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41 quandoque bonus dormítat Homerus

   literalmente: hasta el buen Homero dormita de vez en cuando; alguna vez también se duerme Homero; también Homero se duerme de vez en cuando; también homero tiene sus despistes

   Actualmente, la expresión hace referencia a los errores que, a veces, cometen los grandes escritores: hasta los grandes escritores suelen cometer faltas; los grandes escritores tienen también sus despistes; a los grandes escritores se les escapa de vez en cuando algún gazapo; también el genio se equivoca alguna vez

   La frase está sacada de un verso 359 de la Ars poetica de Quinto Horacio Flaco (65 a.C.-8 d.C.). La frase original dice: Indignor, quandoque bonus dormitat Homerus(me enfada ver que hasta el eximio Homero de vez en cuando se duerme). Lo que molesta a Horacio es que Homero tiene de vez en cuando momentos de descuido, momentos en los que no está a la altura de su genio. No quiere decir que cometa faltas como un escritor cualquiera, sino que es una lástima que el excelente Homero de vez en cuando olvida algún dato. Pero estos pequeños detalles no empañan para nada la grandeza de Homero, al contrario, disculpa la grandeza del genio.

   Sunt delicta tamen quibus ignovisse velimus.

   Nam neque chorda sonum reddit, quem volut manus et mens,

   poscentique gravem persaepe remittit acutum,

   nec semper feriet, quodcumque minabitur arcus.

   Verum ubi plura nitent in carmine, non ego paucis

   offendar maculis, quas aut incuria fudit,

   aut humana parum cavit natura. Quid ergo est?

   Vt scriptor si peccat idem librarius usque,

   quamvis est monitus, venia caret, et citharoedus

   ridetur chorda qui semper oberrat eadem,

   sic mihi, qui multum cessat, fit Choerilus ille,

   quem bis terve bonum cum risu miror; et idem

   indignor quandoque bonus dormitat Homerus.

   Verum operi longo fas est obrepere somnum.

Locuciones latinas > quandoque bonus dormítat Homerus
42 historicus

histŏrĭcus, a, um, adj., = historikos, of or belonging to history, historical.
I.
Adj.:
earum rerum historiam non tam historico quam oratorio genere perscripsit,
Cic. Brut. 83, 286; cf. Plin. Ep. 7, 9, 8:
sermo,
Cic. Or. 36, 124:
fides,
Ov. Am. 3, 12, 42:
nitor,
Quint. 10, 1, 33:
prosopopœïae,
id. 3, 8, 53:
lingua,
Sen. Q. N. 1, 13 fin.:
homines litterati et historici,
versed in history, Cic. Mur. 7, 16: fides, credibility, Aug. Civ. Dei, 15, 9; id. Ep. 143, 12; Vop. Aur. 35.—
II.
Subst.: histŏrĭcus, i, m., one versed in history or who makes historical researches; a writer of history, historian:
oratores et philosophi et poëtae et historici,
Cic. Top. 20, 78; Quint. 1, 6, 2; 11; 2, 4, 9; 10, 2, 21;
12, 11, 17 et saep.: Pelopidas, magis historicis quam vulgo notus,
Nep. Pelop. 1, 1:
quis dabit historico, quantum daret acta legenti?
Juv. 7, 104.— Adv.: histŏrĭcē, historically:
descriptiones locorum non historice tantum, sed prope poëtice prosequi fas est,
Plin. Ep. 2, 5, 5; Hier. Galat. 10, 9, 10.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > historicus
43 hostis

hostis is, m and f [1 HAS-], a stranger, foreigner ; old for peregrinus, C.: civem dinoscere hoste, H.— An enemy, foe, public enemy: nos statuit ille non inimicos sed hos<*>īs, not personal but public foes: sibi inimicus atque hostis: tam dis hominibusque hostis: fas est et ab hoste doceri, O.— Collect.: hostem rapinis prohibere, Cs.: alienigena, L.: Terrā marique victus, H.—Poet.: alitem in ovilia Demisit hostem, H.— Fem.: nupta meretrici, T.: capta, L.: mihi debita, O.
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hostis N C

enemy (of the state); stranger, foreigner; the enemy (pl.)

Latin-English dictionary > hostis
44 lūgeō

lūgeō lūxī (lūxtī for lūxistī, Ct.) lūctus, ēre [LVG-], to mourn, lament, bewail, deplore: melius, O.: mortem Treboni: interitum rei p.: annum, ut parentem, eum, L.: lugebere nobis, Lugebisque alios, O.: luget non sic lugendae fata sororis, i. e. not as dead, O.: Matronis lugendus, Iu.: ad rogum filii lugetur, Ct.: urbem e suis faucibus ereptam esse.— To be in mourning, wear mourning apparel: luget senatus: te arbos Tonsa comam luxit, O.: nec lugentibus id facere fas est, L.
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lugere, luxi, luctus V

mourn, grieve (over); bewail, lament; be in mourning

Latin-English dictionary > lūgeō
45 ob-rēpō

ob-rēpō rēpsī, rēptus, ere, to creep up, approach stealthily, steal upon, come suddenly upon, surprise: obrepsit dies: obrepit non intellecta senectus, Iu.: operi longo fas est obrepere somnum, H.: ad honorem, reach stealthily: in animos.

Latin-English dictionary > ob-rēpō
46 derogo

dē-rŏgo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., jurid. t. t., to repeal a part of a law, to restrict or modify it.
I.
Prop.:
huic legi nec obrogari fas est, neque derogari ex hac aliquid licet, neque tota abrogari potest,
Cic. Rep. 3, 22; cf.:
de lege aliquid derogare aut legem abrogare,
id. Inv. 2, 45, 134; id. Cornel. I. Frag. 11:
derogatur legi, cum pars detrahitur,
Dig. 16, 102.—
II.
Transf., beyond the legal sphere, to take away, detract from, to diminish, to remove, withdraw.
(α).
With de:
de magnificentia aut de honestate quiddam,
Cic. Inv. 2, 58, 175; cf. id. ib. 2, 17, 53:
de testium fide,
id. Caecin. 1 fin. —
(β).
With ex:
si quid ex hac ipsa (aequitate) accusator derogat,
Cic. Inv. 2, 46, 136.—
(γ).
With dat. (so most freq.):
non mihi tantum derogo, tametsi nihil arrogo, ut, etc.,
Cic. Rosc. Amm. 32:
fidem alicui,
id. Fl. 4, 9; id. Div. 2, 71, 146; Luc. 9, 351; Cels. praef.; Lact. Epit. 50, 2; cf. the foll. no. B.;
and simply, fidem,
Cic. Quint. 23, 75:
gratiam nomini,
Plin. 7, 28, 29, §104:
nihil universorum juri,
Tac. A. 13, 27 et saep.—
B.
With abstract subjects:
quorum virtuti, generi, rebus gestis, fidem et auctoritatem in testimonio cupiditatis suspicio derogavit,
Cic. Font. 7; Quint. 9, 3, 102:
ubi certam derogat vetustas fidem,
Liv. 7, 6, 6.—
C.
To disparage, dishonor:
et derogastis adversum me verba vostra (i. e. me verbis),
Vulg. Ezech. 35, 13.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > derogo
47 lusus

1.
lūsus, a, um, Part., from ludo.
2.
lūsus, ūs, m. [ludo], a playing, play, game (not in Cic.).
I.
Lit.:
virgineis exercent lusibus undas Naides,
Ov. M. 14, 556:
aleae,
Suet. Calig. 41:
calculorum,
Plin. Ep. 7, 24:
nec me offenderit lusus in pueris,
Quint. 1, 3, 10; cf. id. 1, 1, 20:
eburneas litterarum formas in lusum offerre,
id. 1, 1, 26:
ediscere inter lusum,
id. 1, 1, 36:
in lusu duodecim scriptorum,
id. 11, 2, 38:
regnum lusu sortiri,
i. e. by throwing dice, Tac. A. 13, 15:
solent quidam et cogere ad lusum,
Dig. 11, 5, 2. —
II.
Transf.
A.
Play, sport, game (that is done by way of amusement):
fas est et carmine remitti, non dico continuo ac longo, sed hoc arguto et brevi. Lusus vocantur,
Plin. Ep. 7, 9, 10:
Trojae lusum exhibuit,
Suet. Claud. 21.—
B.
Sportive dalliance, toying:
sunt apti lusibus anni,
Ov. Am. 2, 3, 13; Prop. 1, 10, 9.—
C.
Jest, fun, mockery:
dant de se respondentibus venustissimos lusus,
i. e. make themselves ridiculous, Quint. 5, 13, 46:
lusum ludere aliquem,
Gell. 18, 13, 4.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > lusus
48 observatio

observātĭo, ōnis, f. [observo], a watching, observing, observance (class.).
I.
In gen.:
observationi operam dare,
Plaut. Mil. 2, 6, 5:
siderum,
Cic. Div. 1, 1, 2.—As a gift or faculty, the power of observation, Plin. 18, 29, 69, § 284.—
II.
In partic.
A.
An office, duty, service (eccl. Lat.):
Dei sui et expiationis,
Vulg. 2 Esdr. 12, 44:
in observationibus sicut fas est,
id. 1 Macc. 12, 11.—
B.
An observation, remark; a precept, rule (post-Aug.), Plin. 17, 21, 35, § 163:
dare observationes aliquas coquendi,
id. 22, 23, 47, § 99:
sermonis antiqui,
Suet. Gram. 24.—
C.
In partic., circumspection, care, exactness:
summa erat observatio in bello movendo,
Cic. Off. 1, 11, 36.—
D.
Regard, respect, esteem, reverence (post-class.):
religionibus suam observationem reddere,
Val. Max. 1, 1, 8:
Christianitatis, Cod. Th. 12, 1, 112: divina,
ib. 12, 1, 104.—
E.
Display, outward show (eccl. Lat.):
non venit regnum Dei cum observatione,
Vulg. Luc. 17, 20.—
F.
Observance:
dierum,
Gell. 3, 2, 3.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > observatio
49 façon

fasɔ̃
f

1) Art und Weise f

à la façon de — nach Art von

d'une façon générale — allgemein

façon de penser — Denkweise f

en aucune façon — keineswegs

de toute façon — sowieso

2) ( style) Form f

sans façon — ungezwungen, zwanglos

3) (fig) Tour f

4)

façons — pl Manieren pl

5)

façons — pl (bêtises) Flausen pl

façon

façon [fasõ]

Substantif féminin

1 (manière) Beispiel: façon de faire quelque chose Art [und Weise] féminin etwas zu tun; Beispiel: façon de se tenir Haltung féminin; Beispiel: façon d'agir Handlungsweise féminin; Beispiel: de [oder d'une] façon très impolie sehr unfreundlich; Beispiel: de [oder d'une] façon plus rapide que d'habitude schneller als sonst

2 pluriel (comportement) Benehmen neutre; Beispiel: avoir des façons de... sich wie ein(e)... benehmen; Beispiel: faire des façons sich anstellen familier

3 (travail) Verarbeitung féminin; (phase) Verarbeitungsphase féminin; Beispiel: travailler à façon Lohnarbeit leisten

4 (forme) Machart féminin; d'une robe, coiffure Schnitt masculin

5 + substantif (imitation) Beispiel: un sac façon croco eine Tasche aus Krokodillederimitat

►Wendungen: en aucune façon auf keinen Fall; d'une façon générale im Allgemeinen; de toute façon auf jeden Fall; de toutes les façons in jeder Beziehung; dire à quelqu'un sa façon de penser jdm seine Meinung sagen; [c'est une] façon de parler das sagt man halt so; faire un jeu à la façon de quelqu'un/quelque chose wie jemand/etwas spielen; à ma façon auf meine Art/Weise; faire quelque chose de façon à ce que quelqu'un fasse quelque chose etw tun, damit jemand etwas tut; de ma/ta/sa façon selbst gemacht; gâteau selbst gebacken; sans façon; repas zwanglos; personne natürlich; Beispiel: non merci, sans façon nein danke, wirklich nicht

Dictionnaire Français-Allemand > façon
50 façon

façon [fasɔ̃]

1. feminine noun

a. ( = manière) way

• il s'y prend d'une façon curieuse he has a strange way of going about things

• sa façon d'agir the way he behaves

• je le ferai à ma façon I'll do it my own way

• c'est une façon de parler it's just a figure of speech

• je vais lui dire ma façon de penser I'll tell him what I think about it

• c'est une façon de voir it's one way of looking at things

• d'une certaine façon in a way

• d'une façon générale generally speaking

• d'une façon ou d'une autre one way or another

• en aucune façon in no way

• de telle façon que... in such a way that...

► de façon à

• de façon à ne pas le déranger so as not to disturb him

• de façon à ce qu'il puisse regarder so that he can watch► sans façon

• accepter sans façon to accept without any fuss

• merci, sans façon no thanks, really► de toute façon in any case

b. ( = fabrication) making ; ( = facture) workmanship ; [de vêtement] cut

2. plural feminine noun

façons manners

• en voilà des façons ! what a way to behave!

• faire des façons to make a fuss

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fasɔ̃
1.

nom féminin

1) ( manière) way

la façon dont tu manges — the way you eat

d'une façon ou d'une autre — one way or another

c'est une façon comme une autre de faire — it's one way of doing

d'une certaine façon — in a way

de toute façon, de toutes les façons — anyway

de toutes les façons possibles — in every possible way

agir de la même façon — to do the same

de telle façon que personne n'a compris — so that nobody understood

de façon inattendue — unexpectedly

à ma façon — my (own) way

à la façon de — like

de façon à faire — ( en vue de) in order to do; ( de telle manière que) in such a way as to do

de façon (à ce) qu'elle fasse — so (that) she does

elle nous a joué un tour à sa façon — she played a trick of her own on us

je vais leur dire ma façon de penser — I'll tell them exactly what I think

cette façon de faire ne te/leur ressemble pas — that's not like you/them

façon de parler — so to speak

de quelle façon est-il tombé? — how did he fall?

2) ( imitation)

un peigne façon ivoire — an imitation ivory comb

sac façon sellier — saddle-stitched bag

doublure façon soie — silk-look lining

3) ( style) style

spectacle façon années 70 — 70's-style show

4) ( main-d'œuvre)

on m'a donné le tissu et j'ai payé la façon — the cloth was a present and I paid for the making-up

travailler à façon — to work to order ( with supplied materials)

2.

façons nom féminin pluriel

1) ( attitude)

tes façons me déplaisent — I don't like the way you behave

en voilà des façons! — what a way to behave!

2) ( excès de politesse)

faire des façons — to stand on ceremony

sans façons — [repas] informal; [personne] unpretentious

non merci, sans façons — no thank you, really

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fasɔ̃
1. nf

1) (= manière) way

d'une autre façon — in another way

en aucune façon — in no way

de quelle façon? — in what way?

de façon à faire — so as to do

de façon à ce que; de telle façon que — so that

de toute façon — anyway, in any case

c'est une façon de parler — that's one way of putting it

2) COUTURE (= confection) making-up, (coupe, forme) cut

travail à façon — tailoring

3) (= imitation)

châle façon cachemire — cashmere-style shawl

4) (= complication)

sans façon — without fuss

merci, sans façon — no really, thanks

2. façons nfpl

péjoratif fuss sg

faire des façons (= des histoires) — to make a fuss, (= des chichis) to stand on ceremony

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façon

A nf

1 ( manière) way; la seule/meilleure façon de faire the only/best way to do; la bonne façon de s'y prendre the right way to go about it; la façon dont tu manges, ta façon de manger the way you eat; de cette façon that way; de plusieurs/différentes façons in several/various ways; d'une autre façon in another way, differently; d'une façon ou d'une autre one way or another; c'est une façon comme une autre de faire it's one way of doing; d'une certaine façon in a way; de toute façon, de toutes les façons anyway; de toutes les façons possibles in every possible way; de la même façon in the same way (que as); à peu près de la même façon in much the same way (que as); agir de la même façon to do the same; de la façon suivante in the following way; il a une façon bien à lui he's got his own particular way of doing things; il a une drôle de façon de voir/faire les choses he has a funny way of looking at/doing things; en voilà une façon de travailler! what a way to work!; de telle façon que personne n'a compris so that nobody understood; en aucune façon in no way; de façon décisive in a decisive way, decisively; de façon inattendue in an unexpected way, unexpectedly; à ma/ta/leur façon my/your/their (own) way; à la façon de like; vivre à la façon des Espagnols to live as they do in Spain; fabriqué de façon artisanale made by craftsmen; de façon à faire ( en vue de) in order to do; ( de telle manière que) in such a way as to do; de façon (à ce) qu'elle fasse so (that) she does; de façon qu'on puisse arriver à l'heure so (that) we can arrive on time; elle nous a joué un tour de sa façon she played a trick of her own on us; elle nous a préparé une salade de sa façon she made us one of her special salads; je vais leur dire ma façon de penser I'll tell them exactly what I think; cette façon de faire ne te/leur ressemble pas that's not like you/them; façon de parler so to speak; de quelle façon est-il tombé/a-t-il procédé? how did he fall/proceed?; ⇒ général A 2;

2 ( imitation) un peigne façon ivoire an imitation ivory comb; sac façon sellier saddle-stitched bag; doublure façon soie silk-look lining;

3 ( style) style; spectacle façon années 70 a 70's-style show; façon Einstein/Hollywood Einstein-/Hollywood-style;

4 ( main-d'œuvre) on m'a donné le tissu et j'ai payé la façon the cloth was a present and I paid for the making-up; c'est du tissu de bonne qualité mais la façon est médiocre the material is good but the garment is badly made; travailler à façon [personne, atelier] to work to order (with supplied materials); ‘travaux à façon’ ( vêtements féminins) ‘dressmaking’; ( vêtements masculins) ‘tailoring’.

B façons nfpl

1 ( attitude) tes façons me déplaisent I don't like the way you behave; en voilà des façons! what a way to behave!;

2 ( excès de politesse) faire des façons to stand on ceremony; ne faites pas tant de façons don't stand on ceremony; sans façon(s) [repas] informal; [personne] unpretentious; il a accepté sans façons he accepted with alacrity; non merci, sans façons no thank you, really.

[fasɔ̃] nom féminin

1. [manière] manner, way

la phrase peut se comprendre de plusieurs façons the sentence can be interpreted in several ways

demande-lui de quelle façon il compte payer ask him how he wishes to pay

je n'aime pas la façon dont il me parle I don't like the way he talks ou his way of talking to me

pourquoi criez-vous de telle façon? why are you shouting like that?

d'une façon désordonnée in a disorderly fashion

d'une façon générale generally speaking

de façon systématique systematically

sa façon d'être the way he is

ce n'est qu'une façon de parler ou dire it's just a manner of speaking

généreux, façon de parler, il ne m'a jamais donné un centime! (familier) generous, that's a funny way of putting it, he never gave me a penny!

je vais lui dire ma façon de penser, moi! I'll give him a piece of my mind!

ça dépend de ta façon de voir les choses it depends on your way of looking at things ou on how you lode at things

ils n'ont pas les mêmes façons de voir they see things differently

2. [moyen] way

pour obtenir son accord, il n'y a qu'une seule façon de s'y prendre there's only one way to get him to agree

3. [fabrication] making, fashioning

[facture] craftsmanship, workmanship

[main-d'œuvre] labour

4. COUTURE [vêtement] cut

de bonne façon well-made, (beautifully) tailored

5. (suivi d'un nom) [qui rappelle]

une nappe façon grand-mère a tablecloth like Grandma used to have

[imitant]

façon marbre/bois imitation marble/wood

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façons nom féminin pluriel

[manières] manners, behaviour

en voilà des façons! manners!, what a way to behave!

faire des façons

a. [se faire prier] to make a fuss

b. [se pavaner] to put on airs

sans plus de façons without further ado

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à façon locution adjectivale

[artisan] jobbing

[travail] contract (modificateur)

centre de traitement ou travail à façon INFORMATIQUE data processing ou computer ou service bureau

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à la façon de locution prépositionnelle

like, in the manner of

elle portait le paquet sur la tête, un peu à la façon d'une Africaine she was carrying the parcel on top of her head, much like an African woman would

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à ma façon locution adjectivale,

à sa façon etc. locution adjectivale

une recette à ma/ta façon a recipe of mine/yours

un tour à sa façon one of his tricks

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à ma façon locution adverbiale,

à sa façon etc. locution adverbiale

chante-le à ta façon sing it your way ou any way you like

de cette façon locution adverbiale

1. [comme cela] (in) this way, thus, in this manner

2. [par conséquent] that way

de façon à locution prépositionnelle

so as to, in order to

j'ai fermé la fenêtre de façon à éviter les courants d'air I shut the window in order to prevent draughts

de façon (à ce) que locution conjonctive

so that

il s'est levé de bonne heure de façon à ce que tout soit prêt he got up early so that everything would be ready in time

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de la même façon locution adverbiale

in the same way

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de la même façon que locution conjonctive

like, as, in the same (way) as

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de ma façon locution adjectivale,

de sa façon etc. locution adjectivale

une recette de ma/ta façon a recipe of mine/yours

un tour de sa façon one of his tricks

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de telle façon que locution conjonctive

so that, in such a way that

de toute façon locution adverbiale,

de toutes les façons locution adverbiale

anyway, in any case

d'une certaine façon locution adverbiale

in a way, in a manner of speaking, so to speak

d'une façon ou d'une autre locution adverbiale

somehow

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sans façon(s) locution adjectivale

[style] simple, unadorned

[cuisine] plain

[personne] simple

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sans façon(s) locution adverbiale

1. [familièrement]

elle m'a pris le bras sans façon ou façons she took my arm quite naturally

2. [non merci] no thank you

Dictionnaire Français-Anglais > façon
51 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.

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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 dicta
53 habeo

hăbĕo, ēre, bŭi, bĭtum    - tr. qqf. intr. -    - haben = habesne, Plaut. Ps. 1163; Trin. 89,- 964; Truc. 680 --- arch. habessit = habuerit, Cic. Leg. 2, 19 --- inf. passif haberier, Plaut. Mil. 2, 6, 111.    - voir l'article habeo de Gaffiot. [st1]1 [-] avoir, posséder, garder, tenir; être maître de, tenir, contenir, retenir, renfermer.    - habere fundum, Cic.: posséder un domaine.    - habere sibi hereditatem, Cic.: garder pour soi un héritage.    - habere aliquem collegam: avoir qqn pour collègue.    - (animus) habet cuncta neque ipse habetur, Sall.: (l'esprit) est maître de tout et lui-même n'a pas de maître.    - habeo, non habeor a Laide, Cic. Fam. 9, 26, 2: je suis le maître et non l'esclave de Laïs.    - jaculum quod manibus habemus, Ov.: le javelot que nous tenons à la main.    - nihil epistula habebat, Cic.: la lettre ne renfermait rien.    - fere totius ulterioris Hispaniae regio difficilem habet oppugnationem, Caes.: presque toute l'Espagne ultérieure présente une attaque difficile.    - opinio manebat eum cum rege habere societatem, Nep.: on persistait à croire qu'il s'entendait bien avec le roi. - intr. - habere in Bruttiis, Cic.: avoir des propriétés dans le Bruttium.    - habet idem in nummis, habet idem in urbanis praediis, Cic. Verr. 2, 3: il a de l'argent dans ses coffres, il a des maisons.    - non habentes, Lact.: les indigents.    - avec un adjectif ou un nom attribut.    - aliquem sollicitum habere: [tenir qqn inquiet] = tenir qqn dans l'inquiétude.    - mare infestum habere, Cic.: [tenir la mer infestée] = infester la mer.    - obvium habere aliquem, Quint.: [avoir qqn en face, sur la route] rencontrer qqn.    - Matonem et Pollionem inimicos habet Fadius, Cic. Fam. 9: Fadius a Maton et Pollion comme ennemis.    - praeposteros habes tabellarios, Cic. Fam. 15: tu as des messagers qui agissent en dépit du bon sens.    - aliquem collegam habere: avoir qqn comme collègue.    - avec un participe c. attribut.    - aciem instructam habere: tenir l'armée rangée en bataille.    - aliquid cogitat et habet navem paratam, Cic. Fam. 9: il a quelque chose en tête et il a préparé un bateau.    - regis salutem a senatu commendatam habebam, Cic.: j'avais du sénat la recommandation de sauver le roi.    - aliquid cognitum (compertum, exploratum) habeo: je tiens qqch pour connu (assuré, certain).    - aliquid perspectum habeo: je connais qqch à fond.    - perfidiam Aeduorum perspectam habebat, Caes. BG. 7: il voyait bien la perfidie des Eduens.    - Clodi animum perspectum habeo, cognitum, judicatum, Cic.: quant au caractère de Clodius, je l'ai sondé, étudié, jugé.    - de Caesare satis dictum habebo, Cic. Phil. 5: j'en aurai assez dit sur César.    - domitas habere libidines, Cic. de Or. 1, 43, 194: tenir les passions sous le joug.    - vectigalia redempta habere, Caes. BG. 1: avoir pris à ferme les impôts indirects.    - neque ea res falsum (part. passé passif) me habuit: et cela ne m'a pas trompé.    - habuit plebem in clientelas principum descriptam, Cic. Rep. 2: (Romulus) a voulu que la plèbe fût rangée dans la clientèle des hommes de haut rang.    - avec un adj. verbal.    - nihil excusandum habes, Tac.: tu n'as aucune excuse à donner.    - sua voce respondendum habere, Tac.: avoir à répondre de vive voix.    - enitendum habemus ut... Plin. Ep. 1: nous devons travailler à...    - hoc habet: - [abcl]a - [il a ce coup] = il est touché (en parl. d'un gladiateur). - [abcl]b - il est pris (en parl. d'un amoureux). - [abcl]c - Plaut. ça va bien (le coup a porté).    - hoc habet: repperi qui senem ducerem, Plaut. Most.: c'est gagné: j'ai trouvé comment faire marcher ce vieillard. [st1]2 [-] avoir en soi, avoir sur soi, porter (un vêtement...).    - habere coronam in capite: porter une couronne sur la tête.    - habere anulum in digito, Ter.: porter un anneau au doigt.    - vestis bona quaerit haberi, Ov. Am. 1: un beau vêtement demande à être porté. [st1]3 [-] avoir pour conséquence, comporter, occasionner.    - hoc nihil utilitatis habet: cela n'offre rien d'utile.    - pons magnum circuitum habebat, Caes.: le pont occasionnait un long détour. [st1]4 [-] susciter (un sentiment), être l'objet de, éprouver, ressentir, supporter, endurer, subir.    - laetitiam (timorem) habere: susciter la joie (la peur).    - multi injurias gravius aequo habuere, Sall. C.: beaucoup ressentent les injustices plus vivement qu'il ne faudrait.    - invidiam habere: être l'objet de l'envie.    - suspicionem habere, Nep.: être soupçonné.    - quae in praesens Tiberius civiliter habuit, Tac. An. 4: pour le moment, Tibère supporta cela en bon citoyen.    - non tantum maleficium impune habendum, Tac. An. 3: on ne doit pas laisser impuni un tel forfait.    - nec ita aegre habuit filium id pro parente ausum, Liv. 7: il ne sut pas mauvais gré au fils de ce qu'il avait osé pour son père. [st1]5 [-] entrer en possession de, prendre, garder.    - habere aliquid sibi (secum): prendre qqch pour soi.    - formule de divorce - res tuas tibi habeas (habe, habeto): garde pour toi ce qui t'appartient (reprends ton bien).    - mimulam suam suas res sibi habere jussit, Cic. Phil. 2: il ordonna à sa comédienne de reprendre ses effets (= de s'en aller).    - res tuas habe: - [abcl]a - reprends ton bien (garde ce qui te revient). - [abcl]b - va-t-en, déloge.    - haec tu tecum habeto, Cic.: garde cela pour toi (= sois discret). [st1]6 [-] tenir (une région...), occuper, gouverner, administrer, gérer.    - rem publicam habere: administrer les affaires publiques.    - Siciliam et Sardiniam per legatos habuit, Flor.: il fit administrer la Sicile par des gouverneurs.    - urbem Romanam a principio reges habuere, Tac. An. 1: la ville de Rome fut d'abord gouvernée par des rois.    - Hispaniae tribus (legionibus) habebantur, Tac. An. 4: L'Espagne était occupée par trois légions. [st1]7 [-] avoir dans son esprit, savoir, avoir à, pouvoir.    - habes consilia nostra, Cic. Att. 5: tu connais mes intentions.    - obscura est historia Romana, siquidem istius regis matrem habemus, ignoramus patrem, Cic. Rep. 2: l'histoire romaine est obscure: s'il est vrai que nous connaissons la mère de ce roi (Ancus), nous ne savons pas qui était son père.    - sic habeto: sache-le bien.    - habes rationem mei consilii, Cic. Fam. 9, 2, 4: tu sais la raison de ma conduite.    - de Dolabella, si quid habes novi, facies me certiorem, Cic.: à propos de Dolabella, si tu sais quelque chose de nouveau, tiens-moi au courant.    - habes de Vatinio, Cic. Fam. 1: voilà pour ce qui concerne Vatinius.    - habere + inf.: avoir à, pouvoir.    - cf. gr. οὐδὲν ἀντειπεῖν ἔχω: je n'ai rien à répondre.    - habeo etiam dicere quem de ponte in Tiberim dejecerit, Cic. Am.: je peux même citer un homme qu'il a précipité du haut du pont dans le Tibre.    - haec fere dicere habui de natura deorum, Cic. Nat. 3: voilà à peu près ce que j'avais à dire sur la nature des dieux.    - de re publica nihil habeo ad te scribere, Cic. Att. 2, 22, 6: je n'ai rien à te dire de la république.    - habere + inter. indir.: savoir.    - de quibus habeo ipse quid sentiam, Cic. Nat. 3: je sais ce que je dois penser d'eux.    - nihil habeo quid dicam: je ne sais que dire.    - nihil habeo quod dicam: je n'ai rien à dire.    - quo me conjectura ducat habeo, Cic. Fam. 9, 2, 4: je sais où me conduit ma conjecture.    - quod exspectem istinc magis habeo quam quod ipse scribam, Cic. Att. 3, 10: j'ai plus de nouvelles à attendre de toi, là-bas, que moi, je n'en ai à t'écrire. [st1]8 [-] traiter (qqn), se conduire envers, tenir pour, regarder comme.    - aliquem bene (male) habere: traiter bien (mal) qqn.    - uti me habueris, Plaut.: comme tu m'auras traité.    - eos habere necessarios: les traiter en amis intimes, les considérer comme des amis intimes.    - satin' habes, si feminarum nulla'st quam aeque diligam? Plaut. Amph.: [ne considères-tu pas comme assez...] ne te suffit-il pas que tu sois pour moi la plus chère des femmes?    - id quidem nostris moribus nefas habetur, Nep.: ce (genre d'union), selon nos moeurs, est considéré comme abominable.    - aliquem pro amico (pro hoste) habere: regarder qqn comme ami (comme ennemi).    - habere pro certo: tenir pour certain.    - incognita habere pro cognitis, Cic. Off. 1, 18: tenir pour connu l'inconnu.    - habere aliquem amici loco (in amici loco, in amici numero ou amici numero): traiter qqn comme un ami.    - habere aliquid pro nihilo: ne faire aucun cas de qqch.    - avec un gén. de prix.    - habere aliquid magni: faire grand cas de qqch.    - non habeo nauci aliquem, Cic.: je ne fais aucun cas de qqn.    - habitus magnae auctoritatis, Caes.: considéré comme un homme de grande considération.    - avec datif.    - eam rem habere religioni, Cic.: se faire un scrupule de cela.    - aliquem ludibrio habere: se moquer de qqn.    - virtutem ludibrio habere: se moquer de la vertu, tourner la vertu en dérision.    - aliquid honori habere: s'honorer de qqch, considérer qqch comme un titre d'honneur.    - habere rem publicam quaestui: trafiquer de la chose publique.    - au passif être regardé comme, passer pour.    - militibus habebatur fortissimus (compl. d'agent au dat. après habeor): il était regardé comme très brave par les soldats.    - omnes et dicuntur et habentur tyranni qui... Nep.: on les appelle tyrans et ils passent pour tels tous ceux qui...    - ea spolia opima habentur, quae... Liv.: ces dépouilles passent pour opimes, qui... [st1]9 - tr. et intr. - tenir (un lieu), détenir, occuper, habiter, demeurer.    - hanc habeo sedem, Ov.: j'habite cette demeure.    - in delubro habere, Varr.: habiter dans un temple.    - qui Syracusis habet, Plaut.: qui habite à Syracuse.    - quis istic habet? Plaut. Bacch.: qui demeure là? [st1]10 [-] passer (le temps...).    - in obscuro vitam habere: passer sa vie dans l'obscurité.    - habere aetatem procul a republica, Sall. C. 4, 1: passer sa vie loin de la république. [st1]11 [-] faire, exécuter; tenir (une assemblée), convoquer.    - habere supplicationes: faire des prières publiques.    - habere delectum: procéder à une levée de troupes.    - habere delectum + gén.: faire un choix entre.    - habere contionem: tenir une assemblée, prononcer une harangue.    - habere senatum: tenir la séance du sénat.    - habere comitia: tenir (présider) les comices.    - habere orationem: prononcer un discours.    - verba habere: tenir des propos, prononcer des paroles. [st1]12 [-] soigner, entretenir.    - qui cultus habendo sit pecori, hinc canere incipiam, Virg. G. 1: quelle sollicitude il faut apporter au troupeau que l'on doit soigner, voilà ce que maintenant je vais chanter. [st1]13 [-] se trouver, être dans tel ou tel état.    - (se) habere: se trouver, être.    - graviter se habere, Cic.: être gravement malade.    - ego me bene habeo: moi, je vais bien (je me porte bien).    - bene habet: tout va bien, c'est bon, c'est bien.    - sic (ita) res habet: il en est ainsi (voilà où en sont les choses).    - cf. gr. οὕτως ἔχει [s.-ent. τὰ πράγματα]: il en est ainsi.    - sic habemus, Cic.: voilà dans quelles situation nous nous trouvons.    - male se res habet, Cic.: les choses vont mal.    - Tullia recte valet; Terentia minus belle habuit, Dolab. ap. Cic. Fam. 9: Tullia va bien; Térentia s'est moins bien portée.    - sic profecto se res habet ut: les choses vont de telle façon que.
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hăbĕo, ēre, bŭi, bĭtum    - tr. qqf. intr. -    - haben = habesne, Plaut. Ps. 1163; Trin. 89,- 964; Truc. 680 --- arch. habessit = habuerit, Cic. Leg. 2, 19 --- inf. passif haberier, Plaut. Mil. 2, 6, 111.    - voir l'article habeo de Gaffiot. [st1]1 [-] avoir, posséder, garder, tenir; être maître de, tenir, contenir, retenir, renfermer.    - habere fundum, Cic.: posséder un domaine.    - habere sibi hereditatem, Cic.: garder pour soi un héritage.    - habere aliquem collegam: avoir qqn pour collègue.    - (animus) habet cuncta neque ipse habetur, Sall.: (l'esprit) est maître de tout et lui-même n'a pas de maître.    - habeo, non habeor a Laide, Cic. Fam. 9, 26, 2: je suis le maître et non l'esclave de Laïs.    - jaculum quod manibus habemus, Ov.: le javelot que nous tenons à la main.    - nihil epistula habebat, Cic.: la lettre ne renfermait rien.    - fere totius ulterioris Hispaniae regio difficilem habet oppugnationem, Caes.: presque toute l'Espagne ultérieure présente une attaque difficile.    - opinio manebat eum cum rege habere societatem, Nep.: on persistait à croire qu'il s'entendait bien avec le roi. - intr. - habere in Bruttiis, Cic.: avoir des propriétés dans le Bruttium.    - habet idem in nummis, habet idem in urbanis praediis, Cic. Verr. 2, 3: il a de l'argent dans ses coffres, il a des maisons.    - non habentes, Lact.: les indigents.    - avec un adjectif ou un nom attribut.    - aliquem sollicitum habere: [tenir qqn inquiet] = tenir qqn dans l'inquiétude.    - mare infestum habere, Cic.: [tenir la mer infestée] = infester la mer.    - obvium habere aliquem, Quint.: [avoir qqn en face, sur la route] rencontrer qqn.    - Matonem et Pollionem inimicos habet Fadius, Cic. Fam. 9: Fadius a Maton et Pollion comme ennemis.    - praeposteros habes tabellarios, Cic. Fam. 15: tu as des messagers qui agissent en dépit du bon sens.    - aliquem collegam habere: avoir qqn comme collègue.    - avec un participe c. attribut.    - aciem instructam habere: tenir l'armée rangée en bataille.    - aliquid cogitat et habet navem paratam, Cic. Fam. 9: il a quelque chose en tête et il a préparé un bateau.    - regis salutem a senatu commendatam habebam, Cic.: j'avais du sénat la recommandation de sauver le roi.    - aliquid cognitum (compertum, exploratum) habeo: je tiens qqch pour connu (assuré, certain).    - aliquid perspectum habeo: je connais qqch à fond.    - perfidiam Aeduorum perspectam habebat, Caes. BG. 7: il voyait bien la perfidie des Eduens.    - Clodi animum perspectum habeo, cognitum, judicatum, Cic.: quant au caractère de Clodius, je l'ai sondé, étudié, jugé.    - de Caesare satis dictum habebo, Cic. Phil. 5: j'en aurai assez dit sur César.    - domitas habere libidines, Cic. de Or. 1, 43, 194: tenir les passions sous le joug.    - vectigalia redempta habere, Caes. BG. 1: avoir pris à ferme les impôts indirects.    - neque ea res falsum (part. passé passif) me habuit: et cela ne m'a pas trompé.    - habuit plebem in clientelas principum descriptam, Cic. Rep. 2: (Romulus) a voulu que la plèbe fût rangée dans la clientèle des hommes de haut rang.    - avec un adj. verbal.    - nihil excusandum habes, Tac.: tu n'as aucune excuse à donner.    - sua voce respondendum habere, Tac.: avoir à répondre de vive voix.    - enitendum habemus ut... Plin. Ep. 1: nous devons travailler à...    - hoc habet: - [abcl]a - [il a ce coup] = il est touché (en parl. d'un gladiateur). - [abcl]b - il est pris (en parl. d'un amoureux). - [abcl]c - Plaut. ça va bien (le coup a porté).    - hoc habet: repperi qui senem ducerem, Plaut. Most.: c'est gagné: j'ai trouvé comment faire marcher ce vieillard. [st1]2 [-] avoir en soi, avoir sur soi, porter (un vêtement...).    - habere coronam in capite: porter une couronne sur la tête.    - habere anulum in digito, Ter.: porter un anneau au doigt.    - vestis bona quaerit haberi, Ov. Am. 1: un beau vêtement demande à être porté. [st1]3 [-] avoir pour conséquence, comporter, occasionner.    - hoc nihil utilitatis habet: cela n'offre rien d'utile.    - pons magnum circuitum habebat, Caes.: le pont occasionnait un long détour. [st1]4 [-] susciter (un sentiment), être l'objet de, éprouver, ressentir, supporter, endurer, subir.    - laetitiam (timorem) habere: susciter la joie (la peur).    - multi injurias gravius aequo habuere, Sall. C.: beaucoup ressentent les injustices plus vivement qu'il ne faudrait.    - invidiam habere: être l'objet de l'envie.    - suspicionem habere, Nep.: être soupçonné.    - quae in praesens Tiberius civiliter habuit, Tac. An. 4: pour le moment, Tibère supporta cela en bon citoyen.    - non tantum maleficium impune habendum, Tac. An. 3: on ne doit pas laisser impuni un tel forfait.    - nec ita aegre habuit filium id pro parente ausum, Liv. 7: il ne sut pas mauvais gré au fils de ce qu'il avait osé pour son père. [st1]5 [-] entrer en possession de, prendre, garder.    - habere aliquid sibi (secum): prendre qqch pour soi.    - formule de divorce - res tuas tibi habeas (habe, habeto): garde pour toi ce qui t'appartient (reprends ton bien).    - mimulam suam suas res sibi habere jussit, Cic. Phil. 2: il ordonna à sa comédienne de reprendre ses effets (= de s'en aller).    - res tuas habe: - [abcl]a - reprends ton bien (garde ce qui te revient). - [abcl]b - va-t-en, déloge.    - haec tu tecum habeto, Cic.: garde cela pour toi (= sois discret). [st1]6 [-] tenir (une région...), occuper, gouverner, administrer, gérer.    - rem publicam habere: administrer les affaires publiques.    - Siciliam et Sardiniam per legatos habuit, Flor.: il fit administrer la Sicile par des gouverneurs.    - urbem Romanam a principio reges habuere, Tac. An. 1: la ville de Rome fut d'abord gouvernée par des rois.    - Hispaniae tribus (legionibus) habebantur, Tac. An. 4: L'Espagne était occupée par trois légions. [st1]7 [-] avoir dans son esprit, savoir, avoir à, pouvoir.    - habes consilia nostra, Cic. Att. 5: tu connais mes intentions.    - obscura est historia Romana, siquidem istius regis matrem habemus, ignoramus patrem, Cic. Rep. 2: l'histoire romaine est obscure: s'il est vrai que nous connaissons la mère de ce roi (Ancus), nous ne savons pas qui était son père.    - sic habeto: sache-le bien.    - habes rationem mei consilii, Cic. Fam. 9, 2, 4: tu sais la raison de ma conduite.    - de Dolabella, si quid habes novi, facies me certiorem, Cic.: à propos de Dolabella, si tu sais quelque chose de nouveau, tiens-moi au courant.    - habes de Vatinio, Cic. Fam. 1: voilà pour ce qui concerne Vatinius.    - habere + inf.: avoir à, pouvoir.    - cf. gr. οὐδὲν ἀντειπεῖν ἔχω: je n'ai rien à répondre.    - habeo etiam dicere quem de ponte in Tiberim dejecerit, Cic. Am.: je peux même citer un homme qu'il a précipité du haut du pont dans le Tibre.    - haec fere dicere habui de natura deorum, Cic. Nat. 3: voilà à peu près ce que j'avais à dire sur la nature des dieux.    - de re publica nihil habeo ad te scribere, Cic. Att. 2, 22, 6: je n'ai rien à te dire de la république.    - habere + inter. indir.: savoir.    - de quibus habeo ipse quid sentiam, Cic. Nat. 3: je sais ce que je dois penser d'eux.    - nihil habeo quid dicam: je ne sais que dire.    - nihil habeo quod dicam: je n'ai rien à dire.    - quo me conjectura ducat habeo, Cic. Fam. 9, 2, 4: je sais où me conduit ma conjecture.    - quod exspectem istinc magis habeo quam quod ipse scribam, Cic. Att. 3, 10: j'ai plus de nouvelles à attendre de toi, là-bas, que moi, je n'en ai à t'écrire. [st1]8 [-] traiter (qqn), se conduire envers, tenir pour, regarder comme.    - aliquem bene (male) habere: traiter bien (mal) qqn.    - uti me habueris, Plaut.: comme tu m'auras traité.    - eos habere necessarios: les traiter en amis intimes, les considérer comme des amis intimes.    - satin' habes, si feminarum nulla'st quam aeque diligam? Plaut. Amph.: [ne considères-tu pas comme assez...] ne te suffit-il pas que tu sois pour moi la plus chère des femmes?    - id quidem nostris moribus nefas habetur, Nep.: ce (genre d'union), selon nos moeurs, est considéré comme abominable.    - aliquem pro amico (pro hoste) habere: regarder qqn comme ami (comme ennemi).    - habere pro certo: tenir pour certain.    - incognita habere pro cognitis, Cic. Off. 1, 18: tenir pour connu l'inconnu.    - habere aliquem amici loco (in amici loco, in amici numero ou amici numero): traiter qqn comme un ami.    - habere aliquid pro nihilo: ne faire aucun cas de qqch.    - avec un gén. de prix.    - habere aliquid magni: faire grand cas de qqch.    - non habeo nauci aliquem, Cic.: je ne fais aucun cas de qqn.    - habitus magnae auctoritatis, Caes.: considéré comme un homme de grande considération.    - avec datif.    - eam rem habere religioni, Cic.: se faire un scrupule de cela.    - aliquem ludibrio habere: se moquer de qqn.    - virtutem ludibrio habere: se moquer de la vertu, tourner la vertu en dérision.    - aliquid honori habere: s'honorer de qqch, considérer qqch comme un titre d'honneur.    - habere rem publicam quaestui: trafiquer de la chose publique.    - au passif être regardé comme, passer pour.    - militibus habebatur fortissimus (compl. d'agent au dat. après habeor): il était regardé comme très brave par les soldats.    - omnes et dicuntur et habentur tyranni qui... Nep.: on les appelle tyrans et ils passent pour tels tous ceux qui...    - ea spolia opima habentur, quae... Liv.: ces dépouilles passent pour opimes, qui... [st1]9 - tr. et intr. - tenir (un lieu), détenir, occuper, habiter, demeurer.    - hanc habeo sedem, Ov.: j'habite cette demeure.    - in delubro habere, Varr.: habiter dans un temple.    - qui Syracusis habet, Plaut.: qui habite à Syracuse.    - quis istic habet? Plaut. Bacch.: qui demeure là? [st1]10 [-] passer (le temps...).    - in obscuro vitam habere: passer sa vie dans l'obscurité.    - habere aetatem procul a republica, Sall. C. 4, 1: passer sa vie loin de la république. [st1]11 [-] faire, exécuter; tenir (une assemblée), convoquer.    - habere supplicationes: faire des prières publiques.    - habere delectum: procéder à une levée de troupes.    - habere delectum + gén.: faire un choix entre.    - habere contionem: tenir une assemblée, prononcer une harangue.    - habere senatum: tenir la séance du sénat.    - habere comitia: tenir (présider) les comices.    - habere orationem: prononcer un discours.    - verba habere: tenir des propos, prononcer des paroles. [st1]12 [-] soigner, entretenir.    - qui cultus habendo sit pecori, hinc canere incipiam, Virg. G. 1: quelle sollicitude il faut apporter au troupeau que l'on doit soigner, voilà ce que maintenant je vais chanter. [st1]13 [-] se trouver, être dans tel ou tel état.    - (se) habere: se trouver, être.    - graviter se habere, Cic.: être gravement malade.    - ego me bene habeo: moi, je vais bien (je me porte bien).    - bene habet: tout va bien, c'est bon, c'est bien.    - sic (ita) res habet: il en est ainsi (voilà où en sont les choses).    - cf. gr. οὕτως ἔχει [s.-ent. τὰ πράγματα]: il en est ainsi.    - sic habemus, Cic.: voilà dans quelles situation nous nous trouvons.    - male se res habet, Cic.: les choses vont mal.    - Tullia recte valet; Terentia minus belle habuit, Dolab. ap. Cic. Fam. 9: Tullia va bien; Térentia s'est moins bien portée.    - sic profecto se res habet ut: les choses vont de telle façon que.
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    Habeo, habes, habui, habitum, pen. cor. habere. Plau. Avoir.

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    Habere. Plaut. Traicter.

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    Is vti tu me hic habueris, perinde illum illic curauerit. Plaut. Ainsi que tu me traicteras, Ainsi que tu me feras.

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    Nunquam secus habui illam, ac si ex me esset nata. Terent. Jamais je ne la traictay autrement, que si elle eust esté ma fille.

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    - semper parce ac duriter Se habere. Terent. Vivre chichement.

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    Nimium te habui delicatam. Plaut. Je t'ay traictee trop delicatement.

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    AEgre habere. Liu. Estre marri.

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    Habet illum arcte, contenteque. Plaut. Elle le tient de court, En subjection.

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    Quae res eos magno diuturnoque bello inter se habuit. Sallust. Les entreteint en guerre.

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    Habet eos somnus. Ouid. Ils dorment.

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    Antiqui tales aegros in tenebris habebant. Celsus. Les tenoyent en lieux obscurs.

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    Habere aliquem in luce, vel lumine. Cels. Le tenir en lieu cler et au jour.

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    Habere. Habiter Demourer.

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    Qui mortales in initio Africam habuerint. Sallust. Ont habité en Afrique au commencement.

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    Habet se erga aedem. Plaut. Elle demeure, etc.

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    - meretrix Quae hic habet. Plaut. Qui demeure ci.

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    De Rep. nihil habeo ad te scribere. Cic. Je n'ay rien que je te puisse escrire.

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    Habere, Reputer, Estimer. Quintil. An habendum sit adulterium in lupanari.

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    Haec habui de amicitia quae dicerem. Ci. Voila ce que je scavoye pour vous dire, touchant le faict d'amitié.

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    Sicuti pleraque mortalium habentur. Sallust. Comme la plus part des choses mortelles se conduisent, ou comme advient le plus souvent aux choses humaines, ou és choses de ce monde.

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    Quid habeo aliud deos immortales precari, quam vt, etc. Sueton. Quelle autre requeste ay je à faire à Dieu, Qu'ay je autre chose à prier à Dieu, Que doy je autre chose prier à Dieu, sinon que, etc.

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    Audire habeo quid hic sentiat. Cic. J'ay à ouir.

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    Quum deponendum haberet. Pli. Quand il falloit qu'elle l'ostast.

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    Praecipendum habeo. Colum. J'ay à commander.

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    Respondendum habere. Tacit. Avoir à respondre.

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    Vt ante Cal. Sex. omnes decumas ad aquam deportatas haberent. Cic. Qu'ils eussent porté sur le bord.

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    Habere accessum ad aliquem. Colu. Avoir accez et entree.

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    Eo die acerbum habuimus Curionem. Cice. Nous fut fort contraire.

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    Aditum habere dicitur locus. Caes. Avoir passage pour entrer.

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    Aditum ad aliquem, per translationem. Caes. Avoir entree et facile accez.

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    Habet haec res admirationem. Plin. Elle ha quelque cas dont on s'esmerveille.

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    Habere aetatem procul a Rep. Sallust. Passer son aage sans se mesler des affaires publiques.

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    Habere bene aetatem suam. Plaut. Se bien traicter.

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    Quos habuit amantissimos sui. Cic. Qui ont esté grandement ses amis.

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    Habere pro ancilla. Plaut. Ne hanc ille habeat pro ancilla sibi. Qu'il ne s'en serve pour chambriere.

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    Animum alienum ab aliquo habere. Cic. Estre courroucé contre quelqu'un. \ Bonum animum. Liu. Avoir bon courage.

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    Habe quietum animum. Plaut. Ne te soulcie.

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    Tantummodo in animis habetote, non me, etc. Sallu. Estimez et pensez.

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    Hoc neque transire habebat in animo, neque, etc. Caes. Il n'avoit point d'affection de, etc.

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    Istum exhaeredare in animo habebat. Cic. Il avoit en la fantasie de, etc. Il avoit affection et volunté de, etc.

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    Sic in animo habeto, vti ne cupide emas. Cato. Ayes ceste fantasie de, etc. Ayes en memoire et souvenance de, etc.

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    Anxium me haec res habet. Plin. iunior. Me chagrine et me tient en soulci.

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    Semper eos accolae Galli in armis habebant. Liu. Les contraignoyent d'estre tousjours en armes et se tenir sur leurs gardes.

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    Disserendi artem nullam habuit. Cicero. Il ne scavoit point l'art de disputer.

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    Vana sunt ista, quae nos attonitos habent. Seneca. Qui nous rendent esbahiz et estonnez, Qui nous estonnent.

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    Auratam mulierem habere. Plaut. La bien garnir de dorures.

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    Authorem habere aliquem. Terent. Ensuyvre.

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    Quo maiorem authoritatem haberet oratio. Ci. Qu'elle fust plus grave et de plus d'authorité.

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    Authoritatem apud aliquem habere. Caes. Avoir credit envers aucun, Estre prisé et estimé par aucun.

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    Minimam authoritatem habere. Cic. Estre en fort petite estime, N'avoir point d'authorité envers aucun.

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    Belle habere. Cic. Se porter bien.

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    Bene habet. Liu. Tout va bien, Tout se porte bien, C'est bien faict.

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    Pro beneficio habere. Brutus Ciceroni. Estimer plaisir ou bien faict.

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    Quae nihil aliud in bonis habet, nisi honestum. Cice. Qui parmi les biens ne met autre chose fors ce qui est honneste.

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    Voluptas in rebus bonis habenda non est. Cic. Il ne la fault pas compter au nombre des bonnes choses, Ne doibt pas estre comptee, etc.

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    Bonum caelum ager habere dicitur. Cato. Quand l'air en est sain.

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    Quum Caesar ad oppidum castra haberet. Cic. Pendant qu'il avoit son camp, ou campoit devant, etc.

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    Castra in radicibus Amani habuimus apud aras Alexandri quatriduum. Cic. Nous campasmes.

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    Casum habere, dicitur res aliqua. Cic. Estre en dangier.

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    Causam habere. Caes. Avoir occasion et cause.

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    Censum. Caesar. Cic. Faire le denombrement des hommes, Mettre par compte et denombrement combien il y a de gens en une ville ou contree.

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    Certandum habere. Plin. iunior. Avoir à debatre et desmesler quelque chose.

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    Certamen cum aliquo. Liu. Magno certamine cum Praetore habito, tenuerunt causam. Apres avoir long temps debatu avec le Preteur, ils gaignerent leur cause.

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    Certi aliquid habere. Cic. Avoir quelque certitude et asseurance de quelque chose.

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    Certam rem habere. Cic. Scavoir certainement.

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    Pro certo. Cic. Scavoir certainement.

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    Charum aliquem habere. Terent. L'aimer.

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    Quae in praesens Tiberius ciuiliter habuit. Tacit. Porta et endura civilement.

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    Nullam mei cogitationem habuit. Seneca. Il n'a point eu d'esgard à moy.

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    Cognitam amicitiam. Cic. Quam nec vsu, nec ratione habent cognitam. De laquelle n'ont aucune congnoissance, ne par usage, ne par apprentissage.

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    Crebra inter se colloquia milites habebant. Caes. Ils parlementoyent souvent ensemble.

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    Comitia habere. Sallust. Faire assemblee de peuple pour traicter des affaires publiques, ou pour eslire quelque Magistrat.

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    Matrem meosque tibi commendatos habe. Trebonius ad Ciceronem. Ayes les pour recommandez.

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    Commercium cum aliquo habere. Cic. Avoir quelque affaire, accointance, trafique, ou intelligence avec aucun.

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    Quatuor frondarias fiscinas complere in die iustum habet. Plin. C'est sa tasche d'emplir, etc. Il doibt emplir, etc.

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    Compertum habere. Liu. Scavoir certainement.

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    Comprehensam animo sententiam aliquam. Cic. Tenir et embrasser une opinion.

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    Nihil comprehensi habere. Cic. N'avoir rien sceu comprendre.

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    Concilium habere. Plaut. Quand le magistrat assemble une partie du peuple pour traicter des affaires publiques.

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    Extemplo Gallorum et Ligurum concilium habuit. Liu. Il assembla les, etc.

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    Conscientiam conditionis suae. Traianus ad Plinium. Avoir congnoissance de son estat.

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    Nequem conscium suorum haberet. Liu. A fin que nul des siens ne sceust son secret.

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    Consilium habere. Caes. Consulter.

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    In consilio aliquem habere. Plin. iunior. Avoir aucun au nombre de son conseil, ou pour son conseil.

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    Vt intrantium, exeuntiumque conspectum habeat. Colu. A fin qu'il voye ceulx qui entreront et sortiront.

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    Constitutum habere. Caelius ad Ciceronem. Avoir proposé, deliberé, et arresté.

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    Controuersias habere. Caes. Avoir debat et estre en different de quelque chose avec aucun.

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    Ii perpetuas controuersias inter se habebant, vter alteri anteferretur. Caes. Ils avoyent continuelle noise et debat sans cesse entre eulx qui, etc.

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    Conuiuium. Plin. Faire banquet à autruy.

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    Eos couenire habeo, quos cognoui. Cic. Il fault que je parle à ceulx que j'ay congneu, ou J'ay à parler à, etc.

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    Meam culpam habeto, nisi perexcruciauero. Plaut. Di que c'est ma faulte si, etc.

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    Cultu liberali aliquem habere. Liu. Le vestir et traicter honnestement et en enfant de bonne maison.

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    Curae rem aliquam habere. Plautus. Soigner d'elle, En avoir soing, L'avoir pour recommandee.

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    Boues maxima diligentia curatos habeto. Cato. Ayes soing que les boeufs soyent bien pensez soingneusement.

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    Curam vestri habeo. Gell. J'ay soing de vous.

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    Nam et Asiae reges serendi curam habuerunt. Plin. Ils se sont meslez eulx mesmes, et ont eu soing de semer.

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    In cura aliquid habere. Plin. Avoir soing de quelque chose.

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    Cursum secundum habere dicuntur naues. Caes. Quand elles ne trouvent point d'empeschement en leur navigation.

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    In custodia aliquem. Liu. Le tenir en prison.

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    Neque te in decurionibus habebam. Cic. Je ne pensoye pas que tu fusses Decurio.

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    Delectum habere. Cic. Avoir le chois, Eslire, Choisir.

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    Delectum habere. Caes. Faire amas de gens de guerre, et prendre d'entre eulx ceulx qui sont les plus propres pour la guerre.

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    In deliciis habere Cic. Aimer fort, et y prendre grand plaisir.

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    Habere in deliciis. Senec. Traicter delicatement.

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    Derelictui vineam habere. Gell. Ne tenir compte de sa vigne, et la laisser sans labourer.

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    Pro derelicto. Cic. Tenir aucune chose pour delaissee.

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    Despicatum. Terent. Despriser et ne tenir compte d'aucun.

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    De Caesare satis dictum habeo. Cic. J'ay assez dict.

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    Haec fere dicere habui de natura deorum. Cic. Voila que je scavoye pour vous dire quant à la nature des dieux.

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    Pro non dicto habere. Liu. Tenir pour non dict, Estimer autant que s'il n'en avoit esté rien dict.

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    - is me dignum cui concrederet Habuit. Plaut. Il m'a estimé digne.

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    Currenti atque properanti, haud quisquam dignum habet decedere. Plaut. Il n'y a nul qui daigne, etc.

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    Dignitatem alicui habere. Plin. Faire estime d'aucun, L'avoir en estime et reputation.

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    Verbum ipsum voluptatis non habet dignitatem. Cice. N'est pas honneste.

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    Diligentiam in re aliqua. Cic. Avoir soing de quelque chose.

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    Antiqua disciplina milites habuerat. Tacit. Il avoit traicté et entretenu ses gensdarmes selon l'ancienne discipline militaire.

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    Disputationem habere. Cic. Disputer.

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    Habeat meipsum sibi documento. Cic. Qu'il me prenne pour exemple.

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    An tu dubium habebis, etiam sancte quum ego iurem tibi? Plaut. Doubteras tu, etc.

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    Non habuit dubium quin, etc. Hirtius. Il ne doubta point.

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    Haec autem habere dubia, neque, etc. Avoir en doubte.

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    Pro haud dubio habere. Liu. Croire pour tout certain.

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    Habere alicui editionem. Plaut. Luy faire un edict.

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    Psilothri effectum habet. Plin. Il ha l'effect et la vertu de Psilothrum.

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    Habere effectum, Participium. Caesar. Avoir faict.

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    Foliorum latitudo peltae effigiem Amazonicae habet. Plin. Resemble à, etc.

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    Excusationem habere. Cic. Avoir excuse.

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    Habet bonorum exemplum. Terent. Il ha les bons pour exemple et patron.

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    Cuius rei exemplum si non haberemus, tamen, etc. Caes. Si nous n'en avions point d'exemple.

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    Expertem consiliorum habere aliquem. Liu. Luy celer son secret, Ne se descouvrir point à luy de son secret, Ne luy communiquer rien de son conseil, et l'estranger.

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    Exploratum habere. Cic. Estre seur et asseuré, Scavoir certainement.

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    Expurgationem habere. Plaut. S'excuser et purger.

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    Factionem testamenti habere. Cic. Avoir povoir par les loix de faire testament.

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    In iudiciis vulgo fas habetur indulgere aliquid studio suo. Quintil. On estime licite.

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    Febrem habere. Cic. Avoir la fievre.

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    Habere fidem apud aliquem. Plin. Luy apporter seureté, L'asseurer, Donner asseurance.

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    Fidem alicui. Cic. Croire aucun et se fier en luy.

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    Neque in hac, neque in illa parte fidem habens. Sallust. Ne se fiant ne d'un costé ne d'autre.

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    Si fidem habeat, se iri praepositum tibi Apud me. Teren. S'il scavoit certainement que, etc.

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    Tibi eam fiduciam diligentiae habeo, vt credam te omni ratione id acturum. Plin. iunior. Je suis si asseuré de ta diligence, que etc.

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    Fiduciam alicuius rei faciendae habere. Caesar. Esperer de pouvoir faire quelque chose.

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    Et habuisset tanto impetu coepta res fortunam, nisi, etc. Liu. La chose fut venue à bien, si, etc.

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    Gloriam cum modo habere. Tacit. Garder mesure et moyen en gloire, Ne se glorifier oultre mesure.

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    Habere gratiam dicuntur lapilli et gemmae pretiosissimae. Plin. Avoir grace, Plaire et avoir une singuliere excellence.

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    Quod apud alios gratiam, apud alios offensionem habet. Plin. Laquelle chose plaist aux uns, et desplaist aux autres.

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    Gratiam habere alicui. Quintil. Luy scavoir bon gré.

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    Habeo grates Neptuno. Plaut. Je remercie, ou je rends grace à Neptunus.

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    Quicquid est quod dabitur, gratum habebo. Plaut. Je l'auray pour aggreable.

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    Gratissimum habere debitorem. Plin. iunior. Recongnoissant.

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    Grauem rem aliquam habere. Cic. L'estimer grande.

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    Habemus hominem ipsum. Terent. Nous le tenons.

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    Honorem alicui habere. Cic. Le priser, Luy faire et porter honneur.

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    Deo honorem. Cic. Le remercier, et luy rendre graces.

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    Quos praecipuo semper honore Caesar habuit. Caesar. Ausquels Cesar portoit le plus d'honneur.

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    Honores alicui habere. Cic. Luy adjuger quelque honneur: comme de povoir triompher, ou autre chose.

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    In honore habere. Cic. Avoir en honneur, Estimer et priser.

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    Pro hoste habere. Sallust. Tenir pour son ennemi.

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    Habeo huic, non tibi. Terent. C'est pour cestuy ci que je l'ay, non pas pour toy.

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    Immunitatem habere. Caes. Avoir exemption, Estre exempt.

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    Imperium in beluas. Terent. En avoir le gouvernement.

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    Impetrandumque a bonitate tua per nos habet, quod illifortunae malignitas denegauit. Plin. iunior. Qu'il impetre par nostre moyen, Nous voulons impetrer de toy pour luy.

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    Impune aliquid habere. Terent. En demourer impuni.

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    Etsi semper pro indignissimo habuerant, se patrio regno tutoris fraude pulsos, etc. Liu. Avoyent tousjours estimé chose indigne.

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    Infamiam habere. Caesar, Latrocinia nullam habent infamiam, quae extra fines cuiusque ciuitatis fiunt. Ne sont point blasmez et estimez meschants.

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    Vias latrociniis, pascuaque publica infesta habuerant. Liu. Avoyent infesté et gasté, et rendu dangereux à passer.

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    Ingrata bona habere. Plaut. Ne prendre point en gré.

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    Potius quam te inimicum habeam, faciam vt iusseris. Terent. Plustost que d'avoir ta male grace.

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    Ea tum cura maxime intentos habebat Romanos. Liu. Les chagrinoit bien et soulcioit.

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    Intimum aliquem habere. Terent. Faire grande privaulté à aucun, et luy monstrer grand signe de familiarité.

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    - nihil est quod dicas mihi Alium quaerebam, iter hac habui. Terent. Je passoye par ci.

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    Iter ad legiones habebat. Caesar. Il s'en alloit, etc.

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    Dixerunt Caesarem iter habere Capuam. Cic. Que Cesar vouloit aller en Capue.

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    Propterea quod iter haberent nullum aliud. Caes. Ils n'avoyent point d'autre chemin pour passer.

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    Laudem habere de aliquo. Ouid. Avoir louange.

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    Habeto laudationem istam tibi. Cic. Pren ceste louange pour toy.

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    Habere alicui laudem. Tacit. Le louer et collauder.

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    Buprestim magna inconstantia Graeci in laudibus ciborum etiam habuere. Plin. L'ont compté entre les bonnes viandes.

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    Nullas adhuc a te literas habebamus. Cic. Nous n'avions point encore receu lettres de toy.

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    Loco filii habere aliquem. Plancus Ciceroni. Le tenir pour filz, L'aimer autant que son propre filz.

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    Mercis loco habebatur. Plin. Estoit estimé pour marchandise.

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    Nullo loco habere rem aliquam. Cic. Ne l'estimer rien.

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    Cur eos habes in loco patrui? Cic. Pourquoy les estimes tu, etc.

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    Loco patris habere. Brutus ad Atticum. Estimer pour pere.

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    Luculente diem aliquem habere. Plaut. Vivre un jour magnifiquement, Faire grand chere.

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    Ludibrio aliquem habere. Liu. Se mocquer de quelqu'un.

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    Habere mandata a Pompeio ad Caesarem. Caes. Avoir creance de par Pompee, Avoir quelque creance d'un seigneur à autre, Avoir mandement et charge de luy dire aucune chose de par Pompee.

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    Ex iis libris ad eos, quos in manibus habeo. Cic. Que j'ay entre les mains, et que j'escri.

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    Habebamus in manibus Antonii concionem habitam decimo Cal. Cic. Je lisoye, etc.

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    In matrimonio mulierem aliquam habere. Cic. Avoir espousé une femme, Avoir en mariage.

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    Si ita me haberem, vt, etc. Cic. Si mon cas se portoit tellement que, etc.

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    Ni ita se haberet, vt animi immortales essent, etc. Cic. Si ce n'estoit que, etc. S'il n'estoit ainsi que, etc.

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    Hoc male habet virum. Terent. C'est cela dequoy il est marri.

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    Vnus scrupulus restat, qui me male habet. Terent. Qui me grieve et tormente, Me chagrine, Me fasche.

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    Quae te nunc habet solicitudo? Plaut. Dequoy te soulcies tu maintenant? Quel chagrin as tu?

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    Ita me habuit. Plaut. Tellement m'a traicté.

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    Me sibi habeto. Plaut. Je suis content d'estre son serviteur.

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    An melius quis habet suadere? Horat. Est il aucun qui puisse donner meilleur conseil?

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    Habeo in memoria. Plaut. Il m'en souvient.

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    Mentem habere. Cic. Avoir entendement.

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    Mentionem. Liu. Faire mention.

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    Aliquem miserum habere. Plaut. Faire grand ennuy à aucun, et le rendre ou faire miserable.

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    Habeo mittendos legatos. Sen. J'ay à envoyer des ambassadeurs.

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    Modum habere. Terent. Avoir et tenir moyen.

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    Quum ad beatam vitam nullum momentum res haberet. Ci. N'eust aucune importance, et n'y servist de rien, ou n'y feist rien.

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    Moram. Cassius Ciceroni. Estre retardé.

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    Habet sibi morae imperium herile. Plaut. Il est long à faire le commandement de son maistre.

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    Aliquem mortuum habere. Cic. Tenir pour mort.

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    Habeo hunc morem, vel hoc moris. Plaut. Plin. iunior. C'est ma maniere de faire.

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    Multa habere. Gell. Estre riche.

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    Habere naturam alicuius. Plin. Estre de sa nature.

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    Necesse habere. Cic. Estre contrainct.

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    Quem AEgyptii nefas habent nominare. Cic. Reputent illicite et mal faict de le nommer.

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    De pueris quid agam non habeo. Ci. Je ne scay que j'en doy faire.

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    Notam impudentiae. Plin. Avoir ou porter un signe ou marque d'estre effronté et eshonté.

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    Negotium. Plaut. Avoir quelque affaire, Estre empesché.

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    In magno negotio habuit obligare semper annuos magistratus. Sueton. Il fut fort soigneux de, etc.

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    Noctem plenam timoribus habere. Cic. Craindre toute la nuict.

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    Notum habere. Plin. iunior. Congnoistre et scavoir.

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    Ex tot generibus nullum est animal praeter hominem, quod habeat notitiam aliquam Dei. Cic. Qui ayt congnoissance de Dieu.

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    Notitiam foeminae habere. Caesar. Congnoistre charnellement une femme.

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    Ea res capitali noxae habetur. Liu. C'est un cas capital où la vie pend.

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    Numerum habere. Plaut. Avoir memoire du nombre, Se souvenir du nombre.

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    Haberi aliquo numero. Var. Estre aucunement prisé et estimé.

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    Habere aliquem in hostium numero. Cic. L'estimer et tenir nostre ennemi.

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    Eos in numero sapientum non habent. Cic. Ils ne les comptent pas au nombre des sages.

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    Indagatio ipsa rerum habet oblectationem. Cic. Resjouit.

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    Obstrictos suo beneficio habere. Caesar. Tenir obligez.

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    Obtentum aliquem habere. Tacit. Avoir quelque couleur et couverture. \ Habere obuiam. Gell. Rencontrer.

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    Oculos suos in oculis alterius habere. Plaut. Avoir l'oeil sur autruy.

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    Ante oculos habere aliquem. Ouid. Penser tousjours à luy.

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    Odium in aliquem. Cic. Hair, Avoir en haine.

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    Sibi odio habere aliquid. Plaut. Hair.

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    Quod apud alios gratiam, apud alios offensionem habet. Plin. Desplaist aux autres.

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    Habuerunt officia mea in secundis, habuerunt in aduersis. Plin. iunior. J'ay faict mon debvoir envers elles, Je leur ay aydé.

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    Orationem ad populum. Cic. Faire une harangue, ou oraison.

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    Orationem cum aliquo. Caes. Tenir quelque propos avec aucun.

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    In ore aliquid habere. Cic. Tousjours parler d'une chose.

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    Ab aliquo otium ad aliquid faciendum habere. Terent. Avoir loisir.

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    Expositis quae pacta iam cum Marcello haberent, etc. Liu. Qu'ils avoyent accordé et arresté avec Marcel.

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    Palmam habere. Plin. Emporter le bruit, Estre le plus renommé.

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    Habet partes in hac comoedia seruus. Plaut. Il est du jeu, Il joue son rolle.

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    In partibus aliquem habere. Tacit. L'avoir de sa bande.

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    Parum habuit hoc facere. Sallust. Il ne se contenta pas d'avoir faict cela.

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    Pecuniam numeratam non habere in praesentia. Cic. Ne point avoir argent comptant pour le present.

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    Prorsus neque dicere, neque facere, quicquam pensi habebat. Sallust. Il ne luy challoit qu'il dist, ne qu'il feist, Il n'avoit point d'esgard, ne de consideration à ce qu'il disoit ou faisoit.

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    In perditis et desperatis habere. Cice. Estimer estre perdu et n'en avoir point d'esperance.

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    Periculum habere. Colum. Estre en danger.

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    Si non periculum a pecore habeat. Colum. S'il n'est point en danger des brebis.

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    Clodii animum perspectum habeo. Cic. Je congnoy la deliberation de Clodius.

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    Persuasum habere. Plin. Estre tout seur et asseuré.

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    Habeo polliceri. Cic. J'ay à promettre, ou Il fault que je promette.

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    Pondus habere. Cic. Avoir pris ou authorité, et estre estimé.

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    Potestatem summam. Cic. Avoir souveraine puissance et povoir.

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    Quod Remp. priuatis simultatibus potiorem habuisset. Liu. Qu'il avoit eu plus cher.

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    Praedam cum cura habere. Tacit. Garder sa proye bien et soigneusement.

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    Praedae habere magistratum. Sallust. Se servir d'une office publique pour instrument de piller, Piller et desrobber soubs ombre et par le moyen de son office.

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    Narrauit modo, quo pacto me habueris praepositam amori tuo. Terent. Comment tu as mis arriere l'amour de la fille pour l'amour de moy, Comment tu m'as preferé à celle que tu aimois.

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    Habent pretia in odoribus syluae. Plin. L'odeur des forests ou bois est fort prisee.

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    Optimi thuris libra, XVI pretium habet. Plin. Elle se vend.

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    Quod habui summum pretium, persolui tibi. Terent. Je t'ay guerdonné du plus grand loyer que je povoye.

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    Suauia in praesentia quae essent, prima habere. Terent. Plus estimer, et en tenir plus de compte.

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    Principatum habere. Plin. Estre le plus excellent.

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    Sine illum prioreis parteis hosce aliquot dies Apud me habere. Terent. Laisse luy avoir le grand credit envers moy, etc.

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    Existimationis meae procurationem susceptam velim habeas. Cic. Je desire fort que tu prennes la charge de, etc.

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    Processum aliquem in literis habere. Sueton. Estre avancé et avoir prouffité és lettres.

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    In prodigiis habere. Plin. Estre reputé et estimé, etc.

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    - semper tibi promissum Habeto hac lege, dum superes datis. Plaut. Tien le pour tout promis, par tel si que, etc.

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    Habeo in promptu. Cic. Je l'ay tout prest et appareillé, Je l'ay en main.

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    Propitium aliquem. Plin. iunior. Estre en la grace d'aucun, et l'avoir favorable.

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    Tentandum Caesar existimauit quidnam Pompeius propositi aut voluntatis ad dimicandum haberet. Caes. Quel propos il avoit.

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    Habere quaestui Remp. Cic. Tourner à son prouffit particulier l'administration et gouvernement de la republique.

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    Quaestionem habere de viri morte instituit. Cic. Elle se delibera de scavoir la verité de la mort de son mari par la bouche et confession de ses serfs, en leur baillant la question et torture.

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    Querimoniam de re aliqua. Cic. Se complaindre.

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    Quod gaudeamus, vel quid sequamur, habemus. Ci. Nous avons dequoy nous resjouir.

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    Rationem alicuius non habere. Liu. Le declarer non recevable à povoir estre esleu, ou pourveu de quelque estat, comme indigne et incapable d'iceluy.

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    Rationem habetis quomodo vnum amiserit. Plaut. Voila la maniere comment, etc. Vous entendez la maniere comment, etc.

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    Rationem procreandi. Cic. Avoir esgard à la, etc.

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    Habenda ratio valetudinis. Cic. Il fault prendre garde, ou avoir esgard à sa santé.

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    Quod posteaquam iste cognouit, hanc habere rationem coepit. Cic. Il commenca à penser en soymesme, etc.

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    Rationem habere cum terra. Cic. Labourer la terre, Avoir affaire avec la terre.

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    Rationem cum musis. Cic. Estudier.

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    Receptum. Liu. Avoir retraicte.

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    Receptum ad gratiam alicuius. Caes. Povoir retourner en la grace, Avoir moyen de retourner en la grace d'aucun.

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    Regressum. Colum. Avoir reculee, Se retirer et reculer.

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    Religioni habere. Cic. Faire conscience.

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    In remediis habere. Plin. Avoir et prendre pour remede.

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    Ita vt sese habet, narrato. Terent. Comme l'affaire va.

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    Rem cum aliquo habere. Terent. Avoir affaire avec luy.

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    - habe Rem pactam sic futurum, si do tibi operam hanc Modo. Plaut. Sois tout asseuré que ainsi sera, si, etc.

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    Habes omnem rem. Terent. Tu ois et entends tout l'affaire.

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    Habeo tibi res solutas. Plaut. Je t'ay satisfaict à ta demande, Tu es payé.

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    Scis quomodo tibi res habet? Plaut. Scais tu comment te vont tes besongnes? comment ton cas se porte?

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    Rem antiquissimam habere. Cice. Laisser toutes autres choses pour ceste là, Entendre à icelle par dessus toutes les autres, L'avoir plus chere, et en plus grande recommendation que toutes les autres.

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    Quum respectum ad Senatum et ad bonos non haberet. Cic. N'ayant point d'esgard au Senat.

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    Habere reuerentiam alicui. Plin. iunior. Luy porter honneur et reverence.

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    Satis habebant, sine detrimento discedere. Caesar. Il leur suffisoit, Ce leur estoit assez.

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    Satin'habes si foeminarum nulla est quam aeque diligam? Plaut. Ne te doibt il pas suffire, si, etc.

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    Illud notasse satis habeo. Quintil. Il me suffit d'avoir, etc. Ce m'est assez.

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    Longe aliter res se habet ac tibi videatur. Cic. La chose va bien autrement, ou est bien autre que tu ne penses.

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    Se belle habere. Cic. Se porter bien.

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    Quanquam videbatur se non grauiter habere, tamem sum solicitus. Cic. Ia soit qu'il ne semblast point se porter si mal, etc.

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    Se male habere. Caes. Se porter mal.

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    Se munditer. Plaut. Se tenir nettement.

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    Se parce. Terent. Vivre chichement.

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    Nunquum secus habui illam, ac si ex me esset nata. Terent. Jamais je ne luy feis autrement qu'à ma propre fille.

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    Superbia in superciliis sedem habet. Plinius. Est logee, ou se tient, etc.

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    Senatum. Cic. Assembler le Senat.

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    Sermonem. Ci. Parler et deviser avec aucun, Tenir propos avec luy.

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    Referam sermones eos, quos de agricultura habuimus nuper. Varro. Les parolles que nous dismes, etc. Les propos que nous teismes de, etc.

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    Sermonem apud populum habere. Plin. iunior. Porter une parolle devant le peuple, Haranguer.

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    Multum is mecum sermonem habuit et perhumanum de discordiis mulierum nostrarum. Cic. Il me parla fort long temps et humainement de, etc. Il me teint long propos et fort humain, de, etc.

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    In sermonibus homines habebant, quos in annum Consules, ad finiendum tandem id bellum crearent. Liu. Parloyent ensemble, et devisoyent qui, etc.

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    In seruitiis habere. Plin. Avoir pour serviteur.

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    Iste Epicratis bona Bidinos omnia possidere et sibi habere iussit. Cic. Leur commande de les prendre pour eulx.

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    Sibi habeant sapientiae nomen. Cic. Qu'ils gardent bien leur tiltre de sagesse tant qu'ils vouldront, il ne m'en chault.

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    Sic habeto, non esse te mortalem, sed corpus hoc. Cic. Scache certainement que, etc. Tien pour certain que, etc.

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    De me autem sic habetote, etc. Cic. Quand est de moy, scachez que, etc.

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    Sine sic habere. Plaut. Pren le cas qu'il soit ainsi.

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    Quod ego sub signo habeo, seruoque diligentissime. Cic. Lequel j'ay enfermé à la clef.

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    Olorum similitudinem onocrotali habent. Plin. Resemblent.

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    Simultates cum aliquo habere. Cic. Avoir quelque picque et quelque rancune contre luy.

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    Societatem cum aliquo. Plin. Avoir quelque communication ensemble.

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    Solenne habere. Plin. Avoir de coustume, Estre coustumier.

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    Aliquem solicitum. Terent. Ci. Chagriner et mettre en grand soulci.

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    Spatium deliberandi habuerunt, quem potissimum vitae cursum sequi vellent. Cice. Ils ont eu l'espace, le temps, et le loisir de, etc.

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    Speciem alicuius rei habere. Colum. Luy resembler.

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    Speciem habet honesti. Cic. Il ha apparence d'honnesteté.

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    Spem. Cic. Avoir esperance.

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    Statiua. Liu. Passer son esté en quelque lieu.

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    Statutum. Cic. Avoir arresté en soymesme.

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    Qui bona sua pro stercore habet. Plaut. Qui ne les estime non plus que fient.

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    Studio habere. Terent. Faire à bon escient en pensant bien faire, De faict a pensé, Faire expresseement, De propos deliberé.

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    Sumptus cum aliquo. Cic. Faire sa despense avec luy.

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    Superuacuum. Plin. Estimer superflu.

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    Supplicationes. Liu. Faire processions et prieres publiques.

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    Suspectum. Liu. Tenir pour suspect.

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    Susque deque habeo. Gel. Il ne m'en chault, Je ne m'en soulcie point.

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    Hoc tu tecum tacitum habeto. Plaut. Tien ceci secret.

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    Dum habes tempus. Plaut. Ce pendant que tu as le temps et le loisir.

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    Testes ad aliquam rem. Plaut. Avoir tesmoings.

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    Habe tibi. Plaut. Pren la pour toy.

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    Habe tibi centum minis. Plaut. Je te la laisse pour cent mines.

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    Habere vacationem. Cic. Cesser de besongner, Avoir relasche.

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    Vacationem militiae, aut alicuius muneris. Plin. Estre exempté d'aller à la guerre, ou faire quelque autre charge.

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    Multis verbis vltro citroque habitis. Cic. Apres avoir eu beaucoup de parolles d'un costé et d'autre.

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    Habere verecundiam alicuius. Liu. Le craindre et reverer.

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    Haec mihi videntur habitura vetustatem. Cic. Il me semble qu'il sera memoire de ces choses d'ici à long temps, Qu'il en sera parlé à l'advenir.

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    Ad nostras aedeis hic quidem habet rectam viam. Plaut. Il va droict à nostre maison.

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    Victoriam habere. Plaut. Liu. Avoir la victoire, Estre victorieux.

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    Vim. Cic. Avoir force et vertu.

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    Habent vim antidoti. Plin. Servent pour contrepoison et preservatif, Ont la vertu de preserver.

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    Vires habere. Plin. Avoir force.

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    Perfecta quidem sapientia sumus, si nihil habeat res vitii. Cic. Pourveu qu'ils ne vueillent octroyer ne requerir chose meschante l'un à l'autre.

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    Voluptati habere aliquid. Sallust. Prendre grand plaisir et esbat à quelque chose.

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    Habere votum. Senec. Desirer, Souhaiter.

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    Myrobalano in vnguentis similem proximumque vsum habet palma in AEgypto. Plin. Elle ha un mesme usage, et sert à ce mesme que sert le Myrobalan.

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    Vsum ex aliqua re habere. Cic. Se servir de quelque chose.

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    Vsum multarum rerum. Cic. Avoir grande experience, Avoir beaucoup veu et congneu, Estre fort experimenté.

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    Vsum in re aliqua. caesar. Estre usité et exercité en quelque chose.

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    Vsum belli. Caes. Estre exercité au faict de la guerre.

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    In vsu habere quod docemus. Plin. iunior. Exercer et mettre en effect et usage ce que nous enseignons, Practiquer.

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    In vsu habere aliquem. Plin. iunior. Se servir d'aucun, Avoir affaire avec luy.

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    Vtilem aliquem habere. Plaut. Recevoir quelque prouffit d'aucun.

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    Habet vtilitatem haec res. Cic. Ha du prouffit, Est utile et prouffitable.

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    Spero me habere qui hunc meo excruciem modo. Terent. Je pense avoir occasion de, etc.

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    Quid ego agam habeo. Terent. Je scay bien que je doy faire.

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    Habet quod det. Terent. Il ha dequoy donner.

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    Habent tibi bene principia. Terent. Tu as bien commencé, Ton commencement se porte bien.

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    Habes nescio quid. Plaut. Tu as je ne scay quoy.

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    De me sic habetote: ego si, etc. Cic. Quand est de moy, scachez que, etc.

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    Habeatur sane orator, sed de minoribus. Cic. Qu'il soit reputé et estimé orateur.

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    Miserrimum istuc verbum et pessimum est, habuisse, et nil habere. Plaut. Avoir eu dequoy, et n'avoir plus rien.

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    Sine te exorem. T. age, habe, abi impune. Plautus. Je te l'octroye.

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    - certe captus est, Habet. Terent. Il en ha, Il est frappé ou attainct.

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    Sic habendum est, nullam in amicitiis pestem esse maiorem, quam adulationem. Cice. Il fault ainsi penser et estimer que, etc.

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    Amor sceleratus habendi. Ouid. D'avoir des biens, D'en avoir.

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    - modus omnibus In rebus soror est optimum habitu. Plaut. Il fait tresbon avoir moyen en toutes choses.

Dictionarium latinogallicum > habeo
54 contrā

contrā adv. and praep. [comp. of com-; see 1 cum]. I.adv., of position, in opposition, opposite, face to face, in front, on the other side: signum contra animo finivit, i. e. mentally drew a line, L.: stare, Iu.: ulmus erat contra, in front, O.: consistere, to make front, Cs.: positā Hispaniā, opposite, Ta.: intueri, in the face, L.: oscula non pervenientia contra, so as to meet, O.—Fig., of actions, in turn, in return, back, on the other hand, likewise: Audi nunc, in turn, T.: Mettius Tullo gratulatur, contra Tullus Mettium adloquitur, L.: at tibi contra Evenit, ut, etc., you have your reward, H.: cui latrans contra senex (i. e. respondit), Ph.: si scias quod donum huic dono contra comparet, what counter-gift, T.: Facere contra huic aegre, T.: tibi contra gratiam Referre, T. — Of opposition or strife, in opposition, on the other side: obniti contra sufficere, to have strength to resist, V.: pugnare, O.: vociferans, L.: pauca accipe contra, H.: contra feriundi copia, making a counter-attack, S.: quid, si de litteris corruptis contra venit? as his accuser: est contra iudicatum, an adverse decision: licere, to compete, Cs.: nihil quod contra peterent, to compete for: qui contra fecerit, the transgressor.—With verbs of saying, in opposition, on the other side, in answer: cum contra dicturus Hortensius esset, as opposing counsel: contra qui dicit, the opponent: cum nemo contra diceret, denied it: nihil contra disputabo priusquam dixerit, make no objection: quid contra reus? says in reply: contra dicentibus inimicis, Cs.: quid contra dicerem meditabar, how to reply: id quod contra diceretur refellere, the objections: quod in eā causā contra dicendum est: dicitur contra, nullum esse testamentum, the objection is made: respondit nec contra dici quin, etc., there was no objection, L.— Reversely, in an opposite manner, the contrary, the opposite: in stultitiā contra est, with fools the reverse is true: quod contra est, S.: utrumque contra accidit: alia probabilia, contra alia dicimus, improbable: cognoscere quid boni utrisque aut contra esset (i. e. mali), S. — On the contrary, on the other hand, conversely: tu contra obicies: Romanus conserere pugnam velle, contra eludere Poenus, L.: iusta omnia decora sunt, iniusta contra indecora: ut hi miseri, sic contra illi beati quos, etc.: imperavi nihil, et contra patribus parui, but on the contrary: non enim tua culpa est... contraque summa laus: at contra: sed contra: contra autem: falso queritur quod, etc.: nam contra, etc., S.: quin contra, nay on the contrary, L.—Followed by atque or ac, contrary to, different from, otherwise than: simulacrum, contra atque ante fuerat, ad orientem convertere: contra atque esset dictum, Cs.: si haec contra ac dico essent omnia: contra ac ratus erat, S.: contra quam fas erat, contrary to the divine law: contra quam ipse censnisset, contrary to its own resolution. II. Praep., with acc. (in prose before its case, except sometimes a rel. pron.), of position, before, against, facing, towards, opposite to, contrary to, over against: insulae latus est contra Galliam, Cs.: pacatis contra insulam suam terris, L.: Carthago Italiam contra, V.—Opposite, towards, against, facing, over against: contra vos in contione consistere, to face you: a fronte contra hostem, Cs.: Albanos contra legionem conlocat, L.: quos agmina contra Procurrunt, V.: contra hanc Romam altera Roma, a rival to.—Fig., in answer to, in reply to: contra ea facturos clamitabat, etc., Cs.: contra ea aiebat, etc., L.: contra postulata nuntios mittit, S.: Quae contra breviter fata est vates, V.—With valere, to weigh against, counterbalance, avail against: hac ratio contra omne ius iurandum valet: contrane lucrum nil valere Pauperis ingenium? H. —Of opposition or strife, against, with, in hostility to, as the enemy of: contra Caesarem gerere bellum: arma contra senatum tuli: armis contendere contra populum R., Cs.: contra Crustuminos profectus, marched against, L.: nihil se contra Sequanos consili inire, take hostile measures against, Cs.: contra salutem urbis incitari: paratus contra eum: agere contra hominem, plead against: nihil satis firmum contra Metellum, S.: contra difficultates providere, S.: vi contra vim resistere, L.: defensio contra vim: contra me sentire, hold an unfavorable opinion: quem contra veneris antea, for whose adversary you were counsel: pugnandum contra morbum: (provinciam) contra Caesarem retenturi, as the enemy of: eae res contra nos faciunt, make against.—Against, in opposition to, as the opponent of: tibi contra nos dicendum putes: contra iuris consultos dicere, against their opinions: contra caput dicere, to plead against life: contra Epicurum dictum est, in reply to: consuetudo contra deos disputandi, i. e. against the existence.—Against, injurious to, unfavorable to, to the disadvantage of: nihil contra me fecit odio mei: aliquid contra Caesarem Pompeio suadere: contra se ipse misericors, to his own injury, Ph.: contra valetudinis commodum laborare.—Esp., of offences, against, in violation of: pecuniam contra leges auferre: contra fas: contra ius gentium, L.: contra verecundiam, in disregard of: contra rem p. fecisse, to have been guilty of treason: vim eam contra rem p. factam decernere, L.: contra morem facere: quod contra legem esset: contra fidem. — Of opposition in thought, contrary to, opposite to, the reverse of: sed mihi contra ea videtur, the contrary seems true, S.: contra ea Caesar putabat, otherwise, Cs.: contra ea benigne, on the other hand, L.: cuius a me corpus crematum est, quod contra decuit ab illo meum (sc. cremari), whereas: quod contra oportebat delicto dolere, correctione gaudere, while, on the contrary.—With an abstract noun, contrary to, beyond, against: contra omnium opinionem (i. e. contra ac rati erant), Cs.: contra opinionem Iugurthae, against the expectation, S.: cetera contra spem salva invenit, L.: contra timorem animi praemia sceleris adeptus, S.
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facing, face-to-face, in the eyes; towards/up to; across; in opposite direction; against, opposite, opposed/hostile/contrary/in reply to; directly over/level; otherwise, differently; conversely; on the contrary; vice versa
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against, facing, opposite; weighed against; as against; in resistance/reply to; contrary to, not in conformance with; the reverse of; otherwise than; towards/up to, in direction of; directly over/level with; to detriment of

Latin-English dictionary > contrā
55 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.

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56 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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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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2. iūs, iūris, n. (altlat. ious, iuus, altindisch yōh, das Heil), die Satzung, Verordnung, I) (objektiv) eig., das Recht als Inbegriff von Gesetzen, Verordnungen u. herkömmlichen Gebräuchen, insofern sie verbindlich sind u. vorschreiben, was erlaubt u. nicht erlaubt ist, die Satzungen der Gesetzgeber u. Juristen, A) im allg.: principia iuris, Cic.: ius anceps novi, causas defendere possum, Hor.: ius ac fas (menschliche u. göttliche Rechte) colere, Liv.: u. so ius ac fas omne delere, Cic.: festis quaedam diebus exercere fas ac iura (Religion u. Gesetz) sinunt, Verg.: contra ius fasque, gegen Recht u. Pflicht, Cic. u. Sall.: ius bonumque (Recht u. Gerechtigkeit) apud eos non legibus magis quam naturā valebat, Sall.: condere nova iura, Liv.: iura dare, Rechte = Gesetze (eine Verfassung) geben, Liv. u. Verg.: u. so dare iura Medis, Hor.: dare iura per populos, Verg.: natus in libero populo inter iura legesque, Liv.: ius discere, die Rechte (zu Rom) studieren, Augustin. conf. 6, 8 in. – ius est, es ist (gesetzlicher) Brauch, m. Infin., Ov. fast. 1, 53. Liv. 45, 33, 2 (wo verb. ius fasque est): m. Acc. u. Infin., Fab. Pict. bei Gell. 10, 15, 7. Cic. Tusc. 1, 113. Cic. ad Att. 9, 9, 3. B) insbes.: 1) das Recht als Inbegriff von Rechten einer Art, ius hominum, das allgemeine Menschenrecht, Naturrecht, Cic.: ius gentium, das Völkerrecht, Cic.: iure gentium, Curt.: ius civile, das bürgerliche R., Cic.: i. praetorium, Cic.: ius necessitudinis, Suet.: iura coniugalia, Ov.: iuris publici, iuris civilis prudentia, Cic. u. Nep.: iuris civilis scientia, Cic.: scientia iuris (civilis), Ggstz. ignoratio, Cic.: omnium legum atque iurum fictor, Plaut. Epid. 523. – dah. die Rechtsformeln der alten Juristen, ius Flavianum (s. Flāvius), Cic. – 2) das Recht als Gegenstand der Justiz, was Rechtens ist, a) eig.: summum ius (das strengste, schärfste R.) summa iniuria, Ter. u. Cic.: iure uti, nach der Strenge des R. verfahren, Cic.: summo iure agere cum alqo, mit jmd. nach dem strengsten R. verfahren, Cic. – quod eorum iudicum maior pars iudicavit, id ius ratumque esto, sei rechtsgültig, alte Formel b. Cic. – ius dicere, Cic., od. reddere, Liv., Recht sprechen (v. Vorsitzenden des Gerichtes, zB, v. Prätor, Statthalter usw.): ius petere, sich Recht sprechen lassen, Cic.: ius od. de iure respondere, ein rechtliches Gutachten geben (vom Rechtsgelehrten, der bei Rechtssachen um Rat gefragt wird u. darüber Bescheid u. Auskunft gibt), Cic. – poet. im Plur., iura dare populo, Rechtssprüche erteilen, Recht sprechen (v. Prätor), Ov.: u. so undis iura dare nymphisque colentibus undas, Ov.: populis aequata duobus iura, gleiches R. spr. = nach gleichem Rechte regieren, Ov.: so auch reddere iura absol. od. alci, Ov.: u. regia iura Quiriti, Ov. – b) meton., das Gericht (als Ort), in ius vocare, Cic.: in ius rapere, Plaut.: in ius ire, Ter. u.a., adire, Cic.: in ius ambulare, Ter.

II) (subjektiv) übtr.: A) im allg., das Recht als in der Natur, auf geschriebene Gesetze u. Herkommen gegründete Befugnis u. Ansprüche, iura communia, gleiche Rechte, Cic.: divina ac humana iura, Cic.: ius u. iura belli, Cic. u.a.: iure belli, Curt.: mit obj. Genet., ius emendi, Ps. Quint. decl.: ius sententiae dicendae, Liv.: ius caeli, Anspruch auf den H., Ov.: ius muneris, das Recht, die Befugnis zu verschenken, Ov.: spolium mei iuris, worauf ich ein Recht habe, mir gebührend, Ov.: ut eodem iure essent, quo fuissent, Cic.: uxores eodem iure sunt, quo viri, haben gleiche Rechte mit den Männern, Cic.: iure, mit Recht, rechtmäßigerweise (zB. cum hoste pugnare), Cic.: recte et iure, mit Fug u. Recht, Cic.: iure meritoque, Curt.: suo iure, vermöge seines persönlichen Rechts, mit Fug u. Recht, Cic.: dagegen iusto iure, mit gutem, mit vollem Rechte, Liv.: ebenso iure optimo, ganz mit vollem R., Cic.; verb. merito atque optimo iure, Cic.: iure an iniuriā, mit R. od. Unrecht, Cic.: omnia pro suo iure agere, mit aller Strenge auf sein R. halten, Ter.: ius suum tenere od. obtinere, Cic.: ius suum persequi, Cic.: ius suum armis exsequi, Caes.: de suo iure cedere, Cic., od. suo iure decedere, Liv.: ius dare alci rei, einer Sache ein Recht einräumen, etw. gewähren lassen, Sen. de ira 1, 8, 1 u. ep. 116, 2. Lucan. 1, 2. – ius est, es ist Rechtens, es steht das Recht zu, es ist gestattet, man darf, m. Infin., Cato oratt. 68. fr. 2. Cic. top. 12. Liv. 32, 22, 3. Suet. Ner. 16, 2: m. Acc. u. Infin., Ter. adelph. 686: u. so alci ius est m. Infin., es steht jmdm. das Recht zu, es ist jmdm. gestattet, es darf jmd., Cic. de or. 1, 177; top. 22; de off. 1, 37 u. 3, 42. Verg. Aen. 12, 315. Hor. de art. poët. 466. Ov. met. 8, 730: u. auch istuc ius est od. meum ius est m. folg. ut u. Konj., Plaut. aul. 747. Ter. Hec. 243.

B) insbes., das Recht = 1) das Vorrecht, die Gerechtsame, das Privilegium eines einzelnen Standes od. einzelnen, iura populi, Sall.: ius libertatis, Sall.: ius civitatis, die Gerechtsame des Bürgerrechtes, das Recht des Besitzes aller bürgerl. Rechte, Cic.: ius petendorum honorum, Liv. epit.: iura muliebria, Liv.: ius metallorum, das R., in dem Bezirke seines Eigentums Bergwerke anzulegen, Suet.: ius osculi, Suet.: ius auxilii sui (der Volkstribunen), Liv.: ius trium liberorum, Sen. fr. bei Lact. 1, 16, 10: famularia iura (Sklavenrechte) dare, Ov. – insbes., das erworbene Eigentum einer Grabstätte, Corp. inscr. Lat. 6, 4940 u. 5017. – u. Plur. iura = verbriefte Rechte, Dokumente, Tac. ann. 3, 60. – 2) das Recht = die aus dem Rechte entspringende Gewalt, Macht, ius retinendi, Liv.: ius agendi cum plebe, Cic.: alci ius de alqo dare, Liv.: sui iuris esse, sein eigener Herr, selbständig, unabhängig von anderer Einfluß u. Meinung sein, Cic.: alqm proprii iuris facere, jmd. selbständig-, unabhängig machen, Iustin.: aber alqm sui iuris facere, jmd. sich untertan machen, -sich unterwerfen, Vell.: u. tot undique gentes iuris habere sui velle, sich untertan machen-, sich unterwerfen wollen, Lucan. (vgl. Ruhnken Vell. 2, 69, 2): in paucorum ius atque ditionem concedere, Sall. – mit objekt. Genet. = »Macht über« usw., corporis, equorum, Ov.: u. so m. in u. Akk., wie in aequora, Ov. – / Dat. Sing. iure in der alten Formel iure dicundo, Liv. 42, 28, 6. Suet. Caes. 7, 1. Gell. 13, 12, 9. Gromat. vet. 263, 10 u. 265, 7. Corp. inscr. Lat. 3, 2026; 10, 6490 u. 11, 3258 (s. Neue Wagener Formenl.³ 1, 298 f. u. Georges Lexik. der lat. Wortf. S. 371; Gaius dig. 2, 4, 22 liest aber Mommsen alieno iuri subiectae): Genet. Plur. iurum, Plaut. Epid. 523 G. Cato origg. 7. fr. 14. – altlat. ious, Corp. inscr. Lat. 1, 204. col. 2. lin. 18. 20. 29 u. ö.: iuus, ibid. 1, 202 col. 1, 39 u. col. 2, 3 u. 27.

lateinisch-deutsches > ius [2]
59 ius

1. iūs, iūris, n. (altindisch yūs, griech. ζωμός), I) Brühe, Suppe, ius maenarum, Lucil. 1077: ius fervens, Cic.: ius anserinum vel vitulinum, Cels.: ius carninum, Eccl.: ius pulli gallinacei, Cels.: ius vituli, Plin.: ius Verrinum: zweideutig = Schweinsbrühe u. = das verrinische Recht, Cic.: multa iura confundere, Plaut. most. 277. – II) übtr., vom Saft der Purpurschnecke, Plin. 35, 44.

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2. iūs, iūris, n. (altlat. ious, iuus, altindisch yōh, das Heil), die Satzung, Verordnung, I) (objektiv) eig., das Recht als Inbegriff von Gesetzen, Verordnungen u. herkömmlichen Gebräuchen, insofern sie verbindlich sind u. vorschreiben, was erlaubt u. nicht erlaubt ist, die Satzungen der Gesetzgeber u. Juristen, A) im allg.: principia iuris, Cic.: ius anceps novi, causas defendere possum, Hor.: ius ac fas (menschliche u. göttliche Rechte) colere, Liv.: u. so ius ac fas omne delere, Cic.: festis quaedam diebus exercere fas ac iura (Religion u. Gesetz) sinunt, Verg.: contra ius fasque, gegen Recht u. Pflicht, Cic. u. Sall.: ius bonumque (Recht u. Gerechtigkeit) apud eos non legibus magis quam naturā valebat, Sall.: condere nova iura, Liv.: iura dare, Rechte = Gesetze (eine Verfassung) geben, Liv. u. Verg.: u. so dare iura Medis, Hor.: dare iura per populos, Verg.: natus in libero populo inter iura legesque, Liv.: ius discere, die Rechte (zu Rom) studieren, Augustin. conf. 6, 8 in. – ius est, es ist (gesetzlicher) Brauch, m. Infin., Ov. fast. 1, 53. Liv. 45, 33, 2 (wo verb. ius fasque est): m. Acc. u. Infin., Fab. Pict. bei Gell. 10, 15, 7. Cic. Tusc. 1, 113. Cic. ad Att. 9, 9, 3. B) insbes.: 1) das Recht als Inbegriff von Rechten einer Art, ius hominum, das allgemeine Menschenrecht, Naturrecht, Cic.: ius gentium, das Völkerrecht, Cic.: iure gentium, Curt.:

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ius civile, das bürgerliche R., Cic.: i. praetorium, Cic.: ius necessitudinis, Suet.: iura coniugalia, Ov.: iuris publici, iuris civilis prudentia, Cic. u. Nep.: iuris civilis scientia, Cic.: scientia iuris (civilis), Ggstz. ignoratio, Cic.: omnium legum atque iurum fictor, Plaut. Epid. 523. – dah. die Rechtsformeln der alten Juristen, ius Flavianum (s. Flavius), Cic. – 2) das Recht als Gegenstand der Justiz, was Rechtens ist, a) eig.: summum ius (das strengste, schärfste R.) summa iniuria, Ter. u. Cic.: iure uti, nach der Strenge des R. verfahren, Cic.: summo iure agere cum alqo, mit jmd. nach dem strengsten R. verfahren, Cic. – quod eorum iudicum maior pars iudicavit, id ius ratumque esto, sei rechtsgültig, alte Formel b. Cic. – ius dicere, Cic., od. reddere, Liv., Recht sprechen (v. Vorsitzenden des Gerichtes, zB, v. Prätor, Statthalter usw.): ius petere, sich Recht sprechen lassen, Cic.: ius od. de iure respondere, ein rechtliches Gutachten geben (vom Rechtsgelehrten, der bei Rechtssachen um Rat gefragt wird u. darüber Bescheid u. Auskunft gibt), Cic. – poet. im Plur., iura dare populo, Rechtssprüche erteilen, Recht sprechen (v. Prätor), Ov.: u. so undis iura dare nymphisque colentibus undas, Ov.: populis aequata duobus iura, gleiches R. spr. = nach gleichem Rechte regieren, Ov.: so auch reddere iura absol. od. alci, Ov.: u. regia iura Quiriti, Ov. – b) meton., das Gericht (als

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Ort), in ius vocare, Cic.: in ius rapere, Plaut.: in ius ire, Ter. u.a., adire, Cic.: in ius ambulare, Ter.

II) (subjektiv) übtr.: A) im allg., das Recht als in der Natur, auf geschriebene Gesetze u. Herkommen gegründete Befugnis u. Ansprüche, iura communia, gleiche Rechte, Cic.: divina ac humana iura, Cic.: ius u. iura belli, Cic. u.a.: iure belli, Curt.: mit obj. Genet., ius emendi, Ps. Quint. decl.: ius sententiae dicendae, Liv.: ius caeli, Anspruch auf den H., Ov.: ius muneris, das Recht, die Befugnis zu verschenken, Ov.: spolium mei iuris, worauf ich ein Recht habe, mir gebührend, Ov.: ut eodem iure essent, quo fuissent, Cic.: uxores eodem iure sunt, quo viri, haben gleiche Rechte mit den Männern, Cic.: iure, mit Recht, rechtmäßigerweise (zB. cum hoste pugnare), Cic.: recte et iure, mit Fug u. Recht, Cic.: iure meritoque, Curt.: suo iure, vermöge seines persönlichen Rechts, mit Fug u. Recht, Cic.: dagegen iusto iure, mit gutem, mit vollem Rechte, Liv.: ebenso iure optimo, ganz mit vollem R., Cic.; verb. merito atque optimo iure, Cic.: iure an iniuriā, mit R. od. Unrecht, Cic.: omnia pro suo iure agere, mit aller Strenge auf sein R. halten, Ter.: ius suum tenere od. obtinere, Cic.: ius suum persequi, Cic.: ius suum armis exsequi, Caes.: de suo iure cedere, Cic., od. suo iure decedere, Liv.: ius dare alci rei, einer Sache ein Recht einräumen, etw. gewähren lassen, Sen. de ira 1, 8, 1

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u. ep. 116, 2. Lucan. 1, 2. – ius est, es ist Rechtens, es steht das Recht zu, es ist gestattet, man darf, m. Infin., Cato oratt. 68. fr. 2. Cic. top. 12. Liv. 32, 22, 3. Suet. Ner. 16, 2: m. Acc. u. Infin., Ter. adelph. 686: u. so alci ius est m. Infin., es steht jmdm. das Recht zu, es ist jmdm. gestattet, es darf jmd., Cic. de or. 1, 177; top. 22; de off. 1, 37 u. 3, 42. Verg. Aen. 12, 315. Hor. de art. poët. 466. Ov. met. 8, 730: u. auch istuc ius est od. meum ius est m. folg. ut u. Konj., Plaut. aul. 747. Ter. Hec. 243.

B) insbes., das Recht = 1) das Vorrecht, die Gerechtsame, das Privilegium eines einzelnen Standes od. einzelnen, iura populi, Sall.: ius libertatis, Sall.: ius civitatis, die Gerechtsame des Bürgerrechtes, das Recht des Besitzes aller bürgerl. Rechte, Cic.: ius petendorum honorum, Liv. epit.: iura muliebria, Liv.: ius metallorum, das R., in dem Bezirke seines Eigentums Bergwerke anzulegen, Suet.: ius osculi, Suet.: ius auxilii sui (der Volkstribunen), Liv.: ius trium liberorum, Sen. fr. bei Lact. 1, 16, 10: famularia iura (Sklavenrechte) dare, Ov. – insbes., das erworbene Eigentum einer Grabstätte, Corp. inscr. Lat. 6, 4940 u. 5017. – u. Plur. iura = verbriefte Rechte, Dokumente, Tac. ann. 3, 60. – 2) das Recht = die aus dem Rechte entspringende Gewalt, Macht, ius retinendi, Liv.: ius agendi cum plebe, Cic.: alci ius de alqo dare, Liv.: sui iuris esse, sein ei-

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gener Herr, selbständig, unabhängig von anderer Einfluß u. Meinung sein, Cic.: alqm proprii iuris facere, jmd. selbständig-, unabhängig machen, Iustin.: aber alqm sui iuris facere, jmd. sich untertan machen, -sich unterwerfen, Vell.: u. tot undique gentes iuris habere sui velle, sich untertan machen-, sich unterwerfen wollen, Lucan. (vgl. Ruhnken Vell. 2, 69, 2): in paucorum ius atque ditionem concedere, Sall. – mit objekt. Genet. = »Macht über« usw., corporis, equorum, Ov.: u. so m. in u. Akk., wie in aequora, Ov. – ⇒ Dat. Sing. iure in der alten Formel iure dicundo, Liv. 42, 28, 6. Suet. Caes. 7, 1. Gell. 13, 12, 9. Gromat. vet. 263, 10 u. 265, 7. Corp. inscr. Lat. 3, 2026; 10, 6490 u. 11, 3258 (s. Neue Wagener Formenl.³ 1, 298 f. u. Georges Lexik. der lat. Wortf. S. 371; Gaius dig. 2, 4, 22 liest aber Mommsen alieno iuri subiectae): Genet. Plur. iurum, Plaut. Epid. 523 G. Cato origg. 7. fr. 14. – altlat. ious, Corp. inscr. Lat. 1, 204. col. 2. lin. 18. 20. 29 u. ö.: iuus, ibid. 1, 202 col. 1, 39 u. col. 2, 3 u. 27.

Ausführliches Lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch > ius
60 religio

rĕlĭgĭo (in poetry also rellĭgĭo, to lengthen the first syllable), ōnis, f. [Concerning the etymology of this word, various opinions were prevalent among the ancients. Cicero (N. D. 2, 28, 72) derives it from relĕgere, an etymology favored by the verse cited ap. Gell. 4, 9, 1, religentem esse oportet, religiosum nefas; whereas Servius (ad Verg. A. 8, 349), Lactantius (4, 28), Augustine (Retract. 1, 13), al., assume religare as the primitive, and for this derivation Lactantius cites the expression of Lucretius (1, 931; 4, 7): religionum nodis animos exsolvere. Modern etymologists mostly agree with this latter view, assuming as root lig, to bind, whence also lic-tor, lex, and ligare; hence, religio sometimes means the same as obligatio; v. Corss. Aussprache, 1, 444 sq.; cf. Munro ad Lucr. 1, 109.]
I.
Reverence for God ( the gods), the fear of God, connected with a careful pondering of divine things; piety, religion, both pure inward piety and that which is manifested in religious rites and ceremonies;
hence the rites and ceremonies, as well as the entire system of religion and worship, the res divinae or sacrae, were frequently called religio or religiones (cf. our use of the word religion): qui omnia, quae ad cultum deorum pertinerent, diligenter retractarent et tamquam relegerent, sunt dicti religiosi ex relegendo, ut elegantes ex elegendo, tamquam a diligendo diligentes, ex intellegendo intellegentes: his enim in verbis omnibus inest vis legendi eadem, quae in religioso,
Cic. N. D. 2, 28, 72:
religione id est cultu deorum,
id. ib. 2, 3, 8:
religio est, quae superioris cujusdam naturae (quam divinam vocant) curam caerimoniamque affert,
id. Inv. 2, 53, 161:
(Pompilius) animos ardentes consuetudine et cupiditate bellandi religionum caeremoniis mitigavit, etc.,
id. Rep. 2, 14, 26;
with which cf.: illa diuturna pax Numae mater huic urbi juris et religionis fuit,
id. ib. 5, 2, 3:
de auguriis, responsis, religione denique omni,
Quint. 12, 2, 21:
unde enim pietas? aut a quibus religio?
Cic. Rep. 1, 2, 2; cf. id. Leg. 2, 11, 26:
aliquem a pietate, religione deducere,
id. Verr. 2, 4, 6, § 12:
horum sententiae omnium non modo superstitionem tollunt, in quā inest timor inanis deorum, sed etiam religionem, quae deorum cultu pio continetur, etc.,
id. N. D. 1, 42, 117:
quis enim istas (Democriti) imagines... aut cultu aut religione dignas judicare?
id. ib. 1, 43, 121; cf.:
cum animus cultum deorum et puram religionem susceperit,
id. Leg. 1, 23, 60:
sacra Cereris summa majores nostri religione confici caerimoniaque voluerunt,
id. Balb. 24, 55; cf. id. Leg. 2, 22, 55:
in quibus erant omnia, quae sceleri propiora sunt quam religioni,
id. Verr. 2, 4, 50, § 112:
nec vero superstitione tollenda religio tollitur,
id. Div. 2, 72, 148; cf. id. Part. 23, 31:
medemini religioni sociorum, judices, conservate vestram. Neque enim haec externa vobis est religio (sc. Cereris) neque aliena, etc.,
id. Verr. 2, 4, 51, § 114:
istorum religio sacrorum,
id. Fl. 28, 69; id. Verr. 2, 4, 6, § 12; cf. id. ib. 2, 4, 8, §
18: religio deorum immortalium,
id. Lael. 25, 96; cf.:
per deos immortales! eos ipsos, de quorum religione jam diu dicimus,
id. Verr. 2, 4, 47, § 105:
religio divum,
Lucr. 6, 1276:
mira quaedam totā Siciliā privatim ac publice religio est Cereris Hennensis... quantam esse religionem convenit eorum, apud quos eam (Cererem) natam esse constat?... tanta erit enim auctoritas illius religionis, ut, etc.,
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 49, § 107; cf. id. ib. 2, 4, 45, §
99: qui (Mercurius) apud eos summā religione coleretur,
id. ib. 2, 4, 39, § 84; cf. id. ib. 2, 4, 39, § 85;
2, 4, 44, § 96: (simulacrum Dianae) translatum Carthaginem locum tantum hominesque mutarat: religionem quidem pristinam conservabat,
id. ib. 2, 4, 33, § 72; cf.
, of the same,
id. ib. 2, 4, 35, §
78: fanum Junonis tantā religione semper fuit, ut... semper inviolatum sanctumque fuit,
enjoyed such honor, was held in such reverence, id. ib. 2, 4, 46, § 103;
2, 4, 58, § 129: hac (panacea) evulsā scrobem repleri vario genere frugum religio est,
is a religious custom, Plin. 25, 4, 11, § 30; cf.:
et obrui tales religio est,
id. 30, 5, 14, § 42:
hi (barbari) ignari totius negotii ac religionis,
of religious belief, of religion, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 35, § 77; cf.:
venit mihi fani, loci, religionis illius in mentem,
id. ib. 2, 4, 50, §
110: de religione queri,
id. ib. 2, 4, 51, § 113.—In late and eccl. Lat., a religious ordinance, ceremony, rite:
quae est ista religio?
Vulg. Exod. 12, 26:
ista est religio victimae,
id. Num. 19, 2.—In plur.:
expertes religionum omnium,
Cic. N. D. 1, 42, 119:
qui in bello religionum et consuetudinis jura continent,
id. Verr. 2, 4, 55, § 122; cf.:
a quibus (rebus) etiam oculos cohibere te religionum jura cogebant,
id. ib. 2, 4, 45, §
101: religiones expiare,
id. Mil. 27, 73:
ceterae (nationes) pro religionibus suis bella suscipiunt, istae contra omnium religiones,
id. Font. 9, 30: Druides religiones interpretantur, religious matters, religion, Caes. B. G. 6, 13:
scientia morum ac religionum ejus rei publicae,
Quint. 12, 3, 1:
civitas religionibus dedita,
Plin. Pan. 74, 5:
liberum a religionibus matutinum,
Col. 6, 2, 3.
II.
Transf.
A.
Subject., conscientiousness, scrupulousness arising from religion, religious scruples, scruples of conscience, religious awe, etc. (cf. sanctimonia):
refrenatus religione,
Lucr. 5, 1114:
oppressa gravi sub religione vita,
id. 1, 64:
sese cum summā religione, tum summo metu legum et judiciorum teneri,
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 34, § 75; cf.:
ut eam non metus, non religio contineret,
id. ib. 2, 4, 45, §
101: memini perturbari exercitum nostrum religione et metu, quod serenā nocte subito candens et plena luna defecisset,
id. Rep. 1, 15, 23:
tantā religione obstricta tota provincia est, tanta superstitio ex istius facto mentes omnium Siculorum occupavit, ut, etc.,
id. Verr. 2, 4, 51, § 113; cf.:
obstrinxisti religione populum Romanum,
id. Phil. 2, 33, 83:
recitatis litteris oblata religio Cornuto est, etc.,
id. Fam. 10, 12, 3:
ad oblatam aliquam religionem,
id. Agr. 1, 2, 5:
non recordabantur, quam parvulae saepe causae vel falsae suspicionis vel terroris repentini vel objectae religionis magna detrimenta intulissent,
Caes. B. C. 3, 72:
obicere religionem,
Plaut. Merc. 5, 2, 40; cf.:
inicere religionem alicui,
Cic. Caecin. 33, 97:
vide ne quid Catulus attulerit religionis,
id. de Or. 2, 90, 367:
Gracchus cum rem illam in religionem populo venisse sentiret, ad senatum retulit,
id. N. D. 2, 4, 10:
nec eam rem habuit religioni,
id. Div. 1, 35, 77:
ut quae religio C. Mario non fuerat, quo minus C. Glauciam praetorem occideret, eā nos religione in privato P. Lentulo puniendo liberaremur,
id. Cat. 3, 6, 15:
tunc quoque, ne confestim bellum indiceretur, religio obstitit,
Liv. 4, 30:
cum ibi quoque religio obstaret, ne, etc... augures consulti eam religionem eximere,
id. 4, 31:
cum plenā religione civitas esset,
id. 7, 28; 21, 62:
nihil esse mihi, religio'st dicere,
Ter. Heaut. 2, 1, 16; cf.:
ut velut numine aliquo defensa castra oppugnare iterum, religio fuerit,
Liv. 2, 62; 6, 27:
rivos deducere nulla Religio vetuit (with fas et jura sinunt),
Verg. G. 1, 270:
nulla mihi Religio est,
Hor. S. 1, 9, 71:
nullā religione, ut scelus tegat, posse constrin gi,
Curt. 6, 7, 7:
quosdam religio ceperit ulterius quicquam eo die conandi,
Liv. 28, 15; cf.:
movendi inde thesauros incussa erat religio,
id. 29, 18:
religio fuit, denegare nolui,
Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 71.—In plur.: non demunt animis curas ac religiones Persarum montes, Varr. ap. Non. 379, 11:
artis Religionum animum nodis exsolvere,
Lucr. 1, 932; 4, 7:
religionibus atque minis obsistere vatum,
id. 1, 109:
plerique novas sibi ex loco religiones fingunt,
Caes. B. G. 6, 37:
natio est omnis Gallorum admodum dedita religionibus,
id. ib. 6, 16:
religionibus impediri,
id. ib. 5, 6; Auct. B. Alex. 74; Phaedr. 4, 10, 4:
plenis religionum animis, prodigia insuper nunciata,
Liv. 41, 16:
nullus locus non religionum deorumque est plenus,
id. 5, 52, 2:
pontifices flaminesque neglegentiores publicarum religionum esse,
id. 5, 52, 5.—
b.
Meton. ( effect. pro causā), a religious offence, giving rise to scruples of conscience:
ut si profectus non esset, nullā tamen mendacii religione obstrictus videretur,
Caes. B. C. 1, 11:
liberaret religione templum,
Liv. 45, 5:
se domumque religione exsolvere,
id. 5, 23.—In plur.:
inexpiabiles religiones in rem publicam inducere,
Cic. Phil. 1, 6, 13.—
c.
In partic.: religio jurisjurandi, or absol., scrupulousness in the fulfilment of an oath, the obligation of an oath, plighted faith:
religione jurisjurandi ac metu deorum in testimoniis dicendis commoveri,
Cic. Font. 9, 20; so,
jurisjurandi,
Caes. B. C. 1, 76 fin.; 3, 28; cf.:
nec Achaeos religione obstringerent,
Liv. 39, 37; Just. 1, 9, 18; 18, 6, 11. — Absol., Caes. B. C. 2, 32:
nocturna proelia esse vitanda, quod perterritus miles in civili dissensione timori magis quam religioni consulere consuerit,
id. ib. 1, 67:
religionem servare,
Nep. Ages. 2, 5.—
2.
In gen., a strict scrupulousness, anxiety, punctiliousness, conscientiousness, exactness, etc.: Atheniensium semper fuit prudens sincerumque judicium, nihil ut possent nisi incorruptum audire et elegans. Eorum religioni cum serviret orator, nullum verbum insolens, [p. 1557] nullum odiosum ponere audebat, Cic. Or. 8, 25; cf. id. ib. 11, 36; id. Brut. 82, 283:
fide et religione vitae defendi,
id. Deiot. 6, 16; cf.:
propter fidem et religionem judicis,
id. Rosc. Com. 15, 45; and:
testimoniorum religionem et fidem,
id. Fl. 4, 9:
homo sine ullā religione ac fide,
Nep. Chabr. 8, 2:
sin est in me ratio rei publicae, religio privati officii, etc.,
Cic. Sull. 3, 10; so,
officii,
id. Verr. 2, 3, 1, § 2:
religio in consilio dando,
id. Fam. 11, 29, 1:
alicujus facta ad antiquae religionis rationem exquirere,
id. Verr. 2, 4, 5, § 10; so,
antiqua,
id. Caecin. 10, 28:
nefas est religionem decipi judicantis,
Amm. 30, 4, 10.—In plur.:
judicum religiones,
Cic. de Or. 1, 8, 31.—
B.
Object.
1.
Abstr., the holiness, sacredness, sanctity inhering in any religious object (a deity, temple, utensils, etc.; cf.
sanctitas): quae (fortissimorum civium mentes) mihi videntur ex hominum vitā ad deorum religionem et sanctimoniam demigrasse,
Cic. Rab. Perd. 10, 30:
propter singularem ejus fani religionem,
id. Verr. 2, 4, 44, § 96:
in sacerdotibus tanta offusa oculis animoque religio,
Liv. 2, 40, 3; so,
fani,
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 50, § 110; id. Inv. 2, 1, 1:
sacrarii,
id. Verr. 2, 4, 3, § 5:
templorum,
Tac. H. 1, 40:
signi,
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 57, § 127:
jam tum religio pavidos terrebat agrestes Dira loci,
Verg. A. 8, 349.—
2.
Concr., an object of religious veneration, a sacred place or thing:
uno tempore Agrigentini beneficium Africani (sc. signum Apollinis), religionem domesticam, ornamentum urbis, etc.... requirebant,
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 43, § 93; cf.:
religionem restituere,
id. ib. 2, 4, 36, §
80: sacrorum omnium et religionum hostis praedoque,
id. ib.; cf.:
praedo religionum,
id. ib. 2, 4, 43, §
95: quem tibi deum tantis eorum religionibus violatis auxilio futurum putas?
id. ib. 2, 4, 35, § 78; cf.:
est sceleris, quod religiones maximas violavit,
id. ib. 2, 4, 41, § 88.— Poet.:
quae religio aut quae machina belli, of the Trojan horse,
Verg. A. 2, 151.—
(β).
A system of religious belief, a religion (late Lat.):
Christiana,
Christianity, Eutr. 10, 16 fin.; Leo M. Serm. 66, 2 init.:
Christianam religionem absolutam et simplicem anili superstitione confundens,
Amm. 21, 16, 18; Lact. 5, 2, 8.

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