

    if the Gaditani were my adversaries, Cic. Balb. 17, 38.—(dd) Of witnesses and experts, and the pleadings against them:

    si decressent legationem quae contra istum diceret,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 4, § 12: contra testes dicere (opp. a testibus or pro testibus). Auct. Her. 2, 6, 9; Cic. de Or. 2, 27, 118 (cf.:

    testimonium in aliquem dicere,

    id. Sull. 17, 48; Quint. 7, 4, 36):

    contra juris consultos dicere,

    against their legal opinions, Cic. Caecin. 24, 69.—So of witnesses in scientific questions:

    contra testes dicendum est,

    Sen. Q. N. 7, 16, 1.—(ee) Dicere or contendere aliquid contra aliquem, to maintain a point against:

    cum interrogamus adversarios... quid contra nos dici possit,

    Auct. Her. 4, 23, 33:

    tamenne vereris ut possis hoc contra Hortensium contendere?

    Cic. Quint. 25, 78. —
    d.
    Of literary adversaries, mostly with verbs of saying and writing:

    cum scriberem contra Epicurios,

    Cic. Att. 13, 38, 1:

    contra Epicurum satis superque dictum est,

    id. N. D. 2, 1, 2:

    contra Brutum,

    id. Tusc. 5, 8, 21:

    contra Academiam,

    id. Ac. 2, 19, 63; id. Fin. 1, 1, 2; 5, 8, 22; id. Tusc. 5, 11, 32; 5, 30, 84; id. Ac. 2, 4, 17:

    contra autem omnia disputatur a nostris,

    id. Off. 2, 2, 8.—
    e.
    Of public and political adversaries (syn. adversus and in).
    (α).
    In gen.:

    sentire contra,

    Cic. Mil. 2, 5:

    pugnare contra bonos,

    id. Sull. 25, 71:

    contra eos summa ope nitebatur nobilitas,

    Sall. C. 38, 2; Cic. Sest. 19, 42; 52, 112:

    (tribuni) qui aut contra consulem, aut pro studio ejus pugnabant,

    Liv. 39, 32, 12.—
    (β).
    Of political speaking:

    cum (Cato) eo ipso anno contra Serv. Galbam ad populum summa contentione dixisset,

    Cic. Brut. 20, 80; so id. Imp. Pomp. 17, 53; Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 9, 1.—
    f.
    Of hostile or criminal acts in gen. (syn.:

    adversus, in): inire consilia contra,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 38, 110; id. Cat. 1, 7, 18:

    manum comparare contra aliquem,

    id. Sull. 24, 68:

    conjurationem facere,

    id. ib. 4, 12:

    congredi,

    id. Lig. 3, 9; Sall. J. 64, 4:

    aliquid contra imperatorem moliri,

    Just. Inst. 4, 18, 3:

    nec dolor armasset contra sua viscera matrem,

    against her own offspring Ov. R. Am. 59.—Facere contra (more freq. with abstr. objects; cf. II. C. 1. f. b infra): nunc te contra Caesarem facere summae stultitiae est, to take parts against, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 16, 2:

    eae (res) contra nos ambae faciunt,

    operate against us, id. Quint. 1, 1.—With verbs of saying, etc.:

    homo disertus non intellegit, eum quem contra dicit laudari a se?

    Cic. Phil. 2, 8, 18; 2, 1, 2; 2, 21, 51; Sen. Ep. 15, 3, 70:

    epigramma quod contra quamdam Gelliam scripsit,

    Lampr. Alex. Sev. 38:

    disputare contra deos, in two signif.: contra deum licet disputare liberius,

    to accuse, reproach a god, Cic. N. D. 3, 31, 76; but: mala et impia consuetudo est contra deos disputandi, to reason against the gods, i. e. against their existence, id. ib. 2, 67, 168.—
    2.
    Predicatively, with esse (videri, etc.), against, injurious to, unfavorable, prejudicial, to one's disadvantage: ut [p. 456] ex senatusconsulto neque cujus intersit, neque contra quem sit intellegi possit, Cic. Mur. 32, 68; id. de Or. 3, 20, 75; 2, 74, 299; 2, 81, 330; id. Sull. 13, 39; Sen. Ben. 6, 31, 6:

    licentiam malis dare certe contra bonos est,

    injurious to, Quint. 4, 2, 75:

    res contra nos est, of unfavorable chances in a lawsuit,

    id. 4, 66, 1; 4, 2, 75; 5, 13, 32.—Often, contra aliquem = quod est contra aliquem, referring to indef. pronouns or adjectives:

    nihil contra me fecit odio mei = nihil quod esset contra me,

    Cic. Har. Resp. 3, 5; id. Off. 3, 31, 112:

    quibus (temporibus) aliquid contra Caesarem Pompeio suaserim,

    id. Phil. 2, 10, 24.—
    3.
    Added adverb. to the predicate, mostly referring to purpose, with hostile intent, for the purpose of some hostile act, in order to oppose, in opposition:

    Caesarine eam (provinciam) tradituri fuistis, an contra Caesarem retenturi?

    or keep it against Caesar, Cic. Lig. 7, 23:

    sero enim resistimus ei quem per annos decem aluimus contra nos,

    id. Att. 7, 5, 5:

    judicium illud pecunia esse temptatum non pro Cluentio, sed contra Cluentium,

    id. Clu. 4, 9; id. Imp. Pomp. 17, 52; id. Ac. 2, 28, 92:

    cum quae facitis ejusmodi sint ut ea contra vosmet ipsos facere videamini,

    id. Rosc. Am. 36, 104; Sen. Ep. 3, 7, 3: Curio se contra eum totum parat, i. e. to speak against him, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 8, 10; Caes. B. C. 1, 85 ter; Sen. Q. N. 1, 7, 1; Plin. 16, 39, 74, § 192; Plin. Pan. 41.—So with the force of a temporal clause:

    fidem meam quam essent contra Massam Baebium experti,

    in the suit against, Plin. Ep. 3, 4, 4.—
    4.
    Dependent on adjectives (rare):

    contra se ipse misericors,

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

    severissimus judex contra fures,

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

    ut quam maximae contra Hannibalem copiae sint,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 12, 17; cf. Vell. 2, 76, 3.—
    b.
    Acc. to 1. c. and 1. e.; so esp., oratio contra (cf.: oratio in).
    (α).
    Oratio contra (never in), of an address against the counsel of a party or against the prosecutor:

    quid in omni oratione Crassus vel apud centumviros contra Scaevolam, vel contra accusatorem Brutum, cum pro Cn. Plancio diceret?

    Cic. de Or. 2, 54, 220; cf.:

    Cato pro se contra Cassium = in oratione contra,

    Gell. 10, 15, 3; so,

    haec perpetua defensio contra Scaevolam,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 54, 221:

    orationem illam egregiam quam (Aeschines) in Ctesiphontem contra Demosthenem dixerat,

    id. ib. 3, 56, 213.—
    (β).
    Of an address against the party, either in judicial or political affairs:

    unam orationem contra Gracchum reliquit,

    Cic. Brut. 26, 99:

    (Demosthenis) oratio contra Leptinem... contra Aeschinem falsae legationis,

    id. Or. 31, 111; Gell. 10, 24, 10; 10, 18, 91; Cic. Brut. 46, 169; Quint. 12, 10, 61; Cic. de Or. 2, 11, 45; id. Brut. 44, 164; Gell. 13, 25 (24), 15; cf. Quint. 4, 3, 13; 11, 2, 25.—
    c.
    Acc. to 1. f.:

    contra patres concitatio et seditio,

    Cic. Brut. 14, 56.—Of animals:

    contra volpium genus communibus inimicitiis,

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

    cum fulmina contra Tot paribus streperet clipeis,

    Verg. A. 10, 567:

    pugnandum tamquam contra morbum, sic contra senectutem,

    Cic. Sen. 11, 35:

    contra verum niti,

    Sall. J. 35, 8:

    contra fortunam luctari,

    Sen. Ben. 7, 15, 2; id. Brev. Vit. 10, 1; id. Ep. 78, 15; 99, 32; cf. Cic. Off. 1, 31, 110.—
    b.
    Of warfare (lit. and trop.):

    bellum contra aras, focos, vitam fortunasque gerere,

    Cic. Phil. 3, 1, 1:

    bellum gerimus... contra arma verbis,

    id. Fam. 12, 22, 1.—So of logical contradictions:

    artificis autem est invenire in actione adversarii quae semet ipsa pugnent,

    Quint. 5, 13, 30.—
    c.
    Of legal contention.
    (α).
    Of the actions of the counsel or prosecutor: dicere, or perorare, agere contra aliquid, to plead against, contest something:

    contra argumenta, rumores, tabulas, quaestiones (opp. ab argumentis, etc.),

    Auct. Her. 2, 6, 9 sqq.; Cic. de Or. 2, 27, 118:

    contra ratiocinationem,

    id. Inv. 2, 50, 153: contra scriptum dicere, to contest, controvert a written law or a document, id. ib. 2, 47, 138; 2, 48, 143; id. Brut. 39, 145; Quint. 7, 7, 1:

    contra caput dicere,

    to plead against life, Cic. Quint. 13, 44 (cf.:

    servum in caput domini interrogare,

    Paul. Sent. 1, 1, 34; 5, 16, 5 and 8; 5, 46, 3): contra libertatem agere, Dig. 40, 12, 26.—Pregn.:

    contra rerum naturam, contraque consuetudinem hominum dicere (opp. contra nos dicere),

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 15, 45.—
    (β).
    Of judicial decisions contradicting documents, etc.:

    contra tabulas judicare,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 70, 281:

    contra testamentum,

    Dig. 2, 17, § 1:

    contra sententiam dicere,

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

    inmittere in bona),

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

    dicere, disputare, disserere contra opinionem or sententiam,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 4, 8; 5, 19, 55; id. de Or. 3, 18, 67; id. Fin. 5, 4, 10; id. Ac. 2, 18, 60; Sen. Ira, 1, 3, 3; id. Ep. 87, 5; 102, 5 (cf.:

    in sententiam dicere,

    in support of an opinion, Caes. B. G. 1, 45):

    contra sensus dicere,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 31, 101:

    contra rhetoricen dicere,

    Quint. 2, 17, 40.—
    (β).
    Of criticism, hostility to principles, etc.:

    contra Iliadem et Odysseam scribere,

    Vitr. 7, praef. 8:

    contra quorum disciplinam ingenium ejus exarserat,

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

    contra voluptatem dicere,

    that pleasure is a moral evil, Cic. Fin. 5, 8, 21:

    contra mortem loqui,

    that death is no evil, Sen. Ep. 82, 7;

    in both senses: contra vitia, pericula, fortunam, ambitionem,

    id. ib. 100, 10:

    contra fortunam gloriari,

    that fortune has no power over him, Cic. Tusc. 5, 9, 26; Sen. Ep. 26, 5.—
    e.
    Of public and political acts and speeches:

    contra potentiam accusatorum dicere,

    Cic. Brut. 44, 164:

    contra legem dicere or verba facere,

    id. Imp. Pomp. 15, 53; Liv. 34, 8, 1:

    rogationem ferre contra coloniam ( = contra legem de colonia deducenda),

    Cic. Clu. 51, 140; Auct. Her. 1, 17, 21; Plin. 8, 17, 24, § 64.—
    f.
    Of hostility, injury, wrongs, etc.
    (α).
    In gen.:

    senatusconsulto quod contra dignitatem tuam fieret,

    directed against, Cic. Fam. 12, 29, 2:

    contra rem publicam se commovere,

    id. Cat. 1, 26; 1, 3, 7:

    incitari,

    id. Sest. 47, 100:

    consilia inire,

    id. Agr. 2, 3, 8:

    conjurationem facere,

    Sall. C. 30, 6:

    contra salutem urbis incitari,

    Cic. Cat. 3, 8, 20:

    cogitare aliquid contra salutem,

    id. ib. 3, 9, 21: contra voluntatem or studium dicere, to oppose one's will in a speech:

    esse aliquem in civitate qui contra ejus (Chrysogoni) voluntatem dicere auderet,

    id. Rosc. Am. 22, 60; id. Phil. 1, 11, 28; id. de Or. 3, 34, 138; id. Mur. 4, 10; Tac. H. 2, 91:

    ne quid contra aequitatem contendas, ne quid pro injuria,

    do not array yourself against equity, Cic. Off. 2, 20, 71.— Trop.:

    quis non contra Marii arma, contra Suliae proscriptionem irascitur? ( = Mario propter arma, Sullae propter proscriptionem),

    Sen. Ira, 2, 2, 3.—
    (β).
    In partic.: facere contra aliquid (syn. adversus), to commit an offence against, to transgress, etc.:

    si quis ad Antonium profectus esset... senatus existimaturum eum contra rem publicam fecisse,

    Cic. Phil. 8, 11, 33; id. Mil. 5, 13; 6, 14; id. Off. 3, 10, 43; 3, 25, 95; S. C. ap. Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 8, 6; Liv. 25, 4, 7; so,

    contra salutem rei publicae facere,

    Cic. Dom. 38, 102:

    contra majestatem,

    against the emperor, Dig. 48, 4, 5:

    contra leges,

    Cic. Dom. 18, 48; id. Vatin. 7, 18; id. Fin. 2, 17, 55; id. Mur. 32, 67; id. de Or. 3, 19, 70; cf. id. Clu. 34, 92; id. Mur. 32, 68; id. Dom. 14, 38; id. Phil. 10, 6, 13; Gai Inst. 4, 121:

    contra edictum (praetoris),

    Cic. Verr 2, 3, 10, § 25; Dig. 39, 1, 20, § 1:

    contra foedus,

    Cic. Balb. 6, 16:

    contra jusjurandum ac fidem,

    id. Off. 3, 10, 43; id. Lael. 3, 30, 74; id. Verr. 2, 3, 3, § 7; Prop. 3, 30, 44 (2, 32, 44).—And ironically:

    tune contra Caesaris nutum (sc. facies)?

    Cic. Att. 14, 10, 1.—Rarely contra ea facere = contra facere, adverb. (cf. I. B. 8. and II. E. 1. b.):

    corpus in civitatem inferri non licet... et qui contra ea fecerit, extra ordinem punitur,

    Paul. Sent. 1, 21, 2; 1, 21, 12.—
    2.
    Predicatively with esse (usu. impers.), in violation of, in conflict with, contrary to (cf. 3. g).
    (α).
    With esse expressed as the predicate:

    hominem hominis incommodo suum augere commodum magis est contra naturam quam mors,

    Cic. Off. 3, 5, 21; id. Fin. 3, 9, 31; id. N. D. 3, 13, 33; Sen. Ep. 5, 4; Plin. 7, 8, 6, § 45:

    contra leges or legem est,

    Cic. Pis. 13, 30; id. Mur. 32, 67:

    contra officium est,

    id. Off. 3, 10, 43; 1, 10, 32; 1, 6, 19; cf. id. Lael. 11, 39; id. Off. 3, 15, 63; Liv. 6, 40, 5; Sen. Q. N. 2, 37, 2; Gai Inst. 3, 157; Dig. 30, 1, 112, § 3; 16, 3, 1, § 7.—With ellipsis of object (naturam), Cic. Fin. 5, 29, 89; cf.:

    adeo res ista non habet ullam moram quae contra causas ignium sit,

    unfavorable to the formation of fire, Sen. Q. N. 2, 26, 7.—
    (β).
    With verbal predicate, referring to an indef. pron. or adj., with esse understood:

    scis hunc... nihil umquam contra rem tuam cogitasse ( = nihil quod contra rem tuam esset),

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 50, 147; id. Mil. 5, 13:

    aliquid contra animum audiendi,

    something against our liking, Sen. Const. 19, 2.—So mostly with facere:

    si quid Socrates aut Aristippus contra morem consuetudinemque fecerint,

    Cic. Off. 1, 41, 148; id. Att. 3, 23, 2; 2, 22, 2; id. Off. 3, 15, 63; Sall. C. 15, 1; Dig. 8, 2, 11; 8, 2, 17; 35, 1, 79, § 2. —
    (γ).
    Contra officium, substantively, = id quod contra officium est:

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

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

    eidem illam proscriptionem capitis mei contra salutem rei publicae rogatam esse dicebant,

    that the proposal of the law was an attack on the republic, Cic. Prov. Cons. 19, 45; id. Rab. Perd. 12, 35; id. Phil. 10, 10, 22:

    imperator contra postulata Bocchi nuntios mittit,

    to reply to the demands, Sall. J. 83, 3; 25, 6; so,

    advocare contra,

    Sen. Cons. Polyb. 12, 4; id. Ep. 15, 2, 52:

    si contra mortem te praeparaveris,

    to meet death, id. ib. 11, 3, 8.—
    (β).
    With the force of a clause of manner, injuriously to, etc.:

    quibus contra valetudinis commodum laborandum est,

    Cic. Mur. 23, 47; Suet. Aug. 78:

    contra hominis salutem,

    with danger to a man's life, Cod. Just. 7, 62, 29.—
    (γ).
    In gen., of conflict with some rule or principle, contrary to, in violation of, without regard to ( = ita ut contra sit; cf. 2. supra; very freq. from the class. period;

    syn. adversus): ceperitne pecunias contra leges P. Decius,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 31, 136; id. Verr. 2, 1, 4, § 10; id. Fl. 34, 86:

    pecuniam contra leges auferre,

    id. Verr. 1, 18, 56; 2, 1, 10, § 27; 2, 5, 18, § 46; id. Har. Resp. 26, 56:

    contra legem,

    id. Rab. Perd. 3, 8; id. Dom. 16, 41:

    contra jus fasque,

    id. Har. Resp. 16, 34; id. Quint. 6, 28:

    contra jus,

    Liv. 5, 4, 14; id. Dom. 13, 55; id. Verr. 2, 5, 13, § 34:

    contra jus gentium,

    Liv. 4, 32, 5; 9, 10, 10; 21, 25, 7; 5, 36, 6;

    6, 1, 6: contra juris rigorem,

    Dig. 40, 5, 24, § 10 et saep.:

    contra testimonium aliquid judicare,

    without regard to, Cic. Brut. 31, 117:

    aliquid contra verecundiam disputare,

    contrary to the rules of decency, id. Off. 1, 35, 128:

    aliquid contra fidem constituere,

    Quint. 5, 13, 34:

    quae majores nostri contra lubidinem animi sui recte atque ordine fecere,

    contrary to the dictates of passion, Sall. C. 51, 4; id. J. 33, 1; cf. of logical opposition, II. E. 2. infra.—
    4.
    Dependent on substt.
    a.
    Of physical strife:

    scit ille imparem sibi luctatum contra nexus (draconis),

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

    imperatorum copia contra tuum furorem,

    Cic. Mur. 39, 83:

    Parthorum gloria contra nomen Romanum,

    Liv. 9, 18, 6: in castris perditorum contra patriam, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 23, 6.—
    c.
    Of legal contention:

    causa contra scriptum,

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

    divina M. Tullii eloquentia contra leges agrarias,

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

    Caesaris vituperatio contra laudationem meam,

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

    cujus factum, inceptum, conatumve contra patriam,

    Cic. Cat. 2, 12, 27:

    ullum factum dictumve nostrum contra utilitatem vestram,

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

    vitae cupiditas contra rem publicam,

    Cic. Planc. 37, 90: contra serpentes venenum, fatal to serpents, or as a defence against serpents, Plin. 7, 2, 2, § 15.—
    h.
    Of violation, disregard, etc. (cf. 3. g):

    iter contra senatus auctoritatem,

    Cic. Phil. 2, 19, 48:

    contra consuetudinem somnium,

    Plin. 10, 77, 98, § 211:

    bonorum possessio contra tabulas,

    Dig. 37, 4, 3, § 13; Gai Inst. 3, 41.—
    5.
    Dependent on adjectives (very rare; cf.

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

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

    cum populus Romanus suam auctoritatem vel contra omnes qui dissentiunt possit defendere,

    Cic. Imp. Pomp. 22, 63: si ego consul rem publicam [p. 457] contra te et gregales tuos defendissem, id. Sest. 52, 111; 22, 49; 8, 20; id. Fam. 11, 27, 7; id. Phil. 2, 18, 45:

    contra quem multum omnes boni providerunt,

    provided a great defence, id. Mur. 38, 81: formula qua utitur patronus contra libertum qui eum in jus vocat, as a defence against, Gai Inst. 4, 46. —And of protection of plants against injurious animals:

    contra haec animalia proderit, si, etc.,

    Pall. 10, 3, 2.—
    b.
    Dependent on adjectives, mostly participial:

    paratus contra,

    Cic. Mil. 21, 56:

    nihil satis firmum contra Metellum,

    Sall. J. 80, 1:

    contra potentes nemo est munitus satis,

    Phaedr. 2, 6, 1.—
    2.
    Against inanimate and abstract things.
    a.
    Dependent on verbs:

    contra avium morsus munitur vallo aristarum,

    Cic. Sen. 15, 51:

    propugnaculum, quo contra omnes meos impetus usurum se putat,

    id. Verr. 2, 3, 16, § 40; 2, 5, 39, § 102:

    publicam causam contra vim armatam suscipere,

    id. Dom. 34, 91; id. Quint. 30, 94; id. Leg. 3, 3, 9:

    contra tantas difficultates providere,

    Sall. J. 90, 1; 76, 4; so,

    contra ea,

    id. ib. 57, 5:

    patricii vi contra vim resistunt,

    Liv. 3, 13, 4; Plin. 14, 2, 4, § 28; Tac. Agr. 45; Sen. Prov. 4, 12; id. Const. 5, 4.—
    b.
    Dependent on substt.:

    suffragia contra oppugnationem vestrae majestatis,

    Cic. Rab. Perd. 12, 35:

    defensio contra vim,

    id. Mil. 5, 14:

    patronus justitiae fuit contra orationem Phili,

    id. Lael. 7, 25; Plin. 29, 2, 9, § 30; 14, 3, 4, § 40:

    contra labores patientia,

    id. 23, 1, 22, § 37.—
    c.
    Dependent on adjectives (in Cic. freq. with P. a. predicatively used; otherwise very rare;

    in later prose freq.): nec est quidquam Cilicia contra Syriam munitius,

    against an attack from the side of Syria, Cic. Fam. 14, 4, 4:

    ut nullius res tuta, nullius domus clausa, nullius vita saepta, nullius pudicitia munita contra tuam cupiditatem posset esse,

    id. Verr. 2, 5, 15, § 39; id. Fin. 1, 16, 51; id. Mil. 25, 67; id. Tusc. 5, 8, 19; 5, 27, 76:

    vir contra audaciam firmissimus,

    id. Rosc. Am. 30, 85; Sall. J. 33, 2; 28, 5:

    fortis contra dolorem,

    Sen. Ep. 98, 18; Quint. 12, 1, 10:

    callosus,

    Plin. 11, 37, 54, § 147; 14, 2, 4, § 23:

    far contra hiemes firmissimum,

    id. 18, 8, 19, § 83:

    equus tenax contra vincula,

    Ov. Am. 3, 4, 13:

    contraque minantia fata pervigil,

    Claud. I. Cons. Stil. 1, 284.—
    3.
    Of remedies against sickness and its causes, poison, etc.; so only in Plin.; in Pall. only of preventives and of protection against hurtful animals, and against mental perturbations in gen.; cf. infra (syn. ad in Cat., Cic., Cels., Col.; adversus only in Celsus, who also has in with abl.).
    (α).
    Dependent on verbs:

    cujus et vinum et uva contra serpentium ictus medetur,

    Plin. 14, 18, 22, § 117; 7, 2, 2, § 13:

    prodest et contra suspiria et tussim,

    id. 20, 13, 50, § 128:

    valet potum contra venena,

    id. 28, 7, 21, § 74; 29, 4, 22, § 71; 29, 4, 26, § 81; 28, 8, 27, § 98; 16, 37, 71, § 180; 35, 6, 14, § 34; 28, 6, 18, §§ 65-67.—
    (β).
    Dependent on substt.:

    remedium contra morsus,

    Plin. 8, 32, 50, § 118; 10, 59, 79, § 163:

    contra venena esse omnia remedio,

    id. 16, 44, 95, § 251; 17, 24, 37, § 240; 7, 1, 1, § 4.—
    (γ).
    Dependent on adjectives:

    vinum quod salutare contra pestilentiam sit,

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

    cujus lacteum succum miris laudibus celebrat... contra serpentes et venena,

    Plin. 5, 1, 1, § 16; 29, 4, 26, § 83. —So of remedies against affections:

    Tiberium tonante caelo coronari ea (lauro) solitum ferunt contra fulminum metus,

    Plin. 15, 30, 40, § 135; cf. Sen. Ira, 2, 21, 1; id. Tranq. 5. 1.
    E.
    Of logical opposition.
    1.
    With a neuter demonstrative (contra ea, contra haec, contra quae, quod contra = contra, adv.).
    a.
    The contrary, the reverse (very rare; cf.

    I. D. 1.): sed mihi contra ea videtur,

    but to me the contrary seems true, Sall. J. 85, 1:

    omnia quae contra haec sunt, omnia quae contra sunt,

    and vice versa, Quint. 5, 10, 90. —
    b.
    Contra ea, on the contrary, in logical antithesis (not in Cic. and Sall.; once in Caes. and Quint.; several times in Liv. and Nep.; cf.: contra ea, in other uses, II. A. 2. e. a, II. D. 2. a., II. A. 3. d., II. C. 1. f.):

    omnes arderent cupiditate pugnandi... contra ea Caesar... spatiumque interponendum... putabat ( = at contra),

    but Caesar on the contrary, Caes. B. C. 3, 74: superbe ab Samnitibus... legati prohibiti commercio sunt;

    contra ea benigne ab Siculorum tyrannis adjuti,

    Liv. 4, 52, 6; 2, 60, 1; 21, 20, 6;

    44, 43, 5: pater... Thracem me genuit, contra ea mater Atheniensem,

    Nep. Iphicr. 3, 4; id. praef. 6; id. Alcib. 8, 1.—And after a question, with immo (cf. I. E. 5. b.):

    an infirmissimi omnium... (sumus)? Immo contra ea vel viribus nostris, vel, etc., tuti (sumus),

    Liv. 41, 24, 8.—
    c.
    Quod contra, by anastrophe (v. F. 1.), contrary to which, whereas, while on the contrary (only once in Lucr. and three times in Cic.):

    illud in his rebus vereor ne forte rearis, Inpia te rationis inire elementa viamque indugredi sceleris: quod contra saepius illa Religio peperit scelerosa atque impia facta,

    whereas on the contrary, Lucr. 1, 81:

    cujus a me corpus crematum est, quod contra decuit ab illo meum (sc. cremari),

    Cic. Sen. 23, 84:

    quod contra oportebat delicto dolere, correctione gaudere,

    id. Lael. 24, 90 (B. and K. place a comma after oportebat; cf.

    Nauck ad loc.): reliquum est ut eum nemo judicio defenderit: quod contra copiosissime defensum esse contendi,

    id. Quint. 28, 87 (many consider contra in all these passages as an adverb; cf. Hand, Turs. II. p. 121 sq.; some explain quod as an ancient ablative, = qua re;

    v. Ritschl,

    Plaut. Exc. p. 57, Munro ad Lucr. 1, 82).—
    2.
    With an abstract noun, with the force of the adverb contra with ac or atque (I. F. 1.), contrary to, contrary to what, etc. (esp. in Sall., not in Cic.; cf. praeter): celeriter contraque omnium opinionem confecto itinere, contrary to the opinion ( = contra ac rati erant), Caes. B. G. 6, 30:

    contra opinionem Jugurthae ad Thalam perveniunt,

    Sall. J. 75, 9; Hirt. B. G. 8, 40.—Contra spem either contrary to the opinion, or against the hope:

    Metellus contra spem suam laetissume excipitur ( = contra ac ratus, veritus est),

    Sall. J. 88, 1; so,

    cetera contra spem salva invenit,

    Liv. 9, 23, 17:

    contra spem omnium L. Furium optavit,

    id. 6, 25, 5; Curt. 8, 4, 45;

    but: at Jugurtha contra spem nuntio accepto ( = contra ac speraverat),

    Sall. J. 28, 1; Liv. 24, 45, 3:

    postquam... Jugurtha contra timorem animi praemia sceleris adeptum sese videt,

    Sall. J. 20, 1:

    ipse in Numidiam procedit, ubi contra belli faciem tuguria plena hominumque... erant ( = contra ac in bello evenire solet),

    id. ib. 46, 5:

    contra famam,

    Plin. 13, 22, 43, § 126; 7, 53, 54, § 180:

    segniterque et contra industriam absconditae formicae,

    slowly, and in a manner different from their usual activity, id. 18, 35, 88, § 364.—Of persons:

    frigidam potionem esse debere, contra priores auctores, Asclepiades confirmavit,

    contrary to the opinion of the former physicians, Cels. 4, 26 (19).
    F.
    Sometimes by anastrophe after its noun.
    1.
    In prose, after relatives, esp. in Cic.:

    quos contra disputant,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 15, 47:

    quem contra dicit,

    id. Phil. 2, 8, 18 (v. II. B. 1. f.):

    quem contra veneris,

    id. Mur. 4, 9:

    quas contra, praeter te, etc.,

    id. Vatin. 7, 18:

    eos ipsos quos contra statuas,

    id. Or. 10, 34:

    quos contra me senatus armavit,

    id. Att. 10, 8, 8:

    quam contra multa locutus est,

    Sen. Ep. 82, 7, Plin. Ep. 1, 23, 3; Claud. in Rufin. 1, 332; v. also E. 1. c. supra.—
    2.
    After other words ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

    hunc igitur contra mittam contendere causam,

    Lucr. 4, 471:

    dicere eos contra,

    id. 4, 484:

    donique eum contra,

    id. 5, 708:

    agmina contra,

    Verg. A. 12, 279:

    magnum Alciden contra,

    id. ib. 5, 414:

    Paridem contra,

    id. ib. 5, 370:

    Italiam contra,

    id. ib. 1, 13:

    deos contra,

    Ov. P. 1, 1, 26:

    Messania moenia contra,

    id. M. 14, 17:

    litora Calabriae contra,

    Tac. A. 3, 1.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > contra

  • 7 contra dicta

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

    feminam scelestam te, adstans contra, contuor,

    Plaut. Pers. 2, 2, 26:

    ut confidenter mihi contra adstitit,

    id. Capt. 3, 5, 6; Lucr. 4, 223; 6, 929:

    signum contra, quoad longissume oculi ferebant, animo finivit,

    Liv. 1, 18, 8:

    stat contra starique jubet,

    Juv. 3, 290:

    stat contra dicitque tibi tua pagina Fures!

    Mart. 1, 55, 12:

    ulmus erat contra,

    in front of her, Ov. M. 14, 661:

    templa vides contra,

    in front (of us), id. ib. 7, 587.—Of position in front of the enemy:

    contra conserta manu,

    Plaut. Mil. 1, 1, 3: contra consistere, to make front against them, Caes. B. G. 2, 17.—
    (β).
    Referring to things and places, over against (it), opposite (to it), on the opposite side (mostly post-Aug.):

    contra jacet Cancer patulam distentus in alvum,

    Manil. 2, 253:

    posita contra Hispania,

    Tac. Agr. 11:

    promuntorium quod contra procedit,

    Plin. 4, 2, 3, § 6: relinquendae autem contra erunt vacuae tabellae, on the opposite side, i. e. of the leaf, Quint. 10, 3, 32: illo quaerente cur non decidant contra siti, the antipodes (cf. Cic. Ac. 2, 39, 123; v. II. A. 1. c. a), Plin. 2, 65, 65, § 161.—With the governing verb understood:

    arguam hanc vidisse apud te contra conservum meum,

    face to face, Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 91:

    jam omnia contra circaque hostium plena erant, Liv 5, 37, 8: eadem verba contra (i. e. ponuntur),

    side by side, Quint. 9, 3, 36; Verg. A. 6, 23.—
    b.
    With verbs of motion, so as to be opposite to an object or face to face with a person, variously rendered.
    (α).
    Referring to persons:

    accede ad me atque adi contra,

    come right up to me, Plaut. Rud. 1, 4, 23; id. Bacch. 3, 6, 6: hostes crebri cadunt; nostri contra ingruunt, advance to their front (in Plaut. hostility is not implied in contra), id. Am. 1, 1, 84: quis nos pater aut cognatu' volet contra tueri, face to face, eye to eye, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 12 Mull. (Trag. Rel. v. 444 Rib.); Att. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1, 55 (Trag. Rel. v. 538 ib.):

    adspicedum contra me = contra adspice me,

    Plaut. Most. 5, 1, 56 Lorenz ad lec.:

    contra adspicere,

    id. Mil. 2, 1, 45:

    contra intueri,

    Liv. 1, 16, 6; 9, 6, 8; Sen. Q. N. 1, 3, 6:

    cum veniret contra Marcianus,

    Quint. 6, 3, 95; Plin. 9, 46, 70, § 152.—
    (β).
    Of things:

    hic ubi sol radiis... Adversa fulsit nimborum aspergine contra,

    Lucr. 6, 525; Cels. 8, 8, 1:

    quam (turrim) promoti contra validi asseres... perfregere,

    Tac. H. 4, 30.—Reciprocally: oscula non pervenientia contra, not coming through (the wall) so as to meet, Ov. M. 4, 80.—
    2.
    Transf. to equivalents of weight, value, and price; so,
    (α).
    In Plaut. only in the colloq. phrases auro contra, aurichalco contra, and contra auro (sc. posito); lit., for gold placed against; cf.:

    aes contrarium, s. v. contrarius: (servus) non carus'st auro contra,

    at his weight in gold, Plaut. Ep. 3, 3, 30: jam auro contra constat filius, id. Truc. 2, 6, 57 (Speng. aurichalco): auro contra cedo modestum amatorem! A me aurum accipe. Pa. Cedo mihi contra aurichalco quoi ego sano serviam, id. Curc. 1, 3, 45 sq.; id. Mil. 3, 1, 63; 4, 2, 85; id. Ps. 2, 3, 23.—
    (β).
    In post-Aug. prose (very rare):

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

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

    te ut deludam contra, lusorem meum,

    Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 71:

    quae me amat, quam ego contra amo,

    id. Merc. 5. 2, 77; id. Cist. 1, 1, 96; id. Trin. 4, 2, 55; id. As. 2, 2, 110:

    qui arguat se, eum contra vincat jurejurando suo,

    make a victorious counter-charge, id. Mil. 2, 2, 37:

    si laudabit haec Illius formam, tu hujus contra (i. e. lauda),

    Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 54:

    audi nunc contra jam,

    listen in turn, id. Phorm. 4, 4, 18; id. Ad. 5, 4, 23:

    at tu mihi contra nunc videre fortunatus, Phaedria, Cui, etc.,

    you likewise seem fortunate to me, id. Phorm. 1, 3, 21:

    Mettius Tullo gratulatur, contra Tullus Mettium benigne alloquitur,

    Liv. 1, 28, 1:

    contra ut me diligat illa,

    Cat. 76. 23; Hor. S. 1, 3, 27 Orell. ad loc.—Hence, with ellipsis of inquit, = respondit:

    cui latrans contra senex,

    Phaedr. 5, 10, 7:

    scietis, inquam, etc., contra Nigrinus: ad quem missi sunt? ego, etc.,

    Plin. Ep. 7, 6, 4.—

    Rarely with inquit, etc., expressed: at ille contra, renidens, Audi, inquit, discipule, etc.,

    Gell. 15, 9, 9; cf.:

    contra talia reddit,

    Claud. B. Gild. 379.—
    (β).
    With dat. pers.:

    consulo quem dolum doloso contra conservo parem,

    Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 45:

    facere contra huic aegre,

    Ter. Eun. 4, 1, 10:

    hiscine contra insidiabere?

    id. Hec. 1. 1, 13:

    tibi contra gratiam Referre,

    id. ib. 4, 2, 7.—
    (γ).
    With item:

    item a me contra factum est,

    Plaut. Aul. prol. 20:

    puellam senex Amat et item contra filius,

    id. Cas. prol. 49; id. Pers. 5, 2, 36; id. Am. 1, 1, 67; Ter. Ad. 1, 1, 25.—
    (δ).
    Combining a reciprocal with a local relation (A. 1. a. a, and b. a): contra carinantes verba, exchanging abusive words ( face to face), Enn. ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 8, 361 (Ann. v. 181 Vahl.): tubae utrimque contra canunt;

    Consonat terra,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 73; 1, 1, 86:

    confer gradum Contra pariter,

    id. Ps. 2, 4, 18; id. Truc. 1, 2, 28:

    video amicam... Ubi contra adspexit me, etc.,

    id. Mil. 2, 1, 45; Verg. E. 7, 8; cf. Lucr. 4, 243:

    vesper adest, juvenes consurgite!... Cernitis, innuptae, juvenes? consurgite contra!

    Cat. 62, 6.—
    (ε).
    Implying also opposition: Pe. Conpellabo. Ph. Orationis aciem contra conferam, Plaut. Ep. 4, 1, 20:

    si scias quod donum huic dono contra comparet,

    what counter gift, Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 63: quod Scipio postulavit... ut, etc. Et quod contra collega postulavit ne, etc., Annal. Trib. Pleb. ap. Gell. 7 (6), 19, 5:

    si vobis aequa et honesta postulatio videtur, ego contra brevem postulationem adfero,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 2, 7; Nep. Epam. 6, 1;

    Auct. B. Alex. 24: illo licente contra liceri audeat nemo,

    to bid in opposition, Caes. B. G. 1, 18; Liv. 4, 53, 6:

    agedum pauca accipe contra,

    Hor. S. 1, 4, 38.—So in battle:

    Numidae... Romanorum ordines conturbare... neque contra feriundi copia erat,

    Sall. J. 50, 4; and in law: et ab eo is qui adoptat vindicat... et illo contra non vindicante, etc., Gai Inst. 1, 134; 2, 24.—Esp. in replies:

    oratio contra a Demosthene pro Ctesiphonte edita,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 56, 213:

    dicit accusator haec: primum, etc.... quid contra reus?

    id. Clu. 30, 81; id. Fin. 5, 22, 63; Curt. 4, 1, 10; 7, 9, 1.
    B.
    Of opposition, strife, etc., against; constr. absol., with dat., and ne, quominus or quin.
    1.
    Of physical exertion.
    (α).
    Lit.:

    concurrunt... aetheriae nubes contra pugnantibu' ventis,

    struggling against each other, Lucr. 6. 98:

    nec nos obniti contra... Sufficimus,

    bear up, battle against, Verg. A. 5, 21; Ov. M. 9, 50; 2, 434:

    at ille contra nititur,

    resists, Plin. 2, 38, 38, § 103; 7, 20, 19, § 82:

    pars remigum, tamquam imperitia... officia nautarum impediebant. Mox contra tendere,

    rowed in an opposite direction, Tac. H. 4, 16.—
    (β).
    Trop.:

    te rogo ne contrahas ac demittas animum, neque te obrui tamquam fluctu... sinas, contraque erigas ac resistas,

    Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 1, § 4:

    et torrens judicem vel nitentem contra feret, cogatque ire qua rapiet,

    Quint. 12, 10, 61.— With ne: vi contra niti, ne advorsus eum fiat, Cato ap. Gell. 7 (6), 3, 16.—With quominus, Lucr. 1, 780.—
    2.
    Of mental exertion:

    si tibi vera videntur, Dede manus, aut, si falsum est, accingere contra,

    arm yourself against them, Lucr. 2, 1043; 2, 280. —With dat.:

    siti contra... pugnandum,

    Cels. 4, 2 fin. —
    3.
    Of hostile opposition in gen.
    (α).
    Lit.:

    quod animadversum est in eo qui contra omni ratione pugnarunt, non debeo reprehendere,

    who made opposition in every way, Cic. Rosc. Am. 47, 137; id. Verr. 2, 2, 43, § 107:

    contra etiam aliquid abs te profectum ex multis audivi,

    something inimical, id. Fam. 5, 5, 2.—
    (β).
    Trop.:

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

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

    ut eos adversarios existimemus qui arma contra ferant,

    Cic. Off. 1, 25, 87; 1, 12, 37; Vell. 2, 28, 4; cf.:

    quid quod exercitum contra duxit?

    Auct. Her. 4, 16, 23:

    ut si qua ex parte obviam contra veniretur, acie instructa depugnarent,

    if they should be attacked by an open charge, Caes. B. G. 7, 28:

    issentque confestim ad urbem ni venire contra exercitum... audissent,

    Liv. 7, 39, 17:

    cum Romanae legiones contra direxerint,

    would oppose their march, Tac. H. 4, 58; id. A. 6, 44.—With dat.:

    et huic contra itum ad amnem Erinden,

    Tac. A. 11, 10.—
    (β).
    Trop.:

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

    Plin. 10, 74, 95, § 205.—
    5.
    Of legal contests.
    (α).
    With verbs of saying; v. 9. a.—
    (β).
    Venire contra, of any legal act with the intention to hurt the adversary:

    quid? si omnium mortalium Sthenio nemo inimicior quam hic C. Claudius... fuit? si de litteris corruptis contra venit, etc.?

    if he made a charge of forgery against him? Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 43, § 107; cf. II. B. c. b.—
    (γ).
    On the part of the adversary:

    inveniendum contra est, quo distet haec causa a ceteris,

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

    ne spoliaret fama probatum hominem si contra judicasset,

    given an adverse decision, Cic. Off. 3, 19, 77; cf. Val. Max. 7, 2, 4; Cic. Caecin. 24, 69.—
    6.
    Of literary opposition.
    (α).
    Mostly with verbs of saying; v. 9. a. g.—
    (β).
    With other verbs:

    astrologorum artem contra convincere tendit,

    Lucr. 5, 728:

    contra nunc illud pone, etc.,

    Sen. Ben. 7, 14, 6:

    habeat (liber meus) etiam quosdam qui contra sentiant et adversentur,

    some dissentients and opponents, Quint. 3, 1, 5; 2, 17, 40; 3, 8, 69.—
    7.
    Of public and political opposition.
    (α).
    With verbs of saying; v. 9. a. d.—
    (β).
    With petere, to be a candidate for office in opposition to another:

    nihil enim supererat de quo certarent, nihil quod contra peterent,

    no office was left for which to canvass against each other, Cic. Agr. 2, 33, 91:

    honores contra petere,

    Quint. 6, 1, 17.—With ire, with dat., of an opposing vote in the senate (cf.:

    pedibus ire): sententia Cassii ut nemo unus contra ire ausus est, ita dissonae voces respondebant,

    Tac. A. 14, 45.—
    8.
    Of violation of law, contracts, etc.: contra facere, or contra committere, to violate, transgress a law, etc.: leges esse non ex ejus qui contra commiserit utilitate, spectari oportere, not in the interest of the transgressor, Cic. Inv. 2, 48, 153:

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

    and if the contract was violated, Dig. 18, 1, 56.—
    9.
    With verbs of saying, etc., contra dicere; less freq. disputare, disserere, pugnare, in the sense of dicere, and contra scribere (often contradico, in one word, in post-Aug. writers; esp. with dat.).
    a.
    Absol.
    (α).
    Contra dicere, to speak as counsel of the adversary, to plead his cause, in legal proceedings:

    cum contra dicturus Hortensius esset,

    would speak on the other side, Cic. Quint. 24, 77:

    hoc... contra dicente Cotta judicatum est,

    id. Caecin. 33, 97:

    dixisse ut contra nemo videretur,

    id. Brut. 53, 198: ut contra Crassus... exorsus est, began on the other side, id. ib. § 197.—Hence: qui contra dicit, the adversary or counsel of the adversary:

    contra autem qui dicet, similitudinem infirmare debebit,

    Cic. Inv. 2, 50, 151; id. Part. Or. 21, 108.—In the same sense: agens contra: si nos... impares agentium contra ingeniis dixerimus, that we are unequal to the talents of our adversary's counsel, [p. 453] Quint. 4, 1, 8.—
    (β).
    To make charges against (rare):

    si qui contra vellet dicere, usurum esse eum suo testimonio,

    Cic. Clu. 48, 134:

    qua ratione nemo neque tum item fecerit, neque nunc contra dicat,

    id. Quint. 29, 88; so,

    contra disputare, of objections to or against a witness: nihil contra disputabo priusquam dixerit,

    id. Fl. 21, 51.—
    (γ).
    In gen., to speak on the other side of a question:

    fiebat autem ita, ut cum is qui audire vellet dixisset quid sibi videretur, tum ego contra dicerem,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 4, 8; id. Fin. 2, 1, 2; so,

    contra disputare and contra scribere,

    id. Or. 1, 19, 85; Vitr. 3, 1, 6; Quint. 2, 17, 13; Dig. 9, 2, 21, § 1.—Hence: qui contra dicunt or disputant, the opponents:

    nec qui contra dicunt causam difficilem repellunt,

    Cic. Fin. 3, 1, 2:

    ad coarguendos qui contra disputant,

    to refule his opponents, Quint. 2, 15, 26.—
    (δ).
    To oppose or object to a proposition, motion, or petition:

    quam palam principes dixerunt contra!

    protested against it, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 16, § 41; Caes. B. C. 1, 32; Cic. Clu. 47, 130.—With pugnare:

    cum decerneretur frequenti senatu, contra pugnante Pisone, etc.,

    Cic. Att. 1, 14, 5:

    filius ejus incolumitatem optat: contradicit pater,

    the father objects, Quint. 9, 2, 85; 9, 2, 83; Plin. ap. Gell. 9, 16, 5; Cic. Dom. 33, 87:

    contradicente nullo,

    Suet. Caes. 20; Dig. 3, 3, 15.—
    (ε).
    To reply:

    contradixit edicto,

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

    explorandum videtur an etiam contradicto aliquando judicio consuetudo firmata sit,

    whether the custom has been confirmed by judgment upon a judicial contest, Dig. 1, 3, 34.—
    b.
    With acc. neutr. pron., to object, to make or raise an objection, to reply; esp. in legal proceedings:

    ego enim, te disputante, quid contra dicerem meditabar,

    Cic. N. D. 3, 1, 1:

    ut contra si quid dicere velit non audiatur,

    id. Fin. 5, 10, 27:

    aiebat illum primo sane diu multa contra (i. e. dixisse), ad extremum autem, etc.,

    id. Att. 2, 22, 2.— Hence: quod contra dicitur, or quae contra dicuntur, the objections:

    ut et id quod intenderemus confirmare, et id quod contra diceretur refellere (possemus),

    refute the objections, Cic. de Or. 1, 20, 90:

    quia neque reprehendi quae contra dicuntur possunt, etc.,

    id. ib. 2, 81, 331; id. Inv. 2, 44, 127; Quint. 1, 2, 17.—In the same sense, as subst.: contrā dicta, orum, n. plur.:

    seu proposita confirmamus, sive contra dicta dissolvimus,

    or refute the objections, Quint. 4, prooem. 6.—With acc. and inf.:

    dicitur contra, nullum esse testamentum,

    the objection is made that there is no testament, Cic. Agr. 2, 6, 42.—
    c.
    With dat., written in one word (post-Aug.).
    (α).
    To oppose a person by speaking against his views:

    solitum se etiam Thraseae contradicere,

    to oppose even Thrasea, Tac. H. 2, 91:

    tibi,

    Suet. Aug. 54:

    Curioni...,

    id. Rhet. 1. —Hence of answers and replies in law: quid si filium testatoris heres ejus prohibuit? Huic contradici potest: ergo pietatis, etc., he may be answered by this plea, etc., Dig. 11, 7, 14, § 13.—And of advisory answers opposed to one's legal views:

    volenti mihi ream adulterii postulare eam, etc., contradictum est,

    my views were disapproved, rejected, Dig. 48, 5, 11, § 10.—
    (β).
    To oppose an opinion, with dat. of the thing:

    cum plures tantum sententiis aliorum contradicerent,

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

    patrem qui damnavit optat ne is torqueatur: pater ei contradicit,

    the father objects, Quint. 9, 2, 81:

    cum ambienti ut legibus solveretur multi contradicerent,

    Suet. Caes. 18; Dig. 40, 5, 14; 40, 12, 33.—
    (δ).
    With dat. of the petition:

    preces erant, sed quibus contradici non posset,

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

    quibus (legibus) contradici potest,

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

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

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

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

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

    but cf. II. B. 2.): ut eum qui responsurus est vel tacere, vel etiam invitum id quod sit contra cogat fateri,

    Quint. 7, 3, 14:

    cum verba (legis) contra sint,

    id. 7, 1, 49:

    sed experimentum contra fuit,

    unsuccessful, Tac. H. 2, 97 fin.:

    ubi fortuna contra fuit,

    id. ib. 3, 18:

    si fortuna contra daret,

    should be unfavorable, id. ib. 1, 65 fin.; id. A. 15, 13.
    D.
    Of logical opposition, with negative force.
    1.
    Of a direct contrast.
    a.
    Predicatively, with esse, fieri, etc., the contrary, the opposite:

    quod fieri totum contra manifesta docet res,

    but experience teaches that just the contrary is true, Lucr. 3, 686; 4, 1088:

    in stultitia contra est,

    with fools the reverse is true, Cic. Clu. 31, 84:

    in hac quidem re vereor ne etiam contra (i. e. sit),

    id. Att. 12, 46; id. Off. 1, 15, 49:

    quod contra est,

    Sall. J. 85, 21:

    quis non credat, etc.? Contra autem est,

    Sen. Q. N. 3, 25, 12; id. Ep. 7, 3; Dig. 37, 4, 4:

    contra fore si, etc.,

    ib. 34, 2, 39, § 2:

    immo forsitan et contra (i. e. erit),

    ib. 41, 3, 49:

    ego contra puto (i. e. esse),

    Plin. Ep. 1, 20, 7; Lampr. Alex. Sev. 25.—
    b.
    With evenire, accidere, sentire, scribere, habere, etc.:

    utrumque contra accidit: istic enim bellum est exortum, hic pax consecuta,

    of both the contrary has happened, Cic. Fam. 12, 18, 2; so Dig. 38, 2, 51:

    id ego contra puto (sc.: faciendum esse),

    id. Att. 10, 8, 2:

    contra evenit in iis morbis,

    Sen. Ep. 52, 7; Plin. 2, 65, 65, § 163:

    ego contra sentio,

    Sen. Clem. 1, 15, 5; Sedig. ap. Gell. 15, 24, 4; Dig. 40, 2, 25:

    Proculus contra (sc. sentit),

    ib. 35, 2, 1, § 14; 33, 7, 25:

    licet Celsus contra scribat,

    ib. 9, 2, 21, § 1: contra probatur, Gai Inst. 2, 78; Dig. 33, 7, 12, § 34.—Very rarely referring to a term in the same clause:

    cujus disparem mitioremque naturam contra interpretabatur,

    interpreted in an opposite sense, misinterpreted, misunderstood, Tac. H. 4, 86 fin. —
    c.
    Referring to a word or phrase in the same predicate.
    (α).
    To an adverb, in an opposite manner, otherwise, differently, not, etc.:

    nam ad summam totius rei pertinet, caute an contra demonstrata res sit,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 81, 330: quod viriliter animoque fit, id, etc.;

    quod contra, id turpe,

    id. Off. 1, 27, 94:

    sit sapienter usus aut contra,

    Quint. 2, 5, 15:

    lactuca locis apricis optume autumno ponitur, mediterraneis aut frigidis contra ( = pessime),

    Col. 11, 3, 25.—
    (β).
    To a predicative adjective, not, the opposite, the reverse, etc.:

    ut aliae (res) probabiles videantur aliae contra,

    improbable, Cic. Ac. 2, 32, 103; id. Off. 2, 2, 7:

    quid est quod me impediat ea quae probabilia mihi videantur sequi, quae contra, improbare,

    id. ib. 2, 2, 8; id. Or. 2, 31, 135; Quint. 4, 2, 52.—
    (γ).
    To a verbal predicate:

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

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

    laudare testem vel contra pertinet ad momentum judiciorum,

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

    quae secundum naturam essent, ea sumenda et quadam aestimatione dignanda docebat, contraque contraria,

    those that were not, not, Cic. Ac. 1, 10, 36: quod cuidam aut sapiens videor quod una non jerim, aut felix fuisse;

    mihi contra,

    id. Att. 9, 12, 4: an credibile est, incestum cum filia commissum? Et contra, veneficum in noverca, adulterum in luxurioso? and incredible, etc., Quint. 5, 10, 19; so Dig. 9, 1, 2, § 1.—
    (ζ).
    To an attributive genitive:

    Marius cognoscere quid boni utrisque or contra esset (i. e. mali),

    Sall. J. 88, 2:

    verum de origine laudis contraque perspiciemus suo tempore (i. e. vituperationis),

    Quint. 2, 4, 21:

    alii a propositione accusatoris contraque loci oriuntur,

    the accuser and the accused, id. 7, 2, 31;

    so in several titles of the Digests, as Depositi vel contra, = actio depositi, vel contraria actio depositarii,

    Dig. 16, 3 tit.; so ib. 16, 17, 1; 16, 13, 6; 16, 13, 7.—
    2.
    Reversing the relation of terms in the preceding sentence, the reverse, conversely, vice versa, etc.
    a.
    With its own predicate: saepe... corpus aegret, Cum tamen ex alia laetamur parte latenti;

    Et retro fit uti contra sit saepe vicissim, Cum miser ex animo laetatur corpore toto,

    Lucr. 3, 108: illa altera argumentatio, quasi retro et contra, prius sumit, etc., ( proceeding), so to speak, backward and in inverted order, Cic. Part. Or. 13, 46: neque illud ignoro, etc.; sed non idem accidit contra, but the converse is not true, Quint. 8, 6, 3; Gell. 4, 2, 5: ut vocabula verbis, verba rursus adverbiis, nomina appositis et pronominibus essent priora. Nam fit contra quoque frequenter non indecore. for often, not inelegantly, the order is reversed, Quint. 9, 4, 24:

    quae etiam contra valent,

    i. e. if the terms are reversed, id. 3, 7, 25; 9, 2, 49; 8, 6, 25; 9, 4, 72.—
    b.
    Belonging to the same predicate:

    ut quidque erit dicendum ita dicet, nec satura jejune, nec grandia minute, nec item contra,

    Cic. Or. 36, 123:

    cum emtor venditori, vel contra, heres exstitit,

    Dig. 35, 2, 48:

    in quibus patrium pro possessivo dicitur, vel contra,

    Quint. 1, 5, 45; 5, 10, 71:

    junguntur autem aut ex nostro et peregrino, ut biclinium, aut contra, ut epitogium et Anticato,

    id. 1, 5, 68:

    ut capras in montosis potius locis quam in herbidis (pascar), equas contra,

    but with mares the reverse is the case, Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 16:

    itaque ille dicere melius quam praecipere, nos contra fortasse possumus,

    Cic. Or. 42, 143:

    qua collegi solent ex his quae faciunt ea quae faciuntur, aut contra,

    or vice versa, Quint. 5, 10, 80; Dig. 14, 1, 1, § 12; 48, 5, 23, § 4.
    E.
    In logical antithesis of clauses with a merely rhet. force, on the contrary, on the other hand, vice versa; sometimes almost = sed or autem (freq.).
    1.
    In independent clauses.
    a.
    Opposing persons or parties: fortunam insanam esse... perhibent philosophi... Sunt autem alii philosophi qui contra Fortunam negant ullam exstare, Pac. ap. Auct. Her. 2, 23, 36 (Trag. Rel. v. 372 Rib.); Caecil. ap. Cic. Tusc. 4, 32, 68; Varr. R. R. 1, 8, 1:

    ego etiam quae tu sine Verre commisisti Verri crimini daturus sum... Tu, contra, ne quae ille quidem fecit, obicies,

    Cic. Div. in Caecil. 11, 35:

    ego contra ostendo, non modo nihil fecisse Sex. Roscium, sed, etc.,

    id. Rosc. Am. 29, 79; id. Phil. 8, 3, 8; id. Off. 1, 30, 108; id. Fin. 5, 22, 62:

    in Italia bellum gerimus, in sede ac solo nostro... Hannibal contra in aliena, in hostili est terra,

    Liv. 22, 39, 13; 21, 50, 2; 3, 15, 2; 6, 7, 4; 9, 35, 4 et saep.; Nep. Alcib. 8, 1; Vell. 2, 31, 4; Sen. Ep. 9, 14; id. Ira, 2, 33, 6; Plin. 35, 10, 37, § 113; Tac. H. 3, 84; 3, 57; Suet. Tib. 2; id. Vit. 2; Just. 2, 1, 10; 8, 4, 11:

    contra mercator, navim jactantibus austris Militia est potior?

    Hor. S. 1, 1, 6; 1, 2, 30; 1, 3, 27; Prop. 2, 1, 45; 2, 23, 13 (3, 17, 3); Sen. Hippol. 214;

    so with versa vice: barbarae gentes (Alexandrum) non ut hostem, sed ut parentem luxerunt... Contra Macedones versa vice non ut civem, sed ut hostem amissum gaudebant,

    Just. 13, 1, 7.—
    b.
    Introducing a secondary or parallel opposition of thought: in loco umidiore far potius serunt quam triticum;

    contra in aridiore hordeum potius quam far,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 9, 4; 1, 1, 47: si nihil esset quod inane vocaret, Omne foret solidum;

    nisi contra corpora certe Essent, etc., Omne quod est spatium vacuum constaret inane,

    Lucr. 1, 521; 4, 348; cf.:

    justa omnia decora sunt, injusta contra, ut turpia, sic indecora,

    Cic. Off. 1, 27, 94; id. N. D. 2, 15, 41; id. de Or. 3, 33, 136; id. Quint. 30, 93: id. Off. 3, 21, 84; id. Leg. 2, 1, 2: facilem esse rem... si modo unum omnes sentiant; contra in dissensione nullam se salutem perspicere, Caes. B. G, 5, 31; Liv. 25, 30, 3; Sen. Ben. 1, 5, 2; Plin. 12, 19, 42, § 92; 11, 14, 14, § 35; Suet. Caes. 73; Gell. 1, 4, 5:

    si male rem gerere insani est, contra bene, sani,

    Hor. S. 2, 3, 74.—
    2.
    In opposition to a dependent clause:

    ut hi miseri, sic contra illi beati quos, etc.,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 6, 16; so id. de Or. 1, 45, 198; Quint. 9, 3, 39:

    cui ego rei tantum abest ut impedimento sim, ut contra te M. Manli adhorter, etc.,

    Liv. 6, 15, 5; 6, 31, 4:

    cum virtus adeo neminem spe ac pollicitatione corrumpat, ut contra in se inpendere jubeat, ac, etc.,

    Sen. Ben. 4, 1, 2: aut igitur negemus quidquam ratione confici, cum contra nihil sine ratione recte fieri possit, aut, etc., whereas on the contrary, etc., Cic. Tusc. 4, 38, 84; cf.:

    at contra,

    Lucr. 2, 392.—
    3.
    With co-ordinate conjunctions.
    a.
    Copulative, et contra or contraque (never with ac or atque); also nec contra (rare), and on the other hand.
    (α).
    With reference to a reason or conclusion, after nam, enim, cum, or itaque: nam et ratione uti... omnique in re quid sit veri videre et tueri decet, contraque falli [p. 454]... tam dedecet quam, etc., Cic. Off. 1, 27, 94:

    malus est enim custos... metus, contraque benevolentia fidelis,

    id. ib. 2, 7, 23:

    cum reficiat animos varietas ipsa, contraque sit aliquanto difficilius in labore uno perseverare,

    Quint. 1, 12, 4; 3, 8, 32; 8, 6, 20:

    itaque in probris maxime in promptu est, si quid tale dici potest, etc. Contraque in laudibus, etc.,

    Cic. Off. 1, 18, 61; cf. Suet. Calig. 51; so with nec:

    nam nec comoedia cothurnis assurgit, nec contra tragoedia socculo ingreditur,

    Quint. 10, 2, 22.—
    (β).
    With contrasted examples or illustrations, often after ut or sic:

    audivi ex majoribus natu, hoc idem fuisse in P. Scipione Nasica, contraque patrem ejus... nullam comitatem habuisse sermonis,

    Cic. Off. 1, 30, 109:

    ut suspitionibus credi oportere, et contra suspitionibus credi non oportere,

    id. Inv. 2, 15, 48; Quint. 8, 4, 1; 5, 10, 48; 9, 3, 7; 9, 4, 52; 11, 1, 14; Sen. Ep. 82, 14; Dig. 17, 1, 22, § 4.—
    (γ).
    With contrasted actions, assumptions, etc.:

    atque utinam qui ubique sunt propugnatores hujus imperii possent in hanc civitatem venire, et contra oppugnatores rei publicae de civitate exterminari!

    Cic. Balb. 22, 51:

    domo pignori data, et area ejus tenebitur... et contra jus soli sequitur aedificium,

    Dig. 13, 7, 21:

    equo et asina genitos mares, hinnos antiqui vocabant: contraque mulos quos asini et equae generassent,

    Plin. 8, 44, 69, § 17: ceterum potest ex lege quidem esse judicium, sed legitimum non esse, et contra ex lege non esse, sed legitimum esse, Gai Inst. 4, 109; Plin. 2, 65, 65, § 161; 35, 15, 5, § 183.—
    (δ).
    After a negative clause, affirming the opposite idea, et contra or contraque, but on the contrary:

    in quo (consulatu) ego imperavi nihil, et contra patribus conscriptis et bonis omnibus parui,

    Cic. Sull. 7, 21:

    nunc vero cum ne pulsus quidem ita sim ut superare non possim, contraque a populo Romano semper sim defensus, etc.,

    id. Dom. 33, 88; id. Fin. 2, 17, 55; id. Marcell. 6, 20; so,

    et contra,

    Suet. Tit. 7.—
    b.
    With adversative conjunctions, at contra, sed contra, contra autem, contra vero (not verum contra, nor contra tamen).
    (α).
    At contra (freq.), merely a strengthened contra (v. 1. supra): huc accedit uti mellis lactisque liquores Jucundo sensu linguae tractentur in ore;

    At contra taetri absinthi natura... foedo pertorqueat ora sapore,

    Lucr. 2, 400:

    cogunt,

    id. 2, 74; 1, 366; 2, 235 et saep.: nos qui domi sumus, tibi beati videmur;

    at contra nobis tu quidem... prae nobis beatus,

    Cic. Fam. 4, 4, 2; id. Tusc. 1, 3, 5; id. Rosc. Am. 45, 131; id. Verr. 2, 5, 26, § 66; Sall. J. 36, 2; 4, 7; 15, 3; id. C. 12, 5:

    ideo siccas aiunt Aethiopiae solitudines... At contra constat Germaniam abundare rivis,

    Sen. Q. N. 3, 6, 2; 1, 3, 1; id. Ep. 100, 7; Plin. 7, 53, 54, § 186; Suet. Galb. 15; Tac. A. 4, 28.—
    (β).
    Sed contra, after a negative sentence (class.):

    non quo acui ingenia adulescentium nollem, sed contra ingenia obtundi nolui,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 24, 93; id. Att. 9, 15, 3; id. Ac. 1, 10, 35; id. Fl. 11, 26:

    arma populi Romani non liberis servitutem, sed contra servientibus libertatem adferre,

    Liv. 45, 18, 1:

    tu ne cede malis, sed contra audentior ito,

    Verg. A. 6, 95; Plin. Ep. 1, 10, 12.—PostAug. also without a preceding negation:

    obiisse nostro Laium scelere autumant superi inferique: sed animus contra innocens... negat,

    Sen. Oedip. 765; Symm. Ep. 6, 81.—
    (γ).
    Contra autem (rare;

    in Cic. only where different subjects have contrasted predicates in dependent clauses): quia pacis est insigne toga, contra autem arma tumultus atque belli,

    Cic. Pis. 30, 73.—In later writers = contra alone:

    sub septemtrione aedificia... conversa ad calidas partes oportere fieri videntur. Contra autem sub impetu solis meridiani regionibus conversa ad septemtrionem... sunt facienda,

    Vitr. 6, 1, 2; Gell. 14, 2, 19; Dig. 7, 1, 25, § 3; 34, 3, 25.—
    (δ).
    Contra vero (very rare;

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

    Vitr. 2, 9, 8; 6, 1, 3; Cels. 3, 6 fin. —
    (ε).
    Atqui contra, App. Mag. p. 287, 24.—
    c.
    With disjunctive conjunctions, aut contra, vel contra, seu contra, or on the contrary, or conversely (always without change of subject).
    (α).
    Aut contra:

    num aut scriptum neget, aut contra factum infitietur?

    Cic. Part. Or. 38, 133: quae (mens) aut languescit... aut contra tumescit, etc., Quint. 1, 2, 18:

    si imbres defuere, aut contra abundavere,

    Plin. 17, 24, 37, § 228.—
    (β).
    Vel contra:

    hinc enim quaestiones oriuntur: Injuriam fecisti, sed quia magistratus, majestatis actio est? Vel contra: Licuit... quia magistratus?

    Quint. 5, 10, 40; 9, 4, 96; Suet. Galb. 3; Dig. 35, 2, 56, § 4; 8, 4, 6.—
    (γ).
    Seu contra:

    seu tristis veniam, seu contra laetus amicis,

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

    never contra enim): falso queritur de natura sua genus humanum quod, etc. Nam contra, reputando, neque majus aliud, neque praestabilius invenies,

    Sall. J. 1, 1; Quint. 1, 1, 1; 9, 2, 23. —
    4.
    In late Lat., e contra (also one word, ēcontrā) = contra,
    (α).
    In the meaning, the contrary (D. 1.):

    aliis vero econtra videtur,

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

    honestiorum provectu et econtra suppliciis,

    Aur. Vict. Caes. 39, 45.—For quod contra, v. II. E. 1. c.—
    5.
    With emphatic particles.
    a.
    Quin contra, nay on the contrary, opposing an affirmative sentence to a preceding negative statement (quin etiam amplifies without opposition; sed contra opposes without amplification; quin contra both opposes and amplifies);

    not before Livy: num qui enim socordius rempublicam administrari post Calvi tribunatum... quam? etc. Quin contra patricios aliquot damnatos... neminem plebeium,

    Liv. 6, 37, 8; 31, 31, 9; 35, 26, 10; 37, 15, 3.—
    b.
    Immo contra (post-Aug.).
    (α).
    = no, on the contrary, refuting opinions, after questions and in the form of a dialogue:

    existimas nunc me detrahere tibi multas voluptates?... Immo contra, nolo tibi umquam deesse laetitiam,

    Sen. Ep. 23, 3; Dig. 33, 7, 5; 33, 7, 29.—
    (β).
    = sed contra, but on the contrary:

    proinde ne submiseris te, immo contra fige stabilem gradum,

    Sen. Cons. Marc. 5, 6; id. Cons. Polyb. 15, 2; cf. prep.:

    immo contra ea,

    Liv. 41, 24, 8; cf. II. E. 1. b. infra.—
    c.
    Item contra = an emphatic et contra (very rare):

    quoniam... beate vivere alii in alio, vos in voluptate ponitis, item contra miseriam in dolore, etc.,

    Cic. Fin. 2, 27, 86; cf. I. A. 3. g supra.
    F.
    With a comparative clause introduced by ac, atque, or quam, representing a logical or moral opposition (contra atque debuit = non ita ut debuit; cf. Cic. Or. 3, 19, 70); cf. prep., II. C. 3. g, and II. E. 2. infra.
    1.
    Of logical opposition, contrary to, different from, otherwise than; in the best prose only with atque or ac.
    (α).
    With atque:

    item, contra atque apud nos, fieri ad Elephantinem ut neque ficus neque vites amittant folia,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 7, 6:

    simulacrum Jovis, contra atque ante fuerat, ad orientem convertere,

    Cic. Cat. 3, 8, 20; id. Sull. 24, 69:

    judicium suscepturos contra atque omnis Italia populusque Romanus judicavisset,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 12; id. B. G. 4, 13; Plin. 12, 19, 43, § 95.—
    (β).
    With ac:

    itaque contra est ac dicitis,

    Cic. Fin. 4, 15, 41:

    vides, omnia fere contra ac dicta sint evenisse,

    id. Div. 2, 24, 53; so id. Verr. 2, 4, 6, § 11; id. Or. 40, 137:

    cum contra ac Deiotarus sensit victoria belli judicaret,

    id. Phil. 11, 13, 34:

    Petreius ubi videt, Catilinam, contra ac ratus erat, magna vi tendere, etc.,

    Sall. C. 60, 5.—
    (γ).
    With ac and atque:

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

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

    cui contra quam proposuerat aliqua cesserunt,

    Sen. Ira, 3, 6, 5; Plin. 10, 53, 74, § 149; 11, 21, 24, § 72; Gell. 6 (7), 8, 6:

    contra quam licet,

    id. 1, 3, 19; Sil. 15, 107.—
    2.
    Of moral opposition of acts contrary to rules and principles (cf. II. 3. g infra); so always with quam:

    mater Aviti, generi sui, contra quam fas erat, amore capta,

    contrary to the divine law, Cic. Clu. 5, 12:

    ut senatus, contra quam ipse censuisset, ad vestitum rediret,

    contrary to its own resolution, id. Pis. 8, 18:

    contra quam ista causa postulasset,

    id. Caecin. 24, 67:

    contra quam sanctum legibus est,

    Liv. 30, 19, 9; Cic. Leg. 2, 5, 11; id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 1, § 2; id. Dom. 46, 122:

    contraque faciunt quam polliceri videntur,

    Auct. Her. 4, 3, 6; Cic. de Or. 2, 20, 86.
    II.
    Prep. with acc., before, against, facing, towards, opposite to, contrary to (acc. to many scholars not ante-class.; cf. Hand, Turs. II. p. 108; but found Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 24 Fleck., a line omitted by Lorenz as a gloss; id. Pers. 1, 1, 13 Ritschl; Att. ap. Non. p. 469, 15, or Trag. Rel. v. 476 Rib.; cf. also Plaut. Poen. 5, 6, 18; Cato, R. R. 18, 1, and v. I. A. 1. a. b, and I. A. 1. b. a supra).
    A.
    Local uses.
    1.
    Opposite, over against, facing.
    a.
    Of countries and places (mostly of those separated by water;

    adversus and e regione mostly of places opposite by land): insulae natura triquetra, cujus unum latus est contra Galliam,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 13; 3, 9; 4, 20:

    ad insulam quae est contra Massiliam,

    id. B. C. 1, 56; 3, 23:

    Rhodios, pacatis contra insulam suam terris, etc.,

    Liv. 37, 15, 7; 3, 26, 8:

    Carthago Italiam contra,

    Verg. A. 1, 13; 5, 124; Ov. M. 14, 17:

    insulae quae contra Tauri promuntorium inopportune navigantibus objacent, Chelidoniae nominantur,

    Mel. 2, 7; Plin. 3, 26, 30, § 151; 6, 28, 32, § 152; 5, 7, 7, § 41; Tac. A. 3, 1; id. H. 2, 17.—
    b.
    Of the heavenly bodies:

    donique (luna) eum (sc. solem) contra pleno bene lumine fulsit,

    Lucr. 5, 708:

    contra Volucris rostrum posita est Lyra,

    Vitr. 9, 4, 5; Sen. Q. N. 1, 5, 9; 1, 8, 3; Plin. 2, 31, 31, § 99; 5, 10, 10, § 56.—So, tertium (latus Britanniae) est contra septem triones, opposite ( facing); hence, contra meridiem and contra ortus (instead of ad or adversus meridiem, etc.), facing the south and east, Plin. 6, 24, 24, § 85; 17, 2, 2, § 22. —So of a person standing in the sunlight:

    cum minima umbra (i. e. a sole) contra medium fiet hominem,

    Plin. 18, 33, 76, § 327; cf.:

    contra mediam faciem meridies erit,

    id. 18, 33, 76, § 326.—
    c.
    Of opposite ends of a line.
    (α).
    Of the diameter of the earth: esse e regione nobis e contraria parte terrae qui adversis vestigiis stent contra nostra vestigia, quos antipodas vocatis, Cic. Ac. 2, 39, 123.—
    (β).
    Of a line drawn:

    contra autem E littera I erit ubi secat circinationem linea,

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

    contra hoc aviarium est aliud minus in quo quae mortuae sunt aves curator servare solet,

    Varr. R. R. 3, 5, 5; Vitr. 5, 6, 3; 3, 5, 15:

    (statuam) quae fuerit contra Jovis Statoris aedem in vestibulo Superbi domus,

    Plin. 34, 6, 13, § 29:

    contra medium fere porticum diaeta paulum recedit,

    Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 20; 2, 17, 5; Suet. Aug. 44.—
    e.
    Of places on the human body:

    id quod contra stomachum est,

    Cels. 4, 5 (4, 12 med.); 7, 7;

    4, 20 (13).—Of the direction of the intestines, etc.: ea... contra medium alvum orsa,

    Cels. 4, 1 fin. —
    2.
    Of actions, opposite, towards, against, facing (syn.:

    adversus, ad, e regione,

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

    quamvis subito... quamque Rem contra speculum ponas, apparet imago,

    Lucr. 4, 156: Democritus... clipeum constituit contra exortum Hyperionis, Laber. ap. Gell. 10, 17, 4:

    et contra magnum potes hos (i.e. oculos) attollere solem, Nec tremis...?

    Prop. 1, 15, 37; Col. 7, 3, 8:

    rex constiterat contra pedites,

    Curt. 10, 9, 13; 9, 5, 1:

    ne contra septentrionem paveris,

    Plin. 18, 33, 76, § 330; 28, 6, 19, § 69:

    contra solem varie refulgens,

    placed in the sun, id. 37, 10, 63, § 173; 10, 54, 75, § 151; 37, 6, 22, § 83;

    37, 7, 25, § 95: cum terrestres volucres contra aquam clangores dabunt,

    id. 18, 35, 87, § 363; 19, 8, 39, § 131.—
    b.
    Dependent on verbs of motion (very rare without the idea of hostility):

    (Dinocrates) incessit contra tribunal regis jus dicentis,

    towards, Vitr. 2, praef. 1.—So trop., of actions done for a purpose:

    lege Cornelia de sicariis tenetur qui, cum in magistratu esset, eorum quid fecerit contra hominis necem quod legibus permissum non sit,

    Dig. 48, 8, 4.—
    c.
    Appositively, with the predicate: (elephanti) tanta narratur clementia contra minus validos, ut, etc., if fronting weaker animals, if brought in contact with them (not to be connected with clementia), Plin. 8, 7, 7, § 23.—Similarly: dum... fidens non est contra feram, if fronting the animal (not dependent on fidens), Plin. 8, 16, 21, § 57.—
    d.
    Against an opposing action, etc.:

    contra vim atque impetum fluminis conversa,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 17, 5:

    cum plateae contra directos ventos erunt conformatae,

    Vitr. 1, 6, 8:

    ut contra ventum gregem pascamus,

    Col. 7, 3, 12; Sen. Q. N. 2, 31, 2; Plin. 29, 3, 12, § 52; 17, 2, 2, § 21; 8, 16, 21, § 54:

    contra fluminum impetus aggeribus,

    id. 35, 14, 48, § 169:

    capite in sole contra pilum peruncto,

    id. 27, 4, 5, § 17; 18, 35, 88, § 364; Varr. ap. Plin. 7, 20, 19, § 83; Sil. 14, 352; Dig. 9, 2, 29, § 4. [p. 455] — Trop.:

    contra fortunam tenendus est cursus,

    Sen. Prov. 5, 9.—Prov.:

    contra stimulum calces,

    kick against the pricks, Isid. Orig. 1, 36, 28 (al. calcitres); cf. Amm. 18, 5, 1.—
    e.
    Of local actions with hostile intent.
    (α).
    Lit.:

    quae vis Coclitem contra omnes hostium copias tenuit?

    Cic. Par. 1, 2, 12:

    Pompeium Cartejae receptum scribis: jam igitur contra hunc exercitum (sc. constitit),

    id. Att. 15, 20, 3:

    pertimescam, credo, ne mihi non liceat contra vos in contione consistere,

    to face you, id. Agr. 1, 8, 25; Lepidus ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 34, 1; Caes. B. C. 1, 26:

    a fronte contra hostem pedum quindecim fossam fieri jussit,

    id. ib. 1, 41; 1, 42; id. B. G. 7, 62:

    Tullus adversus Veientem hostem derigit suos: Albanos contra legionem Fidenatium collocat,

    Liv. 1, 27, 5; 24, 41, 5; 38, 4, 5; Verg. A. 12, 279; Front. Strat. 2, 2, 13; 2, 3, 17.—Appositively, with a local verb understood:

    terribilis haec contra fugientes belua est, fugax contra insequentes,

    i. e. if fronting, if placed opposite, Plin. 8, 25, 38, § 92.—
    (β).
    Trop.:

    castra sunt in Italia contra populum Romanum in Etruriae faucibus collocata,

    Cic. Cat. 1, 2, 5; id. Mil. 1, 2; Quint. 7, 7, 5:

    tum contra hanc Romam illa altera Roma quaeretur,

    will be as a rival against this Rome, Cic. Agr. 2, 22, 86:

    cui rationi contra homines barbaros atque imperitos locus fuisset, hac ne ipsum quidem sperare, etc.,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 40:

    (Cicero) plerumque contra inimicos atque obtrectatores plus vindicat sibi,

    when fronting adversaries, Quint. 11, 1, 23.—
    f.
    In partic.
    (α).
    Stare contra aliquem (opp. stare ab aliquo); usu. implying hostility; mostly trop., to stand against, to be arrayed against, to face, oppose:

    quod contra hoc exemplum nulla staret eorum ratio,

    Auct. Her. 4, 5, 7:

    contra populi studium,

    Cic. Brut. 34, 126:

    contra civium perditorum... dementiam a senatu et a bonorum causa,

    id. ib. 79, 273; so,

    a mendacio contra veritatem,

    id. Inv. 1, 3, 4:

    contra cives in acie,

    id. Att. 16, 11, 2:

    et adversi contra stetit ora juvenci,

    opposite, Verg. A. 5, 477; 5, 414:

    haec enim (ratio) sola... stat contra fortunam,

    Sen. Ep. 14, 4, 2: contra leonem etiam stetit, fronted, i. e. hunted, Spart. Carac. 5 fin. —
    (β).
    Contra aliquem ire:

    aut saevos Libyae contra ire leones,

    Stat. Th. 9, 16.— Trop.:

    uti contra injurias armati eatis,

    Sall. J. 31, 6:

    interritus (sapiens) et contra illa (mala) ibit et inter illa,

    Sen. Ep. 59, 8; cf.: contra venire, II. B. 1. c. b infra, and v. also II. B. 2. b. and II. B. 1. b. infra.—
    3.
    Transf.,
    a.
    To persons placed together for comparison:

    C. vero Caesar, si foro tantum vacasset, non alius ex nostris contra Ciceronem nominaretur,

    Quint. 10, 1, 114:

    CORONATO CONTRA OMNES SCAENICOS,

    Inscr. Grut. p. 331, n. 4.—
    b.
    To things compared, as if weighed against each other as to their value, strength, etc.
    (α).
    Lit. (very rare):

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

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

    cujus (i. e. generis humani) causa videtur cuncta alia genuisse natura, magna saeva mercede contra tanta sua munera,

    Plin. 7, 1, 1, § 1:

    qui amicus esse coepit quia expedit, placebit ei aliquod pretium contra amicitiam,

    Sen. Ep. 9, 9:

    numquam ulli fortiores cives fuerunt quam qui ausi sunt eum contra tantas opes ejus... condemnare,

    Cic. Fam. 7, 2, 3:

    tantum studium bonorum in me exstitisse, contra incredibilem contentionem clarissimi et potentissimi viri,

    id. ib. 7, 2, 2; Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 9, 3:

    nomen prorogans nostrum et memoriam extendens contra brevitatem aevi,

    as a compensation for, Plin. 2, 63, 63, § 154.—So esp., valere contra, to weigh against, counterbalance, avail or prevail against: non vereor ne meae vitae modestia parum valitura sit contra falsos rumores, Matius ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 28, 8:

    (illa facta) pro periculo potius quam contra salutem valere debere,

    Cic. Part. Or. 35, 120; id. Off. 3, 29, 104:

    contrane lucrum nil valere Pauperis ingenium?

    Hor. Epod. 11, 11; Sen. Ben. 4, 15, 1; id. Cons. Helv. 5, 5; so,

    robur habere contra: si contra unamquamlibet partem fortunae satis tibi roboris est,

    id. ib. 13, 2;

    so of counterchecks: in Creta decem qui cosmoe vocantur, ut contra consulare imperium tribuni plebis, sic illi contra vim regiam constituti,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 33, 58.—Of antidotes: cimicum natura contra serpentium morsus valere dicitur, item contra venena omnia, Plin. 29, 4, 17, § 61.—Hence,
    c.
    Colloq., aliquid contra aurum est, something is worth gold, is superb, both predicatively and attributively (cf.: auro contra, I. A. 2. supra): hujusce pomaria in summa Sacra Via ubi poma veneunt, contra aurum imago, a spectacle for gold, i. e. a magnificent sight, Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 10 MSS. (al. aliter):

    numcubi hic vides citrum... num quod emblema aut lithostratum? quae illic omnia contra aurum,

    superb, id. ib. 3, 2, 4 MSS. (Schneid. omits aurum, ex conj.):

    oneravi vinum, et tunc erat contra aurum,

    Petr. 7, 6.—
    d.
    Transf., of replies, with aiebat, inquit, etc.; both in friendly and inimical sense; esp., contra ea, contra haec, = the adv. contra:

    contra ea Titurius sero facturos clamitabat, etc.,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 29:

    contra ea Verginius unum Ap. Claudium et legum expertem et, etc., aiebat,

    Liv. 3, 57, 1; 24, 45, 4:

    quae contra breviter fata est vates,

    Verg. A. 6, 398:

    contra quod disertus Tu impie fecisti inquit, etc.,

    Quint. 7, 1, 53 (cf.: contra ea, II. E. 1. infra).
    B.
    Denoting hostility or disadvantage.
    1.
    With verbs of hostile action.
    a.
    Of physical exertion:

    pugnavere et tertio consulatu ejus viginti (elephanti) contra pedites quingentos,

    Plin. 8, 7, 7, § 22:

    proelium Afri contra Aegyptios primi fecere fustibus,

    id. 7, 56, 57, § 200; 8, 40, 61, § 142. —
    b.
    Referring to warfare (usu. adversus), bellum gerere (rarely for cum or adversus; but contra patriam, contra aras, etc., not cum patria, etc.; cf.

    bellum, II. A. 1. e.): a quo prohibitos esse vos contra Caesarem gerere bellum (opp. pro),

    Cic. Lig. 8, 25; id. Phil. 5, 10, 27; Liv. Ep. 129.—With bellum suscipere:

    contra Antonium,

    Cic. Phil. 8, 2, 5; so,

    contra patriam,

    id. Sull. 20, 58:

    pugnare contra patriam,

    id. ib. 25, 70:

    contra conjuges et liberos,

    Sen. Ben. 5, 15, 5:

    armatum esse contra populum Romanum,

    Cic. Prov. Cons. 13, 32.—With arma ferre (freq.), Cic. Phil. 2, 29, 72; 13, 21, 47; Liv. 28, 28, 15; Nep. Att. 4, 2; Tib. 1, 6, 30; Ov. M. 4, 609; 13, 269; id. P. 1, 1, 26.—With arma sumere or capere, Cic. Rab. Perd. 6, 19; id. Phil. 4, 1, 2; 4, 3, 7:

    armis contendere contra,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 13:

    arma alicui dare (trop.),

    Cic. Phil. 2, 21, 53:

    aciem instruere (trop.),

    Liv. 25, 4, 4:

    exercitum comparare,

    Cic. Phil. 3, 6, 14; 4, 1, 2:

    exercitum instruere,

    id. Cat. 2, 11, 24:

    exercitum ducere and adducere,

    id. Phil. 4, 2, 5; 3, 4, 11:

    exercitum contra Philippum mittere,

    id. Inv. 1, 12, 17:

    naves ducere contra,

    Hor. Epod. 4, 19:

    ducere contra hostes,

    Liv. 1, 27, 4:

    florem Italiae educere contra,

    Cic. Cat. 2, 11, 24:

    proficisci contra,

    to march against, Liv. 1, 11, 3; 8, 2, 5:

    auxilium ferre Rutulis contra Latinos,

    Plin. 14, 12, 14, § 88:

    juvare aliquem contra,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 35:

    consilium inire contra Sequanos,

    to take hostile measures against, id. B. G. 6, 12.—
    c.
    Of legal contention (more freq. adversus, except with verbs of saying).
    (α).
    In gen., with agere or causam agere, to act as counsel against a party or his attorney:

    cum agerem contra hominem disertissimum nostrae civitatis,

    Cic. Caecin. 33, 97; id. Brut. 63, 226; Sen. Ben. 4, 15, 3; Quint. 11, 1, 59.—Causam recipere or suscipere contra, to accept a retainer against:

    (causam) quam receperam contra pueros Octavios,

    Cic. Att. 13, 49, 1; Quint. 6, 1, 12; Plin. Ep. 4, 17, 1.—Adesse alicui contra, to appear, act as one's counsel against:

    rogavit me Caecilius ut adessem contra Satrium,

    Cic. Att. 1, 1, 3; Plin. Ep. 1, 7, 5 al.; cf.:

    esse contra,

    id. ib. 1, 18, 3.— Trop.: conquesturus venit;

    at contra se adfuit et satisfacienti satisfecit,

    Sen. Fragm. Amic. 14, 1, 89:

    causam defendere contra,

    against the accuser, Cic. de Or. 1, 39, 178:

    statuere contra aliquem (sc. causam),

    to establish a case against an adversary, id. Or. 10, 34:

    actio competit contra,

    Dig. 49, 14, 41:

    querelam instituere contra,

    ib. 5, 2, 21, § 1:

    bonorum possessionem petere contra,

    ib. 5, 2, 23:

    jus obtinere contra,

    Cic. Quint. 9, 34:

    pugnare contra,

    to struggle against the accuser, id. Sull. 17, 49; id. Verr. 1, 11, 33:

    id quod mihi contra illos datum est,

    i. e. a local advantage over, id. Tull. 14, 33:

    judicare contra aliquem,

    id. Fl. 20, 48; Dig. 21, 2, 55; 5, 2, 14; Just. Inst. 4, 17, 2:

    pronuntiare contra,

    Paul. Sent. 5, 34, 2: dare sententiam contra, Dig. 21, 2, 56, § 1:

    decernere contra,

    Cic. Fl. 31, 76:

    appellare contra aliquem,

    Dig. 49, 1, 3; 49, 5, 6; cf.:

    contra sententiam,

    Cod. Just. 7, 62, 32, § 2.—Sentire contra aliquem, to have an opinion unfavorable to:

    cur vos (cum) aliquid contra me sentire dicatis, etc.,

    Cic. Caecin. 27, 79.—
    (β).
    Venire contra aliquem, to appear as counsel for one's adversary:

    quid tu, Saturi, qui contra hunc venis, existimas aliter?

    Cic. Rosc. Com. 6, 18; id. Mur. 4, 9; id. Phil. 8, 6, 18.—Venire contra rem alicujus, to give advice damaging one's interests:

    contra rem suam me venisse questus est,

    Cic. Phil. 2, 2, 3.—
    (γ).
    With dicere and other verbs of saying. (aa) Of a lawyer pleading against a lawyer:

    ipse ille Mucius, quid in illa causa cum contra te diceret, attulit quod? etc.,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 57, 244:

    cum ille contra me pro Sex. Naevio diceret,

    id. Brut. 60, 2, 7; id. de Or. 2, 7, 30; id. Rosc. Am. 15, 45; id. Div. in Caecil. 14, 44; id. Planc. 2, 5; id. Brut. 26, 102; so,

    causam dicere,

    id. Or. 2, 23, 98:

    causam perorare,

    id. Quint. 24, 77.—(bb) Of a lawyer's pleading against the parties: dic mihi, M. Pinari, num si contra te dixero mihi male dicturus es? Servil. ap. Cic. de Or. 2, 65, 261; 3, 34, 138; 1, 14, 60; id. Or. 35, 123; Quint. 11, 1, 57; cf. with ellipsis of acc.:

    quorum alter pro Aufldia, contra dixit alter,

    id. 10, 1, 22.—(ng) Of a party against a lawyer:

    si Gaditani contra me dicerent,

    if the Gaditani were my adversaries, Cic. Balb. 17, 38.—(dd) Of witnesses and experts, and the pleadings against them:

    si decressent legationem quae contra istum diceret,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 4, § 12: contra testes dicere (opp. a testibus or pro testibus). Auct. Her. 2, 6, 9; Cic. de Or. 2, 27, 118 (cf.:

    testimonium in aliquem dicere,

    id. Sull. 17, 48; Quint. 7, 4, 36):

    contra juris consultos dicere,

    against their legal opinions, Cic. Caecin. 24, 69.—So of witnesses in scientific questions:

    contra testes dicendum est,

    Sen. Q. N. 7, 16, 1.—(ee) Dicere or contendere aliquid contra aliquem, to maintain a point against:

    cum interrogamus adversarios... quid contra nos dici possit,

    Auct. Her. 4, 23, 33:

    tamenne vereris ut possis hoc contra Hortensium contendere?

    Cic. Quint. 25, 78. —
    d.
    Of literary adversaries, mostly with verbs of saying and writing:

    cum scriberem contra Epicurios,

    Cic. Att. 13, 38, 1:

    contra Epicurum satis superque dictum est,

    id. N. D. 2, 1, 2:

    contra Brutum,

    id. Tusc. 5, 8, 21:

    contra Academiam,

    id. Ac. 2, 19, 63; id. Fin. 1, 1, 2; 5, 8, 22; id. Tusc. 5, 11, 32; 5, 30, 84; id. Ac. 2, 4, 17:

    contra autem omnia disputatur a nostris,

    id. Off. 2, 2, 8.—
    e.
    Of public and political adversaries (syn. adversus and in).
    (α).
    In gen.:

    sentire contra,

    Cic. Mil. 2, 5:

    pugnare contra bonos,

    id. Sull. 25, 71:

    contra eos summa ope nitebatur nobilitas,

    Sall. C. 38, 2; Cic. Sest. 19, 42; 52, 112:

    (tribuni) qui aut contra consulem, aut pro studio ejus pugnabant,

    Liv. 39, 32, 12.—
    (β).
    Of political speaking:

    cum (Cato) eo ipso anno contra Serv. Galbam ad populum summa contentione dixisset,

    Cic. Brut. 20, 80; so id. Imp. Pomp. 17, 53; Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 9, 1.—
    f.
    Of hostile or criminal acts in gen. (syn.:

    adversus, in): inire consilia contra,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 38, 110; id. Cat. 1, 7, 18:

    manum comparare contra aliquem,

    id. Sull. 24, 68:

    conjurationem facere,

    id. ib. 4, 12:

    congredi,

    id. Lig. 3, 9; Sall. J. 64, 4:

    aliquid contra imperatorem moliri,

    Just. Inst. 4, 18, 3:

    nec dolor armasset contra sua viscera matrem,

    against her own offspring Ov. R. Am. 59.—Facere contra (more freq. with abstr. objects; cf. II. C. 1. f. b infra): nunc te contra Caesarem facere summae stultitiae est, to take parts against, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 16, 2:

    eae (res) contra nos ambae faciunt,

    operate against us, id. Quint. 1, 1.—With verbs of saying, etc.:

    homo disertus non intellegit, eum quem contra dicit laudari a se?

    Cic. Phil. 2, 8, 18; 2, 1, 2; 2, 21, 51; Sen. Ep. 15, 3, 70:

    epigramma quod contra quamdam Gelliam scripsit,

    Lampr. Alex. Sev. 38:

    disputare contra deos, in two signif.: contra deum licet disputare liberius,

    to accuse, reproach a god, Cic. N. D. 3, 31, 76; but: mala et impia consuetudo est contra deos disputandi, to reason against the gods, i. e. against their existence, id. ib. 2, 67, 168.—
    2.
    Predicatively, with esse (videri, etc.), against, injurious to, unfavorable, prejudicial, to one's disadvantage: ut [p. 456] ex senatusconsulto neque cujus intersit, neque contra quem sit intellegi possit, Cic. Mur. 32, 68; id. de Or. 3, 20, 75; 2, 74, 299; 2, 81, 330; id. Sull. 13, 39; Sen. Ben. 6, 31, 6:

    licentiam malis dare certe contra bonos est,

    injurious to, Quint. 4, 2, 75:

    res contra nos est, of unfavorable chances in a lawsuit,

    id. 4, 66, 1; 4, 2, 75; 5, 13, 32.—Often, contra aliquem = quod est contra aliquem, referring to indef. pronouns or adjectives:

    nihil contra me fecit odio mei = nihil quod esset contra me,

    Cic. Har. Resp. 3, 5; id. Off. 3, 31, 112:

    quibus (temporibus) aliquid contra Caesarem Pompeio suaserim,

    id. Phil. 2, 10, 24.—
    3.
    Added adverb. to the predicate, mostly referring to purpose, with hostile intent, for the purpose of some hostile act, in order to oppose, in opposition:

    Caesarine eam (provinciam) tradituri fuistis, an contra Caesarem retenturi?

    or keep it against Caesar, Cic. Lig. 7, 23:

    sero enim resistimus ei quem per annos decem aluimus contra nos,

    id. Att. 7, 5, 5:

    judicium illud pecunia esse temptatum non pro Cluentio, sed contra Cluentium,

    id. Clu. 4, 9; id. Imp. Pomp. 17, 52; id. Ac. 2, 28, 92:

    cum quae facitis ejusmodi sint ut ea contra vosmet ipsos facere videamini,

    id. Rosc. Am. 36, 104; Sen. Ep. 3, 7, 3: Curio se contra eum totum parat, i. e. to speak against him, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 8, 10; Caes. B. C. 1, 85 ter; Sen. Q. N. 1, 7, 1; Plin. 16, 39, 74, § 192; Plin. Pan. 41.—So with the force of a temporal clause:

    fidem meam quam essent contra Massam Baebium experti,

    in the suit against, Plin. Ep. 3, 4, 4.—
    4.
    Dependent on adjectives (rare):

    contra se ipse misericors,

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

    severissimus judex contra fures,

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

    ut quam maximae contra Hannibalem copiae sint,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 12, 17; cf. Vell. 2, 76, 3.—
    b.
    Acc. to 1. c. and 1. e.; so esp., oratio contra (cf.: oratio in).
    (α).
    Oratio contra (never in), of an address against the counsel of a party or against the prosecutor:

    quid in omni oratione Crassus vel apud centumviros contra Scaevolam, vel contra accusatorem Brutum, cum pro Cn. Plancio diceret?

    Cic. de Or. 2, 54, 220; cf.:

    Cato pro se contra Cassium = in oratione contra,

    Gell. 10, 15, 3; so,

    haec perpetua defensio contra Scaevolam,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 54, 221:

    orationem illam egregiam quam (Aeschines) in Ctesiphontem contra Demosthenem dixerat,

    id. ib. 3, 56, 213.—
    (β).
    Of an address against the party, either in judicial or political affairs:

    unam orationem contra Gracchum reliquit,

    Cic. Brut. 26, 99:

    (Demosthenis) oratio contra Leptinem... contra Aeschinem falsae legationis,

    id. Or. 31, 111; Gell. 10, 24, 10; 10, 18, 91; Cic. Brut. 46, 169; Quint. 12, 10, 61; Cic. de Or. 2, 11, 45; id. Brut. 44, 164; Gell. 13, 25 (24), 15; cf. Quint. 4, 3, 13; 11, 2, 25.—
    c.
    Acc. to 1. f.:

    contra patres concitatio et seditio,

    Cic. Brut. 14, 56.—Of animals:

    contra volpium genus communibus inimicitiis,

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

    cum fulmina contra Tot paribus streperet clipeis,

    Verg. A. 10, 567:

    pugnandum tamquam contra morbum, sic contra senectutem,

    Cic. Sen. 11, 35:

    contra verum niti,

    Sall. J. 35, 8:

    contra fortunam luctari,

    Sen. Ben. 7, 15, 2; id. Brev. Vit. 10, 1; id. Ep. 78, 15; 99, 32; cf. Cic. Off. 1, 31, 110.—
    b.
    Of warfare (lit. and trop.):

    bellum contra aras, focos, vitam fortunasque gerere,

    Cic. Phil. 3, 1, 1:

    bellum gerimus... contra arma verbis,

    id. Fam. 12, 22, 1.—So of logical contradictions:

    artificis autem est invenire in actione adversarii quae semet ipsa pugnent,

    Quint. 5, 13, 30.—
    c.
    Of legal contention.
    (α).
    Of the actions of the counsel or prosecutor: dicere, or perorare, agere contra aliquid, to plead against, contest something:

    contra argumenta, rumores, tabulas, quaestiones (opp. ab argumentis, etc.),

    Auct. Her. 2, 6, 9 sqq.; Cic. de Or. 2, 27, 118:

    contra ratiocinationem,

    id. Inv. 2, 50, 153: contra scriptum dicere, to contest, controvert a written law or a document, id. ib. 2, 47, 138; 2, 48, 143; id. Brut. 39, 145; Quint. 7, 7, 1:

    contra caput dicere,

    to plead against life, Cic. Quint. 13, 44 (cf.:

    servum in caput domini interrogare,

    Paul. Sent. 1, 1, 34; 5, 16, 5 and 8; 5, 46, 3): contra libertatem agere, Dig. 40, 12, 26.—Pregn.:

    contra rerum naturam, contraque consuetudinem hominum dicere (opp. contra nos dicere),

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 15, 45.—
    (β).
    Of judicial decisions contradicting documents, etc.:

    contra tabulas judicare,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 70, 281:

    contra testamentum,

    Dig. 2, 17, § 1:

    contra sententiam dicere,

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

    inmittere in bona),

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

    dicere, disputare, disserere contra opinionem or sententiam,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 4, 8; 5, 19, 55; id. de Or. 3, 18, 67; id. Fin. 5, 4, 10; id. Ac. 2, 18, 60; Sen. Ira, 1, 3, 3; id. Ep. 87, 5; 102, 5 (cf.:

    in sententiam dicere,

    in support of an opinion, Caes. B. G. 1, 45):

    contra sensus dicere,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 31, 101:

    contra rhetoricen dicere,

    Quint. 2, 17, 40.—
    (β).
    Of criticism, hostility to principles, etc.:

    contra Iliadem et Odysseam scribere,

    Vitr. 7, praef. 8:

    contra quorum disciplinam ingenium ejus exarserat,

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

    contra voluptatem dicere,

    that pleasure is a moral evil, Cic. Fin. 5, 8, 21:

    contra mortem loqui,

    that death is no evil, Sen. Ep. 82, 7;

    in both senses: contra vitia, pericula, fortunam, ambitionem,

    id. ib. 100, 10:

    contra fortunam gloriari,

    that fortune has no power over him, Cic. Tusc. 5, 9, 26; Sen. Ep. 26, 5.—
    e.
    Of public and political acts and speeches:

    contra potentiam accusatorum dicere,

    Cic. Brut. 44, 164:

    contra legem dicere or verba facere,

    id. Imp. Pomp. 15, 53; Liv. 34, 8, 1:

    rogationem ferre contra coloniam ( = contra legem de colonia deducenda),

    Cic. Clu. 51, 140; Auct. Her. 1, 17, 21; Plin. 8, 17, 24, § 64.—
    f.
    Of hostility, injury, wrongs, etc.
    (α).
    In gen.:

    senatusconsulto quod contra dignitatem tuam fieret,

    directed against, Cic. Fam. 12, 29, 2:

    contra rem publicam se commovere,

    id. Cat. 1, 26; 1, 3, 7:

    incitari,

    id. Sest. 47, 100:

    consilia inire,

    id. Agr. 2, 3, 8:

    conjurationem facere,

    Sall. C. 30, 6:

    contra salutem urbis incitari,

    Cic. Cat. 3, 8, 20:

    cogitare aliquid contra salutem,

    id. ib. 3, 9, 21: contra voluntatem or studium dicere, to oppose one's will in a speech:

    esse aliquem in civitate qui contra ejus (Chrysogoni) voluntatem dicere auderet,

    id. Rosc. Am. 22, 60; id. Phil. 1, 11, 28; id. de Or. 3, 34, 138; id. Mur. 4, 10; Tac. H. 2, 91:

    ne quid contra aequitatem contendas, ne quid pro injuria,

    do not array yourself against equity, Cic. Off. 2, 20, 71.— Trop.:

    quis non contra Marii arma, contra Suliae proscriptionem irascitur? ( = Mario propter arma, Sullae propter proscriptionem),

    Sen. Ira, 2, 2, 3.—
    (β).
    In partic.: facere contra aliquid (syn. adversus), to commit an offence against, to transgress, etc.:

    si quis ad Antonium profectus esset... senatus existimaturum eum contra rem publicam fecisse,

    Cic. Phil. 8, 11, 33; id. Mil. 5, 13; 6, 14; id. Off. 3, 10, 43; 3, 25, 95; S. C. ap. Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 8, 6; Liv. 25, 4, 7; so,

    contra salutem rei publicae facere,

    Cic. Dom. 38, 102:

    contra majestatem,

    against the emperor, Dig. 48, 4, 5:

    contra leges,

    Cic. Dom. 18, 48; id. Vatin. 7, 18; id. Fin. 2, 17, 55; id. Mur. 32, 67; id. de Or. 3, 19, 70; cf. id. Clu. 34, 92; id. Mur. 32, 68; id. Dom. 14, 38; id. Phil. 10, 6, 13; Gai Inst. 4, 121:

    contra edictum (praetoris),

    Cic. Verr 2, 3, 10, § 25; Dig. 39, 1, 20, § 1:

    contra foedus,

    Cic. Balb. 6, 16:

    contra jusjurandum ac fidem,

    id. Off. 3, 10, 43; id. Lael. 3, 30, 74; id. Verr. 2, 3, 3, § 7; Prop. 3, 30, 44 (2, 32, 44).—And ironically:

    tune contra Caesaris nutum (sc. facies)?

    Cic. Att. 14, 10, 1.—Rarely contra ea facere = contra facere, adverb. (cf. I. B. 8. and II. E. 1. b.):

    corpus in civitatem inferri non licet... et qui contra ea fecerit, extra ordinem punitur,

    Paul. Sent. 1, 21, 2; 1, 21, 12.—
    2.
    Predicatively with esse (usu. impers.), in violation of, in conflict with, contrary to (cf. 3. g).
    (α).
    With esse expressed as the predicate:

    hominem hominis incommodo suum augere commodum magis est contra naturam quam mors,

    Cic. Off. 3, 5, 21; id. Fin. 3, 9, 31; id. N. D. 3, 13, 33; Sen. Ep. 5, 4; Plin. 7, 8, 6, § 45:

    contra leges or legem est,

    Cic. Pis. 13, 30; id. Mur. 32, 67:

    contra officium est,

    id. Off. 3, 10, 43; 1, 10, 32; 1, 6, 19; cf. id. Lael. 11, 39; id. Off. 3, 15, 63; Liv. 6, 40, 5; Sen. Q. N. 2, 37, 2; Gai Inst. 3, 157; Dig. 30, 1, 112, § 3; 16, 3, 1, § 7.—With ellipsis of object (naturam), Cic. Fin. 5, 29, 89; cf.:

    adeo res ista non habet ullam moram quae contra causas ignium sit,

    unfavorable to the formation of fire, Sen. Q. N. 2, 26, 7.—
    (β).
    With verbal predicate, referring to an indef. pron. or adj., with esse understood:

    scis hunc... nihil umquam contra rem tuam cogitasse ( = nihil quod contra rem tuam esset),

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 50, 147; id. Mil. 5, 13:

    aliquid contra animum audiendi,

    something against our liking, Sen. Const. 19, 2.—So mostly with facere:

    si quid Socrates aut Aristippus contra morem consuetudinemque fecerint,

    Cic. Off. 1, 41, 148; id. Att. 3, 23, 2; 2, 22, 2; id. Off. 3, 15, 63; Sall. C. 15, 1; Dig. 8, 2, 11; 8, 2, 17; 35, 1, 79, § 2. —
    (γ).
    Contra officium, substantively, = id quod contra officium est:

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

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

    eidem illam proscriptionem capitis mei contra salutem rei publicae rogatam esse dicebant,

    that the proposal of the law was an attack on the republic, Cic. Prov. Cons. 19, 45; id. Rab. Perd. 12, 35; id. Phil. 10, 10, 22:

    imperator contra postulata Bocchi nuntios mittit,

    to reply to the demands, Sall. J. 83, 3; 25, 6; so,

    advocare contra,

    Sen. Cons. Polyb. 12, 4; id. Ep. 15, 2, 52:

    si contra mortem te praeparaveris,

    to meet death, id. ib. 11, 3, 8.—
    (β).
    With the force of a clause of manner, injuriously to, etc.:

    quibus contra valetudinis commodum laborandum est,

    Cic. Mur. 23, 47; Suet. Aug. 78:

    contra hominis salutem,

    with danger to a man's life, Cod. Just. 7, 62, 29.—
    (γ).
    In gen., of conflict with some rule or principle, contrary to, in violation of, without regard to ( = ita ut contra sit; cf. 2. supra; very freq. from the class. period;

    syn. adversus): ceperitne pecunias contra leges P. Decius,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 31, 136; id. Verr. 2, 1, 4, § 10; id. Fl. 34, 86:

    pecuniam contra leges auferre,

    id. Verr. 1, 18, 56; 2, 1, 10, § 27; 2, 5, 18, § 46; id. Har. Resp. 26, 56:

    contra legem,

    id. Rab. Perd. 3, 8; id. Dom. 16, 41:

    contra jus fasque,

    id. Har. Resp. 16, 34; id. Quint. 6, 28:

    contra jus,

    Liv. 5, 4, 14; id. Dom. 13, 55; id. Verr. 2, 5, 13, § 34:

    contra jus gentium,

    Liv. 4, 32, 5; 9, 10, 10; 21, 25, 7; 5, 36, 6;

    6, 1, 6: contra juris rigorem,

    Dig. 40, 5, 24, § 10 et saep.:

    contra testimonium aliquid judicare,

    without regard to, Cic. Brut. 31, 117:

    aliquid contra verecundiam disputare,

    contrary to the rules of decency, id. Off. 1, 35, 128:

    aliquid contra fidem constituere,

    Quint. 5, 13, 34:

    quae majores nostri contra lubidinem animi sui recte atque ordine fecere,

    contrary to the dictates of passion, Sall. C. 51, 4; id. J. 33, 1; cf. of logical opposition, II. E. 2. infra.—
    4.
    Dependent on substt.
    a.
    Of physical strife:

    scit ille imparem sibi luctatum contra nexus (draconis),

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

    imperatorum copia contra tuum furorem,

    Cic. Mur. 39, 83:

    Parthorum gloria contra nomen Romanum,

    Liv. 9, 18, 6: in castris perditorum contra patriam, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 23, 6.—
    c.
    Of legal contention:

    causa contra scriptum,

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

    divina M. Tullii eloquentia contra leges agrarias,

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

    Caesaris vituperatio contra laudationem meam,

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

    cujus factum, inceptum, conatumve contra patriam,

    Cic. Cat. 2, 12, 27:

    ullum factum dictumve nostrum contra utilitatem vestram,

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

    vitae cupiditas contra rem publicam,

    Cic. Planc. 37, 90: contra serpentes venenum, fatal to serpents, or as a defence against serpents, Plin. 7, 2, 2, § 15.—
    h.
    Of violation, disregard, etc. (cf. 3. g):

    iter contra senatus auctoritatem,

    Cic. Phil. 2, 19, 48:

    contra consuetudinem somnium,

    Plin. 10, 77, 98, § 211:

    bonorum possessio contra tabulas,

    Dig. 37, 4, 3, § 13; Gai Inst. 3, 41.—
    5.
    Dependent on adjectives (very rare; cf.

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

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

    cum populus Romanus suam auctoritatem vel contra omnes qui dissentiunt possit defendere,

    Cic. Imp. Pomp. 22, 63: si ego consul rem publicam [p. 457] contra te et gregales tuos defendissem, id. Sest. 52, 111; 22, 49; 8, 20; id. Fam. 11, 27, 7; id. Phil. 2, 18, 45:

    contra quem multum omnes boni providerunt,

    provided a great defence, id. Mur. 38, 81: formula qua utitur patronus contra libertum qui eum in jus vocat, as a defence against, Gai Inst. 4, 46. —And of protection of plants against injurious animals:

    contra haec animalia proderit, si, etc.,

    Pall. 10, 3, 2.—
    b.
    Dependent on adjectives, mostly participial:

    paratus contra,

    Cic. Mil. 21, 56:

    nihil satis firmum contra Metellum,

    Sall. J. 80, 1:

    contra potentes nemo est munitus satis,

    Phaedr. 2, 6, 1.—
    2.
    Against inanimate and abstract things.
    a.
    Dependent on verbs:

    contra avium morsus munitur vallo aristarum,

    Cic. Sen. 15, 51:

    propugnaculum, quo contra omnes meos impetus usurum se putat,

    id. Verr. 2, 3, 16, § 40; 2, 5, 39, § 102:

    publicam causam contra vim armatam suscipere,

    id. Dom. 34, 91; id. Quint. 30, 94; id. Leg. 3, 3, 9:

    contra tantas difficultates providere,

    Sall. J. 90, 1; 76, 4; so,

    contra ea,

    id. ib. 57, 5:

    patricii vi contra vim resistunt,

    Liv. 3, 13, 4; Plin. 14, 2, 4, § 28; Tac. Agr. 45; Sen. Prov. 4, 12; id. Const. 5, 4.—
    b.
    Dependent on substt.:

    suffragia contra oppugnationem vestrae majestatis,

    Cic. Rab. Perd. 12, 35:

    defensio contra vim,

    id. Mil. 5, 14:

    patronus justitiae fuit contra orationem Phili,

    id. Lael. 7, 25; Plin. 29, 2, 9, § 30; 14, 3, 4, § 40:

    contra labores patientia,

    id. 23, 1, 22, § 37.—
    c.
    Dependent on adjectives (in Cic. freq. with P. a. predicatively used; otherwise very rare;

    in later prose freq.): nec est quidquam Cilicia contra Syriam munitius,

    against an attack from the side of Syria, Cic. Fam. 14, 4, 4:

    ut nullius res tuta, nullius domus clausa, nullius vita saepta, nullius pudicitia munita contra tuam cupiditatem posset esse,

    id. Verr. 2, 5, 15, § 39; id. Fin. 1, 16, 51; id. Mil. 25, 67; id. Tusc. 5, 8, 19; 5, 27, 76:

    vir contra audaciam firmissimus,

    id. Rosc. Am. 30, 85; Sall. J. 33, 2; 28, 5:

    fortis contra dolorem,

    Sen. Ep. 98, 18; Quint. 12, 1, 10:

    callosus,

    Plin. 11, 37, 54, § 147; 14, 2, 4, § 23:

    far contra hiemes firmissimum,

    id. 18, 8, 19, § 83:

    equus tenax contra vincula,

    Ov. Am. 3, 4, 13:

    contraque minantia fata pervigil,

    Claud. I. Cons. Stil. 1, 284.—
    3.
    Of remedies against sickness and its causes, poison, etc.; so only in Plin.; in Pall. only of preventives and of protection against hurtful animals, and against mental perturbations in gen.; cf. infra (syn. ad in Cat., Cic., Cels., Col.; adversus only in Celsus, who also has in with abl.).
    (α).
    Dependent on verbs:

    cujus et vinum et uva contra serpentium ictus medetur,

    Plin. 14, 18, 22, § 117; 7, 2, 2, § 13:

    prodest et contra suspiria et tussim,

    id. 20, 13, 50, § 128:

    valet potum contra venena,

    id. 28, 7, 21, § 74; 29, 4, 22, § 71; 29, 4, 26, § 81; 28, 8, 27, § 98; 16, 37, 71, § 180; 35, 6, 14, § 34; 28, 6, 18, §§ 65-67.—
    (β).
    Dependent on substt.:

    remedium contra morsus,

    Plin. 8, 32, 50, § 118; 10, 59, 79, § 163:

    contra venena esse omnia remedio,

    id. 16, 44, 95, § 251; 17, 24, 37, § 240; 7, 1, 1, § 4.—
    (γ).
    Dependent on adjectives:

    vinum quod salutare contra pestilentiam sit,

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

    cujus lacteum succum miris laudibus celebrat... contra serpentes et venena,

    Plin. 5, 1, 1, § 16; 29, 4, 26, § 83. —So of remedies against affections:

    Tiberium tonante caelo coronari ea (lauro) solitum ferunt contra fulminum metus,

    Plin. 15, 30, 40, § 135; cf. Sen. Ira, 2, 21, 1; id. Tranq. 5. 1.
    E.
    Of logical opposition.
    1.
    With a neuter demonstrative (contra ea, contra haec, contra quae, quod contra = contra, adv.).
    a.
    The contrary, the reverse (very rare; cf.

    I. D. 1.): sed mihi contra ea videtur,

    but to me the contrary seems true, Sall. J. 85, 1:

    omnia quae contra haec sunt, omnia quae contra sunt,

    and vice versa, Quint. 5, 10, 90. —
    b.
    Contra ea, on the contrary, in logical antithesis (not in Cic. and Sall.; once in Caes. and Quint.; several times in Liv. and Nep.; cf.: contra ea, in other uses, II. A. 2. e. a, II. D. 2. a., II. A. 3. d., II. C. 1. f.):

    omnes arderent cupiditate pugnandi... contra ea Caesar... spatiumque interponendum... putabat ( = at contra),

    but Caesar on the contrary, Caes. B. C. 3, 74: superbe ab Samnitibus... legati prohibiti commercio sunt;

    contra ea benigne ab Siculorum tyrannis adjuti,

    Liv. 4, 52, 6; 2, 60, 1; 21, 20, 6;

    44, 43, 5: pater... Thracem me genuit, contra ea mater Atheniensem,

    Nep. Iphicr. 3, 4; id. praef. 6; id. Alcib. 8, 1.—And after a question, with immo (cf. I. E. 5. b.):

    an infirmissimi omnium... (sumus)? Immo contra ea vel viribus nostris, vel, etc., tuti (sumus),

    Liv. 41, 24, 8.—
    c.
    Quod contra, by anastrophe (v. F. 1.), contrary to which, whereas, while on the contrary (only once in Lucr. and three times in Cic.):

    illud in his rebus vereor ne forte rearis, Inpia te rationis inire elementa viamque indugredi sceleris: quod contra saepius illa Religio peperit scelerosa atque impia facta,

    whereas on the contrary, Lucr. 1, 81:

    cujus a me corpus crematum est, quod contra decuit ab illo meum (sc. cremari),

    Cic. Sen. 23, 84:

    quod contra oportebat delicto dolere, correctione gaudere,

    id. Lael. 24, 90 (B. and K. place a comma after oportebat; cf.

    Nauck ad loc.): reliquum est ut eum nemo judicio defenderit: quod contra copiosissime defensum esse contendi,

    id. Quint. 28, 87 (many consider contra in all these passages as an adverb; cf. Hand, Turs. II. p. 121 sq.; some explain quod as an ancient ablative, = qua re;

    v. Ritschl,

    Plaut. Exc. p. 57, Munro ad Lucr. 1, 82).—
    2.
    With an abstract noun, with the force of the adverb contra with ac or atque (I. F. 1.), contrary to, contrary to what, etc. (esp. in Sall., not in Cic.; cf. praeter): celeriter contraque omnium opinionem confecto itinere, contrary to the opinion ( = contra ac rati erant), Caes. B. G. 6, 30:

    contra opinionem Jugurthae ad Thalam perveniunt,

    Sall. J. 75, 9; Hirt. B. G. 8, 40.—Contra spem either contrary to the opinion, or against the hope:

    Metellus contra spem suam laetissume excipitur ( = contra ac ratus, veritus est),

    Sall. J. 88, 1; so,

    cetera contra spem salva invenit,

    Liv. 9, 23, 17:

    contra spem omnium L. Furium optavit,

    id. 6, 25, 5; Curt. 8, 4, 45;

    but: at Jugurtha contra spem nuntio accepto ( = contra ac speraverat),

    Sall. J. 28, 1; Liv. 24, 45, 3:

    postquam... Jugurtha contra timorem animi praemia sceleris adeptum sese videt,

    Sall. J. 20, 1:

    ipse in Numidiam procedit, ubi contra belli faciem tuguria plena hominumque... erant ( = contra ac in bello evenire solet),

    id. ib. 46, 5:

    contra famam,

    Plin. 13, 22, 43, § 126; 7, 53, 54, § 180:

    segniterque et contra industriam absconditae formicae,

    slowly, and in a manner different from their usual activity, id. 18, 35, 88, § 364.—Of persons:

    frigidam potionem esse debere, contra priores auctores, Asclepiades confirmavit,

    contrary to the opinion of the former physicians, Cels. 4, 26 (19).
    F.
    Sometimes by anastrophe after its noun.
    1.
    In prose, after relatives, esp. in Cic.:

    quos contra disputant,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 15, 47:

    quem contra dicit,

    id. Phil. 2, 8, 18 (v. II. B. 1. f.):

    quem contra veneris,

    id. Mur. 4, 9:

    quas contra, praeter te, etc.,

    id. Vatin. 7, 18:

    eos ipsos quos contra statuas,

    id. Or. 10, 34:

    quos contra me senatus armavit,

    id. Att. 10, 8, 8:

    quam contra multa locutus est,

    Sen. Ep. 82, 7, Plin. Ep. 1, 23, 3; Claud. in Rufin. 1, 332; v. also E. 1. c. supra.—
    2.
    After other words ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

    hunc igitur contra mittam contendere causam,

    Lucr. 4, 471:

    dicere eos contra,

    id. 4, 484:

    donique eum contra,

    id. 5, 708:

    agmina contra,

    Verg. A. 12, 279:

    magnum Alciden contra,

    id. ib. 5, 414:

    Paridem contra,

    id. ib. 5, 370:

    Italiam contra,

    id. ib. 1, 13:

    deos contra,

    Ov. P. 1, 1, 26:

    Messania moenia contra,

    id. M. 14, 17:

    litora Calabriae contra,

    Tac. A. 3, 1.

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  • 8 defero

    dē-fĕro, tŭli, lātum, ferre, v. a., to bear or bring away a thing from a place; to bear, carry, bring down.
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.
    1.
    Without stating the terminus (not very freq.):

    roseam Auroram per oras Aetheris,

    Lucr. 5, 656; 5, 273; 6, 639:

    Rhodanus amnis segnem deferens Ararim,

    Plin. 3, 4, 5, § 33; 6, 27, 31, § 136; Ov. M. 9, 117;

    ex Helicone coronam,

    Lucr. 1, 119:

    ramalia arida tecto,

    Ov. M. 8, 646. — Absol.:

    flumina liquida ac deferentia,

    Plin. Pan. 82 med. —Far more freq.,
    2.
    Indicating the terminus (by ad, in, an adv. of place, the dat., etc.):

    literas ad Caesarem,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 45, 3:

    epistolam ad Ciceronem,

    id. ib. 5, 48, 3 and 8; cf.:

    mandata ad aliquem,

    id. B. C. 1, 9; 3, 22:

    aurum ad gnatum suum,

    Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 115; cf. id. Truc. 2, 5, 64; Ter. Heaut. 4, 6, 18;

    natos ad flumina,

    Verg. A. 9, 604:

    Germani ad castra Romanorum delati,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 42 fin. et saep.:

    semen quod ex arbore per surculos defertur in terram,

    Varr. R. R. 1, 40, 4:

    aurum et omnia ornamenta sua in aerarium,

    Liv. 5, 25:

    aedes in planum et colli subicere,

    id. 2, 7: cf. Cic. Rep. 2, 31:

    ferrum in pectus,

    Tac. A. 1, 35:

    castra in viam,

    Liv. 22, 15:

    aciem in campos,

    id. 9, 37:

    in praeceps deferri,

    id. 5, 47; cf. id. 44, 5; Quint. 1, 12, 10:

    praeceps in undas deferar,

    Verg. E. 8, 60; Ov. F. 6, 228:

    in vicum,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 269 et saep.:

    hunc sub aequora,

    i. e. submerge, Ov. M. 14, 601:

    quasdam (virgines) ex plebe homines domos deferebant,

    Liv. 1, 9:

    si forte eo (sc. Demetriadem) deferret fuga regem,

    id. 36, 20:

    quo pennis delata sit ales,

    Lucr. 6, 822:

    cum pallam mihi Detulisti,

    Plaut. Men. 2, 3, 42; so,

    epistolas alicui,

    id. Trin. 4, 2, 109 et saep.
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    Naut. t. t., to drive away, drive down, drive a ship, or those on board a ship, to any place:

    onerariae duae paullo infra delatae sunt,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 36 fin.; id. B. C. 3, 30:

    una (navis) delata Oricum,

    id. ib. 3, 14, 2:

    (Labienus) longius delatus aestu, etc.,

    id. B. G. 5, 8, 2:

    quem cum ex alto ignotas ad terras tempestas et in desertum litus detulisset,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 17 fin.; cf. id. Ac. 2, 3, 8.—
    b.
    Rarely in gen., to bring, convey to any place (as a ship, its passengers):

    e portu navis huc nos dormientes detulit,

    Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 69.—
    2.
    Mercant. t. t., to bring to market, to sell (post-Aug.):

    nexos maniplos,

    Col. 10, 315: pallium. Petr. 12, 2:

    videamus hoc, quod concupiscimus, quanti deferatur,

    Sen. Ep. 42.
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    In gen., to bring:

    redde harmoniaī Nomen, ab organicis alto delatum Heliconi,

    brought, Lucr. 3, 133; 5, 65:

    (Alexander) eadem fortunae pignora in discrimen detulisset,

    Liv. 9, 18 fin.; cf.:

    fabulas in certamen,

    Quint. 10, 1, 66: hac re ad consilium delata, having been taken into consideration, Caes. B. G. 3, 23 fin.; so,

    rem ad consilium,

    id. ib. 5, 28, 2:

    qui ad agendum nihil cogitati detulerit,

    Quint. 4, 5, 2:

    (poëta) si foret hoc nostrum delatus in aevum, Detereret sibi multa,

    Hor. S. 1, 10, 68. —
    B.
    With particular accessory notions.
    1.
    To bring, give to one, grant, confer upon, allot, to offer to any one, transfer, deliver (for syn. v. do—very freq.).
    (α).
    Aliquid ad aliquem:

    ad hunc totius belli summam omnium voluntate deferri,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 4, 7:

    imperium ad aliquem,

    id. ib. 6, 2; 7, 4, 6; Cic. Leg. 3, 2; id. Lig. 1, 3:

    omnem rem ad Pompeium,

    id. Fam. 1, 1; cf.:

    omnia ad unum,

    id. de Imp. Pomp. 23, 67:

    causam ad Galbam,

    id. Brut. 22, 86:

    primas ad aliquem,

    id. N. D. 1, 6, 15 et saep.—
    (β).
    Aliquid alicui:

    sibi a Caesare regnum civitatis deferri,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 6, 2; Fasti ap. Cic. Phil. 2, 34, 87; cf.:

    regnum et diadema uni,

    Hor. Od. 2, 2, 22:

    fasces indigno,

    id. Ep. 1, 16, 34:

    praemium dignitatis alicui (opp. denegare),

    Cic. Fl. 1:

    ultro ei legationem (opp. denegare),

    id. Fam. 13, 55; cf. id. ib. 4, 13:

    palmam alicujus rei Crasso,

    id. de Or. 2, 56; cf. Liv. 7, 13; Quint. 10, 1, 53:

    omnem ei auctoritatem,

    Cic. Fl. 6, 14:

    pacem hostibus,

    Liv. 23, 13:

    Octaviam neptem condicionem,

    Suet. Caes. 27 et saep. —
    (γ).
    With acc. alone, or absol.:

    jusjurandum,

    to tender an oath, Quint. 5, 6, 6; cf. ib. § 3 and § 4;

    si quid petet, ultro defer,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 12, 23 et saep.—
    2.
    To bring or give an account of, to report, announce, signify, state (for syn. v. declaro init. —

    very freq.): qui nostra consilia ad adversarios deferat,

    Cic. Clu. 52; so,

    aliquid ad aliquem,

    id. Mil. 9 fin.; id. Cat. 3, 3, 7; Caes. B. G. 2, 17, 4; 5, 25, 4 et saep.:

    ut (haec) per eos ad Caesarem deferrentur,

    id. ib. 7, 17 fin.; so with per, id. B. C. 3, 30, 6; 3, 63, 5 al.:

    qui ad Caesarem detulerint delaturive sint, me poenitere consilii mei,

    Cic. Att. 11, 7, 5; so with acc. and inf., id. Verr. 2, 5, 62; Verg. A. 4, 299 al.—
    b.
    Legal t. t.: nomen, and post-Aug., aliquem, to indict, impeach, accuse before the pretor, as plaintiff or informer (for syn. cf.:

    denuntio, indico): nomen alicujus de parricidio,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 10, 28:

    nomen amici mei de ambitu,

    id. Cael. 31, 76; id. Rosc. Am. 23; nomen suo familiari (dat.) eadem de re, id. ib. 23:

    nomen tibi,

    id. Pis. 33, 82; cf.:

    illi nonnihil tamen in deferendo nomine secuti,

    id. Rosc. Am. 3, 8:

    ad deferendos reos praemio duci,

    Quint. 12, 7, 3:

    reos ad praetorem,

    Tac. A. 14, 41:

    reos ejusdem criminis detulerunt,

    Quint. 11, 1, 79; cf.:

    defertur majestatis,

    Tac. A. 14, 48 (v. Draeger ad loc.):

    adulterii,

    id. ib. 4, 42:

    impietatis in principem,

    id. ib. 6, 47:

    Drusus defertur moliri res novas,

    id. ib. 2, 27; cf.:

    defertur simulavisse partum,

    ib. 3, 22:

    ad deferenda de Perseo crimina,

    Liv. 42, 11; cf. Quint. 4, 2, 98; cf.

    also: et cum occiderentur, detuli sententiam,

    voted to condemn, Vulg. Act. 26, 10. — Absol.:

    et minari et deferre etiam non orator potest,

    Quint. 4, 1, 22.—Of denouncing:

    quae apud vos de me deferunt,

    Cic. Agr. 3, 1.—
    c.
    Pub. law t. t.
    (α).
    Aliquid ad aerarium, and more freq. simply aliquid, to give in at the Aerarium:

    horum nomina ad aerarium detulisset,

    Cic. Phil. 5, 5 fin.:

    quamquam rationes deferre properarim (for which referre is repeatedly used just before),

    Cic. Fam. 5, 20, 3.—Hence of persons, to recommend them for future consideration and reward, for their services to the state:

    in beneficiis ad aerarium delatus est,

    Cic. Arch. 5 fin.; id. Fam. 5, 20, 7; id. Balb. 28; id. Att. 5, 7:

    senatus consultum factum ad aerarium deferre,

    the public archives, Liv. 39, 4, 8; Tac. A. 3, 51; 13, 28; Suet. Aug. 94, 3.—
    (β).
    Deferre in censum, to report any thing for assessment, to return one's property to the censors:

    mille quingentum aeris in censum,

    Gell. 16, 10, 10;

    for which, deferre censum,

    Plin. 7, 48, 49, § 159; Tac. A. 6, 41.— Pass. in mid. force:

    deferri in censum,

    to report one's self for assessment, Eutr. 1, 7.—
    3.
    To ascribe, Amm. 14, 6, 8.

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  • 9 externus

    externus, a, um, adj. [exter], outward, external (class.).
    I.
    In gen.:

    nec enim ille externus et adventicius habendus est tepor, sed ex intimis maris partibus agitatione excitatus,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 10, 26:

    externa et adventicia visio,

    id. Div. 2, 58, 120:

    corpus,

    id. N. D. 1, 11, 26:

    pulsus,

    id. Rep. 6, 26:

    domina rerum externarum,

    id. Tusc. 5, 9, 25:

    commoda vel incommoda,

    id. Top. 23, 89:

    bona,

    Ov. P. 2, 3, 35:

    vir rebus externis magis laudandus quam institutis domesticis,

    Cic. Phil. 2, 28, 69.— Subst.:

    externi ne quid,

    Hor. S. 2, 7, 87:

    nos autem illa externa cum multis: haec interiora cum paucis ex ipso saepe cognovimus,

    outward goods, Cic. Ac. 2, 2, 4.—
    II.
    In partic., with respect to one's family or country, of or belonging to another country, foreign, strange (syn.: alienus, peregrinus;

    opp. noster, domesticus, oppidanus, etc.): auxilia (opp. domesticae opes),

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

    qui (dii) jam non procul ab externo hoste atque propinquo, sed hic praesentes sua templa defendunt,

    Cic. Cat. 2, 13, 29:

    hostis (opp. oppidani),

    Hirt. B. G. 8, 37, 2; cf.

    bella (opp. civilia),

    Quint. 8, 3, 78:

    neque haec externa vobis est religio neque aliena,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 51, § 114:

    superstitiones,

    Tac. A. 11, 15:

    quam minime peregrina et externa verba,

    Quint. 8, 1, 2:

    verba (opp. nostra),

    id. 1, 5, 58:

    apud externos populos,

    Cic. Off. 2, 18, 64:

    gens,

    Verg. A. 7, 367:

    in externis locis,

    Cic. Fam. 4, 9 fin.:

    gratiae,

    Tac. A. 12, 15:

    mores,

    id. ib. 11, 16; cf.:

    mutatio morum,

    Curt. 8, 5:

    amor,

    i. e. for a foreigner, Ov. H. 5, 102:

    orbis,

    i. e. Asia and Africa, Plin. 22, 24, 56, § 118 et saep.—As subst. in masc. and neutr.:

    canum tam amans dominorum adulatio tantumque odium in externos,

    towards strangers, Cic. N. D. 2, 63, 158: externa libentius quam domestica recordor, id. Off. 2, 8, 26: externa armis falsis velare, hostile feelings or designs, Tac. H. 4, 32:

    moliri,

    id. ib. 3, 5.

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  • 10 fides

    1.
    fĭdes, ĕi ( gen. sing. scanned fĭdēï, Enn. ap. Cic. de Sen. 1, 1; Lucr. 5, 102.— Ante-class. and poet. form of the gen. fide, like die, facie, etc., Plaut. Aul. 4, 6, 1; id. Poen. 4, 2, 68; Ov. M. 3, 341; 6, 506; 7, 728; 737; Hor. C. 3, 7, 4; cf. Prisc. p. 781 P.; Charis. p. 53 ib.; Ritschl, Proleg. p. 90.— Dat. fide, Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 80; 91; 105; Enn. ap. Non. 112, 1, or Ann. v. 111 ed. Vahl.; Hor. S. 1, 3, 95), f. [fido], trust in a person or thing, faith, confidence, reliance, credence, belief (syn.: fidelitas, fiducia, confidentia).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.:

    si sciat noster senex, fidem non esse huic habitam,

    that he has not been trusted, Plaut. As. 2, 4, 52; cf.:

    fides ut habeatur, duabus rebus effici potest... iis fidem habemus, quos plus intelligere quam nos arbitramur... bonis viris ita fides habetur, ut nulla sit in iis fraudis injuriaeque suspicio... prudentia sine justitia nihil valeat ad faciendam fidem, etc.,

    to give confidence, produce confidence, Cic. Off. 2, 9, 33; see in the foll.: neque pauci, neque leves sunt, qui se duo soles vidisse dicant;

    ut non tam fides non habenda, quam ratio quaerenda sit,

    to give credence, id. Rep. 1, 10; cf.:

    quod si insanorum visis fides non est habenda, quia falsa sunt, cur credatur somniantium visis, etc.,

    id. Div. 2, 59, 122:

    si ita posset defendere, tamen fides huic defensioni non haberetur,

    id. Verr. 2, 5, 57, § 148:

    me miseram! forsitan hic mihi parvam habeat fidem,

    Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 117; cf.:

    cum jam minor fabulis haberetur fides,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 10:

    (fidem) majorem tibi habui quam paene ipsi mihi,

    id. Fam. 5, 20, 2; cf. id. ib. 7, 18, 1:

    ex aliis ei maximam fidem habebat,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 41, 4:

    cui maximam fidem suarum rerum habeat,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 53, § 131; cf.:

    cui summam omnium rerum fidem habebat,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 19, 3:

    fidem commenticiis rebus adjungere,

    Cic. Div. 2, 55, 113:

    testimonio fidem tribuere,

    id. Sull. 3, 10; cf.:

    Cratippus iisdem rebus fidem tribuit,

    id. Div. 1, 3, 5:

    et auctoritatem orationi affert et fidem,

    id. Or. 34, 120:

    si tota oratio nostra omnem sibi fidem sensibus confirmat,

    id. Fin. 1, 21, 71:

    constituere fidem,

    id. Part. Or. 9, 31: fidem facit oratio, awakens or produces belief, id. Brut. 50, 187; cf.:

    quoniam auribus vestris... minorem fidem faceret oratio mea,

    id. Cat. 3, 2, 4:

    aliquamdiu fides fieri non poterat,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 37, 1;

    so with dare (rare): res ipsa fidem sermoni meo dabit,

    App. M. 4, p. 146, 25:

    Hercules cui ea res immortalitatis fidem dedit,

    assured of, Just. 24, 4, 4; Plin. Pan. 74, 3.—With object-clauses:

    fac fidem, te nihil nisi populi utilitatem et fructum quaerere,

    evince, show, Cic. Agr. 2, 8, 22: tibi fidem faciemus, nos ea suadere, quae, etc., will convince, Balb. et Opp. ap. Cic. Att. 9, 8, A. fin.:

    mihi fides apud hunc est, nihil me istius facturum,

    Ter. Heaut. 3, 3, 10; cf.:

    cum vix fides esset, rem ullo modo successuram,

    Suet. Vesp. 7:

    male fidem servando illis quoque abrogant fidem,

    Plaut. Trin. 4, 3, 41:

    quorum rebus gestis, fidem et auctoritatem in testimonio inimicitiarum suspicio derogavit,

    Cic. Font. 7, 13; cf.:

    alicui abrogare fidem juris jurandi,

    id. Rosc. Com. 15, 44; and:

    omnibus abrogatur fides,

    id. Ac. 2, 11, 36:

    quae res fidem abrogat orationi,

    Auct. Her. 1, 10, 17:

    imminuit et oratoris auctoritatem et orationis fidem,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 37, 156:

    multa fidem promissa levant,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 10: fidem addere, to give credence (opp. fidem demere):

    ex ingenio suo quisque demat vel addat fidem,

    Tac. G. 3 fin. —
    B.
    In partic., in mercant. lang., credit:

    cum fides totā Italiā esset angustior, neque creditae pecuniae solverentur,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 1, 2; cf.:

    scimus, Romae solutione impedita fidem concidisse,

    Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 7, 19:

    fides de foro sublata erat,

    id. Agr. 2, 3, 8:

    labefacta jam fide,

    credit being impaired, Suet. Vesp. 4:

    pecunia suā aut amicorum fide sumpta mutua,

    Sall. C. 24, 2:

    non contentus agrariis legibus fidem moliri coepit,

    Liv. 6, 11, 8; cf.:

    fidem abrogare,

    id. 6, 41, 11:

    fidemque remque, perdere,

    credit and means, Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 36; cf.:

    res eos jampridem, fides deficere nuper coepit,

    Cic. Cat. 2, 5, 10:

    nisi fide staret res publica, opibus non staturam,

    Liv. 23, 48, 9 Drak.; freq.: res fidesque, for fame and fortune, property and credit, i. e. entire resources, Plaut. Curc. 4, 2, 18; id. Truc. 1, 1, 24; 38; id. Most. 1, 2, 64; Sall. J. 73, 6 Cort.—
    2.
    Beyond the mercant. sphere ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

    segetis certa fides meae,

    i. e. return, yield, Hor. C. 3, 16, 30:

    at tibi... Persolvat nullā semina certa fide,

    Tib. 2, 3, 62:

    fallax fides unius anni,

    Plin. Pan. 32, 4:

    quia hanc ejus terrae fidem Menander eludit,

    Quint. 12, 10, 25.
    II.
    Transf., that which produces confidence or belief.
    A.
    The quality that produces confidence in a person, trustworthiness, faithfulness, conscientiousness, credibility, honesty; in things, credibility, truth, etc.
    1.
    In gen. (erroneously regarded by Cicero as the primary signif. of the word; wherefore he derived it from fio; v. the foll. passages):

    fundamentum justitiae est fides, id est dictorum conventorumque constantia et veritas. Ex quo, audeamus imitari Stoicos, credamusque, quia fiat, quod dictum est, appellatam fidem,

    Cic. Off. 1, 7, 23 Beier; cf. id. Fragm. ap. Non. 24, 17 (Rep. 4, 7, p. 428 ed. Mos.); id. Fam. 16, 10 fin.:

    justitia creditis in rebus fides nominatur,

    id. Part. Or. 22, 78:

    meo periculo hujus ego experiar fidem,

    Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 99; cf.:

    fides fidelitasque amicum erga,

    id. Trin. 5, 2, 2:

    homo antiqua virtute ac fide,

    Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 88; cf.:

    exemplum antiquae probitatis et fidei,

    Cic. Rep. 3, 5:

    esse summa probitate ac fide,

    id. ib. 3, 17:

    vir aequissimus, singulari fide,

    id. ib. 3, 17:

    quorum fides est laudata,

    id. ib. 2, 36:

    quibus facillime justitia et fides convalescit,

    id. ib. 2, 14:

    unde justitia, fides, aequitas?

    id. ib. 1, 2:

    cujus virtuti, fidei, felicitati (Gallia) commendata est,

    id. Prov. Cons. 14, 35:

    aequitas et fides,

    id. Rep. 1, 35; cf.:

    si pudor quaeritur, si probitas, si fides,

    id. ib. 3, 18 fin.:

    quanta fide, quanta religione,

    id. Font. 6, 13:

    hinc fides, illinc fraudatio,

    id. Cat. 2, 11, 25: ille vir haud magna cum re sed plenu' fidei, Enn. ap. Cic. de Sen. 1, 1 (Ann. v. 342 ed. Vahl.): ubi societas? ubi fides majorum? Cato ap. Gell. 10, 3, 17: nulla sancta societas, nec fides regni est, Enn. ap. Cic. Off. 1, 8, 26 (Trag. v. 412 ed. Vahl.):

    mea eraga te fides et benevolentia,

    Cic. Fam. 1, 5, 1:

    pro vetere ac perpetua erga populum Romanum fide,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 54, 4:

    in fide atque amicitia civitatis Aeduae,

    id. ib. 2, 14, 2:

    in fide manere,

    id. ib. 7, 4, 5; cf.:

    sincera fide in pace Ligures esse,

    Liv. 40, 34, 11:

    si tibi optima fide sua omnia concessit,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 49, 144:

    praestare fidem,

    id. Div. 2, 37, 79; id. Top. 10, 42; id. Att. 16, 7, 2; id. Fam. 1, 7, 6:

    te oro per tuam fidem, ne, etc.,

    Ter. And. 1, 5, 55: Eu. Dic bona fide: tu id aurum non surripuisti? Ly. Bona. Eu. Neque scis, quis abstulerit? Ly. Istuc quoque bona, Plaut. Mil. 4, 10, 42:

    de pace cum fide agere,

    Liv. 32, 33, 10:

    jussas cum fide poenas luam,

    Hor. Epod. 17, 37:

    haecne marita fides?

    Prop. 4 (5), 3, 11:

    Aeacidae dederat pacis pignusque fidemque,

    faithful bail, Ov. M. 12, 365:

    perjura patris fides,

    perjured faith, dishonesty, Hor. C. 3, 24, 59 et saep.—Prov.:

    fides ut anima, unde abiit, eo numquam redit,

    Pub. Syr. 181 (Rib.):

    fidem qui perdit, quo se servet relicuo,

    id. 166.—
    b.
    Of inanim. and abstr. things:

    nam cum Gabinii levitas... omnem tabularum fidem resignasset, etc.,

    trustworthiness, credibility, Cic. Arch. 5, 9; cf.:

    nunc vero quam habere auctoritatem et quam fidem possunt (litterae)?

    id. Fl. 9, 21; and:

    visa, quae fidem nullam habebunt,

    id. Ac. 2, 18, 58 fin.; and:

    qui non speciem expositionis sed fidem quaerit,

    truth, Quint. 10, 1, 32:

    aliter oraculorum, aliter haruspicum fides confirmari aut refelli potest,

    id. 5, 7, 36:

    probationum,

    id. 4 praef. §

    6: liber spectatae fidei,

    Gell. 1, 7, 1:

    paulum distare ab eo (lapide) in unguentorum fide multi existimant Lygdinos, etc.,

    in faithful preservation, keeping in good condition, Plin. 36, 8, 13, § 62.—
    c.
    In poets several times, faithful, true fulfilment of a promise:

    dicta fides sequitur,

    Ov. M. 3, 527 (cf.:

    res dicta secuta est,

    id. ib. 4, 550):

    vota fides sequitur,

    id. ib. 8, 713:

    promissa exhibuere fidem,

    were fulfilled, id. ib. 7, 323; cf.:

    en haec promissa fides est?

    is this the fulfilment of the oracle? Verg. A. 6, 346.—
    2.
    In partic., in jurid. lang., bona fides, good faith, sincerity; hence, EX FIDE BONA or BONA FIDE, in good faith, sincerely, honestly, conscientiously:

    arbitrum illum adegit, QVICQVID SIBI DARE FACERE OPORTERET EX FIDE BONA,

    Cic. Off. 3, 16, 66; cf.: quanti verba illa: VTI NE PROPTER TE FIDEMVE TVAM CAPTVS FRAVDATVSVE SIEM, etc.... Q. quidem Scaevola, pontifex maximus, summam vim esse dicebat in omnibus iis arbitriis, in quibus adderetur EX FIDE BONA;

    fideique bonae, nomen existimabat manare latissime, idque versari in tutelis societatibus, fiduciis mandatis, rebus emptis venditis, conductis locatis, etc.,

    id. ib. 3, 17, 70; id. Att. 6, 1, 15: praetor ait: QVI [p. 747] BONA FIDE EMIT, etc., Dig. 6, 2, 7, § 11 sq.; cf.:

    bonae fidei emptori subrepta re quam emerit,

    Just. Inst. 4, 1, 15:

    ubi lex inhibet usucapionem, bona fides possidenti nihil prodest,

    Dig. 41, 3, 24:

    tot judicia de fide mala, quae ex empto aut vendito aut conducto aut locato contra fidem fiunt, etc.,

    i. e. deception, dishonesty, Cic. N. D. 3, 30, 74:

    bonā fide = certissime,

    Plaut. Truc. 2, 7, 30; id. Aul. 4, 10, 42; id. Capt. 4, 2, 110; cf.:

    mala fide,

    Dig. 41, 2, 1, § 6.—
    B.
    An assurance that produces confidence, a promise, engagement, word, assurance, confirmation.
    1.
    In gen.:

    fide data, credamus,

    Plaut. Pers. 2, 2, 61: accipe daque fidem, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1 (Ann. v. 33 ed. Vahl.):

    atque etiam, si quid singuli temporibus adducti hosti promiserunt, est in eo ipso fides conservanda: ut primo Punico bello Regulus... ad supplicium redire maluit, quam fidem hosti datam fallere,

    Cic. Off. 1, 13, 39; cf. id. Fin. 2, 20, 65:

    fidem dare, violare, in fide non stare,

    id. Rab. Perd. 10, 28:

    Pompei fides, quam de me Caesari dederat,

    id. Fam. 1, 9, 12:

    inter se fidem et jusjurandum dare,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 3 fin.:

    obligare fidem alicui,

    to plight one's faith, Cic. Phil. 5, 18, 51; cf.:

    fidem reliquis interponere,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 6 fin.:

    fide mea spondeo, futurum ut, etc.,

    Plin. Ep. 1, 14, 10:

    diffidens, de numero dierum Caesarem fidem servaturum,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 36, 1:

    si fidem mecum servas,

    Plaut. Curc. 1, 2, 48:

    tecum servavi fidem,

    id. Capt. 5, 1, 10; id. Merc. 3, 1, 33:

    fides juris jurandi cum hoste servanda,

    Cic. Off. 3, 29, 107:

    fidem erga imperatorem conservare,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 84, 3:

    fidem erga populum Romanum servare,

    Liv. 24, 4, 5:

    servata erga Galbam,

    Tac. H. 1, 71:

    in regem suum servata,

    Curt. 6, 5, 2:

    ut fidem vobis praestaremus,

    Liv. 28, 39, 2; so,

    fidem alicui praestare,

    Curt. 6, 4, 9; Liv. 30, 15, 5; Sen. Ben. 5, 21, 1:

    non servata fides deditis est,

    Liv. 24, 1, 10; cf. Cic. de Sen. 20, 75; Sen. Ep. 71, 17:

    fidem suam liberare,

    to perform his promise, Cic. Fl. 20, 47; cf.:

    fidem alicujus liberare,

    id. Fam. 12, 7, 2: so,

    fidem exsolvere,

    Liv. 3, 19, 1; 22, 23, 8; 24, 16, 12; Plin. Ep. 2, 12, 6; Luc. 9, 98 al.:

    fidem frangere,

    Cic. Rosc. Com. 6, 16;

    for which violare, v. above,

    id. Rab. Perd. 10, 28:

    fidem amittere,

    Nep. Eum. 10:

    istius fide ac potius perfidiā decepti,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 38, 110: quantum mea fides studii mihi afferat, my plighted word (to defend the king), id. Deiot. 1, 1:

    contioni deinde edicto addidit fidem,

    confirmed, Liv. 2, 24, 6.—
    2.
    Pregn., a given promise of protection or security, a guaranty; hence, in gen., protection, guardian care:

    introduxi Vulturcium sine Gallis: fidem ei publicam jussu senatus dedi,

    promised him protection, security, in the name of the public, Cic. Cat. 3, 4, 8; cf.: Vulturcius interrogatus... primo fingere alia;

    post, ubi fide publica dicere jussus est, omnia uti gesta erant aperit,

    Sall. C. 47, 1:

    cum se diceret indicaturum de conjuratione, si fides publica data esset,

    id. ib. 48, 4:

    uti L. Cassius ad Jugurtham mitteretur, eumque interposita fide publica Romam duceret,

    id. J. 32, 1; cf.:

    privatim praeterea fidem suam interponit, quam ille non minoris quam publicam ducebat,

    id. ib. fin.:

    qui Romam fide publica venerat,

    id. ib. 35, 7; so,

    too, simply fides: Lusitani contra interpositam fidem interfecti,

    Cic. Brut. 23, 89:

    fide accepta ab legatis, vim abfuturam,

    Liv. 38, 33, 3:

    Thais patri se commendavit in clientelam et fidem,

    Ter. Eun. 5, 9, 9; cf.:

    se in Chrysogoni fidem et clientelam contulerunt,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 37, 106:

    quaere in cujus fide sint et clientela,

    id. ib. 33, 93:

    aliquid in fidem alicujus tradere,

    Liv. 38, 31, 2:

    frugi hominem, plenum religionis videtis positum in vestra fide ac potestate: atque ita, ut commissus sit fidei, permissus potestati,

    Cic. Font. 14, 30; cf.:

    se suaque omnia in fidem atque potestatem populi Romani permittere,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 3, 2:

    in alicujus fidem ac potestatem venire,

    id. ib. 2, 13, 2:

    in fide alicujus esse,

    Cic. Planc. 41, 97; cf. id. Fam. 13, 65, 2:

    ea (jura) fidei suae commissa,

    id. Off. 1, 34, 124:

    civitas in Catonis fide locata,

    id. Att. 6, 1, 5:

    recipere aliquid in fidem,

    id. ib. 15, 14, 3; cf.:

    aliquem in fidem necessitudinemque suam recipere,

    id. Fam. 13, 19, 2:

    recipere aliquem in fidem,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 15, 1; 4, 22, 3:

    hortatur, ut populi Romani fidem sequantur,

    id. ib. 4, 21, 8: jura fidemque supplicis erubuit (Achilles), the protection due to a suppliant, Verg. A. 2, 541:

    di, obsecro vostram fidem!

    your protection, assistance, help, Plaut. Cist. 4, 1, 11; id. Am. 5, 1, 78; id. Most. 1, 1, 74; 2, 2, 97; cf.:

    fidem vestram oro atque obsecro, judices,

    Cic. Mur. 40, 86:

    deum atque hominum fidem implorabis,

    id. Verr. 2, 1, 9, § 25;

    so in colloq. lang. frequently elliptic. as an exclamation: Di vostram fidem!

    by the protection of the gods! for heaven's sake! Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 58, id. Men. 5, 2, 119; id. Poen. 4, 78 al.; Ter. And. 4, 3, 1; 4, 4, 5; id. Eun. 3, 1, 28 al.; cf.:

    tuam fidem, Venus!

    Plaut. Curc. 1, 3, 40:

    pro deum atque hominum fidem!

    id. ib. 5, 3, 16; id. Ep. 4, 2, 10; Ter. And. 1. 5, 2; 1, 5, 11; id. Heaut. 1, 1, 9 al.; Sall. C. 20, 10 al.;

    for which: pro deorum atque hominum fidem!

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 16, 48;

    and in a different order: pro deorum fidem atque hominum,

    id. Lael. 15, 52;

    also simply pro deum fidem,

    Liv. 3, 67, 7 Drak. N. cr.; and:

    per fidem!

    Petr. 100, 5; Tac. Or. 35; App. M. 6, p. 175.—
    C.
    The faith, the Christian religion as a system of belief (eccl. Lat.):

    domicilium fidei,

    Lact. 4, 30 fin.; Vulg. Apoc. 14, 12 al.
    III.
    Fides, personified as a goddess:

    praeclare Ennius: O Fides alma, apta pinnis, et jus jurandum Jovis! Qui jus igitur jurandum violat, is Fidem violat,

    Cic. Off. 3, 29, 104 (Enn. Trag. v. 410 ed. Vahl.); cf. Varr. L. L. 5, § 74 Müll.; Cic. N. D. 3, 18, 47; 2, 23, 61; 31, 79; id. Leg. 2, 8, 19; 11, 28; Plaut. Cas. prol. 2; id. Aul. 3, 6, 46; 50; 4, 2, 14; Verg. A. 1, 292; Hor. C. 1, 35, 21; 4, 5, 20; id. C. S. 57.
    2.
    fĭdes, ium, plur., or fides, is, sing., f. [= sphidê], a stringed instrument, lyre, lute, cithern.
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.
    (α).
    In plur. (only so in classic prose): Fides genus citharae, Paul. ex Fest. p. 89, 16 Müll.:

    (hominis) omnis vultus omnesque voces, ut nervi in fidibus, ita sonant, ut a motu animi quoque sunt pulsae,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 57, 216;

    so different from nervi,

    id. Div. 2, 14, 33; id. Leg. 2, 15, 39; id. Brut. 54, 199; id. Fin. 4, 27, 75 (v. Madv. ad h. l., p. 601 sq.):

    ut in fidibus aut tibiis, atque in cantu ipso ac vocibus concentus est quidam tenendus ex distinctis sonis, etc.,

    id. Rep. 2, 42; id. Fin. 4, 27, 75; cf. id. de Or. 3, 51, 197: Fi. Fides non reddis? Pe. Neque fides neque tibias, Plaut. Ep. 3, 4, 77;

    with tibiae,

    Quint. 1, 10, 14; 20; 11, 3, 59:

    Orpheus, Threïciā fretus citharā fidibusque canoris,

    Verg. A. 6, 120:

    fidibus cantare alicui,

    Plaut. Ep. 3, 4, 64:

    fidibus canere praeclare,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 2, 4; id. Div. 2, 59, 122:

    uti,

    id. Tusc. 5, 39, 113:

    dicere longum melos,

    Hor. C. 3, 4, 4:

    placare deos,

    id. ib. 1, 36, 1:

    discere,

    Cic. de Sen. 8, 26:

    docere aliquem,

    id. Fam. 9, 22, 3:

    scire,

    Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 53:

    vivunt commissi calores Aeoliae fidibus puellae,

    Hor. C. 4, 9, 12:

    fidibusne Latinis Thebanos aptare modos studet,

    i. e. to imitate Pindaric odes in Latin poetry, id. Ep. 1, 3, 12.—
    (β).
    Sing. ( poet.):

    sume fidem et pharetram: fies manifestus Apollo,

    Ov. H. 15, 23; so,

    Teïa,

    Hor. C. 1, 17, 18:

    Cyllenea,

    id. Epod. 13, 9:

    quodsi blandius Orpheo moderere fidem,

    id. C. 1, 24, 14.—
    2.
    Prov.: vetus adagium est: Nihil cum fidibus graculo, i. e. ignoramuses have nothing to do with poetry, Gell. N. A. praef. § 19.—
    B.
    Esp., Fides, is, f., a constellation, i. q. Lyra, the Lyre:

    cedit clara Fides Cyllenia,

    Cic. Arat. 381; Varr. R. R. 2, 5, 12;

    in the form Fidis,

    Col. 11, 2, 14; 40; Sid. Carm. 16, 5.—
    * II.
    Transf., in sing., i. q. nervus, chorda, a string of a musical instrument:

    quae tuba quaeve lyra Flatibus incluta vel fidibus,

    Prud. Cath. 3, 81.

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  • 11 incogito

    in-cōgĭto, āre, v. a., to think of, contrive, design ( = intendere, moliri; perh. formed after the Gr. ennoein):

    fraudem socio,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 122.

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  • 12 incursio

    incursĭo, ōnis, f. [id.], a running against, onset, assault, attack (class.).
    I.
    In gen.:

    atomorum,

    Cic. N. D. 1, 41, 114:

    atque impetus armatorum,

    id. Caecin. 15, 44; Quint. 6, 4, 14 Spald. N. cr. —
    II.
    In partic., a hostile inroad, incursion:

    hostiliter in fines Romanos incursionem facit,

    Liv. 1, 11, 1:

    prohibere hostem ab incursionibus,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 10 fin.:

    subitas hostium incursiones sustinere,

    Hirt. B. G. 8, 11 fin.:

    moliri incursionem,

    Plin. 6, 28, 32, § 146.

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  • 13 insidiae

    insĭdĭae, ārum, f. plur. (in sing. insidia prima, Sall. Fragm. ap. Charis. p. 75 P.) [insideo], an ambush, ambuscade (class.).
    I.
    Lit
    A.
    Of persons:

    qui sustinuerant primos impetus insidiarum,

    Hirt. B. G. 8, 19:

    equites procedere longius jussi, donec insidiae coorirentur,

    Tac. H. 2, 24.—
    B.
    Of place:

    si forte in insidias devenero,

    Plaut. As. 1, 1, 92:

    signa aenea in insidiis ponere,

    Cic. Deiot. 7, 21:

    milites in insidiis collocare,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 20:

    intrare insidias,

    id. B. C. 3, 38.—Particular phrases.
    (α).
    To lay an ambush for any one:

    insidias dare alicui,

    Plaut. Mil. 2, 3, 32:

    facere vitae alicujus,

    Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 3, 4:

    ponere vitae alicujus,

    id. Sest. 18, 41:

    insidias penitus abstrusas ponere contra aliquem,

    id. Agr. 2, 18, 49:

    parare alicui,

    id. Rosc. Am. 9, 26:

    tendere,

    id. Rosc. Com. 16, 46:

    collocare,

    id. Mil. 10, 27:

    comparare,

    id. Clu. 16, 47:

    struere,

    id. ib. 66, 190:

    componere,

    Tac. H. 5, 22:

    compo nere in aliquem,

    Prop. 2, 32 (3, 30), 19: componere [p. 965] alicui, Tib. 1, 6, 4:

    disponere,

    Quint. 4, 2, 48:

    afferre ovilibus,

    Calp. Ecl. 1, 40:

    avibus moliri,

    Verg. G. 1, 271.—
    (β).
    In abl. alone, abl. with ex, or acc. with per, by artifice or stratagem, craftily, insidiously:

    Marcellus insidiis interfectus est,

    Cic. Att. 13, 10, 3:

    per insidias quempiam interficere,

    id. Dom. 23:

    per insidias circumvenire,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 42:

    non ex insidiis, sed aperte ac palam elaborare,

    Cic. Or. 12, 38:

    ex insidiis invadere aliquem,

    Sall. J. 113, 6.—
    II.
    Trop., artifice, crafty device, plot, snare:

    nimis insidiarum ad capiendas aures adhiberi videtur,

    Cic. Or. 51, 170:

    compositae orationis insidiis fidem alicujus attentare,

    id. ib. 61, 208:

    noctis,

    Verg. G. 1, 426:

    maris,

    Val. Fl. 1, 416:

    post obitum parentis periculo insidiarum subjectus pupillus,

    Gai. Inst. 2, 181.

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  • 14 licet

    lĭcet, cŭit and cĭtum est, 2 (old form, licessit for licuerit, Plaut. As. 3, 3, 13; imp. liceto, Lex ap. Inscr. Grut. 202, 508 al.), v. n. and impers. [root lic-; Gr. lip-; v. 1. liceo], it is lawful, it is allowed or permitted; one may or can, one is at liberty to do so and so; constr. with neutr. of the demonstr. or rel. pron., with inf. or a subject-clause, with or without a dat., or dat. and inf., with ut or (more freq.) with the simple subj., or entirely absol.
    (α).
    With neutr. of the demonstr. or rel. pron. as a subject, with or without a dat.:

    licere id dicimus, quod legibus, quod more majorum institutisque conceditur. Neque enim quod quisque potest, id ei licet,

    Cic. Phil. 13, 6, 14:

    cui facile persuasi, mihi id, quod rogaret, ne licere quidem, non modo non lubere,

    id. Att. 14, 19, 4:

    quid deceat vos, non quantum liceat vobis, spectare debetis,

    id. Rab. Post. 5, 11; cf.:

    si hominibus tantum licere judicas, quantum possunt: vide, ne, etc.,

    id. Phil. 13, 7, 15:

    si illud non licet, Saltem hoc licebit,

    Ter. Eun. 4, 2, 12: neque idem ubique aut licet aut decorum est, Quint. 5, 10, 40:

    quod in foro non expedit, illic nec liceat,

    id. 9, 2, 67:

    sin et poterit Naevius id quod lubet et ei lubebit, quod non licet, quid agendum est?

    Cic. Quint. 30, 94:

    nihil, quod per leges liceret,

    id. Mil. 16, 43:

    cui tantum de te licuit?

    Verg. A. 6, 502; Anthol. Lat. 1, 172, 150:

    cui tantum fata licere In generum voluere tuum,

    Luc. 9, 1025; cf.:

    tantumque licere horruit,

    Sil. 14, 670.—Rarely in plur.:

    cum in servum omnia liceant, est, etc.,

    Sen. Clem. 1, 18, 2.—
    (β).
    With inf. or a subject-clause, with or without a dat.: neque terram inicere, neque cruenta Convestire corpora mihi licuit, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 2 (Trag. v. 168 Vahl.):

    licet nemini contra patriam ducere exercitum,

    Cic. Phil. 13, 6, 14:

    ut tibi id facere liceat,

    id. Rep. 1, 6, 10:

    M. Catoni licuit Tusculi se in otio delectare,

    id. ib. 1, 1, 1:

    sceleris crimine liceat Cn. Pompeio mortuo, liceat multis aliis carere,

    id. Lig. 6, 18; Sulp. ap. Cic. Fam. 4, 5, 3; Cic. Att. 2, 1, 5:

    quaerere, qui licuerit aedificare navem senatori,

    id. Verr. 2, 5, 18, § 45:

    meamet facta mihi dicere licet,

    Sall. J. 85, 24.—Without a dat.:

    introire in aedes numquam licitum est,

    Plaut. Am. 2, 1, 70:

    impune optare istuc licet,

    Ter. Hec. 3, 5, 14:

    modo liceat vivere,

    id. Heaut. 5, 2, 28:

    licetne scire ex te?

    id. Hec. 5, 4, 33:

    hic subitam rerum commutationem videre licuit,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 27, 1; 3, 96, 4:

    si facere omnino non licebit,

    Cic. Phil. 13, 6, 14:

    licet ora ipsa cernere iratorum,

    id. Off. 1, 29, 102; cf. id. Div. 1, 41, 91:

    licet hoc videre,

    id. de Or. 3, 25, 99; id. Div. 1, 7, 13; id. Inv. 1, 15, 21; 2, 23, 71; 2, 9, 29:

    veretur ne non liceat tenere hereditatem,

    id. Att. 13, 48, 1:

    licetne extra ordinem in provocantem hostem pugnare?

    Liv. 23, 47, 1:

    poscere ut perculsis instare liceat,

    id. 2, 65, 2. —With inf. pass. (cf. Krebs, Antibarb. p. 660 sq.):

    intellegi jam licet, nullum fore imperium,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 38, 60:

    idque e pontificio jure intellegi licet,

    id. Tusc. 1, 12, 27; cf.:

    his cognosci licuit, quantum, etc.,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 28; Cic. Off. 1, 7, 20:

    evocari ex insula Cyprios non licet,

    id. Att. 5, 21, 6:

    in senatu dici nihil liceat,

    id. ib. 3, 12, 1:

    coöptari sacerdotem licebat,

    id. Fam. 3, 10, 9:

    in eum ordinem coöptari licet,

    id. Verr. 2, 2, 49, § 120:

    id primum in poëtis cerni licet,

    id. de Or. 3, 7, 27; id. Ac. 1, 4, 17.—The noun of the subject-clause is regularly in the acc.:

    licet me id scire quid sit?

    Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 14:

    non licet hominem esse, etc.,

    Ter. Heaut. 4, 1, 53:

    si licet me latere,

    id. ib. 4, 2, 5:

    hocine me miserum non licere meo modo ingenium frui!

    id. ib. 2, 4, 21; cf.:

    eodem ut jure uti senem Liceat, id. Hec. prol. alt. 3: non licet me isto tanto bono uti,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 59, § 154:

    cum non liceret Romae quemquam esse, etc.,

    id. ib. 2, 2, 41, §

    100: ex eis locis, in quibus te habere nihil licet,

    id. ib. 2, 5, 18, §

    45: quare licet etiam mortalem esse animum judicantem aeterna moliri,

    id. Tusc. 1, 38, 91:

    cur his per te frui libertate sua, cur denique esse liberos non licet?

    id. Fl. 29, 71 B. and K. (al. liberis; v. infra).—So with esse:

    liceat esse miseros,

    Cic. Lig. 6, 18; cf.:

    medios esse jam non licebit,

    id. Att. 10, 8, 4; id. Tusc. 5, 15, 44; 1, 38, 91 Klotz N. cr.; also with fieri:

    ut eum liceat ante tempus consulem fieri,

    Auct. Her. 3, 2, 2:

    ut jam liceat una comprehensione omnia complecti non dubitantemque dicere, etc.,

    Cic. Fin. 5, 9, 26:

    haec praescripta servantem licet magnifice vivere,

    id. Off. 1, 26, 92:

    licet tamen opera prodesse multis, beneficia petentem, etc.,

    id. ib. 2, 19, 67.—So with acc. with a subject-inf., esse or fieri, even when licet is accompanied by the dat.:

    si civi Romano licet esse Gaditanum,

    Cic. Balb. 12, 29:

    potest incidere quaestio, An huic esse procuratorem liceat?

    Quint. 7, 1, 19:

    procuratorem tibi esse non licuit,

    id. 4, 4, 6 Zumpt N. cr.:

    mihi non licet esse piam,

    Ov. H. 14, 64: is erat annus, quo per leges ei consulem fieri liceret Caes. B. C. 3, 1 Oud. N. cr. —But more freq., in this case, there is an attraction of the predicate-noun to the dative dependent on licet.—Hence,
    (γ).
    Licet alicui with inf., esp. with esse:

    per hanc tibi cenam incenato esse hodie licet,

    Plaut. Stich. 4, 2, 31:

    per hanc curam quieto tibi licet esse,

    id. Ep. 3, 2, 2:

    licuit esse otioso Themistocli,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 15, 33; cf.:

    ut tibi abesse liceat, et esse otioso,

    id. Att. 9, 2, A, 1: quare [p. 1063] judici mihi non esse liceat, id. Rab. Post. 7, 17:

    ut iis ingratis esse non liceat,

    id. Off. 2, 18, 63:

    quo in genere mihi neglegenti esse non licet,

    id. Att. 1, 17, 6:

    cur iis per te frui libertate sua, cur denique esse liberis non licet?

    id. Fl. 29, 71 (B. and K. liberos; v. supra):

    quibus otiosis ne in communi quidem otio liceat esse,

    id. Cael. 1, 1:

    quibus licet jam esse fortunatissimis,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 35, 8:

    illis timidis et ignavis licet esse,

    Liv. 21, 44, 3.—With other verbs than esse:

    ut sibi per te liceat innocenti vitam in egestate degere,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 49, 144:

    cum postulasset... ut sibi triumphanti urbem invehi liceret,

    Liv. 38, 44 fin. —

    Very rarely, in this construction, the dative with licet is wanting, and is to be supplied from the connection: atqui licet esse beatis (sc. iis),

    Hor. S. 1, 1, 19:

    licet eminus esse Fortibus,

    Ov. M. 8, 405:

    Hannibal precatur deos ut incolumi cedere atque abire liceat,

    Liv. 26, 41, 16:

    sibi vitam filiae suā cariorem fuisse, si liberae ac pudicae vivere licitum fuisset,

    id. 3, 50, 6. Cf. on this and the preced. construction, Krüger, Untersuchungen, vol. iii. p. 359 sq.; Ruddim. 2, p. 15; Zumpt, Gram. § 601; Madv. Gram. § 393, c. and obs. 1.—
    (δ).
    With ut, and more freq. with the simple subj.:

    neque jam mihi licet neque est integrum, ut, etc.,

    Cic. Mur. 4, 8:

    facto nunc laedat licet,

    Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 53:

    mea quidem causa salvos sis licet,

    id. Rud. 1, 2, 51:

    ludas licet,

    Ter. Phorm. 2, 2, 33:

    fremant omnes licet,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 44, 195:

    sed omnia licet concurrant,

    id. Att. 14, 4, 2:

    ex qua licet pauca degustes,

    id. ib. 1, 16, 8:

    vel ipsi hoc dicas licet,

    id. ib. 5, 1, 4:

    quamvis licet insectemur istos, metuo ne soli philosophi sint,

    id. Tusc. 4, 24, 53; cf. id. Leg. 3, 10, 24; id. N. D. 3, 36, 88:

    sequatur Hermagoram licebit,

    id. Inv. 1, 51, 97; id. Rosc. Am. 17, 49:

    sis pecore et multa dives tellure licebit,

    Hor. Epod. 15, 19:

    detrahat auctori multum fortuna licebit,

    Ov. Tr. 5, 14, 3; Verg. A. 6, 400. Cf. also under II. a.—
    (ε).
    As a v. impers. absol., with or without dat.:

    immo, aliis si licet, tibi non licet,

    Ter. Heaut. 4, 15, 49:

    cum licitum est ei,

    id. And. 2, 6, 12:

    nec crederem mihi impunius Licere,

    id. Heaut. 3, 2, 50:

    quod profecto faciam, si mihi per ejusdem amicitiam licebit,

    Cic. Fam. 1, 8, 3: Ph. Sed quaeso, hominem ut jubeas arcessi. He. Licet, that may be or may be done, I have no objection, Plaut. Capt. 5, 1, 29:

    si per vos licet,

    id. As. prol. 12:

    id quod postea, si per vos, judices, licitum erit, aperietur,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 44, 127:

    dum per aetatem licet,

    Ter. Ad. 1, 2, 28:

    fruare, dum licet,

    id. Heaut. 2, 3, 104; cf.:

    dum licet, loquimini mecum,

    id. Phorm. 3, 3, 16:

    sic ut quimus, aiunt, quando, ut volumus, non licet,

    id. And. 4, 5, 10:

    ut id, quoad posset, quod fas esset, quoad liceret, populi ad partes daret,

    Cic. Agr. 2, 7, 19.
    II.
    Transf. When licet introduces a subordinate proposition, which makes a concession, without abandoning the main proposition, it is used as a conjunction corresponding to quamvis, quamquam, etsi. In late Latin it is, like these, connected with the indicative, and in the class. per. it is not unfreq. opposed to tamen and certe in the main proposition; even if, although, notwithstanding.
    A.
    With subj. (class.):

    quoniam quidem semel suscepi, licet hercules undique omnes mihi minae et terrores periculaque impendeant omnia, succurram atque subibo,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 11, 31:

    improbitas, licet adversario molesta sit, judici invisa est,

    Quint. 6, 4, 15: in comoedia maxime claudamus: licet Varro Musas Plautino dicat sermone locuturas fuisse, si Latine loqui vellent;

    licet, etc.,

    id. 10, 1, 99:

    vita brevis est, licet supra mille annos exeat,

    Sen. Brev. Vit. 6:

    licet ingens janitor... exsanguis terreat umbras,

    Verg. A. 6, 400. —With part. for subj.:

    isque, licet caeli regione remotos, mente deos adiit,

    Ov. M. 15, 62.—With a corresp. tamen:

    licet laudem Fortunam, tamen, ut ne Salutem culpem,

    Plaut. As. 3, 3, 28:

    licet saepius tibi hujus generis litteras mittam... sed tamen, etc.,

    Cic. Fam. 13, 27, 1:

    licet tibi significarim, ut ad me venires, tamen, etc.,

    id. Att. 3, 12, 3; Quint. 2, 2, 8; 8, 3, 69:

    licet ergo non sint confirmati testamento, a me tamen, ut confirmati, observabuntur,

    Plin. Ep. 2, 16, 3; Quint. 7 praef. § 2: constet illi licet fides et benevolentia, tranquillitas tamen, etc., Sen. Tranq. Anim. 7, 6.—With ellips. of subj.:

    immatura licet, tamen huc non noxia veni (sc. venias),

    Prop. 5, 11, 17.—With a corresp. certe:

    licet enim haec quivis arbitratu suo reprehendat... certe levior reprehensio est,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 32, 102.—
    B.
    With indic. (post-class.):

    licet inter gesta et facta videtur quaedam esse subtilis differentia, attamen, etc.,

    Dig. 50, 16, 58; 2, 15, 8, § 25:

    licet directae libertates deficiunt, attamen, etc.,

    ib. 29, 7, 2: obduxi licet arma, sum Priapus, Poëta ap. Anth. Lat. 5, 218; Macr. S. 1, 11; App. M. 2, p. 117, 25.—
    C.
    As an adv. with adj. or part., although (post-class.):

    licet contumacissimum, tamen efficacissimum, etc.,

    Sen. Cons. ad Marc. 8, 1:

    miles, licet membris vigentibus firmus, se solum circumspicit,

    Amm. 14, 10, 12; 17, 12, 11; Claud. Mam. Paneg. Max. 1.—Hence,
    1.
    lĭcens, entis, P. a., free, unrestrained, uncurbed, bold, forward, presumptuous, licentious.
    A.
    Of persons (only poet. and in post-class. prose):

    quam audaces et quam licentes sumus qui, etc.,

    Gell. 15, 9, 4:

    unde licens Fabius sacra Lupercus habet,

    Prop. 4, 1, 26:

    turba licens, Naides improbae,

    Sen. Hippol. 777.—
    B.
    Of inanim. and abstr. things (once in Cic.; elsewh. only poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

    licentior dithyrambus,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 48, 185:

    hic tibi multa licet sermone licentia tecto Dicere,

    Ov. A. A. 1, 569:

    joci,

    Stat. S. 1, 6, 93:

    licentior epistula, Plin. N. H. prooem. § 1: imperium,

    Val. Max. 6, 4, 2:

    vita,

    id. 9, 1, 3. —Hence, adv.: lĭcenter, freely, according to one's own pleasure or fancy; and, in a bad sense, without restraint, boldly, impudently, licentiously (class.):

    at quam licenter!

    Cic. N. D. 1, 39, 109:

    ut ingredi libere, non ut licenter videatur errare,

    id. Or. 23, 77:

    Graeci licenter multa,

    Quint. 1, 8, 6:

    aliquid facere,

    Liv. 26, 10.— Comp.:

    (servos) licentius, liberius, familiarius cum domina vivere,

    Cic. Cael. 23, 57:

    Romanos, remoto metu, laxius licentiusque futuros,

    more remiss in their discipline, Sall. J. 87 fin.:

    gerere res communes,

    id. ib. 108:

    ausi aliquid,

    Quint. 2, 4, 14:

    si quid licentius dixerint,

    id. 1, 2, 7:

    translata,

    id. 8, 3, 37; 12, 10, 50:

    Liberum et Cererem pro vino et pane licentius, quam ut fori severitas ferat,

    id. 8, 6, 24; Tac. A. 6, 13.—
    2.
    lĭcĭtus, a, um, P. a., permitted, allowed, allowable, lawful ( poet. and post-Aug. for permissus, honestus):

    sermo,

    Verg. A. 8, 468:

    torus,

    Petr. 34, 8:

    acies,

    Stat. Th. 11, 123:

    negotiatio,

    Dig. 37, 14, 2:

    contractus,

    ib. 50, 14, 3.—In plur. as subst.: lĭcĭta, ōrum, n., things that are lawful:

    ipse per licita atque illicita foedatus,

    Tac. A. 15, 37.—Hence, adv., in two forms: lĭcĭtē and lĭcĭtō, rightfully, lawfully (post-class. for juste, honeste, legitime).—Form licite, Dig. 30, 114, § 5.—

    Form licito,

    Sol. 11, 8; Cod. Th. 11, 8, 3.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > licet

  • 15 licita

    lĭcet, cŭit and cĭtum est, 2 (old form, licessit for licuerit, Plaut. As. 3, 3, 13; imp. liceto, Lex ap. Inscr. Grut. 202, 508 al.), v. n. and impers. [root lic-; Gr. lip-; v. 1. liceo], it is lawful, it is allowed or permitted; one may or can, one is at liberty to do so and so; constr. with neutr. of the demonstr. or rel. pron., with inf. or a subject-clause, with or without a dat., or dat. and inf., with ut or (more freq.) with the simple subj., or entirely absol.
    (α).
    With neutr. of the demonstr. or rel. pron. as a subject, with or without a dat.:

    licere id dicimus, quod legibus, quod more majorum institutisque conceditur. Neque enim quod quisque potest, id ei licet,

    Cic. Phil. 13, 6, 14:

    cui facile persuasi, mihi id, quod rogaret, ne licere quidem, non modo non lubere,

    id. Att. 14, 19, 4:

    quid deceat vos, non quantum liceat vobis, spectare debetis,

    id. Rab. Post. 5, 11; cf.:

    si hominibus tantum licere judicas, quantum possunt: vide, ne, etc.,

    id. Phil. 13, 7, 15:

    si illud non licet, Saltem hoc licebit,

    Ter. Eun. 4, 2, 12: neque idem ubique aut licet aut decorum est, Quint. 5, 10, 40:

    quod in foro non expedit, illic nec liceat,

    id. 9, 2, 67:

    sin et poterit Naevius id quod lubet et ei lubebit, quod non licet, quid agendum est?

    Cic. Quint. 30, 94:

    nihil, quod per leges liceret,

    id. Mil. 16, 43:

    cui tantum de te licuit?

    Verg. A. 6, 502; Anthol. Lat. 1, 172, 150:

    cui tantum fata licere In generum voluere tuum,

    Luc. 9, 1025; cf.:

    tantumque licere horruit,

    Sil. 14, 670.—Rarely in plur.:

    cum in servum omnia liceant, est, etc.,

    Sen. Clem. 1, 18, 2.—
    (β).
    With inf. or a subject-clause, with or without a dat.: neque terram inicere, neque cruenta Convestire corpora mihi licuit, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 2 (Trag. v. 168 Vahl.):

    licet nemini contra patriam ducere exercitum,

    Cic. Phil. 13, 6, 14:

    ut tibi id facere liceat,

    id. Rep. 1, 6, 10:

    M. Catoni licuit Tusculi se in otio delectare,

    id. ib. 1, 1, 1:

    sceleris crimine liceat Cn. Pompeio mortuo, liceat multis aliis carere,

    id. Lig. 6, 18; Sulp. ap. Cic. Fam. 4, 5, 3; Cic. Att. 2, 1, 5:

    quaerere, qui licuerit aedificare navem senatori,

    id. Verr. 2, 5, 18, § 45:

    meamet facta mihi dicere licet,

    Sall. J. 85, 24.—Without a dat.:

    introire in aedes numquam licitum est,

    Plaut. Am. 2, 1, 70:

    impune optare istuc licet,

    Ter. Hec. 3, 5, 14:

    modo liceat vivere,

    id. Heaut. 5, 2, 28:

    licetne scire ex te?

    id. Hec. 5, 4, 33:

    hic subitam rerum commutationem videre licuit,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 27, 1; 3, 96, 4:

    si facere omnino non licebit,

    Cic. Phil. 13, 6, 14:

    licet ora ipsa cernere iratorum,

    id. Off. 1, 29, 102; cf. id. Div. 1, 41, 91:

    licet hoc videre,

    id. de Or. 3, 25, 99; id. Div. 1, 7, 13; id. Inv. 1, 15, 21; 2, 23, 71; 2, 9, 29:

    veretur ne non liceat tenere hereditatem,

    id. Att. 13, 48, 1:

    licetne extra ordinem in provocantem hostem pugnare?

    Liv. 23, 47, 1:

    poscere ut perculsis instare liceat,

    id. 2, 65, 2. —With inf. pass. (cf. Krebs, Antibarb. p. 660 sq.):

    intellegi jam licet, nullum fore imperium,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 38, 60:

    idque e pontificio jure intellegi licet,

    id. Tusc. 1, 12, 27; cf.:

    his cognosci licuit, quantum, etc.,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 28; Cic. Off. 1, 7, 20:

    evocari ex insula Cyprios non licet,

    id. Att. 5, 21, 6:

    in senatu dici nihil liceat,

    id. ib. 3, 12, 1:

    coöptari sacerdotem licebat,

    id. Fam. 3, 10, 9:

    in eum ordinem coöptari licet,

    id. Verr. 2, 2, 49, § 120:

    id primum in poëtis cerni licet,

    id. de Or. 3, 7, 27; id. Ac. 1, 4, 17.—The noun of the subject-clause is regularly in the acc.:

    licet me id scire quid sit?

    Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 14:

    non licet hominem esse, etc.,

    Ter. Heaut. 4, 1, 53:

    si licet me latere,

    id. ib. 4, 2, 5:

    hocine me miserum non licere meo modo ingenium frui!

    id. ib. 2, 4, 21; cf.:

    eodem ut jure uti senem Liceat, id. Hec. prol. alt. 3: non licet me isto tanto bono uti,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 59, § 154:

    cum non liceret Romae quemquam esse, etc.,

    id. ib. 2, 2, 41, §

    100: ex eis locis, in quibus te habere nihil licet,

    id. ib. 2, 5, 18, §

    45: quare licet etiam mortalem esse animum judicantem aeterna moliri,

    id. Tusc. 1, 38, 91:

    cur his per te frui libertate sua, cur denique esse liberos non licet?

    id. Fl. 29, 71 B. and K. (al. liberis; v. infra).—So with esse:

    liceat esse miseros,

    Cic. Lig. 6, 18; cf.:

    medios esse jam non licebit,

    id. Att. 10, 8, 4; id. Tusc. 5, 15, 44; 1, 38, 91 Klotz N. cr.; also with fieri:

    ut eum liceat ante tempus consulem fieri,

    Auct. Her. 3, 2, 2:

    ut jam liceat una comprehensione omnia complecti non dubitantemque dicere, etc.,

    Cic. Fin. 5, 9, 26:

    haec praescripta servantem licet magnifice vivere,

    id. Off. 1, 26, 92:

    licet tamen opera prodesse multis, beneficia petentem, etc.,

    id. ib. 2, 19, 67.—So with acc. with a subject-inf., esse or fieri, even when licet is accompanied by the dat.:

    si civi Romano licet esse Gaditanum,

    Cic. Balb. 12, 29:

    potest incidere quaestio, An huic esse procuratorem liceat?

    Quint. 7, 1, 19:

    procuratorem tibi esse non licuit,

    id. 4, 4, 6 Zumpt N. cr.:

    mihi non licet esse piam,

    Ov. H. 14, 64: is erat annus, quo per leges ei consulem fieri liceret Caes. B. C. 3, 1 Oud. N. cr. —But more freq., in this case, there is an attraction of the predicate-noun to the dative dependent on licet.—Hence,
    (γ).
    Licet alicui with inf., esp. with esse:

    per hanc tibi cenam incenato esse hodie licet,

    Plaut. Stich. 4, 2, 31:

    per hanc curam quieto tibi licet esse,

    id. Ep. 3, 2, 2:

    licuit esse otioso Themistocli,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 15, 33; cf.:

    ut tibi abesse liceat, et esse otioso,

    id. Att. 9, 2, A, 1: quare [p. 1063] judici mihi non esse liceat, id. Rab. Post. 7, 17:

    ut iis ingratis esse non liceat,

    id. Off. 2, 18, 63:

    quo in genere mihi neglegenti esse non licet,

    id. Att. 1, 17, 6:

    cur iis per te frui libertate sua, cur denique esse liberis non licet?

    id. Fl. 29, 71 (B. and K. liberos; v. supra):

    quibus otiosis ne in communi quidem otio liceat esse,

    id. Cael. 1, 1:

    quibus licet jam esse fortunatissimis,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 35, 8:

    illis timidis et ignavis licet esse,

    Liv. 21, 44, 3.—With other verbs than esse:

    ut sibi per te liceat innocenti vitam in egestate degere,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 49, 144:

    cum postulasset... ut sibi triumphanti urbem invehi liceret,

    Liv. 38, 44 fin. —

    Very rarely, in this construction, the dative with licet is wanting, and is to be supplied from the connection: atqui licet esse beatis (sc. iis),

    Hor. S. 1, 1, 19:

    licet eminus esse Fortibus,

    Ov. M. 8, 405:

    Hannibal precatur deos ut incolumi cedere atque abire liceat,

    Liv. 26, 41, 16:

    sibi vitam filiae suā cariorem fuisse, si liberae ac pudicae vivere licitum fuisset,

    id. 3, 50, 6. Cf. on this and the preced. construction, Krüger, Untersuchungen, vol. iii. p. 359 sq.; Ruddim. 2, p. 15; Zumpt, Gram. § 601; Madv. Gram. § 393, c. and obs. 1.—
    (δ).
    With ut, and more freq. with the simple subj.:

    neque jam mihi licet neque est integrum, ut, etc.,

    Cic. Mur. 4, 8:

    facto nunc laedat licet,

    Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 53:

    mea quidem causa salvos sis licet,

    id. Rud. 1, 2, 51:

    ludas licet,

    Ter. Phorm. 2, 2, 33:

    fremant omnes licet,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 44, 195:

    sed omnia licet concurrant,

    id. Att. 14, 4, 2:

    ex qua licet pauca degustes,

    id. ib. 1, 16, 8:

    vel ipsi hoc dicas licet,

    id. ib. 5, 1, 4:

    quamvis licet insectemur istos, metuo ne soli philosophi sint,

    id. Tusc. 4, 24, 53; cf. id. Leg. 3, 10, 24; id. N. D. 3, 36, 88:

    sequatur Hermagoram licebit,

    id. Inv. 1, 51, 97; id. Rosc. Am. 17, 49:

    sis pecore et multa dives tellure licebit,

    Hor. Epod. 15, 19:

    detrahat auctori multum fortuna licebit,

    Ov. Tr. 5, 14, 3; Verg. A. 6, 400. Cf. also under II. a.—
    (ε).
    As a v. impers. absol., with or without dat.:

    immo, aliis si licet, tibi non licet,

    Ter. Heaut. 4, 15, 49:

    cum licitum est ei,

    id. And. 2, 6, 12:

    nec crederem mihi impunius Licere,

    id. Heaut. 3, 2, 50:

    quod profecto faciam, si mihi per ejusdem amicitiam licebit,

    Cic. Fam. 1, 8, 3: Ph. Sed quaeso, hominem ut jubeas arcessi. He. Licet, that may be or may be done, I have no objection, Plaut. Capt. 5, 1, 29:

    si per vos licet,

    id. As. prol. 12:

    id quod postea, si per vos, judices, licitum erit, aperietur,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 44, 127:

    dum per aetatem licet,

    Ter. Ad. 1, 2, 28:

    fruare, dum licet,

    id. Heaut. 2, 3, 104; cf.:

    dum licet, loquimini mecum,

    id. Phorm. 3, 3, 16:

    sic ut quimus, aiunt, quando, ut volumus, non licet,

    id. And. 4, 5, 10:

    ut id, quoad posset, quod fas esset, quoad liceret, populi ad partes daret,

    Cic. Agr. 2, 7, 19.
    II.
    Transf. When licet introduces a subordinate proposition, which makes a concession, without abandoning the main proposition, it is used as a conjunction corresponding to quamvis, quamquam, etsi. In late Latin it is, like these, connected with the indicative, and in the class. per. it is not unfreq. opposed to tamen and certe in the main proposition; even if, although, notwithstanding.
    A.
    With subj. (class.):

    quoniam quidem semel suscepi, licet hercules undique omnes mihi minae et terrores periculaque impendeant omnia, succurram atque subibo,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 11, 31:

    improbitas, licet adversario molesta sit, judici invisa est,

    Quint. 6, 4, 15: in comoedia maxime claudamus: licet Varro Musas Plautino dicat sermone locuturas fuisse, si Latine loqui vellent;

    licet, etc.,

    id. 10, 1, 99:

    vita brevis est, licet supra mille annos exeat,

    Sen. Brev. Vit. 6:

    licet ingens janitor... exsanguis terreat umbras,

    Verg. A. 6, 400. —With part. for subj.:

    isque, licet caeli regione remotos, mente deos adiit,

    Ov. M. 15, 62.—With a corresp. tamen:

    licet laudem Fortunam, tamen, ut ne Salutem culpem,

    Plaut. As. 3, 3, 28:

    licet saepius tibi hujus generis litteras mittam... sed tamen, etc.,

    Cic. Fam. 13, 27, 1:

    licet tibi significarim, ut ad me venires, tamen, etc.,

    id. Att. 3, 12, 3; Quint. 2, 2, 8; 8, 3, 69:

    licet ergo non sint confirmati testamento, a me tamen, ut confirmati, observabuntur,

    Plin. Ep. 2, 16, 3; Quint. 7 praef. § 2: constet illi licet fides et benevolentia, tranquillitas tamen, etc., Sen. Tranq. Anim. 7, 6.—With ellips. of subj.:

    immatura licet, tamen huc non noxia veni (sc. venias),

    Prop. 5, 11, 17.—With a corresp. certe:

    licet enim haec quivis arbitratu suo reprehendat... certe levior reprehensio est,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 32, 102.—
    B.
    With indic. (post-class.):

    licet inter gesta et facta videtur quaedam esse subtilis differentia, attamen, etc.,

    Dig. 50, 16, 58; 2, 15, 8, § 25:

    licet directae libertates deficiunt, attamen, etc.,

    ib. 29, 7, 2: obduxi licet arma, sum Priapus, Poëta ap. Anth. Lat. 5, 218; Macr. S. 1, 11; App. M. 2, p. 117, 25.—
    C.
    As an adv. with adj. or part., although (post-class.):

    licet contumacissimum, tamen efficacissimum, etc.,

    Sen. Cons. ad Marc. 8, 1:

    miles, licet membris vigentibus firmus, se solum circumspicit,

    Amm. 14, 10, 12; 17, 12, 11; Claud. Mam. Paneg. Max. 1.—Hence,
    1.
    lĭcens, entis, P. a., free, unrestrained, uncurbed, bold, forward, presumptuous, licentious.
    A.
    Of persons (only poet. and in post-class. prose):

    quam audaces et quam licentes sumus qui, etc.,

    Gell. 15, 9, 4:

    unde licens Fabius sacra Lupercus habet,

    Prop. 4, 1, 26:

    turba licens, Naides improbae,

    Sen. Hippol. 777.—
    B.
    Of inanim. and abstr. things (once in Cic.; elsewh. only poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

    licentior dithyrambus,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 48, 185:

    hic tibi multa licet sermone licentia tecto Dicere,

    Ov. A. A. 1, 569:

    joci,

    Stat. S. 1, 6, 93:

    licentior epistula, Plin. N. H. prooem. § 1: imperium,

    Val. Max. 6, 4, 2:

    vita,

    id. 9, 1, 3. —Hence, adv.: lĭcenter, freely, according to one's own pleasure or fancy; and, in a bad sense, without restraint, boldly, impudently, licentiously (class.):

    at quam licenter!

    Cic. N. D. 1, 39, 109:

    ut ingredi libere, non ut licenter videatur errare,

    id. Or. 23, 77:

    Graeci licenter multa,

    Quint. 1, 8, 6:

    aliquid facere,

    Liv. 26, 10.— Comp.:

    (servos) licentius, liberius, familiarius cum domina vivere,

    Cic. Cael. 23, 57:

    Romanos, remoto metu, laxius licentiusque futuros,

    more remiss in their discipline, Sall. J. 87 fin.:

    gerere res communes,

    id. ib. 108:

    ausi aliquid,

    Quint. 2, 4, 14:

    si quid licentius dixerint,

    id. 1, 2, 7:

    translata,

    id. 8, 3, 37; 12, 10, 50:

    Liberum et Cererem pro vino et pane licentius, quam ut fori severitas ferat,

    id. 8, 6, 24; Tac. A. 6, 13.—
    2.
    lĭcĭtus, a, um, P. a., permitted, allowed, allowable, lawful ( poet. and post-Aug. for permissus, honestus):

    sermo,

    Verg. A. 8, 468:

    torus,

    Petr. 34, 8:

    acies,

    Stat. Th. 11, 123:

    negotiatio,

    Dig. 37, 14, 2:

    contractus,

    ib. 50, 14, 3.—In plur. as subst.: lĭcĭta, ōrum, n., things that are lawful:

    ipse per licita atque illicita foedatus,

    Tac. A. 15, 37.—Hence, adv., in two forms: lĭcĭtē and lĭcĭtō, rightfully, lawfully (post-class. for juste, honeste, legitime).—Form licite, Dig. 30, 114, § 5.—

    Form licito,

    Sol. 11, 8; Cod. Th. 11, 8, 3.

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  • 16 licito

    lĭcet, cŭit and cĭtum est, 2 (old form, licessit for licuerit, Plaut. As. 3, 3, 13; imp. liceto, Lex ap. Inscr. Grut. 202, 508 al.), v. n. and impers. [root lic-; Gr. lip-; v. 1. liceo], it is lawful, it is allowed or permitted; one may or can, one is at liberty to do so and so; constr. with neutr. of the demonstr. or rel. pron., with inf. or a subject-clause, with or without a dat., or dat. and inf., with ut or (more freq.) with the simple subj., or entirely absol.
    (α).
    With neutr. of the demonstr. or rel. pron. as a subject, with or without a dat.:

    licere id dicimus, quod legibus, quod more majorum institutisque conceditur. Neque enim quod quisque potest, id ei licet,

    Cic. Phil. 13, 6, 14:

    cui facile persuasi, mihi id, quod rogaret, ne licere quidem, non modo non lubere,

    id. Att. 14, 19, 4:

    quid deceat vos, non quantum liceat vobis, spectare debetis,

    id. Rab. Post. 5, 11; cf.:

    si hominibus tantum licere judicas, quantum possunt: vide, ne, etc.,

    id. Phil. 13, 7, 15:

    si illud non licet, Saltem hoc licebit,

    Ter. Eun. 4, 2, 12: neque idem ubique aut licet aut decorum est, Quint. 5, 10, 40:

    quod in foro non expedit, illic nec liceat,

    id. 9, 2, 67:

    sin et poterit Naevius id quod lubet et ei lubebit, quod non licet, quid agendum est?

    Cic. Quint. 30, 94:

    nihil, quod per leges liceret,

    id. Mil. 16, 43:

    cui tantum de te licuit?

    Verg. A. 6, 502; Anthol. Lat. 1, 172, 150:

    cui tantum fata licere In generum voluere tuum,

    Luc. 9, 1025; cf.:

    tantumque licere horruit,

    Sil. 14, 670.—Rarely in plur.:

    cum in servum omnia liceant, est, etc.,

    Sen. Clem. 1, 18, 2.—
    (β).
    With inf. or a subject-clause, with or without a dat.: neque terram inicere, neque cruenta Convestire corpora mihi licuit, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 2 (Trag. v. 168 Vahl.):

    licet nemini contra patriam ducere exercitum,

    Cic. Phil. 13, 6, 14:

    ut tibi id facere liceat,

    id. Rep. 1, 6, 10:

    M. Catoni licuit Tusculi se in otio delectare,

    id. ib. 1, 1, 1:

    sceleris crimine liceat Cn. Pompeio mortuo, liceat multis aliis carere,

    id. Lig. 6, 18; Sulp. ap. Cic. Fam. 4, 5, 3; Cic. Att. 2, 1, 5:

    quaerere, qui licuerit aedificare navem senatori,

    id. Verr. 2, 5, 18, § 45:

    meamet facta mihi dicere licet,

    Sall. J. 85, 24.—Without a dat.:

    introire in aedes numquam licitum est,

    Plaut. Am. 2, 1, 70:

    impune optare istuc licet,

    Ter. Hec. 3, 5, 14:

    modo liceat vivere,

    id. Heaut. 5, 2, 28:

    licetne scire ex te?

    id. Hec. 5, 4, 33:

    hic subitam rerum commutationem videre licuit,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 27, 1; 3, 96, 4:

    si facere omnino non licebit,

    Cic. Phil. 13, 6, 14:

    licet ora ipsa cernere iratorum,

    id. Off. 1, 29, 102; cf. id. Div. 1, 41, 91:

    licet hoc videre,

    id. de Or. 3, 25, 99; id. Div. 1, 7, 13; id. Inv. 1, 15, 21; 2, 23, 71; 2, 9, 29:

    veretur ne non liceat tenere hereditatem,

    id. Att. 13, 48, 1:

    licetne extra ordinem in provocantem hostem pugnare?

    Liv. 23, 47, 1:

    poscere ut perculsis instare liceat,

    id. 2, 65, 2. —With inf. pass. (cf. Krebs, Antibarb. p. 660 sq.):

    intellegi jam licet, nullum fore imperium,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 38, 60:

    idque e pontificio jure intellegi licet,

    id. Tusc. 1, 12, 27; cf.:

    his cognosci licuit, quantum, etc.,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 28; Cic. Off. 1, 7, 20:

    evocari ex insula Cyprios non licet,

    id. Att. 5, 21, 6:

    in senatu dici nihil liceat,

    id. ib. 3, 12, 1:

    coöptari sacerdotem licebat,

    id. Fam. 3, 10, 9:

    in eum ordinem coöptari licet,

    id. Verr. 2, 2, 49, § 120:

    id primum in poëtis cerni licet,

    id. de Or. 3, 7, 27; id. Ac. 1, 4, 17.—The noun of the subject-clause is regularly in the acc.:

    licet me id scire quid sit?

    Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 14:

    non licet hominem esse, etc.,

    Ter. Heaut. 4, 1, 53:

    si licet me latere,

    id. ib. 4, 2, 5:

    hocine me miserum non licere meo modo ingenium frui!

    id. ib. 2, 4, 21; cf.:

    eodem ut jure uti senem Liceat, id. Hec. prol. alt. 3: non licet me isto tanto bono uti,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 59, § 154:

    cum non liceret Romae quemquam esse, etc.,

    id. ib. 2, 2, 41, §

    100: ex eis locis, in quibus te habere nihil licet,

    id. ib. 2, 5, 18, §

    45: quare licet etiam mortalem esse animum judicantem aeterna moliri,

    id. Tusc. 1, 38, 91:

    cur his per te frui libertate sua, cur denique esse liberos non licet?

    id. Fl. 29, 71 B. and K. (al. liberis; v. infra).—So with esse:

    liceat esse miseros,

    Cic. Lig. 6, 18; cf.:

    medios esse jam non licebit,

    id. Att. 10, 8, 4; id. Tusc. 5, 15, 44; 1, 38, 91 Klotz N. cr.; also with fieri:

    ut eum liceat ante tempus consulem fieri,

    Auct. Her. 3, 2, 2:

    ut jam liceat una comprehensione omnia complecti non dubitantemque dicere, etc.,

    Cic. Fin. 5, 9, 26:

    haec praescripta servantem licet magnifice vivere,

    id. Off. 1, 26, 92:

    licet tamen opera prodesse multis, beneficia petentem, etc.,

    id. ib. 2, 19, 67.—So with acc. with a subject-inf., esse or fieri, even when licet is accompanied by the dat.:

    si civi Romano licet esse Gaditanum,

    Cic. Balb. 12, 29:

    potest incidere quaestio, An huic esse procuratorem liceat?

    Quint. 7, 1, 19:

    procuratorem tibi esse non licuit,

    id. 4, 4, 6 Zumpt N. cr.:

    mihi non licet esse piam,

    Ov. H. 14, 64: is erat annus, quo per leges ei consulem fieri liceret Caes. B. C. 3, 1 Oud. N. cr. —But more freq., in this case, there is an attraction of the predicate-noun to the dative dependent on licet.—Hence,
    (γ).
    Licet alicui with inf., esp. with esse:

    per hanc tibi cenam incenato esse hodie licet,

    Plaut. Stich. 4, 2, 31:

    per hanc curam quieto tibi licet esse,

    id. Ep. 3, 2, 2:

    licuit esse otioso Themistocli,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 15, 33; cf.:

    ut tibi abesse liceat, et esse otioso,

    id. Att. 9, 2, A, 1: quare [p. 1063] judici mihi non esse liceat, id. Rab. Post. 7, 17:

    ut iis ingratis esse non liceat,

    id. Off. 2, 18, 63:

    quo in genere mihi neglegenti esse non licet,

    id. Att. 1, 17, 6:

    cur iis per te frui libertate sua, cur denique esse liberis non licet?

    id. Fl. 29, 71 (B. and K. liberos; v. supra):

    quibus otiosis ne in communi quidem otio liceat esse,

    id. Cael. 1, 1:

    quibus licet jam esse fortunatissimis,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 35, 8:

    illis timidis et ignavis licet esse,

    Liv. 21, 44, 3.—With other verbs than esse:

    ut sibi per te liceat innocenti vitam in egestate degere,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 49, 144:

    cum postulasset... ut sibi triumphanti urbem invehi liceret,

    Liv. 38, 44 fin. —

    Very rarely, in this construction, the dative with licet is wanting, and is to be supplied from the connection: atqui licet esse beatis (sc. iis),

    Hor. S. 1, 1, 19:

    licet eminus esse Fortibus,

    Ov. M. 8, 405:

    Hannibal precatur deos ut incolumi cedere atque abire liceat,

    Liv. 26, 41, 16:

    sibi vitam filiae suā cariorem fuisse, si liberae ac pudicae vivere licitum fuisset,

    id. 3, 50, 6. Cf. on this and the preced. construction, Krüger, Untersuchungen, vol. iii. p. 359 sq.; Ruddim. 2, p. 15; Zumpt, Gram. § 601; Madv. Gram. § 393, c. and obs. 1.—
    (δ).
    With ut, and more freq. with the simple subj.:

    neque jam mihi licet neque est integrum, ut, etc.,

    Cic. Mur. 4, 8:

    facto nunc laedat licet,

    Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 53:

    mea quidem causa salvos sis licet,

    id. Rud. 1, 2, 51:

    ludas licet,

    Ter. Phorm. 2, 2, 33:

    fremant omnes licet,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 44, 195:

    sed omnia licet concurrant,

    id. Att. 14, 4, 2:

    ex qua licet pauca degustes,

    id. ib. 1, 16, 8:

    vel ipsi hoc dicas licet,

    id. ib. 5, 1, 4:

    quamvis licet insectemur istos, metuo ne soli philosophi sint,

    id. Tusc. 4, 24, 53; cf. id. Leg. 3, 10, 24; id. N. D. 3, 36, 88:

    sequatur Hermagoram licebit,

    id. Inv. 1, 51, 97; id. Rosc. Am. 17, 49:

    sis pecore et multa dives tellure licebit,

    Hor. Epod. 15, 19:

    detrahat auctori multum fortuna licebit,

    Ov. Tr. 5, 14, 3; Verg. A. 6, 400. Cf. also under II. a.—
    (ε).
    As a v. impers. absol., with or without dat.:

    immo, aliis si licet, tibi non licet,

    Ter. Heaut. 4, 15, 49:

    cum licitum est ei,

    id. And. 2, 6, 12:

    nec crederem mihi impunius Licere,

    id. Heaut. 3, 2, 50:

    quod profecto faciam, si mihi per ejusdem amicitiam licebit,

    Cic. Fam. 1, 8, 3: Ph. Sed quaeso, hominem ut jubeas arcessi. He. Licet, that may be or may be done, I have no objection, Plaut. Capt. 5, 1, 29:

    si per vos licet,

    id. As. prol. 12:

    id quod postea, si per vos, judices, licitum erit, aperietur,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 44, 127:

    dum per aetatem licet,

    Ter. Ad. 1, 2, 28:

    fruare, dum licet,

    id. Heaut. 2, 3, 104; cf.:

    dum licet, loquimini mecum,

    id. Phorm. 3, 3, 16:

    sic ut quimus, aiunt, quando, ut volumus, non licet,

    id. And. 4, 5, 10:

    ut id, quoad posset, quod fas esset, quoad liceret, populi ad partes daret,

    Cic. Agr. 2, 7, 19.
    II.
    Transf. When licet introduces a subordinate proposition, which makes a concession, without abandoning the main proposition, it is used as a conjunction corresponding to quamvis, quamquam, etsi. In late Latin it is, like these, connected with the indicative, and in the class. per. it is not unfreq. opposed to tamen and certe in the main proposition; even if, although, notwithstanding.
    A.
    With subj. (class.):

    quoniam quidem semel suscepi, licet hercules undique omnes mihi minae et terrores periculaque impendeant omnia, succurram atque subibo,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 11, 31:

    improbitas, licet adversario molesta sit, judici invisa est,

    Quint. 6, 4, 15: in comoedia maxime claudamus: licet Varro Musas Plautino dicat sermone locuturas fuisse, si Latine loqui vellent;

    licet, etc.,

    id. 10, 1, 99:

    vita brevis est, licet supra mille annos exeat,

    Sen. Brev. Vit. 6:

    licet ingens janitor... exsanguis terreat umbras,

    Verg. A. 6, 400. —With part. for subj.:

    isque, licet caeli regione remotos, mente deos adiit,

    Ov. M. 15, 62.—With a corresp. tamen:

    licet laudem Fortunam, tamen, ut ne Salutem culpem,

    Plaut. As. 3, 3, 28:

    licet saepius tibi hujus generis litteras mittam... sed tamen, etc.,

    Cic. Fam. 13, 27, 1:

    licet tibi significarim, ut ad me venires, tamen, etc.,

    id. Att. 3, 12, 3; Quint. 2, 2, 8; 8, 3, 69:

    licet ergo non sint confirmati testamento, a me tamen, ut confirmati, observabuntur,

    Plin. Ep. 2, 16, 3; Quint. 7 praef. § 2: constet illi licet fides et benevolentia, tranquillitas tamen, etc., Sen. Tranq. Anim. 7, 6.—With ellips. of subj.:

    immatura licet, tamen huc non noxia veni (sc. venias),

    Prop. 5, 11, 17.—With a corresp. certe:

    licet enim haec quivis arbitratu suo reprehendat... certe levior reprehensio est,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 32, 102.—
    B.
    With indic. (post-class.):

    licet inter gesta et facta videtur quaedam esse subtilis differentia, attamen, etc.,

    Dig. 50, 16, 58; 2, 15, 8, § 25:

    licet directae libertates deficiunt, attamen, etc.,

    ib. 29, 7, 2: obduxi licet arma, sum Priapus, Poëta ap. Anth. Lat. 5, 218; Macr. S. 1, 11; App. M. 2, p. 117, 25.—
    C.
    As an adv. with adj. or part., although (post-class.):

    licet contumacissimum, tamen efficacissimum, etc.,

    Sen. Cons. ad Marc. 8, 1:

    miles, licet membris vigentibus firmus, se solum circumspicit,

    Amm. 14, 10, 12; 17, 12, 11; Claud. Mam. Paneg. Max. 1.—Hence,
    1.
    lĭcens, entis, P. a., free, unrestrained, uncurbed, bold, forward, presumptuous, licentious.
    A.
    Of persons (only poet. and in post-class. prose):

    quam audaces et quam licentes sumus qui, etc.,

    Gell. 15, 9, 4:

    unde licens Fabius sacra Lupercus habet,

    Prop. 4, 1, 26:

    turba licens, Naides improbae,

    Sen. Hippol. 777.—
    B.
    Of inanim. and abstr. things (once in Cic.; elsewh. only poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

    licentior dithyrambus,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 48, 185:

    hic tibi multa licet sermone licentia tecto Dicere,

    Ov. A. A. 1, 569:

    joci,

    Stat. S. 1, 6, 93:

    licentior epistula, Plin. N. H. prooem. § 1: imperium,

    Val. Max. 6, 4, 2:

    vita,

    id. 9, 1, 3. —Hence, adv.: lĭcenter, freely, according to one's own pleasure or fancy; and, in a bad sense, without restraint, boldly, impudently, licentiously (class.):

    at quam licenter!

    Cic. N. D. 1, 39, 109:

    ut ingredi libere, non ut licenter videatur errare,

    id. Or. 23, 77:

    Graeci licenter multa,

    Quint. 1, 8, 6:

    aliquid facere,

    Liv. 26, 10.— Comp.:

    (servos) licentius, liberius, familiarius cum domina vivere,

    Cic. Cael. 23, 57:

    Romanos, remoto metu, laxius licentiusque futuros,

    more remiss in their discipline, Sall. J. 87 fin.:

    gerere res communes,

    id. ib. 108:

    ausi aliquid,

    Quint. 2, 4, 14:

    si quid licentius dixerint,

    id. 1, 2, 7:

    translata,

    id. 8, 3, 37; 12, 10, 50:

    Liberum et Cererem pro vino et pane licentius, quam ut fori severitas ferat,

    id. 8, 6, 24; Tac. A. 6, 13.—
    2.
    lĭcĭtus, a, um, P. a., permitted, allowed, allowable, lawful ( poet. and post-Aug. for permissus, honestus):

    sermo,

    Verg. A. 8, 468:

    torus,

    Petr. 34, 8:

    acies,

    Stat. Th. 11, 123:

    negotiatio,

    Dig. 37, 14, 2:

    contractus,

    ib. 50, 14, 3.—In plur. as subst.: lĭcĭta, ōrum, n., things that are lawful:

    ipse per licita atque illicita foedatus,

    Tac. A. 15, 37.—Hence, adv., in two forms: lĭcĭtē and lĭcĭtō, rightfully, lawfully (post-class. for juste, honeste, legitime).—Form licite, Dig. 30, 114, § 5.—

    Form licito,

    Sol. 11, 8; Cod. Th. 11, 8, 3.

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  • 17 moles

    mōles, is, f. [prob. for mog-les; root magh-; cf. magnus; Gr. mochthos, mogein, mogis; cf.: mochlos, molīri, molestus; Germ. Mühe], a shapeless, huge, heavy mass, huge bulk.
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen. ( poet.):

    Chaos, rudis indigestaque moles,

    Ov. M. 1, 7:

    vastā se mole moventem Pastorem Polyphemum,

    Verg. A. 3, 656:

    taurus et ipsa mole piger,

    Juv. 12, 12:

    stetit aequore moles Pinea,

    i. e. a fleet of large ships, Prop. 4 (5), 6, 19.—
    B.
    Esp.
    1.
    A mass, pile, a cliff or ridge of rock:

    in mole sedens,

    Ov. M. 2, 12; 13, 923.—
    2.
    A mass or pile of waves:

    venti, tantas audetis tollere moles,

    Verg. A. 1, 134; 5, 790.—
    3.
    A huge, massive structure, esp. of stone; a dam, pier, mole; a foundation, etc. (freq. and class.):

    molem atque aggerem ab utrāque parte litoris jaciebat,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 25:

    moles oppositae fluctibus,

    moles, Cic. Off. 2, 4, 14; cf. id. Verr. 2, 4, 53, § 118:

    aditus insulae muniti mirificis molibus,

    id. Att. 4, 16, 13:

    exstructa moles opere magnifico, incisaeque litterae, virtutis testes sempiternae,

    a monument, id. Phil. 14, 12, 33:

    moles propinqua nubibus,

    Hor. C. 3, 29, 10:

    insanae substructionum moles,

    huge buildings, piles, Cic. Mil. 31, 85; Hor. C. 3, 1, 34:

    sepulcri moles,

    i. e. a tomb, Luc. 8, 865:

    molem aggeris ultra venire,

    Juv. 16, 26.—
    4.
    A huge engine or machine, used at sieges:

    velut celsam oppugnat qui molibus urbem,

    Verg. A. 5, 439.—
    5.
    Warlike apparatus, munitions of war:

    belli,

    Tac. H. 1, 61:

    non alias majore mole concursum,

    with a greater mass, id. A. 2, 46.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    Greatness, might, power, strength, great quantity, heap:

    moles pugnae,

    Liv. 26, 6:

    molem invidiae austinere,

    Cic. Cat. 1, 9, 23; cf.:

    moles mali,

    id. ib. 3, 7, 17: vis consili expers mole ruit suā, Hor. [p. 1158] C. 3, 4, 65:

    rerum,

    Suet. Aug. 84:

    fortunae,

    Tac. A. 15, 52:

    Herculea,

    Sil. 12, 143:

    densā ad muros mole feruntur,

    a vast crowd, immense body, Verg. A. 12, 575:

    curarum,

    multitude, crowd, Tac. A. 12, 66:

    tantae corporum moles in fugam consternati sunt,

    Liv. 38, 46, 4.—
    B.
    Difficulty, labor, trouble:

    transveham naves haud magnā mole,

    without great difficulty, Liv. 25, 11:

    tantae molis erat Romanam condere gentem,

    so much labor did it cost, Verg. A. 1, 33:

    Corbuloni plus molis adversus ignaviam militum, quam, etc.,

    Tac. A. 13, 35.

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  • 18 mora

    1.
    mŏra, ae, f. [Sanscr. smar, remember; Gr. root mer-, mar-; mermêra, merimna, care; martur, witness; cf. memor, memoria; perh. mellein], a delay.
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.:

    tarditas sententiarum, moraque rerum,

    Cic. Fam. 10, 22, 2:

    mora et sustentatio,

    id. Inv. 2, 49, 146:

    mora aut tergiversatio,

    id. Mil. 20, 54:

    moram rei alicui inferre,

    to delay, put off, defer, hinder, id. Inv. 1, 9, 12:

    moram ad insequendum intulit,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 75:

    afferre,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 64, § 165:

    facere delectui,

    Liv. 6, 31:

    facere dimicandi,

    id. 21, 32:

    facere creditoribus,

    to put off payment, Cic. Sull. 20, 58:

    moras nectere,

    Sen. Ira, 3, 39, 2:

    offerre,

    Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 17:

    obicere,

    id. Poen. 1, 3, 37:

    trahere,

    to delay, Verg. A. 10, 888:

    moliri,

    to cause delay, id. ib. 1, 414:

    producere malo alicui,

    to defer, Ter. And. 3, 5, 9:

    tibi moram dictis creas,

    Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 168:

    rumpere,

    Verg. A. 4, 569:

    pellere,

    Ov. M. 10, 659:

    corripere,

    id. ib. 9, 282:

    removere,

    to make haste, not to delay, Plaut. Stich. 2, 1, 37:

    moram interponere,

    to interpose delay, Cic. Phil. 10, 1, 1: habeo paululum morae, dum, etc., Cass. ap. Cic. Fam. 12, 12, 2:

    Caesar nihil in morā habuit, quominus perveniret,

    delayed not, Vell. 2, 51, 2: saltus Castulonensis nequaquam tantā in morā est, does not hinder, Asin. Pall. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 31, 1:

    nec mora ulla est, quin eam uxorem ducam,

    I will without delay, Ter. And. 5, 6, 7;

    so freq. in the poets: nec (haud) mora,

    Prop. 4 (5), 4, 82; Ov. M. 1, 717; 6, 53; Verg. G. 4, 548; id. A. 5, 140:

    ne in morā illi sis,

    hinder, keep waiting, Ter. And. 3, 1, 9:

    per me nulla est mora,

    there is no delay on my part, id. ib. 3, 4, 14:

    in me mora non erit ulla,

    Verg. E. 3, 52; Ter. And. 2, 5, 9: nulla igitur mora per Novium... quin, etc., it is no fault of Novius, etc., Juv. 12, 111:

    nam si alia memorem, mora est,

    it will detain us too long, Plaut. Capt. 4, 3, 6: inter [p. 1164] moras consul mittit senatum, in the meantime, meanwhile, Plin. Ep. 9, 13, 20:

    inter aliquas moras,

    Suet. Aug. 78; id. Ner. 49: sine mora, without delay, at once:

    quod ego, ut debui, sine mora feci,

    Cic. Ep. ad Erut. 1, 18, 1, id. Fam. 10, 18, 4:

    moram certaminis hosti exemit,

    i. e. hastened it on, Liv. 9, 43.—
    B.
    In partic., of speech, a stopping or pause:

    morae, respirationesque,

    Cic. Or. 16, 53:

    oratio non ictu magis quam morā imprimitur,

    Plin. Ep. 1, 20, 3. —
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    Any thing that retards or delays, a hinderance:

    ne morae illi sim,

    Plaut. Rud. 2, 3, 81:

    ne morae meis nuptiis egomet siem (al. mora),

    hinder, Ter. Ad. 4, 5, 78:

    hoc mihi morae est,

    id. ib. 5, 7, 5:

    restituendae Romanis Capuae mora atque impedimentum es,

    Liv. 23, 9, 11:

    Abas pugnae nodusque moraque,

    Verg. A. 10, 428:

    loricaeque moras et pectus perforat ingens,

    id. ib. 10, 485; cf. Flor. 4, 9, 1.—
    B.
    Mora temporis, a space of time, Ov. M. 9, 134:

    an tibi notitiam mora temporis eripit horum?

    id. P. 2, 10, 5:

    moram temporis quaerere dum Hannibal in Africam traiceret,

    Liv. 30, 16, 14; so,

    temporaria,

    Plin. 36, 15, 24, § 114.
    2.
    mŏra, ae, f., the fish echeneis, Plin. 32, 1, 1, § 6 (al. remora).
    3.
    mŏra, ae, f., = mora, a division of the Spartan army, consisting of three, five, or seven hundred men:

    moram Lacedaemoniorum intercepit,

    the Spartan army, Nep. Iphicr. 2, 3 (but in Cic. Tusc. 2, 16, 37, the best reading is agmen, v. Klotz ad h. l.).

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  • 19 moventer

    mŏvĕo, mōvi, mōtum, 2 ( sync., mōstis for movistis, Mart. 3, 67, 1;

    mōrunt for moverunt,

    Sil. 14, 141), v. a. and n. [Sanscr. mīv, set in motion; Gr. ameibô, change; cf.: momentum, mutare].
    I.
    Act., to move, stir, set in motion; to shake, disturb, remove, etc. (syn.: cieo, agito, ago, molior).
    A.
    Lit.:

    movit et ad certos nescia membra modos,

    Tib. 1, 7, 38:

    ut festis matrona moveri jussa diebus,

    to dance, Hor. A. P. 232: moveri Cyclopa, to represent a Cyclop by dancing (gesticulating), id. Ep. 2, 2, 125:

    et fila sonantia movit,

    struck, Ov. M. 10, 89:

    citharam cum voce,

    id. ib. 5, 112:

    tympana,

    id. H. 4, 48; to disturb:

    novis Helicona cantibus,

    Manil. Astron. 1, 4:

    signum movere loco,

    to move from the place, Cic. Div. 1, 35, 77:

    os,

    Cels. 8, 2:

    gradum,

    i. e. to go forward, advance, Sen. Thyest. 420: se, to move or bestir one's self:

    move ocius te,

    Ter. And. 4, 3, 16:

    praecepit eis, ne se ex eo loco moverent,

    not to stir from the spot, Liv. 34, 20; Caes. B. G. 3, 15: castra, to break up, remove:

    postero die castra ex eo loco movent,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 15;

    ellipt. without castra: postquam ille Canusio moverat,

    Cic. Att. 9, 1, 1:

    movisse a Samo Romanos audivit,

    Liv. 37, 28, 4.— Pass. reflex.:

    priusquam hostes moverentur,

    Liv. 37, 19, 18:

    hostem statu,

    to drive from his position, dislodge, id. 30, 18:

    aliquem possessione,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 45, § 116:

    heredes,

    to eject, id. Off. 3, 19, 76:

    tribu centurionem,

    to turn out, expel, id. de Or. 2, 67, 272; so,

    aliquem de senatu,

    id. Clu. 43, 122;

    the same also without senatu,

    Hor. S. 1, 6, 20:

    senatorio loco,

    to degrade, Liv. 39, 42, 6:

    ex agro,

    Cic. Fam. 13, 5, 2:

    move abs te moram,

    remove, cast off, Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 10:

    consulem de sententiā,

    to cause to recede, to dissuade, Liv. 3, 21:

    litteram,

    to take away, Cic. Fin. 3, 22, 74.—Prov.:

    omnis terras, omnia maria movere,

    to turn the world upside down, Cic. Att. 8, 11, 2.—
    2.
    Transf.
    a.
    To excite, occasion, cause, promote, produce; to begin, commence, undertake:

    exercitatione sudor movetur,

    is promoted, produced, Cels. 2, 17:

    alvum,

    Cato, R. R. 115:

    dolorem,

    id. ib. 7, 4:

    lacrimas,

    to cause, Quint. 6, 1, 26:

    fletum populo,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 53, 228:

    risum,

    id. ib. 2, 62, 281:

    alicui exspectationem,

    id. Att. 2, 14, 1:

    indignationem,

    Liv. 4, 50, 1:

    misericordiam,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 69, 278:

    suspicionem,

    id. Part. 33, 114:

    ego istaec moveo, aut curo?

    begin, commence, Ter. And. 5, 4, 18:

    bellum,

    Cic. Off. 1, 11, 37; Liv. 23, 48, 6:

    jam pugna se moverat,

    was going on, Curt. 8, 14, 6:

    cantūs,

    Verg. A. 10, 163:

    tantum decus,

    begin, Manil. Astron. 1, 42; cf. Verg. A. 7, 45:

    nominis controversiam,

    to begin, Tac. Dial. 25 init.; cf. Cels. 3, 3, § 25; Dig. 37, 10, 4:

    litem,

    ib. 4, 3, 33:

    actionem,

    ib. 19, 1, 10:

    mentionem rei,

    to make mention, Liv. 28, 11, 9:

    sacra,

    Val. Fl. 3, 540:

    movere ac moliri aliquid,

    to undertake any thing that excites disturbance, Liv. 23, 39:

    ne quid moveretur,

    id. 35, 13.—
    b.
    To shake, to cause to waver, to alter:

    alicujus sententiam,

    to change, cause to waver, Cic. Att. 7, 3, 6:

    sententiam regis,

    Liv. 35, 42, 6.—
    c.
    To present, offer an oblation:

    ferctum Jovi moveto,

    Cato, R. R. 134.—
    d.
    To disturb, concern, trouble, torment one:

    men moveat cimex Pantilius?

    Hor. S. 1, 10, 78:

    Armeniosne movet, Romana potentia cujus Sit ducis?

    Luc. 7, 282; cf. Val. Fl. 7, 131. intoleranda vis aestūs omnium ferme corpora movit, Liv. 25, 26:

    strepitu fora vestra,

    Juv. 2, 52.—
    e.
    Of plants, to put forth:

    si se gemmae nondum moveant,

    do not yet appear, Col. 11, 2, 26: de palmite gemma movetur, [p. 1169] is produced, Ov. Tr. 3, 12, 13.—
    f.
    To exert, exercise:

    inter principia condendi hujus operis, movisse numen ad indicandam tanti imperii molem traditur deos,

    Liv. 1, 55, 3 (cf.:

    se movere, I. A. supra): artis opem,

    Ov. F. 6, 760.—
    g.
    = mutare, to change, transform:

    quorum Forma semel mota est,

    Ov. M. 8, 729:

    nihil motum antiquo probabile est,

    Liv. 34, 54, 8.—
    h.
    In mal. part., Plaut. Am. 4, 1, 43.—
    B.
    Trop., to move, affect, excite, inspire:

    ut pulcritudo corporis movet oculos et delectat,

    charms, Cic. Off. 1, 28, 98:

    quae me causae moverint,

    id. Att. 11, 5, 1:

    fere fit, quibus quisque in locis miles inveteravit, uti multum earum regionum consuetudine moveatur,

    is much affected, influenced, Caes. B. C. 1, 44:

    aliquem ad bellum,

    to stir up, excite, Liv. 35, 12, 5:

    movet feroci juveni animum conploratio sororis,

    stirs his anger, id. 1, 26, 3; cf. id. 21, 38, 3; 23, 31, 11:

    numina Dianae,

    to irritate, provoke, Hor. Epod. 17, 3:

    multa movens animo,

    to revolve, ponder, meditate, Verg. A. 3, 34:

    moverat plebem oratio consulis,

    had stirred, made an impression on, Liv. 3, 20:

    judicum animos,

    Quint. 6, 2, 1:

    acutule moveri,

    keenly affected, Aug. Conf. 3, 7: neque illud me movet, quod, Caes. ap. Cic. Att. 9, 16, A. 2:

    affectus,

    Quint. 6, 1, 7:

    moveor etiam ipsius loci insolentiā,

    Cic. Deiot. 2, 5:

    nil moveor lacrimis,

    Prop. 3, 23, 25 (4, 25, 5):

    absiste moveri,

    be not disturbed, Verg. A. 6, 399:

    quos sectis Bellona lacertis Saeva movet,

    inspires, Luc. 1, 565 (al. monet):

    ut captatori moveat fastidia,

    excites nausea in, Juv. 10, 202.—
    II.
    Neutr., to move itself, move (very rare):

    terra dies duodequadraginta movit,

    an earthquake, Liv. 35, 40, 7; 40, 59, 7.—In pass.:

    reptile quod movetur,

    which moves itself, Vulg. Gen. 1, 26 saep.—Hence,
    A.
    mŏvens, entis, P. a., movable (class.): ex eā praedā, quae rerum moventium sit, movable things (as clothes, arms, furniture), Liv. 5, 25, 6:

    voluptas,

    that consists in motion, Cic. Fin. 2, 10, 31:

    furtum rerum moventium,

    Gell. 11, 18, 13.— Plur. subst.:

    quaedam quasi moventia,

    motives, Cic. Tusc. 5, 24, 68.—Hence, adv.: mŏventer, movingly, affectingly (late Lat.), Schol. Bob. ad Cic. Mil. 7, n. 4.—
    B.
    mōtus, a, um, P. a., moved, affected, disturbed ( poet. and in post-class. prose):

    Ithaci digressu mota Calypso,

    Prop. 1, 15, 9:

    dictis,

    Ov. Tr. 4, 10, 23:

    precibus,

    Curt. 6, 5, 23.

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  • 20 moveo

    mŏvĕo, mōvi, mōtum, 2 ( sync., mōstis for movistis, Mart. 3, 67, 1;

    mōrunt for moverunt,

    Sil. 14, 141), v. a. and n. [Sanscr. mīv, set in motion; Gr. ameibô, change; cf.: momentum, mutare].
    I.
    Act., to move, stir, set in motion; to shake, disturb, remove, etc. (syn.: cieo, agito, ago, molior).
    A.
    Lit.:

    movit et ad certos nescia membra modos,

    Tib. 1, 7, 38:

    ut festis matrona moveri jussa diebus,

    to dance, Hor. A. P. 232: moveri Cyclopa, to represent a Cyclop by dancing (gesticulating), id. Ep. 2, 2, 125:

    et fila sonantia movit,

    struck, Ov. M. 10, 89:

    citharam cum voce,

    id. ib. 5, 112:

    tympana,

    id. H. 4, 48; to disturb:

    novis Helicona cantibus,

    Manil. Astron. 1, 4:

    signum movere loco,

    to move from the place, Cic. Div. 1, 35, 77:

    os,

    Cels. 8, 2:

    gradum,

    i. e. to go forward, advance, Sen. Thyest. 420: se, to move or bestir one's self:

    move ocius te,

    Ter. And. 4, 3, 16:

    praecepit eis, ne se ex eo loco moverent,

    not to stir from the spot, Liv. 34, 20; Caes. B. G. 3, 15: castra, to break up, remove:

    postero die castra ex eo loco movent,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 15;

    ellipt. without castra: postquam ille Canusio moverat,

    Cic. Att. 9, 1, 1:

    movisse a Samo Romanos audivit,

    Liv. 37, 28, 4.— Pass. reflex.:

    priusquam hostes moverentur,

    Liv. 37, 19, 18:

    hostem statu,

    to drive from his position, dislodge, id. 30, 18:

    aliquem possessione,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 45, § 116:

    heredes,

    to eject, id. Off. 3, 19, 76:

    tribu centurionem,

    to turn out, expel, id. de Or. 2, 67, 272; so,

    aliquem de senatu,

    id. Clu. 43, 122;

    the same also without senatu,

    Hor. S. 1, 6, 20:

    senatorio loco,

    to degrade, Liv. 39, 42, 6:

    ex agro,

    Cic. Fam. 13, 5, 2:

    move abs te moram,

    remove, cast off, Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 10:

    consulem de sententiā,

    to cause to recede, to dissuade, Liv. 3, 21:

    litteram,

    to take away, Cic. Fin. 3, 22, 74.—Prov.:

    omnis terras, omnia maria movere,

    to turn the world upside down, Cic. Att. 8, 11, 2.—
    2.
    Transf.
    a.
    To excite, occasion, cause, promote, produce; to begin, commence, undertake:

    exercitatione sudor movetur,

    is promoted, produced, Cels. 2, 17:

    alvum,

    Cato, R. R. 115:

    dolorem,

    id. ib. 7, 4:

    lacrimas,

    to cause, Quint. 6, 1, 26:

    fletum populo,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 53, 228:

    risum,

    id. ib. 2, 62, 281:

    alicui exspectationem,

    id. Att. 2, 14, 1:

    indignationem,

    Liv. 4, 50, 1:

    misericordiam,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 69, 278:

    suspicionem,

    id. Part. 33, 114:

    ego istaec moveo, aut curo?

    begin, commence, Ter. And. 5, 4, 18:

    bellum,

    Cic. Off. 1, 11, 37; Liv. 23, 48, 6:

    jam pugna se moverat,

    was going on, Curt. 8, 14, 6:

    cantūs,

    Verg. A. 10, 163:

    tantum decus,

    begin, Manil. Astron. 1, 42; cf. Verg. A. 7, 45:

    nominis controversiam,

    to begin, Tac. Dial. 25 init.; cf. Cels. 3, 3, § 25; Dig. 37, 10, 4:

    litem,

    ib. 4, 3, 33:

    actionem,

    ib. 19, 1, 10:

    mentionem rei,

    to make mention, Liv. 28, 11, 9:

    sacra,

    Val. Fl. 3, 540:

    movere ac moliri aliquid,

    to undertake any thing that excites disturbance, Liv. 23, 39:

    ne quid moveretur,

    id. 35, 13.—
    b.
    To shake, to cause to waver, to alter:

    alicujus sententiam,

    to change, cause to waver, Cic. Att. 7, 3, 6:

    sententiam regis,

    Liv. 35, 42, 6.—
    c.
    To present, offer an oblation:

    ferctum Jovi moveto,

    Cato, R. R. 134.—
    d.
    To disturb, concern, trouble, torment one:

    men moveat cimex Pantilius?

    Hor. S. 1, 10, 78:

    Armeniosne movet, Romana potentia cujus Sit ducis?

    Luc. 7, 282; cf. Val. Fl. 7, 131. intoleranda vis aestūs omnium ferme corpora movit, Liv. 25, 26:

    strepitu fora vestra,

    Juv. 2, 52.—
    e.
    Of plants, to put forth:

    si se gemmae nondum moveant,

    do not yet appear, Col. 11, 2, 26: de palmite gemma movetur, [p. 1169] is produced, Ov. Tr. 3, 12, 13.—
    f.
    To exert, exercise:

    inter principia condendi hujus operis, movisse numen ad indicandam tanti imperii molem traditur deos,

    Liv. 1, 55, 3 (cf.:

    se movere, I. A. supra): artis opem,

    Ov. F. 6, 760.—
    g.
    = mutare, to change, transform:

    quorum Forma semel mota est,

    Ov. M. 8, 729:

    nihil motum antiquo probabile est,

    Liv. 34, 54, 8.—
    h.
    In mal. part., Plaut. Am. 4, 1, 43.—
    B.
    Trop., to move, affect, excite, inspire:

    ut pulcritudo corporis movet oculos et delectat,

    charms, Cic. Off. 1, 28, 98:

    quae me causae moverint,

    id. Att. 11, 5, 1:

    fere fit, quibus quisque in locis miles inveteravit, uti multum earum regionum consuetudine moveatur,

    is much affected, influenced, Caes. B. C. 1, 44:

    aliquem ad bellum,

    to stir up, excite, Liv. 35, 12, 5:

    movet feroci juveni animum conploratio sororis,

    stirs his anger, id. 1, 26, 3; cf. id. 21, 38, 3; 23, 31, 11:

    numina Dianae,

    to irritate, provoke, Hor. Epod. 17, 3:

    multa movens animo,

    to revolve, ponder, meditate, Verg. A. 3, 34:

    moverat plebem oratio consulis,

    had stirred, made an impression on, Liv. 3, 20:

    judicum animos,

    Quint. 6, 2, 1:

    acutule moveri,

    keenly affected, Aug. Conf. 3, 7: neque illud me movet, quod, Caes. ap. Cic. Att. 9, 16, A. 2:

    affectus,

    Quint. 6, 1, 7:

    moveor etiam ipsius loci insolentiā,

    Cic. Deiot. 2, 5:

    nil moveor lacrimis,

    Prop. 3, 23, 25 (4, 25, 5):

    absiste moveri,

    be not disturbed, Verg. A. 6, 399:

    quos sectis Bellona lacertis Saeva movet,

    inspires, Luc. 1, 565 (al. monet):

    ut captatori moveat fastidia,

    excites nausea in, Juv. 10, 202.—
    II.
    Neutr., to move itself, move (very rare):

    terra dies duodequadraginta movit,

    an earthquake, Liv. 35, 40, 7; 40, 59, 7.—In pass.:

    reptile quod movetur,

    which moves itself, Vulg. Gen. 1, 26 saep.—Hence,
    A.
    mŏvens, entis, P. a., movable (class.): ex eā praedā, quae rerum moventium sit, movable things (as clothes, arms, furniture), Liv. 5, 25, 6:

    voluptas,

    that consists in motion, Cic. Fin. 2, 10, 31:

    furtum rerum moventium,

    Gell. 11, 18, 13.— Plur. subst.:

    quaedam quasi moventia,

    motives, Cic. Tusc. 5, 24, 68.—Hence, adv.: mŏventer, movingly, affectingly (late Lat.), Schol. Bob. ad Cic. Mil. 7, n. 4.—
    B.
    mōtus, a, um, P. a., moved, affected, disturbed ( poet. and in post-class. prose):

    Ithaci digressu mota Calypso,

    Prop. 1, 15, 9:

    dictis,

    Ov. Tr. 4, 10, 23:

    precibus,

    Curt. 6, 5, 23.

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