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omnium instituere

  • 1 gemeinnützig

    gemeinnützig, civilis (übh. was aus der Liebe zu den Mitbürgern hervorgeht, sich darauf bezieht). – qui (quae, quod) in commune prodest od. conducit. omnibus fructuosus od. utilis (wovon alle Nutzen haben). – ein g. Bürger, communibus rationibus utilis civis. – Adv.e re publica (dem Vorteil des Gemeinwesens gemäß). – g. wirken, omnium commodis od. utilitati communi prospicere: etw. g. machen, alqd ad omnium usum accommodare. alqd in usum populi od. omnium instituere (zum allgemeinen od. öffentlichen Gebrauch einrichten); alqd publico usui destinare (zum öffentlichen Gebrauch bestimmen): alqd rem publicam facere (zum Gemeingut machen, z.B. ingenia hominum). – Gemeinnützigkeit, im Zshg. utilitas. – eines Menschen, studia civilia,n. pl..

    deutsch-lateinisches > gemeinnützig

  • 2 contra

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

    feminam scelestam te, adstans contra, contuor,

    Plaut. Pers. 2, 2, 26:

    ut confidenter mihi contra adstitit,

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

    signum contra, quoad longissume oculi ferebant, animo finivit,

    Liv. 1, 18, 8:

    stat contra starique jubet,

    Juv. 3, 290:

    stat contra dicitque tibi tua pagina Fures!

    Mart. 1, 55, 12:

    ulmus erat contra,

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

    templa vides contra,

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

    contra conserta manu,

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

    contra jacet Cancer patulam distentus in alvum,

    Manil. 2, 253:

    posita contra Hispania,

    Tac. Agr. 11:

    promuntorium quod contra procedit,

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

    arguam hanc vidisse apud te contra conservum meum,

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

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

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

    accede ad me atque adi contra,

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

    adspicedum contra me = contra adspice me,

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

    contra adspicere,

    id. Mil. 2, 1, 45:

    contra intueri,

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

    cum veniret contra Marcianus,

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    te ut deludam contra, lusorem meum,

    Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 71:

    quae me amat, quam ego contra amo,

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

    qui arguat se, eum contra vincat jurejurando suo,

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

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

    Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 54:

    audi nunc contra jam,

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

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

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

    Mettius Tullo gratulatur, contra Tullus Mettium benigne alloquitur,

    Liv. 1, 28, 1:

    contra ut me diligat illa,

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

    cui latrans contra senex,

    Phaedr. 5, 10, 7:

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

    Plin. Ep. 7, 6, 4.—

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

    Gell. 15, 9, 9; cf.:

    contra talia reddit,

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

    consulo quem dolum doloso contra conservo parem,

    Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 45:

    facere contra huic aegre,

    Ter. Eun. 4, 1, 10:

    hiscine contra insidiabere?

    id. Hec. 1. 1, 13:

    tibi contra gratiam Referre,

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

    item a me contra factum est,

    Plaut. Aul. prol. 20:

    puellam senex Amat et item contra filius,

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

    Consonat terra,

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

    confer gradum Contra pariter,

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

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

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

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

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

    si scias quod donum huic dono contra comparet,

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

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

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

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

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

    agedum pauca accipe contra,

    Hor. S. 1, 4, 38.—So in battle:

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

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

    oratio contra a Demosthene pro Ctesiphonte edita,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 56, 213:

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

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

    concurrunt... aetheriae nubes contra pugnantibu' ventis,

    struggling against each other, Lucr. 6. 98:

    nec nos obniti contra... Sufficimus,

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

    at ille contra nititur,

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

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

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

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

    Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 1, § 4:

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

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

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

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

    siti contra... pugnandum,

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

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

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

    contra etiam aliquid abs te profectum ex multis audivi,

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

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

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

    ut eos adversarios existimemus qui arma contra ferant,

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

    quid quod exercitum contra duxit?

    Auct. Her. 4, 16, 23:

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

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

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

    Liv. 7, 39, 17:

    cum Romanae legiones contra direxerint,

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

    et huic contra itum ad amnem Erinden,

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

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

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

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

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

    inveniendum contra est, quo distet haec causa a ceteris,

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

    ne spoliaret fama probatum hominem si contra judicasset,

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

    astrologorum artem contra convincere tendit,

    Lucr. 5, 728:

    contra nunc illud pone, etc.,

    Sen. Ben. 7, 14, 6:

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

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

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

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

    honores contra petere,

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

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

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

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

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

    cum contra dicturus Hortensius esset,

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

    hoc... contra dicente Cotta judicatum est,

    id. Caecin. 33, 97:

    dixisse ut contra nemo videretur,

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

    contra autem qui dicet, similitudinem infirmare debebit,

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

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

    Cic. Clu. 48, 134:

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

    id. Quint. 29, 88; so,

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

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

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

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

    contra disputare and contra scribere,

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

    nec qui contra dicunt causam difficilem repellunt,

    Cic. Fin. 3, 1, 2:

    ad coarguendos qui contra disputant,

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

    quam palam principes dixerunt contra!

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

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

    Cic. Att. 1, 14, 5:

    filius ejus incolumitatem optat: contradicit pater,

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

    contradicente nullo,

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

    contradixit edicto,

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

    explorandum videtur an etiam contradicto aliquando judicio consuetudo firmata sit,

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

    ego enim, te disputante, quid contra dicerem meditabar,

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

    ut contra si quid dicere velit non audiatur,

    id. Fin. 5, 10, 27:

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

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

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

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

    quia neque reprehendi quae contra dicuntur possunt, etc.,

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

    seu proposita confirmamus, sive contra dicta dissolvimus,

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

    dicitur contra, nullum esse testamentum,

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

    solitum se etiam Thraseae contradicere,

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

    tibi,

    Suet. Aug. 54:

    Curioni...,

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

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

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

    cum plures tantum sententiis aliorum contradicerent,

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

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

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

    cum ambienti ut legibus solveretur multi contradicerent,

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

    preces erant, sed quibus contradici non posset,

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

    quibus (legibus) contradici potest,

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

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

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

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

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

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

    Quint. 7, 3, 14:

    cum verba (legis) contra sint,

    id. 7, 1, 49:

    sed experimentum contra fuit,

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

    ubi fortuna contra fuit,

    id. ib. 3, 18:

    si fortuna contra daret,

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

    quod fieri totum contra manifesta docet res,

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

    in stultitia contra est,

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

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

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

    quod contra est,

    Sall. J. 85, 21:

    quis non credat, etc.? Contra autem est,

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

    contra fore si, etc.,

    ib. 34, 2, 39, § 2:

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

    ib. 41, 3, 49:

    ego contra puto (i. e. esse),

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

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

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

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

    id. Att. 10, 8, 2:

    contra evenit in iis morbis,

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

    ego contra sentio,

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

    Proculus contra (sc. sentit),

    ib. 35, 2, 1, § 14; 33, 7, 25:

    licet Celsus contra scribat,

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

    cujus disparem mitioremque naturam contra interpretabatur,

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

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

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

    quod contra, id turpe,

    id. Off. 1, 27, 94:

    sit sapienter usus aut contra,

    Quint. 2, 5, 15:

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

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

    ut aliae (res) probabiles videantur aliae contra,

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

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

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

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

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

    laudare testem vel contra pertinet ad momentum judiciorum,

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

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

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

    mihi contra,

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

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

    Sall. J. 88, 2:

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

    Quint. 2, 4, 21:

    alii a propositione accusatoris contraque loci oriuntur,

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

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

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

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

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

    quae etiam contra valent,

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

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

    Cic. Or. 36, 123:

    cum emtor venditori, vel contra, heres exstitit,

    Dig. 35, 2, 48:

    in quibus patrium pro possessivo dicitur, vel contra,

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

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

    id. 1, 5, 68:

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

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

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

    Cic. Or. 42, 143:

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

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

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

    Cic. Div. in Caecil. 11, 35:

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

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

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

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

    contra mercator, navim jactantibus austris Militia est potior?

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

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

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

    contra in aridiore hordeum potius quam far,

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    at contra,

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

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

    id. ib. 2, 7, 23:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    Cic. Off. 1, 30, 109:

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

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

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

    Cic. Balb. 22, 51:

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

    Dig. 13, 7, 21:

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

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

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

    Cic. Sull. 7, 21:

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

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

    et contra,

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

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

    Lucr. 2, 400:

    cogunt,

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    Liv. 45, 18, 1:

    tu ne cede malis, sed contra audentior ito,

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    num aut scriptum neget, aut contra factum infitietur?

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

    si imbres defuere, aut contra abundavere,

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

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

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

    seu tristis veniam, seu contra laetus amicis,

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

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

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

    aliis vero econtra videtur,

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

    honestiorum provectu et econtra suppliciis,

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

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

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

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

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

    proinde ne submiseris te, immo contra fige stabilem gradum,

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

    immo contra ea,

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    judicium suscepturos contra atque omnis Italia populusque Romanus judicavisset,

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

    itaque contra est ac dicitis,

    Cic. Fin. 4, 15, 41:

    vides, omnia fere contra ac dicta sint evenisse,

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

    cum contra ac Deiotarus sensit victoria belli judicaret,

    id. Phil. 11, 13, 34:

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

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

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

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

    cui contra quam proposuerat aliqua cesserunt,

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

    contra quam licet,

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

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

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

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

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

    contra quam ista causa postulasset,

    id. Caecin. 24, 67:

    contra quam sanctum legibus est,

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

    contraque faciunt quam polliceri videntur,

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

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

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

    ad insulam quae est contra Massiliam,

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

    Rhodios, pacatis contra insulam suam terris, etc.,

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

    Carthago Italiam contra,

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

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

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

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

    Lucr. 5, 708:

    contra Volucris rostrum posita est Lyra,

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

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

    Plin. 18, 33, 76, § 327; cf.:

    contra mediam faciem meridies erit,

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

    contra autem E littera I erit ubi secat circinationem linea,

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

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

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

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

    Plin. 34, 6, 13, § 29:

    contra medium fere porticum diaeta paulum recedit,

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

    id quod contra stomachum est,

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

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

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

    adversus, ad, e regione,

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

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

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

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

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

    rex constiterat contra pedites,

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

    ne contra septentrionem paveris,

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

    contra solem varie refulgens,

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

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

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

    (Dinocrates) incessit contra tribunal regis jus dicentis,

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

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

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

    contra vim atque impetum fluminis conversa,

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

    cum plateae contra directos ventos erunt conformatae,

    Vitr. 1, 6, 8:

    ut contra ventum gregem pascamus,

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

    contra fluminum impetus aggeribus,

    id. 35, 14, 48, § 169:

    capite in sole contra pilum peruncto,

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

    contra fortunam tenendus est cursus,

    Sen. Prov. 5, 9.—Prov.:

    contra stimulum calces,

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

    quae vis Coclitem contra omnes hostium copias tenuit?

    Cic. Par. 1, 2, 12:

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

    id. Att. 15, 20, 3:

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

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

    a fronte contra hostem pedum quindecim fossam fieri jussit,

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

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

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

    terribilis haec contra fugientes belua est, fugax contra insequentes,

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

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

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

    tum contra hanc Romam illa altera Roma quaeretur,

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

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

    Caes. B. G. 1, 40:

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

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

    quod contra hoc exemplum nulla staret eorum ratio,

    Auct. Her. 4, 5, 7:

    contra populi studium,

    Cic. Brut. 34, 126:

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

    id. ib. 79, 273; so,

    a mendacio contra veritatem,

    id. Inv. 1, 3, 4:

    contra cives in acie,

    id. Att. 16, 11, 2:

    et adversi contra stetit ora juvenci,

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

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

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

    aut saevos Libyae contra ire leones,

    Stat. Th. 9, 16.— Trop.:

    uti contra injurias armati eatis,

    Sall. J. 31, 6:

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

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

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

    Quint. 10, 1, 114:

    CORONATO CONTRA OMNES SCAENICOS,

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

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

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

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

    Plin. 7, 1, 1, § 1:

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

    Sen. Ep. 9, 9:

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

    Cic. Fam. 7, 2, 3:

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

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

    nomen prorogans nostrum et memoriam extendens contra brevitatem aevi,

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

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

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

    contrane lucrum nil valere Pauperis ingenium?

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

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

    id. ib. 13, 2;

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

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

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

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

    oneravi vinum, et tunc erat contra aurum,

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

    contra ea Titurius sero facturos clamitabat, etc.,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 29:

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

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

    quae contra breviter fata est vates,

    Verg. A. 6, 398:

    contra quod disertus Tu impie fecisti inquit, etc.,

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

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

    Plin. 8, 7, 7, § 22:

    proelium Afri contra Aegyptios primi fecere fustibus,

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

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

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

    contra Antonium,

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

    contra patriam,

    id. Sull. 20, 58:

    pugnare contra patriam,

    id. ib. 25, 70:

    contra conjuges et liberos,

    Sen. Ben. 5, 15, 5:

    armatum esse contra populum Romanum,

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

    armis contendere contra,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 13:

    arma alicui dare (trop.),

    Cic. Phil. 2, 21, 53:

    aciem instruere (trop.),

    Liv. 25, 4, 4:

    exercitum comparare,

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

    exercitum instruere,

    id. Cat. 2, 11, 24:

    exercitum ducere and adducere,

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

    exercitum contra Philippum mittere,

    id. Inv. 1, 12, 17:

    naves ducere contra,

    Hor. Epod. 4, 19:

    ducere contra hostes,

    Liv. 1, 27, 4:

    florem Italiae educere contra,

    Cic. Cat. 2, 11, 24:

    proficisci contra,

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

    auxilium ferre Rutulis contra Latinos,

    Plin. 14, 12, 14, § 88:

    juvare aliquem contra,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 35:

    consilium inire contra Sequanos,

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

    cum agerem contra hominem disertissimum nostrae civitatis,

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

    (causam) quam receperam contra pueros Octavios,

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

    rogavit me Caecilius ut adessem contra Satrium,

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

    esse contra,

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

    at contra se adfuit et satisfacienti satisfecit,

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

    causam defendere contra,

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

    statuere contra aliquem (sc. causam),

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

    actio competit contra,

    Dig. 49, 14, 41:

    querelam instituere contra,

    ib. 5, 2, 21, § 1:

    bonorum possessionem petere contra,

    ib. 5, 2, 23:

    jus obtinere contra,

    Cic. Quint. 9, 34:

    pugnare contra,

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

    id quod mihi contra illos datum est,

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

    judicare contra aliquem,

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

    pronuntiare contra,

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

    decernere contra,

    Cic. Fl. 31, 76:

    appellare contra aliquem,

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

    contra sententiam,

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

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

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

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

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

    contra rem suam me venisse questus est,

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

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

    Cic. de Or. 1, 57, 244:

    cum ille contra me pro Sex. Naevio diceret,

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

    causam dicere,

    id. Or. 2, 23, 98:

    causam perorare,

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

    quorum alter pro Aufldia, contra dixit alter,

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

    si Gaditani contra me dicerent,

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

    si decressent legationem quae contra istum diceret,

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

    testimonium in aliquem dicere,

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

    contra juris consultos dicere,

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

    contra testes dicendum est,

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

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

    Auct. Her. 4, 23, 33:

    tamenne vereris ut possis hoc contra Hortensium contendere?

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

    cum scriberem contra Epicurios,

    Cic. Att. 13, 38, 1:

    contra Epicurum satis superque dictum est,

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

    contra Brutum,

    id. Tusc. 5, 8, 21:

    contra Academiam,

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

    contra autem omnia disputatur a nostris,

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

    sentire contra,

    Cic. Mil. 2, 5:

    pugnare contra bonos,

    id. Sull. 25, 71:

    contra eos summa ope nitebatur nobilitas,

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

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

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

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

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

    adversus, in): inire consilia contra,

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

    manum comparare contra aliquem,

    id. Sull. 24, 68:

    conjurationem facere,

    id. ib. 4, 12:

    congredi,

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

    aliquid contra imperatorem moliri,

    Just. Inst. 4, 18, 3:

    nec dolor armasset contra sua viscera matrem,

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

    eae (res) contra nos ambae faciunt,

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

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

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

    epigramma quod contra quamdam Gelliam scripsit,

    Lampr. Alex. Sev. 38:

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

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

    licentiam malis dare certe contra bonos est,

    injurious to, Quint. 4, 2, 75:

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

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

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

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

    quibus (temporibus) aliquid contra Caesarem Pompeio suaserim,

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

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

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

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

    id. Att. 7, 5, 5:

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

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

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

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

    fidem meam quam essent contra Massam Baebium experti,

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

    contra se ipse misericors,

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

    severissimus judex contra fures,

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

    ut quam maximae contra Hannibalem copiae sint,

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

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

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

    Cato pro se contra Cassium = in oratione contra,

    Gell. 10, 15, 3; so,

    haec perpetua defensio contra Scaevolam,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 54, 221:

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

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

    unam orationem contra Gracchum reliquit,

    Cic. Brut. 26, 99:

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

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

    contra patres concitatio et seditio,

    Cic. Brut. 14, 56.—Of animals:

    contra volpium genus communibus inimicitiis,

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

    cum fulmina contra Tot paribus streperet clipeis,

    Verg. A. 10, 567:

    pugnandum tamquam contra morbum, sic contra senectutem,

    Cic. Sen. 11, 35:

    contra verum niti,

    Sall. J. 35, 8:

    contra fortunam luctari,

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

    bellum contra aras, focos, vitam fortunasque gerere,

    Cic. Phil. 3, 1, 1:

    bellum gerimus... contra arma verbis,

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

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

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

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

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

    contra ratiocinationem,

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

    contra caput dicere,

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

    servum in caput domini interrogare,

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

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

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

    contra tabulas judicare,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 70, 281:

    contra testamentum,

    Dig. 2, 17, § 1:

    contra sententiam dicere,

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

    inmittere in bona),

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

    dicere, disputare, disserere contra opinionem or sententiam,

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

    in sententiam dicere,

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

    contra sensus dicere,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 31, 101:

    contra rhetoricen dicere,

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

    contra Iliadem et Odysseam scribere,

    Vitr. 7, praef. 8:

    contra quorum disciplinam ingenium ejus exarserat,

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

    contra voluptatem dicere,

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

    contra mortem loqui,

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

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

    id. ib. 100, 10:

    contra fortunam gloriari,

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

    contra potentiam accusatorum dicere,

    Cic. Brut. 44, 164:

    contra legem dicere or verba facere,

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

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

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

    senatusconsulto quod contra dignitatem tuam fieret,

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

    contra rem publicam se commovere,

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

    incitari,

    id. Sest. 47, 100:

    consilia inire,

    id. Agr. 2, 3, 8:

    conjurationem facere,

    Sall. C. 30, 6:

    contra salutem urbis incitari,

    Cic. Cat. 3, 8, 20:

    cogitare aliquid contra salutem,

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

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

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

    ne quid contra aequitatem contendas, ne quid pro injuria,

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

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

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

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

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

    contra salutem rei publicae facere,

    Cic. Dom. 38, 102:

    contra majestatem,

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

    contra leges,

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

    contra edictum (praetoris),

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

    contra foedus,

    Cic. Balb. 6, 16:

    contra jusjurandum ac fidem,

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

    tune contra Caesaris nutum (sc. facies)?

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

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

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

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

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

    contra leges or legem est,

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

    contra officium est,

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

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

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

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

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

    aliquid contra animum audiendi,

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

    si quid Socrates aut Aristippus contra morem consuetudinemque fecerint,

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

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

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

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

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

    imperator contra postulata Bocchi nuntios mittit,

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

    advocare contra,

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

    si contra mortem te praeparaveris,

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

    quibus contra valetudinis commodum laborandum est,

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

    contra hominis salutem,

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

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

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

    pecuniam contra leges auferre,

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

    contra legem,

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

    contra jus fasque,

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

    contra jus,

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

    contra jus gentium,

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

    6, 1, 6: contra juris rigorem,

    Dig. 40, 5, 24, § 10 et saep.:

    contra testimonium aliquid judicare,

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

    aliquid contra verecundiam disputare,

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

    aliquid contra fidem constituere,

    Quint. 5, 13, 34:

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

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

    scit ille imparem sibi luctatum contra nexus (draconis),

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

    imperatorum copia contra tuum furorem,

    Cic. Mur. 39, 83:

    Parthorum gloria contra nomen Romanum,

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

    causa contra scriptum,

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

    divina M. Tullii eloquentia contra leges agrarias,

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

    Caesaris vituperatio contra laudationem meam,

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

    cujus factum, inceptum, conatumve contra patriam,

    Cic. Cat. 2, 12, 27:

    ullum factum dictumve nostrum contra utilitatem vestram,

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

    vitae cupiditas contra rem publicam,

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

    iter contra senatus auctoritatem,

    Cic. Phil. 2, 19, 48:

    contra consuetudinem somnium,

    Plin. 10, 77, 98, § 211:

    bonorum possessio contra tabulas,

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

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

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

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

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

    contra quem multum omnes boni providerunt,

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

    contra haec animalia proderit, si, etc.,

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

    paratus contra,

    Cic. Mil. 21, 56:

    nihil satis firmum contra Metellum,

    Sall. J. 80, 1:

    contra potentes nemo est munitus satis,

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

    contra avium morsus munitur vallo aristarum,

    Cic. Sen. 15, 51:

    propugnaculum, quo contra omnes meos impetus usurum se putat,

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

    publicam causam contra vim armatam suscipere,

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

    contra tantas difficultates providere,

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

    contra ea,

    id. ib. 57, 5:

    patricii vi contra vim resistunt,

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

    suffragia contra oppugnationem vestrae majestatis,

    Cic. Rab. Perd. 12, 35:

    defensio contra vim,

    id. Mil. 5, 14:

    patronus justitiae fuit contra orationem Phili,

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

    contra labores patientia,

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

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

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

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

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

    vir contra audaciam firmissimus,

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

    fortis contra dolorem,

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

    callosus,

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

    far contra hiemes firmissimum,

    id. 18, 8, 19, § 83:

    equus tenax contra vincula,

    Ov. Am. 3, 4, 13:

    contraque minantia fata pervigil,

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

    cujus et vinum et uva contra serpentium ictus medetur,

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

    prodest et contra suspiria et tussim,

    id. 20, 13, 50, § 128:

    valet potum contra venena,

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

    remedium contra morsus,

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

    contra venena esse omnia remedio,

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

    vinum quod salutare contra pestilentiam sit,

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    omnia quae contra haec sunt, omnia quae contra sunt,

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

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

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

    contra ea benigne ab Siculorum tyrannis adjuti,

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

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

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

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

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

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

    whereas on the contrary, Lucr. 1, 81:

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

    Cic. Sen. 23, 84:

    quod contra oportebat delicto dolere, correctione gaudere,

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

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

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

    v. Ritschl,

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

    contra opinionem Jugurthae ad Thalam perveniunt,

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

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

    Sall. J. 88, 1; so,

    cetera contra spem salva invenit,

    Liv. 9, 23, 17:

    contra spem omnium L. Furium optavit,

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

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

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

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

    Sall. J. 20, 1:

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

    id. ib. 46, 5:

    contra famam,

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

    segniterque et contra industriam absconditae formicae,

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

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

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

    quos contra disputant,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 15, 47:

    quem contra dicit,

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

    quem contra veneris,

    id. Mur. 4, 9:

    quas contra, praeter te, etc.,

    id. Vatin. 7, 18:

    eos ipsos quos contra statuas,

    id. Or. 10, 34:

    quos contra me senatus armavit,

    id. Att. 10, 8, 8:

    quam contra multa locutus est,

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

    hunc igitur contra mittam contendere causam,

    Lucr. 4, 471:

    dicere eos contra,

    id. 4, 484:

    donique eum contra,

    id. 5, 708:

    agmina contra,

    Verg. A. 12, 279:

    magnum Alciden contra,

    id. ib. 5, 414:

    Paridem contra,

    id. ib. 5, 370:

    Italiam contra,

    id. ib. 1, 13:

    deos contra,

    Ov. P. 1, 1, 26:

    Messania moenia contra,

    id. M. 14, 17:

    litora Calabriae contra,

    Tac. A. 3, 1.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > contra

  • 3 contra dicta

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

    feminam scelestam te, adstans contra, contuor,

    Plaut. Pers. 2, 2, 26:

    ut confidenter mihi contra adstitit,

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

    signum contra, quoad longissume oculi ferebant, animo finivit,

    Liv. 1, 18, 8:

    stat contra starique jubet,

    Juv. 3, 290:

    stat contra dicitque tibi tua pagina Fures!

    Mart. 1, 55, 12:

    ulmus erat contra,

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

    templa vides contra,

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

    contra conserta manu,

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

    contra jacet Cancer patulam distentus in alvum,

    Manil. 2, 253:

    posita contra Hispania,

    Tac. Agr. 11:

    promuntorium quod contra procedit,

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

    arguam hanc vidisse apud te contra conservum meum,

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

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

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

    accede ad me atque adi contra,

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

    adspicedum contra me = contra adspice me,

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

    contra adspicere,

    id. Mil. 2, 1, 45:

    contra intueri,

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

    cum veniret contra Marcianus,

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    te ut deludam contra, lusorem meum,

    Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 71:

    quae me amat, quam ego contra amo,

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

    qui arguat se, eum contra vincat jurejurando suo,

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

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

    Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 54:

    audi nunc contra jam,

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

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

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

    Mettius Tullo gratulatur, contra Tullus Mettium benigne alloquitur,

    Liv. 1, 28, 1:

    contra ut me diligat illa,

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

    cui latrans contra senex,

    Phaedr. 5, 10, 7:

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

    Plin. Ep. 7, 6, 4.—

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

    Gell. 15, 9, 9; cf.:

    contra talia reddit,

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

    consulo quem dolum doloso contra conservo parem,

    Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 45:

    facere contra huic aegre,

    Ter. Eun. 4, 1, 10:

    hiscine contra insidiabere?

    id. Hec. 1. 1, 13:

    tibi contra gratiam Referre,

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

    item a me contra factum est,

    Plaut. Aul. prol. 20:

    puellam senex Amat et item contra filius,

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

    Consonat terra,

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

    confer gradum Contra pariter,

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

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

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

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

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

    si scias quod donum huic dono contra comparet,

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

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

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

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

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

    agedum pauca accipe contra,

    Hor. S. 1, 4, 38.—So in battle:

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

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

    oratio contra a Demosthene pro Ctesiphonte edita,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 56, 213:

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

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

    concurrunt... aetheriae nubes contra pugnantibu' ventis,

    struggling against each other, Lucr. 6. 98:

    nec nos obniti contra... Sufficimus,

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

    at ille contra nititur,

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

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

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

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

    Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 1, § 4:

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

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

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

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

    siti contra... pugnandum,

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

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

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

    contra etiam aliquid abs te profectum ex multis audivi,

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

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

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

    ut eos adversarios existimemus qui arma contra ferant,

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

    quid quod exercitum contra duxit?

    Auct. Her. 4, 16, 23:

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

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

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

    Liv. 7, 39, 17:

    cum Romanae legiones contra direxerint,

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

    et huic contra itum ad amnem Erinden,

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

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

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

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

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

    inveniendum contra est, quo distet haec causa a ceteris,

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

    ne spoliaret fama probatum hominem si contra judicasset,

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

    astrologorum artem contra convincere tendit,

    Lucr. 5, 728:

    contra nunc illud pone, etc.,

    Sen. Ben. 7, 14, 6:

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

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

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

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

    honores contra petere,

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

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

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

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

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

    cum contra dicturus Hortensius esset,

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

    hoc... contra dicente Cotta judicatum est,

    id. Caecin. 33, 97:

    dixisse ut contra nemo videretur,

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

    contra autem qui dicet, similitudinem infirmare debebit,

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

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

    Cic. Clu. 48, 134:

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

    id. Quint. 29, 88; so,

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

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

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

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

    contra disputare and contra scribere,

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

    nec qui contra dicunt causam difficilem repellunt,

    Cic. Fin. 3, 1, 2:

    ad coarguendos qui contra disputant,

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

    quam palam principes dixerunt contra!

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

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

    Cic. Att. 1, 14, 5:

    filius ejus incolumitatem optat: contradicit pater,

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

    contradicente nullo,

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

    contradixit edicto,

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

    explorandum videtur an etiam contradicto aliquando judicio consuetudo firmata sit,

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

    ego enim, te disputante, quid contra dicerem meditabar,

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

    ut contra si quid dicere velit non audiatur,

    id. Fin. 5, 10, 27:

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

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

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

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

    quia neque reprehendi quae contra dicuntur possunt, etc.,

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

    seu proposita confirmamus, sive contra dicta dissolvimus,

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

    dicitur contra, nullum esse testamentum,

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

    solitum se etiam Thraseae contradicere,

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

    tibi,

    Suet. Aug. 54:

    Curioni...,

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

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

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

    cum plures tantum sententiis aliorum contradicerent,

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

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

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

    cum ambienti ut legibus solveretur multi contradicerent,

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

    preces erant, sed quibus contradici non posset,

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

    quibus (legibus) contradici potest,

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

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

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

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

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

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

    Quint. 7, 3, 14:

    cum verba (legis) contra sint,

    id. 7, 1, 49:

    sed experimentum contra fuit,

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

    ubi fortuna contra fuit,

    id. ib. 3, 18:

    si fortuna contra daret,

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

    quod fieri totum contra manifesta docet res,

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

    in stultitia contra est,

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

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

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

    quod contra est,

    Sall. J. 85, 21:

    quis non credat, etc.? Contra autem est,

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

    contra fore si, etc.,

    ib. 34, 2, 39, § 2:

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

    ib. 41, 3, 49:

    ego contra puto (i. e. esse),

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

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

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

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

    id. Att. 10, 8, 2:

    contra evenit in iis morbis,

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

    ego contra sentio,

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

    Proculus contra (sc. sentit),

    ib. 35, 2, 1, § 14; 33, 7, 25:

    licet Celsus contra scribat,

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

    cujus disparem mitioremque naturam contra interpretabatur,

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

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

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

    quod contra, id turpe,

    id. Off. 1, 27, 94:

    sit sapienter usus aut contra,

    Quint. 2, 5, 15:

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

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

    ut aliae (res) probabiles videantur aliae contra,

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

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

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

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

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

    laudare testem vel contra pertinet ad momentum judiciorum,

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

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

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

    mihi contra,

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

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

    Sall. J. 88, 2:

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

    Quint. 2, 4, 21:

    alii a propositione accusatoris contraque loci oriuntur,

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

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

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

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

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

    quae etiam contra valent,

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

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

    Cic. Or. 36, 123:

    cum emtor venditori, vel contra, heres exstitit,

    Dig. 35, 2, 48:

    in quibus patrium pro possessivo dicitur, vel contra,

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

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

    id. 1, 5, 68:

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

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

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

    Cic. Or. 42, 143:

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

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

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

    Cic. Div. in Caecil. 11, 35:

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

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

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

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

    contra mercator, navim jactantibus austris Militia est potior?

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

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

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

    contra in aridiore hordeum potius quam far,

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    at contra,

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

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

    id. ib. 2, 7, 23:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    Cic. Off. 1, 30, 109:

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

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

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

    Cic. Balb. 22, 51:

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

    Dig. 13, 7, 21:

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

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

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

    Cic. Sull. 7, 21:

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

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

    et contra,

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

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

    Lucr. 2, 400:

    cogunt,

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    Liv. 45, 18, 1:

    tu ne cede malis, sed contra audentior ito,

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    num aut scriptum neget, aut contra factum infitietur?

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

    si imbres defuere, aut contra abundavere,

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

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

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

    seu tristis veniam, seu contra laetus amicis,

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

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

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

    aliis vero econtra videtur,

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

    honestiorum provectu et econtra suppliciis,

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

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

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

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

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

    proinde ne submiseris te, immo contra fige stabilem gradum,

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

    immo contra ea,

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

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

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

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

    Varr. R. R. 1, 7, 6:

    simulacrum Jovis, contra atque ante fuerat, ad orientem convertere,

    Cic. Cat. 3, 8, 20; id. Sull. 24, 69:

    judicium suscepturos contra atque omnis Italia populusque Romanus judicavisset,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 12; id. B. G. 4, 13; Plin. 12, 19, 43, § 95.—
    (β).
    With ac:

    itaque contra est ac dicitis,

    Cic. Fin. 4, 15, 41:

    vides, omnia fere contra ac dicta sint evenisse,

    id. Div. 2, 24, 53; so id. Verr. 2, 4, 6, § 11; id. Or. 40, 137:

    cum contra ac Deiotarus sensit victoria belli judicaret,

    id. Phil. 11, 13, 34:

    Petreius ubi videt, Catilinam, contra ac ratus erat, magna vi tendere, etc.,

    Sall. C. 60, 5.—
    (γ).
    With ac and atque:

    si denique aliquid non contra ac liceret factum diceretur, sed contra atque oporteret,

    Cic. Balb. 3, 7.—
    (δ).
    With quam (post-Aug.):

    cui contra quam proposuerat aliqua cesserunt,

    Sen. Ira, 3, 6, 5; Plin. 10, 53, 74, § 149; 11, 21, 24, § 72; Gell. 6 (7), 8, 6:

    contra quam licet,

    id. 1, 3, 19; Sil. 15, 107.—
    2.
    Of moral opposition of acts contrary to rules and principles (cf. II. 3. g infra); so always with quam:

    mater Aviti, generi sui, contra quam fas erat, amore capta,

    contrary to the divine law, Cic. Clu. 5, 12:

    ut senatus, contra quam ipse censuisset, ad vestitum rediret,

    contrary to its own resolution, id. Pis. 8, 18:

    contra quam ista causa postulasset,

    id. Caecin. 24, 67:

    contra quam sanctum legibus est,

    Liv. 30, 19, 9; Cic. Leg. 2, 5, 11; id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 1, § 2; id. Dom. 46, 122:

    contraque faciunt quam polliceri videntur,

    Auct. Her. 4, 3, 6; Cic. de Or. 2, 20, 86.
    II.
    Prep. with acc., before, against, facing, towards, opposite to, contrary to (acc. to many scholars not ante-class.; cf. Hand, Turs. II. p. 108; but found Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 24 Fleck., a line omitted by Lorenz as a gloss; id. Pers. 1, 1, 13 Ritschl; Att. ap. Non. p. 469, 15, or Trag. Rel. v. 476 Rib.; cf. also Plaut. Poen. 5, 6, 18; Cato, R. R. 18, 1, and v. I. A. 1. a. b, and I. A. 1. b. a supra).
    A.
    Local uses.
    1.
    Opposite, over against, facing.
    a.
    Of countries and places (mostly of those separated by water;

    adversus and e regione mostly of places opposite by land): insulae natura triquetra, cujus unum latus est contra Galliam,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 13; 3, 9; 4, 20:

    ad insulam quae est contra Massiliam,

    id. B. C. 1, 56; 3, 23:

    Rhodios, pacatis contra insulam suam terris, etc.,

    Liv. 37, 15, 7; 3, 26, 8:

    Carthago Italiam contra,

    Verg. A. 1, 13; 5, 124; Ov. M. 14, 17:

    insulae quae contra Tauri promuntorium inopportune navigantibus objacent, Chelidoniae nominantur,

    Mel. 2, 7; Plin. 3, 26, 30, § 151; 6, 28, 32, § 152; 5, 7, 7, § 41; Tac. A. 3, 1; id. H. 2, 17.—
    b.
    Of the heavenly bodies:

    donique (luna) eum (sc. solem) contra pleno bene lumine fulsit,

    Lucr. 5, 708:

    contra Volucris rostrum posita est Lyra,

    Vitr. 9, 4, 5; Sen. Q. N. 1, 5, 9; 1, 8, 3; Plin. 2, 31, 31, § 99; 5, 10, 10, § 56.—So, tertium (latus Britanniae) est contra septem triones, opposite ( facing); hence, contra meridiem and contra ortus (instead of ad or adversus meridiem, etc.), facing the south and east, Plin. 6, 24, 24, § 85; 17, 2, 2, § 22. —So of a person standing in the sunlight:

    cum minima umbra (i. e. a sole) contra medium fiet hominem,

    Plin. 18, 33, 76, § 327; cf.:

    contra mediam faciem meridies erit,

    id. 18, 33, 76, § 326.—
    c.
    Of opposite ends of a line.
    (α).
    Of the diameter of the earth: esse e regione nobis e contraria parte terrae qui adversis vestigiis stent contra nostra vestigia, quos antipodas vocatis, Cic. Ac. 2, 39, 123.—
    (β).
    Of a line drawn:

    contra autem E littera I erit ubi secat circinationem linea,

    opposite the point E will be the letter I, Vitr. 9, 7, 4.—
    d.
    Of buildings, etc.:

    contra hoc aviarium est aliud minus in quo quae mortuae sunt aves curator servare solet,

    Varr. R. R. 3, 5, 5; Vitr. 5, 6, 3; 3, 5, 15:

    (statuam) quae fuerit contra Jovis Statoris aedem in vestibulo Superbi domus,

    Plin. 34, 6, 13, § 29:

    contra medium fere porticum diaeta paulum recedit,

    Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 20; 2, 17, 5; Suet. Aug. 44.—
    e.
    Of places on the human body:

    id quod contra stomachum est,

    Cels. 4, 5 (4, 12 med.); 7, 7;

    4, 20 (13).—Of the direction of the intestines, etc.: ea... contra medium alvum orsa,

    Cels. 4, 1 fin. —
    2.
    Of actions, opposite, towards, against, facing (syn.:

    adversus, ad, e regione,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 61).
    a.
    In gen.:

    quamvis subito... quamque Rem contra speculum ponas, apparet imago,

    Lucr. 4, 156: Democritus... clipeum constituit contra exortum Hyperionis, Laber. ap. Gell. 10, 17, 4:

    et contra magnum potes hos (i.e. oculos) attollere solem, Nec tremis...?

    Prop. 1, 15, 37; Col. 7, 3, 8:

    rex constiterat contra pedites,

    Curt. 10, 9, 13; 9, 5, 1:

    ne contra septentrionem paveris,

    Plin. 18, 33, 76, § 330; 28, 6, 19, § 69:

    contra solem varie refulgens,

    placed in the sun, id. 37, 10, 63, § 173; 10, 54, 75, § 151; 37, 6, 22, § 83;

    37, 7, 25, § 95: cum terrestres volucres contra aquam clangores dabunt,

    id. 18, 35, 87, § 363; 19, 8, 39, § 131.—
    b.
    Dependent on verbs of motion (very rare without the idea of hostility):

    (Dinocrates) incessit contra tribunal regis jus dicentis,

    towards, Vitr. 2, praef. 1.—So trop., of actions done for a purpose:

    lege Cornelia de sicariis tenetur qui, cum in magistratu esset, eorum quid fecerit contra hominis necem quod legibus permissum non sit,

    Dig. 48, 8, 4.—
    c.
    Appositively, with the predicate: (elephanti) tanta narratur clementia contra minus validos, ut, etc., if fronting weaker animals, if brought in contact with them (not to be connected with clementia), Plin. 8, 7, 7, § 23.—Similarly: dum... fidens non est contra feram, if fronting the animal (not dependent on fidens), Plin. 8, 16, 21, § 57.—
    d.
    Against an opposing action, etc.:

    contra vim atque impetum fluminis conversa,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 17, 5:

    cum plateae contra directos ventos erunt conformatae,

    Vitr. 1, 6, 8:

    ut contra ventum gregem pascamus,

    Col. 7, 3, 12; Sen. Q. N. 2, 31, 2; Plin. 29, 3, 12, § 52; 17, 2, 2, § 21; 8, 16, 21, § 54:

    contra fluminum impetus aggeribus,

    id. 35, 14, 48, § 169:

    capite in sole contra pilum peruncto,

    id. 27, 4, 5, § 17; 18, 35, 88, § 364; Varr. ap. Plin. 7, 20, 19, § 83; Sil. 14, 352; Dig. 9, 2, 29, § 4. [p. 455] — Trop.:

    contra fortunam tenendus est cursus,

    Sen. Prov. 5, 9.—Prov.:

    contra stimulum calces,

    kick against the pricks, Isid. Orig. 1, 36, 28 (al. calcitres); cf. Amm. 18, 5, 1.—
    e.
    Of local actions with hostile intent.
    (α).
    Lit.:

    quae vis Coclitem contra omnes hostium copias tenuit?

    Cic. Par. 1, 2, 12:

    Pompeium Cartejae receptum scribis: jam igitur contra hunc exercitum (sc. constitit),

    id. Att. 15, 20, 3:

    pertimescam, credo, ne mihi non liceat contra vos in contione consistere,

    to face you, id. Agr. 1, 8, 25; Lepidus ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 34, 1; Caes. B. C. 1, 26:

    a fronte contra hostem pedum quindecim fossam fieri jussit,

    id. ib. 1, 41; 1, 42; id. B. G. 7, 62:

    Tullus adversus Veientem hostem derigit suos: Albanos contra legionem Fidenatium collocat,

    Liv. 1, 27, 5; 24, 41, 5; 38, 4, 5; Verg. A. 12, 279; Front. Strat. 2, 2, 13; 2, 3, 17.—Appositively, with a local verb understood:

    terribilis haec contra fugientes belua est, fugax contra insequentes,

    i. e. if fronting, if placed opposite, Plin. 8, 25, 38, § 92.—
    (β).
    Trop.:

    castra sunt in Italia contra populum Romanum in Etruriae faucibus collocata,

    Cic. Cat. 1, 2, 5; id. Mil. 1, 2; Quint. 7, 7, 5:

    tum contra hanc Romam illa altera Roma quaeretur,

    will be as a rival against this Rome, Cic. Agr. 2, 22, 86:

    cui rationi contra homines barbaros atque imperitos locus fuisset, hac ne ipsum quidem sperare, etc.,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 40:

    (Cicero) plerumque contra inimicos atque obtrectatores plus vindicat sibi,

    when fronting adversaries, Quint. 11, 1, 23.—
    f.
    In partic.
    (α).
    Stare contra aliquem (opp. stare ab aliquo); usu. implying hostility; mostly trop., to stand against, to be arrayed against, to face, oppose:

    quod contra hoc exemplum nulla staret eorum ratio,

    Auct. Her. 4, 5, 7:

    contra populi studium,

    Cic. Brut. 34, 126:

    contra civium perditorum... dementiam a senatu et a bonorum causa,

    id. ib. 79, 273; so,

    a mendacio contra veritatem,

    id. Inv. 1, 3, 4:

    contra cives in acie,

    id. Att. 16, 11, 2:

    et adversi contra stetit ora juvenci,

    opposite, Verg. A. 5, 477; 5, 414:

    haec enim (ratio) sola... stat contra fortunam,

    Sen. Ep. 14, 4, 2: contra leonem etiam stetit, fronted, i. e. hunted, Spart. Carac. 5 fin. —
    (β).
    Contra aliquem ire:

    aut saevos Libyae contra ire leones,

    Stat. Th. 9, 16.— Trop.:

    uti contra injurias armati eatis,

    Sall. J. 31, 6:

    interritus (sapiens) et contra illa (mala) ibit et inter illa,

    Sen. Ep. 59, 8; cf.: contra venire, II. B. 1. c. b infra, and v. also II. B. 2. b. and II. B. 1. b. infra.—
    3.
    Transf.,
    a.
    To persons placed together for comparison:

    C. vero Caesar, si foro tantum vacasset, non alius ex nostris contra Ciceronem nominaretur,

    Quint. 10, 1, 114:

    CORONATO CONTRA OMNES SCAENICOS,

    Inscr. Grut. p. 331, n. 4.—
    b.
    To things compared, as if weighed against each other as to their value, strength, etc.
    (α).
    Lit. (very rare):

    quamcunque vis rem expende, et contra aquam statue... Si gravior est, leviorem rem... feret, etc.,

    Sen. Q. N. 3, 25, 5.—
    (β).
    Prop.:

    cujus (i. e. generis humani) causa videtur cuncta alia genuisse natura, magna saeva mercede contra tanta sua munera,

    Plin. 7, 1, 1, § 1:

    qui amicus esse coepit quia expedit, placebit ei aliquod pretium contra amicitiam,

    Sen. Ep. 9, 9:

    numquam ulli fortiores cives fuerunt quam qui ausi sunt eum contra tantas opes ejus... condemnare,

    Cic. Fam. 7, 2, 3:

    tantum studium bonorum in me exstitisse, contra incredibilem contentionem clarissimi et potentissimi viri,

    id. ib. 7, 2, 2; Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 9, 3:

    nomen prorogans nostrum et memoriam extendens contra brevitatem aevi,

    as a compensation for, Plin. 2, 63, 63, § 154.—So esp., valere contra, to weigh against, counterbalance, avail or prevail against: non vereor ne meae vitae modestia parum valitura sit contra falsos rumores, Matius ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 28, 8:

    (illa facta) pro periculo potius quam contra salutem valere debere,

    Cic. Part. Or. 35, 120; id. Off. 3, 29, 104:

    contrane lucrum nil valere Pauperis ingenium?

    Hor. Epod. 11, 11; Sen. Ben. 4, 15, 1; id. Cons. Helv. 5, 5; so,

    robur habere contra: si contra unamquamlibet partem fortunae satis tibi roboris est,

    id. ib. 13, 2;

    so of counterchecks: in Creta decem qui cosmoe vocantur, ut contra consulare imperium tribuni plebis, sic illi contra vim regiam constituti,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 33, 58.—Of antidotes: cimicum natura contra serpentium morsus valere dicitur, item contra venena omnia, Plin. 29, 4, 17, § 61.—Hence,
    c.
    Colloq., aliquid contra aurum est, something is worth gold, is superb, both predicatively and attributively (cf.: auro contra, I. A. 2. supra): hujusce pomaria in summa Sacra Via ubi poma veneunt, contra aurum imago, a spectacle for gold, i. e. a magnificent sight, Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 10 MSS. (al. aliter):

    numcubi hic vides citrum... num quod emblema aut lithostratum? quae illic omnia contra aurum,

    superb, id. ib. 3, 2, 4 MSS. (Schneid. omits aurum, ex conj.):

    oneravi vinum, et tunc erat contra aurum,

    Petr. 7, 6.—
    d.
    Transf., of replies, with aiebat, inquit, etc.; both in friendly and inimical sense; esp., contra ea, contra haec, = the adv. contra:

    contra ea Titurius sero facturos clamitabat, etc.,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 29:

    contra ea Verginius unum Ap. Claudium et legum expertem et, etc., aiebat,

    Liv. 3, 57, 1; 24, 45, 4:

    quae contra breviter fata est vates,

    Verg. A. 6, 398:

    contra quod disertus Tu impie fecisti inquit, etc.,

    Quint. 7, 1, 53 (cf.: contra ea, II. E. 1. infra).
    B.
    Denoting hostility or disadvantage.
    1.
    With verbs of hostile action.
    a.
    Of physical exertion:

    pugnavere et tertio consulatu ejus viginti (elephanti) contra pedites quingentos,

    Plin. 8, 7, 7, § 22:

    proelium Afri contra Aegyptios primi fecere fustibus,

    id. 7, 56, 57, § 200; 8, 40, 61, § 142. —
    b.
    Referring to warfare (usu. adversus), bellum gerere (rarely for cum or adversus; but contra patriam, contra aras, etc., not cum patria, etc.; cf.

    bellum, II. A. 1. e.): a quo prohibitos esse vos contra Caesarem gerere bellum (opp. pro),

    Cic. Lig. 8, 25; id. Phil. 5, 10, 27; Liv. Ep. 129.—With bellum suscipere:

    contra Antonium,

    Cic. Phil. 8, 2, 5; so,

    contra patriam,

    id. Sull. 20, 58:

    pugnare contra patriam,

    id. ib. 25, 70:

    contra conjuges et liberos,

    Sen. Ben. 5, 15, 5:

    armatum esse contra populum Romanum,

    Cic. Prov. Cons. 13, 32.—With arma ferre (freq.), Cic. Phil. 2, 29, 72; 13, 21, 47; Liv. 28, 28, 15; Nep. Att. 4, 2; Tib. 1, 6, 30; Ov. M. 4, 609; 13, 269; id. P. 1, 1, 26.—With arma sumere or capere, Cic. Rab. Perd. 6, 19; id. Phil. 4, 1, 2; 4, 3, 7:

    armis contendere contra,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 13:

    arma alicui dare (trop.),

    Cic. Phil. 2, 21, 53:

    aciem instruere (trop.),

    Liv. 25, 4, 4:

    exercitum comparare,

    Cic. Phil. 3, 6, 14; 4, 1, 2:

    exercitum instruere,

    id. Cat. 2, 11, 24:

    exercitum ducere and adducere,

    id. Phil. 4, 2, 5; 3, 4, 11:

    exercitum contra Philippum mittere,

    id. Inv. 1, 12, 17:

    naves ducere contra,

    Hor. Epod. 4, 19:

    ducere contra hostes,

    Liv. 1, 27, 4:

    florem Italiae educere contra,

    Cic. Cat. 2, 11, 24:

    proficisci contra,

    to march against, Liv. 1, 11, 3; 8, 2, 5:

    auxilium ferre Rutulis contra Latinos,

    Plin. 14, 12, 14, § 88:

    juvare aliquem contra,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 35:

    consilium inire contra Sequanos,

    to take hostile measures against, id. B. G. 6, 12.—
    c.
    Of legal contention (more freq. adversus, except with verbs of saying).
    (α).
    In gen., with agere or causam agere, to act as counsel against a party or his attorney:

    cum agerem contra hominem disertissimum nostrae civitatis,

    Cic. Caecin. 33, 97; id. Brut. 63, 226; Sen. Ben. 4, 15, 3; Quint. 11, 1, 59.—Causam recipere or suscipere contra, to accept a retainer against:

    (causam) quam receperam contra pueros Octavios,

    Cic. Att. 13, 49, 1; Quint. 6, 1, 12; Plin. Ep. 4, 17, 1.—Adesse alicui contra, to appear, act as one's counsel against:

    rogavit me Caecilius ut adessem contra Satrium,

    Cic. Att. 1, 1, 3; Plin. Ep. 1, 7, 5 al.; cf.:

    esse contra,

    id. ib. 1, 18, 3.— Trop.: conquesturus venit;

    at contra se adfuit et satisfacienti satisfecit,

    Sen. Fragm. Amic. 14, 1, 89:

    causam defendere contra,

    against the accuser, Cic. de Or. 1, 39, 178:

    statuere contra aliquem (sc. causam),

    to establish a case against an adversary, id. Or. 10, 34:

    actio competit contra,

    Dig. 49, 14, 41:

    querelam instituere contra,

    ib. 5, 2, 21, § 1:

    bonorum possessionem petere contra,

    ib. 5, 2, 23:

    jus obtinere contra,

    Cic. Quint. 9, 34:

    pugnare contra,

    to struggle against the accuser, id. Sull. 17, 49; id. Verr. 1, 11, 33:

    id quod mihi contra illos datum est,

    i. e. a local advantage over, id. Tull. 14, 33:

    judicare contra aliquem,

    id. Fl. 20, 48; Dig. 21, 2, 55; 5, 2, 14; Just. Inst. 4, 17, 2:

    pronuntiare contra,

    Paul. Sent. 5, 34, 2: dare sententiam contra, Dig. 21, 2, 56, § 1:

    decernere contra,

    Cic. Fl. 31, 76:

    appellare contra aliquem,

    Dig. 49, 1, 3; 49, 5, 6; cf.:

    contra sententiam,

    Cod. Just. 7, 62, 32, § 2.—Sentire contra aliquem, to have an opinion unfavorable to:

    cur vos (cum) aliquid contra me sentire dicatis, etc.,

    Cic. Caecin. 27, 79.—
    (β).
    Venire contra aliquem, to appear as counsel for one's adversary:

    quid tu, Saturi, qui contra hunc venis, existimas aliter?

    Cic. Rosc. Com. 6, 18; id. Mur. 4, 9; id. Phil. 8, 6, 18.—Venire contra rem alicujus, to give advice damaging one's interests:

    contra rem suam me venisse questus est,

    Cic. Phil. 2, 2, 3.—
    (γ).
    With dicere and other verbs of saying. (aa) Of a lawyer pleading against a lawyer:

    ipse ille Mucius, quid in illa causa cum contra te diceret, attulit quod? etc.,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 57, 244:

    cum ille contra me pro Sex. Naevio diceret,

    id. Brut. 60, 2, 7; id. de Or. 2, 7, 30; id. Rosc. Am. 15, 45; id. Div. in Caecil. 14, 44; id. Planc. 2, 5; id. Brut. 26, 102; so,

    causam dicere,

    id. Or. 2, 23, 98:

    causam perorare,

    id. Quint. 24, 77.—(bb) Of a lawyer's pleading against the parties: dic mihi, M. Pinari, num si contra te dixero mihi male dicturus es? Servil. ap. Cic. de Or. 2, 65, 261; 3, 34, 138; 1, 14, 60; id. Or. 35, 123; Quint. 11, 1, 57; cf. with ellipsis of acc.:

    quorum alter pro Aufldia, contra dixit alter,

    id. 10, 1, 22.—(ng) Of a party against a lawyer:

    si Gaditani contra me dicerent,

    if the Gaditani were my adversaries, Cic. Balb. 17, 38.—(dd) Of witnesses and experts, and the pleadings against them:

    si decressent legationem quae contra istum diceret,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 4, § 12: contra testes dicere (opp. a testibus or pro testibus). Auct. Her. 2, 6, 9; Cic. de Or. 2, 27, 118 (cf.:

    testimonium in aliquem dicere,

    id. Sull. 17, 48; Quint. 7, 4, 36):

    contra juris consultos dicere,

    against their legal opinions, Cic. Caecin. 24, 69.—So of witnesses in scientific questions:

    contra testes dicendum est,

    Sen. Q. N. 7, 16, 1.—(ee) Dicere or contendere aliquid contra aliquem, to maintain a point against:

    cum interrogamus adversarios... quid contra nos dici possit,

    Auct. Her. 4, 23, 33:

    tamenne vereris ut possis hoc contra Hortensium contendere?

    Cic. Quint. 25, 78. —
    d.
    Of literary adversaries, mostly with verbs of saying and writing:

    cum scriberem contra Epicurios,

    Cic. Att. 13, 38, 1:

    contra Epicurum satis superque dictum est,

    id. N. D. 2, 1, 2:

    contra Brutum,

    id. Tusc. 5, 8, 21:

    contra Academiam,

    id. Ac. 2, 19, 63; id. Fin. 1, 1, 2; 5, 8, 22; id. Tusc. 5, 11, 32; 5, 30, 84; id. Ac. 2, 4, 17:

    contra autem omnia disputatur a nostris,

    id. Off. 2, 2, 8.—
    e.
    Of public and political adversaries (syn. adversus and in).
    (α).
    In gen.:

    sentire contra,

    Cic. Mil. 2, 5:

    pugnare contra bonos,

    id. Sull. 25, 71:

    contra eos summa ope nitebatur nobilitas,

    Sall. C. 38, 2; Cic. Sest. 19, 42; 52, 112:

    (tribuni) qui aut contra consulem, aut pro studio ejus pugnabant,

    Liv. 39, 32, 12.—
    (β).
    Of political speaking:

    cum (Cato) eo ipso anno contra Serv. Galbam ad populum summa contentione dixisset,

    Cic. Brut. 20, 80; so id. Imp. Pomp. 17, 53; Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 9, 1.—
    f.
    Of hostile or criminal acts in gen. (syn.:

    adversus, in): inire consilia contra,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 38, 110; id. Cat. 1, 7, 18:

    manum comparare contra aliquem,

    id. Sull. 24, 68:

    conjurationem facere,

    id. ib. 4, 12:

    congredi,

    id. Lig. 3, 9; Sall. J. 64, 4:

    aliquid contra imperatorem moliri,

    Just. Inst. 4, 18, 3:

    nec dolor armasset contra sua viscera matrem,

    against her own offspring Ov. R. Am. 59.—Facere contra (more freq. with abstr. objects; cf. II. C. 1. f. b infra): nunc te contra Caesarem facere summae stultitiae est, to take parts against, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 16, 2:

    eae (res) contra nos ambae faciunt,

    operate against us, id. Quint. 1, 1.—With verbs of saying, etc.:

    homo disertus non intellegit, eum quem contra dicit laudari a se?

    Cic. Phil. 2, 8, 18; 2, 1, 2; 2, 21, 51; Sen. Ep. 15, 3, 70:

    epigramma quod contra quamdam Gelliam scripsit,

    Lampr. Alex. Sev. 38:

    disputare contra deos, in two signif.: contra deum licet disputare liberius,

    to accuse, reproach a god, Cic. N. D. 3, 31, 76; but: mala et impia consuetudo est contra deos disputandi, to reason against the gods, i. e. against their existence, id. ib. 2, 67, 168.—
    2.
    Predicatively, with esse (videri, etc.), against, injurious to, unfavorable, prejudicial, to one's disadvantage: ut [p. 456] ex senatusconsulto neque cujus intersit, neque contra quem sit intellegi possit, Cic. Mur. 32, 68; id. de Or. 3, 20, 75; 2, 74, 299; 2, 81, 330; id. Sull. 13, 39; Sen. Ben. 6, 31, 6:

    licentiam malis dare certe contra bonos est,

    injurious to, Quint. 4, 2, 75:

    res contra nos est, of unfavorable chances in a lawsuit,

    id. 4, 66, 1; 4, 2, 75; 5, 13, 32.—Often, contra aliquem = quod est contra aliquem, referring to indef. pronouns or adjectives:

    nihil contra me fecit odio mei = nihil quod esset contra me,

    Cic. Har. Resp. 3, 5; id. Off. 3, 31, 112:

    quibus (temporibus) aliquid contra Caesarem Pompeio suaserim,

    id. Phil. 2, 10, 24.—
    3.
    Added adverb. to the predicate, mostly referring to purpose, with hostile intent, for the purpose of some hostile act, in order to oppose, in opposition:

    Caesarine eam (provinciam) tradituri fuistis, an contra Caesarem retenturi?

    or keep it against Caesar, Cic. Lig. 7, 23:

    sero enim resistimus ei quem per annos decem aluimus contra nos,

    id. Att. 7, 5, 5:

    judicium illud pecunia esse temptatum non pro Cluentio, sed contra Cluentium,

    id. Clu. 4, 9; id. Imp. Pomp. 17, 52; id. Ac. 2, 28, 92:

    cum quae facitis ejusmodi sint ut ea contra vosmet ipsos facere videamini,

    id. Rosc. Am. 36, 104; Sen. Ep. 3, 7, 3: Curio se contra eum totum parat, i. e. to speak against him, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 8, 10; Caes. B. C. 1, 85 ter; Sen. Q. N. 1, 7, 1; Plin. 16, 39, 74, § 192; Plin. Pan. 41.—So with the force of a temporal clause:

    fidem meam quam essent contra Massam Baebium experti,

    in the suit against, Plin. Ep. 3, 4, 4.—
    4.
    Dependent on adjectives (rare):

    contra se ipse misericors,

    to his own injury, Phaedr. 4, 18, 3:

    severissimus judex contra fures,

    Lampr. Alex. Sev. 28.—
    5.
    With nouns.
    a.
    Acc. to 1. b.:

    ut quam maximae contra Hannibalem copiae sint,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 12, 17; cf. Vell. 2, 76, 3.—
    b.
    Acc. to 1. c. and 1. e.; so esp., oratio contra (cf.: oratio in).
    (α).
    Oratio contra (never in), of an address against the counsel of a party or against the prosecutor:

    quid in omni oratione Crassus vel apud centumviros contra Scaevolam, vel contra accusatorem Brutum, cum pro Cn. Plancio diceret?

    Cic. de Or. 2, 54, 220; cf.:

    Cato pro se contra Cassium = in oratione contra,

    Gell. 10, 15, 3; so,

    haec perpetua defensio contra Scaevolam,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 54, 221:

    orationem illam egregiam quam (Aeschines) in Ctesiphontem contra Demosthenem dixerat,

    id. ib. 3, 56, 213.—
    (β).
    Of an address against the party, either in judicial or political affairs:

    unam orationem contra Gracchum reliquit,

    Cic. Brut. 26, 99:

    (Demosthenis) oratio contra Leptinem... contra Aeschinem falsae legationis,

    id. Or. 31, 111; Gell. 10, 24, 10; 10, 18, 91; Cic. Brut. 46, 169; Quint. 12, 10, 61; Cic. de Or. 2, 11, 45; id. Brut. 44, 164; Gell. 13, 25 (24), 15; cf. Quint. 4, 3, 13; 11, 2, 25.—
    c.
    Acc. to 1. f.:

    contra patres concitatio et seditio,

    Cic. Brut. 14, 56.—Of animals:

    contra volpium genus communibus inimicitiis,

    Plin. 10, 76, 96, § 207.
    C.
    With inanimate and abstract objects.
    1.
    Directly dependent on verbs (cf. B. 1.).
    a.
    Of physical or moral exertion:

    cum fulmina contra Tot paribus streperet clipeis,

    Verg. A. 10, 567:

    pugnandum tamquam contra morbum, sic contra senectutem,

    Cic. Sen. 11, 35:

    contra verum niti,

    Sall. J. 35, 8:

    contra fortunam luctari,

    Sen. Ben. 7, 15, 2; id. Brev. Vit. 10, 1; id. Ep. 78, 15; 99, 32; cf. Cic. Off. 1, 31, 110.—
    b.
    Of warfare (lit. and trop.):

    bellum contra aras, focos, vitam fortunasque gerere,

    Cic. Phil. 3, 1, 1:

    bellum gerimus... contra arma verbis,

    id. Fam. 12, 22, 1.—So of logical contradictions:

    artificis autem est invenire in actione adversarii quae semet ipsa pugnent,

    Quint. 5, 13, 30.—
    c.
    Of legal contention.
    (α).
    Of the actions of the counsel or prosecutor: dicere, or perorare, agere contra aliquid, to plead against, contest something:

    contra argumenta, rumores, tabulas, quaestiones (opp. ab argumentis, etc.),

    Auct. Her. 2, 6, 9 sqq.; Cic. de Or. 2, 27, 118:

    contra ratiocinationem,

    id. Inv. 2, 50, 153: contra scriptum dicere, to contest, controvert a written law or a document, id. ib. 2, 47, 138; 2, 48, 143; id. Brut. 39, 145; Quint. 7, 7, 1:

    contra caput dicere,

    to plead against life, Cic. Quint. 13, 44 (cf.:

    servum in caput domini interrogare,

    Paul. Sent. 1, 1, 34; 5, 16, 5 and 8; 5, 46, 3): contra libertatem agere, Dig. 40, 12, 26.—Pregn.:

    contra rerum naturam, contraque consuetudinem hominum dicere (opp. contra nos dicere),

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 15, 45.—
    (β).
    Of judicial decisions contradicting documents, etc.:

    contra tabulas judicare,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 70, 281:

    contra testamentum,

    Dig. 2, 17, § 1:

    contra sententiam dicere,

    ib. 49, 8, 1, § 2.—
    (γ).
    Admittere aliquem contra bona, to admit a petition for bonorum possessio (cf.:

    inmittere in bona),

    Dig. 38, 2, 3, § 6.—
    d.
    Of antagonism in literary and ethical questions.
    (α).
    To contend that something is false:

    dicere, disputare, disserere contra opinionem or sententiam,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 4, 8; 5, 19, 55; id. de Or. 3, 18, 67; id. Fin. 5, 4, 10; id. Ac. 2, 18, 60; Sen. Ira, 1, 3, 3; id. Ep. 87, 5; 102, 5 (cf.:

    in sententiam dicere,

    in support of an opinion, Caes. B. G. 1, 45):

    contra sensus dicere,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 31, 101:

    contra rhetoricen dicere,

    Quint. 2, 17, 40.—
    (β).
    Of criticism, hostility to principles, etc.:

    contra Iliadem et Odysseam scribere,

    Vitr. 7, praef. 8:

    contra quorum disciplinam ingenium ejus exarserat,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 29, 83.—
    (γ).
    Ethically:

    contra voluptatem dicere,

    that pleasure is a moral evil, Cic. Fin. 5, 8, 21:

    contra mortem loqui,

    that death is no evil, Sen. Ep. 82, 7;

    in both senses: contra vitia, pericula, fortunam, ambitionem,

    id. ib. 100, 10:

    contra fortunam gloriari,

    that fortune has no power over him, Cic. Tusc. 5, 9, 26; Sen. Ep. 26, 5.—
    e.
    Of public and political acts and speeches:

    contra potentiam accusatorum dicere,

    Cic. Brut. 44, 164:

    contra legem dicere or verba facere,

    id. Imp. Pomp. 15, 53; Liv. 34, 8, 1:

    rogationem ferre contra coloniam ( = contra legem de colonia deducenda),

    Cic. Clu. 51, 140; Auct. Her. 1, 17, 21; Plin. 8, 17, 24, § 64.—
    f.
    Of hostility, injury, wrongs, etc.
    (α).
    In gen.:

    senatusconsulto quod contra dignitatem tuam fieret,

    directed against, Cic. Fam. 12, 29, 2:

    contra rem publicam se commovere,

    id. Cat. 1, 26; 1, 3, 7:

    incitari,

    id. Sest. 47, 100:

    consilia inire,

    id. Agr. 2, 3, 8:

    conjurationem facere,

    Sall. C. 30, 6:

    contra salutem urbis incitari,

    Cic. Cat. 3, 8, 20:

    cogitare aliquid contra salutem,

    id. ib. 3, 9, 21: contra voluntatem or studium dicere, to oppose one's will in a speech:

    esse aliquem in civitate qui contra ejus (Chrysogoni) voluntatem dicere auderet,

    id. Rosc. Am. 22, 60; id. Phil. 1, 11, 28; id. de Or. 3, 34, 138; id. Mur. 4, 10; Tac. H. 2, 91:

    ne quid contra aequitatem contendas, ne quid pro injuria,

    do not array yourself against equity, Cic. Off. 2, 20, 71.— Trop.:

    quis non contra Marii arma, contra Suliae proscriptionem irascitur? ( = Mario propter arma, Sullae propter proscriptionem),

    Sen. Ira, 2, 2, 3.—
    (β).
    In partic.: facere contra aliquid (syn. adversus), to commit an offence against, to transgress, etc.:

    si quis ad Antonium profectus esset... senatus existimaturum eum contra rem publicam fecisse,

    Cic. Phil. 8, 11, 33; id. Mil. 5, 13; 6, 14; id. Off. 3, 10, 43; 3, 25, 95; S. C. ap. Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 8, 6; Liv. 25, 4, 7; so,

    contra salutem rei publicae facere,

    Cic. Dom. 38, 102:

    contra majestatem,

    against the emperor, Dig. 48, 4, 5:

    contra leges,

    Cic. Dom. 18, 48; id. Vatin. 7, 18; id. Fin. 2, 17, 55; id. Mur. 32, 67; id. de Or. 3, 19, 70; cf. id. Clu. 34, 92; id. Mur. 32, 68; id. Dom. 14, 38; id. Phil. 10, 6, 13; Gai Inst. 4, 121:

    contra edictum (praetoris),

    Cic. Verr 2, 3, 10, § 25; Dig. 39, 1, 20, § 1:

    contra foedus,

    Cic. Balb. 6, 16:

    contra jusjurandum ac fidem,

    id. Off. 3, 10, 43; id. Lael. 3, 30, 74; id. Verr. 2, 3, 3, § 7; Prop. 3, 30, 44 (2, 32, 44).—And ironically:

    tune contra Caesaris nutum (sc. facies)?

    Cic. Att. 14, 10, 1.—Rarely contra ea facere = contra facere, adverb. (cf. I. B. 8. and II. E. 1. b.):

    corpus in civitatem inferri non licet... et qui contra ea fecerit, extra ordinem punitur,

    Paul. Sent. 1, 21, 2; 1, 21, 12.—
    2.
    Predicatively with esse (usu. impers.), in violation of, in conflict with, contrary to (cf. 3. g).
    (α).
    With esse expressed as the predicate:

    hominem hominis incommodo suum augere commodum magis est contra naturam quam mors,

    Cic. Off. 3, 5, 21; id. Fin. 3, 9, 31; id. N. D. 3, 13, 33; Sen. Ep. 5, 4; Plin. 7, 8, 6, § 45:

    contra leges or legem est,

    Cic. Pis. 13, 30; id. Mur. 32, 67:

    contra officium est,

    id. Off. 3, 10, 43; 1, 10, 32; 1, 6, 19; cf. id. Lael. 11, 39; id. Off. 3, 15, 63; Liv. 6, 40, 5; Sen. Q. N. 2, 37, 2; Gai Inst. 3, 157; Dig. 30, 1, 112, § 3; 16, 3, 1, § 7.—With ellipsis of object (naturam), Cic. Fin. 5, 29, 89; cf.:

    adeo res ista non habet ullam moram quae contra causas ignium sit,

    unfavorable to the formation of fire, Sen. Q. N. 2, 26, 7.—
    (β).
    With verbal predicate, referring to an indef. pron. or adj., with esse understood:

    scis hunc... nihil umquam contra rem tuam cogitasse ( = nihil quod contra rem tuam esset),

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 50, 147; id. Mil. 5, 13:

    aliquid contra animum audiendi,

    something against our liking, Sen. Const. 19, 2.—So mostly with facere:

    si quid Socrates aut Aristippus contra morem consuetudinemque fecerint,

    Cic. Off. 1, 41, 148; id. Att. 3, 23, 2; 2, 22, 2; id. Off. 3, 15, 63; Sall. C. 15, 1; Dig. 8, 2, 11; 8, 2, 17; 35, 1, 79, § 2. —
    (γ).
    Contra officium, substantively, = id quod contra officium est:

    Sic inter recte factum atque peccatum, officium et contra officium, media locabat quaedam,

    Cic. Ac. 1, 10, 37.—
    3.
    Adverbially with the predicate.
    (α).
    In order to oppose, in opposition to, with hostile intent (cf. B. 3.):

    eidem illam proscriptionem capitis mei contra salutem rei publicae rogatam esse dicebant,

    that the proposal of the law was an attack on the republic, Cic. Prov. Cons. 19, 45; id. Rab. Perd. 12, 35; id. Phil. 10, 10, 22:

    imperator contra postulata Bocchi nuntios mittit,

    to reply to the demands, Sall. J. 83, 3; 25, 6; so,

    advocare contra,

    Sen. Cons. Polyb. 12, 4; id. Ep. 15, 2, 52:

    si contra mortem te praeparaveris,

    to meet death, id. ib. 11, 3, 8.—
    (β).
    With the force of a clause of manner, injuriously to, etc.:

    quibus contra valetudinis commodum laborandum est,

    Cic. Mur. 23, 47; Suet. Aug. 78:

    contra hominis salutem,

    with danger to a man's life, Cod. Just. 7, 62, 29.—
    (γ).
    In gen., of conflict with some rule or principle, contrary to, in violation of, without regard to ( = ita ut contra sit; cf. 2. supra; very freq. from the class. period;

    syn. adversus): ceperitne pecunias contra leges P. Decius,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 31, 136; id. Verr. 2, 1, 4, § 10; id. Fl. 34, 86:

    pecuniam contra leges auferre,

    id. Verr. 1, 18, 56; 2, 1, 10, § 27; 2, 5, 18, § 46; id. Har. Resp. 26, 56:

    contra legem,

    id. Rab. Perd. 3, 8; id. Dom. 16, 41:

    contra jus fasque,

    id. Har. Resp. 16, 34; id. Quint. 6, 28:

    contra jus,

    Liv. 5, 4, 14; id. Dom. 13, 55; id. Verr. 2, 5, 13, § 34:

    contra jus gentium,

    Liv. 4, 32, 5; 9, 10, 10; 21, 25, 7; 5, 36, 6;

    6, 1, 6: contra juris rigorem,

    Dig. 40, 5, 24, § 10 et saep.:

    contra testimonium aliquid judicare,

    without regard to, Cic. Brut. 31, 117:

    aliquid contra verecundiam disputare,

    contrary to the rules of decency, id. Off. 1, 35, 128:

    aliquid contra fidem constituere,

    Quint. 5, 13, 34:

    quae majores nostri contra lubidinem animi sui recte atque ordine fecere,

    contrary to the dictates of passion, Sall. C. 51, 4; id. J. 33, 1; cf. of logical opposition, II. E. 2. infra.—
    4.
    Dependent on substt.
    a.
    Of physical strife:

    scit ille imparem sibi luctatum contra nexus (draconis),

    Plin. 8, 12, 12, § 33. —
    b.
    Of warfare:

    imperatorum copia contra tuum furorem,

    Cic. Mur. 39, 83:

    Parthorum gloria contra nomen Romanum,

    Liv. 9, 18, 6: in castris perditorum contra patriam, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 23, 6.—
    c.
    Of legal contention:

    causa contra scriptum,

    Cic. Inv. 2, 46, 135.—
    d.
    Of political speaking:

    divina M. Tullii eloquentia contra leges agrarias,

    Quint. 2, 16, 7; 9, 3, 50; Gell. 18, 7, 7.—
    e.
    Of literary opposition:

    Caesaris vituperatio contra laudationem meam,

    Cic. Att. 12, 40, 1.—
    f.
    Of hostility, etc.:

    cujus factum, inceptum, conatumve contra patriam,

    Cic. Cat. 2, 12, 27:

    ullum factum dictumve nostrum contra utilitatem vestram,

    Liv. 6, 40, 5.—
    g.
    Of injury:

    vitae cupiditas contra rem publicam,

    Cic. Planc. 37, 90: contra serpentes venenum, fatal to serpents, or as a defence against serpents, Plin. 7, 2, 2, § 15.—
    h.
    Of violation, disregard, etc. (cf. 3. g):

    iter contra senatus auctoritatem,

    Cic. Phil. 2, 19, 48:

    contra consuetudinem somnium,

    Plin. 10, 77, 98, § 211:

    bonorum possessio contra tabulas,

    Dig. 37, 4, 3, § 13; Gai Inst. 3, 41.—
    5.
    Dependent on adjectives (very rare; cf.

    II. D. 2. c. infra): contraque patris impii regnum impotens, avum resolvam,

    Sen. Herc. Fur. 966.
    D.
    Of defence, protection, and resistance (syn.: adversus, ab).
    1.
    Against persons.
    a.
    Dependent on verbs:

    cum populus Romanus suam auctoritatem vel contra omnes qui dissentiunt possit defendere,

    Cic. Imp. Pomp. 22, 63: si ego consul rem publicam [p. 457] contra te et gregales tuos defendissem, id. Sest. 52, 111; 22, 49; 8, 20; id. Fam. 11, 27, 7; id. Phil. 2, 18, 45:

    contra quem multum omnes boni providerunt,

    provided a great defence, id. Mur. 38, 81: formula qua utitur patronus contra libertum qui eum in jus vocat, as a defence against, Gai Inst. 4, 46. —And of protection of plants against injurious animals:

    contra haec animalia proderit, si, etc.,

    Pall. 10, 3, 2.—
    b.
    Dependent on adjectives, mostly participial:

    paratus contra,

    Cic. Mil. 21, 56:

    nihil satis firmum contra Metellum,

    Sall. J. 80, 1:

    contra potentes nemo est munitus satis,

    Phaedr. 2, 6, 1.—
    2.
    Against inanimate and abstract things.
    a.
    Dependent on verbs:

    contra avium morsus munitur vallo aristarum,

    Cic. Sen. 15, 51:

    propugnaculum, quo contra omnes meos impetus usurum se putat,

    id. Verr. 2, 3, 16, § 40; 2, 5, 39, § 102:

    publicam causam contra vim armatam suscipere,

    id. Dom. 34, 91; id. Quint. 30, 94; id. Leg. 3, 3, 9:

    contra tantas difficultates providere,

    Sall. J. 90, 1; 76, 4; so,

    contra ea,

    id. ib. 57, 5:

    patricii vi contra vim resistunt,

    Liv. 3, 13, 4; Plin. 14, 2, 4, § 28; Tac. Agr. 45; Sen. Prov. 4, 12; id. Const. 5, 4.—
    b.
    Dependent on substt.:

    suffragia contra oppugnationem vestrae majestatis,

    Cic. Rab. Perd. 12, 35:

    defensio contra vim,

    id. Mil. 5, 14:

    patronus justitiae fuit contra orationem Phili,

    id. Lael. 7, 25; Plin. 29, 2, 9, § 30; 14, 3, 4, § 40:

    contra labores patientia,

    id. 23, 1, 22, § 37.—
    c.
    Dependent on adjectives (in Cic. freq. with P. a. predicatively used; otherwise very rare;

    in later prose freq.): nec est quidquam Cilicia contra Syriam munitius,

    against an attack from the side of Syria, Cic. Fam. 14, 4, 4:

    ut nullius res tuta, nullius domus clausa, nullius vita saepta, nullius pudicitia munita contra tuam cupiditatem posset esse,

    id. Verr. 2, 5, 15, § 39; id. Fin. 1, 16, 51; id. Mil. 25, 67; id. Tusc. 5, 8, 19; 5, 27, 76:

    vir contra audaciam firmissimus,

    id. Rosc. Am. 30, 85; Sall. J. 33, 2; 28, 5:

    fortis contra dolorem,

    Sen. Ep. 98, 18; Quint. 12, 1, 10:

    callosus,

    Plin. 11, 37, 54, § 147; 14, 2, 4, § 23:

    far contra hiemes firmissimum,

    id. 18, 8, 19, § 83:

    equus tenax contra vincula,

    Ov. Am. 3, 4, 13:

    contraque minantia fata pervigil,

    Claud. I. Cons. Stil. 1, 284.—
    3.
    Of remedies against sickness and its causes, poison, etc.; so only in Plin.; in Pall. only of preventives and of protection against hurtful animals, and against mental perturbations in gen.; cf. infra (syn. ad in Cat., Cic., Cels., Col.; adversus only in Celsus, who also has in with abl.).
    (α).
    Dependent on verbs:

    cujus et vinum et uva contra serpentium ictus medetur,

    Plin. 14, 18, 22, § 117; 7, 2, 2, § 13:

    prodest et contra suspiria et tussim,

    id. 20, 13, 50, § 128:

    valet potum contra venena,

    id. 28, 7, 21, § 74; 29, 4, 22, § 71; 29, 4, 26, § 81; 28, 8, 27, § 98; 16, 37, 71, § 180; 35, 6, 14, § 34; 28, 6, 18, §§ 65-67.—
    (β).
    Dependent on substt.:

    remedium contra morsus,

    Plin. 8, 32, 50, § 118; 10, 59, 79, § 163:

    contra venena esse omnia remedio,

    id. 16, 44, 95, § 251; 17, 24, 37, § 240; 7, 1, 1, § 4.—
    (γ).
    Dependent on adjectives:

    vinum quod salutare contra pestilentiam sit,

    Pall. 11, 14, 17.—
    (δ).
    Appositively, as a remedy:

    cujus lacteum succum miris laudibus celebrat... contra serpentes et venena,

    Plin. 5, 1, 1, § 16; 29, 4, 26, § 83. —So of remedies against affections:

    Tiberium tonante caelo coronari ea (lauro) solitum ferunt contra fulminum metus,

    Plin. 15, 30, 40, § 135; cf. Sen. Ira, 2, 21, 1; id. Tranq. 5. 1.
    E.
    Of logical opposition.
    1.
    With a neuter demonstrative (contra ea, contra haec, contra quae, quod contra = contra, adv.).
    a.
    The contrary, the reverse (very rare; cf.

    I. D. 1.): sed mihi contra ea videtur,

    but to me the contrary seems true, Sall. J. 85, 1:

    omnia quae contra haec sunt, omnia quae contra sunt,

    and vice versa, Quint. 5, 10, 90. —
    b.
    Contra ea, on the contrary, in logical antithesis (not in Cic. and Sall.; once in Caes. and Quint.; several times in Liv. and Nep.; cf.: contra ea, in other uses, II. A. 2. e. a, II. D. 2. a., II. A. 3. d., II. C. 1. f.):

    omnes arderent cupiditate pugnandi... contra ea Caesar... spatiumque interponendum... putabat ( = at contra),

    but Caesar on the contrary, Caes. B. C. 3, 74: superbe ab Samnitibus... legati prohibiti commercio sunt;

    contra ea benigne ab Siculorum tyrannis adjuti,

    Liv. 4, 52, 6; 2, 60, 1; 21, 20, 6;

    44, 43, 5: pater... Thracem me genuit, contra ea mater Atheniensem,

    Nep. Iphicr. 3, 4; id. praef. 6; id. Alcib. 8, 1.—And after a question, with immo (cf. I. E. 5. b.):

    an infirmissimi omnium... (sumus)? Immo contra ea vel viribus nostris, vel, etc., tuti (sumus),

    Liv. 41, 24, 8.—
    c.
    Quod contra, by anastrophe (v. F. 1.), contrary to which, whereas, while on the contrary (only once in Lucr. and three times in Cic.):

    illud in his rebus vereor ne forte rearis, Inpia te rationis inire elementa viamque indugredi sceleris: quod contra saepius illa Religio peperit scelerosa atque impia facta,

    whereas on the contrary, Lucr. 1, 81:

    cujus a me corpus crematum est, quod contra decuit ab illo meum (sc. cremari),

    Cic. Sen. 23, 84:

    quod contra oportebat delicto dolere, correctione gaudere,

    id. Lael. 24, 90 (B. and K. place a comma after oportebat; cf.

    Nauck ad loc.): reliquum est ut eum nemo judicio defenderit: quod contra copiosissime defensum esse contendi,

    id. Quint. 28, 87 (many consider contra in all these passages as an adverb; cf. Hand, Turs. II. p. 121 sq.; some explain quod as an ancient ablative, = qua re;

    v. Ritschl,

    Plaut. Exc. p. 57, Munro ad Lucr. 1, 82).—
    2.
    With an abstract noun, with the force of the adverb contra with ac or atque (I. F. 1.), contrary to, contrary to what, etc. (esp. in Sall., not in Cic.; cf. praeter): celeriter contraque omnium opinionem confecto itinere, contrary to the opinion ( = contra ac rati erant), Caes. B. G. 6, 30:

    contra opinionem Jugurthae ad Thalam perveniunt,

    Sall. J. 75, 9; Hirt. B. G. 8, 40.—Contra spem either contrary to the opinion, or against the hope:

    Metellus contra spem suam laetissume excipitur ( = contra ac ratus, veritus est),

    Sall. J. 88, 1; so,

    cetera contra spem salva invenit,

    Liv. 9, 23, 17:

    contra spem omnium L. Furium optavit,

    id. 6, 25, 5; Curt. 8, 4, 45;

    but: at Jugurtha contra spem nuntio accepto ( = contra ac speraverat),

    Sall. J. 28, 1; Liv. 24, 45, 3:

    postquam... Jugurtha contra timorem animi praemia sceleris adeptum sese videt,

    Sall. J. 20, 1:

    ipse in Numidiam procedit, ubi contra belli faciem tuguria plena hominumque... erant ( = contra ac in bello evenire solet),

    id. ib. 46, 5:

    contra famam,

    Plin. 13, 22, 43, § 126; 7, 53, 54, § 180:

    segniterque et contra industriam absconditae formicae,

    slowly, and in a manner different from their usual activity, id. 18, 35, 88, § 364.—Of persons:

    frigidam potionem esse debere, contra priores auctores, Asclepiades confirmavit,

    contrary to the opinion of the former physicians, Cels. 4, 26 (19).
    F.
    Sometimes by anastrophe after its noun.
    1.
    In prose, after relatives, esp. in Cic.:

    quos contra disputant,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 15, 47:

    quem contra dicit,

    id. Phil. 2, 8, 18 (v. II. B. 1. f.):

    quem contra veneris,

    id. Mur. 4, 9:

    quas contra, praeter te, etc.,

    id. Vatin. 7, 18:

    eos ipsos quos contra statuas,

    id. Or. 10, 34:

    quos contra me senatus armavit,

    id. Att. 10, 8, 8:

    quam contra multa locutus est,

    Sen. Ep. 82, 7, Plin. Ep. 1, 23, 3; Claud. in Rufin. 1, 332; v. also E. 1. c. supra.—
    2.
    After other words ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

    hunc igitur contra mittam contendere causam,

    Lucr. 4, 471:

    dicere eos contra,

    id. 4, 484:

    donique eum contra,

    id. 5, 708:

    agmina contra,

    Verg. A. 12, 279:

    magnum Alciden contra,

    id. ib. 5, 414:

    Paridem contra,

    id. ib. 5, 370:

    Italiam contra,

    id. ib. 1, 13:

    deos contra,

    Ov. P. 1, 1, 26:

    Messania moenia contra,

    id. M. 14, 17:

    litora Calabriae contra,

    Tac. A. 3, 1.

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  • 4 erudio

    ē-rŭdĭo, īvi or ii, ītum, 4, v. a., qs. to free from roughness, i. e. to polish, educate, instruct, teach (freq. and class.; cf.: doceo, edoceo, praecipio, instituo).
    I.
    Prop.:

    studiosos discendi erudiunt atque docent,

    Cic. Off. 1, 44, 156:

    aliquem,

    id. Div. 2, 2 (with docere); id. de Or. 3, 9, 35 (with instituere); id. ib. 2, 1, 12; Quint. prooem. § 1;

    6 et saep.: filios ad majorum instituta (with instituere),

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 69; cf. id. Tusc. 1, 26:

    aliquem artibus,

    id. Fam. 1, 7 fin.; cf. id. Rep. 2, 19, 34:

    eum ad exquisitissimam consuetudinem Graecorum erudiit,

    id. ib. 2, 21, 37:

    aliquem in jure civili,

    id. de Or. 1, 59 fin.; cf. id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 3.—With two acc. ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

    aliquem leges praeceptaque belli,

    Stat. Th. 10, 507; cf. Val. Fl. 2, 50; v. also under P. a.: aliquem, with an object-clause, Plin. 33, 11, 53, § 149; cf.

    without aliquem,

    Ov. F. 3, 820; Sil. 11, 352.—With a rel.-clause as object:

    qua possint arte capi,

    Ov. F. 3, 294:

    tirones neque in ludo, neque per lanistas,

    i. e. to cause to be instructed, Suet. Caes. 26:

    gladiatores sub eodem magistro eruditi,

    Quint. 2, 17, 33:

    Athenas erudiendi gratia missus,

    Just. 17, 3, 11;

    once: aliquem de aliqua re, Cic.: obviae mihi velim sint tuae litterae, quae me erudiant de omni re publica,

    instruct me, keep me informed of, Cic. Fam. 2, 12, 1.—
    II.
    Transf., of objects not personal:

    artes,

    Ov. M. 8, 215:

    ut flerent, oculos erudiere suos,

    id. R. Am. 690; id. Am. 1, 14, 30:

    Polycletus consummasse hanc scientiam judicatur et toreuticen sic erudisse, ut Phidias aperuisse,

    to have cultivated, brought to perfection, Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 56.— Hence, ērŭdītus, a, um, P. a., learned, accomplished, well-informed, skilled, experienced (cf.: litteratus, doctus, peritus, gnarus, scitus).
    A.
    Prop.:

    est non satis politus iis artibus, quas qui tenent eruditi appellantur,

    Cic. Fin. 1, 7 fin.:

    Graeculus otiosus et loquax, et fortasse doctus atque eruditus,

    id. de Or. 1, 22, 102:

    semper mihi et doctrina et eruditi homines placuerunt,

    id. Rep. 1, 17 fin.; id. Tusc. 1, 3:

    nec sicut vulgus sed ut eruditi solent appellare sapientem,

    id. Lael. 2, 6; cf.

    opp. rusticus,

    Quint. 11, 1, 45; 8, 6, 75 et saep.:

    non transmarinis nec importatis artibus eruditi, sed genuinis domesticisque virtutibus,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 15 fin.:

    homines non litteris ad rei militaris scientiam, sed rebus gestis ac victoriis eruditos,

    id. Font. 15, 33; id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 7 fin.; cf. id. Brut. 67, 236; id. Arch. 7; id. N. D. 3, 9, 23 al.:

    eruditi Socraticis disputationibus,

    id. de Or. 3, 34, 139:

    a pueris eruditi artibus militiae,

    Liv. 42, 52 et saep.; cf. in the comp.:

    litteris eruditior quam Curio,

    Cic. Brut. 82; and in the sup.:

    Scaevola, homo omnium et disciplina juris civilis eruditissimus,

    id. de Or. 1, 39, 180.— With acc.:

    Graecas res eruditi,

    Gell. 2, 21, 3; cf. id. 19, 12, 9.—With inf.:

    eruditus utilia honestis miscere,

    Tac. Agr. 8.—
    B.
    Transf., of inanimate and abstract subjects:

    quod ceteri minus eruditis hominum seculis fuerunt,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 10:

    tempora (with docti homines),

    id. ib.:

    aures,

    id. ib. 2, 42; id. Or. 34, 119; Quint. 10, 1, 32:

    animus,

    Cic. Fam. 5, 14: oratio (opp. popularis), id. Par. prooem. § 4; cf. Quint. 8, 3, 17; 8, 6, 24 al.:

    Graecorum copia,

    fulness of Greek learning, Cic. Leg. 1, 2, 7: palata, i. e. practised, fine (with docta), Col. 8, 16, 4; cf.

    gustus,

    Tac. A. 16, 18.—In neutr. with a subject-clause:

    ex historia ducere urbanitatem, eruditum est,

    Quint. 6, 3, 98; cf.:

    eruditissimum longe, si, etc.,

    id. 9, 2, 97.— Adv.: ērŭdītē, learnedly, eruditely. — Comp., Cic. de Sen. 1 fin.; Quint. 1, 5, 36.— Sup., Cic. Or. 52; Plin. Ep. 1, 9, 8.

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  • 5 erudite

    ē-rŭdĭo, īvi or ii, ītum, 4, v. a., qs. to free from roughness, i. e. to polish, educate, instruct, teach (freq. and class.; cf.: doceo, edoceo, praecipio, instituo).
    I.
    Prop.:

    studiosos discendi erudiunt atque docent,

    Cic. Off. 1, 44, 156:

    aliquem,

    id. Div. 2, 2 (with docere); id. de Or. 3, 9, 35 (with instituere); id. ib. 2, 1, 12; Quint. prooem. § 1;

    6 et saep.: filios ad majorum instituta (with instituere),

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 69; cf. id. Tusc. 1, 26:

    aliquem artibus,

    id. Fam. 1, 7 fin.; cf. id. Rep. 2, 19, 34:

    eum ad exquisitissimam consuetudinem Graecorum erudiit,

    id. ib. 2, 21, 37:

    aliquem in jure civili,

    id. de Or. 1, 59 fin.; cf. id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 3.—With two acc. ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

    aliquem leges praeceptaque belli,

    Stat. Th. 10, 507; cf. Val. Fl. 2, 50; v. also under P. a.: aliquem, with an object-clause, Plin. 33, 11, 53, § 149; cf.

    without aliquem,

    Ov. F. 3, 820; Sil. 11, 352.—With a rel.-clause as object:

    qua possint arte capi,

    Ov. F. 3, 294:

    tirones neque in ludo, neque per lanistas,

    i. e. to cause to be instructed, Suet. Caes. 26:

    gladiatores sub eodem magistro eruditi,

    Quint. 2, 17, 33:

    Athenas erudiendi gratia missus,

    Just. 17, 3, 11;

    once: aliquem de aliqua re, Cic.: obviae mihi velim sint tuae litterae, quae me erudiant de omni re publica,

    instruct me, keep me informed of, Cic. Fam. 2, 12, 1.—
    II.
    Transf., of objects not personal:

    artes,

    Ov. M. 8, 215:

    ut flerent, oculos erudiere suos,

    id. R. Am. 690; id. Am. 1, 14, 30:

    Polycletus consummasse hanc scientiam judicatur et toreuticen sic erudisse, ut Phidias aperuisse,

    to have cultivated, brought to perfection, Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 56.— Hence, ērŭdītus, a, um, P. a., learned, accomplished, well-informed, skilled, experienced (cf.: litteratus, doctus, peritus, gnarus, scitus).
    A.
    Prop.:

    est non satis politus iis artibus, quas qui tenent eruditi appellantur,

    Cic. Fin. 1, 7 fin.:

    Graeculus otiosus et loquax, et fortasse doctus atque eruditus,

    id. de Or. 1, 22, 102:

    semper mihi et doctrina et eruditi homines placuerunt,

    id. Rep. 1, 17 fin.; id. Tusc. 1, 3:

    nec sicut vulgus sed ut eruditi solent appellare sapientem,

    id. Lael. 2, 6; cf.

    opp. rusticus,

    Quint. 11, 1, 45; 8, 6, 75 et saep.:

    non transmarinis nec importatis artibus eruditi, sed genuinis domesticisque virtutibus,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 15 fin.:

    homines non litteris ad rei militaris scientiam, sed rebus gestis ac victoriis eruditos,

    id. Font. 15, 33; id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 7 fin.; cf. id. Brut. 67, 236; id. Arch. 7; id. N. D. 3, 9, 23 al.:

    eruditi Socraticis disputationibus,

    id. de Or. 3, 34, 139:

    a pueris eruditi artibus militiae,

    Liv. 42, 52 et saep.; cf. in the comp.:

    litteris eruditior quam Curio,

    Cic. Brut. 82; and in the sup.:

    Scaevola, homo omnium et disciplina juris civilis eruditissimus,

    id. de Or. 1, 39, 180.— With acc.:

    Graecas res eruditi,

    Gell. 2, 21, 3; cf. id. 19, 12, 9.—With inf.:

    eruditus utilia honestis miscere,

    Tac. Agr. 8.—
    B.
    Transf., of inanimate and abstract subjects:

    quod ceteri minus eruditis hominum seculis fuerunt,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 10:

    tempora (with docti homines),

    id. ib.:

    aures,

    id. ib. 2, 42; id. Or. 34, 119; Quint. 10, 1, 32:

    animus,

    Cic. Fam. 5, 14: oratio (opp. popularis), id. Par. prooem. § 4; cf. Quint. 8, 3, 17; 8, 6, 24 al.:

    Graecorum copia,

    fulness of Greek learning, Cic. Leg. 1, 2, 7: palata, i. e. practised, fine (with docta), Col. 8, 16, 4; cf.

    gustus,

    Tac. A. 16, 18.—In neutr. with a subject-clause:

    ex historia ducere urbanitatem, eruditum est,

    Quint. 6, 3, 98; cf.:

    eruditissimum longe, si, etc.,

    id. 9, 2, 97.— Adv.: ērŭdītē, learnedly, eruditely. — Comp., Cic. de Sen. 1 fin.; Quint. 1, 5, 36.— Sup., Cic. Or. 52; Plin. Ep. 1, 9, 8.

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  • 6 heres

    hērēs (ērēs, haerēs), ēdis, c. (viell. abgeschwächte Form v. χηρος, verwaist), der Erbe, die Erbin, I) eig.: h. ex asse, der Totalerbe, Haupterbe, Plin. ep. u. Mart. (vgl. as): ebenso h. bonorum omnium, Liv., u. h. primus, Ps. Quint. decl.: secundus, der Beierbe, der substituierte Erbe, der eintritt, wenn der eig. Erbe die Erbschaft nicht erwerben kann od. will, Cic. u.a.: heres ex dodrante, Nep., ex tertia parte, Cic.: eius heredes, Quint.: heres sum alcis od. alci, Cic.: alqm heredem scribere, facere, instituere, Cic.: alqm heredem bonorum omnium relinquere, Val. Max.: nondum in Pompei locum repentinus heres successerat, Cic.: heredem habuit, quem voluit, Val. Max. – Sing. kollekt., nec multus intra limen heres est, Sen. contr. 2, 1 (9), 7. – v. Frauen, testamento fecit heredem filiam, Cic. II. Verr. 1, 111; vgl. Cic. de rep. 3, 17. Ov. her. 9, 110. Gaius dig. 37, 7, 2: si sua heres filia patri cum fratribus, Tryphon. dig. 37, 7, 9: clara heres, Ven. Fort. carm. 8, 6, 44. – II) übtr.: A) der Erbe = Nachfolger, Academiae, Cic.: regni, Liv. – B) scherzh. = der Besitzer, Eigentümer, Plaut. Men. 477. – C) = stolo, Plin. 16, 173. – D) personif., Heres Martea, eine nach Antritt einer Erbschaft verehrte Göttin, Paul. ex Fest. 100, 2. – / Archaist. Akk. herem, Naev. com. 58. Paul. ex Fest 100, 2. – Abl. Sing. heredi, Corp. inscr. Lat. 1, 200. lin. 23. – Schreibung eres, zB. Corp. inscr. Lat. 13, 6230 (Plur. eredes), haeres, zB. Corp. inscr. Lat. 10, 3645.

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  • 7 religio

    religio, ōnis, f. (*religo, ere, wov. religens), die rücksichtliche Beachtung, I) im allg., die gewissenhafte Berücksichtigung, die auf einem inneren Gefühle beruhende gewissenhafte Sorgfalt, -Genauigkeit, die Gewissenhaftigkeit, nimia, Cic.: antiqua, Cic.: hāc ego religione (gewissenhafte Berücksichtigung jedes einzelnen) non sum ab hoc conatu repulsus, Cic.: nulla in iudiciis severitas, nulla religio... existimantur esse, Cic.: u. so nullus deûm metus, nullum iusiurandum, nulla religio, Gottlosigkeit, Meineidigkeit, Gewissenlosigkeit, Liv. – mit obj. Genet., non nullius officii, privati officii, eines bedeutenden, eines persönlichen Pflichtverhältnisses, Cic. – mit subj. Genet., fides et rel. iudicis, Cic.: testimoniorum rel. et fides, Cic.: fides et religio vitae (gewissenhafter Lebenswandel), Cic.: Atheriensium religioni (gewissenhafte Sorgf.) servire, Cic.: admirari fidem alcis et in consilio dando religionem, Cic.

    II) insbes., die rücksichtliche Beachtung des Heiligen, A) der Gewissenszweifel, Religionszweifel, das Bedenken, die Scheu des Gewissens, cum summā religione, tum summo metu legum et iudiciorum teneri, Cic.: perturbari religione et metu, Cic.: offertur alci religio, Cic.: causa obiectae religionis, Caes.: inicere alci religionem, Cic.: eam religionem animis eximere, Liv.: res in religionem alci venit, Cic.: u. in religionem venit m. folg. Acc. u. Infin., Liv. 22, 33, 7: alci religio incessit m. folg. Acc. u. Infin., Liv.: tanta religio civitatem incessit, ut etc., Liv.: nova nunc religio in te istaec incessit, Ter.: rem religioni habere, Cic.: religio obstitit, ne etc. Liv.: religio est (alci) absol. od. m. Infin., Plaut., Ter. u. Liv.: u. religio est (es ist verboten) mit Acc. u. Infin., equo Dialem flaminem vehi religio est, Fab. Pict. fr. bei Gell. 10, 15, 4: ebenso religioni est (man macht sich ein Gewissen daraus) m. Acc. u. Infin., religioni deinde fuisse, quibus eam opem dei tulissent, (eos) vinciri, Liv. 5, 13, 8: u. religio alci non est, quo minus etc., Cic. Cat. 3, 15: collegium decrevit, non religioni habendum, quin etc., Atei. Capito bei Gell. 4, 6, 10: religio alqm capit, Liv.: alqd trahere od. vertere in religionem, Liv.: religio vetuit, Verg. – im Plur., quas religiones? was für religiöse Bedenken? Cic.: demere animo curas ac religiones, Varro: religionibus atque minis obsistere vatum, Lucr.

    B) das religiöse Gefühl, die fromme Scheu, 1) eig.: a) im einzelnen Falle = die Andacht, sacra Cereris summā maiores nostri religione caerimoniāque confici voluerunt, Cic. Balb. 55. – b) als habituelle Eigenschaft, α) im guten Sinne, der fromme Sinn, die Frömmigkeit, Gottesfurcht, der Glaube, die religiöse Denkweise, die religiösen Gefühle od. Gesinnungen, die Religiosität, inclita iustitia religioque eā tempestate Numae Pompilii erat, Liv.: haud liber erat religione animus, Liv.: vir haud intacti religione animi, ein für religiöse Gefühle nicht unempfänglicher Mann, Liv. – im Plur., bald übh. = religiöse Gesinnungen, Religiosität, impurus atque impius hostis omnium religionum, Cic. – bald = die den Glauben, die Konfession ausmachenden relig. Gesinnungen, der Glaube, die Konfession, die Religion, quod ceterae gentes pro religionibus suis bella suscipiunt, istae contra omnium religiones, Cic. – β) im üblen Sinne, die abergläubische Scheu, der Aberglaube, animos multiplex religio et pleraque externa incessit, Liv.: terrebat eos portenti religio, die abergläubische Scheu, die das W. einflößte, Iustin. – Plur., abergläubische Gedanken od. Bedenken, Besorgnisse, pleni religionum animi, Liv.: novas religiones sibi fingere, Caes. – 2) meton., der Gegenstand frommer Scheu, das Heilige, sowohl an sich, als insofern es an anderen Dingen haftet, a) im allg.: α) im guten Sinne: in sacerdotibus tanta offusa oculis animoqae religio, das Heilige, Scheu vor den Göttern Gebietende, das in den Personen der Priester seinem Auge und Gemüte so majestätisch entgegentrat, Liv. 2, 40, 3. – β) im üblen Sinne, der Frevel gegen das Heilige, der Religionsfrevel, die Religionsverletzung, die begangene Sünde, der Fluch, rel. Clodiana, der von Klodius begangene R., Cic.: rel. inexpiabilis, Cic.: contactus religione dies Alliensis, auf dem ein Fluch ruht, Liv.: de religione queri, Cic.: templum religione liberare, Liv.: expiare religionem aedium suarum, Cic. – b) insbes.: α) aktiv, die religiöse, heilige Verpflichtung, das religiöse Band, der Gewissenszwang, nisi religione sacerdotii attineretur, durch die h. V. seiner Priesterwürde, Tac.: tantā religione obstricta tota provincia est, ut etc., Cic.: nullam scelere religionem exsolvi, Liv.: ut religione obstrictos haberent multitudinis animos, Liv. – u. so des Eides, rel. iurisiurandi, Caes. u. Cic.: dah. prägn. = die Eidesverpflichtung, der verpflichtende Eid (s. Oudend. Caes. b. c. 1, 67, 3), vestra religio, Cic.: timori magis quam religioni consulere, Caes. – β) neutral, der Charakter der Heiligkeit, den etwas hat, die Heiligkeit, einer Pers., deorum religio et sanctimonia, Cic.: magistratus religione inviolati, Cic.: magnam possidet religionem paternus maternusque sanguis, Cic. – eines Ortes, rel. fani, sacrarii, Cic.: templorum, Tac. – eines Verhältnisses, rel. sortis, Cic.: si nullam religionem sors habebit, Cic.: obstringere periurio sacramenti religionem, auf die H. des Soldateneides einen Meineid laden, Liv.

    C) die religiöse Verehrung, die Gottesverehrung, der Kultus, die äußere Religion, 1) eig.: religio id est cultus deorum, Cic.: sua cuique civitati religio est, Cic. – rel. Cereris, Cic.: deorum immortalium, Cic.: Iuppiter sollicitatus pravā religione, durch solche verkehrte Zeremonien beunruhigt und gestört, gereizt od. versucht, Liv.: rel. Christiana, Eutr. u. Augustin. – im engeren Sinne = religiöser Brauch, obrui tales religio est, Plin. – Plur. religiones, religiöse (heilige) Handlungen, -Obliegenheiten, -Gebräuche (Zeremonien), und als Inbegriff dieser = die Gottesverehrung, die Religion, der Kultus, diligentissimus religionum cultor, Liv.: institutor ineptiarum religionum, Lact.: interpres religionum, Cic.: religiones nocturnae, nächtlicher Kultus, Nachtfeier (des Priapus), Petron.: religiones interpretari, Auskunft geben über usw., Cic. u. Caes.: de religionibus senatum consulere, Liv.: religiones instituere (einführen), Liv.: neglegere religiones aut prave colere, Liv.: religiones colere pie magis quam magnifice, Liv.: qui sunt sancti (fromm), qui religionum colentes (Verehrer der Religion), Cic.: conficere religiones, die heiligen Handlungen ausrichten (vollziehen), Cic.: sollemnes religiones od. omnes religiones expiare, die Vorgänge gegen die Religion sühnen, Cic. – 2) meton.: a) der Gegenstand frommer Verehrung, das Heiligtum, quae religio aut quae machina belli? v. trojan. Pferd, Verg.: rel. domestica, v. einer Bildsäule, Cic.: religiones ipsae... commovisse se videntur, Cic. – dah. die heilige Wohnung der Götter ad deorum religionem demigrare, Cic. Rab. perd. 30: omnes ad suas religiones (Tempel) convolaverunt, Capit. Maxim. 25, 5. – b) Plur. religiones, Götterzeichen, auspiciis et religionibus inductus, Auct. b. Alex. 74, 3. – / Bei Dichtern die erste Silbe wegen des Metrums lang, dah. relligio geschrieben, s. Kühner Ausführl. Gramm. der lat. Sprache2 1, 938, 6.

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  • 8 animus

    ănĭmus, i, m.    - [gr]gr. ἄνεμος. [st1]1 [-] principe de la vie intellectuelle et morale: esprit, âme.    - humanus animus decerptus ex mente divina, Cic. Tusc. 5: l'âme humaine, détachée de la divine intelligence.    - difficile est animum perducere ad contemptionem animae, Sen. Ep. 1: il est difficile d'amener l'âme au mépris de la vie.    - bestiarum animi sunt rationis expertes, Cic.: l'âme des bêtes est privée de raison.    - ut omnis animi cruciatus et corporis etiam egestas ac mendicitas consequatur, Cic. Cat. 4: afin que tous les tourments de l'âme et du corps soient aggravés par l'indigence et la misère. [st1]2 [-] siège de l'intelligence: intelligence, raison, jugement, réflexion, mémoire; conscience.    - meo quidem animo (meo animo), Cic. Plaut.: d’après moi, selon moi, à mon avis.    - habere aliquid cum animo: méditer qqch.    - habere aliquid in animo (cum animo): avoir qqch dans la pensée, songer à qqch.    - in animo habere aliquem: songer à qqn.    - cogito cum meo animo, Plaut. Ter.: je réfléchis à part moi.    - praeceptum illud omnium in animis esse debet, Nep.: cette maxime doit être gravée dans tous les esprits.    - excidere ex animo, Cic.: sortir de l'esprit, s'échapper de la mémoire.    - effluere ex animo, Cic.: sortir de l'esprit, s'échapper de la mémoire.    - omnia fert aetas, animum quoque, Virg.: l'âge emporte tout, la mémoire aussi.    - mihi scripta illa dicta sunt in animo Chrysidis, Ter.: ces paroles de Chrysis sont gravées dans mon coeur.    - vae miserae mihi! animo male'st: aquam velim! Plaut. Am.: c'en est fait de moi! je défaille: je voudrais de l'eau!    - omnes quos flagitium, egestas, conscius animus exagitabat, ii Catilinae proximi familiaresque erant, Sall. C.: tous ceux que tourmentaient le déshonneur, la misère, le remords, voilà quels étaient les intimes et les familiers de Catilina. [st1]3 [-] siège de la volonté: désir, intention, dessein, vue; fantaisie, caprice.    - habere in animo + inf.: avoir l'intention de.    - in animo est mihi + inf.: j’ai l’intention de.    - est animus alicui... + inf.: qqn a l'intention de.    - fuerat animus conjuratis corpus in Tiberim trahere, Suet.: les conjurés avaient eu l'intention de traîner son corps dans le Tibre.    - sacra Jovi Stygio... perficere est animus,Virg. En. 4: le sacrifice à Jupiter Stygien..., j'ai l'intention de l'achever.    - hic cum jam animo meditaretur proficisci in Persas, Nep.: pendant qu'il méditait de partir pour la Perse.    - hoc animo ut... Cic. Caes.: avec l'intention de...    - animi: gén. partitif - teneo quid animi vostri super hac re siet, Plaut. Am.: oui, je connais votre désir à cet égard. [st1]4 [-] siège du sentiment: coeur, âme, passion, disposition, inclination.    - ex animi mei sententiā, Inscr. Cic.: en mon âme et conscience.    - animum vincere, Cic.: vaincre ses passions.    - animi causā, Cic. Caes.: par goût, par plaisir.    - ex animo: du fond du cœur, sincèrement.    - ex animo dicere, Ter.: dire du fond du coeur.    - alieno animo esse in aliquem: avoir des sentiments hostiles à l’égard de qqn.    - bono animo esse in aliquem: avoir des sentiments dévoués à l’égard de qqn. dans les expressions suivantes animi est un génitif de relation: ** relativement à son esprit**; les poètes et les prosateurs postclassiques emploient souvent ce génitif de relation avec toutes sortes d'adjectifs    - pendere animi, Ter. Cic.: être hésitant dans son coeur.    - angere se animi, Plaut.: être en proie à l'angoisse, se tourmenter.    - nec me animi fallit, Lucr.: il ne m'échappe pas.    - animi se excruciare, Plaut.: être en proie à l'angoisse, se tourmenter.    - incertus animi, Ter. Sall.: indécis dans son coeur, incertain, irrésolu.    - dubius animi, Virg.: indécis dans son coeur, incertain, irrésolu.    - satin tu es sanus mentis aut animi? Plaut.: es-tu sain d'esprit et de raison? [st1]5 [-] mouvement violent de l'âme: courage, hardiesse, élan, colère; fierté, arrogance.    - alicui animum adferre (addere, facere): donner du courage à qqn.    - firmiore animo: avec plus de résolution.    - animum alicujus frangere (debilitare): briser le moral de qqn.    - animo deficere: perdre courage.    - animo demisso esse: être découragé.    - bono animo esto: aie bon courage.    - confirmare militum animos: raffermir le moral des soldats.    - animi, ōrum, m.: souvent la fierté ou l'audace; le courage, le coeur, un bon moral.    - insolentiam noratis hominis, noratis animos ejus ac spiritus tribunicios, Cic. Clu. 109: vous connaissiez l'insolence du personnage, vous connaissiez son audace et ses prétentions tribuniciennes. [st1]6 [-] dispositions naturelles: caractère, moeurs, humeur; nature (d'un animal ou d'une plante).    - illius animos, qui multos perdidit unus, sumite serpentis, Ov. M. 3: prenez les moeurs de ce serpent qui, à lui seul, causa la perte de beaucoup d'adversaires.    - silvestris animus, Virg.: nature sauvage (des arbres).
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    ănĭmus, i, m.    - [gr]gr. ἄνεμος. [st1]1 [-] principe de la vie intellectuelle et morale: esprit, âme.    - humanus animus decerptus ex mente divina, Cic. Tusc. 5: l'âme humaine, détachée de la divine intelligence.    - difficile est animum perducere ad contemptionem animae, Sen. Ep. 1: il est difficile d'amener l'âme au mépris de la vie.    - bestiarum animi sunt rationis expertes, Cic.: l'âme des bêtes est privée de raison.    - ut omnis animi cruciatus et corporis etiam egestas ac mendicitas consequatur, Cic. Cat. 4: afin que tous les tourments de l'âme et du corps soient aggravés par l'indigence et la misère. [st1]2 [-] siège de l'intelligence: intelligence, raison, jugement, réflexion, mémoire; conscience.    - meo quidem animo (meo animo), Cic. Plaut.: d’après moi, selon moi, à mon avis.    - habere aliquid cum animo: méditer qqch.    - habere aliquid in animo (cum animo): avoir qqch dans la pensée, songer à qqch.    - in animo habere aliquem: songer à qqn.    - cogito cum meo animo, Plaut. Ter.: je réfléchis à part moi.    - praeceptum illud omnium in animis esse debet, Nep.: cette maxime doit être gravée dans tous les esprits.    - excidere ex animo, Cic.: sortir de l'esprit, s'échapper de la mémoire.    - effluere ex animo, Cic.: sortir de l'esprit, s'échapper de la mémoire.    - omnia fert aetas, animum quoque, Virg.: l'âge emporte tout, la mémoire aussi.    - mihi scripta illa dicta sunt in animo Chrysidis, Ter.: ces paroles de Chrysis sont gravées dans mon coeur.    - vae miserae mihi! animo male'st: aquam velim! Plaut. Am.: c'en est fait de moi! je défaille: je voudrais de l'eau!    - omnes quos flagitium, egestas, conscius animus exagitabat, ii Catilinae proximi familiaresque erant, Sall. C.: tous ceux que tourmentaient le déshonneur, la misère, le remords, voilà quels étaient les intimes et les familiers de Catilina. [st1]3 [-] siège de la volonté: désir, intention, dessein, vue; fantaisie, caprice.    - habere in animo + inf.: avoir l'intention de.    - in animo est mihi + inf.: j’ai l’intention de.    - est animus alicui... + inf.: qqn a l'intention de.    - fuerat animus conjuratis corpus in Tiberim trahere, Suet.: les conjurés avaient eu l'intention de traîner son corps dans le Tibre.    - sacra Jovi Stygio... perficere est animus,Virg. En. 4: le sacrifice à Jupiter Stygien..., j'ai l'intention de l'achever.    - hic cum jam animo meditaretur proficisci in Persas, Nep.: pendant qu'il méditait de partir pour la Perse.    - hoc animo ut... Cic. Caes.: avec l'intention de...    - animi: gén. partitif - teneo quid animi vostri super hac re siet, Plaut. Am.: oui, je connais votre désir à cet égard. [st1]4 [-] siège du sentiment: coeur, âme, passion, disposition, inclination.    - ex animi mei sententiā, Inscr. Cic.: en mon âme et conscience.    - animum vincere, Cic.: vaincre ses passions.    - animi causā, Cic. Caes.: par goût, par plaisir.    - ex animo: du fond du cœur, sincèrement.    - ex animo dicere, Ter.: dire du fond du coeur.    - alieno animo esse in aliquem: avoir des sentiments hostiles à l’égard de qqn.    - bono animo esse in aliquem: avoir des sentiments dévoués à l’égard de qqn. dans les expressions suivantes animi est un génitif de relation: ** relativement à son esprit**; les poètes et les prosateurs postclassiques emploient souvent ce génitif de relation avec toutes sortes d'adjectifs    - pendere animi, Ter. Cic.: être hésitant dans son coeur.    - angere se animi, Plaut.: être en proie à l'angoisse, se tourmenter.    - nec me animi fallit, Lucr.: il ne m'échappe pas.    - animi se excruciare, Plaut.: être en proie à l'angoisse, se tourmenter.    - incertus animi, Ter. Sall.: indécis dans son coeur, incertain, irrésolu.    - dubius animi, Virg.: indécis dans son coeur, incertain, irrésolu.    - satin tu es sanus mentis aut animi? Plaut.: es-tu sain d'esprit et de raison? [st1]5 [-] mouvement violent de l'âme: courage, hardiesse, élan, colère; fierté, arrogance.    - alicui animum adferre (addere, facere): donner du courage à qqn.    - firmiore animo: avec plus de résolution.    - animum alicujus frangere (debilitare): briser le moral de qqn.    - animo deficere: perdre courage.    - animo demisso esse: être découragé.    - bono animo esto: aie bon courage.    - confirmare militum animos: raffermir le moral des soldats.    - animi, ōrum, m.: souvent la fierté ou l'audace; le courage, le coeur, un bon moral.    - insolentiam noratis hominis, noratis animos ejus ac spiritus tribunicios, Cic. Clu. 109: vous connaissiez l'insolence du personnage, vous connaissiez son audace et ses prétentions tribuniciennes. [st1]6 [-] dispositions naturelles: caractère, moeurs, humeur; nature (d'un animal ou d'une plante).    - illius animos, qui multos perdidit unus, sumite serpentis, Ov. M. 3: prenez les moeurs de ce serpent qui, à lui seul, causa la perte de beaucoup d'adversaires.    - silvestris animus, Virg.: nature sauvage (des arbres).
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        Animus, animi, pen. corr. Sallust. Le coeur et courage.
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        Animus, pro Anima fere a Cicerone dicitur. L'ame.
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        Animi, pro Cogitationibus. Plaut. Quot illic homo animos habet? Qu'il ha de pensees?
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        Noui ego amantium animos. Ter. Les affections et fantasies.
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        Animus, Voluntas. Terent. Animus te erga idem ac fuit. Volunté, ou affection, soit en bien, soit en mal, Talent.
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        Deliquium animi, lepide dicunt recentiores Medici pro defectu illo, quem nonnulli Syncopen vocant. Est autem metaphora sumpta a deliquio Solis. Defaillance de coeur, Pasmoison, Evanouissement, Syncopization.
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        Magnitudo animi. Cic. Magnanimité.
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        Sententia animi. Ouid. L'advis, ou opinion.
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        Specimen animi prae se ferebat. Liu. Il sembloit bien estre homme de coeur.
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        Animus accliuis falsis. Horat. Enclin à choses faulses.
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        Aduersis animis accipere. Tacit. Mal en gré.
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        AEquo animo concedere. Lucret. Voluntiers, Sans regret.
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        AEquo animo ferre. Ouid. Porter patiemment, Prendre en gré et en patience, Ne s'en esmouvoir point.
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        Altiore animo esse. Cic. Avoir le coeur hault et entreprenant.
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        Animi altissimi. Cic. Haultains.
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        Anceps. Luca. Angustus. Cic. De petite entreprinse.
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        Attonitus. Virg. Estonné, Esperdu.
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        Bono animo esse. Cic. Avoir bon courage.
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        Bono sis animo. Liu. N'ayes point de paour.
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        Commotior. Cic. Esmeu.
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        Fortis. Plaut. Ferme et constant.
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        Generosior. Quintil. Noble.
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        Hoc animosum. Cic. Je suis de telle affection et courage.
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        Idem animus omnibus. Virg. Ils sont tous d'un vouloir.
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        Ieiunus. Cic. Petit courage, et de petite entreprinse.
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        Impotens. Terent. Coeur felon et orgueilleux et insupportable.
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        Infractus. Cic. Entier, Invariable, Ferme.
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        Ingens. Horat. Grand courage.
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        Iniquo animo pati. Terent. Estre marri de quelque chose, Se mescontenter, Endurer mal patiemment.
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        Homo maximi animi. Cic. De fort grand coeur et courage, Courageux, Magnanime.
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        Mares animos in bella exacuit. Horat. Viriles et vertueux.
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        Meo quidem animo nihilominus eloquentiae studendum. Cic. A tout le moins selon mon jugement et fantasie, ou opinion.
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        Minacem animum in aliquo frangere. Iustin. Passer sa colere et son maltalent.
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        Mobili animo esse. Metellus ad Ciceronem. Inconstant.
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        Mutuis animis amare. Catul. S'entraimer.
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        Omissus animus. Terent. Te vidi animo esse omisso. Negligent, Nonchalant.
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        Otiosus animus. Terent. Sans soulci.
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        Paruus. Horat. Petit courage, Point hardi.
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        Animo haec praesenti dicas. Ter. Hardiment et sans t'estonner.
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        Resides animi. Virg. Paresseux.
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        Rudis animus. Quintil. Esprit neuf, et qui ne scait encore rien.
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        Rudes atque agrestes animi. Quintil. Rustiques, Rustaux.
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        Tortor animus quatit occultum flagellum. Iuuen. Quand la conscience remord.
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        Toto animo dedere se alicui. Cic. De tout son coeur.
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        AEger animi. Tacit. Triste et ennuyé.
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        Captus animi. Tacit. Insensé.
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        Diuersus animi. Tacit. Qui ha diverses fantasies et voluntez.
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        Fidens animi. Virg. Asseuré.
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        Immodicus animi. Tacit. De trop grand coeur.
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        Ingens animi foemina. Tacit. Courageuse.
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        Integer animi. Horat. Sage.
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        Aberrat animus a sententia. Cic. Mon esprit ne peult prendre advis ne resolution de cest affaire, Ne peult asseoir jugement.
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        Abhorrere animo ab aliqua re. Cic. Hair quelque chose et s'en reculer, et l'avoir comme en horreur.
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        Abhorret auris atque animus a nobis. Cic. Ils ne veulent et ne daignent nous escouter ne favoriser, Leurs oreilles et leur coeur nous ont en desdaing.
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        Abiicere anumum. Quint. Perdre coeur et courage, Se descourager.
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        Accessit animus nobis. Cic. Le courage nous est creu.
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        Animus accinctus in magnos vsus. Stat. Prest.
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        Accipere animis dicta alicuius. Virgil. Entendre.
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        Animum literis accommodare. Sueton. Appliquer.
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        Animos addere alicui. Ci. Luy accroistre le courage, Encourager.
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        Animus adest ei. Plaut. Il est bien deliberé.
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        Adesse animo, vel animis. Cic. Estre fort attentif à escouter, ou faire quelque chose.
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        Adhibete animos. Ouid. Entendez.
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        Animum adiicere ad virginem. Terent. Mettre son affection et son coeur à une vierge.
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        Animum adiicere alicui rei. Liu. Penser à icelle, Y appliquer son esprit.
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        Adiicere animos. Ouid. Enhardir, Animer, Encourager.
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        Adiungere animum ad aliquod studium. Terent. S'appliquer, Y mettre son esprit.
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        Non admisi tum in animum. Je n'y pensay point à l'heure. Bud.
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        Adrepere animis. Tacit. Venir en grace, et se faire aimer par moyens secrets.
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        Quaeso animum aduertite. Ter. Prenez garde, Escoutez, Entendez.
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        Aduocare animum ad seipsum. Cic. Retirer l'esprit à penser à soy.
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        Affectus animo. Cic. Qui ha quelques passions en son esprit, comme joye, ou tristesse.
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        Affigere aliquid animo suo. Quint. Le mettre en memoire, et bien retenir.
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        Agere animum. Horat. Mener l'affection.
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        Agitare aliquid animo. Cic. Penser et repenser quelque chose en soymesme.
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        Alienare animum a moerore. Curtius. Alleger, Delivrer.
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        Animum amouere. Plaut. Distraire et oster de quelque chose.
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        Apparare animum. Author ad Heren. Preparer.
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        Appellere animum ad scribendum. Terent. Appliquer.
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        Arrectus animus. Liu. Prest et deliberé, Attentif.
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        Attendere animam et animos. Ter. Cic. Escouter attentivement.
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        Auertere animum ab aliquo. Cic. Divertir, Destourner.
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        Auferre animum ad contemplationem. Plin. Transporter.
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        Cadunt animi. Ouid. Le courage fault.
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        Cadere animis. Cic. Perdre le courage.
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        Capere animos aliquorum. Ci. Les contenter et fournir ou satisfaire à leurs desirs.
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        Cernit animus. Cic. L'esprit prevoit.
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        Animo, vel in animo cogitare secum. Terent. Penser en son coeur ou en soymesme.
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        Componere animos. Cic. Moderer.
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        Comprimere animos. Cic. Reprimer, ou Retirer et refrener ses affections.
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        Animo vel animis concidere. Caesar. Perdre le courage, Se descourager.
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        Conferre animum alio. Terent. Mettre son coeur ailleurs, Aimer une autre.
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        Confirmare animum trepidum. Iuuenal. Asseurer.
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        Consistere animo tranquillo. Cic. Estre en repos d'esprit.
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        Consternare animos, et animo consternari. Liu. Espovanter.
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        Considerate cum vestris animis. Cic. Considerez en vousmesmes.
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        Contrahere animum. Cic. Diminuer le courage.
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        Contudi animum, et fortasse vici. Cic. hoc est, Pugnaui cum animo meo repugnante. J'ay matté mon coeur.
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        Conuertere animum. Liu. Tourner.
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        Conuertere se aliquo animo et cogitatione. Cic. Penser à quelque chose.
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        Credere animum suum alicui. Terent. Luy dire tout son secret, tout ce qu'il ha sur le coeur.
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        Animi creuerunt. Cic. Le courage leur est creu.
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        Animos debilitare. Cic. Affoiblir et diminuer.
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        Animus amori deditus. Terent. Addonné du tout, etc.
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        Deducere curas animo. Horat. Oster le soulci hors de l'esprit.
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        Defecerat eam animus. Plaut. Le coeur luy estoit failli, Elle s'estoit pasmee, et esvanouye, Elle estoit transie.
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        Deficere animis. Curt. Perdre le courage.
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        Defectus animo. Plin. A qui le coeur est failli, et esvanouy, Pasmé, Transi.
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        Defigere et intendere animum in aliquam rem. Cic. Ficher son affection.
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        Animus illis defuit. Cic. Ils ont eu faulte de courage.
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        Demittere animum. Tacit. Abbaisser, ou appetisser et amoindrir son courage, Se descourager.
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        Deponere curas animo. Virg. Oster tout soulci.
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        Deriuare a curis animum. Lucret. Divertir.
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        Detegere animos. Lucan. Descouvrir son intention.
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        Diffundere animos Ouid. Resjouir.
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        Dimittere animos. Curtius. Perdre le coeur et la hardiesse.
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        Dant animos vina. Ouid. Le vin enhardit.
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        Dare maiorem animum alicui. Cic. Encourager, Donner courage.
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        Ducere animo. Virg. Sic ducebam animo. Je le pensoye ainsi.
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        Ducere animos solent AEsopi fabulae, praecipue rusticorum. Quintil. Delecter et persuader.
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        Efferre animos. Cic. S'enorgueillir.
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        Eiicere animum de aliquo. Terent. En oster son affection et amour, Laisser à l'aimer.
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        Animum erigere. Cic. Resveiller et revigorer.
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        Eo animo in me est. Cic. Il me porte tel vouloir.
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        Animo male est. Plaut. Le coeur me fait mal.
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        Perficere est animus. Virg. J'ay volunté de parfaire et achever.
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        Animus est reditus. Ouid. J'ay envie de retourner.
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        Animus in naui est meus. Plaut. J'ay le coeur à cela, Je y pense.
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        Iandudum est animus in patinis. Terent. J'ay le coeur, ou Je pense à la cuisine.
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        Exacuere animos in bella. Horat. Inciter.
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        Excolere animum. Quintil. Aorner, ou Exerciter.
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        Expedire metu animum. Horat. Descharger, Desveloper.
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        Explere animum. Virg. Assouvir son coeur, Contenter son affection et desir. \ Explorare animos. Ouid. Esprouver.
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        Facere animum iudicis mitem. Quintil. Addoulcir.
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        Facere animos. Li. Donner coeur et courage, Encourager, Enhardir.
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        Fateri animum. Ouid. Donner à cognoistre sa volunté.
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        Fauere linguis et animis. Ouid. Escouter, et ne dire mot, ne point faire de bruit. \ Firmare animum. Virg. Asseurer.
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        Flectere animum. Virg. Tourner le courage, Flechir.
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        Frangere animum. Ouid. Descourager.
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        Fractiorem esse animo. Cic. Avoir perdu le courage, Estre descouragé.
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        Animo morem gerere. Terent. Molestus certe ei fuero, atque animo morem gessero. Je seray assouvi, J'auray contenté et dechargé mon coeur.
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        Nec vnus in te ego hos animos gessi. Liu. Je ne suis pas seul qui ay eu le coeur d'entreprendre ce faict à l'encontre de toy.
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        Habere bonum animum. Plaut. Liu. Avoir bon courage et bonne esperance.
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        Habere statutum cum animo et deliberatum. Cic. Avoir determiné et deliberé en soymesme.
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        Hilarare animum. Catul. Resjouir, Se resjouir.
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        Imminere animis in rem aliquam. Liu. Pretendre à quelque chose.
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        Imperare animo nequeo quin, etc. Liu. Je ne me puis garder que, etc. Je ne puis vaincre mon courage que, etc.
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        Incendere animum amore famae. Virg. Inciter et esmouvoir le courage, Allumer, Enflamber.
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        Inclinare animum ad rem aliquam. Liu. Encliner.
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        Inclinatior ad pacem animus. Liu. Plus enclin.
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        Indipisci animo. Gellius. Apprendre par coeur.
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        Inducere animum. Terent. Si istuc animum induxti esse vtile. Si tu as ceste fantasie que ceci soit utile.
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        Tu animum inducas, si etc. Cic. Mets en ton esprit et fantasie, Revests toy de ceste opinion, etc.
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        Inducere aliquem in animum. Terent. Avoir opinion de luy.
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        Indulgere animis. Ouid. Se donner du bon temps, Faire tout ce qui nous vient en fantasie et à plaisir.
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        Instituere animum ad cogitandum. Terent. Dresser son esprit, et se mettre à penser. Vide INSTITVO.
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        Labant animi. Liu. Defaillent.
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        Animo laborare. Caes. Employer son esprit à faire quelque chose.
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        Lactare animos. Terent. Attraire par belles parolles, Paistre quelcun de parolles ou promesses.
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        Laxare animum a laboribus. Liu. Donner relasche à son esprit, Reposer son esprit.
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        Leuare animum mutationibus. Quintil. Alleger, Recreer.
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        Linqui animo. Curt. Quand le coeur fault, et qu'on s'evanouist, Quand on se pasme, Quand on ha une foiblesse et defaillance de coeur, Syncopizer.
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        Linquentem reuocauit animum. Curt. Le coeur luy reveint, Il reveint de pasmoison.
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        Mandare animis. Cic. Penser et considerer.
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        Mutare animum. Terent. Changer de volunté, ou d'opinion.
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        Obfirmare animum. Plin. iunior. Soy obstiner.
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        Obsequi animo. Terent. Faire tout son plaisir, tout ce que le coeur demande.
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        Occupare animum in re aliqua. Terent. Soy occuper en quelque chose, Empescher son esprit à quelque chose.
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        Animus tibi pendet. Terent. Tu es en doubte.
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        Pendere animi. Cic. Estre en grand doubte. Vide PENDEO.
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        Perfundere animum religione. Liu. Le mettre en scrupule de conscience.
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        Praegrauat animum corpus hesternis vitiis onustum. Horat. Le corps chargé d'yvrongneries appesantit l'esprit, le rend pesant.
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        Recipere animum. Terent. Reprendre son haleine.
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        Recolligere animum alteri. Cic. Remettre en grace, en paix envers un autre, Appaiser quelcun qui est marri contre un autre.
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        Refringit animum pudor. Quint. Rompt le courage.
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        Releuare animum. Terent. Faire revenir le courage.
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        Animus hanc modo hic reliquerat. Plaut. Elle avoit perdu le courage, Le coeur luy estoit failli.
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        Retardare animos alicuius. Cic. Destourner et retirer aucun de son entreprinse.
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        Reuocate animos. Virgil. Reprenez courage.
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        Sedet animo fixum immotumque. Virgil. Cela est deliberé et arresté.
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        Solicitare animum. Cels. Mettre en soulci, Soulcier.
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        Soluere arctum animum. Horat. Relascher l'esprit qui estoit en soulci.
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        Non subibunt animos iuuenum maiora intellectu. Quint. N'entreront point dedens leurs espris.
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        Sumere animum. Ouid. Prendre courage.
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        Suspendere animos. Ouid. Mettre en doubte.
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        Animus sustentat corpus. Curtius. Porte et soustient.
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        Tollere animos dictis. Vir. Accroistre, ou Monstrer sa magnanimité et grandeur de coeur par parolles.
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        Torpere animo. Horat. Estre comme ravi et transi.
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        Versare animo aliquid. Tacit. Y penser et repenser.
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        Volutare animo euentus. Virgil. Penser et repenser.
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        Vti animo suo. Curt. Faire à sa fantasie.
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        Amicus ex animo. Cic. Du bon du coeur et sans faintise, Ami cordial.
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        Ex animo vereque diligi. Cic. Estre aimé cordialement.
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        Ex animo bene velle alicui. Ter. Du bon du coeur, sans fainte.
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        Dicere ex animo. Terent. A bon escient, Sans fiction.
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        Ex animo suo colligere aliquid. Ouid. Prendre à son coeur l'autruy.
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        In animo habere. Cic. Avoir vouloir et fantasie.
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        Vt mihi est in animo facere. Cic. Comme j'ay en volunté ou fantasie de faire, Comme j'ay deliberé.
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        Sine animo miles. Cic. Gendarme couart.
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        Animi causa. Cic. Pour plaisir, ou esbat et recreation, Pour soulas et deduict, Pour s'esbatre, Pour s'esbanoyer, Pour se deduire et solatier.
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        Anime mi, Vox blandientis. Plaut. Mon petit coeur.

    Dictionarium latinogallicum > animus

  • 9 sermo

    [ABCU]A - sermo, sermōnis, m.: [st1]1 [-] conversation, entretien, causerie; qqf. sujet d'entretien.    - sermonem cum aliquo conferre (habere): s'entretenir avec qqn.    - esse in ore, in sermone omnium, Cic. Phil. 10: être le sujet de toutes les conversations.    - sermo litterarum, Cic.: commerce épistolaire    - deflexit sermo ad... Cic.: la conversation tourna sur...    - incidimus in sermonem alicujus, Cic.: notre conversation tomba sur qqn.    - quoniam princeps Crassus ejus sermonis ordiendi fuit, Cic.: puisque Crassus a entamé ce sujet...    - exiguo sermone fores, Prop.: on parlerait peu de toi.    - in istum sermonem delabi: venir à parler de cela.    - multa inter sese vario sermone serebant, Virg. En. 6: leur conversation roulait sur plusieurs sujets.    - in sermonem hominum venire, Cic.: devenir le sujet des conversations.    - inter eos tu sermo es, Prop. 2, 21: tu fais l'objet de leurs conversations. [st1]2 [-] conversation savante, entretien philosophique, dialogue littéraire, discussion.    - feci sermonem inter nos habitum, Cic. Fam. 9: j'ai rédigé notre discussion.    - sermones Platonis, Quint.: les dialogues de Platon.    - Scaevola exposuit nobis sermonem Laelii de amicitiâ habitum ab illo secum, Cic. Lael. 1: Scévola nous rapporta ce que Lélius avait dit de l'amitié avec lui.    - Socratici sermones, Hor. C. 3: la doctrine de Socrate (enseignée par ses entretiens). [st1]3 [-] ton de la conversation, style familier, langage usuel; prose, ouvrage en vers qui se rapproche de la prose (satire, épître).    - contentio et sermo, Cic.: le discours soutenu et la conversation.    - sermonis plenus orator, Cic. Brut. 68: orateur d'une abondance familière.    - sermo merus, Hor. S. 1: de la prose toute pure.    - sermoni proximus, Quint.: qui se rapproche du ton de la conversation.    - alterni sermones, Hor.: dialogue (de la comédie). [st1]4 [-] rumeur publique, bruit qui court, mauvais propos, médisances.    - sermo est totā Asiā dissipatus, Cic. Fl. 6: le bruit s'est répandu dans toute l'Asie.    - sermones reprimere, Cic.: faire cesser les propos.    - sermones lacessere, Cic.: lancer des bruits.    - dabimus sermonem iis, qui, Cic. Fam. 9: nous donnerons prise à la médisance de ceux qui...    - ne putet aliquid sermonis in sese quaesitum, Cic. Fl. 5: qu'il ne s'imagine pas que j'aie cherché à le décrier.    - ille, sermo illius temporis, Cic. Rab. Post. 14: lui, la fable de ses contemporains. [st1]5 [-] discours public, harangue.    - sermo quem habui apud municipes meos, Plin.-jn.: le discours que j'ai prononcé dans ma ville natale.    - ex superiore et ex aequo loco sermones mei habiti, Cic. Fam. 3: le langage que j'ai tenu comme magistrat et comme particulier.    - sermo circa rura est, Plin.: je traite de l'agriculture. [st1]6 [-] langage, diction, langue, idiome, façon de parler, paroles.    - sermo humanus, Plin.: le langage des hommes.    - animalia quae sermone carent, Quint.: les animaux dépourvus de la parole.    - elegantia sermōnis, Cic.: élégance du style.    - Graeco sermone, Cic.: en grec.    - ingenium illi concessit, sermonem objecit, Sen.-rh.: il lui accorda le talent mais lui refusa le beau langage.    - accipi debet hic sermo, ac si... Dig. 7, 1, 20: on doit entendre cette expression dans le sens de...    - vulgi sermone, Dig.: dans la langue usuelle. [st1]7 [-] le Verbe (Tert. et Prud.) [ABCU]B - Sermo, Sermōnis, m.: Sermo (surnom romain).
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    [ABCU]A - sermo, sermōnis, m.: [st1]1 [-] conversation, entretien, causerie; qqf. sujet d'entretien.    - sermonem cum aliquo conferre (habere): s'entretenir avec qqn.    - esse in ore, in sermone omnium, Cic. Phil. 10: être le sujet de toutes les conversations.    - sermo litterarum, Cic.: commerce épistolaire    - deflexit sermo ad... Cic.: la conversation tourna sur...    - incidimus in sermonem alicujus, Cic.: notre conversation tomba sur qqn.    - quoniam princeps Crassus ejus sermonis ordiendi fuit, Cic.: puisque Crassus a entamé ce sujet...    - exiguo sermone fores, Prop.: on parlerait peu de toi.    - in istum sermonem delabi: venir à parler de cela.    - multa inter sese vario sermone serebant, Virg. En. 6: leur conversation roulait sur plusieurs sujets.    - in sermonem hominum venire, Cic.: devenir le sujet des conversations.    - inter eos tu sermo es, Prop. 2, 21: tu fais l'objet de leurs conversations. [st1]2 [-] conversation savante, entretien philosophique, dialogue littéraire, discussion.    - feci sermonem inter nos habitum, Cic. Fam. 9: j'ai rédigé notre discussion.    - sermones Platonis, Quint.: les dialogues de Platon.    - Scaevola exposuit nobis sermonem Laelii de amicitiâ habitum ab illo secum, Cic. Lael. 1: Scévola nous rapporta ce que Lélius avait dit de l'amitié avec lui.    - Socratici sermones, Hor. C. 3: la doctrine de Socrate (enseignée par ses entretiens). [st1]3 [-] ton de la conversation, style familier, langage usuel; prose, ouvrage en vers qui se rapproche de la prose (satire, épître).    - contentio et sermo, Cic.: le discours soutenu et la conversation.    - sermonis plenus orator, Cic. Brut. 68: orateur d'une abondance familière.    - sermo merus, Hor. S. 1: de la prose toute pure.    - sermoni proximus, Quint.: qui se rapproche du ton de la conversation.    - alterni sermones, Hor.: dialogue (de la comédie). [st1]4 [-] rumeur publique, bruit qui court, mauvais propos, médisances.    - sermo est totā Asiā dissipatus, Cic. Fl. 6: le bruit s'est répandu dans toute l'Asie.    - sermones reprimere, Cic.: faire cesser les propos.    - sermones lacessere, Cic.: lancer des bruits.    - dabimus sermonem iis, qui, Cic. Fam. 9: nous donnerons prise à la médisance de ceux qui...    - ne putet aliquid sermonis in sese quaesitum, Cic. Fl. 5: qu'il ne s'imagine pas que j'aie cherché à le décrier.    - ille, sermo illius temporis, Cic. Rab. Post. 14: lui, la fable de ses contemporains. [st1]5 [-] discours public, harangue.    - sermo quem habui apud municipes meos, Plin.-jn.: le discours que j'ai prononcé dans ma ville natale.    - ex superiore et ex aequo loco sermones mei habiti, Cic. Fam. 3: le langage que j'ai tenu comme magistrat et comme particulier.    - sermo circa rura est, Plin.: je traite de l'agriculture. [st1]6 [-] langage, diction, langue, idiome, façon de parler, paroles.    - sermo humanus, Plin.: le langage des hommes.    - animalia quae sermone carent, Quint.: les animaux dépourvus de la parole.    - elegantia sermōnis, Cic.: élégance du style.    - Graeco sermone, Cic.: en grec.    - ingenium illi concessit, sermonem objecit, Sen.-rh.: il lui accorda le talent mais lui refusa le beau langage.    - accipi debet hic sermo, ac si... Dig. 7, 1, 20: on doit entendre cette expression dans le sens de...    - vulgi sermone, Dig.: dans la langue usuelle. [st1]7 [-] le Verbe (Tert. et Prud.) [ABCU]B - Sermo, Sermōnis, m.: Sermo (surnom romain).
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        Sermo, sermonis, masc. gen. Cic. Parolle, Langage.
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        Sermo et colloquutio. Cic. Propos et devis, Pourparlement.
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        Sermo est de te. Cic. On parle de toy.
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        Nullus mihi omnino cum illo sermo vlla vnquam de re fuit. Cic. Je ne parlay jamais à luy de rien qui fust.
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        In sermone. Trebonius Ciceroni. En parlant ensemble.
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        In sermonibus. Cic. En propos communs et devis.
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        Hac vice sermonum roseis Aurora quadrigis, etc. Virgil. Pendant ce pourparlement et interlocution, le soleil, etc.
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        Nec caput, nec pes sermonis apparet. Plautus. Il n'y a ne fin ne commencement.
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        Doctus sermonis vtriusque linguae. Horat. Scavant en Grec et en Latin.
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        Necdum sermonum stet honos, et gratia viuax. Horat. Non seulement la beauté et grace des mots et manieres de parler, dont on a long temps usé, ne sera point perdurable.
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        Fideles sermones. Catullus. Ausquels on doibt croire et adjouster foy.
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        Patrius sermo. Lucret. Le langage de mon pays.
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        Pedestris. Horat. Langage de style bas.
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        Dignum sermone aliquid agere. Horat. Digne qu'on en parle.
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        Conferre sermonem cum aliquo. Cic. Parler ensemble.
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        Delabi in aliquem sermonem. Cic. Tomber sur quelque propos.
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        Differre aliquid sermonibus. Liu. Divulguer, Semer par tout.
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        Sermo est tota Asia dissipatus, Cn. Pompeium, etc. Cic. Le bruit est par toute l'Asie que, etc.
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        Sermo datus per ciuitatem. Liu. Un bruit semé par la ville.
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        Dare sermonem alicui. Cic. Luy bailler occasion de mesdire.
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        Habere sermonem. Cic. Parler et deviser avec aucun, Tenir propos avec luy, Pourparler avec luy.
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        Primus annus habuit de hac reprehensione plurimum sermonis. Cic. Il fut beaucoup parlé la premiere annee de, etc.
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        Instituere sermonem cum aliquo. Cicero. Commencer à parler avec luy.
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        Mittere aliquem in fabulas et sermones. Quintil. Faire qu'on parle de luy, et qu'on s'en moque, que chascun en tienne ses comptes.
    \
        Medio viri sermone profari. Sil. Interrompre le propos d'aucun, Parler entredeux et parmi.
    \
        Rumpere sermone silentia. Ouid. Commencer à parler.
    \
        - per vrbem solus sermo est omnibus, Eum velle amicam liberare. Plaut. Parmi la ville chascun ne parle d'autre chose, sinon, etc.
    \
        Mihi sermo est apud deos. Cic. Je parle devant les dieux.
    \
        Multi sermonis sunt ista. Cic. Le propos est long.
    \
        Sermo est eum, etc. Plin. On dit, le bruit est que, etc.
    \
        Multus est sermo me iudicium iam de causa publica fecisse. Cic. Il est grand bruit que je, etc.
    \
        Suscipere sermonem. Quintil. Prendre la parolle.
    \
        Venire in sermonem hominum. Cic. Faire parler de soy.

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  • 10 heres

    hērēs (ērēs, haerēs), ēdis, c. (viell. abgeschwächte Form v. χηρος, verwaist), der Erbe, die Erbin, I) eig.: h. ex asse, der Totalerbe, Haupterbe, Plin. ep. u. Mart. (vgl. as): ebenso h. bonorum omnium, Liv., u. h. primus, Ps. Quint. decl.: secundus, der Beierbe, der substituierte Erbe, der eintritt, wenn der eig. Erbe die Erbschaft nicht erwerben kann od. will, Cic. u.a.: heres ex dodrante, Nep., ex tertia parte, Cic.: eius heredes, Quint.: heres sum alcis od. alci, Cic.: alqm heredem scribere, facere, instituere, Cic.: alqm heredem bonorum omnium relinquere, Val. Max.: nondum in Pompei locum repentinus heres successerat, Cic.: heredem habuit, quem voluit, Val. Max. – Sing. kollekt., nec multus intra limen heres est, Sen. contr. 2, 1 (9), 7. – v. Frauen, testamento fecit heredem filiam, Cic. II. Verr. 1, 111; vgl. Cic. de rep. 3, 17. Ov. her. 9, 110. Gaius dig. 37, 7, 2: si sua heres filia patri cum fratribus, Tryphon. dig. 37, 7, 9: clara heres, Ven. Fort. carm. 8, 6, 44. – II) übtr.: A) der Erbe = Nachfolger, Academiae, Cic.: regni, Liv. – B) scherzh. = der Besitzer, Eigentümer, Plaut. Men. 477. – C) = stolo, Plin. 16, 173. – D) personif., Heres Martea, eine nach Antritt einer Erbschaft verehrte Göttin, Paul. ex Fest. 100, 2. – ⇒ Archaist. Akk. herem, Naev. com. 58. Paul. ex Fest 100, 2. – Abl. Sing. heredi, Corp. inscr. Lat. 1, 200.
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    lin. 23. – Schreibung eres, zB. Corp. inscr. Lat. 13, 6230 (Plur. eredes), haeres, zB. Corp. inscr. Lat. 10, 3645.

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  • 11 religio

    religio, ōnis, f. (*religo, ere, wov. religens), die rücksichtliche Beachtung, I) im allg., die gewissenhafte Berücksichtigung, die auf einem inneren Gefühle beruhende gewissenhafte Sorgfalt, -Genauigkeit, die Gewissenhaftigkeit, nimia, Cic.: antiqua, Cic.: hāc ego religione (gewissenhafte Berücksichtigung jedes einzelnen) non sum ab hoc conatu repulsus, Cic.: nulla in iudiciis severitas, nulla religio... existimantur esse, Cic.: u. so nullus deûm metus, nullum iusiurandum, nulla religio, Gottlosigkeit, Meineidigkeit, Gewissenlosigkeit, Liv. – mit obj. Genet., non nullius officii, privati officii, eines bedeutenden, eines persönlichen Pflichtverhältnisses, Cic. – mit subj. Genet., fides et rel. iudicis, Cic.: testimoniorum rel. et fides, Cic.: fides et religio vitae (gewissenhafter Lebenswandel), Cic.: Atheriensium religioni (gewissenhafte Sorgf.) servire, Cic.: admirari fidem alcis et in consilio dando religionem, Cic.
    II) insbes., die rücksichtliche Beachtung des Heiligen, A) der Gewissenszweifel, Religionszweifel, das Bedenken, die Scheu des Gewissens, cum summā religione, tum summo metu legum et iudiciorum teneri, Cic.: perturbari religione et metu, Cic.: offertur alci religio, Cic.: causa obiectae religionis, Caes.: inicere alci religionem, Cic.: eam religionem animis eximere, Liv.: res in religionem alci venit,
    ————
    Cic.: u. in religionem venit m. folg. Acc. u. Infin., Liv. 22, 33, 7: alci religio incessit m. folg. Acc. u. Infin., Liv.: tanta religio civitatem incessit, ut etc., Liv.: nova nunc religio in te istaec incessit, Ter.: rem religioni habere, Cic.: religio obstitit, ne etc. Liv.: religio est (alci) absol. od. m. Infin., Plaut., Ter. u. Liv.: u. religio est (es ist verboten) mit Acc. u. Infin., equo Dialem flaminem vehi religio est, Fab. Pict. fr. bei Gell. 10, 15, 4: ebenso religioni est (man macht sich ein Gewissen daraus) m. Acc. u. Infin., religioni deinde fuisse, quibus eam opem dei tulissent, (eos) vinciri, Liv. 5, 13, 8: u. religio alci non est, quo minus etc., Cic. Cat. 3, 15: collegium decrevit, non religioni habendum, quin etc., Atei. Capito bei Gell. 4, 6, 10: religio alqm capit, Liv.: alqd trahere od. vertere in religionem, Liv.: religio vetuit, Verg. – im Plur., quas religiones? was für religiöse Bedenken? Cic.: demere animo curas ac religiones, Varro: religionibus atque minis obsistere vatum, Lucr.
    B) das religiöse Gefühl, die fromme Scheu, 1) eig.: a) im einzelnen Falle = die Andacht, sacra Cereris summā maiores nostri religione caerimoniāque confici voluerunt, Cic. Balb. 55. – b) als habituelle Eigenschaft, α) im guten Sinne, der fromme Sinn, die Frömmigkeit, Gottesfurcht, der Glaube, die religiöse Denkweise, die religiösen Gefühle od. Gesinnungen, die Religiosität, inclita iustitia religioque
    ————
    eā tempestate Numae Pompilii erat, Liv.: haud liber erat religione animus, Liv.: vir haud intacti religione animi, ein für religiöse Gefühle nicht unempfänglicher Mann, Liv. – im Plur., bald übh. = religiöse Gesinnungen, Religiosität, impurus atque impius hostis omnium religionum, Cic. – bald = die den Glauben, die Konfession ausmachenden relig. Gesinnungen, der Glaube, die Konfession, die Religion, quod ceterae gentes pro religionibus suis bella suscipiunt, istae contra omnium religiones, Cic. – β) im üblen Sinne, die abergläubische Scheu, der Aberglaube, animos multiplex religio et pleraque externa incessit, Liv.: terrebat eos portenti religio, die abergläubische Scheu, die das W. einflößte, Iustin. – Plur., abergläubische Gedanken od. Bedenken, Besorgnisse, pleni religionum animi, Liv.: novas religiones sibi fingere, Caes. – 2) meton., der Gegenstand frommer Scheu, das Heilige, sowohl an sich, als insofern es an anderen Dingen haftet, a) im allg.: α) im guten Sinne: in sacerdotibus tanta offusa oculis animoqae religio, das Heilige, Scheu vor den Göttern Gebietende, das in den Personen der Priester seinem Auge und Gemüte so majestätisch entgegentrat, Liv. 2, 40, 3. – β) im üblen Sinne, der Frevel gegen das Heilige, der Religionsfrevel, die Religionsverletzung, die begangene Sünde, der Fluch, rel. Clodiana, der von Klodius begangene R., Cic.:
    ————
    rel. inexpiabilis, Cic.: contactus religione dies Alliensis, auf dem ein Fluch ruht, Liv.: de religione queri, Cic.: templum religione liberare, Liv.: expiare religionem aedium suarum, Cic. – b) insbes.: α) aktiv, die religiöse, heilige Verpflichtung, das religiöse Band, der Gewissenszwang, nisi religione sacerdotii attineretur, durch die h. V. seiner Priesterwürde, Tac.: tantā religione obstricta tota provincia est, ut etc., Cic.: nullam scelere religionem exsolvi, Liv.: ut religione obstrictos haberent multitudinis animos, Liv. – u. so des Eides, rel. iurisiurandi, Caes. u. Cic.: dah. prägn. = die Eidesverpflichtung, der verpflichtende Eid (s. Oudend. Caes. b. c. 1, 67, 3), vestra religio, Cic.: timori magis quam religioni consulere, Caes. – β) neutral, der Charakter der Heiligkeit, den etwas hat, die Heiligkeit, einer Pers., deorum religio et sanctimonia, Cic.: magistratus religione inviolati, Cic.: magnam possidet religionem paternus maternusque sanguis, Cic. – eines Ortes, rel. fani, sacrarii, Cic.: templorum, Tac. – eines Verhältnisses, rel. sortis, Cic.: si nullam religionem sors habebit, Cic.: obstringere periurio sacramenti religionem, auf die H. des Soldateneides einen Meineid laden, Liv.
    C) die religiöse Verehrung, die Gottesverehrung, der Kultus, die äußere Religion, 1) eig.: religio id est cultus deorum, Cic.: sua cuique civitati religio est, Cic. – rel. Cereris, Cic.: deorum immortalium, Cic.:
    ————
    Iuppiter sollicitatus pravā religione, durch solche verkehrte Zeremonien beunruhigt und gestört, gereizt od. versucht, Liv.: rel. Christiana, Eutr. u. Augustin. – im engeren Sinne = religiöser Brauch, obrui tales religio est, Plin. – Plur. religiones, religiöse (heilige) Handlungen, -Obliegenheiten, -Gebräuche (Zeremonien), und als Inbegriff dieser = die Gottesverehrung, die Religion, der Kultus, diligentissimus religionum cultor, Liv.: institutor ineptiarum religionum, Lact.: interpres religionum, Cic.: religiones nocturnae, nächtlicher Kultus, Nachtfeier (des Priapus), Petron.: religiones interpretari, Auskunft geben über usw., Cic. u. Caes.: de religionibus senatum consulere, Liv.: religiones instituere (einführen), Liv.: neglegere religiones aut prave colere, Liv.: religiones colere pie magis quam magnifice, Liv.: qui sunt sancti (fromm), qui religionum colentes (Verehrer der Religion), Cic.: conficere religiones, die heiligen Handlungen ausrichten (vollziehen), Cic.: sollemnes religiones od. omnes religiones expiare, die Vorgänge gegen die Religion sühnen, Cic. – 2) meton.: a) der Gegenstand frommer Verehrung, das Heiligtum, quae religio aut quae machina belli? v. trojan. Pferd, Verg.: rel. domestica, v. einer Bildsäule, Cic.: religiones ipsae... commovisse se videntur, Cic. – dah. die heilige Wohnung der Götter ad deorum religionem demigrare, Cic. Rab. perd. 30:
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    omnes ad suas religiones (Tempel) convolaverunt, Capit. Maxim. 25, 5. – b) Plur. religiones, Götterzeichen, auspiciis et religionibus inductus, Auct. b. Alex. 74, 3. – ⇒ Bei Dichtern die erste Silbe wegen des Metrums lang, dah. relligio geschrieben, s. Kühner Ausführl. Gramm. der lat. Sprache2 1, 938, 6.

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  • 12 ars

    ars, artis, f. [v. arma], skill in joining something, combining, working it, etc., with the advancement of Roman culture, carried entirely beyond the sphere of the common pursuits of life, into that of artistic and scientific action, just as, on the other hand, in mental cultivation, skill is applied to morals, designating character, manner of thinking, so far as it is made known by external actions (syn.: doctrina, sollertia, calliditas, prudentia, virtus, industria, ratio, via, dolus).
    I. A.
    Lit.:

    Zeno censet artis proprium esse creare et gignere,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 22, 57:

    quarum (artium) omne opus est in faciendo atque agendo,

    id. Ac. 2, 7, 22; id. Off. 2, 3, 12 sq.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    With the idea extended, any physical or mental activity, so far as it is practically exhibited; a profession, art ( music, poetry, medicine, etc.); acc. to Roman notions, the arts were either liberales or ingenuae artes, arts of freemen, the liberal arts; or artes illiberales or sordidae, the arts, employments, of slaves or the lower classes.
    a.
    In gen.:

    Eleus Hippias gloriatus est nihil esse ullā in arte rerum omnium, quod ipse nesciret: nec solum has artes, quibus liberales doctrinae atque ingenuae continerentur, geometriam, musicam, litterarum cognitionem et poëtarum, atque illa, quae de naturis rerum, quae de hominum moribus, quae de rebus publicis dicerentur, sed anulum, quem haberet, pallium, quo amictus, soccos, quibus indutus esset, se suā manu confecisse,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 32, 127:

    Jam de artificiis et quaestibus, qui liberales habendi, qui sordidi sint, haec fere accepimus. Primum improbantur ii quaestus, qui in odia hominum incurrunt, ut portitorum, ut feneratorum. Illiberales autem et sordidi quaestus mercenariorum omniumque, quorum operae, non artes emuntur: est enim in illis ipsa merces auctoramentum servitutis... Opificesque omnes in sordidā arte versantur... Quibus autem artibus aut prudentia major inest aut non mediocris utilitas quaeritur, ut medicina, ut architectura, ut doctrina rerum honestarum, hae sunt iis, quorum ordini conveniunt, honestae,

    Cic. Off. 1, 42, 150 sq.; cf. id. Fam. 4, 3:

    artes elegantes,

    id. Fin. 3, 2, 4:

    laudatae,

    id. de Or. 1, 3, 9:

    bonae,

    Ov. Tr. 3, 7, 32:

    optimae,

    Cic. Fin. 2, 34, 111:

    magnae,

    id. Or. 1, 4:

    maximae,

    id. de Or. 1, 2, 6:

    gravissimae,

    id. Fin. 2, 34, 112:

    leviores artes,

    id. Brut. 1, 3:

    mediocres,

    id. de Or. 1, 2, 6:

    omnis artifex omnis artis,

    Vulg. Apoc. 18, 22:

    artifices omnium artium,

    ib. 1 Par. 22, 15.—
    b.
    Esp., of a single art, and,
    (α).
    With an adj. designating it:

    ars gymnastica,

    gymnastics, Plaut. Most. 1, 2, 73:

    ars duellica,

    the art of war, id. Ep. 3, 4, 14:

    ars imperatoria,

    generalship, Quint. 2, 17, 34:

    (artes) militares et imperatoriae,

    Liv. 25, 9, 12:

    artes civiles,

    politics, Tac. Agr. 29:

    artes urbanae,

    i. e. jurisprudence and eloquence, Liv. 9, 42:

    ars grammatica,

    grammar, Plin. 7, 39, 40, § 128:

    rhetorica,

    Quint. 2, 17, 4:

    musica,

    poetry, Ter. Hec. prol. 23:

    musica,

    music, Plin. 2, 25, 23, § 93:

    medicae artes,

    the healing art, medicine, Ov. H. 5, 145; so,

    ars Apollinea,

    id. Tr. 3, 3, 10:

    magica,

    Verg. A. 4, 493, and Vulg. Sap. 17, 7; so,

    maleficis artibus inserviebat,

    he used witchcraft, ib. 2 Par. 33, 6 al.—
    (β).
    With a gen. designating it:

    ars disserendi,

    dialectics, Cic. de Or. 2, 38, 157:

    ars dicendi,

    the art of speaking, id. ib. 1, 23, 107, and Quint. 2, 17, 17; so,

    ars eloquentiae,

    id. 2, 11, 4:

    ars medendi,

    Ov. A. A. 2, 735:

    ars medentium,

    Stat. S. 5, 1, 158:

    medicorum ars,

    Vulg. 1 Par. 16, 12:

    pigmentariorum ars,

    the art of unguents, ib. 2 Par. 16, 4:

    ars armorum,

    the art of war, Quint. 2, 17, 33:

    ars pugnae,

    Vulg. Judith, 5, 27; so in plur.:

    belli artes,

    Liv. 25, 40, 5:

    ars gubernandi,

    navigation, Cic. Div. 1, 14, 24; Quint. 2, 17, 33; so,

    ars gubernatoris,

    Cic. Fin. 1, 13, 42.—Sometimes the kind of art may be distinguished by the connection, so that ars is used absol. of a particular art:

    instruere Atriden num potes arte meā? i. e. arte sagittandi,

    Ov. H. 16, 364:

    tunc ego sim Inachio notior arte Lino, i. e. arte canendi,

    Prop. 3, 4, 8:

    fert ingens a puppe Notus: nunc arte (sc. navigandi) relictā Ingemit,

    Stat. Th. 3, 29; so Luc. 7, 126; Sil. 4, 715:

    imus ad insignes Urbis ab arte (sc. rhetoricā) viros,

    Ov. Tr. 4, 10, 16:

    ejusdem erat artis, i. e. artis scaenofactoriae,

    Vulg. Act. 18, 3.—
    2.
    Science, knowledge:

    quis ignorat, ii, qui mathematici vocantur, quantā in obscuritate rerum et quam reconditā in arte et multiplici subtilique versentur,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 3, 10:

    nam si ars ita definitur, ex rebus penitus perspectis planeque cognitis atque ab opinionis arbitrio sejunctis, scientiāque comprehensis, non mihi videtur ars oratoris esse ulla,

    id. ib. 1, 23, 108: nihil est quod ad artem redigi possit, nisi ille prius, qui illa tenet. quorum artem instituere vult, habeat illam scientiam (sc. dialecticam), ut ex iis rebus, quarum ars nondum sit, artem efficere possit, id. ib. 1, 41, 186:

    ars juris civilis,

    id. ib. 1, 42, 190:

    (Antiochus) negabat ullam esse artem, quae ipsa a se proficisceretur. Etenim semper illud extra est, quod arte comprehenditur... Est enim perspicuum nullam artem ipsam in se versari, sed esse aliud artem ipsam, aliud, quod propositum sit arti,

    id. Fin. 5, 6, 16; id. ad Q. Fr. 1, 1, 9; id. Cael. 30, 72; id. Or. 1, 4:

    vir bonus optimisque artibus eruditus,

    Nep. Att. 12, 4: ingenium docile, come, ap-tum ad artes optimas, id. Dion, 1, 2 al.—
    C. 1.
    The theory of any art or science: ars est praeceptio, quae dat certam viam rationemque faciendi aliquid, Auct. ad Her. 1, 1;

    Asper, p. 1725 P.: non omnia, quaecumque loquimur, mihi videntur ad artem et ad praecepta esse revocanda,

    not every thing is to be traced back to theory and rules, Cic. de Or. 2, 11, 44: res mihi videtur esse facultate ( in practice) praeclara, arte ( in theory) mediocris;

    ars enim earum rerum est, quae sciuntur: oratoris autem omnis actio opinionibus, non scientiā continetur,

    id. ib. 2, 7, 30; id. Ac. 2, 7, 22.—In later Lat. ars is used,
    a.
    Absol. for grammatical analysis, grammar:

    curru non, ut quidam putant, pro currui posuit, nec est apocope: sed ratio artis antiquae, etc.,

    Serv. ad Verg. A. 1, 156; 1, 95: et hoc est artis, ut (vulgus) masculino utamur, quia omnia Latina nomina in us exeuntia, si neutra fuerint, tertiae sunt declinationis, etc., id. ad eund. ib. 1, 149: secundum artem dicamus honor, arbor, lepor: plerumque poëtae r in s mutant, id. ad eund. ib. 1, 153 al.—Hence also,
    b.
    As a title of books in which such theories are discussed, for rhetorical and, at a later period, for grammatical treatises.
    (α).
    Rhetorical:

    quam multa non solum praecepta in artibus, sed etiam exempla in orationibus bene dicendi reliquerunt!

    Cic. Fin. 4, 3, 5:

    ipsae rhetorum artes, quae sunt totae forenses atque populares,

    id. ib. 3, 1, 4: neque eo dico, quod ejus (Hermagorae) ars mihi mendosissime scripta videatur; nam satis in eā videtur ex antiquis artibus ( from the ancient works on rhetoric) ingeniose et diligenter electas res collocāsse, id. Inv. 1, 6 fin.:

    illi verbis et artibus aluerunt naturae principia, hi autem institutis et legibus,

    id. Rep. 3, 4, 7:

    artem scindens Theodori,

    Juv. 7, 177.—
    (β).
    Grammar:

    in artibus legimus superlativum gradum non nisi genitivo plurali jungi,

    Serv. ad Verg. A. 1, 96: ut in artibus lectum est, id. ad eund. ib. 1, 535.—So Ars, as the title of the later Lat. grammars: Donati Ars Grammatica, Cledonii Ars, Marii Victorini Ars, etc.; v. the grammarians in Gothofred., Putsch., Lindem., Keil.—
    2.
    The knowledge, art, skill, workmanship, employed in effecting or working upon an object (Fr. adresse):

    majore quādam opus est vel arte vel diligentiā,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 14 fin.:

    et tripodas septem pondere et arte pares,

    Ov. H. 3, 32: qui canit arte, canat;

    qui bibit arte, bibat,

    id. A. A. 2, 506:

    arte laboratae vestes,

    Verg. A. 1, 639:

    plausus tunc arte carebat,

    was void of art, was natural, unaffected, Ov. A. A. 1, 113.—
    3.
    (Concr.) The object artistically formed, a work of art:

    clipeum efferri jussit Didymaonis artis,

    Verg. A. 5, 359:

    divite me scilicet artium, Quas aut Parrhasius protulit aut Scopas,

    Hor. C. 4, 8, 5; id. Ep. 1, 6, 17.—
    4.
    Artes (personified), the Muses:

    artium chorus,

    Phaedr. 3, prol. 19.—
    II.
    Transf. from mind to morals, the moral character of a man, so far as it is made known by actions, conduct, manner of acting, habit, practice, whether good or bad:

    si in te aegrotant artes antiquae tuae,

    your former manner of life, conduct, Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 35; cf. Hor. C. 4, 15, 12; Plaut. Trin. 2, 1, 6 Lind.:

    nempe tuā arte viginti minae Pro psaltriā periere,

    Ter. Ad. 4, 7, 24:

    quid est, Quod tibi mea ars efficere hoc possit amplius?

    my assiduity, id. And. 1, 1, 4:

    Hac arte (i. e. constantiā, perseverantiā) Pollux et vagus Hercules Enisus arces attigit igneas,

    Hor. C. 3, 3, 9:

    multae sunt artes (i. e. virtutes) eximiae, hujus administrae comitesque virtutis (sc. imperatoris),

    Cic. Imp. Pomp. 13; id. Fin. 2, 34, 115; id. Verr. 2, 4, 37 Zumpt:

    nam imperium facile his artibus retinetur, quibus initio partum est,

    Sall. C. 2, 4 Kritz; so id. ib. 5, 7:

    cultusque artesque virorum,

    Ov. M. 7, 58:

    mores quoque confer et artes,

    id. R. Am. 713: praeclari facinoris aut artis [p. 167] bonae famam quaerere, Sall. C. 2, 9; so id. ib. 10, 4:

    animus insolens malarum artium,

    id. ib. 3, 4; so Tac. A. 14, 57.—Hence also, absol. in mal. part. as in Gr. technê for cunning, artifice, fraud, stratagem:

    haec arte tractabat virum,

    Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 125 (cf. Ov. H. 17, 142):

    capti eādem arte sunt, quā ceperant Fabios,

    Liv. 2, 51; 3, 35:

    at Cytherea novas artes, nova pectore versat Consilia,

    Verg. A. 1, 657; so id. ib. 7, 477:

    ille dolis instructus et arte Pelasgā,

    id. ib. 2, 152:

    talibus insidiis perjurique arte Sinonis Credita res, etc.,

    id. ib. 2, 195:

    fraudes innectere ponto Antiquā parat arte,

    Luc. 4, 449:

    tantum illi vel ingenii vel artis vel fortunae superfuit,

    Suet. Tit. 1:

    fugam arte simulantes,

    Vulg. Jud. 20, 32: regem summis artibus pellexit, pasêi mêchanêi, Suet. Vit. 2.

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  • 13 sermo

    sermo, ōnis, m. (1. sero), die zwischen mehreren gewechselte Rede, die Unterredung, Unterhaltung, das Gespräch (s. 1. VarroLL. 6, 64), I) eig.: A) im allg.: a) eig.: iocus, ludus, sermo (Gekose), Plaut.: sermo in circulis, disputationibus, congressionibus familiarium versetur, Cic.: cum in sermone cotidiano, tum in senatu palam sic egit causam tuam, ut etc., Cic.: esse in ore, in sermone omnium, Cic.: memini in eum sermonem illum incĭdere, qui tum fere multis erat in ore, Cic.: iucundus mihi est sermo litterarum tuarum, die briefliche Unterredung (Unterhaltung) mit dir, Cic.: sermonem arripere, Cic.: sermonem conferre cum alqo, Cic.: sermonem instituere cum alqo, Cic.: sermones u. alqd sermonibus serere, s. 1. sero no. II: texere longos sermones, Plaut.: sermonem quaerere, anfangen zu schwatzen, zu kosen, Ter.: sermonem ordiri, Cic.: oritur sermo de alqa re, Hor.: inde ortus sermo percunctantibus utrimque, Sall. fr.: in istum sermonem delabi, Cic.: sermonem habere cum alqo, Cic.: dare se in sermonem, in die Unterhaltung eintreten, Poët. bei Cic.: se familiariter in eorum sermonem insinuare ac dare, Cic.: longior ab alqo instituitur sermo, Caes.: discumbitur, fit sermo inter eos, Cic.: quaecumque eis rebus de quibus hic sermo est nomina imponis, Cic.: de Alexandrinis esse video sermonem, quem ego non refuto, Cic.: multa ibi totā die in concilio sermonibus iactata erant, war hin u. her besprochen worden, Liv.: abrumpere sermonem, s. ab-rumpo no. II, 2, b: interrumpere sermonem, Plaut.: sermonem incīdere (v. einer Frage), Liv.: dabimus sermonem iis, qui etc., wir werden denen etwas zu reden geben, die usw., Cic.: nullā sermonum vice, ohne ein Wort zu wechseln, Amm. – b) meton., das Gespräch = der Gegenstand des Gespräches, filius meus sermo est per urbem, ist das Stadtgespräch, Plaut.: nunc inter eos tu sermo es, Prop.: Cataplus ille Puteolanus, sermo illius temporis, Cic. – B) insbes.: 1) die gelehrte Unterredung, Disputation, der Dialog, sermo oritur ab alqa re, Cic.: princeps Crassus eius sermonis ordiendi fuit, Cic.: in sermonem ingredi, teilnehmen an der U., Cic.: vocare alqm in longum sermonem, auffordern zu usw., Cic.: sermonem cum alqo habere de amicitia, Cic.: num sermonem vestrum aliquem diremit noster adventus? Cic.: sermones, quos scripsit (Plato), Gell. – 2) die gewöhnliche Rede, die Umfangssprache, das ruhige-, gelassene Gespräch, der ruhige-, gelassene Gesprächston (Ggstz. contentio, s. Cornif. rhet. 2, 23. Cic. de off. 1, 132), sermonis plenus orator, Cic.: litigantes a sermone incipiant, ad vociferationem transeant, Sen.: supra modum sermonis attolli, Quint.: vox sermoni proxima, Quint.: scribere sermoni propiora, Hor. – dah. meton.: a) bei Horaz, seine Briefe u. Satiren, als dem gewöhnlichen Gesprächston sich annähernde Sprachdarstellungen, im Gegensatz zu dem erhabenen poetischen Ausdruck, Hor. ep. 1, 4, 1 u. 2, 2, 60 (von den Satiren); u. ibid. 2, 1, 250 (von den Briefen). – b) die sich dem Gesprächston annähernde kunstlose Rede, ut rursus vaces sermoni, quem apud municipes meos habui, Plin. ep. 1, 8, 2. – c) übh. gesprochene Worte, getane Äußerung, hic sermo Abdalonymi, Curt. 4, 1 (4), 26: multi et illustres et ex superiore et ex aequo loco sermones habiti, meine vielen unzweideutigen, auf der Gerichtsbühne u. im gewöhnlichen Leben getanen Äußerungen, Cic. ep. 3, 8, 2. – 3) mit Beziehung auf ein gewisses Objekt, die Rede der Menge über etw., das Gerede, das Gerücht, verb. sermo atque fama, Cic.: vulgi, hominum, Cic.: sermones lacessere, G. hervorrufen, zu G. Veranlassung geben, Cic.: dare sermonem alci, jmdm. zu reden geben, Cic.: ebenso sermones praebere aliis, Liv.: materiam sermonibus praebere, Tac.: ne putet aliquid oratione meā sermonis in sese aut invidiae esse quaesitum, übler Nachrede, Cic. – II) übtr.: 1) die Sprache = die Sprech-, die Rede-, Ausdrucksweise, der Ausdruck, a) eig.: s. rusticus (der Bauern), urbanus (der Städter), Liv.: s. proletarius, Plaut., plebeius, Cic.: s. cotidianus, Quint.: s. lenis minimeque pertinax, Cic.: antiquior est huius (Catonis) sermo, Cic.: delicatus, festivus, elegans, Cic.: sermonis elegantia, Cic.: s. tenuis exsanguisque, Cic.: sermonis error, irrtümliche Ausdrucksweise, Cic.: fuit ergo in Catulo sermo Latinus, Cic.: est igitur tropus sermo a naturali et principali significatione translatus ad aliam, Quint. – b) meton., die besonders gesprochenen oder geschriebenen Worte, der Ausdruck, Satz, s. Ulp. dig. 7, 1, 20; 11, 7, 2. § 1. Pompon. dig. 28, 5, 29 u. ö. bei den ICt.: Plur., non possum exprimere sermonibus, ich finde nicht Worte, Min. Fel. 2, 2. – 2) die Sprache, die jmd. redet, u. im Ggstz. zu einer anderen die Mundart, der Dialekt, patrii sermonis egestas, Lucr.: sermone debemus uti, qui natus est nobis, unserer Muttersprache, Cic.; vgl. nativus ille sermo commercio aliarum gentium exolevit, Curt.: sermoni Persarum se dedidit, Nep.: quae philosophi Graeco sermone tractassent, Cic.: sermonem humanum imitari, v. Vögeln, Plin. – lusciniae Graeco atque Latino sermone dociles, Plin. – 3) der Sprachgebrauch, rectus, ICt.: vulgi sermone mors significatur, ICt. – / Das o im Nom. von Natur lang, Lucr. 4, 535. Hor. sat. 1, 10, 23: später verkürzt, Iuven. 6, 193; 8, 39.

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  • 14 Gebrauch

    Gebrauch, I) Anwendung einer Sache zu seinem Bedarf: usus (der Zustand, wenn man etwas gebraucht). – usurpatio (das In-Anspruch-Nehmen, das Sich-Bedienen einer Sache in einem einzelnen Falle). – häufiger G., frequentatio; frequens usus. – zum od. für den öffentlichen G., publico usui od. publicis usibus (z.B. destinatus locus: u. complures domos destinare); in usum populi (z.B. bibliothecam instituere). – durch den G. geheiligt, sollemnis. – G. von etwas machen, s. (etw.) gebrauchen. – keinen G. von etwas machen, alqā re non uti, non abuti; alqd non usurpare (z.B. ius datum); alqā re carere (aus eigenem Willen entbehren, z.B. amicorum facultatibus); alqd non accipere (etwas nicht annehmen, z.B. ein Geschenk); dimittere, amittere alqd (unbenutzt lassen, z.B. occasionem; s. »unbenutzt« die Synon.): einen üblen G. von etwas machen, alqā re perverse abuti: einen unmäßigen G., intemperanter abuti alqā re: einen weisen G. von etwas machen, sapienter uti alqā re. – im G. haben, in usu habere (z.B. vas argen teum). – etwas zu etwas in G. nehmen, alqd in alcis rei usum vertere. – im G. sein, in usu esse od. versari (gebraucht werden); in usu od. more esse. moris esse (üblich, gebräuchlich sein): häufig im G. sein (gebraucht werden), in maximo usu esse; usitatissimum esse: in frequentem usum venisse: stark im G. (d. i. sehr üblich) sein, vigere: allgemein im G. sein, in omnium usu esse od. versari: nicht mehr im G. sein, in usu esse od. versari desisse; ab usu remotum esse: gar nicht im G. sein, nullum usum habere (z.B. in medicina): in G. bringen (gebräuchlich machen). celebrare alqd: mehr in G. bringen, usitatius od. tritius facere alqd: in G. kommen, in usu esse od. versari coepisse (im allg.); in usum venire (benutzt werden); usu od. in usum recipi (gebräuchlich werden); in consuetudinem od. morem venire (zur Gewohnheit, zur Sitte werden): mehr in G. kommen, usitatiorem esse coepisse: allgemein in G. kommen, in om nium usu esse od. versari coepisse. usitatissimum esse coepisse (im allg.); ab omnibus recipi (von allen angenommen werden, von Sitten etc.); inveterascere (sich allmählich einnisten, von einer Gewohnheit etc.). – außer G. kommen, exolescere: ein Wort kommt außer G., [997] verbi usus amittitur; im gewöhnlichen Leben, verbum ab usu cotidiani sermonis intermittitur; im Laufe der Zeit, verbum intercĭdit temporibus. – außer G. setzen, abolere (aufheben, s. das. no. IV, b); durch Verbot, interdicere usum alcis rei (z.B. vehiculorum); alqd in usu cuiusquam esse od. versari vetare (z.B. denarios). – II) bestehende Gewohnheit: ritus (als Regel bei feierlichen u. profanen Handlungen). – mos. consuetudo (Sitte, Gewohnheit, w. vgl.). – ein heiliger, religiöser G., religio: heilige Gebräuche u. Einrich tungen, religiones. – es ist G. (Sitte) u. dgl., s. Sitte.

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  • 15 lesen

    lesen, I) eig.: a) mehrere Dinge einerlei Art zusammensuchen u. aufheben: legere. – colligere (zusammenlesen, aufsammeln). – b) durch Lesen reinigen: purgare. – II) übtr., die Schriftzeichen nach ganzen Wörtern u. Sätzen zusammenfassen (und vortragen]: 1) im allg.: legere. – recitare (laut lesen, vortragen). – praeire, mit u. ohne den Zus. voce (vorlesen, damit es ein anderer nachlesen od. nachsagen soll). – l. können, legere posse; litteras od. litterarum elementa didicisse: jmd. lesen lehren, alqm instituere ad lectionem; alqm litteras docere; elementa litterarum alci tradere (übh. Elementarkenntnisse): l. lernen, primas litteras, prima elementa discere. – 2) insbes.: a) durch Lesen sich mit dem Inhalt von etwas bekannt machen, sich an dem Inhalt ergötzen etc.: legere. – cognoscere (einsehen, durchgehen). – in manus sumere (in die Hände nehmen u. lesen). – etw. oft l., lectitare: sehr oft l., legendo conterere (gleichs. abnutzen durch Lesen): fleißig etwas (ein Buch, eine Schrift) l., diligenter evolvere; diligenter repetere: wi ederholt etw. l., repetere [1591]( im allg.); recognoscere. retractare (nochmals verbessernd durchgehen); flüchtig lesen, s. durchblättern: gern etw. l., alcis rei lectione delectari: jmdm. etw. zu l. geben, alqd legendum alci dare (um sich mit dem Inhalt bekannt zu machen); praebere alci librum ad legendum (jmdm. eine Lektüre geben): viel, mit Beifall gelesen werden (v. Schriften), frequenter lectitari; in manibus esse. – einen Schriftsteller l., alqm od. alcis librum (libros) legere (z.B. die Alten u. Neuen, antiquos et novos: den Archimedes, Archimedis libros); alqm cognoscere (z.B. Demosthenem totum cognovisse). – eine Schrift nicht gelesen haben, non attigisse alqd (z.B. die Bibel, divinas litteras). – in einem Buche l., ein Buch l., legere librum: etw. in einem Buche l., legere alqd in libro. – Daher bildl., in od. auf etw. l., d.i. Anzeichen entdecken von etc., z.B. in der Zukunft lesen, praesagire futura: es ist etw. auf jmds. Gesichte od. in jmds. Mienen deutlich zu lesen, alqd in alcis vultu od. ex toto ore eminet (z.B. pigritia et desperatio in omnium vultu eminet: u. toto ex ore crudelitas eminet). – b) einen Vortrag, eine Vorlesung über etwas halten: legere, praelegere alqd (vorlesenn. erklären, einen Schriftsteller, bes. einen Dichter). – scholas habere de alqa re (Vorträge halten über einen Gegenstand). – scholis praecipere alqd od. de alqa re (in einzelnen Vorträgen Regeln über etw. geben). – scholam aliquam explicare (absol., einen schulmäßigen Vortrag halten). – über die stoische Philosophie l., scholam Stoicam explicare: mit Beifall l., *auditoribus probari: nicht mehr l., scholam dimittere: wenn nicht gelesen wurde, quando a magistris auditionibusque otium erat.

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  • 16 Mensch

    Mensch, homo (im allg.). – mortalis (der Sterbliche, der Mensch mit dem Nbbgr. der Unvollkommenheit, in der Prosa nur in Beziehungen wie multi, omnes, cuncti mortales, d.i. viele, alle Menschenkinder; od. quisquam mortalis, irgend ein Menschenkind). – bipes (scherzh., der Zweifüßler, z.B. omnium bipedum nequissimus). – der arme, schwache M. (im Ggstz. zur Gottheit), homuncio; homunculus: dieser elende M., hic homullus. – die Menschen (oder »der Mensch« kollektiv), homines; genus humanum. hominum universum genus (das ganze Menschengeschlecht). – die ältesten, ersten Menschen, vetustissimi hominum halbe Menschen, homines hoc nomine vix digni: halb M., halb Tier, ambigua hominis et beluae forma. – noch als M., mortali adhuc corpore utens. – unter Menschen leben, inter homines esse: nicht unter Menschen kommen, gehen, in publicum non prodire. publico carere od. abstinere (nicht öffentlich erscheinen); odisse celebritatem. hominum celebritatem fugere. hominum congressus fugere atque odisse (aus Scheu, Widerwillen sich nicht öffentlich zeigen); colloquia fugere (das Gespräch der Menschen fliehen); colloquia et coetus hominum fugere (das Gespräch und die Versammlungen der Menschen fliehen): viel unter Menschen sein, leben, in celebritate versari; in magna celebritatevivere. – Häufig wird jedoch »Mensch« im Lateinischen nicht ausgedrückt, bes. bei Adjektiven und wenn es als unbestimmtes Subjekt im Verbum liegt, z.B. viele Menschen, multi: es gibt Menschen, die etc., sunt, qui etc.: kein M., nemo. nullus (niemand). – er ist kein M., homo non est; omnis humanitatis expers est: ein M. werden, hominem fieri (im allg.); humanam speciem induere (menschliche Gestalt annehmen): ein neuer M!. werden. novum ingenium sibi induere: ein ganz anderer M. werden, totum mutari od. (im üblen Sinne) immutari: zum M. machen, hominem inter homines facere: er hat aus mir einen M. machen wollen, me hominem inter homines esse voluit: zum gebildeten M. machen, ad humanitatem instituere: er ist dor beste M. von der Welt, ipso homo melior non est. – ein ganz anderer M. (geworden) sein, plane alium factum esse. – / Menschen-, durch humanus; od. durch den Genet. hominis od. hominum.

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  • 17 Universalerbe

    Universalerbe, heres ex asse (der Haupterbe). – heres omnium bonorum (der Erbe des ganzen Vermögens). – jmd. zum U. einsetzen, alqm heredem ex asse od. alqm heredem omnibus bonis instituere. – Universalgeschichte, s. W!eltgeschichte. – Universalmittel, panchrestum medicamentum (auch übtr. v. Gelde etc., s. Cic. Verr. 3, 152).

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  • 18 sermo

    sermo, ōnis, m. (1. sero), die zwischen mehreren gewechselte Rede, die Unterredung, Unterhaltung, das Gespräch (s. Varro LL. 6, 64), I) eig.: A) im allg.: a) eig.: iocus, ludus, sermo (Gekose), Plaut.: sermo in circulis, disputationibus, congressionibus familiarium versetur, Cic.: cum in sermone cotidiano, tum in senatu palam sic egit causam tuam, ut etc., Cic.: esse in ore, in sermone omnium, Cic.: memini in eum sermonem illum incĭdere, qui tum fere multis erat in ore, Cic.: iucundus mihi est sermo litterarum tuarum, die briefliche Unterredung (Unterhaltung) mit dir, Cic.: sermonem arripere, Cic.: sermonem conferre cum alqo, Cic.: sermonem instituere cum alqo, Cic.: sermones u. alqd sermonibus serere, s. 1. sero no. II: texere longos sermones, Plaut.: sermonem quaerere, anfangen zu schwatzen, zu kosen, Ter.: sermonem ordiri, Cic.: oritur sermo de alqa re, Hor.: inde ortus sermo percunctantibus utrimque, Sall. fr.: in istum sermonem delabi, Cic.: sermonem habere cum alqo, Cic.: dare se in sermonem, in die Unterhaltung eintreten, Poët. bei Cic.: se familiariter in eorum sermonem insinuare ac dare, Cic.: longior ab alqo instituitur sermo, Caes.: discumbitur, fit sermo inter eos, Cic.: quaecumque eis rebus de quibus hic sermo est nomina imponis, Cic.: de Alexandrinis esse video sermonem, quem ego non refuto, Cic.: multa ibi totā die in conci-
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    lio sermonibus iactata erant, war hin u. her besprochen worden, Liv.: abrumpere sermonem, s. abrumpo no. II, 2, b: interrumpere sermonem, Plaut.: sermonem incīdere (v. einer Frage), Liv.: dabimus sermonem iis, qui etc., wir werden denen etwas zu reden geben, die usw., Cic.: nullā sermonum vice, ohne ein Wort zu wechseln, Amm. – b) meton., das Gespräch = der Gegenstand des Gespräches, filius meus sermo est per urbem, ist das Stadtgespräch, Plaut.: nunc inter eos tu sermo es, Prop.: Cataplus ille Puteolanus, sermo illius temporis, Cic. – B) insbes.: 1) die gelehrte Unterredung, Disputation, der Dialog, sermo oritur ab alqa re, Cic.: princeps Crassus eius sermonis ordiendi fuit, Cic.: in sermonem ingredi, teilnehmen an der U., Cic.: vocare alqm in longum sermonem, auffordern zu usw., Cic.: sermonem cum alqo habere de amicitia, Cic.: num sermonem vestrum aliquem diremit noster adventus? Cic.: sermones, quos scripsit (Plato), Gell. – 2) die gewöhnliche Rede, die Umfangssprache, das ruhige-, gelassene Gespräch, der ruhige-, gelassene Gesprächston (Ggstz. contentio, s. Cornif. rhet. 2, 23. Cic. de off. 1, 132), sermonis plenus orator, Cic.: litigantes a sermone incipiant, ad vociferationem transeant, Sen.: supra modum sermonis attolli, Quint.: vox sermoni proxima, Quint.: scribere sermoni propiora, Hor. – dah. meton.: a) bei Horaz, seine Briefe u. Satiren, als dem gewöhnli-
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    chen Gesprächston sich annähernde Sprachdarstellungen, im Gegensatz zu dem erhabenen poetischen Ausdruck, Hor. ep. 1, 4, 1 u. 2, 2, 60 (von den Satiren); u. ibid. 2, 1, 250 (von den Briefen). – b) die sich dem Gesprächston annähernde kunstlose Rede, ut rursus vaces sermoni, quem apud municipes meos habui, Plin. ep. 1, 8, 2. – c) übh. gesprochene Worte, getane Äußerung, hic sermo Abdalonymi, Curt. 4, 1 (4), 26: multi et illustres et ex superiore et ex aequo loco sermones habiti, meine vielen unzweideutigen, auf der Gerichtsbühne u. im gewöhnlichen Leben getanen Äußerungen, Cic. ep. 3, 8, 2. – 3) mit Beziehung auf ein gewisses Objekt, die Rede der Menge über etw., das Gerede, das Gerücht, verb. sermo atque fama, Cic.: vulgi, hominum, Cic.: sermones lacessere, G. hervorrufen, zu G. Veranlassung geben, Cic.: dare sermonem alci, jmdm. zu reden geben, Cic.: ebenso sermones praebere aliis, Liv.: materiam sermonibus praebere, Tac.: ne putet aliquid oratione meā sermonis in sese aut invidiae esse quaesitum, übler Nachrede, Cic. – II) übtr.: 1) die Sprache = die Sprech-, die Rede-, Ausdrucksweise, der Ausdruck, a) eig.: s. rusticus (der Bauern), urbanus (der Städter), Liv.: s. proletarius, Plaut., plebeius, Cic.: s. cotidianus, Quint.: s. lenis minimeque pertinax, Cic.: antiquior est huius (Catonis) sermo, Cic.: delicatus, festivus, elegans, Cic.: sermonis elegantia, Cic.: s. te-
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    nuis exsanguisque, Cic.: sermonis error, irrtümliche Ausdrucksweise, Cic.: fuit ergo in Catulo sermo Latinus, Cic.: est igitur tropus sermo a naturali et principali significatione translatus ad aliam, Quint. – b) meton., die besonders gesprochenen oder geschriebenen Worte, der Ausdruck, Satz, s. Ulp. dig. 7, 1, 20; 11, 7, 2. § 1. Pompon. dig. 28, 5, 29 u. ö. bei den ICt.: Plur., non possum exprimere sermonibus, ich finde nicht Worte, Min. Fel. 2, 2. – 2) die Sprache, die jmd. redet, u. im Ggstz. zu einer anderen die Mundart, der Dialekt, patrii sermonis egestas, Lucr.: sermone debemus uti, qui natus est nobis, unserer Muttersprache, Cic.; vgl. nativus ille sermo commercio aliarum gentium exolevit, Curt.: sermoni Persarum se dedidit, Nep.: quae philosophi Graeco sermone tractassent, Cic.: sermonem humanum imitari, v. Vögeln, Plin. – lusciniae Graeco atque Latino sermone dociles, Plin. – 3) der Sprachgebrauch, rectus, ICt.: vulgi sermone mors significatur, ICt. – ⇒ Das o im Nom. von Natur lang, Lucr. 4, 535. Hor. sat. 1, 10, 23: später verkürzt, Iuven. 6, 193; 8, 39.

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  • 19 secundus

        secundus (as num ordin. often written II), adj. with comp. and sup.    [sequor].—In time or order, following, next, second: secundo lumine, the next morning: anno secundo, the next year: ante diem II Kalend. Februarias: Roma condita est secundo anno Olympiadis septimae: me secundum heredem instituere, alternate heir (on the failure of the first-named): mensa, dessert: mensis accepta secundis Rhodia (vitis), V.: hoc secundā victoriā accidit, i. e. with victory already in view, N.—In rank, following, next, second: ex primo ordine in secundum ordinem civitatis venisse: Nec viget quicquam simile (Iovi) aut secundum, H.: maxime vellem... secundo autem loco, etc.: ad regium principatum: secundus a Romulo conditor urbis, L.: heros ab Achille secundus, H.: Haec erit a mensis fine secunda dies, the last day but one, O.— Secondary, subordinate, inferior: panis, H.: argentum venae secundae, Iu.: persona, N.: in actoribus Graecis, ille qui est secundarum partium: nulli Campanorum, L.: regio spatio locorum nulli earum gentium secunda, Cu.: haud ulli veterum virtute secundus, inferior, V.— Plur f. as subst. (sc. partes), the second part, inferior part: Q. Arrius, qui fuit M. Crassi quasi secundarum: ferre secundas, H.—Of currents or winds, favorable, fair, downward: secundo flumine iter facere, i. e. down stream, Cs.: secundo defluit amni, V.: rate in secundam aquam labente, with the current, L.: navīs mari secundo misit, with the tide, L.: secundis ventis cursum tenens: Contrahes vento nimium secundo vela, too fresh, H.: secundissimus ventus: curru volans dat lora secundo, swiftly gliding, V.— Favorable, propitious, fortunate: secundo populo aliquid facere, with the consent of the people: admurmurationes cuncti senatūs: rumor, H.: praesentibus ac secundis diis, L.: adi pede sacra secundo, V.: avis, Enn. ap C.: conveniens ad res vel secundas vel adversas: ingenium res solent celare secundae, H.: mens rebus sublata secundis, V.: Galliae motūs, successful, Cs.: irae verba, i. e. provoking, L.: secundiore equitum proelio nostris, Cs.: secundissima proelia, Cs.: leges secundissimae plebei, L.— Plur n. as subst, favorable circumstances, good fortune: Sperat infestis, metuit secundis Alteram sortem, H.: in tuis secundis, T.: omnium seeundorum causae, L.
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    secunda -um, secundior -or -us, secundissimus -a -um ADJ
    next, following; second; favorable

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  • 20 Secunda

    1.
    sĕcundus, a, um, adj. [sequor], following.
    A.
    (Acc. to sequor, I. B. 2.)
    1.
    Prop., the following in time or order, the next to the first, the second (cf.: alter, proximus); absol.: si te secundo lumine hic offendero, the next morning, Enn. ap. Cic. Att. 7, 26, 1: de tribus unum esset optandum...optimum est facere; secundum, nec facere nec pati;

    miserrimum digladiari semper, etc.,

    the next best, Cic. Rep. 3, 14, 23; cf.:

    id secundum erat de tribus,

    id. Or. 15, 50:

    aliquem obligare secundo sacramento, priore amisso, etc.,

    id. Off. 1, 11, 36; cf.:

    prioribus equitum partibus secundis additis,

    id. Rep. 2, 20, 36:

    Roma condita est secundo anno Olympiadis septimae,

    id. ib. 2, 10, 18:

    Olympias secunda et sexagesima,

    id. ib. 2, 15, 28:

    oriens incendium belli Punici secundi,

    id. ib. 1, 1, 1: aliquem secundum heredem instituere, the second or substituted heir, if the first-named die or refuse the inheritance, id. Fam. 13, 61; so,

    heres,

    Hor. S. 2, 5, 48; Inscr. Orell. 3416:

    mensa,

    the second course, dessert, Cic. Att. 14, 6, 2; 14, 21, 4; Cels. 1, 2 fin.; Plin. 9, 35, 58, § 120; 19, 8, 53, § 167; Verg. G. 2, 101; Hor. S. 2, 2, 121:

    Germania,

    Lower Germany, Amm. 15, 8, 19.— Subst.: sĕcundae, ārum, f. (sc. membranae), the after-birth, secundines:

    partus,

    Cels. 7, 29 fin.:

    non magis pertinere quam secundas ad editum infantem,

    Sen. Ep. 92, 34; Col. 7, 7, 4; Plin. 27, 4, 13, § 30; 30, 14, 43, § 123:

    secundae partūs,

    id. 9, 13, 15, § 41; 20, 6, 23, § 51; 20, 11, 44, § 115.—
    2.
    Trop.
    a.
    Following, next, second in rank, value, etc.; with ad:

    quorum ordo proxime accedit, ut secundus sit ad regium principatum,

    Cic. Fin. 3, 16, 52.—With ab:

    potentiā secundus a rege,

    Hirt. B. Alex. 66;

    with which cf.: secundus a Romulo conditor urbis Romanae,

    Liv. 7, 1 fin.; and:

    Ajax, heros ab Achille secundus,

    Hor. S. 2, 3, 193:

    qui honos secundus a rege erat,

    Just. 18, 4, 5.— Absol.: nil majus generatur ipso (Jove), Nec viget quicquam simile aut secundum, Hor. C. 1, 12, 18:

    tu (Juppiter) secundo Caesare regnes,

    id. ib. 1, 12, 51; corresp. to maxime:

    maxime vellem...secundo autem loco, etc.,

    Cic. Phil. 8, 10, 31; cf.:

    me maxime consolatur spes, etc....facile secundo loco me consolatur recordatio, etc.,

    id. Fam. 1, 6, 1 sq.:

    cotes Creticae diu maximam laudem habuere, secundam Laconicae,

    Plin. 36, 22, 47, § 164.—With dat.:

    nulli Campanorum secundus vinctus ad mortem rapior,

    Liv. 23, 10, 7 Weissenb. ad loc.:

    regio spatio locorum nulli earum gentium secunda,

    Curt. 5, 10, 3; Vell. 2, 76, 1:

    secundus sibi, non par,

    Just. 11, 12, 14:

    secunda nobilitas Falerno agro,

    id. 14, 6, 8, § 62:

    bonitas amomo pallido,

    id. 12, 13, 28, § 48.—With abl., Hirt. B. Alex. 66; cf. supra.—
    b.
    With the prevailing idea of subjection or inferiority, secondary, subordinate, inferior; absol.:

    secundae sortis ingenium,

    only of the second grade, Sen. Ep. 52, 3:

    moneri velle ac posse secunda virtus est,

    id. Ben. 5, 25, 4; cf.:

    (servi) quasi secundum hominum genus sunt,

    Flor. 3, 20, 1:

    vivit siliquis et pane secundo (i. e. secundario),

    Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 123 (cf.:

    secundarius panis,

    Plin. 18, 10, 20, § 89; Suet. Aug. 76):

    tenue argentum venaeque secundae,

    Juv. 9, 31:

    haec fuit altera persona Thebis, sed tamen secunda ita, ut proxima esset Epaminondae,

    Nep. Pel. 4, 3. —With abl.:

    haud ulli veterum virtute secundus,

    inferior, Verg. A. 11, 441.—With inf.:

    nec vertere cuiquam Frena secundus Halys,

    Stat. Th. 2, 574.—Esp., in phrase partes secundae, second parts, inferior parts:

    in actoribus Graecis, ille qui est secundarum aut tertiarum partium,

    Cic. Div. in Caecil. 15, 48:

    ut credas partis mimum tractare secundas,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 14.—With ab:

    hic erit a mensis fine secunda dies,

    the last day but one of the month, Ov. F. 1, 710. —As subst.: sĕcundae, ārum, f. (sc. partes), the second or inferior parts:

    Spinther secundarum tertiarum Pamphilus,

    Plin. 7, 12, 10, § 54; Inscr. Orell. 2644:

    Q. Arrius, qui fuit M. Crassi quasi secundarum,

    Cic. Brut. 69, 242; so,

    secundas sortiri,

    Sen. Ben. 2, 29, 3:

    ferre,

    Hor. S. 1, 9, 46:

    deferre alicui,

    Quint. 10, 1, 53:

    agere,

    Sen. Ira, 3, 8, 6.—
    B.
    (Acc. to sequor, II.)
    1.
    Prop., naut. t. t., of currents of water, etc., favorable, fair (as following the course of the vessel):

    secundo flumine ad Lutetiam iter facere coepit,

    i. e. down the stream, Caes. B. G. 7, 58; so,

    Tiberi,

    Liv. 5, 46:

    amni,

    Verg. G. 3, 447:

    fluvio,

    id. A. 7, 494:

    aqua,

    Liv. 21, 28; cf.:

    totā rate in secundam aquam labente,

    with the current, id. 21, 47:

    et ventum et aestum uno tempore nactus secundum,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 23 fin.; so,

    aestu,

    Liv. 23, 41:

    mari,

    id. 29, 7; and, poet.:

    (Neptunus) curru secundo,

    speeding along, Verg. A. 1, 156:

    secundo amne,

    Curt. 4, 7, 9:

    navigatio,

    Tac. A. 2, 8.—Esp., of winds:

    in portum vento secundo, velo passo pervenit,

    Plaut. Stich. 2, 2, 45; cf.:

    cum videam navem secundis ventis cursum tenentem suum,

    Cic. Planc. 39, 94; so,

    ventus,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 23 fin.; Hor. C. 2, 10, 23; id. Ep. 2, 1, 102; cf.

    aquilo,

    id. ib. 2, 2, 201.— Sup.:

    cum secundissimo vento cursum teneret,

    Cic. N. D. 3, 34, 83.—Of sails (trop.):

    des ingenio vela secunda meo,

    Ov. F. 3, 790.—
    2.
    Transf., with, according to any thing: austri anniversarii secundo sole flant, i. e. according to the course of the sun, Nigid. ap. Gell. 2, 22, 31: squama secunda (opp. adversa), as we say, with the grain, i. e. so as to offer no resistance to the hand when it is passed from the head to the tail, id. ap. Macr. S. 2, 12.—
    3.
    Trop., favorable, propitious, fortunate (opp. adversus); absol.:

    secundo populo aliquid facere,

    with the consent of the people, Cic. Tusc. 2, 1, 4; so,

    concio,

    id. Agr. 2, 37, 101; cf.:

    voluntas concionis,

    id. Att. 1, 19, 4:

    admurmurationes cuncti senatūs,

    id. Q. Fr. 2, 1, 3: rumor, Enn. ap. Non. 385, 17 (Ann. v. 260 Vahl.); Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 9:

    clamor,

    Verg. A. 5, 491:

    aures,

    Liv. 6, 40; 33, 46; 42, 28:

    praesentibus ac secundis diis,

    id. 7, 26; so,

    dis auspicibus et Junone secundā,

    Verg. A. 4, 45; and:

    secundo Marte ruat,

    id. ib. 10, 21:

    adi pede sacra secundo,

    id. ib. 8, 302;

    10, 255: auspicia,

    Cic. Div. 1, 15, 27; cf. avis, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 48, 107 (Ann. v. 82 Vahl.); and in poet. hypallage:

    haruspex,

    Verg. A. 11, 739: scitus, secunda loquens in tempore, Enn. ap. Gell. 12, 4, 3 (Ann. v. 251 Vahl.): res (opp. adversae), Cic. Off. 1, 26, 90;

    so,

    id. Lael. 5, 17; 6, 22; id. Att. 4, 2, 1; Hor. S. 2, 8, 74; cf.

    fortunae (opp. adversae),

    Cic. Sull. 23, 66;

    and tempora (opp. adversi casus),

    Auct. Her. 4, 17, 24; so, res, Enn. ap. Fest. p. 257 Müll. (Ann. v. 357 Vahl.); Ter. Heaut. 2, 2, 1; Cic. N. D. 3, 36, 88 (with prosperitates); Verg. A. 10, 502; Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 30: fortunae, Cato ap. Fest. s. v. parsi, p. 242 Müll.; Plaut. Stich. 2, 1, 28:

    proelia,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 1:

    motus Galliae,

    successful, id. ib. 7, 59; and:

    belli exitus,

    Hor. C. 4, 14, 38:

    consilium,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 42:

    labores,

    Hor. C. 4, 4, 45.— Comp.:

    reliqua militia secundiore famā fuit,

    Suet. Caes. 2.— Sup.:

    secundissima proelia,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 62.— With dat.:

    secunda (sc. verba) irae,

    i. e. increasing, promoting it, Liv. 2, 38.— Comp.:

    secundiore equitum proelio nostris,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 9.— Sup.:

    tres leges secundissimas plebei, adversas nobilitati tulit,

    Liv. 8, 12: omnia secundissima nobis, adversissima illis accidisse videntur, Caes. ap. Cic. Att. 10, 8, B.—As subst.: sĕcunda, ōrum, n., favorable circumstances, good fortune:

    sperat infestis, metuit secundis Alteram sortem,

    Hor. C. 2, 10, 13:

    age, me in tuis secundis respice,

    Ter. And. 5, 6, 11:

    omnium secundorum adversorumque causes in deos vertere,

    Liv. 28, 11, 1:

    in secundis sapere et consulere,

    id. 30, 42, 16:

    nimius homo inter secunda,

    Tac. H. 2, 59; 1, 10; Curt. 4, 6, 31:

    nemo confidat nimium secundis,

    Sen. Thyest. 615:

    poscunt fidem secunda,

    id. Agam. 934:

    secunda non habent unquam modum,

    id. Oedip. 694.
    2.
    Sĕcundus, i, m.; Sĕcunda, ae, f. [1. secundus], a Roman proper name.
    I.
    C. Plinius Secundus, the writer on natural history. —
    II.
    C. Plinius Caecilius Secundus, his nephew:

    OCTAVIA Q. F. SECVNDA,

    Inscr. Grut. 445, 2; cf. Varr. L. L. 9, § 60 Müll.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > Secunda

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